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Hospitality as Related to Political a
Economy. ii
WIritter for the Tribune: t
Hospitality is a fair index of the civiliz- n
ation of a country and the economical hab- d
its of an individual. A prodigal hospital- F
ity characterizes a country as in a barbar- e
ous or half civilized condition and an indi- ii
vidual as a spendthrift. In half-civilized U
countries the annual income, consisting n
mostly of produce of the soil and of flocks, I
cannot be expended for the luxuries of v
:manufacture and commerce, cannot be n
3oarded as it is so largely perishable, and S'
hence prodigal hospitility is about the only I
ameans of utilizing it. In feudal times the 'h
'barons spent the income of their vast es- c
tates in entertaining vassals who in turn i'
were bound to the service of the baron in o
.i sense partially civil and partially milita- 0
ry. Earl Warwick, "the king maker," is e
said to have entertained over 30,000 peo- 0
ple in this manner. Adam Smith in Vol.
III, Page 383, of "The Wealth of Nations," 1
classes this form of entertainment as a t
species of hospitality and dwells upon its s
mportance as a factor in political econo
my. He states, also, that often when the
number of entertainers was too great to as
semble conveniently in one place for daily c
rations, a liege would, under a nominal f
form of rental, but in fact as a modified a
form of hospitality, grant the use and in- i
come of portions of his domains to some of t
his principal vassals for the trifling sum of
a crown for lands which yielded support 1
for a family. If Adam Smith's view of t
hospitality be correct it would include s
about all of consumption in feudal times,
and, as the barons were the military and I
judicial heads of their bodies of retainers, 1
the whole machinery of government would I
be run on the basis of hospitality and feu- S
dal governments would be correctly styled t
"hospitarchies." But Adam Smith may s
have unduly extended the use of the word 1
hospitality, and he may also have over- i
looked the fact that these feudal organiza
tions were primarily of a purely military I
character and extend back in the ancestral t
customs of all Teutonic races as far as his
tory goes. Tacitus in his Germania, de
scribes the chieftains of the Teutons and t
their retinues and states that they disdain I
to gain by slow, arduous, humble toil what 1
they could gain in swift and famous war. t
He states also that the members of the re
tinues were pledged to obey and defend
their chieftain and that the chieftain was
to furnish the retinue with sustenance in 1
consideration for their services. Tacitus t
eulogizes the hospitality of the Teutons
but speak of it as being connected with
the houses of families and not with the re
tinues. But after granting a large correc
ticn to Adam Smith for his use of the
word it v\et remains true that a free hos
p"ality characterizes barbarous coi. .r*n.
This fact .'ise, not f-orm greater generosi
ty on the part of barbarous people but
from the conditions and the necessities of
their condition and mode of life. They
have no adequate supply of hotels for the
accomodation of travelers. They have no
systematized institutions of charity for the
unfortunate of their own people. They
have no better way of hearing news than
by entertaining travelers. Their income is
largely perishable and might better be
used in hospitality than wasted. This fur
nishes a means to display wealth. In en
lightened countries people prefer to en
tertain strangers at hotels, or through some
systematic method, and to preserve the
privacy of their homes. They express
their generosity by systematized charity
and by generous and prompt contributions
for the sufferers of sudden calamities both
at home and abroad, and by means of this
systematic generosity on the part of en
lightened people many thousands of bar
barous people have been saved from a ter
rible death. On the part of individuals,
as well as of countries, a prodigal hospi
tality characterizes a lack of system rather
than a generous nature. To squander is
not to be generous. M1en who spend all
they earn in needless expense are mere
leeches sucking up the wages that ethers
would turn to profitable use. In regard
to countries and individuals alike, hospi
tality should, like etiquette, be character
ized by system and sense rather than by
profusion and display.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WAIhOTox, Nov. 26, 1886.
Thanksgiving day in Washington was
quiet, as it usually is. The only public
demonstration contemplated was a parade
by the fire department, but that was spoil
ed by the torrents of rain. There were
family reunions and dinners that repre
sented the highest culinary skill of each
household; religious services at the
churches; closed government departments
and liberated clerks, while at orphan asy
lumsnd public institutions the inmates
.enjoyed additions to their ordinary bill
of fare, through the generosity of the
charitable.
The city has a sombre appearance now
on account of the Arthur mourning. Flags
fly at half mast from hundreds of staffs,
1 and public buildings are heavily draped
in black. It is quite an item of expense
to the government to put up official
mourning. It took twenty men three
days to drape the patent official alone.
Each of its big pillars, afhd there are forty
eight in all, required forty yards of bunt
ing. All together about 6,000 yardy were
used for the Interior department at a cost
not far from $1,500. When this depart
ment was draped for Gen. Grant the cost
was nearly $1,700. But a great deal of
e new material was purchased at that time,
d some of which was utilized for Vice
President Hendricks, and some of which
e is now being used for the third time. Of
course the expense of draping the Inter
n ior department is greater than that of any
n other, because it. includes the Patent
. office, Indian office, Pension bureau of
is education, the Geological Survey, and
_ others which are all in separate buildings.
i. The cost of draping other departments
is about $150 or $175 each. The superin
a tendent of the postoffic department, for in
ts stance, is disposed to economize. IHe
)_ buys the bunting and employes his own
e men and carpenters to do the work, look
ing after it himself. The bunting used
y costs thirty cents a yard. It remains up
1 for thirty days and then it is taken down
d and such of it as is not tattered and faded
1- by the wind and rain is packed away for
>f the next occasion of public sorrow.
a The president has completed portions of
rt his message to congress, and has read
)f them to the cabinet. The message will be
Le shorter this year than last, which is a kind
of reform that will be approved by every
d body. The president's friends as well as
s, his alleged enemies are kept busy deny
d ing what the newspapers accuse them of
- saying and thinking and planning and at
*d tempting. His old law partner, IMr. Bis
y sell, who has just been here, denies ever
d having sought to influence the president
r. in making appointments. lie says MIr.
Cleveland, whom he knew as sheriff,
*y mayor, and governor, always discharged
a1 the duties of these offices without much
s- advice or assistance, and he believes he
e- will be equally successful in his present
.d trust. HIe also denies having advised the
.n president to sell his country place as quick
at ly as possible because of the gossip about
r. the syndicate formed over his property to
e_ advance real estate in that direction.
Id And Senator Edmunds, the president's
s so called bitter foe, denies some things.
in lie denies that he is preparing an attack
is to be made this winter upon the presi
s dent's civil service policy, and he says the
rh attempt to criticize MIr. Cleveland in con
e nection with the purchase of his country
c home is unfair. The extensive improve
1e ments contemplated in the direction of
"Oak View" have become a public neces
sity and the subject came up in congress
i- ong before the president had ever seen
nt the pia('n.
One of Sen:tor EdmSlnl' con.~titueni-i
is indignant at the allegation that the sen- I
ator intends to become a candidate for the
presidency in 1888. ,e says Mr. Ed
munds has h a loftier ambition, namely: to I
represent Vermont in the United States
senate; and that the Green Mountain
state will allow him that privilege a' long -
as he lives. "Why," says he, "should a -
great statesman want a small position,
like that of dispensing petty offices, to
which the presidency has degenerated?'
This reminds me of what -Mr. Joseph
Howard, jr.. says about journalism and
politics. lie thinks Mr. Cummings, the
New York journalist recently elected to
congress, is taking a step in the wrong
direction by forsaking an honorable posi
tion in that sphere in order to go to con
grcss. Mr. Cummings explains his reasons
for coming to congress by saying that he
simply wants to get behind the scenes in
politics in order to make himself more
competent and useful in journalism. IHe
has no intention of giving up his newspaper
work. The experience will be of great
advantage to Mr. Cummings, but it is not
certain that his constituents will approve
his motive.
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Great Falls Lumber Company
MANUFACTURE AND KEEP IN STOCK ALL KINIS OF
Rough AND DRESSED Lumber,
DRESSED fFINISHING LUMBER
AND MATCHED FLOORING DRESSED SIDING LATH AND SHINGLES.
All Kinds of Moulding. rders Filled Direct From the Saw if Desired.
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1881 Great Falls Planing Mill, 1886
Windows, Doors, & Hardware,
Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Flooring and Siding,
Lime, Cement and Building Material.
C.as. "7- eg .er, - - .A-gez.t
Thos. Rose, Agt. for Yard at Sun River Crossing.
3[P. ROLFE, wI'
*e Attornoy-at-Law,
Special attention'given to land entries of all
kinds and to conteste in the land office
U DEBuity Mineral Snrveyor
Helena and Great Falls
G EORGE W. TAYLOR.
AttOrney-at-Law.
NOTARY PUBLIC
Special Attention
ýi . t " n a "iE ~tLaE l!l Entries,
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Mineral & Land Surveyors,
Irrigating ditches and ranch surveys a specialty.
OFFICES: GREAT FALLS & BENTON. GI
R. A. F, FOOTE,
DENTIST,
Broadway, - - Hleena, Mont 1
"(ABOVE HERALD OFFICE)
e DR. H.H. WYNNE,
10 Helena, Montana,
Eye, Ear and Throat Surgeon.
Recentlv'yttendant upon the large Eye,
- Ear, and 'Throat Hospitals of Europe-
e Vienna, Berlin, Paris, London and Edin
Sburg.
The eye, ear and throat a special and
exclusive practice. Spectacles scientifi
er cally fitted to the .eye. Catarrh of the
t Nose and Throat successfully treated.
)t Office-Jackson St. 36-ly
-F ADKINSON,
Attorney at Law.
Gives Special attention to
Business in the U S Land
Office,
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P O Address-
Florence
Owner of fol
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G on left hip
W an left hea
Horses brand
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McKay Brothers,
- Bric k Makers,
Contractors and Builders.
1, holesa e and Retail I ,J-irs in
Brick, Stone, Lime & Genera
BUILDING MATERIAL.
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ie Leadin .. . - TIhe Lrgest
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First-Clnas For Commercial Trav
Bar and Billard elers.
All Coaches Arr ie
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Charges Reasona J! e - the Door.
SAM KIOHLBER, - - - Prop.
Great Falls Blacksmith Shop,
WM. J. PRATT, PROP.
Blacksmithing and Repairing of all Kinds
I am prepared to any class of work in my line, andin a most thorough and
workmanlike manner. All work done on short notice. All
diseases of the feet treated successfully.
Livery, Draft, and Mule Shoeing.
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Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
1st Ave. south, Great Fal. - - Montana
R SESORS Well Broken
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Address, CHAS. BREWSTER, TamUy, HMoa
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