New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-18
MR.. DEPEW SAILS TO-DAY.
THE PARIS WILL CARRY HIM ACROSS THE
SEA.
HIS DEPARTURE POSTPONED SEVERAL TIMES
CHAT WITH HIM AT HIS COUNTRY
HIS Departure

CHAT WITH HIM AT HIS COUNTRY
| HOME on VARIOUS TOPICS.
Chauncey NJ. Depew will sail this morning the
/ American Line steamer Paris for Europe, to be
absent about six weeks. He has postponed his sail
ing date several times on account of the labor
troubles which have existed within the last three
weeks. He at his office yesterday for short
time. but slipped off to his country home at Dobbs
| Ferry by an early train to prepare for his de-
parture. Tribune reporter visited him there yes
terday afternoon.
Mr.. Depew occupies the old Field house in Ards
ley Park. This is consisting of about 1,0O)
acres on the high ground back of Dobbs Ferry
| From the piazza of the house a magnificent view
of the Hudson and the hills the western bank
Is visible. The grounds about the house do not
comprise more than nine acres, but the general
character of the Improvements contemplated
park system hence the houses placed here
there and everywhere the edges of macadamized
roads. among the woodlands and even alongside OF
brooks. that carriage driving through the
park passes through many delightful scenes.
When the reporter arrived at Mr.. Depew's house
the president of the New York Central Railroad
gave him hearty greeting. and seated In couple
of rocking chairs the piazza, on the shady side
of the house. a conversation was carried on to the
music of thrushes and robins perched in the trees
around the house
YES am going to sail for Europe tomorrow on
the Paris" said Mr.. Depew. when asked in regard
TO his intentions Last year Mr.. Depew failed TO
get away in the summer. owing to the t17eat imam
cial depression existing at that time pending the
repeal of the Sherman Silver law. He was there
fore obliged to make the trip In the winter return
Ing on Christmas eve. This year he will take his
outing In the summer he has been In the habit
of doing for a number of years. The health OF Mr..
Depew Is much better than 1t was at this time two
years ago. but he has a tired look which sea
voyage will no doubt quickly dlssipate
Continuing the conversation as TO his proposed
voyage Mr.. Depew said: II am going on the
Paris as | said before. feel after the way in
which the British. the Irish and Scotch insist on
treating the Vigant. and after the disaster OF me
Yale team that to be fully prepared Tor meeting
the bumptous Britisher on his own SOIL Ii is only
IN the wav of commcndable caution on my part to
keep under the protection OF the American flag SO
am going the Paris.
PRESIDENT ROBERTS ON THE PARIS. TOO
"Rv the way." said Mr.. Depew. -Mr. George b.
Roberts president of the PennsylN ania Railroad, Is
also a passenger that steamer. This VIII iur-
nish a brilliant opportunity during the hea'ed term
for speculative theories as 10 why We TWO men,
Mr. Roberts and myself. should go together on the
same steamer. and as TO what we are to evolve out
of the London market after We get there. The fact
that We both TO be on the ocean at the same
time l. at least. having postponed my departure
several weeks because of the strike ana other
troubles certainly ought TO be accepted as ndica-
Dcbs and added Mr.. Depew playfully. Il think
we can safely leave him of all our calculations
The conversation drifted to some other features
OF the strike troubles. and Mr. Depew said; 1t Is
a perilous suggestion to the ambitious youth oil the
country who are longing for lmmoitahtI Nat
Debs could rise from obscuriiy IN DAY; ior Yen
days command more OF the attention oi me "orll'
be the subject OF more OF ITS tank ana "cSuH n"'H
space in the newspapers than all the rulers OF an
the countries in the world put logeImcr w'fg
after all its only value. The striking 'Nain'es OF
life who temporarily filled the stage OF NtilDus
periods during our time FOR You sem 10 DE- i a"i
Young man with a trifing mustachc who Ma
conyersng with him-"and who are utterly iorEot-
ing in the history OF this strike more particularly
than for any other thing. because be mas 'hiIth'a
the English vocabulary with one new word "hi'h
will frequently be- brought into play TO account
for The temporary insanity wh,Gh ~. h raren
mainly themselves none Of whom can chI.aln
I'm getting the opinions Of railway men by Ions
distance telephone and telegraph to-day a. 20 ne
ITsi encouraging word for revivng business and
better traffic in the fall and winter tnat mas UDc
these hari-headed and snrewd observers II mat
the unrest OF the country had to 1G,S Sen' 70, the
largest and most extended strike We have ever had
in 'h.s S n, FOUND % to w n. in the
suspension OF traffic and the paralyils OF Dusn'~.
over n Sder of S Dir ' D6s TIE unrest Vas The
volt OF physical and mental disasters against con,
d,ons which the country believed had been created
by bumptious mistakes at Washington and the lack
OF propery hed bumps in that iosany TO Te'@ 9s"
them. These labor troubles. Which were, III Ia't
OF far-reaching effect than otulhar3 's 49,
troubles 5 ben of ne men Of all knd on.
tuted the rising flood which carried away me uhii
that was obsructing American development ana
prosperity-or rather Intended to carry II away
and now 1t ooks as t h a 'ny more dam or docs
not build them; though If Congress VIII stop bniI-
ing dams viii DO their best ana amt 'he t.
action would be immediate and emphauc.
EVERYTHING READY TO START Up AGAIN
Everybody who has money" continued Mr De
new "is tired OF getting per cent or no per cent
for IT, Every business man who has been lying on
his oars <. crazy to do something engage In some
thing which he understands. Every enterprise
which has been dormant Is feeling its way Tor
capital and confidence. Labor Is everywhere eager
for work, and employers still more eager 70 open
their works /, only requires the normal machinery
Of the country 10 max henand UPON production
When the history OF this panic comes 10 be written
able features will be the eject upon railway traffic
and upon all business OF G5,Go@ people OF nor
but ala SO in every possible way When one iainly
the old stove with the cracked mas ana tastes
paper over the broken pane OF glass ana does hot
renew any Of the furniture or crockery; when thsy
we a last ygsuses tn food Which simply support
lie the economies are demonstrated which follow
process has been going on for two-hrds OF year
among 80 per cent OF our neop VA" wba sr
charged and probably justly. with being the most
extravagant people In the world, can i've as coscy
az ANYBODY when 1T becomes necessary Bui me
effect upon merchants. middlemen ana carriers IN
The volume OF their business and their prohts -
disastrous beyond any process which mas ever al
fected the business OF the country"
Mr. Depew at this point seemed 10 realize that
he was getting litte more pessmlstlc man -
customary with him. and casting a far,,away io1 COX
across the glistening waters OF the Hudson 10 the
mist hidden hills the other Side ne exclaimed
after a moments contemplation OF the scene: ftut
old boy the Vigilant won to-day after beng licked
seven times. and you cannot tie down American
prosperity and development by seventy times seven
llckngs You take view from ms plaza WIN WIN
the glorious Hudson In front, ana beyond ~ that
mighty stretch OF country. rolling onward toward
the Pacific You ask yourself sitting here amid sur
roundlngs which are unequailed anywhere IN me