New-York tribune., 1886-05-16
THINGS THAT ARE TALKED OF
EXPRESSIONS or OPINION FROM MANY
MEN ON MANY. SUBJECTS.

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proposed changes In the tarin He said 1t Is hardy
possible that the bill will pass There enough West
Democrats whose positions would he put IN peril Nv
its passage that they viii undoubtedly block IL IheJ
dare for IT, because they would be pilIori"u ="
home The wool clnuse. should become law. "oua
paralyze the w0O-grOw1ng industry or the ehsi'
country. ady in ceporabe condition. Inc
Michigan clip OF last year was 20to 20 per cent less than
In 1894 II Will he st less for the present year Inc
farmers are reducing their Hocks They sell the lambs
and fatten such not good wool producers
and put them on the market They also selling
Hocks be driven 20 Texas The farmer quickly mus
stock remunerave 10 him. and he has ABOUT
concluded that sheep unproductive. The lowering
tariff has hurt the industry greatly. and to bring III
Tree would all but destroy it for several years 10
come"
I asked Mr.. Parker how far foreign competition en-
into this condition OF things aud he repue"'
while a sufficient tariff It did not affect the
industry But lately has been large factor They are
raising numbers OF sheep in Australia and New
Wales The River Platte country Is also producing
wool great quantities. With this competition under our
prices and depression IN general business the price
WOO has been brought down about as Ov as II wouu
be if wool we're put on the list But the industry
would kept up II the tariff we're retained In tho nope
OF Improvement times improve. The quality OF this
foreign wool quite up to American WOOL but tine
manufacturers not over-partcular aoont thaI in
MOntevfeo wool ia utilized In place OF New YORK anu
the same grade OF Ohio and Michigan WOOL leaving II 60
the consumer to discover he goods that II
is good and staple quality. We have had WOOL
country since ls24 II has resulted III "H
building up Of an immense industry. and OF making IL
scisustainng regards the manufacture OF clothhg
Il would be disastrous remove It. The Western Demo
cratic Congressman will find Themselves IN hot water at
homo II they vote put any raw materials on tue Tree
list" Mr.. Parker Is "A Democrat
heard yesterday that the officers OF tho West Point
APa.ie INV re in a 10
amount 3d. OF which they only De relieved by
rece wing check from Congressman Bount. OF Georgia
for that sum Mr Blount is member OF tho Board OF
Visitors When ne there TWO wears ago be sent
coat the ConmissaIy OF Cadets to hnd out no"
much it would cost to repair it, lie was told th't "
wonld be - So and the coat duly repaired He
away without calling for the BILL and II has Deeh
up" In the course of two years u u"'
been referred the Commandant r"-referred to the
Conmssary and tossed back and forth as boys play Da
tedore and shuttecocS Captain spurgn. the Conml'-
sary had the to send 1t to the Congress-
man. and officers of the Post have insls cd hal
It was his affair and not theirs.
Chairman B. +. jones' Of the Republican National
Committee. with whom talking yesterday about
the camplirn saii that the greatest tFoibe nc
had w.s with the reporters VINO insise! on puoshhs
somctliie wleu there nothing 20 pIblsh. lie went
Oh 10 say AN experience that hal in this respect
w. a ssmple OF many others. II was
uteht or two after the election that reporter
Of an opposition papcr came to me. ~ ne
said from fhe editor. with special r'G1e-t that MS
PAPER should have access 10 whatever news the commit
tee po.se-sed tod the young man that w'uid com
lnn ate to him whatever communicate TO any other
new,paper man which was all could do. The fact wa,
was no. talking ut al for puboation. hal nothing
10 say That night he met me in The windsor Hotel
when arrived there from headquarters | told him
that had nothing to communicate AMI was about 10
tnrn NV ~ when q gentleman came IN whose face l
l,ltr VIII name WA
tell me about certain things NJ Long Island CITY, with
which claimed TO De cOlversant Tie reporter a'Aeu
hm number Of questions. and had Interest enough 10
stem 10 the mans replies. The next morning every
word the man sail reported AS an inter-
view with me- and made the subject u scathng ell
toral article denou1cing for u-erances nad never
made or thought OF making You can imagine that the
young man did that piece OF work did not come
INTO my presence than once afterward He actu-
ally had the impudence come around the next day
and ask Tor news and attempted to Justify his action on
the erourd hat tho story OF the stranger would not
have bee printed usei except for ito being accom-
panied by my name"
The condition Of the labor element OF the country ia
one with which NJ. Jones IS aniar. anu discussion
Of il led up 70 mention OF the OF Jay Could when
ash4I him II the current reports about M Gou'ds
laclof courage in ssh correct H. replied: Not
Al all Mr.. Gould is cOura geous man. have seen MIN
tested when 10 clearly demonstrated that he has all
the courage that ia usually associated with great size
and strength The story tnat he was afraid to sleep In
bis own house during the exciting perol just after
election is untrue with him in the windsor Hotel
ON the night after election when the big moo had gith-
W md Ia III moi show the slightest sign fear. We
talked together for hour or more. vhkel over 10
hi. nous. with him and remained there little time,
and vim I cane IwaY he was preparing 70 20 to bed
It was said that he slept Ia the "'"''''' '4' " " ''
Commissioner squire ia wel-advertised ofhcial IN
these days min In the re'dlns-roon OF An
uurowp hotel scannpg the columns OF Boston paper.
on
marked that he appeared to be expeci ant
of some press attack He replied
My gracious have b.en hit so oiteh
in the papers that feel lonesome when they fal to
notice me. have been paridrd as bugaDoo at Albany.
have Well squire don'r want anything but what Is
wanted by the citlz-ns OF New-Yors CITY, or anything
that Is not square aud honest aud right stand on my
record as a public Official to vinlicate me Of every
attack Every my department for lSs5 was
examined "a carefully Iperts could examine It They
Will pan out iOl the dollar for The city, instead
uon thau accorded my predecessor But naVe
accomplished more work than the department ms lone
for SIX years. and showing i better one thAh III
any year IN that time. escep, when Allan Canppr"
made a show OF reducinZ expenses by leaving "oik ul-
that ought to have been done and winch was put
! OIL 10 his successor
Henry Oliver. OF Putsburg. Is often iu NewYork. He
il OF medium size. wei. built. with smOOth-shaven
cheeks dark hair and a black mustlchc He looks not
over thiry-fve forty years OF attn ,usA he -
probably year, older was chatting with him on
labor matters when he sail: "Pitisburg has Guleted
down since tne riots there The adoption by the
iron workers and iron masters OF sliding scale Oh
wages based the market prices OF iron has helped Us
out We have had no trouble since strikes are dls-
| ease They have 4 ran like the measles and then die
out thhk the present di uitie- are pretty well over
saw in fue paper. that the Cincinnati 'tOugis' had
an for open tie SuO Treasury there. anu as
irbutng the eight millions o! Government ca-h 7toiel
| IN the vaults. This would have been quicker way
than the Blair Educa aDnai b OF depicting the Ir'is-
ury ana the mOnes would have 20 about the same
people th4 ignorant masses VINO need eiucaton an
not certain would nave been just as good thlhs
! az BARS project"
stopped the other day IN front Of the United states
Army Recruiting station for chat with the corporal
! who wa pacing up and down there In reply TO my
questions he said: e" We not recruiting many men
inst now. The Army quite full and We only take
| three or four men N a week. There 4 great many