The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-29
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Grover Cevelands defense of Tammauy has
not had very convincing effect Timely warn
ngs against the perm Of Tammany'S success are
too well grounded 10 be dismissed as baseleSs
and absurd To show tie startling effect Of
Tammany's corrupt rule MIR. Fassett has been
calling the attention Of the electors OF the En-
pire State to the financial records. There are III
the United States, he says 443 cities, with
population Of over 5000 each. Tie total annual
ordinary expenditure of all these cities is $3.50
COO,OCO. New York City alone spends about
Oue-tifln OF the cost OF governing all The cities
together, Including herself. Ia other words, 442
cities cost about S1S0OO0,0OO, and New York
CITY about 500 ,OUO, 600. There are in this
country fourteen cities of the first class-that Is
elites having over 100000 population. Their
ave. age cost per capita Per anDum for govern
ment is SIS %. Cleveland, Ono, shows the
lowest cosl-S7 SO; New York CITY shows the
highest-S23 S9-wIIch is low estimate. The
fact Is, that even upon the figures Of the New
York sun. the per capita cost OF New York ely
Is nearer $50.
American ordnance experts have read with
considerable interest the dispatches from En-
gland announcing The failure OF The l6-lnch no
ton guns constructed by Armstrong for the Brt.
ISL navy The built-up system pursued at the
Washington Nayyyard and the WaGervliet uun
factory have proved so satisfactory that their
faith mas not been shaken in their ability to sue
cesSiully make guns OF that size in this county,
ana IL is under stood that both the army aud
navy authorities Will in their annual reports
urge the construction OF 16-iuch guns. Our ord
nance experts have avoided TWO great defects
noticed abroad. he guu-hOops are made longer.
producing greater longitudinal strength. aud the
system OF steel inspection is far more Gigid. the
Test being made from the finished fOI cling after II
has been tempered.
al, ,ytti NJ baS
been SO facetIous is proving no joke In Canada
When duty OF cents dozen was levied the
Canadian. producers essayed 10 secure a market
in England, large COnsignments being made TO
Liverpool aud London. aud for while the supe.
riOr quality OF the eggs, as compared with con
signments from Holland, Belgium; France, Ger
many and Denmark was The subject of extensive
comment. Recently the cOnslgnees have re-
turned reports OF enormous waste, dissatisfied
customers, who do not relish musty eggs and the
difficulty of overcoming obstacles incident to the
long journey. II may seem trlfing subject for
discussion, but prior to The passage OF the Me-
Klnley bill our imports from Canada amounted
to 15,ol7 ,912 dozen per annum, valued al
S2,065,o 88.
Chauueey NJ. Depew declares the present con-
test in the Empire Stale is preliminary TO the
broader one that is TO come next year. rs lie
teISely sums up the situation. the leading ques-
tlon before the people OF the country to-day is
whether we shalt retain and be profted by the
work the Republican party has done in the way
of preserving the markets OF the United States
for lie farmers, the manufacturers aud the pro-
ducers generaly-preseTying not only the mar
kets Of the United States, but Of the countries
near and remote thar want our products. For
one l stand for the American workman. the
American farmer, the American manufacturer
and the American tradesman.