Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-04-25

While there will probably be no well grounded
objection made TO the erection OF statue OF the
late General Logan In some suitable place In the
national capital, the proposition TO put IL IN iowa
Circle cannot be commended, unless IL Is 10 De
more important group as TO size and composition
than such memorial efiyes usually are. That
circle Is entirely TOO large for mere standing or
sitting ngure, or even an equestrian statue This
- eoncusiyely illustrated In the OF the statue
If Admiral Dupont, which stands In the middle Of
tns large circle In the northwestern part or the
city, and TO which, probably without Que consid-
Grafton. his name has been given. In design and
proportions the Dupont inquire is altogether too
iaeager and Insignificant for the spacious site IL
occupies As well as for its surroundings. However
me a. work OF art a statue OF this class may De
In Itself, 10 win always appear at disadvantage
when not equal In size and character TO the posi-
tioa IL occupies. Not only should the mistake
made In the case OF the Dupont statue not be re-
peated In that Of General Logan. but the former
should really be removed from It's present site to
one for which It Is better adapted Nor is the 1T
ness Of place for statues OF this class the sole
the CHIEF consideration 10 be taken into account
in weighing the matter. The two circles named
ana other spaces of ample proportions should be
reserved for more imposing monuments These
will be built In Tine as the proprlety Of commence
rating events well as celebrating soldiers comes
10 De recognized, and when IL Is decided 10 erect
such no proper place VIII be left to receive them.
Apropos Of the cigarette question, which in
THIS country j. discussed chiefly In It's medico-
moral aspects 10 IS interesting 10 that England
Il taking steps 10 protect her smokers from i'm
position which Is at once fraud upon their purses
and sp insidious foe TO their health. Sir Evelyn
Barring has Induced the Egyptian government 10
change It's entire system OF tobacco taxation for
the sake Of the English consumer Of cigarettes II
HIATT 4. nd Tt.rkt sh IL Yer
superior to the Egyptian but the Egyptians are
the best manufacturers IN their part OF the world
The custom Of the Egyptians heretofore has been
10 levy heavy impost on foreign tobacco and then
mix with tt large proportion OF tn lightly taxed
domestic product, make cigarettes OF the mixture,
and ship them 10 England and other European
countries. English smokers have complained so
bitterly Of the quality OF these cigarettes that Sir
Evelyn resolved TO teach the ayaricious maRufac-
turers lesson. IL Is his plan, therefore. that the
duties shall be lowered on imported tobacco. and
the tax the domestic article raised, so that the
two kinds shall be about equal In rice. The man
ufaet9rer Will thereby be lert without any special
incentive fraud and will find 1t profitable
to make a good cigarette, which sells readily In
the distant market than poor one, which Is drug
On his hands and which costs him just about as
much 70 produce. The Improvement OF the quality
Of part OF the cigarette supply OF the world Will
not, however, appreclably diminish the stock OF
good reasons upon which the movement to curtail
as Tar as possible, the prnc1ous cigarette habit Is
based.