The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-11
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
WHIT THE YORT HERN PAPERS SAID
YESTERDA \.

WHAT THE NOR THERN PAPERS SAID
YESTERDAY.
british VS.. Pennsylvania Wages-The Tri.
bune whistiing Hard-TheC Chinese Issue
The Amusing Virginia Triangle n
Sharply Defined Issue.
TIE OBJECT OF IIIGH TARIFF.-The
present manifestation of greed on the
part of the Sugar Trust il particularly
nopportune. The Trust has chosen the
moment when its conduct IL under dis
cu-sion in Congress IN advance the price
# sugar to an extent that increases It's
profits many millions of dollars a year.
The trust alleges that the price OF raw
.urar has advanced, and that his fact
mas caused an advance in the price OF re-
fined sugar. But this is nov the case.
ghe grade Of raw sugar which cost 4.
cuts per pound on October |, 1887, when
/ The Trust was formed, il selling at the
same figure now. "Centriiugal' sugar
sold AT the date named for 3 ZIG cents
per pound, and this has advanced but
; IL Of one cent per pound. 1t has been
otherwise with refined sugars, the pro-
lnct of the Trust. Cut loaf and crashed
sugar Is held at y cents now, as against
q cents ON October i, 1887, and granu-
inled sugar IL now a. y, a. against u
cents nine months agO. What does this
arbitrary increase in the price Of An
article ON which there il a tariff duty OF
50 per cent. mean 1t means, in view Of
he immense consumption OF sugar in
! his country, a loss TO consumers o! about
$50, COS, 600 Il year, and an extra profit OF
ike amount To the retiGcrs. IL Is not
surprising, of course, that the trust has
reached out for this prize. To put up
| prices is the object of the tariff, and
millions OF people profess 10 believe that
to put up prices for the benefit of a par
%ricular class in this way is all right
Bdfi01Dyc sun.
IMrORT,NT.-Thc discussion of a bill
which has passed the House Of Repre-
scntatiyes appropriating $4,000 fOr the
purpose OF providing fun copies OF the
Gniiei States Supreme Court decisions
for II places within The judicial circuits
not nOY supplied herewith, has brought
~ light some astonishing facts. 1t is
shown that there are upward of go i'm
pOrlant decisions omitted from the oiii-
cial report, which, up 10 date, comprises
i2j volumrs, and that nearly all of ;he
cases running back for a number of years
are m%isreported and grossly incorrect
BdtinoIe World.
The average cost of labor in the soft
coal mines OF Pennsylvania is - cents
Ton. According TO the statements Of the
consular reports, the average cost OF labor
in the coal mines of Great Britain is -
cents a ton. The duty on such coal, i'm
POSED by the American tariff is ,jcenls a
ton. And yet, with these facts staring
them in the face, there are people in this
country who say the tariff on coal protects
the labor employed in the coal mines, anc
that it enables he owners o. lhc coal mines
to pay the hands they employ more than
is paid t. the "paupcr labor Of England
II does but they don't do it.
As THE "TEIBUXE" SEES IT.-Bui
The Democratic LOSSES, it will also he OBJ
served, are mainly in the Eastern and
doubtful States. In Indiana, where many
IN nufacturing establishments exist be
cause of protection in that State aud
West Virginia, where the wool growers
begin 10 think in Massachusetts, where
mills have stopped in consequence Of the
pending tariff bill which nave not been
idle since 1866 and especially in this
State, Connecticut. and New Jersey, the
Republican party may hope to gain the
votes of many who supported Mr.. Cleve
land in 1884 because they believed Demo
cratic falsehOods. The Democratic loss j.
likely TO be heaviest where that party
can least afford to iOse.-N !. TribHHe.
THE HEATHEN CHINEE-The Chinese
treaty is not vet in force. The obstructive
power of the Republicans OF the Senate
prevents il. There is a strong pressure
upon the Chinese Government from the ,
steamship companies and the trading
companies against carrying out the con
~ventiOn with the United States. So long
as our delay holds the matter open there
is a likelihood that all that has been
done toward settling the question diplo-
ma,ically may be undone. And General
ildliio'hi ihN hCpubliChH Plt-lucUtldl
candidate, himself claims that diplomatic
adjustment of such an issue is the only
one that can be permanently and finally
uccessful.-ErchaHge
Virginia is a great State, and she has
furnished the country with many pic.
turesque and interesting public person
ages, from Amelie Hives down. but in all
the list of her citizens none are NOR,
amusing than the three great Republi-
can leaders, Malone, Riddleberger and
Wise. Their performances remind one
irresistibly Of the w entertaining black
guards in "Erminie," and the resem-
blance is considerably more than skin
deep.-N J. Star.
The Plan or CAMPAIGN.-The issue
to be decided by the presidential election
this year is sharply defined. For so much
at least gratitude is due to the trainers of
the Republican platform. For the first
time in the history of this, or probably of