The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-12
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city. now a member Of the New York
bar is at the New Willard. Capt Cook
has been abroad on four months study
Of social and political conditions in Eng
land. France, and Spain. Capt Cook wit
messed the Barcelona riots and attended
the opening Of the Cortes at Madrid. Hs
was a guest at the John Harvard House
/ dedication az Stratford-On-Avon.
In the early days Of New England a
man couldn't 20 to the store and get fitted
with winter overcoat." said Barney H.
jenkins. OF Boston, who was seen az the
Arlington yesterday. Either he had to
wait for a ship 10 come from England
with a supply Of clothing or take his gun.
go into the woods. and get a bear skin
Early New Englanders had a strenu-
GUS struggle 10 provide themselves with
cloth and clothing" continued Mr.. Jen-
kins. 1t was necessary for them 70
establish the industry OF weaving and
spinning and 10 encourage the raising Of
wool and fax and the importation Of
cotton.
England was 50 opposed 70 the sstab-
lshment OF manufacturing industries n
the sending Of even spinning wheels 10
the colonies. England was ambitious 10
secure a large market for her manu-
\ factUrers, and did everything 10 prevent
I the establishment Of the cotton industry.
/ "England's policy is the same to-day
/ as IL was then-grasping and monopoliz-
( ing Indeed, II England had sway the
/ United States would be known as only in
the past tense. All this talk about Eng
/ lish friendship and blood being thicker
than water is nonsense The United
/ States has 10 make her own fight and can
afford 70 do so; there IS no need FOR an
| entente cOrdiaie' between the United
States and England. as advocated by va
/ rious British statesmen who have recent
ly visited the United States"
Zed. 3. Nen. OF Cincinnati. Ohio, who
is at the Riggs. speaking Of. extinct call
ings. said last night that the cry OF
rags. bones. old iron" Is not nearly so
familiar 70 the children OF to-day as TO
those Of the 'sOs.
The ragman,' he said, like the chin
ney sweep and the sundial maker, IS be-
coming extinct. HIS used to be q proft-
able trade The wooden rags ho bought.
I turned into shOddy. brought thrice their
cost. so did the bones. which were
ground UP for fertilizer. So did the iron,
which. melted. lived again Many mil
( Iionaire manufacturing families had their
+ beginnings IN a long-headed ragman. He
first ground his rags into shoddy, then
he spun the shoddy into thread, then, a
fuli-dedged millman. he wove the thread
into cloth. But the municipalities OF
to-day contract with single firms for
the disposal Of their refuse, and tho
old ragman is disappearing. because there
IS so little LETT for him. For-and this
isl the great seCret-whlie the raguan
made q grand profit on what he bought,
IL was on the refuse given him that he
really throve.
Business everywhere Is waking Up.
and confidence has been restored along
all lines Of enterprise. President TAFT IS
/ called the savior Of the country, and. so
far as I can see, there seems 10 be al
ready a demand for a movement 70 re-
nominate him for another term 7 don't
believe for q minute that Col. Roosevelt
has any connection with any scheme
1 which would be detrimental TO President
Tafts political aspirations and future.
II there Is any movement on foot now 10
discredit the Taft administration and his
advisors, It has nOc been instigated by
Roosevelt and 7 am quite satisfied thar
H.
II Roosevelt knew there was dissatisfac-
ton In tho ranks Of the Republican party
he would be the first 10 bring about
harmony and az approval OF Taft's
course"
Speaking % the fruit-growing possIbn-
tides OF Southwest Texas. Fred s. Hart,
OF San Antonio, Tex. who was seen az
the Riggs. said last night that remark
able development IN The raising OF citrus
1ruit. especially oranges and lemons, IS
going on IN the portion OF Southwest
Texas around san Antonio. and as far
south as the Rio Grande Valley and the
Gulf
"F. c. Hutchinson, OF Ventura County,
CAL continued Mr.. Hart. established
one OF the largest orchards, near Dee
Vile, about two years ago. and hear
that numerous California fruit-growers
are migrating into that part OF Texas.
! and that orange groves, lemon groves,
and vineyards are being set out IN every
direction.
Southwest Texas is 100 miles closer
TO the markets than California" said
, Mr.. Hart. and the fruit natures there
two months earlier. The sandy loan
} with the red clay subsOn which Is
found. is ideally adapted 10 orange an6
lemon culture It produces in greater
quantities than the California soil
'One tree IN our neighborhood this year.
by actual count, produced S.l50 oranges;
another one produced more than 5000. So
Tar our orchards are young and most OF
our shipments have been local, but in two
or three years we Will be competing on
a large scale with California and Florida
When my trees are I'VE years old ex-
pect 10 net from them from $3.50 to S5eC
! an acre.
Orange groves are being set out
around the city OF san Antonio, az Oak
Vile. in Live Oak County, IN Refugio
County. IN Corpus Christi, Falfurrias.
and in the lower Rio Grande valley.
known as the Brownsville country.
'Taft's administration suits all right.
said Mr.. Hart, but so far IL lacks char
acter and individuality. It may be said
I that his smile and senial nature and
diplomatic manners are characteristic Of
Mr. TafrS administration, but that does
not 80 far. Roosevelt is the man; he
is the most popular man to-day IN the
United States and if an election for
President took place now, Roosevelt
would be elected with the biggest ma
- jOrtty ever cast for the head Of the na-
uonal ticket"
1T IS related that once a German
American. growing more and more az
flicted with extreme nervousness. GOT
the impression that ne was forgetting
English said c. s. Beuger, OF New
York. who Is at the National This
impression got so strong." said the New
Yorker, that he refused 70 talk any
thing but German. Then he became con-
WINGED that he was forgetting that, and
closed Ike an oyster, and was led away
TO a sanatorium. where he spent his
days in complete silence. A course OF
treatment was prescribed for him. in