Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-04

had accepted the position of manager of The
German end of the democratic press bureau.
Mr.. Schade has been resident of the Dis
trict for a number of years and is prac-
ticing attorney He is a graduate
OF the Georgetown University Law School.
Former Governor Francis of Missouri.
who Is stopping at the Normaad has
been in this city for several weeks urging
the passage of the bill through Congress
appropriating five millions of dollars for the
government donation to the Louisiana pur-
chase exposition which it is proposed to
hold in st. Louis in 1903. There have been
several statements made during the past
week regarding the governors posIticn to-
ward the striking street car operatives IN
St. Louis. and 1t has been alleged that he
was attempting to secure control OF Inc
railroads III order to increase his profit
from the exposition In consequence Of tins
rumor the strikers have te.egraphed 10
many of the leading members of the House
of Representatives requesting thar the bill
making the five million appropriation shall
be held up until the strikers have had
chance to make a statement against ii. it
is from this source more than anything else
that has sprung the statement iInitlicatIig
Governor Francis.
AS result. he has been doing al in his
power to allay the suspicious aroused. and
has been in constant Geographic c"mn'tnl-
cation with ct. Louis Governor Francis
stated last night that there was absolutely
no truth the report regarding his con-
nection with the railroads.
II have no connection with the street
railroads whatever, and contemplate piIr-
chasing no interest in them. | realize that
there will be an immense profit in street.
railway traffic during the exposition. but
this will be the same of every line o. bust
ne IS in st. Louis. and have never thought
of the money to be gained in investments in
street railway stock until it was brought to
nay attention by the action of the opponents
to the bill in duplicating Tie. or rather as
signing the cause of the present strike to
me. I have nothing whatever to do with
the roads. l believe that the exposition will
be great thing for st. Louis and for all
the midi. west, for that matter. We Will
get the appropriation of five million dollars
from Congress before 1t adjourns. l am
sure. The objec; is to commemorate the
hundredth Anniversary of the first step
taken by the United States i'll expanding its
borders. and / think it comes very oppar-
timely at this time. owing to the acruisi-
lions in the Caribbean sea and the Pacific
resulting from the Spanish war.
I'VE are striving to make this exposition
the biggest thing that has been undertaken
in the west, where all things are done on
a gigantic scale The fact that we propose
10 spend more than S1O.GO,0m on the gov
eminent exhibits: that is the state and
governmental shows. indicates the mag
nificeuce of the affair. The citizens of Mis-
SOuF1 are 10 raise dHOtHeT ~ put
to the fund we shall get from the general
government. Besides this. there will be
enormous sums from the letting of priv
i!eses, etc. would advise any one who
desires to big show to come to st.
Louis in 1909
1.-The farmers in my part of the country
have certainly prOspered during the last
year." said Mr. J. T. Dillenback of Jeffer-
son county. New York. who has been stop
in cyt fpu a,v vuifh
son. DR.. w. D DNlenback. Our principal
crop has been hay and we have shipped
hundreds OF tons out of the county. My
business includes the handling of a great
deal of this hay. and | have raised good
bit myself. The yield was something great
last year. I took something over 2'N tons
from one of my farms of about 20 acres.
This product ship to New York and
Boston. where 1t is sold. or course it is
all pressed and prepared for market before
it leaves the farm.
The manner of pressing it In very inter-
esting. and 1 do not believe it il done to
any great extent in this part of the cOun-
try With hay press y IL much like it Is
with threshing machine in Virginia. That
Is. il one of the farmers in the county owns
one he hires 1t to his neighbOrs at so much
per ton pressed. l have press of my own.
az control more than LOO acres of land.
and cannot use 1t all of the time. When
my duh season comes on l send my
chinist around the country with the press
and he gathers up enough money in Il few
weeks to pay for the housing Of the ap-
paratus during the entire winter
"A good hay press costs S20O $500 in
the first place. and then the man who owns
it is compelled to build shed to shelter it
from the weather when not in use. 1t IL
for this reason. more than any other, that
more of the presses are not owned by the
farmers. The backward spring has greatly
retarded the crops this year, | think, and [
hardly believe IL will be as profitable a sea-