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exports grewto s1s,2as,e7o. an increase of
about five seventies.
1t is to DO observed, however, that tho
fall in prices OF some Japanese articles,
notably tea, has had ar effect on the money
valuation of our imports, and, above all,
that these latter are still nearly double our
exports to Japan. In the year 1895, when
Great Britain sold to Japan five times as
much rs she bought from her. we bought
from Japan six times as much as we sold
to her. The difference has since dimin-
ished, but we are still Japan's very good
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-02
Money Or Deceit


FFU" NC WuSh1HUfoN 1JHo0.
Thers may be-very probably there arc headers in
New York " hose personal interests and ambitions in
connection with next autumn's campaign may render
Thorn open to the Whitney argument that the Demo.
cratic night must DO waged with treason. or without
money. The rank and nie will not consider the money
efair equivalent for tho treason.
The Chicago platform 10 the supreme doctrine and
Ia" OF American Democracy everywhere. no matter
how much hr. Whitney and his Waldorf friends may
wish IL were otherwise. II they can not and will not
subscribe to and support It. why dr not they go at
once to the Republican camp where they belong.
Nominal victory with them. and on tho terms they
propose. would DO a double defeat.
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Raise tho Flag Higher

Amidst unremitted general effort and
steadily increasing hope to put the country
above the dangers threatened by q revolu-
tionary Democracy, q nom and self
worshipping organization In the centre OF
the fight, the Citizens Union, has struck q
hostile blow at the party leading IL. The
weapon used. o man with more or less
a~f1liation with Republicanism, makes 1t q
blow in the back. Under the circumstance,
Il behooves the New York Republicans to
continue their part in tho great national
business on hand with undiminished hope,
but with redoubled energy.
Raise the Republican flag in the Greater
New York higher than everl
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-02
Union ssuare,s Packing Rox.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sus-Str; Could not somo-
thing be done by THE Sun toward having that un.
slightly packing box removed from the east side of
Union square? The writer has been Informed that Il
contains a drinking fountain that has not been nc.
cepted ny the Park Commissioners. II the fountain
is not TO be accepted, why are we compelled to have
such q thing 0or Al least hve years) before ms and
in one OF The most celebrated parks in tho civ ;
About all 4 Is used for now is a loanng place for
traInps and a station to distribute the afternoon. Or
rather. the evening. yellow Journalist As TIIE Sun
Is doing SO much toward Kidding us OF the absurd toy
bronze figures scattered around our city n has uiyen
peal. n, WifsoSf
AUG. 20, 1897. ~ "'LSo"'
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RoEs sold By the Pound.

Prom the Chicago Daily later Ocean.
SEATTLE. Aug. 29.--Thers are in Dawson dogs %
every kind and breed to the number of at least 900.
and are considered valuable property. singularly
enough. they arc sold by weight, the ruling price
being 81 a pound for all under seventy.nve pounds In
weight. and $3.50 per pound for all weighing over
seventy.nve pounds. These dogs arc all used for
dragging loaded sleds in winter. Ono Of the miners
coming out ventures the prediction that when spring
opens there will not be a single dog left In Dawson.
and that they will bring higher prices dead than thsy
do now alive.
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To THE EDITOR or THE suS-Sir: An American
actor named william Gillette who made his reputA.
ton and his money In this country before he as ever
heard OF In other parts OF the world. recently met with
some success In London. He reappears In New York
shortly and Is displaying pictured posters on tho
walls showing how the Prince and Princess OF Wales
ApplauIcd him. and announcing that he has been
Alright IL THE srs through all theAc years MAY DO
permitted TO say that Mr.. Gillette has concentrated
who claims to be representative. go far As the Amer.
Can stAgels concerned, has figured In an achievement
NEW YoRE, Aug, 81. IlcaioIH
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Anybody who will take the trouble to
read the Omaha platform adopted by tho Pop
ulists In their national convention in July,
1892. will find 1t still rich In amusement.
I'VE meet" says the preamble, "in the midst
OF a nation brought to tho verge Of moral.
political. and material ruin. Corruption
dominates the ballot box, tho Legislatures.
the Congress. and touches even the ermine of
the bench. Tho people are demoralized." and
much more of the same. From the Same pro
life womb Of Governmental injustice" con-
tinued the Populists with their preamble. Two
breed two great classes, tramps and million.
aires Worse injustice still. the supply Of
currency Is purposely abridged to fatten usur-
ers, bankrupt enterprise and enslavo industry.
A vast conspiracy against mankind has been
organized on two continents and 10 rapidly
taking possession of the world. II not met and
overthrown at onco. 1t forebodes terrible social
convulsions. tho destruction Of civilization, or
tho establishment Of an absolute despotism."
Words OF vast fire. but scarcely oven smoking
now. 1t Is only a little moro than Ave years
since they were blazing. The"vast conspiracy
has not been overthrow. Tho Populists. In.
stead OF writing in social commissions and
weeping over overthrown civilization. arc
growing rich. fattening their bank books and
not the usurers. A mad old world.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-02

Tho Century for September 10 an attractive
summer number and Its tropical features are as con.
Spicuous a. they are interesting. Miss scidmore's
account OF the Bhuddistio carvings and statues of
Java Ia new and instructive. and the contribution to
the blank pages OF the history OF the Congo contained
In tho journal OF the late E. j. GlAye is most i'm.
presSiye. The number Is notable also for . wood en-
craving. an actual wood engraving. and . ans one. By
Henry Wolf.
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Once . Dollar to Travel vyith.
Nrom tho Mertoan Herald,

FFonl Tho Hertoan Herald.
A guide-book to Spain. dated 1888. casually men
uons that "a Mexican dollar Is valued 1T four shn-
lings, four pence - The recollection OF those de-
lishtfui days when . dollar was q coin TO travel
with. and made q royal tip for a servant, makes some
OF our older citiEens pensive. The veterans OF tho
Vera Cruz Railway will tell the curious questioneT OF
the time when they sold their dollars at . neat pre-
MUM. Time has nown and the eagle on the dollar
has also nown away with some OF its value.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE sUS-Sir: Answering your
correspondent. " Inquirer" in this mornings SUE, I
would say that there are more colored people on the
street cars on Sunday, because that 10 the day they
shave tho p:ice - and the time TO thus enjoy them.
selves. 1t Is not q fact that they are rather moro
generally engaged In their usual ~vocRtions than white
pGople on Sunday. " to an extent that should Induce
An inquiry because more of them arc abroad on that
day.
S~econd-The capacity OF Cincinnati's "enormoua
German population " Is probably adequate for the
brnwers' requirements OF pront making. II they
have any beer to spare. they sell II in markets where
the expense OF Introduction 10 less than in New
York. u. n. tt
NEW YoRK. Aug. 81. 1897.
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The Citizens Union has done something no
party organization will do. IL has. before naming
ts candidate. consulted the people. and they. not 1t,
nave named the man. Tho action or tho Citizens
Union cannot fail to give tho people confidence in its
noncs'y OF purpose. -Bf~l0hdmfon Herald.
We oondole with tho editor OF the Bingham
ton Herald upon his blindness. his inability to
read. or his total lack Of communication with
the world. The Citizens Union candidate 10
unique In having been nominated without any
consultation with tho people whatsoever. He
was not named either by tho popular method
OF convention. made up of delegates rsgu-
larry elected to represent their districts, nor
py public petition. He was not oven nomi-
mated by tho Committee of Organization,
700 members. which tho patriots enrolling In
the Citizens Union formally empowered to do
oil their nominating. This committee handed
ovor Its prerogativo to an Executive Committee
OF twenty. and they In turn were appointed by
the Chairman. Mr.. r. FULTON CUTTING; and
from this interior throne the nomination OF Mr..
Low went forth. The Low petition was merely
to turn an extra dazzle upon Mr.. Lows ayes
and TO provide him with that "compulsion of a
public duty which cannot bo gainsaid." without
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has performed It's duty toward all the
dealers whom It invited to tho city.
Through Its enterprise and liberality,
the interests Of the city have been
promoted, and Its permanent prosperity has
been advanced. 1t certainly deserves the
support OF ten times as many Of our busi-
ness men as are enrolled in It's membership.
More power to 1t In the years to comel
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Republican on the Low Nomination.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-str: Thank Reaven!
Low is finally nominated by the Citizens Union and
the Republican party is safe from him. I was afraid
QuiGG's conference might result In the unloading OF
him on US Republicans.
Seth Low has no more show OF being Mayor OF New
York than OF being Pope Of Rome. He and his sano.
timonious gang running New York! Why not put up
Parkhurst or RaInsford outright? Either would beat
Low as q candidate. srALwARr REPuBLrcAN.
NEW YoRK. Sent 1.
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Mr.. PLATT took a lot of trouble on his hands
when he consented TO the creation Of Greater New
York. Louisville itspdtch.
Yes. indeed; the Citizens Union candidate,
Mr.. SETH Low, was against the project; and now
since that Greater New York is accomplished,
the Citizens Union and Mr.. Low are doing what
they can to make II q Tammany city.
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which. a. he said In his June letter, he could
not "lay aside his responsibilities TO the uni
vorsity over which he has the honor TO preside"
We fail to find any honesty Of purpose In this
proceeding. when we turn to tho Citizens plat
form of government OF the people, and not of
The boaaea."
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Two Answer. ana . aus.usn.

To TUE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: Your eorre-
0~pondent. Inquirer" in today's issue. propounds
two questions; why 10 It that moro colored people
ride in street cars on Sunday than any other day p"
The answer Is: colored people think that they save
enough shoe leather by riding TO pay for tho ride; col
ored people wear their brand" new shoes on Sun.
day. Your correspondent also wishes to know why
Cincinnati beer 10 not sold here. Because the Cinctn.
natl brewers only commenced to brow beer on q largo
and to dislodGc these cities in New York would in.
volve cutting the pronts aud an enormous expense,
Now. l would like TO PROFOUND the inquiry: Why
DO we never hear OF oolored people committing sui
eide? Who ever heard of onop
ANOTHER INorIaRn
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To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sir: Inquirer" this
morning. says that In the East Cincinnati beer Ia un.
known. New Workers may not DO acquainted with
the beer OF Cincinnati. but over In Boston there is no
limit TO is consumption. Inquirer" muat 20 East
acme time, turn the spigot OF conviviality and enjoy
Cincinnat beer either At tho Hub or at the bung hole.
NEW YORK, Aug. 81. w
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An EGr Corner on HI. Res, Girl.

From a Ddrson Letter IN the Alaska Miner.
A funny thing occurred last night. A fellow fell
out with his girl. and they were eating AT different
tables in the restaurant. She told the waiter she
wanted two eggs for her breakfast. He overheard 10
and bought all the eggs In town, four cases, at 81 an
egg.
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mac Thought or That.

Prom the Indianapolis Journal
young man." said the elderly gentleman 10 .
choking voice. "she is tho only daughter l have"
Yes" acknowledge the young man, that Ia one
reason I thought I would like to marry her"
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MEMBER OF CongreSS-I want to get that speoch
copyrighted which delivered in the House Just before
the eloSs OF the session.
Copyright olsrk-An right. sir. who's the AuthoEf
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From the BlUdlo Courier Record.
Low and Worth make n strange combination, . re-
former and college President backed by one Of the
most treacherous and dSrsputsble OF machine pollti.
clans.
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IOuUVFFe DISpuEoN-
The CLAUSE which has "lAid the axe at the root of
the unscrupulouSly used power of the Canadian Pa.
ohio Railway" Ia the one redesminE CLAUSE in the
Dingley cot.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-02
WarniaG to baseball Manarsr.

From the Richmond Globe.
Another season such as the ono Just passed will
hurt baseball. Rowdyism and drunkenness have
gtvcn the sport q very black eye.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-16

Croker has acted after the man.
ner of Plat, and emphasized the
necessity for making Seth Low
mayor of New York. The first
plank of the Tammany platform
reads: tsWe regard as the supreme
issue of the municipal campaign
the Inauguration of wises liberal,
honest and Democratic government
in place of the present costly,
wasteful, liberal and inefficient ad-
ministration." In other words, the
only issue is the Offices. That is
what Plat meant when he said that
the only issue was gold, though he
was less direct. The object of
both men is to use the patronage of
New York 81, as to increase their
power Journal, Dem.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-16
PUBLIC OPINION.

Gov. Tanner removed a woman
factory inspector to make room for
a political heller, and Mayor Har-
rison has placed woman IN charge
of the street cleaning. When II
comes to executive heads, the city
the State of misunderstanding
Post, Ind.
The Paris Exposition offers an
inviting schoolroom. American
cooks, turning out griddle cakes,
hoe cakes, corn pone, bread made
from an admixture of corn -four
and wheat flour and all of the many
delightful corn products, serving
them free to visitors from all over
Europe, from all over the world,
do much to make the advantages of
Americas greatest cereal known
and appreciated. - Indianapolis
News, Dem.
The Democrats are alert and en-
ergetic. Their organization is we'll
formed and equipped and harmony
is the keynote. Chapman, the
nominee for governor, has set a
lively pace for Gov. Bushnell.
The governor is poor campaigner,
and in this regard the Democratic
candidate has a decided advantage
over him. Behind Chapman is the
full strength of the party and he
has the hearty support of both Or
ganized and unorganized labor
St. Louis Republic, Dem.
The Ohio Gold Democrats will,
of course, give their State ticket
vigorous support, but the probable
ity is that in the greater part of the
State their votes for members OF
the Legislature will be given to
the Republican candidates. This
would be the sensible course. The
larger the majority in the Legisla-
ture for Senator Hanna the harder
will be the blow which will be
dealt to silverism. A grand way
for the gold Democrats to purify
their party is to join, wherever pos
sible, with the Republicans in beat
ing it Observation-Disclosures. Louis
Globe-Democrat, Rep.
The assertion that employers
often designedly provoke strikes is
undoubtedly true in some instances.
Charges have often been made that
strike leaders were in the pay OF
the employers, and had melted a
strike for the benefit of the latter.
This would account for some of the
labor contests of the past dozen
years, in which every reasonable
person could see that the strikes
were certain to fail. Strikes often
bring profits to employers, who are
thus enabled to close their works in
dull seasons and avoid running at a
loss.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
Rem
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-16
Stands at the Head.

Aug. J. Bogel, the leading drug
gist of Shreveport, La, says: cdr.
Kings New Discovery is the only
thing that cures my cough, and it
is the best seller I have" J. F.
Campbell, merchant of Stafford,
Ariz., writes: tsDr. Kings New
Discovery is all that is claimed for
it; it never fails, and is a sure cure
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds.
I cannot say enough for its merits. -
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
SUMPTION, Coughs and Colds is not
an experiment. 1t has been tried
for a quarter of century, and to-
day stands at the head. It never
disappoints. Free trial bottles at
VIM. Clegg's Drug Store.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-16
Wanted IN Idea ~ :: :: :: :s;?s

Hfscs XHS tSsS5i Sa6 co. rzssns 1ssss
Nm vQoehinGton, D. for their el.oO0 Prise one
1SSireW list o1,On0 tAousAnd Inventions WAnsoo.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-16
Bucklen's Arniea Salve.

The best salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chap
ped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and
all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required. It
is guaranteed to give perfect salts,
IS cents per box. For sale b" -
Clegg.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-10-16
Dr.. DUHAR7.

A practitioner in the States ~ years.
and in Lafayette Parish years, calls at
tention TO his new and successful treatment
of the respiratory organs. Medical inhala-
tons combined with constitutional treat
ment af!ording a cure in Consumption in
the first and second period, if they follow
exactly the treatment and relief in the third
period.
Deafness and chronic diseases in general
specially.
The morning times., 1897-01-29
THE SCALPERS STRIKE BACK
Broker Mckenzie Opposes a Bill
Before a Senate Committee.
He Declares His Busin eSs Is Bene-
ficial to the Public-Passenger
Agent CaIdwel1's Reply.

There was a direct conflict Of statements
between representatives of the Ticket
Brokersandther railroads yesterday nj orning,
in u hearing before the Senate Interstate
Commerce Committee on the bill to restrict
the sale of railroad tickets, except through
authorized agents holding the certificates
of the roads whose tickets they offered for
sale.
Mr.. George Mckenzie, of Chicago, repre-
senting the Ticket Brokers' Association.
spoke for an hour ON the eadvantagesderived
by the public from the existence Of offices
through which reduced rate tickets might
be purchased. He argued that the scaIpers
were working in harmony with the inter
state commerce law by making il impos-
sible for the railroads to create a monopoly
Mr. Mckenzie asserted that almost all
the business OF the brokers WAS done
through prearrangement OF the railroad
companies. In response TO a question he
replied that very few tickets requiring
the use OF assumed names were sold, tn
less IL was done by arrangement with the
companies over whose lines the tickets we've
sold. Brokers did not want any certificates
of authority. That would simply make
them the agent of the road or the pool, and
would prevent them from selling tickets
at cut rates. The business OF scalping
tickets was beneficial To the general pub
lie, because the brokers had for years pre-
vented the illegal control OF the passenger
business of tile country. The effort vas
being made to destroy them so the rail
roads could violate the law with impunity.
The statements made on behalf II he
ticket brokers were denied in many par
ticulars by ID. b. Caldwell, of Chicago,
chairman of the Western and Trans Con
tinental Association. He said it was untrue
that IL was the custom Of railroads 70 sell
mileage books and railroad tickets TO
brokers in gross Such thing could not be
done unless some particular road violated
the law and committed flagrant breach
OF its business relations with other roads
over which its books were good In
stances of such breaches OF good faith were
exceedingly rare. The impression had been
given the committee that the brokers were
a public benefit and that they sold these
mileage books at less than tariff rates
The fact was, however, that whereas the
roads sold them at cents a mile, brokers
charged 4 cents.
The morning times., 1897-01-29
COLD WEATHER LrNcHEoNs.

one Of our wicked Chicago exchanges
observes with iIl-concealed glee that most
OF the churches of the Windy City are
hermetically closed during the prevailing
cold weather, while the saloons are not
only wide open and warm, but for several
days have been welcoming the hungry to
their flee lunch counters, irrespective of
whether the partakers bought anything to
drink or not. The suggestion is added
that the churches might do " orse than to
throw open their doors to the freezing
people, keep up the furnace fires, and
throw in something in the way of bread
and coffee
This is one OF those Western questions
Oh which il is not our privilege to take
sides. If the comparison between the
saloonkeepers and the churches is a Just
one, it only causes suspicion that the
Chicago variety of Christian charity is as
chilly as the weather, and that the other
party is human and generous, as it is
generally ever ywhere We feel quite
sure that if the conditions here were so
severe as to warrant it there are many
of our churches whose doors would be
found unlocked, and with a crowd of
Tainistering sisters inside, wei armed
with teening coffee coppers, and the
Bourishing sandwich.
We emight wei venture to back the saloon
men of the Capital City to produce as
much lunch in case of a great public
emergency, and TO show as much humanity
20 the cold and hungry on occasion. as
anybody else, in or outside of their bust
ness, in Chicago, or any other city
The morning times., 1897-01-29
THIS sBRADLEY-sIARTIN BALL

Nearly everybody, in and out of New
York, has had something to say about DR..
William s. Rainsford's Tenarks as to the
Bradle y-Marin fancy dress ball. Dr.
Rainsford seemed to think that the Brad
Iey-Martins were inclined 10 fiddle while
Rome burned. The reason why this par
ticular sermon, which was not so very
unusual in itself, has made such sensa.
tioE is that il strikes the keynote OF a
certain popular feeling. 1t may not be
the feeling Of the majority, or OF the well
instructed. minority, but il exists
When one reads in parallel columns OF a
newspaper that somebody in the Four
Hundred has carpeted her parlor floor with
rosebuds at dollar each, and that some
body on the East Side has been found
oead from cold and starvation, the con-
trast lis too dramatic not To be rernem.
bered. AT the same time, every big social
function causes some JOY among the people
who have to provide the eatablcs and
drinkables, and clothes and decorations.
ana. through them. among their grocers,
their laundrymen, and their landlords
1nerc is "a small army of working folk de-
pendent upon every rich household in New
York city.
1t takes fully as many people to do the
work OF a great hotel as the hotel can
accommodate in its palmiest times; ard if
theso rich people who patronize the hotel
persist in boarding their money, or in
putting il into some concern in which
the well-paid directors reap all the profits,
this hotel feels the pinch OF hard times,
and the pinch goes all the way down,