New-York tribune., 1902-03-19
THE PASSING THRONG.

Belamy storer. United States Minister to Spain.
who reached this city Sunday, was able TO throw
light the labor riots
MR. STORER which have been lately the terror
ON SPANISH of Catalonia, and especially the
RIOTS. city of Barcelona. Catalonia" he
said at the Albemarle Hotel, lis
the great and. in fact, about the only manufactur
ing district of Spain. If except the districts
where ore is produced. The stuff manufactured is
loose, cheap cotton cloth which is quite
ceptable to the Cubans and the other inhabitants
of the Spanish colonies the better quality
of cloth manufactured In the United States. Labor
was cheap, the machinery just good any to
be found, and the market guarded for the Spanish
product So Catalonia did a thriving business. But
the Spanish-Amercan War altered ali that 1t
opened the former guarded markets TO the c0mpe-
months nearly eighty thousand people in the dis
triCt of Catalonia have been out of work or nearly
AS their average wages amount in United
States money to 30 cents day and as they are
not naturally saving. like the French working peo-
Pile though they are at bottom good class great
hardship has been the result Ihns the Tiots game came
in almost every other part of the country. 'Cata-
Ex-Governor Hauser of Montana said last night
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel: so far as l know.
the situation in Montana with
MONTANA gard to the Northern Securities
AND THE Company has altered because
MERGER. of the suit brought by the United
States Attorney General, nor has
this suit caused any added interest among the peo
pie OF tne state AS tOld you some little time
ago. there is very little interest in the whole Ques
ton among the citizens. however you might judge
the facts to be from the reports. suppose that if
a were TO be taken for against allowing the
merger the nays would have II easily, but there
has been real fighting spirit awakened in the
state Montana Is developing steadily ana sure
ly, both in mining industries and small
tent in grazing and kindred lines. Our peoples
enough about the situation to say what resources
would be left Montana if she should desire 10
| fight the merger in the suit Of the Attorney
| General was decided in favor of the roads. But
don't believe that any action will be taken in such
an event The merger will be accepted"
| New-Orleans wants the United States TO build
interoceanic canal and she wants it built soon.
| 1t would appear from the con-
| NEW ORLEANS versaton of New-Orleans men
| WANTS A who come New-York. Yes
| CANAL SOON. terday at the Albemarle Hotel 5.
! p. Walmsley, president of the
| New-Orleans Cotton Exchange, said: "New-Or-
leans is a rising wave of prosperity Her superb
| location will indeed, assure her of growth and
great future. But what New-Orleans needs just
| now more than anything else 10 help her grow
and cause her to become one of the great trade
centres of the world Is an interoCeanic ship canal
| When you in the North give US that canal We Will
snow you what city can become nave
/ found that Northern capitalists. and especially
| New-York capitalists, are very ready to invest
matter Is put TO them IN a common sense. sound
| and businesslike way. There is reason why
| with the growth OF the South. Northern capital
| should not find still larger and more profitable
fields for investment. So It is for the interest OF
the North 10 develop the South and TO develop the
South quickest and surest, give us a ship canal
| 1t TO us eventually. but is the time that il
should be built. such an opportunity may not
| come again for long time. And just now the
| need Is most urgent Let us have the canal al
| once