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NEARLY 500 INEFFICIENTx =
After Talking to the Street Cleaning Fore
nen Increase Their Lists.

After Talking to the Street Cleaning Fore
mon Increase Their Lists.
Commissioner Andrews Of the Street Clean
ing Department called all his foremen together
at the stable in East Seventeenth street ON
Thursday and delivered an address to them In
which he expressed dissatisfaction with the
way the work Of the Department is done.
He told them that they would be held to
personal accountability for the work In
their districts, and said that thesame thing
must be exaacted by them Of sweepers
and drivers. The Commissioner then pro-
duced the foremen's reports to him. and ex-
pressed surprise that Of nearly 1000 employ
Ses of Of Soipa their fui Spty Tbe forem.n
were notified that they might amend their re-
ports II they thought amendments necessary.
and very promptly about 800 more were added
to the list OF ineff oients.
This list 10 SO large that the COMMISSIONER
will be able to discharge enough mon from
the force to save tho $4,000 or more a week
which is necessary to meet the expected
deficiencies In the department appropriations
for tho year.
Mr. Andrews said Yesterday that the men
can be discharged without hearing on
charges II the Commissioner ts satisfied that
they are inefficient or incapable.
The sun., 1893-08-05

We could wish that. in the interest OF the
underfsd people Of Germany. DR.. EUoEN BELL
OF tho Imperial Health Department would
make visit to this country. He has reported
to his Government that Indian meal is not
wholesome article OF diet and 10 unsuited for
general consumption. We will not argue the
thing out with him II he comes here. We will
merely ask him to visit those parts OF this
country In which Indian meal is Q staple artl-
Gle OF daily food. and take look at the people
who consume It. Let him get their opinion of
its wholesomeness take the measure OF their
size. test the strength Of their muscles. find
out how much they know. and ask them VIII at
they think OF his report Perhaps he had
better not talk In high key whom he is In
Kentucky or Indiana. or any Of the other
States lying west OF the Aleghanies. he will
make folks laugh. and may raise a muss at
some places. II he goes around saying Indian
corn or meal Is unwholesome and unit for
consumption. How much better Is practical
experience than ignorant speculation.
The sun., 1893-08-05
4 QUESTION OF GENERAL INTEREST,"
Shall tho Cable Road Hnve . Telegraph .

Shall tho Cablo Road Have Telegraph
To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN--Sir: On the
morning after the Broadway cable coiled It.
self over q car clutch and dragged q mile Of
cars to the Battery you printed mastery
editorial. which suggested that the cable road
should supply itself with telegraph. BY which
conductors could signal to the power house
whenever IN accident necessitated the stop
page Of the engines which move tho cable.
The directors OF the road adopted your sug-
gestion. and q contract was made with relia-
BILE firm Of electricians to place telegraph
cable and appliances In tho same conduit
which encases the cable. The prompt action
Of the road In adopting the safeguard which
an instantaneous connection with the power
house insures restored the confidence oftrav-
oilers who had conceived an aversion to the
cars after the accident which injured several
persons. and stopped travel on the line
for hours. But will 1t be believed
that the Empire Subway Company. which
owns franchises for a conduit for carrying
electric light telephone. and fire alarm cables
in Broadway. has secured an Injunction which
restrains the cable road from placing its wires
in its own receptacles2 Such is the case. and
II an accident happens to the cable. the grip
man must ask a passing spectator to 60 to tho
nearest telephone ask permission to use 1t.
then ask the hello" girl to connect the power
house and order the engineer to close his
valves. Suppoeing that the telephone can be
quickly reached and the centra! office does not
report busy" even then 1t Will be five to ten
IN five or ten minutes hundred persons may
be killed or injured by the moving cars
The Empire subway Company contends that
the Broadway road has no right to use Its con-
duit which carries tho cable for a wire recep-
taele. Isay. as a &C citizen who does not own q
who regards the laying Of q telegraphic wire
In the conduit as a matter Of greater moment
to the safety OF life and limbs of millions OF
passengers than the matter OF legal ethics con-
cerning the rights OF the subway people. that
the subway people syinee criminal Disregard
them contemptible in the community. What
q sight 1t 10 to see men who care more for q
money making scheme to put 500 a year into
their pockets for letting q wire lay In wooden
box. to which they have the open sesame than
for earning the praise Of all good citizens
prevent the Broadway road from laying tele-
graphic or telephone wire In Its own conduit
telegraph system is an absolutely essential
part OF an outfit for a cable road. and there is
no other place SO fit for 1t. or where 1t may be
so easily gotten at as In the trench in which
Any tyro in law knows that the subway peo.
pie have poor case which will be laughed out
OF court, but unfortunately the court will not
meet until September and 1t would be grace
full thing for the subway people to withdraw
their bill and let the cable road go on with the
interrupted work:
THE Syn can bring bring the errinG ones to right
drawing attention to the matter.
o.. have. sir. the honor to % be, yours respect
Nkw BRUNSWICK. Aug 4.
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The Change in Mr.. Vest.

In the August number Of the North Ameri-
can Revie,D the Hon. GEORGE GRAHAM VEST
gives this as his forecast Of the disposition.
which the Democrats Of the Fifty-third
Congress will make Of the great question Of
tariff and revenue:
"whatsvsr else may happen. It bs safely pro.
dicted that the import duties on materials for
manufacture will be removed. and that coffee. and
raw sugar win remain upon the free list. IT, after
peang the provisions Of the MCKINLEY Act which give
bounty to sugar producers and those which increase
the duties upon clothing. hardware and other
sariss there must be raised largo amount to defray
governmental expenses, resort can bo had to An In.
creased tax upon whistey and malt liquors. or to an
income and succession tax"
II Mr.. VESTS name were not signed to the
article from which this extract is taken. We
should not suspect that 1t was written by a
Democrat. Save for the commendation Of
the income tax. it might be the work Of q
moderate Republican tariff reformer. like
the Hon. OLIVER AMEs Of Massachusetts.
for instance. 1t shows an ignorance or a
disregard Of the Democratic platform such
as we should not expect from Democratic
statesman Of Senator VESTS distinction.
This talk Of taking the duties off raw ma
terials. Of the fr0e list. OF necessaries. be-
longs to bygone stage Of the language OF
Democratic political economy. 1t has no
pertinence since the Democracy has prom
ised to set up a tariff for revenue only.
Free list. Determinations, and exemptions
have no place In such tariff. The object
is revenue and revenue only. The exempt
Ing Of raw materials for manufacture
would be q palpable piece Of favor
itism and protectionism. The exemp-
tion Of articles OF general consumption,
like tea. coffee. and sugar. would be direct
violation OF the principles OF the Demo-
cratic and constitutional tariff. Duties
upon these articles would produce an enor-
nous revenue: and revenue, and revenue
only. Is the principle and purpose. the be-
ginning and middle and end. Of the constI-
tutional tariff. The distinction between
necessaries and luxuries cannot obtain In
such tariff. In the Republican tariff 1t is
suitable, and 1t was affirmed In the Repub-
lican platform OF 1892. The Democratic po-
sition is that an article imported into the
United States must contribute to the reve-
nue. Of the United States. and whether the
article be a bronze HRRMEs or a tub Of
butter makes no difference. The Custom
House officers are 10 collect the money; ;
and whether the thing imported is useful
or beautiful. for the many or for the
few. Is superhuous inquiry. Revenue,
always revenue. and nothing but revenue
is what the Democrats are to regard In
making the tariff for revenue only.
MIR. VEST forgets or chooses to disregard
the Democratic platform. and he calmly de-
tends the income tax, which is part OF the
Populist platform!
tits hard to believe that the Mr.. VEST who
now approaches the tariff so gingerly and
timidly. is the same Mr.. VEST who not long
ago was challenging the protected In
dustries to war OF determination.
The sun., 1893-08-05
HENRY ALIEN IS HOSTILE
Threatening to Go to the Grand Jury with
Conpiaints Against CordaKe Men.

Threatening to Go to the Grand Jury with
Complaints Against CordaEe Men.
Henry Allen & Co. the brokers who went
down In the CordaGe smash, said yesterday
that their intentions were to present the case
to the Grand Jury on Monday next That ia.
they will charge certain things OF an unpleas,
ant nature against the officers OF the Cordsga
Company.
Their complaint, It is understood. is against
James M. Waterbury. F. I. Wall. Chauncoy
Marshall. G. Weaver Loper. and @. l. Atter-
bury. Lawyer John Vincent is said to have
spent yesterday In preparing tho papers which
Alien h Co will lay before the Grand Jury.
Henry Allen 10 said to have given an all-
failed ct Which the i've Cordsge dienitaries
named were present. He is said 70 charge
that they o@rdered ord him On this festive occasion
to keep the price up. and that they undertook
to give him the necessary margin. and ussured
him that the company would mako 10 per
cent during the coming year. He bought tho
10000 shares the next day. The stock kept
going down, because. It is alleged insiders
were selling. Mr.. Waterbury did not put up
5000 margin. which was, expected from
him, and Allen 4 Co. went to the wall
What tho Grand Jury Is expected to do with
this state OF things is not yet stated. Wall
street thinks there Is o good deal OF blu6
about the proceeding.
The sun., 1893-08-05
Do Forests Increase Rainfall?

A son OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS once
undertook task Of discovery that proved
much more difficult than that which his
father had tackled 30 successfully. In COM
paratively short time CHRISTOPHER had
the solution Of his problem. The answer
which the son. FERNANDO. set out to find is
still missing. But the younger COLUMBUS
thought he had discovered the true rela-
tions OF forests to water supplies. and he
announced that the copious rainfall OF Ja-
maica was produced by the islands wealth
OF forests. and that the decrease OF rain In
the Azores and Canaries was because Of the
removal Of the wooded areas.
For as long. perhaps. as men have given
any thought to this matter. 1t has been the
common suppositlon that forests increase
the rainfall within the area OF their supposed
influence. and In that way and In other ways
augment tho flow OF brooks and rivers.
The earlier efforts to determine through
scientific methods whether there Is any
good ground for the supposltion. were made
with appliances 80 crude that the margin
for error must have been considerably In
excess Of the influence. II any. which the In.
vestigators hoped to measure. In later years
with great pains. mostly In European coun-
tries; but the problem has been found to
have go many factors that although the
mass Of information collected is extremely
interesting. the main question remains prac-
tically unanswered. The results OF these
efforts. together with some interesting OBJ
servations thereon. are set forth Ia a recent
bulletin OF the forestry division OF the De-
partment Of Agriculture.
Water comes as near being indestructible
as any substance OF which we know. Con-
sequently the total quantity OF 1t In the
earth and In the earth's atmosphere Is al
ways tho same. Only very small percent
age OF 1t is what one OF the writer's In this
bulletin terms the circulating part OF the
earth's water capital. The sun makes vapor
OF water that is lying at Its level. or s on the
way to find Its levsl this vapor is condensed
until 1t Is heavier than the air and starts
again toward its level; and that u how the
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With tho prospect that the Democratic party
may attempt to put in force the doctrines OF
the Chicago platform and adopt a tarin with
out vestiGe Of protection In It plain state
ment OF the only logical method OF proceeding
to obtain that result may DO OF interest
The amount OF revenue for the support OF
the Government which must OF necessity be
raised from Custom House taxation is $780,
100000 annually. This is the amount at
present received. and II may safely be asserted
that no portion OF this amount can be with
safety raised by any form of Internal taxation:
neithor will the expenses OF the Government at
any time In the near future. be likely brought
below tho amount at present expended.
Tho value OF imports passing through the
Custom House In q year. IL is estimated. will
amount to $500. 100000 To raise tho neces-
sary revenue By taxation which carries with
1t no shade Of protection would require GUS
toms taxation Of 25 per cent on all imports.
Under the "robber tariff" so styled by
Democrats. which is denounced by the Chicago
platform as unconstitutional. all raw materials
not raised. grown. or produced in this country
como In Free while articles susceptible OF
home manufacture are taxed.
Among the articles admitted duty FREQ are
coffee. sugar. molasses. raw silks. drugs and
chemicles tea. india rubber paper stock. and
$685.. 100000. These imports are mostly from
countries where manufactures are carried on
crudely. imperfecty, or not at ALL and with
which this country is building UP handsome
reciprocal trade.
The manufactured articles which enter.
amounting annually to about 450.0O0.OO0.
are taxed In amounts varying from Is to $50
per cont OF their value. the rate varying ac-
oording to the condition Of the industry here.
the disparity In wages. and the facilities OF
manufacture. This tax. thus unevenly dis
tributed. protects American manufactures.
while the products which come in froe. not
being produced here. are untaxed.
The only logical way Of proceeding under
the declarations OF the Chicago platform
would be to levy fixed rate OF 25 per cent. on
all imports OF every class. This would pro-
duce the required revenue. and there would be
no vestige Of protection abouti It
Thus wool now taxed at so per cent. would
pay %: ready-made clothing now 60. would
pay 25: laces, now 90. would pay %: jewelry.
now 80. would pay 25: silk. now 90. would
pay %. and diamonds. now SO. would pay 25.
or course sugar coffee. &c. would be taxed
25 per cent. and their cost to the consumer
would be correspondingly advanced.
THE Sun. a Democratic paper. advocates
Just such tariff as this. as the way in which
the party can consistently carry out its
pledges.
The sun., 1893-08-05
nnoxEs WE'LL SUSPENDED FORA rsan
Stock Exchange Governors Punish the Bear
aercrsIr-A pnlnnse for the nnnka.


severeiy-!Appinusef for the Banks.
Tho Governors OF the New York Stock TX.
change had an important session yesterday
afternoon. In the flrst place. they wcre to
take up tho allegation that Harry G. We'll y
the firm OF A. J. Woil Co. had circulated re.
ports detrimental to the credit OF the Manhat-
tan Company's bank. This is one Of the oldest
institutions in tho State. The flrm had an a,.
count with the bank and Mr.. We'll charged
that II declined to cash q check for $4,000
Mr.. Harry We'll is the Board member Of lie
frm. and he told this story on tho floor of tho
Exchange to several members. who protested
that he had no right to practically attack tho
credit OF the institution. especially as evcry-
body believed 1t to be ono OF tho
most substantial concerns In America.
Charges wore preferred against Harry We'll
on the ground that he had violated one
OF tho most important rules OF tho Exchange
by circulating reports detrimental to the good
ssSalRS TSa Hoyernors Of aitor deberation yesteprv
passed a sentence OF one years suspension on
me- ns,r, We'll sS Sny s Is he 81 tho
we're sentenoe passed on n member In num-
The Governors then took up another aues.
tion. II concerned the conduct of tho New
York banks during all the money troubles n
men OF experience and their report on this
question will be read with interest. They
"fhe members Of tho New York Stock Ev-
change in comm on with all persons connected
with financial Institutions or interested in
monetary affairs. have watched with admira.
tion and respect the courage: intelligence apd
magnanimous position assumed during ths
Exciting crisis by the banks OF New York city,
:. Being desirous. therefore, OF expressing
the Community the unqualified indorsemont
OF the course taken by. the banks and the
Clearing House Association; the Board Of Gov-
BY resolve to spread upon their minutes a full
staten ent of their appreciation OF the incalcu-
liable good which has been accomplished by
the brave and wise measures resorted to for
the general welfare. and they further resolve
that a committee OF three be appointed to
draft resolutions to be suitably engraved and
signed by the President OF the Exchange and
sent to the banks Of the Clearing HOUSE Asso,
cIation and given to the press for publication"
The sun., 1893-08-05
CLOSING OF THE STATE CAMP.
Infantry Set Ont for Home Yesterday aud
Artillery will Follow To-day.

Infantry Set Ont for Homo Yesterday aud
Artillery will Follow To-day.
STATE CAMP. PEEsKrII. Aug. 4-The end OF
the season at the State Camp was everywhere
evident to-day. But little drilling was done. as
the men had to pack the wagons and prepare
for their march home. Promptly at 8:45 this
morning Major Cochran's detachment OF in
fantry from the Thirteenth Regiment set out
for their final days march, The officers of the
post started them o day earlier than the ar
tillery in order to allow them to take the res
turn trip without undue haste. 1t being their
opinion that not sufiioient time was allowed
All the headquarters offlcers turned out in
force to give the infantry send :ofr Gen. Por-
were rightly arranged, as upon this return
The artillery will make, an early start to-
morrow morning: and will travel at only o
have perfected their arraDgems snts for the
luggage and expect to avoid the difficulties
they encountered on the march up
To the First Battery, Capt. Wendell has been
assigned the honor OF closing the camp. He
will unlimber his guns just before leaving
and fire the parting salute Of twenty-one guns
20 the flag when 1t is lowered for the rest OF
the year.
The sun., 1893-08-05
All In tho House.

From h< JHdidndpots Journal
Come all ys noble Ir,shmen and Euglshmen as well
And iisten to my ditty as a. story VIII tell
or how the HOuAe OF Commons had u glorious lam.
boree. -
And all about the sacred cause OF Irish nbertse.
Sure. there was joey Chamberlain. who got upon the
And turned the British lion loose to hear the orathur
roar.
And hts whoopn' cry Of Judas" then did echo loud
and clear.
And all Thin Micks. they grabbed their sthcts and
sailed into the fray.
Whilst toward Thin KEN the Johnny Bulls anghtin'
livery way,
Tim Iieay he got bonneted but that he didn't mind.
And saundeIsons two eyes Was blacked. sure he was
nearly blind
Full forty min. all good and true. was nghtn' all
Around
An hAtA an coats. an spectacss was sthrswsd upon
The Speaker couldn't help himself or s,hop thin any
way,
1t was what might be expected, boy. In Italy or
France
And NO know the Yankees riot every time they get
chance;
Bu. woes the day to Britain. boys when such thing
-
And sAtsiuin nsht In Parliament like bloody foreign
The sun., 1893-08-05
Eggs-Views OF Indiana.

The Washington Post reprints letter
sent by the private secretary OF the Hon.
DANIEL WEBSTER VOORHEES, to a Hoosler
Democratic editor. Brother SPARKS of
Mount Vernon. It seems that Brother
SPARKS Is displeased with the Administra-
ton. and especially with its treatment Of
that large and useful class known as the
boys. The private secretary has breathed
into Brother SPARKss paper an equally
Hrulelt spirit of discomfort:
-IsAy. d-n party that will not take care OF
the boys who did the work to put Its leaders In
once The way things are going. there would be
The sun., 1893-08-05
BREAK IN TIE CHAMPzA1N CANAL.
Seventy Feet OF the Bank Went Out
Much Damage Done by the Flood.

5eSehy Fost OF the Hahk Went Out-
Much Damage Done by the Flood.
SARATOGA. Aug. A serious break occurred
yesterday in the feeder OF the canal at Glens
Falls. which will totally suspend navigation on
the rChamplain Canal about Fort Miller until
the break is repaired. Seventy feet OF the
earth bank won't out. carrying the towpath
with 1t. and the water poured forth with great
force until shut of at the feeder dam. The es-
gaping water submerged the grounds OF the
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company, and
the work men only saved them selves from the
tion OF the boiler house was destroyed for q
spacs OF ffteen feet, and the water cut chan
hgb nrts aep1ss tnS neids 70 the river, n.u.
Works Simmons is on the scene with q largo
force OF men ahd teams. and the work OF re-
Pairing the break is rapidly going on. The
water will be let In again on Monday. In the
meantime several. boats will probably be
stranded near the break.
The sun., 1893-08-05

turbid. the fish have nearly deserted the
lower waters. and sudden and marked
changes of the water level are the rule"
We have well-known instances OF the cut
ting of Of forests In the northern parts OF
New York State being followed by failure
OF the canal feeders. or the gradual dlmi-
mutton Of the flow Of the Schuylkill River In
dry seasons. a commission OF engineers said
in 1875: This remarkable decrease. not
accompanied by any great change In the
rainfall. nor probably in the total annual
discharge OF the river. is no doubt largely
due to the destruction OF the forest
In the drainage area, whereby tho
conservative action Of the woodland
has been lost and the rainfall is permitted
to descend rapidly to the bed and pass OF
In succession OF freshets." Similar stories
are told OF the failure In constancy OF
streams big and little. by New Hampshire
Forest Commission by an Ohio State Forest
ry Bureau. and by considerable number OF
unofficial observers from Maine to Callfor-
MIA. Most OF these examples. however. are
In veriflcation Of the undisputed value OF
forests as conservators OF water supply.
and do not bear on the question whether
forests Increase the rainfall. In most In
stances where observers tell OF dwindlinR
streams. they speak also OF freshets sweep
ing through the beds OF these streams, so
that perhaps the annual outrun is nearly, IL
not quite. as great as 1t was when the for
ests were there. and the volume OF the
streams was more nearly constant.
One OF the conclusions set forth In tho
bulletin from which this summary is gath
cred Is expressed In these words: "As
regulator Of water conditions. the forest Of
the mountains is the important factor: and
since this influence makes itself felt far dis
tant from the location Of the forest. the
claim for attention OF Government activity
and for statesmanlike policy with reference
to this factor of national welfare. may be
considered as we'll founded Every civilized
Government must in time own or control
the forest cover OF the mountains in order
to secure desirable water conditions"
The sun., 1893-08-05

The saints OF the Greek Church are highly
honored aboard the Russian naval ships in
American waters. The sailors always look
forward with pleasure to the saints days. and
the prayers are then longer than usual As
many as four saints have received the praises
OF the sailors during the past five weeks