New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-20

articles for he CenTy and one for The North American
after which lie proposes to go on with his TURKISH HOWL
Edward Gay. the artist for years nelghDor al
Mr. Vernon OF the late William A. Seaver, who was
editor Of "The Drawer" In HdTper's Magazine Mr.
Gay was chatting with last night about men he had
known when Dir. Scavers name came up aud be SAID:
lie OF the klndest and most genial OF men, lie
club aud his hobby to Affect to be
wholly unconversant with art. His wife was good
judge OF paintings and he bought good many fine pieces
her suggestion He found out eight or ten years
ago that an artist and felt it his duy Leghbor
to look up. He went through my studio one day
aud the next he said You ought to be known; you
must come to the Lotos Club with and will intro
duce you to my friends condn't very well tell him
that already well known at trat aud other CLUBS
but accepted his invitation which he made Tor an ex-
hibtion night. thai | might see the paintings we
dined together and then he began to introduce me- The
gentlemen were already acquainted with me- Dut they
seemed understand the situation and hunored hh IN
his belief that he was bringing out new artist may
we went up to the gallery Now gentlemen SAID
he nv friend Mr.. Gay is an artist and he snail tell US
passed comments this and that picture lightly uuu
came TO large landscape that hung IN CONSPICUOUS
place There is the finest thing IN the collection;
said with great emphasis. Let me see tes?oInu1u
Scaver he got out his eyeglasses t. Inspect tue se
hastily in confusion who is it oyi WHAT Edward
Gayi Why, hang it, that's YOU Why didnt You ten ne
this time We had hearty laugh at his expense IL
which he joined with the rest"
Mr.. Seaver came from The BufuO Courier to
HdIpc|S" said Mr. Gay. He had a stanch friend IN
Fletcher Harper He badly broken Mp in business
when he came here. but he accumulated a couple OF
hundred thousand dollars before he died. He told me
once that just after be here he got so hard up that
he needed hundred dollars very badly. He did not
dare ask Fletcher Harper for so small an amount As
hundre dollars through fear that he might be looked on
petty borrower and sort o! dead beat 90 ne wahe
IN on his friend aud said Flech' want $500. Can
IL
GOT the money put 800 OF 1t in the bank and when lie
scraped together tho hundred lie spent paid all back
Years aferward ne asked Harper wha; the latter won"
have done IL he had asked for hundred dOlIars.
Fletcher said he should probably have let MN nave IT,
but should have kept out of his way thereafter.
thought So. said Seayer and then he told Harper what
he had done"
Mr. Buell. who Is connected with the Export Lumber
Company told me yesterday IA he showed me a matth
that the piece wood in it had remarkable history
The pine OF which it MALE" he said, comes from
Canada miles ack OF ottawa 1t is shipped by sail
ing vessels 1t Is there nnloa led aud made
up into matches. then shipped back to this country
and nnds it, way on local markets at as Low price
per box OF matches the matches made in this country
Tie lumber IN that match cost originally Sl7 thousand
The handling and manufacture and reshipneut 81 ~ TO
this country IN bulk would make worth not less uiah
$50 thousand. rbe manufacturer Oi matches IN ms
country thought TO he putting lumber ~ that
price into bis commodity would be expected To MAKE an
assignment IN twenty -four hours bOleht tueSe
matches Rochester, 80 that they are sod over inc
Ntsl''h'N A"'''.''
Mr. Buell. told me that the lumber production OF this
country ia now a matter OF close calculation The Mch
gan forests are disappearing rapidly that he thinks
they will be depleted within the next ten years TO an eN
tent that give other parts OF the continent the con-
troll OF the market price. He advanced mover lTopo-
sitOn on the tariff question, saying: In all The articles
on the tayi that the press It is the CON mon arsd
mcnt that thu pays the duty. In the matter OF
lumber contend that the manufacturer OF hm'er
who jays the duty The annual pro luction " Michigan
is now something between 30yOOOD.OOO ana
1000 900 900 feet. The output OF Canada Is ABOUT
1000 100000 feet. Like every other commodity the
price is regulated the market by the greater mass OF
production The Canada lumber gets ts price from the
sale Of tho Michigan lumber. Tho producer IN Canada
In selling 70 the manufacturer IN the United states Nes
ha price at tho rate paid for Michigan lumber less the
duty Of - II the duty WAS re moved the rlD
10 pay >. more for his lumber. The CONSUMER would oe
IN no wise benefited by the change Inc uoVerhment
cost anything collect. The only persons ueheHte
would Prod Icers in Canada III seems 70 ule o
tlds same rule holds good with large share OF lno
articles on wucu there Is thrh where we produce VI
quantity tnan any other na'on and SO oohto '"o
market price
Rodney ". Daniels. of Buffalo. who was Collector OF
that mart for years has been for several days
business In chatting the subject o. the vast ae-
emulation 81 wealth in the hands Of the Nanderbilts he
remarked: II isn't every one who can understand now
the money rolled up in volume In the vanderbilt pHe
ous-all I'm half century. can appreciate 1t from
study OF the wheat problem. was up IN Dakota last
suminer | saw there single grain or wheat from
which los stalks had sproucd saw another with log
stalks The that SAW had siXty-h and that
number was quite ordinary But what most struck my
attention were the figures Of friend James Hole, OF
Fargo which represented the five years growth of
,le grain OF wheat Il OF the Scotch Fife variety
II grow the first year twenty-five stalks, each having
full head Thes, yielded $50 grains OF which he planted
100 They produced one-fth Of bushe OF fine wheat
ON being planted in lSS2. The first planting OF the
ncle gr,h was in l-sl. the httn OF bushc was sown
In ls- aud yielded II tusncs or lO-O pounds was
planted In 1881 II acres OF lana ana gaze yel1 OF
20 bushels to In 1850 ne sOwed 10y nuSues OF
II and produced $500 bushels At bushel OF seed per
acre and yield nf 20 oS ciS per hcre IN an
other i've years single seed would nave pr uuce gu
aggregate crop equans the entire wHelt PT1y " ts
entire world Tor year. That Is tAe way 'AnderoA'
money grew"
Ihc,r from South American friend that there Is con-
siderable prospect OF alliance between Bra%I Cru-
euny and Paraguay. for offensive ana defensive pdr-
no.es trade ant commerce. In Uru quay hey are hav-
ing am tod contest betweolt the Government ana 'he
ucw.p,pers over the question OF reeo OF speech me
have been publishing criticisms on tue Gov
eminent OF the Monte, deo e'tors i''er oUtlS
warned TO dosst and refusing to do 80 nave Oeeh Ut III
durancc vile.
>, y,rl, roes on swallowing up mllionaircs in its
m ms NAV year after year Tho same great stretch
or territory from which the already mere draw
suure, OF the luxures OF living furnishes an annual
nav supply Of miouaires themselves Now York gets
t and frut from the Golden Gate. and the tables OF
h rich ren TEEN with articles or food from every state
aud Territory in the intervening space So TOO she has
,,,onaires from all these States. was reminded OF
,is ny recent chat with Ithie Stone. OF Cleveland
largo carpet dealer and wealthy citizen OF the ForeS'
'. /. A. s,on as one OF our citizens becomes wealthy
H., cannes TO Ncw. York to i've" said Mr.. stone Quite
rocently Colonel Oliver H. Payne decided to make TINS
t b,s home and only SHORT tine ago John Rockefeller
,,o nm here aud bought himself a mansion They
ara both Of the standard on Company whch had
contribute ono OF the Rockeiellcrs and John NJ
,b. List Of vour milionaires. Colonel Payne
49, .,,tbiest man Of the lot though he has the least
U ,t,nn for wealth. He had large fortune LETT nun
is ,,raudt,taer John E0cke e!er was president OF
~ He mad tho reputation OF belns rich. Bat
ar understand how !. came aloat that he had THIS
',,tn, while Colonel Payne did not. He would 20