Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-27
An AUGUSTA NAN N rHR wrS.


Oa,servatisss Of . Keen Traveller ..
Business, Politics anA PespIe.
4 Journal nan Dst Mr.. Waltsr d.
Sdnsou ysstssday While valkisg % Ws1sf
akssG Mr.. 6dnson has bsss On IN n.
sssdsd "Trip through the country and s,sivsd
home Sardsy. He VS. full Of the results
Of che, IvAsioas sh'-h be bed naas duriss
hi ] utrey.
"l tell you," sAif ne, ''thss " KssesRp
psop,e vii never g.. . better chance Of
sesisz he bum ilso re,oa.css and oppor-
families Of the West than this year. I. il
simply mavslIou, 10 see the coudisson Of
tbs crops his season everywhere. In enc
wheat f.li IA the Nofthssss. which
stretched - far - the eye could reach. II
counted 10 steam thrsshefs d work in he
field. Thss means that thsy sre thfsshirr
right from tbs shock aad not sits mpsans
the task Of stacking tbs ssIsv, snd tts. tiers
10 % much Of /. tia; they srs actually AZ
ing The grain right from the dslds to thu
slsvstofs."
Rave they any noubls In handbag the
whsatf'
Yes; the trouble consists in the lack Of
men TO work Ia the nsids. and prominent
Minneapolis banker told ms that there v,s
not money enough up there yet 10 har die
the erp. You see that Eat. RI capital has
been losing On west. ra invsstmsnss the
last year or two AID lie now dmid. 1his,
however. 10 csftsin 70 be overcome 10 . lev
week. - the sales Of grain will bfir z
money there, and the producer sili have
more money than ever before. You can
get "a idea Of how the face Of thisss has
changed vhea say that the Kansas farm
ers paid OF over 5000 600 mortgages
last month This ne ed Of men aad money
dsiays gsnins In the crop and makes some
risk Of loss from rains; but 80 far there
has been but iiaIe dampness. and by this
time the danger must have passed
THE condition in the corn and cotton
states 10 exactly the same The largest crop
that has ever been raised. Ard were 1t net
for The remarkable condition Of the worlds
markets. l am afraid It would mean terri
bic ovsrp-ed action; bat With Europe starv-
ing and no other C. uatry in the world pro
dacing enough graiu for safe sxportslion,
you can zee tina; we hold sill the irumps
Even With the imrie nse surplus Of products
thu, We Al furnish, tie sorld's crop Is still
millions Of bushels short. I think that
statistic Ans make 1t 100000, 600 bushels
And now that the European countries have
lei down the bars In regard to i'm poitxtion
Of American msats. there Is hish-priced
demand for almost everything the farmer
produces. II kIresdy means . great demand
and plenty Of money, but later 1t looks ~
IL is would be fash times for every one.
Why, I believe. from what hear and see,
that next year is to be the greatest year this
country has ever seen, for material pros
peri,y.
"Do you know that there 10 . marked
peculiarly in travelling in the WeGf And
that 10 the readiness with which people will
talk to you everywhere. Here we are
more reserved an as general thing PEG
pie do not seek a strangers acquaintance
on the cars. but there they do and il iss
most pleassot feature Of Western life. In
fact. you will find everywhere there a com.
radeship and willingness to sssisf, that 10
really di.tinc i've 10 their location. Speak
ing Of that, one needs no better passport
out there than the very fact Of coming
from Augusta. Me. The great interest
that people take in Mr.. Blaine makes
every one from this State and especially
from Augusta. Of marked interest to West
sIn people,
1.-THE cor di,ion Of the whole courtfy has
given to business circles both in the East
and West, q feeling Of conf dence and
buoysncy aid enterprise that has been
lacking for several years past. Busine"
10 going to be hrst rate. and people are
ready to start into new enterprises every
where. This 10 particularly gratifying to
people who are interested 10 advertising. ~
it means big and profitable business for
them.
"Chics 20 Is having great bJom. and
buildings rapgiag from fourteen to eight
teen stories are rons up all over the city.
The appearance Of the place is rapidly
changirg and continually for the
better. The Worlds Fair buildings
are going up on Jackson Park.
and can be seen from the trains CON-
ing in from the eastern tou.es. or course
there 10 nothing yet in shape, but the i'm
mensi.y Of the frames gives one an idea Of
the sixs Of the buildings as they will sppear
whom completed. Tn, only placs that
saw that seemed dull was Kansas City thst
received such bisok eye last year that the
people are discouraged for the present. but
the city will pick up again and be right
r cd p'sce. Ii can't help that. from iis
l cation, ~ Q Sou b western center.
What did hear Of poll ics2 Well,
vas too buoy TO ray much attention to the
papers; but from talk l heard the Rspuoli-
cans are very confident in Ohio. while the
Democrats think they have more than 3
fyhting chance. The Democrats expect to
carry P.nnsylv aniA, and there are certain
reasons TO. thinking their hopes may be
realized. Thi, however, by no mi ans
indicate that Pennsylvania is anything
but Q Republican state. In New York