The morning times., 1896-07-13
AROUND THE HOTELS.

from South Australia 10 this country, WIN
a special mitsion; another Is Ar- b. 8
Denny one uf the iirm OF the largest ship
builders in the United Kingdom, and the
third is Dr. FairburD. one of the best
known physicians Of London.
These three make u team that ought
u learn u great Geal in this country. As
tile Engiishman meets the Ensiishman
wherever an EDgiishman gees. these three
were going round the world; two OF them
met In Japan, and these two met the
third in China. They all have different
missions.
Mr. Harris, the commissioner from
Australia, is one Of the largest pro
prietors uf sheep ranches on that distant
continent. Sheep raising and the wool
and mutton export industries, as most
people in cur wOolly West already know
by experience. have become important
matters in Australia, and they intend to
increase the raising of that profitable
animal. Mt. Harris has teen chosen by
the South Australian government to visit
this country to make observations on the
methods Of sheep raising and report back
the results.
He said that the scope OF his inquiry
was not confined tO sheep. but included
ali kinds OF farm cattle. and also thorough
bred horse stock. This latter subject has
Australia. 1t being easy to count all the
thoroughbreds in that country.
His object is to be able tn put himself
in position. after a study of these matters.
to make recommendations to the home
government as to the best breeds for i'm
port. and also as tn the methods in vogue
here as to the care OF diseased stock.
Hitherto sheep stock of Australia has been
imported from England. principally SOUTH
downs and shropsbires. The stcck has IL
creased immensely. but so has the demand
for them in England. both as to wool and
..rrozen meats" large shipments of which
are constantly made to England from New
Zealand and Australia. These come in
direct competition with the frozen meats
of this country.
1t would he a curious cunsiderati on if
Australia should imDort sheep from America
and ship them to England at profit Mr..
Harris said that he intended today to- call
on the Secretary OF Agriculture I" get
w hat data he desired. and will report
first through the agent of his government
now in London. He has already been out
West making personal observations
He was asked II he had been in Chicago.
"Oh YES" he said. "I was there while the
delegates Were gathering for the free sill
yer convention. There We're about two
hundred thousand people there at that time
yelling for silver. 1t was very hot other
wise and I dhln't stay long" Mr.. Harris
preferred Washington and its forty thou
sand Christian EndeavOr delegates Eng
lishmen were, he said, Just now enjoying
an immunity from theor etical money
questions.
Mr. Denny Is recently from college and is
doing America largely from the sentimental
points of view. The Dennys built the
Union line OF steamers, and last year turned
out more tonnage than any other firm in
the business on the Clyde.
DR.. Fairburn is also making an unofficial
tour OF this country, and the more he sees
OF 1t the better he likes 1t. An Australian
sheep raGcher, coIlegian who helps to
build the Queens navy. and n London
physician, ought to be able to write a
great composite work on America and the
Americans.
Mr.. p. E. Mcdonald, a manufacturer OF
plumbers supplies at Detroit, said last
evening in conversation with Times
reporter, that the Corning campaign would
be an extremely interesting one IL It did
not border on the red hot style of con-
ducting Presidential elections.
II have travelled good deal during
the last week" said Mr.. Mcdonald, 1.-THE
most of my time being in Ohio, and 1
tell you that Mr.. Mckinley isn't any more
thought of by the people OF hi s own State
than he ought to be. Mckinley won't
carry his own STATED" emphatically de-
clared the Detroiter.
bryan will carry every State In the
West. for the people out that wa know him
and have good deal of confidence in his
ability as statesman. He's q siiverite
like all the rest of the weSternerS, a nd, in
short, he's one of the Western people, and
they'll stStk TO him. You can bet on that.
The people beyond the Mississippi are
beginning TO feel blue. They're beginning
90 think that they are not regarded by the
Ea ST as they should be, and are wondering
why. They find it hard TO get money
and knowing. IS they do, that there is
plenty OF money in the United States, they
are beginning to ask themselves What is
the natter Some of the people of the
West are having the gold clause inserted
in their contrasts and as result they
are iust about ready for grand howl.
I'm Detroit there are forty-two banks,
and if a man wants to borro W money its the
hardest thing in the world unless a big
per cert is paid for the accommodation.
So it is in other places. and tie people OF
the West, tile North Tin places, and North
west are beginning To wonder why it's ttat
the East should dominate all the time. Mr..
tinued the Western man, and I'm not SO
sure but that We shall have another Demo-
cratic President
Indiana is a silver State" vocifcrously
remarked a gentleman from India napolis in
one of the hotel corridors last night, land
you'll find that her electoral vote will be
cast for the silver candidate"
In this same hotel the night clerk, who
had been soliloQuizing for twenty minutes,
said: lone of the things that trouble me
is the apparently insane desire on tie part
of the travelling public to get rid of their
railroad ticket Immediately upon reaching
the city"
well, it's this way vonchsafed by
stapder. "A ticketfrom New York 20 Wash
ington and return at present sells for about
Sc .5O-regular fare one way. Upon reach
ing this city the holder Of the ticket hunts up
a person who is going to New York and he
sells him bis return coupon for S6, nifty cents
less than regular price. Now, when TIE
ticket seller himself wants 10 go back to
New York he simply buys ticket for New
York and return. and upon reaching the
Metropolis he sells the return coupon to
Washington nforperhapsaV. Whole amount
expended for car fare by New York tourist
to Washington and return 81. See?"
'Say, these Endeavor people are the
queerest lot l ever struck said a hotel
clerk to q friend in the corridor yesterday
whats the matter with the Endeavor
pecple?" asked the friend.
''Well, you see." continued the clerk,
They're all right in their way, but they
don't weigh much. A lot OF them, a whole
lot of them, don't seem to be up to snuff;
that is. they don't seem to understand
Just what first-class hotel really is.