Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-07
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

The administration has sold $165, ,O00.0 in bonds and has only about ss1. DOG, 900 to show for it.-Atlanta Constitution, Dem
 Everything seems to be going his way. Even the English sparrows are now serv- ed as Reed birds.-Cincinnati Times Star, Rep.
 Senator Allison says he wants the pres idential nomination, but will not "scram- ble for it." We would, however, whisper ever so gently into Mir. Allison's off ear that if he ever gets it he will have to scramble for 1t, and scramble like the very dickens, at that.-Los Angeles Times.
 Carlsle's peddlng scheme to replenish the gold reserve Is not working very we'll If 1t did public attention would be at- tracted to the fact that the cost to the government for expressage in all prob ability represents a greater loss to the country than would result if gold went to a minimum.-San Francisco Chron- icle, Rep.
 General Alger is getting but small sym pathy from the papers for Sherman's very uncomplimentary reference to him in connection with the convention of 1888. Alger would never have been conspicu- ous there save for his barrel" and the peOple WlIn 'DdrTelS must uTOWn Inelr sorrow in them or a bowl when they meet defeat-Salt Lake Herald.
 Who said the Mckinley boom had stop ped booming? He is evidently not a con- stant reader of our esteemed contempo- rary, the Wisconsin State Journal, which announces that "a large majority of the members of the county board of super visors of Rock county favor Mckinley for president" Where now is the scof- fer?-Louisville Courier-Journal, Dem.
 It is said that the pooling of steerage rates by the Atlantic steamship compa- nies renders probable an attempted pool of the entire business of the leading ocean lines. When this method is ap piled in both land and ocean traffic, and when leading lines of manufacturing are so controlled as to make trade virtually subject to a few dozen men, what will be the result politically and industrially? Will the people continue to be intimi- dated by the threat of the dire conse- quences of "buslness disturbance" incl dent to an effectual enforcement of honest anti-monopoly laws? Is monopo- ly really to be king g?-New York World Dem.
 The statement that Austin Corbin of New York is at the head of a scheme for bringing over immigrants from Italy by the thousand and colonizing them in Arkansas is rather astonishing. If there is anything that the United States does not need it is immigration from Italy or anywhere else. This country has all the people it can take care of now, and a good many more than it is able to pro- vide with suitable employment. Coloni- zation schemes are all right if they are properly managed, but there is no need to look to Europe to find material for them. If Austin Corbin has a fancy for Italians he could find them by the ship load right in New York-San Francisco Examiner, Dem.
 The republican party of Ala bama ,nine- tenths of whom are negroes, have cap tured the populists bodily. A prediction was made by many some time ago that this would be the outcome of the Jeffer- sonian democratic and populite move ment. At the meeting in Birmingham about ten days ago it was decided that they would fuse with the republican par ty, the worst enemy the south ever had. Captain Kolb protested vigorously against this, using all the influence that he could command through the columns of the Peoples Tribune, but with such men as Bowman, Crow ct al. in the sad dle he was outdone. How would Thomas Jefferson feel over such a sight by so- called boasted followers? The meeting was a populite, Jeffersonian, Kolbite, all of whom were boasted democrats sev- eral years ago-Evergreen Reporter.
 According to those who hold that for
 
 ruined by our trade with England. It Is said that we have a "balance of trade against us" The most interesting fact in this connection, however, is that Eng land maintains a so-called "adVerSe trade balance" as a. permanent feature of Its prosperity. During the ten months end ing November i English imports exceed ed exports by $513 ,000 and for the same period last year by $554 0000 900. If these figures represent net loss instead of net gain how do home market mathemati- clans account for the fact that England Is the wealthiest and most prosperous country in Europe, with a constantly in- creasing surplus for investment in Amer ica ?-New York World.
 The lines between bimetallists and those intent upon fastening the apprec- ating gold standard upon the country. with its resulting era of still lower prices and further trade depression, must at once be drawn. A demand on the part of MT. Cleveland for authority to issue bonds specifically payable in gold, in place of the bonds payable in coin that he has heretofore issued and sold for gold in vain effort to maintain the gold re- serve, must at once precipitate the strug- gle and that MT. Cleveland will make such recommendation the rapid depletion of the gold reserve for the fourth time since his inauguration. and a probability of a fourth issue of bonds to obtain gold in order to restore the gold reserve, makes almost certain.-Philadelphi American.