The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-20
ABOUT FAMOUS MEN.
4 Talk With the Editor Of the
1Chautauquan Magazine.
rD,son's CHEAP IRON ORE.
axs.msehsr. the Oatmeal Kfng-con-
gressman Fletcher ana Lord
George Gordon.

rs.rrarorA LAKE. Aug. H-Especiai
r.~,estondence. This Is a bad year for
- saunscr resort OF ali kinds. The
warli's fair and the hard times combine
- fe<p the people away, and none Of the
kesels are doing more than halt business.
Rance Of the biggest hotels along this lake
- closed, and the assembly grounds have
"a had their usual crowds. Up 70 this
t:rue the big Chaatsuqua has had steady
Iaer<ass every year, and had the condi-
t1oas been the same as usual there would
fsse been one-third more here this sum-
ner than ever before. As III they will not
,.sse than hold their own. and many Of
sbs smaller Chautauquas over the United
mates will be run at loss. This assem-
3sr. however. is on sound basis, and II
~ depend on good crowd whatever
he conditions. 1t has big revenue.
1od Il IL doing = great work ] chatted
.bsas II last night with DR.. r. L. Flood,
~ editor Of the chantauqaaa. Sand he:
eThers 10 no college ia the United States
1ksf 10 planted on firfner foundation
oar this institution. 1t has revenue of
l01000 year, and there are in the United
ntes today about 5000 reepse who are
xsdyiug our courses. All told over
UenD0 people have been connected with
he chauiauqua Literary and Scientific
Circles, and We have given diplomas to
MOO. No college Of the United States
has 20 many graduates as that. and the
number OF students steadily increases.
! We uow have our own text books written
for as. and we supply the work for big
publishing house in keeping US In books.
Z II costs only s. q year 20 engage in our
work. and student can carry on his work
at home and graduate ut the end Of four
years for an outlay OF SIS. Two could
I combine and graduate for SIS apiece. or
three could get 10 this way college edn-
cation for $40 each. !"
How many Chatauquas are there in
the United States p asked.
'.There are sixty different assemblies or
Summer universities like this. These are
scatsered from Florida TO Name aud from
Washington City to California. The read
ing circles are found in every town, and
the students are of all ages. | met at Bal
timofe not long ago man so years old.
who had just completed the course, and
who told me that he was so pleased with
his studies that he had taken up the study
OF the Greek classics. and he sent me
translation OF his letter into the Greek to
show me bow he was progressing"
The conversation turned here to the
magazine Developments of today. and
asked DR.. Flood what he thought Of the
cheap magazines which have just been
started.
He replied: "MeC7ure's Masoz;a, il a
newspaper magazine, aud IL may make a
place for itself ut Is cents q copy The re-
dnction of the price OF the Cosmopolitan to
yi.5o year will. it seems to me. cut down
its Income without materially increasing
its circulation. The class of people who
would bay magazine like the CosRopoff-
taH Ia not large enough TO make such
price pay, nor Is it that class which will
let small difference of price stand In the
T way OF their preferences. The subscribers
q the higher priced magazines, Century,
hfrPcr's and Scribnsr's. will not change on
me ground OF price alone, and the great
kinerease OF circulation will have TO be
built up from outside quarters The
!. fTeatest competition that the magazines
have today is the Sunday newspapers IL
nfull of good magazine matter, and the
hrger papers have the ahlest OF the
worlds contributors Tor their Sunday is
nes"
How Is the Chautanqnan doing7Y
Very well, indeed. was the reply. I'VE
have something over 5000 circulation,
and We have steadily grown, notwith-
standing the fact that Scribaer.s Magasins
and the Cosmopolitan have sprung into ex-
ttente III tie meantime.
The Hon. Lewis Miller. of Akron, the
head OF the big mower aud reaper works
there, Is stopping ut Chautauqaa. He was
one OF the originaiors of this great institu-
Ton, and he Is now Its president. | met
him here last night and asked him as To
the financial outlook. He replied: II
Ind times hard everywhere and the banks
are al! pressed for money. ion cannot
borrow money GA government bonds
IN most of the banks today. and
his fact is paralyzing business. Most of
our business men are working on credit,
They give sixty or ninety-day notes, and
upon paying these they borrow again to
larry ON business. The banks have such
demands upon them that they refuse TO
make new loans, and the result IL every
one Is suffering. The smaller localities
ARE also hurt by the drain of the Worlds
lar. Akron, o., - not a large place. but
u u estimated that 500 COO have been
nken from IL and the country near by 20
.hieago, This. Of course. Affects US ma
teriailyH
"Miil congress help us?"
That is = question. replied Mr.. Miller.
Il don't believe We will get much relief
until the tariff question is settled. No
one can do business without knowing just
on what grounds he has TO do IL. The sil-
yer question and the tarin must be Il xed
before We can have financial rest.
Mr. Miller ia the father-in-iaw OF Edison.
the inventor, and Mrs. Edison is here with
! her father. | spoke of Edison's shutting
up MS shops, and asked Mr.. Miller what
he thought of IT, He replied, .,Mr. Edison
understands himself think. He 10 quick
% grasp situation, and he acts quickly.
az soon As Mr., Cleveland was elected he
shht np ms iron works, and began 10 In
vent Cheaper methods of mining and re-
oaetion. He has spent 500 90 on this.
ana ne SAYS he PROF oses 60 make iron so
eneapsy that all the free trade OF the world
can not compete with him. lie has vast
iron mines in New Jersey upon which no
mas already spent fortune"
here asked Mr.. Miller about Mr.. Schu-
mseher, the oatmeal millionaire, of
Akroa. lie replied: Yes. NJ Schu-
maeher Is living and he Is doing bigger
BUSINESS than ever. lie is o German aud
ae aas built mp an immense fortune by
Z Supplying cur breakfast tables with ground
ean. lie came to Akron poor and started
INTO business with a barrel Of whisky.
ne vas peddUng this out when the
seaaa ; temperance crusade Was in prog
Wss crowd of women went about
.sfeAking up the saloons and throwing the
aasos into TIE streets When they came
@sehumacher he said, You paw me S. for
sy Barrel 81 whisky aud | will stop my
snssheSs.' They did this and the whisky
saS rolled out into the street and emitted.
seAuinacher then opened a little grocery
sorss The sympathy Of the people was
slsA The reformed whisky seller and he
90 trade. Then he began 10 grind oats
sd Ssai on until he made a fortune. lie
snos strong Temperance advocate"
=. nov dad you happen 10 engage in the
Shaaiaaqua work. Mr.. Maler?'' said 1.
IL came through nav SUNDAY school
sofN was the reply, Il have been in