New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-02

date polled no less than 400 votes.
Leicester has always been reckoned ABOUT the
most Radical town in England. and one where
trade unions are strongest The trade unions
have now shown what they can do when nght-
ing single-hande1. The Liberal managers may
or may not take the lesson TO heart. II they
would follow Lord Roseberys lead. they wouid
ally themselves with labor. or at least hold out
a hand 10 the artisan. In that direction lies the
one hope OF governing England by the English
Mr.. Burgess. however. was something more
than Labor candidate. He stood Socialist.
well knowing that Leicester Radicalism has al
ways been Radcalism Of crotchets and po-
litcal or social whims. Labor and social ques-
lions were put forward. Where was the House
Of Lords question? 1t has hardly been mentioned
in the comments and explanations with which
the press has since teemed.
Sir Henry James has raised An interesting Ie-
gal doubt to the validity of a joint election on
:wo separate writs; but that may be left to the
awyers The two elected Liberals will take their
seats at their own risk
Wheat n, is shillings a quarter is perhaps the
most important fact OF the week. The Enghsh
farmer is now face to face with both moderate
harvest and the lowest prices ever known lhe
harvest IL only moderate indeed when compared
With his hopes Of last month. Down to that umc
The weather had been good. II has since broken.
and while the yield remains large the quality
will be inferior. The wheat estimate Is 81
bushels per acre. a. against an average Oh
1928 bushels for the last ten years Barley Is
reckoned at "a bushels. and oats at AZ Grass
crops are still 80 per cent above the average out
for the last three weeks large crops have been
wing cut which could not be carried on account
II almost continuous wet weather.
The best prices for wheat are quite shi-
lngs per quarter less than last year II these
low figures be maintained. the condition OF the
British farmer will be. says high authority
"deporable" Twenty years ago wheat profits
Of highly cultivated farms in England were from
fifty to ninety dollars per acre This year
crop is hardly expected to yield a proht exceed
Inc thirty. The conclusion of the expert am
ouotiny is: Wheat to the pigs. and agriculture
to the dogs"
Tho Manchester Ship Canal shareholders met
this week to hear the financial result OF the hrs'
half years work The total net revenue from
tolls on the canal amounts TO $4,000; total net
revenue from all sources sl75.o0o; interest due on
debentures $4,000 There Is. therefore. dell
FIT Of much mo-. than half million 10 DE
proyided for The company has 'unappropriated
resources amounting to $22500o0 and can meet
the interest due easily enough. These resources
consist however. of the balance OF the last Voi-
poration loan. and Of the reserve fuho on po'"
of which there are heavy calls Tor construction
purposes and future half-yearly interest payments
over and above the revenue.
The directors nevertheless. have confidence In
the future They at present engaged IN
bitter controversy with Liverpool. when takes
the form Of rate-cutting. Liverpools hosuht! 10
tho Manchester canal is unmitigated They are
ale he
and the Manchester decks there IS at present but
single connection. The directors, however. are
far from despairing and the shareholders do not
.een, 70 have raised single complaint at this
meeting. distan, as the day Of dividends must
be- The report was unanimously adopted and
he chairman's salary increased
The experiment Of putting man OF letters ana
aw in charge OF the Board Of Trade has resulted
IN something like a quarrel between MT bryce
and the English shipowners. The Board has
lately sent out a new circular concerning ships
and shipowning In which are embodied, with
curious impartiality, extracts from both the ma
iority and minority reports OF the Royal Com
mission on Labor. Each appears to be regaraeo
oy Mr. Bryce as Of equal authority, ana either
nay be the basis of departmental regulations.
Blu, II happens that the minority report pro-
Feeds from such as Mr.. Austin orahch
secretary OF the Sailors and F1remens Chioh'
and the rather notorious Mr.. Tom Mann, late
president of the Dockers' Union. Both are agita-
tors OF a violent type They urge, for example
with reference to manning ships. that there shaN
De "a compulsory manning scale. so adjusted as
% secure normal eight hours day. Is MI
Bryce prepared to enforce that doctrine on snip
hoard? Does he hold that crew ought to be
able In the middle of a gale. to desert the deck
at the expiration of eight hours? Probably not
But then why, ask shipowners and shipmasters'
does he sanction the official publication OF such
nonsense? And there other points about
which they hardly less anxious
THE Times" devotes a leading article to yacht
ing. in which occurs the following passage:
The sum of the international racing is that in sew
heaten Mr. Goud's twelve times British yachts
men well content 10 let the question OF supe.'-
acy in 1894 rest upon this record.
The events Of the season have shown, in this
writer's opinion. British designers and builders
not inferior, and British sailmakers and sailors
superior. to their American adversaries Mr.
Gould is thanked for his "sportsmanlike visit"
Then comes this comment:
II Is not 70 be believed for a moment that Mr..
Gould concurs in the childish complalnts made in
SOM q the asa W rSes and
sneers the expense of Mr.. Gould and bis skipper
plot a1n Grey e covsanT Would possible
at all. be about as interesting and give ar much
organized by our French neehbors at ports of the
Riviera But Of course 1t is not possible
And Americans reminded that no notice
was taken OF Mr.. Goulds infractlons Of sundry
rules OF the Yacht Racing Association, under
which these contests were held. The cable omit
ted to send to London the childish complaints"
above referred to, and do not know what THE
Tines has in mind: nor is II very clearly under
stood here on what these complaints are based.
One effect OF them Is 10 strengthen John Bull In
his old opinion. that Americans take beating
badly He gave this UP when he saw how gal
lantiy the Yale boys accepted their defeat. They
admitted thai Oxrocd won on her merits. There