Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-19

~Elihu Root is determined to establish
record. He will close the Philippine
campaign in three months"
So said a prominent republican poll
tlcian standing outside the Fifth Avenue
hotel the other evening at 8 o'clock, the
hour when senators and minor politicians
DO congregate there to discuss possible
Ties.
Mark my words: in three months Root
Will do that which it has already taken
the present leaders one year. without ac-
complishing anything"
Roots record in New York. while brill
liant, is singular in some aspects. He is
noted for his high fees, for his non-con-
wal ways and for his ambitions. A
good setting surely for a possibility"
NEW YORK's FAIR.
Speaking of the Worlds Fair in 1902, or
Whereabouts, which one-half of New York
is DESTROYS of having, 1t has been decided
that it would be absolutely necessary to
hold the same either in the Borough of
the Bronx, formerly the town of Bronx,
north of old New York; or in the Borough
of Brooklyn. If held in the latter place
it might tend to more closely unite the
two places, New York and Brooklyn,
which in spite of legislation, are not as
harmonious in spirit as it was hoped they
would be when connected and united into
Greater New York. The old rivalry
between the cities is Still felt and the man
who lives in New York still pokes fun at
the man who lives in the Borough of
Brooklyn.
With the new East River bridge at
Thirty-fourth street, and with the tun-
nels connecting New York with Brook
1v,1 of tho PntfoJv on1 ut TNnntv.fhiy
street, there could be no complaint of
poor transportation facilities for the
crowds, SHOULD New York Worlds Fair
be carried through the next Legislature at
Albany.
New York is preparing to be proud of
the new city hall which it hopes to have,
and for which it is willing to set aside the
sum of 1926, OOO, 900. OF course there is an
awful howl about it,, for the giving of
contracts will necessarily lie more or less
in the hands of the party now in control.
If the whole thing can be postponed UNI
til 1900, or until Mayor Van Wyck's term
shall have expired, then the spoil giving,
the republicans hope, will fall into their
hands. If decided upon now, the demo-
cratic administration being "in," would
nave decidedly the advantage. And
though the bids are public and the con-
tracts awarded in the most public man
ner, still each side feels as though the
other should not even have the privilege
and prestige of giving the $25, 900, 900 to
anybody. Such a plum cannot be picked
twice in a century.
THE RUBBER AGE.
This is indeed the age of rubber. Rub
Der i~mports-and nearly all rubber comes
from Para. Brazil-amounted to only fif-
teen or twenty millions tons a few years
ago.. Now the amount is forty-four mill
ion, with prospects of double increase the
coming year. Last year this country
paid out to the rubber importers of Para
$37, 900, 900, and this year they will double
the sum.
the automobile for one place; into the
thousands of rubber tired vehicles that
perambulate the streets; into cabs,
wagons and bicycles. Into the rubber
coats which are nov made so we'll that
they look like silk; into the countless rub
Der pillows and rubber beds, into the hot
water bags, chair seats, blankets, and
other useful articles which have come in
so rapidly the past few years. Into rub
Der toys and into rubber roofs which are
spread upon summer tents, and into rub
Der shoes which you wear. Rubber was
formerly little understood. 1t was crude.
Your feet We're pulled into a square box
which was heated until it shaped itself to
your shoe. Now rubber is worked and
made into materials that are fine and
comfortable; and in so doing there is be-
ing opened up to the labor of this ount-
ry a course of industry which within the
next twelvemonth will yield as many
millions can be made off eight million tons
Of pure rubber.
SHAMROCK'S CHANCES.
The most cheerful news of the week is
that the two shippers of the Shamrock,
now due on our shores, are at logger
heads, and in strife there is disagreement,
and in disagreement there i. success for
the Columbia. ut is all-important in
sailing a yacht so says Hank Half TO
me the other day, ito know who is boss
and to obey the boss. Put confidence in
your skipper and let him a the say.
Iselin was always allowed to give the or
ders and every mar on the old Defender
obeyed him without question and with
the best results. Often after outlining
the course accurately, before the race, he
would suddenly change his mind and call
out fresh orders. But we knew there was
good reason for it and We obeyed him
without questioning. An .nstant's hesita-
ton would have lost us the first race with
the Valkyrie."
The Shamrock's shippers disagree, 1t is
said, about everything from stem to
stern, from salads to sail. Sir Henry
Bloss, of British Columbia, one of the
best yachtsmen Of the country, is said to
have declared that the distance will
defeat the Shamrock: II he adds that,
although the yachts are much alike, the
Columbia has the better nance because
of the perfect harmony Of the crew and
Its familiarity with this particular rig.