The herald., 1897-05-23
OFFICE OF THE HERALD.
Los Angeles. May p, 1897.

OFFICE OF THE HERALD.
Los Angeles. May 22 1897.
A New York dispatch 10 the Philadelphia
Ledger says:
& Tea importers havc not waited for tn,
: passage Of the tariff bill, with its proposed
duty Of 10 cents pound upon that com
. modify, but have advanced all grades Of
:. tea from to cents n pound. So far as
could be learned no one in the trade had IN
inkling of what the senate finance commit
tee proposed to do until the bill reported
was printed. On that day there was O
scramble to buy, and importers cabled to
their agents in Japan to buy such of the
new crop rs had come forward and ship al
once to this country. The number of orders
received at Yokohama and other Japanese
ports caused an immediate advance there
and only portion of the orders from this
. city were placed. This time of year hap
pens to be between seasons, and the guam
tity of tea that can be bought abroad is
SAID to be small. Had the proposed action
by congress been taken a month or two
later. when the bulk of the crop comes
forward 1t would have been possible for
importers to bring in sufficient to last un-
til 1900. when. under the bill, tea will be
free. Should the bill be delayed by long
debates in the senate this scheme may yet
be carried out to some extent. and thus
defeat the object which the tariff makers
had In view-the obtaining of $l0,00o, 900
additional revenue. Just what quantity
anticipate the bill cannot be learned. Tho
Japan shipments will probably be entered
at San Francisco. instead Of at New York,
as would be done in the ordinary way.
Orders to purchase China teas have been
cabled TO London, but brokers and i'm
porters who are speculating are very close
mouthed as to the amount of their pur-
chases. The total amount of tea annually
imported into this country is nearly 100.-
0co, 600 pounds. According to the statistical
report issued by the government for the
year 1896 more than half of the whole guam
tity was entered at this port"
Electricity is property, so has decided
Judge Noble of the criminal court at Louis
Vile. Ky. The case was that of saloon
Keeper who tapped an electric light wire
ard used the light therefrom. The judge
overruled demurrer to the trial of the
accused and said that a man using cleo.
tricity without paying for it is liable to
prosecution for grand larceny.
The British consul at Jerusalem reports
that the total imports and exports of
Palestine were GEO. 537 in 1896, or $4,000
more than in 1925. Soap formed nearly
third Of the total exports. the next in order
of importance being oranges, sesame.
beans, hides and maize. OF imports cotton
goods come first-being about quarter o:
the whole-then sugar. petroleum. timber,
flour, coffee fine cloth and rice Great
Britain took f55.S00 of exports. and sent
G27900 in imports. British imports to
show a tendency towards dimi
mutton. but the figures may mislead, be- |
cause 1t is difficult to say what portions of
the imports from Egypt and other Turkish |
ports are really of British origin. French
imports are likewise declining, while those
from Germany show an increase. This last
Is unquesticnably due to the German sys-
tenn of sending out commercial travellers
to exhibit samples of manufactures as well
as to study the prices and wants of the
localities. The production of wine by the
German and Jewish colonies in Palestine
is growing both in quantity and quality
=
A Chicago correspondent of the New
York Journal OF Commerce writes: There
S no use shutting our eyes to the fact
that the grain trade receiving and specu-r
ative. is going away from Chicago, and |
hat the futures in this market are merely |
lsed as hedges for sales of wheat bought |
n other markets, home and foreign, and
or sales Of crops not matured (sometimes
lot sown)."
The Philadelphia Press says: 1.-THE total
wheat crop this year is now estimated at |
about 430, 900 600 bushels The minor cere-
Ills promise WELL The percentage of spring
blowing finished on May 1st was 619 as
The usual percentage on that
late is 1S''
A bill has been introduced in the senate
~ Senator Kyle to provide for a govern.
nent telegraph system within the United
states. to be under the government of
board consisting of the secretary of state
he secretary of war and the postmaster
general and shall consist of four trunk
ines connecting the northeastern, the
northwestern. western and southwestern /
md the southern parts of the United States
VIII tie CITY OI washington, and that |
hese trunk lines shall be connected with
ines and offices established at such cities
owns and places as shall be for the public
interest for the time being; all to be ex-
ended and increased as congress may from
ime to time provide money therefor This
elegraph line shall be carried on and op-
rated as part of the postal system of the
United States. and the rates for the use
hereof shall be established by the above
,amed board. The bill further provides
hat there shall be no discrimination in the
natter of charges and rates. with the ex-
eption of messages for the press, and in
hat case no publisher of any one news
,aper or combination of newspapers shall
'e allowed better rates than any other
t is provided that this government tele-
,raph line shall be constructed and kept in
epair under the direction and superin-
endence of the secretary Of war, through |
he corps of engineers.
INSURANCE
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