Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-23
SAYS he IS A WINNER
WESTERN BUSINESS MAN AD-
MIREs PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
Is En- Route to st. Louis to Talk 9usi.
ness for His Home
City.

Mr.. Frank Alling of Tacoma, Wash, who
is stopping at the st. James Hotel, Is an
enthusiastic admirer Of President Roose-
welt, and to a reporter for The Evening
Star today expressed the opinion that the
President il a certain winner in the pending
contest.
while I am not politician and have
never mixed in politics" said Mr.. Alling to
The Star reporter, .still. in my travels
through the west could not help seeing
the way the sentiment favors Mr.. Roosevelt.
He Is extremely popular out our way, and
in poll of the passengers on the train on
which I came from Tacoma Is per cent OF
the voters in the observation car favored
the President. At various points in New
York state found the same sentiment pre-
vailing and great enthusiasm. While, of
course, this is not by any means a sure in
dication of the result of the November
election, 1 think 1t shows very clearly the
way the wind is blowing at this time
Mr.. Alling has not been in Washington
before for thirty-one years, and is greatly
impressed with the way the city has grown.
When he was last here he came with his
father and they stopped at the st. James
Hotel. On arriving in the city yesterday
he concluded he would again stop at the
hosiery which had housed him on his for
me. visit. and from the train he went at
orce to the st. James. Upon his arrival
there and upon making inquiry for a room
he was informed by the clerk that there
sorry" said Mr.. Alling for I have not
been in Washington for thirty-one years.
and the last time I was here I stopped at
this hotel. 1t seemed like coming home to
come here again."
Upon hearing this remark the clerk asked
Mr.. Alling to wait a minute. and In a short
while Mr. Alling was told that room had
just been vacated. and he was shown to 1t
by the porter. To the utter surprise of Mr..
Alling the room proved to be the same one
he and his father had occupied thirty-one
years ago. s-
Believes in His Home City.
Mr. Alling is, like all residents, enthusi-
astic about his home city. Tacoma. He goes
from here to the worlds fair at st. Louis
to talk business for his city and state. In
talking of the conditions out there he said:
''It is now city of 5000 Inhabitants, and
has at least equal advantages as to
churches, schools. colleges. public buildings,
streets. parks, etc, to those possessed by
any city of it's size In the land. Tacoma
owns and operates its water works and
electric light plant. With the exception
only of San Francisco it is the leading
port on the Pacific coast. The railroad and
steamship terminals already constructed are
the most extensive on the coast, and when
completed are designed to be the finest in
the world.
1.-The various flour mills of Tacoma have
a total capacity of over 5000 barrels per
day. The total foreign shipments of flour
by water from Puget Sound in 1903 were
1880, 437 barrels. Of this amount 1,165, 600
barrels were shipped from the port of
Tacoma alone. The wheat crop for the
state of Washington for the year 1901
amounted to 80, 600, 900 bushels.
There were mined in the state of Wash
ingtOn in the year 1903 3, 100000 tons OF
coal. The total shipments by water were
945,e00 tons, of which amount 4S4, 600 were
shipped from the port of Tacoma. Coal
can be loaded at the rate of 800 tons per
hour.
Mr.. Aling is an importer of game birds.
which he turns loose on the plantat lions in
the state of Washington. This gives him
and his friends an opportunity for sport in
the game seasons.
When President Roosevelt made his tour
of the west little over year ago Senator
Foster gave him a dinner at Tacoma, to
which Mr.. Alling was invited. For this &C.
casion Mr. Alling ordered from his repre-
sentative in Canton. China supply of
quail, and they arrived in Tacoma in time
for the dinner, and were greatly enjoyed
by the President.
Mr. Alling expects to call on the Presi-
dent to pay his respects and to assure him
that should he ever come west again he
will find game preserves open and thor
oughly stocked, with every prospect for
rare snort