Evening star., 1909-08-22

greatest Of slaves In the building up of
their business they tic themselves up III
such a manner that ii would seem that
only death can release them from self
imposed bondage AIr. Rockefeller, fouf-
teen years ago, found himself III aooui
the same position that Mr.. Hartman Is
now in He had worn himself into a
state which threatened his life and al
most his sanity. He was nervous ana
physical wreck and although rich beyond
the dreams of avarice be was worse OH
than the average man working for dol
lar a day By supreme effort of Will he
abruptly closed the door against all cares
of business and devoted his entire at
tention TO restoring himself to health
At around seventy le Is a well man. and
ii would not he surprising II he should
live to be one hundred. He has made a
study of life. and has evidently made up
his mind to prolong his own existence to
the limit. He has spent millions In SCI
enti.ic research along the lines OF longev-
ity and has endowed institutions and sci
enttsts to dig deep into the subject. os-
tensibly for the benefit of mankind but
in reality for his own personal benefit. as
those who know him best fully under
stand Mr. Hartman by the adoption of
methods followed by Mr.. Rockefeller may
duplicate his experience and at the age OF
seventy enter upon new life The Won
1ers Of science are almost beyond the
conception o: mortals
Arizona's Copper Wonder.
The weak position of -amalgamated
Copper lies in the fact that its mines and
properties are located in aSdistrct where
the average production Of copper is .
cents a pound. aud higher, whereas mines
in Utah. Arizona and Alaska can produce
the metal at : to Z cents pound. The
Lake Superior copper mines can produce
at : cents, and under, metallic copper at
that. and worth more money. pound for
pound, than that which comes from less
favored competitive mines. Arizona seems
destined 10 become the center OF cheap
copper production. Several years ago
the Amalsamated interests obtained an
option from William \ Clark for his
United Verde mines for 500 100000 They
had no intention of exercising the option.
but they wanted to see what he had and
sent their expert. John Hays Hammond.
to look over the property. Mr.. Hammond
walked through forty miles of tunnels
cut through mineral and was dumfound-
ed at what he saw. He reported that
the property had copper worth $1,000
GoGW0.
Phelps, Dodge & co. have mines in
Arizona worth more than Senator
Clark'S mines. and there are other
known deposits in that same territory.
by the side of which the developed prop
critics look almost like piking PROPOSE
tions. If half the stories arc true that
arc told of deposits In Utah. Arizona
and Alaska. then Butte and the other
Montana mining camps are doomed TO
effacemcnt from the map.
Exports Of gold from the beginning
of the year down to date approximate
sss OOO.0 900, against $o5,0OO,0o0 for the
same period of 1908. The $4,000, 900
excess just about represents our home
output of the precious metal. The old
world will not allow us to pile up gold
of home production beyond the amount
already on hand. Never mind we can
spare gold just as well as we can spare
our surplus cotton or grain or prOvi-
sionS.
The record of iron ore shipments on
the lakes is eloquent testimony in sup
port of the reality of our improved
the shipment for the season will hug
30. 100000 tons, which will be within
about a.000.000 tons of 1907. The diff
ference between the two years Is that
this time the ore is being absorbed by
the iron companies, whereas In 1907
great quantities Of ore remained piled
up at the mills and on the wharveS at
the end Of the season.
The North German Lloyd is making
extraordinary preparations for the re-
ceptiOn of Mr.. Hartman. lie Will be
taken off the Kaiser Wilhelm II before
the liner reaches New York harbor and
he may want TO go without his privacy
being invaded by newspaper representa-
tives or other annoying persons. 1t Is
not yet known definitely whether he
wants tosstOp in his town house or pro-
ceed to Arden.