The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-14
THE MARKET IS BRISK
Business Is Picking Up in the
East.
THERE'S A GOOD DEMAND
c. A. Barne Saw the Magnificent De-
m~onstration in Honor of the Fleet
in New York-Suffering
at Montauk.

Missoula, Sept. &c. A. Barnes,
whose return from the East was noted
in the standard to-day, speaks very in
te~restingly of his trip to New York.
Business is very brisk all owe the
East" said Mr.. Barnes last night.
There are plenty of buyers and the
market is brisk in nearly all lines, but
delivery is very slow on account of the
fact that nearly all manufacturers are
away behind i'm their orders. Two years
ago the streets were filled with clerks
and office men out of work. Now there
Is hardly a store in New York that is
not advertising for employees. The war
gave many lines of business a big lift
ana the heavy crops that are being har-
vested al over the country make the
demand for winter ines of goods heavy
in all departments. The change is an
agreeable one. Buyers are filling New
York from all parts of the country this
year and the intense heat of last month
dld not apparently affect the conditions.
These men are anxious to get their
goods and they do not wait upon the
weather.
Il was fortunate enough to witness
the magnificent demonstration that was
accorded the Cuban fleet, and L can
truly say that L had never before seen
anything that would compare with 1t.
IL was a sight to set a mans blood
tingling all over. A man who would
not be enthused by the scene in front
of Grants tomb at Riverside would not
he moved by anything. For "a hours
before the arrival of the fleet the city
was on tiptoe with expectancy. The
time of the arrival of the war vessels
had been estimated so closely hat they
were only hVe minutes later than they
had been expected. They were greeted
with a demonstration tina must have
been very gratifying to the sailors and
officers. / had my Gamers and took
several pictures of the scene in front
of the Grant tomb. There was never
such a crowd anywhere in this coun-
try at once before. 1t was estimated
that there were more han three mill
ions of people strung along the shores
of the line of the naval parade. and all
were deeply stirred by the display that
they witnessed.
Later | visited the Brooklyn and was
graciously received. The sailors are
the popular idols i'm the East, and they
seem to take delight i'm showing their
ships to those who come aboard. The
gallant flagship of Commodore Schley
was the vessel that was most sought
out by visitors, and the Oregon seemed
to be next in public favor. There are
VI NiFlAbIS toiAllhS vi SplhS
to these vessels all bf the time. The
ships look like the fighters that they
are, n the nation has reason to feel
proud of their record and of their APP
pearance.
Il did not visit the detention camp at
Montauk Point, out ] saw many of the
returned volunteer and regulars. Their
emaciated appearance has not been ex-
aggerated, and their sufferings can
never be properly described. | never
saw men look as bad as did the list
New York. Some of them tried to hold
up and march when they could hardly
stand. The poor fellows who could not
walk were taken in ambulances and i'm
carriages of all descriptions. Their re-
ception was enthusiastic and they cer-
tainly deserved 1t. There is no partisan
limit to the criticism that Secretary AL
ger is receiving in the East. Papers of
all parties and all shades of politics are
for once making common cause. They
are all after Alger, and 1t looks now
back there as il they would get him.
Roosevelt is the popular hero and he
has public sentiment behind him in his
investigation of the condition of affairs.
1t is the general belief there that he
will make IT very Interesting for some
body as soon as he is mustered put
n is at liberty to say what he thinks.
My trip home was the pleasantest
that | ever took anywhere. Mrs. Barnes
and l came to Buffalo from New York
on the Empire State express and from
Buffalo to Duluth on the steamer
Northland. The voyage is a wonderful
ly fine one and we had the incest sort of
weather. 1t is a trip that everybody
should make once at least"