The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-19
EDITORIAL NOTES.

squad OF New York's Thirteenth Regiment
has just made very satisfactory test OF the
bicycle Tor military purposes. About fifty pounds
OF baggage and rifle and cartridges were easily
carried by each of The men. while the commissary
OF The squad had his silent steed loaded down
with the pots and pans to be brought INTO requi-
silion when camp was reached. The expedition
extended from New York twenty miles iuto
Westminster County, where The party camped,
executed variety of field movements praclicing
signaling, drilled on wheels, ami returned the
following day, heartily pleased with the expert
ment. The result is the determination of the
officers 10 organize much larger squad of bicy-
Gle riders for scouting and skirmishing.
THE building up OF American industries, ex-
tension OF foreign commerce. aid TO the ocean
Carrying trade, increased exchange of products
with foreign nations, taking from them all we
cannot produce, keeping own markets for
ourselves and occupying foreign markets with
the things we can produce; sound currency,
and, above all, the protection of all the lights of
citizenship; III other words, an unelipped dollar
and an unclipped citizenship are the great GEN.
trail doctrines If The Republican party, and should
be inscribed on our banner" are the Massacbu-
sets ideas of the political issues upon which the
party should stand in the coming campaign as
given by Senator Hoar, in response 10 recent
query.
Steamers crossing the Atlantic in five days
would be apt 10 secure the best portion OF a very
profitable passenger traffic. recent estimate
OF the expenditures of American tourists placed
tie number al 10000, their passages ont and
home at $500 apiece aud their expenditures on
the other side at $500 apiece, total of S6:3 OOO-
600. IL has since been claimed that the number
oil tourists should be estimated AT 100, 600, the
average expenditure being $1,000 head, a lotl
OF leo, 100000 annually spent In visiting Eu-
rope.
The latest European advices give the impress
sion that England's adhesion to the Triple
Alliance aims at the maintenance OF an AsIalc
as well as European equilibrium. The dIpio-
matte opinion is that Salisbury got the best OF
the bargain securing a positive check upon
French designs 10 terminate the British occu-
pancy of Egypt aud Russian encroachments on
India. without committing England TO armed
intervention in sup port Of Germany.
Secretary Proctor's Efforts to improve the
standard OF the army are proving successful.
The new system he inaugurated has just begun
TO show Its fruits. AS officer OF the Adjutaut-
General Department sums up The situation the
army to-day is composed OF a better class OF men
than ever before. extra endeavOrs having been
made TO secure The enlistment of those who seek
| the army profession rather than as a haven
| OF refuge.
Ex-Governor Gaode of New HAMPSHIRE, who
! is interested in the manufacture of cutlery at
Antrim in that Stale, calculates that by reason
| uf the Mckinley tariff his establishment has in
| creased its product and sales 81 "a per cent as
compared with the corresponding period of last
| wear. and there has been a reduction in prices of
| 10 per cent. Facts like these demonstrate the
advantages OF protection over free trade.
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