Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1901-05-16
SSSEEEIGEE&ESE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
Washington, D. c., May 10, 1901.

ject in making public that interview,
but they are by no means UNANIMOUS in
agreeing what it was. Senator Hanna
is in Washington, but no help in solv-
ing the problem can be obtained from
him, as the most that he will say is
that he is not candidate for president.
OF course. every politician knows that
he would not say he was at this stage OF
the game, no matter what his intentions
might be. If Mr.. Heath were only ex-
pressing his personal opinion, it would
receive scant attention from the politi-
clans, but be is secretary of the repub-
lican national committee and has en-
joyed confidential relations with Senator
Hanna ever since the latter has been in
national politics. The opinion most
generally held among politicians is that
the interview was published as feeler
of the public pulse on the question of
Senator Hanna's candidacy.
Admiral Bradford, chief of the naval
bureau of equipment, has received
report from the board of naval affairs,
headed by Capt. Chadwick, appointed
some time ago to investigate wireless
biography. The report will not be
made public, but it is known that it
endorses the entire feasibility of wire
less telegraphy and recommends its adop-
ton and the abandonment of the pres
ent system of using carrier pigeons. No
particular method of wireless telegraphy
Is endorsed. but they are all treated at
length in the report. 1t had been sup
posed that the board would continue
its experiments during the summer
they could have been conducted at or
near any of the popular seaside resorts
and the members of the board deserve
credit for having resisted a temptation
and set a precedent.
The department of agriculture has
received reports from its agents who
have been looking into the experimental
order of the British government, eX
Guiding from army use for six months
from June all foreign beef of every
description, and its probable effect upon
the American beef trade. They all
agree that it will have no appreciable
effect, as there is no over supply of beef
in Great Britain, and the American and
Canadian beef now furnished to army
contractors will necessarily take the
place of the beef taken from British
home markets to supply the army. Of
ficers of the British army contract of
flee had no hesitation in saying that the
sole reasan for the order was to try to
meet complaints of British farmers be-
cause their cattle were not purchased
for the army. 1t is doubted whether it
will be possible to enforce the order,
even for six months.
1t is not generally known that the
100000 gross of steel pens made in this
country are turned out by four compa-
MES. Mr.. Charles r. Rockwell, Of Meri-
den, Conn, treasurer of ono of the
companies, who is now in Washington,
gave the following interesting details
of the business: "The steel for these
pens comes chiefly from Sheffield, Eng
land. Many EXPERIMENTS have been
made with American steel, but it has
never stood satisfactory test. The inn
preston would be that such little art-
cles so generally used as pens would be
entirely made by machinery. Not So
From the starting Of the sheet steel in
to pers till the finished goods are boxed
and labeled, it is handled seventeen
times. The points, even, have to be
ground Underground and cross ground.
The four steel pen factories in the
United States are one each at Camden,
n. j., Meriden, Conn, New York city
and Philadelphia. The chief competi.
ton is from pens made in Germany, Eng
land, and other European countries"
1t is difficult TO get goods into new
market, even when they are better and
cheaper than those that have been sold
there. Every unprecedented person will
doubtless readily admit that American
shoes are the best and cheapest in the
world, owing not only TO the improved
largely to the fact that the American
workman is the most skilful and intelli.
gent in the world. Yet, statement Just
issued by the war department shows
that Spain sold boots and shoes in the
Philippines last year to the value Of S7i,-
1873, Germany 550,2il, and the United
States only 1882.
Some lawyer did n very shrewd thing
when he got h member of the crew of
battleship Main to put in claim for &c.,
600 damages for injuries received by the
destruction of the vessel in Havana har-
Dor on the ground that Spain was re-