New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-02
THE TALK OF THE Day.

One factor which IS eyeruns a powerful
influence In favor OK motor trucks is the
steadily increasing cost OF using horses,
purchase price and maintenance, stable
rent. drivers wages and feed included
According to Census Bureau figures the
valuation OF horses IN the United states
mas Increased i3l per cent In the last ten
years. while the increase In number has
been only 10 per cent. The total number
lt the time Of the last census was -7'ylo'-
Cg4 "fu the same period says The Sci
cutiGc American" the value Of hay has
advanced from SO a ton 70 over SO and
corn and oats have increased in value
proportlonately. Land values have In
creased in most sections Of New YORK.
taxes IN al sections and these are the
factors which govern the renting value OF
stsrre properties. This same condition
holds true in practically every commercial
centre"
Wjewag-I have never known that fel-
low Bioncs 10 help any one out Of a dll-
"C GI;ZzIer-Oh, I don't know he some
times carries q cOrkscrew.-GhladeIph
Record.
Small settlements, wishing 10 initiate
tho larger cities. sometimes so ahead
without finding ont Just what ought 10 be
done. II would seem that the nature OF
rnardi gras IS known from one end OF
the endless world 10 the other, YET news
has recently leaked out that the iolK OF
Z. hamlet near New York held mardi
gras. That is. II was called a inardl SFas'
New Yorker vas invited TO the iesuVl-
ties. and Il IS his story that passes cur
rent. He went, he said, thinking to see
one OF the gala affairs. although on
smaller scale. which are annually dished
ont i'm New Orleans and Coney Island
Il found the entire population OF inc
Mace out as one man." he reports. Folks
had on their holiday clothes and were
bant on rnerrymaking. But what do you
s,,ppose the mardi gras consisted OF?
loco, brewery gave two wagons for the
occasion. In one was a band of half a
dozen pieces. IN the other was keg or
reer. The beer was for free consumption
There was nothing else. This, in a word
was the merry villagers conception OF
nardi grss."
AS USUAL.
When the campaign days are over
And the ballots all are In,
When the tuInult has subsidized
And they've stilled the frightful din,
Peace win settle Ger the nation
In the good, oid-fashiOned way,
Rut / reckon that the coal man
Still will clamor for his pay
They have promised us and pictured
Days forever free from care,
And they've told US lighter burdens
VIII be given us 10 bear.
But / reckon when it's over,
And they've counted up the vote,
WaU lust sew a velvet collar
On the same old overcoat.
And I reckon that the butcher
Still viii charge us for his meat,
And the grocer look for money
When he sells us stuff To eat.
Whether Taft, T. r. or Woodrow
Wins the honors OF the day
! will wager that wen have to
Work along the same old way.
Detroit Free Press.
Maine just now must be veritable
happy hunting ground" The Kenne-
bee Journal" vouohes for the story that
C. c. Mobiles, OF the Hotel Breslin. New
York. who came out Of the woods on
Sunday from a hunting trip at Oxbow,
had something OF a record trip. On the
afternoon he reached Oxbow he brought
down a deer and on the following after