The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-24
Sends Wireless Message to AssO.
ciated Press.
HE HAS NOT CHANGED
Still Stands for What He Said
Before Sailing.
Country Is on a Very Substan-
tial Basis.

New York. Aug. 24.-Mr. E FL.
Hartman. who is now approaching
New York. after several months.
sojourn in Europe. today sent in re-
sponse to a request the following
wireless message to the Associated
Press:
"On board steamship Kaiser Will
helm IL via wireless to Sagaponack.
My condition is good. am go
ing back to Arden for the after cure
and to regain 10 pounds which I left
at the Gastein cure. The condition OF
the American crops makes the out
for the country safe.
The views expressed June 1.
before leaving the United States have
undergone no change"
Mr.. Harriman's statement of June
L. which he now says is applicable to
conditions today. said in part:
The business of the country is on
a very substantial basis. All that is
needed is a realization on the part of
the farmers of the preparations for
prosperity which have been so liber-
ally made. There are more acres in
cultivation than ever before in the
history of the country and if we have
favorable weather and correspond
ingly large crops. 1 look for happy
times. There will be a big burst of
speculation and rise in the prices
of everything, but these will quickly
g-ade down from the top to what
ever level the crops will make logical.
1 look to see the improvement in con-
ditions go on. The time is ripe. how
ever, for warning as to the proper
employment of idle money. We
should be careful that this money be
not devoted to the supposed develop
ment of fake projects but on the
contrary used in the upbuilding OF
real undertakings resting upon solid
foundations.
There was no necessity for the 1907
panic. That panic was directly
caused by the extraordinary Lands
decision and the general attitude pre-
vailing at the time against the rail-
roads and corporations generally.
There is no mistake about this. L
know what / am talking about be-
cause 1 went through it ALL 1t was
a panic of sentiment. AS far as the
mental attitude of the public is con-
cerned we are on a saner basis to-
day than we were in 1907"
Vice President Lovett. and a num-
ber of directors of the Union Pacific.
on the Southern Pacific tug El Toro. to
meet Mr. Hartman. The Kaiser Will
helm II, arrived at quarantine station
at HE D. m.
The tug Ell Toro with Judge Lovett
and other friends of Mr.. Hartman drew
alongside the steamship. Mr.. Hartman
was rather pale and thin. but his voice
sounded firm and strong. Beyond say
ing that he was feeling better. Mr.. Har-
riman declined to discuss either his
health business.
Il promised not to talk until I met
the newspaper men going out to Ar
den." he said, land 1 think had bet
ter keep my word"
Mr. Hartman said he would remain
on the Kaiser Wilhelm II until she
reached the dock.
Union Pacific Dividends.
New York, Aug. 24.-Directors OF
the Union Pacific railroad today de-
clared a regular quarterly dividend OF
21h per cent on the common stock
and a regular semi-annual dividend
of per cent, on the preferred stock.
Directors of the Southern Pacific
company declared regular quar-
terly dividend of Z per cent on
common stock.
These meetings were held before e.
H. Hartman arrived@on the steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm II.