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Show I I In Hotel Corridors I -r-H HUlilltHI H--H-H- B. B. VON' RANTENFELD, deputy commissioner Chlneso Imperial Mnrltlmo Customs Service at Swaton. China, arrived ar-rived In the city Sunday morning, and registered at I he Knutsfurd. "Swaton." Commissioner von Kantcn-I Kantcn-I fold snld. "is situated In Southern China, a short distance northenst of Hong Kong, and it Is an Important treaty point. A great deal of shipping is dono from thcro by various nations. America is represented repre-sented in a business way by the Standard Stand-ard Oil company, which has an established estab-lished agency in Swaton. A great deal of American flour is shipped to that city. The principal export is cano sugar. There , Is hut little change in that country from , year to year. There Is no advancement . among the common people. The Chinese . business men are advancing nnd to some extent are adopting modern methods, but they are not so apt and quick In that direction as the .Inpanose. I have had considerable experience with the Japanese In the customs sorvlco, where many of them aro given clerical position, and I have always found them competent and reliable. "The Chinese Imperial Maritime Sorvlco Sorv-lco was established bv Sir Robert Hart, about fifty years ago. The establishment establish-ment of this service in the collecting of customs Is worth to China about $40,000,-000 $40,000,-000 annually. Sir Robert Hart Is In."Ve--tor general of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Mari-time Customs and Port. He ban established estab-lished a postal system for China. Sir I Robert Hart Js to China what Lord Cro- mar has been to Egypt, and by the establishment es-tablishment of his maritime customs has saved to China millions of dollars annually an-nually He is the most appreciated man I in China, and the government has advanced ad-vanced him to the highest rank within the power of the emperor to bestow. Sir Robert Hart Is worthy of this recognition. recogni-tion. I have been in tho Chinese Imperial Im-perial Customs Service since 1803, and four years of mat time, and before I was advanced to a deputy commissioner- I ship. I was one of his secretaries and In a position to know the worth and gTcat executive ability of the baronet. Sir Robert Rob-ert Bredon, K. C, M. O.. deputy inspector general, Is also an able man and very fiopular. lie will undoubtedly become the napector general upon the retirement of Sir Robert. He Is eminently qualified by training and experience 'o fill tho position acceptably and render efficient service." ."Is thin your first visit in America?" "Five years ago, in returning to my port, I crossed the continent from Now York to San Francisco, but made no stops. This time upon my reUirn to Europe Eu-rope I am traveling by easy stages, so as to see os much of the country as my j time will permit. I am on a iwo years' leave of abtence. I am a native of the Russian Baltics. Tills afternoon I start for the Yellowstone park, the grandeur of which I have heard so much. Did you say you are a representative of (he Salt Inke Tribune? It is a irreat naner I have seen copies of It in China. Two of your American mlnlsteis to China I knew very well Uc-neral Denby nnd Minister Min-ister Conger. J was with Conger during tho siege of Poking. That was a time that tried men's and women's courage. The Americans w?ro brave, courageous and resourceful, and in the end tho American Amer-ican government treated China with a, magnaminity and generosity that was a revelation to other nations. This Is a. great country and can afford to bo generous gen-erous In Its dealings with other tuitions. I like the Americans. They differ in manv respects front any other people on earth. Numbers of American tourists visit Swaton every year, and their numbers num-bers are increasing. Upon arriving at a place they got out their Yankee ln-quiKltlvencss. ln-quiKltlvencss. and when they get. through what they don't know of a place lsnrt worth making a memorandum of. Tho American business man on the other hand rushes Into a place, attends to tho business busi-ness In hand, sees nothing and If he has to tako a twenty hours' Journey he wants to get thero in less hours. Ho sees and knowa nothing of the country through which he passes and cares less. That's when he Is on business, mind. Tf he were visiting the Fame cities and . country as a tourist ho would gather knowledge enough of the country, Its resources, re-sources, tho customs of the people and tho like to mako a fair-sized book." "Is living high In China?" "Yes. I thought exceedingly high until 1 struck Salt Lake. . Since coming here 1 have changed my mind aa to high prices of living In China. 1 have been In San' Francisco and Just came here from Los Angeles, and I want to tell vou that those, places are not in It with Salt Lako In prices of living. But I like the city and greatly enjoyed tho muslo produced by the organ and tho singing by the Mormon choir this afternoon. after-noon. If I come this way when I return re-turn to China 1 shnll mako It a point to stop longer." JUDGE CH1DESTER of Richfield Is In tho city on judicial business, a guest of tho Wilson, The Judge reports Richfield as prospering, business la uood and the , city continues to expand. There Is considerable con-siderable building going on In the ereu- I tlon of business, hounes and dwellings. The mines of Scvlor county nrn showing up well with development nnd the mining outlook was never more encouraging. "The range thiH year," said tho Judge, "is rank with luxurious grass and vegetation vege-tation and in the territory which comprises com-prises my Judicial district, the Sixth, thero is better paeturo for stock on mountain moun-tain and In vale, than has gladdened tinman tin-man oye for a decado past. Crops of all kinds bid fair to yield abundantly: prices are good; so that, taking all together, the farmers of Southern Utah are traveling travel-ing along Independent lines. Tho two great Industries of Utah, farming und mining,, aro prosperous with us tills year." w EDWARD BECIvMAN,- of St. Louis, . ' . t'i " - " v I spent Sunday In the city, a guest of the ! Kenyon. Mr. Becktnan, accompanied bv j his wife. Is on his return East from a visit of Inspection to tho Garnet Gold Mining company's properties at Pony, Mont., of which company Mr. Beckman owns a majority of the stock. Tho mine has been operated for the last threo years and Is In a prosperous condition Tho mino Is a concentrating proposition and its mill, which has been In operation for come time. Is giving vcrj- satisfactory result?. re-sult?. The ore contains gold, silver, lead and j copper. "Gold, however," Mr. Beckman says, "Is the predominating metal. I , took with me on this trip Mr. Hunt or Hunt h Co.. of Chicago, one of the most j-prominent consulting mining engineers In tho country to s'7-e up tho property and ascertain tho lines of least reslstanco I along which to develop tho property so , as to produce the best results In tho production pro-duction of ore. Mr. Hunt's work comes high, but it is my experience in business that tho high priced professional man Is tho cheapest. If you want to pay something some-thing for nothing, get a cheap man." "I sco by your card that you are in tho commercial paper business, and that you llvo In St. Louis. How did you become interested In mining?" My business makes it incumbent upon me to watch the successes and failures In all kinds and clnses of business. This I havo done since I first began dealing in commercial paper, seventeen years ago. I have watched tho success of mining ns compared with commercial business, and statistics show that In the year 1005 thorn were It per cent of failures In legitimate mining, and In the same year there were over 71 por cent of failures In commercial lines. So that vou see Ihcro are far less failures in legitimate mining Industries thnn In any other. Mining Is based .on a sound foundation gold nnd silver. Vou can't beat It St. Louis is the wealthiest city of Its sire in tho L"nitcd Stnloa, and its capitalists are a general rule arc not given to wild or uncertain speculation They live in Misnourl, and havo to be Bhown. Three years ago I Induced a number num-ber of capltallstH to engage in mining In different part of the oro-bearing regions of the West, and T am happy to any their Investments have proved profitable beyond be-yond expectations. There is no difficulty In plnclng a legitimate mining proposition )n St. Louis. They havo tho money and aro fast cultivating a tnslo for mining. "I brought Mrs. Bookman with nic this time that she might experience tho ox-hlllrallng ox-hlllrallng effects of the rarlfled ozono-ladcn ozono-ladcn air of tho mountains and she has enjoyed every moment, of the trip to tho fullest extent. We think Salt Lake Is a delightful city and tho most progressive In the country. Salt Luke, in my opinion, opin-ion, is more favorably oltuatod to become a great city and business center than any other in the county devoid of doep water navigation, and In time It will crowd most of our coast cities." . REV. G. M. BALCQFF and wife, of Mansfield, 111., arrived In the city Sunday and aro guests of tho Wilson. 3L II. SWARTZ, of Washington, D. C. an official of the Government Land Department, De-partment, arrived In Salt Lake Sunday and Is a guest of tho Cullen. SIR FREDERICK GRAHAM and party of England, returned to tho city Sunday from a trip to the Yellowstone and are eucats of the Knutsford. |
