The Washington herald., 1907-05-26
AT THE HOTELS.

man OF better social or financial standing
Ihan Mr. J. y. Porter president Of the
First National Bank Of Globe. Ariz.. who
Is at the New Wllard. accompanied. by
his wife and their beautiful young daugh-
ters' Misses Steila and Lillian. Afr. Por-
ter Is native Texan. and stlI has large
interests IN that State Some twenty
years ago he went TO Arizona. in the de-
yeiopment Of which he has taken a lead
ing part
Yesterday Mr Porter had a very pleas
ant interview with President Roosevelt. in
the course Of which he told the Chief Ex-
ecutlve that he was proud TO meet him
TOT the double reason that he had never
before seen a President Of the United
states, and because he loved 10 shake
hands with a man that had done things. d"
At this Col. Roosevelt smiled I'm his usual
Intensive fashion and paid back the Ari-
zonlan's compliment In clever style.
Miss Gertrude Beeks, who is at the
Raleigh. and who is secretary Of the
welfare department Of the National Civic
Federation, is a Southern girl. a native
of Tennessee. but she has as much snap.
vim. and hustle as though she had been
New England born. Probably no other
woman in this country has had as wide
practical experience in dealing with all
phases Of the problems connected with
the employment Of labor and the protsc-
ton Of wage earners in stores. mills.
mines. and factories, indeed. in all places
wherever labor is employed. Miss Beeks.
IN spite Of her prosaic duties. is thor
oughly feminine ais besides being very
clever, has all the pleasing and
agreeable ways OF a refined and up-to-
Gate woman To her belongs the credit
OF having made the most complete and
impartial report on child labor as en-
pioyed In the cotton mills Of the South,
and on the general condition Of the adult
operatives as well who derive their Ivell-
hood from that industry.
There are too many children employed
In the cotton factories OF the Carolinas.
Georgia, and Alabama" said Miss Beeks.
and the practice Of utilizing the labor
Of boys and girls under twelve years OF
age should be abolished But there are
many redeeming conditions, as I found on
personal inspection. Before the estab-
hshment Of the mills the parents Of these
children lived in remote districts. AMI
their progeny, thus isolated. grew Up IN
poverty and illiteracy. After the indus
trial era set in the natives went % the
towns, where they found work which
would employ all the members of a fam
ily and where the young could have the
advantage Of schooling at least during
parts Of the year. In some Of the mill
towns the owners have established schools
of the very best character, and the chill
dren Of the operatives are given a chance
In life which they never would have had
in their former pauperized and semi-bar-
barous state"
Ma. John N. Burke. press agent and
general publicity man for Buffalo Bill IS
az the New Willard He is known the
wide world over, and there is scarcely q
city Of the earth in which he has not some
warm personal friend. The major was
born in New York City. Of Delaware par
ents. but being left an orphan he was
taken care Of In his young DAYS by rela-
tives in Cecil County, Maryland. In 1855
he was in Washington. where he struck
up a warm friendship with 8Tr. Allison
Nailor a friendship that has been main
tained ever since The two went West
together that year. and young Burke. be-
coming infatuated with the Uuc0nven-
tionsl life Of the plains, concluded that the
frontier was good enough for him. Dur
ing the past forty years he has never
lived IN any one place for as much as a
year. and so when he signs his name on a
hotel register it reads, John ". Burke,
L. S. A"
Cuba IS IN a very depressed condition,
considered financially" said Mr.. J. T.
Crawley. director OF the governmental
agricultural station Of that country, at
the New Willard.
The reason Of the stringency IS IN the
poor crop prospects. Last winter a gen
eraI drought initiated against the sugar
planters. and when 1 left the island the
face of the country was as sere and desc
late as q prairie that had been sC0rChed
bv fire. The failure Of the rains caused
the banks TO refuse 10 advance any money
10 the cane growers, and the tightness OF
money has produced a stagnation that is
felt in all lines Of trade and business. This
depression IS merely temporary, and with
another good crop prosperity VIII return. -
Judge r. y. Baskin. of Salt Lake, for
mer chief Justice Of the Supreme Court OF
Utah. Is IN Washington % argue a mining
case before the United States Supreme
Court. involving the ownership Of prop
erty worth many millions Of dollars.
Judge BasSin has lived IN Utah for forty
years. but he was born and reared in
Highland County, Ohio.
As a boy" said he, Il was intimately
acquainted with the Foraker family, and
especially with an elder brother Of the
Senator. who died early. but who gave
promise OF being a great man. The Sena-
tors father was man Of no ordinary
individuality. He was OF a positive.
forceiul nature, and never backward IN
speaking his convictions, no matter
whether they accorded with the majority
view or not l we'll remember that he
was not afraid 10 declare his abolition
sentiments In a community where most
of the people despised the abolition doc
trine as the rankest political heresy. II
took a man of courage TO proclaim him
self in this fashion at that time. None
of the Forakers ever lacked courage. All
my life I have been a Democrat, but to-
day I acknowledge the manliness and
fearlessness Of J. B. Foraker, who has
had the nerve to stand up for his notion
Of what constituted the right, even though
in a lonesome minority
"The Americans imagine we have a
democracy in our country, but for the
real article one must 60 10 China" said
Mr.. R. s. Tomlinson. Of Shanghai at the
Arlington. Mr.. Tomlinson has lived many
years in the Orient. and speaks authori-
tatively.
In the United States we have developed
democratic theories by regarding the in
dividuaI citizen as the unit Of the nation.
In China the family constitutes the unit,
and in many ways It IS a great system,
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