Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16
SHORT TALKS
WITH VISITORS


beard and hair and wearing uneonven-
tional looking soft hat. bustled around the
lobby of the New Willard yesterday. greet
ing old acquaintances He was former
Representative Stephen V White of Brook
| iyn, who served in the Fifticth Congress.
he has been known for years as Deacon
| White. a term affectionately bestowed upon
| him by the boys" in Wall street. where
| Tor many years he has been an active
| trader
| No one would take Mr.. White to be sew
enty-four years of age for he is sprgbtly
| and alert They say of him in Wall street
| that he has made and lost and made again
more fortunes than any man of his class.
! but that invariably he has after every
| verse paid dollar for dollar OF his indebted
| ness.
Il am stil boy" remarked Mr.. White.
| with twinkle in his eye, and l enjoy the
/ spring weather with the best of you.
! Asked what WAS the most absorbing topic
| with him at this time he replied
Il want to Kill the republican party OF
New York for passing thai infamous stock
tax bill. Why, IL VIII tax me personally
! 500 month on my business transa Ctio8s.
1t would not be bad if all Were treated
alike, but the Philadelphia brokers can deal
! in Reading and Pennsylvania without tax.
Whlle | VIII have TO pay - on every run
dred shares | handle.
Il have been through two war taxes and
did not mind them because they were neces-
saryand bore upon all alike Furthermore
! we knew they would eventually be re-
moved but once these state taxes are put
| on they Will never be taken off. | see no
| relief This talk of doing business in Jer-
| sey, or in Boston, or Philadelphia did not
| amount to anything. The business Will
| have TO be done right there in New York
| on the stock exchange and we Will have to
! stand the tax.
But, mark my words. it will hurt the
publican party. l have been republican
| all my life. but | Will not hesitate to say
| that this legislation will hurt the party in
! New York and will make thousands of
| democratic votes in Manhattan"
after the bleak fields and bare trees OF
northwestern Indiana, the foliage and green
| lawns of Washington are a great treat,
| said Judge Crumpacker of Valparaiso Ind.
at the New Willard yesterday. Il have no
| ticed that the foliage In Washington is al
| ways earlier than ii appears in the middle
| states. and there is a vast difference even
| in hundred miles. / suppose the moder-
/ atng influence Of the bay and ocean al
| fectS 1t.
| Everything is booming in Indiana
| cept politics and for the moment We
having a surcease. but 1t won't last long,
! for even now they tuning up for the
| next campaign. Politics is almost peren-
| NAL in Indiana. The state is wonderfully
| prosperous and everybody seems to be
! making money TO some extent. That means
| contentment politically. too so that al
around it is a very gratifying situation.
1 came down TO try a case in the Su-
| prene Court and find cannot reach II
until next Thursday. but as l cannot
! imagine a more delightful place in which
| TO wait than Washington al this season OF
| the year l shall not complain at the delay.
| The court transacts a wonderful amount OF
/ business, and L sometimes wonder how il
| handles as much as il does.
1T sounds odd to speak OF the United
States as possibly becoming the leading
exporter of tropical products" said Mr. f.
l. la Rue, owner of extensive plantations
| in South Carolina, but | believe the tine
| Will come when this country will lead the
| world in rice and semi-tropical fruits. The
| public has small idea of the extent of the
| rice-growing industry in this country. 1t
! is largely due to TIE efforts Of the Depart
| ment OF Agriculture IN experimenting with
| suitable grades of rice and encoura ging the
! Planters in improved methods of cuItiva-
| ton. The department is constantly expert
| menting with new fruits for the southern
! states, and it Will not be long until the
gulf and Pacific coast states viii produce
| all the fruit we need in this country and
/ supply the bulk of the foreign trade as
we'll
while we are talking about railroad
mana cement and the control of freight
rates should beware taking any action
that is likely to affect the generally pros
Ferrous conditions that prevail all over this
country said Representative Bingham Of
| Philadelphia, who is stopping at the Nor
| mandie. to a Star man today. When L
| read and hear from my friends of the
| practically universal prosperity that we as
| a nation are enjoying | feel that 1t is SO
| good that we should step lightly in order
| to run no danger of affecting 1t. We can
| do no more than get along well. and whe1
| doing that it seems to me we shoIli
| enjoy what We have rather than look about
| for something new.
| This is my feeling when some of r.y
! good friends talk about revising the tariff.
| 1t is strange that men who remember SO
| well what happened to our industries in
! 1892 result of tariff dickering are all
| too ready to forget that now rea.-
| izng the fruits of a protective tariff that
! really protects our industries. We have
! never been in a position that should MAKE
| us better satisfied with the tariff than IT
| present. And yet in the midst of plenty We
| are talking of adopting policies that have
| brought US adversely in the past"