Judge — November 2, 1889 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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AN ADIRONDACK SURPRISE. GuIDE—"I seen it move, Hiram, an’ I'm goin’ t’ bore it once laden with tropical fruits, and the juices of a limitless vegetation give the world all it receives of rubber and the kindred elastic gums. In fact these vast regions, just awakening from somnolency, present to the observing world new possible national conditions, While drawing, not with speed but certainty, the reinforcements of European emigration, they will be largely relieved of the great problem that troubles our wisest statesmen, and be almost wholly relieved of the menace of a vast and unassimilable African race. The parsimony of our policy in denying assistance to our merchant marine by withholding fair compensation for carrying the mails has sup- pressed direct commercial relations with the countries south of us, and thrown it into the control of European nations. Europe has two hundred steamers carrying its passengers and manufactures across the At- lantic to South American ports. Europe subsidizes her ships with annual millions, so that her goods may go with the mails. We have but four scant and semi-starved lines for intercourse with states south of the isthmus. We buy of Brazil annually about $50,000,000 of its products, and sell back to that country but $8,000,000. This is not because we do not produce as cheap and well, but because all we make and offer has to pay the double freight from our ports to Liverpool, and from Liverpool to South America. In the past twen- ty years we have paid South Amer- ican people nearly $1,200,000,000 and sold them far less than $500,- 000,000. The difference of over $700,000,000 has gone in gold, or its equivalent, through London, to pay for European fabrics to meet the South American demand. A direct trade under similar govern- ment assistance as that given to English commerce would enable our manufacturers to successfully compete. Now, our shipme Mk. Bajove THEIR GAME. Mr. Bajove (who has been showing the city to a friend, mistakes Mrs. id Van Aleman's residence for a popular ¢lub) THe BUTLER (after toaiting a moment) —"* Cards, gentlemen?" No; we're going to spin a little roulette to-night. cross the Atlantic and back, 8,000 door-keeper since I was here, Jack.” ARGET—"' Don't shoot, friends. I've had all th’ 'xcitement I can They had a ta TT stand, feather bee over t' Follingby's pond last night, an’ I was t0 9,000 miles, and involve a transfer, instead of 3,000 miles and no break- age of bulk. It is a wonder we retain any South American trade, The United States government pays less moncy to our few steamers to carry the South American mails than it pays for the wagons that carry the same bags across Manhattan island. The secretary of state who, in the early days of the Garfield adminis- tration, paved the way to this congress, is now, after cight years of an interregnum of lethargy, able, as premier of the present administration, to address himself to the creation and direction of intercontinental intercourse. The foresight and resources, the conservatism and enterprise of James G. Blaine will do all that is possible to crystalize this effort to a definite suc- cess. Its achievement will stamp him as one of the ablest and greatest statesmen of the age. pes WHEN SHANKS of the Star draws his stockings on he has to be very careful lest he injure his intellect with his untrimmed upper hoofs. THE HARMONY of the Demo- cratic factions of this city is as pronounced as the blow of a sand- bagger, but it makes more noise and is more destructive. COURTING in Chicago, accord- ing to an authority, is done mostly after marriage ; so that there is really no courting in Chicago, the divorce following the marriage with such rapidity as to permit nothing of that kind. R. D. LAMONT is surrepti- tiously operating the Broad- way railway. We hope he will make money; but if he were as anxious to run for governor, or pres- . or something of that kind, as iam C. Whitney is, he would presently find that poverty is’ a great blessing. New comicbooks.com