The Washington herald., 1917-02-09
Interesting Chats
From Hotel Lobbies


Tor . serious depression after the war
is due for grand shock" remarked A.
M warner. Chicago broker, stopping at
the Raleigh. ANY one who has made
study Of business conditions knows
that We are bound for a readtustment in
business. 1 wonder how these men who
talk of continued prosperity account for
the denation of securities and stocks of
various sorts, that they admit will come
about. and how will they get around The
immense shrfnkage in munition orders
OF course the participation of the
United States in the war will change
the face OF things. but there are items
connected with the present struggle.
such as the possible reputation of war
loans by an overthrow Of a monarchy on
the other side.
rs 1t possible that we will have to GO
to war in order to get back our loans?
think not. The men who transacted
this end OF the game know what they are
doing. or course I admit that some lines
OF business are going to prosper as be-
fore, particularly the farming implement
business Some implement manufactur-
ers are saying that they are not doing
the business, but authenticated reports
contradict this. Somebody is always
making poor mouth when they have an
they can swallow. Very few banks are
GUMS " DC Wnch Inc crash comes
as modern bankers do not gamble like
they used to. The men who will feel
1t are the men who have been reckles,
with their investments and expenditures
owing to the capital being comparative
ly easy to obtain.
Until money conditions tighten I'D. and
buyers and sellers look a little sharper
and things get OF their present wild
SPREE We cannot be said to be truly
prosperous. 1t Is like a seidlitz powder.
all over when the froth goes down"
The Borland-Gallinger Daylight Saw
ing bill, now before Congress, win re-
ceive the endorsement of the National
Lawn Tennis Association at the annual
meeting in New York City tomorrow
said Dewitt L. Burnside last night at
the Raleigh. Mr.. Burnside is executive
secretary of the National Daylight Saw
ing Association.
There are at least 100000 tenni, en-
thusiasts in the United States" said Mr..
Burnside. THE daylight saving bill
which calls for turning the clock for
ward an hour during the five summer
months, means there will be sixty more
minutes of daylight for play on the
courts
1.-The daylight bill was originally in
troduced as a peace measure But in
the present international crisis. we be-
lieve 1t Is quite likely that the Interstats
Commerce Committee of the Senate and
the Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Committee of the House will recognize
its economic value in a time like this
and present it to the upper and lower
House for consideration.
''It has been endorsed by President
Wilson; the United States Chamber of
Commerce, the Chambers of Commerce
and boards of trade of the larger cities,
and hundreds of civic organizations With
such backing, 1t seems to us that a
measure that is beneficial from the view
point of health. efficiency and economy
should receive immediate consideration.
TT is indeed surprising that the Ger
mans would have the nerve to hold the
American Ambassador there for hostage"
said Louis H. Forsberg, of st. Louis,
stopping at the WILLARD, "Of all nations,
the United States is the last one to incon-
venience diplomatic representatives. To
my mind 1t shows that the Germans Woe
fully misunderstood the American atti-
tude, or else it is some of their character
istic pig-headedness. We may be a lit
tie green on diplomatic matters, but what
American expected such a breach of eti-
quette. 1t shows that the Germans ex-
pect nothing else but war and have noti-
fed US almost to that effect.
The mental processes of the Germans
are very childlike. as admitted by some
very prominent Germans here and abroad.
Most of them suffer from the 'itch of su-
periority,' to the extent that IL is over
bearing to all the world. They would
have us believe that unless you were born
in Germany and eat German food and
speak the German language, you are
doomed to Hsdes.
"As far as being Gods CHOSEN people,
then let us have another world to live
in. When any one set of people get SO
they can bull the world and think that
they are better than everyone else, it is
high time that some one woke them up.
They cannot even figure out why other
people do not get their viewpoint. I do
believe that when the war is over the
German people are going to ask the
Kaiser a few questions that he cannot
answer and then the most interesting
show in the world will start.
How is the Kaiser going to explain
how he is victorious and yet cannot stop
the war? Who is going to compensate
the German people for the enormous sac
rifices they have been forced to make.
and how will they like the millions of ex-
ira graves to decorate? Nearly every
great plan of the war office has gone
astray and they have oyerestinatad tb.