is thirty-seven million as consumers of products which one century ago were pure luxuries, while our population is equivalent to two hundred million.

If this is our comparison with England what is the comparison with the rest of the world, whose markets our committee are so eager to have in exchange for our own? Mulhall gives certain statistics which will serve to make the comparison clear. On page 365 of his "Dictionary of Statistics,' he says the total yearly product of the manufactories of the world are four billion four hundred and seventy-four million pounds, of which the United States produces one billion four hundred and forty-three million pounds.

We produce one-third and the rest of the world, England included, two thirds. The population of the world is one billion five hundred million, of which we have seventy million, which leaves one billion four hundred and thirty million for the rest of mankind. We use all our manufactures or the equivalent of them. Hence we are equal to onehalf the whole globe outside of ourselves, England included, and compared as a market with the rest of the world our population is equal to seven hundred and fifteen million.Speech on the Wilson Tariff Bill, House of Representatives, Feb. 1.

ADOLF STOECKER ON GERMANS IN AMERICA.

About ten years ago I asked in a semi-official way whether I could obtain a three months' leave for a trip to America. But the answer begat little hope, and the old cherished thought lay dormant in my heart for other times and opportunities. The year of the Exposition, and my having become in the meanwhile independent, awakened the desire afresh. And as if the same were known, last year there came unexpectedly to me questions from all sides, asking whether I did not wish to go to America to preach the word of God to our fellow-believers and to revive their love of the fatherland. Mr. Moody was among those who made the inquiry.

Twenty years ago, soon after the great fire in Chicago, which gave new incentive to the great evangelist and man of

God toward his richly blessed career, I had a casual acquaintance with him in London, but afterwards lost all communication with him. It surprised me greatly, that I, the politically so-decried revolutionist and anti-Semite, should receive a call from him, the Republican and revivalist. I suspect that the knowledge that my sermons have a weekly circulation of one hundred and thirty thousand influenced him to extend the invitation, and has counteracted the reports in the newspapers concerning me. So dear as was to me the realization of the long-cherished wish, its accomplishment for the year 1893 seemed impossible. The election for the Reichstag and the Landtag, the building of the great city-tabernacle and the calling together of the Brandenburg Provincial-Synod, were such insurmountable hindrances that I with a heavy heart laid aside the invitation and concluded to decline it and postpone my visit until another year.

And then during my summer vacation came the renewed invitation. A young friend at Moody's instance wrote me that the English, Americans, French and Austrians had already prepared for revival work at Chicago, only Germany was wanting, and yet in the city of the World's Exposition the German population was in the majority among all nations. Could I not come for a month, if not for longer? So I contended no longer with flesh and blood but telegraphed in God's name: 'Yes, I come." Twelve days later I stood on American soil, two days after I was in the wonderful giant city on Lake Michigan and immediately the work began. A misfortune threatened at the very beginning to forestall the blessing. A mass-meeting in the great Music Hall had been arranged for the day of my arrival. Thousands had come and many turned away for want of room. But my train was late. I did not arrive before evening. Moody did his best, the assembly accepted the situation, they were invited for next Sunday and came back. In the meanwhile there was preaching every evening in Moody's church, which is situated near the Bible Institute on the North side of Chicago, not very far from the German quarter, and yet not favorable for German revival work. The congregations increased every

evening. God gave rich blessing to our efforts. At the very first meeting the spark of divine word was kindled. It was precious and reviving to see how our countrymen came, among them, members of my old parishes, Christian Socialists, and especially many clergymen from city and country with whom I established brotherly relations. We sang the old German chorals and repeated aloud in unison the Lord's Prayer. Moody in his great-heartedness rejoiced therein; when some said that we ought to use his well-known revival songs, he answered, "Let the Germans sing their own hymns, all we want is, that they should be edified." And so the services soon assumed a thoroughly German home-like character. Sunday came, and the Music Hall, which certainly holds more than three thousand people, was in the afternoon again filled to the uttermost limit. Such religious meetings of Germans Chicago had never seen. There was in them just as much strengthening of the Christian as of the patriotic spirit. I preached concerning the man of Macedonia: "Come over and help us." Not only religious chords were touched upon, but historic, patriotic and socialistic also. We were all thoroughly aroused and the press extended the movement among those who were not present. I must especially emphasize and recognize this last fact. A single paper evidently under Jewish influence sought to stir up a quarrel against me; it encountered, however, the opposition of all the other journals, especially the German ones, for all the Chicago daily and weekly papers not only discussed the revival correctly as to its purpose but heartily and appreciatively. I feel a certain sort of shame when I compare it with the German liberal and Hebrew press, which, when it is not able to overcome its opponents, ignores their actions and never says anything good or even truthful of them.

Although the American press suffers much from great mistakes, especially in its revelation of private affairs and its search after the sensational, it is certainly able to tell the truth about men and things, which with us even so pretentious a paper as the "Koelner Zeitung" does not. There prevails in America a certain respect for religious things for which the

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German liberal press unfortunately has no feeling. works upon it like a red cloth on a bull, and it tramples truthfulness as well as the truth itself under foot.

During the second week the work was managed in another way. In a meeting of the German pastors of all denominations it was agreed that it would be better to have me preach in the parish churches. This plan proved itself correct. I preached in three different neighborhoods and found without exception the churches filled, the congregations attentive and reverent. Certainly the Germans are a church-people, and one who wishes to touch their hearts must enter into parish life and work in the church's way and not in a personal way only. Hon. Rev. Adolf Stoecker, of the Prussian Diet, in the Interior, March 8.

INFAMOUS SHOWS AT THe world's FAIR, CHICAGO.

In the summer, numerous complaints came to our office against certain very gross and indecent exhibitions in some of the theaters and side shows of the Midway Plaisance at the World's Fair.

These complaints were of such a startling character that our secretary in the last week in July, visited the Fair and took steps to stop the evils complained of. It was thought by him best not to be known until the blow was struck. After ascertaining what the degrading exhibitions were, an appeal was made to some of the Lady Managers and on the invitation of our secretary, five noble ladies, sacrificing their personal feelings, visited these pestilential places. One of them, as she came out of the first place visited, said, with her face pale with emotion: "I have been to the mouth of hell to-day."

A petition was at once prepared by them and the following day taken to Director General Davis, who immediately ordered the indecent exhibitions to be discontinued. Whatever good was accomplished was due to the heroic and selfsacrificing stand taken by those noble women, who went down into these pestilential places for the sake of womanhood, and then promptly brought the matter before the Board

of Lady Managers, and from thence a protest was sent the gentlemen Commissioners. Few deeds of heroism shine brighter than the deed of these five Lady Managers, in visiting these vile shows.

Four of these dancing women came to this city, and last month undertook to give the same degrading exhibition here. We are very happy to report to-night, that the moment Inspector Williams' and Captain Berghold's attention was called to these exhibitions, they took prompt measures to stop them. They first prudently obtained the necessary legal evidence, and then, notwithstanding the defiant attitude of the counsel of these shameless women, who advised these people to go on and disobey the law of this State and of decency, they promptly brought these degraded creatures to trial. Each was convicted and sentenced to pay fifty dollars, which effectually abated the nuisance.-Anthony Comstock's Twentieth Annual Report as Secretary of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice.

DR. BEHRENDS ON ANTHONY COMSTOCK'S WORK.

The time will come when the dreadful work of the saloon and the gambling house and of all unseemly vice and all corrupt publications will be overwhelmed and suppressed. Some men seem to think the devil has a first mortgage on this world, but it is not so, for this is God's world, redeemed by His Son, and He who has all time and all power at His command, will not leave His own nor fail His following legions until victory is complete.

Our children's aid societies and orphanages would not make such heavy drafts upon us if we did more to prevent the work of these venders of vicious publications. God's order of work is prevention. It is an enormous task that this society undertakes, and is largely increased by the indifference and inefficiency of the police and official forces of our cities. They wink at the existence of these evils, if they do not even go further and consent to their further existence, by bribes in their open palm.

I have known the fearless and indefatigable secretary from