The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-05-10

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.rhe Washington Post believes the
. next congress will pass the snip SUB
sidy bill.
Captain Igna RoGrio vi me A;tstro
Hungarian army has written pamph
let entitled THE Prospects of the
Future American-Japanes War" Cap
tain Rodric is of opinion that the un
defended condition of the Pacific
Coast offers opportunities for Japan
csc aggression.
Congressman James, of Kentucky,
took up an attitude of strong oppos1
ton to the Fowler bill on banking and
currency In the course of a recent
speech he raised ripple of laughter
by saying, $50 far as 1 am concern
ed, Wall street is a place where
man is bull one day. bear the
next, and hog all the time"
Somebody has figured out that
while the profits Of trade between
the nations of the world amount to
$2,4O0,0O0,0OO a year it costs $4,000,
100000 a year to maintain the mill
tary and naval strength of the trad
ing nations And the worst of it for
Uncle Sam is that his outlay seems to
be largely displayed in quarters Of
the world where he gets little or ne
trade, laments the Boston Herald
The government is said to be ex'
perimenting on the effects of certain
foods in making men fat or lean. The
agricultural experiment stations hav-
ing done SO much good, 1T is desirable
that human experiment stations
should be established. Then no man
would need to deplore his excessive
weight or the scant covering of his
bones. He would read the latest bull
letin of the experiment station and
eat accordingly.
There is no unanimity among the
leading financial lights on the CUES
ton of an impending contraction in
business, and the advice give by
bankers to their brokerage clients
ranges from optimism to conserva
tis1n. Here is a sample which gives
one point of view: There is no real
decrease in business, no immediate
effect of retrenchment Statistics
measuring business are right up tc
~
the high points. The ultimate resuF
cannot be foreshadowed until more
conclusive evidence of the nature OF
the leayen in the situation is known
Inventors who assert that they can
impart to ashes the full heat produc
ing qualities of the original fuel by
adding a secret composition are once
more claiming public attention. At
tempts to utilize imperfectly burned
coal are of course, to be commended
for both in the household and in pow
er plants an appreciable residue OF
valuable material is often left. Any
body who thinks that he can replace
carbon which has already gone UP
the chimney, however, runs some risk
of being classed with the perpetual
notion philosophers.
Before it was determined scientif1
cally that smoke is waste, smoke was
fixed as the final indication and proof
of prosperity, recalls the Detroit FREQ
Press. Today a smokeless chimney
means nothing less than THRIFT ano
good management. Similarly we now
hear that noise is proof of urban lie.
progress and activity. We may an
swer that noise is loss as surely as
smoke is waste. Decreased comfort
is loss and noise decreases comfort
Disturbed minds are loss through
reduction of mental force. But these
and similar consequences are indirect
loss. There is direct loss also.
rafting car means worn bearings and
a shortlived vehicle Otherwise rail-
roads would not spend so much OF
their roadbeds and they would run
trains at higher speed.
The total amount of capital invest
ed in automobile factories and plants
is $50 100000, while the aggregate
output in value of factories and plants
for 1906 was s55,OO0,000. The total
number of cars made aggregated
$4,000, as against l ,422 that were i'm
ported. There are approximately
100, wage earners employed in tho
automobile industry, Of which $4,000
employees comprise the selling stan
of 600 dealers whose invested CAPT
tai is s25 ,O00, 900. The wage earners
employed in the industry number l0o'
900. while their annual pay roll eX
ceeds 500 1000, 900 OF total of 1907
900 automobiles in use in the unlteo
States there are $4,000 used in the
State of New York.
The indifference of prosperous
ha 1,tra nf fOrpi0n trade