Tue November issue of this excellent monthly opens with an editorial note acknowledging the receipt of the cablegram from Shanghai announcing the result of the meeting of the American Association here' at which the \'Treaty of Shanghai was unanimously that suits her, since itis tolerably certain that no tariff will be imposed which has not the consent of the chief commercial Powers." Mr. Sharretts is commended for the vigilance with which, when engaged on the Toriff Commission here, he guarded the interests of U. S. manufacturers, the result being that the specific rates now levied do not greatly exceed four, instead of five per cent ad valorem. Of course, this is really merely the result of the fall that has taken place in silver since the three selected years 1897, 1898, and 1899. There is a note on a recent article on Japan by the Rev.
Correction The Post Olfice A Golfer's Grumble. An Obvious Mistake
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.