New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-22

facture has not yet recovered from Jus oepressio'
stocks on hand being small. In cotton manu-
fsctnre. too, tal1ugs OF Northern spinners SINCE
March have been 90. $50 bales, against III ,si'
for the same weeks last year, according 10 mo
Financial Chronicles" record. The building traces
however, both here and at Philadelphia snd some
other cities seem 10 be decidedly more active ti,an
a wear ago and the demand for materials, with
the scarcity of some kinds Of lumber at the West,
where the unusual winter prevented log move
ment. has tended TO advance prices
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The declaration Of -Postmaster-Ge General James,
made after q careful examination OF the New-fofR
Postoflce, that the force in every department. is 20
DER cent below what it should be- and that ~ order
10 make it effective the allowance for carriers ana
clerks should be increased by 100000 per annum,
ought to lead to an Improvement. MP. Pearsons
breakdown was undoubtedly due TO his overzealous
efforts 20 meet to some extent with his strength
the difficulties Of the situation. 1t II most ex-
tracrdnnry circumstance that the New York Post
office has never been able to get justice from Con-
gross. The appropriations have been uniformly
cut down below the amount absolutely needed for
proper discharge OF its functions as the cher
office Of the country. This seems to have resulted
In part from Ignorance OF the enormous mass Of
work to be done here, and in part from singular
provincial jealousy in the breasts Of Congressman
IN other parts of the Countrywide like OF which
would probably not be seen in any other country
in the world To certain extent, the efficiency OF
the postal service may be said 70 turn upon the
condition of the New-York Postoffce, inasmuch es
this is a gateway for so large proportion Of ths
mail matter handled. II the Congressman could
be brought in a body TO New-York, and could be
made to see with their own eyes what the New
York Postoffice does and has to do, we should
probably get larger appropriations One OF the
minor results of this stupid niggardliness is that
the people living on the West Side of the city, be-
tween Fifty-frst-st and One-hundred-and-1fty
eightb-st., region more than five miles long, can
not get so much as q two-cent postage stamp ex-
ccpt by the favor Of an occasional druggist sta
toner.
The Democracy Of Baltimore has evidently lost
its grip The papers OF that city report that at
an auction which WIS held In that city on Fri
day, peach brandy distilled in 1919 brought
only 81 so quart"
One curious result Of the building Of a grand
stand along the west side OF Madison Square, from
Twenty-ifth-st to Twenty-sxth ST., has been TO
hide from the avenue ell but the head and
shoulders OF the bronze statue Of Admiral Farra-
gut From Demonico's the. hero of Mobile Bay
middle Of n big pile Of fresh pine boards. with the
chances rather against his escaping safely. BY
the time back piece is put TO the stand, probably
nothing but the Admrnl's cap will be visible, and
he will be swallowed up altogether when the top
row of seats is occupied Is this rather shabby
treatment OF FaFragut to be charged up by the
Navy as an additional sin on the part OF Major
GARDENERS Committeep
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The New-Jersey Legislature has done good
many wonder-inspiring things but nothing. we
think, more extraordinary thon the passage OF an
act providing that IL any part OF the Werts Liquor
law should be declared unconstitutional, this shall
not affect the constitutionality OF the remainder.
The action Of the courts upon this phenomenal
legislation WIN be awaited with no little interest.
IL was n melancholy Easter for the young man
who had forgotten TO order spring suit and tho
young woman whose bonnet didn't get home from
the milliner's shop
The crusade against the noxiouS cigarette is
not confined TO the Empire State. The lower house
Of the Michigan Legislature has passed bill which
prohibits the manufacture. sale, keeping for sale
or giving away OF any cigarettes or any imitation
thereof composed in whole or in part OF tobacco,
or any substance In the form Of the cigarette con-
tanning any narcotic elements" That Is pretty
sweeping. In this State II is only proposed 10
forbid the sale OF cigarettes TO boys under Ak
teen The Michigan House may mean well, but il
is hardly likely that public sentiment win support
any such law as that. A sentence OF Punishment
against the cigarette in toto cannot be enforced
at the present day.
There is happily little ground now for believing
that the Washington Centennial will be remem-
bered chiefly as the occasion Of q celebrated social
dispute.
Behold how these brethren dwell together in
unityl The New-York Aldermen have without
hesitation granted permission to the Aldermen Of
Brooklyn to erect q Centennial stand in Union
Square No fault is TO be found with that, so far
as VIC can see; but why should there be discrim-
inatiou in favor OF BROOKLYN Why not invite
Philadelphia, and Boston, and Cincinnati and Chi
cago, and st. Louis, etc, ETC., to put up stands
alsop 1t may be said that these cities haven't
asked for the privilege thus far, which is true, but
at such time as this the metropolitan Aldermen
can afford to be generous. II Is a tride late TO
make beginning, but II our Aldermen pass COM
prehensive resolution il will show that their hearts
are in the right place, whatever the condition of
their heads may be.
A Pennsylvania newspaper invites its readers to
name for publication the bravest man they know.
Probably the bravest man in oil the world is he
who can go on and tell long story TO the bitter
end, after having discovered by glancing at the
faces Of his listeners that it is an old friend Of
theirs.
The lower house OF the Michigan Legislature has
passed an important temperance reform bill. It
innnses high liquor tax and contains stringent