The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-11
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

| Is registered at the Arlington. Mr. Lor-
enz Is a large manufacturer Of wooden
goods. blankets. cloth. yarns. etc, employ
ing between 1.508 and 1000 people. He
is travelling in this country to study
the American market and methods Of
manufacture. Speaking OF his experiences
and impressions received while visiting
manufacturing plants. Mr.. Lorenz said
last night: 1T Is q surprise to me that you
wealthy Americans should make your wo-
men and children work In the mills. I
| was always under the impression that
| such thing was impossible in your rich
| and free country. At home. In Russia, the
factory laws relating to women and chill
dren working in mills are very stringent
| ly enforced: IL fact, 1t almost entirely
/ forbids their employment in mills
! sRs
| Robert G.. Weaver, Of Williamsport, Pa,
proprietor Of extensive lumber and coal
lands in Pennsylvania. is at the Shoreham.
| Speaking Of the recent strike In the Penn
sylvania coal regions. Mr.Weaver said last
night that the coal companies are not los
ing anything by paying higher wages 20 the
miners and by having consented to grant
| almost all OF their demands. He said:
| while the companies pay higher wages
| to the miners it would appear they are
making personal sacrifices. The truth is
I far from 1t, however. They raised the
price of coal to more than reimburse them.
and they will keep 1t up. too. low wages or
high wages. But in the long run ii will
prove beneficial. as it gives those poor fell
lows. the miners, q chance to live like
| Americans"
Edward 8. Gross, OF Chicago. is register
ed at Cbamberlin's. Mr.. Gross is a sculp-
tor Of wide renown. Speaking Of the COM
| ing Capital Centennial Celebration and
the agyrandizement Of Washington. he ex.
pressed the hope that no Government con.
| tracts In the future would be awarded to
! foreigners. Mr.. Gross said: Just look
at the unfinished Sherman statue and the
| trouble in securing capable artist to
finish 1t. This thing would never have
ed happened IL Government work were
awarded to Americans exclusively. We
| have artists who are just as capable az
| those of foreign countries"
"The South American Republics are
having n merry war all to themselves"
| said H. L. Reidy. OF Bogota, Colombia, at
| the shoreham last night. Colombia Is
! having a revolution ard is getting ready
| to wipe Venezuela OF the face Of the
earth 1 am convinced that fighting has
commenced, because the United States
battleship Iowa and cruiser Philadelphia
were yesterday ordered from San Diego.
Cal. to South America. You know the
United States Government has moral
protectorate over these Republics. and
the battleshipS were sent over to quiet
matters. A revolution in South America
is as common as an afternoon tea in this
city. The people will revolt upon the
slightest proyocation- Then one Republic
will take offence at something the others
do and fight starts right away. The
victorious Republic will then proceed to
elect President of It's own choosing. and
all will go merrily until something elss
happens to mar the beau-y OF the ar
rangement. TheG there is another fight.
Chile is easily the best of the whole con-
Germ. as 1t has a navy and an army. Peru
has both, but their fighting quality Is not
equal to the Chilean. Bolivia has NJ
navy. Colombia has an army and navy
that are in good fighting trim. and il tia
venezuelans are in trouble with that
country. the United States battleships
will have to make very quick time CT th3
fight viii be ancient history before they
arrive
Prosperity has struck Mississippi and
Arkansas in way that Is amazing" said
H. W. Morley, of Helena, Ark, ct the
Arlington, yesterday. From the close
of the war UP to this year the farmers in
these two Suites have been in debt. many
OF them not being able to pay the interest
OF their mortgages. All this is now thtrss
OF TIE past. The mortgages have been
paid and even the negroes are buying top
covered buggies. which in itself Is sure
sign Of prosperity. All these good things
and good times have come from the in
crease In the price ct cotton. which Is SELL
ing at 10 cents pound. the highest price
obtained in great many years. You must
understand in this connection that cotton
seed oil goes Up with the price of cotton.
This year the farmers have been able to
pay the cost OF raising their crop from
the sale Of cottcn-seed oil. The net re-
ceipts obtained from the sale OF cotton. is.
therefore. clear profit. Times are so good
IL these States that people who in times
past had borrowed money on notes are
anxious to take UP this kind Of paper. but
the holders Will not surrender the oblisa-
items until the day upon which they fall
due II they took up the notes they would
have the money on hand and could not
lend II out as no one wants to borrow.
This is strange condition Of affairs, but ie
is true"
Mayor Harrison. OF Chicago. will face
a strong reform Republican movement
when he Is a candidate for reelection,
said Mr.. W. A. Ramsay, Of Chicago. at
the Raleigh last night. Mr.. Ramsay
is ! railroad man and not politician.
tt,t in divcussinS the local politics OF the
Western metropolis, he said: THE decent
Republicans have supported Harrison on
account of his street car policy. In this
respect the Mayor has played fair. But
the city Is IN tough shape. The independ-
emit Republicans are disposed to turn
against Harrison. They are almost GER
tain to do this IL a coed candidate is
offered. Harrison is trying to discount
this tendency. He is trying to clean up
the city. Ii he gets any popular sympathy
he can urge that he Is the boy for reform
in any shape"
N. T. Bryan. prominent lawyer Of
Nashville. Tenn. is registered at the Eh-
bItt. Mr.. Bryan is the head Of a delesi-
ton CT Nashville citizens who are in the
city to urge Congress to appropriate mon
ey for the improvement OF rae Cumberland
River. Speaking OF the necessity OF river
improvements, he said last night:
There is probably rot State in the
Union which has not some river that needs
improvement do not mean W this some
little stream running into TIE interior OF
the State and on which Il vast amount OF
money would be spent without any mate
rial bettermeEt to the surrounding coun-
try. I speak CT rivers. as the word l. gen.
orally understood. Take the Cumberland