The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
AT THE HOTELS.

merely shouting for Hughes now In order
to swing the Hughes boom into the Taft
camp.
This is the opinion Of Representatives
Bennett and Fassett. Of New York
we are for Hughes TO the last ditch.
said Mr. Bennett Neither Mr. Parsons
nor I have ever thrown any man wa
backed. and We do not intend 10 throw
Gov. Hughes. We Ia the fight for his
nomination and will do our utmost 10 help
him 20 win. You will see that the gov
ernors policy is all right. The speech he
is to make on January 81 will be salts
factory In every way. You can rely on IL
that his platform will be just what the
people Of New York State and the Union
want OF a candidate for the Presidency"
Representative Fassett added THE Re-
pubIicans Of the State viii be unanimous
for the governor and viii help him to
win
B. F. Bird. Of Boston. a retired banker
and broker Of the Hub. is az the Cochran.
He visits Washington every year at this
season, Just to look around" as he
expressed It, Mr.. Bird is an old-timer.
and preferred to tell stories in re-
ply to questions about the political
outlook IN Massachusetts with regard TO
the Presidential nomination. This is one
Of Mr.. Birds stories on the late James G.
Blaine:
"One day the father Of young James
told him TO get up early and go to the
market and buy a turkey. He gave the
boy 81, which was good deal Of money
in those days. James brought the bird
home. and handed it to Dinah. the c0lored
cook. When the elder Blaine came down
10 breakfast. Dinah greeted him thus.
Marse Blaine, dat dar turkey what Marse
Jim buyed dis mawnin' am de quarest
turkey Tse ebber seed.
Why. what's the matter with Il. Di-
nah? Amt IL big enough Inquired the
old gentleman. It ought 10 be, surely;
Jim paid a dollar for it,
90 on, yes. Marse Blaine. it's big enough.
but IL am the funniest turkey dis niger
ebber seed.
Mr.. Blaine went out 70 the kitchen ID
see the turkey. and found il % De a ten
year-oid goose. He called Jim and hauled
him over the Goals, saying. Why Jim.
you ought % be ashamed. Fifteen years
old, and can't tell a turkey from a goose
Jim hung hts head and simply replied:
Why, hOw's a boy 10 tell a turkey from
a goose when its feathers are Of?
That German finance controls Chile. and
that the influence Of the fatherland is
felt in all the affairs of the republic IS
the opinion Of Jose Hernandez. whole
sale exporter Of raw materials, at Ssnti-
ago, Chile.
Not only has Chile recently placed a
loan Of S1S.500.000 with the Disc0nto Bank.
Of Berlin" said Mr.. Hernandez, who IS
registered at the New Willard. but has
deposited 81, ,o0Q, oo9 with the Disconto and
Deutsche banks for the redemption Of its
paper currency The DeutsChe Bank. OF
Berlin. also has been granted a couces-
sion for the construction Of the great
North and South Trunk Railway which
Chile purposes building, and the Chilean
Congress has made an appropriation for
preliminary prospecting operations.
a German wireless telegraph COM
pany is negotiating with the Chilean gov
ernment for a wireless system 10 connect
Valparaiso and Punta Arenas. The Tul-
can Ship Works, in Stettln. and the
KTupp Germania Works, at KieI, are
dealing with the Chilean Legation in Ber-
lin for the construction OF two battle
ships. and still another Chilean railway
project will be carried out with the aid
OF German capital German trade I'm
Southern Chile now has dispossessed thar
Of all other nations. especially the United
States The school and university system
of the country is being re0rganized on
German lines under the active direction
Of German teachers. The Chilean lega-
ton at Berlin Al the present time is ne
gotiating for a large staff of high Ger
man military officers and engineers TO
enter the service Of the Chilean army
The Germans are not intrudiug them
selves into Chilean life. but the iatImats
relations existing between the two peo-
pies have been brought about mainly-at
the instigatiOn OF Chile Itself
Rafaele F. Aguilar y Ponar. of Rio do
Janeiro, coffee planter and stock raiser.
who is travelling in this country on busi-
ness. is at the Cochran. The Brazilian, in
speaking Of the education Of young men
in the art of exploiting his country re
sources, said last night.
The disappearance of the oId-time
plantation system of life in Brazil has
led 10 the almost universal education Cf
young men of Weather families i'm the
professions. with little or no attention to
commerce OF agriculture. The Couse-
quence is that many of the resources and
riches Of the country are unknown. not
only to the world al large, but to the
Brazilians as well
An experiment has now been started
at Rio de JaneiTo, kuoWl as the COM
merciaI museum and academy, which
aims not only 10 exploit the natural re-
sources Of the country. but 10 build up
a force which viii have the advantage
Of special training for the work The
institution has an appropriation from the
government, but this is mainly used for
rent and incidental expenses. while much
Of the instruction given pupils. and the
labor of management, IS given for nomi-
nal salaries by business and professional
men as a matter of public spirit A lead
ing editor IS at the head Of the enterprise
and its board Of management represents
some of the most prominent families.
There is some income from CONNER
Cial sources and the 30 students pay
tuition corresponding 10 the rate in
American business colleges The course
covers three years. in all OF which. par
tculaTly In the advanced classes. the
work is carried on in connection with the
museum or exposition, which is situated
on the lower floor OF the large college
building. where the details of the cotton.
rubber. coffee. cocoa. sugar. and other
industries are displayed while each new
article or discovery is given careful con-
sideTation with its possible relation To the
industrial and commercial world.
The plan of the projectors contem-
plates the establishment Of similar in
stitutions in other Of the larger cities Of
Brazil"