The copper country evening news., 1898-02-12
1EUTONS DISLIKE US.
Strong Feeling Against Ameri-
cans In Germany.
FIERCE COMMERCIAL OPPOSITION

OF Southern Cotton Mills Due
to Conditions Which Prevail In Dixie.
Congressional Record Full Of Unspoken
speeches-A story of President Dole.
WASHINGTON, Feb 12.-[Special "A
high official of the administration tells me
he is not surprised that Germany took an
tagonistic action against our fruits For
a long time the feeling against America |
has been growing in Germany The won
der is that the commercial war has not |
been more acute and that 1t has not spread |
TO a greater number of articles. This Off |
cial tells me that when the agricultural |
department sent man TO Europe last F!
summer to make some Investigations con
cerning the market there for American
horses, the agent was able to get all tho
information he wanted in every country
except Germany. In Berlin he found his
way blocked. The dealers would not talk
civilly to him. AS soon as they discovered
that he was an American they closed their
mouths and refused to give him any salts.
faction. In order to make progress the
agent was compelled to hire a German who
had lived all his life in Berlin, and when
this man went out to gather information
he found it advisable to conceal the fact
that he was working for the American
government The hatred of America Is
not confined to any particular class. 1t Is
widespread and shows itself In the most
unexpected places.
Many American manufacturers have
found that it does not pay to trust too
much to the representations and promises
made by German commission houses. The
willy Germans have fashion of sending to
this country and getting the agency for in
| PRODUCTION of American made machinery
and appliances. They hold out the induce
ment that they are In position to work up
| an extensive trade and ask to have sample
machines and articles sent them with
which to take orders among their custom
ers. The Americans send on the machines
and the first thing they know their wares
| are being initiated by German makers and
sold in Germany as the original articles
| imported from the United States. This
| practice has been carried to such an ex-
tent that number of our consnls in Ger
many have found 1t advisable to warn
business men against 1t.
Southern Cotton Mills.
|, One explanation of the prosperity OF
southern cotton mills at q time when the
mills of New England are shutting down
or reducing wages in order to keep in
operation is found in the conditions which
prevail in Dixie. met gentleman from
Birmingham, Ala, the other day, and he
told me that in his town there was big
cotton mill which has the fields of cotton
on one side of the factory and on the other
enormous coal mines. The coal was so
near the factory that the dust coming from
the shaft could be seen by the operatives
in the mill. Fuel for running that big
factory was actually delivered into the en-
CINE room by means of shoot at total
cost of IS cents a ton.
"There is one thing want to say for
the people of the SOUTH" remarked this
gentleman. "We are tired OF talking pol
itics and are devotng our attention strict
" to business. We are trying to build ur
our industries and develop our resources,
and the old time habit of sitting around
talking politics and wondering why the
| people of the north are more prosperou;
than we are Is giving way TO the new or
der of things OF course the tendency OF
which speak Is more noticeable in the
cities and large towns than in the villages
and country districts but everywhere
throughout the south we are feeling the
stimulus of more practical and earnest
and less theoretical and argumentativt
era. The SOUTH in my opinion, is entering
upon a period of prosperity such as it hai
, not enjoyed since the war. i"
A Much Abused Privilege.
The abuse to which the "leave to print
, privilege Is sometimes subjected was strik
, ipgly shown in the case of the debate OF
! the Teller resolution in the house. Under
the rule adopted for the debate member
who obtained the floor as well as thos
who did not were given an opportunity tt
print their remarks in The Record for tw,
or three days. A great number Of speeche
! of which not one word was uttered on th
floor thus found their way into The Con
gressional Record, and the constituents o
D the orators will in due time receive thou
4 sands upon thousands Of copies of thes
orations born to be unheard, but not un
seen.
There is no serious objection to thi
practice, IL it be confined within reason
:, able limits, but it is certainly going to-
( far when a gentleman inserts In The Rec
r ord long report of an undelivered speecl
z and intersperses in 1t few score sucl
4 bracketed lines as applause. "applaus
/
a plause," Laughter and great laugh
. ter" This was actually done by one am
!, bilious member, and when he floods hi
0 district with copies Of his speech the pee
: ple there will discover, perhaps to thei
!. amazement, that their representative
$ one of the most famous orators of congress
Courteous President Dole.
President Dole Of Hawaii was passen
ger on train from Philadelphia one da
last week. The ticket which the represent
= alive of the government who acccmpanie
;. him had purchased entitled the presiden
0 and his suit to seats In the drawing roof
! of the parlor car. But stranger also ha
8 ticket for the same compartment an
d some dispute arose as to possession. Will
s Captain Hiestand Of the army was on
e talking the matter over with the conduct
o or, President Dole learned that the ger
tleman who claimed the drawing roor
had with a child who was Ill, and that
was on this account be wished to have
; private compartments. Without anothe