The Washington herald., 1908-08-21
AT THE HOTELS.

! terested 10 know that they are slowly ap-
l preaching a time when the production Of
/ coffee IS going 70 fall short Of the con
/ sumption. and when prices are raised ma
/ teriaIIy." said Pslo V de Saultus. q
: Porto Rico. at the New Willard Hotel last
I evening
Few coffee trees have been planted n
+ any OF the large fields in Porto Rico IN
/ the last several years AS is well known
/ 70 Americans, from four TO six years
elspse after the planting ossa tree before
/ 1t bears
! Consequently. the cofee-Grinking world
/ IS dependent upon the existing trees They
/ gradually lose IN the volume Of their p-0-
I duction after they reach the age Of twen-
+ y years. It Is safe 20 say that at least
I one-half Of the co1tee-fuTnishing trees are
upward Of twenty years old at the pres
enr time.
IN a few years the world VIII require
at least z9,001o00 bags OF coffee g year. and
. the production wiz be only about IL051.lJJ
bags year Il is plain 70 see tcar
coffee VIII be at a premium then. and
{ people can AFFORD IL Even they must be
I content with an inferior grade. because
. the planter is going 70 mix his poor Cof-
4 fee with his best
This situation has been brought about
chiefly by the American campaign against
coffee drinking The planters were not
/ making t-e.T Old-Ilue profits. because the
/ production was more than equzI 70 the
demand. and. as they had become wealthy.
/ they retired from business Few young
planters have entered the field. so when
/ The aEti-cofes craze dies out and The
world again demands IFS supply OF good
coffee IL VIII have 10 pay dear for IT.
Maine vii give Taft a greater plurality
than It has given any other Republican
Presidential candidate. according 70 Har-
old C. Henney, Of Bangor, who IS On his
way 70 West Virginia 8Ir. Ee1rey was
stopping al the Raleigh last evening
Not only Maine. but other New Eng
land States. VII roll Up more votes for
TAFT il November next than Roosevelt
gathered az the last election" said 8Ir
IleEIey- Bryan VIII not get q Iook-il-
= Democrat s a rare thing Up our way
The species Is almost extinct Even those
few that are scattered about our section
are Democrats OF The old school. and
Z escleW Organism and this Iarter-dav
Democracy 7 cannot say there is much
interest OF enthusiasm IL Maine over TIE
approaching election II looks 10 ne IS
though the whole thing was cut and
dried and I never was 50 much impress
ed with The absence Of competition as Z
was several weeks aEc. when covered
the entire STATE OF Maine, part Of New
Hampshire Connecticut. and EassacEu-
seJts- 1 also stopped over in New York
and Philadelphia and found the most
pronounced Taft sentiment prevailing
+ Congress is gong 20 He called upon
strongly al its next session 70 l-olz into
the pe-niciousness Of the gambling IN
cotton said Rev Dr. Henry 5 Mason.
Of Georgia. az the Arlington. last evening.
The cotton exchanges Of all COTTON
producing States are merely gambling
houses. where the entire business consists
of gambling on futures The men Who
operate these exchanges do not have %
produce a pound OF cotton TEey do -1-
even have 20 buy l., any more than --e
operator OF q bucket shop has 70 buy re
industrial stocks II which he gaub-es-
They absolutely control the selling
price. although Il IS likely treysLsver see
g bale OF cotton --0l one years end 20
another There IS 10 way OF putting 2
stop 70 this vicious practice unless The
United States VIII come down with one
well-a.Ded blow and put CEe whole SyS-
TEN out OF business Tie states are
apparently pCwsrisSs 20 remedy C0-1--
tons. because for instance. the closing
would merely double the business IN the
surrounding coJ-o1-pruduc5-g States
/ The United States government VIII be
asked 70 prevent the tra6L-g ir futures
I through the nails The -eleg-apLs. --s
telephones, and al public transportation
T companies. THIS would destroy the pres
ent gambling II futures, JUST as ir &C.
stroyed the lotteries in New Orleans
Then the real supply of cotton would reg
4- AL
seasons OF The year Radical measures
should and viii be adopted before many
years We hope 20 have tEs death k--el
Of the exchanges sounded before the close
Of the next session OF Congress
GOV John a johnson. OF Minnesota
who has just been nominated FOR the th-rd
time as the Democratic candidate for The
g0ve-norship.r said Frank A Philips. q
St Paul AT the Shoreharn last night.
was sincere IT MS desire not 2 be made
tre candidate OF MS party tL-s ye--. bus
he Is too loyal Democrat too good q
party man. 20 refuse q nomination t-ar
was rendered 50 -la-i-loLs-y- 50 elt1l-s--
astically- Gov. Johnson wants &c be the
Democratic candidate for the Presidency
-FOUR years hence. and Il was his p-lE 10
devote most Of the time IN the interim
70 a lecture tour. II order 20 extend his
acquair-alcc-
While he Is known 10 nearly every
voter IN NilCeScra- Gov. johnson s not
vel known throughout The country He
has never. until within the last few
months figured largely in national poll
tics, and he realized that he needs 70
extend his acquaintance throughout the
. country I personally know Il was his
earnest desire not 10 be q candidate this
year. not because he feared the result OF
the election. but because he wanted four
years leisure 20 put himself n training
for the nomination for the Presid=lcv-
And marx my words. Il John johnson is
. alive IN 1872 he VIII be nominated He
IS a young giant in mentality. and meth
ing can stop his career
Il have 70 be IN Berlin by the 4th q
next month, and back 20 New York On
The ed OF TIE same month. in order 10
get out 20 Albuquerque, y Mex. II
time 10 attend the National Irrigation
/ Congress. in which my country. Porto
Rico, IS greatly interested"
Thus spoke Representative TuIio Lar
rtnaga. resident Commissioner from Porto
Rico, st the New Willard yesterday
''The, interparliauentary Congress does
not meet until the uth- There VIII bs
three sessions. on the 18th. I2th. and 18Th
/ Il IS necessary that all the delegates from
/ e week beforehand. so we can confer and
At the present time I am not sure how
that viii be arranged. but 7 co know that
one OF the principal points OF cur pro-
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