Show PROSPERITY SURE SAYS HARRIMAN Railroad Talks Poli Politics Politics tics and Some Business to Reporters in Ogden It matter who s elected dent at the coming election the country will prosper Just the same said E H II as he sat In his private car yesterday to newspaper men The people arc nrc going right along raising grain growing fruit and so forth Of Or course H It Hmay may be a n little severe for tor a while but the people are arc becoming more rational and it cannot last long lon That is It the thu way wa the railroad magnate answered a n question as to what would be the result In the event of or Bryans elec tion next fall He was In a talkative mood and chatted with the reporters as long as the train was in Ogden O den He laughed when an Inquiry was made as to his health In connection with the reports sent out from Omaha It was pretty warm in Chicago I guess 1 I have the right to feel teel a little in disposed once in a while Im going over o er to California to rest for a month or so he said as us his train pulled out at 1 0 for the west westA westA A cub reporter asked ask d Mr Ir Harriman what there was to the tho report that he was going to effect a combination with the lines Turning sharply upon his herald h ald t ask me anything silly You rd the tho papers dont you I talked on anything of ot that sort In New York or Chicago and there Is no reason why you ou should expect me to talk on it here I Ican can cant t afford to pay pa any attention to such foolish subjects Talking on existing conditions of ot the railroad world he lie said ald that in 1903 he told President Roosevelt that It was wrong to give the interstate commerce commission so 80 much power without giving the rail railroads roads any protection Since that time he said they ther have come to realize that I Iwas Iwas was right In all the messages to congress you ou could see were reaching out In that direction and at the present time they the are groping gl around in the tho dark and dont know where they the are at The people are becoming more rational these days das and things have to be conducted on ona onn a n more conservative basis These erratic acts alts work no good for tor anyone anone Like every thing else these matters will adjust them themselves selves elves in time Traffic Is not nearly as good as It was List year ear In spots It may mn be Just as good but it is not general Like the financial situation traffic conditions are gradual gradually ly resuming normal shape Money lIoney In the east Is easier casler for tor those who can furnish the necessary securities but for those who cannot Titles it is just as tight as heretofore However Ho ev r I believe the general ge condition of ot the money market is gradually improving all the time We Ve have been making some Improvements along the system all aU the time but not to the extent we would like Our Intention Is to increase the improvement work as fast tast as we can secure the money mone By way wa of ot Illustration as to what crop conditions are in the middle west Mr Ir HarrIman an said saidI I was asleep when we passed through Iowa but I saw what was going on in Nebraska I told Mr Ir to pre prepare prepare pare to ship pianos and automobiles automobile out there as I r thought the people there would need more of ot them than anything else this year ear Mr Ir Harriman was accompanied as tar far faras taras as Ogden by b Vice President and General Manager A L Mohler of ot the Union Pa Pacific At Olden Ogden he was met by General Manager W V H Bancroft of ot the Short Line who accompanied him west |