New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-17

,,+r,or rcsort than any other city or town IN
,ho Irri,ed States, So asserts The News and
Courier- of that place. Why then does 1t happen
that Charleston is comparatively ulkho"n 90
a winter resort? The News and Courier Is
ready with the explanation We have not
neon ut tho same expense" it remarks, to adj
vcrtisc our State that ncighbors have taken
IN advertise Florida" Moral for the consideration
Of the widcawallc people of all the States: "
pays to advertise.
aTbc Albany Times" furnishes the interesting
information that Governor Hill has sent MS
portrait to be hung in the rooms OF the fllSher
democratic Club in Troy" If Colonel Lamont
is the manager that he is credited with being
he will see that a bust Of Cleveland reaches the
Pusner Club before it is many days older.
How would the public like it il the Board Of
Aldermen should order the fronts of the City Hall
and the white marble Court House to be divided
into big squares with black paint and the spaces
so outlined to he let out for advertising purposes
Or how would people look on it II Collector Magone
should permit advertising placards to be hung on
the big pillars of the Custom House at SO much a
nlacard? But either of these schemes would be
lust as sensible reasonable and proper as the
scnsclcss action of the Brooklyn Bridge trustees
in admitting advertisements to the Bridge cars.
Public property should never be misused in this
way Why does the Legislature hesitate to abolish
this foolish Board Of II IstecsP
"Blaines Bombshell" Is the way " The Herald
| puts it. Right you arcl And its sphnters nave
so demoralized and scattered the enemy's iine-of-
| battle that the leaders will be unable 1or SONIC
| time to rally them again.
| correspondent asks whether the decline IN the
price of wool in this country, resulting from an IN
crease of 90 per cent in production within twenty
| three years, can fairly be credited TO frOtecIioh
the reduction in price having been similar IN
England. No single cause can usually be said 10
| produce change in prices, and the decline IN all
| prices within the past quarter OF century must
| be taken into account with its many causes but
| the obviously controlling and most important
couse in this instance, is the increase in quantity
Of wool produced in this country which has di-
rectly depended upon the encouragement OF the
manu- facture here
Now, small boys, get ont of the way. Lieu
| tenant Governor Jones wants to be Governor
Jones, and has taken the field in person with
that object in view Mr.. Jones doubtless
Argues that Civil Service Reform would be hand
somely indicated by his promotion. With
ZONES running for Governor and Cleveland run
ming for President, what would be the post oilice
address OF David b. Hills ambition?
The report recently submitted to Mayor Hewitt
Inv President Purroy of the Fire Department, gives
| official confirmation to TmE TRIBUNEs statements
concerning the extraordinary increase in the num-
Der of fires in this city since the insurance COM
| NAMES have been vigorously engaged in cutting
| each others throats. During January Of this
year. there were 317 fires, a number says Mr.
| purroy, unprecedented in the history Of the De
| Ae a
almost fifty per cent over the average number
and il will be hard to convince people OF even
ordinary penetration that there was any honest
reason why this should be so. What insurance
brokers call the moral risk is very heavy just
now and will remain so until the companies them
selves cease to invite violations of the laws
AGAINST arson or until the Insurance Department
concerns itself with those dcmoalizing bushes.
practices that result in ruinous competition. Ii
ordinary business lively competition is good fol
the public, but when it causes an increase of fifty
| pcr cent per month in the number of the cityi
fires, it is not safe thing to encourage.
The President leaves for Florida next Tuesday
Newspapers who desire to get beat on their es
teemed contemporaries, by referring to the cyclic
padia Vol w., Flo)-but they will catch th'
point.
The Legislature has voted to adjourn from to
day until the eth of February This long re
cess and the consequent delay OF important publi
measures In due to the unsafe condition of Tn
Assembly ceiling and the inability OF the Assem-
blymen 20 find another room in Albany in whicl
they could comfortably transact business. 1t
to be hoped. tired the people have become q
New Capitol Investigations that strenuou
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