New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-24
THE PASSING THR0NG.

James r. EekeIs. ex-ControHer OF the Cu-r.ne~
and now president OF the Commercial Natiou.s
Bark OF Chicago. has been a gllas
ECKEI1s on at the Holland House for several
COUNTRYS days Responding To inquiry
FINANCES. concerning business conditions and
the outlook. he said: Commercial
business Is generally good. and iJ Is destined 70
continue fair Money will remain at about the
present rates until early spring when IL viii be
more plentiful and rates viii be lower There viii
TO the iron and steel industry. and there will 6e
readjustn-enI II q9ta the pits % ma and
ness but in less measure than some nave been
9isPeSSo 20 be esfablisbed 5r a mite lover eVsi
there will be Improvement i'm building operations
put aside ON account of extremely high prices viii
be revived. There ls ~ Lkehaooa or en- z O.
curing In the near future 20 slp1 zen circuits ne
condition Of the past two months. which was due
Counted the possibilities Of any real aan>ers. ] be
extreme strain Is now a thing u the Fast The
plus as they have done in former years. They
have no debts and no crediIofs TO coLpfi mem t.
they get the most favorable figure for their crops
40 not anticipate the measure of shrinSase il
business next year that usually In the yea-
Of a Presidential campaign. Ior tne tests2n tat
both parties VIII appeal 70 the business interests ~
pronulsating conservative platforms, aad The
Democrats viii nominate cohset atiIe CSillaate
We going in 20 WIN. and such a candidate az
may he acceptable to Nev--YOrk and New England
viii predict in connection with this that the can
didate who has the business Interests Or the coun-
try behind him next November VIII De elected
Major Fred r. Reed. Potentsts Of Fl Korah
Temple. Noodles Of the Mystic Shrine in the State
of Idaho IL staying al the Grand
EXPECTS Hotel. Major Reed was A member
GREAT Of the old 7th Regiment. New-Yorl,
THINGS National Guard when he went
FOR IDAHO. West. twenty-sx years ago. 70 seek
his fortune. lie has divided his
time between Washington and Idaho. His drst
stop was at Boise and said he: Il recall with the
oF ria fsv Ions ms
by Uncle John Haley. who gave me a pass that
carried me free as poor boy from Boise 20 WsIla
WaIIa Wash in one OF his stages-a ride Of several
hundred miles" Passing over his experiences In
was among the pioneers in the Cceur de Lion lead
country. and panned values OK or the streams IN
bafoTe the. Casvell bows went into the district
The major is manager OF the Liberal Nine owned
Penn. is president but has no stories OF phenom-
eral richness % exploit or The mineral wealth or
1.-THE surface has only been scratched. our prop
erty, which is twenty-eight miles northwest "
Haley. is n gold proposition Boise. the capital or
Idaho. is growing rapidly and substantially Fully
Is about 1900 Of which between tfs4 and 100 have
Boise is only the largest city. but the most in
pOrtant distributing point between $50 - ~ ~.
to CoIoradot is the chief residential ciry % which
men who have succeeded in the mountains corue
with their families to settle that the children may
have educational advantages. Besides Tue zen
in s6sthern IDAHO an frriga1in ditch is now in
course Of construction that IS esHJy IesL vice az
extension Of irrigation systems, supplemented Of
the government constr ctlqn OF too,h [eseI V'tt5,
Development of her aE-icult uraI and grazing IN
topography of the country that the minimum sup
ply follows too closely on the aoUrdahL qudhtllF
voir will conserve the supply and equalize the guam
has great future have pinned my faith 20 TIE
States development