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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
GROWING FINE TOBACCO
A QUESTION OF SOIL
Department Expert Tells How This
Country Can Save SIG ,ooo,ooo a
Year on Scientific Plan.

There is no reason why the 5000 0O0
in purchase price and 5000. 600 in duties
now paid for Cuban filler tobacco should
not be saved to the United States by the
raising OF the same tobacco in the
States This statement was made re-
Gently by Lawson r. Shelter tobacco
expert OF the Department of Agricul-
tdre. at the annual meeting OF the
American Historical and American Eco
nomic Associations. in New Orleans
The FIRST essential i'm tobacco cultiva-
ton is the selection Of the proper soil.
said Mr.. Shelter. One farm may pro-
duce tobacco of the highest grade for
that particular region, while "A stones
throw away will be another farm which
would raise only the most inferior grade.
II ii were not for this difference in
soils, and If climate were the princlpal
element in the growth of the plant.
there would be no reason why the en-
tire Island OF Cuba should not produce
the famous Nuelta a baja tobacco: the
island OF Sumatra. the famous Delhi
S,'matra wrapper. or the entire State
of Virginia, the high priced chewing
tobacco wrapper.
The Agricultural Department has
spent much time and money in mapping
out the soils of the country so that a
prospective plapter may tell at a glance
hat crop is best suited to the section
In which he proposes to settle
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
SAVINGS DEPOSIT GAIN
INDICATES PROSPERITY
Secretary Sleman, of Union Bank,
Thinks Washington May Anticipate
Continuance of "Good Times"

Prosperity in Washington in the past
year is indicated by the large increase
in savings deposits. thinks John B.
Seman. jr-. secretary and treasurer Of
the Union Savings Bank Mr.. Sleman
has the following to say Of the situa-
ton,
The year 1903 has been notable in the
large increase observed in savings de-
posits. both in the number Of accounts
and the size of the balances. II is an
indication that salaried people and wage
earners have been continuously employ
ed, and at remuncrative incomes.
The number OF accounts opened by
young people and children within the
year has also increased to a large ex-
tent and is an evidence that habits OF
providence are becoming more generally
regarded as an important part OF the
education Of those who are beginning
40 look to the possibilities of years TO
come.
Washington outlook for the future
in the matter Of steady employment fer
all classes OF workers is so excellent
that there seems TO be every reason
for anticipating continuance of the
good times Of recent years
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
PRICE OF ShUERERAUT
SOARING TO THE CLOUDS
Cabbage So Scarce That the Favorite
German Dish Now Has Metallic
Taste of Yellow Gold.

The price OF sauerkTaut is soaring. II
has gone so high that a sauerkraut
famine is threatened. and "A disastrous
state Of affairs impends. i'm which all
but the uncomfortably rich will be de-
prived OF this article OF diet. II is pre-
dicted the dish win soon be missed from
restaurants and boarding house bills Of
fare. TO say nothing OF free lunch coun-
tors in saloons. and that when a man
warts TO Teyel in kraut he viii have To
betIKe himself TO a high-class and ex-
pensive hotel.
Cabbage is higher now than Tor ten
years. II commands such "a price that
foreigners find importation profitable in
spite OF the tariff. Domestic cabbages
are wholesaling at $40 TO SO a ton. three
times the price Of a year ago The ad-
vance in the last few months has
TO or cents a head I'm
ported cabbage is still higher
TIE kraut itself has advanced from 3
cents q quart a month ago 10 cents
in the retail market. The New Year
according To gloomy predictions, will
see the retail price go 70 10 cents Il
quart. BY some. IL is believed the frank
furter Will soon be Obliged to part com
pany with its longtime associate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
NEXT YEAR PROMISES
ASUBSTANTIAL PERIOD
Edward I. Kaiser Takes Conservative
View of Business Progress and
Outlook in the District.

A conserva tive view Of business con-
ditions in the District is taken BY Ed
ward T. Kaiser. local real estate
operator There is no indication Of a
great boom. says Mr.. Kaiser. but he
thinks it probable the coming year will
see an era of substantial business
Present indications do not point TO
a startling increase in the volume of
business I'm tie next twelve months but
at the same time there is every reason
to believe conditions will continue
sound.
The coming year will also probably
see more building operations, and par
ticularly II the price Of materials Is
reduced. The rapid growth of the popu-
lation will necessitate the erection of
more dwellings. and the attending work
will furnish employment for many.
while I take a conservative view of
the situation. there can be no question
bat that the past year has been salts
factory in every essential. The volume
of business has been heavy. and pros
perity has prevailed generally. I think
Washington has wonderful future"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
THINKS WASHINGTON
WILL GROW RAPIDLY
John E. McLeran Says City Is Destined
to outstrip All Former Records
in Next Ten Years.

John f. McIeran, Of the real estate
firm OF Heiskell & McLeran. expresses
the opinion that Washington is destined
to grow more in the next ten years than
II mas In the last twenty. Says Mr.. Nc
Leran:
1t seems to me that Washington
must grow more in the next ten years
than IL has in the past twenty. and
that that growth. which has now a
strong tide, will continue in increasing
magnitude from this moment on If
there were no other reasons this would
be the case upon the well-known snow
ball theory alone, provided there were
plenty OF snow. OF material for growth
which Is certainly the case in our mag
nlficcnt country. upon which Washing
ton draws heavily for material
In addition to this there are many
special reasons for growth, which have
been mentioned time and again. Wash
ington is peculiarly adapted and desir-
able az an educational center. and its
educational institutions are rapidly in
creasinR in numbers and extent Wash
ingtor is also an immense winter resort
for the wealthy classes. This is s.vi-
denced by tho conspicuous success of the
handsome hotels recently built and by
the fact that all the desirable furnished
houses in the fashionable section rent
readily at high prices"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
TO CONTINUE COMPACT
ON CONTRACT QUESTION
Employers Association So Informs Sec
retaTy Ratigan, Represent
ing Labor Interests.

Outlining the policy OF the Employers
Association Of Washington i'm regard to
maintaining the compact between that
organization and the Council OF Allied
Building Trades Of the city. Secretary
=. G. Graham sent the following letter
70 Secretary +. J. Ratigan. of the labor
body.
After due consideration IL was made
the sense OF the Employers Association.
~ the regular meeting held December
~, that there be no changes made IN the
present agreement between the council
OF Ailied Building Trades Of the Central
labor Union and the Employers Asso-
cation, concerning the letting OF sub
labor
This conclusion was reached aler
nearing from each Of the associations
AIMED with the Employers Association -
MT Graham refers to the agreement
mace by the employers and Iaborlng
men, which was signed some mouths
ago The associations affected by the
agreement - submit al questions TO an
a. pi tfation board are. Master Builders.
master Plumbers. Master Steam Filters.
employing plasterers. electrical con-
IIacsoIs and Master Slate and Tile
Kooiers. II IS said the reaffirming OF
inc pact does not change the strike
against Duehey &, Sons and Architect
schneider, now being Waged
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
Public Ownership.

A new view of the public ownership
proposition as applied to railroads is
taken by writer in the January Cent
Per Cent" He asserts that the people
themselves own the railroads now, and
that to turn them over to the Govern
ment would make them a monopoly
that line. He continues:
The startling fact of actual popular
ownership is even further substantiated
by the hundreds Of thousands of per-
sons who are indirectly interested
through the ownership Of stocks and
bonds by insurance companies, savings
banks, trust companies. ct al. ana it
is fair TO estimate the ownership Of the
roads Is In. say. twice as many. or S00,-
600 hands. or say. four proprietors per
mile. Add 10 these figures I.1S9. 315 en-
pioyes in railroad service, and we have
nearly two million persons who through
wag es. interest and dividends. divide
twO-thirds OF the gross earnings, ac-
cOrding 10 Mr.. Thompson, between them.
And 100000 people represent one in
twenty Of our adult population. or one
in ten of our adult male population
Judge GrOSscup could ask no more
practical or beneficial 'peopleizing OF
railroads than this, without inviting So
cialism or anarchy. The country, from
all reports. is in uneXamplsi good con-
dition. The people have money. and
they are investing IT, in the main. most
wisely. They no longer take Wall Street
and its dOings as an article of faith but
are doing independent thinking and in
VestiCation.' -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
OUTLOOK IS FAVORABLE,
SAYS G. ". F. WARTZELL
Real Estate Man Declares Business
Here Has Been Excellent, and Be
lieves Prosperity viii Continue.

THE condition OF business in general
throughout the past year said G. w. F.
Swartzcn president of the s. H. War
ner Company. has been generally sat
isfactory. and there is no present rea-
son for thinking these conditions will
not continue
There are. TO be sure. reports from
different sections Of the country Of the
reduction i'm wages Of employees. hut
these have not affected Washington and
are rot likely 10 do so until such con-
ditions become general.
The real estate sales market for the
past year has been excellent. and the
prospects for the coming year are very
good. Tho renting market has not been
better in many years than in the past
season, and there are now fewer vacant
houses ard apartments on the market
than there have bsen At this season for
quite q number IF years past.
Many psOple realize that Washing
ton Is not only "a beautiful city in which
70 I'VE but that IL is also a splendid
place Tor real estate Investments and
Its popularity i'm both lines is bound TO
continue.
The vast improvements which are
beiug made by the steam railroad com.
panies in providing adequate as we'll
as permanent union terminal facilities.
the Government i'm providing proper ac-
commodations for the growing depart
ments. viii settle Washington more
hfml} than ever as safe and attrsle-
tive place for residences as well as in
Vestment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
West Virginia Coal.

Government statisticians are busy just
now tabulating figures which show the
growth OF the coal mining industry OF
West Virginia, and in the figures is
shown the secret Of the increasing pros
perity of the Chesapeake and Ohio. the
Norfolk and Western, and the other
systems which are carrying the coal to
Norfolk and other cities. In fact. the
figures may disclose the fact that West
Virginia has become the second great
est coal producing State I'm the Union.
displacing illinois, which has held that
position a number of years. The in
dustrv in West Virginia is really little
more than thirty years NOld. $1,000 tons
being mined in 1873. Ia 1888 the product
reached 2S35. 600 and in 1898 it was
10. 70S. 900. while for the year just ended
it reached 2S.00o.0OO. So far as history
goes there has been no like develop
ment in the coal industry in the United
States. And experts are OF the opinion
that owing to the rapid building of the
Wabash and the extensions OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio. the Norfolk and
Western. and the West Virginia Cen
trial. the latter amount is likely to be
almost doubled next year. This pre-
dictiOn. If il comes true. viii put West
Virginia next TO Pennsylvania in the
production of coal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
TAKES OPTIMISTIC VIEW
OF THE STOCK MARKET
Local Broker Looks for Advancing
Prices on Interest Bearing Securi-
ties After the Holidays.

An optimistic view of the future course
of the stock market is taken by w r.
Mcintosh. manager of Floyd. Crawford
& Co. bankers and brokers. He said. In
speaking Of the prospect for the coming
year:
In view of the improved monetary
conditions and an oversold market. we
can confidently look for an improved Sc
ourity market. The past few days pro-
fessional raiding has been most pro-
nounced. without any appreciabIe re-
suits
Good dividend-paying stocks. in my
judgment. are a purchase. and will
show substantial profits beginning with
the New Year. barring an absolute dec
laration OF war by the powers
What had long been expected hap
pened in the cotton market two weeks
ago." he added. ION the nth cotton
advanced in the Liverpool market 4
cent. The result was that firms in this
country and abroad were forced to the
wall
1T is probable. especially in view of
the well-known large crop ideas preva-
lent in Europe that many European
merchants took chances and sold to
spinners without covering themselves
The aftermath is sad to gaze upon.
i will say further that these failures
viii be followed by others. The risk
of selling other peoples cotton will be
brought home in fearful way. to a
class grown rich on the Southern farm
ers poverty. Farmers in the South
were forced to market a whole year :
crop in the space of a few months to
satisfy the urgent demand of their cred
itOrs.
Within the past few years the South
has changed from a debtor country into
a creditor country. This fact seems to
have passed uhnoticed abroad. and the
same old policy has been followed as in
the past Foreign spectators continue
to sell ahead 70 spinners, with the ex
pectatlon that when the months of
heavy movement come around, prices
viii be weighed down by the mass OF
offerings. and that the cotton needed
can be bought with ease at lower fig
ures
The South has already sold over
6,5cO.0o0 bales of cotton. and has received
for IL as much cash as was obtained
last year for 100000 bales. ! predict
ma terially higher prices than ever have
been seen so far this season. AS a mat
ter or fact. II believe we will see the
highest prices since 1872. when cotton
sold for z cents per pound"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
ERA OF PROSPERITY FOR THE NATIONAL Capital
PAST YEAR NOTABLE
FOR ITS NEW PROJECTS
Charles F. Nesbit's Views on Local FL
nancial Conditions and
Prospects.

Charles F. Nesbit vice president of
the L. H Smith Real Estate Company.
expressed the following views on local
financial conditions of the year. and the
prospect for the coming year:
Nineteen hundred and three has been
year of settling down. or
settling up. whichever you choose to
call II. The enormous increase in bust
ness. beginning with about '9S. could not
continue forever
Nineteen hundred and three in
Washington saw steady and sub
stantial progress. The scarcity of
money during the summer orcasioned
by the Wall Street depression caused
all our people to inventory their affairs
and examine carefully their founda-
tions
The year will be notable in the his
tory OF this city as one when great
projects were inaugurated. The size and
quality Of the buildings commenced or
completed in 1902 excel any previous
years record
Washington is becoming more and
more popular as a place of winter resi-
oence The year past has been the most
remarkable In this respect in that its
lnhuN or temporary ana permanent resi-
uehtS mas been greater than any other
ITO predict the future growth of
W aShlngton Is simply to voice the con-
nlCtlon OF every thoughtful person
mere are some facts, however. which
are often overlooked. II Europe sun
ports Paris, Berlin. Vienna. London
Rome, Madrid, and other cities. chiefly
because they are the capitals of their
respective nations. what must the flu
ture OF Washington be when we reflect
that II is the one Capital. of a nation
potentially about equal 10 Europe and
which IS increasing in wealth and in
numbers almost three times as fast as
Europe.
China and India illustrate that a ma
ton power is not TO be measured
merely by numbers. but by the quality
zenship.
These are the great basic facts un
DERIVING the predictions OF the future
greatness of Washington. To these
must be added another very important
consideration. and that Is the strong
tendency toward n more powerful cen
trallzed government. and the inevitably
rapid increase in governmental super
vision and control over businesses which
hitherto have not been subject to GOV
eminent in any way.
The new Department of Commerce
ana Labor will within "A few wears he
come one of the largest departments.
washington may be likened to a huge
cruStacea. the Government expendfng
money In the form of salaries and ex-
penditures monthly in large amounts
thus paid settles permanently in the
District OF Columbia. thus a great city
IS being built up as a nautilus adds each
year to the size and splendor of its
shell.
so the business men Of Washington
look confidently forward TO steady in
crease of business and a corresponding
CROWN Of the city
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
Division of Traffic.

The trouble between the Baltimore
and Ohio and the Western Maryland
over the division of traffic. which has
been pending in the Maryland courts
several months. is soon to come up for
settlement. Winslow S Pierce, chair
man Of the board of directors of the
Western Maryland, has arrived at Bal
timore to take charge OF tbs. matter. II
is understood that Mr.. Pierce is 10
make an attempt TO obtain certain legis-
lation and push the affairs of the rail-
read generally.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
BRIGHT FOR DISTRICT
President Harper Says General Condi-
ton of Finances Promises Even
More Brilliant Results.

Hrg 9ident Harper, Of the American Ma
tio-e ;seank. says the general condition
of rLsiness and finances in the District
gives promise Of even more brilliant
results than have marked past years
Il am Hardly in position to speak at
present" he said. owing to the Ameri-
can National Bank having been estab-
lished but recently. However IL is APP
parent that business conditions have i'm
proved. and there is every reason why
the era OF prosperity should continue
Washington has a great advantage
over other cities In that the Govern
ment employs so many Of its residents.
Every two weeks great sum of money
is turned over TO Government workers
and in turn is loated in the District
The wages of persons in the employ
or Uncle Sam are fixed by established
rules and regulations. and their COM
pensation is not reduced or increased
according to trade conditions. The city
is thus relieved OF the embarrassment
of suffering i'll effects from business de-
preston.
"The outlook for the District appcars
bright, in view of the unprcce-
dcnteL appropriations by Congress for
local Purposes. The erection of the lew
municipal building. for instance. will
furnish employment for hundreds, as
viii similar projects. such as the con-
struction Of a new Union Station
Washington Is yearly becoming more
and more of a social center and a place
OF residence for wealthy persons This
naturally puts more money in circula-
ticn. and viii prove an important factor
in the buoyancy OF business.
Great progress has been made by
the Washington banks The American
National Bank. for example, was organ
lied seven months ago. and today it has
deposits Of over 5000 600
Indeed the outlook for the National
Capital appears exceptionally promis-
ing"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
REAL ESTATE MARKET
HAS BRIGHT PROSPECTS
Building of Large Struct-
ures Is Favorable.
Mr.. HEISKELL IS HOPEFUL
Sees Prosperous Future foi Capital and
the Occupation Of Much
Vacant Land.

washington has never had a brighter
outlook for business than at present. ac-
cording 10 Jesse l. Heisken OF the real
estate firm Of HeiskeIl & McLeran. Mr..
Heiskeil expresses his views as follows:
In my opinion. the outlook for bust
ness. from real estate point OF view.
was never better. The projected SUBJ
stantial improvements in the city Of
Washington have never been OF greater
magnitude than those now actually be-
gun or authorized BY law.
The construction Of the Union Station
and the adjustment OF grade crossings
VIII entail an expenditure OF ten or
twelve million dollars. The property alb
soroeu Dy this great Improvement has
OF course. reduced the supply and in
creased the demand on the part Of those
whose property has been absorbed BY
the railroad companies.
Our new municipal hui ding the site
Tor which has been purchased and the
erection Of which must soon be com
menced, Is or great Importance to the
city and District. There is also the
Representatives and the Hall Of Records
building. for both Of which the land has
just been secured by the Government.
Will Create Demand.
1.-The expenditure Of the APPROXIMATIONS
for these buildings. which IN themselves
amount to many millions Of dollars. will
create a large demand for labor and
building materials, the major portion OF
which must be supplied by the people OF
the District of Columbia The effect Of
the disbursement Of these large sums
OF money within an area of less than
ten miles square comprising a DoDllla-
tion of about $4,000 people viii OF
course, have beneficial effect upon bust
ness In all OF its various branches
gain, our trust companies are ur-
ques tionabiy among the best in the
country being administered upon a
sound and conservative basis and our
national hanks without exception. are
LhoroI ghly sound so that our financial
condition. in my opinion. was never BET
ter than at this time. / can see nothing
but ENCOURAGEMENT in the future for ali
Interested IN realty Tatters within the
District OF Columbia
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
OLD FORT MARCY TRACT
MADE GIFT TO SANTA FE

Sante Fe. " NJ, has been given the
abandoned Fort Marcy military reserva :
ton. comprising seventeen and oue-half
acres and worth about 100000. 1t viii
be used as a site for high and graded
schools.
The transfer was made by the Secre-
tary OF the Interior upon the recon-
mendations of Governor Otero. Dele
gate b. 8. Rodey Mayor Sparks. OF sante
Fe. and Capt. George S. Curry. a com
mittee appointed by the citizens of the
city to appeal TO the department for the
reservation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
RADIUM THROWN AWAY
IN THE REFUSE HEAP
London Chemists for Years Have Dis
carded Product in By Products, Ig-
norant Of It's Value.

LONDON. Dec. 31-Prof. Sir William
Ramsay has discovered that promi-
nent firm o. analytical chemists and me-
tallurgists in London had been throw
ing away radium OF incalculabIe value.
For twenty-five years The firm has been
extracting uranium from the ore. and
rejecting the by-products as valueless.
From these by-products radium could
be obtained. but they had all been re-
moved by the public refuse carts. the
nrm sharing the worlds ignorance Of
their value
Some OF the by-prOdUcts may possibly
De recovered, as they IRE indestructible.
but doubtless most Of them were dis
Dersed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-31
Proud of His Train.

Col L. 5. Brown, general agent or the
Southern. is busy just now explaining
how handsome and comfortable the IA
nous Palm Limited Of tbs. Southern il
going 10 be this season The first train
leaves Washington January II. and
colonel Brown asserts that no more
costly train has ever been sent out bv
any railroad in the country Counting
mahogany finished drawing room club
ROOM library and compa rtnent cars the.
Poe1T.. type engines. and other equip
ment, each train has cost the Southern
Railroad about 500 600.