The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-05-29


ALL AMERICAN exporters concerned are
warned by Consul General DENLY that they'll
never get rich by selling pins to the people of
Shanghai. 1.-THE Chinese have no use for
pins" he says, ''strings and knots and loops
meeting every requirement of male and female,
young and old, to keep his or her garments
securely and neatly fastened. The well-to-do
native frequently adorns his or her outer jacket
with snowy glass or metal buttons, but these
are purely for ornamental purposes and pins.
safety or otherwise find no place among the
requisites of the housewives sewing basket or
toilet outfit" Would it not be a blessing if
one Chinese custom be introduced into this
country But then if we should become .
pinless nation what would those answerers of
curious questions do who are always discus
sing the query: what becomes of the pins Pr
SENATOR HEPBURN of Idaho, is not lover
of the automobile. He made this fact plain
in the Senate the other day when he made
speech on the taxing of motorcars, which he
called 'engines of DEATH II had hoped" he
said, that the Committee on Finance would
see fit to raise the tax on automobiles. No
greater imposition upon the people ever entered
this country than these big, snorting machines
that have been driving the people out of the
homes they have owned and destroying life
and property" Continuing the Senator said
1.-THE roads were not made for them The
roads were made by the labor and taxes of the
people who now have to stand off or flee when
these engines of destruction come along. Car
riages driven by women are tossed aside by
them ruthlessly. They shout with glee when
they see the farmer flying through the air. 1t
is the subject of jest in every newspaper. Fun
is made of the farmers being distributed by
the automobiles all over the country. These
machines ought to be taxed 100 per cent 1t is
nothing but tax on pride No one ever
bought foreign make of automobile except
through pride of ownership
SPEAKER CANNON, of the House of Repre-
sentatives, was guest few nights ago of the
"uplift" organizations in Washington that
usually, at this season of the year, hold joint
meeting. OF course Uncle Joe'' had to make
speech and among other things be said II
bid godspeed to this planning that you are
working for, but for Heavens sake don't fol-
low the example of some and try to relieve
conditions that you don't understand. have
no patience with those theorists who are try.
ing to relieve what they are pleased to call the
agricultural sections of this country. This
Country Life Commission has been trying to
uplift the poor farmer with theories. They
have been dishing out literature on the subject
carloads of it. Heavenly Father, I'll take
oath that they don't know what they are talk
ing about. There are several excellent gentle
men on that commission, but what they have
compiled is pure rot, if what have read of it
is fair sample The Country Life Commits.
sion is fiat failure because it has dealt with
conditions that did not require dealing with by
theorists, and because its nrenber don't know
what they are talking about
THAT BALTIMORE city will enjoy the benefits
of natural gas within year now seems likely. |
Mr. S. Davies Warfield, in giving some of the
details of the big undertaking, said: THE |
pipe line will be built by the Seaboard Gas
Company and financed by private enterprise. |
The Consolidated Gas Electric Light and Power
Company will act only as distributing agent. |
If work on the pipe line is started by June LIST,
as expected, one-half the city will be supplied
with natural gas within eight months, the bal
ance to have the natural product within a
year afterward. The pipe line will deliver TO-
600, 900 to 100000 cubic feet daily The as
surances of personal support from the Govern
or, Attorney General, Mayor. City Solicitor
and business men are regarded as sufficient
warrant for proceeding with the plans" To
give some idea of the magnitude of this under
taking Mr.. Warfeld is quoted further as fol-
lows: 1.-The undertaking is a vast one. 1t
will be required to lay AGO miles of 20 inch pipe
from West Virginia to Baltimore in two lines
of go miles each, This pipe line runs from
the pumping station, which at the commence
ment of the enterprise will require 25 900 horse
power This pumping station is connected
With the wells by the field pipe lines of an
average length of 20 miles. This pipe line will
contain $4,000 tons of steel. 1t will be the
argest pipe line ever attempted and will cross
mountain ranges 5000 to 5000 feet above the
ca level, involving difficult engineering work
nd expensive construction