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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-05
P HILLIES TAKE
PLACE OF GIANTS
Go to First Place in National
League by Winning After
noon Game.
BROOKLYN LOSES TO BOSTON
Pittsburg Wins From St. Louis,
and Cubs and Reds
BROOKLYN LOSES TO BOSTON

Philadelphia. July 4-Philadelphia
knocked New York out OF first place
oy winning this afternoons game by
phia. New York and Chicago We're in a
triple tie for the lead in the National
League race The home team won
livery hard. Luderus getting two nome
runs and single on him. In the sew
enth inning Crandall was Knocked un-
ccorscious by line drive off Dooin's
pat, the bail hitting the pitcher in the
head. Marquard took Crandall's place.
kisht Fielder Walsh was overcome bv
the heat near the end OF, the game
ana mad 70 oe carried from the Held
New York p;Ii,,,o,nbt
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New York
Totals 10 u :4ii 7o;al. ,2T :
Rated for W..ise In th!r3
tBci;ed .or MarauarG IN eighth

Score by innings. p
New ork..,..................1t 4hiti1 = :
Philadelphia ........-.........6a 0Ic5i. -:
Summary: RuEs-Devore. Doyle. SaoaE-ass
~. Murray. MerE!e t1j Esaabe I-oaert Ma
gee. LUdeEus walsh. Doolaa 49, Dno!n u.
Chalmers. Two-hasc h.-s-Devo:e. Devir
Murray. Doom t?). walsh Three.oass h!ts
-Devore. Murray. saerace niis-Nze+e
PasEer' Knabe. stolen onses-Mr-sie and
wash. Pitchers record: H.ts-OH Aaaes :
In Z times at hat in 20 innings. OF MAJ
guard in times al bat IN 1913 ina!nrF
of DFucke. IN times a; b2, n ,ar!zs
of Moore. : IN 3 times at bat In { !Ea!rgs
on ga Eners, in = ;.-ues g; bzr IN IL
nings" LET; :. hases-Sew YORK -. ph.ia
defA!T. H. First base on bails-o1 wutte
J. OF A!nes. Z; OF Marqua.d :. OF D-aexe.
or errors-New YORK g. PAuaG4lphta
Struck out-By W!ltse !; oy Anes :! by
Marquard, i by Moore = BY Chalmers. s
Chalmers. tsaodg!assl. Time o: game
e'ie umpires. O'Day ard Rlgler
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SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Morning Games.

AT Atlanta: Nashville. !: Atlanta. :.
At Birmin CHAM: Montgomery. 6; Bir-
mingham, 2
AT Chattanooga: Memphis, 6; Chatta
nooga, Z.
Afternoon Games.
At Birmingham Montgomery. o. Biz
mingham, 4.
At New Orleans: First game--Mohile
!; New Orleans. 3. Second san1e--No-
lille. o: New Orleans, S.
At Chattanooga: Memphis. A; Chattn-
nooga. 2
At Atlanta: Nashville. /; Atlanta. o
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TIGERS WIN THINNING GAME

Detroit. Mich. July 4-Detroit beat
Sh!cago II 70 10 in the eleventh ln-
zig-Zag contest all the way Detroit
used three pitchers and Chicago am
p!oyed four. Jennings and Summers
80, Utdyred out OF the game by Um-
So6b retired At the end OF the ninth
and Smaller finished in centre neld,
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clnremont Defeat. Norfolk.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
Claremont. Va, July i.-Claremont
defeated Norfolk Collegians here to-
aay In an exciting eleven inning con
test. by the score OF to q. Chambliss
while Claremont made ten off Moore
TIE hitting OF Chappel. Marble and
avery. of Claremont. were the fea-
lures. Claremont now has one Of the
fostest teams IN Underwater Virginia.
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EASTERN LEAGUE
Morning Gnnes.

t'IVTHIHE NH Hlch.
At Rochester Toronto. ! Rochester.
AZ Buffalo: Montreal. 2: Buffalo. 2
ci;J Jersey City: Newark. 3 Jersey
Al a, Baltimore: Providence. s; Bald
Afternoon Games.
AZ Nochester Toronto, 2; Roehes,er.
- Buffalo: Montreal. 5: T.unalo. .
more. IL
, Oen innings).
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GAME GOES TEN INNINGS

Chicago. July i.-Cincinnati and Chi
cago played two-to-two tie this at
'ernoon, the game being called a the
end OF the tenth inning BY agreement
10 allow the players to catch train.
The locals made their scores on a base
on balls. two sacrifices. hit and an
error while the visitors made their
scores on an error. a base on balls. a
sacrifice and a double. Cole was. or
aered from the grounds by Umpire
Eason for d!sputine a decision, while
Smith retired to allow Severoid 20 bat
for him Score:
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Totals ...sl,r Totals u IN

''''' = ~ IotaIs ..,N q Il
Batted for Nunamaker In sixth
fBatted FOR Magic In ninth
&c Walker. left aeld.
Score by innnEs:
Sos,on ......oooootooo-
summary; Runs-Hooper, Gardner snshk
err Lewis. schaefe.. Elber!eld (s). I.e,Ivelt
Gonroy. Two base hits-conroy. Purtei! "a.
Lc!!Ve!t. Gardner. Lewis Home run-con
roy Stolen bnse-Elber.e!d Doubln plav.-
MCBRIDE 20 schae.er 10 Conroy: MCBRIDE 10
Sahningham 10 Schaeter. Left on bases
boston =; washington. Il Hits-or Cicottc
In 2-s innings; or Hall. ( in AIS inn.nss:
on Magic. in innings. of Walker 10 In
innings tnone out in SIXTH; OF Hughes
In innings First base on baIl.-Or, CT
cote. 3. on Hall. g: on Walker, J. First bare
on erTor-WashinSton. / Struck out-By
cicotte. 2: BY Hall. l. by Magic. Q; by Walk
Cieotie. MoBride) wild pitch-cIco,te.
Passed eall-Henry (2). Time OF game. ,
hours Cmpires Egan and sheridan
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Totals SO s24Ii Totals So Il n Is
- t;Al Tor Mlrc.i.rl .l.-h.A

. - 4v3 Nd. QuaIu n eIgnth.
New rk................-.....0l 6o0ls0o- 5
philadelphia .,.-..............is SOFA 060'-7
summary; Runs-Saod grass Murray, Dew
In, Merke Ia. Paskert. Ludcrus (2). Doc
Ian Walsh Doo!a. Alexander. Two-base
a:ts-Doyle, Doom (p. Walsh. Doolan.
IAEee- base hits-Doo!an, Knabe. Home
ruHs-PasSert, Luderus (2I. Merkle. Sacr!-
nee h!i-knate. Stolen eases-Snodgrass (2l.
AeEkle. l<ooe-t. Double play-Nurray to Ny
c!s. Lett OF bases-New York. S: Phlladel-
phia frs; base on errors-New York.
J. Philadelphia. / H!ts-OS Cranda!l. a
!r is innings: OF Marquard. In e-s In
eal!s-OR Crandal ?: OF Alexander l.
Struck out-By Crandsll. !: by Vanguard. !:
oy Alexander, :. Time OF game. 2:c5. Cm-
pres, R!gier and oDay.
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WINS OUT IN NINTH

morning game to Brooklvn lea
the score in the eighth. Rucker' who
relieved knetzer. had two out and 40
strikes on Pielfer In the ninth. When
ming run on Swtencv's two.bavyar
,Tirnmerman accepted eleven chances NJ
third Score.
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Brooklyn.
Boston.
potah % 81 ls Totals 80 sgi8
'Batted for Knetzer N eighth.
Matted for Ruexer n ninth

score By innings "
Boston ............. 0,Nhth.
Brooklyn ....... o0onno6
Summary; Rnns-Rerzog Kiinr. Pfeffer
Davidson. Dauber, Two-b base hits-swse
Eey. PieTer Davidson. saev.Aee hit-Ki!nk
saerinee ay-Cou!son. Left on bases-Bos-
ton, 7: BROOKLYN. :. First base on error
Boston. J. Brooklyn. !. stolen bases-Teo.
ney Ngerton Double pIays-I{erzor "a
mel to Daubert; Zimmerman 10 Da1bnr,
Eits-oh McT'sue. In 7l-2 Innings Of,
kattzeF In !nn!nss First base On hail
aon MSI!gue. !; on PETER l. struck out
Wnd p!foh-MeTsGe Time o: game. i.H
rmplres Frary end Flnne-an
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Cincinnati.
Totals 80 : 30 Il l Totals
'Ba;;ed :oF Brown in tenth.

t'aIItH TOT N-!-.dn n e!8utH.
Chicago ......................00 90. 0o0000-a
Cincinnati ...................oO o o o o.
Summary: Runs-Schultc. Goode. sevc-o!d
Geek. Two-bass h.,t-Archer. Hobiitzel and
seYeroid. Three base hit-Schulte. Sacrifice
h.tE-iioiman. Zimmerman. Bescher. Stolen
base-Hob!!tzel Double piays-Smith 10
Hoo!itzel TO Esan to Grant: Smith TO Hob
.!jzel. Left on oases-Chicago. 4: Cincinnati.
8. H!ts--oh Smith. in innings; of suggs.
In innings: OF Cole. in innings; off
Brown IN innings First base on balls
OF Smith. Z; OF Cole !. Struck out-By
Cole. 3, oy Smith. 8; by suggs 2; by Brown.
/ Time o: game, 2:G5. Umpires. Eason and
JoanstoHe
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New York.
PHILADELPHIA.
Totals ...a5 10 q ls Totals :. as II a.
'Batted for Gardner in eighth.
tBatted Cor k!epfer in ninth.

score by Innings:
Philadelphia ....-011
new Sork.......1 ..............o 0011I 00l-t
summary: Runs-Lord (2). oldring. Bak
er.' strunk. Coombs (2). Daniels. knight,
chase Blair. Two-base hIts--Coombs, Strunk
90. Knight. Chase. Gardner, Lord Three
base hits-Daniei. Cree. Blair. sacrince hits
Barry Oldring. Sacrifice hies-Hartzell.
BAKER. stolen bases--Wolter (2), Baker.
Chase Oldring. Lord (2) Strunk Left on
nases-New York. 2: Philadelphia. s. Double
plays-Derrick TO Baker: Barry to McInnis.
fer J: or Coombs. 2; Off Bender. /. Hts
on coombs. in innings; Oft Bender, 8
In innings off Vaughn. 10 in Z innings; of
KEEPER. j In innings Time OF game 2
hours. Umpires. Connolly and o'Loughlin.
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Norfolk,

Summary: Runs--Jackson. Kircher.
Dodge go. Babb (2). Block, staub res.
Law. Shaw. Two-base hits-Jackson.
Hoffman. Phelan. Staub (2). Stolen
bases-Jackson. Hoffman. Kircher,
Dodge (2) Babb. Staub (2), Phelan.
double plays-Dodge to Shaw TO Law
10 Dodge; Dodge to Law Base on
balls-of Hanks. 3; off Morgan. .: off
Finneran. 3. Hit by pitched balls
Hanks. / (Block). Hits--off Hanks, 2;
Morgan. 10; Finneran. Z, Struck out
by Morgan. / Finneran. 4. Time of
game, two hours. Umpire Fender
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Ashland Won.

Ashland. Va. July 4.-The Ashland
baseball team defeated the Frederlcks-
Of to 2. The feature OF the game wa =
the pitching of Trevillian, FOR Ash
!and, He had the visitors completely
az MS mercy throughout the nine In
nan and Gruner: Fredericksburg-
Jones. Freeman and Barr.
score; R.HE
Fredericksburg ........ 3
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Detroit,
Chicago
Totals "a, 10 81 II Totals ..sa 10 q IS /
'Batted for Lively In seventh.
limited rnr Iaftia IN NJ

'Batted for Lively In seventh.
tBatted toE LATTE in ninth.
Score by innings: r.
Chicago ........................l2 III 100 IL
Detroit .........................0 o OF DOL "a
summary: Runs-Mc1ntyre. callhan. Be-
die. Mcconnell. ollins. Tannehi!l. Sullivan,
Jones, Delehanty. Moriar!ty. Two-base hits
Lord. Collins. Callahan. Jones Sacrifice
hit-Tannehill stolen bases Bodie Gala
han. Bush. Double play-Coilins to Tame
Kill TO Collins. Left on bases-Chicago, s.:
Detroit. q First base on error-Chicago. l.
Hts-oh Lively, II in innings; on Latte.
In innings. First base balis-On La
ntte l: of Walsh 5. Struck out-By Walsh.
&; by LATTE. !. Hit by pitcher-By Lively,
tCoiiinsl. Time of game. 2:A. Umpires
Evans and Mullen.
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EASY VICTORY FOR PIRATES

Pittsburg, Pa. July 4.-The after
noon game was easily won by Titts-
nutg, ~ score Of il TO |. They hit
Innings. getting seven hits. including
two three baggers. netting Thorn six
runs In the fourth inning Lauder
r1ilK supplantcd Steel and gave .our
Eases on balls. forcing a run Thea
Geycr was sent TO tho rubber. and
three runs were made while he pitch
ca Hendrix vas strong from start to
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ByTae. Cakes Stolen hases-carey. Ellis
Double p!ays-FlyRn 20 Wagner 20 Flynn;
MowTey 20 NoIeiehy; Eauser 10 Eugglns
20 keaeiehy. FlFs; base on balls-oI Steele.
:; OF Harmon. ; struck oGi-By steele, 8.
by Harmon ! Left on olses-P.t;s s.
=, Louis. First base on error-St. Louis :.
sme .! game. .,.s URlp!res. KEN and
Brennan.
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HlGHLANDERS DEFEATED

New York. July 4.-The Athletics de-
Icated the Highlanders this niorning
BY hitting Vaughn hard in the seventh
inning. Coombs was also hit hard ana
OF the sixth. Klepfer finished the garno
for the HiShlanders. 1t being his major
league debut. He struck out three men
In the two innings he pitched Score:
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SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
MnrnInp Gnrnen

At savannah! Augusta, i Savannah.
- Columbus Macon. ?. columbus 5
~ J%cHsonF!!le: Albany. : Jackson
AZ Charleston: Columbia. Charles
Afternoon Gnmes.
At Charleston Columbia, 3 CharIee.
ton. &c"
AZ Savannah; Augusta. .; savan-
~ Jacksonville: Albany /: Jackson
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PItthhurg
ST. Louis.
T ota!s 81 Il 81 10 Totals "a? 62i Is
'Ba;ied for Geyer In ninth

F!ttsonr. .....-'...,..........lo 100000 Ill
~ Lou!s.-....... o o.
summary; Runs--Chrey. Leach (2) Byrno
~. Wagner t2). Flynn Mccarthy. Wilson.
Hendrix. Konetchy Two.base hit--Geyer
Infee base hlts-Byrne. Wagner Hendrix
SncT1hce hits-Hauser. Leach. Sacrince fly
"!ison. stolen bases-Leach. Wagner. VIII
son. Hhuser, Left on bascs-Pittsburg 4:
NJ. Louis. 0 Hits-On Steel. In innines
on i4audermilk. in la inning; on Geyer Z
IN :'2 innings First basee on balIs-oit
steel. !: on Laudermilk 4. OF Geyer. l.
Struck out-By Hendrix. ?; by Geyer. L
L r'ins 81 game. 2:io Uinpires. Brennan and
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Results i'm American League
American League
mEsuLTs YEsTEnpAY

RESULTS YESTERDAY.
Washington, % noston, q (morning
SnmcJ.
Washington, 8, Boston. 4 tnfter-
noon Gnne).
Philadelphia, - New York, 4
(morning game).
rhll"delphia, IL, New York. o tn1-
tcrnooD gnmc).
Chicago, z, Detroit, (mornipE
EameD.
Chicago, 10, Detroit, IL AFTERNOON
Sume).
st. Louis, 81 Cleveland, 9 (thirteen
innings, morning Eame).
st. Louis, d. Cleveland, = latter
noon game).
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HEAT AFFECTS PITCHERS

Roston, Mass. July i.-The Washing
tons won the morning game from BSs-
ton, to 4. two local pitchers gettins 2
Wild under the influence or the haat.
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BOTH TEAMS SCORE IN NINTH

Eoston. July 4.-Boston won the af-
iternoon game. to g. In the nintb
lnnins Hooper, Gardner and Sneater
IHIngied' Lewis flew to Leiiveit and
hooper was safe at the nlate u;tb
Ihe winning run, when Henry dronne
Lelivelts perfect throw. Cicotte we q
overcome by the heat ut The .,oso
Oh the eighth inning. The score:
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STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

WHERE THEY PLAY TO-DAY.
Philadelphia Mt New York.
Chicago ut Detroit.
Washington ut Boston.
st. Louis Mt Cleveland.
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Colored Baseball.

The Richmond Independents defeated
the Petersburg Athletics in Peters
burg yesterday by the score o. to
8. Battery for Richmond, Cardwell
and Dundon; Petersburg. Turner and
Hill.
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TIED FOR FIRST PLACE

Philadelphia. Pa. July THE Thila-
delphia Nationals defeated New A'arl:
II to Z. in the morning game and tied
the leaders for nrst place. Doolaa was
Umpire O'Day when called out IN
strikes. Both teams hit the bali ve.v
hard, but Philadelphia's sate;!es we're
made in bigger punches Score:
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SCHARDI Is EFFECTIVE

Brooklyn. July 4.-Brooklyn won the
afternoon game. to 2. BY punching
hits of Perdue. Schardt was effective.
man featured Score:
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Cincinnati.
Chicago.
Totals 81 ,27u Totals as "a! Is

Chicago .........................o0 OOooo.--S
Cincinnati ......................OO 0io06 IS
summary; Runs-Sheci,ard Schultz. Tof-
man Goodc. Zimmerman. Tinker. Archer
R!chter. Hob!Itzel, Egar Keefe Two ba Sc
htts-zimmerman, Doyle. Home runs
Schultz. Tinker Hobiit=el sacr!aco hit
Downey. Double plays-Graat TO EEan 20
Beck Tinker 20 Zimmerman to Hoffman
Left on eases-Ch!cago. ?. Cincinnati! -
H.ts-OI Richter, in Sis innings. Of
Grown, in % Inning. First base or balls
on Richter. I; of Kcefe. s. Struck out-Sy
Richter. g. by keefe. :. Time O; game. ,
hours ump.res. Johnstone ana Eason.
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ST. LOUIS DEFEATS PIRATES

Pittsburs. Pa, July i-st Louis d.
511lated Pitisburg IN spirited game.
me Iocsi team was crlrpel with Clarke
~ ana miller and Mckechnie undo ,
three-daNs, sEsrenSlon. Scnrn.
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Results in National League
National League
RESULTS YESTERDAY.

Chicago, 5, Ciucinnati, 3 tmorning
Snme).
Chicago. =; Cincinnati, = ten In
nfnEs, afternoon s,ame).
st. Louis, 3; Pit,sburs, /: tmorninE
gamc).
ST. Louis, l, pittsburs, IL tnfter-
noon camel.
New York, =; Philadelphia, IL
(morninS gnmc).
tcruoon i:ame).
Boston. 3. brooklyn. ? tmornlng
same).
Boston. =; BROOKLYN. 1 tafternoon
Samc).
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Where They play SATURDAY..

Hustlers vs.. Stars. at Spring Hill
Hishlanders vs.. Giants. at Byrd
Park
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Summary: Two base hit-LauEhlin.
Three base hit-Phelan Stolen base
Kaufman Double plays-Law Gun
assisted), Laughlin 10 Smith. Base on
balls-on Mayberry. e: of Stark. l.
Left on bases-Norfolk. 6: Danville, 5.
Struck out-by Mayberry. s; by Stark,
8. Time, l:45 Umpire, Pender.
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Central League
Clubs Standing.
Yesterdays Results.

Giants, 5; Hustlers. !.
H!ghlanders. 20; stars, s.
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Washington.

Hoiker. OF Washington. went up in the
SIXTH and Boston scored all It's four
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Totals 80 81 IS Totals ...;2
'Batte6 .or Perdue In ninth.

t2), Dauberi. Erwin. Two-base hits-Klirg.
zimmerman. Three-base h!t-Davdson.
Home run-Dauoegt Sacrifice hy-Kaiser.
Stolen bases-Sweeney. Herzog. Daubert.
Double plays-Rar!den 10 Sweeney: smith
70 Humne! TO Daubert ~. Left on bases
Boston. e Brooklyn. 3. First base on errors
Boston, 2: Brooklyn. ! First base on ba!!s
on Pe-aue. :; of Schardt. 5 Struck out
BY Perdue. &; BY Schardt. 2. Wild pitch
Sehardi. Time OF game. 1858. Ump!res, Fin
neTan and FEary.
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STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
New York MT Philadelphia.
ST. Louis at Plttsburc.
Boston ut Brooklyn.
Other game not scheduled.
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Milk Bills
Cut in Two

The curious fact is that this
ideal milk costs less than milk
mans milk. We save you the
cost Of the daily delivery, which
means about 4 cents per quart.
And we save you all the waste.
The use of Van Camps, in most
homes, cuts milk bills right In
two.
We milk $4,000 cows daily to
supply folks who want this milk.
And no people. in the world get
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Utterly Germless

This milk is pasteurz,d, as all milk should be-
There's not germ of any aid in it. Think what
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the past. but that our packages ara
often too heavy. and that the goods
should be SO arranged that they cant
not move inside the boxes. Consiil&
General Skinner, at Hamburg. says
That our packing Is as good as that Of
any In the world. and that bad pack
ing usually comes from new firms that
do not understand the market.
Other consuls, and especially those or
Asia and South America, urge that the,
goods be packed in waterproof boxes
or bales. and that they be SO fastened
that pilfering is not easy. The
Chinese consuls say that the knot
holes in boxes should be covered by
pieces of tin nailed on the inside and
that al packages for the interior should
be made SO that they could be carried
on wheelbarrows or by porters.
Animal Transports.
Many of the consuls urge the pack
ing of goods In small parcels In
Arabia and Africa much OF our exporta
goes inland on camels. and the ordinary
beast will carry only about 400 pounds,
so that the boxes should be of 200
pounds. one TO fl on each side the
hump. In interior Bolivia American
goods are carried on llamas. the loads
OF which are restricted to 100 pounds,
but there the load is fastened upon the
back SO that there can be that much
in one package, A donkey will carry
from so to 100 pounds, mule about
zoo pounds, while from so to rs pounds
is good load for a man, If he has to
make a long Journey In Siberia air
boxes which weigh over 500 pounds
should be fitted with slkids, as there
Is no way of handling freight in the
eastern part of that country, and the,
marks on the packages should be Eng
ltsh and Russian, metallic paint bel
ing used.
In my talk with Mr.. Baldwin he re4
ferred to the Trade Directory WHICH.
has just been issued by his bureau.
This Is a volume as big as dictionary
which contains the names OF 125.006
business men In the leading cities and
ports outside the United States. Thessi
names have been sent in by the con 4
suls and they should be of value to,
all those who sell goods abroad. The
box is for sale at So. which was abous
the cost of publication. al
Copyright, 1911 by Frank G.. Carpefl&
ter.)
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how public buildings are about to be
erected in the new capital of Australia
and urges our architects to send oil
designs for the houses of Parliament
and other great structures.
In addition to these there are other
articles in this days copy of the pa
per. The government issues a journal
like this every morning. The publ.
cation now amounts to 5000 copies.
and 1t goes to the Boards OF Trade.
Chambers of Commerce. and the news
papers al over the country. The most
OF the articles are republished by the
papers. SO that the news gets to all
who are interestd.
Uncle Sans daily is carefully watch
ed by our foreign competitors. and the
exporters of Germany, England and
France jump at al of its suggestions
of value to them. For this reason the
government Is not giving the names of
foreign business men who make in
quiries. but ii keeps such addresses and
supplies them only confdentially to
those of our factories as could make
the goods needed. This plan is found
TO be profitable one and has led TO
the sale of many American products
Last year about 1900 such opportuni-
ties were published. and since the
bureau began this work, more than S.
600 separate items. each of which re-
presented an opening for the sale of
certain machines, have been given to
the American manufacturers.
In addition the government is send
ing out great deal of confidential
information. 1t has Its experts scat
tered over the world looking up trade