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PROVINCIALISM
OF WALL STREET
A victor to Now Vork hi. id o
cantly to Tho Wall Street loiirmil of
that uity :
"Tho city of Now York 1h lit once
tho iijohI Metropolitan ittul tho tnoHt
provincial uity in tho country. She
1h Mt onco broii'l and narrow,, doop
wud superficial. Hiio iniH tho HWOOp
aud powor of iniporiiil Home, und
tho self centered opinionated igno
rance of it Hootch hiunlut. Cosmo
poiltuu in popnliition, with a com
merce tliHt circles tho globe, and a
flriMunlnl powor that putH hor in a
class with Loudon, ParlH and liorliu.
Mho 1h novorthoioHh in tnoHt things,
hiiimII, potty and egotistical. In
close touch with tho iiowh ami
thought of tho world, enjoying tho
best music and hoiiio of tho hiiHt art,
lillod with IhoatroH, IiiiIIh and
llhrarloH, llHtoniiiK to tho host orators
and prouohoiH, yot it may ho Hiiid
tliMt tho average Now Vorkor roailH
Iohh Mini thinkH Iohh than tho othor
people of tho country. Ilo known
morn ahout Paria tliuii tho Unitod
StatoH, and ho 1h moro moved hy
English mothodri and English orlti
iiiHin than hy national iulluouoo and
patriot Ihiii. Hor very thoatroH aro
Hiippoilod Iohh by hor own pooplo
than hy visitors to tho city. Hor
libraries and litorip-y iiiHtitntioiiH aro
thronged chiolly hy scholars and
ntudontH from tho outHido. Hor
pulpitH aro fill Ititl hy Imported
preachers. Hor opera limine Ih tilled
hy imported singers, and hoi eom
moroo and llnaiiolal power are
directed hy men, few ot whom are
nativoH of tho city and few of whom
have any real intoroHt in her; their
principal Iioiiioh ami aHHoolatioiiH
being tdsowhoro. "
Tho editor of that paper com
mooted upon tho above Htatement an
follews:
"Wo aro ohiotly intoroHttd in
thin adverse oharactcriatlou of New
Vork, on account of tho tlctlon there
Ih in it, for, of oourHo, In tho main,
it in untrue, but on account of tho
JuHt amount of truth there Ih in it,
because as a matter ot fact there Ih a
certain element of provincialism
oven in thi.i coHinopolitau city
And atraiiKo to nay thin proviuclaliHiu
might alinoHt be Hiiid to bo chletly in
Wall Htreet.
"The tiUHlneHH of the United States
is for the morit. part cleared in the
city of New Vork, and foi'the most
part lliiauced hi Wall Htreet. Never
tholoHH, there exists in tnln center
a moHt romuikahln degree of igun
ranee, or at loaHt of lack of apprecia
tion of tiie giout country outisdo of
.Manhattan inland, that country which
furnishes (lie business on which Wall
htreet and New Vork exist. Our
men of meaiiH are in the habit of
taking their vacations moro in
Europe than they are in crossing the
Auiericuu continent. It it true to a
pal uf til degree that the average New
- Yorker U interested in, and knows
'til ore about Loudon and Paris, than
ho dot.'H iiliout Denver and Sun Fran
cisco. Wall tit root Ih accustomed to
examine cloHoly into statistics of tho
crop yioldH aii'l railroad earnings,
hut Iiiih only a fiiint conception of
the immensity ot tho country, and tho
lerlllity of the varioiiH sections.
These faclH mo in no Htnall decree
made conspicuous at this time by
tho prevailing pessimism which ox
IhIh in the tlnaucial center. Hocause
HtockH aro low and the Block exchange
business Ih hiiiiiII, there in a disposi
tiou to think that the nation Ih going
to the dogs. Tho Wall Htreet
pessimist actH iih if Wall Htioot wore
tho whole country, when an a matter
nf'ftnlt; it Ih only apart of an im-
nieiiHo uuhiiiohh moonumsm. ir no
would take tho trouble to cross the
continent, and to look a little into
other cltioH and thinkH, and examine
into tho development of tho groat
plaliiH and Hplendid mountaiiiH of tho
went, ho might arrive at a little
more Just conception of tho relation
of Wall Htreet to tho country, and
of the country to Wall Htreet. If ho
would croHH the continent at thin
time, he would probably bo sur
prised to find how hiiiiiII Ih tho elfect
of Wall Htreet doprcHHion upon the
productive energies went of tho Miss-
iHHippi. The farther one gets away
from tho stock exchange, the Nioro
ho Iohoh that acute posiiimiHiu which
now charotori'.cs the averiiKe Now
Yorker. It Ih only by uainiug,
through actual prorional iuHpeution,au
idea of the HtupoiidoiiH resources of
thin country, that one can got rid of
tho provincial idea that stagnation in
the ntock market ropicHoula a
cnllapos of the biiHiuoHHH onterpriHen
of the entire continent.
"That tho Hpeculatou in HocuritioH
Iiiih itn elfect, uii(ueHtouable, and it
iHHometimeH very important, but it Ih
not the whole HiIiik The people of
the United States have not conned to
work becuiiHo Hpeciilation Iiiih for the
time being declined in Wall Htreet.
Tho miiiCH aroHtill being worked, tho
IIoIiIh tilled, and tho fuotoricH aro
Htill engaged in Hiipplyiug the needs
of the population. Moreover, now
torrltorioH aro being doveolpod, new
nmrtfota npouod,and now; wants are
being diHCOvered. Ah a matter of
fact, hoiiio day Wall Htreet will wake
up Hiiddonly to the fact that pros
perity Iiiih received itn impetun in
thin country, and then the marketH
fur securities will start in with a
tromtmdoiiH pace to diHonuiit thiH
new era of expaiiHiou.
Nebraska People Here.
K. F. WilliaiUH, an attorney of St.
Edwards, Neiirnka, an bin son-in-law.
Dr. (J. A. Ireland, arrived in town
thin morning at the iiiHtauce of T. 8.
Van Vleet, manager of the Cold Hug,
to look over the dint riot. Or. Ireland
and Mr. Van Vleet were old school
matori. The two will remain several
days in tho dintrict, visiting tho
(.old liiiK and taking a general sur
vey of tho camp.
Start Work on Oro F'no.
,1. W. Witherop, of Spokane, main
owner of tho Oro Fine, in tho Alamo
district, arrived here today, and will
make arrangements to start work at
once at the property.
ASBES10S RARE
AND VALUABLE
One of the most profitable Undo
that a pioHopctor could make in this
cnuntrywuuld be tho di boo very of
an oxtotiHivoj deposit of chrysolite
iiHhcBtoH. Fow people realize tho
importauco of thin useful mineral
aud the meaKernoHH of our supply. itluclH 0H" ,,B nmnuractured in almost
Tho total quantity produced u jany hIssb and shape and to meet all
tho United 'States during the year" klnda of demaiida for- Hre-prooflog
VJO'A .vaH only 874 nhort toiiH, valued I mntorlal. TLoho intereested in tbe
at 8H,1(!(), an avoraKo value of 10.. object may obtain a oopy of Dr.
20 a ton. Thin shows a decroaHo of . Pratta reprot, free of charge, by
1 :t 1 toiiH iii quautity and of K104Q
in value, as compared with the pro
duction of 1!)0'2, which amounted to
1,00T toiiH valued at 1U,'200. Tho
fact, however, that asbestos to the!
value ol f?08!),U:i7 was imported In
to the country duriug tho year IKOU
indicateH tho inadequacy of our homo
supply to meet tho public demand.
The great economic value of our
limited asboHtoH roHourcoH Ih par
ticularly empliHied by Dr. JoHoph
Hyde Pratt in his report on "Produc
tion of AsheHtos in 1!H)V which
tho United States Geological Survey
has just published as an extract from
its annual volume of "Mineral
KesourcoH. "
Nearly all of the arihentoH imported
into tho United States is obtained
from tho Canadian deposits
and is
of tho chrysolite variety. This is. roadway for tho autos, with au elgbt
much Hiiporior to amphibolo usbeHtoH. foot, track well crowned. The trip
tho other commercial variety, but ( over this lino will be made in llvo
uufortunatoly it in also much rarer. ,ouih and with comfort, instoad of
Amphibolo nHbeHtos occura in so taking fourteen to eighteeu hours
largo quantity and forms so high a with present facilities,
precontage of tho rock iiiuhh that is "Tho llrst machine on this route
removed in mining or quarrying It will Iju ot special design. It will
that tho cost of mining is extremely im ,f tliritv iinrummuni. .,! iii
low. On tho othor hand, tho chryso-
tile variety never occurs in any
relguar vein formation, ho that it is
usually necessary to mine from thirty
to ninety tons of tho rock to obtain
otie tou of the asbestos. The heat
feinting properties of both, these
varieties of ashestoH aro approxi
mately tho same, but. the chrysotile
variety has much greater strength of
fiber.
Tho souices of supply of amphibolo
aabcitoH in the United States are very
numerous. A number of now com
panies have beeu organized ami have
begun operations for the production
of this variety of asbestos, tint so
slight is the demand for it that their
production and sale must be limited.
Tho aHliestos produed in tho United
States duriug lOO.'t came principally
from deposits at Sail Mountain,
White county, Ceoigia, but small
quantities were mined near Dalton,
iierkshire county, Massachusetts, and
near New Hartford, Connecticut.
Witli the except! ou of tho small
amount ot asbestos produced in
Massachusetts, the entire production
was of the amphibolo variety. In
view of tho manifold use of chrysotile
asbestos, which would surely multi
ply with any reduction in price, it
is unfortunate that our country con
tains so little of this valuable min
eral. The most promising deposits
of chrysotile asbesto iu tbe United
States in tho properties of tho Ver
mont AdiifUH company and the
Tucker AhI'"Ims Jcompiiny, near the
village rt 1. wi II, Vermont.
Ur. PratL ui MitiH the major por
tion of his ropn : to a discusdsion of
the usoh of iiriljoHtoH and the origin of
tho chrsyolite variety. In practic
ally all eiiHOH where aalicHtoH 1b used,
its power to resist beat or its non
conductivity of heat Ih the important
quality desired. A few years ago
only a few articles were made of
this mineral, but it is now made in
hundreds ot forms, as asbestos pro-
' tt titil ml tif 4-r !.. ll!tAM iLK
"HI"J,l,H " UIIGUIUI' Ul IIIW
United States Geological Survey,
Washington, D. O.
AUTOMOBILE LINE TO
BEND IS NOW ASSURED
"We expect to have an automobile
line in operation to Uond by the first
of November" said W. E.
I Jr., upon his return from
(Jueriti,
Portland
Saturday night. "Tho full orangla
tiou of tho company has been ar
raranged for and all capital is pro
vided. "Tho design in to have tbe auto
mobile start from Cross Keys. The
Columbia Southern railway, I am
coulldeitt, will soon be extended to
J that point. There will be a urivate
carry a dozen passengers, and will
pull a tiailor loaded with mail, bag-
gage and oxprses. From Forests a
biancbjline will run to Prineville.
"Eningeer A. K. Hammond has
hung to this project and worked out
ail- the problems prehenled by it aud
it- entitled to great credit for getting
the enterprises in shape for progross.
He has taken the matter well iu hand
aud will make a great success of it."
--Heud llulk-tin.
Susanville Now Known as Galena.
Tho townslte of (ialena, known to
many as the old town of Susaiivile,
has been platted aud recorded in tho
county clerk's oltice. The laud on
which tho town in located was re-
ooutly patented by 11. ,1. Uundv as a
1 placer mining claim, partially with
the object of perfecting title to land
J on which the town was built, and iu
order that a win 'runty deed could be
'given for pioperty iu tho future.
! Associated with Mr. Hundy in tho
execution of the plat is O. J. Tucker,
! the formor owner of the mining claim.
Canyon City Fugle.
To Assay at Columbia.
K. 11 .Tracy, formerly with tho
Snow Creek, came up from Maker
City this morning, aud weut out to
the Columbia, where he has beeu re
tained as awayer.