New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-07

THE PASSING THRONG.

Thomas P. Ward. Of San Francisco. big con-
tractor who has constructed sections Of various
Western railways including the
THINKS Oregon Short Line, said yesterday
WESTERN at the Holland House that he had
PEOPLE FAR no sympathy with those who
SIGHTED. talked about the crime OF expan-
sion. 1T Is natural for every one
10 grow, and It is natural for a country to grow
When you cease to expand you begin to go down
hill The Orient is opening up wonderful trade
minstration in holding the Philippines and keep
Greatly to the 6enet Of the whole I country Iet
me tell you that Western people realize this more
troll the great transcontinenta trunk lines fighting
combining roads? Why are they buying the most
powerful locomotives and the most capacious
ment OF the West and the Orient. The tide is Just
on The western people are fa1sghtsd people o
Pacific Pacific ports for the Orient and they are getting
acTc to 6p sst o predict that Snd ten the the
in export business and that the American railways
with the suez Canal for Oriental trade"
Labor saving devices to enable farming on a
large scale used more in California than any
other State in the Union. accord
FARMING ing to Robert L. McCutcheon. OF
ON A LARGE Los Angeles. Mr.. McCutcheon lives
SCALE. outside of Los Angeles a small
place. and is not farmer himself
on a large scale. At the Imperial Hotel yesterday
commenting upon farming in his State. he said:
NO one pretends to be much OF a farmer unless
he uses steam power. The work done a farm
stand aghast On one big ranch the engine used
TO draw machinery is or fifty horsepower has driv-
ing wheels "a feet high, and burns fifteen barrels
OF oil day. In hauling a gang plough ifty-five
of about fOrty-fve feet. and one hundred acres
day is reasonable record for It, although 125 is
not an impossioility. call that doing things a
America has entered on the epoch of the multi
pHcation of mirrors said Lucius a Parks Of
Baltimore, at the Hoffman House
DEPLORES last night. did not say that 1t
THE NULL correlative result of the i'm
PLICATION perial policy but he finds the fact
OF MIRRORS. none the less regrettable. "Es-
pecially here in New-York" he
said. Il have noticed the steady growth Of the
number OF mirrors. They are everywhere now
In the corners of the elevators they to
be found; they are every penny in the slot
machine man cannot weigh himself without be
ing confronted with the image of his faults, II
the scales sufficient condemnation of his
hahltS OF lie Every hotel puts mirrors in
every corner and ON every blank wall space, and
even in the shop windows put up
behind and even between the displays. The other
day saw half a window filled with mirror out
I!Sh WIN the pane ana more people were LOOKING
INTO that than at the show of goods II IT resulted
in mems shaving oftener and being more careful
OF their neCkwear, ana in women seeing their
faults, would not complain. But that is not the
mirror in day, and you will a great host of
them, and not more than of a hundred
It.tS VIII you see any expression save OF ser
satisfaction. What Is the most popular seat in
your elevated cars? The one where the mirror is
to be found, where you no one sit down with
out first taking a smirk at himself often as
enough. Why should we now give his vanity such
concerted boost?"