The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-04
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Col. 2. p. Wilson. OF Cincinnati Ohlo
secretary OF tue National Association ~
Manufacturers. arrived In the city yes,s-.
day to be present during most of the seg.
sion of Congress. and is a guest az TIA
Cochran. ''The Association of Nargfs-.
turers Is interested IN a number % meas
ures pending before Congress" said Col
Wilson last night, "and while in no sense
am hers to lobby for their passage.
viii place at the disposal OF the seysra.
committees having the matters In ebs-rs
such Information as has been collected d.
the association. and. Of course. viii o.,
lose an opportunity 10 say a good WORD
for such bills as are designed 60 D. ad-
vantageOus TO manufacturers and ttA
country in general"
In addition to being secretary % Che
Association Of Manufacturers. Col vii.
son Is secretary OF the Ohio Valley I'm
proVement Association. the 700 members
OK which are banded together 90 urge iu-
proYements in the Ohio River from gs
source Il PlttsbuTg 10 its mouth al Cairo
Ihey nope some day 20 see ocean steam
eTs come up from the Gulf TO Pittshlrg
but just now are devOting their euerEias
10 the securing OF such Improvements AS
viii make the Ohio navigable during tls
dry months Of the summer.
Among the guests at the ShoTeham i
hr. Joseph 5. Spear. jr.. surveyor Of Gus.
toms at San Francisco. Tho prosperity
that abOunGs on the Pacific Coast has one
queer feature" said Mr. Spear last Night
The wheat growers are suffering from
the effects OF ii. This may seem a ra-
marksble statement. but It Is neyertheIsss
true. some CT the export wheat from
California, Washington. and oregon Is
sent In the whole grain around the Horn
to Europe. but the most of IL Is ground
into -four for shipment to China This
Chinese trade IN -four had a small begin
ming. but ii has been constantly growing
Until within the past two years. Tie
great increase in the expectation Of man
uiactureG and other articles to the Orient
has put a check TO IL. however. Their
are not ships enough TO carry an tha-
CHINA wants TO buy from US, and conse-
quenty freight rates jumped 20 such a
hgure that -four can no longer Dc eX-
pvrted with profit
The wheat growers. though. are By no
means discouraged; nor do they' complain
OF the prosperity that Is ma ding them
poorer. They are looking TO the future
TIE Chinese are learning to like Ameri-
can Hour, as will also the Filipinos ana
other Oriental peoples, and a means will
be found OF getting II TO them at a fig
ure profitable to the American producer.
Next year there will be more ships. and
more still when the subsidy oil Congress
expects to pass has had time to operate.
The Pacific Coast States will within o.
few years rival the States on the At
Ia uyTt ri IN, - L. D
population, and San Francisco will rival
New York as the great commercial city.
Why, even threatening black clouds PASS
us safely by, while we scrape of their
silver Innings. 1t was feared the uprising
in China would demoralize trade, but IL
didn't. On the contrary. we have prOhtCt
from the allied forces being there. a
friend OF mine the other day showed mc
a check for S5S.O00 he had received IN pay
ment for a cargo of hay for German cav
airy horses in China. and We have ship
ped a lot OF other provender and many
horses there
Among the guests at the Arlington last
night was Judge John T Burke. OF Chi
Cago. a prominent lawyer and railroad
man. Speaking CT Western business con-
ditions, Judge Burke said: Railroads are
the best barometer Of business. and just
now the railroads indicate that the coun-
try is about as busy as IL can well be.
The cargoes our trains carry are made up
of greatly diversified output of manufas-
tories. indicating that the prevalent pros
perity Is divided among all lines Of indus
try. There seems TO be no uneasiness fclt
as to what Congress may do, the country
apparently having entire confidence in the
wisdom OF the Republican administrator
and the Republican majority In Congress