Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-13
N HOTEL CORRIDORS

New Workers are very much concerned
about the falling off IN their percentage of
the foreign trade of the United States,
said A. r. Lincoln of New York at the Ar
lington. 1.-The fact is that New York has
had its full SHIRE of business and times
were never more prosperous than now In
the great metropolis. With the establish
ment of rail and water lines to other ports
throughout the country the farm products
seek those ports. they seek the port that Is
nearest the place of production. num-
Der of the Atlantic and gulf ports that
have few or nc imports have large exports
of farm products. This used to all go to
New York but improved rail and water
facilities have caused it to go to the near
est port, and therefore, whenever the agri-
cultural products constitute an unusually
large percentage of the exports of the
United States, the exports of New York fall
off in proportion to those of the smaller
harbors'
THE timber problem begins to be a very
serious thing" said Geo. Ladew of Gin
cinnati at the Ebbtt Real estate agents
throughout the United States who deal in
wild land all seem to have the idea that
their land is valuable for timber Timber
land is in demand and is getting very
scarce. 1 frequently go hundreds of miles
had glowing descriptions only to find that,
although it is covered with trees. 1t has
no merchantable timber whatever. The
great forests of the south and northwest
and those of Maine are rapidly being ex-
hausted. and it will not take many genera
lions before some other material than wood
will have to be used in the construction of
ordinary buildings"
Very little is known of the real resources
of Cuba, said Geo. NJ. Barton of Havana
at the Shoreham. 1T is generally supposed
that the sugar interest of the island con-
stitutes about all that there is of 1t. There
never was a greater mistake. 1t has q
greater diversity of woods in paying guam
titles than in any state in the Union. There
are also immense mineral resources which
have as yet been almost entirely neglected
Some iron has been mined there, and it is
of very fine quality: but in proportion to
what there is there very little has been
done with it. There will also be in all prob
ability very considerable quantity of gold
discovered in Cuba There is very little free
gold. but considerable quantity of high
grade SulphuretOre, similar in appearance
and assay to the ores of Cripple Creek. Col.
All that is necessary is the right kind of
machinery with which to separate the gold.
Now that it has been freed from the yoke
of Spain. Cuba will develop very rapidly
and people will be surprised to find what
the island contains
II don't know why there is not more at
tention given to the agricultural possibili-
ties of Alaska" said Capt. NJ. w. Bruce of
Sitka at the Cochran. The valley of the
Yukon especially is exceedingly rich in agri-
cultural possibilities. There is no finer
wheat land in The world than can be found
in Alaska. There is no land that can equal
it in the raising of hops The only reason
II has not been developed is that the home
stead laws and the other land laws do not
apply to Alaska. and man cannot secure a
title to real estate in that country The
only thing that is necessary to make Alas
ka rich as the Dakotas is to give people
chance to own lands there
There is quite little interest taken in
the discovery of copper in my section"
said c. p. Landis of Front Royal, Va. at
the National Copper in very limited
quantities, but of most excellent quality,
was mined to some extent in Fauquier.
warren and Rappahannock counties Viz
glnla. before the civil war. Since then some
experts have examined it and have pro-
nounced it superior in quality and very
mucn greater in quantity than has ever
cen supposed. AS the copper business is
much better than for some years past il
is believed that this find will prove exceed
ingly valuable
1T may sound visionary, but the time will
come when there will be no everglades in
Florida" said E. 3. Curtis, a civil engineer
of Key West, at the Metropolitan Il have
studied this subject carefully and I am
convinced that there are less difficulties in
the way than there were in the reclama-
ton of Holland from the sea With the
everglades drained off, there could not be a
more fertile country than southern Florida.
and millions of acres of valuable land
q To ha y,,,II
cost OF reclaiming the everglades would be
large IN the aggregate. but it would be very
small when compared with the benefits that
would be derived from 1t. If Congress
should have the subject investigated by the
engineer corps people would be surprised
al now easily and thoroughly the work
couid be done. Some dykes and break
waters would be necessary, but none so ex-
tenslve as would be supposed without ex-
animation
Pacific coast is on a boom" said T. G
knowlton of San Francisco at the Norman
die The reason for the boom is the an
neXation of Hawaii, the purchase of the
Philippines and the favorable prospects for
the building of the Nicaragua canal There
are no less than six or eight towns that ey
pect to be large cities, and all of the ports
on the Pacific coast are putting in active
Dds for the new Pacific trade Los Angeles
Is forging ahead with wonderful rapidity.
san francisco has seemingly taken new
tease OF life and is live.ier than for MANY
years past. while there is a decided i'm
pio'eInent IN business in all of the cities on
the sound Our merchants believe that in
le" years the transpacfic trade will
tqu%i' IL not exceed, the transatlantic trade
ii tney are right, the cities on the Pacific
coast Will be as popuious and wealthy as
those on the Atlantic coast This is what
the racine coast people believe Is going 10
happen, and they going to be ready for
mere VIII be more failures this month
thah IN any January for several years"
sald y. l.. Timmons of Boston at the Ra
leigh BY this l do not mean that times
are not prosperous, because they are.
large number of concerns that have been
idie Tor some time past. now that times are
better are able to affect a reorganization in
case the liabilities are arranged for rboI.