An Increase From $211,522 Paid For

iroiffu woolun cloths in May, lH!)t. up rto .SI,. 649, 035 paid for similar goods in 3ü.ay, 395, is a Gorman TaritT ivrnrd isust be very encouraging to both 4he manufacturera and vage earnera ïn our woolen milis. Not at all. During and after the ;tr. when the Morrill Taritï was in ísroo, wes were increased -'without -trik.es, "beeauseProtection enabled our manufacturera to pay high wages and work waí, so abundant that wage earners could díctate, in a mcasure, their Owb terras. The consumption of home producte :and manufacturers has boen very effecSively agitated by the Manufacturera and Producers' Association of Califoriait. This a sociation has 850 State ifactwies affiliated with it, employing -abeut 3400 working people and it believcs ín Protection in the Btrongeet íorm. EVERY growing, ambitious Western Of Southern city desires more faetones. f wants them of different kinds, also, ■so that one may be busy while another ás dull, and skilled labor will be in active demand. In order to attract in vestments all such towns should help jlcct Protectionist Congressman. and enake thoir inñuenee feit by chambera ommerce and the presa in favor of itection. Such disilays of the indusgpirit impel manufacturers to esiablish iactorics and oncourage their ithy frlenda to invest thereln. When a town votes for a ramplant PreeTrader for Congrega, and through its loí traiie denounces manufacturas "monopolistg," it is likely to bc sevorely alone, depite all probable J!)iloubted natural advantages. The boyoott on naüonal bank note poted by General Matter Workman Sovoreign, of the Knights of Labor, is ütiractirig considerable attcntion rthroughout the country. At first the press and politicians wore ioelincd to sneer at the idea: but since Secretary 'Carlisle said that sueh notes are not legal tender between individuáis, more serious attention has been given to the order. The objeetion of Sovereign to natksn&l bank notes is not that thoy are mot good, or safe, but that it is prlvllejfnoney. It is not a question of whetber they are worth more or less to the, banks than bonds, but the right af the ffovernment to delegato, power to these men to issue a national currency. This right belongs only to the (foverna&ent, and when delegated to one or inore individuals makes the governat partlsan in its favors. - Kx. The Register is strongly in favor of the city council deciding to have the city lighted 265 nights all night. So far as the additional cost is concerned, it is very small. The advantagesof all night lighting are too numerous to mention. Ameng the more important are the very great convenience it would be to the fire department in enabling it to reach lires more quiekly Then, too, it is daring the lattcr part of the night that most of the depredations are committod and deviltry carried on. The lighting of the city all night would put a stop to a large amount of this and save the city a considerable expense. HORSES having been generally displaced from street-ear service, both in Europe and America, by mechanical motors, the next step will be to remove them from street vehicles, France has boen experimenting with horseless carriages for several years and novv has so many kinds that a test of their respectiveiinerits was pro])osed and accepted. The course prescribed was from Paris to Bordeaux,358 miles.and return. Any vehicle occupying more than 100 hours in the round trip was to be disqualified. The principal prize offcrod was 40.000 francs for a fourseated cai-riage. The best time made was by a four-soated carriage, and the next, by a two-seated carriage. Both were propelled by gasoline, and covered the distance in less than twenty-live hours. The electrical carriages had to stop too frequently to renew their ■'storage batteries," and the steam carriagos for fuel and water. The gasolinc carriage carried enough petroleum for the round trip. But one electrical carriage go through one way on ac countof the hills. The question of electrie lichting is ono vvhichthe city council should, and no doubt vvill, carefully consider before making a live year contract.The lighting committec did right in asking that an eleetrieal expert be employed whom they migt consult. The REGISTER is inclined to believe that this will give the committce somo valuabls information as to the actual cost of electrie lighting. Thore is no doubt that the Detroit Eloctrical Company can put in a cheap plant here and give somo sort of sorvice for the price they propose. But we be'. 'e ve that an e xptrtwil.be . blo to show to the council that the city cannot bo lighted as it should be at the low rate proposed without the company losing money and it is not to be supposed that the Detroit people aro offering to come here and make the city a donation. It is more than likely that it is thcir delibérente plan to secure the contract if possible and give the city lijfhte aceordingly and run the risk of the city going to lav to eompel a better service. A careful invcstigation into the matter by the council with the help of an electrical expert will. doubtlesa, develop somc new light on ihe subject.