The Washington herald., 1907-09-24
AT THE HOTELS.


ever happened for the individual plant
err" said Hon. A. o. Stanley, Repre-
sentative Of the Second Kentucky Con-
gressiOnaI district, at the Riggs House
last night
"We-by that I mean the association
practically dominate the market. the
supply a. well as prices The latter have
risen since we started in business to six
and seven times the original figures Last
year the association sold over 100000
pounds Of tobacco. and the foreign buy
ers. Ike the Italian reggie, the French and
Austrian reggie, and the English manu-
facturers. get their tobacco through our
association.
Every precinct elects committeeman.
and they in turn. elect a director. who
has a voice in the business affairs Of the
association. The directors elect the Of
hcers. who are paid, and devote their en-
tire time 70 the interests Of the ass0cia-
ton.
There are some few planters that do
not belong 70 our organization, and who
sell their crops 10 whomsoeyer they
y
practically every tobacco planter viii
have Joined the association. As il is now.
the association Is practically setting the
price FOR tobacco"
Richard 3. Thurman. an attorney az
law Of Ely, New, is at the Raleigh.
Speaking OF the Mormons and the poIti-
cal situation out his way. Mr. Thurman
said that President Roosevelt is very
popular with the M0rmOns. and that ev-
cry supporter OF Senator SmOOt IS also
an enthusiastic supporter Of the Presi-
dent Senator Kearns' adherents, on
the other hand said Mr. Thurman,
are bitter anti Roosevelt men.
There is no such q thing as polygamy
among the present-d5y Mormons: IN fact.
the younger generation detests the very
term Of polygamy. Gentle and Mormon
meet on the same social footing. and the
question as TO ones religious belief IS
rarely touched upon
Tt sounds rather paTadoxicaI 10 call
Us North CaroIiuians hot-headed. when
people discuss the recent laws enacted
by our legislature, especially that per-
uppermost in the public mind" said for
meT Gov c. b. Aycock, OF the Tar Heel
State. at the Ebbitt last night How we
could be hOt-headed in such a proh!bi-
ton State as North Carolina. Tor the
life Of me, / can't see The saloon is
practically a thing Of the past in our
State. and the prohibition sentiment is
stiH growing"
Gov. Ayc0ck Is in this city 10 hear TIE
taking OF testimony iH the Southern
Railway-NOrth Carolina case before
Judge Montgomery.
II Bryan is q candidate he will get
the convention vote Of the State" added
the governor. In case OF his drcIlna-
ton, North Carolina would be willing
70 support any good Democrat who az
fords some prospects 20 win the election.
think there is little sentiment for the
nomination Of a Southern man 10 head
the ticket"
Robert N. Merrill. q railroad contractor
Of Chicago, is II the New Willard on
his way 20 the jamestown Exposition.
Air. Merrill is naturally Interested in the
Washington street car system, and
speaking Of al sorts of new inventions
and schemes in connection with street
car management, Mr.. Merrill said: The
Chicago City Railway Company has de-
cided 10 ny the experiment OF @ pay-as-
yOu-eEter street car, which President
Mitten promised some months ago. Il is
what is known as the Montreal plan
and works well IN that city. The only
thing that bothers M Afitten is whether
| il VIII work equally wei in Chicago
/ II IS one Of those things which the pe0-
PIE have 20 be educated up 70. and he
is doubtful Of his ability as d public edu-
Gator. The Montreal cars are equipped
with q dividing rail on the rear platform
so as % separate, as far as possible. the
passengers getting on and of al the same
! time. Passengers getting on the front
! platform can only get into the car when
the door is opened from the inside. The
/ conductor stands on the rear platform
and collects the fares as the passengers
/ get aboard. AT the start only one car
on each line will be equipped in this
manner Il viii be a case Of irving IL
on the dog II it is found that the plan
works. il viii be extended to the re-
naming cars All the new cars which
have been ordered can be converted 70
meet these conditions If wanted"
Despite all reports 20 the contrary, the
price Of coal in the majority Of grades
for domestic use is precisely what il has
been al this time of the year for several
years" said Thomas ). Finley. a PhHa-
delphia coal operator, at tie Shoreham
last night NJ Finley has been on bus
mess tour OF the South and is now on his
way back 10 Philadelphia.
THE reports Of the enormous increase
in the price Of coal are entirely baseIess.
Not only has the retail price not been
raised above the level at the same time
in the past three years, but the price Of
everything the coal dealer uses has been
raised. so that to-day the coal man is
operating on a narrower margin of profit
than ever before. PittsbUrg inch and
quarter domestic coal sold at this time
three years ago at $3I5. II sells "a that
price to-day. Anthracite coal OF the nut.
stove and chestnut sizes sold al ST. That
is the price now. The fact that the coal
dealers in Cleveland do not put the price
up gradually. 10 cents q month. beginning
with April, but make no advance until
the J0-cent advance on September !. is used
as a reason for attacking them In the
Eastern cities there is a steady rise all
through summer.
The public does not see the other side
Of the coal dealers business Feed oats
have risen from % cents to g. cents in
the past three years, an increase of over
$50 per cent. A team of horses that could
then be bought for 800 now costs $500.
The labor cost for teamsters and for
common labor has increased over % per
cent. Wagon repairs cost twice as much.
The retailer has also been made 70
stand a good proportion Of the increased