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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-09-05
CRANkLESS CARS
NEXT IN ORDER
Fifteen Makes Adopt Labor
Saving Device For The
1912 Model
PNEUMATIC IS MOST FAVORED.
Air Brakes, Silent Engines and
Transmission Lever Lock
Are the Vogue

The labor of cranking a motor car
is to be eliminated by large num-
Der Of motor car makers for the
coming season of 1912. An auto
matte starting device, which has
been in use on a few cars this Eyear,
has been adopted by nearly fifteen
manufacturers for their new models.
While several types of self-start-
ing apparati are being experiment.
ed with the pneumatic type is the
most popular. One or two cylinders
are tapped for small pipe leading
to a storage tank, where the COM
preston from those cylinders is held.
The loss in power because of this
waste of compression is negligible.
Push Button
From the tank to the various cy-
finders of the motor are laid distrib-
uting tubes. When it is desired to
start the engine a button on the
dash is pushed, a small valve opens,
the air flows through the distribut-
ing ducts and forces the piston in
one of the cylinders down. Failure
of this device to work is only caused
by the motor being on dead center"
in which case, if the engine be
turned over an inch or two, the
air will perform It's duty.
Airbrakes in Favor Again
The air which is stored in the tank
attains pressure of two hundred
pounds and has been known actually
to run a motor car by its own force
with the gears meshed in second
speed. Tires are inflated from the
pressure tank, and air brakes, which
were tried with little success on the
Northern two years ago, again are
being experimental with.
Foredoor Ventilators
Foredoors. while having their ad-
yantages in keeping out dust and
wind. possess the undesirable at
tribute of being uncomfortably
warm. The manufacturers are busy
now finding suitable ventilators.
The general tendency is toward a
hidden ventilator in the dash while
others favor the floor ventilator.
Four Speeds Still Popular
Semi and three-quarter elliptical
will be the more common type OF
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-09-05
LITTLE FOLKS WHO TOLL
Pictures of Tiny Workers Shown in New York Child
Labor Exhibit Miss Dinwiddie Talks Of These
Victims Of Overlook and Bad Conditions

Miss Fl izaheth McMurtrie Dinwid-
die, who has been travelling about
the C ountry since last autumn. show
ng a collection of pictures and
posters and data with which the
national child labor committee is
seeking " arouse public opinion on
the subject of child labor, and who
is now in New York with the ex-
hibit. is the committees Pooh-Bah.
She is not only her own press agent,
business agent and packer, as we'll
as dem onstrator and lecturer, but
freq uently her own carpenter, as
well.
The canvas on which the pathetic
picture of small breaker boys and
wee workers in tenement sweat
shops are mounted is hung from pic
ture molding nailed ten feet or so
from the ground. It's a trifle diff
cult to handle at that height strip
of molding ten or fifteen feet long
and to put it up straight.
Constantly New Victims
The child labor question is as old
as the hills, and yet it is ever new.
The children in the pictures shown
this year aren't the same children
that appeared in the photographs
taken by the committees investiga-
tors in former years.
That is the sad part-constantly
little vic tins are being fed into the
NAV of the great machine of labor,
which presses them into shapes that
will never be normal all their lives
long.
Berry Pickers' Task
One group of pictures shows
crowds of tiny cranberry pickers in
New Jersey.
"Some people say this work can't
be bad for the children, because it
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-09-05

spring employed this fall, although
the platform spring still will have
its quota of adherents. Shock alb
sorbers will be more in use than ever.
One of the new departures will be
in the frames, where pressed steel
will replace the drop-forged mater
ial to large extent.
The employment of four speeds on
motor cars has long been debatable
question. Most of the designers
have come to the conclusion, how
ever, that four speeds save the
strain on the motor when it is being
worked up from low to high, be-
cause there is no necessity for rae
ing the engine in order to overcome
inertia.
Silent knight in Use
The poppet valve motor has a
strong rival in the "Silent" Knight
sliding sleeve motor. An effort is
being made to place other rotary
valve motors (of the 2-cycle type,
however) on the market. Although
rotary valve motors are greeted with
favor in commercial circles, it is
hardly probably that any except the
Knight motor will be used on plea
sure vehicles.
To Thwart the Car Borrower
Since the rapid development of a
motor driven dynamo. electric light
ing has become more general in
gasoline cars. Several companies
have announced that the new light
ing system shall be a part Of their
regular equipment for 1912.
No more will the blithesome 10y
rider" have the opportunity to Dor
row" waiting motor car. A new
locking device, which will effectually
battle any attempt to steal machine
has been placed on the market. 1t
is contriyance which locks the
transmission lever at neutral.
Looks Like Sliding Wedge
1t resembles sliding wedge,
which fits over the gear shift and
falls down between the guide slots.
When in that position it can be
locked to the lever. and the motor
list then can watch the ball game or
the opera without the lurking fear
that at the same time some one is
out taking a quiet CD little spin in
his machine. Another effective lock-
ing device consists of paddock with
a long arm that locks over the brake
ratchet and prevents the brake from
being released.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-09-05

The Watson 80 acres near town is
for sale. A reasonable amount of
cash down, balance on time if taken
soon. Minneapolis unincumbered
property taken as part payment.
Who's the party with the cash and
courage to make an offer? Inquire
of J. B. Robinson & Co. So
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-09-05

exhibit. recognized the likeness and
asked if he couldn't have it.
Evils Confront MESSENGERS
A section of the exhibit is devoted
to messenger boys, and various sta
tistics point out the evil effects on
boys of night messenger service.
The exhibit stayed three weeks in
Boston and attracted many visitors.
In the capital Of Tennessee some of
the pictures were hung in the win
dows of the statehouse, and maybe
they had an effect, for bill that
was pending, one providing for
more efficient inspection of factor
les where children worked, was
passed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-09-05


widdie says. "But look at the place
where they sleep, many Of them
little windowless huts, in which
whole families are herded together
thicker than cattle in stable.
"You know, these pickers are
mostly from the slums of big cities
chiefly New York. First they go
to Maryland for the strawberry
picking. Then they hike over into
Delaware for tomato canning time,
and then to New Jersey for the
cranberries. From there they go to
the Gulf states to 'shuck' shrimps
and oysters for canning.
Shocking Shrimps Is Hard
Shocking shrimps is hard because
there is an acid in the shrimp that
eats the fingers, and the hours are
long. The shocking houses open at
O'Clock in the morning, and some
times at 3, and the fathers and
mothers crowd in with their chill
dren to work.
Urged On By Parents
ITS curious" Miss Dinwiddie
says "how the parents frequently
urge the children on to work. Bills
lazy one mother said of her little
boy who complained that he was
tired. If he wasn't lazy he could
earn fifteen cents day.
when the little girls get so tired
they can't shuck any more they go
and mind baby for the mothers
bring.their babies, too. and leave
them in the shade of a nearby build
ing or some place like that. But
one small girl who had her baby
brother to look after resented it be-
cause it made her appear as if she
couldn't do as much work as the
others.
when l has baby | only shucks
two pots, an | shucks six pots when
l don't got him." she complained.
Weak Lungs of Breaker Boys
Some of the pictures show groups
of grimy breaker boys in the mines,
bending over the shifting coal, pick
ing out the slate and other foreign
substances. These pictures are very
dim-not because the camera didn't
do its part, but because the atmos-
phere in which the breaker boys
work is so thick with coal dust that
it is impossible to take good photo
graph. 1t is said that to work even
short time in this atmosphere so
affects the lungs that they never get
over it; yet some parents urge their
children to this work.
New York Tenements
Other pictures show conditions in
New York tenements little chill
dren making artificial flowers for a
pitiful few cents a dozen, sewing on
buttons in dark, garment Uttered
rooms; making willow plumes by
tying fue on fue with their small
fingers.
lone exhibit l wanted l couldn'
find,' Miss Dinwiddle says: Il
wanted corset cover finished by q
9-year-old boy I saw in trade
school uptown. / noticed how i'll
this boy looked, and how apathetic
his eyes ere-absolutely glazed and
lifeless. Ifound where he lived, and
went to his home. found that he
worked at finishing corset cover RS
for several hours before going to
school. and from the time school
closed until 9 o'clock. For running
three ribbons in corset cover and
sewing on three buttons he was paid
six cents dozen. / went to the
shop where these corset covers were
sold, but they happened to be out of
them. so couldn't get one."
One of the pictures with which the
exhibit started on its travels last
autumn is missing now. 1t was the
photograph of little messenger
boy. In Tennessee town the orr
| ginal of the picture came to see the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-22
Highest Honors in Annual Contests Under Auspices
Of Daughters Of the Revolution Are Awarded
to Charles Howard and Miss Vera Taft
MISS VERA TAFT.

The eleventh annual oratorical contest
held at tho high school Tuesday after
noon was II most successful affair and
the representatives of tho Sons and
Daughters Of tho American Revolution.
under whose auspices the contest was
held expressed themselves as being we'll
pleased with the efforts OF tho orators.
The winner of the girls medal contest
was Miss Vera Taft vice president OF the
senior class. Her subject was "A
Literary Patriot" and she took as
her Ideal Ralph Waldo Emerson and
clearly and easily described him as one
OF Americas leading patriots. Her de-
livery was excellent and her compost
ton well arranged The decision was
popular
The winner OF the BOYS contest was
Charles Howard. president Of the senior
class and the subject was "Our Paria-
mentary Privileges" Mr. Eowards talk
was brief but impressive >Sd to the point.
He recounted the numerous privileges
which Americans have and connected the
sense OF patriotism as the only just re-
turn for such. The talks by Ross Watt
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-22
OPPOSITION DIES OUT.
Canadian Administration Receives Change
With Deep Satisfaction.

OTTAWA Feb. 21.-The reciprocity de-
bate was continued In the house today
by G.. w. Kyle. a Liberal from Nova
Scotia, who approved the agreement and
by Thomas Sproule, Conservative, from
Ontario, who condemned it.
Mr.. Kyle called attention OF those who
have broadly declared that reciprocity
would be injurious To Canada generally
10 the fact that since the terms were
made public, there has been substantial
rise In several important industrial and
railroad stocks OF the Dominion,
Ii reciprocity meant eventually the an
ncxa:ion of Canada by the United States
il was incomprehensible. Mr.. Kyle af-
firmed. that such American champions OF
natural advancement as Senator Cummlns
and Congressman Bennett were opposing
the agreement.
Dr. Sproule declared for the standpat
policy.
I'VE have now good markets and good
times in Canada" he said Let us alone
and we will get along very WE'LL
Members OF the Dominion government
reciprocity sentiment, which was most
pronounced In British Columbia when the
agreement was made public. is dying out.
The lumbermen have rescinded their
resolution Of condemnation and have re-
placed It with another indorsing reel
procity. The fishing interests OF the
Pacific, il is now announced, approve OF
the enlarged market which they believe
free fish 10 the United States will give
them.
The reported change OF sentiment is re-
ceived with much satisfaction by the Ca
madam administration.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-22
INCREDIBLE, SAYS ROlPH.
San Francisco Hopes West VIII Fiqht
Treaty With All Its Mioht

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 21-When in
formed that the administration had sent
To the United States senate a new treaty
with Japan In WHICH all mention of i'm
migration restriction from that country
IS omitted. +. ii. Mccarthy. speaking as
MAYOR OF the city and as president of the
state Building Trades council, numbering
about 5000 members. said:
when in Washington recently | was
assured that the present regulations in
regard 10 coolie labor. including that OF
Japan, would not be disturbed by the
present administration. | was given TO
understand that coolie la Dor would be abb
solutely kept out. and that no labor would
come into the United States from Asiatic
countries. The majority OF our people
have objected. and do now continue TO
object TO the coolie labor from japan
coming TO this country
James Rolph. president Of the Mer-
chants exchange, when informed that the
administration had sent the senate a new
treaty with Japan eliminating all refer
ence to restriction OF immigration from
that country. said.
1T is simply incredible. Surely there
must he some error i'm the dispa tches /
can't discuss so radical thing until we
have the news fully verified. | can't be-
lievc such a thing could be true | can
nor understand why any such treaty
should be proposed by President Taft /
hope that our western senators Will oppose
IL in every possible way
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-22
WRECK WILL CLAIM ONE
WOMAN AT LEAST AS TOLL
Mrs. Lillian Hearbnar of Carlin, New.
Will Die; List of Injured Is
Raised to % Persons.

on the westbound fast mail No O. which
arrived in Reno seven hours late, due
to the wreck OF the ,SI China Japap mail
last night report that OF the seriously
injured In the derailmeut near Palisade.
Mrs. Lillian Hearbnar bound for Carin.
Nov. is not expected to live She is
suffering from internal injuries.
Mrs. Josephine Needham of Saginaw,
Mich, is also badly injured. Joseph Dun
conscious for several hours after the
wreck and is in serious condition.
Many of the passengers were slightly In
jured by flying glass and splintered
Following is a list of the injured:
George Gridley, Caro- Mich. hotel
keeper abrasions right chest and severe
conLusions over lumbar region.
William Wilson, San Francisco. bridge
builder, lacerated scalp and right thigh.
f, NJ, Gray, Wiloughby, O.. right thigh
r. l.. Mcwilliam. Highland. Cal,
Cornelius Osongrada. New York City,
linotype operator, dislocation OF right
shoulder. right knee cut
II; c; Arnold, San Antonio, Tex. rail,
road clerk, ,Iaceration left elbow and
chest Injured.
Mrs. Josephine Needham. s1s Hess
street. Saginaw. Mich. breast badly in
Mrs Lillian Hearbnar, bound for Car
lin. New. internal injuries, serious.
Theodore Wheeler, Marysville, KY, cut
on face.
Andrew Olson. Alameda. Cal. bridge
builder cut on face.
Joseph Duncan, 2s5o Vine street, Den;
Yer. commercial traveller, scalp torn and
confusion OF abdomen; serious.
T. II Smith, Homer, Mich. back and
left shoulder injured.
Mrs Susan Kelly, 4s2 Curtis street,
st. Paul Mimi, breast injured.
John Chesapeake. side injured.
George Sutherland. Reno. New. badly
bruised on neck shoulder, hips and knee.
Slightly Injured;
Joseph C. Camp, Oswego. y. Y.
Charles Dow. San Francisco.
Myron D. Evans. Roseand, Neb,
Charles Il. Donovan, Burkett. Ind
G. Meyer. Chicago.
c. T. Carr. Omaha.
John Indlanste Rock Springs Wyo.
c. NJ Wilson. colored. Chicago.
Conductor j. A. Knowles. Sparks, New.
About dozen others suffered minor
hurts.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-22
Commission Makes Sweeping
Reduction in Cooling Charge
ON Citrus Fruits.
ORDERS DROP FROM $50
A CAR TO $3.50 APRIL |
DifferentiateS Between Cooling
and Refrigerator Rates;
Lays Down Rules.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2l.-MateriaI
reductions are made in the cost of pre-
cooling of citrus fruits from California
as the Atlantic coast by n decision
handed down today by the interstate
commerce commission. The decision
was prepared by Commissioners Prouty
in the case of the Arlington Heights
fruit exchange of Los Angeles, and
other fruit shippers of California
against the Southern Pacific company
and all other transcontiDental carriers,
including express companies
The opinion of the commission holds
! that the defendants present charges
for refrigeration Of citrus fruits in
transit from California points to the
east are not unreasonable; but the com
| mission difTerentiates between refrig-
erations and preceding. The commits
sion says preceding, as practlced by
the shippers, differs from that fur
nished by the carriers. The two methods
are discussed elaborately and the con
clusion is reached that "while 1T can
not be affirmed with entire confidence
that preceding can take place of stan
dard refrigeration, under all the cir
cumstances it is evident that the great
bulk OF the orange crop may be moved
by preceding as applied by the snip
pers'
The court holds as follows:
In view of the circumstances under
which these oranges are transported it
is the duty of the carrier to furnish
refrig geration Oh reasonable demand and
insofar as the furnishing of that re-
frigeration is part of the service rem.
dered by the carrier the carrier may
insist upon its right TO furnish that ser.
vice exclusively, but it appears that the
service of the preceding, as these ship.
pers desire TO use it, can only be per.
formed by the shippers themselves. and
the commission thinks that upon the
present record il is the right of these
complainants to precool and pre-ice
their shipments. If. however, the car
rier has been nut to an additional ey
pense in the furnishing of the car or in
handling of the shipment it should be
allowed proper compensation upon that
account.
"Carriers are not in case of these
preceded shipments entitled to addi
tional compensation by reason of fact
that a refrigerator car is furnished, but
they are entitled for repairs to ice
bunkers 10 an additional charge per car
nor n one way''
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-22
Formal Statement.
position visitors begin to pass through

position visitors begin to pass through
our city.
We note the following recent addi-
tions 10 Utah manufactures; Three
condensed milk plants in Cache valley,
at Smithfield, Hyrum and Wellsville.
These plants will more than double the
output of the state. and places this
industry among the most important in
the mountain states. Also the Union
Lake City, and the box making plant of
the Startup Candy company, in Provo.
These two factories have never been
able to supply the PAPER box demand.
The j. II. Glazier company Of Kan
sas City contemplates building a fac
tory here for the making OF chip board
and other materials used in the manu-
featuring of paper boxes. Two broom
and one brush factories have been es-
month. The Utah Distillery company
is rapidly completing its big plant
Mt Murray. The International smelter
at Tooele has been completed. The
Jensen Creamery company has greatly
increased It's equipment and capacity.
The Griffin Wheel company has pur-
chased ground in Salt Lake for the
building of a mammoth car wheel fac
tory. The Hauer Cigar company has
DidHL lOI lUS
ing of Havana cigars, The Uncle Sam
Cleanser company has started rival
to Dutch Cleanser Within the past
five years two of the greatest cement
plants in the country have been estab.
ished at Salt Lake City and Brigham
City. two immense gypsum wall plas~
ter plants have been built, fifteen new
canneres have been established and
the manufacturing of oils has been be-
gun on large scale by the Lubra Oil
company and the Utah Oil company,
Information Is Solicited.
Space in this letter will not permit
us 20 include specific data regarding
many other important manufactures.
We propose to maintain bureau of in
formation relating TO the Industries
and interests Of the iutermountain
country. In order 10 check up our
data wc invite correspondence with
anyone interested in the lines We have
or have not touched. Any matter fur
nished MS will be greatly appreciated,
and we shall use such of 1t as space
will permit in subsequent letters. II
any Of our readers have information
concerning undeveloped resources, new
industries about to be started or new
factories being located, we shall be
glad TO be advised of the same, and
we shall do what we can to encourage
them and to give them publicity.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-22
FEDERALs TURN TABLES.

MEXICO CITY. Feb IA regiment
of federal cavalry turned the tables upon
a body of insurrectos last Sunday. ac-
cordng TO advices from Torreon. am
bushing them near Pedrjccna, Durango,
and lnhictlng losses said to number more
than seventy dead.
The rebels. who had been terrorizins
the Pcdricena district for two weeks.
were proceeding toward Mapimi. fifty
miles 10 the north. All the same time
the Eleventh federal cavalry arrived at
Nazas. twenty miles west OF Pedricena.
and at once started to intercept the rev.
outionistss The enemy was caught be-
tween a federal cross-tlre, became panic
stricken and wns badly beaten.
Those who were able to escape threw
away their arms and fled in confusion.
Apparently the authorities OF Durango
are determined TO put an end to the dep
relations of this band. \ special train
carrying additional troops left Torrcon
for Pedriccna.