Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 10, 1879, Page 5

7IIE SPRING TRADE. - Jobbers and Wholesale L fl;;en Have to Say About It. S ons Generally Reported Good, jth Light Stocks in the Intoriors . + TUnonimous Opinion in Favor u”m:f an Aotive Bpring Business. * DRY agons‘.fl s agon in dry goods begins, gen- e e 6t of March. Abriof talk with ol 0 earwell & Co. showed that at the ":; timo & greater volume of businces is than was the casc a year 0go now, iy dfln:lhnr cireumstances Jeads to the belle! ‘8,, spring trade will bo characterized by = sl Betivity. Durlng the past yenr dry o on the whole, have experioneed o decline ol £ § per centy but now thy market {8 quite “Md o further deprecintion is anticpated. 4 two linos of lato—bleached and brown o0 & YN0 14 boen o ndvanco of abont onc- puli=ilert 4. Othernise tho market about Nm“pcnwn. The conditlon of country alls ft8 reported a8 favorable, the “"mlnn, oxperiencing no se‘-hnck, olutiolt onts belng made with Rable promptocss.” The close and cold "“”"‘E,, ‘enabled denlers to run down their e ora closely than usual,—or at lenst for #ock I 10 thio reault {8 that In noarly all oI the country morchants find it neces- oot oF L iberally, ond this wil give an ) 4 to apring trade that it would not have el {here been open weather during the feithad & ust D08 o1, Beott & Co. roport that (oleet w pontbs J ,,}{;‘f:.ifl?.’fl'fimry ‘waa far in excess of that month, They considercd that """,msno‘udn opeucd sbout the 1st of % and_thus far it had been axtremely H tle. Iu foct, it was the most prom- “"’",vrm;; that the trade had experi- = sincs the' panie of 1878, People in comntry 8ro me““‘in good, and collectlons c"mn.gmin » highly eatisfactory manner. Slesqen on the road report that, a8’z general e epring has found merchants with “mmf'nmks nmf this will eive adectded im- s 10 business, In addition to this, mer- p“ is are, comparatively, out of debt, owe cy bave for years past, and this 11 feel happy. Dry goods have opreciation, as com- ;V;dwuu last year, of fully 13}¢ per cent; but “sholesale dealers are solling vastly more goods, i realizing ot Jesst B0 per cent preater re- wipta than they lust year. Tlie genoral fn?lnxumnru encouraging than it has been for frogears. This house hos some Texas nnd ,minl Honthern trade, which Is constantly Frowing better p ! GROCERIES. L +What are the spring-trade prospectai’ mal m‘g?p:rtcr to one of the houso of Durands & renced 8 materinl c?.snt yery brilliant, we thinle."” L utyhy i : uiyell, nearly overything 1s dupreupea, sugars, toltees, ale.y are: constantly settling, but drfed frulls seemn to be a littlo active.” Waro the indications any worse than last 0 P 1|{m The only drawback We seefs tho pricea famers aro getting for thetroroducts, Thero s \arcely ooy margin, and we dou’t look for any Yy Improvement. until after they. get in their aos. But we think we shall havea falr healthy \nds o the spring—not & big rush.}* “llow are 1&0::\(:,) & “Fairt arge. “}:'llu‘:l“l:: wnfilltlnn than {n 78717 425 to aasortment, yes; but thero is always o t variety here.” « Are buyers caut{ous!” #Yep, on account of the unsettled price of tisding ortleles; and compotition 1a very e oge “Judement I necessary inmsking sales, now- st . . S “i{erchants bave to discriminate, and doubt~ folmen aredropped ; but the creditof the coun- tpls botter than 1t bas been. The slow men wedropping out, and glving way to nion who Saasge Miel business botter: Tho lorgs crodit nen hava disappeared mostly,—men who would ntbermake largo thon safo aales.” ¥ “WiIl pot thut fact help trade somot! #iWell, (¢ will mako it Ices riaky." Faoklin MacVeagh, on belug lnterviowed, +“Trade was hetter last month than was ex- pested, and better than Jast year. The spring :mu,#houzh, doesn’t zet tg the grocera befors pril. “Aud the prospecta it +“(lgad, wo think," “ls'uw outlook any petter than that of last ear’ “Yes; oyverybody 1s feoling bottor,"? " “Tiava prices struck bottom yet?" “Tliey must bo somewhere near it.)? “Do"you anticipate a larger trade than woal(? H¥ea, “Will not the fact that the farmors have been toable to procuro good prices for thelr products 8 bad cffect 'Y “We don't belfovo that will make nny differ- toce; hut the farmers have really had an ad- nnce on pork products awd grofn,” The reporter next visited the honso o J. W,' oane & Co., who satd: :“Wathink the prospects sre good bocause tbe prices of farm producis are good, Any fm- imrement in those prices will make irade “Betior than last year!” “"Wohad o very food year. I'J’rophca(nd we ¥ould haye a falr year, and we did.! Do you think there will be any beyond the nlnr'n Increasp?" " “No. Thero Is n_steady increass from year W year, We have looked upon that us a sure uing, and have realized it Will the faflure of the crops in Minnesota d Northern Towa baye uny offcet " Thardly think so, because there s a failuro f somo localittes ovory year,! The eflect, It un( will be mora than bal- t2eed by the natural Increase ond the domands T aew country i "g:l‘?‘t.h(n‘kvlo." ue, Warnar & Oo, r d the outlook ll‘yrqu {avorable, U Yependt 8 “Il{lhu prices of farm products bave any #feett" quertod thio roporter, Yes Lot iy (o Do yo Il;l‘flyfll’l.: ‘:xu 'I’n'ok for an Increase beyond the ©4; Uio trade which comes from tha 011y :‘u":{;g‘"fi::yl r:”lb"m{lw Chlug:v.ll thin al 3 ,}lm\vrudnm." vorablo excopt the low prjce ‘myt bout :wckll " re ot oxceptionally large, but such "‘m:g, erdlnnrlpy \mtorpupou the lp;-lng trade +Trade o 4 peus in April really, does it not1" It begina 10 o metiva 1A' Morch: but th hAul. actlvity is in ApriL.” “\Vm Drices as low oa they will gol" un,.'"b"'"k'“‘ but our_predictions have not ui)t”"?]e'l.l"vurlflua. Wo are prepared for ,,hm"_ln better fecling prevall in tha tradol” ’flwn.}‘m""’ everybody scoms encouraged by by gy Tesumntlon, und the belief that prices by dnan“-“m"fl touched bottom, If therp s Iutirg qocy, 70 think it will be for the botter; durg uwn“lr think !hera will bo a great chaugo Podty of bu.'f:g::fi car elther in th volume or ——— THING, of Charles P. Kellozg & o t trade hos o very favorable nes by h"fl"u the month of February the sales mo.mbnu were largo to an encouraging dee 4, whilo March s the month which ey “ylwllneuuu ® revival, the experience of tndey, mmonth leads the house -t beliove that et u::l already experionced an upward tend- g o that the spring season will be moro iy v(lmmnrlly active. Collections are far 1y those of Just year, showing that the Wy :\!mhanu are feoling easler, Thero " trate depreciation fn values of Nori Imnnurnnmrul by this house, and l;m,,,""”“" articles are sold thin nnu{' Jet the demand s more than propor- B 'gf, !}lln decrease In prices and the maxi- bougg opied Ercater than noretofors. ‘Ihis tegy wm:’r‘: the West aud Northwest, and on- L "mlthluto the Bouthern trade, It Hbale arg m':gt‘fu?'n}f o it .~ et there s n sectional depression of The clothip, . g house Teports thig Nonpet 1o Minncsota, Northern lows, aud gy oolera illuots gwlag 10 the partial fall- Vb8 thera lagt fall, but this s vot ot Sl St a7 tae s o @ country, Wmerchants arg fu such good condition -continuall financlally that this drawb: to the locallt; fodicated’is offsat, A Mr, I W. King, wholesale clothlor, rc(mln the soring trado os having opened fairly, With hils liouso it ganorally begins about the middle of February, Ho finds that Minnesota and Northern Yowa morchants are not buying na many goods na usunl, but clsewhers in tho Northwest and West,amd embracing the far-away Territorien, the domund ta exceptlonally large, ‘Frade in the Northern lumber dlstricts ‘Is very lienvy. The volume of busineas up to the pres- ent{a fully ns great, It not nhead, of what it was o yearago. CQoods have as a whole depro-~ ciated about 10 per cont, a5 compard with last year. Collections are good} no reason to com- plain, 1L, A, Koln & Bro. sald_their trodo was very much better in Eubrunr[ than it was during tho corresponding month of 1878, While thefr husy season docs not begin until about the Iatter nrt of March, prosent Indicatlons led them to belieyo that a heavier trade than usual will he developed. They have more men ot work than ever before employed in this bouse, manufac. turing goods for the fall scoson, With the ex- coption-of worsteds,clothaaro chcnrer than they liave been for wany years, and at the satne time the firm finds that people demnnd cheaper artl- cles than they have been in the baoit of supply- ingg. No complaint can be mads s totollee- tluns.. Thecountry dealers are mpeting their ubligntions with comnendable Promptness, The bulk of the tradoof this: house is in the évut%x and Northweat, nothing being done ac the outh, —_— BOOTS AND SIOES. The reporter Inthe courso of Nfs rombles dropned into the cstablishment of Phelps, Dodgo & Palmer, and propounded a few loter- rogations to the hend of the houss on the monoral trade aspect. Mr. rhelps said that col- lectfons were better than at asuy timo sfuce the psufe, and o more healthy tinancial condition prevalls throughout the country, There has been an extension of territory tributary to Chi- cago, antd wo now scll goods from headwaters of the Mississippt clear though to the Rie Grande. Goods n our lnaare a trifle lower than they were a year ago, though at tho present tima thero 18 n stiffening in the values of raw materialg, and on some artlcles thers has been o slight advance. Trado on the whele 18 good.® More goode, both in volume aund in volue, have been soid than over before, ‘The manufacturers gencrally dre running witha full force of hands, and many of them, our. selves included, are putting in tho latest machinery. ‘I'he prospects for an nctive spring trade nre'very flattoring, MILLINERY GOODS,. Keith Bros. thought It was a littio {uo ear), to offer prognostications as to the business of the coming acason, as those in this lino of goods do not gencrally flud themsclyes busy until about the middle of March, 8o far ns ho could Judgo from prosent fudications, the outlook was decldedly promising. fla was free to say that he dld not look for any unusual fncreasgof trade, but, rather, was 0{1 opinion that the fin- provement would ba & gradual and healthy one. At the present his houso was doing more than 1t had at the same period of the year for two vears puat, and §t was from this condition of things that e argued that the outluck was one thnt promised to bring better times, * Mr. Keith dld not heay any unuaual complaint on the part of country dealers 85 to the stringoncy of the money market. Collections eame fn promptly, and thicre was no renson to belleye that the peo- pla were any worse ofl than herctofore. In fact, taking all things into coneldoration, the times nad @ bettor and moro cheerlnge napeet, At the millinery establishment of D, B. Fisk & Co, the roporter mot Mr, Frasier, manager of tho firm In the absence of the praprictors, Mr. Frasler, & ruddv-fnced and gonlal eentloman, said that the outlook was most decidedly a falr one. ‘'Truc, trade bad hardly bogun,—It belng o 1ittle early for bonnots and the thousand-nnd- ono accessorive which go to mako up thie siock in trade of a houso of this charagter,—and it would be easler to glve a deflnite ovluion, based u)-mn actual trading, along about the middle of March; but there was, nevertheless, an unusual stir for this scason, nnd uvervl.hlmi dicate that thero was golug to bo a heayy volumo of -business donc, The _trade in the willinery line will run from the mlddie of March to July, Juno being very busy. The weather bas much to do with the carlincss of the trade, a favorable and light spring develop- ing buainess In_advance of an opposlte senson, The volumo of business in millinery goods {8 Increaslng, Chicago Bas to-day three of the larzest louses in the country, and the Chicago market' {8 far in adyance of any other. . Collections during the winter months aro generally Hght, und little ls expocted fn this direction until the opening spring gives an im- petus to trade. Goons aro cheapor to-<day than they have been for a long timo past, and coun- try merchants are, 83 o rule, buylng better goods than formerly, because they ean get them for lesa money. Four years ago there was a great demand for clll:nr articles, but now this has all changed, Thia doprecintion necessitates a correspondivg ine would in- .crease {n the volume of business to cover tho same gross sales os in former years, and conge- quently the houso finds andditional assistanco nceessary, This house, besides selling milltver: goods trom direct importations, devotes muc! attention to manufacturing, making bonnets, gentlemen's straw goods, and artificial flowers, ete, 'This hias becoma a surprisingly Inrge branch of industry, and glves employment to ap army of men aud girls. The trade o these Jincs {8 rapidly Increasing. This house sclls ita goods from.Oblo_ta the Pacllle coust, and from the northern lwmits of the United Btates tothe Gulf of Maxico, ; 1RON, 4+ As for the jron trade, said Mr. Bale, of the firm of Hale, Clovetund & Co., *it genorally opeus about the 1st of March. Our wmen who ars now on the road report to us that trade s good, and that the outlook {s favorable. Weo tind that prices have not materially advanced, with the exception of nalls, In which latter zoods there has been of late an unhancement of value. We antfcipate that the goneral trade In fron will grow bottor; but the revival in this industry at the Enst has not as yot touched the market here Wo do not put much faith in any mate. tlal advancs in prices, Collections are good, and we have no ason to comploin. You must kuow thore” has for a long tine besn o aroat depression in this trade, nnd dealers and munufacturers haye Iongllmpcu agalnst hope, almost, for botter times, "It Iam 8 judze, I think this chauge for_the better is coming, nnd {8 near ot hand, We trade en- tirely with the West and Northwest, and have 10 business relations with the Bouth,” JEWELRY. ' Nr. B, F. Norris ssfd that the trade of hls houso at presont was exccedlugly good, In fact, it had, straugq to say, been s0 oven sinco the liolldays,—~au unusual circumstances, for it was generally oxpected that after the Inat of Decemnber, aud for at loast two months, business would show a declded falling off. 1t 13 customary for the wholesale Jowelry houscs at this eeason ta reduce thelr force of nasistants, and awalt the ronews) of trade about the middle of March to engage thefr muximum number of clerks; but this year, o large had been the trade of,this house, at Jeast, they were ndt only not obliged to reduce, but on the contrary haa augmented the oumber of thelr assistants. ‘The tradoof this cstablishinent covers the entire West aud Northiwest. Mr, Norris' observations led him to belleya that the country dealers wers in falr condition financlally, os collec- tlons were mado as l!ru"wd! as usual, ‘lhe class of people with “whom this liouse, in fact, all the wholcsaly jowelers deal, | thut they will not bear prompt and vigorous pushing in case they do not et thelr obligations when due, for they flnd it necessary to realizo upon their stocks to s much greuter degres than do other branches; that is, they must be glven a little more leoway than other dealors osk. Therefors the wholesalo dealors ara somewhat lenient, and do not crowd thelr customors ta the wall, Thera s at grelnnl, a greater demund than formerly for a cicap line of gouds, or, mare correatly speaking, goodsof Jow vatuo but standard make, This 1s particu- larly tyue of watches and clocks. Mr.” Norris could not look upon the present prospeels ns other than encouraging in the highest aud most l!uuerlugl' degreo. “Our u,"" agld Mr. Young, of the houso of W, B, Clapp; Young & Co., "“opons sbout the middie of March, Looking over the fleld, I um convinced that thero. has beon a alight re- vival. Dusiness to-dey Is in a more healthy con ditfon than It has beoi for some time past, snd we berin to feel as though we had resched the solid bottom where wo can safely atand in the future, Prices bave not materially decliued during the past year, excopt fn the matter of Amcricau watch moyements, We find that we are selling a botter line of guods thau wo did a car ago, In February our trade was wuch bet- er than o that wonth in auy other year ‘sloce 1674, Bustuuss, wo think, fs grudually sdvancing, Orders, while swuall, compuratively, aro more frequont thun in foriner years, and this indlcates that dualers are lncredsing thelr ‘sales, while perbaps the sugregate of lsonny value 18 Dot much preator to us. Wo fiud that dealers fu the country ure just as proluse with thelr excuses for defays In sattlement as ever, In the .winter, ‘thy holidey-trado was uot \ THE CHICAGO' good '} In the spring, ¢ the roads were bad,! peoplo were ¢ too busy with crops to trade 'y nm‘ixmnlr.‘;w-n lmr Ihe hnr!'uu". in -l and winter agsin cro| ere YOOF, anl. o "walt for the hotldny-tradul’ tyou'll have to wait And so It gocs, * Wo soll goods everywhers fn thio United Hiates, except In New England.!! g CROCKERY. il ’lfl Mr. Ovington reported the spring trade just opening fn his lne. Thero was every rea- gon to bellava that it would bo much batter thun usual. From the 1syof April to the mid- dlo of May was usually the busiest scason in crockory, No trouble had been experlenced, so for o Mr. Ovington's obacrvation went, in the matter of making collectfons. Dealers pald up with commendablo vpromptuess. Yet he had notlced s manifest dispositlon on the part of buyers to retrench somewhat in purchases, na woll us to {nslst upon the lowest vpossible prices, His retall trade was oxtending moro mplidly than the wholesale lfne, but ho hod noticed that for some unsccountable rea- son the Chicago pnople were fn the habit of going East for thelr fino goods,—the highest erades of chinas, porcclaina, majolicas, and* other arilcles In this branch of trade,—~when they could in reallty Luy them here at bomo cheaper than they could be purchased tn New York. Exjierienca would probably teach them the folly of this; but at the samo time they were pursulig a very unwise course in sendinig money out of the clty which ought by overy right to bo expended here, Mr, TJrrclI, of thofirm of Burley & Ll‘ym:ll, beljeved that the spring trade was now openlug, but he was fres to say g0 {ar os his cbeervations went. thru was not o very great change as com- pared with Jast year. Durlng the months of January and February the trade was about the samo us during the same months fn 1878, Mr. Tyrroll did not antlcipate any sudden cliange far the better, but belfeved that the mendlng would be gradual and certain, 8o lor as ho wns ablo te judge, from the collections mndo by his bouse, thero was no fvnunl improvement in the nnunclnl condition of the country peonlo; they are careful {n the matter of oxpenditures, nnd do not spend any moro monoy than they are actunlly - compelled to. ‘They are_bnylng the cheapest grad es of goods that wiil answer thelr purpose, qnd this necessarily haa its ctlect upon the wholeaale denlers. The trade of this houf cxtouds oyer Michigan, In- dfann, Illinols, Missourl, Dakota, Iowa, Col- orado, Minnesota, aud Wisconsin, ~In the South the proportlon of trade fs Tm.o small, and what s donu there 18 In cheap lines, 'Ihe deprecin~ tion In prices of goods and tendency of dealers to buy cheap articles necessitntes the transnc- tlon of more business than formerly to reallzo the sumo amount ns when prices wero better, Last year the bulk of trado was greater than it Lod been at any time oreviously, except dur- ing the War, - On the whole, Mr. Tyrrell felt that there was at présent but 1ttle improve- ment over last year. FURNITURR. There has been for onie tima an actlve move- mentin the medium and lower grades for country trade, and the manufacturers have beon tuxed to thelr fullest capacity to meet the demand. Prices arc ou the whole a triflc lower thon they wers o year oo, In the floer qualities—*art furniture,” as it is knownin the text-books on home decorativo art—thers has ben fair trade. Last year the volumo of businesss was larger than over before,—probably donble that of any rovious year,—but the competition Is propor- fonately larger. For the coming scason the manufacturcrs of fine furniture have gotten out a great many noveltics in whnat they call the Queen Anue atyle, which, to the layman, scems to be an ornninented Fastlake. The Iatter fs golng out of fashion, Its sovere nlainness failed to make a lasting fmpression, and It {s now con- signed to the abode of Bt. Patrick's-Day hats, . BOOKS, Gen. McClurg, of tho book house of Jansen, McClurg & Co., was questioned as to the out- look in that line of zoods. The General sald that it should be understood, In passing thia trado {n roviaw, that it was ‘materially different from that of dry gbods or other commercial 1lnes, which presented to the publlc certaln sta- ploarticles. With these people are oblized to furnish themeclves every spring, and, necessa- nily, thero was a regular. and certaln incrense in volume with each recurring scason. In the ‘book trado it is different. The public do not fec! oblized to lay in s new stock of read- ing, os they do of dry goods, millinery, and other articles which contribute to the re- quiremonts of fashion or the actual necessitics of the indlvidual. 8till, o must say that tho book-trade was,rood, and promiscd woll for March und April, at least, Collections woro satisfactory, and taking the year all round, from July to July, thoy would loso lcss throug‘l bad debts than ever bofore. Most of the conntry denlors are in better condition than for years past. ‘This opinjon was based upon the general Lunlncsl of the 'West, In the Northiwest, busi- ness is dull, while {n the West and Bouth [t is bettor than usual, Durlmi‘tho nast two weeks, business had been better than for a month pre- ceding. — . MUSBICAL INSTRUMENTS. Mr, IHealy, of tho music house ot Lyon & Ioealy, sald the spring trade fn thelr line was Jjuat openivg. The Indlcations favored a material increase. From his observations hie was led to beliave that thero was a much botter fecling in all dircctions than there had beon for some -years past, A very notfceablo chanie fn the musical instruments trade was the tendency to ignore organs, which for mauy yoars had been very popular by reason of their comparativa chenpness, and to buy planos. These latter fu- struments are mndo cheaper and emaller than formerly, and can be placed on the market for ahout tile some money that it requives for the purchase of an organ. In Chicazo, busincss is larger than n year sgo; in pianos alons thero bas beew " an fucrease ~ of fully 20 por con 3 not increased porveptibly, The people’ors ccon- omizing, Thosc who in years past would buy au inatrument If 1t only presented o handsome exterlor, now demand platuer goods at the most moderate pricea, 8o far as the roturns for sulea wero concerncd, Mr. Healy was of oplufon that collections were entirely satislactory. As for tho country, they were just as good as they had been for ‘the past seven years, April und Moy nore deemod tho Uest months for musleal goods, In the matter of band fnstrumonts the trads Lad largely increasad. 1t was now fully 25 per cont greater thau lost car, As for shoet-mustc and music-books, hera was no perceptible changes iuu about the aano o8 last year. Tho dumaud for organs has fallen off_about 15 per cent. The trade of this house fa chiefly in the Northwest and Weat s 1it« tle te sold cmst of Ohlo. ‘Fhe only Southern State in which they do much busiuess is Texas, As to the direct West, tho trade extands o Cal- iforoln, d DRUGS. There is & porceptible improvement {n the con- ditlon of this brauch of our wholessle trade, Mr. 11, A. Hurlbut sald to the roporter that collee- tlons were very falr—botter than usual; the bot- tom flyures on the value of gooda had Leon reached ; stocks in tho country were lght, und nvcryl.hhui looked hopeful Tor' an. exicnded spring bual ¢ Lery : o ———— MRS. ARTHUR DYSON, Bvectal Diroatch to Ths Tribuns ' OLBVELAND, O,, March 0.—a{rg, Arthur Dy- son, whose husband wes murdered by. the no- torlous Charles Veace, returned from England, whera she had boen to testify in the case, toler home Jo this city on Baturdsy, BSho bas been drinking very hard since the: murdor of herhus- band, and her frionds havo kopt a close watch upon hor on that account. To-day belpy, pless: ‘ant, she desired to walk abroac, and waa accom- panied by a nlece 12 yoars otd Bosoon as fairly away from home sho began visiting saloons, where she treatod overybody with whom ghe “cameincontact, and was baving a gencral good time until she got drunk and quarrelsomo, when she was arrested and Jocked up in the nearest polica station. Bhe had nearly $100 on her person, and was elegently dressed, Noar night sho bad sobered up somewhat, aud was bailed out, Bhe is o fing-Jooking woman and evidently woll educated. ————— TEMPERANCE, 1 SrruaToR, U, March §.~Oriental 1 Hall was packed to-night to its utmost, capacity, it bolng the last of a serics of tomperance meetings un- der the leadershio of Qeorge Woodford, of Pon- tlac. The temoorance people are rojolted with the result of the meetings. Over 200 signed to- night, Upwards of a thousand have dortned the red ribbon, among them very many drink- crs,Jucluding many of our leading clti , Who Bl il W et ormatory and aggrel ::uI uo‘llu’v‘a‘m is eggccud thll;ur. Mr.Wood- {urd Joavea for Cauton 10-Mmorrow, n the fall? In other goods the city trade haa TRIBUNE: MONDAY, MARCII 10, 1879; THE FABOR PROBLEM. Address by Mrs, Mills Befors the Work- ingwomen's Assooiation. Some Interesting Reading for the Com. munlsts to Pore Over. The Chicago Workingwomen's Assoclation held a meeting yesterday aftornoon at No, 57 North Clark street, Mrs. A. B, Stevens in the chalr. ‘The mewmbers il not turn out fn full force, thera being only bout o dozen present there were, however, a large number of worl- ingmen In the:foom, . ) The Chalrwoman stated that they had ox- peeted & botter attendance, but many bad, no doubt, been kept away by the rain. Bhe hoped that the gentlemen present would {nform their wives and sweothearts of the objects of thie Asso- clatlion, and bring them slung the next time. Mrs. 8arah M. Mills read n_very abla paper on the Iabor question, und itaok strong grounds agalnst the teachings of the Communistic Lintherskites, who coutinually ndvoents the upsetting of the present state of our social system, and the equal division of property. Mrs. Mills commenced Ly anyinz that civilizatlon 18 founded in Industry. Hence the status of - the working-clnsses deter- mines the degreo of civillzation yet reached by n natfon, The firat step taken by man is to ap- propriate and uss the resources iature has pro- vided for him, thouzh it be but a shelter in sone rude eabin, which Le will defend from the spoller, Il necd be, with his life. Iio ls com- ollod by the lnw of naturd to supply his needs, f lie means to live, nnd, however imperfectly he doces this, his store of oprovisions is inatinctively rezarded as his privato’ poascssions. DBut bo must accord to his nefghbor the same rights g to himsaell, and thus a sacred regard for the rights of property forms tie basts of all clviliza- tion, ‘The curso of labor {stofl and poverty, Whatever tonds to pernctuate thesc is a relle of barbarism. The civilized law of eoclety fs, “Do unto others ns yo would have -oiers do unto you.”” ''he barbaric law fs, **Kvery man for binself, and the devil tako the lindmost.” "The frst {s the law of reclpracity, the second tho law of competition. Under the first a natural community of interasts, growing out of the ncquisition of property through In- dustry, brings mavkind lnto nssociations, and thus {a laid the foundation of a clvilized soclety, Undor the svcond, the strongest- rule, compell- Ing the weakest to serve. Miitary power bes comes n necessity, - Robbery and injustice spolls Inbor of §ts “just richts to the wealth it has accumnulated, compelling lahor to pay trib- ute to the spoller, und thus the foundation to Govormmental tyranny is lnid. The strong arm of might depends upon fndustry for its supplivs, and to gatn this it reduces the industrial classea to astate of vassalage und constructs laws to serye it obfects, U[mn this foundativn an ollgarchy hoa been built, from which have prown the hydraheaded monsters, Kingeraft and Priest- craft, For oges thess” have led the world, imbuing the public mind with the ‘sophlsm of the divine rlght of Pricat und Kings to rule and dictute over the neople, alwaysmaking poverty and tofl the vor- tlon of the laborer, and the wealth und luxury created by industry the inheritance of thoso who, by craft und cunning, have becomo the rulers, Yeb the ouward march of industry, worklng out the problem of hamun deatiny, his uever ceased, cven when labor has been made the serl Instead of the master of civilization, Governmonts are of nccessity orizanized tyran- nies. They are the strong arm of mizht com- pelling obedicnca to the laws of the coutnitry,—I need bo, by force. When those Iaws arc founded in equity, the might of right controls the people caslly. The monarehlcal governments, entafling 28 they doupon iudustry the support of Royalty aud a privileged, non-producing aristocracy, are runmni: on madly to thelr doom. Bumnrci( re- traces his steps and embraces Popery simply be- cause a pistol hins boon tired mto the face of the man who represents dynasty. England's pa- tient cohorts of mnnaug. taxed to the starva- tion point to malntain the nunerous family of Royalty, will not much longer bear the straln. The Industrial clpsses have always been the constructors of the socisl fabric. “Their labor, skill, and {utdllizence bus built both the hovels of the poor und the monsions of the rich. Why should they not asoire to be, not only the con- structors, but the architects, of soclety, Tho La- bor party of the Ninotecnth Century, which as- plrea to the honor of , breaking * the Inst yokes of despotic power from off’ the neck of industry, to inangurato a truo clyllization must rle up from the abyss of poverty und stund flrmly upon the basis of law und liberty, nud must sccurs to all the right toenjoy the procceds of thelr fitiustry by evary lnwful mieans in thelr power. By this the speaker” did not propose the substitution of 1he bullet for the ballot in Republican Amerden. France tried the experinent once, for all the na- tions. 1u all history we might search in_vain 1or such u lesson aa'she haa taught the world on the labor question. The French Communists, in thelr ignorance, were goaded on by the Iead- ers of the French Revolutton not only o exter- minate the bated nrlnmcvmfly, but they wera tanught to abnegato all individual right fn prop- crty. ‘Thus whilo Robespicrre indited the most brilllant ~ theories of soclal freedom : “lu thoughts tmt breathed and words that burned,” with the same pen, not yet dry, he sizued the death-warrant of ecores of hinocent meu, women, and children, that he mlght upon this holocsust of vengeance rear a Governmental despotiam that hiad vo par- allel fn all the unholy swbitions of men, Con- munism was the unnatural offspring of anarchy und despotiem. Inits biind fury it would, If it could, have dcllm?'ed nil eivillzation, It oven attempted to obfiterate Iamily names aud fn thelr places substituto numbers. It was only when the guillotine hiad fallen upon the necks of the people’s audaeclous instizators that the pro- 1o paused fn thelr mad carcer aud, under the endership of Napoleon, creatud the Empire. Tha whole strength of that Fmpire was in tho encournrement that was given to industry and ity sacred regard for the rizhits of the Jaborlng clusses to galn nnd bold property. When thy Em‘llnm again foll fo the war with Germauoy, the yaudalism of the Commune again took advan- tage of the deadly peri!in which Parls then was, and added to the horrors of tho scone such brutal ferocity aud wanton deatruction of life and property ~ that all elvilization met its rise with exceration. A true spirlt of Socialism, bused upon the doctrlue of social co-operation und communion of property, hus gradually superseded Commu- nism, uutfl the labor intorests of France are roally placed upou this basis of civilized socloty, To tho Boclulists In_our own country tic speakor would say that Communism 15 a ‘state of things in whica there are wo individual *or scpnrate rights (n property. True Sociulism {8 a stato of soclety in which u co-operation or commusion of property for mue- tual interests exists, at the snma thina prosery. [ug ntacs the fudividual right i property, I the Boclalistic Lubor party means to succced to an honorable position In the counscls of tha nation, ft must eliminato from its platform all Cominuuism, und in ita placo substitute the principle of accumulation Instead of the abne- ration of property in the hunds of the laborer. t must back Its ballots with dollurs, and ceaso threatentnyg soclety with bullets, Our Govern- maont [s univorsally acknowledged ns thoe best that has cver been known. Ii is organized for the express purpose of providing for und rotecting the right of industry. t docs not do this, 1t s e foult of aul the remed the administrators, is in tho people’s hands. kvcry eltlzon endowe with the iranchise {s sworn to maintain inviolale the laws of the country. We galn and hold raperty by that inoate right that is implanted u all mankind, that makes mao justinetively ro- gard all a3 onemics who would rob him of or binder bim trom gulning It. From whom sball they buy the land for a co-operative colony, and in whom is naw yestea the title thereto?” Will God Almizlity come down and give it to them 11 they would buy land already cultivated they must get thetr titlo from the present owners, wha have mada it productive, or paid for beln) mad so. If- it {s ruilroad property, then get fi from the rallroad corporation Which has inveated its nonn{ nit. Iu every case labor bas aporo- orinted It and mode {t available, nor does it vitiste “the'title of tliose whosa physical labor created it and anly guloed theroby Swhat they aaked for their toil, If they would take up Governmorg lands they hove ouly to pay for the Iabor that e been expended on it, and thus Erau that they ure not wiere Jand-grabbers, but ona fide cil'dren of ndustry who mean to make it productive by cultivation, They musy not mako Goveruiiult as Almizhty God porson- ulitles. ‘They aro both wychs of “the imagina- tion, to whotn we_nve duustomed 1o sscribe soverelgn powor, Thut infinite powor, tust goy- ©orns and controls a universe of. worlds by oni- nipoteut laws, {s oniy knowo to us {n its works. Earthly governments aro what men mako them. ‘They aro sgeots working out God’s will, By our creative und productive powers ‘we are by nature gods. 1f u this eolightened age Jabor- cra remais slaves, cither of nocessity or as seif- hmposed masters uud rulers, 1t is becatsa they, do not know or do uot aspire totheir birthrights s fiodu. e he gesay mado s deep impresslon upon the. ludlcntl. a“fl Melntosh, McAullft, Mam‘;n. and wther Commuulsts present wera quite taken abackat tho trugns that bud been told them by “thewbje lecturer, They jumped at oncs to thelr feey aud drlcd to controyery tho premises aud conclusions_of thc ceray, but without effect. Flnally the Prestdent of the Socfety got up and heartily endorsed what had hecu sald Ly Mrs, Mills, " 8ho also sras of tlio opfnfon tht bailots and_not bullets ahould bo uscd to better the conditlon of the working classcs, but tha hallot hiad to be useu by pcople different from thoso who useft ot present. The workingmen who claimed thata woman had not the rlicht to earn tlto samo wnfieu ns men,nnd wers not entitiod to {he same righits, were worsathan Vandorbiit and Rothachild. If tho women wore sccorded their rights, then the labor problem would be solved, adjournment was then tiad, | LOCAL POLITICS. “OUR CARTER.” Having had a night to sleep on the matter, it waa thought that the flon. Carter H. Harrison would say whether or not ho would sccept the Greonback nomination for Mayor, 80 a reporter called on nim yesterday afternoon and asked him the question. “This Is Bundny," sald he, **and whilo [ am not a very rigid Sabbatarian, I have such respect for it that I nevertalk politicson the Lord’sday. I it were not Bunday, and I should talk, would gay that a highly respectable Convention which hashonared me by using my name for a high position ought at least to have anopportunity to glve me notice of its activn, and my reply as to acceptance should be to It and not 1o a news- paper man. To _answer you now would he disrespectful to the " gentlemen who put me In nomination,—If they dia, for all the Information 1 have regarding it is from newspaper reports. 1 take it for granted that they tell the truth, but’ sometimes, you know, newapapers make mistakes. It wouldn't be delleats or proper for me to say anything untit officlally notitfed. ‘The Conventlon, accordin 1o the newspaper reports, adjourncd before it hod made all the numlnnu'olu, and it may recou- sider ita vote for Mayor. 'F'le fact that 8 major- ity of the delegates voted for me was compll- mentary, but I'would be tn & very unpleasant position by assuming thnt that was their Onal conclusion, 1t they turncd around necxt Saturday und undid what they have done,” Can [ draw the {nfercuce that you will ac- cept if the Conventlon doesn't reconslder Its action” *‘You nre a young man, Let me advise yon, helng u little older, not to draw Inferences’ too brondly. Many a one has ruined limscl! by drawing inferences from premnfscs that were false. Remember what 8id Smith says: ‘A womnn draws right conclusions from false premises, and false conclusions from rlght premises.’ You may drop fnto the same error.!? A prominent Demucratic politician said yesters day that it Mr, Harrison did accept this_ nomi- natfon, he would have no show in the Demo- cratic Convention, What he will do nbout it mny be known by the tine the Greenback Con- ventlon reconvenes. Perhaps it adjourned tem- porarily in order to find how much he would pay for this **send off.” Mr. Hurrlson's fricnds secin to look upon the pomination with bad grace, and, if he 18 disposcd to say *'yes,’ they will doubtless prevail upon hin to decline. TAE SOCIALISTS. ‘The Bub-Committeo of the Exccautive Com- mittee of the Boclallsts, to whom was Intrusted the chbarges against Scuntor Artley, heid a somewhat lengthy meeting yesterday morning at No. 7 Clark street, Mr, Artley was present in person, and by his attorney, Harry Rubens, replied to the charges presented by T, J. Mor- gan, the Organizer, The first charge fs that Benator Artley has persistently refused to assoclate with his fellow-legislators clected ou the same ticket. In auswer to thie Artley says that, even i he did so refuse, the party has no power to compel him to do otierwise. The seccond charge 18 that lie uscd language which was the reverse of com- plimentary in speaking of the Exccutive Com- mittee, This wns found to be false, the lan- gusgce in question mvlyhfi to a certaln cligue of the Committee only. The other cliarges ory equally frivolous, and the Committee showed thelr good scuse by postponing the matter In- definitely. ALD. BALLARD. A reporter met Ald, Pearsons yesterday and asked lm what he thought of Ald. Ballard, who bas occupied the seat adjacent to his in the Counell tor tho last two or three years: “Well,"” sald the Chairman of the Flonnce Comunittes, *I have beeu associated with Ald. Ballard iu the Council far three years, and can only say good of him. If the Sccond Wurd people allow him to be beaten by any combina tion they will mako o sad mistake, I’ie is thor- oughly converssnt with the general needs of the city, and, ns Chalrman of the Committee on Henlth, with the sanitsry condition und wants of Chicago, To rotire bim now would be a zreat damagze to the city. 1 cousider his services in connection with the City-1all for the next two ears o invaluable, und, ns he {8 o tried and aithful servant, the people of the Second Ward, lrrcq‘:.ccuve of politics, should rally to his sup- port, LAKE VIEW, At a mass-inceting of citizens of the Town of Lake View held on Saturday evening, pursuaat toacallof the Chalrmen of the two political Clubs, Thomas Shirley, Eaq., belng in the chalr and Robert Greer Secrotary, resolutions were sflopted as followa: Lesolved, That In the mnnlnf election the town oflicers of the Town of Lake View be nominated b delegates in couvention assambled, to be selectes by tho legal voters in primary meetings (o be held in each election precincs in sxid town. Secand—That on Baturday eveaing, March 22, at Bo'clock p. mi., mass-meotings of the votcrs re- slaing in the aeveral clection districts of the town be nold In tiele rospecilvo precincts as follows: For the Firat Precinet, at Diversy Strect Bchonl- 1loune: Socond, at Town-1all; Third, at Havens- wood Depot; Fourth, at ltosoblll Depot, That ay #nch mectings all legal voters realding in their ro- spective precincts be fnvitod to participaw, and no others; and such mectings rhall, in such manner ss thay way soverslly determine, solect delegates (o aTown Conventlon on the basts of one delegate for overy twonty votes cast [n such precioct at the Jast Novembor eloction, and one for cvery fraction of ten or avor excecding an even ratio, the appor- tionment belng ascortained from official sources, Third—Tnaté the Chairman of this meeting ap- point s Commitiuo of two from gach election pre- cinct, which Committee ahall sclect the judges of tha primaries, and the tune und place of holding the nomtnating Convention; that the mestings for election of dulegzates aball remain opon from 8 to 0p m 'l"na Chalrman appolnted the followiog Commit. tee In accordance with the last rosolation: Firat Lrocinct, Thomae Monlding, Charies Lindomana; Hecond, . M, lradley, 8. F. Hanchett; Vhird, Wash Van IHorn, Robort Greery Fourth, Nicholas Mann, Franz Baer, The following resolution, olfcred by the Hoo. J. V. Lo Moyne, was adopted without a dissent- ing voleo: JResolved, That our Represontatives bo inatruct- cd to vote for tho bill naw bufora the Legislatura to make the ofice of Liucoln Park Commissioner elective by the people, who pay the tax es, and that 1ho Secretary of thls meoting send & copy of this reaojution to our mombera, ———— CORRESI'ONDENCE. To the Editor af The Tviduns, Cnicaqo, March .—Amongat your reports of Republican club mectings of Baturday evens ing, I noticed a mistake in the proccedings of the First Ward Club, Leld at the Graud Pacific Hotel. Your report sald that the Club did not | pass the resolutions of thanks that were offercd to his Honor, Monroo Heath, 1 beg leave to say they were tunanlimously adoptod s tho sensa of the Club, Honing you will correct this error, in justica to tha Club and it memburs, I beg to submit myself, yours respectfully, Kroaou, B, I Member of tho Club, and author of the resolu. tions. To the Editor of The Tridune, Cutoaao, March 0.—Wa observed a report of a meeting at the corner of Robey struct and Og- don uvenuo, {n regard (o which your reporter soema to bave been misinformed. Mr, 8 eaton waa present, and the meoting most enthusi- astically repudiated hitn, His disregard of the wishes of his constituents was cited by all the speakers, and a resolution was unsnimously adupted lndoulxu; 3Mr. J. D. Everott for the po- sition of Aldermun, jn spite of the {rantic el forts of a Mr, Laughlln und thrue others by actual count, who, durtig the remarks on and passare of tho resolutions, remalned around thedoor. When the resolutlons had passed without o dissenting voles and the meeting bad adjourned, the four met, organized, aud drow upa set of resolutions which recelved tho uu- dlvidod support of tho four aforceaid, 'uxss Otasns Wuo Wann Taeng, TTEMS, Peter Button declines the womination for Alderman of the Eighth Ward offered bim by the Republican Club. Republican judges of primary mootings held this eveuluy aro requested to send to Tum ‘Trisun® office the uames of the successful delegatos to the City und Town Conventlons, 81 als0 tho full vote ou Aldermanic candidates, The colored citizans of Bouth Chi aro dey sirous of baving representation, und in view of this Iact bavo oxpreosod telr catocm aud cotls ' dence fn Mr, Paul Jones. They will urge upon the Bouth Town Convention the name of Mr. Jones as their cholce for Bouth Town Clerk. At the mecting of the Niath Ward Club held Baturaay eveniog the following resolution was adopted: o Whneneas, The City of Chicago is_on the eve of & manicipal alection, and the ilon, Monroe Heath, the present Chiof Execalive officer, declines to be B candidate for re-election and, Wuznsas, He has filled the position of Mayor with most aignai ability in the Intercst of all clssses of cltizens alike, and “hos well metited, in the courne ho has prrsded, the sincers approbation of hin feitow.citizanas therefore. be It Tiesoleed, That the Ninth Ward Republican Club exvresees ts regrets at the non-candidature of ‘Mayor Heath, and herevy tender their thanks on behalf of the Republican residents of the ward for the unswerving hogesty, sealonus industry, antiring peracverance, and utter {mpartiality which hase chaeacterized hiv actiona while holding the reins of overnment of our great city, and which qualities has reaulted In redeeining the lost charactor of Chieago, saved the taxnnyers an immense amount of munuy, replenished her Treasary, and placed her forcmost on the list of sonnd and well-gov- crned munlcipalitica, AMUSEMENTS, nsaertions of Capt, Cowden on this subject in your issus of March §, The manipulations of Eads, backed up by the city at tho ond of the Bridge, aro Lhe most outrageous frauds fmagl. nable. [Only think of coofining the mighty MisslssinpiRiver,and the oven mightier seas,with eriba and pens of willaw brush no thicker than the wrist! The whole acheme fs, of course, @ most abeurd fallore, ‘There fa not 3 foot mory water in the Passes than thers was before Eads began his prestidigitation; he never will make any more by such petly devices. At the lowest possitle estimate,812,500,000,008 pounds of dry carth passcs out of this rives yearly. Thislséqual to a mountaln a mile square and 238 fect high. This has poured forth for ages, and will continuo 1o do so. ‘It began making a bar of sand at Cafro, 1t will continuo to mako one while the Guit of Mexico lasts. It §s Impossible for anything clso to occur. ¢ ‘I'here can be no queation of this. ; Fads pretended that his willows would sprout A and make s living barrfer agalnst syashing ; banks. They have not doue so, On the con- trary, they wash ofl with every storm, and may be found ‘afloat far out at sea, a8 ship Captains - . continually report. Heprotended that the solid matter that 18 now, aud always will bo, loft at the mecting of sea and river, would be dispersed, and never form any more bars, This hns oroved to bean nbsurd falschood. His entire scheine as proved to boa fraudulent faliurc,. % He has pocketed millions and not given a penny p in return., The whole thingfs o privata jobs, pure and simple, and nothing else. ‘Fhe truc way to improve thia great rivor is o course to relloye it of surplus wator and sedk - ment at every chanco und un cvery side. Instess . af closing up bayous which draw water from {6 leave them all opjen, and_make it penal for any one to shut them up. Thirty years axo thers were hundreds of these, every one of which drew off n vast mnss of water and sodiment, which relleved the main chanoel by just so much. To spend vast sums 1u levoes snd artl- fical banks Is only to clevate the river bed by Just so much as the stream Is confined, and thns - GERMAN DRAMA. “Durch Die Intendanz! (Through the In- tendent) {s the nome of the play performed by Mr, Hoechster's Gorman Dramatic Company at Hooley’s last cvening before a crowded house. Considerable interest was taken in the produc- tion of the play, from the fact that when it was first brought out in Germnuy, about two years ago, It clicited a wide and spirited discussion. 1t was written by Miss E. Heule, who was not well known, and recelved the first prize at o competition for the best comedy at the Vieuna Court Theatre. While a few of the German critics spoke very highly of the production, a majority of them claimed that there was nothing In it to merit the distinctlon bestowed upon her; acgravate the evll nnd the popular outery. To “""L':u fl::l ml‘:wtllo“%g :fl:""g‘:‘r’n‘fi‘img 82‘,{; attempt the emplric glm of Eads, and embanl I mitteo, Miss Heule reccivea the prize | this great ungovernable river with impregnable ! bonds of willow brush and mud for 2,000 iniles, is of course to_ewmbark In s carnival of jobber; that will be eternal, forever and without en: Also withiout zood result, 1f tho Misslssipol River is lot soverely alons .. 1or the next ten ycars no one will suffer except the job-hunters and lobbyists. It {s not of half ilie commercial importance now that it was g when the Rebels selzed fts lower end. Ten : years hence it will be of still lees importance. The jetties would be comporatively worthles: even if successful. Every year the curront ol through favoritlsm. It is but fair to say that the impressjon made last evooing was not a very favorable one, it is not an inferior pro- duction by suy menns, It las maoy polnts of merit, sud tlie dialogue fo somc instances {s quito brilliant. But its action {s very slow and tedious, und the wit not very pungent. Thers ia too much of the conversational style about it. That the play plessed the larze audience fs nlope due to the splendid acting, The per- formance was almost faultless, und reflects great credit upon the members of the company. i o < -~ hare | commerca scts stronger to the North. The ‘\]\( bile d?l‘.l l;‘:'fl?l': "L‘;"' s “lv‘,:’.';,;m' %or | Writer hias traveled for 100 miles at a time last the brillant rendition of the charac- [ 88mimer on this riverand not scen o living thing except » stray gull, Its mighty sileuce was as oppressive as thut of the tomb, The towns secmed s silent as the waters. There wasnothe ing to break the monotany. Let the river alonc. Stop all the jobbery, shich: only makes bad worse. ¥ncourago croy- asaes and bayous, and Cubbit's Gap s Jones® Cut, and all such rellefs for the yast volume of waters. Whon oncs made, keep them open il | thiy wear a permaneut channel, y lZads broke the big Missour] State Baok., Ha will break even the United States Tressury L somnebody does not promptly and at oucs sauelch und suppress bim and bls knavish. sclicines. Riven ENOINEER. —— OBITUARY. Epectal Dispatch to The Tridune. BrooMingrox, I, March 0,—~Mrs. Clioton dicd yesterday, aged 10f years. Bho was the mother of Gen. Batler, of the city polics, aud until quite recently hod good henlth and was possessed of nll her mental facalties. - ter of MHeduly von Kuhkn, the 17-year-old daughter of the Councillor Von Xuhn. The veraatility of this actress fs wonderful. Bhe hos now appoared In comnedy, tragedy, operetta, and farce, and in ail was perfectly at home, an 1t 1s bard to tell in which she sppeared to the Lest ndvantage. An excellent plece of ncting. was also that of Mr. Hans Ravene, who gave the part of the younr poet amd playwrighe, Jany Waldon, in 8 moanoer deserving tlie great- cst pratse, Miss Kuhn and Mrs, Horn, und Mesers. Rodenberg and Meyer slso deserve eredit for thelr fine performances, week this company wlill appear in ronge's new comedy, * Doctor Claus,™ which bas achicved o declded success wherever it has been produced. MANAGER M’VICKER. A reporter gave Mr. McVicker an opportunity yesterddy, while he was engaged in certaln financtal caleulatious probably as to the net fn- come on bis part from two wecks of the * Sur- prise Party,” to add anything he might bave to offer to the theatrieal knowledge of tho day, and more particnlarly with reference to his late visit to New York, Mr. McVicker sald, {u reply to this fovitation, that he wouldu't think of adding noything to what Tne Tnsounz's New York correspondent had sent regarding the pur- poses and results of his lato visit Eastward, for the simplo reason that he couidn’t if ho would, It was truo that he had heen “Piuafored” to o conslderable oxtent by the winonsgers of combinations who are now dolng thut lively operetta, but he had found no difliculty in makitye the desired arraugements with Duffs Btandacd Theatre Company, aud ¢ Ploafore” would take the boards fe- Vicker's in two weeks from to-nlgbt—not with the original company entirely, for the plece was atill runnlog at the Standard, and would probably be ruoning for months to come, but with a ‘goodly portion of the originals, while the chanzes to bs made wero ununrmlg for the better, From the fact thut tho piece hus been resented but threo times here,—one week at 1ooley’s, tiice at Haverly’s, and Ly an amateur company on the \Veat Bide,—he looked forward to o profitable season wihon It should bo done by a firstclass organization such as he swould Dbring to his theatre, 1t was also truc, s stated, thut be had bougnt the tight to produce Giibert’s * Engaged ™ In seven Western Btates, and from the fact that the lutter work hud proved quite as popular in the East a8 % Pinafore,""—s0 popular, i fact, that it was difficult to divide the honors,—he fult contident that ft would have n long and successful run {n thicso parts, where it is wholly uew. At the close of this brief chat with the famous manager, the reparter, treadlng very carefuliy, broached the subject of Mr. Learock’s woes on the Board of Trade during the Iast two doys. %[ sec from Tue TRIDUNE that Le has been one of g unfortupates,' observed Mac, #Looks as if ho waan’t any better speculator than he was actor, ehi Wonder what he'll turn to next” The reporter gave It up, and Mac suggested a trip to Leadyille as about the most propor aud promising thing for the boy. — THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. Quostions for Mrs, Swissholm. To the Editor ar The Tritune. CHicAgo, March 0.—Plcose allow me to ask through your paper tivo questions of Mrs. Jane Qroy Bwisshelm, who, to judge from her letter in Tnx Tribuszof the Tth inst., ought to be (or fecl) competent to givo a satlafactory answer; 1f womeu are, aa Mre. 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For tou years I havo beon’ afllicted with this loathsome “dlscase, nnd eapeclally in the winter time bas it been most sovere, The discharge has been thick and bloody, omitting o foul odor 8o bad that my presencs in arcom with otliers wus very offenslve to them. One week after commencing the use of BANFORD'S Ranicar Cuke 1 was not troubled with {t at all, My senses ot taste uud smell, which were lvhugs goune, have now fully returned, nud my gone) health is much improved. Yours, % MzLoousnx i, Fonp, Shorthand- Writer. @Gnanp Ramps, Mich, Nov. 8, 1870, 10 YEARS A SUFFERER. From Iton. Theo, P, Bogert. Feallng thoroughly convinced of the effcacy of Banronp's RantoaL Cuns ror Caranin, I am tuducod to drop you a 1ing to say that al- though I have been skeptical of all the nostrums advertised ns *radical cures,” 1 have never found anything that promises such relief and ultfinate curo 6 Lthut of BANFORD'S, 5 1 have been afficted with this dreadfal discase for more than ten years, and not until recentl; could 1 be induced’to persevers with any untfl raad the selter of Mr. ilenry Wolls (of Wells, Fargu & Co.) aud cao truthfully say that alter ualng tivo or slx bottles, Iam thoroughly con- vinoed of fts curative propertics. Hoping tha othars simfilaely allicted 1ike mnyself will be in- dured to make the triul, I am, gentlemen, very . truly, ete., "Tngo, P\ Bousrr, Bisstor, R L, Jaly 24,1877, - Price, with lmproved Innaler, Treatise, ank Dtracvt‘l,t'm!. $1._Bold by all drugglats. 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Bo careful to obtain CoLLINS' VOLTAIO ELkO. nio Prastsy, s comnbluativs of wonderful curative valus. _ Sold by sll Drucyiats. That theso statements mve I[acts, is too well known to need any argument. Further, if womou sre to be entitled to the samo rl:ihu fnall things, they must also havo an equal amount of dutfes, or justics ts not done to the men, "Therofore, when it is & man's duty for life to pravido for his wifs, there must be (justice existing) some oguivalent duties on the part of the wife, and such wives as aro will- ingz to bocome mothers, and give to thelr chil- dren the cares of a loving mather, have in my oplnlon tulfilled such dutles; but thoso who ro- ard thelr privileges so far extended as to feel ustifod in nbollluln&luch duties, or pronounca them optlonal (snd their number is depiorably eroat), they have not. My socond queation fs, therofore, What enti. tlos theao so-called wlveo‘ aslde of the form of clyil law, to equal rights in the housshold] . JosTICR AND PaicE, The Hon, ¥, O, Grosvenar, 7o the Editor af The Tribune, JoxesviLLe, Mich,, March 8.—The nomina- tion of our townsman, the [lon. E, O, Gros. venor, for Rezent of the University by the Lansisg Republican Couvention of last Thurs. doy gives great satlsfuction, not only to his personal fricnds, but to all unprejudiced men wha have watched his public acts during the paat tweaty years, Ills bigh character as an lionorable and shrewd busincss-man has in- duced the Republican party to fraqueutly call Lilm to sumo of the maat respon sible positions In the Btate, and thefr confidence In fits ability und fntegrity bas Increused durlng every ofliclal ftion Lhus far held by him, und his “nomine- fi‘é:: by acclamation In the Conventlon but gave expressjon to that sentiment, Theollice sought ;allm mu:l in this case, 84 it was not solicited on s part. M Mr. Grosvenor was firet chosan Seuator to the State Leglalature in 1859, and sgain in 1803, both terns belug filled by bim to thio satisfaction of tho citizens of the county. In 1863 be was elocted Lloutenant-Governor, snd during the ssion of the Legislature for that winter ha mado a dignitled und jmpartial presidiug ollicer of the Benate. At the expiration of his term e was called to take cuarge of the Btate Treasury for two teros, from 1647 to 1671, & period ot four years following the War, in which the f- Koxum dutisa of tho oftice demunded & high or ler of financial ability and strict houeaty on the art of the ‘Ireasurer,—requirements whioh Mr, rosvenor tully met, YERY LOW ind 1) Durlug the ycars from 1871 to Jan. 1, 1879, The clostog-out prices of the very fine amal) o Brotebitd the dischance af i dutles aa | SDIrLl o Res oty tor wisls Lilheia, Vice-Uresident of the Buard of Building Com- ""{.’k"‘n o, u}m&hv'hmh,nnm Uhionr missloners of the Stato C-le tho %um‘ Pulall, dud alizander Coustica, 1 To-"m‘:;mfié':g : ties which bave always distingulehod Acre, Ol &l tarmas, iheel u'muuwuu:{unflu iy tif they oot not r LLld taalsalpph Jattle , zghfi‘jifif it lrcilah 1 {n‘?,::"::i:‘u' Tho Misslsalpp) Jottles Wraud, vl i 3 7o e Ediar . T4 Tribums ErieERapeuieicin e BunLINOTON, ls., March B.—I wish tocor- | “Sendforamap orapolvto, = ¥ DACGY. $gaim Lo Ho: T4 MLCOGAIAT, Chlcas T8, , 1 roboraly, i the strongest possllle manwes,