The evening times., 1896-11-27
The Lounger.

q W. FORSYCE, of Little Rock, Ark
o.. prominent official of the st. Louis
Southwestern Railway, Is registered
at the Shoreham.
AIR. Forsyce is in Washington for a few
days to see some OF the officials of the
Southern Railway, after which he will pro
ceed to New York to participate in con-
sultation of railroad men there.
The carrying business OF his section, says
Mr.. Forsyce, is as flat as can be This is
owing to two reasons. The first OF these
is the failure of the cotton crop OF the
Southwestern States in the past two years,
due last year to too much rain in the begin
ming of the season and this year to the
drouth. The second reason for the railing
off OF traffic is the fact that the lumber
business OF the region is decreasing. This
is directly traceabie TO the raising OF the
tariff on Canadian lumber. The New Eng
land lumber trade, which was formerly
supplied by the South Atlantic States, now
imports its lumber from Nova Scotia and
Newfoundland.
TIE South Atlantic States, being de
prived of this market, ship the lumber in
land, encroaching upon the territory for
merly supplied by the Southwest Thus,
while the price of lumber is not materially
decreased, there is more of 1t in competition
and less is sold from each section. The
Southeast, however. as farthest away from
the markets, suffers most.
Il MONG the guests at the Shoreham is
I Mr. A. Il. Ramsey, of Hamilton, Ont.
In Mr.. Ramseys opinion, the inter
ests OF Canada and the United States are
irdissolubly bound up in each other as is
witnessed by the effects in that country
OF the national election down here.
Before November 8, he says. all business
was poor, confidence siaky, and everybody
a oil fnr n -
President 10 be decided. Since the elec
toin OF Mckinley, just as in this country.
things have been on steady growth for the
better, and he hopes to see. before the viii
ter is over, a volume of business as great as
they have ever known. This will be assured
them IL nothin: interfcres with the boom Oh
this side OF the line.
Most people in Canada. he said, are per
fectly satisfied with the new Liberal ad
ministration, although 1t has not been in
power long enough tO enact anything de
cisive. Bot the good business outlook, Mr..
Ramsey thinks, will do a great deal tn sat
isfy even the opposition with the change,
and lie locks to see the Liberals in power
for many successive years, just as the Hp-
position was before them.
N1 B. BOARDMAN, of Tacoma, Wash,
w. who Is a guest at Wizards, says
that epeopie eofthat State are the
sifkcSt IN Jn CUuu-ry nstt ~ Giiry voted or
Bryan. Before the election fully half the
state were as certain that Bryan would be
elected as II ii had already occurred, and
THIS was one of the principal causes of the
enormous change OF $4,000 votes In
total of 80 GOO.
Already, however says Mr. Buardnan,
great change in sentiment is taking place
in his State, owing partly to the common
sense or the people reasserting itself, and
partly to the fact that the rest of the couIi-
try seems to be prospering under the pros
poets of sound money administration.
>SHE resignation of Hon. Joseph H. Mil
! Ter as commissioner of internal Teve-
nue., said siimIielA. Hart, Kentucky
distiller who has been stopping at Wizards,
VIII be "a cause Of regret not only TO his
many friends, but TO every oGe with W HON
he came in contact in administering the
.IifaiFs OF this most important branch OF the
governme mt.
Mr.. Miller's decisions upon the many in
tricate questions arising in connection with
the Interpretation of Internal revenue laws
have given almost universal satisfaction
Especially has tlHs been rem ark ed am ong the
m manufacturers of spirituous liquors. in
whose ranks Mr.. Miller : name is held to be
synonymous with impartiality and good
judgment.
The trade, however. are all glad to see
ar. Miller better him self, as ne is doing by
the vice presidency of the Ameri-
can Bonding and Trust Company of Balti-
more. Wherever he may go, however, he
may be assured of their best wishes. and
their only hope is that the decisions OF his
viii be as satisfactory to all par
ties as were his.