Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-04

washington certainly has the cleanest
money 1 ever handled" said Mr.. H. c.
Williams of Chicago, at the Arlington.
"Out in our country all of the paper money
is more or less greasy and dirty and much
of it is torn. Then, too, merchants and
others who get paper money generally put
it away and give silver in change. / went
into the telegraph office in Charlottesville,
Ind, only the other day to send telegram.
The cost was only 40 cents. All the money
l had handy was $40 bill. Imagine my
chagrin when the cashier handed me $500
in silver in change. He said he had no
paper money in the office. That $40 bill
noticed he filed away in a wallet"
THE settlement of your great coal strike
by the appointment of an arbitration COM
mission shows a marked advancement on
the part of the United States" said Mr..
Philip c. Ross of London at the New Will
ard.
TT is exceedingly gratifying to find a
tendency in recent years to arrange alter
cations over wages and methods by concfl-
iatory methods. You know that in England
this plan has been in vogue for some time
and in 1901 out of every 100 persons that
had their wages changed only two were
concerned in lockouts and strikes. This l
think makes very good showing II 1t is
not a record breaker
This has been a very bad year for hay
in our section of the country said Mr..
Henry P. Vowel of Culpeper, Va, at the
Metropolitan. In consequence many OF the
farmers who have heretofore wintered a
large number of cattle will be unable to
do So The late fall and a very good corn
crop have enabled some of them to keep
their stock, but within a short time they
will be compelled to ship. Feeding cattle
on corn alone is little too expensive a
proposition. I afraid that Virginia
uyip cd will he rather scarce IN
the spring and that prices Will OF necessity
be higher.
"A large number of Mexicans have been
imported into Louisiana from Texas during
the past year to work on the cotton planta-
tions.'' said Mr. Walter c: Whitman Of
Houston at the Raleigh. "They are used
to take the places of the negroes who have
eraigrated to Kansas and Arkansas.
"An attempt was made at first to supply
the demand by using Italian labor, but as a
cotton hand the Italian failed completely.
The Italian did not have the knack that is
necessary to make a good cotton picker
THE Mexican cotton picker is pronounced
superior to the Italian, but not quite equal
to the negro. 1t is likely that a much
larger number of Mex cans will be imported
from Texas for the next years crop
THE labor contractors who imported the
Mexicans to Louisiana say thsy W II have
no difficulty in getting all of the Mexican
hands the planters need
81 have just come from Wilkesbarre,
said Mr. Charles C. Jones at the New Will
lard, land 1 can tell you l left mighty
happy community of people The miners
are jubilant over the fact of returning to
work and the business men are doubly So
1t has been a long, hard struggle, and every
man, woman and child in that section of
the country is heartily glad that it is over
The men return to work with WILL
and l think there is no doubt that within a
compare lively short space of time all Of the
old men will be returned to the positions
they formerly occupied. OF course, there
are some of them who have been partiCu-
larly active, and others who are known to
have been connected with violent demon
STATIONS who will not secure their old
places, but this must be expected. AS John
Mitchell so aptly said, Some lives are lost
in every battle, no matter which side wins
THE miners will once again be able to
live in the manner in which they were ac-
customed, for the store accounts which
were open to them before they went on
during it's existence, will be OPP n to them
again. 1t is safe to predict that within two
months everything will be working as
smoothly though no strike had occurred,
and the markets of the country will have
full supply of coal John Mitchell has
shown himself great man. and the miners
are with him. tooth and nail. Ea has made
mark that few men of higher educ ito a
has done it In a dignified manner that has
won friends for him throughout the entire
world"
In the lobby of the Raleigh party of
travelling men, known in the business world
as "drummers,' were Willing away a pleas
ant half hour swapping yarns. Several
rounds of stories had been told, when Mr..
Henry Greenbauer who travels for a Chi
cago packing house, told this one:
Il was sitting in the main office in Chi
cago one afternoon said Mr.. Greenbauer,
when a large, husky stranger walked
boldly in. Nobody in the Office had ever
seen him before, but he was clearly a cat
tie man, and as he brought a letter of in
PRODUCTION from a well-known shipper he
was made to feel at home as much pos
sible. The boys In the office were not in
the least suspicious of the old codger, and
the fact that he had brought letter of
introduction from a man weN known to
the house. and who could be reached with
in half an hour by telegraph, were all in
his favor. Then, again, he had not asked
for anything. He did not want to borrow
money or have a check or draft cashed.
On the other hand, he reached into his
pocket and pulled out a large roll of money,
which he said was the proceeds of the sale
U
with the house until morning when he got
ready to leave town.
Z" I have got 81 900 in greenbacks In this
roll and l don't like to run around Chica-
go with that much change in my pockets;
they might make an effort to sell me the
city hall. If you don't mind I'll take out
a little for spending money and leave the
balance with you until tomorrow. Mr..
Blank told me you sometimes accommodate
ed him in that way
Now who is 1t that would not do a
man a favor of this kind. especially as 1t
would, in addition, oblge the friend of an
old patron and a prospective customer? He
took off a fifty-dollar bill and handed the
balance of the roll to the man behind the
cashiers desk. The cashier counted It,
Yes said the cashier, there Is $3.50
here. Just minute and l will give you
check for it.
1.-The stranger put his check In an old
tobacco bag he carried for his money and
went out of the office. 1t was then late in
the afternoon.
"At IL o'clock the next morning the
cashier sent the roll left by the stranger
to the bank to be deposited against the
check. The teller counted it and threw
out $3.50 as being counterfeit. Then the
cashier hurried to stop payment on the
check, but found, alas, that the stranger
had discovered early in the morning that
he had need for some additional money
and had the check cashed. Their old Gus
toner, they afterward discovered, had not
given the letter of Introduction. 1t was