Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-09-11
j Few-Line interviews.


Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson has
been making a study of the domestic aud
foreign demand for wheat this year, aid
in view Of crop estimates which experts
have made looks for rising prices When
asked for a statement of the crop pros
poets and the probable prices Of agricui-
tural products during the present year,
the Secretary said: The outlook for good
prices was never better. We have ii
shortage In the American wheat crop this
year which win probably amount 90 100,-
100000 bushels This alone would serve
to make the present yield more valuable.
There are additional reasons, however,
which incline me TO believe that wheat
will make marked advance before the
end of the present year The primary
cause for an advance is the condition and
outlook of the home market. Our home
market is and will continue To be the
greatest wheat market in the world. This
year the demand for the great bunk Of our
crop is at home. The consumption OF
wheat and wheat -four in this country in
1894 fell to 3.41 bushels per inhabitant.
In 1896 it increased to 47S and in 1898
it was 5.21, while last year it increased to
sos bushels per capita. This year the
consumption Of wheat per capitn viii go
above last year and probably will be
nearer seven than six bushels.
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Il. NJ. Jackson of Chicago said to a
Washington Post reporter: "The desire
among young men to go west and grow
up with the country is not so strong as Il
once was In fact, western young men
show a decided inclination TO travel east
ward This is probably due to a beIief
that larger prizes are to be gained IN the
more thickly populated eastern States.
New York City, with it's supported multi
tudinous opportunities for acquiring
wealth and fame, offers especially strong
temptation for ambitious western men
who feel well equipped for the race Chi
cago attracts men, il is true, from every
part Of the Union, but ii lacks that fasci.
nation the eastern metropolis has,
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Baron Faya, Italian ambassador to the
United States, says Of the new king:
king Victor Emmanuel III. is popular,
especially in Naples, his birthplace. His
accession to the throne will have the inn
mediate effect Of putting down any reyo-
lutionary spirit that may exist
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Kenneth j. Ainsley, a PittSburg sewer
pipe manufacturer, tells Of success ir
Mexico: "There is an opening for Ameri-
can capital there in many other lines.
The Government encourages the invest
ment Of foreign capital, and property Is
as secure as anywhere in the States We
formerly manufactured sewer pipe in
Pennsylvania ana shipped it to Mexico.
but we found it you'd be much more
profitable to send american machinery
there and erect a plant. and we now have
a fourishing industry"
49,
C. NJ. Duvall Of Pittsburg gathered
these impressions while in Cuba: "My
honest belief Is that the average native
Cuban is about the meane9t human crea
ture that ever walked the face Of the
earth. There are exceptions to this, OF
course. Finer people than some of the
better class Of Cubans are not to be
found, but they are hopeiessly In the mi
nority The average native is lying, lazy,
treacherous. and ungrateful, and only
prevented lying in wait 10 the dark TO
stab his best friend In the back through
fear Of the consequences. We don't want
him FOR IN American citizen, for be
would never be one except in mama"
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DR.. HatDer thinks tho small colleges
m.est some day unite. Says be: The time
Is coming when colleges viii big establish
ed for particular purposes; college, for
example. FOR the study Of science. or for
the stn1y OF literature, or for the study
Of historical subjects: a policy in sfrik-
Ing contrast with the present plan. There
viii come TO he federation Of colleges.
and through this federation each OF the
interested colleges will be able to
strengthen its faculty. Such association
will open up new possibilities for the
small college and viii secure for it priv
seges which are to-day beyond its reach"