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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-05
PREPARING FOR
GRAND RAGE
Forty-E Eight Fast Autos 70 Race
on Dieppe Course
July 18th.

There will BIO fort y- eight OF Durope's
fastest racing cars and one Americans
champion IN the Grand Prix on the
Dieppe circuit, July 18th. The race,
which will certainly BIO tho most Keen
" contested and the fastest the world
has ever seen, will DO started at s. "a.
II, by a British Austin car. driven by
Moore Brabazon. One minute later the
Mercedes racer will be sent away, fol-
lowed at intervals OF ono minute by
Motobloc. Hennult. Dietrich. Benz.
Brasier, Forthos, Opel, Bayard- Clement,
1tala. Weigel, Mors, then the Thomas
flyer. driven by Lewis Strang. George
Heath on Pnntard will follow the
winner OF the Driarcliff contest, and
behind ss1ssn him orx x 1e fhs asTAe e
the first series, the second and third
cars OF each firm-being started IN the
same order and at intervals Of one
After visit to Paris, where ali
formalitiss have been accomplished
with the French Club. the American
Houpt, has returned to Dieppe to take k,
up permanent headquarters and make
final preparations for the carnival. Al
though the Gourss s y now closed e
driver. and Montague Roberts. the re-
serve driver, will have an opportunity.
OF becoming acquainted with the roads
on tho touring car brought over at the
same time. S.,
Doubtless few days before the race
the courae will be again opened and
an opportunity given all drivers OF
studying the most difficult spots
Drivers on the Dieppe Course.
European drivers have been partic-
Ing on the Dieppe course for several
months. and are In consequences thor
oughly acquainted with every turn.
Z thus having an advantage over the for
eign competitors.
After the yerification OF tho cylinder
bores and the stamping OF the cylind-
erH by an official OF the French Club,
a few minor changes have been made
with q view to decreasing wind res
ststance.- and all that now remains
Is few final road tests In order to
have the certainty that nothing has
been neglected for the great struggle.
Last year the winner OF the Grand
Prix had mn average OF slightly more
than seventy miles an hour; this year
z 1t IL expected that slightly better
average will DO obtained. The ability
of the Thomac car to meet tho condi-
lions Is shown by the fact that on a
etraightway 1t has attained a speed OF
ninety-nine miles an hour.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-05
I IIa il GOING IA sec Tie nlvn, ,,ic

1t. He is going to see the olympic
games and sailed with the American
team. Britt is Il oking we'll though a
little high in flesh after his long rest.
While he will not admit ho means to
fight again before he left, he limited
That II things looked ripe in Paris.
where tho fighting game is on tho
boom, he may take a chance with
Frank Erne IL the proper Inducements
are offered. Il 5, Saf
Erne Is a big card In Paris, ana is
interested IN one of the boxing clubs.
soft is more tina n probable that Britt
Will be offered o. mate h when he ar
rlves In the French capt tai.
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eyes, had this trip in mind Tor

Eyes. I had this trip in mind for.
aE sa that @ou 1afefs
world Of good after; my long siege Of.
training. Frisco is not the same old;
town, but the buildings .are going up.
things arc u on Tie boom. Ketchal io Isl
IN idol theirs now since he beat Papke,3
and they will back him heavily to beat
Burns II they can get Tommy to light
Stanley has two good hands 81 being
left-handed. and he hurts
every time he lands. would like Sto;
see Frayne, Hylanf and Attell XII fighti
here, but I can't spare time.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-05

Boys $3.50 All-wool Knicker-
booker Suits. in blue serges
and fancy mixtures; COCO
choice .......;.... spCsOOa
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-05

winner in 1907, while he has also been
D quite consistent performer during the
present one as Well On the same day
that ESSEX won the open steeplechase
the Jacqufes Carter Stakes, value ST.
600, wcnt.to Goes Fast. the brown flly,
3, by Bitten, dam Allie H. product
q the late Robert Bradley's Greenway
Farm at Wilcox Wharf. Va.
A speciaI from Paris, KY, June goth.
the marriage Of Miss Nancy
Clay to Arthur Boyd Hancock. at
Farm, the beautiful Bour-
hon county home of Colonel and Mrs.
James p. Clay, parents of the bride
Colonel Clay, the father OF Mrs. Han
cock. Is ono Of the most prominent
breeders OF thoroughbred and trotting
horses In the Blue Grass region OF
Kentucky, Marchmont being the home
OF Virgins, 2:191-4, a sire OF note,
and q great band OF brood mares. Mr..
Hancock is associated with his father.
Captain r. ]. Hancock. in the owner
ship OF the famed Ellerslie Stud. Char
Va, and Is one OF the best
known and most successful men con-
nected with Thoroughbred horses In
the country. Mr.. and Mrs. Hancock
will reside in Virginia.
Among the horses that make up the
Boscobel Farm stable, OF Charles II.
fredericksburg. Va. are the
massive bay gelding. Bloodstone, s..
by Star Ruby, dam Prose. by Onon-
daga: Notre Knip. bay gelding. 5. by
Scorpion, dam Linderlette. by Linden;
Admiral Togo. brown gelding, 4. by
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-05
MAY FIGHT IN PAR!S.

BY Jeff Thompson.
NEW YORK July 4-Jimmy Britt
thinks there is some easy money for
him In Paris and Is going to soc about
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-05
0!LYMPIC PROGRAM.

The following IL tho time table for tho
rrst and second week Of the Olympic games
at London. Ems. showing the time that
Will BIO devoted to each event.
The Marathon race Will bn run July 2ith
from Windsor to the stadium, while on Oc-
tobsr 18th the winter section Of the Olympic
games begins. such as lacrosse. football.
hockey. etc.
From October 2sth to 31st the boxing will
be on. September 18th the MiddIcsex Walk
ing Club will hold atwenty- four-hour record
race. similar one not being held for twen-
ty-seyen years.
Tho Time Table.
First Wcek--July - to -.
Norning-From 10. Afternoon-From 1850.
July 1:-Opening Ceremony.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03
PICTURE GOODS

DO you remember the ssfzhr Ell
seen trade or swaps OF 5oyhood-
One of the parties to the transaction
usually got the worst Of il. diGn'r he :
And it wasn't usually the enc wss
proposed the dea- was liz There's =
lot of the same sort Of sight u1sesn
trading going on today CziT noz-
adays it Is called Buying By NAL
The pictures in the Advertisements
CT the Mail Order Houses look nice
tie talk sounds nice. and sometime
the deal turns out all right But even
supposing that it does-wherein +
the buyer any better OF than if he
had bought of a home merchant
Take any article you choose from sn~
long list of things sold By mail an
you can buy it just as eaezpIy ami
just as well mere at home The en-
tense OF selling il by mail - just A.
great as, IN not greater. than the
expense of selling il over the counter
Where We have rent taxes anss
clerk hire to pay the Mail Order
dealer has all those-and rents and
taxes are higher in the large cities
than here-and in addition he has -
pay small army OF bookkeepeTs.
stenographeTs. shipping clerks and
other employees besides the immense
cost of advertising
Did you know that IN many OF
what are called the Mail Order zd-
vertising MEDIUMS advertisements
cost from $fs to SIS an inch in .
single column II Is true Wher~
does all the profit come from ont %
which to pay all this,
I'VE can do our business On =
smaller margin Of profit than the Maj.
Order dealer can. we know our pep
PIE and their desires and we know
that we have sold and will sell bet
ter goods for the money than the other
fellow does Next time you are at
tracted by an ad of some small Mai
Order bargain just bring It right 10
us and let us have chance 10 bezs
it, That's only neighboriy aad far
and If we lose we won't say q WORT
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03
BLOOD STAINED BARGAINS

The following are excerpts from a
sermon preached by Rev. Cortland
Meyer, of the Baptist Temple, New
York city, on everyday topics. Among
other things he said:
Il have seen in many stores the
weights and measures which will
stand the test of the judgment throne,
but there are certain methods in
vogue today in Mail Order Houses
which are contrary to the welfare of
society and in opposition to every
sentence in the word of God. You will
see in these places of business an
altar to the false god of gold. Be
fore this great god large part of
cur population are lying with their
faces in the dust. BY this false God
the rich are cursed and the poor are
crushed.
The bargains in these concerns are
also part of this altar. l have seen
blood marks upon it, From whence
&c bargains Gomez Do they drop from
the skies to the countero All, mo-,
They come from the homes and the
hands and the hearts of the poor
There was time when the price was
but one factor in the sale. 1t is now
almost everything. This spirit of get
ting something for less than cost has
permeatej all commerce. Bargains
are the lode stone of attractions. The
starvation OF the sewing women is the
complement of the bargain counter
There is nothing on earth so chear
touches a limit of cost This fact oil
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03

suffering humanity is ringing the bell
Of justice; let the city hear its solemn
I, mes. From garnet and tenement an
howell and factory it rings above the
mad rush for gold. 1t tells the sad
story of thousands and tens of thous-
ands in a single city in hunger AMI
cold working their lives out at the
machines or losing their blood by the
piercings of the needle that the few
might have more
.Heart-breaking despair have l seen
again and again in those lives and
homes. As long as this gold god
continues TO be worshipped, the
scorching days of summer and the
marrow-piercing days of winter will
hear the cry of the white-faced chill
dren starving for bread and shiverins
in rags. Cruel. unhuman, blood-thirsty
idol-the cause of untold suffsGing and
unblushing crime. the mu6erer OF
bodies, the shatterer of brains. the
breaker of hearts, the destroyer oil
souls''
Rev. DIR. Mackey. of All Saints Epis
copal church, of Omaha, recently n
an able sermon. said: There ar
many problems arising today to con
front men. Among these is the enor
nous increase of wealth and its evil
effects The trend of this problem is
along lines which make it most alarm
ing and which point to future con
oition of affairs which should be OPP
posed with every fibre of our being
The great trouble today is that We
have divorced religion and the affair:
of the world. The man of toda,
comes to church Sunday after Sunday
and calls himself and is called
religious man.
Then he goes to his business OF
Monday and cuts out all of his reli
gion. There is where the great mis-
) take is made. We cannot separat.
religion and business.
The tendency of today seems to b'
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03
PROJECT YOUR TRADING POST

Whether conditions that have been
found practical and afford an equitable
compensation to all engaged in trade
are to be continued, or whether the
tradesman known as the retailer is
to be cut out of the game and the
people supplied directly through th.'
manufacturer and his direct represen-
tatiye is an important question. One
of the systems that is faT-reaching in
its baneful effects is the Mail Order
System. About so per cent of the
people of the United States live in
agricultural sections. 1t is from these
agricultural districts that the Mai,
Order Houses draw the trade, not
from the cities The question is
whether it is best for the masses thai
these mammoth houses in the large
cities drive the small merchants on!
OF business or mott Is it 10 the ad
vantage of the manufacturers and the
jobbers that the large houses con
tinue to grow? The existence OF
these houses has nothing to do witt
the consuming power of the people
Their existence does not increase
trade an iota- Why. then, should tn.
people patronize them. and why shoui,
manufacturers and jobbers give then
support by supplying them witt
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03
DOCTORfD GROCERIES

Farmers who have had their curios-
ity aroused over the pure food matter
right profit by doing a little thinking
Some of the big Mail Order Houses
are the greatest distributors of adult
terated goods In fact. the claim IS
made that the greatest amount of
adulterated coffees and the like are
sold through agents and the Mail
Order concerns Lately the state
chemist of western state has been
devoting attention TO the goods put
out by Mail Order concerns He Sc
cured samples of coffee and had them
examined by one of the leading
chemists IL was found that one or
the chief blends" which was sold for
So cents pound was composed of 55
per cent broken coffee. IA per cent
ohicory and 81 per cent roasted oats
Oats are worth about 40 cents a
hushel 1t requires not much figuring
to show how much the customers of
iris blend of coffee are paying for
their oats" There are dozens .Js
concerns in the country who do a
large business through women agents
who work for premiums with the
goods sold There is barely 4 single
one of these concerns who handles
pure goods. There are efforts being
made now to have the postal authori-
the United States mails
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03

the world, all right We have no
right to say to a man that he has
TO right to make money. or that his
ability to make money is not God
given. But We have a right to con-
denim him for his method of getting
it; he has no right to crush and
throttle others and trample them UNI
der his feet and snatch their gains
for himself
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03
THE WOMEN MUST HflP

Ii successful crusade 3 20 BE- IN
augurated against these evils. the aid
of the women must be secured WITH
out their cooperation nothing can De-
done Men may storm as much a.
they like where my money shall be
spent, once the money Is turned over
to the wife the chances are she viii
spend it where she pleasss And why
should she not? Is she not . partner
IT. the firm2 Why should xhe be caleb
upon to give an account OF her every
act to him who is styled ford of Greg
ton" any more than he To herr Too
many men regard the money tney paw
tc their wives as so much donated
The only legitimate expenses in their
estimation outside of their business
and the bare necessities for their fam
lilies is what they spend for their oxa
personal comfort They seem To forget
that mat-iTnony means equal parrne--
belongs TO his wife When she re-
eeiyes this she is under no cornpuIsfoa
to give him an accounting beyond
what one equal partner would give
| 10 another We do not say that see
shall not spend her part of the firms
earnings with Mail Order Efouse-
but it IS our mission TO show ner
that 1t is not for the interest OF rE..e
firm of which she is a member II
DO SO. Then. IL she is \ good bz1ss-
ness woman the Wall Order House
viii lose customer III sEe viii read
carefully. she viii at least End cat
not ony what our opinions are. BAT
very many actual facts bearing upon
this subject a. they OCCUR No aypo-
theticaI cases viii be- paInaei CT for
facts Every statement mac can -
relied upon
We appeal TO the women os fssE-
community TO come to The rescue Of
their home town. to the rescue Of
their husbands fathers, brothers. yea,
TO the rescue of their own homes A
"-o~A tH@AisA&NSr AtAo1F 1><ssx&t t42s4 -
var. pestiIenee or famine Your hozss.
town Is today struggling in the tots
of a commercial anaconda aud is
very life Is being squeezed out. it,
vitality absorbed and its future
biighted- Compare your home town
ct today with your home town befoE-
the up5uiIding of these mammoth esa-
Germs that have absorbed already one.
third of your home stores One by
ore. Ike the falling of autgrnn leaves.
III ey went down before the =ncroazEs-
ments of the nydra-headed Commercial.
nonstrosity known as the Mail Order
House. leaving in their wake a moua
tain of debt. ruin and bIixhted hops
Is there one member of the cnmrnnn
ity that has not suffered because OF
this pernicious SYSTEM Not one
And where is the end Of all fnfs
to be found IL these rhsssIes IN tn
commercial gardens are not checEez
off2 In the complete extiasuishmeai
of all business outside Of a few firms
The city viii be depopuizfsd. fog. tn
people. deprived of a means Of suks
sistence, must seek new homes
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03

goods? 1t may be that charge Of
discrimination would be made against
concerns that refused to SELL The
advantage over the dealer in the small
town, and soon the masses would dis
cover that there was nothing to be
gained by patronizing the distant
houses
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03

great wealth by any and every means
Tae men who pile up great wealth
little money and go mad with the lust
of getting more A bank president in
New York says it is degrading to
think of nothing but money getting
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03

about, then there is no wrong in
loving it. But if the love for money
Is for the power it brings, the social
position it gives, then it is wrong.
1t is appalling what the effects of the
mad rush after wealth bring about
today. We cannot take up a>paper
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03

wealth Love of money is pradomin-
ating everywhere. If the love of
money is for the good it can do. Tn :
suffering it can alleviate and the bet.
terment of the world it can bring
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03

ing when it is shown TO him that he
is working directly against his own
financial interests when he patronizes
other than home stores and home in
situations?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03

but what we read of the suicide o.
bank cashiers who nave been tempted; ;
then we read of the great trusts. on-
pressing and crushing everything
All of these things point TO the
pernicious influence of the getting OF
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-04-29
High Mark in Pensions
Chicago Record-Herald)

In the last report of the commits
sioner of pensions it was stated that
there was a net loss to the rolls
during the fiscal year ending in 1907
of 1860 names, and that this was
the greatest loss in the history
of the bureau. The roll reached
high water" mark Jan 81, 1905,
when the number of pensioners was
1,004,196. But the disbursements
during the fiscal year which includes
that date were exceeded in 1893 and
again in 1898. The figures for the
three years are: 1898, $15S, 1855 ,342 ;
1898, $145, 74S865; 1905, S142 ,099,-
2S6
The losses by death will continue
but the expenditures are affected by
new legislation. BY an act passed
Feb 6, 1907, it was declared that
any person who served ninety days
in the civil war or sixty days in the
Mexican war and who had reached
the age of 62 years or over should
be entitled to a pension and the rate
was fixed as follows: Persons from
62 to 70 years, $12 per month; 70 to
Is years, $15 per month; over rs
years, $40 per month. 1t is provided
a pension under any other law at
the same time or for the same period
that he is receiving a pension under
the provision Of this act" but the
report notes an increase in the annual
value Of pensions for the year which
was due to the passage of the act.
Up to June 80 more than 100000 GER
tificates were issued under it's PROV
isions, and this forecast was made !;
THE indications are at this date that
by the close of the present fiscal year,
perhaps sooner, all pending claims
under this act will have been adj
justed.
The pension bill recently passed by
the House carried an appropriation
that exceeded $150,000, 900. A wi
dow's pension bill has been passed
also, and the Senate committee on
pensions has approved an increase
in the appropriation to carry out
its provisions. The result is a total
amounting to $162, 100000, which
beats the record by about $4,000,O00.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-04-29
STRINGS ON SPEAKER CANNON

1t was a fortunate thing for the
American people when the light
publicity began to play on the records
of members of Congress. Little by
little the public has been able to get at
the mainsprings which move certain
Senators and members of the House
For instance, Senator Aldrich has
been spotted as the representative of
the money interests. Another Senator
will represent the ship building in
terests, and will owe his election to
that
More recently the course of action
Of Speaker Cannon has been the sub
ject of investigation. His evident an
xiety to protect certain interests has
aroused more than a suspicion that he
is subservient to those interests.
The most recent instance, and the
one which should cause every news
paper, regardless of politics, to land
squarely on the neck of Speaker Can
non, is his persistent tactics. to prev
ent the passage of an act putting pulp
and print paper on the free list Pres
ident Roosevelt recommended that
this act be passed, and the newspaper
publishers are painfully cognizant of
the needs of such a law The big ad-
vances in the price of white paper, due
| in large part to the Paper Trust, has
| been a powerful object lesson to the
| newspapers on the hold-up game prac-
| ticed by the trust named.
| Repeated efforts have been made
to get Speaker Cannon to recognize a
member who would introduce such a
bill, but il vain. The speaker evil
IDENTIFY thinks that his job is to say
what shall or shall not be permitted
| to become a law.
Being hard pressed by the news
paper men, Speaker Cannon and two
! of his henchmen have cOncoted a
scheme to sidetrack the movement for
free pulp and print paper by ap-
| pointing a committee to investigate
| the paper question:. 1u6 pIOpOSlLlOL
the newspaper publishers repudiate
and brand as a trick.
To show how the scheme is looked
on, the following is a part of reso-
luton adopted at a recent meeting Of
the American Newspaper Publishers
Association:
with the utmost respect and defer
ence for the authority of Congress, we
respectfully state that We mistrust the
committee just appointed. We chal-
lenge the intentions of those who
have thus far succeeded in side-track-
ing the Stevens bill We charge
that action on the Stevens bill has
been delayed to the advantage of {
combination of paper-makers, who, il
desperate effort to maintain artificial
prices on a declining market, have
shut down nearly so per cent of theil
mills and who by throwing into idle
ness a considerable number of theil
employees have shown the insincerity Of
their professions that the tariff duty
on paper was needed to protect thai
paper"