Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12

Special Correspondence Of TIE Evrxrye STAR.
NV York, July 10.
On Tuesday the city saw parade OF hunger
and poverty, but the event only showed how
superior is the condition of our lowest classes
to that Of the dregs of the population in other
countries. This was the parade of the striking
and the unemployed cloak makers. II was
directed by a Scotchman and was on the model
Of the monstrous psrades OF the unemployed
in London. Undoubtedly the greatest dsstitu-
tion prevails among these poor operatives,
most Of whom are drawn from the poverty
stricken masses in Hungary, Italy, Germany
and other continental countries. Their con-
dition here may be not so very much in ad-
vance Of the squalor that they left at home,
yet at the same time IL one could judge from
the sidewalk on Tuesday these men have very
much bettered themselves and are at present
in no desperate straits. At the best, of course
their condition is an ugly one; they are out Of
work, they have no money and the wolf is very
near the door. Still much Of their misery
springs from their own pride or stubbornness,
fully as much SO as from the conditions OF the
labor market, for all the employers are anxious
to fill the orders which are pouring in upon
them and they are willing to pay what they
consider fair rate OF wages.
THE RETURNING BooDLrRs.
The GROWING infamy Of the Fellows regime
in the district attorneys Office is the return Of
DeLacy and Maloney from Canada 1t 10 now
five years since these precious rascsls left
town between two days in order 70 escape
states prison. IL ever there was a clear case
against men il exists with them. and that they
now feel safe IN returning 10 8 shameful CON-
mentary on the breakdown Of the machinery Of
justice. Possibly the universal outburst of
which hal hag mad will
spur our district attorney to spasm OF energy,
but no one Is sangulne enough to expect that
either of them will be convicted. even if the
formslity Of trial is undertaken. II is noticed
that the doughty colonel, just a, this time, has
packed his valise and gone off on a vacation
The undsrlings in the Office say with good
deal of energy that of course the two boodlers
will be prosecuted but as ~ this we can tell
much better a little later on. The boodlers
themselves are evidently IN no alarm.
THE RUSH OF IMPORTS.
This is the time when the custom house
clerk mops his brow and wishes he had never
been born. The activity at .he custom house
is unprecedented. Although the thermometer
is in three figures, the force is driven almos.
night and day. The explanation is, Of course
the feverlsh and unnatural activity due TO the
change In the tariff laws. The government 10
soon TO pile Ossa on Pelion. by adding 10 the
customs administrative bill. which goes into
operation on the LIST of August. a tariff re-
form bill that il expected to destroy large
branches OF the import business. Taken to-
gether the two measures have driven the i'm
porters to desperation, and there is q mad at
tempt to get goods enough into the country
before the day OF judgment to last for some
time after that event. The importations
in some branches of trade are quedruple
that are affected by the tariff bills the increase
has been prodigious The lofts are full all
over town and the public stores and bonded
warehouses; are also bursting. Il would not
be surprising II. as consequence OF this great
rush, prices kept for some months at their
present level, or even declined, in face of the
large increase OF duty, because the supply has
already become excessive. / hear of one prom
inent importer of linen whose house has
brought into this port within few weeks con-
signments to the aggregate amount Of one
thousand cases. aggregating q value of over
s2OO.O00. Other firms can tell the
same story. In fact the whole situation can be
summed up in the statement that the importers
have been getting all the goods they can buy
and store. The activity has been a. sharp ms
when Joseph engineered that grain corner in
the days of Pharaoh to tide over a seven years
famine. The first effect Of this activity will be
O notable aud . very comfortable increase IN
the revenues, but we shall have to pay for il
later. After August the expectation Is tina,
the imports will sadly decline, and from that
probably be extraordinarily small, so that ia
the long run Uncle Sans pocket book will no,
bulge out more than usual. Like the boa con.
strictor or the camel, he will take one big mea.
and let that last him an indefinite period.
A BAD KIND OF FLORAL TRIBUTE.
We associate flowers with all that is tender
and dainty and beautiful, but sometimes they
have more sinister relation. Thus, prim-
rose on the windows rim primrose was to
Mr. Joseph Hewson, and considerably more.
In his murderous bosom il also suggested a
projectile, for Mr.. Hewson Was out with a
neighbor, Miss Ann Austin, and seeing her
pass, tive stories below him on the sidewalk. he
picked up the flower pot on his tenement win
dow SILL and with an eye and arm educate to
a fatal aim by Sunday base ball, he discharged
the flower pot upon her head. Not only bless
ings but also injuries come from about at least
so Miss Austin found. as the flower pot struck
her fairly, knocked her down and nearly killed
her. At this point the law interfered in Mr.
Hewson's diversions, and he was sentenced yes
terday to state prison for two years and ten
months, during which time he will have to cul-
tivate his flowers in uniform in little regular
plots outside the building which he shares with
others whom the state eequesters, for longer or
shorter terms.
HOW THE METROPOLIS GROWS.
Occasionally We get a peep at the real great.
ness of New York as a human center. Thus,
the increase for the twelve months in the real
estate valuation of the city amounts &c
$4,000, 600. This ia equal to the entire vaIua.
ton Of many an ambitious and thriving city
yet the growth is scarcely perceptible, sc
enormous il the size and wealth of the metrop.
oils A town that can add nearly one hundred
million dollars to its real estate valuation in a
single year is in position to curl the lip OF
scorn at the boastful boom towns of the west.
AT the same time we have had rather fright
today In report from Washington that the
census count has PANIED out only l, 500, 900, in
stead Of the l, 900 expected. II this be SO,
and the figures are anywhere near right, il
shows in a striking light the centrifugal tenden-
cies Of life among those who do business and
make their money on Manhattan Island.
HENRY r. ELLIOT.
Cloak Makers to Arbitrate.