Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-17

I'VE think Ne are cosmopolitsna
Every American Will suear 10 IL. SID
Capt. Z. l. Cls~of Grand Haven N
TIE Clarendon yesterday. "hat after
all. the English are the real cosnopoii-
tans. They are the one people " the
globe least hampered by local preJa-
ciees- That may seem strange. cut il
10 true. / have Jukk returned from
business trip 10 England, where ! ne
gotlated the sale OF soo, 900 acres OF
5 utheru hardwood timber land. The
land Was sold 90 . syndicate tor ST.
$50. 900, and il il had been worth Sls.-
Oeo 900 the sale could have been made
Just ss readily. IL q N husiness mat
tiers that the Engiish chow such .
marked contrast 10 Americans IL one
triss TO dispose OF any real estate or
stocks IN New York, she stralgntWay
encounters q man who does not invest
any capital outsldc the city. Then lac
linda another who wouldn't think for .
moment of putting anything into
Southern stocks or iands. Another
buys Michigan pine exclusive. and tue
outside speculatsous OF another are
carried on only IN Washington or Caii-
tolnia Eacn mau has . hobby. and you
couldn't cure him Of Is any more than
you could convince . Grand Rapids
man that good furniture can DC made
in any place except here. But the
English cspitalist branches out into
everything. lie iuvests In south African
mines. Texas ranches. Michigan cav
mills, Canadian raiiroads, south
American lumber and cattle. continent
tai stocks and everything you can
imagine. But since the failure OF
Barring Bros. a Co.. the Engllsh CAPT.
tailst have been = little more reserved
in their dealings. They want to be
sure that an investment 10 safe and
that it has . steady, reliable income.
Consequently there are millions OF
dollars Of English capital that - draw
ing only one per cent interest. while
waiting for . chance for investment"
al am most heartily in favor Of
holding q fair next fail" eai6 Z. l..
Whitney of Muskegon, secretary OF the
West Michigan Far association. 10 tho
lobby of the Morton yesterday. II see
no reason why We should not hold .
far. / don't tank it il good business
to let fair 90 by default simply for
the purpose # permitting another az
ISOLATION to make an exhibit. i believe
in holding q fair every year If for
thing else than TO let the public
know you are holding one. They will
look for it then. Ii you don't your as
ISOLATION will soon become disorgan-
ICED. You can't run church, . So
ciety, literary club, . fair or any
thing else on the hit and miss plan and
expect to keep up the interest. You
would ruin the most prosperous So
ciety IN the world il you attempted to
do business on that plan. l am in favor
of holding . fair. Our annual meeting
will be held Tuesday in Sweets hotel.
Five new directors must be elected.
Frederick j. Russell of Hart. K. A.
Strong Of Vicksburg. II. Dale Adams OF
Gaiesburg, Eugene Fitield of Bay City
and c. L. Whitney of Muskeg n 90
out of Office. Nobody has any author
ity to cay that we snail ar shall not
have q far next year. The matter will
be settled by the new board OF direc-
tors. / for one am not IN favor OF
dong business on tho circus day, no
school system."
Among the stories that are now pleas.
ing the furniture men 10 the legend OF
Paul Markoff's celebrated impersona.
ton Of John Mason Of the Manola-Ma.
son company. When the company was
here farmer living several miles out
side the city called at the Morton to see
the young actor. He stated that he and