The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-04-13
AT THE HOTELS.

at the New Willard, yesterday. Per
sonally, I am for Hughes, but it may be
that Taft viii get the delegation of the
State. However, I am not a Republican.
and. as l said, there is very little talk
about the Republican candidates.
II am for Cleveland or a man who
would represent Cleveland's political
ideas. Judge Gray. Of Delaware, is a
good man for the Presidential chair;
johnson is not well enough known.
have never voted for Bryan, and don't
expect to vote for him this time.
prohibition in Mississippi is a Sue
cess. and will most likely stay. 7 havs
no idea how the State is going to make
up for the loss OF revenue from liquor
licenses, but there Is a way. Mississippi
has been a local option and prohibition
State for many years, and the system
works we'll
There is going to be a good cotton
crop. and the planters expect TO realize
about 10iz cents per pound. Notwith-
standing the shortage In the worlds crop
of cotton. the price Of the raw material
is receding. / am interested IN cotton
mills In Newton, and il IL a question
with Us whether to shut down and lose
money or keep them running and lose
money. We decided Tor the latter"
DR.. Ing. r. Albrecht, chemiker, mem
Der OF the firm Of Albrecht & Co., min
eral oil works. Hamburg, Germany. is at
the New Willard. DR.. Albrecht Is a
young man, and like so many Of his
.countrymen, is visiting this country with
a view to studying American business
methods in order to apply the best there
of TO their own interests In Germany. Dr.
Albrecht is making a tour Of the oil
fields and rehneries in the United States
He arrived in New York few days ago.
and his opinion Of the great city is not
exactly fattering He thought there was
lack of harmony in the style of build
ings and a woeful absence Of an artistic
skyline. He also depiored the unclean
condition OF the thoroughfares. which he
could not understand. in view Of the fact
that New York is so great, so rich"
Most OF the coal oil used In Ger
many for Illuminating purposes, comes
from America, but the oil fields Of Russia
and Roumania supply Us with the bulk
Of lubricating oils. The Roumanian fields
are controlled to a great extent by Ger
man capital.
We want a big. powerful navy" said
Mr.. Albrecht, but it is not to be used
for aggressive purposes. only 20 defend
German interests ia all parts of the
world. German capital has found its way
into all parts Of the world. and il is nee
essary 20 have a protective agent for that
purpose. Much has been written In Eng
lish newspapers that Germany was build
ing up a navy TO attack England. That
is not the truth and England knows il
is not the truth. What England O0es
know, however. is that Germany is gain
ing everywhere in trade and commerce
and is forced to have a bigger navy. Why
should England criticise our ship build
ing programme, tt being a purely local
matter of exclusive concern to the Ger
man people2 I do not see why England
should interest herself any more in our
navy than she does IN the naval power
of the United States.
''The Law passed by the German Reich
stag recently making the German Ian
guage the official medium in all parts
OF the empire was mainly aimed at the
Poles. who have carried on an intrigue
against the empire ever since they be-
came part and parcel OF Prussia and
Germany The governments patience
has been exhausted trying to eonciiiate
the Poles. who rejected every offer. The
government desires TO give everybody
all the freedom compatible with the In
terests of the empire, and it does net
wish TO interfere with the French speak
ing people Of Alsace-LoTraine, or the
Slsvs, OF the Lithuanians or others; they
are loyal 10 the empire.
Business in Germany is suffering from
the recent depression in the United
3 s.r
intimate that the one cannot suffer with
out the other feeling it.
President Roosevelt is. next to our
Kaiser. the most talked about man in
Germany. and is immensely popular"
That the buffalo is almost extinct in
the United States IS the dictum of Col.
George Hargreaves, of Wyoming, who is
registered at the Raleigh. Col Hargreaves
is an old hunter and pioneer. and is a
native of the wild and woolly West"
There are but twenty-five bison roaming
wild in the United States to-day. Where
twenty-five years $40 they might have
been counted by millions. the big herds
running wild have been reduced TO the
paltry twenty-five. most OF which are
in Yellowstone Park. Yet. while the
American bison, or buffalo, bids fair TO
become extinct in its wild state, never
theless il is not as near extinction as
might be imagined, since private indiVid-
uals and societies. by taking up the
question and by taking great pains 10
cultivate domestic herds, have caused
considerable increase in the number Of
buffalos in captivity.
There are now LIS captive buffaloes
Z in he nj in
Canada, there being a decided increase
over the number which were TO be found
in this country a few years ago. The
American Bison Society has been actively
at work for number Of years in stirnu-
lating interest in the preservation Of the
buffalo. with the result that a big move
ment is now on foot to have set apart a
big natural buffalo range. The country
which the society recommends as the
most favorable spot for the buffalo
range is called the 'Ravalli Hills and
Meadows in Montana. near where Pabli.
the Indian vino recently sold his herd
to the Canadian government, has main
tanned it,"
why is it that you can always tell
livery rig when you see it2' said Ben
jamin NJ Kearns, OF Cleveland, Ohio, at
the Cochran, last night. by way OF in
PRODUCING his observations on this much
mooted question Tn the first place, it
isn't as smart as the private rig" said
Mr.. Kearns. IF 1t has a coachman.
he isn't dressed in clean, new-looking
clothes. The harness has no bright
mountings, and, as rule, the horses
look half tired out II it is an open
buggy or a twO-seated rig. the people in
It help TO show that it is rented. Their
faces and actions always indicate that
they are buying a pleasure. People who
own their own rigs ride in them more
as a matter Of course rented rig
always has livery written al over il
to me. I can always tell a livery rig