New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-06
TRADE AND FINANCE ABROAD.

The latest correspondence from Egypt published
in LIE semaphere" Of Marseiles, speaks of the
appearance of new disease of the cotton plants
of the Nile Valley. Some plants were attacked last
year but the maady has made great progress this
year In certain districts. Agathon Bey, president
of the Union of Egyptian Agricuiturists. has recog-
nized the disease as being similar to that which,
several years ago attacked the cotton plants in
!nees the malady IS by desee
ton or drying up OF the plant at The point wnere NJ
the roots remain soan9 until the death OF tine
tho me to 6'9 n Dybowski inspector general of Co
study pRe nature Of the malady and seek fer an
Mr. AsatRon says in his oeia ft report cotton
ys99 Is the pnepa S9GfsS 81 Sr lie 20
The main source of wealth for Portugal is not
cotton. In Egypt, bat wine, and the agri-
culturists there have bitterly complained of the
prejudice recently held in Brazil against Portuguese
wines. Their principal market for expectation has
always been Brazil, naturally, a consequence of
the intimate political association and sirntude Of
langus ge Of the two countries. But politics may
have also. in the present circumstances. exercised
a bad Influence in causing some Brazians TO show
through their disdain Of Portuguese wine that they
were not disposed to enrich a country where they
wrongly imagine that the Bras anza pretenders to
the former throne of Brazil are encouraged. Fertu-
nately the majority Of the Brazilians are too in
telgent 20 harbor such ideas. and they nave shown
y In giving a nearly reception to Or, jose Carlos
Rodriguez the well known director of the formal
do Commercio,' the most important paper In Brazil
Dr. Rodriguez had returned from Europe where
he mad been sent in connection with the recent puf
Government which he so ably represented. During
his soiourn on the CONTINGENT DR.. Rodriguez had an
analysis made at the Municipal Laboratory, In
Paris, of samples of Portuguese Wines which
said by some official experts at Rio Janeiro to
contain substances injurious health The new
anaiysis made at Paris proved that there was not
home DR. Rodriguez dealt with this ma Ter In the
columns of HE journal In such manner as to
secure the repeal of the government ordinance
which condemned the Portuguese wines and pro-
hibited their sale.
Newspaper men in Italy will soon enjoy the
benefits Of special law which viii regulate in a
definite manner the conditions of their work 1t
is Sisnor Luzzati. ex-Minister of Finance and
President of the Press Association of Rome who
has taken the initiative for that law the DISPOSE
ton of which had been previously approved by all
the press associations of the country The law
imposes the adoption of contract for the journal
writer's OF the eessa tiOn Of the publishing of
paper the following indemnties: One years salary
to the chief editor, six months salary 10 the man
aging editor and three months pay, at the mini
mum, for all the other editors.
The Tribunal of Commerce of Msrsenes Francs
has rendered sentence favorable to nine pnrsArs
of the steamers OF the Compaghie Transatlanfioue
whose places board had been abolished Each
Of these pursers claimed from the company On OOo
francs Indemnity, and offered ONLY s.ri,sr1
ter of his annual regular salary The tribn1a
ordinary clerks, on account OF the ripoFts1ss ~
their work Sun; Ii has not granted thsn the
tulI amount or their claim, but great deal more
than the company offered to give. ~