Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 23, 1879, Page 4

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F.—Excelsior (Uniformed) Encampment 6, 108 (baal corner Clark and Washington.) wil Brorder eae &.'C. CRABB, C. E E. D, BEINERS, Scribe. PLEIADES LODGE, NO. 473, A. F. Communication Thursday evening. Marci Ociock. Important business to come before urgently juested tu be present. ALE STE SRE Te, GUODIARY Wo Mi CORINTHIAN CHAPTER No. Jar Convocation Monday evening, o'clock. Workonthe R.A. Di anions: oO AL March 24. "at 7: the. A. Degree. Visiting com: cordial re ae SBN SAMUEL KERR, H. P. ST. BERNARD COMMANDERY No. 35 K, Enecial Conclave Wednesday evening, March 26, at pone deck. ork onthe Bs 2 grace Visiting Str ‘Knight are courteously tarited.. order ace J. 0. DICKERSON. E. C. Recorder. LUMBERMAN'S LONGE, No. 717, A. F.& A, Mi fecular Communication Wednesday evening. March 26, wt Ts: jusiness of the evening, amending dy Sad work. hy onger W. Mt yelawsand work. By order WW: MuLEY, Secretary. SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1879, The Republican voters of this city need a good, healthy scare, anda waking up. But it will be well for them to have this disci- pline before election-day, instead of after it; aud to this end they should begin to work now. It is said that one of the first measures matured by the joint Democratic caucus at Washington will be a bill granting conditional amnesty to persons who fought for the pres- ervation of the Urionin the late War. Nine teen Rebel soldiers in the Senate and 102 in the House are understood to be in favor of such a bill. af 2 Mr. Wrtrast Sstpp, the Democratic can- didate for City Tréasurer, hopes to have the assistance of. the German saloon-keepers in this campaign. He claims their gratitude on thé ground that he has sold beer to them. This is an odd claim. If Mr. Serr had given his beer to his customers there would be some sense in it, But as he bas their money he ought to be grateful to his cus- tomers, not they grateful to him. Canter Hannsox is willing to have it understood by a certain class of voters that, he is in favor of closing the saloons on Sun- days and by 11-o'clock at night. But what if all classes of voters should understand his position this way? He would not poll one- tenth of the usual Democratic vote. It is safe to say that Canren Hanztson has found away of reassuring his more imme- diate constituents on this vital subject. Any Republicans who desire to go through another Coxviy regime and fight theDemo- crats while they have all the election- machinery, the police, and the city laborers on their side, will disregard party obligations in this campaign. Those who are not aux- ious for a repetition of that experience will voto with their party first, last, and all the time. The average Republican should be, for a Republican voter, infinitely preferable to a bummer Democrat; for the action of Mfr. Tourer shows that even respectable Demo- exats, when clected by Republican votes, use their opportunities to promote the parti. sen interests of their party. ‘The movement to release from the dire effects of Bourbon misrule one of the chief commercial cities of Missouri—Tne Tammuz does not allude to Kansas City—seems to gain additional momentum. At the request, orrather on the suggestion, of the Globe- Denocrat & bill was introduced yesterday in the House at Springfield meking special provision for the annexation of St, Louis and other border cities which may become restive under the heel of Democratic corrup- tion, rapacity, and incompetency. In order to avoid any legal or political trouble Tae ‘Turpuse suggests that the cheapest and easi- est way for the good people of the village at the other end of the Big Bridge to secure the benefits of Dlinois’ prosperity would be to make a new channel for the Mississippion the west side of the municipal limits. In this way halfa mile or soof water would form an effectual barrier to the raids of the ‘Missouri tax-eaters. The joint Cuucus-Committee of the Brig- adier Congress now. in session in Washing- ton yesterday came to a conclusion on the Appropriation bills and the “repeal of the Supervisor law ” tag. It is proposed to re- tain those sections of the Congressional Election law providing for the sppointment of two Supervisors, one from each party, but amending them so that the powers of the Supervisors shall be lim- ited exclusively to inspection and ob- servation. No police authority whatever is granted, and all penalties for interfering with the Supervisors are removed,—all of which practically means that the great Government of the United States is vro- hibited from in any way punishing the thugs, cut-throsts, and repeaters who may choose to avail themselves of the Democratic shibboleth, ‘‘Vote early and often,” and “Keep your opponents from voting if you Ihave to use your fists and feet.” So far this is the negative phase of the election legisla- tion. Whatis to be done in the positive way will be reported by a Sub-Committea to-morrow. These repealing acts will be sent to the President as a tag to the Appro- priation bill. The House portion of the Committee favors going into general legisla- tion, while the Senate; takes the opposite view. Of the latter, Taorstax, who has the Presidential maggot in his brain, is the only one who coincides with the other branch of the legislative body. The latter, however, has the bulge, and the Senate will be forced to concur. —_—_—_—_— Freperic Wits, Emperor of. Germany, celebrated his 82d birthday yesterday. Many of the little potentates from the provincial duchies called to pay their respects. Berlin was crowded, but the masses did not show that hearty enthusiasm which was 650 confidently expected by his Prima Minister. ‘The insidious intrigues of the Communists, and the’ relapse from the commercial fever caused by the payment of the French war- tribute, have done much to lessen the confi- dence of the people in the personal majesty of empire, —_—_—— It was just before the battle of Sedan that the ‘(nephew of his uncle” abdicated the throne, and Evcrrz Moxtuso was ap- pointed Regent of the Empire. Her reign was a brief one. With the defeat at Sedan came the collapse of the Second Em- pire; and while the victorious Prussians were en route for Paris, the legislative branch of the Government, which was then the Government, for there was no Executive, moved to the pretty. suburb of Versailles, where Louis XV." 60 ‘long enjoyed the smiles of Posmpspoun and other famous beauties. For almost ten years the Chambers have met here. Yesterday a resolution was adopted calling for a Congress to amend the Constitution whereby the seat of government may de removed to Paris. It will be a dangerous experiment to place be- fore the eyes of the rural members the frivolous seductions with which that city abounds. It is a good sign that all the opposition to Mr. Warcnr—outaide of the opposition of dyed-in-the-wool Democrats—is founded upon his refussl to enter into combinations and make bargains es to his course and con- duct while Mayor, and as to his disposal of the patronage which attaches to the office. Every personal objection to his election grows out of bis positive character as a man, which has always prompted him to speak | plainly and plant himself solidly upon grounds which he believed to be right. The quality of mind which this sort of opposi- tion indicates is the best personal recom- mendation which Mr. Warcur could possibly bring to the office and duties of Mayor. - If there is one thing more demanded than all others from the Executive of a city like Chicago, it is the courage to say “Yes” and “No” plainly on proper oceasions, and to adhere steadfastly to his convictions of right. Any other policy would subject the city to in- finite loss, for the bummers and leeches of city politics would soon overrun the City Government with a Mayor whom they could pull first one way and then the other, Mr. Waicut's business career isa full warrant that he will elways be in favor of honesty and economy in the City Government, and his positive character gives assurance that he will have the courage of his convictions un- der any and all circumstances. —— THE CITY Cy aN AND THE ELEC- A week from to-morrow there will be an election in this city for Mayor, other city of- ficers, for members of the City Council, and for township officers.. It is needless to remind the readers of Tae Trinvne that it is of the utmost importance to every citizen that that election shall result in the protec- tion of the public interests by the election of conservative, prudent, and interested cit- izens. Letthe readers of Tae Trmuse re- call the experiences of this city during the last few years. In November, 1873, under the mad excite- ment and extraordinary coalition of that date, Coxviy and his associates were elected to office. In April, 1875, by a ballot-box stuffing fraud which would have done credit to the worst regulators of Louis- iana, a city charter was declared adopt- ed, under which Mr, Cozvis held over beyond the term for which he was elected. In April, 1876, the party which was then in control of all branches of the local Govern- ment perpetrated the most astounding rascal- ities at the ‘‘town” elections. These frauds were s0 enormous, and were so boldly and defiantly committed, that the sober-minded and honest citizens were aroused to the ne- cessity of rescuing the city from the control of the criminal classes. A few weeks later the voters with extraordinary unanimi- ty electéd an almost entirely new Board of Aldermen, the members being gonerally selected because of their personal fitness and high character, and at the same time elected Mr. Tsomas Hornz Mayor. The election of Horse was, two months later, set aside upon a quibbling technicality, and Corvin held on; but a new election was ordered in July, 1876, at which Moxroz Hearn wae chosen Mayor. At that time the condition of the city was most deplorable, The Treasury was empty- The credit of the city was destroyed. There was a floating debt of $5,000,000, all bearing high rates of interest, and all of which was evidenced by issues of illegal paper. Not a dollar covld be borrowed; there was no legal authority to borrow money. The pre- vions City Council had persisted in making assessments and tax-levies in detiance of law. The taxes were in arrears several millions of dollars.. There was no power to collect taxes thus levied Mlegally. The paper of the ci under protest in every banking office in the country. Interest on the debt was unpaid. Chicago was utterly helpless,—stricken to the ground bythe bummer spoliation of those who had ruled it at the ballot-box and in the Municipal Government. Wo recall these items of history, hardly three years old, to remind the people of this city of the consequences of their action in the elec- tions for city officers. They had permitted the criminal and bummer classes to obtain supreme authority and power, and in April, 1876, the City Government was not only bankrupt in means and in credit, but was borne down by an enormous floating debt, every dollar of which, as the Court decreed, was stamped with illegality. The Council, with the aid of Mr. Hoxnz during his brief term, and subsequently with Mayor Hearn, at once entered on the work of rebuilding and re-establishing the: municipal character and credit of the city. One of the first things done was the aboli- tion of a long list of offices, which, though notoriously nseless, had been created from time to time to support gangs of parasifes. This involved the dismissal of whole platoons of men whose only business was to draw their salaries. In the very first year, the new Government was able to reduce the expendi- tures one mitlion of dollars, and the Mayor was able to congratulate the public on the fact that the reduction of the number of employes had largely added to the efficiency of the public service. The issue of illegal scrip was stopped. Efficient steps were taken to meet the public necessities, With a reorganized Government there came a resto- ration of public confidence. The pubsic creditors were tolerant to a Government that was laboring for the recovery of the city's character. Proper steps were taken to col- lect taxes, which were thenceforth legally levied. Citizens voluntarily came forward and paid their taxes, others advanced money to the city to help it along, and, for the first time in several years, the City of Chicago met all its expenditures for the year 1876, redeemed every dollar of its paper for that year, left none of its expenses unpaid, and had something over out of the year's appro- priations. This kind of government was not satis- factory to the tax-eating classes. The de- posed army of contractors, officeholders, pensioners, © parasites, hangers-on, _strect- walkers, while being maintained at the City ‘Treasury, revolted; they songht to recover the control of the Council, but were defeated by the popular turn-out to protect the City Government. Mayor Heats was re-elected in 1877, and for two years, aided by a toler- ably honest Council, he has maintained the character and integrity of the public faith. During his three years in office he has re- duced taxation,—that is, reduced expend- iture,—in the aggregate, between four and five millions of dollars. With this reduced revenue he has governed the city better and more effectively than it had been governed by his extravagant predecessor. Ho has not only paid the expenses of the city out of the re- duced taxation, but he has accumulated in the ‘Treasury large balances to the several fands, to such anextent thatin two years more of the same policy the city would be able to carry on the most of its businessin cash, and in great degree avoid the issue of scrip. ‘The city during these threa years has beon able to reduce the mountain of $5,000,000 and more of floating debt outstanding in 1876 to less than $300,000; it has paid off more than $300,000 of the bonded debt, has not incurred a debt of any kind to auy amount for any purpose, and in another year, under a like policy, will have paid off every dollar of the old certificates. Instead of an empty ‘Treasury, paralyzed in all its operations, it has without additional taxa- tion rescued from waste nearly $250,000 in cash to be applied to building the City-Hall. If allowed to pursue the same policy it will be able to cuntinue work on that build- ing out of its collections of back taxes, which t has diligently prosecuted. ‘The secret of all this success, which has been unprecedented in city governments, has been the resolute and determined efforts of the Mayor and the better men of the City Council to resist and defeat every job, specu- Jation, and dishonest expenditure. Taxation has been forced down, appropriations havo been limited to those purposes essential to the good and sufficient government of the city, and expenditure has been confined to the indispensable wants of the public, In- stead of issuing scrip beyond the sum of tho appropriations, the Mayor and Comptroller have refused to issue it even to that amount, and the remainder is now coming into the Treasury to be used as cash to defray the public expenses, As the city can pay no in- terest, the policy of deferring expenditures ‘until the cash is collected will prove an im- mense saving to the city, and at the same time provide school-houses and other im- provements even more rapidly than by at- tempting to build them with depreciated paper. PARTY ASPECTS OF THE CITY ELECTION. The Democrats of Chicago seem to bo more alive to tho partisan significance of this year’s city election than are the Repub- licans. This is due, perhaps, to the fact that the Republicans of this city and county have been accustomed to subordinate partisan ad- vantages to local interests. Three years ago, when Mr. Hears was first elected, and two Years ago, when he was re-elected, the Re- publicans did not push his success on party grounés, nor did they afterwards endeavor to make party capital out of the result. It was simply urged, as a lesson which had been taught by experience, that party disci- pline and party responsibility could be better depended upon for securing the services of competent men, and for keeping them faith- ful, than could any independent or irre- sponsible combination. As this has proved tobe true in the marked improvement of both city and county government, it is prop- erly a matter of pride for Republicans, and it should encourage them to continue the policy that has been found so successful and efficient. But the partisan zeal which Canter Han- nison has invoked among the Democrats as a means for electing him Mayor is of a very different order. ‘The Democrats are begged to close up their ranks and vote solidly for Canter,—they are importuned to make an exceptional effort to draw ont their entire partisan vote, and enlarge it as much as possible by catering to every other availablo voting ‘‘element,”—all in order to place the machinery of the City Government in the hands of the Democratic managers for the benefit of their party in the Presidential elec- tion of next year. If this purpose cerves to unite the party vote on the Democratic side (and it promises to do this), then it should serve still more to unite the Republican party in opposition thereto. There is no doubt that, on a strict party division, Chicago is a Republican city; but the Democrats could work a great change with full control of the City Government, its patronage, its police, and tho ballot-boxes. Such control is the ulterior sim of the fierce party stroggle which the Democrats are making under the leadership of Canter H. Hannison this year; and, if he be elected, the result will be celebrated by them as a tri- umph far beyond the temporary posses. sion of the city offices, and as directly affect- ing the Presidential election, ‘The knowl- edge that the Democrats take this view of this year's election, and that they are atrain- ing every nerve to carry it with such a selfish partisan purpose, should certainly induce every Republican voter to put forth his best efforts to defeat their project. The partisan aspect of the city election has another side scarcely less important. The national struggle between the two parties is now over a reassertion of ‘“ State- Sovereignty” in the proposed repeal of the Nationsl-Election law. This struggle like- wise involves the honesty of the next Na- tional election, and the repeal of those laws protecting the ‘ballct-box will largely deter- mine whether or not the ex-Confederates of the Sonth shall attain complete possession of the General Government next year. CanTER H. Harnisox is in full sympathy with the Southern bulldozers. in this struggle. He came home and immedistely announced to the people of Chicago at his “impromptu reception ° that he fully approved the Demo- Confed. programme of forcing this ballot- box stuffing issue upon the country, and was in favor of cutting off supphes for the support of the Government, if the Repub- lican President should refuse to acquiesce in ihe Confederate free-fraud demands. His Position in this matter 18 not at all inconsist- ent with his doughface conduct in Congress when he approvingly listered to Ben Hrnx’s libels on Chicago in +e Camp Douglas three years ago. On the strength of these ultra- Bourbon proclivities the Denfocrats have nominated Harrison for Mayor, and are making a desperate partisan effort to elect him. Are the Republicans willing that the City of Chicago shall be placed in the atti- tude of indorsing this revolutionary proceed- ing, and giving aid and comfort to the worst enemies of the National Government? If not, they must turn out and vote for their own ticket at the approaching city election, as the Democrats will do for theirs. We have deemed it best to just tell Republicans plainly the sort of issue Canter Hagnison has forced into the canvass, so that they may not plead ignorance after the election, when it is too late for vain regrets. —_—_—_—_— THE AIMS AND ENDS OF COMMUNISM. The Communists of this city have once more started upon their annual cam- paign, and moro aggressively than | ever before in the way of threat and denun- ciation, The few successes they have mado at the polls during the past year or two, in elections to the Common Council and the Legislature, have embol- dened them to proclaim their purposes more openly than ever, and to seek to intimidate the timid, law-abiding classes of the com- munity by public displays of armed force. ‘The time, therefore, is an opportune one to again admonish the workingmen of Chicago of the dangers of this organization, set before them its real character and purposes, and show that it is inimical to every hope, am- bition, and purpose that they have for them- selves or children in hfe. 1, The foundation principle of Commnu- nism is the abolition of all individual respon- sibility. It has no God, no Heaven, no here- after, and consequently no future reward or punishment. It pays no allegiance to law, hence it acknowledges no responsibility for disorder or crime. It strikes at the churcli, the school, the family, and individual prop- erty, aud so disclaims any responsibility for whatever of misery may occur. It would level communities to the condition of say- ages, with no more idea of responbility than they have. . 2. Communism strikes at the right of acquiring, possessing, and presorving indi- vidual property. In other words, it would take away from the worsingman the right of saving his wages and accumu- lating an amount to enable him to live comfortably, insure his old age from care or want, and leave something to his children as a start in life. It would deliber- ately confiscate the earnings and accumula. tions of a community and divide them up in common among the lazy, and shiftless, and dissolute, thus dragging down intelligence, industry, economy, and ambition to the level of laziness, ignorance, and improvidence. The Communists organize themselves into associations of a military character armed with deadly weapons, and hold them- selves entirely aloof from the regular militia authorized by the State and National laws. Théy are not banded together to repel invasion or put down insurrection, or to help preserve law and order. They will not act asa State guard to assist the police authorities in case of danger or riots; onthe other hand, they are responsible for the very dangers to society which the militia are called upon to suppress. The primary ob- ject of these armed associations, which are constantly growing, is, when they are pow- erful enough, to scize public and private property and divide it up among them, thus dragging society back by forco out of the civilized family to the barbarous tribal relation, and restoring the habits of savage life, where there is no individual property, and force alone dominates the conditions of existence, 3. Communism strikes at all progress and | annihilates every motive’ for personal effort or progress, or for thrift and. enterprise. Since, under its leveling processes, no man can separately enjoy the wages which he earns, but must divide them among his thriftless neighbors, and the man who, by his superior intejligence, strength, and skill, can earn three or five dollars per day, must give up a partof it to the man who can earn but one, what motive is there for him to work hard and save anything? As Communism . strikes at all patents, inventions, and labor- saving machines, what inducement is there for the inventor to employ his genius or his brains to make Jabor less severe and more productive; to spread the area of en- joyment by giving every one the chanco of having some of the good things of life; to enhance comfort and happiness ; and to in- crease the blessings of intelligence and civ- ilization? Of what use will schools be, since no one can apply tho results of educa- tion for his own. benefit, and there is no motive for an increase of personal intelli- gence? Of what use is the family, when there is no motive to rear one, when nothing can be used outside of “social” orders to promote its comfort, when the most that its head can do is to provide the members with something to eat and to wear, and when he can transmit nothing to them? 4. Communism means stagnation by the destruction of every motive to effort and am- bition that raises man above the brute. A century of Communism would reduce the United States again to the condition of savagory that prevailed among the Indians two or three centuries ago, when the pio- neers of our present civilization first arrived. The English-workhouse pauper system, perhaps, gives a fair idea of what our condi- tion would be if Communism should carry out its theories, ‘There every inert, shiftless, or dissipated person, broken down by vice or imprudence, or other cause, takes shelter in the workhouse, They do in a dull, sloth- ful, half-dead-and-alive manner the task set before them, and live a mere animal exist- ence, taking no heed of the morrow, its wants, cares, duties, or hopes. Communism proposes to organize a similar social system of work under overseers on loud or in shops belonging to the State. ‘The surplus that one man earnsis to be taken for the support of another who earns noth- ing or not enough.. Every thing is leveled downward towards a dull brute level. In a short time, under this retrograde system, we should have churches without ministers or congregations; school-horses with closed doors; factories and mills with feeble sounds of labor; ships rotting at the docks; railroeds going to ruin; warehouses with empty bins; the arts neglected; the mower and tbresher, the loom, the sewing- machine, the planer, the telegraph, the steam-engine, and every other labor-saving machine, rusting in disuse; boundless fields uncultivated; busy streets of cities no longer resounding with the hum of traffic ; a discontended, ignorant, squalid, hopeless, purposeless, lifeless people, with no pros- pect of anything here or hereafter, living. the life and dying the death of barbariens,— @ stagnant pond filled with the lowest forms of life, having everything in common and but little for any,—such would be a picture of the world if given over to Communism ! It is not possible that the active, restless, thinking, pushing American people will ever consent that Communism shall dominate in this coyntry, or put its baleful ideas into practical operation. But, waless something is done to prevent its gathering headway, the people will have to meet that issue, and, possibly, solve it in a troublesome manuer. Let the citizens answer the idiocy of Com- munism at the ballot-box, and notify its demagogues and followers that they -pro- pose to keep their wages and earnings, and enjoy the fruits of their labor. CYCLES IN TRADE. ‘Tue Teiose recently published an article embodying expressions of alarm in Germany at the continued growth of America’s foreign trade and the enormous disproportion be- tween the imports and exports of this coun- try. Similar apprehensions in regard to the American balance of trade have been ex- pressed in England and France, and thero seems to be a general incapacity to discover the probable outcome and effect of this un- paralleled disturbance of what is known as the ‘‘balance of trade.” So long as there promises to be an excess of several hundred millions a year of American exports over American imports the trade between Europe and the United States is certainly a serious puzzle, which not merely seems to defy solu- tion, but threatens to strike the European nations a succession of hard blows that may be fatal. ‘The reason why the problem has not ex- cited more interest and discussion in European circles before the Inst few months is to be found in ‘the fact that the countries that have suffered most from the new order of things—England and Germany—were the holders of vast amounts of American National, State, municipal, and railroad bonds which they were able to send back to us, These obliga- tions discharged the excesses of American exports, and so they escaped the startling sense of the change that is now forcing itself upon them. But the-English and the Ger- mans now realize that this easy way of pay- ing for their American imports is well-nigh exhausted, while the balance of trade against them continues to be as heavy as ever. It will be but a short time before the American people will have thus redeemed all the out- standing evidences of debt held in Europe which are valid and collectable, as they have alrendy taken up more of the Federal securi- ties than the foreign holders were willing to part with. Is there any immediate prospect, then, of anotable variation in the balance of trade? Is it likely that the United States will soon begin to export less or import more snd thus equalize the conditions of trade? There cer- tainly seems to be no indication of such a change. The staples which Europe takes from America are of a character which Europe must have, or, where an actuel neces- sity does not exist, which they desire above everything else. Our breadstuffs, meats, cotton, petrolem, tobacco, alcohol, leather, butter, cheese, etc.,—all these and other products of American soil and mines can be furnished Europe, so far ns they aro pro- duced in excess of home demand, at more favorable prices than Europe can procure them anywhere else on the face of the globe. So there seems to be no danger of any de- cline in exports so long as Europe has the meansto buy. On the other hand, the prospect is just assmallof any necessary increase in American imports. ‘There are but few articles which the people of the United States are forced to purchase abroad in any great quantity. The manufactures now purchased are chiefly French goods, as | laces, silks, satins, gloves, cosmetics, jewel- ry, plate-glass, wines. Besides these tin, tea and coffee, sugar and molasses, tropical fruits, drugs and dye-stuffs, india- rubber crude, and a few other raw materials, almost complete the list, In large lines of commodities, which the United States have been in the habit of buying abroad, there is a continual reduction of importation. It is probable, for instance, that the manu- facture of sugar from corn and sorghum will soon be developed in this country, ss the manufacture of sugar from tho beet-root was in France, so as to enable an enormous saving of foreign purchase in this single article, In manufacture of various ands we have of late years not merely sup- plied the home demand, but produced an ex- cess at a cost which has enabled us to com- pete with England and Germany in foreign markets. The tariff is so high that it is pro- hibitory on most articles of foreign produc- tion. France alone has been able to hold her own in the American market, because her people have an art of malting certain articles of fashion and luxury with which similar products of this and other conutries do not compare ; but evenin the French specialties of wines, silks, laces, gloves, jewelry, cos- metics, toilette articles, and feminine orna- ments, the American manufactures are be- ginning to be rivals so far as the home market goes. The American methods in all branches of industry are constantly improving, and the Paris Exhibition forced from all Europe an ‘acknowledgment of the superiority of American mechanical and in- ventive genius. The tendency, therefore, seems to be toward that condition in which America will seek to import only those things which absolutely cannot be produced or manufactured in this country. But now that the Americans have practi- cally ceased to export gold; now that the American indebtedness has been so largely called in, so far as foreign creditors ara con- cerned; and now that England, Germany, and other European nations must begin to pay coin fortheirexcess of purchases, what is to be the result? Europe cannot well re- duce its purchases of American staples be- low a-certain point, and America shows no signs of a necessity or desire to increase its purchases of European goods. But neither England nor Contiuental Enrope—rich and powerful es they are—can continue formany years to drain themselves of their stock of gold to payover to the people of the United States without staring general disturb- ance, bankruptcy, and widespread suffer- ing in the face. In fact, the realiza- tion of this has already forced itself upon them, And it is just at this point, perhaps, that the theory of compensation applies. The impoverishing of the European pur- chasers will enforce evon greater retrench- ment, still further reduction in prices paid for labor, and renewed energy and work, At the same time, the enrichment of the Amer- ican sellers with European coin w: on this country like the French “ milliards” did on Germany, producing enormous stimu- lation, inflation, extravagance, dissipation, reaction, and crash. An overabundance of money hore will reduce its purchasing power and run up the price of labor and cost of ‘production, and will promote laziness, specu- lation, gambling, extravagance, and indul- gence. The prices of the American staples —like breadstuffs, provisions, cotton, and petroléum—will decline’ in the- face of foreign retrenchment. The prices of American manufactures will increase under the inflation and cheapening of money ard rise in wages. Then the American farmers will get less for their surplus products and pay more for their goods, and foreign manu- facturers will begin to find a market for their wares in the United States, notwith- standing our high tariff. The “balance of trade” will fall off, and finally turn against us. Then we shall begin to export our gold to pay for foreign cheap goods, and next our bonds, Our credit will be strained. Then will come a panic and a fall in price of labor and manufactared goods, until the equilibrium of prices be re-estab- lished between this country and Europe. So the great pendulum of trade swings back- wards and forwards, through inflation and contraction, speculation and panic. If the American people do not forget the lesson of the last pauic aud its effects, they will be able to save themselves from another revulsion in this probably inevitable restora- tion of the balance of trade by avoiding the follies and dangers of excessive extravagance and speculatio: 3 Six years ago the City Council gave per- mission to s party of worthy gentlemen to erect on the Lake Front an Exposition Building, which they geve out would be de- voted exclusively to the exhibition of the achievements of the industrial and polite arts. On two or three occasions the man- agers, in their greed for gain, have tempo- rarily leased the building for shows of a rather degrading character,—such es pe- destrian matches and the like. Last night, to cap the climax, the building was turned over to os Communistic arousal, in which from 20,000 to 30,000 per- sons, including sympathizers with the red flag and anarchy and 2 mob of idlers and vagabonds, participated. There were, among other features of the affair, military evolu- tions by armed compasies of volunteer sol- diers, whose organization is contrary to the militia laws of the State, and whose secret signs and passwords are hostile to all good government. Speeches were made urging the listeners to actively rebel against the written and unwritten laws which govern society and give vitality to the body politic. Every allusion to the organic law of the land and the rights of citizens to honestly aceumu- late all the property that their talents or op- portunities will allow was received with scorn, and each and every intimation that every man’s property belonged to somebody else was hailed as the beginning of that happy era when the drones will share equally and alike with the honest and hard-working toiler. Why the managers of the Exposition Building should give aid and comfort to these incendiaries is beyond the ken of the average intellect, unless it be that they con- cluded to barter all sense of decency for the paltry hundred dollars or so that they re- ceived for the use of the premises. There are prominent church-members in this city who do not refuse the acceptance of rent for buildings which the lessees devote to un- montionable purposes. Has a similar laxity of moral sentiment anything to do with the conversion of 2n industrial institute into_a dance-hall for the entertainment of the avowed enemies of the home cirole, the rights of property, and the goneral welfara of society. THE PROSE-CRUSHER (PATD), Sig. Gouxetta, an exposer of Spiritualism, as- tonished Natick peuple the other day by letting himself out of the lock-up, after be had been hand- cuifed and fastened ina cell; put a Deputy-Sheriit and a might-policeman have **given bim away” since then by confessing that they lent him their keys. | He bas also been arrested for stealing money from his hotel-landlord.—Springsleld Republican. Am expozer, GURNELLA, ‘Was at Natick locked up in acell, a Handcud his wrist bout; But he let himeelf out, And they thougnt him a heaven of a fellow. But, right at his zenith of fame, The Deputy-Sheriff up came Who had lent him the key Of the lock-up, and he Gave GunsELts away—What ashame! Gunsetxa his landlord robbed; bail He could not sive, so he went to jail, And all Natick avout Came to see him come out; But just here's where his ecience did fail, . Persons who have not read the reports of the breach-of-promise suit against Simox Camenoy, in Washington, haye missed a good deal.” Aside from the foulness of the thing, there has been a heap of humor developed ‘in connection with the case. Some of the plaintiff's letters are excruciatingly funny. She seems to bea coarse-grained, unscrupulous woman, but a very acute one. ‘The inducements she held out to the ancient Cameron and his ambitious son were, if not dazzling, suflicient to attract atten- tion. In one letter she made great promises to Dox, on condition that he should succecd in in- fluencing his papa to marry her. She wrote: Some day your paps will remember I Jove him the same. Twould make him happy. I know L would. If Twent to Europe with could introduce him to the nobility and the caatle where my grandsires lived in Scotland. Even here, if my case comes up, Iwill have the first people in my benalf, snd, had yonr pana treated me well, you would be first to-aay in the Cabinet and nest to the Hresident. One letter, no date, says to Sion if he marries ber they can spend the pleasant winter months at the South, and continues: Your son Don will be the King of the South. All ‘the Southern people will worship him. Yea can take the country, as I shall influence every one in the South to favor your family, eo you can send me word by some private person. Won't we have a nice time next winter in New Orleans, and won't it be grand to have all the Southern people adore you and yourson? You can now take possession of the whole South if you will promptly marry me. . ‘This picture of Don arrayed in royal robes and lording it over his Southern myrmidons is simply delicious. The generosity of the\widow is only equaled by that of the historical per- sovage who promised all the kinrdoms of the earth, not having a foot of land himself, on cer- tain conditions, or by the insinuating address of alfephistophe'es to Faust. The extravagance of the thing gives color to the theory that the widow is insane; but, on the other hand, she made one or two allusions in the course of her testimony which contradict this hypothesis alto- gether. Gen. Borier submitted a letter, dated Oct. 81, promising to have Mr. Camzron ap- Pointed Minister to England if he would marry the writer—Mrs. Onrver. After reading the letter the ‘ widow” said laughingly, “ Well,Gen. Borer, you can’t blame me for wanting to stir up the old man, and get him to marry me.” From this it would appear that if the mer- its of ber case were at all up to the ef- frontery of the plaintiff, she would be likely to Tecover heavy damages. But the drift of the testimony is not in that direction. The “widow” bas, in {oct, been brutally handled by Gen. Buter, as she deserved to be; and the testi- mony has shown pretty conclusively that she widows, and adventuresses, and all other pep. sons in the future from going lato any black. mailing operation. For, while the ancient Stroy CaMeio has vot been innocent in this case, it is apparent that marriage under the cir- cumstances would have been an absurdity end an outrage upon bis family. The hight of Madam Oxiven’s ambition for some time past has been to extort money from him, ——> A virtuous and indigusnt correspondent writes to Taz Thipose about “Daisy Millen» He thiuks poor ‘Daisy bas been traduced aud misrepresented. ‘Daisy? was. not g fool,” he observes. “She knew bow to teke care of herselé” It ts easy to au, scribe to both these judzments. But we can. not agree to the further opinion of our es. teemed correspondent that Winterbourne was My cottou-headed hero,” or that “ American guis are placed in a very equivocal light” by the story, American girls fortunately cannot, be 30 easily misunderstood. They are, as the same correspondent asserts in another place, “ings. pendent, self-asserting, and self-protecting»; and Mr Jaszs would be one of the last writers in the world to maintain the contrary, ‘The point of his story is, that manners Which are appropriate to America, and not likely to be misunderstood here. cannot safely be trans. ported to Europe. Americans may rail as mack as they please against the European {deas of gallantry as between men snd unpro. tected women, but that has nothing to do with the question. European customs being such as they are, American women must conform to them or run the risk of being misunderstood and insulted. On the whole, it is xenerally wiser not to fly the bird of liperty on European soil at such times, if one really cares to enjoy traveling there. Further. more, the European ideas in regard to the pro- tection of women are not, a3 our enthusiastic correspondent says, “ancient and degrading.» ‘They are the matured results of some centuries of experience; and humilfating and offensive as theyare incomparison with our owncustoms,they serve 2 good purpose in their place. This out- cry against “Daisy Miller” is difficult to under- stand. It seems to show that some such canstic criticism was necded. “ Daisy” unquestionably does represent, in her coarseness, her forward- ness, und her untutored and too affectionate disposition, a class of American giris; but, for- tunately, nut the largest or the best class, Those who recognize none of their own Jines- ments in Mr. James’ picture have no reason to ery out. —= The report of the Secretary of the West Chk cago Park Board brings down the official affairs of the Board to Maren 1, 1879. The last para- graph of the report reads as follows: The cor rected statement of the liabilitiesof the Board on the 23th day of february, 1573, as shown in statement C, is $424,360. Statement D shows present Habilities, $327,364, showing actual ae crease of indebtedness the past year, $96,495, with cashon hand in the treasury $0,191, ana tax-certificates purchased to protect the interest of the Board, and available to reduce the indebt- eduess of the Board, $9.530. Total, $15,72. Showing practical reduction of the indebtedness of the Board during the year just closed, $112,217. —— The following lines were dropped by a re- porter at luncheon yesterday,and picked up and forwarded to Tuz TRIBcNE by an esteemed cor respondent as a curiosity in literature: Come back O'Lear! Come back now, Marry a wife and buy a cow, A lamp, a gallon of kerosene, Some matches—you know what we mean. We reporters will chip 1m the twenty cents; Nevwa ts in question, so hang the expense! For the third timo then will the Tramp of Fame ‘Tarough Caristendom ring out the O'Leany name: items sre sezrce—just try this plan— Chicago awaits you. Come back, Dax! a The other day an 38-year-old boy in Milwaukee offered to bet his mother his velocipede against $500 and half the gate-moncey that he could est. 300 mince pies in 309 cousecutive hours,—his mother to furnish the pies. For fear of having to pay a large doctor's bill, no matter how the trial terminated, and the prospect of » funeral into the bargain, nis mother declined her ambi- tious eon’s tempting offer. ‘Ihe lad had been reading of Mme. z ————— The Duchess of Edinburg (the Czar’s daugh- ter) was conspicuous by her ubsence from the Duke of Connaught’s wedding, and the Cin- clonati Commercial asks what Toe Trisuxe thinks of that. Why, that it wasa bearish act of discourtesy, growing out of political differ- ences which the Duchess of Edinburg should not have meddled with. ——————___— Jn the appointment of Mr. Barter, of Ohio, as Consul-General to Shanghai, Mr. Hares has recognized a section of the United States that has long been neglected in the distribution of the spoils of eftice. The people of the Buckeye State will now begin to feel that the President was not entirely oblivious to their merits. a Simple Sto Cameron used to take oranges from the hotel dining-room and carry them to the Widow Outver. “Now,” says the grass- widow, plaintively, “he turas his back on me.” Iv ts difficult to decide whether the thrift or the affection of Simple Siow, as exhibited in this action, was the more praiseworthy. ‘The Civcinnati Enquirer says that the compo sitions in the public schoois of that city are worse than in any large city in the country,—in fact, that the boys and girls have a fashion of slinging the English language much worse than & leader-writer on the Chicago imes, which ts bad enough, as everybody knows. a Mrs. JENKS is now in Washington, and if the Widow Otiver is smart she will get her (‘tthe JENS”) to go with her on the witvess-stand when Bey BUTLER next begina to bullduze her on the cross-examination. ‘The sight of Mrs. JeNks will take the aggressiveness out of Old Cockese quicker than lightning. $< One reason given by Joux Locay’s friends for electing him to the Senate was that he was needed in the Senate to resist the pretensions of the Confederate Brigadiers. As there are 00 _ less than nineteen of the latter already in the Senate, and more coming, 1t looks asif Jou will have both hands fall. Sd Paragraphing is looking up. The President of the United States tries his hand at {t ia writing his message to the Forty-sixth Congress. The specimen is a very good one, and other officials will do well to model their State papers upoa the excellent pattern furnished by Sir. Haras. ———— Lo! these many years Carter Hareison bas sacrificed himself for the puplic, and it js tims now the public should be sacrificed for him. His private business demands his prompt and un divided attention. The people snould rise Up as one man, and—let him attend to it. $< ‘Mr. ROWELL bought a sight draft for $20,000 on London. Few business or professional mea ever cleared as much as that in a legitimate Way in six days. But pedestrianism has now become a new creed, and false religions always dupe their followers. cei St doesn’t look well to sce the “Father of the House” so much engrossed with arag baby. Even Mr. Ketter, of Peansylvania, will find out afteratime that a pig-iron lunacy 1s more endurable than the fiat craze that be is now 6a couraging. Mr. Braise is evidently neglecting his oppor tunities. A whole week of the extra session ‘has been suffered to ran to waste, aod the Sena tor from Maine has not stirred up the Southera animals with a long pole. Life is short, Mr Buainz. ood This fs the golden opportunity for Canras Harrison to retire to private life. If be shoul beelected now, he would bea chronic office- seeker for the remainder of his life. _ has not had anything like a character since she was a girl, twenty-five years ago. One zood effect of opening this sewer,” as Judge Cant- TER called the case, will be to discourage grass Secretary Suzrwan’s remark, made some months ago, that the Demoeratic party had al- ways stood in the way of resumption, and probs- bly always would, has received a uew emphasis