DETROIT, MICHIGAN, July 25, 1915
'Sea" poyage ON the Lakes-Ihe Crops-I,lcrease in
the supply of Copper and Brass, &c.
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"Sea" Hoyage on the Lakcs-IAe Crops-Ilcrease in


the supply Of Copper and Brass, &c.


| am once more fairly on terra firma, in the me-
troPols OF the Peninsular State, and no longer in
fear Of being bored through by the eels of Lake
Erie. We made the passage Of the Lake in the
steamboat London, in % hours, that being her usual
tlme-makIng the time from New York to Detroit
by the regular conveyance, without accident or him
drance only 55 hours


Detroit is dry, dull, and dusty. Wheat down to
56 cents, and the thermometer up to 90 in the shade
The only articles now marketable are ice and cop
per stock. The farmers arc all busy engaged in
winding up their harvesting, which, by-the-way, is
extraordinary crop.


Heigho for Lake Superior, il is all the 20 here;
spectators are all off to make fortunes, politicians
to get cool for the coming campaigns and dandes
because It Is fashionable.


Lieut. Governor O. d. Richardson and Dr. Haugh-
tere, two of the locofoco candidates for Governor
have abandoned the political field for fortunes up the
lakes.


! find il impossible TO talk with a man upon any
other subject than mining | ann continually having
some one of the numerous companies speci-
mems" thrust in my face.


Almost every individual you meet has metal about
him: some have found charged at both ends cop
per ore in every pocket and brass enough in the face
to make fortune IN any country. Some of the ore
appears to be OF rare quality, and said TO contain
as high as seventy-five or eighty per cent of pure
copper.


There will be a great amount of wheat shipped
from Michigan this season; one third more than
upon any previous year. Spring crops are suf-
ierng very much from the drought. The political
tempest Is gathering slowly, YET fearfully in this
State. The democratic party is in the ascendancy,
butts divided between the 6 hunkers'' and the
"young democracy" new element is entering
into the contest this fall which strongly threatens to
break up the present POLITICAL organizations A por
on OF the people are in favor of the judiciary re-
form bill, while the attorneys and public officers
generally oppose it. There is great deal of polit
cal wire pulling going. on just now, which will be
likely to STIR up something Interesting for my next
communication