The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-24
HEARD AT HOTELS.

Fresno. Cal, one Of the ablest lawyers
Of his State. said to Herald reporter. at
the New Willard:
1.-THE people in this section Of the United
States cannot begin TO appreciate the
sentiment Of the citizens Of the Pacific
Coast regarding the japanese question.
We are not any more extreme in our
views regarding this than the inhabitants
Of any other part Of the nation would
be under the same circumstances The
school question is one Of purely local
interest, and no sort Of treaty agree
ments can supersede any State laws as
to the right Of our people 10 exclude any
class Of aliens whom We do not desire
In the schools. to the prejudice Of the
/ interest Of our own children. IT is abb
surd 70 think We cannot keep grown
japanese from mingling with white school
children
California long ago made up its mind
II would not De orientaIized, and the
Chinese exclusion act was in line with
this policy If the japanese wish To make
an issue out Of this school matter. it
seems To me the sooner We have show
. down on II. the better Their bumDtious-
ness viii only be enlarged If they get the
idea the United States is afraid Of them.
an idea that viii certainly obtain among
them If they take the sentiment of some
of our public men for the sentiment Of
the whole American people"
Mr. II. D. Emerson, of New York City.
who is at the New Willard. is largely in
teTested in a considerable number OF
minor railroads in several Southern
States
THE development Of many sections Of
the South" said he, by virtue of the
construction Of short lines Of railways IN
the last few years. has been wonderful
Many of these lines that "a few years ago
did not pay over $3.50 a mile per annum
are now producing 5000 per mile each
year, owing TO the great Increase Of traf-
fic, and especially the increase in the
volume Of agricultural products The
advance in the price Of Southern lands OF
late has been astonishing. Down In the
wire-grass region Of South Georgia. for
example lands that few years ago were
20 be had for s. an acre are now held at
50. / bought 200 acres Of poor land in
Tatnall County for 81 200. and inside OF
twelve months the tract brought NE q
profit OF $4,000
'AI Southern Georgia is experiencing a
great growth, and is going 20 be q garden
/ spot It's poorest pine lands can be made
10 grow three crops Of celery year. and
+ Sl,C00 from this vegetable has been taken
/ from a single acre. The town Of Bruins
wick last year had an import and ex-
( port trade Of $33,0o0,05o, as against $4,000,
COO for Mobile"
| Mr. F. B. BUST. an Englishman who
has Travelled in many parts of the globe,
and who has been an intelligent observer
Of what he saw, is at the Ebbitt House,
accompanied by his wife and two fine
looking young sons
I was in South Africa not long since"
/ he said "and spent some time I'm the
Rand. and also in the diamond fields.
/ The gold mines Of Johannesburg are pro
/ ducing even greater amounts than before
/ the Boer war II struck me that there
was no longer any animosities growing out
! OF that struggle, and Beers and OUtlanders
are getting On as amicably as if there
/ had not been a fierce contest The great
/ handicap on that country is the difficulty
/ in getting labor. The Kaffirs are not in
clined to hire, and the Chinese coolies
: have proved themselves very objection
able. They have committed numerous
acts Of violence and iawIessness, and the
majority of the people would like 10 see
them entirely excluded.
Outside Of gold and diamonds. I DO
not think much Of any part Of South
/ Africa, and would not advise any one to
! go there TO live. You can travel for DAYS
on its vast plateaus and your eye rests
upon nothing but d dreary stretch cf
desert Down in Cape Colony they raise
some very good fruits, but by far the
/ biggest part Of the country is unit for
! agriculture
7 am greatly impressed with the public
school system Of the United States" said
Mr.. Frank Higgins, OF London, England.
at the Arlington. and only wish We had
its duplicate in Great Britain.
+ In England no fairly well-to-do citizen
would think Of sending his children 10
the public schools. because Of the indif-
/ ferent way in which they are conducted.
An Englishman who can afford il sends
/ his son of ten or twelve years TO a private
/ school which incurs an expense Of at
I least 500 a year. A little later the boy
must go 10 Eton or Rugby. which means
Sl,Go0 or $3.50 per annum- If one has sew
erai sons, the burden is extremely
heavy"
/ In the list of prominent Colorado men
lately visiting Washington appeared the
names Of Congressman-elect George w.
/ Cook. Hon. Platt Rogers. ex-mayor OF
/ Denver. and Mr. B. ". Ritter. of
/ Durango. one Of the most noted lawyers
of the State. It so happened that all
three first saw the light of day in In
diana, and so. whenever they got together
/ in the National Capital. a mighty pow
/ WOW of HoOsier "reminiscences took place,
and as a finale the singing of ION the
Banks of the Wabash" in which they
were Joined by another native Indianian.
! Mr.. T. A. Wickersham. whose hospitality
10 Colorado people is proverbial.
Gen. and Mrs. N. 0. Terry. Of New
York, arrived at the Shoreham Hotel
| Sunday afternoon. coming from Cleve-
land. Ohio, where DR.. Terry has just
! given n course Of lectures to the students
/ of the Cleveland Homeopathic Medical
College. Dr. Terry has been president OF
/ the State society OF New York; was sur
geon general on the staff of Gov. Levi
p. Morton, ard was reappointed by Gov.
Frank S. Black. He was on the outgoing
staff when President Theodore Roosevelt
came in as governor. The Field case and
stretcher Of New York. created during
the surgeon generals administration, are
named after him by the State govern
ment on account Of their merits and
! originality. The stretcher has mechani-
caTy adjusted pillow, which becomes an
air pillow or a sun shade.