The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-13

THE WHEAT HARVEST.
The successive and progressive advance
Of the wheat harvest from the Inc OF I ,ue
to-day, two months later, Nebraska ana
the Dakotas are turning into market me
golden grain by the millions OF Il 9 Gnn.dn
a tremendous traffic. These absolute
proofs of agricultural prosperity IN our
immense domain bring little encourage.
community in many respects. ard l DOUBT
whether there Is city in nao the world 10
where the masses ,h OF e ne q Pe Certain per-
sons posing as leaders as they 40 IN this
city The whole town, as they say IN
London. is playing the game OF 0ino va
wiggle waggle," and thus they keep on
doing what their several slm u.. IS say say
they should do. Two or three weeks ,,ias iroIT ,
be in the seventh heaven Of delight when
the various Simons tell them there Is TO
be plenty of honest money; that an our
dreds millions Of new bank paper cur
rency is fully as honest as any gold
dollar, and is in much greater dsmand i
by the people. and much better adapted na
to the wants and needs Of business than
the yellow Boys. and that Wall Street re-
cognizes that this will add to the pros,
rerty OF the eonn.ry Va sneRen 10Y nrces
will advance on the tickers and they VIII
then be assured tho business OF the coun-
try will start on again Ike an eight1Ta gay
of them realize that our great country
goes on daily increasing In resources.
power and wealth, and that New YORK
City owes its pride, arrogance and POSI- posi-,
ton, yea It's very existence, to the great
States that lie In the path OF the setting
sun. and that it grows rich and powerful
the fields and the mines Of the West and
South. They forget that It Is the corn,
the wheat and the cotton, the hogs. pota;;
toes and cattle the hay the nss 1u.teG d me
steamers to their great docks. that builds I1
their splendid hotels and Private eos resi- esd
gives employment and food to their mil
lions Of workmen and workwomen.
ALONG THE BOWERY.
TO listen to their cqnversa tion ono
would be led to think they dug their
It up along Fifth Avenue, and they verify
believe the Republic only exists because
New York is within It's bounds, The city
is growing by, leaps and bounds N every
In another State, Jersey City, and for
80 miles from the Hudson. all the other
Jersey cities and towns are simply suburbs
month adds Its thousands to the number
of inhabitants, and towns and villages
are yearly taking shape names and po-
SltlOnS upon tho maps. III tdklIlB u "Trip
upon the various electric roads running
for 30 miles from New York. through
the western end OF Lons Island. per-
son finds continuous settlement OF new
~ constructed homes not only the dwell
lings of the humble artisans 1.-THE clerks
and tho statesmen but the villas Of the
merchants and manufacturers and the
great country homes of the very wealthy.
j have noted In prior articles the tenden-
cy of New Englanders to invest In New
York realty and this movement still
continues with greater volume this year
than ever before, The money earned In
Boston, Providence, Waterbury. New
Haven, Portland and Springfield. and hun
dreds of smaller New England cities ig
rapidly going into ground In the Bronx
and upon Long Island. Not only is 1t the
capital of wealthy men and rich assocla-
lions, but find that hundreds o. the New
Enslanders who are able to command
from $500 to $1,000 each have purchased
lots individually and tracts of land to
subdivide through associations. Land In
all sections Of Long Island Is rapidly In
creasing in price, owing TO the extension
of electric and steam railways on the Is
land, and 1t is almost impossible now
to purchase any tracts of two or three
hundred acres within 10 miles OF New
York City Hall. 1t has been subdivided
and Is offered by the lot now, no longer
by the acre, Everything bids fair for n
rapid and steady, increse OF population
In and around this great city, and there
is but little doubt that within the next
% years 1t will far exceed London In
poDula ton,