Washington sentinel., 1898-04-16

LIQUOR TRADEIN SOUTH AFRICA.
--Ot the thirty principal articles Of
British manufacture shipped to
South Africa, twelve showed an
increase during 1897 and eighteen
showed decrease. Beer and ale
were among the articles showing
better business, the increase being
very considerable, over $50, 900
over the returns tor 1896. British
and Irish spirits show very large
decrease, and II per cent. less than
in 1896, the difference being over
SGas 900. For the month OF De-
cember there was reported a de-
crease in imports OF British beer,
ale and spirits from the imports of
December 1896,
In November (the latest date for
which statistiLs in this line are
available at this writing) German
imports OF beer, bottled, we're aaI
tons, as compared with I34 in the
same month, 1896.
American returns have not been
made available, nor have the
French, but the idea prevails that
when the French returns are made
up for the year 1897, it will be
found that the French imports of
wines. cognacs and champagnes
have largely increased.
An important contract has been
secured by Messrs. Munro & Nc
Intosh, of Bath street, Glasgow,
through their Durham representa-
tiVes. This is the contract to sup
ply the Natal Government railways
with all whiskey to be used in the
various refreshment rooms in their
system.
German spirit importers, to an
ticipate the high duties which they
knew were to go into effect Feb.
1, previous TO that date landed
large quantities of bottles of proof
alcohol at Delagoa Bay for trans"
shipment to johannesburg. Each
bottle contained fr, m three to four
gallons of alcohol. About $4,000
gallons a month were landed for
several months previous to Feb. I,
every German vessel which arrived
bringing some alcohol in its cargo.
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GROWTH OF CITY POPULATIONS -
The sudden growth Of the great
cities is the first result of the phe-
nomenon Of immigration which we
have to note, writes Professor Rip
ley in Appleton's Popular ScIeNce
Monthly. We think of this as es
SentIallY an American problem.
We comfort ourselves in our fail
ures OF municipal administration
with that thought. This is griev-
Gus deception. Most OF the Euro
pean cities have increased in pop
ulation more rapidly than in Amer.
ica. Shaw has emphasized the
same fact in his brilliant work on
Municipal Government in Eu-
rope" This is particularly true Of
great German urban centres. Ber-
lin has outgrown our own metrop-
oils New York-in less than a
generation, having in twenty-five
years added as many actual new
residents as Chicago, and twice as
many as Philadelphia. Hamburg
has gained twice as many in popu-
lation since 1875 as Boston; Leip-
sic has distanced St. Louis.
The same Topographic outburst
has occurred in the smaller Ger
man cities as we'll. Cologne has
gained the lead over Cleveland,
Buffalo and Pittsburg, although in
1880 it was the smallest Of the four.
Magdeburg has grown faster than
Providence in the last ten years.
Dusseldorf has likewise outgTow
St. Paul. Beyond the confines Of
the German Empire, from Norway
to Italy, the same is true, Stock
holm has doubled its population;
Copenhagen has increased two
and a half times; Christiania has
trebled it's numbers in a genera
tion. Rome has increased from
IS4, 900 in 1860 to 4So, 900 in 1894.
Vienna, including its suburbs, has
grown three times over within the
same period. Paris from 1881 to
1891 has absorbed iour-ifths of the
total increase OF population for all
OF France within the same period.
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