Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-02
From Coroner to Mayor.

U III new 1OTk sun.
The Republican nomination for mayor
Philadelphia is virtually an election to tn
Office. and if there be in reason any d.
ference between the two, it is, perha,
less easily distinguishable this year TIN
heretofore, six weeks in advance of q
municipal election in February, The Phi
delphia Republicans on Wednesday no,-
mated Samuel H. Astbridge for mayor. al
the duty of submitting his name to e
convention devolved upon Josiah Adams.f
the Eighth ward. Mr.. Ashbridge is at pr
ent a Philadelphia coroner. He began +
career as a clerk in a coal office and :
has been connected with the mortuary =
partment OF Phi~ladelphia's city admin
tration for eighteen years. first as a deg
ty coroner and since 1856 as a coron.
Adams began:
Ny humble sphere OF this occasions
that OF, satellite to reflect somewhat e
r~esplendence of a blazing sun.
and here might rot in~approDriaty
stop and name the man: he needs no me
from me. But for our sakes | will n
continue briefly to note his qualities ando
enjoy the pleasures of hope which his ca
didacy inspires.
drew forth such popular and unselfish =
claim: What heart of ambitious aSpirat
ever heard its beatings so tunefully accd
with the heart throbbiEgs of ali class
and conditions of his fellow men
The virtues of the candidate thus referd
to, Mr.. Adams closed with this stirrs
smile:
The storm-tossed wanderers of Will
needing a bird for their auguries and 10
wing being visible We're directed to shit
their arrows into the clouds. A singing Lax.
unseen by the voyagers. was sportingn
neecy folds, but the arrow of Mnesthls
reached its heart. and, leaving. its te
to the deck below, So shall we by using Sr
best endeavcr and the highest aim brig
TO our municipal needs a BENSON from re
.sky-and the man of our hopes is Samel
Howell Ashbridge""
Certainly the citizens of Philadelphia re
to be felicitated on the chance of havin a
mayor possessed in UGH generous meaEe
of varied excellence. But why. with so gat
a man among them. have the Philadelna
electors retained Mr.. Ashbridge so Ing
in the office of coroner?
We Can Undersen Any Nation.
From the Boston Herald.
One Of the commercial agents of le
United States in Canada reports that, As
the result of an application of the diffen-
tial duty in Canada favoring English gods
for a period of two months, it has OF
brought about a serious reduction of n
portations from America, and has not ed
~ IL hOtdOic ilCledSt III lulpOTtdtlOnS INN
England. This. he thinks. may be in ,rt
due to the belief that the i%nternatiaal
commission, now in session, will bring he
range Of duties into closer harmony tan
they now are. and that the Canadian rr-
chants believe that it win hardly pay to
break up American trade connectionsi in
the short interval for the purpose ofes-
tablishing new ones in Great Britain. mt,
in addition to this, it is this authory's
opinion that, even with the differential dty
against us of % per cent. it appears TO
be possible in many lines Of goods for he
American producers to updersell teir
English rivals h average rate of dty
in Canada on dutiable goods is abou so
per cent: the differential which Englnd
enjoys takes of % per cent of this dty,
50 that where goods imported from he
United States to the valu of 800 pay$30
duty. similar goods coming from Engnd
would pay a duty of but $3.50. This a
very large difference: that is. a difrerace
of $50 in goods which cost in this couny,
say, 800; and yet. in spite of this hadi-
cap. in consequence of the quality nd
c~heapness of our wares, We appear to be
in a position in quite a numbe of clases
of merchandise to undersell our Enash
competitors.