Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-19
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the Normandie last night Were Nessrs.
John B. Allen, Andrew Reid John Stephens
and Alfred Slater. all Of New Jersey. They
were part Of a delegation of fax hemp and
Jute workers, who have been here some
days endeavoring to secure more protection
for their industry than is accorded it by
the Wilson bill as it went to the Senate.
Their toil-worn palms and blunte1, fingers
prove that they are toilers and not walking
delegates. They met with no encourag cement
from the subcommittee Of the Senate
finance committee. which has the bill in
| charge and have turned their efforts in ar
other direction. They have niaile an active
canvass Of the Senate with a view to hav-
ing the bill recommitted to the ltnaace corn-
mittee. with instructions to give hearings
to represen tatives Of all branches Of manu-
featuring. Senator Aldrich has assured them
that such a motion would m eet with hearty
support, and they claim Senator iiiii as one
! of their warmest avocates. AS the bill is
set to be called up next Tuesday they ex-
pect that the motion to recomru,t vail be
made upon that day. They are very con-
fident of success. They say that 4 majority
of the finance committee wound like the re-
commitment. Mr.. Allen, their spokesman,
said: THE trouble has been that We were
| unable to get Senators to understand ou-
| business. They seemed to think that Il con-
and sacks for wheat, corn and oats.
That in reality. Is a very small part Of
| ft-quite an unimportant one. The misap
| prehension arose from the fact that there
| is a little trust out west. composed Of two
| or three mills. which does manufacture
bagging and forces the farmer to pay
| through the nose. We have been met on
| all sides with the assurance that the Sem
| ato-s were sorry for us, but that the far
mer must be given a fair show. Most OF
the jute, fax and hemp industry Of the ast
| consists of cordage. We make fine threads,
| binding Irvine and things of that sort
| The commonest form Of our linen thread
| sells for 81 a pound. We have no more to
| do with the farmer than with any other
American consumer Of such products. OF
the 5000 people engaged in the industry
| 10000 are now idle the mills having closed
| down In fear OF the tariff. Those OF us
| who have work are laboring only two
thirds time If the schedule goes through
unclaimed the wages Of our most skilled
/ operatives will be reduced to 81 week, and
no white man can live on it,"
THE destruction Of the fair buildings by
fire is regretable from an artistic senti-
mental standpoint" said Mr.. John ID. Ham
| lin of Chicago at the Arlington. but II was
| very lucky for the stockholders The build
| ings were fully insured. o. nearly so. If
they had remained standing they would
have been nearly a dead weight upon their
| owners. They could not have been sold for
the cost Of the lumber in them, and as
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| very expensive failures. AS II U.s. the stock
| holders will get something like their ap-
proximate value. One or Two attempts to
| fire the remaining buildings have been
made. OF course there have been ugly ru-
mors. There always are ia s.Ich cases. but
wise men take no stock in them. There is
one thing about Chicago tina. the outside
world possibly does not appreciate: Every
man. woman and child In II is heartily tired
or Columbus and everything that has the
columbian tang. Steele MacS.tys's lates:
enterprise the 'Scenatorium.' successor
to his uncompleted 'Spectatoriu:n,' has fail
ed, because 1t gave scenes from the life of
| Columbus. including, of course the iHevita-
bic landing and meeting with the aye
stricken but joyful Indians. The people
simply would not pay to see it,
Silver has gone down to comparatively
nothing. said Mr.. Nathan Hargas. an
American resident of Paso del Norte Mex
at the National, "but gold has not nnl 81
| never will The gold miner who has pay
art and plenty of water is the miner w..o
makes the money now and will hereafter
There are plenty of UNEMPLOYED gold fields
| In the world and phenomenal strikes will be
mace Tor century to come. So far as the
North American continent is concerned, it
| has been pretty well dug over, but there is
one part of 1t that IN my opinion Is the
| future gold bearer Of this hemisphere /
| refer to the Yaqui country In northern Mex
! ico The faquis live amid mountains that
| are a part of the great Sierra Madre or
| Mother Mountain" range. and :heir hills
| and valleys have been hitherto inacceSsihln
10 american white men on account of their
| unceasing wars with the Mexican govern
| ment They are a shapely intelligent light
skinned and hght-eyed race. unconquered
| and uncomfortable. They are peeceah,e
| enough when let alone, but they permit the
| entrance of a number of Apaches who are
/ anything else. Gold ornaments are very
| common among them. and they make no
secret OF the possession of mines of fabu-
| lous richness, which they will not sell nor
| work themselves, nor permit to be worked
The Yaqui river forks into three prongs a
| little way below its head, opening out like
/ the STICKS OF lady's fan. / used to know
! an old German miner named Fischer who
/ made his way to the middle branch re-
| manned a winter and spring, washing on the
banks or the middle branch. and returned to
| civilization with some thousands of dollars
worth OF dust, which he had packed on a
| burro. He lost 1t In speculation. and made
another venture. He never came back, and
| his secret dies with him. Some day tina
| country will swarm with the Anglo Saxon
who Is a man you cannot keep down IL get
ting up Will allow him to lay his haad upon
| wealth."
| last night We're ex-senator Paddock of Ne
| braska and Senator Hunton of Virginia
They were engaged In low and earnest con-
/ verse. Near them was MIR. McIlhenny Mr.
McIlhenny has dog-a Scotch terrier OF
| superhuTan ntelligence-naned Robert
ROBERT" said Mr.. McIlhenny In a loud
'oICe, anu tne TWO Senat looked around.
Robert, how is Senator Hil?"
The dog stood upon his hind legs and
| waltzed gaily about. holding his head upon
one side, and having in his eyes a look of
joyous abandon
Robert. how is Mr.. Peckhan?"
He dropped to four feet. gazed mournfully
at his master. and suddenly Topped upon his
back and held his legs stiffIy in the air,
playing dead as stone.
knocked out, eh?" said Mr. McIlhenny
1t is thought that Mr. Hunton voted for
the Peckham confirmation. The others
laughed. but shade of annoyance crossed
his face. You ought to take that dog to
the north end of the Capitol" he said 'he
would make a first-class Senator"
Proprietor Gibbs of the Wormley is in
constant communication with Mr. Nicholas
Engel. president of the New York Beef
steak Club which proposes entertaining
forty Gridironers at that hosiery on the
oath instant. Mr.. Engel accompanied by
many of his fellow conspirators, will ar
rive on the 23d. They will do the cooking
themselves. and will bring their meats with
them. 1t has been suggested that they
could find as good beef in Washington as
in any city of the country, but they will
not have 1t so. Their steaks are purchased
some days in advance, and submitted TO q
course of mysterious preparation which is
popularity supposed to include lamentations
by the high priest, and morning, noon and
right prayers by the faithful. The Beef
steakers are practical jokers, and 1t may
be their purpose to serve the Washington
ians with paDier mache limitations of tho