Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23
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pocatello, Idaho. Dec. 10. is99.-With.
IN the past week have had Interviews
with two OF The leading yours politi-
clans OF tho west. One was Carter II.
Harrison. the mayor Of Chicago. che
other was former Senator Fred T. Du-
hqls Of Idaho. mot Carter Harrison
In the mayors office In the city hall Of
chicago. The day was rainy and CHI
easo was dirty. tramped through dir.
~ streets into a dirty building and was
taken to third or fourth floor IN a
dirty little elevator. ana thence 20 ,hc
mayors Office. which was comparative.
ly clean. Tho mayor was not present
when / arrived. ana as I waited the
thlrty-odd mayors Of Chicago past. all
gray haired and almost all gray beard
ed. looked down upon me from the wall.
GREAT Is CHICAGO.
In a short time tho mayor entered.
He did not seem half the age OF any
hand way In which he shook hands. was
typical OF Chicago. My first question.
OF course. related to the city. How Il
Chicago? Does 1t stlll grow. and how
many people have you now7 You al
ways ask these questions Of Chicago
man. II gives him q chance Co say
at the start what YOU know he IN
bound to say before you get through.
and II saves time. The mayor was by
no means backward In answering.
He put his thumbs In the armholc,
OF his vest. gflpped his cigar between
his teeth and leaned back as he replied,
we have now 100000 population
but, Mr.. Mayor, l mean Just how
many people have you In reality. what
would an actual house to house coun,
show forth?"
"ohl II you wish 90 be oxac, should
say we have about 100000 We are
growing 30 fast that We have given up
counting the odd hundred thousands.
What IN chlcago's percentage q
growth7"
I'VE have grown about 100 per cent
within the past ten years This is the
rate az which We are growing now
DO you think that rate VIII con
tinuc2"
- have no doubt OF It. We will
probably have 1000 900 In 1910. In 1890
We viii have 100000. ! really believe
We are rs big as New York now. But
thnt municipality has rwollcn Itself by
taking In all outdoors Chicago VIII
soon be- the biggest city Of this hcmls-
phcre. and. eventually. the biggest city
In che world"
WHAT CHICAGO WANTS OF UNCLE
SAM.
what are tho sources OF chlcago's
growth2" I asked.
at IL the center OF the biggest coun-
try on the globe" replied Mayor Hatti-
son. at has millions OF people tribu-
tafy 60 II. and IL " 80 situated as e
water and land transportation that 4,
viii always grow. Take our drainage
canal; this some day viii be part OF
n ship canal TO the Mississippi river. II
has already cos, us t3O.0O0,0 600. and We
win give II To- Uncle sam II hc will put
little money on II and deepen II no
az 10 make II ship canal from the
lake 10 the Mississippi"
what do You mean by q little
money!" asked.
lion dollars" replied the young mayor.
AZ though the sums were mere buga-
tellca. 1T would pay the government
To give ua thirty million dollars or nifty
million dollars for that purpose. when
that canal Is built We shall be an ocean
port ana ships OF nftceen and eighteen
feet VIII come right from the sea up
through the Gulf of Mexico and the
Mississippi 10 Chicago. We have al
ready made our canal forty miles long
and twenty-five feet deep. II VIII take
only little dredging and some work
TO do the balance"
"But thosc are big sums, Mr.. Mayor"
said I. II douh, whether II will pay"
PAY" said the mayor. ut would pay
enormously ne a commercial PROPOSE
ton. II would reduce freight rates all
over the west. The railroads would
have 20 come down, and II would give
n vast outlet Tor our producta 90 the sea.
II would be OF great value from mill
tury standpoint. Az II " now by our
treaties with England we can only have
one war vessel ON the great lakes at n
time. England II restricted In a similar
way, but In the event OF war II
could send its ships up the 81. Law
renee a.id the Wclland canal and our
lake cities would he nj their mercy.
with our canal we could bring our boats
up the Mississippi and into Lake Michi-
gan"
DOES NOT LIKE THE ENGLISH.
I'VE are now at peace with England,
and there IN "A great deal OF gushing
over our Anglo-American alliance" the
mayor went on. THE people say that
blood IL thicker than water. and they
npprehend that no trouble can come
with England. That Is all foolishness.
We are Of a different blood than the
English. We are not Anglo SaNons.
We are mixed race, made up OF the
cream OF the nations OF Europe, and
composed OF Americans and all sorts OF
Foreigners. including Germans, Sean
dinaviana and others who have no
friendship with England. | believe that
the English will he our friends just as
long as It pays them TO be 20. | am
not In favor OF entangllng alliances In
peace or war. I thing Uncle sam
should stand alone. lie II able to take
care Of himself. and he should stick to
his Own field. which IL this hemi-
sphere"
THE PHILIPPINES.
"Then you do not believe In our now
possessions In Aslntic waters2'
mo. | don't think We want any
property 80 far away us the Philippines.
| believe that America II big enough
for all our energies II Is by far the
best part OF the earth's surface, and We
should be satisfied with IT,"
AS to the Philippines" continued
Mayor Harrison, II can't see why we
want them. The population they have
now In thicker than that OF Illinois, and
Il will cost us enormously to hold
them. | see no reason why the Flllpinos
should not be allowed TO rulc them
selves. Admiral Dewey says they are
superior to the Cubans, and we propose
to let them govern themselves"
"Wlll the Philippine question cut
much OF figure In the coming cam
palgn?"
Yes. I think Il win he one OF the
leading issues. ! mean the question OF
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