The Washington herald., 1907-12-12
AT THE HOTELS.

William F. Holt, af Lexington. y. c.,
Is at the Cochran. Mr.. Holt Is an exten-
siye manufs cturer Of cotton cloth. ana
owns a number OF mills and banking in
stitutions throughout North Carolina. He
/ Is reDuted to be one OF the wealthiest
men OF the South.
Business Is duh, and I am afraid We
viii have practically little prospect of
improvement IN the near future" said
Mr.. Holt The money trouble had
something @ do with il. and 7 am afraid
many Of the mills viii probably shut
down altogether or run on shorter hours
and reduced wages.
Our export trade Of cotton cloth 10
China has almost altogether been usurped
by Japan, and we are not exporting as
much as We formerly did TO Germany,
France, and other countries"
II. L. Shepard. a well-knOwn patent at
torney OF Columbus Ohio. who is here in
regard 70 cases before the Commissioner
Of Patents. said last night that il was
absolutely necessary that the salaries OF
the examiners al the Patent Office. and
al other men with scientific and techni-
cal knowledge Of patents connected with
the Office. should be raised in order 70
secure 20 the government the best men
available. and 70 insure a prompter dis
patch Of the patent business.
Living expenses in Washington. par
ucularly. have increased" said Mr.
Shepard "and the salaries or government
clerks are the same as they were ten
years ago. YES, longer than that. Good
men find more remunerative employment
with private concerns The result is that
. the government cannot obtain the best
men. as should be the case. The
business Of the government under
these conditions must naturally suffer.
The heads Of the various departments
cannot be blamed for this state Of affairs.
II is entirely the fault Of Congress They
are so much engrOssed with their own
political schemes that they lose sight OF
the underpaid and overwOrked govern
ment clerk"
White pine within ten years from now
viii be thing Of the past in the United
States. said J. W Hyde a lumber mer-
chant OF Jacksonville, Fla. al the Raleigh
last night. There is nothing but yellow
pine used now: the little white pine that
is left is used mostly for model work
The reforestation idea is a philanthropy
cal idea, and VIII not stem the clearing
and cleaning of OF thousands and thou
sands and hundreds OF thousands Of acres
Of timber. Our children. no doubt. viii
call us vandals. but posterity should look
out for itself.
Representative Carter. OF Oklahoma, a
Cherokee Indian. is a strong advocate OF
giving to the Indians Of this country the
rights Of citizenship. He says they are
fully qualified from an intellectual stand
point TO measure up favorably with the
rest Of the inhabitants Of the United
States AS an evidence Of his claim be
produced a poem which he received from
Mrs Lena Harnage Adair, a Cherokee
Indian. yesterday.
The poem follows.
OKLAHOMA
CroNued with the golden fruitage Of hsr land.
Into her glorious heritage she comes and joins ths
band
Of sister States-vho -reet with loud acclaim
And unto al the world their Joy proclaim.
Oklahoma Youngest q the States and best
Queen thou an. @ the great Southwest
The soft azure q thy skies.
Ike affections dreamy eyes.
Shines softly down snd smiles
Jpon sTeen undulating miles
of prairie widen mountain gTand-
On waving felds-by zsphyrs famed
On plain and f0rest-lake and stream
On hills that eteruaIly dream.
IN their purple envirounent
Silhouettes against the frmament
Here once dwelt race a might
% tradition old and ancient rte,
Gone for rhem forever more
Are lesCadary days q yore:
When they wore the eagle feather
Wsmpu.n belt and beaded leather.
Al Never more VII I1dian sires
Gather by their Council ftes
Nor be me seal n friendship 81
By sachem's sacred calumet
NJ more they hunt hy lake and riTcr
With broken bow and empty CULVER;
The uathos of a dying race.
Darkeninz each douncast face.
They. silent. hear a tolling bel
Warriors. Chieftains us ny kneul
What hides the future in its misty hShts
o. Prophecy. from yonder s1n-crowned hei-ht
Direct Thy gaze and these broad lands behold
Par toward The west see a fair realm unfold
oklahoma When thy fun gl0-y shan upon thee
surpassng splerdor shall he thine,
II ts but davulnE n0w-tnc nooutide's yet 20 c1--e
rs radiance VII Be dazzling -OklahCuia-ouce tie
red mans home
That stokers. firemen and coal pass-
ers on board the Atlantic greyhounds are
not the victims Of ''stOkehole madness"
suicide, and short life. on account OF
the maddening temperature and the hard
ships they endure. is the opinion Of Capt
Richard Miller. a man who has sailed
the briny deep in all uarts OF the world