The evening world. Newspaper, January 31, 1906, Page 9

J, J. HILL SAYS NATION IS EATING UP ITS RESOURCES JAMES J. HILL TALKING OF OUR DANGERS. (Sketched from life by Charles Raymond Macauley.) Using Our Principal Instead of Interest, Says Great Northern Magnate. LIVING UPON ASSETS. Wheat Fields Overworked Because of Lack of Scientific Methods in Agriculture, “Happy are they who hear thelr ée- tractions and can put them to mend- ing," might have been the Shakespear- fan text of a little sermon delivered last night by Mr. James J. Hill, Prest- dent of the Great Northern Railroad Company, on the danger of “taking no thought for the morrow.” Tt was not an Interview, as Mr. Hill | was at pains to explain, but merely a Uttle chat to supplement and make mors | gocurate the opimons he expriazed When | he retumed to New York yeater- @ay. The man whose retirement from business has been reported a score of times delivered himself of this little | sermon during a lull in his work at the Hotel Gothan. ‘The burden of Mr. Hill's warning was tat this oruntry, whcse prosperity is the tal of the world, is in reality liv- ing upon its assets. Like the heir to a huge fortune, America js sp'nding the principal instead of living upon the in- terest. Possibilities Shrink Yearly. “People are fond of speaking of the | United States as the land of unlimited possibilities,”” said Mr. Hill; “‘but those pussibiiities will rapidly become lim- ited—they will shrink year by year if the ald of science is not invoked. The immense wheat fields of the West are| already showing deterioration. For | every bushel of grain taken from the | land to-day two were taken a genera- tlon ago. The fertility of the soll is nol being maintained. “In happy-go-lucky fashion the farmer plants the same crop upon the same land, year after year, until the ex- hausted soll rebels and produces from the unfertilized ground an emaciated kernel from an undeveloped ear. “A million immigrants arrive on these wbores in one year. Where are we go- ing to put them? The wide domains of @ generation ago are occupied. 1 forest lands west of the Mississipp! rapidly being depleted. Reckless ignor- ance of forestry has destroyed thou- sands of acres of timber and science has hardly begun to replenish the stock. “These masses from Europe will have to turn from agriculture and become artieans, workers of the city, of the factory, of the mines. What are we going to do with what they produce? ‘Who is golng to buy? We have looked at our trade returns and swelled our chests with satisfaction at their size, oblivious of the fact thet those same returns represent our heritage—our pilnetpal, which should remain in the nk to earn @ continuing income. Balance of Trade Against Us. “In other words, it is now material. What of the manufactured article? Why, England selis us $25,000,000 worth Ine edapets fps cote fgom fhe United States, while Great Briidin sells that little country about two-thirds of her total. Japan sells us #50,000,000 worth of goods and in return we send her but | “We can maké steel cheaper than any one else, but what else can we make cheaper?) How can we compete with che Meniee sorkan, who carries acl lee and economy to every 5; les ©: industry? Oe eens ara to hor gre is most ap- rent in regard to her ment assot— egricuity soll ‘ Ich were mene what, ‘Kaiser's realm. ts ples vi re ‘etd of of agricultural indus- rotation of crops, the any re of the soll, every comals iat is considered. not by Trice ‘haphazard into farming, "but learned and honored professors who GREEN CUAL S LATEST TERROR Lack of Experienced Drivers Has Brought Him Into Use, ‘The péril of the green chauffeur. has aAdod-fteelf to the other dangers of the ety that make life intereating to Little OM New Yorkers, Within the nolgh- ‘porhood of 2,000 sartomobiles in the thousands of them pur- qhased within the past month or two, of motor drivers tas been 4own to the ranks of ¢he mero novices, M31 of the skilled pilots aod mechantos were engawred af fast as they could bo hired, or as fast as the training schools turn-them out, The garages and Phauflour colleges, it lo said, have been may be thorgughtre ‘in vie Greater City, in the @onpitels and @ the police records. ‘She pervow aitisia who Abia from ee 2 oe Pavement at ‘@ tin- of a taplley it sow gail mor. strenuous inepiretion ‘the honk of the aute-hom: Runs Into Anything. secs cab horse has stepped on 4 you have been forcibly bumped jey car, it is ate to lay long @reen chauffeur will skim troll that 2 Roreptne off yernih and aie sont ONIN: PRET RE LT TRE TR TERI alstourage ibe gutomobite Pera iis nian ees Ui {HE WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 81, 1906. we have devoted Ifiviong study to the sci- ence, Agriculture Nation’s Backbone. “Agriculture 1s the backbone of a na- tion, It is ‘that which meKee | the money. Look at France. It indemnity erated by Germany ai “the Franco- Prussian war within half the stint: lated time. The French are the bi of the work. ere is more French money In England than the Chancellor pf the Exchequer likes to think about. The per, ita wenlth of France |s | greater than of sy other country in the universe, with the poselble excep- tlon of Canada. “Look at Japan. sates Httle land of Nippon has an ‘ural folk, and it is an agricultural fae that [eke t| supremacy. The land Is the cradle of the race. It {s the country that the ex- haunted energies of a town-llving peo- ple be recreated. The mineral wealth trot the Tehest mine ever located by ‘the prospector's hammer cannot, be made to yield perpetual treasure. richest yer cto Dna She Seepee a of coal will exhaus! . but the - of cont the ‘muiden wheat fleld ‘can be made as perpetual as the sun and the rain that bring forth its yeerly in- crease.’ Mr, HIM {s country-born, Ontario be- ing his native heath, and at the age of sixty-seven is a living example of the soundness of his beliefs. | eptinters of woot ‘To run them down full tit would be the rankest sort of cartessness. even on the part of the inexpert driver, Half-Baked Chauffeurs. ‘The damage done to the machines thamselves by these green men mount wp into the thousands of dollars, Own- ers of cars that cost anywhere from $5,000 to $0,000 hmve been oompelied to engage untrained chauffeurs because of the great demand since the Layriteey shows, when many million worth of autos were sold. There are 4 number of good chauf- feur e@chools, especially the ¥. M. ©. A. but they are not able to keep any- where within reach of the demand un- less they turn thelr pupils out before Shale, conree of if -soatrption ig half Aa: ial ey refuse guarantee \s leave them in Ne eunsee, oul gs not seem to owner, wi ohasifteurs continues to advertise me- end accept ara: aeen ehanic, ~ —— a PAUL DRESSER DEAD. Paul Dresser, the song writer, died of hdart trouble yesterday at the home: of -hie sister, Mrs, Nelson, No. 208 ‘West One Hundred and Sixth street. He was forty-peven years old, He was the quthor oe “On the Banks of the “Phe Letter that for Saris oie slightly , indispos 5 Berorsey he was taken bi a ae uf hig Beart and did * \\ {a creme Nivpne’oerr AS AM ARTERY DINNER SPEAKER, ‘i i WN a i mt a it ! Nh Hi iW Even in so big a sale as the oné we started yesterday, our own experienced men do all the fitting and selling. This is what we started with! Men’s overcoats at $20. ‘126 coats that were $50 To get in outside help aa mnie toate would be as foreign to our mes tm policy as to get in oubide]| = SSS dotters’ | yarments, as. 8 B80 With from 25% to 60% oy ba knocked off the price of every tf Winter sack overcoat in our Menis) cvercoats\at $12: 5° 96 Goats that ware $22. stock, our own men had no Ke Hea ™ on time yesterday to make any ue 8 8 HS count of what had been sold.) youths? overcoats, sizes 32 So this morning we can|to 35, at $15. only tell what we started the sae ee “330 sale with yesterday, and add 2S See 6 Li = that in both medium and full aia|length sacks, in plain and Youths? overcoats, sizes 32 belted coats, there are plenty to 35, is $0; Perey of choice bargains stilt anda ay oT cae Ke full assortment of sizes. noo tM He .|Rocers,Paet & Company. |Rocrrs, Pret & Company. : ‘Three Broadway Stores. ‘Three Broadway Stozes, ik 258 12 1260 258 “BAA ~ 4260 + at. at | opposite near opposite Warren st. 43th st. Sand st. | City Hall, Union ‘Square, Greeley Square, AVALANCHE HIT ‘Tre One Car Smashed ait Windows in] without warning and struck the rear ville Express on the Panhandle <yi ie of the Pennsylvania Company lines nar-| struck it, causing @ serious accident. wly escaped a'disaktrous acctient to- when tons of earth aad rock, lods- d by rain, o down ot "Duaitoane Helghts, on the gor side of the city, covering tho ralir tracks with: five feet of debris, avalanche of earth and rock came PASSENGER TRAIN. srt of thy express train, demolishing portion of the baggage car and break- dows In the ‘amet ‘Tne Others Broken, but Those Pennsylvania Flyer PITTSBURG, Jan. 31. ‘ston | full force of the sland: would have Saks & Company Broadway, 334 to 34th Street FOR THURSDAY WE ANNOUNCE Radical Price-Reductions INVOLVING OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF Fur Coats, Muffs and Neckpieces From extreme to extreme, from the most in- expensive to the most costly, every fur coat, muff arid neckpiece which our stock affords bas suffered a price-reduction of one-third to one-half. They are of sable, mink, ermine, chinchilla, lynx, broadtail, squirrel, Persian lamb and caracul, in a variety of models. Suits, Coats & Dresses for Women At Prices Extremely Reduced. oats of fine broadcloth, in white and hades, including exclusive imported and a adapted full-length models. Special at $25.00 to $98.00 Formerly $48.00 to $175.00 Important Special $69 to $79 Evening Coats at $35 Of fine broadcloth, in white, cream and even- ing shades, in a variety of full-length models. Fur-lined Coats in a series of full-length models, lined throughout with squirrel fur; large shawl collars of contrasting furs. Special at $25.00 to $95.00 Formerly $48.50 to $150.00 Important Special $65 to $85 Fur Lined Coats at $39, Full-length models of broadcloth in black, brown, gray, red, green, tan, white, pink, champagne or navy: lined with selected squirrel fur; collar of Persian lamb, lynx, squirrel or Alaska sable. Tailored Suits of broadcloth, velvet and mixtures, in black, navy, garnet, plum or green; in a variety of long and short-coat models. At $15.00 Formerly $25.00 to $29.50. At $25.00 Formerly $35.00 to $45.00, y $48.00 ) $75. 00. At $35. 00 nets, in a series of impressive models, Formerly $48.00 to $75.00, At $39.00 F ly $65.00 to $115.00. At $48.00 Important Special $75 Princess Dresses at $48 Of crepe de chine, in black, white, light blue, or pink, elatorately trimmed with lace in- sertions and fashioned over silk lining. ~Gold Plated Mesh Bags, $6.50 They are of German Silver in ring mesh design, mounted on rigid frames with soldered chatelaine chain and beaddrops. The entire bag is heavily plated .with fourteen karat gold, the good service of which We Warrant. Throughout, the bag islined with white kid; it has an inside change pocket. Lord & Taylor. Will Offer for Thursday and Friday, the Following Values:— | Crépe de Chine, 23 inches wide; street and evening shades; 75c. value ; 58c. BlackChiffon Votle, double width; VAIN 61.00 Yd... s severe crerer erences OSC Domestic Flannel, 130 pleces; value age, VG oncraiareser eee tee 12/ac, yd, Broadway and Teese hd fii Ave., Nineteenth St. Neal Dressesfor Maids. MAIDS’ HOU 100 Piece Gold Initial Dinner Sets; Just 3 D ‘Very Low Drice of 9. 69) Great $10,000 Sale of Eyeglasses that Commences To-Morrow, Thursday, Morning. In the fashionable skeleton design sale a ole ineaaticn sai with Byery J au Hel ae Be His faKer’s Ore oe it Bloomingdales’ for one day only. . D Au CARS leawsreR 70 V0 YUP LEXINGTON 10: SAVES 59°10 60° For Two Hours ~ To-Morrow, Thursday, (From 10 to 12 0’ Clock) The Bloomingdale Store will sell Women’s Smart Sorig Model Short oat Suits and Swagger Long} Coat Cheviot Suits, mwoatiea $8.98 | $20 jana $25, for Not one of the stylish suits in the lot that wouldn't command $18 to-day. Many were origl- nally $25, Every Suit isa Bargain Unequalled ly comers will have the choice of the cole n, of course, but there are enough to last gh two hours of yery lively selling. Enough salespeople to serve all comfortably. To superbly tailored, trimmed and " Jeaigned and made » lined with Splendid Specials in Just from the workrooms, Crisp and sa new dollar bill, aad you'll cheerfully pay ‘ice, because the worth is so much more. DRESSES, in light and dark colors; full front, with three rows of turnover collar and "O8c percales, fitted and full front stitched tucks, wit extra wide pine blu uk $1.49 4 } i —Windsor & Ni = I _ordinary col, Wes 3 i Made to your order and delivered in 2 weeks. MB OBET) in the regular way the price would be $30. The Homer, Laughlin Pottery Co., E; ine porcelain included in this rens Other stores are selling the Every piece in these sets is embi ‘old border, and an additional thin gold line, ng, in gold, Your Own Initial in ‘Old te Included in the set are a soup ¢ ishes will retain their color and not r shape soup plates. The ¥ from St_Srotion $3 Gold Spring Eyeglasses, 85cf The above is one of the most important offerings in our and Spectacles Every pair in the sale was made in the most scien- tific manner by the most reliable concerns in the country, and are otfered at y 50 to 75% below Value. $4, 00 Pebble Eyeglasses & Spectacles, Per Pair, ai 95c Genuine ax $1.50 Eyeglasses and Spectacles at 50c. with patent cork nose nd clips. Glai that are “every day ‘at the clusive optician oi) aie m- 39 and +! $2.00 Eyegl Spectacles al 68c. et in goldolne frames, a whic hh J8 solid all the way throu and will not tarnish or br lish aml durable. You sider them splendid vali pair. You can pu the Tecth Extracted” FREE, From 9 o‘clock until noon to-mor row you may have that aching o: decayed tooth taken out withou: the least bit of pain and without costing you a single cent. We make this proposition to prove that our way of extracting teeth Is the only one that ly ab- volutely painless, pig, Sa OF Narmrul drug ts ap- 1 work is of the highest All our den Our dental parlors est and best Radio-Magno Razors 8&8C It is Impossible Wio cut vour face fqwith this com- tion of the a shaving hard rT possible gi are among the equipped In the city, Equally tm- portant ts the fact that we do the finest dental work at ES ar ites half the usual cost. Opright ov shayin, The Wondertul Gillette Satety Hasor, with its 12 doublo’- edged blades 20" $5 rexoes in lo. 1 Star Safety 22-kt Gold Crowns} $3.00) Full Sets of Teeth) From or ki Gad Croyas Razors for $1.50. eae sroor, Beh Bh ete ee i rs, Bloomingdales’, ssi to cou st