New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-02
THE PASSING THRONG


NEW "our LADY Of the snovy,.. 80 . I,,s On
CANADIAN has for the last seven vsa-, =.
RAILROAD. jOyed a period OF unparalleled pros
perity and development Nova
Scotia has. OF course. had her part In the gsnsr,f
prosperity. And the building Of the Grand Tr,n<
Pacific Railroad IS destined benefit greatly ON,
two coast cities-the Canadian winter mort, :,
Halifax and ST. John. The eastern terminal OF N.
new line at MOnckton establishes connection over
the Intercolona. that all OF the products OF N.
interior Of the country that will be Opened VIII
md their way 70 the Canadian ports. The outIa,
from the Canadian Pacific at Montreal "a through
Boston and Portland. and It was hardly to be
expected that Canadians would be content for an
time to send the products OF Canada through Amer.
lean ports. There was never any doubt thai m.
Grand Trunk shareholders would ratfy the gov
eminent proposition for the construction OF N,
connection. without which 1t could not oe Cana-
clan Hne In me important sense. Furthermors. ths
most LIBERAL on the part Of the government. Il builds
from the company only per cent on the cost ~
constipation. which is the rate the gOvernrnenr
pays for the money required. The line from Win.
nipeg TO the Pacific Coast Is 70 bs built BY tbs
company with money advanced by the government
OF this line IS certain to people and develop g-eas
fon 1, IN Tbs Is shown 6y the tide Of mmsra
By the Canadian Pacific and the Canadian North
westerly direction from Winnipeg. They have al
ready extended the line distance OF 400 niles
beginning the first OF May last year they took a
train load OF immigrants. mostly from across the
season 70 home sites IN the interior It Is notable
Canadian Northwest i fsss was between s f 1 1ns
three thousand. while the number OF homestead
Another evidence Of Canadian extension under the
constructive administration Of Sir Wilfrid Laurer is
TO $3.50 GO in 1896 and present Indications point
to an sg.rsgate for the fiscal year ending next
United States IN her most prosperous era never
ssr peqos sueh The trea ~ csnsda Sentiment
is now for independent national Hrs"
Andrew jackson Hsuscom. who built the first
house on the present site OF Omaha fifty years ago.
Is staying at the Fifth Avenue
THE Hotel II started from Detroit for
GROWTH OF California in 1873" said Mr.. Hans
OMAHA com. "and went only as far as
Council Bluffs. Iowa. Emigrants be-
gan to settle west OF the river the following year.
and in the summer cc 1854 put Cd building on
what is the site Of the Paxton Hotel, Omaha
for the publisher OF a newspaper. and n Il hs
established The NebraslSan-' 7 also built dwell
ing house little further west. and occupied It IN
October. OF the fifty years since then I have
lived thirty-ave years IN Omaha. an6 so have seen
the whole course Of the cfty's growth I pinned
my faith to the location IN the beginning because
I believed that a railroad would BE built to tne
Pacific and would cross the Missouri River at that
point. co-operated with others to obtain that eId
the census was reached IN 1S90-li3o0o; IN ItD =
only 1O2.OGO. The retrogresson was, howevssr
only apparent, for the population had actual!
Increased . eco. The census figures In lss9 had
been padded. and more people were reported nan an
actually existed the territory. The returns Lof
1890 were manipulated and indicated shrlnkass,
dneFe was nOWeTvr; TsITI sfrsctsi real estate
values from 1880 until last year. wGen I1atsIIAs
oughIy subsantia and satisfactory basis and nuHl,
bers among her moving Splits 10y ~ E-a1-l,
Train and HIS relation 20 the early history ..
Omaha. Mr.. HanscOm said: He came the l WEE w1p
the building Of the Union Paci1c oeS.1n sI ,Si1g
land which he paid little Y a iSS9 -
and gave mortgages which he never SsaI lsnss;
that IT foreclOsed and his interest," c-sspR -I
That he had rightful claim % property oI6n and
death
Favetts r. Plumb. president OF the Manufac'.
,-srs, club OF philadelphia. and ex-president OF
the American Hardware ManuIasV
BUSINESS urers' Association. has been az us
CONDITIONS Waldorf for several days. KepD-
IMPROVE ing to an inquiry. Mr.. Plumb saia'
Including affiliated manufacturers
throughout Pennsylvania. our club, which was
tablished in 1857. now has a membership or aO01s
seven hundred. and while we take no active par
In matters OF political character locally We Las
tons that have any practical bearing business
generally. Among other subjects. are. OF S0 u5b
CONFLICT has arisen the club influence has been ss
erted TO bring about an adjustment Of f5,TrS IN
Cleveland. Ohio. in October. 1901 and oeSan oS rs
with a membership Of stxty-nve, WnlSH --Sfs
since grown than two hundred -,
comprises not only the manufacturers or ne rv
eral lines OF hardware that would De caIIsE,
a general tobber but the allied industries o. ~
and steel The United States Steel CorpOrat4O1L,
included in the membership, and without
it's large capitalization IL Is within the truth 20 So
interests representing several hundred nI,lCts o
cooperating IN the purposes for Whlch lhe .oss
citation was organized The enhancement OF Ps.o5
was OF the objects sought 10 oe att-.n aIs
Certain abuses. however. had crept INTO Ilis 80.
lions obtaining between manufacturers anG Ge.s.s
in products. Some manufacturers. prOnIipSsr-
by an eagerness for orders. had permitted ueF.
tons from the terms and discounts usuaiy a.
corded. and the manufacturers. as a WnVls' -.
fered from the unbusinesske practices that 49,
tolerate Within six months after our Orsais.- -
ton came into existence many OF the ABUSES 10y
been corrected. One Of the matters FOR W nacn
was sponsor the appointment or corfuii..SSsos
to represent the several lines I'm the business Iuse
greater facility might be had In considering gtlS.a
deslrabilfty Of this action has oeSou1o
obvious by the demonstration OF It's ututy- busrr
ness conditions have been steadily improving a.,
lines and IN All parfs of the country since the nrse
~ the wear and the outlook for the future - en-