New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-29
has had ample tme to compose opera in the SIX OF
eight mouths which have since elapsed.
TALKS AND TALKS IN TIE CITY.

currents OF trade ana in paper contrDuteu
to BTadsyeers. He declared that the wheat fields OF
India destined to become the great competing are"
with the Western pralries of this country. Mr. Book
walter has been abroad for another during which
he travelled in Egypt India and the various countries
OF Europe. He has contributed another paper 10 cur
reainG the results Of hs observations On TINS
later trip. meet Mr.. BoOkwalter often uptown. lie
lives the Gilsey House. He is q man OF medium
height sparey framed but athletic, with smooth
face aud features indicating power OF thought
and expression. lie has large gray eyes Mr.. BOOK
walter said to Inc tho other night The wuoe q'cS-
ton OF wheat export may be summed up in ons SINCE
piece of statistics The to seaport town OF kurdchee'
India exports annually to Europe more wheat than
is exported from all the Atlantic ports OF this country
combined There is in this one fact whole volume OF
though: and argument for our statesmen to study
asked Mr. BOokwater what was the cause OF THIS
great development Of India wheat fields lie replied;
Railroads. secondarIIy The English people nave spent
$i00000000 in building railroads in India Inc raul
road system is admirable too. The roads are guaEan
teed by the government. which gets the surplus earn
ings what is required to pay the fixed charges
There Is always handsome surpusage Ihey are run
honestly But the railroads are only secondary. Inc
English people for fifty years poured their money lh'o
tins country They built railroads for us, they bought
cotton, they bought our wheat they bought our
CATTLE They got nothing return. We built stone
wall and said would not trade abroad. Gradually
they began look for fields In which they couo operate
where they would get mutual trade They have been
withdrawing their investments OF capital IN our rail-
roads and building any more for us. This would
10 bad enough in itself But when tho capital Is turner
to tho deveiOpn OF folds which conpnte win us
in important productions It will be seen tms sre
developed already to such an extent that they ooltro IN
large the price OF VIII at in tins country anu
tho production there "a so great and AZ so low rate
the Chicago grain man cannot sell MS store AT an. io
English going TO Australia aud the Argentine tr.
public aud Uruguay bref ami other meat The time
was aud that not long when IL was tn uglt lbpos
sble to bring meat across the equator ana tropics Du
refrigerator snips have settled that question over
million carcasses Of mutton were lad down IN London
dnninng the Mic are completed the raised in
Egypt viii take the place OF our own product
Mr. Bookwalter is III favor OF free trade lie declared
that the only salvation for THIS cOuatry Is in an imne
dlae adoption OF reciprocity in tIade. The so-caled
statesmen of the country will fool around with South
American zOverein schemes and other patent nOtr1ns
when will delay the proper cOur-e unt ~ Is TOO lae.
There should be- action 10 turn tbs tide OF Foreign
investments back into this country
Senator spooner of Wisconsin, here the other dag
with wife, to make purchases for their mousse III
Washington. 81 rented furushe1 house., the senator
said to me- land spent all my tine since we got
furnishing That seems to be the order OF
things when YOU rent furnished house, though this
was my first experience didn't knOwit. will never
be caught again" Senator Spooncr has hearty con-
tcmp for caucrses that are yet not secret and
for caucuses that not binding He said to me; 81
was OF course present at the Republican senatorial eau
|
crccy OF what was said ana dono As was and am
green in Washington yet SAID what took place
But in less than half an hour after tho caucus
was over the fun particulars OF s proceedings In more
or less distorted shape telesrdphed all over the
couutry The newspaper very shrewd abOntget
nag at what was don. one man came up t. ono O my
-ciaes and SAID senator, the country Will raise the
Tp HeG Mt" ,pplntments i made no speech
he reply Then the reporter pretended that Ne nad
heard thdt the senator made speech denouncg C,"ne
land. Well thinking to set himself right the senator
went Oh aud told Just "nat ne h1 saH; dna' y cor
nnk IN the caucn' pr'G.clnSs. 0Ie Dy one teS 49,
ont whole story II Il sn Ill farce 10 nave tho'e
proceedings secret butI Is larger one to have eau
Gus which j. nos binding on an Tue parr,P"'' ~ az
decisions. We might - wei al hc our guns Ill 'he AZ
| ami run. II that Is to be the caucus course
General James 8 Ncgey. the P,t;sburg Congressman,
tells me that there Will be sharp hgh over cqueSon
OF what KIND OF shall be usei In the new
| pittsburg post ollco aud Government building for
which an appropriation OF $4,000 was ma 10 at the last
session of Congress The new supervising architect Is
young ONO man named Colonel Richard Nevius, Jr. ami
he would like order Stone for the new structure from
Belford Ind where there are limestone quar-
re. Most Of tho Government buildings Of the country
are ma lc Of Maine granite. Neyins has reconm"hd'i
umestoue ncpally the ground OF economy, claim,
ing hat II durable ~ granite and c0sS 9iuouov
ies. lie il backed III his report by samuel j. Randti
VINO f. known t. have great Influence NJ inc lr'asdy
! y partmcnt But the ChamD r OF Co"merc5 ~ -
bnr., and tho peopl" IN press OF that cry ar; nhah
nous demanding Granite Insy say that as C9pgre3'
appropriated S.5OOoO Tor the work II IS tne.T ttt
have granite long the cost comes with the amount
appropriated.
-Wilsou Mcdonald, who carved the statue OF General
Custer for West Point, lives At the Sturtevant House lie
+. getting well along in years and his hair which is
growing gray is allowed to grow LONG in order TO shell
IA. aching badness lie is tail an slender
man with face rngsi with bits Of gray side whiskers
and 4, oitcu to he seen in the company his most H. >
Leland They have bond 81 nrouterhOol III the TACT
| that they are both Oh'OauS ny ulr-h.
,nromtncut physician with whom I walked across
Observation-Disclosures other while the crowd OF women
out shoppn. was greatest called my attention 10 the
! fact that while 4 rulo they were all warmly clAi
many in scaskiu aud plush listers and sacks Few OF
them had suitable loJt It was almost lnyariape
that woulen with heavy scalskiu garments wore thin
morocco or thin leather shoes, with soeS Ike waters
#, coupanion said I'VE called on every day to treat
cases Of pneumonia and attacks ~ lung troubles
and colds which traceable directly to the foolish ana
:.tnI habit Of wearing thin foot coverings MOncn are
VAN feet ana Will not don comoi aplr
Hr t weather aud then not always The side
WA Ks are terrible places for women 10 walk Without
.,,abI foot gear They calculated 10 send chill
ali aver The body aud then with their present habits IN
tins regard ladies' wonder why they are oftcE afflicted
The reason Is very simple
william f. shaiIer who known rs " the man who
looks like Blaine" large mining interests In Mexico
,ioh take him there every year lie has travelled all
that country the character OF tho people
pretty we'll | vas talking with HIN yesterday ABOUT
m, rebellion in Nuevo Loon, wh,n he made this COM
mani. The rebellion will run along until the reD is
AMI the Government troops happen 10 meet III trout %
,n ar a riru hacienda ranch or At tho mouth Of a
rirh mine where there IL pile Of stun Ihey VIII
,r ,n their arms and join in commpn bani 20 seile
W. ,.r wealth is I'm sight and both Will scurry
oui Of me country fast they can That Will end
the rebellion "
Ex-senator ChaGee, OF colorado. told, me the
otbcr day that ho would like TO see silver GER
,inc,te. t,ko the place of tho outstanding
s3i6ooO 600 OF greenhacks. He says that, adj
mitug the silver dollar to no worth only eighty cents,
the country would be eighty cents on the dollar better
or with SAG 900 900 of silver certificates outstanding
,,n yIth th, same amount ~ fiat dollars The senator
represents the extreme silver view of the Rocky Moun-
tam region.
4, gentleman lust returned from New Orleans, where
he attended tho opening OF tho new Exposition there'
said IN the Asor House yesterday IL will be pretty
,ol -how when in order But IL looks to thongi
the Crescent city again attempted more than 1t can
carry ont Tho Exposition opened three weeks ago.