The Cost To Commerce

Wo are accustonied to tlnnk oí a snow blockade on the Pacifio Railroad aB a matter of inconvenience to the tniveling public, and read with curious interest of tho sufferings and hardships of passengere snowed in, and of the devices to wnich they are coinpelled to rosort to " kill time " and keep themsolves coinfortablo in mind anl body. We recolloct, too, that thero is a suspension of the transinission of mails, letters, documenta, newspapers and froight, but wo do not comprehond the full extent of the inconvenieuce of this suspension of traffic and travel - 80 important has tho road already beoomo to the world - without a second thoujsjht. The following paragraph from the i ow York Tribune will assist the imagination in a survoy of the consequences of the stoppage of all travel on the road : " ïo bankers, comniission merchante and railroad managers, ho wever, tho snow blockade has brought confusión and disaster. Trade between the East and the far West is practically euspendod. Gold coin, cash remittances, bilis of exchango, letters of credit, commercial advices, ordors for goods, instructions to soliera and otfors to buyors, are all, with a vast huddle of wares and merchandise, locked up in the snow-drifts of the hoart óf the continent. The last monthly steaiuer for China and Japan sailed without the mails and goods whioh were on the way from Kurope and New York to San Francisco. French inails for the French Pacific colonies, and Snglish mails for Australia and New Ze#and, will be detained ; and an important embasay from Japan, couiposed of men unused to an American climate, but having great faith, hithorto, in American railways, is snow-bound in Utah. So the inluenco of tho snow blockado will extend ar into the Pacific Islands, Hawaii, China and Japan. All theso considerations make the caso more grave, and intensify desiro to break the enforced embargo." ThERE is really notUing new, official or unofficial, concerning the Treaty of Washngton, the American." case" made thereunder, and the dissatisfaction of Grroat irit:iin. It is coming, however, to be nnderstood that the "groat storm" was for olitical effect, and that the Geneva Araitrators will pursue the even tenor of iheir way. The botter judgment of both countries will not let the hot heads forcé a violation of "treaty stipulation or war. - For long columns of comment and discussion with neither head nor tul, see ;he oditorials in the dailies, and for wild 8peculation, the condensed cable dispatches : as contradictory as condensed. The Mirror and Farmer says : " Never lave a red-hot shoe put on the foot of a ïorse to bum it level. If you can find a jlaeksuiith. that is mechauic enough to evel the foot without red-hot iron, emiloy him. The burning prooess deadons ihe hoof and tends to contract it. If you do not believB it, try a red-hot poker on your nail, and see if it does not affect the growth.