New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-23
THE PASSING THRONG.

I'll. ,revatIins fashion Of business combination
bo. given rise to a new profession, and r.. u'p-
son. Of Milwaukee. at present staying AZ tne rian
Hotel. Is reaping the advantage Oh
.pppA1sTNG being early In the field. He Is the
FOR THE secretary and treasurer OF NIL
TRrrsTs waukee company which makes
speciality OF appraising the market
values OF the plants which any number OF business
men may propose to merge into one combination
or trust ut Is a remarkable fact" said MT I'D
son Yesterday. that probably not one man IN
hundred who owns a big factory or large pant Oh
any kind knows accurately the VsIue OF MS p'oP-
erty. You might think they would easily aFo'u '"e
danger OF handing over their property 10 the u"
at too cheap q figure by taking care TO VaIue NJ
more than It is worth. and there Is no oouo' l'a'
most OF the appraisals make rate the property
lower than the owner does. but on the o'her manu.
could give you dozens OF speci1c instances "he'e
such men have actually undervalued theF prop
erty from 10 II per cent. 1t Is only naturaI ta'
such mistakes should be made. man may kho"
what he paid for this or that piece OF machinery
and this or that tool when It was new, but only an
expert accurately estimate the deterlOias,o r
which such machinery and such tools nave uhuer YEA
gone through usage and breakage and wear anu am.
generally. Our company knows WIZ y, " 10
ment's notice 1t is true that many comoina.
tons OF this nature have been already torme ina
well exhausted viii admit that the m mo rnsn,t
has reached high tide now. yet there are many
chances for profitable combination ieft
"ram Democrat" said John Donovan. jr.. vice
president and general manager OF the 81 Joseph
(Mo) Stock Yards Company. who IL staying at the
Plaza Hotel. but must say that
DEMOCRAT the Mckinley Administration has
PRAISES won my sincere admiration. and !
MKTNT,EY think that A great many Demo
Gratis In the West who are business
men agree with on that point. missouri VIII go
Democratic Of course, the next Presidehtal eieC
ton; but the wisdom and skin with which Mr.. Nc
haya 10
free-silver theorists hard that Missouris Demo
cratic plurality Will be much smaller than 1t was
last time.
Il have been thirty years in the West, and have
great changes there In that time. Fifteen
years ago / was cattle-ranchlng In oklahoma. two
hundred miles from any railroad. Now prosperous
cities stand those plains. and Oklahoma
Is range territory no longer. The gradual but
steady shrnkage of the range area affords no real
cause for alarm to Western packers. Experience
shows that thousands OF farmers will raise as many
cattle for sale IN the aggregate. as the ranehmen
did on their broad ranges. St Joseph lies in the
East Pr be 81 realize this our
population is steadily Increasing The s9-Ga lea
badness The cowboy is just az aw-abiding as the
largely due to the influx of college bred men among
them These were at first hailed 'tenderfeet Of
the mos, pronounced kind but many Of them
and respect for them grew In The cowboy breast.
duced and today the cowboy is no longer a
terror"
How 10 Introduce the city dweler of moderate
means to the full enjoyment which the State pro-
vides for hm-lf he can get t-in the Adrondacks
is question that Is revived each
| THE USE OF spring by the permanent residents
STATE OF that vast forest preserve DR..
LANDS. r. l.. Trudeau. Of Saranac who IL
staying at the Manhattan Hotel,
said yesterday that the man who can hit upon
some practr Fable method of bringing that about
will confer great boon on his fellow man. At
present II is permitted TO any citizen to camp upon
State land in the Adirondacks and use all the
fallen timber he may desire for frewood; but he
may not build on State land, and camping out In
tent Is not suited to women or children who have
not been brought up TO roughng II. Those VINO
car AFFORD TO buy camp sites from private owners
and erect permanent camps thereon nave an ideal
outing resort, but comparatively few are able TO
stand the expense The air Of that region, Dr.
Trudeau says makes It hard country for physi-
clans to earn living in. Saranac contains nun
dreds OF consumptives who go there Tor the winter
as well the summer. and soon show marked I'M
provement unless they have allowed the disease TO
go too far before seeking the Adirondacks The
question OF forest preservation IA always n live
one up there The guides and lumbermen generally
look upon State acquisition OF property as just so
much encroachment upon their natural rights; put
that part OF the population which depends upon
the tourist and the visitor recognizes the fact that
n the others were allowed TO have their way the
region would soon be ruined.