The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-02
A. Barton Hepburn
Tells English of Con-
ditiOnS Here.
STILL HE FINDS
SPIRIT OF UNREST
Women Want Votes, Men Want
More Wages and There Is
General Cutlery Against In
dividuals Who Have Too
Much Money-Expects
Wilson to Be Safe.

Especial Gable 10 The mes-Dispatch)
London. February copies Of VIII
liam Jennings Bryans The Com
moner are now conspicuously dis
played in the waiting room OF the
American embassy.
A. Barton Hepburn, former president
of the Chase National Bank. accom-
panied by 5. c. Pirie. a Chicas" mer-
chant: Lyman Hine. son of the presi-
dent of the First National Bank; john
T. Terry. Ill, and Lloyd Fulsom, left
on Saturday for Naples. Thence they
will go to British East Africa 10 hunt
for big game. Cunningham. who was
Colonel Roosevelt's famous guide. Will
meet them at Nairobi. from which
point the hunt will start MesTs.
Hepburn and Prize will remain two
months with the expedition The
others, who were all classmates at
Yale. will remain longer. The party
are all anxious TO get lions. rninecer-
Gus. buffalos and elephants.
Mr. Hepburn, before his departure
in speaking of American conditions,
said there was never time IN his
memory when the country was so
prosperous, when the crops were so
abundant and when money was so free.
yet there was such spirit o. unrest
throughout the country that the Wo-
men want votes and the workmer want
increased wages. There is said MI.
Hepburn, "a general cry against in
dividuals and groups who nave
amassed tremendous fortunes. Yet il is
not felt that this spirit is radically
to the country's detriment There Will
undoubtedly be Il reduction of the tar
So, Ia 2
in many cases. and there probably will
ae legislation to limit undue individual
increase of wealth. together with fur
Their regulations of corporations.
These Will not produce any panic in
the United states. our house has been
put in order for some time, and the
manufacturers are producing only what
is necessary TO fill the immediate or
ders. Securities are at low figures.
Money is plentiful at reasonab bic rates.
and there is an entire absence OF spec
uIation. These conditions preclude
panic, but there are fears as 20 what
the special session Of Congress may
do There seems to be no doubt that
there will be boom in the United
States. but booms are no good. as we
are to apt to lose our heads.
Expects safe Administrations.
Asked what ne thought Ol TIE Dto5-
poets of President Elect Wilson's ad-
ministratiOn. Mr.. Hepburn said that
he was very hopeful that it would be
sound and sane though it was ad-
rnitted that the President elect knows
little of finance and commerce. 1t
seems strange. said Mr.. Hepburn.
that such 4 big commercial country
as the United States has not a man a :
President who has a knOwle dye OF
these subjects What Will President
Elect Wilson do about the currency
l believe he admits that he does not
know sufficient about il 10 be dog
matte. and hence he Will accept the
suggestion Of a committee of the
House which, 50 far as can be gath
cred, is aerse TO an elastic currency.
but believes in system Of bank
checks, whereby check on one bank
is guaranteed by every other bank.
Nv information is that .his sugges-
ton Will probably De reported 1t j.
curious that with gee and easy money
in the United states so that We are
able 10 ship gold abroad. l ind in
England that hDanciers believe there
is a period of dear mOnX. so far as
England X concerned. at hand. am
also surprised to learn that tn, in
crease in money available in England
for investment is a billion dollars a
year can't say what the increase
is in the United States. but there is
a tendency more and more to cOnse w.
good properties like railroads in a
few hands. It is possible. hOwcVcr.
that 50 far as pooling rates are con-
ccrned that feature is practically eN-
tinct. ] cannot at present recall any
important enterprise that is held by
speculative poOlers."
Hanuuct for BrOadhur~t.
George ErOadhUrst. the dramatist.
was the guest at an honorary banquet
in his native town Of WalSalI on
Thursday, 1T which the Mayor and all
the other dignitarics were present Mr..
Broadhurst was the youngest child Of
a poor family and went To the United
states as q stcerage passenger when
he was sixteen. His mother celebrated
her ninetieth birthday last week. and
the dramstist asked her what she
would like for a present. lie offered
10 buy her = new house or anything
that she wanted. The mother replied
that she would like TO give the poor
and the blind OF Walsali a treat. Tho
son carried cut hcr wish. and Mrs
HroadhurSt entertained eighty blind
men at dinner and then furnished
them with ovcrAats and other cloth
iug and boots. Til" mother said IL was
A.. f..-grte rrg tsf 1rar lie