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Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 59, no. 1524: May 29, 1897

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May 29, 189^. Record and Guide 917 ESTABUSHED-^ iiWPH 21^1^ 1868, Dev&teO p Rea,l Estajz . Building Af^cKiTECTimE .KouseHoid DEQOf^fiiBrf, Bl/SIiJESSAtlDTHEHESOFGElteR^VlNTEFtESl., PRICE PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE, SIX DOLLARS. Fublisned ever]/ Saluraay. TBLEPHONB, ..... COETLASBT 1370 OonununloatlonB should be addreeaed to C. W. SWEET, 14-16 "Veaey Street. J. T. LINDSEY, Business Manager._________________ "Entered at the Post-office al New York, ?r. Y., as seconA-class malter." Vol. LIX. MAY 29. 1897. No. 1,524: NEW BUILDING LAWS. The Record amd Guide will publish a new- edition of the New York Building Laws and ordinances as soon as official copies of several recent laws can be obtained from the Secretary of State's office, Those who are familiar with the manner in which our previous editions of the building laws have been compiled know what to expect—a handy volume, with headings and mar¬ ginal notes, full indexes and colored engravings. This is a complete and standard work, edited by William J. Fr\er, and is invaluable to architects, builders and others interested in building oper¬ ations. The new edition will bring the building laws up to date, together wilh the Greater New York Charter provisions, which latter take effect next January. Orders for the new publication may now be sent in to the Record and Guide, Nos. 14 and i6 Vesey Street, New York, and deliveries will be made at the earliest day practi¬ cable, OW"l\G to a temporary fallinjj off in pold exports, and to signs io the Seuate that the Tariff Hill will now be pushed to a vote, there was a moderate rally iii prices on the stock market this week. The rise, however, was almost wholly dm; to the operations o£ professionals, aud chiefly on the ci>t- ering of shorts. Commission houses are lamentably idle. There is, however, outside buying small in quantity, ami very cautious as to quality. Tiiere has been what maybe called a gleaoiutf, because the amounts otteilng are very light, of secur- itii-8 of iSouthwt stern roads, cm reliat)le 1 epoi ts that the harvest prospects which are about lo be realized in the Southwest are very pood. Elsewhere, th. re is little or no reason for buying, 80 much depending on crops that are only just seeded- As to the Tariff Bill, its fate, as well as the day of its determination, is still anyone's guess. The House will pass any nieaiaire fav¬ orably regarded by the administrati;iuce and Italv to greatly inHuenee the tinal conelusic'u. One of the most troublesome feaiuies of the case is that in Greece the latter have a rather tricky and dishonor¬ able protege who, if the victor were any other power than Turkey, might very properly be left to its fate, but the victor being Turkey, this is impossible. T EusincBS and War, HE examples are many of nations that have bankrupted themselves by going to war, but in these latter days it seems tbat none but baukiupts are willing to tight. In the last twenly-five years there has been no war in wbich one of the partii s was not vinually bankrupt, anil in the case of Turkey and Greece both combatants are iu that irreepousible condition. Nations that steadily pay their debts make great military prep¬ arations, but they avoid tbe actual shock of hostilities. Within our o:7n couniry tnere can also be observed a tendency forthe dibtor seciions to be far more jingoish tl.an the creditor sections. Papers of the Middle West talk about the cowardice and lack of patriotism in .New York, and periodicals published in the safe fastnesses of the Kocky .MouutaiLS have the bravery to denounce both arbitration treaties and the appropirations for coast defences, to call for active interveniiou in Cuba in the same issue Ihat they aigue against further increase of the navy. These Rocky Mountniu papers, serving debtor populati