The Bee, 1892-10-20

he actually reached South Amer America - ica America he complained of the size of his vessel which rendered coast exploration difficult The Spanish authorities declare that the Santa Maria of 1892 is an exact reproduction in every detail of that of 1492 It has the same old fashioned shape the same primitive masts riggings and sails and even the same armament of falconets and mortars halberds and arquebuses The cabin of the commander is furnished in the Style of the Fifteenthcenturyaritlv its table is littered with maps doc documents - uments documents and nautical instruments of the period Finally its mastheads are decorated with the royal stand standards - ards standards of Castillo and Leon in exact imitation of the flags which Colum Columbus - bus Columbus planted in the New World on October 12 1492 The vessel isk manned by an excellent crew ob obtained - tained obtained from among the fishermen and sailors of Cadiz and San Fer Fernando - nando Fernando and placed under the orders of a detachment of officers of the royal navy At the opening of the Spanish fetes on August 3 the war vessels of all nations were at Huelva to salute the new Santa Maria on her first voyage down die river and her entrance into the Bay of Cadiz was greeted by deafening salvos As there was almost a dead calm however she had to be taken in tow by a gunboat which marred the representation somewhat Later however she sailed out beautifully on the route taken by Columbus and returned to receive renewed salutes At this naval congress of nations the fact was humorously commented on that Columbus took with him for inter interpreter - preter interpreter a scholar who knew Latin Greek Hebrew Arabic Coptic and Armenian in addition to Span Spanish - ish Spanish that this learned gentleman was a failure in the New World and that the first to master any of the Indian tongues were the most illiterate sailors But this is an oft repeated experience

Tin Is Cheaper A contract was made last week by the Climax Baking Powder Company for one and one half mil million - lion million of tin cans In conversation yesterday with a Joiirnal reporter a representative of the company in reply to a question as to the in influence - fluence influence of the McKinley law on the cost said The price paid for the cans was about 15 per cent lower than when the McKinley bill became a law and about 7 per cent lower than ever before So far from raising the price of cans the man manufacturers - ufacturers manufacturers are willing to contract at this price for one year ahead It shows that they are not afraid of tin plate going up in price and that they believe in will become cheaper as the American factories get into full activity Quite a large part of the cans ordered by us were made from American tin but whether they are or not makes no difference as to the effect of the law It was said that the law would raise the price to the con consumer - sumer consumer but the facts are the other way as every practical man in a business requiring tin cans or other articles of tin knows With the price lower and foreign tin still coming in it shows that the manu manufacturer - facturer manufacturer is paying the duty and contenting himself with less profits The facts in the case show who pays the tax What I have said I will if necessary make affidavit in proof What is the comparative qual quality - ity quality of foreign and American tin was asked The American is certainly just as good and I like it better It is brighter and shows less of the black of the plate There is no

ably familiar but the fact then though sailing vessels antedate written history the progress there therein - in therein since 1492 is as great as any anything - thing anything else comes to one as a great surprise Compare the little Santa Maria with for instance the mag magnificent - nificent magnificent Shenandoah the American four masted bark and queen of all sailing vessels which a few months ago went from San Francisco to Liverpool with 5002 tons of wheat on board Consider first the big sailer The Shenandoah commanded by Captain Murphy was one of the five which left the Bay of San Francisco last year on the famous race around the Horn They sailed at high tide of necessity as they drew twenty seven feet of water The weight of wheat aboard 5002 tons was the great greatest - est greatest cargo of the kind ever placed in a vessel and equivalent to 166 733 bushels or the crop of an average apricultural county An adequate description of the Shen Shenandoah - andoah Shenandoah would fill a column Sailer as she is she makes sail by sttam as sailors say that is the sails arc pulled into place by a little donkey engine and of all glorious sights to the seamens eye there is none more glorious than to see her swell from bare poles to full rig of snowy sails in less than five minutes The Santa Maria might have been placed on the deck of the Shenandoah without adding per perceptibly - ceptibly perceptibly to her weight of cargo She was a decked vessel and

How Protection Works William Roberts a woolen man manufacturer - ufacturer manufacturer from Bradford England has just completed a large mill in Bergen County N J opposite Passaic It will employ 150 hands The mill and a long row of cottages for operatives has been built under his direction and improved looms and other machines for the manu manufacture - facture manufacture of the finest grades of wool woolen - en woolen goods are being built Mr Roberts formerly did a large busi business - ness business with the United States all his goods being placed directly on the themarkct here After the McKin ley bill he arranged to transport his entire plant Two other Eng English - lish English factories will be brought here in the same way Henry Lister Sons of York Yorkshire - shire Yorkshire England will immediately remove their extensive textile in industry - dustry industry to Jamestown N Y One hundred acres of ground have been bought and the erection of the fac factory - tory factory will soon begin Over 1200 hands will be employed The re removal - moval removal is said to be due to the Mc Kinlcy law which practically shut out the firms product from the American market

which has become classic Her later poems have been slowly pro produced - duced produced but are everywhere held to be masterpieces of art and among the strongest voices of patriotism in our literature She lives much of the time in Boston and at Farm ingham Mass Miss Proctor was honored by the Committee of the popular Colum Columbus - bus Columbus Day celebration soliciting her to write the ode which is to be ren rendered - dered rendered in every locality of America on Oct 21 The lyric is the result of months of labor and will take a permanent rank as one of the fore foremost - most foremost poems ever written in Amer America - ica America Frank Criticism Not many years ago in Paris at the first presentation of a tragedy that had for its closing scene the murder of a Swecdid king which had taken place nearly half a cen century - tury century earlier all went well till the murder scene came on when a dignified old gentleman in the stage box showed signs of strong dissat dissatisfaction - isfaction dissatisfaction and at lejigth called out angrily Absurd 1 they have got it all wrong 1 The manager himself heard this

Wages on British Itallroads Mr M R Jeffords C E of No 18 Bishopgate street Within Lon London - don London has just issued a large and very interesting sheet containing tables and diagrams which try to account for the fact that the Eng English - lish English pay so much more for having a ton of freight carried a mile than Americans do The following table from Mr Jef fords sheet showing the payments made for like service in the two countries may be of interest to our readers Average wages paid employees on the New York Central and the London and Northwestern Rail-ways-- r N Y Lon Central Nwn General office clerks G 100 Station agmts ti8 75 Telegraph operators 03 70 Other stationmen 105 49 Engine drivers 23 94 Firemen and wipers 12a 64 Guards 191 75 Other trainmen 122 Co Mechanics and shop helpers 112 72 Other shopmen 89 52 Masters and foremen 107 86 Other trackmen 84 46 Switch and flagmen c 97 32 Mechanics helpersc 131 78 It will be noticed that compar comparing - ing comparing the first fourteen lines Mr Jef fords marks the English rate of compensation about 54 per cent of the American

By dealing as much as possible at home the money is kept at home and goes back into circulation to the advantage of all parties Buy everything you can at home and save freights save money on first cost and develop your own country This is on the right line Henry Grady used to say that he always gave the preference to the home article when it was well made and the price was reasonable It was his idea that we should magnify the community in which out1 lot is cast and stand by its young indus industries - tries industries In this way we can throw off the galling chain of commercial dependencevandsnotbe4he vas vassals - sals vassals of distant capitalists The Southern people will never enjoy the full measure of prosperity until they learn how to keep their money at home

not to reduce wages but to cut down supplies A vote was taken on the subject of eight hours by the Preston weavers and the result showed that 3632 of the weavers were in favor of establishing an eight hour day while 659 voted against the proposition At Blackburn fif fifteen - teen fifteen miles from Preston the seat of extensive cotton and woolen in industries - dustries industries a similar vote was taken among the spinners The ballot balloting - ing balloting showed that of the 1102 votes cast 901 were in favor of the eight hour day and 201 against it The masters in the iron and steel trade are considering a re reduction - duction reduction of their employes wages and the outlook for the British artisan could hardly be more gloomy The Southern Protectionists