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Brown, and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - - -[Illustration: PILLARS OF HERCULES, CHEYENNE CANON. - -_Frontispiece._] - - - - - A TRIP TO THE ROCKIES - - BY - B. R. C. - - - NEW YORK - The Knickerbocker Press - 1890 - - - - - The Knickerbocker Press, New York - Electrotyped and Printed by - G. P. Putnam’s Sons - - - - - TO THE “DALMATIA” PARTY - - THE MOST INTELLIGENT AND CONGENIAL COMPANY - OF TOURISTS THAT THE - “SKY-KISSING CLIFFS AND PRAIRIES PRANKED WITH FLOWERS” - EVER WELCOMED - - WHOSE ASSOCIATION WILL EVER BE CHERISHED AMONG THE - “PLEASURES OF MEMORY” - - THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED - - - - - Journeys are memoried in light or shade; - This one in sunlight, when, by chance, - Strangers to most, all ages and all whims, - We for a fortnight sojourned far from home; - A memory, where the heart and eye - Replete, lie still and dream again. - God gave the view--a human heart the feast. - What star of fortune brought our lives - In happy contact? Here we trace - The secret of our rare content-- - The outline of each happy day. - - E. H. S. - - - - -A Trip to the Rockies. - - -For three months--since my first visit to Kansas in June last--the -anticipation of another visit had been uppermost in many minds. - -The writer was authorized by Mr. Blanchard to select a party of -bankers and business men of New York and Brooklyn to attend the annual -convention of the “American Bankers’ Association,” to be held in Kansas -City, September 24th and 25th. To add to the growing interest, already -manifested in the trip by the elect, a telegram was received, as -follows: “Hutchinson, Kansas, July 23d. Each guest will have a section, -and is cordially invited to bring his wife.--Ben Blanchard.” This -telegram was the keystone to the arch. Had the Pullman Company been -able to furnish a larger car, our number would have been doubled. As -the car was too long to go over the B. & O., via Washington, Harper’s -Ferry, and Cumberland Gap, on account of the short curves, we went via -Pennsylvania through Harrisburg, Johnstown, and Altoona. - -The ever-watchful reporter was on hand, and the following description -from the Brooklyn _Standard-Union_ was a very good report of our car -and company as we left Jersey City, September 23d. - -“A large party of Brooklynites crossed Fulton Ferry early this morning, -most of the men carrying gripsacks and the ladies satchels. It was -evidently a party of tourists; and the wide-awake wage-workers, who -were crossing the ferry at the same time, recognizing some of the -best-known people of the ‘City of Churches’ in the party, wondered what -was going on. They dismissed the subject from their minds eventually, -arriving at the conclusion that they were a small party off on a little -pleasure trip. In one respect they were right. The party was off on a -pleasure trip, but it was not a little one. In fact it was a very large -one, and the _Standard-Union_ reporter learned all the particulars. He -ascertained that the American Bankers’ Association hold their annual -convention at Kansas City on Wednesday and Thursday next, and the -party who started from Brooklyn were bound for there. Among the party -were Ben Blanchard, President of the Empire Loan and Trust Company, of -Hutchinson, Kan.; Hon. Darwin R. James and Mrs. James; Hon. John Jay -Knox, President Bank of the Republic, late Comptroller U. S. Currency, -accompanied by his two daughters, Miss Carrie and Miss Bessie Knox; -Edward Merritt, President Long Island Loan and Trust Company, and Mrs. -Merritt; Hon. D. O. Bradley, President Tarrytown National Bank, and -Mrs. Bradley; Capt. Ambrose Snow, President New York Board of Trade; -Frank W. Shaw, M.D.; Crowell Hadden, President Long Island Bank, and -Mrs. Hadden; Miss Louise I. Shannon, Miss Jeanie S. Corwin, Miss Jennie -S. Brush; Major B. R. Corwin, Eastern Manager Empire Loan and Trust -Co., and Mrs. Corwin, and others. - -“They went in Mr. Blanchard’s special car, the Dalmatia, which was -attached to the fast express of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The elegant -car was most magnificently decorated with silk flags and flowers, -and every possible provision was made for not only the comfort but -royal entertainment of the tourists. An excellent library, beautiful -portfolios, dainty note-books bound in Russian leather, checkers, -chess, dominos, and other games, and in fact every thing that could -possibly be thought of to fan the leaden wings of time, were placed at -the disposal of the party. One of the sets of dominos that were in the -car was made of genuine shell pearl, and is the costliest set in the -country. They are the property of Mr. Blanchard, and have accompanied -him on thousands of miles of journeys. The flag decoration of the car -was done by Fred Aldridge, of this city, and the floral decorations -by Florist Weir, of Clinton Street. The party left Jersey City at 9 -o’clock this morning, expecting to arrive at St. Louis Tuesday evening, -and Kansas City Wednesday morning.” - -As our party entered the “Dalmatia” there were expressions of delight -from all. It was a perfect bower of roses. We laid aside our wraps, had -a moment to say good-bye to friends and then our train rolled out of -the depot and rushed on westward bound. - -We were very much disappointed that E. H. Pullen, Esq., Cashier of the -Bank of the Republic, and Mrs. Pullen could not go with us,--we could -not have both the president and chief executive officer. We would have -included Asst. Cashier Stout if possible. James P. Stearns, Esq., -Cashier of the Shawmut National Bank of Boston, and Mrs. Stearns, and -John A. Nexsen, Esq., Cashier of the Fulton Bank of Brooklyn, and Mrs. -Nexsen, General C. T. Christensen and Mrs. Christensen, Wm. H. Hazzard, -Esq., President of the Fulton Bank of Brooklyn, and Mrs. Hazzard, and -Mark W. Stevens, Esq., President of the Schoharie County Bank, and -Mrs. Stevens, were among the invited guests, and were detained by -circumstances that could not be controlled. - -The day was beautiful. Our party were charmed with their surroundings. -The morning hours vanished all too soon, and lunch was announced. It -was our first introduction to the cuisine of the “Dalmatia,” and one -that will not soon be forgotten. Speeding along at sixty miles an -hour, seated in a luxuriantly appointed vestibuled Pullman palace car, -surrounded by a party of congenial friends, enjoying a lunch second to -none, is an experience peculiarly well fitted to make one in good humor -with himself and all the world. - -At Philadelphia the railroad officials met us at the depot to see if -any thing had been forgotten that would add to our comfort. - -The afternoon flew away from us fully as fast as we were flying from -New York. Dinner was called. Such a dinner! We spent over two hours -enjoying it, and only stopped to take a view of the ruins of Johnstown. -It was dark, but the electric lights and the many torches of the -workmen gave us a weird view of the desolation never to be forgotten. -We crossed the Stone Bridge of dreadful memories safely, and soon after -retired to our comfortable sleeping apartments, and slept soundly while -we continued our journey at undiminished speed. - -At Indianapolis we were met by the General Passenger Agent of the Bee -Line, who extended to us every courtesy. After holding the train nearly -an hour for us, that we might get a glimpse of Indiana’s capital, he -gave us a rapid run to Terre Haute at a mile a minute gait. After a -beautiful day we ran into a heavy shower just as the lights of St. -Louis came into view across the Father of Waters. After crossing the -wonderful structure over the Mississippi, second only to the Brooklyn -bridge, we rolled into the St. Louis Union Depot exactly on time. -“What crowds of people!” was the exclamation from each of our party. -The General Agent of the Missouri Pacific Railroad came with us from -Indianapolis and had our car attached at once to the fast express on -this favorite line to Kansas City. After a second night’s refreshing -sleep, morning found us steaming into the city five minutes ahead of -time. - -We were to attend the convention of the American Bankers’ Association. -At the depot we were met by the committee, ex-Governor Crittenden, and -leading bankers. The convention was large, and its discussions were -interesting. - -The most important topic for consideration before the Association was -the proposition to substitute Silver Certificates for “Legal-Tender and -National Bank Notes.” The speech of ex-Comptroller John Jay Knox, who -was one of our party, was unanswerable, and should be recorded as an -incident of our journey. We say, like the boy blowing the organ to the -professor at the key-board: “We did that nicely, sir.” - -“The proposition of Mr. St. John involves the withdrawal of the -legal-tender notes, the disbursement of the $100,000,000 of gold, -pledged as security for the redemption of these notes, the increased -issue of silver coinage and of silver certificates from $2,000,000 -worth to $4,000,000 per month, and finally the giving of these silver -certificates the quality of legal tender. - -“Mr. St. John, we all know, is sincere, is honest in the advocacy -of his opinions; but to me it is as clear as the light of day, that -every one of these propositions is unwise and impracticable, if not -grievously, flagrantly wrong. Do the gentlemen of the convention know -that the proposition giving the legal-tender quality to circulating -notes was discussed by the people of this country previous to the -adoption of the Constitution; and that it was, perhaps, the most -difficult question that was considered by the Fathers in the convention -that prepared and finally adopted the Constitution of the United States. - -“The question involves such serious, such far-reaching consequences -that its discussion has been avoided by all the great financiers, by -all the public men of this country from the outset. From time to time -it has been brought before Congress and laid aside as impracticable and -unwise,[A] but finally placed upon the statute-book, not as a measure -of choice, not because any considerable number of members of Congress -believed in it, but because they reluctantly came to the conclusion -that it was a measure necessary to provide for carrying on a civil war -unequalled in the history of nations. - -“Does this convention propose to decide in an hour or a day, a new -question of legal tender when it is known that the original proposition -has been under consideration ever since the organization of this -government, and finally passed only as a means of salvation in the -midst of a great war? Does this convention in a moment propose to -consider and decide a new question of legal tender, when it is known -that the original question was before the Supreme Court of the United -States for consideration for weeks and months? The Supreme Court of -the United States, presumed to be composed of the greatest men in -this country and of the greatest jurists of these times, have twice -reversed their own judgment on this subject. First, they decided that -the legal-tender act was unconstitutional; secondly, they decided that -the constitutionality of the legal-tender notes was based upon the war -powers of Congress; and their third decision--to the surprise of the -country--was that Congress has power to issue legal-tender circulating -notes to an unlimited extent in time of peace as well as in time of -war. - -“The legal-tender note which we have is a promise to pay. It is a -promise to pay one hundred cents in gold, and every man in and out -of Congress knows that it is a promise to pay one hundred cents in -gold, and also that we have held almost from the date of the issue of -the legal-tender note to the present time $100,000,000 of gold in the -Treasury with which to pay or redeem these notes. This $100,000,000 -of gold was first set aside for that purpose by a Republican -Administration, but subsequently by a Democratic Administration, -so that both of the great parties of the country are thoroughly -committed to it. First, a Republican Administration has set aside this -$100,000,000 in the Treasury sacred for the purpose of redeeming every -dollar of legal-tender paper money which may be presented for payment. -Secondly, the Secretary of the Treasury, Daniel Manning, and Conrad N. -Jordan, the Treasurer of the United States, devised a new system of -debt statement. The Treasury statement prepared by John Sherman was not -satisfactory to the Democratic Administration of President Cleveland. -For that reason his Secretary of the Treasury and his Treasurer of the -United States devised a new statement, and took this $100,000,000 out -of the general fund in which it was placed by their predecessors, thus -proclaiming to all the world that it was not to be even thought of as -available for general expenditures thereafter, but was to be left -there as a sacred fund in gold to be paid to every man in this country -upon the presentation of these legal-tender notes. - -“And what now does the gentleman propose to substitute for these -legal-tender notes which are secured[B] not only by $100,000,000 of -gold, but by your property and my property, and by the property of -every citizen, by the resources of the whole country. What does he -propose to substitute for this promise to pay? This promise made by -this great nation, which it is bound to keep or be disgraced, as you -or I would be disgraced if we should not meet our obligations? He -proposes to substitute warehouse receipts--these are his words, not -mine--warehouse receipts, which he himself acknowledges to-day to have -an intrinsic value of but 71-1/2 cents. - -“He proposes a new doctrine, never before heard of either in or out of -Congress, to make, not a promise to pay (of the nation) a legal tender, -but what he calls a silver warehouse receipt, a legal tender, which you -and I shall be forced to take in full payment no matter what may be its -value. - -“This is a new doctrine, gentlemen; it is a doctrine that we should go -slow about; that should be well considered by the best financial minds -of this country. I venture to say that if it goes before Congress it -will not be decided in one session; it will not get out of the hands -of committee in one session; it involves the financial history of this -country from the time of Thomas Jefferson down to the present date. -Gentlemen who suppose that they can, upon hearing one paper read with -a few figures, come to an intelligent conclusion upon the subject, -deceive themselves. Such a subject should be considered seriously in -all its bearings, and if so considered, mark my words, it will be -declined. - -“Furthermore, what else does this proposition seek to do? - -“The proposition is that we shall issue certificates which the -gentleman calls warehouse receipts, based upon a silver dollar now -worth 71-1/2 cents, and then keep on buying silver bullion until it -advances 28 cents on the dollar, making the dollar worth intrinsically -99-1/2 cents. - -“Was any merchant in the history of the world ever known to go into the -market and buy wheat or corn or oats, or any marketable property, and -to continue to buy it day in and day out, week in and week out, month -in and month out, year in and year out, upon a rising market created -by himself! We have all heard of corners in stock in New York, and -corners in wheat in Chicago, where speculators not infrequently raise -the price of stocks or of wheat to a high and false value by a trick, -and then oblige other people to buy their accumulation at fictitious -value in order to fulfil their contracts! But no man ever before heard -of an individual or a nation making a corner upon himself or itself -and obliging himself or the nation to buy other people’s commodities -at high and false values created by the purchaser! Gentlemen, do you -propose to do this foolish thing? I hope not. This Convention of -Bankers has from the beginning shown itself to be a conservative body -on all these questions. I beg you to remain conservative. Let the -Congress of the United States consider these subjects and take the -responsibility. I know of no question that has ever been introduced -here and sent to Congress for consideration of which I would be -ashamed. But it is not for us to say that we can comprehend in an hour -these great questions of legal tender which the Supreme Court has taken -years to consider. And I hope their last decision will not long hence -be again reversed by a new court that may arise. I believe with George -Bancroft,[C] that some day or other it will be reversed, and that it -will be held that legal tender is a thing to be issued in time of war -only. Kings and crowns have clipped the dollar; they have cut it down -one half and two thirds and three fourths. Nobody but tyrants can force -a poor man to take 70 cents for 100 cents in gold, or 30 cents, or any -sum less than 100 cents exactly. Gentlemen, I entreat you to go slow on -this subject. Nothing is lost by a little time. You might not decide in -a day a transaction involving but $10,000 in your own banks. You would -not decide in an hour unless you knew every thing about the subject. -Let us consider these four great propositions wisely and diligently, -and then be able to give an intelligent reason for our decision.” - -Mr. Knox was frequently applauded. Then Mr. Sneed again came forward. -“Gentlemen,” he remarked, “I had not intended to say any thing more on -this subject; I am not going to make a speech. But my friend Mr. Knox, -known to all as a man of the very highest character--and I say that -there is no man among those who compose this body for whom I have a -higher regard; I have served with him in these conventions since their -organization; I know him not only to be fair and generous and just, -but he is more, he is a man--and I say it without disparagement to any -other man in this convention--who has given this subject and other -subjects of finance his most careful consideration. But we are all -inclined to run in a groove; it is natural. And I believe that Mr. Knox -is just as honest in his view on this question as I am in mine. But Mr. -Knox is a monometallist. Mr. Knox believes there ought to be but one -coin, and that gold. Now a great many, and very great many men in this -country believe that; but I tell you, gentlemen, the time will come----” - -Mr. Knox: “If the gentleman will allow me, I wish to make the statement -that I am not a monometallist in the sense which he means. I wish to -remain on the gold standard, but nevertheless I am willing to agree -to as free a use of silver as possible, while still maintaining -that standard. I am willing to increase the coinage of silver from -$2,000,000 to $2,500,000 per month. But I want the silver certificates -which are based on the silver dollars to always remain so close to the -value of the gold dollar that no man, rich or poor, can hereafter lose -any thing by their depreciation. - -“I want this silver certificate to be always worth 100 cents in gold. -I believe in a single gold standard, supplemented by the use of all -the silver dollars that can be kept at par in gold. This is not -monometallism in the sense used by the gentleman, who would give the -impression that I am against the use of any silver whatever. - -“I have therefore introduced a resolution providing that hereafter in -the issue of silver certificates, such certificates shall be secured by -silver bullion worth in the market 100 cents on the dollar. So long as -we remain upon the gold standard, so long as the present legal-tender -silver-dollar coin remains worth 100 cents, these silver-bullion -certificates will be redeemable with the standard-silver dollar. -But if we suspend gold payment then the standard-silver dollar will -decline in value, and in that event the holder of these silver-bullion -certificates shall be entitled to receive the full face value of these -certificates in silver bullion at its market value. Use both gold and -silver for our currency, but maintain the silver dollar at par with -the gold dollar. I want to keep the two metals as close together as -possible, so that a man who has debts to pay can pay them in gold -value; and you, gentlemen, who have money loaned out can receive back -in payment an equivalent to a dollar in gold. This is my proposition; -these are my views. - -“I wish all the bankers of the country to be able to pay their -depositors, like honest men, in the same coin which they have received; -or, at least, to return them the value of the money which they received -on deposit. - -“The issue of silver certificates hereafter based on their bullion -value will prevent, without the possibility of doubt, loss to either -debtor or creditor. - -“I thank the gentleman from Kentucky for giving me the opportunity -for expressing my views upon the resolution which I presented to the -convention. I intended to have made this explanation at the outset, but -these remarks upon the resolution were inadvertently omitted.” - - * * * * * - -It is proper to say that the proposition under consideration was -subsequently considered by the Executive Council of the American -Banking Association, to whom it was referred, and resulted in a vote of -16 to 3 against the measure. The report of the Council can be obtained -upon application to the Association. - -The Secretary of the Treasury in his very able and interesting report -just issued (December, 1889), proposes to issue certificates based -upon the market value of silver. He declined to recommend that these -certificates should be a legal tender between individuals, and believed -that such an issue would be unconstitutional. - -He said: “While our circulation now embraces gold and silver coin and -four kinds of paper money, there is in reality, since 1873, but one -standard. Section 3,511, Revised Statutes, provides that ‘the gold coin -of the United States shall be a one dollar piece, which at the standard -weight of 25.8 grains shall be the unit of value.’... Our legal-tender -notes have behind them, in the vaults of the Treasury, a reserve of -$100,000,000 in gold provided as a guarantee for their redemption. -Our bank currency is based upon United States bonds, the principal -and interest of which are payable in gold. Our gold certificates are -expressly made redeemable in gold coin.” - - * * * * * - -Kansas City is the first point of interest west of St. Louis, just on -the border line between Missouri and Kansas, situated on the Missouri -side, but in acknowledgment of the fact that the city is built by, -for, and from the products of the “Sunflower State,” it was named -Kansas City. The growth and prosperity of this city is phenomenal. The -immense stores, packing houses, and railroads--steam, cable, elevated, -and horse-car lines,--all combined to amaze us beyond expression. It -is difficult to convince a New Yorker that there is any thing solid -west of the Hudson River. We found substantial prosperity west of the -Missouri. Kansas City hotels are not surpassed in this country. Our -host had secured for the party elegant rooms and parlors at the Coates -House; but to give us evidence that “The Coates” was not the only -first-class hotel in the city, he invited us to breakfast and dine at -“The Midland.” We were served in the private dining-room. Would any of -us decline a breakfast like that served on Wednesday morning, Sept. -25, 1889, at the Midland Hotel? After two full days of enjoyment and -sight-seeing we returned to our house on wheels, and retired to rest, -realizing that we should be transported during our sleep to another -city and another State--Kansas,--one of the youngest of the sisterhood -of States, and also one of the seven surplus-producing agricultural -States of the Union. - -For the purpose of giving us ample opportunity to witness the growth of -Kansas in material wealth and moral power, Mr. Blanchard invited us to -make a careful inspection and tour of the State, and see for ourselves -if its prosperity and wonderful resources had been fully stated, or -even approximately understood, by the bankers and business men of New -York. - -Friday morning the sun rose bright and clear. It found our car on -the side track commanding a magnificent view of one of the finest -boulevards of Topeka, the capital of this great prohibition State. -We had hardly finished breakfast when eight elegant carriages dashed -up to the car. In a few moments we were being rapidly driven up the -boulevard to the Hotel Throop, where we were welcomed by manager -Doolittle, a friend of Mr. Blanchard. After being shown to our rooms, -we again entered our carriages and were treated to a most enjoyable -drive through the principal streets and avenues of this most beautiful -city. After calling at the principal banks we returned to our palatial -quarters at the Hotel Throop, where we were honored with a call by a -special committee from the Board of Trade. - -The Hotel Throop is sufficient evidence that prohibition does not -damage the business of a first-class hotel. Mrs. James questioned the -driver of her carriage, a very bright and intelligent man, and his -testimony was positive in favor of prohibition as a benefit to his -business. - -Hon. D. O. Bradley interviewed the superintendent of police. The -testimony from the police department showed a decrease in the number -of arrests by the police of the city of Topeka. For the month of -September, 1889, they were only one half the number for September, -1882, with double the population in 1889. - -Mr. Doolittle had prepared for us a special menu. The banquet room and -tables were most elegantly decorated with beautiful flowers. We were -so taken up with the attractions of the table that the hours passed by -unheeded. The telephone recalled us to the stern realities of life by -announcing that our car was attached to the Westbound “Thunderbolt” -and that train of thirteen coaches crowded with through passengers was -awaiting our presence in the “Dalmatia.” We hurried to our carriages -and were driven at full speed to our car, and before we had hardly -recovered our breath Topeka had vanished and the broad prairie was in -sight. - -The whole afternoon was spent in watching the panorama of cities and -towns, farms and ranches, creeks and rivers, as we rushed by them. -For nearly the whole distance between Topeka and Emporia we passed -through one of the great coal-fields of Kansas. After leaving Emporia -and the noted limestone quarries of Strong City, our path lay through -an almost continuous field of corn, until we reached the thriving city -of Newton. After a moment’s stop we rushed on through wheat, corn, -and oats until the famous Arkansas Valley was reached, and Hutchinson -loomed in view. Our car was soon on the _house_ track, and we found a -large company awaiting to welcome us, among whom were: S. W. Campbell, -Esq., President First National Bank; John Lowry, Esq., President Iowa -Town Company; George S. Bourne, Esq., Treasurer Empire Loan and Trust -Company; J. R. Pope, Esq., Cashier Valley State Bank; F. R. Chrisman, -Esq., Cashier People’s State Bank; Samuel Matthews, Esq.; Miles Taylor, -Editor _Daily News_; E. L. Meyer, Esq., Cashier First National Bank; W. -T. Atkinson, Esq., Cashier National Bank of Commerce; James McKinstry, -Esq., Attorney at Law; A. J. Lusk, Esq., President Hutchinson National -Bank; W. R. Bennett, Esq., Vice-President Empire Loan and Trust -Company, and many others. They crowded our spacious hotel car, and -introductions followed. At the request of the party, presented by a -committee of ladies, Mr. Knox consented to deliver to us the address -which he had prepared for response to the toast, “The East,” at the -“Bankers’ Banquet,” of the American Bankers’ Association, at Kansas -City. Did orator ever have a more unique auditorium or attentive and -appreciative audience? - -He said: “No American, returning home, can sail through the beautiful -harbor and bay of New York without experiencing a thrill of joy and -pride at the unequalled location of this great Eastern city and the -rapid strides with which it attracts and combines all the elements -which have heretofore formed the largest cities of the world! The -Germans drink their bumpers, at home and abroad, to the river Rhine. -The river Hudson was the first link of communication between the -East and the West. Eighty years or more ago our fathers celebrated -the opening of the Erie Canal with a joy unequalled by any of our -modern celebrations. They felt that the East and the West were brought -more closely together by adding this second link to the methods of -transportation. - -“I remember when a boy to have visited the cabin of one of the -passenger packets of the Erie Canal at nightfall. It reminded me of the -buttery of my grandmother in the country on the farm, which was a long -room with pans of milk placed on shelves on either side, with a narrow -passage between. In this cabin, instead of glistening pans of milk, -the passengers were laid to sleep upon the shelves. Outside, three -horses on the towpath drew the boat, and upon the horses were boys to -guide them. Soon after nightfall the boys were asleep, the horses were -asleep, and if the boat had been called “Somnambula,” every thing would -have been in harmony with the name! The passengers were three weeks -making the journey from New York to Chicago by canal and the lakes. If -there was a storm upon the lakes there was danger that they might never -reach their destination! Yet our fathers rejoiced over even this small -improvement in their means of transportation. - -“Within a few months, chiefly by the employment of Eastern as well as -Western Capital, perfect lines of railroad have been built and recent -improvements have been made, which have so shortened the distance -between Chicago and New York that a breakfast can be taken in New York -and upon the following day repeated in the city of Chicago. Yet so -blasé have we become that this perfect system of transportation has -gone into effect almost without public acknowledgment. - -“The East and the West then have reason to love the beautiful Hudson, -with its Palisades, its Catskill, its West Point, and its - - ‘Villages strewn like jewels on a chain - All its bright length.’ - -The Mohawk Valley beyond, excels even the Hudson in pastoral beauty. - - ‘Whole miles of level grain, - With leagues of meadow-land and pasture-field, - Cover its surface; gray roads wind about, - O’er which the farmer’s wagon clattering rolls, - And the red mail-coach. Bridges cross the streams, - Roofed, with great spider-webs of beams within. - Homesteads to homesteads flash their window-gleams, - Like friends that talk by language of the eye. - Upon its iron strips the engine shoots, - That half-tamed savage with its boiling heart - And flaming veins, its warwhoop and its plume. - Swift as the swallow skims that engine fleets - Through all the streaming landscape of green field - And lovely village. On their pillared lines, - Distances flash to distances their thoughts, - And all is one abode of all the joy - And happiness that civilization yields!’ - -“Out from the Mohawk, is Saratoga, and delicious Lake George, and -beyond, the Adirondacks with its wealth of forest and beauty, its -lofty pine trees and its loftiest mountain peak which we call Mt. -Marcy, but which our Indian Fathers with more aptitude named ‘Ta haw -us,’--‘He splits the sky!’ Beyond is the glorious St. Lawrence with its -thousand islands, and Ontario and Erie which encircle the lands of the -Onondagas, the Cayugas, and the Senecas with their little sparkling -lakes; and between our own confines and the border of Her Majesty’s -Dominions is that most sublime sentinel of the whole continent--grand -old Niagara! - -“The Western man, more frequently than the Eastern, travels throughout -the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and appreciates its soil and climate, -its wonderful resources of coal and iron, and its commercial city of -Philadelphia, with its thousands of pleasant homes and its hundreds of -beautiful industries. Its sister states of New Jersey and Maryland are -on either side and baby Delaware between. Baltimore is the birthplace -of the song of the ‘Star-Spangled Banner.’ If there are those who do -not particularly enjoy the scenery of mountain and forest, brook and -river, and bay and valley of these Commonwealths, there is no one, I -am sure, who does not love the fish and the crabs and the oysters and -the canvas-back duck of the Chesapeake, which is the most beautiful -and bountiful public larder of the universe! And close to Baltimore -is magnificent Washington, the capital of our common country. In -another direction to the east is Bunker Hill and Boston Harbor and the -‘Hub,’ and all the people ‘way down East’ who have for eighty years -been sending their sons to the West to found great commonwealths like -Kentucky and Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, Minnesota and Kansas, and -other wonderful States like those that surround us, and others still -upon the more and more distant frontier. - -“The children of the East are proud of the East and the children of the -West are proud of the West. I lived for a number of years in Minnesota -when it was a territory, and I am told by my friends that I made the -Eastern people--to use a slang expression--‘tired’ in singing the -praises of the land of the Dakotas. After I had located myself in New -York, upon a return from a visit to Minnesota I met an old friend in -Chicago with whom I had an earnest conversation in reference to the -rapid progress of the West. We were both Western men in our enthusiasm, -but when he found that I had located in New York he expressed his -dissatisfaction by saying: ‘New York! Why, in a few years New York will -be to Chicago what Liverpool is to London; New York, like Liverpool, -will be the seaport town, but Chicago, like London, will be the great -interior city!’ His sudden exclamation nearly took me from my feet, -but when I recovered I answered him as earnestly: ‘When Chicago reaches -its population of fifteen hundred thousand New York will add to its -boundaries a few of its suburbs like Brooklyn and Jersey City and -Newark and Hoboken, when it will have a population of three millions, -and give Chicago another pull of half a century!’ - -“But I have been in the habit for years of visiting the West -frequently, in order to watch its progress and study geography,--for -seeing is believing. I have just spent two days in Chicago, and now -find myself for the first time in Kansas City, which was called by -more than one person in Chicago whom I met, ‘Chicago No. 2!’ And I -have come to the conclusion that possibly what my enthusiastic Chicago -friend said, and what I heard Governor Seward also say in the city of -St. Paul in the year 1856, is true--‘that somewhere here, in the State -of Illinois, the State of Kansas, or the State of Minnesota--somewhere -here in this galaxy of States, which we call the Northwest, there will -be built a great interior city, larger than any of our seaport towns.’ - -“The Eastern cities will however, for years contest with you the -right to excel them in population, in intelligence, and in wealth. We -acknowledge your rapid progress. We know that forty years ago Chicago -had just begun to exist and that many of your other cities were -unknown. - -“But while you have been growing the East has grown rapidly. Take, -for instance, the increase in bank corporations and banking capital, -as an example. The capital and surplus of the banks of the East -during the last thirty years have greatly increased. The increase in -their deposits in the last twenty years has been without parallel -in any other country. There has been an enormous increase in the -deposits of savings-banks, which are properly institutions conducted -not for the benefit of the shareholders, but solely for the benefit -of the depositors. The deposits of the New England States in -savings-banks were but 43 millions of dollars in 1852; in 1860, but -148 millions; they are now more than 1,190 millions. The deposits of -the savings-banks of the State of New York in 1852 were less than 28 -millions; they are now 505 millions. The capital of the banks of New -York City during the last thirty years has increased from 35 millions -to 80 millions, and a surplus of 40 millions has been accumulated. The -loans have increased many times, and the individual deposits more than -seven times, while the bank balances have increased in much greater -ratio. Thirty years ago there was no clearing-house. In the year 1854 -the exchanges were 5,000 millions; they are now 31,000 millions. The -daily exchanges were 19 millions; they are now 101 millions. In the -month of October of last year, according to the comptroller’s report, -there was an increase of 469 millions over the previous year in -the exchanges at the clearing-houses of the United States, of which -increase 215 millions was in New York, 84 millions in Boston, 35 -millions in Philadelphia, and 56 millions in Chicago. From a slip -cut from the Chicago _Tribune_ on my way to this city, I find that -the gross exchanges of the clearing-houses of the United States on -September 21, 1889, was 1,044 millions, of which 663 millions was in -the city of New York and 381 millions outside of New York. This slip -contains returns from the clearing-houses of fifty different cities, -including all the larger cities. The clearings of the city of Boston -were $82,000,000, of Philadelphia $74,000,000, of Chicago $69,000,000, -of St. Louis $20,000,000, and of Kansas City $9,000,000. - -“In the year 1861 I compiled a table showing at a glance the total -receipts of the national banks on two different days, and the -proportion of these receipts by the banks in the various cities. These -returns show that while the total receipts upon a certain day were -$295,000,000, the receipts of forty-eight banks in the city of New York -were $165,000,000, or nearly 56 per cent. of the whole. The receipts of -the four great cities of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago, -comprised nearly four fifths of the total receipts on June 30, 1881, -and nearly three fourths of the total on September 17, 1881; while the -sixteen reserved cities on June 30th were more than 85 per cent., and -on September 17th more than 82 per cent., of the whole amount. - -“These facts show how closely connected is the business of the banks -elsewhere with the great commercial cities of the East. Nearly every -bank and banker located in all the principal cities and villages of the -country have deposits subject to sight draft in New York. Every mail -not only brings remittances from neighboring cities, but from the most -inaccessible points in the country. To-day a single roadside tavern or -outpost upon the great plains of the frontier; to-morrow a railroad -is constructed, and in place of the tavern of the frontiersman or the -military outpost, there is the city of Cheyenne in the embryo State of -Wyoming, or the city of Bismarck in the new State of Dakota, or the -city of Winnipeg in the Provinces of Manitoba. And almost on the day -of the birth of these young cities or villages, banks are organized -under the authority of the laws of the United States or Canada, which -are almost immediately thereafter brought into close communication with -some correspondent in New York. - -“The East sympathizes with you in your growth, and receives substantial -profit from that source. New York, as well as Chicago, is your market, -and the effect of good crops in all sections of the West is felt in New -York as surely as in your Western cities. The progress and prosperity -of the West increases largely the progress and prosperity of the East. -For more than a half century--for more than eighty years--the East has -been sending a portion of its surplus here for investment. It had its -early losses, but its gains have been large, which is evident from the -fact that it has never for a single year ceased to send, not only its -people here, to find homes in the new States, but it has increased its -Western investments annually. A few years ago tables were made showing -the distribution of national-bank stock throughout the country, from -which it was found that a large portion--say about one eighth--of the -stock of these new institutions in the West was held in the East. If it -were possible it would be most interesting to obtain similar figures -in reference to the holdings of the East in your railroad and other -transportation companies, and in your industries of various kinds. -It is known that the East in many instances holds a majority of the -stock in your greatest companies, and annually elects the officers -of such corporations. The interest upon the bonds, almost without -exception, of all your Western corporations, is payable in New York, -and to considerable extent to Eastern owners. You have grown rich; but -we of the East are your co-partners in business, and notwithstanding -your riches, we give notice that we do not intend there shall be any -DISSOLUTION OF THE CO-PARTNERSHIP. - -“So far from that being the case, we give notice that in those branches -of business which we find most profitable, we intend from year to -year to increase our holdings. Those of us who have been in the habit -of visiting the growing West, know its resources, and propose, as -heretofore, to continue to assist in its development--largely under -your management. - -“We do not care to prophesy where the centre of this great country will -be a century hence. The important point is, that the country, as a -whole, shall increase its power, its population, its wealth; that its -people shall be intelligent and homogeneous in character; and, above -all, that the country shall have a government that is good and strong. -I lived in Minnesota when St. Paul had a population of about 5,000. At -our social gatherings we frequently took a census, and always found -that every State in the East was represented by persons present. The -East is the father, and grandfather, and great-grandfather of the West. -The telegraph, the railroad, the telephone, and the cable have made us -all neighbors! - -“Webster, in one of his great speeches, said of South Carolina and -Massachusetts: ‘Shoulder to shoulder they went through the Revolution; -hand in hand they stood around the Administration of Washington, and -felt his strong arm lean upon them for support.’ We may paraphrase this -expression, and say that with the rapid development of each section -of the country, it is most important that the East and the West, the -North and the South, shall, if necessary, march shoulder to shoulder -in defence of the country, hand in hand stand around every good -Administration in time of trouble, and rejoice if the strong arm of the -Executive shall lean upon all for support!” - -After we had enjoyed this treat and all expressed our appreciation of -it, we looked out upon the beauties of a Kansas moonlight night. The -charm was too much for us. In a moment we were upon the street. - -Electric light was everywhere, making night almost as bright as day. -The long line of beautifully decorated show windows of the large stores -reminded us of home. - -Mr. Blanchard had secured elegant rooms for our party at the Brunswick, -but most of us preferred our cosy apartments on the “Dalmatia.” - -We were all up bright and early, after a good night’s sleep. This -Kansas atmosphere is wonderful. It makes one sleep at night in spite of -himself, and such an appetite as it does give. - -As we came from the breakfast table we found elegant carriages awaiting -us. - -Each bank sent out either its President or Cashier to help entertain us. - -[Illustration: RIVERSIDE SALT WORKS, HUTCHINSON, KANSAS.] - -We visited the wonderful salt works at South Hutchinson. The pure -white salt was admired by all. Being free from all impurities, the -Hutchinson salt does not cake. The supply is unlimited; at a depth of -350 to 400 feet lies a bed of solid, pure rock-salt, 330 feet thick, -covering an area of many miles in extent. Hutchinson will supply all -the salt trade west of the Mississippi River. Additional interest was -manifested by all in this field, as it was learned that this source of -wealth was originally developed by Ben Blanchard, unaided and alone. - -The development of the great salt wealth of South Hutchinson no doubt -gave Hutchinson permanent impulse at the opportune moment. Competition -from Wichita for the business centre that must of necessity settle on -some point in Kansas subsided when the salt fields came to the surface -with its unlimited supply of pure white salt. Standing by the side of -one of the leading bank presidents of Hutchinson, at one of the great -salt wells, one of our party, not knowing whose energy and enterprise -discovered and developed the great industry, made the remark: “I should -be willing to take off my hat to the man who first struck salt here.” -The bank President replied: “Well, you may take off your hat to Mr. -Blanchard, the President of the Empire Loan and Trust Company.” - -We left the salt works, with its thousands of tons of snowy salt, for -the green fields of the farms. There was not a cloud in the sky. The -cool, fresh, country air put us all in the best of spirits. For miles -and miles we hurried on, scaring up quail, prairie chicken, and rabbits -from the finely-kept green hedge fences which line the road on both -sides. Choice farms are on every hand. In fact the country presents the -appearance of a checker-board, nearly every quarter section being a -fine farm with its grove of forest trees, orchard, and small fruit. The -two story farm-houses and large barns remind one of the best portions -of Pennsylvania. - -We passed team after team on its way to Hutchinson loaded with wheat, -oats, or corn. We stopped at the fine fruit farm of Mr. Switzer, and -received a bountiful supply of choice, rosy apples. The cherry and -peach trees still bore traces of the wonderful crops that had been -gathered and shipped. To our left was Mr. Furney’s fine mansion, and a -little farther on the elegant stock farm with its hundreds of blooded -cattle, belonging to Mr. Stewart. Both of these gentlemen were formerly -of Philadelphia. Many other similar places would have been in sight, -but the great fields of corn on every hand hid them from our view. The -new wheat, which has been sown in abundance, was just coming through -the ground, and gave a fresh, green look to many a field. - -We reached Hutchinson in time for dinner, and could hardly realize that -we had driven over twenty miles. - -After a sumptuous dinner at the Brunswick, we visited the chief points -of interest in Hutchinson; with the mayor and leading bankers of the -city. We were driven past its twelve salt works to the packing-houses -of Fowler & Underwood, and Tobey & Booth, and the great lard refinery -of Fairbanks & Co., the ice factory, the banks, the home office of the -Empire Loan and Trust Company, and to the office of the Hutchinson -_Daily News_ (Ralph L. Easley, Esq., President and managing editor), -then to the Santa Fe Hotel, where a banquet had been spread for us by -the members of the Hutchinson Clearing-House, who were accompanied by -their ladies. - -This hospitality was an entire surprise to us. Hon. Darwin R. James, -Hon. John Jay Knox, and the Hon. D. O. Bradley expressed our thanks to -the citizens of Hutchinson for the courtesies and hospitality extended -to us. We take the following from the Hutchinson _News_: - -“Before leaving the dining-room the _News_ reporter took occasion -to inquire of several of the gentlemen how they were impressed with -Hutchinson. - -“Edward Merritt, Esq., President of Long Island Loan and Trust -Company said: ‘We have been delighted and surprised at the wonderful -development of the State of Kansas. The growth and progress of -Hutchinson are marvellous. The discovery by Mr. Blanchard of the -salt fields underlying this section of the country must certainly add -largely to the wealth of the city and its inhabitants. The natural -advantages of its situation together with the inevitable growth of its -industries make the future of Hutchinson, in my judgment, sure beyond -doubt.’ - -“Hon. John J. Knox, who was Comptroller of Currency at Washington for -eleven years, said: ‘Yes, Hutchinson is indeed a beautiful and also a -wonderful town. The geographical position of Hutchinson respecting the -great through lines east and west is such, that she is sure to continue -to be one of the leading cities in Kansas.’ - -“Mr. D. Ogden Bradley, President of the Tarrytown National Bank of -Tarrytown, N. Y., a member of the Legislature of the State of New York -for several years, and a banker of forty years’ experience, said: ‘I -am greatly pleased with Hutchinson, and see elements of great strength -and certain prosperity all around it. I greatly admire Kansas. It is -rapidly advancing to the lead of the moral and intellectual forces -of the nation. It is doing a great work, and has a gigantic future. -Hutchinson will certainly become its metropolis.’ - -“Hon. Darwin R. James, who served in the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth -Congresses, is an importer of indigo and spices, president of a -savings-bank, and secretary of the New York Board of Trade and -Transportation, said: ‘Words fail to express the pleasure of the -excursion we are making. Kansas is a magnificent State, and is -developing with wonderful rapidity. I thought I knew something about -it before I came, but I am amazed at the progress made since my -former visit. All that I had heard of Hutchinson, and it was much, -has been more than realized. She is a magnificent young city, whose -possibilities for the future are unlimited. We might say of Hutchinson -“She is the salt of the earth.”’ - -“Dr. Frank W. Shaw, of Brooklyn, N. Y., being asked for his impressions -replied that, while not a banker himself, he could appreciate the -interest which men of affairs always feel toward the prosperity of -any growing section of the West. The opinions of Kansas which he had -heard from the distinguished gentlemen with whom he had the pleasure of -travelling had shown him the broader views of observation, but what he -had personally seen to-day of Hutchinson and its wonderful industries -and possibilities convinced him of the soundness of Western enthusiasm. -Those magnificent salt works alone assure the future success of the -city. He said he should always feel indebted to Mr. Blanchard for -his first view of the substantial prosperity of Kansas and of this -beautiful city. - -“Crowell Hadden, Esq., President of the Long Island Bank of Brooklyn, -the oldest bank in the city, said: ‘I am highly gratified at the -growth and enterprise of the city. It bids fair to become one of the -greatest of Western cities. The recent discovery of salt underlying the -city by Mr. Ben Blanchard will add largely to its wealth.’ - -“Capt. Ambrose Snow, President of the Board of Trade of New York -City, said: ‘Yes, sir, Hutchinson has a great future before her. That -wonderful salt! Why, it is a revelation to me. With that, and the -railroads you have and those you are getting, no power in the world -could prevent Hutchinson from forging right to the front and staying -there!’ - -“The ladies of Mr. Blanchard’s party were of much more than ordinary -intelligence, and had travelled not a little, and seen much of the -world, and were familiar with European scenery. They were charmed -with our beautiful streets and neat and handsome business blocks, -and elegant lawns and residences. They were unanimous in the opinion -that if they could not live in New York they would certainly choose -Hutchinson.” - -Of one fact all were convinced--that Hutchinson could furnish as good -social life as we could desire. “Hutchinson’s salt mines are valuable, -but her women are far above rubies,” said a gentleman of our party, and -we all said “Amen!” - -Our party were delighted and surprised to find in this beautiful city -of seventeen thousand people such a rush of business. The streets were -thronged with teams, the stores crowded with people. Hundreds of new -buildings were going up--great stone blocks and elegant residences. -We could easily understand this, when we found that Hutchinson was -located on three trunk lines and two branch railroads, surrounded by an -agricultural country that cannot be excelled, and underlaid with the -thickest vein of pure salt in the world. Mr. Bourne, Treasurer of the -Empire Loan and Trust Company, and for many years a banker, told me -that a great many of the business men of Hutchinson were formerly from -New York, and that Eastern capital was rapidly coming in to develop the -latent interests here. - -As an illustration of the rapidly growing commercial importance of -Hutchinson, the Santa Fe Railroad Co. has recently issued circulars to -shippers of live stock, which places Hutchinson on an equal footing -with Kansas City. - -William Willard Howard, in _Harper’s Weekly_, Nov. 3, 1888, says: -“Wise and conservative methods of doing business attract a great deal -of New York, Philadelphia, and Boston capital to Kansas properties -that are now lying idle. Many Eastern capitalists are sending money -to Kansas, but with few exceptions the bulk of the investments are in -mortgages on farm property. To men who have made a study of Western -securities these mortgages are looked upon as safe and profitable -investments; but while they are no doubt beneficial to the individual -borrower and lender, they yet cannot benefit Kansas a hundredth part -as much as the same money would if used in the proper development of -the State’s great resources. The day is rapidly approaching when the -vast sums of money now stored in financial centres will be as readily -invested in Kansas property as funds are at present put into farm -mortgages. The city of Hutchinson has shown how it can be done.” - -After the banquet we entered our car bound for Colorado; after a -short stop at Pueblo we arrived in Denver, and went to the “Windsor,” -where Mr. Blanchard had secured rooms for all during our stay in -this far-off city. So easy and pleasant had been our journey of over -2,000 miles, we could not realize the distance we had travelled, -except by the difference of time--we were two hours behind New York -time. On Sunday attended service at Trinity M. E. Church, a beautiful -building, organ, etc., valued at $300,000. Monday morning, in seven -carriages, a representative of the “Bankers’ Association of Denver” -in each carriage, visited the “Omaha and Grant Smelting Works,” -public buildings, etc., under the courteous direction of ex-Gov. J. -B. Grant. Leaving Denver Monday, 4:45 P.M., the next stop was at -Colorado Springs, where there are no springs. We were anxious to -reach Manitou, where the springs are numerous. The regular train had -left. The necessity for prompt action was apparent. There would be no -out train till morning. Mr. Blanchard was equal to the emergency; a -special engine was secured, and with the superintendent of the road as -conductor we started on the up grade, and arrived at Manitou (which is -the Indian for Great Spirit) safely at eight o’clock of a beautiful -evening. Carriages had been ordered, and were waiting at the depot, and -a ride through Manitou, up Ruxton Glen to the springs by moonlight, -completed the delightful experience of the day. - -The “Iron Spring” and “Soda Spring” are superior for health to the -“Washington” and “Congress” springs of Saratoga. - - - UP PIKE’S PEAK, Tuesday, October 1st. - -The day was perfect; not a cloud. Our car stood on the side track of -the Midland, at an elevation of seven thousand feet, equal to the -“Tip-Top House” on Mt. Washington. All were eager to know if the -weather was propitious. Hasty toilets enabled us, one and all, to -assemble at an early hour and watch for the first rays of the rising -sun. We were looking east, when one of the group, a lady, was the first -to call out: “There it is”; and, turning to the west, we saw “The -Peak,” snow-clad, blushing like a rose. Then “Gog and Magog” caught -the rays; then “Cameron’s Cone.” The foot-hills followed, one after -another, till all had joined the “Peak” in proclaiming “The sun has -risen.” We were charmed by the wonderful and novel scene. “Manitou” lay -asleep at our feet. We watched till at last we too were standing in the -sunshine. - -After an early breakfast our Pullman Hotel, the “Dalmatia,” was taken -over the Midland Railroad to Cascade City, passing through eight -tunnels in going six miles to ascend about one thousand feet. We left -our Pullman at Cascade City, and took carriages with four horses, for a -seventeen-mile climb to reach the summit. The carriage road is a marvel -of engineering skill. At the half-way house our horses were changed for -four sure-footed mules. After leaving the timber line the prospect is -wonderful, changing with every turn of the road, and there are eighty -turns. - -The ascent of Pike’s Peak in time of flowers is a surprise for those -who expect to see only the rough boulder and riven rock. “Flowers -deck their inclined sides in great blocks of color, and litter their -terraces and woodland edges in variegated confusion. There is no -difficult pass where they are not found; no dusky glen that does not -harbor them; scarcely any height on which their beauty will not appear -to gladden him who toils to reach the summits.” - - “’Tis legend told of primal days - When ‘Manitou,’ like clay, - The gray rock mountain shapes did raise - To celebrate his sway. - He was not pleased. The mountains bare - Were bleak and dull and gray. - He snatched a rainbow from the air, - To use its colors gay. - Crumbling its bars, with chanted spell, - Their radiant dust he threw, - And everywhere a handful fell - A million flow’rets grew.” - -As the early snow on the mountains had killed the flowers before -our visit, a volume of pressed “Wild Flowers from the Rockies” was -presented to each one of our party by our host. The flowers were gone -but the Autumn tints had painted the grand old mountain, emerald, -garnet, and gold. - - -Miss L. I. S. says: - -“One curious fact I remember was, that the pine trees all presented -branches on but one side of the trunk, and that the south, for the -bleak north winds prove too severe for growth on that side, and instead -of growing up, like well regulated trees, the branches all hang down, -bended by their weight of snow, presenting a very singular appearance. - -“How many times our blood would run cold as we skirted a particularly -sharp turn on the edge of a very steep precipice. - -“Snow was very plenty about us, and often we would be driving through -piles two and three feet deep in some sheltered portion of the road. - -“Imagine, ye who were not there, sinking in above the hubs in snow, -genuine snow in its pristine beauty, and then you can realize why his -lordship, the Peak, looks so white at a distance. And now comes the -time for the furs and mittens and lap-robes, and were it not for the -bright sun I imagine some noses would have been very blue. - -“We had an unusually clear day for our visit, just what our favored -party might have expected, for what was there that did not present its -most attractive side to us. - -“Before we quite reach the summit we get a grand view of the -Continental Divide and Snowy Range, and those two white icebergs to the -south they tell us are the Spanish Peaks, one hundred and eighty miles -away. - -“And now we have almost finished our seventeen miles of climbing, and -the high mountains that we have come over lie like level plains beneath -us, and nothing obstructs our view; we are head and shoulders above -the world. Up, up, until the Tip-Top House comes in sight, and we draw -up before it and alight cautiously, so as to take the rarefied air by -degrees into our lungs. - -“The Peak was reached at one o’clock. The sun was shining with mid-day -brightness. The moon was also shining, undimmed by the sun’s brighter -rays. To the east, “Manitou” and “Colorado Springs” seemed floating in -space; to the north and west, Gray’s Peak, and the Snowy Range, and the -smoke of the smelters at Leadville, seventy-five miles away; to the -south, the “Spanish Peaks,” snow-clad, one hundred and eighty miles -off, seemed only a few miles across the mountains. We stood fourteen -thousand three hundred and thirty-six feet above New York and Brooklyn. - -“At about 2.30 o’clock we stow ourselves in the stages and begin our -trip down the mountain, a much easier but more thrilling ride. Mrs. -Hadden, I think, voiced the experience of some of the rest when she -said she only took two breaths all the way down--one when she started, -and another when she stopped. It _was_ exciting to be whirled around -the sharp curves, at a rapid gait, especially when an overturned cart -told the tale of some poor fellow coming to grief; but it really amused -us to picture the antics the little donkey must have gone through in -his involuntary tobogganing down the side of the mountain. Several of -the turns were marvellous, the road almost returning on itself, and -in one spot we could see seven different portions of the road in its -serpentine windings. - -“Shall this pleasure ever end? Must we come down to every one’s level? - -“The sun has just disappeared behind the snow-clad peak. We can still -see it shining on Cameron’s Cone and on the peaks to our left. - - ‘The western waves of ebbing day - Rolled o’er the glen their level way; - Each purple peak, each flinty spire, - Was bathed in floods of living fire. - But not a setting beam could glow - Within the dark ravines below, - Where twined the path in shadow hid, - Round many a rocky pyramid, - Shooting abruptly from the dell - Its thunder-splintered pinnacle; - Round many an insulated mass, - The native bulwarks of the pass, - Huge as the towers which builders vain - Presumptuous piled on Shinar’s plain, - Their rocky summits, split and rent, - Formed turret, dome, or battlement, - Or seemed fantastically set - With cupola or minaret, - Wild crests as pagod ever decked, - Or mosque of Eastern architect.’ - -“At six o’clock we whirl into Cascade. We jump from the stages, and -fairly pinch ourselves to see if we are the same people who left there -in the morning. Yes, we are the same in outward appearance, but -something has entered into our lives, our inner selves, that broadens -us out, and will prove a continual feast in coming days. - -“It would seem that a climax could hardly be capped, but ours was in a -most delightful way. The stages had hardly driven away when up drive -four or five carriages, and we are invited to go back to Manitou, by -way of the Ute Pass trail, instead of by the railroad. Nothing loath we -get in, and settle ourselves for one of the pleasantest of rides. It is -a perfect evening, and we have not gone far before the moon comes out -and throws a spell of enchantment over the scene. The road is so smooth -and hard that our horses’ hoofs make a pleasant ring as we speed along. -A merry little stream, whose dashing and dancing have given it the name -of “The Fountain that Boils,” accompanies us, and we run a race with -it, but own ourselves thoroughly beaten in all respects, when our rival -enhances its beauty, redoubles its speed, and makes louder its laughter -as it throws itself headlong down the cliff of rocks; and we alight -from our carriage to go down the ravine and pay homage to the beauties -of Rainbow Falls. - -“This brief glimpse in the twilight makes us long for a view by day, -and we promise ourselves a longer visit the next time we come.” - -As we bowl along we look up at the steep, rocky walls of the cañon, -shutting us in from all disturbing thoughts and sights, and the moon -floods all with its peaceful light, and all fatigue and disquiet -vanishes, and we realize that we are having a fitting ending to a -glorious day. - -The electric lights at Manitou recall us to ourselves, and we finish a -well-rounded day, begun with Pike’s Peak by sunrise, and we leave him -sleeping under the watchful eye of the purest moon that ever shone. - - - Wednesday, October 2d. - -Another brilliant day. An early breakfast. Carriages were taken for the -most wonderful drive of the trip. First to “Iron Springs” and “Ruxton -Glen,” then to the “Garden of the Gods,” more wonderful than can be -told; then to “Glen Eyrie”; then the “Messa Road”--who will forget the -beauty of its scenery? - -We then turned our way to the scene of what was to be the culmination -of our journey. As we approached Cheyenne Mountain, memories of (H. -H.) Helen Hunt Jackson, arose in every mind. Her solitary grave -upon Cheyenne Mountain, selected by herself, is unmarked, except as -friendship’s hand has raised a mound of small stones and pieces of -marble, an evidence of affection more significant than formal monument -could be. It is an illustration of one of her own verses: - - “But no decaying - Can reach it in this sepulchre, whose stone - Our hearts must make! To an exceeding glory grown, - This grief outweighing.” - -[Illustration: GATEWAY, GARDEN OF THE GODS.] - -In Cheyenne Cañon where, almost imprisoned by the perpendicular rocks, -lunch was eaten with keen relish, and the health of our host drank -with cool, foaming “Manitou Spring water,” Wall Street was forgotten. -Attention was directed to a prominent Wall Street bank president -sitting on a rock enjoying the bountiful collation, with two young -ladies acting as waitresses. - -After lunch we rambled through the beautiful cañon and visited the -Falls, where for 500 feet cascade follows cascade, till in “Seven -Falls” they reach the bottom of the cañon. - -How reluctantly we entered our carriages, for it was to be our last -drive on this delightful journey. The “Pillars of Hercules” from a -height of 1,500 feet looked down upon us with approval, and the “Seven -Falls” united with us in singing the “Doxology.” We drove back to -Colorado Springs and through its principal streets to our inviting -quarters in the “Dalmatia,” ever ready to welcome us. - -The next morning we were again riding through the fertile fields of -Kansas. A brief stop at Hutchinson to say good-bye to Messrs. Burns and -Bennett, thence to Topeka, Kansas City, St. Louis, and home, via the -Big Four System to Indianapolis and Cleveland, thence by Lake Shore -and New York Central, reaching Grand Central Depot on time Saturday -evening, October 5th. - -Probably no one enjoyed the trip more than Edward Merritt, Esq., -President of the Long Island Loan and Trust Company. We had not -finished the first day’s travel when, on account of a striking -resemblance, Mr. Merritt was recognized by the crowd at the depot as -President Harrison. This gave him a _prestige_ and popularity with -the party that continued. Should any of us need counsel, we appealed -to him. The young ladies always did. Did they fall, Mr. Merritt was -expected to help them up. Captain Snow, when accused of sleeping -soundly, was delighted to secure his counsel, and from his judgment -there was no appeal. - -One of the advantages of such a trip is safety. To travel over 4,000 -miles involves some risks apparent to all. To have a skilful physician -and surgeon at hand in Dr. Frank W. Shaw was duly appreciated. We had -not gone 1,000 miles before a spark intruded the sacred precincts -of one of the brightest eyes that ever looked upon the wonders of -the “Garden of the Gods.” The cry for Dr. Shaw was promptly answered -by skilful relief. How often that cry was made and responded to the -Doctor’s “Diary” will attest. The youngest and oldest alike shared his -skill and watchful care. - -At Topeka J. R. Mulvane, Esq., President of the Bank of Topeka, gave me -the following statement: - -The corn crop this year will be about two hundred and fifty million -bushels. (The Secretary of Kansas State Board of Agriculture raises -this estimate to 276,541,338 bushels.) The wheat crop forty million -bushels; oats fifty million bushels; rye and barley ten million -bushels; flax-seed five million bushels; pork, in 1873, the State -supplied 67,500 hogs; in 1889, one million eight hundred and seventy -thousand (1,870,000). - -Mr. Mulvane says, the products of Kansas farms _this year alone_, if -applied, would liquidate every dollar of indebtedness. The following -lines by Mrs. Sigourney may be very appropriately applied to Kansas. - - “The sturdy reapers sing, garnering the corn - That feedeth other realms besides their own. - Toil lifts his brawny arm, and takes the wealth - That makes his children princes; - Strange steeds of iron, with their ceaseless freight, - Tramp night and day; while the red lightning bears - Thy slightest whisper on its wondrous wing.” - -While in Denver, Colorado, we visited the Smelting Works, the great -industry of that solid and thriving city. Ore is brought direct from -some of the larger mines of the State and extensive shipments of ore -and copper “matte” are received from Montana, Utah, New Mexico, and -other western territories. - -The value of the shipments from one of the many smelters this year -will be from $3,500,000 to $4,000,000. This is a small fraction of the -wealth developed in hard cash by one of the youngest cities of the -West. This goes to New York banks to increase their capital and swell -their surplus. If all the bank presidents of New York would follow -Mr. Knox’s example and visit and personally inspect the solid growth -and security the West offers for investments, they would all say with -him: “You have grown rich, but we of the East are your co-partners in -business, and notwithstanding your riches, we give notice that we do -not intend there shall be any dissolution of the co-partnership. So -far from that being the case, we give notice that in those branches -of business which we find most profitable, we intend from year to -year to increase our holdings. Those of us who have been in the habit -of visiting the growing West, know its resources and propose, as -heretofore, to continue to assist in the development--largely under -your management.” - -After leaving Albany it was evident that our pleasure-trip would soon -terminate and we should be obliged to say “good-bye.” As usual, and -without formality, Mr. James was asked to call to order and take the -chair. His address was expressive of the feelings of the whole party -when he said that one and all wished to express to Mr. Ben Blanchard -their sincere appreciation of his cordial courtesy and unlimited -hospitality during a two weeks’ trip, upon which every anticipation had -been more than realized, and that he was well aware that while we had -all been so well cared for, without an anxious thought, the trip had -cost Mr. Blanchard severe care and attention. Mr. Knox followed, and -said that the two weeks’ vacation had been the most delightful trip -he had ever taken. Mr. Merritt joined in acknowledging the enjoyment -that had been complete. Mr. Bradley, Captain Snow, Dr. Shaw, and -Mr. Hadden all gave expression to the same feelings of appreciation -and gratification. The last and best speech came impromptu from the -youngest member of the company. - -Mr. Blanchard was very evidently pleased with the kind words of -appreciation for his hospitality that had been spoken. He said in -response: - -“My friends, you give me too much credit. I am glad to admit that we -have had a happy time; but I could not have made the trip a success -without the aid of all of your good offices. - -“The railroad officials have contributed their courtesies without -stint. The Pullman Company have shown us every attention. - -“We have been favored with perfect weather, and saved from accident. - -“You have each one joined in making every hour full of brightness, good -cheer, and happiness. You have made me indebted to you for the pleasure -you have given me. You have honored me with your presence, and I shall -ever cherish your kind words, looks, and actions.” - -Mr. Blanchard’s reply was a surprise to all. We had all given -expression to the feeling that the two weeks just closing were the -most enjoyable we had ever experienced in our journeyings; but no -thought had entered our minds that this was the most delightful trip -our host had ever enjoyed, for we knew he had taken a dozen similar -pleasure-parties to the Yellowstone, California, Minnesota, and other -points of interest. To hear him say that our company had placed him -under obligations, was truly capping the climax. - -The pleasure of all our company was increased by the presence of Mrs. -Blanchard, who returned to New York with us. When mention is made of -our host, we always include Mrs. Blanchard. - -After our return home, the party selected a beautiful present of -sterling silverware, inscribed as follows: - - To Mrs. BEN BLANCHARD, - from the Dalmatia Party, Sept. 23, 1889. - -The New York _World_ of October 7th contained the following: - -“A party of New Yorkers, who have been travelling in the West for ten -days in a special car, the guests of Ben Blanchard, Esq., arrived home -late Saturday evening. The party numbered about twenty. Mr. Knox, who -was for many years Comptroller of the Currency at Washington, went -on ahead of the party to attend a meeting of the National Banking -Association in Kansas City, and joined them there. It was thought that -their trip might have some connection with some new financial scheme -to be developed in the West, but Mr. Knox said yesterday that they had -gone simply for pleasure. All declared that they had a most delightful -time. - -“‘The West is developing rapidly,’ said Mr. Knox. ‘It would pay every -Eastern business to make a journey through the West every two or three -years.’” - -Was ever pleasure and profit so delightfully combined? After leaving -the Bankers’ Convention at Kansas City all care or thought of business -was dismissed. We were in the watch-care of Mr. Blanchard, and, -confident that he knew the way, we all surrendered ourselves to his -protection. My second visit was just three months after my first. -Then the crops were waving in the fields, now they were harvested; -and as the Hon. Darwin R. James said in his address at the banquet at -Hutchinson, “All that Major Corwin has told us about the crops and the -salt and the condition of things in Kansas has been more than realized.” - -The “Dalmatia Party” is now scattered. Two are in Europe. Others are -again controlling the finances of Wall Street, and the busy marts of -trade and commerce of the East, while our host is engaged as before in -developing the undiscovered wealth of the great agricultural State, -which has untold riches of salt and other interests besides,--Kansas. -May he go on from conquering to conquest, from success to success, is -the wish of all those who enjoyed his unselfish hospitality. - - -GOOD-BY “DALMATIA.” - -Our house on wheels, in which we travelled safely over 4,000 miles, -was about seventy feet long, by ten feet wide; one story; divided -into drawing-room, smoking-room, kitchen, and large family room. For -two weeks we enjoyed its close quarters,--small for the residence of -twenty-two people. But it was the people that made the rooms delightful. - - “Some love the glow of outward show, - Some love mere wealth and try to win it; - The house to me may lowly be, - If I but like the people in it. - What’s all the gold that glitters cold, - When linked to hard or haughty feeling? - Whate’er we’re told, the nobler gold - Is truth of heart and manly dealing! - Then let them seek, whose minds are weak, - Mere fashion’s smile, and try to win it; - The house to me may lowly be, - If I but like the people in it!” - - -THE END. - - - - -FOOTNOTES: - -[A] “United States Notes. A History of the Various Issues of the Paper -Money of the United States.” Chas. Scribner’s Sons, New York, third -edition, 1888, pp. 16, 33, 43, 117, 216. - -[B] March 18, 1869. An Act was passed in which the United States -“solemnly pledges its faith to make provision at the earliest possible -period for the redemption of United States notes in coin.” - -Quotation from Act of Congress, approved January 14, 1875: - -“And on and after the first day of January, Anno Domini eighteen -hundred and seventy-nine, the Secretary of the Treasury shall redeem, -in coin of the United States legal-tender notes, then outstanding, -on their presentation for redemption at the office of the Assistant -Treasurer of the United States in the City of New York, in sums of not -less than fifty dollars. And to enable the Secretary of the Treasury -to prepare and provide for the redemption in this Act authorized or -required, he is authorized to use any surplus revenues, from time -to time, in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to issue, -sell, and dispose of, at not less than par, in coin, either of the -description of bonds of the United States described in the Act of -Congress approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, -entitled ‘An Act to Authorize the Re-Funding of the National Debt,’ -with like qualities, privileges, and exemptions to the extent necessary -to carry this Act into full effect, and to use the proceeds thereof for -the purpose aforesaid.” - -An Act to provide for the resumption of specie payments, approved -January, 14, 1875. - -Extract from Section 12, Act of July 12, 1882: - -“That the Secretary of the Treasury shall suspend the issue of such -gold certificates whenever the amount of gold coin and gold bullion in -the Treasury reserved for the redemption of the United States notes -falls below $100,000,000.” - -Act approved July 12, 1882. - -[C] A Plea for the Constitution. 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