The Washington herald., 1909-04-28
AT THE HOTELS.

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The United states is rapidly aecomlng
the shoemaker OF the world. larsely be-
cause OF New England. according 10 C.
George Houston. a shoe manufacture, Of
Boston. who is at the New Willard
In 1858 6.50o,oo0 pairs we're exported
said Mr. Houston. as against 35ooo0 pairs
in 1s7s. Americas best shoe customers
are Great Britain, Germany. France. and
Belgium. Three-fourths Of the ertirs
number Of boots and shoes expoEed
from this country are made in New Eig-
land
We know that SIS per cent Of tie
boots and shoes made IN the United
States is Manufactured in New England.
and that nearly one-half Of the entirs
production OF the country is manufac-
tureG IN Massachusetts,. The shoes most
exported are those which ordinarily sell
from ss.5o to s. a pair. what you might
call the popular-priced shoes for men
and women. There is nc better shoe
made in the world for the price. quality,
style. and TT
I'VE should be exporting more shoes
than we are" added Mr. Houston, but
Ia reality we have been fortunate 20 co
as good as We have while the L Per cent
duty on hides exists TIE tariff On hides
does a great deal OF harm TO the shoe
manufacturing industry IN this country
A. J. Desner. Of Jefferson City. No. Is
at the National Speaking about pro-
hibition, he said thar Statewide prohi-
bition in Missouri would wipe out an IN
vestment Of slo0.oo06ea, throw 1850 per-
sons out OF work in Missouri. and would
cause the state 10 lose annually 10000
IN wages. s4590.e99 in rentals. S2l0O9.W0
FOR material. 10000 for freight and sx-
press charges. and sS4.ee9.B39 for eontia-
gent expenses, besides reducing taxable
property sSo.0o0. 90 and cutting OF $780,
/ 90 IN revenue
ST Louis. Kansas City. St Joseph,
/ Joplin. and Springfield would Be impOvsT-
I ished. continued Mr. Deaner. a rigid
regulation OF the liquor traffic IS the only
way out OF the difficulty. and would save
the state from losing enormous sums e
money.
Frank F. Mowrer. American consul gen
eral to Copenhagen, Denmark, IS at the
/ New Willard
/ Dr.. Lyman Abbott, editor of the Out
/ lcok. the weekly OF which Col. Roosevelt
( Is an associate editor. IS al the New VII
lard. DR.. Abbott did not care 10 say any
/ thing about the mayOralty outlook in
I New York except that there was a chance
/ that the Republican and reform element,
/ II they united on a strong candidate,
could win DR.. Abbott did not place any
credence IN the newspaper report which
/ said that Col Roosevelt and son were i'll
1T IS generally understood that the era
/ OF automobiles dates from ls70.' said
samuel G Bennett, OF Boston. a. the Ar
( lington last night, hut it has recently
+ been found that Elijah Ware. once a
i well-knOwn railroad construction enEi-
lueer n Boston and vicinity, invented =
successful machine IN 1851
/ It's success. continued Nr. Bennett,
may be judged from the fact that Mr.
Ware was in the habit OF racing his car
with fast trottins horses on the old plank
road al Bayonne. y. J.. and was able 10
/ 60 over fields, up hill and down dale
Ware was one OF the pioneers IN rail-
I road engineering. and IN 1870 was master
machine in the machine shops Al Hart
/ ford. Conn When NJ Ware completed
and first tried his engine quite a crowd
1 collected 10 see The first run. As q whole
I the people looked with disfavor upon
I EiiJah's achievement. and some went 50
far as 10 have il denounced by police au-
| thOri1ies as q public nuisance because
they thought II would frighten the horses.
But Il seems that the people who tried 70
I help him were the most annoying
/ When one man asked him Il there was
/ anything he could do M Ware replied
/ The trouble IS there are TOO many trying
to help
Mr.. Ware ran his machine slowly n
I the streets, and those who saw him say
/ that his steam carriage made less noise
/ than the modern automobile On ths
/ roads he went Ike the wind. The peo-
/ pie. under stovepjpe hats and poke boz-
nets. must have been surprised when the
/ giittering engine came whizzinE along the
/ peaceful roads without tracks. kicking
+ VI dust and vomiting smoke wherever i
went
There IS an American soldier in PInar
del Rio attached 10 the Eleventh CavaIrv,
who is q financial genius saia Charles
S. Roderiek- OF Kansas City. who Is az
/ the National. and with any sort Of as
sistance should go TO the TOP of some
ladder
Several months ago officers OF the gar
rison noticed that the supply d matches
at the post exchanges was rapidly be
coming exhausted. The demand by tbs
soldiers was unprecedented.
1t should be explained that matches
cost lots OF money in Cuba" Continued
! Mr.. RodeTick- There is q heavy tax or
them and fifty OF the little wax tapers
are worth 3 cents. Spanish silver. TIE
+ matches sold al the post exchanges are
/ the wooden Norwegian ones and brizs )
/ cents for a dozen boxes
Some soldier bought a package con-
I tanning a dozen boxes Of matches ons
/ day He took them 70 a saloon. where hs
! induced the proprietor TO give him bot
/ Tie Of beer worth 70 cents and cents
/ American money for the matches.
/ The proprietor made good bargain,
I for he could sell the matches for at least
s. cents. The soldier had his nickel back
and was IN a bottle Of beer besides
! other soldiers got on the JOB and IN a
/ few days the post exchanges thres
months supply Of matches was about
gone When the officers finally discov-
/ cred the cause OF the demand for matches
an order was issued limiting the sale to