The Washington herald., 1907-01-14
HEARD AT HOTELS.

Prominent asa,oag the delegates TO the
convention for the extension OF foreign
commerce is Mr.. II. Z. Miles. of Racine.
Wis, president Of the National Associa-
tion OF Agricultural Implement and We
hice Manufacturers. Mr.. Mites is a thor
ough believer IN tariff revision. bat he
has ideas as to the proper method OF
accomplishing that reform.
Those countries which impose taxes
on foreign imports" said he, have tariff
commissions. and that is the system We
should adopt in the United States IL We
ever hope to have a symmetrical and
logical system The tariff has no busi-
ness In politics, and we should long ago
have divorced the two. Under our pres
lent method it is hardly possible TO enact
a good law. A body should be created
along the lines Of the Interstate Com
meree Commission. 10 which should be
delegated the power of making just and
reasonable changes in the schedules at
OppOrtune times
At the Raleigh last evening were two
prominent New Workers. Col. George
Clinton Batcheller and Mr.. John Quincy
Adams. Both are Of Massachusetts
origin. Col. Batcheller has for years
/ been one OF the best-known merchants Of
the metropolis. mir. Adams is a scion of
| that famous family which furnished two
/ Presidents. He is Democrat Of the
straightest sect. while his friend is an
equally ardent Republican. They are here
on a mission Of the highest patriotise-
] In rFaf -
the famous old house in Philadelphia in
which Betsy Ross fashioned the first flag
/ Of the young nation.
When in a foreign land even an inani-
mate object that reminds one Of his native
/ soil is something glorious 10 behold
I said Mr.. William +. Sharp. a popular and
/ successful business man Of indianapolis.
at the New Willard
/ "A friend Of mine told me that when
I travelling in an Out-of-the-way part Of
I India a few years ago he happened to
run across an old piece of machinery that
/ was adorned with the legend Atlas En-
gine Works, indianapolis. L. s a He
said that he looked on its rusty hulk a.
affectionately as if il had been endowed
with life, and went UP 10 il and leaned
against its side for fully fifteen minutes.
1t was only "a mass of iron. bur il was
/ from home. and was the next best thing
| TO encountering a live American.
In a recent trip to Mexico" said Col.
Fred A. BealI. Of Fort Worth. al the
Raleigh, j had the pleasure of meeting
Enrique Creel, the new Ambassador from
that country 10 the United States M
Creel Is a man who is eminenuy fitted
for that place. and he viii do much 20
promote friendly feeling between the
sister republics. He is a man Of great
wealth. and his brother-in-law, ex-Gov.
Terazas, OF the state Of Chihuahua. in
enormously rich i would be hard 10
even approximate his fortune. He owns
lands Of greater extent than many a prin-
cipaiity-millIons Of acres, and cattle by
the tens OF thousands. He is, indeed,
as much Of a lord over his vast domain
as any feudal baron Of the Middle Ages
chihuahua. the capital of the state of
that name, and the home of Mr. Creel Is
a fine town OF $500 people. 90 miles
south Of II Paso. II has a large Amer
ican colony and would Oe a good place
for investment Of capital, but the minute
a stranger from the United States be
gins TO talk about buying property OF
any sort, whether d street car line or a
cattle ranch. forthwith the Mexican
owners ask him about three times the
proper price. / went all the way down
there TO purchase tract Of land, but 50
excessive was the figure put upon It that
the negotiations came 10 a speedy termi-
nation
Despite the fact that he was beaten for
the goveruorship Of Kansas last Noven-
Der. there was rot a happier looking man
in the great throng in the Willard last
evening than former United States Sena-
tor William a Harris. Of that State, who
had the distinction OF being the only
Confederate soldier ever chosen Senator
from a Northern Commonwealth. Senator
Harris, as IL was, narrowly missed cleo
ton as governor, pulling down a Re
publican majority Of 5000 to about 2000-
In all sincerity" said he TO a Herald
reporter. 7 have not ceased 10 con-
graduate myself on my recent defeat
Public life has its attractions, but there
are many drawbacks and aunoyances in
separable from office-holding, not the
least of which is the certainty Of making
enemies and Of hostile criticism, no mat
ter how hard man strives TO serve his