The Washington herald., 1908-06-08
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as likely Vice Presidential
timber; neither do I know anything about
the Democratic platform"
Speaking about the cotton crop. c.
Crawford. a wealthy cotton operator. OF
Atlanta and New Orleans, who is reg
istered at the Ebbitt. said yesterday that
this years crop promised to be a fairly
good one and that the farmer would OBJ
tain fair prices
Cotton farming and selling is car
ried on with a good 6eal more intelll-
lowing the civil war At that time all the
the same time. which necessitated the
raising Of about S600,O00.00O as purchase
money and funds with which to move
the staple. On account of the difficulty
Of raising such a large sum OF money at
one time, II rose in price and cotton
prices went down. This has all been
changed now. and the farmers do not
throw their cotton on the market all az
the same time. There IS an agreement
now 20 sell the cotton ali year round
Warehouses have been erected for the
storage OF cotton. and are scattered
through the various towns In these the
farmers can deposit their crops and hold
II as long as they wish. They can bOr-
row almost as much money on the stored
cotton as II Is worth. The consequence
IS that there is more general prosperity
in the cotton growing States now"
F. r. Kayser, OF Berlin. Germany. who
Is accompanied by Mrs Kayser. IS reg
istered at the New willard Mr. Kayser
is travelling In the United States on
business and pleasure He is a Ueuten-
ant Of the Germany army reserve. and
is also interested in the manufacture OF
steel
The opportunities in America are so
many and 50 extensive that 70 a for
eign observer the talk about business de-
preston seems almost unjustihed. or. at
least, unexpainable You Americans
have been so prosperous that you imme-
diately think you have hard times when
business gets a little duh.
I have Travelled In every State Of the
Union, and I observed how your for
ests are being devastated. The calling
by President Roosevelt Of the governors
for the purpose Of devisiag means to
stop The waste Of natural resources was
a wise and patriotic move, and ought 10
be highly appreciated by the American
people.
The tornaGoes which have recently
swept some OF your Western States, and
the floods which have swept lives and
property out Of existence, are due 10 the
neglect OF the forest lands. But il is
not only forest lands that are being vast
ed; almost every other resource is being
neglected, and requires protection row.
beore it is too late.
There is no country that has finer
hunting grounds than the United States.
South Africa and East India have good
hunting too. but the Rocky Mountains,
Wyoming. Colorado, Canada. and other
States offer the best in that line
1T is possible that the immigration Il
the lowest type Of peoples from Europe
/ % the United States makes IL absolutely
necessary 10 prohibit the sale OF intoxi-
eating liquor. 1t seems TO be a measure
Of self-protection more than anything
else. The prohibition movement has its
advocates in Germany, too, but Il does
not make any considerable headway, for
the simple reason that the German knows
when 10 stop drinking; he knows when
he has enough.
i am IN favor Of a strong navy for
/ Germany. II is necessary for US 20 have
q powerful navy and a strong army. We
must be prepared to defend out steadily
increa sing transporting commerce. and
Germany is also placed between two na-
tions which need eternal watching. Al
sace-L Lorraine will never be surrendered
to France: It was German originally. and
was taken from US by the French, only
/ to be reconQuered by US in 1870. Ger
many does not care what efforts are be-
/ ing made to isolate her We mind cur
own business. and wish 10 be on good
/ terms with everybody. but we are not go
ing TO beg for the good win Of any coun-
try"
Ralph G. Redman. OF Oklahoma City.
IS al the National Hotel Mr.. Redman
| is lust a plain farmer" and says he
/ knows "a thing or two about politics"
| He said yesterday that Bryan was the
man for the people OF the United States
/ 10 send 20 the White House and the
only candidate worth anything at all
| THE Oklahoma delegation 70 the Dem
| Ocratic national convention viii be ac-
/ companied TO Denver by i,500 Bryan en-
I thusiasts from our State, where policies
/ Mr.. Bryan has advocated are now in
| operation" said Mr.. Redman. The 100
| 'rooters' who will accompany the delega-
: tion viii be housed In primitive style. 70
! represent the first night In the Territory
after the government opened It for set
! tlement- The National Guard equipment
will be taken along, and the 'rooters' viii
roll up in their blankets and sleep under
/ canvas during the convention.
I'VE want 10 show the delegates 70 the
! convention what Bryan principles have
/ done for a State with the nerve 10 go
ahead and try few Of them You know.
our banking law is a Bryan policy, and
/ let me tell you how Il works out: Over
/ In Coa'gate. a few days ago. Il was
learned that the president and cashier
OF a bank had borrowed about . per cent
OF the deposits. and the State bSnk eX-
aminer went over and closed the banking
house He found about 5000 in the
vaults. and the deposits amounted 70
I more than 500 As soon as he closed
the bank. he arranged for the State 20
pay off the depositors, as prescribed IN
der the Oklahoma law. and sent messages
| 10 depositCrs 70 come in AZ once and
! get their savings Ordinarily, when
messenger goes 70 a depositor with the
I information that the bank has closed, the
/ depositor grabs his coat and a shotgun
and starts for town. Not so with this
\ farmer. Turning 70 the messenger, he
said 10 him; Tell 'em I'm busy; I'll be
in Saturday That shows some con-
hdence in the States ability to enforce
law"
Kerl Lundborg. Of Stockholm, Sweden.
is at the Arlington Hotel Mr. Lund-
/ borg IS financially Interested in steam
/ ship freight trafic. Speaking about bus
4 mess in Europe. he said that a COM
pany with head Offices at Sandetiord.
/ Norway had recently been formed. with
/ the object OF exploiting the whaling
/ grounds adjacent TO the South African
/ coast particularly that Of Natal.
/ There is 10 be a station at Durham. o"
continued Mr.. Luadborg. where a plant
for extracting oil and bone will be es-
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