The Washington herald., 1907-09-27
AT THE HOTELS.

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IS on a business tour Of the United States.
erriyed in this city last night. and is
stopping at the New Willard. Afr. Pass
Us manufacturer Of passementerie and
similar articles. and says that this is his
first visit 10 this country.
Our business with the United States"
said Herr Pass. "is increasing every
year, and our business relations with
American customers are most pleasant
Business in Germany in most branches is
brisk. and orders are booking for many
months ahead. Much OF this activity In
manufacturing circles is due TO the
shrewdness and circumspection Of our
Emperor, who takes the deepest interest
in Germanys trade and commerce. lie is
what you Americans call a hustler and
bis full worth is recognized every day by
all classes Of Germans. Even the Social
lists cannot fail 10 recognize that the
Kaiser has the welfare Of the working
people as much at heart as the most pro-
nounced labor agitator and socialist
Through the efforts Of the COnserva-
tive and Government parties in the
Reichstag a great number 0f bills have
been passed benefting the laboring man,
such as the compulsory sick and death
Insurance, pension Of old laborers, and
other equally benehcent measures.
President Roosevelt is popular in Ger
many. He Is known also through his
books particularly those that deal with
his experiences as a hunter
Mr.. Pass speaks English fluently, eX-
planning that he spent some time in Eng
land In order 20 learn English business
methods. He said most every young Ger
man who adopts the commercial line as
his life calling, spends some time in Eng
land to see, 20 hear, and 10 learn.
Wheat growers IN the Palouse belt,
south of Spokane. where several counties
viii each yield more than 100000 bushels
Of grain this season. have organized a
farmers union" said Richard Y. Dunn,
Of Spokane. Wash, at the Raleigh, last
night They have organized for the pur-
pose" continued Mr.. Dunn, 'of handling
their product. and establishing inde-
pendent warehouses TO combat the oregon
Railroad and Navigation Company, oper-
ated in Washington and oregon as part
Of the Hartman system.
James Walters, a rancher Of Gold
field, is at the head OF the organization.
which has already shipped 5)3050 bushels
Of wheat 10 the Pacific Coast over an
opposition road, which, It is given out.
viii get the rest Of the business. walters
says thai as soon as the crop is harvested
the union viii organize the farmers in
every town and hamlet I'm the inland
empire, embracing IjQ.0)0 square miles.
In Eastern Washington. Northern Idaho,
Western Montana, and Southeastern Ore
gon and producing from 45.00J,000 to 70.
10000 bushels Of wheat. and that inGe-
pendent warehouses viii be established
throughout the district 10 handle the en-
tire yield next year
THE edelweiss. the bloom endeared 10
the hardy scaler of Alpine passes. grows
as freely and flowers as readily in the
Cincinnati and other Western gardens
as in the Businesses of its native haunts."
This comprises the pronUnciament0 OF
Franz Freyer. f Cincinnati, VINO is
stopping at the Arlington. AIr. Freyer
is a crank on Horticulture, which forms
the sum and substance Of his cOnversa-
ton. The subject seems TO be nearest TO
his heart; he will not talk anything else.
True" continued Mr. Freyer. the
blossom is not quite so white or so
woolly as on its native heath. but for the
average observer our American variety
is quite satisfactory"
Mr.. Freyer is a Swiss. and views the
fruit Of his culture with critical eye: for
edelweiss. if not the national flower Of
Switzerland, is so interviewer in its
poetry and legends that It is peculiarly
dear 10 all true sons Of that rock-girt
country.
The stock from which my flowers
sprung was started four years ago. The
seeds for the first crop were imported.
but from that date the plant has evinced
a hardihood and seed-bearing proclivity
that has set aside all doubt Of its being
able 70 live and flourish in this unmoun-
famous locality. While it has been
known that edelWeisS was adaptable 10
other conditions than those under which
il naturally exists its cultivation has
been limited. and my experiment Is on
a much larger scale than anything be-
fore attempted in my part Of the coun-
try"
Samuel /. Mccormick, of San Fran
cisco. who has been u New York on
business. and is now on his way 20
jamestown. IS at the Shoreham. Speak
ing about Washington cabbies and their
system Of charging. Mr.. Mccormick
drifted 10 the measures in preparation
by the san Francisco authorities 70 pro-
tect her citizens from being overcharged
by the Willy Jehu. Said Mr.. Mccormick:
The credulous San Franciscan. who
5as been paying his cab double fare,
and dismissing his cab with a compla-
cent feeling of having handled the in
cident automatically. is TO be informed
how much he really owes. if the city
council can be persuaded 10 see the ad-
vantage Of this arrangement The spe-
ciaI subcommittee of the council com
mittee on licenses which is now in
vestigating the subject is about ready
70 submit a taXimeter ordinance TO the
council for adoption. In other cities.
notably Paris. Berlin, London. and New
York, the taNimeter has been adopted
voluntarily by cab owners, and has been
found 10 be a booster for the cabmans
tra de.
San Francisco owners. however. are
rot enthusiastic over the innovation. The
president of the Cab Drivers Union and
the president of the Liverymen's s Associa-
ton are opposing the ordinance. The fear
of reduction in rates. Of course, doesn't
apply to all, for the matter of introducing
fare registers Is entirely independent of
the regulation of rates. To the average
citizen who rides In cabs or who would
if he weren't afraid of matching his wits
with a sphinx-lilse cabman, the taximeter
is thing Of JOY.
''The instrument is a box-like arrange