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New-York tribune., 1891-05-18
AN ENGLISH IRoN-MASTERS NOTES

Hr James Kitson has a most appreciatlve
article in "The Contemporary Review" on the
visit of the Iron and Steel Institute to the
United States last year. Not only does he ac-
knowledge the "prinoely hospitality" with
which the English and German delegations of
iron masters and mining engineers were enter
tanned but he also does full justice to the SUI
perior merits of skilled American labor and to
the mechanical perfection of manufacturing pro-
cesses in tho United States. He does not hesi-
tate to pronounce the higher classes of wOrkmen
employed in the iron works OF Philadelphia and
pittsburg the best in the world. "Their pro-
ductve power,n he remarks, is greater than
that of the English workers in the same time
and their working hours are longer and their
remuneration greater" He expresses appre-
hension lest continual work at high pressure
NAV not shorten the lives of wOrkmen, but
frankly admits that an American skilled la
borer can accomplish more in given time than
the workman of any other manufacturing coun-
Try
TO the advantage of possessing the best labor
in the world is added, in the opinion of this
distinguished English critic, remarkable readi-
ness on the part of employers to adopt scen-
the processes of manufacture. lie contends
that while the English are to be credited with
most of tho inventions by which iron and steel
manufacture has been perfected, the Americans
with "a surprising gift of receptivity and a
peculiar faculty for adaptation have first ap-
proprated every process and then improved
upon it. "Their blast furnaces" he says are
more capacious than ours, their engines are
more powerful, their roingmils are Of new
and improved construction" With superior
labor and a more highly. improved plant the
United States has been enabled to surpass Eng
land in the production of pig-irOn. Sir James
Kitson attributes this success largely TO the
high standard of education, especially in tech
nical schools, prevailing in the United States.
This is undoubtedly one cause but there is an
other which, as an English free trader, he is
slow TO recognize.
What Mr.. Bright used TO call " the barbarism
of the tariff" is largely responsible for the re-
suits which the English iron and steel workers
witnessed during their American tour protec-
ton has secured for the skilled labor remuncr-
atiye wages and enabled the founders Of new
| industries to profit by English experience to
get the best European ideas and then to i'm
! prove upon them and to become to large ex-
New-York tribune., 1891-05-18
4 CHANCE FOR AMERICAN MAoH1NlS1S'

Not only has the fact been demonstrated tha'
sucar-beets can be proiitably grown III 'u0
United States. but great progress has oeeh hiaue
IN increasing the amount Of sugar in each ION
of boots 4 few Years ago three or four pouiiuS
of sugar to each one hundred pounds OF beetS
was considered fair yield. but careful culture
and selection of seed and seed oeetS Ill "eiir'""'
brought the average last year Up to neariy Iour-
teen pounds to the hundredweight. Inc sugar
beets raised in Nebraska were even rcher III
snoar than that. The amount OF land III tmS
country which seems well adapted to the grown
of this vegetable is simply enormous. Ihere
,coud seem to be no reason why the farmers Oh
the United States should not produce every
pound of sugar used by our people
This result can only be reached however,
when some plan shall be devised whereby
crop of q few acres on each OF the large NUMBER
of farms in any given neghborhoOd can De
manufactured in that vicinity, in the same way
as corn and other vegetables are canned. At
nresent the plant required for manufacturing
beet sugar is an expensive one Farmers are
accordingly constantly asking this queS'ioh
"Can there not be made or invented some
smaller plant which can be put up at an eX-
nense of few thousand dollars only, which
will do this work prOftably and well"'
The TRIBUNE desires to call the attention
of the machinists of the United States to THIS
subject There are an immense number OF
small communities which would enter upon the
growth of sugar-beets instantly if such method
of utilizing the crop could be established. The
experiments already tried show that beet-cut-
ure can produce net profit of from $50 to
$40 to each acre Of ground. What blessing
il would be to the farmers of the United States
if they could raise the sugar for the people OF
the whole country and thus save the $780,
100000 which are sent abroad each year for
ow-grade sugars. THE TRIBUNE would urge
the mechanics of tho United States to study
this problem at once. If some American citizen
can do for the sugar industry what Eli Whit
ney did for cotton future generations "will rise
ND and call him blessed" More than that after
such an invention his children will certainly
not be compelled to beg for bread, nor will he
need to put mortgage on his home. The man
who will solve this problem will be benefactoi
of his race Will the manufacturing journals
of the country call attention to this pressing
want? viii American ingenuity supply thi:
INN erative need 2
New-York tribune., 1891-05-18

The question OF opening the Metropolitan Mu-
scum of Art is to be brought before the trustees
to-day by means of big petition, which mas
some 10000 signatures. Among the sighef'
are not few of our best-known citizens IN
Guiding several prominent clergymen. Ihe pc
,ition is one of uncommon weight That the
netitioners are in earnest is shown by the fac'
that a number of them have subscribed 10
fund of $4,000 to defray the additional expense
durinc the summer, if the trustees act favoraoH
on the petition, and they promise to cooperate
with the trustees financially hereafter shouu
there be decision in favor of Sunday opening
throughout the year. This petition IS too ior-
midable to be ignored. 1t brings the question:
hoforo tbe Museum authorities in such way
that a decision cannot be evaded'
New-York tribune., 1891-05-18

@, ,oo ooo in x,oiua The quantity In sight has
increased 116,07S bales during the mohon' "s
29,695 last year for the same periOo' anu
price dropped q sixteenth last week 1. nv
VOL that the prce of wheat has again pe''i
boisted 3 cents during the week, for eAPoi' o
tho Atlantic side will not thereby be helped, pu'
FOR two weeks OF May from both coasts the cA'
,,orts have been ,531 bushels, against 5,ooo'
aas last year, and the receipts at western Pofn
in two weeks were 4,l51 ola bushels, against
2 oo2. .7l6 last year. the supply in sIght. acco'uns
IN q Bradstreet's' report, being ,4oO,O0o Dushes
more than a year ago. Corn has decnneo -
cents and pork and lard SHADE; cohee 70
little weaker butter much lower ana ra" sus",
nnd granuIated an eighth lower. Inc sener"i
average of prices has dropped about IL per
cent during the week b
T1,o stock market has shown remarkable, stuo"
bornness. declining less than 90 Genus PEI 'n" ,,
during the week for the average OF ac.i'e i"A
road stocks which have been supported ny ca
oolort returns Of earnings-for the month OF April
472 per cent above those Of the same roau' i""O
veor Rut there was an increase of mileage also,
and the earnings per mile were put $780, ae'dm'O
s417 last year. gain of about per cent. The
decrease in tonnage handled, nevertheless con-
Times. on the trunk lines, at least, the eastpound
cllDmpnfS
u,eeks Of Nav only los, ,492 tons, against 1890
last year. But the present decline in tonnage on
account of last years short crops, is largely
balanced by the bright prospects for crops 'lnS
veor which the agricultural report shows 10 DE
exceptionally favorable. the condition OF wheat
exceeding that Of May. 1889, while in addition
there is a great increase in acreage
The volume of business, measured by exchanges
tbroucb clearing houses outside New-York, 1alS
soma,vbat behind that Of last year for the second
week Of May, but is still so large that trade con
not he considered in any sense depressed. Inc
wonder is that transactions continue SO large WIN
n restricted movement of last years farm producS'
and with many branches of business Temporarily
affected by strikes. The struggle between Duiid-
ers and employees in building trades has taken
more threatening form here, and in other clues
considerable bodies Of workers are at present ou'
Of employment. But the iron manufacture begins
IN recover. the capacity of furnaces in blast May
being 1856 tons, against 113,4SS April l. ana
1so .os9 on the same date last year.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-18
PERSONAL.

Rierstadt will paint for the Worlds Far pietuv
~ WatlIngs Island, which many geographers believe
.n 10 tho one on which Columbus first landed after
crossing the Atlantic
Frank Hura s thought to have some chance Of being
nominated for Governor Of Ohio this year In place m
Camp0en.
Now that Il has Been decided in the Fillmore Win
.oso that - 3cousinn means only "frst cousin" 10
eoems probable that each Of Mllard r. flnmores
eleven heirs will get about S@o,ooo'
Mn. Ianauschek they say in Pittsburg, where she
,s now playing Will retire altogether rom as
stage, owing to il-health ana po0r O"S
Blatchford Kavanagh, the famous BOY soprano u
Grace church. Chicago, has returned from Europe,
no n. has snent the last six months. In all that
time he has not been permitted TO sing' aitn"gh
be stories that his voice had failed before he went
ovav are denied By his musical Instructor. Tests
I'll, soon he made with q view 10 shaping his future
stndv Hopes are entertained that ne VIII prove
ten1s singer. Kavanagh will be nfteen years oa
next July.
Three distinct memorials to Emma willard are nov
IN progress Two Of them viii be located IN Iroy' Oh
h,h one will be marble statue Of Mrs. Willard and
the other will be the beautiful Ourey hehonaa man,
the offering Of two brothers 10 the memory OF an only
sI,er graduate and devoted pupil Of Mrs. Willard.
The third memorial has yet no abiding place. but AL
indcaton Of what It will is afforded By the heading
q, the stationery now used by its projectors which Is
a. follows: Worlds Columbian Exposition, Chcaeo.
1so3 Memorial to Mrs. Emma Willard, by the women
~ America Secretary Mrs. William L. Taylor tciass
,e66l Canton Illinois" II is In contemplation 10
have a reunion of Troy Seminary pupils curing tne
Exnosttion I'm 1893, and in the meantime 70 raise
generous endowment fund for an Emma "InLu xSa SOn
5et,tive elective college scholarship or fenoWsmp.
And the educated women Of America arc H'i"e "
contribute TO this most worthy OBJECT
New-York tribune., 1891-05-18
APPEALS IN HABEAS CORPUS CASES.


The decisions of the Federal Supreme Court
in the habeas corpus cases appealed from the
Circuit Court of this district sustain the lower
tribunal in all its POSITIONS, and leave the law
governing appeals from decisions refusing a
writ of habeas corpus precisely as Judge La-
combe defined it, There are six of these cases
and four were decided. They are all an inde-
fensible effort to delay the execution OF murder
ers condemned in this State TO die by electricity
Their frivolous and unwarranted character was
condemned by the Circuit Court, which refused
to issue the writ, and are again condemned by
the Supreme Court, which indorseS the Circuit
Courts action, and sustains it in holding that
writ of habeaS corpus is not to be made to
serve the purpose of writ of error, and that
the Federal courts are not properly TO be used
to obstruct the ordinary administration of JUS
tice by the State courts
But the trouble is that they are so used and,
as Judge LacOmbe pointed out some time ago, in
the present state of the law governing appeals
from an adverse decision on an application for
writ of habeas corpus, they must in despite OF
themselves continue to be so used whenever
an unscrupulous attorney wishes to fight against
time. Nc matter how devoid of merit his
claims may be, for the cases in question illus
trate An absolute squaor and poverty OF merit
he can yet by merely appealing from the Circuit
Courts adverse decision stay the States hand
and hold It until, months later, the Supreme
Court is enabled to release it. The cure for
this is in legislation. UDdeniably the right to
apply for writ of habcas corpus is one of the
highest rights of the citizen, most jealousy to
be priced and defended. For that very reason
it should be held secure from abuse. There
would be no danger in lodging a reasonable dis
crction in the Circuit Judges enabling them to
refuse to allow An appeal when it is clear to
their minds that the purpose of the appeal is
merely to gain time on an application designed,
in the words of the Supreme Court to " oh
struct the ordinary administration Of the Grim
New-York tribune., 1891-05-18
MONDAY, MAY IS, 1891.
TWELVE PAGES
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Foregn.-The Charleston and ESmeralda re-
,,,inod at Acapulco: nothing has been seen Of the
1,ata. 80 Several villages have been destroyed
and some people killed by the lava from new
volcano in Armenia - Damage to fruit crops
hos been done by frost in England; snow fell at
pq,f6rt and Nancy, France - number OF
,corle were injured in fight between the Iris
foctions ot Kanturk. 80 The Duchess OF Fife
gave birth to daughter.
DomesticIOrders were sent from Washington
placinr the American vessels in the South Pacinc.
i,nludinr the Charleston. under command of Act
irg Rear-Admiral McCann. - Dr. Thatcher
Graves has been indicted in Denver for the murder
Of Mrs. Barnaby of Providence = The West
Virrinia Central Railroad has entered into traf-
dc arrangement with the Baltimore and Ohio.
go Mayor Shakespeare, of New-Orleans, has
asked Governor Nichols to request that the Gov
ernment recall the exequatur of Italian Consul
Corte.
Citv and Suburban. -Ex-Assemblyman Charles A
Binder. who was a fugitive from Justice on a
charge of embezzlement. killed himself in Eliza
beth - woman's body was found on the
Staten Island shore; murder is suspected. -
A petition to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
trustees for Sunday opening was signed py many
Thousands of citizens - Two men were Killed
and three badly hurt in a wreck on the Long
Island Railroad - committee was named
tn prepare the necessary papers for the trial OF
tho Rev. DIR. Briggs. - A vast crowd attended
the layinq of the cornerstone of ST. Joseph
Seminary. YoRkers.
The Weather for to-day Fair, grow
Ing milder Temperature Yesterday; hghest
So degrees lowest, 43 average, so 3-s.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-18
Amnacmenle
Ls:15-Iunt Bridget's Baby.

BIJoU THEATRES 15-Aunt Bridget's Baby.
BROADWAY THEATRE-S-Wang.
CASINOS :15-Apollo.
COLUMBUS THEATRE-S-The Witch.
DALY'S THEATRE-s-1he Old Musician, The Circus
Rider and a Pantomime Rehearsal.
EDEN MUsEE-wax Tsbleaus.
FIFTH AVENUE ART GALLERIES-Society OF Amer
lean Artists Exhibition m. to and 30 TO 10 p m
GARDEN THEATRES :15-Don Juan.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE-S-ForgetMe-Not
HARLEM OPERA HoUSE-2 and s-Day Crockett
HARRIGANs THEATRE-S-Reilly and the 400.
ROSTER & BIADS-2 and S-Carmeneita
MADISON SQUARE THEATRES :S0-The Merchant
NEW PARK THEATRES :15-A Knotty Anair.
PALMER'S THEATRES 15-The Tar and the Tartar
PRoCTORS 23D-ST THEATRES :15-Mr WILKINSON
Widows.
STANDARD THEATRES 15-Ship Ahoy
UNION SQUARE THEATRE-S ;16-The Henrietta
l4TH STREET THEATRE-s-Kate
New-York tribune., 1891-05-18

appropriate to the trial. The authority OF '1io
committee is limited, though there appears 10 DC
some question already as to the scope thereof
The most significant thing about its compoSi'ion
;s that il is distinctly antiBriggs, all the mem
bers being opposed to the much -talked-oi pio.
fessor. If the committee is merely to arranso
the preIiminares of the trial, this is not a''o'
of grave moment: if it possessed judicial powers
the makeup of the committee would DC Su'-
iect for severe criticism.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-18
somo Interesting features attach to suit fo7

Some interesting features attach to suit for
S25. 600 which the Clark Thread Company has
brought against Hudson County, n. j., for dam
ages 20 the company's buildings in Kearny by a
mob which attacked them during the recent
strike. There are likely to be some novel
points raised when the case comes to tral-if
that ever happens, foTit is said that the county
will seek to arrange compromise. Its liability
for not repressipg the mob will be virtually ad-
mitted by such course
New-York tribune., 1891-05-18

The racing season is well under way and the
great game is pursued by more people than any
previous wear. Tenny won the Brooklyn Handi-
can in impressive style, and everybody is now
looking forward to the Suburban. Salvator' the
mighty champion, is missed but Tenny, klngs-
ton. Tournament, Potomac and Firenzi are sui
wearing plates and will give the followers OF
the turf plenty to think about. incidentally
the poolrooms are doing brisk business at the
old stand.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-18

In an interview with the New-Orleans Commit
tee of Citizens the Italian Consul, Mr.. Corte, VINO
has been lately recalled by his Government for IN
discreet conduct in connection with the Malta rlot
Is reported to have said " that the statements ne
had made to The New-YOrk Tribune had peen
made by Corte as an individual, not by Corte as
Consul, and that the reporter had greatly eA-
a0perated his statements" We are not concerned
with the distinction Mr.. Corte seeks to draw De-
tween himself as an individual and himself as an
Italian officer If it is satisfactory 10 MS uoVelh-
ment it is entirely to us But II he told the
New Orleans Committee that our correspondent eA-
argerated his statements he is evidently afflicted
with the same mental trouble which has been
SO conspicuous in the official utterances OF his
superiors Baron Fava and the Marquis di Rudlnl.
Tie statement to which he refers was written by
Mr. Corte's secretary at Mr.. Cortes dictation. IL
was dated. italian Consulate New-Orleans, March
IS, 1891" and was signed by the Consul himself
"P. Corte" 1t was delivered by Mr.. Corte to our
staff correspondent, and was printed in The
Tribune precisely as it was written.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-18

The Cleveland Democracy Of Buffalo, stimulated
to renewed activity by the exPresident's recent
visit, has begun movement looking to providing
itself with a fine clubhouse. One OF its enth0s-
astic members has contributed 81, 900 to build
ing fund. 1t will strike the average man, how
over that this Democratic organization cannot long
crdnre unless IL abolishes one Of the rules under
which it is at present conducted. This rule runs:
aNo liquor Of any kind shall be sold or drank In
the clubhouse" II that is not distincdvey
and outrageously anti-Democratic rule, what bl
New-York tribune., 1891-05-18

although one or two efforts TO argue the appeal
have been started, no progress has been made.
The General Term has at last taken the matter
I'D and decided that unless stipulation is made
in Barkers behalf that the appeal shall be argued
at the June term, it will be forthwith dismissed.
AS the dismissal OF the appeal means Barkers
incarceration, the General Terms order VIII doubt
less bring him 10 terms.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-18

There is no news yet of the Itata. Thus far
she has eluded the Charleston, which with the
Esmerada is at Acapulco. 1t is intimated in
Uexico dispatch that the Itata may have taken
coal at sea- and will thus not be under the
necessity of putting into any Mexican port for
coaling purposes. There is no relaxation in the
determination of our Government to capture the
fugitive Commodore McCann, who is at
lquique on the Baltimore, has received orders to
take the Itata in case she eludes the Charleston.
Our Government is pursuing her as piratical
craft, and will capture her anywhere except in
neutral waters-that is. anywhere upon the high
seas or within the Chian jurisdiction
New-York tribune., 1891-05-18

There is man in Florida who has greater
respect for the courts than he had few DAYS
ago. One Lot NJ Ballard was convicted lasc
week of violating the postal laws, and sentenced
to nine months imprisonment. When the court
adjourned, the prisoner was taken back TO the
iail. and on the way he told his custodians thao
when he had served his term He would shoot every
witness who had testified against him. Inns
threat was reported to the Judge. who recalled
Ballard as soon as he reascended the bench. ana
changed the sentence from nine months to elSAteeh
months. The general verdict will be served MN
right"
New-York tribune., 1891-05-18
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New-York tribune., 1891-05-18

The robbery of a mail-wagon on Fifth-ave. in the
early evening is one of the boldest crimes which
even the accomplished New-York thief can devise
1t is not strange that the endeavor made on Friday
evening was unsuccessful but the fact that any one
should have attempted and partly succeeded in ac-
compshing such theft is enough to put the
postal authorities on their guard. The mail
wagons should be so securely locked that they
could not be forcibly opened by any one or two
men. and if necessary an extra guard should be
provided for each wagon.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-18

The first step in the "judicial investigation"
Of DR.. Briggs has been taken by the appoint
ment of the committee authorized by the Presby-
terry to arrange and prepare" the proceedings
New-York tribune., 1891-05-18

1t is painful to be informed that Lieutenant
Governor Jones is not able to command the united
support of the Democrats in his own county
painful, of course, to General Jones What is de-
scribed as frst-class split" is described as in
process of taking place in the Broome County
Democracy. Nothing is better known than that
Mr.. Jones is candidate for GovernOr-he himself
hath said it in sundry ways and on divers occa-
sions-but it so happens that another Broome
County man has announced himself as candidate
for the Democratic nomination for State treasurer
Two men from the same county on the same ucKet
is thing unheard of, and if the other man is aole
to make headway with his boom, 1t VIII De all
I'D with Jones. At any rate, Binghamton advlces
declare that it looks as though General Jones
would fail to secure the delegates from his own
county" Still, it is early yet, and man like the
Lieutenant-Governor is not without resources
Later developments from Broome Will be awaioeu
with interest
New-York tribune., 1891-05-18
voPE MONEY FANATTCISM.

inal laws of the States, through their own 'r'
bunals.'