New-York tribune., 1909-06-01
HARTMAN SEEKS REST
TTRFD BIT OPTIMISTIC on
EYE OF TRIP -fBRO4D.
EM oct Tcdicai .4dricc IN FicHna
Says Good Crops This Year
U,H Bring Hdppy Days.

WI Bring Happy Days.
FL. Hartman. Who VIII sail on the Kaiser
Uilbslm II to-day for a three months stay
sbrosd gave an interview yesterday TO the
rezspauer men az his home. No. 80 Fifth ave
me He outlined his trip and discussed q ra-
-ietv of subjects. ranging from the state or lis
health 10 the business situation present and 20
,orra He said also that he was ready To retire
inst as soon as the stockholders asked him 10.
Mr. Hartman. who looked pale and tired,
having lost the coat OF tan which he had accu-
muated on his recent ten thousand mile trip
through the South and West. said that he Was
going abroad solely for change of scene and
rest and did not intend engage in any bust
ness while away He said that business was on
a substantial basis once more. and that with
the present outlook for crops the prospects We're
coed for happy times ahead
Asked to tell about his coming Trip Ar HaIri-
man sm.lingly said that he could do that better
when he got hack
Il an going first TO Paris. he said. where
expect to drop in on Mr., StiIlman, ana from
there I shall go To Vienna. shall seek medical
advioe there and may go 70 some Austrian
health resort for while my health is first rate, l
an not so Young as / would like To b., and J
think the time has come when I should take
some ones advice-medical advice. mean
Al this point Mir. Hartman took occasion 10
confirm a published report that he was ao"i'
10 build a solarium on the roof of his Fifth ave
nue. house.
Il believe" he said. that every one ought 90
live on top Of his house instead OF in tl1e base
rnent and that is why am having these rooms
built for my family and myself There is moth
ing like the open air for keeping one in g""d
health"
COULD FLOAT BONDS HERE
Asked if there was any truth in a published
report that he was going 10 float a S15nPbnGoo
bond issue in Europe he said that it would
not be necessary to 60 abroad 20 do that Il
could 90 il here in five minutes" h added.
He was jokingly asked if he might take ad-
vantage % his trip abroad To get control Of
some European railroad properties. and replied
in the same spirit that ne might do something
of that kind If the opportunity presented itself,
but that he hardly Thought il would "Of
course he added changing his tone, Il Will
not forget III an stil in the railroad bust
ness"
Speaking Of the Improvement ia tie business
situation. Mr. Hartman said that what had
contributed To il was the spring expenditures
By the farmers.
AV ioiil+ViS III si'l+f-'A dit tllS l'''i''' w.
do most 10 help in creating sound business con-
oitlons in this country. Conditions depend large
ly on how literally the farmers make expendi-
lures II their agricultural Development If they
are liberal in their expenditures in regard to
The preparation Of the ground for the crops. the
latter will yield il proportion. although, u
course, the weather conditions must be consid
tTed as an important factor. II the weather IS
favorable this year. ! firmly believe that the
crops will be the largest in the history Of the
country, and fine crops mean comparatively
nspiF times In my opinion. the future pros
per1ty Of the country depends almost entirely
Upon the crops-in other words, upon the results
Inc farmers get from the ground. and the more
hoeisiy they treat the soil the greater the re-
tui's Tili be. always provided the weather con
otons are favorable"
CROPS OVERSHADOW TARIFF
Nr Hartman said he did not think the out
come Of the tariff legislation was OF so much
Importance as the outcome Of the crops adding,
Dooo weather VIII DO more for us than any
thing"
ihe lsfl panic he said, was disaster. and
ss caused not by overspeculation but by SEN
-hent and fear OF something that did not hap
Extraordinary court decisions. notably
se Landiss decision in the Standard oil
SN soou zeal 10 co Win IL, ne thOusht,
ne general methods pursued frightened
...,l4 ' INTO Withdrawing their money from cir
oh Il do net mean.' he added. that
would have been plentiful If depositors
'ea differently. but there would have been
.aos Conditions
Seio that II there was another panic ii
4, u De due not 20 sentiment but 10 a change
- Aotons-that was TO say, shrinkage in
Aanae OF the crops He thought that bust
mi. as On 2 more substantial basis not
,h.. tns country but eli over the world, and
4, en evidence Of the confidence of Europeans
H.. Institutions was that they we're buying
ery Of our securities
So. Il he would try to have any Of the Sc
t,,. OF the enterprises he IS interested in
49, VI the Paris Bourse as was about to he
S. ith the United States Steel shares. he
a., Nst The subject had not occurred To him
"a, e'ated that he was going abroad nY
mango and rest
oboDY TO TAKE HIS PLACE
a,. he subject of his retirement from ac-
shess was broached Mr. Hartman said:
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