The Washington herald., 1906-11-24
HEARD AT HOTELS.

'One OF the greatest factors in the
prosperity Of France and the stability Of
its institutions IS the equal distribution
Of wealth said n. Brandon, Of Paris.
at the New Willard
Nobody Is very rich and yet few are
very poor. Best Of all, the humblest
Frenchman puts by a certain part Of his
earnings with unfaiIlng regularity. The
peasant who has not some government
bonds is an exception to his kind. once
lived IN a small village not far from
Paris which had for its mayor a peasant.
He worked in the commOnest clothes at
the commOnest tasks. and. indeed. one
felt like giving him tip for any slight
service. But when the daughter Of this
worthy man was married, she brought 10
her husband a dot Of S0,ooo francs. How
many English or American fathers Of
that class would be able 10 give an equal
dowry2
THE saving habit and the industrious
habit go hand IN hand In France, and the
girls are trained IN both from their eaTli-
est childhood. The French woman, in
deed. has many admirable virtues Her
education being on practical lines. she
a
business affairs she is apt 20 be quite as
clever as her husband. and very frequent
ly superior. When an Englishman or an
American says, in relation to an impor-
tant affair, 7 viii ask my wife about it,
ne means = as jOkek, whereas the
fTenchman utters the same saying in the
utmost seriousness. Not one Of them
would take step. unless Of minor i'm
portance- without consulting his help
mate for he knows she is capable OF Civ
ing the most judicious counsel
Il have been in Mexico since last April
ana am here to tell YOU that II is a
country Of which no praise can be ex-
travaganL" said AIr. D. OC0nneu OF Hot
Springs, Va. at the Raleigh
Il went TO Chihuahua for my health.
The climate is superb. and il did not take
me long to attain complete physical re-
cupeTation, While down there. 7 Journey
ed almost IN every nook and corner Of the
republic. It is a country that grows on
one, and the more YOU see of it the bet
ter you Ike IT, I visited the celebrated
mine Of Pedro Alvarado at Parral from
which he has taken millions There are
others less noted, buZ OF almost equal
L
of AlvaradOs property is a mine that be-
I longs 10 a company Of SWedes Il has
been worked for twenty years. and has
produced s40000O0O IN dividends with
I only one smelter Of 60 tons capacity. An
other Of equal size has been built, which
VIII double the output Of the mine. and
there is enough ore in sight 10 keep the
[ plant working for twenty-five years.
Some OF the owners OF very rich
mines ia Mexico are reticent about
I their operations. for the reason that they
/ DO not want other Americans 10 come
down there. You remember the talk of
an anti-American uprising? Wen. that
was only Wall street stock-iobbire-
/ scheme There never was q shadow of "a
/ hostile movement against Americans.
/ Mexico is teeming with prosperity. and It
{ Is going 20 be the scene Of bigger money
making IN the near future than any part
Of this continent"
'The present English government Is
+ not competent 10 extricate Great Britain
from the serious troubles that threaten
/ IT, said Alr- Henry II. Jackson. a guest
Of the Arlington. and a citizen Of the
/ famous town Of Burton-ou-Trent
/ We are still carrying oppressive bur-
war. The income tax takes a shilling
on every pound. Think Of 1t, a tax that
takes . per cent from the income Of every
+ citizen. II is true that the country has
! improved a bit recently. but there is no
/ guarantee that the betterment is perms-
( nent I have no hope Of il under such a
/ government as is now in power. The only
big Salesman in Britain who has a com
! manding grasp Of the situation. is Joseph
! Chamberlain, and he, poor man. IS about
done for physically.
The men who dominate English poll
tics are either incompetent or dishonest.
| Il they had any intelligence they must
Z know that our British policy OF free trade
is the curse and ruin OF the country. It
has helped everybody. Germany. and the
United States, especially % the detrment
Of Englishmeu. Some of our leaders, in
their hearts know this TO be true. but
hthev are playing the game OF politics and
not looking out as becomes broad-minded
men for the national welfare. The work
ing class Of Britains. unlike their Amer
lean brothers. are stupid. and unable 10
/ reason for themselves; they leave every
thing to the politicians II We had wags
earning class Of the intelligence Of
trade system would be speedily abol-
ished."
..The greatest need in governmental i'm
movement that could be given the cOuu-
tr- would be the erection Of a new United
states Patent OHce here in Washington"
said Mr.. A. ". Allen. a prominent patent
.Iawver. Of Cincinnati az the Raleigh.
.'Tbe present building is absolutely inad-
isor,ata to the needs Of the vast volume Of
business. and its crowded condition is
largely due 10 the exasperatng delays in
the work Of the Office. r. some of the
rooms the condition is intolerable. delays
OF months being at all uncommon to the
great financial injury Of inventors. As
the patent Office is a revenue producer.
and has already several millions of dol
liars 90 its credit there is no reason why
the government should be stingy in con-
structing new quarters. The money il has
earned could not be more appropriately
used than in giving it a suitable home.
one Of the best appointments PresioehL
Roosevelt ever made was that Of W. 3.
Hoggatt. of Indiana, To the gOvernorship
oF Alaska Governor Hovgatf is Young