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cpment Of q vast industry Of the conn.
/ try. space permits mention OF but two.
typical. however. Of them all These
two stand with continent between
them. geographically speaking the
Bath Iron works and the Union iren
works of San Francisco. The history
Of American shipbniiding g. written in
the creations Of the Bath builders. ho
have 20 their credit the fast clipper
ships OF olden times az well a. TIE
spesdiest steamers 81 the more modern
period Adapting tbeif ysfds for The
building Of wooden ships 70 the =.
qUIreu1euts Of the steel age" the Bat!
builders soon turned out marine arehi-
lecture second 70 none The Bath Iron
works we're founded b. General r. ~
Hyde IN lsss and IN iss0 contracted a,
build their nTst Esncosis Tor the United
stsf~2 navy. following Hifh merchant
r@-Seis Of enormous tonnage and ncfes
Tor TIER speed. The yards are rexz rdets
as models ~ their kiad AMI caoatse ..
irsulente development
While "a. r-nion Iron work. a a,
FFanciseo arr nor ranked among ts~
!asz~sf and most pesriy psyf~es ia fas
World they have beer established w.t.
IA twenty years Their first contract for
building a fnif~d states war vessel ~.
ina; for The Charleston IT, ing. the "a
rsSus Oregon b@inE fs~if Fret h.s.t~-
snip. the keei of xhIch AS laid in issf
seven T~sTs before -ss~ tFs.ds her re-.
nowred yo3tgs frorn san F~zn~lxos "a
santiago Do Cuba Thsy have Also
built The OHIO. tie Ssn FFancfnro W.
orTsinz- Tacoma. Olympia Immense me-.
C.aHs srsaHn~rF etc fAsels svesw. 80
snx with tie uosida b>st Arnonx -
forces no@ operating % piser shs pa
81 fossf states among fhe foremost n
the raee foT supremacy ia oar rss>rt.r-
tlls marine none oufFznks the xs~sx
shtrsulidlnx io4asfrv known a. "A.
Union iron sofks zsich IL NV a r,sr.-
b~r ~ -. xr@st rorrhfns
ALFRED q EDwAgpEs
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and erected mills of his own. He had a
mania for picking up street railways
and soon became known as the trolley
king, controlling lines in Indianapolis.
Springfield. H.: New Orleans. St. Louis.
Brooklyn, Columbus and Cleveland
and in other places too numerous TO
mention" He bought them for lfst'e.
put mortgages on them as heavy as
could be fioated and issued stocks and
bonds. which the people who believed in
him gladly and freely bought Incl
dentally. he made many other fortunes
besides his own. and his own is now es-
timated at SIS. 900, 900 or $50. o0e. 900.
But at last this money getter OF IN
surpassed abilities saw "A great light
II was many years ago that he first
read a copy of Henry Georges noted
book. Progress and Poverty" and he
became single taxer from the mo-
ment that he met the author. He was
then a monopolist OF the strictest sort.
owning valuable franchises obtained
from the public for next to nothing.
Yet he turned about and became-in
theory at Ieast-a pronounced enemy 10
all privileges of whatever sort granted
by the people and fostered by govern
ment local or national. IL was on New
Years day 1899. that he announced, Il
have Withdrawn from all my business
enterprises in order to devote my time.
my fortune-in fact. my life-to the
PRONUNCIATION of the Henry George)
single tax ideas" This change of front
and the mixed ideas he has put forth Tn
politics have caused many TO call him
the political paradox the modern
Moses Tom Tolstoi Johnson" and a
variety OF names. complimentary and
otherwise Put Tom Johnson does not
care what people call him.
People were astounded when this or
ganizer of railway monopolies and steel
rail trusts offered himself for congress
as free trader and opponent of mo-
nopol!es. but he won an election In a
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strongly protective district and served
as representative during three terms
from 1921 TO 1855. His greatest feat
while there was the inserting OF the &C.,
tire body Of Henry Georges book IN tbs
Congressional Record and securing !, q
circulation OF more thai million cop
les. delivering il conjointly With i've
other members as speeches IN the
house.
The fight he made for the nayora,ty
Of Cievs : nd and his election 10 the o.
nee on ..-e lSt OF April. 1901. are still
fresh in memory The spectacle OF .
five cent millionaire championing the
cause Of three cent fares OF street rail-
ways and eventual ownership OF the
peoples franchises by the people them
selves attracted the attention OF the
whole country.
In personal appearance Mr.. Johnson
Is short and sturdy and weighs about
go pounds. Ne has big bull neck
round. smooth shaven face. strong
square jaws and a joviai. youthful look
His figure is corpulent. but his shout,
ders are broad and capable of carryins
all that can be placed upon them In
dress he Is simple. and has manners ars
the same. He moves in the highest 80.
ciety. but mingies freely with all class
es. particularly champ.oning the down
trodden and oppressed" His energy =
unmistakable. and his mental acuteneSs
Is shown by his lacking a French
lesson daily and keeping IL up for two
years in order TO master language hs
wished 70 understand. A strong fshtei
and hard hitter, Tom Johnson Is al
ways good natured withal. and as may.
or of Cleveland he elbows aside the vast
throngs Of ONCE seekers as jovialiy as
ers,while he combated his oppoa snts In
congress. He has always been CHEEKY
OF manner and polite to all. so the peo-
pie like him whether they indorss his
peculiar views and political ambitions
or not. JAMES L. AFFLING.
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ceived and perfected the scheme of
consolidation was doubtless that of ].
Plerpont Morgan, who thus welded an
other link in the chain with which he is
SIrdllng the globe the man who has
appeared most prominently in il is Mr..
Nixon. Born in 1861 at Leesburg, Va,
where his father was keeper of the
county Jail, Lewis Nixon early dis
played the force and energy for which
he has since become conspicuous. Sent
to the Naval academy al Annapolis, he
graduated at the head of his class and
was ordered by the navy department to
England. where he took a special course
in naval architecture at the Royal COL
lege. Greenwich. On his return to the
United States he was appointed assist
ant naval constructor at Washington.
He designed the battleship Oregon. lat
er resigning from the navy and enter
ing the works OF Cramp & Sons at Phil
adelphia 10 superintend the construc-
ton of several large warships. In 1895
he purchased the Crescent shipyards at
Eliza bethport. y. J.. since which time
he has been actively engaged not only
as shipbuilder, but as a Tammany
politician who acquired a following by
his energetic qualities.
However much the new combine NAV
contribute to the bringing about of this
desired condition of affairs. when Amer
lea shall become mistress of TIE worlds
marine construction. there is one fea-
ture OF the scheme which appeals espe-
cially TO national pride, and that is the
building of q great drydock which shall
be large enough to accommodate the
biggest vessel now ai3oat on either the
Atlantic or Pacific coast.
So far as the vessels OF our navy go.
there are several floating docks which
can take in the biggest battleshio in the
service. In pursuance of the plans re-
Gently adopted b. congress. appropria-
lions have been made FOR a chain OF
docks along the Atlantic coast from
Portsmouth. y. H. 10 the gulf OF Mex,
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bilt has been arrested since he an
nounced his remuneration. for speeding
in the streets of Newport,
I'm the de- elopment of the automobile
machines have been evoked many tons
in weight and capable of speeding up to
seventy miles an hour. but experience
has shown that the relatively lighter
autos are the best. all things consider
ed, and also the most durable. The Au-
tomobile Club of France has placed a
ban upon all machines weighing more
than 900 kilos (about 1000 pounds and
tEis edict together with the popular
outburst against driving those huge
roads. has created a revulsion there in
favor of lighter and slower machines.
No doubt exists as 10 what popular
sentiment is respecting the speeding OF
autos in our streets and highways. as
shown in the passing of state laws gen.
orally regulating the speed to less than
eight or zen miles an hour.
But it is one thing TO get a law enact
ed and quite another to enforce 1t. A
strict enforcement Of the laws. with the
substitution OF imprisonment for a fine
(Which the millionaire drivers of auto
mobiles only laugh aD. VIII reduce the
number of casualties on cur highways.
while ii should also be further enact
ed that every chauffeur must be pro-
vided with a license setting Forth his
qualifications as an engineer.
First Of all. says the eminent Four
nier twho has himself been in many an
accident, by the way)., a chauffeur
should be a good steersman and have
not only his hands. but his feet. under
full control. His eyes must be fixed on
the road in front unless reversing.
when they must be over his shoulder.
He must have confidence. but not be
overconfdent. a fault that has caused
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| many disaster. II would seem fson
the reports Ct various accidents that
! the greatest danger 10 an operator.
whether experienced or rot. IN from
skidding. when the steering gear re-
! fuses 10 act properly and .he machine
persists I'm waltzing. fifst on its foss
wheels. then on its hind. particularly
when the road Is wet and slippery.
A burst tire VIII cause the worst sort
OF slipping the experts say and TO this
kind OF accident they at FIRST ascribsd
the terrible happening In France last
month. though the latest reports make
II due 10 a defective steering wheel
Pneumatic tires have a less firm hold
upon the road the broader they are. and
the manufacturers must work To the
end OF securing tires With narrower
bearing az vel as 20 produce steering
gear shat will act more quickly and -f-
.ec,iyeiy and aot break. AS at present
arranged. the chauffeur il sometimes
completely at the mercy OF his Irlachins
no matter how experienced ne may be.
An auto is n swift motor having no
rails TO hold il TO It's true course.
For the prevention OF accidents In tho
future. at least for minimizing fhsIr
results. there should be perfect co-oa-
Grafton ON the part OF manufactures.
auto users and owners and the general
public. The first named must strive 20
produce more nearly perfect machine.
one that can be brought under control
no matter what the condition OF road,
or weather. The time has gone by Tor
ignoring the automobile. as u has be-
come a factor in motor problems that
is destined 20 supersede the horse. 80
the only thing now is 10 accept IL. bu,
to hedge iss use about with precautions.
as in laws restricting speed and severe
penalties for ;hei- infraction.
EDWARD NJ SEPHTOS.
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RIGA was due 70 the fact that soldiers
attending 70 them knew nothing Of the
care OF horses.
Securities worth s5.eoe have been dis
covered in an old mattress by a marine
store dealer 0unkmanD AZ Lyons
The Solano * hot southeast wind
loaded with fine dust which blows
across Spain
Thus far the United States has built
$50 schools in Porto Rico.
4 wonderful beard Is worn by Jean
CoRlon or Montiucon. France II is ten
feet ten and one-haf inches In length
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aep~2rr that Jupiter - r1s only "a
sszois q t-ansfornsnx a. on@ ~noosas~.
psrs*ssii< arbst int an ~silpsie CO..
tr' csa zf10zsiy c1u<s = oosp~t 70 rrss~
re pis8~t instead CT tt~ sun ts~ xo.,
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~ifhosfs et-rlisar2t lxsstnx ;s@ ssa a.
sif
Hsstsfs~fory ~~p~r irnsrts plfh fss~s oil
for ar- SfEiss~s AsEs be<n szazae h. Les.
don
h~1~nsfsi otis may - rot sros~ ..s-s
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pso0Vinx eff1sr On a.
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being manufactures At Ottawa Tor tbs
csnssiiza government
GovsTnnT Woo8 brosxhf hone zfsh
him from Csssz a. souvenir a hzrsf
sorSe r1zch@t~ presented TO hin b r~s-
.rars OF ;te rsiaxu xar.
Prrrsfs5 i4c=@a bas lately gives an
sfetrErf - he Earabif.hs<f Pare ca
tn csptcTs q comets ~ Jupiter. II
flsfus~~s ss~ zcfsoa ~ Jupiter sSon =
comet eofertns re- planets sr,ss~ss ~
activity ard fh< rotation borne o. ire
esrecfsos and resocf,y % ~ approach
20 ne ccsnrs-s Subsequent s<hxxsor. Ii
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vention in the future. 1t is slgnln-
cant fact that more accidents nave &c
r1lrred this year than in any year pre-
vious. due doubtless to the lncreaSiliS
use of the machines as Wen as 10 the
mania for racing which seems to nave
possessed many auto owners ana nur-
ried several Of them to untimely deaths
1t was on the 18th of last August that
Mr. and Mrs. Charles l.. Fair were
killed by the Wrecking of their auto
mobile while touring in France ana
only twelve days later that Mr.. r. j.
Matthews and a lady companion were
killed by a similar accident in New Jer-
sey. In both instances the machines
We're going at a high rate of speed, and
the accidents could have been prevented
by the use of ordinary precautions;
but the mishap of Sir Thomas Lipton's
auto a little later was one that even the
most experienced of chauffeurs could
not have prevented. Sir Thomas ma
chine 'skidded." and the ever smiling
baronet was considerably shaken up in
consequence.
The persistence with which these au-
tomobile accidents have occurred shows
that there is something radically
wrong, both with the machines and in
the manner of using them. The French
have come TO the conclusion that the
manufacturers of automobiles must use
greater care in their construction
They have. of course, accepted such or
ders as were sent to their shops. and
the most of those orders having been
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and when the lad came In with his
bags of money he carefully deposited
them in the safe and slammed to the
door. This attracted the attention of
the bookkeeper. who asked him surlily
what he did that for. Dunno" an
swered the boy, but the rules say Put
the bag in the safe and I'm going TO
do II whether YOU like ii or not The
bookkeeper didn't like it While the
two were in the midst of an angry
discussion the owner of the road walked
in and inquired what the row was
about. Tom told him that he was try
ing 10 live up to the rules, and his en-
ployer was so impressed that he made
him chief drawer on the spot. Two
years later, so the story runs. ne was
superintendent of the road.
He learned all he could about street
railways in general, invented a nickel
in the slot machine for collecting .'one
horse fares and soon found himself on
the highway to success. That highway.
he had the good sense to perceive, was
to be traversed by trolley lines, and he
stuck right TO them until he had
amassed a fortune. His first monopoly
in a small way was newspapers. his
second came through his patents on
several street railway devices and his
third was in the street railroad bust
ness on a grand scale. Before he was
twenty-five he borrowed money and
picked up his first railroad in Indian
apolis. He was one OF the first TO per-
ceive the vast benefits to accrue from
''electrifying'' the one horse and one
mule roads. and soon blossomed out as
a full fiedged capitalist.
He was healthy as well as specula-
tive and always with an eye to the
main chance. When he married. he Sc
cured a rich girl with lots of money,
and beautiful one TO boot. When he
found that the steel mills charged him
too much to manufacture the patent
rail he had invented, he bought land
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Eaasrd WI than Of any uarsaip bull

Edward VII than OF any vsrsaip bgiit
~ Davenport
One Of the most enthusiastic cyclers
n the Rhondda valley = a blind ran.
who rides tsrdern with friend who
car Sc
A milk hsi- dolphin has ben Oh
seFv~d swimming IN The Holy ioch. A.
gyiizbire. SCOTLAND
Pewter making. orse % England I'M
,sortan- Industries seventy y@ars arc.
has t--sn almost abandoned
Lord Roberts has ordered tests 20 -
made % Cir Robert Ro-x rts~. which IL
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and nearly five feet az II when he
stands erect rests on Tire floor The
ends Of his mustache hang below his
waist
The insurance of the lives Of children
IS forbidden IN Montreal.
People usually live longer on islands
and small reninxalss than on cont
reRts-
For three weeks German cavalry
soldier stationed at Insterburg. eastern
Prussia has been asleep.
UD 20 the present slower progress s.
being made with the construction Of the
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crease of earnings has been estimated
az s.. ooo GOO year
Harvard's exhibit 10 the Paris exit
hilton was recognized by a grand prix
bronze medal and a diploma
The kagura taiko is a large drum
used in japanese temples.
An official report gives the estimated
additional cost necessary 20 complete
Siberian railroads as So o59. 600
Lord Kitchener says hat most of the
trouble With he mounts n South A.
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READ AND BE WISE.

Consumption. il is said. is mainly due
TO insutfioiency OF fat in our daily food.
IN shortening the Union Pacific rail-
road between Omaha and Ogden by
thirty miles. reducing the grades from
q maximum Of ninety seven 10 maxi
mum OF forty-three feet and expanding
the curves. $4,000. 600 viii have been
expended. it is said when the work Is
finished. There viii be a great saving
I'm fuel. in the use OF much longer
freight trains. and the resulting in
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1854, he is only forty-eight years old
yet he has been multimillionaire for
several years past AS boy he ran
errands for a livelihood aid did not
despise the nickels that came in his
way.
To begin with, he owed his advance
ment to having been born frugal in
stead of careless of trifles. His picking
up of a piece of old iron and throwing
it on his employers scrap heap attract
ed the attention of that employer and
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THE OREGON.

leo and also on the Pacific from san
Diego TO Seattle. Immense masonry
docks are 10 be constructed at the New
York and Norfolk navy yards capable
OF receiving the heaviest warships and
carrying a depth OF thirty feet of water
Recognizing the necessity OF keeping
pace with the vast increase in size and
armament OF the modern bettIeships.
the navy department has prepared It's
plans we'll in advance. and We are no
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secured his first promotion. Before this.
however, he had displayed his shrewd-
ness by cornering all the morning pa
pers when he was a newsboy in Staun-
ton, Va, and selling them at tremen-
dous profits. This was his first bust
ness venture. at the age of thirteen. A
boy who could conceive and carry
through a newspaper combine and at
the same time was regardful of trifes
was Just the one the street railway
magnate was looking for, and he adj
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combines, by which seven large and
fiourishing shipbuilding concerns were
united under one management a few
months ago and which already has or
ders ahead. il is said to the extent of
$50 900 600. is the United States Ship
building company of New Jersey. Now
that the head of this shipbuilding COM
pany. Lewis Nixon. has announced the
intention not only of building all kinds
OF craft. but of constructing, if possible.
a mammoth drydock. to be located
somewhere in New York harbor the
enterprise assumes a really national
character. This character. in fact. it
had already proclaimed when il took
into the company such widely separat-
ed concerns as the Union Iron works of
San Francisco. the Crescent shipyards
OF Elizabeth. n. j.: the Bath Iron
Works and Windlass company OF Bath.
Ne; the Eastern Shipbuilding company
OF New London. Conn; the Harlan and
Holiingsworth company of Wilmington.
Del: the Canda Manufacturing COM
pany Of Carteret. y. J.. and the Beth
lehem Steel company of Pennsylvania
Tie capitalization of the combine has
been increased from $50 000 900. as orig
inally announced, To $45.030.0 and the
company has issued $4,000. 00e of > per
cent first mortgage bonds. Although
the combine was formed some time ago.
the consummation only came about
within few weeks. when its chief pro
noter. Lewis Nixon. retired from the
presidency of the Crescent shipyards.
one of the constituent companies. TO as
sumo the directorate OF the larger cor
poration. While the brain that con-
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HE Hon. rom Loftin
Johnson, whose presi-
Dental boom was re-
Gently launched in
Cleveland and whose
odd campaign with
a circus tent and 9TH
er novel accessories
attract popular at
fantion- Is aVoWedlY
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longer open to the reproach OF being
unable TO dock warships Of our own
construction in our own yards
The most important factor in the
shipbuilding combine Is probably the
Bethlehem Steel company. which itself
had a capital OK SIS ot-J 80 and had IS
sued bonds 70 the amount OF nearly
s.. 90 COO more Thus the great ship
building concern becomes absolutely
unique in the position Il occupies. con-
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vanced his salary to 81 per week. His
strict observance OF rules gave him an
other promotion, which came about in
this way: The Office had a rule that the
drawers" 7on the company's street cars
should deposit their days receipts in
the office safe and be careful about it
They had fallen into the habit. however,
OF dumping the bags of money on the
office floor and leaving it there to be
locked up by the bookkeeper. One day
Tom was drafted to be a drawer"
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trolling az IL does all the essential ma
tsrisl for building TORPEDO boats. de-
stToyers, battiesaspz ard ocean f.ners
and also plants for the mzngfacfgre %
srnsor plate. guns. large and ErnsH and
fo-xings of every kind With this sc-
qu.s.tion~ says member Of the com
btn- "the Emitted States Shipbyilciaz
company sflI b. BY far the most csfn-
Plsfesy equipped pant OF lts kind IN Fsss
word. manufacturing ereTythirs itszlf.
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auto racing, having been Influenced in
that determination through the tragic
death of his brother-in-law, Mr.. Fair
and his wife. though blaming it, or
the defective roads and lax road laws
of the country. And yet Mr.. Wander
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Including ifs srrDor plate and guns
This combination wlfh the enormous
facilities behind s. tie strong financial
hacking and the management u xili
have - destined 70 pat this country
again IN tb~ position which sns once
bid as the leading shIpbuiissnE malice
IN the world
While al the constituent COMPANIES
- the combine arr interesting Illus
frztinx az they 90 TIE enormous terelo-
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for racing machines. or at least for
autos that will make and maintain a
high rate of speed, naturally enough
they have worked to develop such mon
sterS as the White Ghost the Red Devil
and others of their type, some of which
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one of the most unique individuals in
politics. Born in Kentucky July Is,
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HE increasing frequen-
cy of automobile &C
cidents and their ter
rible fatalities have
attracted universal at
tention, and many
plans are being dis
cussed for their pre-
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! have records up to sixty miles an hour
and are fearful engines of death when
on rampage
Most of these machines are propelled
by steam, especially the largest. but
the machine in which Fourier made