The Washington herald., 1909-08-14
AT THE HOTELS.

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Conditions in my country, from busl-
ness viewpoint" said James Shaw Max
well. senior magistrate Of Glasgow. Scot
land. and convener OF the parks. galleries
and museums committee. who is al The
Arlington. ARE not Just what we should
like 10 see them. There has not been that
volume Of business and extension Of in
terests that should have marked the last
year. But think there IS a rift In the
clouds Of depression mat have been over
hanging us that will show bright skies Of
unusual prosperity in business
"Our city is the model Of municipal own
.ership and operation OF public utilities. For
instance, we own and operate our water
works. gas, and electric light plants. street
car lines. public baths. public wash
houses, galleries. parks. and museums,
and large real estate interests. We 10
not permit the existence Of the slums So
common 20 this and otner countries. We
purchase the congested tenement-houses
In the slum districts. tear cut the insani-
tary houses, and in their places erect COM
Portable homes.
'Jra a publisher, doing general print
ing. engraving. designing. and litho-
graphic work I employ the best skilled
mechanics. I do this as a business propo-
stion believing the best skilled mechan-
les are 10 be found in the ranks OF or
ganized labor. All the trades in our coun-
try are organized and in their ranks We
get the best mechanics
I'm in the United States on a double
mission, semi-Oficial and business. I
shall call on your Commissioners In the
morning. One Of the principal objects Of
my business Is 70 look into the modern
print shops and see the improved ma
fchlnery for labor-saving that your people
are using. and 10 purchase such Of that
machinery as may need"
/ Mr. Maxwell Is an old newspaper man,
/ having for a number Of years owned and
! operated one Of the Glasgow dailies. He
was at one time one OF the editors OF the
/ old Glasgow Herald, one OF the Oldest
and most widely known of the English
papers.
There IS all the difference in the world
/ between the way Germany and the United
! States look upon the flying machine g"
| said Axel B. Schuessel Of Berlin. at the
]
utation Germany has always borne for
being phlegmatic. the people over there
have gone crazy over the recent advances
in the science Of air navigation. Through
every walk Of nfe, and UP through off,
! cial and military circles. the new discov-
cries and achievements are taken very
seriously. and with every idee that they
will be Of practical and permanent val
ue
For instance. while every encourage
ment is given 10 inventors 70 perfect
their machines. the government is taking
steps 20 protect itself from the finished
products Of the inventors art. An ar
mored automobile has been made accord
Ing 20 designs furnished by the war de-
pa-tment. for chasing aeroplanes and de-
istroying them. The machine Is covered
with steel plates. and is fitted with a
special ield gun capable Of being pointed
upward almost vertically The idea is
thar II a flying machine ever gets 10 be a
menace in case of war an automobile
will he sent out 10 follow il as closely as
Il can from the ground and Try 10 wing
IL as % flies overhead. Il looks % me "a
Il the plan Is rather inefficient. inasmuch
as the dying machine. being free 20 go
where IL likes. and having the power 10
turn suddenly. ought 70 be able 20 keep
out Of range Of the gun IN the armored
automobile.
But the interest OF the Germans Is
shown ali through the science Of aero
nautiCs. The government has established
a system Of supervision Of all aero clubs.
I by which Il is rapidly getting az its COM
mand in case Of emergency a trained
-
words. whenever an aero club IS formed
70 go into the sport Of ballooning. an
army man Is sent 20 act as a teacher
Of plotting. This representative OF the
government takes the enthusiasts n
hand. and gives a few Of them a thorough
course in the art. They then receive
certificates, and are declared capable @.
training other men and issuing certih-
Gates 20 them.
In return for this course OF instruc-
tiOn, the government has the right q
call on both the certified pilots and the
balloons owned by the clubs in case OF
war. and thus has az its almost imme-
date disposal surprisingly large force
Of aeronauucal experts"
"I don't ike TO get OF any raver
crosks," said Robert T. svelton. OF Bis
~
ard. but for the life OF ne 7 can't Sc,
any great good coming from the effort.
70 get the Indians 70 work hard an,
prosper IN the goods OF this world Per
haps it is because I see a good deal o.
them. and forget their condition befor,
they were what they are now But al
any rate. they are stil fun Of discourag
ins faults. that seem 10 be so deep rooted
: and fundamental that I can't see how
any amount Of education can eliminat.
them.
There IS q reservation OF Sioux cailet
the Cannon Ball Reservation, on n,
Missouri River out in my State, and OF
account OF the presence Of II I have haC
a pretty good chance 20 see the red mel
I at close range. They are still snftless
] eXtravagant, short sighted In fnancia
matters. and 6ndependable. Here is
! typical example OF Il. A few years ago
r. back IN 1903 and Bottle Northern Pacif
= Railroad was putting branch lin
[ through from Mckenzie 20 Linton Their
] was nothing difficult about the con
l struc5iOn Of the road. since the cuts an
{ nils were comparatively light for N
most part. and the soil was almost al
sandy and Of an even consistency.
But at that. the amount OF gradln
was considerable, and a large force O
men was employed TO move the dirt. A
. various times during the construction o
the road delegations OF Indians from IN
Cannon Bail Reservation came 10 wo-s