Omaha daily bee., 1893-09-17

men Of the land. The work will be new TO
you, and how DO you think you will get along
In such a tight placer
II looked out over the hay field ana
answered: My dear, you see that great
area OF hay standing out there on the
meadow. II comprises many tons aud the
reaping and baling Of IL seems to be an inl.
possible job. Two weeks from now 1t will
he all gone. II will DO cut whisp by whisp,
and straw by straw. II will be put into
wagons, pressed into bales, and little by
little the impossible will be accomplished.
Thtt's the way expect to do vt Washing
ton. will do Just what | can do from day
TO day. always doing the best I can, and
whether | succeed or not, | will nave the
satisfaction OF having done the best | could.
| am, however, only a business man, and |
want to say here that my colleague Sena tor
White Is the statesman OF the delegation.
lie is a big, broad guage, bra,ny man. He
is a man OF ideas, and | predict that he will
make a reputation for himself in the senate.
am "A republican and he is a democrat, but
l want to say this of him.
California Finances.
I here asked as TO hard times in Califor-
MA. Senator Perkins replied;
california Ia In a much better condition
than any other state. We have no such
troubles there as you nave here in the
east. There is some depression, but not n
great deal. We are a rich state. and q won
49, ttht BtCsl ph's v hlt blV klSut
est fruit and grain raising state IN the
union, and the metal OF our agricultural pos
sloilities has not yet been assayed. We
only have about 10000 people. Our terri
tory would support an empire, and W. have
valleys, one OF which could feed our popu-
~lation."
How about your silver mines7"
w have more gold than %silvcr.' replied
Senator Perkins. THE present crisis will
not ruin us nor overload us with idle miners.
1hpv NAV Close soma of MIR envnr n1ippc hnt
l look for no great distress"
How about the timesi"
Il think the present hard times will soon
pass away" was the reply. by January
These periods of hard times come every now
and then. The causes are the uncertainty
as regards to the tariff. our lack of currency,
and last and least The silver question"
Caiifornia's Zig Farms.
How about the big farms Of California;?
Do they not hinder the growth of the state
ana viii they ever pass awayl'
Yes, they are being gradually divided.
ana they Will eventually 90 into small hold
ings. We have now a number of tracks of
5o,oO0 acres and upwards. know one man
who has 300 900 acres and who farmed GO. 600
OF these last year. Stanford's Vina ranch
contains over 80, 600, and 1t can be easily
farmed. Hagen and Tecis are dividing up
their lands into small holdings. Miller and
Lux, the rich cattle men, are selling off their
lands, and Lucky Baldwin is selling his.
Sales are going on all over the state, and IN
the near future California NAV be cut IN n,
France Is today
by, the way, Senator, you are engaged in
the whaling business, and you are, believe,
the first man who ever built a steam whale
ship. How about the whaling industry, is it
not dying outi"
Senator Perkins replied mo, the whaling
trade on the Pacific coast is very good. We
have now seven steamships engaged In IL,
and our capital is about 81, 200. 900. We
catch many of our whales in the extreme
north, ana these ships winter at the McKen-
ze river in order to be there when the whales
come up in the spring. The whales push
their way through the broken ice to this
point to feed on the animalcula, and they
are caught either with harpoons or are shot
with bombs. The harpoons are better, as
the omb sometimes shatter the whale SO
that it sinks and is lost. 1t may surprise
you to know that whalers come from Bed
ford to San Francisco and fit out there to go
into the whaling business"
FRANK G.. CARpFSTrR