New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-04
TRADE AND FINANCE ABROAD.

The financial condition OF the Republic Of Hayu
has been already referred to as being somewhat
critical The bulk Of the Haytian external debt u
held mainly in France, and the largest portion OF
the financial measures concerning the finances OF
the Black Republic is handled the Paris Bourse
Still despite the difficulties through which the
! Haytian Treasury is now passing. It seems thai
there is no foundation In recent rumor according
TO which the Government OF General Tiresias SAN
was about TO proceed TO an emission or l5oU0s
gourdes In paper money. The country Is aireaay
too much flooded with such money, and the who't
Haytian press agrees with Antoine Laforest wne
says in of the latest numbers or his paper.
Presse" Like our contemporary lie Maup W.
could not believe such an enormity as .has pa]
, been spoken of by the public. Moreover' "
have distinctly added that we heard that ~ La
s sign ratber than consent to the issue.
Meanwhile we declare here that we are Oppose
revoutions has killed US, and that we will nshl
any scheme in its favor. inasmucn as mere ~
The law voted last year april g. 1880 BY the
French Parliament concerning the obligations In
CURED by employers in regard TO the 'accidentt
du travail" that is. accidents occurring TO work
men, is about 10 be promulgated. IL was 10 nav'
been put in operation three months after the pub
licaton OF rules determining the application OF th'
law But It was so difficult to determine the IN
Vulnerable cases OF accidents and the position O
the employers and employees that It took the Coun
Gil of State eleven months 10 elaborate the regua
tions. It, appears that the new law will be as in
furious to employers as to large number OF work
men, THE law" say the organs OF the largo em
poyers of labor. like the "semaphore," the grea
commercial and shipping newspaper OF Marseillef
will benefit only the unmarried workmen ant
those OF foreign extraction. The law Is bad, ant
the regulations for its application cannot but b.
what the law itself IL. EXPERIMENT. Will soon DC
monstrate unfortunately how well grounded ar
the fears OF the Industrial world In France"
The coffee planters In the United States OF CO
lornbia are suffering like those OF other countrte
from the depreciation in the price OF tho staple
One OF the results OF that condition OF Affairs
that a certain confusion has been prevailing 81
the market concerning the distinctions to Be MAD
in regard TO quality. The Colombian papers ga
that very little coffee gets satisfactory prices, Be
cause for one motive for another. the pur
chasers declare being now OF an inferior quai
ity the same product which enjoyed formerly
good reputation.
The number OF foreigners established IN TIL
treaty ports OF China is given by British sta tsti
as 1867 at the end Of 1897 while It was only s&|
in 1894 the year OF the The British had 81
mercantile firms and 1929 citizens: tho American|
come next with 1864 citizens, but not next in n
gard TO their firms There are. besides Il6 Japar
csc $50 Germans. sos Frenchmen and 10 Italiant
The number of the French is decreasing. since
was e33 in 1896: that OF the Germans. on the cor
trary was on the increase. from so at the end q
1896 10 $50 at the end or 1897.