New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-17
THE PASSING THRONG.

Robert JaTray. who has been identified with a,
ownership and control Of The Toronto Globe for
twenty-five years. and who
CANADA AND has been president OF the pub
CHAMBERLlAIN'S fishing corporation for fifteen
PLAN years. Is in the city At TIA
Fifth Avenue Hotel he yielded
his views a few things Of current interest both
in Canada and the United States. 1T was certainly
not strange" said he that there should have been
expression OF irritation the decision OF tho
/ Alaskan boundary controversy. but am confdsnt
that during the whole period OF fifty years that
1 have lived in Canada her loyalty 10 England has
never beer stronger ana her attachment has usver
been warmer for the mother country than at the
present time The reported inclination 70 pull away
from England IS only the reflection o. opinions held
by few radicals. speaking under an impulse. and
does not fariy express the sober sentiment ef tho
people; NE abr0gauon or recipLocal tIade rela..
tons by the United States ana thu enactment %
eeot e ,ys sa 5c- 5oca - asset b
independence Of the United States. she has Gsvel-
oped trade in other directions She Is therefore
trade arrarS1-no1ts WITH ne T'rirs4 states Ths
time that Canada imported cheese from tbs
to EHEsnd than Ri the f ssfe sh has sds
similar advances with other producJs. Sne nas
free access 70 England's market and voluntarily
gave England preferential OF $50 per cent The
Support OF Chanber iah's proposals. excepting only
that Canadians will not conSen- 70 the proposition
that prevails without reference to party afHlia--
while the Dominion will endeavor adjust Itself
to the reformation OF Industrial and Commercial
plea to England on her own behalf Tor any
change
P A. Anderson. secretary Of the Irish Asr!cuit-
ural Organization Society. arrived from Dublin. Ire
land. few days ago. and = stay
TELLS OF ing at the Albemaris. He Is IN this
IRISH AGRI- country invitation OF me Irish
CULTURAL Industrial League OF America
WORK which incorporated IN New
York IN March Explaining the
scope OF the society and his mission. Mr. Anderson
said: "Our society is the outgrovth OF the move
meRt begun by Sir Horace Plgnkstt. fourteen years
ago. for the betterment OF the condition OF the
ssrcnituTal Classes OF dreiand IL sLSw 50 IA i
came into existence in 1894 have been identified
wonderfully. and splendid results have been Sc.
Ssro1,s t1 S Tfy5ss 1 1Te Sscf-s5 Tft5
agriculture was necessary. That work has also
altogether eight hundred and ifty societies in Ire
land. with an average membership OF about one
from Ireland almost depopulated certain sections.
ized that Condition one Of the objects Of cur or
ganization work is to rehasiitate rural life on rs
social side. IN the cultivation OF cleanliness and
beauty SO that emigration may , Be ID, Siseogrsg
OF the new land act which recently went into eject
1t has been the work of the society TO promote
creasine, number Of peasant propretors reforms in
the present system OF agriculture are necessary 50
petition with other countries seeking the same
POLITICAL I m here 10 make clearer to the mem
bers OF the Industrial League and those associated
with them the best means Of being helpful IN pro-
noting our work in Ireland"
Ralph II. White. Of Boston. who has been en-
gagged IN mercantile business IN the Massachusetts
metropolis for forty-hve years -
HOW a guest at the Holland House
TWO CITIES Mr.. White began his business ca
GREW. as boy the trains OF ths
Boston and Albany Railroad. with
n basket Of wares his arm. and IS now an actiVs
factor in establishment that gives employ
ment to two thousand five hundred persons. me
department. store OF to-day" said he Is only no
Then II was everything from bottle OF patent
medicine 10 plough. and now. under the eXpalsloI
or the idea. II IS made possible Tor shopper ~
make purchaseS OF anything needed IN a sings
establishment Yes. ] have Boston e1panL
her borders and grow in population from -S1vS
Fort Hill. which was the best residence portion
or Boston fOety years ago. but Fort ItllI IS NJ
more. The hill has been cut away Beacon-sl-
became the artStOCratC section. but the SacA E,e~
district, which then all water, has been nl4e,s
IN. and is the SWEETEST residence section OF
the city. The business district has, % course e-
padded. but it has not shifted materially rom -
original location. Boston has grown Steadliy anu
substantially but not like New-YOrk- The meueP-
oils has grown by leaps and bounds. 1 remember
when the leading retail drygOOds stores were II
the vicinity OF Grand and Canal SITS, and tne g
Nicholas Hotel. corner OF Broome and spring SIS.
was the principal hotel. and was then Gp'oNu.
The Fifth Avenue Hotel when opened IN iS0s, vs.
remotely IN the wooded suburbs Or the cIts'
There practically nothing above Twenty -tniil-
early eos. The development since then has beer
/ nOthiuU less than marvellous