The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19

land The new regulations are very strict
lney provide for the registration OF cdIs;
the licensing of drivers and give the ioeai
government boards certain latitude III ie
quiring identification marks to be displayed
upon all motors in such way as TO De cas-
lily distinguished day or night There are
lees attached 10 securing all OF the pSt-
mits necessary and after the close OF lfIs
year IL will be no longer legally possloie TOT
any persons to drive a motor car IN Elg
land unless he is at least seventeen years
or age. nor VIII any one be allowed 10 Ilue
motorcycle under fourteen years OF age.
This requirement is intended to prevent
the licensed driver from handing over the
care OF the car to any LADY or gentleman
passenger on board who has an dinpieioii
to try his or her hand at the wheel
The speed limit is not the only measure
OF safety, for the law says: II any PSlsol
drives motor car on pubic highway
recklessly or negligently, or at sPeeo vi
in a manner which is dangerous 10 the pup
lie, having regard to all the circumstances
of the case, including the nature, conoltlon
of traffic which actually is at the time or
which might reasonably be expected 10 De
on the highway, that person snail De Sulity
of an offense under this act.
The local authorities are to be the Judges
as to the manner in which man was run
ming car and the law has been interpreted
to mean that motor cars are to be excluded
from narrow lanes where their movement
would be obviously dangerous to passers-
by. The speed limit on public highways is
twenty miles per hour. but upon the re-
quest of any local authority this limit can
be reduced within their jurisdiction to ten
miles per hour.
very severe, running as high as $3.50, with
the alternative of three months imprlson-
ment and in of accident for which the
motor is at fault, the driver Is required 10
give his name and address and the name
and address of the owner OF the car and It's
number il required. Travelling by motor
cars is now very general throughout Great
Britain. and upon some of the main high
ways between important towns more motors
are encountered than horse vehicles. There
has been great deal OF trouble caused
by the rapid passage OF touring cars through
the small English villages, and the local
authorities have done everything in their
power to check this method of proceeding
but without material results The parlia-
mentary act above referred to is intended
TO reinforce the hands of the local authori-
ties in regulating motor traffic.
XXX
Travelling men. accustomed to come and go
In the United States without restriction of
any kind, find themselves under very diff
ferent status when they enter foreign coun-
tries Travelling agents who carry no goods
for sale. but only samples, enjoy freedom
from all taxes in France. but they are COM
PEELED to carry a business Identification
card issued by the authorities. This agent
Is limited in his activities TO business trans
actions with those firms which deal in his
line of goods, and the samples he carries are
exempt from duty If re-exported WITHIN
year from the date of entry. Regular duty,
however has to be deposited with the Gus
| tom house. and is refunded
In the British isles commercial travellers
are exempt from all taxes, and especially
| trade licenses. except in the case of trade
| commodities, for the sale of which special
| public licenses are required. Such commool-
| ties include silverware, tobacco, aleohohc
| liquors, ETC. 1t is general throughout the
| world to allow foreign travelling men 10
| enter n country and do business, but not
| without careful surveillance and system
| of permits and licenses. which serve not only
| as a means of Identifying the agent hlmself,
but as identification for the samples or
| goods brought into the country.
Consul Patti writes to the State Depart
ment from Nice, France. to the effect that
| he has received many inquiries from the
United States in regard to the cultivation
| of flowers for distilling the perfume. He
says that land having southern exposure is
| generally chosen. and terraces upon hill
sides have often given the best results. The
ground Is well dug and well MANFRED. but
| beyond this no special treatment is used.
| and the cultivators proceed as with ordinary
crops The plants used largely for the pur-
pose of distillation are the violet, acacia
| jonquil, mignonette. rose, orange flower, jas
| mine, tuberose and pink, or carnauon. AS
| a rule the crops, being of n perishable ma
ture, are sold at prices fixed by the ois-
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| the mercy of the buyers.
| The price OF the flowers paid to the grower
4 ranges from cents per kilogram, or 2-Hfo
| pounds, to S1.l5 for acacia blossoms. All
| these blossoms are used in the new system
of distillation or absorption by grease some so g
limited amount of jasmine, are submitted 10
the old process of distillation.
Official inquiries are now being made as
| to the value of rose geranium leaves for
distillation purposes. The crop has at
tanned large proportions in Consul Pia hi1 s
over 100000 pounds. Two and one-half
| acres will yield about 5000 pounds and the
| price received is from $l.14 to $1-33 for 20
pounds The product of pure essence oil
| each 1900 pounds is about % pounds of per-
| furne. Some experiments are now In prog
ress I'm France as 10 the cultivation OF
| mint for distillation purposes, but the
| product has not yet secured a place in COM
merce.
The State Department has been informed
that electric lighting plants are wanted al
Thorshavn in the Farce islands. Gas mo-
tors are also needed in Russia. In the lat
ter place a large number of 1.O00-horse-
| power machines have been recently i'm
ported From Bilbao comes a note of a
great increase in the trade OF nitrate OF
soda and sulpnate OF ammonia for agricul-
tural purposes The United States now fur
| nishes about one-third of what Is used
Siam wants to buy windmills. These mills
should be of galvanized steel, about sixteen
feet in diameter and suitable for furnishing
power for irrigating purposes in dry
weather and for husking and milling rice In
wet weather.