The Washington herald., 1909-08-25
AT THE HOTELS.

-------A4b tLteieSlnS was at the New VIII
lard last night, and declared that the in
dustrisl development Of the South was
not a probability Of the future. but an
actual living fact He is enthusiastic
over the wonderful progress made in
Wesi Virginia.
have just returned from trip
through the West Virginia oil fields" he
said, and in all my experience I have
never seen such a splendid territory
The State is going ahead by leaps and
bounds. The resources OF the noun
tains are almost imitless. The oil men
are Just beginning to awake to the fact
that the West Virginia situation lust
now surpasses that Of Pennsylvania in
the ''os, when the discovery Of oil made
scores Of millionaires and developed the
entire western part Of the State.
Many a romance has been woven about
cities OF the West jumping up over night.
we have been accustomed TO think that
the growth Of the Mississippi Valley IS
without parallel in our industrial records
But predict West Virginia will add some
chronicles TO this history. Parkersburg Is
going forward IN wealth and population so
swiftly that the outside world scouts the
story Scores Of towns are coming into
existence without any such advertisement
as that given the new towns OF Texas and
Oklahoma. Parkersburg is undoubtedly
destined to become a great metropolis
When the Ohio River IS deepened the
water tsafiic will give the city access 10
Pittsburg on the north and Cincinnati
on the south. The city has about 25oOo
population now. and it will soon be a
city OF 10000
For a score Of years West Virginia
has been comparatively neglected. Its
resources have never been adequately
realized. Such men as Senator Elkins.
Henry @. Davis, and Senator Nathan Bav
Scott nave become rich by developing
the State, but no one up 10 the present
time has ever dreamed that West Vir-
ginia would ever rival Pennsylvania in
the wealth Of its natural resources.
STANDARD Oil has obtained a strong
foothOld in the State 1t is doing much
to accelerate development. Oh men are
not saying much, but working hard"
One Of the distinctions OF Baltimore Il
that II was the first city 70 have an
electric car service in the United States.
according TO r. E Faulkner, OF New
York, who was seen at the Raleigh last
night
1T seemed a freakish experiment a
quarter OF century ago" he said 'but
progressive Baltimoreans believed in the
idea. and did much 10 stimulate the de-
velopment Of electricity as a means Of
transportation in the United States. The
hrst cars and equipment were very crude,
indeed. I believe they had storage bat
teries. or at least partially carried their.
own power. They were laughed az and
declared impracticable.
Shortly after being installed at Balt-
more they were tried in Richmond. Va
There was great interest IN electric serv-
ice throughout the South-more so than
in any other section Of the country
think the records VIII show that the
Southern cities had electric cars far
sooner than most Of their Northern sis
ters"
Declaring that American enterprise is
hopeless so far as introducing the soda
water habit" IN Europe is concerned. ".
B. Chase, at the Raleigh last night, de-
clared the large firms have long since
abandoned their attempts 70 introduce
the American cOncoction abroad
ice cream is a characteristic Ameri-
can product" he said, and so is the
soda fountain The Englishman, the
French, and the Germans have simply
discouraged our attempts to build up any
business in Europe. No; their attitude is
not due to any prejudice against Amer
leans and our products. They simply say
they DO not care for ice cream soda, and
that is an end OF it. Ice cream is diff
cult 10 obtain IN all the European coun-
tries. When you tell the foreigner that Il .
is universal in the United States. that
the poorest and the richest are equally
fond Of IL, he laughs and marvels at our
taste
One reason for the European prejudice
Is that light wines are cheap and are
used by all classes. The taste for wine
and beer has been handed down from
generation TO generation, and il would
be impossible to sUpplant IL by any
sporadic Efforts Of American capital"
Mr.. Chase is a representative OF a
company which manufactures soda wa
ter apparatus. and declares the prohibi-
ton movement had a wonderful effect
in developing his business
laughed at any business talk over coca
cola, or a speed ball, but it is different
now. The trip to the saloon is no longer
thought necessary. A COOL refreshing
light drink az the soda fountain Is not
considered effeminate. This has result
ed in a great increase IN the non ice
cream business at the fountains. and
to-day I think most druggists and con-
fectioners win say the greater profit
comes from the carbonated drinks. For
one thing. there is no proht in a s.
cent ice cream soda, and there is
large one on the scent summer drink.
So all the dispensers are placing more
and more emphasis on the non ice cream
drinks.
Il come from one Of three Congress
sional districts in Pennsylvania. which
have Democratic representatives" said
H H. Hammer. national secretary Of the
Sons OF Veterans, ct the Arlington last
night Mr. Hammer is assistant post
master at Reading. Pa.
You can say for me that our district
is 5000 Democratic majority, and Will
poll a bigger vote than ever this coming
fall for the party. While Pennsylvania
is an overwhelming G. o. P. State our
district will continue TO be one OF the
stronghOlds Of the opposition"
Discussing the European tipping habit,
Hermann s. Fink. Of Dresden, Germany.
who IS at the Arlington. said that al
though on most railways and in many
hotels notices are posted threatening with
fine or dismissal any OF the company's
servants who accept a gratuity. the men
are encouraged by the officials to receive
tips. Directors and superintendent Of
railways have been known TO give tips.