New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16

operation since manufacturers cannot repudiate
their contracts. Lancashire cotton factors are
no. conspicuous for being farsghted. sue
cession Of big crops always coEvinces them that
cotton viii remain cheap. and even go lower.
and that there never be a real scarcity OF
raw material They pinned their faith this year
10 NefIls first estimate Of the crop, although
ne Yves almost alone in his large figures, and
they now and the market wholly upset. They
are shutting down their mills and will probably
keep them closed until the middle OF October,
and they are reproaching the spectators with
the disasters Of the trade There will be a great
opportunity for increased export Of American
cotton goods If manufacturers in the United
States as is generally believed in Lancashire,
have been well advised in forecasting the scar
city ~ supply and laying in heavy stocks.
Coal has risen again in England, and every
important line Of manufacture is subjected TO
increased expense in production. It will be
winter OF high prices for commodities Of every
kind and earnings are not increasing in proper
ton 10 the cost of living. There serious
labor controversies. since employers are most
conciatory IN dealing with trades unions.
Even the Great Eastern Railway strike. which
has seemed inevitable. now appears improbable,
since the directors are determined to bring about
a settlement
Never has there been a time when American
competition with British trades has seemed
formidable menace as at present, when sta
tistics quoted here by financial papers show that
the exports OF manufactures from the United
States have been increasing month by month
by leaps and bounds For this reason English
capitalists derive comfort from the intelligence
that great strikes are undertaken in the United
States for political purposes at time when con-
ditions most favorable for exporting coal,
cotton goods and iron and steel manufactures
10 Europe on unprecedented scale.
The autumn announcements of publishers are
full but convey the general impression that they
have been Overstocked with manuscripts Of sec
ond rate Importance. The war library is ap-
parently complete for there are few additions to
the list. The Macmillans have issued one timely
volume dealing with the settlement of the war.
The author is DR.. FarrelIy, Of Cape Colony.
More attractive for the general public will he
the biography Of Huxley by his son. which will
be out in few days. Mr.. Leonard Huxley has
been content to follow the lines of the present
Lord Tennyson. and his book is an effective
character study, with side lights from a large
budget Of private correspondence One of the
most valuable literary undertakings of the sea-
son Will be Professor Saintsburys History OF
Criticism" upon which he has been at work
for long period.
Mr.. ". E. Henley has enjoyed the distinction
of having his verses set TO music by Dr. Viliers
Stanford and rendered al a festival Of three
choirs in Hereford. The poem was The Last
Post" a ambitious work performed at
the festival was Sir Hubert Parry's TIE
Deum," in commemoration of the victories Of
the British army in South Africa. 1t was heard
here early in the week in q rehearsal by the
orchestra and singers and regarded as a
strong and impressive work. colored by Wag-
ner's methods, dignified by skill In composition
and ennobled with stirring emotional qualities
There is much promise and little fulfment at
the London theatres. Mr.. Henry Arthur Jones
has two plays I'm reserve The first will be pro-
dueed speedily at the Duke of York's Theatre
with Miss Willard in a congenial part The other
is held back a few weeks until Mr.. Charles
Wyndham is ready to produce it. Mr. Cecil
Raleigh and Mr.. Arthur Collins are said to have
exhausted the reso1ftes df human invention in
a Drury Lane melodrama to be produced next
week. In the most sensational scene Of the
piece foreign liner will run down a pleasure
yacht in the English Channel, with startling
realism Mr.. Forbes Robertson has produced
Mr. @. Bernard Shaw's The DEVILS Disciple"
IN the provinces Mrs. Arthur Henniker sister
OF Lord Crewe, has written a play with two
scenes in English country house and several
in South Africa She is the wife of Colonel Hen
mixer, Of the Coldstream Guards
Captain slocum. L. s. A, who went from Lis
bon TO South Africa military representative
Of the War Department, has been in London
for a few days on his way to St Petersburg
where he viii he military attache He kept his
eyes open while at General Buffers and Lord
Roberts's headquarters. but has judicious
tongue and knows the diplomatic value of
silence.
General Ludlow is sailing to-day for New
York by the St Paul. after extended journey
through Switzerland and other parts Of the
Continent Mr. Andrew Camegie's return to
America with a large party of guests has been
announced by the press here He will sail by
the Deutschland. but has not yet been seen at
the London hotel where he ordinarily stays
Mr.. Clarence Birch and Mr.. Charles F. Chi
chester are spending few days in London, and
are looking after various literary and artistic
enterprises for the Century Magazine
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