The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-17
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

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Some OF our mill workers have solved
the labor problem" remarked Albert II.
Hendricks. of Fall River. at the Airing
!. ton. last night. They have done this by
bee oming mill owners themselves. mean
By this that they have gone into the mill
Workers Union formed company. and
every embloye of the establishment was
asked to become member This gave each
man working interest in the concern.
Each tried to do his best. This concern
has been doing business for several years.
and is success. The members share
alike in the profits of the concern. SO
| there is no chance for strike.
| Our mills were never In more pros
porous condition than they are at the
( present time. We are working on twen
ty-four-hour schedule time. We have
! three shifts. Each shift consists of eight
hours. I think We are in for a long and
| prosperous business revival. because We
have orders on file that will take Us
months and months to FILL
| Il do not think the establishment Of
the milling industry in the South will ma
| tertally affect us. The Southerners can
not turn out the fine article that is pro-
duced by the New England mills. They
! save great deal on labor and transpor-
I tation. and can turn out a cheap article
, that sells for less than the same product
OF an Eastern mill. but they cannot touch
US on the finer grades. | have no doubt
| we will eve 1tually have strong COMPETE
| ton from our Southern brothers, but that
time is so far away that we are not wor-
rying about it,
Michigan Is in danger OF losing one Of
her most substantial educational institu-
TONS" said W. II. Newton, Of Pontiac, at
the Normandie. last night. II refer to
the Michigan Military Academy. This in
stitution has turned out some hne SOL
diers. The boys graduate from the acade-
my and enter West Point fully equipped
! 10 take up the science of war. This in
stitution has been running for a great
| many years, but today IL is in danger CT
going to the wall. This is due to an in
surrection among the students, headed by
| the faculty. The boys and their instrucr-
ers are opposed to Colonel Rogers. the
superintendent and are making a strong
tight against him. No one knows the
reason. The boys tell many conflicting
stories. and the superintendent has 10th
ing to say. so it is hard to get at the
facts. ! have watched the fight closely.
and have come to the conclusion that it IL
war of the faculty. Colonel Rogers is a
very stern man. The instructors do Iot
like him. and they are making an effort
to hamper him in the upbuilding Of his
institution. They have humored the Toys
so that the young soldiers are all on the
one side. | think the trouble will result
in the discharge of the faculty. If this
is not done and the boys do not return
to the academy Michigan will lose one
of the best educational institutions she
has in the State
C. ]. Curtis, of Chicago. is at the Rail
eigh. Mr. Curtis is interested in a scheme
to bring sea fish from the Alaskan and far
northern Atlantic waters to the city mar
kets of the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. He
says these waters are swarming with the
finest fish in the world and there is no
reason why the tables of American cities /,
should not be supplied with them. He Is
in Washington to look up the rights Of
fishermen in the northern seas.
Martin B. Madden, Chicago Republican
politician. whotsees no reason why Charles
G. Dawes should be-"the whole thing in
Illinois politics and at the same time chief
of the Presidents kitchen cabinet, is at
the Raleigh. He says there is no partic-
ular public business which brings him TO
on general inspection tour.
IF there is man in the United States
who knows whether Senator Hanna will be
a candidate for the Presidency in 1904 it is
that man sitting over there in the cor
ner." This observation was made by a
guest at the Arlington last night. The
man sitting over in the corner was H. c.
Payne. the national committeeman from
Wisconsin and Vice Chairman Of the Ma
tional Committee. Mr. Payne is credited
with loving politics for the sake of play
ing the game and Mr.. Hanna is said to re-
gard him as one Of the best organizers in
the country 1t is generally suspected that
Mr.. Payne would like to be in the next
Cabinet. but those who are best acquaint-
ed with his ambitions say that he prefers
private life with a quadrennial whirl at
politics. He is here on political business
relating TO the National Committee.
james S. Miller, of Seattle, Wash. 10
a; the Normandie. Mr. Miller has eonsid-
cradle lumber interests in the coast State.
and has been making an inspection Of tho
timber lands in Northwestern States. Re
ierring to the lumber interests. in which
he is engaged, Mr.. Miller said, last night:
An amendment 20 the lumber tariff
via the Spokane gateway has been made
by the railroads, and the new arrange
ment has opened up almost the whole Of
Wyoming, and the western part
Of Nebraska The railroads have given Us
!, rate of 40 cents. This will provide an
additional market for 3,575 cars annually
y Washington fir lumber from the Puget
Sound district Colorado will annually ship
out fully $500 extra carloads OF lumber.
while Wyoming and Nebraska will both
,ame out with an additional thousand or
wo carloads of timber. The railroads will
Increase their revenue by about $340 oeO.
This is probably the largest single item Of
rade expansion which will result from
he opening Of the Spokane gateway, but il
$ nothing compared TO the possible in
rease that would resu,, in an extension
# the i0-cent rate from Seattle and other
North Pacific Coast points,
ext month that will mean a great deal
o the people Of that State" said William
I. Frederick, Of Salt Lake, at the st.
ames. last night. 1T will be a question
I whether the Church will be allowed to
nix up Ia political matters or whether
oltics will be run upon strictly po-
itical platform. In the last election the
republicans won because they had the
upport of the Mormon Church. 1t is we'll
nown that the church leaders used every
means at hand to compel the members Of
ne church to vote for Mckinley. The
Democrats to man are opposed to all
ind of church interference in political
matters, and the convention next month
rill be in the nature of protest against