The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1904-03-11
The OUTLOOK.

The OUTLOOK.
The Cost It's rather an expen-
ola sive luxury, being
Battleship. great naval power, for
warships cost great deal Of money.
The naval appropriation bill reported
to the House had as one item a warship
that was to cost 81, 75o,O 1t will be
the most expensive warship that sails
the sea. England has one that cost
$4,000, 900 and France one that made
the little bill Of 100000. That will
cost the profits of large number of
farms for many q year. Yet If it is
the means of keeping the peace per-
haps it will be worth its cost. Krupp
used to call his big guns the "Peace-
makers" and If big ships lead to arbi-
tration instead of war it will be we'll.
However on another side it looks very
foolish for so-called Christian nations
to spend so much money getting ready
to kill people. Why not a universal
disarming of the nations that there
may be universal peace? What is the
use of such war as that between
Russia and Japan when all that can
be gained on either side is only some
sort of protectorate over Corea or
Manchuria? The prize is not worth the
fighting for, because no nation to-day
can become too grasping without the
rest Of the world uniting against it.
Would that universal peace might
reign and that a Congress of Nations
might annually assemble to keep the
peace on our little planet. We need
more Christianity and less Mammon
in the government Of nations.
I:
= The That the automobile
Automobile. has came to stay is
evident from the exhibitions that have
been held from year to year in New
York. In 1899 at a bicycle show in
Madison Square Garden few
machines were exhibited but they we're
laughed at by the. European visitors
who had already become quite accus-
toned to the horseless carriage. In
1900 the Automobile Club Of America
held an exhibition in the same place
and that too was a sort of laughing
stock to the European makers of the
machines. In 1901 better show was
given and the manufacturers helped
that one out and showed that they
were getting their ideas from the mis-.
takes :and successes OF the over sea
makers. In 1908 the show proved that
our automobiles are as good as can be
made and that our manufacturers have
got all the best ideas OF the European
makers and have added some new ideas
Of their own. Gasoline is the motive
power used almost exclusively and the
electric and steam propelled machines
are very few. In the year 1903 there
were $4,000 vehicles made and they
represent cash value Of about $780,
100000. Heavy ARTILLERY" wheels are
used in the construction and the whole
machine is solidly built. The auto.
mobile is being used on the police force,
in parcel collection, in carrying tour
lists about New York City, in deliver
ing coal in five ton trucks, in trans.
porting army supplies and even in
blowing in the field. What interests
the New Highlander is whether he
shall have any chance to ever go out
driving with his family without being
run over by "red devil"
4 Il
A New InGermany new use has
Use been discovered for skim
For Milk. milk, in that they are
making an article of commerce out OF
it by pressing 1t and mixing it with
various chemicals until it has the ap.
pearance Of ebony. Out OF the new