Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-13
OUR GENIUS ABROAD.
The Most Wonderful Things to be
Seen in Europe Nowadays.
ARE INVENTIONS BY JONATHAN.
Tariff Liars as Numerous and Persistent
Over There as Here.
EFFECT OF THE DUTY ON TIN PLATE

things in Europe were invented in America.
I refer to the telephone, audiphone, phono-
graph, telegraph and sewing machine. The
French are using both the audiphone and
phonograph for business and pleasure. On
the Rue des Italiens there is an alcove room
or niche fronting on the street in which are
a dosen public audiphones, each one con-
Meeting with a different theater, variety
show or cafe chantant. It was crowded
with listeners holding the audiphone
handles to their ears.
"Who do you want to hear?" asked the
attendant as entered.
"Give me Sara Bernhardtp'
"Here she is" he said, handing me the
handles for my ears. "Put half franc (10
cents) in the slot and listen five minutes"
"When the time was up the attendant
pointed to another audiphone. and said,
"You can hear Coquelin there, the Vaude-
vile here, or the Grand Opera In the cor
ner. Put your money in the slot and
listen"
So listened to plays, songs and opera in
expense Of 60 cents. I afterward secured
the barrels Of q photograph on which were
recorded these songs and plays, and will
listen to them again in New York.
GREAT VOICES THAT NEED EMBAIMINo.
II Is unfortunate that the photograph
should come too late to catch the thunder
Ing oratory OF Forest and Webster. the
drollery Of Burton, Josh Billings, Nssby
Artemus Ward, and the eloquenee of
Cough. Conklihg, Phillips and Beeeher.
| hope that Mr.. Edison will see that the
voices Of such living men a. Bismarck,
dladstone Debew and Blaine, may not be
forever lost My own health 10 pretty good,
and my lungs oil sound, but Nys and
Twin and Burdetts should have their
voices embalned.
After visiting the Government lace
factories In Brussels, where thousands OF
poor women we're making useless lace BY
hand, l called NJ the rooms where they
were selling American sewing machines.
There were hundreds Of Singers, Domesties,
Howea md Wilcox q Gibbs maohlnes--all
made in America. As the saving machine
has been used by both parties TO illustrate
tariff argument, a inquired the price OF
them.
1--WE sell good American sewing
Machines" said the agent, "lors40. Forty.
hye BUYS one with three drawers, and $50 10
the price oi the best plain machine with Q
top.",
THE LIAR or EUROPE.
I don't know which American tariff liars
this fact will help. Mr., Thomas II. Terrill,
. sewing machine agent rom Michigan,
brought over American machines to sell,
and tsl lls me that since sewing machine
patents had expired In Ameriea, they were
sal faR thHFA
Europe. The tarif liar 10 all over Europe,
aud 10 as effective here as In America. He
can scatter crowd Of Americans with ten
words on the tariff quicker than the Boston
musician can scatter them with piano re-
cital. II he Is u high tariff man he arms
himself with tl2 suit OF clothes from ths
Bowsry. Then he marches into Pools and
buys 500 suit.
"See," he says, "how cheap In hlgh-tariR
America, aud how dear In fres-trads En-
gland"
"If he Is q Iow-tariA liar he comes over
here with O $40 Filth avenue suit. Then
he goes down on Chespsids and buys s12
suit, and, lully equipped, he strikes IN
American crowd with: See this Sl2 free
trade English suit and look at that $40
high-tariff American suit"
The fact Is, the price Of the suit Is gov
erned by the price Of labor and locality in
both places. If il is q machine-made cheap
mans coat, there is not 80 differ
ence In the price, whether made in New
York or England, but if 1t is hand-sewed
coat of dude, made OF hand-combed wool,
it will cost $40 more in America.
JOHN BULL GETTING ALARMED.
The English are beginning to be alarmed |
at the idea of so much British money (s400,-
BOO, ,OOO) going to the United States for in
yestment in manufactures. When / asked
the cashier of the Consolidated Bank why
John Bull was SO solicitous, he said: ''It
not only indicates hard times here but that
there is feeling of uncertainty in England.
Land has shrunk almost one-half in value
and our manufactures are being run at a
loss, and beyond that there is political
TN what way?" asked.
"Well the Government is solid under the
Queen. The people respect her. The Prince
d Wales is very popular, but beyond him
al is uncertain. Albert Victor is a weak
boy. We do not know what the people will
10 with him. The Queen is i'll and may die
1t any moment and the Prince of Wales is
spoplectic and may die before his mother.
Brazil and France threw away their kings
in day. Why may not England do tie
,ame? Wise Englishmen are apprehensive
y !ae n. u,ur al their A'e esg, in one baskst
aon 4 ~, h.r;nn ,ritbstood tbs RebeIIion If
as, ,;dsd natihs di' ths strnnao"t GnU.rU
nent on the earth"
"How about Germany"
~ ,JoA vbo nnitsd that ns,iou Rns.is
!. sas..in, nvsr dvnanits Rnvoiution in
.'anson ,serIa bs ygiy A. Onida so1, IL
.onlJ he I'D = Ssbsaon Of nInndsr and bssr
,osi. rs,. arsnI an tbs Ma,ssiiisiss hni
london would soak itself in porter and gin.
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