The Washington herald., 1907-04-02
AT THE HOTELS.

/ "A / A. AA( 4 LIZ
The shoreiam Hotel shelters two dis
tlnguished German visitors, former min
lister Of commerce Thcodor Won Mollef.
and Or. r. Koser. chief director of the
/ government archives They have come
/ by appointment Of the Kaiser as repre-
/ sentatves Of Germany at the opening Of
/ the Andrew Carnegie Institution in Pitts
burg. his latest magnificent bequest to
the cause Of education. Mr. Won Molier
is one Of the most eminent men ia Ger
many. ana his appointment to the minis
try was a special compliment as It had
not happened in fifty years that such an
Office had been bestowed on man en-
gagged IN private business as he was
/ before and since his retirement from the
place. In answer to a Herald reporters
questions. the ex-minlster said:
There is no possibility Of any serious
trouble between Germany ard the United
States over the tariff or any other ques-
tion. Your average OF duties Is much
| higher than ours. The average OF your
schedules must be AZ least 65 or 70 per
7 cent. as against a Is per cent average IN
I Germany. Your high tariff enables your
manufacturers 10 sell at a very remunera-
tive profit 10 home buyers by shutting
out foreign competitors and by reason or
this large gain they can and do sell their
products cheaper abroad than in the
/ United States.
/ Il think that Germany has more
simple and reasonable tariff system than
America In that We do not use the ad
Vsiorem plaa at all. It is e cumbersome
and unsatisfactory way Of taxing Inn
ports, and / predict that ere long your
/ Congress VIII abolish Il. At present the
American manufacturers are in a splendid
position, but il does not follow that they
viii be 50 happily situated IN time 70
come. Later on they may be forced 90
make extra eXertion TO sell in foreign
markets where they now enjoy a heavy
trade"
Mr. Burleson. OF Texas. for whom I
cherish high regard both as a gentle
man and fellow Congressman. is away
on IN the interview he gave The Wash
ington Herald about Panama Canal eondi-
tions,' said Hon Beemsn G. Dawes. ths
active young Representative from Mari
eta, Ohio. at the Arlington.
1T might offend the Texas gentleman
! If were to say that he went on that trip
to the Isthmus merely for the purpose OF
picking flaws in the project. so I re-
/ frain from the charge; but there are not
wanting people to make it. I was with
/ him on that journey. and how a man Of
4 his high intelligence can talk as he does
/ is puzzling Every man in our party.
with the exception OF MT. Burleson and
1 possibly one other, was delighted and
/ = y 81 = ST 10 r4rfTa =
proved 10 the satisfaction Of every fair
minded man, I think, that every diffi-
Guilty has been met. every problem solved.
and that the only factor left Is the mag
nitude OF the job. for il certainly is a
huge one. The American people we're
never yet afraid Of tackiing a thing
merely because il is big, and I think the
/ citizens Of Texas. who are accustomed 10
/ large-s!zed affairs will not applaud a pub
/ tic man whose nerve gives way because a
project looms up in gigantic form. By
the way, those Texss constituents Of 8ir.
/ Burieson want that canal good bit more
keenly than they do IN most other parts
/ Of this country"
''The City Of Mexico has much-vaunt-
ed climate, but in a place where the
nights get so cool as IN that capital dur
I ing the winter time, IL causes a lot Of
i shivering among American tourists who
are not used 10 chiliiness in hotels said
/ Mr.. George n. Sutton at the Raleigh.
There is only one steam-heated hotel
/ in the city. In the others no artificial
warmth Is known, and the guests from
this country have a decidedly uncomfort-
able time OF it. as l know by late per-
( sonaI experience. Considering everything,
] l..
/ of great charms One thing that strikes
the visitor forcibly Is the vast number
and the splendor Of the equipages.
never saw a town with 50 many magnii-
cent tuTnouts. Elegant vehicles and
superb horses are everywhere in use.
"One thing that ali Americans going TO
/ Mexico are proud of is that our country
rs so well represented there in an official
way The United States Ambassador.
+ Mr.. Thompson. has won the respect Of all
/ classes. The MexicaRs are pleased TO
have such a man. and the Americans
swear by him. knowing that he viii DO
/ Everything that is right and patriotic. He
/ is not only a diplomat of exceptional abil-
lity, but a representative Of all that is best
/ in American citizenship.
After an absence Of six years. Hon.
Thomas w. Palmer. former United States
/ Senator from Michigan. and president Of
TIE Chicago exposition. is again in Wash
/ ington. He and Mrs Palmer who are
/ New Willard guests, have been sojourn-
/ ing in Cuba and Yucatan. accompanied
/ by their son Harold, and a young Detroit
artist, Mr.. Isadore Nathan. Bolh Mr..
and Mrs. Palmer are in excellent health
1 and sba fo~u7arss only trouble is defective
vision.
"The only dra wback TO a stay in Latin
! American countries" said the ex-senator.
lis the poor accommodations OF their
hotels. People used to the comforts and
! perfect appointments of our United States
/ hotels find il difficult 20 endure the def
/ ciencies of those in the South. StlIl. even
with this drawback Havana Is a fine
place and the climate IS glorious. Gov.
Magoon is holding things down in the
island gracefully and discreetly. A lot
/ of people down there think United States
authority over Cuba will never be relin-
auished. Some say the Cubans VIII be
/ given one more chance at autonomy
which will result in failure as did the
I first experiment. and that the result Of
/ this second tTiaI viii be the running up
! of the Stars and Stripes never more 10
/ be taken down.
But things here at home are really
] more interesting than in Cuba or Mexico.
/ 1t isn't so far Of now until the holding of
/ the Republican national convention. or
! course we can't tell what will happen IN
/ fourteen months, but TO my mind IL is