The Globe-republican., 1891-07-08
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Special Correspondence to the GLOBE RE-
PUBLICAN.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 4. 1891.
The President left Washington last
Friday morning for Cape May, n. j., and
for the next five or six weeks will trans
act all public business requiring his at
tention at that place. Private Secretary
Halford will join him there this week and
establish an Office ut some convenient
place near the Presidents cottage, and
will arrange for Geographic connection
with the Executive Departments at
Washington. The White House will
undergo extensive repairs during the
summer and will not be habitable.
Already have the predictions of the
low tariff men who raised such howl
against the Mckinley bill been refuted
by the ''logic of events" All manufac-
tured articles, which are necessary to the
great mass of the people, are cheaper
than they were before the said bill be-
came law.
The tariff is year by year accomplish
ing its beneficial work. There was a
time that Great Britain practically sup
piled the civilized world with iron. But
in 1889 that country produced 1922 s24
tons of pig iron and the abount produced
in the United States had risen to !, COB, :
642. Last year, however, official figures
show that we produced 9,2Oa.7O and
Great Britain only 7,9O4,2l4. And yet
iron has been getting cheaper and cheap
er every year. Does protestive tariff
increase the price of the ar.icles
Pension Commissioner Raum has Just
issued IA letter to the official force thank
ing them for their diligence and point
ing out that during the fiscal year. there
we're received and disposed of $3.50, l2O
pieces of mail matter. There were $780,
sl3 claims jacketed, recorded, and sent
to the adjudicating divisions, 653, All be-
ing applications under the act of June
u, 1890. The number of certificates is.
sued was 25O,54l.
In consequence of the increase 10 the
number of war-ships the navy is in need
of great many more men. But if the
naval force is to be increased such a
policy should be adopted as would en-
courage and promote more readily the
enlistment of American citizens, in place
of the foreigners who compose most of
the crews of American vessels of wal.
The most effective way of encouraging
the enlistment of American seamen would
be to throw all ranks of the naval service
open to promotion for merit.
1.-The far West is thoroughly republic
can, and California is particularly for
Blaine" said MIR. II. p. Sonntag. of San
Francisco, at the Ebbitt House last night.
''ShOuld Mr.. Harrison be nominated he
will undoubtedly carry the West, but the
people would prefer Blaine. Both re.
publicans and democrats admire him.
The republicans of San Francisco want
the next national conventions and we are
going to make a determined fight for Il.
We of California never do anything ~
halves. and we have entertaised both the
knight Templers and the Grand Army of
the Republic in their national organiza.
ti0ns. If the republican national convep-
ton will come to San Francisco the peO-
pie of that city will pay the expenses of
every delegate. 1t would Be glorious
place for that convention, and II it is pos
sible to secure it we propose to have il"
Carefully prepared statistics of the
sugar industry of Cuba for the last ten
years show an average annual produce
tion and export of about 10000 tons,
about % per cent. of which went to the
United States and the balance in very
small proportions to England. France,
and other European countries.
On account of poor health w. H.
Booth. the editor of the Florence Herald
has concluded to cease his labOrs for IL
time and has }eased the office to Jas. G..
kyeider. Believe we have met Mr.. X.
and that he is some times known as the
Iowa cyclone.
Big Wheat Acreage-Over II Million
RuShplS for Kansas