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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28
A Perfect Compliment

Representative Richmond T.. Hobson
claimed In u" interview in Washington
that the words bitter attack" which were
used 10 describe his recent debate in the
House, were an cXageeration.
"I'll admit" he said. that this discus-
sion was rather heated. ana I'll admit that
neither ms opponent nor myself paid each
other many compliments. but political CON
troycrsies seldom Weld compliments"
The hero OF the Mcrrimac smiled.
"lt Is In situations ike the young Ala
bamd brldogrpom's,' he continued, that
We must look for the perfect compliment
and here il is:
~ young Alabama bridegroom asked
the clergyman who had just married hin,
what the tee would be-.
oh, well said the other. not know
lns the Young mans circumstances, you
can pay me whHteNer YOU think its
worth
Turning. the yuang fellow looked his
bride over from head To foot, and then.
rolling his ewes, he replied. mournnllIy.
Why sut YOU has ruined me Tor life .
you mas for sure"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28

Roosevelt absorbed and Sequestereu every
vestige of the Kansas Guy platform That
had 4 shred OF practical value? Suppose
that MI. Bryan had been elected Presl-
dent What could he nave accomplished
compared with what Nj Roosevelt has
accomplished? Will his most passionate
followers pretend for one moment that
Mr.. Bryan could have conceived, much
less enforced any such pursuit OF the
trusts as that which Mr. Roosevelt has
just brought 10 a Triumphant issue? VIII
Mr.. Bryan himself intimate that the fed
eral courts would have TUNED TO his
projects the friendly countenance which
they have lent to those OF Mr. Roose-
welt?
where is government by Injunction
gone to? The very emptiness Of that once
potent phrase IL beyond description \
regiment of Bryans could not compete
with Mr.. Roosevelt in harrying the trusts
In bringing wealth 20 rs knees. and in
converting into the palpable actualites Of
action the widest dreams OF Bryahs cam
paign orators He has outdone them all.
and how utterly the President has
routed the pretensiOns Of Bryan and Of
the whole Democratic horde In respect 10
organized labor. How empty were all
their professions. their mouthings ana
their howllngs IN the face OF the simple
and unpretehtious achievements OF the
President! In his own straightforward
fashion he inflicted upon capital In one
short hour Of the coal strike a greater
humiliation than Bryan could have visited
upon II in century. He is the leader
of the labor unions of the United states
Mr. Roosevelt has put them above the
law and above the Constitution. because
for him they are the American people.
This last need hardly say. Is merely
a rhetorical method OF saying that /
gave the labor union precisely the same
treatment a. the corporation.I
Senator La Toilette, in the issue of his
magazine Immediately following my lcav-
Ing the Presidency in March 1902. wrote
40 follows:
'Rooscv welt stops from the stage grace
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28
NEW YORK MANUFACTURES.

New York City manufactures more
,ban twice as many goods each year as
the four biggest cities on the Great
Lakes combined outside OF Chicago,
chicago herself has an output only hair
az great as New York, and you can add
10 Chicago's total the products OF CleVe-
land Detroit and Buffalo without pass
ing us. Talk about Pittsburgh, why, you
could dump all Of Pittsburgh's mills and
factories into New York in lump ana
YOU wouldn't know they were here-that
is. II we didn't let 'em burn soft coal
This city not only ships 80 per cent or
the manufactured articles of the coun-
try. but il produces 10 per cent OF these
products within its own limits
Not a manufacturing city, Ell. Now
YOU lust run back West and tell EN- that
New York is the greatest manufacturing
town in the world. IT has passed even
London in the last ten years, and IT'S
getting bigger so fast that we can't
keep track of it.
And the funny thing about II is that
the Manhattan man was telling the truth.
And what is funnier still-ninety-nine
New York men out Of hundred would
have agreed with the Detroit man. Most
of us woke up with a start last week
and Vulped down a brand new idea when
we read the report of State Labor Com
missioner Lynch showing that New
York is really quite factory town
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28
MR. Roosevelt IT'S ATTITUDE ON THIRD TERM QUESTION

success or a gigantic failure and tne
task is one which must. in the nature Of
things. have been undertaken and carried
through some time soon, az historic
periods 60 anyhow The Peace OF Ports
mouth WAS a grea, thing 20 be respon-
sible for. and ROOsevelts good Offices UNI
douhtedly saved a great and bloody battle
In ManchurIa. But the war was fought
out and the parties were ready To Quit.
and there II reason To think that II was
only when this situation was arrived AT
that the Good Offices OF the President OF
the United States were. more or less in
directly, invited. The fleets cruise was a
strong piece OF diplomacy, by which we
informed japan that we will send our
fleet wherever we please and whenever
We please. II worked out well.
But none OF these things, IL will seem
TO many can compare with some OF
Roosevelts other achievements. Perhaps
he II loath to take credit as a reformcr,
for he IN prone to spell the word with
question marks and to speak disparaging
~ of reform.
But for all that. this contcmner Of
refOrmers made reform respectable In
the United States, aud this rebuker of
muckrakers' has been the chief agent I'm
making the history of undertaking IN
the United States national one. con
ceGed To be useful. He has preached
from the White House many doctrines,
but among them he has left impressed In
The American mind the one great truth
OF economic justice couched in the pthy
and singing phrase, the square deal
The task OF making reform respectable
In commercial world and of giving
the nation slogan In a phrase is greater
than the man who performed it liz likely
10 think
And then there is the great ana
statesmanlike movement for the conserva-
ton OF our national resources. into which
Roosevelt so energetlcally threw himself
at a time when the nation as "A whole
knew not that We are running and bank
IuptIns ourselves ms fast ms we can This Is
probably the greatest thing Roosevelt did,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28
Continued from third page.

was President in which ! appeared in
cidentally. that was always great
favorite Of mine II pictured an old fell
low with chin whskers, farmer, In his
shirtsleeves. with his boots OF. sitting be
fore the fire, reading the Presidents mes
sage on his feet were stockings Of the
kind | have seen hung up by the dozen ~
Joe .'erriss store at Medora, in the days
when | used TO come into town and sleep
I'm one Of the rooms over the store. The
title OF the picture was His Favofite
Author" This was the old fellow whom
always used 10 keep in my mind He
had probably been in the Civil War in
his youth ne had worked hard ever since
he left the army; he had been good
husband and father. he had brought up
his boys and girls to work; he did not
wish 10 do injustice 10 any one else, but
be wanted justice done to himself and -
others like him. and / was hound to Sc
cure that justice for him If 1t lay In my
power TO do so.
/ believe / realized fairly Well this
ambition. shall turn to my enemies to
attest the truth OF this statement. The
tional convention Of 1884, spoke of me as
follows.
President Roosevelt holds that his
nomination by the Republican National
Convention of 1901 IS IN assured thing
lie makes no conceslmcnt OF Ills oonvic-
ton, and II is unresereedly shared by his
friepds. We think President Roosevelt Is
right.
There are strong and convincing rea-
sons why the President should feel that
success is within his grasp. 10 has use,i
the opportunities that ne found Or ere
ated. and he has used chem With cOnsum-
mate skill and undeniable success.
'"rhe President has disaImed al has
enemies Every weapon they had. new OF
old. has been taken from them and added
10 the now unassailuble Roosevelt ~
senal Why should people wonder that
Mr.. Bryan ciings to silver? Has not Nj.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28

Nov. having given the facts. the survey
bureau purposes TO snalyze the reasons
for these facts
one " the main reasons why the fac
tories flock 70 New York. IT - pointed out,
is that this city has the largest popuia-
ton and is the greatest money centre in
tho country. Five million people stand at
tho very door Of the factory ready TO bus
us products without any 81 the trouble
some problems Of transportation. freight
rates. storage, etc. Within the radius OF
.Oo miles OF tho city. OF within a short
days freight or express haul, dwell one
fourth OF the population ~ tho United
states and one-half of its purchasing
power
In other words, the factory can turn
over its product quicker IN New York
civ than it can anywhere else in the
country. II Is relieved Of expensive stOr-
age problems. on the other hand. the re-
taller or jobber can get what he needs
from day TO day right from the factory.
lie also is relieved OF storage cost ds
well rs Of freightage or express. fle may
have To- pay the New York factory lit
tie more tthougn often ne can guy tUe'e
for Iessl. but he can afford to. Also. the
factory can afford 10 pay a little more
FOR rent or taxes. And in the end the
consumer often gets the finished product
a little cheaper.
Closely related To this FIRST reason rs
the fact that this is the greatest shipping
centre In the world. and the factory seek
ing distant markets can get AT these
markets most directly and cheaply from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28

undoubtedly. This globe Is the capital
stock of the race. II is just so much coal
and oil and gas. This may he econo-
mixed or wasted. The same thing is true
OF phosphates and other mineral re-
sources. our water resources are inn
mense and We are only just beginning 10
use them. our forests have been de-
stroyed; they must be restored Our soils
are being depleted; they must be built up
and conserved
These questions are not of this day
only or Of this generation. They belong
all to the future. Their consideration re-
quires that high moral tone which regards
the earth as the home of a posterty to
whom we owe a scored duty.
This immense idea Roosevelt. with
high craftsmanship, dlnned into the ears
of the nation until the nation needed. He
held IL so high that II attracted the at
tention OF the nelghbOrng nations of the
continent and will 50 spread and intensity
that we will soon see the worlds confer
ences devoted to II.
Nothing can he greater or finer than
this. It Is 50 great aud so fine that when
the historian OF the future shall speak of
Theodore Roosevelt he is likely To say
that he did many notable things. among
them that OF inaugurating the movement
which finally resulted In the square deal,
but that his greatest work was inspiring
and actually beginning a world movement
for staying terrestrial waste and saving
for the human race the things upon
which, and upon which alone great and
peaceful and progressive and happy race
life can BE- founded.
What statesman In all history has done
anything calling for so wide view and
for purpose more lofty"
The next instnlmcni Of Mr.. Roosevelts
Chapters OF y Possible Autobiography" Is
eniitlcd The Natural Resources VI the M
tion. u VIII appear In the issue Of Janu-
AIRY 4.
Published by special arraifscment with
The Outlook. Of which Theodore Roosevelt Is
the contributing editor through the Mcclure
Newspaper syndicate Copyright, 1913. by
The outlook Company. All rights reserved
including rights OF translation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28
A SIGNIFICANT FACT.

The crux OF the whole argument iS
this: That whatever arguments may he
,ut forth against New York as 4 manu-
featuring site, the fact that more repre-
sentatiyes Of given Industry have SET
tied in New York than In any other city
in the country Il in itself significant
There are. SAYS the survey bureau,
forty-fye industries In which New York
leads all the other cities OF the country
in the value Of It's products.
TIE annual value OF the city's products
totals more than s2.GOO.OOo. zoe, greater
than the combined output Of Chicago and
PHILADELPHIA. and one-ten.h OF the entire
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28
THE FACTOR OF LABOR.

Labor is another important fao,o.
This liz also the greatest labor market !,
the world. In most trades the wages a..
a little higher here, but the Manufacture
can afford to pay more, for he Is ge,tir.
help that is 20 per cent more efficient thu,
that obtainable anywhere else in IN,
country. To New York hocks the skill
labor Of the nation. lured by better gay..
and shorter hours. And for unsk;Iis1
labor the factory superintendent has N.
pick OF the importing millions Of INN.
grants.
Both skilled and unskiled labor ar,
closely organized here, however. and coz.
respondingly strong Sixty per cent O,
the employees here nave the eight.hou,
day and nearly all the rest nine hours
But any hardships TO the manufacturer
are more than balanced by the adyaa.
tages already mentioned. the greater ef
ficlsncy Of labor here, the case with
which It can be obtained and the quoes,
and higher profits Of a ready marA.,
which enable the factory men TO "a;
higher wages without feeling IT,
Though arguments may lure the factory
away from this city. the laboring men ar,
bound to stay on here. They like to live
in New York. Ever II at the end Of thei,
Industrial lives they may have saved lesi
than they would elsewhere. they have
lived the kind Of lives they enjoy most,
The charm of the great town has caugh,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28
AN oVERGROWN CITY.

But he didn't half state the case. lie
was speaking only of the city's relation
10 the rest Of the state. It's Just as the
Manhattan man told his Detroit guest
We have grown so fast here IN every
direction that we can't keep track Of our
selves. And this keeping track Of our
selves is just what group of our promi-
nent citizens purpose to do from now on
Almost simultaneously with Mr.. Lynch's
startling discovery they went quietly to
work and they have already brought 10
light some facts that make the Labor
Commissioners report seem tame.
In short these men believe that
Father KnickerbOcker needs press
agent And he's going to get II. big
thoroughly organized bureau, with mill
ions Of dollars behind II.
II these facts about New York factories
are true. why have hey remained unno-
iced? slmp!y Decausc the city's manu-
featuring industry - not ITS spectacular
side. II mas nestled away out vi sight in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28

fully He has ruled his party 10 large
extent against its VIII sHe has played a
large part In the worlds work for the
last seven Gears. The activities OF ms
remarkably forceful personality nave
been so manifold that II Will he long
before his true rating will be fixed In the
opinion of the race. lie Is said To thlnk
that the three great things done by nm
are tho undertaking Of the construction
Of the Panama Canal and its rapid ana
successful carrying forward, the making
of peace between Russia and Japan ana
the sending around the world Of the heet.
These are important things, bur many
will be slow to think them his greatest
services The Panama Canal VIII surely
serve mankind when in operation; ana
the manner Of organizing this work seems
to he fine But no one can yet say
whether this project will he gigantic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28

~HE man from Detroit was boasting.
Your little old New York is a
Il pretty fine place for the rest Of us
TO visit occasionally" he admitted to bis
prosperous Manhattan host as they
strolled down Broadway "Old Broadway
is great We enjoy your tango teas and
the theatre suppers and the opera, your
Fifth avenue buses and Fourth avenue
subways. your horse shows and your sky
scrapers. All these, of course, beat any
thing we can see at home. As TO style,
well. we don't know what it is till we get
here-so YOU fellows think, anyhow.
But there's one thing youv We got 10
admit-we outsiders deliver the goods.
We make EN-. tell you, your big burg
wouldn't last long If IL weren't for the big
mills and factories of our little cities.
No wonder YOU can boast Of your clear
smokeless sky here. You haven't any man
ufactories. No, sir! That's one thing you
can't boast Of. New York is not manu-
featuring city. Manufacturing is real
business. after ali. Biggest shipping cen
ire I'm the country here? Sure! You've
got Wall Street. too, and handle most OF
the money of the country. That's all very
well. but we make the goods YOU ship and
the money you exchange.
When it comes to the real backbone
business Of the country. the making OF It's
products. why, any one Of our little lake
cities has got you beaten mile
The Manhattan man smiled pityingly
He stopped and taped his guests chest
with dainty cane.
Little son, listen" he said, and there
Was scnrn In his voice.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28
REAL ESTATE.

In fact the man seeking a New loEA
site can eliminate all the objections o.
costly real estate, high rents and taxes
by selecting a place in one of the our
living boroughs And even in the consesl-
ed sections OF Manhattan prices are ho'
exorbitant In view Of the conditions ol
supply and demand.
Another disadvantage of the smahu
cities IL that OF inadequate transit taeH'
ties. which are not able to handle the
morning and evening crowds from inc
factories Transit conditions viii FORM a"
important part OF the Merchants hssoci'-
lions survey. Nor must the super"
banking facilities of New York be fo''
gotten,
These are merely some OF the prncpS
points which the bureau has ALREADY
taken up. The association will seek W
encourage the passage OF laws that WIZ
protect the manufactures from graft avn
unfair discrimination. They will welcome
the small manufacture, and II he has
genuine grievance will help him to se'
fair play There is really no need OF tue
small business being forced out, they De-
lieve.
But all this publicity for Father kneA'
erbocker will be Of a digniied and con-
servatiye nature. The association aims 10
teach the manufacturer that the towns
which are most famboyant In their au'
yertising and OFFER the biggest bonuses
new industries are the best towns 10 ~
alone. Anyhow, 1t will be great sa''
isfaction hereafter to lot OF MS VIM
are not 80 dienihcd to know that nc'
even man from Detroit can any lonseI
accuse US Of not having manufacturing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28

greater New York. II purposes learning
the advantages TO be attained by location
here and scquainting the manufacturing
world with thOce advantages. I, aims
further to determine the disadvantage
and seek means OF eliminating these dis
advantages These results viii not only
be made known TO the general public
through the press. but Will be sent In
the form Of periodical folders to every
manufacturer in the country whose name
can ne obtained
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28
NEW7 YORK Is NOW THE WORLDS MANUFACTURING CENTRE

here. The Western city's foreign sb,
ments are first stored. then carted 10 N.
freight yards, loaded on trains. shIpneS
to New York, uEloaded, carted 10 ~
wharves and reloaded on shipboard. An
the New York factory has to do is 70
cart It's foreign output direct from IA.
machines TO the ship.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28

and held them, Just rs ~ has the rest
Of US The man who earns bread with
his hands is like the man who earns
bread with his brains. i'm this respect lie
would rather be a $40 man in New lo-k
where his Twins costs him 50. than be a $
man I'm Scrimpton. whore he can cdt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28
lABORERS AT HAND.

The head Of one printing establishment
which alone prints one hundred period-
Gals. said the other day: New York
the place for US We need skilled work
men: vet We sometimes have "A dull sea-
son. Here IA New York We can reduce
our force at any time and know that ~
the rush season we can get first class
men at moments notice. II IS dt'
ferent matter anywhere else in the coun'
try"
In fact. smaller cities and towns are
always hampered by lack OF skilled
labor Their labor supply is always far
behind the demand
After the garment workers strike last
winter some OF the garment manUtactur-
ers moved a number If miles out Of the
city They soon found they had made a
mistake. They needed to be nearer to the
style centre. They had 10 bring their hep
from New York. and the men could not he
Induced TO travel that far in amy adequate
numbers. Many Of these misguided cloth
ing men are back i'm town again ALREADY.
Had they chosen sites within a 2-minu,e
radius the story would have been df-
ferent.
We hear much about the high valuation
OF real estate ia New York; but, as
matter of fact. the land values I'm queens
Brooklyn. The Bronx and Richmond, the
fields 10 which new factories are nov
recon mended. are no greater than the
values OF corresponding sites within equal
distances Of the centres of Cleveland, De-
troit, Chicago or other leading manu-
featuring centres OF the West
II is a striking fact, for instance. ula'
land values within a radius OF ten miles
of the City Hall in New York do not aver
age any greater than those within
radius of eight of the centre ot Detroit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28
Annual Value Of This Citys Products Totals
Over Two Billion Dollars, Which Is One
Tenth of the Nations Output-The Mer-
chants Association Plans by Means
of an Industrial Bureau to Make
This Showing Greater.

the shadow Of the money changers sky
scrapers, 1t has been vollcd by the stu
rendots panorama Of our shipping. the
glitter of our millionaire homes, and all
the varied glamour of our Great White
Way. and alas hidden Itself amid the
morbid interest that centres in our great
tenement sections. The voices OF the fac
tory have been drowned in the clamor
over finance. politics, transit and other
problems more dramatic or pressing 10
public attention.
Bat, why. If our city has attained pre-
eminence in silence. need there be any
shouting now? There are several reasons.
THE WATERFRONT.
In the first place. the city's industrial
and commercial career is only In its in
fancy Vast helds of development are yet
untouched. To-day her industries are
mainly concentrated i'm the borOughs OF
Manhattan and Brooklyn Queens, Rich
mond and The Bronx are still largely un-
developed. About One-third of the total
waterfront Of the city still remains unde-
velOped, though the 343 miles Of wharfage
available for shipping is nearly three
times the combined wharfage Of Liver
pool, London, Antwerp, Hamburg, Phila-
delpha and San Francisco.
, This new movement TO lead the manu-
facturer in the way he should go has been
instituted by the Merchants Association
Of New York City. II has recently organ
lied an industrial bureau under the d.
rection Of the Industrial committee. This
committee is composed Of Henry Morgen-
THAI. chairman; r. II. Bethel John +.
Calderwood. Clair Foster, John r. Gal
vim Frank Hedley, w. II. Minor and Z.
q. NJ. Thomas.
The bureau has begun work with
survey Of the economic conditions OF