The Washington herald., 1909-01-18
AT THE HOTELS.


manufacturer Of Berlin. Germany. at the
New Willard yesterday. but that the
streets Of the Capital City Of the great
est nation, as they appear now. during
this snowfall, are the worst I ever saw
is the truth. even If It does sound Ike
harsh criticism.
Washington IS the home Of the great
American government. and at this time
Of the year Congress lives in Washing
ton. Its members know, OF should know.
what is necessary 10 keep the streets in
d respectable condition. The sidewalks
are a mass OF slush and the streets are
sea Of refuse and melted snow and ice
II is only natural that the health Of the
people should suffer from this condition
Of the public streets.
I dare say that the sick rate expert
ences a telling increase through the in
sanitary conditions Why does not your
Congress pass a law compelling property
owners 70 clean their sidewalks. and why
does not the city government put the
streets in clean, sanitary condition dur
ing = snOwstorm OF shortly thereafter
In Berlin, which is the cleanest city
n the world. conditions that exist in
Washington to-day would not be toIer-
ated for an instant The pavements are
cleaned and the streets are cleaned
Why2 There is a police regulation
governing the streets Of the city. and he
who pegiects to observe 4 receives the
limit Of the punishment the law provides.
In fact I have Travelled in every city
Of the world. and as far as I can remem-
bers there IS not one place which would
not attend more effectively 10 the conGI-
ton Of the public highways in case Of
snowstorIn, or al any tine, than Wash
ingtOn."
Senator Isaac Stephenson, Of wiscon-
sin. who is al the Shoreham. discussing
tariff revision, recently. said: 1T seems
10 me that the first duty OF Congress
VIII be the readjustment Of the schedules
on raw materials 20 the conditions Of the
times The satisfactory settlement OF
the tariff on raw materials, or rather the
removal altogether OF the tariff. viii
go further than the relief OF the evils
which the tariff has brought about.
Free raw materials" continued the
venerable Wisconsin statesman, viii
go a long way toward opening the doors
for small manufacturers once more 70
enter the markets which OF lzte years
have been closed 10 them by reason OF
trust control Of American sources OF
raw material
For example. the steel trust con-
tr0ls the iron ore supply ~ this country
70 such an extent that even II its COM
petitors had the capital they could not
get ore under the present tariff Tie
same applies 20 coal, I believe that II
we had free iron ore and free coal rany
small concerns throughout the country
could compete with the trusts.
Free raw materials IN other indus
tries-paper, leather, lumber and the Ike
are not going 10 injure the manUfactUr-
CT and Will not have the effect Of lower
ing wages II long ago has been proved
that the American manufacture can con-
pete, and does compete with Europe il
al the markets Of the world
by the removal OF the tariff on raw
material neither the investor nOr the
worker viii be adversely affected The
trusts VIII be deprived OF their most
powerful leverage-c0ntrOl OF the market
for raw material.
The task OF adjusting the present
tariff added the Senator, ''in respect 70
manufactured articles. is going 70 Ds
difficult believe that the present sched-
ules on all articles Of common use BY
the people should be greatly reduced But
they ought not 70 be reduced 70 point
where American labor VIII be compelled
TO compete on terms Of equality as 10
wages and standards OF living with for
eign labor.
The point Of cleavage should be Just
where protection for American industries
ends and special privileges for the favored
few begins"
Discussing American trade IN Russia,
George Nicolas Int. American consul ar
Warsaw. Russia. who is al the Riggs.
said that a case had just come 10 his
notice which IS calculated 10 retard the
introduction Of American goods into that
market
Some tine ago the travelling represent
ative OF an American leather company
came TO Warsaw and called at the con
suIste. where-he was given every consid-
Grafton, and. through the vice consul, was
INTRODUCED to the leading houses IN that
line IN Warsaw. From the samples which
he carried, he took an order from one OF
these houses for 6 shipment OF various
dressed feathers to the amount OF about
Sl5,e04 the goods 70 be delivered at Ham
burg
The shipment arrived IN due time. and
a member OF the purchasing firm went 70
Hamburg to take charge Of IL Opening
the boxes before doing 50. he promptly
refused 10 receive the shipment. claiming
that the goods were not according 10 the
samples from which he had ordered He
at once notified the shippers 10 this ef-
feet, and placed the entire shipment at
their disposal and I am informed that i
has since been ordered returned.
I am not in position 10 say that the
goods shipped were not equal 10 the sam
pies from which the sale was made. but
as the purchaser IS an old and well estab-
ished concern IN Warsaw. the fact that
the shipper took back his goods appears
a confession that they were not I'd to
the samples
This case has been considerably dis
cussed in Warsaw business circles. and
IT has not helped the effort 10 introduce
American goods in the Warsaw market
nor encouraged the Polish merchant to
order direct from tie United States
Some interesting information on AIexi-
can jaiIs has been gathered by Charles
F. Walsh, Of New York, who IS making
Z special study Of the various jail sys-
tens in the world. He has Just returned
from a trip 70 the City Of Mexico and
some Of the other towns OF that republic
and is at the National
There are Mexican jails." said M.
Walsh, which compare favorably with
those Of the United States. And then
again there are others which are infinite
" worse The penitentiary at the City
OF Mexico Is modern In many Of its ap-
pointments while the jail there reminds
one Of pig pen In the iaii, which IS
only partly rooted. the prisoners are
huddled together. In the day time they
are under the open sky. should they wish
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