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The Washington herald., 1911-11-05

- TITH the crossing OF the English
A I channel for the first time by flying
" machine, aviation passed from the
experimental stage TO the develop
ment period OF an industry, and to
NJ BIeriot's efforts more than to any other
influence is due the rapid rise OF the aero
nautical Industries of both Europe and
America.
But a year previous to this flight, while
student Of the advancing science OF aviation.
l stood on the summit of shakspeare's cliff
at Dover, England. a great mountain Of
chalk formation. shaped as II It had been
chopped suddenly in two by the action Of
the waves, till one standing at the top could
look straight down for a thousand feet.
The sky was clear, with a sort Of glow to
It that gave e clear insIstence TO distant OBJ
jects, seeming almost to magnify the dull
glare of the chalk cliffs Of France, which ap-
psared as a sharply traced white line on the
horizon over thirty-hve miles away.
As sat there the thought came to me of
the nearness of these two countries. and
noting the number Of gulls floating so easily
about there came to me the thought that IL
they could Cross from one country 90 the
other 30 easily, why could not man. II, as
had been reported then, the Wrights could
fly for nifty miles at a time.
1t was less than a year later that NJ. Bleriot
started from point on those cliffs and, flying
across through a mist, landed not far from
where stood that day.
q
Channel Crossing Commonplace.
1t is but two years since then, but now the
mere crossing Of the channel by an aeroplane
is hardly worthy of notice In the newspapers
and In a few years will be a regular mode Of
traffic across this space. Indeed, the two
governments are figuring now on an aerial
mail service cross-channsl on fair days
This first flight. however, was the first great
advertisement for aviation as a practical
proposition. and with their customary enter
prise many foreign Arms. especially COM
panIes making motor cars. took up the flying
machine as q new business. ...
In biplanes the Wright was the only one
then known, and in appearance the Bleriot
monoplane, looking the part OF bird, ap-
pealed more to the fanciful imaginations Of
the Europeans. Also the wrights were close
with their patent rights and Bleriot inclined
to let the nations benefit by his success 80
long as his factory went ahead.
As a result the machine which 10 predom-
inant across the water 10 the Bleriot with q
large following brood hovertng about. all
closely resembling the parent machine. but
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05

M. 6ohz1so Said iii RaS1't
as Px7orzDt as the Terms Of The
G17tx1act It boseZd MT ZIatteT7.
lished received his per cent discount-more
or less, as occasion and circumstance gov
erned the wholesalers policies.
But there are credit men today who argue
that in the laxity Of enforcement Of the rules
which wholesalers have framed and which
the buyer in signing for the thirty or sixty
days makes a hard and fast contract, is max
ing for the disorganization Of business on
both sides Of the contract agreement.
Should the prices quoted and accepted by
the customer be adhered to by the tobbing
'house?" asks a credit man, and he says when
he puts that query to a customer of his job
bing house the customer raises his eyebrows
in astonishment TO gasp a wheezy, " Ger
tainly they should! Would your house think
Of switching prices on me?"
x
Bank Demands Prompt Payment.
Then" asks this credit man, why
shouldn't the other portion OF the contract
hold and you come up with payment within
the strict thirty or sixty day limitation? You
couldn't do that way with the bank in which
you deposit. When you make thirty or
sixty day note you have to pay It in thirty
or sixty days, don't your
Just here, however, the slow customer not
infrequently begins TO quote the wholesale
houses travelling salesman.
Well" he says. your Mr.. johnson was
here just after the receipt Of that bill of
goods. and 1t wasn't IN good shaps-Seyeral
items were in damaged condition. HI told
me that II wasn't as prompt as the terms of
the contract, It wouldn't matter-he would
talk with the house and have 1t fixed up"
1t Is IN a quotation such as this that the
employer Of the salesman is beginning to
wake to the fact that the salesman isn't rep
resenting the house as he Is employed to do
he is in league with the slow and careless,
II not willtul, slow pay. In order to smooth
the customers feelings toward another pur-
chase involving another breach Of the terms
OF contract on the customers part, the sales
man not only Is helping to break the custom
er's part Of the contract but he Is treading on
ground where he has no business to tread
II damaged goods have been received by
the customer. the house has a department
through which a settlement may be made on
proper showing. The salesman has no au-
thority to effect this settlement in any way.
Especially II IL bad policy on his part to
make amends for improved damages by tax
ina out Of the house contract that half Of Il
which binds the purchaser to the thirty OF
sixty day limit.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05

drop into. The framework Of the body part
or fuselage Is much like the Bleriot. but p
little deeper in front.
I could not help but notice In the flying Of
these two types that the tail of the Bleriot
seemed to be stiffer and more dependable
than that Of the Morane, the pilot of the
latter seeming to have more trouble with the
action Of the rudder and elevators on account
Of the lack Of rigidity Of the tail member.
The workmanship Ct the Morene Is. how
ever, above reproach The Morane looks
stubbier than the Bleriot also.
One Of the striking changes In the Morans
over Bleriot practice is the fact Of the wing
tips being rounded on at the ends In front
instead Of behind. The theory Is that the
air In a flying machine, being OF greater
pressure under the wing than over leaks on
Of the ends OF the wings SO that the rear
corners are OF no use a. 4 lifting area. Hence
Bieriot rounds on the rear corners.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
LATE INVENTIONS.

Writing a syllable at time. typewriter
invented by Belgian nswspaper man has
a speed OF from 120 to 150 words . minute.
Gasoline may be supplantsd By kerosene e.
. source Of power for automobiles by the in-
vention Of compact device cor produoing
gas directly from the cheaper eneI.
An iowa inventor has patented badsAead
that holds . mattress on rollers and ptvots
% that It can be turned asound o. over with
q minimum Of OftorG
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05

The Ur7Ia7oz7<77eA General
FsaGer7 Looks to Stock Exchange
Quotations Alone for HI Bond
Issue TdZLreS
II they can help II. The writer had expert
ence in such a case a few months ago. An
I'D friend came to him from a city Of 10000
population which had been growing rapidly
in manufactures. This friend had been at
the head Of company which had built wa
ter works and established a system Of cleo
lric lighting and power several years before.
Big Dividends Look Suspicious.
But suddenly the demands upon water and
electrical supply were such that both plants
rad to be enlarged and at once. The town
vas old and it had its wealthy old timers
who had been half century getting &" rich "
70 the extent OF 100000 to $3.50, 900 each.
Zone of these wealthy old timers had been
invited to Join the half dozen young men OF
Gnrther generation. The two public service
plants controlled by the younger set of men
had been paying dividends Of 10 to IS per
Ce't. To enlarge the two plants only S125. .OOO
vas needed-a sum that any one Of half a
dozen men in the town could have raised
eva, night But my friend had passed
through St. Louis, 100 miles away, and come
or TO Chicago to raise the money on gold
bonds.
- couldn't go to old Uncle Henry Ham
mersmith for that loan" explained my friend.
He had been making farm loans at per
cen: for forty years. The first thing he
y oUId have asked me would have been
: What dividends are your plants paying
And If the old manor any other of half a
tozen men-were shown that we had been
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05


Vite him to expenditures which otherwise
would be impossible for him. With a prompt
cash payment Of the money which he owes
he would not have the money on hand to buy
unnecessaries.
No doubt nlne-tsnths Of such men with a
fixed income from salary or wage consider
that " business Is conducted on an entirely
different basis Most people not in busi-
ness are inclined to have a standard type OF
half-awe OF that Institution.
You can't DO that in business ~ II q
commonplace utterance from the individual.
The individual doesn't know that business as
conducted by the largest and the smAlIent
Of the great jobbing houses OF the country
may present as difficult propositions between
buyer and seller as can be involved in the
small transactions among and between in
dividuals.
Ordinarily the wholesale house in any line
quotes its prices to customers without ex-
pectation Of cash by return mail after ship
ment 1t doesn't speak or write in cash
terms According to the Jobbing houses
method, its prices are at either thirty or
sixty days after the buyer has received his
invoice for the goods which may be in mis-
store before the invoice arrives.
Business Houses Like individuals.
1t is for this reason more than all else that
the great wholesale house needs its credit
man-needs to peruse Dun's and Bradstreet's
needs TO get a line " on a customer in any
manner that comes to hand. But just as the
individual debtor is classified as to pay so the
iobber has need to list the retail customers
who buy his goods. There are as many varie-
ties Of business houses having as many meth
ods-or lack Of methods-in paying bills as
can be found among individuals
That which troubles the jobbing house and
its credit man, however, is in the attempt to
deal with all customers alike. They are not
alike in either ability or disposition to pay.
Originally the thirty to sixty day clauses
were inserted in contractsin order to give the
retail dealer a chance to turn his stock
over" into cash. AS ofrsetting this advan-
tage Of the less wealthy customer Of the
wholesale house, the customer who paid cash
within the thirty or sixty day period estab-
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
Germany Most Thorough Nation.

/TNIE most thorough nation on earth"
~ That was the description applied
to Germany by Theodore Roosevelt
and after a prolonged sojourn in
the fatherland a person is con-
WINGED Of its truth.
The Germans leave absolutely nothing to
chance. Their capacity for work is appalling
and their attention to detail uncanny.
The German labor exchanges and technical
schools are miracles Of exactituoe. These
are used as registration Offices and channels
for the suitable employment OF each boy Of
the fatherland. No joining the ranks of un-
skilled labor in Germany Every boy learns
his trade. Once a year meeting Is held Of
teachers, school inspectors. medical officers,
children, and labor exchange oficisls, and
the whole work Of the exchanges Is explained
TO them, and they are fully informed about
the various trades. A card Is issued to every
child. which has to be filled out with the aid
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05

-a RHEN the average reader Of the news
paper runs across the advertise
" nent, John H. Jones Co.; Dealers
in Stocks and Bonds. Member OF
New York and Chicago Stock Bx-
changes" that average reader at once asso-
ciates the business Of the company with the
Wall street gang"
Being only an average reader, he isn't
likely TO take kindly to the idea OF Wall
street associations. He may have had $lo-
COO in a savings bank for ten years at per
cent iuterest-satished to keep 1t there for
another ten years in spite OF the fact that
the John H Jones company is advertising
bonds Of public service corporations which
are guaranteeing per cent on basis of
par The fact is that the uninformed general
reader looks to New York and Chicago stock
exchange quotations from day to day as in
dicating just what certain bonds Of certain
public service corporations are worth, while
as matter OF fact the values Of hundreds Of
bond issues in no sense are determined by
Wall Street-these bonds may never have
been listed on the exchanges.
1t is overlooked by many people that there
are public service corporations which will
not have their bonds listed on the market
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
Front Edge Trimmed OF.

Borsi. the Designer Of the Morane. thinks
that greater advantage 10 gained by trim
ming on the 'front.' edge. as the wind tends
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
1g Men Who Work with Hand or Brain E49gRA]
M eth hod S in.
Business Varied
By HOLLISW. FIELD.

? HEN the ordinary salaried worker
or wage Garner owes q reasonable
debt to another, the fact that he
doesn't need to pay the debt for
thirty or sixty days II likely to In
The Washington herald., 1911-11-05

. nth the crossing of the English
\ A channel for the first time by flying
" machine, aviation passed from the
experimental stage TO the develop
ind - a
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-22

ures of the Bureau Of Statistics. De-
partment Of Commerce and Labor,
show that manufactures ready for
increased 1919 million
dollars in the export trade of 1911. and
for further use in man
increased 41ik million dol
lars over the preceding year. This in
crease is larger, I'm both classes, than
that Of any earlier year. making the
total export of manufactures ready for
COL million dollars, and
manufactures for further use i'm manu-
featuring, 300 million, or a total of 91O
million, against a total of 767 million
In 1910 and 761 million i'm 1909.
Machinery i'm the various forms to
which this term may properly be ap-
piled, supplies a larger share of this
total Of increasing exports of manu-
facture than any other single great
class of products of the factory. The
group of articles which the Bureau of
Statistics classes as machinery" un
der the general head of iron and steel
manufactures, shows a growth from
so million dollars i'm 1910 to 105 mill
lion in 1911; but to this could properly
be added automobiles, and parts of
which alone show a growth of AZ mill
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-22

died when he was 9 years old and later
the family moved TO oil city, where
Mr.. OConnell spent his boyhood and
received his schooling. AT 16 he be-
came machinist apprentice, spending
six years i'm learning the trade. After
becoming journeyman he went TO De-
troit, where he remained about year
and then returned to Oil City He
affiliated with the Knights of Labor
i'm 1886 and five years later he became
prominent i'm the international Asso-
citation of Machinists. In 1892 he was
elected president of the last-named
body. The organization at that time
had but $500 members. Under the
presidency of Mr.. O'Connell the MEM
5ership has increased to $4,000 and
the machinists are now among the best
organized of any of the crafts. Since
lhe afilation of the organization with
the American Federation of Labor Mr..
O'Connell has been one of the vice
presidents of the federation.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-22

lion dollars; agricultural implements,
a growth of nearly million; and
scientific instruments, including tele-
phone and telegraph Instruments, a
growth of 2h million dollars. To be
sure. no single one Of the numerous
classes Of articles designated under the
general head of manufacturers" shows
as large an increase as pig copper,
classed as a manufacture for further
use I'm manufacturing. which shows a
gain of 10 million dollars, or approx
matoly 2OGo over the exports of the
preceding year: while that class of
lumber designated as boards, deals,
and planks" shows an increase Of
about million dollars or 2Oao over
1910. Glazed kid, another article for
use in manufacturing, shows an in
crease of over million dollars, u gain
Of more than 500 over 1910, but this
is probably more apparent than real,
in view of the fact that considerable
quantities of kid leather exported i'm
former years went out Of the country
under the general title of leather
but is now, as a result of insistence
by the Bureau of Statistics upon great
er care in classification, being proper
ly described by the exporters. Glazed
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-22

kid alone shows a total expectation in
1911 of II million dollars. as against
IL million in 1910 and less than mill
lion i'm 1909.
OF the finished manufactures ready
for consumption exported. automobiles
and parts of show a growth from IL
million dollars in 1910 to 1914 million
I'm 1911; cotton goods. from SO l-S mil
lion to practically Al million; build
ers hardware and tools from IA mill
lion To II million; boots and shoes of
leather from 12ia million To 13% mill
lion: mbricating oils. from 2OM million
to % million; napthas, from Ia mill
lion to 9ls million; Photographic goods
composed largely Of motion picture
films, from Az million to over mill
lion: typewrters, from Sh million to
OK million; sewing machines, from
~ million TO over . million; structur-
al iron and steel from less than mill
lion TO So million: scientific instru-
ments. from 10 To 12h million; cars
and carriages. from 80 million TO So
million; agricultural implements, from
% million to practically 30 million;
Woodworking machinery. from mill
lion To 9b million; wire. from 1-3
million to over 10 million; locomotives,
from 2h million to practically 4 mill
lion: stationary engines from million
TO million: traction engines. from
1-3 million To 3h million; and books.
maps. etc. from million to S% mill
lion. while i'm numerous other articles
Of less value corresponding increases
occur.
All parts of the world shared i'm the
increased takings Of American manu-
features In agricultural implements,
for example. the exports TO Russia in
Europe grew from less than 81 million
dollars in 1910 to ~ million in 1917;
those to Canada, from Ia million to
Lax million: Argentina, from Gh mill
lion TO ~ million Australia and New
Zealand. from / million to ~ million;
and Africa, from n little over | mill
lion to ~ million. or copper Europe
| is. of course, the chief consumer. To
France the exports increased from 1914
million i'm 1910 to 1917 million I'm 1911;
to Germany. from 1S% million to "a
million: and Netherlands, from "a mil
| lion to 30 million; while to the United
Kingdom the exports of this article fell
from over 171a million to less than Ia
million dollars.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-22
TIE Important
Problem

confronting anyone in need OF laxa.
tive is not a question of single ac-
ton only. but of permanently bene-
fetal effects, which will follow proper
efforts to live in healthful way, with
the assistance of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir OF SIENNA, whenever it is re-
CURED, as it cleanses the system
gently yet promptly, without irritation
and will therefore always have the
preference of all who wish the best of
family laxatives.
The combination has the approval
of physicians because it is known to
be truly beneficial, and because it has
given satisfaction to the millions OF
well-informed families who have used
it for many years past.
To get its beneficial effects, always
buy the genuine manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-22
This DATE IN HISTORY"

14S5-Richard. III. slain in the battle
OF Bosworth Field. the final conflict
between the houses of York and Lam
caster
i631-Charles II. defeated by Crom-
well at Worcester
177G-Gen. Howe landed 10000 Brit
ish soldiers on Long Island, near the
Narrows.
1S11-William Kelly. inventor of the
Bessemer process for making steel.
born in Pittsburg. Died in Louisville,
Feb. II, 1888.
1S49-Venice capitulated to the Aus
trian army under Marshal Radetsky.
1S61-The Confederate Provisional
Congress at Richmond closed its third
session.
1S7O-The President proclaimed the
neutrality of the United States in the
Franco russian war.
1S7S-The independence of Service
proclaimed at Belgrade.
1SS9-President Harrison laid the
corner stone of the Indiana Soldiers
and Sailors Monument at Indianapo-
lis.
1S9G-David r. Francis of Missouri
succeeded Hoke Smith of Georgia as
Secretary of the Interior
19O3LLord Salisbury former Prime
Minister of England, died. Born In
1890
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-22
"VOtes For Women" Cry
POrtendS the Coming
of a New Nation
BY Mrs MARY E. LEASE. Silver Kansas
-

~ UFFRAGE has eliminated and will NEVER eliminate
~ Such talk is all RUBBISH
Despite unrest the umult and the forcbodngs OF the
present despite the many appeals and attempts at recon
sucon which only agmenay buildings old and outworn
foundations woman NOT YET AWAKE nor SUFFICIENTLY
DEVELOPED mentally spiritually to bring out of the disorder
and unhappness of i'll conditioned social chaos NEW Of
OF PEACE AND HARMONY
The great body deudo themselves and seek deude
men by their INSISTENT APPEAL of ''votcs for women"
CRISIS IN HUMAN HISTORY THE iNNERMosT
ELEMENT COMES FORTH 1T is THE
PoRTENDs THE NEW BIRTH OF NATIONS, THE CO.
COMING IN OF THE NEW
In this day and many rush in to their OWN ENDS
and installing the effect for the cause they add the CHAOS
AND CONFUSION by superficial smaerng of political equal
y which they prepared teach and which but few pre-
pared to receive
Women within themselves is the power that alone
will make them free 1t is WOMAN WHO MUST HELP MAN
by making the ideal visible.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-22
AND GERMANY, TOO.

The announcement OF the ambassa-
dor from Germany that that country
is prepared to negotiate a peace treaty
along the lines of the ones signed up
between this country and France and
England is welcome. although it had
been intimated previously that It would
be forthcoming. 1t is likely that the
treaty will be drawn up and will be-
come effective. in which case the Unit
ed States will be bound To arbitration
Of all questions that may arise be-
tween II and the three leading Euro
pean nations. The intimation has
come also that ia oan. the other nation
whose relations with this country are
OF most serious importance. is also
prepared for such treaty, while Hol-
land and Norway have taken the mat
ter under Amusement and may also
become similarly bound.
Even without these treaties the work
already done Is of stupendous import
ance. The present announcement of
the German ambassador is the more
gratifying. however because of the be-
lief at one time that the Kaiser would
not consent to IT, Following the sign
ing of the treaty with England, there
was talk that it constituted a sort of
Anglo-American alliance. which might
in some mysterious way bind this
country against Germany. Needless Il
say such a claim was unfounded, while
the negotiation of a similar treaty
with Germany will effectually quiet
any suspicious that might be enter
tanned by the most extreme alarmist
1t is a great work that has beer
done by President Taft. and may con-
gress do its duty by giving the treatie:
prompt attention, by ratifying then
without emasculating them, and by re-
framing from trying To make any po'
litical capital Of them.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-22

not provide ample money to finish the
work on the Maine.
Il concur fully in the conclusions
which the secretary Of war has reach
"a and i'm the recommendation which
he makes respecting an additional APP
preparation for this work In order that
nothing may remain undone to enable
the world TO know the original cause
OF the explosion which sank the
Maine" he said.
The people will fully agree with Mr.,
Taft I'm this matter. Now that the
work has been so well started IL
should be completed in the proper
manner.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-22

There seems little doubt that the
Canadians viii pass the reciprocity
agreement. although there must first be
a general election. There is not much
danger, however, as to the results of
the election. 1t is an important ex-
pertinent. If IL works out successful
~, as majority in both countries be
lieve il will. II will be extended. If Il
proves unsuccessful IL win be abro-
gated But in any event there will be
an increasing trade between two peo-
pies SO alike in tastes and separated
only by an imaginary line.