The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-02
IN THE CORRIDORS.
interesting Chat Heard at the
Different Hotels.

hon. Chas Johnson, q retired New
York capitalist, who was Indian agent
for the Indian Territory, was at Hotel
Roanoke yesterday. In the course of
conversation he said:
Inc perpetuation of the best princi-
pies OF American institutions depends
}n large measure upon the existence
OF Two great political parties that serve
eacn as check upon the other. With
one lntermission the Republican party
mas been continuously in power for
oveI tnirty years. During this time the
work OF civilization has gone steadily
iorwar9 until to-day the stage is
t .ea. wnere they practically admit
'n ..S, snas Is the philosophy Of the party.
protecting the wages Of the laborer NOR
Inc industries of the country. The force
OH Is not for the purpose Of insurinp
ialr elections, and the decisions OF the
supreme Court are not t, protect tho
persons Of the judges, but one and ali
are direct acts of Capitalization tina,
nave for their object the perpetuation
Oh the Republican party in power for ali
time to come. Why does the RenubIi.
can party advocate protection +? Simnlv
ior the reason that in consideration az
mat party furnishing protection. the
manufacturer furnishes the money to
carry the elections. The direct result
OF this mas been not only continuous
power ior that party, but decrease
I!asher than an increase OF wages, an
increase In tho price OF necessaSios and
the creation OF chasm between capital
anu laoor that now seems impossible.
AS tne capitalist grows richer he with
draws himself from contact With tho
people and loses all of his sympathy for
them. Ava
"on the labor of these people last
year Carnegie made 81 500, 900 and vet
only few days ago one of his right
hano men said to me: L tell YOU, sir.
what we will do with these people. We
nave the money and can easily hire TO-
600 men from the Pinkertons and others,
ana Oh them, we will crush Them"
%x*
j. L. Moo:e, OF New York. was Mt
Hotel Roanoke yesterday and in speak
ing OF Roanoke said: 1.-THE growth OF
this city has been remarkable. was
mere low years ago and it was nothing
out village and now it is Is busy CITY
Win thoroughly metropolitan appear.
ance. l am glad to see that the streets
are being paved. Nothing adds 30 much
W - sO"A 90 SOOu Cl6An SCro0tS.
1T strikes me that this place is des-
1ineo 70 become great manufacturing
point. 1 understand that efforts are
being made to secure q knit .inq mill
This Will prove as good an Investment
as your moneyed men could find, BEING
SO much closer to the thread mills, the
Northern knitting mills cannot COM
pete with the prices OF the goods that
would be made here. They have been
unable to do SO with the mills in Nor
iolk and goods can be manufactured
Just as cheaply here as there. One OF
these mills can always be leased at 8
per cent. not and then the lessees make
a great deal OF money out of 1t. The
LABOR employed Is mostly women and
chiioren. The average mill employs
from l7o to 400 hands and the pay roll
am cunts from $4,000 to $40, 600 per
year, which Is not small item within
itseif:A it will be spent in the city,
1t will help every one."
MN
Or Crowdus, an eminent hysician OF
Dalias' Tex, who. some years ago, re-
L,reo from active practice, was at Hotel
ROANOKE yesterday, and, in converse.
tion with gentleman on the subject of
the cholera, said:
1T would be great misfortune IL
this dreadful plague should find its way
into this country. Once here an effec.
1--WE quarantine against infected dis
tricts would be we'll near out OF tho
question. have been watching with
interest the accounts of this disease and
IL strikes me that it Is proving more
than usually fatal.
DO | know the origin OF Asiatic
cholera? No sir, nor does anyone else.
All we know OF it is that it is a germ
that propogates with wonderful rapldity
when once the system is innoculated
with 1t. 1t can be brought with q fiy or
any other insect, but for no great dis.
lance. 1t Is usually taken in with
water and food, Especially that OF
vegetable nature, 1t will spread under
the best of sanitary conditions, but it i,
noticeable fact that its vlrulence and
ravages are less in clearly than in
filthy towns. Cold wa err NAV have a
tendency to check it, but, unlike yellow
FEVER, low temperature will not eradi.
cate 1t. When any district becomes
infected the best thing that the people
can do is to avoid all stimulants, espe-
cially whiskev, eat no vegetable food
and sparingly OF we'll cooked meats, re-
sort to frequent bathing, take moderate
exercise and in other ways try to keep
the system in just as good condition as
possible. Then il they are attacked
with 1t their chances for recovery are,
with good treatment, very much in.
creased"
Twenty-six Persons Drowned.
MARQUETTE, Mich Sept. 1.-lSpeoiall
The steamer w. stern Reserve, bound
for Cleveland, broke in two off Au Sable
banks near Deer Park Tuesday night.
T~ enty- six persons were drowned.