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Show SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. On. Remit ef tli. Tar I IT. 8t, Louis Glohs Democrat. The removal of the British plush manufacturers man-ufacturers to this country is, it is only fair to say. one of tho results of the operation op-eration of tho new tariff act. Thia law has increased tho duties on plush products, pro-ducts, and has given the American nianufvi turer an advantage over his foreign competitor in the American market. The sales of tho foreigner being be-ing thus practically cut off from this sine of the water, he i.s compelled either to largely rediico his output and his profits or to transfer his business to this country. The latter alternative is be- j ing accepted in many cases. In this j wav the slim of the industrial activities , of the country is being augmented, the avenues for the employment ot labor is increased, and the national growth In j wealth and material progress is heightened. height-ened. Th. Crop im.pict, ' Now York Mall aud Kxpress. j It must not, be forgotten, however, j that we are discounting ihe future with some eagerness. We seem already certain cer-tain that the crops will be better than ever before, and so the Blocks of the granger road i are buoyant. The pro-jducliou pro-jducliou of iron aud steel lias been di-I di-I miiiished by a falling off in the demand de-mand and by strikes, and yet we seem to think that all this will be settlod and that the big crops will mean more locomotives, loco-motives, more cars aud more rails and so much money for the farmer to spend that lis will hardly have time to attend the meeting of tho alliance. There seems no necessity of putting out the danger signal yet, but it must not be forgotten that you never can measure thu weight of the crop until it is in the barn. Th. rrot.ctlon Dlnn.r. Chicago Herald. Great ado was made at the dinner of the American Protective Tariff league in New York the other night oVer homemade home-made productions. Thcra were American Amer-ican dishes, American cutlery, American Amer-ican wine glasses. IJUMH) of them), American Amer-ican furniture, American wittlcs and an attempt was made to employ American Amer-ican waiters, but only six could he found, the others being French, German Ger-man and Italian. Nearly every man who attended this feast was either a beneficiary of protective tariff taxation or a paid agent and advocate of such beneliciaries. They all stood on the ground floor and made no secret ef the fact that they were for protection because be-cause protection was for them. Freneli Fiuaiica. Cincinnati Enquirer. On April 11U France held in her nation na-tion bauk if.M'.rMO.OflO in gold. The Bank of England had 10fl.5M,8S5, and the Imperial bank of (icrmany had 9138. lHli.ay.",; so that France had uearly as much of the yellow metal as both of her great rivals combined. In addition addi-tion to this the Bank of France hold a.")0,170,00 in silver. They are great financiers, those French. Tli. Jury Problem. . &Kden Standard. Jt is clear that the cause is the jury; and without discussing the cause of the degeneration of what was once so eminently emi-nently useful, we are obliged to ask again in all earnestness, whether through its degeneration it has not bo-come bo-come more of a curse than a security to society, whether if it cannot be corrected correct-ed it ought not to bo abolished forthwith. forth-with. lllalo. at a financier. Denver Times. Mr. Blaino sends his cablegrams to the Italian government collect. This has caused a deficiency in the' Italian treasury, and precludes the possibility of war. Mr. Blaine is a liuaucier as well as a diplomat. An Appropriate i .eov.ry. Aspen Times. It is reported that a Colorado miner has just made a flattering strike in a mine called the Ben Harr.son, and the singular appropriateness of it at this time lies iu the fact that the vein is gold beariug ore. |