The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-10

nously believed to promote personal dis
honesty AS a matter of fact they
broaden the men who own and conduct
them and increase their feeling OF re-
sponsibillty. Some OF the meanest per-
sons have ever known were proDrietors
Of stores and shops and other small
establishments"
What is your philosophy OF iifef'
II have never had the time TO arrange
running schedule for my daily opera
lions. I take things as they come.
Sometimes I get what I want and some
times my efforts are disappointing.
But what should a man live for?' ]
asked
He should care for his family in the
best way he can; he should diligently
attend to his business or occupation, and
he should do all that is possible TO make
his community a better place in which 10
I've. II his size warrants 1t. he should
| spread himself all over the country
What have you to say apout the iu-
ture OF the iron businessY
"Oh. II will continue TO develop 1 sup
pose. and to remain our principal manu-
featuring industry. However its domi-
mating position will depend on the ore
dictions that care 10 venture at this
time. Steel is being used more than ever
before in building operations, but cement
! IS beginning to be employed as a suosti-
tute. I think fortified cement-that Is.
beams and pillars with steel rods In the
center-will lessen the demand for metal
and that will be advantageous 10 us IN
dustrially, because there Is no limit 10
the supply OF material out OF which
cement can be manufactured"
Your remarks in the Senate seem 70
indicate that you have some fear that
Germany, and even China, will produce
iron and steel IN serious competition with
American"
Germany n Competitor.
It have said that the manufacture Of
pig iron IN the Orient is only little cloud
on our business horizon. but that the
cloud which hangs over US from Germany
f. imminent and threatening. IN 1907 the
Chinese sent 1900 tons OF pig iron 600 miles
by river and 1900 miles by sea to Brook
Ign. n. T. and sold It at $3.50 a ton-a
price that Pittsburg could not have met
II transportation charges had been pai4
20 Brooklyn. Wire nails were first made
! in Germany. Twenty-four years ago
manufacturers IN this country by Inn
proving the quality OF the product gained
control OF the domestic trade and indus
try but the Germans still remain for
! midable experts In the business OF nail
making Furthermore. Germany can de-
liver nails IN New York. paying the
freight, for $50 ksg. while the bare
cost OF production in the United States
during the year Of 1907 was S1.94. I manu-
featured nails for many years. and was
well pleased with a profit or cents on
key. In our national and industrial
self-suflciency we must not forget that
there are able and enterprising men IN
other parts Of the world"
Senator oliver has a large family OF
children-six. I believe-and so I asked
him: How DO you spend the time when
You are not working7"
Il am at home nearly every evening,
where I either read or play bridge whist
Golf Is an occasional recreation. but !
play very Indifferent game. Now that
horses have practically disappeared from
parks and driveways, like 10 take the
air in an automobile"
tCOpgriyht 1909 By james r. Morrow.)