New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-08

| pros,dent Cleveland and Senator Hill did not
.sree n an arbitration until they discovered
| that the elections had left them nothing to arbi-
! trate.
r. earnest talk could clear away snow and II
! ,osv nromises could sweep the pavements from
| o,,rh 70 curb the streets Of this city would have
| he.n models of cleanliness many DAYS ago. Inc
moral Of this observation is that what the condi-
tion Of our thoroughfares requires Is less taK
and more shovels. fewer promises ana more
brooms All Of which is Respectfully suo'"'''e'
| to whomsoever 1t may concern
TIL. financial and commercial statistics OF Inc
Tr.buno Almanac have been prepared VII" o.,
care and are presented in form for convenient
| reference Concerning money The Almanac s'eo
statements of gold production in the ohi'eu
c,atos In 1909 of the production and coinage OF
the principal countries Of the world In the same
year. Of the production of gold and silver since
| the discovery Of America OF the amount OF the
United states coinage by years. or the present
money I'm the United States and OF imports ana
, oxports Of specie by the principal countries Oh
tho world Full tables relative to customs ana
internal revenue manufactures, Government eX-
| ponditures American and foreign National depts'
| imports and exports. and variations OF prices ar
included Students of tariff legislation VIII ma
the vote on every tariff since 1880 given oy
| States Every banker. merchant ana pohuciah
should have the Almanac on his desk. IL Is
sold for 25 cents.
81 believe Parkhurst is an honest man." says
Inspector williams. How happy the Doctor must
feel.
Mayor Strong has informally made procia-
nation of his policy as respects the officials ne
will appoint to office. He says that Street
Cleaning Commissioner Waring is to be aoso-
lutely free to appoint such men as he pleases 10
fiji the places under him; that Colonel Waring Is
TO be held strictly accountable for the admnstra-
ton Of his department and that he should not
be hampered in the selection Of his assistants.
That is sound doctrine There is no other way
OF fixing responsibility.
A little less than 1000 miles Of railroad were
built in the United States Ii the year just closed
That Is almost the low water mark IN railway
building though the years 1860, 1866 ana 1919
made likewise n meagre showing. For five years
now the additional annual mileage has SHOWN
steady and rapid decline In 1899, 500 miles
were built: In 1891 i.2s2 md in the three ensuing
years respectively. AIS 1856 and 1919. bringing
the record down to January l. 1895. But all
signs now indicate th,t The bottom has been
reached. and that the business will again re-
sunle it's normal volume and activity. 1t Is OF
great importance to the pr 7periy or the country
at large that this form ~ industry he not I'M
pcded or Frustrated by adverse and ll-considered
legislation as il sometimes has been. and II Is
10 be hoped that all artificial obstacles to its re-
sumption will he speedily removed There are in
tn. United States 1852 miles Of completed road.
1900 OF which have be-n laid in the last ten
years Between this and the year 1900 with any
luck at ALL we ought 10 reach the 20o.Ooo-mile
limit and are quite likely to do 50. 1t .ooks now
az II steel rails woula soon be turned out at sl'
per ton. fact which in itself will impart
powerful impulse TO railway building and all the
industries allied with IT,
Now that Mr.. Hill has received the counter
sign. he can pass the White House sentry-box
at any hour day or night without risk Of having
a charge OF deadly blight fired into him by the
sentinel on duty.
High above the crash and smash OF the
bungling work of the currency thinkers Of the
Administration comes the sonorous shout that
MIR Cleveland Is a friend OF sound money.
The "sotnd' part Of II that Mr.. Cleveland faVors
is evidently the roar Of the gas escaping from the
rips In an over-lnfated currency balloon.
No wonder that Egypt Is anxious To be rid oi
foreign Interference in her affairs. Her present
budget as also twelve months ago. shows a
surplus " revenue over expenditure to the eX-
tent OF several million dollars. yet the khedive's
Government is prevented by the Foreign Powers
particularly by Francc-flom using this sur
plus for a muchneeded remission OF the hea'!
land tax The Powers insist that this money
should be banked and go to swell the hoard III
tho hands Of the so-called Public Debt COmnlis-
sion which represents the interests Of the foreign
hondhollers This commission has already in It's
nossesslon A sum OF 81, 900. the accumulated
surplus OF several years. which. instead OF Deihs
app.ied directly to beneficial purposes for the
country and fer its people, is kept lying IDLE
with a View to the eventual amortization OF the
debt This is all the more mischievous since
agricultural depression OF terror In f'u-
rope--has likewise invaded the land OF the ME-
and the cultivator Of the soil has found MS
profits materially diminished. IT he couid get
the land tax diminished it would be of great as
sistance to him and go far to atone for the de-
creaso in the value Of his produce. The khedvc
and the English Government have besought In
vain the Great Powers to give way in ms
matter but the latter adhere to their treaty
rights and hence Egypt Is pretty much III the
same condition as Italy and other impoverished
European States since "A country which Is III
possession OF surplus revenues but unable to use
them. is hardly less tn be pitied than one IN
financial straits,