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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-21

the men who voted against it will be
able to say that they believed another
conference would make a better bill,
and they wanted to get it if they
could.
/ In ali this there is nothing to en-
barrass the most strict party man. It
might as well be set down that nobody
is going to be treated with contumely
/ by his constituents for voting against
this bill The honor, the glory, and
the political future lie rather in voting
against it so long as it does not give
substantial, effective, and general
downward revision. It is extremely
doubtful if there Is a State in the
Union which would think less of its
Senator's for using their votes to pro-
long the conference with the view to a
more satisfactory reorganization Of the
rates.
The "insurgent" Senators after all
represent an insurgent party and an
insurgent country. This bill Is not
going to be finished as it ought to be at
the end of a first conference. If there
are a few reductions in raw materials,
they will represent improvement. They
should be accepted; but the bin should
be sent back for a long series of reduc-
tions in the duties on manufactures.
1t cannot too often or too earnestly
be urged that the country Is a thousand
times more concerned, at this time,
about helping the consumer than it Is
about helping the manufacturer.
This is as much protectionist coun-
try as it was in 1897 when the DingIey
act passed. 1t is more a protectionisj
country than it was then, for there Is
a deep seated and earnest demand in
the South for the policy whose results
are beginning to be appreciated in the
industrial development of that section.
But the country is not protection-mad.
1t does not believe that it can be taxed
into prosperity. 1t does not believe
that monopoIies, thriving behind pro-
hibitive duties, help the masses of
people.
The people who want a good, fair,
honest revision at this time; who want
every cent of duties taken off which
can be spared consistent with preserv-
ing the American producers equal
chance in the American market; who
stand for cheapening the cost of living
at every point where the tariff makes
it artifcially and unreasonably high
these people are the very best friends
the protective system has. They are
the ones who would save q from the
extremes which menace 1t with more
harm than any policy of reason and
moderation can ever bring to it.
If the bill comes from the first con
ference unsatisfactory, sectional, and
lop-sided-and there is every indication
tnat it wiIl-then it shouIu be returned
to the couferees, with the instruction
that Congress means to carry out the
Republican pledge for real revision.
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WEDNESDAY EVE, JULY q, 1903.
THE PROBLEM OF THE ININfI.
GRAFTON COMMISSIONER.

The regular session of Congress.
which meets next December. viii. in all
probability, be asked to place upon the
statute books a definition of a pauper.
The recent deportation of many hun
dreds of immigrants from the port of
New York is causing dissatisfaction in
many parts of the country, especially
in those sections which look to the
immigrant laborer as an important
factor in their agricultural development.
The immigration laws are such that
wide discretion is given in determining
whether the financial resources of new
corners are sufficient to prevent them
from becoming objects of charity. The
law says that paupers or those likely
to become public charges shall not be
admitted to this country.
In interpreting that law Commits
sioner Williams has ruled that each
immigrant must show S25 in cash. and
In addition to that sum a sufficient
amount Of money to buy railroad
ticket to his prospective home. That
the requirements thus set forth in the
regulations promulgated by Commis-
sioner Williams cannot be met by many
of the aliens who come to our shores
Is shown by the return to their native
countries of many hundreds of for
eigners during the past few weeks.
The ruling of the commissioner Is
criticised as an unnecessary hardship:
that men willing and able to work
should be permitted to enter. 1t is
difficult TO follow that line of reason
ing. Ability to work does not neces-
sarily mean employment. The ports
at which immigrants arrive cannot as
simulate the never-ending influx. The
logical places for new arrivals are in
the agricultural districts. To 90 to
these districts requires money. There
must be a sharp line drawn somewhere
and Commissioner Williams seems to
have been fair in arriving at the con
clusion that at least S25 is necessary
to tide man over the early days OF
his residence ia this country.
1t is true that some Of the most
prominent men in the nations history
came to these shores so poor Of pocket
that they would not have been able to
meet the regulations now being en-
forced; but conditions have greatly
changed. The coast cities are crowded
now. Let a thousand immigrants with
but few dollars in their pockets
land in New York, and what viii De the
resultz A goodly percentage viii find
II impossible 20 leave the metropolis.
When the last penny is spent charity
must step in. It is only fair to assure
that they can take care of themselves
before we give them permission 10 land.
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DO THE PEOPLE REALLY LIKE
NnSBRANDED FOODS?

a company IN a neighboring State
which manufactures eatsup, and whose
president was named in an indictment
recently by the Federal Government for
shipping outside of the State catsup
made of rotten tomato cores. peclings
and coioring matter, does a thriving
business IN the State now with a eatsup
which analysis shows TO contain color
ing matter and benzoic acid among
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-21
CONCERT BY THE SOLDIERS
HOME BAND
THIS AFTERNOON. TO $50 O'CLOCK
John S. NJ. zimmerman, Director.
PROGRAM

March-"The Plumed Knight"
St Clair.
Overture-'Le Caid." Thomas.
Ballet Music from-"Carmen," Bizet.
Grand Tannhauser."
Wagner.
Descriptve-''A Southern Patrol"
Voelker.
Excerpts from Chimes Of Nor
mandy ...--.............P lauquette.
Parade of the Dolls"
GUueHwald.
Fiuale-"The Blue Jackets" Bennett
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Queer Machines In
Those Old DAYS.

Queer machines they were ~ those
days-perched high up in the air. as
stiff and uncomfortable looking as a
box cart without springs. Horses SHE'D
at them children shouted and threw
things at them, grown-ups stood still
and stared skepticaIly All acted as il
the coming OF the horseless carriage
was the intrusion Of a strange beast
Some Of the difficulties Of racing
seem quite ludicrous now. The air-cool-
ed machine was quite unknown; even
water sometimes didn't suffice to keep
the temperature down. It is recorded
that the Mueller machine made a stop
Of seven minutes while they took on
gasoIene and ice was dumped into the
box above the motor" Ice was used to
prevent ignition by friction
The wheels Of these motorcycles were
huge affairs. sometimes even greater in
diameter than carriage wheels, and
trimmed with solid rubber tires that
must have Jared the riders consider
ably in that period before the good
roads agitation. There was no danger
Of Overriding in those days. II you
went al too fast a gait, the hard tire
was more than likely TO slip off Often,
the too enthusiastic racers had 10 spend
tive or six minutes getting q tire back
again on the rear wheel from which it
had worked Oft Those were merry
days.
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All Now Is
Ancient History.

Yes. It is all very ancient history
now-those horseless carriages that
looked as If they were horseless because
the horses had run away. II took a
long time to learn how TO lower the
load, decrease the diameter Of the
wheels, use pneumatic tires. put the
engine in front instead Of in back. and
eventually evolve the model as we
know it today.
But the old machines did their work
well in that first race They awakened
the country to new possibilities. for. as
Macaulay has said.
"Of ali inventions, the alphabet and
the printing press excepted, those in
ventions which abridge distance have
done most for civilization"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-21
MARINE BAND CONCERT Al
THE CAPITOL
PROGRAM
THIS AFTERNOON AT O'CLOCK.
William F. Smith, Second Leader.

A9arrb-.OId Comrades" Teike
Mariana" .....-. Wallace
Spanish suite-"La Feria" .Lacome-
(a) Los TOrOs.
tb) La Reja.
(c) La Zarzueia-
Entr' Act-'Petite Bijouterie"
BOLm
Particularly Parade .......... Pryor
Philippine Melodies
(aJ Aguluaido's March.
lbJ Sampan Dance.
Mosaic Woodland" .......... Luders
Grand March-"HoHgToise .BeriiOz
THE Star-Spangled Banner
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Got Much
Good Comment.

"The influence Of a great paper like
the Times-Herald was needed to en-
courage and develop this new enter
prise" said P. z. Studebaker, the
famous carriage manufacturer. 1.-THE
results Of the work of the past few
months have shown that the action
taken was the spur that was needed.
1t has fastened the development of the
motorcycle several years and, what is
more important, 1t has had the effect
of transferring the manufacture Of the
motorcycle from Europe to America"
Everybody now had an opinion to offer
most of them favorable. too. One of
the elearest, in summing up the race,
was Frederick Z. Adams. NO horse on
earth could have made those fifty-four
miles through the slush and mud he
said. ITO me this fact alone demon
strates more than anything else the
great value Of the horseless vehicle"
In a consolation race, the Mueller ma
chine won-from Chicago to Waukegan
and back. ninety-two miles. in nine
hours and thirty minutes. The going
was much better In this race, though
the Duryea. in turning out for a farm
er's wagon, ran into a ditch. broke one
Of the wheels, and did not finish at all
Automobile racing had at last come
10 stay. The next year there were races
at Toronto, Syracuse, Omaha, Louis
vile, and Cincinnati. The foundations
were laid for Glidden tours, Briarcliff
trophies. Vanderbilt Cups, Grand Prizes.
and all the rest, for Christie's mile in
hfty-One seconds, ana the Clemens-Merz
1000 miles IN twenty-0nc hours and
6ftV-efght minutes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-21
For Goodness Sake---Don't |!

Every day and who haves hobby
goodness
sake
single brief
mano The Times D.. G.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-21

There's going TO be an Automobile
trust called the General Motors Com
pany, according TO report The COM
munity could put a punctuTe in il
mighty soon if it would refuse to buy
any more cars for a couple of months
but it will do nothing of the sort In
stead, all reports agre- that cars can't
be turned out fast enough for the de-
mand.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-21

Persons leaving the city for
long or short period during the
60 them at the rate of thirty
cents a month or seven cents
week. Addresses may be changed
a. desired. All mail subscriptions
must be paid In advance
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-21
Cold Drives
Away Spectators.

They were now approacu.uE Chicago
again and little knots Of people fingered
to catch a glimpse of the event II was
growing dark am cold, however, and
even the more enthusiastic began To
dwindle away.
In Douglas Park there had been quite
a number of people; but, growing tired
Of waiting. they had resolved them
selves into SNOWFALL parties and vented
their impotence on the police in a
snow-fght, literally driving the blue
coats off the field AS there seemed TO
be no more excitement they. too. went
home. snowballing each other as they
went.
At last. however. the Duryea came
chug-chugging along, preceded by the
umpires in two sleighs. There was no
one else 10 witness IL, but realizing that
they had almost won the race, the
. crew gave vent 10 warWhOops, cheers.
cat-calls and other manifestations OF
great Joy over their prospective victory.
After that. they had to stop only
for more gas0leue, and 50 bTaVely came
up to the starting-poiut-
Not fifty people saw the finish or knew
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-21

that the Duryea had established a
worlds record in an automobile obsta-
Gle race. II was just us when AR.
Duryea threw himself out of his seat
In the motor-car and announced the end
congratulations were few but hearty.
Everyone was tired and hungry, so
they turned the machine q and
went to dinner
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-21

Barney Oldheld, the most daring Of
suto drivers, got run down by an old
Ice wagon OF a machine q a Chicago
street. and injured. Fac generally
catches up if she gets time enough.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-21

The Times is served in the city OF Wash
fngtOn and District Of Columbia by news
boys who deliver and collect for the paper
on their own account az the rate OF z cents a
week
Entered al the postoftice at Washington,
.. C.. as second class matter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-21

Don'tc chew your finger B. N
marx +.
Don't borrow andb by al means. worry"
".
mind and
are
II P.
orget yours mother boysa n6gir r. F..
Don't sympathize utth yourself X
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-21

His associates in the tariff confer
ence are making the discovery that the
Hon. Serene Payne is quite sOt. and
that. once sot, a person Of his avoirdu-
pOis is quite difficult TO move.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-21

They have it figured out that only a
per cent Of the. graduates from Wiscon-
sin University in more than a half cen
fury since it was founded, have mar
ried. Seems to indicate that people who
have TO learn how to make living late
in life don't get time for anything
else.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-21

The action Of the Shoe Manufacturers
Association in indorsing President Taft's
demand for free hides comes as a dis
tinct surprise to nobody n particular.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-21

Colorado women Insist that they are
going to elect one of their number to
Congress next year. Now the closure
rule Of the House 3 at last going to be
put I'D against a real strain.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-21

The alliance of Payne, Taft, and the
House is rather a stiff one, even for Mr.
AIdrich. to tackle
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twenty-five
Minutes Behind


along, really only twenty-five minutes
behind the Duryea in the actual time
consumed from start to finish. It's
journey had been even more lonesome
than the Duryea. Nobody at all, ex-
oept the officials and few reporters,
saw the finish.
The gallant tight of the Macy 70 keep
the lead with which IL had started came
to an ignOminiOus end. Yet they were
not easily discouraged, these argonauts
OF 1895.
In the gathering darkness the machine
broke down again about a quarter past
six. For over I'VE hours they worked
over the machine, but at the end OF
that time. as they couldn't seem to dis
cover a sign Of life In it, they quit and
telephoned for a tow. That was about
midnight.
The great first automobile race was
over.
It's browning achievement was not,
as one can see. in the time; it was IN
the fact that the contestants we're able
10 get to the finish. Most OF the other
newspapers besides the Times Herald
had jeeTed and laughed at the idea of
race. The race itself marked the begin
ming OF the end of the period Of ridicule.
HencefOrth, automobiles began to be
treated, at least, with respect
France had already held two races,
the Paris-Bordeaux and the Paris
Rouen. But they had proved nothing
ike as important as this Chicago-EV-
anston race run under such adverse
conditions. By this offer of prizes. Mr..
Kohlsaat had created a virtually new in
dustry In America, and given a great
stimulus to inventions that ultimately
perfected the horseless carriage.
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Over Railway Tracks.

Not even this mishap daunted the
voyagers. They pushed the car over to
the street-railways tracks, found that
the wheels fitted exactly between the
rails, and So gaily made their way to
the next relay station. The only trouble
was that when they reached the sta
ton they couldn't stop. and so ran
some distance beyond II.
However, they managed to push the
car back again and spent an hour and
twenty minutes ia repairs. They clean
ed the machinery, took on six gallons
OF naphtha and seven gallons Of water,
and at last pluckily started ahead
again.
An this time. the Mueller outfit was
struggling marfully onward, wrestling
a half-victOry from defeat, third and
last. but game 30 the finish. It stopped
only I'VE minutes and, hearing that the
Macy had just left. set out to overtake
Il. It wasn't long before It did so.
either proving that the race Is not al
ways to the swift.
Meanwhile. the DuTyea. in the lead.
carefully went astray. The umpires, in
a cutter with fresh horses from the
relay station, had set out 10 overhaul
il but, keeping 70 the right course,
we're quite surprised not 20 find il any
where. While they were debating
whether 1t had disappeared for good or
not. IL cheerfuly DObbed up by r cir
cuitous route IN the road ahead OF them.
In spite of its mistake, il --IH managed
to keep the lead.
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from the August Scrap Book.)

(From the August Scrap Book.)
ped rather unexpectedly. the Macy
couldn't quite make it. II slid along the
rails and steve in the rear dashboard.
With mutual determinations, the race
proceeded.
The next point Of interest encounter
ed was the annual Michigan-Chicago
football game. Some of the crowd
wanted to see the horseless carriages,
but soon got tired of waiting and went
into the game. Nowadays. the crowd
goes to the game in autos. at least a
large part does. and it is quite a sight
It was now noon and the waiting
hundreds" fdgeted In the snow. thought
of their Thanksgiving turkey, and went
home to dinner to let the racers worry
along alone. About this time, the
Sturses got winded. as It we're. The
driver said the battery was overworked-
At Lincoln Park he stopped, hauled his
machine out of the way ard went home,
too. Then there were four"
The Macy was still ahead; but, cur
iOusly. several minutes stop was
made while the operator looked over
his machinery, made a hitch or two IN
the running gear and took on supply
Of oil and water" Then he uoHelai-
antly resumed the race.
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PACED BY A HORSE-CAR
By GEORGE GRAY HAVEN.

THE vERACIoUs AND THRILLING ACCOUNT OF HOW
A GROUP OF PIONEERS MADE AUTOMOBILE HISTORY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-21
One Stops and
The Other Gains.

As one Of those who saw the race
wrote.
THE Macy stopped for a short time
and this gave the Duryea a chance to
gain until IL finally passed as the two
turned south at Evanston on the home
journey. The Duryea was pressing the
leader hard and, in accordance with
the rules of the contest, the Macy drew
to one side and allowed its faster COM
petitor 20 pass
II was very exciting for those days,
and the crowd who had gathered At
the turn in Evanston actually broke INTO
a cheer.
That sounded the death-kneH OF the
Mays chances OF winning. If anything
more was needed TO complete its story
OF hard luck. It was furnished By an
obstinate hackman. Perhaps with a
fine provision, he foresaw how the
horseless carriages were going to affect
his business; perhaps ne was only pig
headed.
At any rate, the poor old Macy en-
countered a hack, and, in spite Of fran
tic signaling, the hackman resolu ely
refused to turn out fraction Of an
inch. True 10 its traditions TO the last,
the Macy simply refused ID circumna"i-
gate the hack. but insisted on going
straight through H.
Result, four spoIes broken and the
steering-EeaT thrown out so badly that
the machine never fully recovered.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-21

Omaha has been closing all It's saloons
at o'clock for a number OF weeks. and
there is report that the police force is
getting too large. No connection, may
be. but the coincidence is interesting.
stiH. Mr.. Curtiss had the fun OF a
ouasi-record for g couple of days.
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Only Twenty
Minutes Late.

Along came the Duryea, about ,Fenty
minutes later. acting precisely ike a
tortoise oveTtaking a hare. II was
making great time-eXcept that every
few minutes one of the two chains
driving the wheels would snap and ne
cessitate repairs.
An hour or so behind them the Muel-
leI' CALAMITY brought up tAe rear. As
for the Morris g. Salem machine, it
got lost in the shuttle somewhere about
this period of the contest and was never
heard of again-in the reports.
But the driver showed up 0hey
hadn't learned TO misprOnOUnCe him as
chauffeur in those days enjoying the
spectacle from the vantage-polnt of a
sleigh in the company Of a Times
Herald reporter. And so, then there
were three"
other collision. Indeed, it was fOTtu-
nate that the speeds were not high
then, for this particular motorcycle sell
dom missed coshding with anything that
was going IN tEt same general direction
as itself. The sleigh had got ahead OF
the Macy, which was leading the mo-
tors. 1t was just before the turn home
ward at Evanston, and. in crossing the
railroad tracks, the sleigh managed to
get caught IN a frog in a switch
Down swoOped the Macy at the IN
manageable rate of five miles an hour,
and the Times-Herald man had to get
a new cutter. Fortunately, nobody was
hurt much. automobiles had not &C
quired the gentle habit of mayhem at
this tender age.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-21

Mrs. Herbert Parsons, wife OF Rep
resentative Parsons, and their family
have arrived at Newport from their
country place, StoneoveT Farm, near
Lenox, for a visit to Mrs. Parsons pa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-21
Society At Chevy Chase.

The Chevy Chase Club is still the
mecca for the few society folk remain
ing in the Capital during the warm wea-
Their Among those playing bridge on
the lawn yesterday afternoon were Mrs,
Chauncey NJ. Dspew, Mrs William Bar
Tett Ridgely. Mrs. F. B. Moran and
her daughter, Mrs. John NJ Hudgfns,
Mrs. Churchill Candee, Mrs. MoLeran,
and Miss Parker.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-21

Mrs. Charles s. Francis, wife of the
American ambassador to Austria-Hun-
gary. and her daughter, Miss Harriet
Francis, arrived in New York yesterday
on the Kaiser Wilhelm II for a stay
Of two months In this country. They
will go to their home in Troy, N Y,
for a brief visit before going to Mar
chester, VT, for the remainder OF the
season.
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Count Wedel Here.

Count WedeI. counselor OF the Ger
man embassy, who has been spending
several months in Germany, arrived in
Washington last evening. He win act
as charge d 'affaires Of the embassy
in the absence of the ambassador, Count
Won Bernstorff, who viii sail from New
York on Saturday TO join his wife and
daughter, who are spending the summer
in Europe
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-21

Mr.. and Mrs. p. Lee Phillips are clos
ing their residence on H street prepare
tory to leaving Washington, Friday, for
New York. from where they will sail
on Saturday on the Minneapolis for an
extended European sojourn They will
go first To England for a stay OF two
or three weeks. before going to France
time
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Miss Taft Honor Guest.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fitch Shepard
and their family have arrived at the
Massasoit, Narragansett Pier. for few
weeks stay.