St. Landry democrat., 1889-09-07
The Worlds Washington special says

The Wor6ds Washington special says ::
because money is tight in New York COM
| mercial circles is no sign that there is not
| plenty of currency in the country to meet
| the legitimate demands of trade" said
Controller of the Currency Tracy. ''On
the contrary, look upon the condition as
exceedingly cheering when there is brisk
demand for money, and if there is a
scarcity of it in great commercial centers
it is because it is being shipped abroad for
something that the American people want.
/ don't believe that the country is in any
danger of another financial panic. Crops
are too abundant in every section for that.
Trade is In healthy condition and Eighty
speculations are not common. My hand
| is on the pulse of the national banks of the
country every hour of the day. If there
was feverish condition of the money
market | think I would detect in. On the
contrary, my reports are to the effect that
the banks have less overdue than ever be;
fore, while deposits are increasing rapidly.
This very fact tells the story in few
words. If money was scarce they would
decrease in proportionate ratio instead Of
| increasing, as is now the case.
The bureau of navigation of the Treas
ury Department has sent to the United
| States shipping commissioners, with in
structions to post in their Offices, copies of
decision rendered by the United States
circuit court, district of Oregon, in the case
of the ship T. F. Cakes. Measures have
also been taken to bring the decision to the
| attention of United States consular officers.
| In this case two members of the crew
| libeled the vessel to recover wages. The
court reviewed the testimony to the effect
! that the men had been guilty of premed-
| itated and persistent Sinking and slight
ing of duty /; that they had refused to dis
charge cargo, and had been discharged at
foreign port by United States consul
with payment of wages to date of discharge
and an extra months pay. The court de-
MED their application for pay for the en-
tire voyage, and in concluding it's opinion
said: 81 have taken more pains and time
with this case than the intrinsic difficulty
of it demands. My reason for so doing is
that am strongly impressed with the idea
that the whole trouble grows out of the
methods and purposes of the Seamen's
Union of San Francisco. 1t appears to be
organized for the purpose of controlling
the conduct end employment of seamen on
this coast, to the end that ships shall be
navigated in the interests and at the pleas
ure of the forecastle, without any reference
to the rights or interests of owners. Act
ing on this anarchial idea, these libelants
undertook to administer to the master the
prescribed medicine for his refusal to
submit to them. by lettering and trifiing
| ov,>r their work in discharging cargo at the
| expense of the ship. But the law will not
tolerate such conduct. The contract of
| the libelants bound them to be diligent
and obedient in the discharge of their
| duties. They willfully and persistently
violated their contract and were properly
| discharged and paid off, getting even one
month more wages than they were entitled
| to. The decree of the court wills it that
the libel be dismissed, and that the claim
ant recover his costs.
The revival Of the talk about the grow
| ing necessity of enlarging the White
House and giving more spacious accommo-
dation to it's presidential occupants has set
| a number of men thinking about the best
plans and material with which to accom-
plish the desired result But of them all
| no one has yet suggested anything SO en-
tirely novel as the one proposed by Mr..
Claus Spreckels, the sugar king. Mr..
Spreckels returned from Europe day or
| two ago on the steamer Fulda, and during
the voyage impaired his idea to fellow
traveller, who has arrived in Washington.
Mr.. Spreckels intends to offer to build an
addition to the Executive Mansion of a
material that shall be whittier than the
| whitest marble, imparyious to the elements
and capable ofshaassyy manipulation. He
| will offer further to remove every block of
the material and restore the grounds to
their original condition if, after the build
ing is completed, competent persons shall
not be satisfied with it. Finally, he will
provide the material at one half the cost of
marble, although, as he himself admits,
he will be considerably out of pocket
thereby. The material he proposes to use
is neither more nor less than hardened
sugar. He says that he has to harden his
sugar before it can be exported to warm
countries like South America, and while
conducting the experiments with view to
finding some means of doing this effec-
tually and inexpensively, he discovered
process which rendered the sugar so hard
as to make it equal in durability to the
best marble, while possessing perfect
purity of whiteness. Mr.. Spreckels says
that the acceptance of his proposition will
give to the IneasHvel rational character,
for it will be made of sugar manufactured
in America from American grown beets
He is perfectly Willing to have the new
building subjected to ally test that may be
suggested to try its durability and weather
proof qualities. DR.. George o. CLAWS,
patent attorney of Washington, is at pres
emit engaged in preparing specifications and
drawings in order to secure for Mr. Spreck-
els patent on this process of making
building material out of soft sugar