The Washington herald., 1908-08-23
AT THE HOTELS.


Los Angeles CCai), contractor last even
ing az the Raleigh.
IN thirty-eight cities building in July
reached the total Of SsS.52 81. represent
ing almost 1000 building permits Twenty
Of thirty-eight cities show increases rang
ing from 10 10 % per cent For the first
time this year New York is ahead OF last
years record. and Washington also has
done the same. This shows clearly that
the country is recovering its financial
tone.
In the number OF buildings Los An
geles was surpassed only by Philadelphia
which, like Los Angeles, IS 3 city Of
homes Los Angeles. by the grit deter
mination. and energy Of its citizens. has
been transformed from a sleepy. quiet
resort TO one OF the business cities in the
United States"
zone Of the greatest forces in Sew
Zealand IS woman suffrage" said Albert
Hat. Of Richmond. Va. who is on his
way home after visit 10 the island col
ony- He was stopping at the sh0reham
last evening
The women vote on all matters affect
/ ing the morals and education Of the coun-
I try Local option is the result In order
/ 10 fight rum you must enlist the support
( Of women A deqonstratIon Of their pow
er in battle was recently given IN Oregon
The liquor men circulated cards asking
that the vote no be cast as 70 woman
I suffrage. regarding II as Of more impOT-
tance than vote Of yes 70 the local
option amendment They paid no stten-
/ ton whatever to the other nine meas
ures submitted 70 the voters
/ True the hand that rocks the cradle
rules the world The liquor men IN the
United States can hold the upper hand
as long as they keep the right of suffrage
from the women IN New Zealand TIE
women are more powerful than the men,
politically
How innocent a newborn trust often
looks" said William S Johns. OF Cleve-
land. Ohio. at the E55itt House
1t IS odd. too he continued 'Fow
Inn6cently the very elements which ave
been railing against the commercial COM
bines are unconsciousiy falling into the
transforming habit Several DAYS ago I
was down in Georgia There the farmer
raves about the big corporations These
seIf-same farmers. the majority Of them
peach growers were in the act OF forming
The peach growers. trust
1t seems they. along with other down
troddsn farmers OF the South who have
! been grossly injured as they believe, By
e the big industrial combines Of the East
; are coming around 20 the habit
The peach growers are planning how
they can improve the market They say
they have been seeking the market II a
. haPhazard fashion which bids fair 70
. ruin the industry
3 ~As matter OF fact. the peach growers
- are doing precisely what the Western
3 neat packers did years ago and the re
2 suits viii be the same II the affair IS
5 managed IN the same competition k-l-lrs
e way. They Will regulate the supply 10
5 TT the demand and the price Of peaches
? viii go up
Turn 70 Kentucky. Look al the Night
+ Riders They are trying by their unique
r methods 70 put the American Tobacco
= Trust out OF business Yet have they not
Q formed a trust just as big as the one
2 they are attempting % '1ust2 The mem
y bers Of the Society of Equity. which Is
u the polite name for the Riders. have ted
J. y-p two crops Of tobacco and viii n1r let
: -hem out until the trust pays more money
q for tobacco than IL has ever PAID before
Z. The majority Of the tobacco farmers
q have pooled the4=-crops and hold Cur for
= an average rate per pound. which viii
: give them a gooCly profit If that Is not
= fighting poison with poison. then miss
my guess"
covered from the financial panic that has
lately shaken the country IS the opinion
II Of Samuel Herzog- president Of one q
the leading businesses OF Chicago. who Is
stopping at the New Willard. after ar
p extended tour Of the business regions O.
? the Middle West
" When went over that country SOM
l. time ago. the depression II business va
* strong. The retail dealers refused TO tax
e. IN new stock. although theirs was de
as pIeted Everything and everybody we-t
II in such a state that recovery seemed in
Of possible. But this last trip has been Jus
-e the reverse The dealers seem Cheerful
)y about the coming fal, and are sending
* good substantial orders 70 the jobberS
H. This has necessitated the jobbers gtv-ni
D. the manufacturers work. so tha- all q
70 and down the line things are Frightening
: Presidential elections always havt
-a more or less effect upon the bushes
u world But when YOU consider what Ea
-, been the recent state Of finances. I be
~ Iieve the present situation tends 10 i1ci
n cate a fau that viii be almost as pros
= porous as that Of 1895 How long befor
= the East will overcome the depression
= i IS hard 70 say AT no time in the las
: wear have we felt Il q 5 much as did IN
:. East. and, consequently. IL viii Be locge
before YOU recover IT TIlS part OF II
- country. Nevertheless. II is my opIniO
- that the Middle West has 50 far g0tte'
= over II that everything Will 90 aloc
- rapidly. and as the panic IN New YO-
affected US 50 wiu our prosperity in som
way affect the East
Candidate Tafts characterizatioa @
the Solid South as a calamity. IS one c
60 his best utterances. remarked Alvin {
a. Bu-5eck. a Jackson Cdiss.j attorney, z
ne the Riggs House last evening
nj 1t is a calamity, and a serious one. to
IL The Solid south has retarded progress
IN the Southland. Il might naturally be e
r. pecte6. in view OF the fact that my faith,
IS and his father before him were Dem,
= Gratis that I too. would vote that ticke
- but such Is not the case I believe u
= Republican party stands for progressic
= in the South as well as the North. Eas
- and West and I am for Taft Just no
: much progression the Democratic part
"a has stood for. and the good that has bet
done the South in the last half Centu-
is best proved By q trip through Il
Il. South.
The South has produced some individU
Political stars in the halls Of Congress
and now and then a governor OF aoilit
al sound judgment. and courage 10 take Z
lch initiative comes 10 light. but unless tho
IS mcth-eaten. cobwebby political doctrin
IDS which the Democratic party advocates
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