The Washington herald., 1906-12-14
HEARD AT HOTELS.

"It seems strange" said Mr.. A. b.
White. a prominent lawyer Of Chicago. at
the Raleigh. that one Of the most i'm
portant and greatly frequented public
buildings Of Washington should be With
out elevators.
Il refer to the antique building on
judiciary Square which houses all the
tribunals OF the District, the Supreme.
Appellate, and Probate courts, and
where all the legal work Of this great
Capital is centered. I went there yester-
day to call on my esteemed friend James
Tanner with whom I used 10 campaign
in the West, and who is now register OF
wills. From him / learned that the
structure was absolutely without lifts
and that if one wishes to ascend 20 the
/ upper floors he had 10 do some very per
pendicuIar pedestrianism. to quote Cor
poral Tanners own expressive phrase. IL
I seems strange that in the great Capital
or the nation that Congress would be so
niggardly as TO refuse a suitable amount
% properly equip a building OF such
/ prime importance when there is hardly
l courthouse in any fifth-rate city OF the
Union that is not provided with every
modern convenience.
/ There Is probably no man in the coun-
/ try who IS so thoroughly informed in re-
gard TO the lumber business as Mr. Ed
ward Hines, Of Chicago. president Of one
| OF the biggest concerns in the United
States. Mr. Hines was seen at the New
/ Willard last evening. and in response to
/ queries Of a Herald reporter said.
Some recent efforts IN Congress 10
make II appear that there is lumber
! trust are wholly misleading. There is no
/ such trust. and in the nature Of things
one could not exist. We have the keen
est sort OF competition in our line. result
/ ing from the fact that there are four or
/ five sections Of the United States each
/ Of which is a source Of timber supply, and
every one is in sharp competition with
/ the other. We have the lOng-ieaf pine Of
/ the South. the spruce of Maine, the Wis
consin and Minnesota lumber, and the
/ redwood OF the Pacific Coast. all fghtlng
/ for the markets Of the Middle West and
/ OF the Atlantic States. There are no less
l than so separate and competing factories.
1t is true that there has been rise in
price. but il has come through natural
/ conditions such as the depletion Of the
/ forests and by the unprecedented and
| abnormal demand that has been going on
/ for the last five years. In addition. the
manufacturers cannot begin to get enough
/ cars 10 carry OF their product A great
many mills are on the point Of closing.
and some have shut down because Of the
want Of transportation facilities.
In numerous cases for the past ninety
days the lumber men have not had %
/ per cent Of a sufficient quota Of cars, and
| this has put them so far behind that they
refuse to quote prices. These conditions
are bound to cause an advance in the cost
Ief "a fE
bered that a tremendous rise has taken
place in nearly all other lines Of business.
/ We do not have 10 invoke any trust
myth 10 see why lumber has gone Up.
/ One Of the big factors in that result is the
enormous advance in wages. Labor that
/ is employed in lumber manufacturing is
/ 100 per cent higher than five years ago;
/ horses from 70 to loo per cent higher. feed
/ likewise. and so with all the other ele-
ments that enter into its production. The
/ general prosperity Of the country is great
er than ever was known. and it is not
strange that all staple articles Of con
sumption should have experienced a rise
in price
Mr.. Charles Martindale. who IS one OF
the prominent members Of the Indian
I apolis bar, was talking with friends in
/ the New Willard lobby last evening OF
I the days when he was Washington cor
{ respondent Of the Journal that well
/ known daily of the Hoosier capital
] Those were great days" said Mr.. Mar
/ tindale. and exciting events came in such
/ quick succession as 10 keep the boys for
ever on the qui vive I we'll remember
/ the night when Maj John N. Carson.
/ Gen. BOyntOn, SoteldO. Of the Baltimore
/ American, and myself were the only
/ members Of the press fraternity who had
I the story of the star route scandal Gen
/ BOyntOn concluded ne would not use il
/ for party reasons. and I also hesitated
/ 10 do so because of the Journal stand
/ ing as a Republican organ. Finally,
/ thought was long past midnight
! went up in a cab on Capitol Hill TO get
an interview with Assistant Postmaster
! General Brady, who was an Indiana man.
Z Gen. Brady received me brusquely. re-
senting being disturbed at that hour.
/ told him what I had and said that some
defense ought to be made. and I came
/ to him TO get the other side of the
/ story. He cut me off abruptly. and SO
/ could do nothing but go back and wire
the matter 10 my paper. Mai. Carson
I did the same for the New York Times.
and Soteldo for the American The ex-
pose created a furore in all parts Of the
| country, and especially played the deuce
in Indiana politics.
Gen. BOyntoR has crossed over the
river. Soteldo. who was a man Of mag
/ niicent physique, was slain here IN Wash
ington as the result of a private feud
F. but Maj. Carson, I am glad 10 say, IS
stiH alive and vigorous, though I hear
/ that he. too, has deserted the journalistic
profession
4 trio Of influential Wyoming men stood
in the Riggs House lobby last evening.
/ Edward X. Hum, vice president of big
/ copper company; Frank \. Hadsen.
/ United States marshal, and Ed Wells,
/ one of the best known and most popu-
/ lar of Republican politicians.
We have no politics in our section this
year" said Mr.. Hum. Everything Is
/ Republican with US and everybody, in
Guiding the Democrats. is happy. The
/ only thing that is needed to complete
I the general comfort is the reappoint-
ment of my friend, Frank HadseI. TO the
marshalship. If We could have q popular
vote on that he would carry every county
| and every precinct in the State His two
administrations have been supremely sat
isfactory, and if President Roosevelt viii
give him a third term all Wyoming Will
give TOusing cheer.
Hon. Walter D. Guilbert, Of Columbus.
secretary Of state of ohio, was at the
New Willard yesterday.
Our last legislature" said Mr.. Gull
bert, passed law approDriating S5Q0o
for a hospital fer the accommodation OF
deformed and crippled children, and 1
have come East to examine one or two in
stitutiOns Of that character. There is an
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