The Washington herald., 1909-01-05
AT THE HOTELS.

ANtsee ADS government resumes rl6
prepayment Of express charges upon siI-
yer 6ollara." said Frank J. Hare. who IS
interested IN the banking business in
Kansas city. az the New Willard. yes
tsrday. there soon viii be a famine Of
that variety of money IN the West
as long ago as ten or fifteen years.
the East began refusing silver dollars
and calling for currency. The West re-
fused 70 accept paper In order 20 rec
ognlzs the claims Of the silver mining
States o Colorado, Nevada, and others,
tie Treasury Department kept silver cur
rent going 70 the length Of delivering
silver dollars az banks from the near
est subtressury without requiring thu
banks 70 pay ,he carrying charges.
"A draft for s. go from a Kansas City
bank 70 the subtreasury at 81. Louis got
100 silver dollars delivered at the bank
in Kansas City. II cost the government
SIS to make the delivery. but it made
II in order that silver dollars might be
kept wearing out, 50 that there could be
market for the output of the MoIlis
Gibson and other famous mines. and IN
cidentally 50 that the demand OF the peo-
pie for silver money could be gratined.
Silver fnds its way East, and thou
sands upon thousands CT silver dollars
are carried East IN the pockets Of travel
ers every week, never 70 come hack
once carried East, the money goes into
hiding Eastern merchants who get II
send It 10 the bank. and when they draw
out money they call for paper. The West.
used TO make Up for this disappearance
by getting the government 70 make origf-
nal shipments. AS I have said. the Treas.
ury Department TO longer does this. We
cannot afford "a pay S125 for each 8. .000.
and II is quite plain 70 see why this IS 50
when l say that 1000 OF 20,000 silver dol
lars would last no time at al ia a big
bank"
All New England, according 10 Charles
G. Ball. OF Boston. who Is at the Raleigh,
is dependent upon the waters that gather
their head tn the New Hampshire hills.
Mr.. Ball, who is a manufacture. said:
The flow OF the Connecticut. the Msr-
rimac. the Sseo, and the Androscoggin.
Notwithstanding the support OF consid-
cradle lake reservoirs, has already been
seriously affected by the heavy cutting
This cutting is usually followed By fra
and erosion which destroy OF remove
the glacial soil, preventing the storage
Of water, for which the forest IS the
only perfect agent
THE obvious and only remedy IS the
permanent maintenance Of the forests
and their restoration where they have
been destroyed. and as the interest IN
this is common 10 many States. though
the land lies in but two. the only eff
cient agent 10 accomplish this Is the na-
tiOnsl government through its Forest
Service.
'The general government continued
the Boston manufacture. could do for
the East what is row being done for the
West through the national forests re-
served from government lands beyond the
Mississippi-that is. protect the sources OF
rivers and alleviate the strinEenCy q the
lumber famine which is already upon Us.
and by the ssma act could accomplish
y hat II IS doing for the far West through
the Reclamation Servica-that IS. provide
the irrigation 50 essential 10 agriculture.
Representative Oscar ". Underwood OF
Alabama who was AT the New Willard,
said last night that 3f- Taft was very
much liked down South and that his ef-
forts 70 gain the confidence OF the people
were deeply appreciated.
''Our people are independent in thought,
it is true said the Southern Congress
man. and patiently listen to al a-gu-
ments which may be advanced 10 swerve
them from the path OF their political az
fliatOn, but wfsTs Il comes 10 voting they
always vote the Democratic ticket
own self-protectioa and preservation,
that's all Think OF Il for g moment.
Take the colored vote in the South,
where would the white man come in?
Republican prosperity Why. ny dear
sir, We have had Democratic prosperity
in Alabama right along and the Repub-
Ican money panic hardly touched Us.
Our iron mills and other establishments
were kept busy right along with only
slight cessations-
It Is too early 70 prophesy whether
the prohibition law. which went into ef-
feet on January ! VIII be success.
Those who fosteTed the law claim that
the loss in revenues TO the State from
the sale Of liquor viii amply Be made
Up by large savings ii jail. prison, and
penitentiary expenses and other costs
produced by the trial Of crimes and mis-
.demeanors which can be traced 10 in
Temperance.
Agricultural possibilities are looming
large in Alaska and stock raising IS AZ
assured fact. according 20 Benjamin r
Simmons. Of Nome. Alaska, who was seen
at the New Willard yesterday.
Both owe much 10 the paternalism OF
the government said Mr.. Simmons.
which began its experiment farming a
number Of years ago and its stock rails
ing only a few years ago. Both have
done much 10 GisprOve the general be-
lief that Alaska was beyond the pale OF
the farmer or stOCkman-
Farming has been brought to an ex-
Celleut stage Of perfection al numerous
points il Alaska, and for several years
garden truck has been raised with much
success and pront at ColdfOot. in latitude
s. degrees j. minutes north For many
years cattle have been raised by the Rus.
sian settlers along the southern coast
and on the islands Of the Kodiak group.
AT one time there were many cattle
raised on Kodiak Island. and the indus
try seemed 10 have been well estab-
lished. but upon the coming Of the Amer
leans and the great rush Of the traders
into the fuT country. the cattle business
was neglected and the humber gradually
decreased lion year 10 year. until the
rich harvest Of fUTS was over Then q
few men began TO look about for a few
cattle 10 help make them q living Their
success was limited 20 a small degree
because many OF them knew little about
cattle raising. and many did not care
10 bother with more than was needed 10
furnish milk and butter for family use.
In many places on the islan1 The cat