New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-02
AROUND A VAST TRIANGLE.
CHARLES :. SMITHS OBSERVATIONS.
WHAT HE SAW on HIS TRIP TO MEXICO. TACOMA

c0mpanying Andrew Carnegie on an cAcuIsIOh "
City of Mexico and thence TO san Francisco Portland
Tacoma, seattle and homeward to New-loik by the
way of Denver and Chicago. Tribune reporter saw
Mr. Smith yesterday at his home In West Forty
sevenhst. When asked as to his experiences ne re-
piled tersey, but with enthusiasm: III was an
ideal trip" Taking up from his desk the poNsheu
section of steel rail made into paper weight lie
said: "Here are the names Of those comprising the
party. one Of these sections was presented TO each
member Of the party and all the names arc che"Neu
thereon" These are the names
Andrew Carnegie Mrs. Carnegie, Miss Estclie Whit
deld Mrs. Alexander King, Miss Anna Walton lIOwii'
IL. c. Prick, Charles stewart smith, AAu'e" ~
Carnegie party. February March iso3: ,
The lolanthe is Of the famous cas- OF Tie
Pullman Company and has been used by sarah Bern
hardt and other celebrities. Being asked as to the
experience of Mr.. Carnegie and his associates MI
Smith said: 1T a magnificent journey ana &c
cupied Just SIX weeks. 10 a day Al! re'urheu "
this city except President Andrew d. White WHO leu
us at Denver on the way home and went Thence "
San Francisco where he is to deliver a course OF
lectures at the Stanford University on French history
In the latter part of the eighteenth and The oee'h
uing Of the nineteenth centuries. with particular icle'
tnoe 10 the French Revolution.
And by the way, just want 10 say WON ABOUT
Andrew d. White" continued MI smith, tha' u n'o"
him intimately is IN itself liberal educauoh' hc -
the most modest men ! ever hHC"' '''" ~ ="
student and man of letters. he is exceptional III ths'
that he Is possessed of good common-seiSc III business
affairs And besides that he is wise polticlau ara
Of course he Is a Republican. President Harrison Is
wise politician, too and think IL would be wonutT-
fully wise thing if he should appoint Mr. Whte a. MI
Reds successor to Paris. We found PRESIDENT ""''e
students from Cornell at about every place we e'opPcu'
At Tacoma there was an assembly OF lorV 1o"'e
fellows all students of Cornell ana theS gave '"0'
I'D
But TO return TO the progress Of our TRIP, sara MI
Smith We passed through twenty-SM states VI o"'
own country to say nothing OF the MeAIcah o'a'o'
Probably no travellers ever saw SO iuVH !" ~ ~
time because whenever any time couo NC s'''N
our car was hitcNed special engine and We WERE
thus spared many tedious hours OF waiting io leeui''
trains 1t costs dollar per mile to draw one OF 'ese
niva,e cars specal through any of the southern anu
Southwestern States. We had the advantage muo" Va
the time on these local roads Of the COMPROMISING %
managers and superintendent, and they eal'eu o'''
attention TO all the various points Of interest along 'e
route.
HOSPITALITY FREELY OFFERED
.w .ornoa IN onr way South at Chattanooga.
There we were met by delegation from the CHd'oci
of Commerce Of that place. headed by lis P'oSuo"'
They offered US banquet. ana wah'eu u W - ~
and visit the places OF historic interest III ''o ''''
but it raned and We could not CO. ana We couu no'
accept their hospitality, which was most heartily eA,
v.i, pirmincbam which we would have been glad 10
Az had not our time been limited and the weather
10 upfavorable; and that by the way wac about 'nc
nn,x really dsagreeable day point of weather winch
We encountered throughout the whole journey
"The southern people were very coiuai' io"u's
inside the business men of the South are in touch WIN
us In the North, and If they could Only get 'u VI ''
-ace feeling am convinced that the southern ss+'s
wouId 90 Republican every time. They arc WIN "'
ON the tariff but they afraid OF social oe'aoisi
thew openly ally themselves with any party other IMAM
the Democratic because OF the negro question: WINE
7 was there a man whispered in my ear and sad l
believe with you; / really at heart kePuoo'"
and womb gladly vote In the interests Of the Republican
party but / cannot do it yet And there are many
others Just like me-
Now in nv Judgment it Is only fair TO say OF the
Southern people" continued Mr. Smith. that they are
solving this negro question by education OF the DcA'
md II we would let them alone and trust to the hohW
and good Judgment OF the higher class OF southern
men I believe we would be far better OIL than D\
irving TO carry through Congress and TO put INTO opera
lion so-caled force bills, which would only be source
OF irritation and would do much to renew tie stlie
which for the last few years has In great measure
been ouelIed BY natural causes say this as true
pepnblican There are many in the South who
share the spirit OF Henry W. Grady who was Himself
a friend OF the negro and these men are IN position
10 be the best friends OF the negro and they are spu
ing great deal of money for their educatoh ana l. i
one a
ought TO let them solve that question themselves and
In their own way II a Republican Administration
would let the southern people understand that they
will be entirely free to manage their own local mat
tiers In their way, we would hnd IN my JUG
ment very soon that the towns would go Republican
and that the elements throughout the south are
Republican. That Is what very Intelligent man, him
Golf . Democrat told me- and | concur In his iudg
meIt.
"The South has had the largest cotton crop they
ever had but the prices have been lower than were
ever known in the history Of cotton production III
America. They probably get from S5OOOO,oOo L"
$50 900 900 less for their crop Of last year than they
cot for smaller crop the year before. There Is
general impression, think, in this part OF the conn
Try that trade In that section Is bad, but ind In talk
ing with MY friends here since my return that the
southern people paying their bills promptly a.
ever. do not find that their applications to borrow
money at our banks In New-York are excessive. As
one of the results arrive at TIC conclusion that there
must be a good deal Of really solid capital accumula,
ing at the south In fact there IS other Inference
that can be drawn from such state As that ior II
trade were bad and money were close In that section
there would naturally he heavier demands upon New
York, as the money centre
lit Is tue however, that the iron trade Is suffering
from a depression Many furnaces have stopped, the
southern iron IS lower than II has been for long
while but there are causes for This which are ap
parent 10 every In the first place, the southern
Iron Is not OF good quality as the iron made III
Pennsylvania. For instance they cannot make steel
out OF any Southern iron that has yet been produced
II cannot be subjected successfully to the Bcssemcr
process 1t is mainly servceable foi making stoves,
drain pipes and the like but 1t is not tough enough fol
STEEL and Is not OF good quality as iron made from
PENNSYLVANIA and many Northern ores. They certainly
cannot maze steel OF any Of the ores which have
thus far been discovered and yet these discoveries may
be made time.
LITTLE CHANGE IN MEXICO.
"From Chattanooga went directly through to
Mexico. stopping only at New-Oreans and at San
Antonio in Texas. / myself In Mexico six years
ago. In passing through the country ! noticed no
important changes which had taken place since last
visit but In the City Of Mexico there have been great
improvements On the FassaO. which Is in fact the
Bo!s de Boulogne Of the city, several Americans have
built fine houses. There have boon number Of statues