New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-08

:. ocrtain leading railroad operator Is pucCihs ~"
srrulus inoomen into certain leading railway
will calm the nerves Of those who have been ie"r-
mi that the leading operator might be apoue "
nut the Leading railway into his surplus inooine'
The free trade press is striving to make oi'o
mint that II Cuba be relieved from the ouroen'
of the protective SYSTEM to the great advances
Of its peoples the United States would be oene-
flied in the same way No, ncighoors' tnaV !"
Got No comparison can be mode betyeen the
United States and Cuba for the simple reason 'h"'
the island has never been protected by the eco.
ronic svstern. Spain was protected but not Cuba.
The system was unreclprocal so far as the isiano
was concerned Suppose, for example, that 'ne
| United States owned Hawaii and Samoa, ana pro
tscted itself at the expense of the islands sup
nose moreover that those islands could sell ther
| produce in Australia alone, and that ny our syS
tenn we compelled them to buy thousands OF mice
from the market where they sold and that 'ne
purchasing power of their staples was dlminisneu
one half. That wOuld be parallel case we
would not be protecting, but squeezing ana running
the islands, and that has been the fate OF Ouoa'
The island has been dairy conducted IN phe
inter rest of Spain The milk has been solo In 'ne
United States, but the feed has been pougno III
Spain at double the cost, and the dairy business
has not been protected in any wey
| Kaiser Wilhelm seems to be as orten atoacke"
for his ill-heath as Mr.. Blaine. The latest sCory
Of his epileptic affections emanates rom noVori
| ouslv ENTHUSIASTICALLY French source. u is proper
to remark that If the Kaiser is really SICK ne
nevertheless manages to accomplish lou more
| than many we'll men.
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cases reported have peculiar features. Men nave
token their own lives who apparently had no
motive. and peculiarly inconvenient metnoos nave
been adonted 70 destroy life. One man wrote an
advertisement offering to commit suicide for
small consideration another asked to ne taken
nto a police station for fear that he woulo oe
| unable 10 resist the impulse TO destroy himself
| Two or three members of family have Joineo
| In ending their lives. While all these ana many
other facts are showing the ease with which men
are led to self-murder, popular lecuurel arsue'
that certain circumstances of peculiar bodily dis
tress without hope Of recovery may justify suicide
rbis form of murder may be somewhat less
| dangerous to the community than that "nion
| causes the death Of one man az uhe n'nuo VI
another. but every means which reason OF reLe
ion can bring to bear should be used to lessen onls
now prevalent crime.
The Farmers Alliance OF Louisiana has done
q crndtable thing in Joining heartily In the OPP
nostion to the lottery amendment to The Con
stitution. The question is more important 10 tne
honor and dignity of the State than any poiitlcai
ons which will probably be involved in the cleo
tion The Democrats who control the state are
! divided on the lottery question, and with all the
money and other powerful influences at WORK 10
aid the lottery scbemers, every vote WILL NC
| needed to suppress the evil
new educational idea was brought forward 81
the meeting Of seminary principals wnicn mas
inst been held OF Round Lake. 10 Is 70 deParO
from the established custom Of making Satur-
day the weekly holiday, and to dispense WIN
recitations on Monday instead Various argu-
| nnents worth consideration were suggested IN
favor of the change, and the idea impressed the
principals so favorably that most OF them agreed
| az once 70 submit it to the consideration Of the
faculties of the institutions which they represent
| At first blush the proposition has decidedly odd
onneorance. and it is likely that those who have
so long been accustomed to the old order of things
will enter an emphatic protest against any change
The novelty of the proposition does not especially
commend it. and the Monday holiday, If adopted,
will not be likely TO enjoy immediate popularity
II the question were put TO vote among the semi
nary pupils of the land, there is little doubt that
Saturday would hold its own by large majority
The falling of In the Savings Bank deposits
inst reported is not to be taken as an lndicatlon
that the people are less prudent than formerly ouo
simply shows that other means OF Investment
have become more popular among those VINO nave
accumulated small sums of money. The purchase
of small plots of ground in the suburbs ana III
vestments in building associations have I'M
doubtedly absorbed considerable part OF the
savings which formerly found their way into the
banks Some methods of investment are undouot-
edly more profitable and 1t is to be hoped that they
will not prove less safe than depositing In savings
institutions.