Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-12-25

sonal animos:ty. The attention Ct tin
Gillian Government was at once called e.
this affair, ana a statement OF the facts
obtained by the investi Cation we haa
conducted was So omitted, accompanied by
request ID be advised OF anv other O:
qualifying facts in the possession OF the
CHILEAN Government that might tend to re
heve this affair of the appearance OF an IN
suit to this Government. The ChlIian Gov
eminent was also advised that II such quail
tying facts did not exist this Government
would confidently expect full and prompt
PREPARATION.
1t is to be regretted that the reply OF tn
Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Provi
s1Onal Government was cOuchei in an often.
sive tone. To this no response has been
made. This Government is now awaiting
the result of an investigation which has been
conducted by the criminal court at Val
paraiso. It is reported unofficialIy that tbs
investigation is about completed, and it is
expected that the result viii
soon be communicated to this Gov.
eminent, together with some AIDE
quate and satisfactory response to the note
by which the attention Of Chill was called to
this incident. If these just expectations
should be disappointed or further needless
delay intervene, | will, by a special message.
bring this matter again to the attention Of
Congress for such action as may be nece5-
sarT. The entire correspOn 1ence with the
Government of Chilli will at an early date be
submitted to Congress.
THE CHINESE QUESTIONS.
The late outbreak against foreigners in
various parts of the Chinese Empire has been
a cause of deep concern in view Of the nu
merOus establishments of our citizens in
the interior of that country. This Govern
ment can do no less than insist upon con-
tiruance of the protective and punitOry
measures which the Chinese Government has
heretofore applied. No effort will be omitted
to protect our citizens peaceably sojourning
in China but recent unofficial information
indicates that what was at first regarded as
an outbreak of mob violence against foreign
ers has assumed the larger form Of an in
SurrectlOn against public order.
The Chinese Government has declined to
receive Mr.. Blair as the Minister of the
United States on the ground that. as a par
ticipant, while a Senator, in the enactment
of the existing legislation against the intro
ductiOn of Chinese labOrerS, he has become
unfriendly and Objectionable to China. [
have felt constrained to point out to the
Chinese Government the untenableneSs OF
this position. which seems to rest as much
on the unacceptability of our legislation as
on that of the person chosen, and which, if
admitted, would practically debar the selec
ton of any representative so long as the
existing laws remain in force.
A SPANISH WORLDS FAIR.
The United States has been invited to par
ticipate in an Exposition at Madrid to COM
memorate the 4O0th anniversary of the dis
covery of America by Columbus. 1t will
open September ~, 1892 and close Deem
Der 81.
RUSSIAN HARSHNESS TO HEBREWS.
This Government has protested in serious
ness but friendliness to the Car against
harsh measures towards the Hebrew popu-
lation of Russia and their Punishment from
that Empire
THE TARIFF LAW.
The general interest in the operations of
the Treasury Department has been much
augmented during the last year by reason of
the conflicting predictions which accompa-
MED and followed the tariff and other legis-
lation of the last Congress affecting the rev.
enues, as to the results of this legislation
upon the Treasury and upon the country.
There is certainly nothing i'll the condition
of trade foreign or domestic, there is GER
tainly nothing i'll the condition of our people
of any class to suggest that the existing
tariff and revenue legislation bears oppres-
sively upon the people or retards the COM
mercial development of the nation. It may
be argued that our condition would be better
if our tariff legislation were upon a free
trade basis: but it cannot be denied that all
the conditions of prosperity and of general
contentment are present in larger degree
than ever before in our history, and that, too,
Just when it was prophesied they would be
in the worse state. Agitation for radical
changes in tariff and financial legislation
connot help, but may seriously impede, bust
ness to the prosperity OF which some degree
of stability in legislation is essential.
[ think there are conclusive evidences that
the new tariff has created several great in
dustries which will, within few years, give
employment to several hundred thousand
American working men and women In
view of the somewhat OvercrOwded condition
of the abor market of the United States,
every patriotic citizen should rejoice at such
a result.
FREE COINAGE WOULD MEAN DISASTER.
am still of the opinion that the free coin.
age of silver under existing conditions would
disastrOuSly affect our business interests at
home and abroad. We could not hope to
MAINTAIN an equality in the purchasing power
of the gold and silver dollar in our own mar
kets, and in foreign trade the stamp gives nc
added value to the bullion contained in
coins. The producers of the country, its
farmers and laborers, have the highest in.
terest that every dollar, paper or coin. is
sued by the Government shall be as good
as any other. If there is one less valuable
than another its sure and constant
errand will be to pay them for their toll and
tect himself by STIMULATING for payment in
cold, but the laborer has never been able to
40 that. To place business upon a silver
basis would mean a sudden and severe con-
traction of the currency, by the withdraw
OF gold and gold notes, and such an unset
Ting of all values as would produce com,
mercial panic. | cannot believe that PEG
pie so strong and prosperous as ours will
promote such policy.
BMETALLISM THE OBJECT.
The producers of silver are entitled to just
hy1t oct
that the Government is now buying and put.
ting out of the market what is the equivalent
of the entire product of our silver mines.
This is more than they themselves thought