The Washington herald., 1909-08-18
AT THE HOTELS.

! precnt. or Hamburg, Is striking ex-
ample Of the discriminating interest Ger
many takes I'm the progress Of the United
States and the methods by which it is at
tanned
DIT. Albrecht. who is at the Raleign with
his son. is a member OF the Chamber OF
Deputies and the commission on public
I buildings OF the commonwealth Of Ham
burg. Aside from that. he is a chemist.
and IS IN the oil business. having large
/ interests In Russian oil His son Is a
/ lawyer. They have been IN this country
/ two and q half months. in which time
/ they have made a thorough tour OF the
| United States. North. South. East, and
( West, TO familiarize themselves with
/ American ways Of doing things They
I spent some time In the oil fields OF Penn
/ sylvania, in which DR.. AIOrecht was
/ especially interested. They saw the
Alaska Yukon-Pacifc Exposition al Seat
/ tie, visited along the Pacific Coast. went
through the Yellowstone and the Yosemite
parks. travelled south as far as Cal
/ weston, and are now back on this coast
with the intention OF getting G good idea
/ Of the National Capital.
I DIT. Alhrecht VIII return 10 Hamburg in
a few days, but his son viii remain In
{ this country for a while
Two other .sons have been sent by Dr.
Albrecht 10 the United States 20 gather
Ideas In the lines Of work they Intended
70 adopt One, who is interested IN agri-
culture, worked as a farmer and harvest
hand In the West for a time 20 get in-
side facts IN the process Of raising and
reaping our products
The United States doesn't seem TO
take as much interest in German politics
as we do in the politics Of your country"
DR.. Albrecht said last night over there
all the daily papers OF any size carry a
column OF American news every day OF
the year. and we are kept thoroughly in
formed on all the salient events You. as
FAR as l have been able TO see. do not
cover German news nearly az completely.
NO, I shouldn't say Roosevelt is better
known IN Europe than any other Ameri-
can. At the present time Wilbur Wright
stands first in the limelight as the repre-
sentative OF your country. And I think
is safe 20 say that Edison is better
known than your former President Over
there the people judge by definite re-
suits, such as those OF your inventors
and captains Of industry, like Carnegie
and J. PierpOnt Morgan. or course,
Roosevelt IS considered a very unusual
man. and his work IN putting an end 10
the war between Japan and Russia. and
in re-opening the Panama Canal project
is given its proper value. But otherwise.
we can't see that he has done a great
deal. Certainly, there is a general feel
ing that HIS attempts 10 reform the trusts
have had very little effect"
According 10 r 7. Canan, q salesman
for a New York jewelry concern. who IS
at the ST. James. a commercial traveller
and the firm with which he Is connected
have ample protection against loss BY
theft.
"Of course" he said yesterday. eve
have 70 carry with US goods OF high
value. which might give the impression
that we are more open % the attentions
Of the nght-hngered gentry than ars
statesmen in lines such as haberdashery.
cloths and stationery. In the two cases
1 carry with me there are thousands oS
dollars worth Of precious stones But that
doesn't give me the slightest wOrry.
Within an hour after 7 notice and report
the theft OF a single jewel the police os
every city In the United States are on
the lookout for the guilty person, and his
chances OF escape with the booty are
very small. IN my business not more
than per cent OF thefrs are successful.
and the crooks have come 20 look upon il
as a poor paying venture.
I understood that hotels have some
what the same sort OF protection against
loss through guests who skip without
settling their bills. They al subscribe 70
some sort OF detective organization. by
which the interests Of q hotel on trs
Pacific Coast are protected as carefully
I on the other side OF the continent as they
are close at home"
According TO ". 3. Chase. who IS al
the Raleigh. Boston, his home town, Is
now run by a modified form Of conmls-
sion government
The change was made by the last
legislature, six OF seven months ago"
he said last night and the new system
has been in operation several months
A commission Of five men--tTo RepubIl-
cans, two Democrats. and one Independ-
ert. IS appointed by the governor. The
Office OF mayor has been retained, and
the aldermauic body still exists. hut tao
common council has been eliminated.
The duty OF the commission IS 20 over
see the actions OF the aldeTmanic body.
and 70 keep an eve on all expenditures
OF public money. II also has the power
OF making recommendations 10 the mayor
and after a specified time can. II IL IS
dissatisfied with his conduct IN Office, put
the matter 70 a public vote. thereby Civ
ing the people an opportunity 10 uphold
or repudiate him.
Boston has had its troubles with Craft
exposures. The last mayor. Fitzgerald.
appointed a board OF Investigation 70
look into reports Of dishonest dealings
IN certain departments Of the municipal
oC Of 2 h. TN
ings Of the board several men were sent
to Jail"
'Tonopah. New, is one OF the most
cosmopolitan cities in the West" said
Herbert Trip, a mining broker from
that place, at the National yesterday.
The wildcat features that always &C.
company the exploiting OF a mining
camp have almost entirely disappeared.
There IS no longer the system OF leasing
which obtained at first The companies
that own the mines are now running
them themselves as definite. producing
business propositions, and the dividends
are practically SIS regular as they ara
In any other industry. Furthermore. Il
must be remembered that Tonopah IS
principally a silver camp, where the
values run lower TO the ton than they do
in Goldheld and the gambling exhilara-
ton is Correspondingly diminished.
The population Of TonOpah Is now
about 6,Oo1 There are two six-story
buildings and one OF five stories. We
have a good theater, at which we have
seen such players at Nat Goodwin, Mrs
Fiske, and Dockstader's NIinstrels. IN
Goldheld thirty miles away. where the
population is 1900, the Hotel Goldield
Will compare very favorably with the
best hotel in Washington. The wages Of
laboring men in Tonopah IS 81 a day.