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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-13

Simplex. driven by Bert Dinghy.
and a Knox. owned and driven by
Ralph milford. With the tentative
entries now offered the field Is
brought up TO twenty-five cars. with
several others ready TO declare their
intention OF entering the list
Ticket Sale.
That the 500-mile international
Sweepstakes race. which has become
an annual classic. scheduled for each
Memorial day At the indianapolis
motor speedway. carries with II a
vast amount of educational value Is
the verdict OF the National Cash
Register Company officials OF Dayton.
o.. body OF men who probably are
among the most advanced in adver.
Using and craftsmanship ideas.
A few days ago the National Cash
Register Company ordered a block OF
200 choice seats from the Indian
apolis motor speedway for the second
annual 50O-mile race on May 30,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-13

than a single passenger. Anyhow the
Marmon Is content to rest on its
laurels for while. and the bugs seem
TO think 1t is entitled to its compla-
scence.
The national. which holds enviable
records will be a factor. No one
questions its speed and construction.
Rumor has II that the National has
new dope up its sleeve calculated TO
meet the conditions which will pre-
vail. This being true the turn will
depend on the usual luck which char
acterizes all long grinds.
That leaves the question open:
What car looks the most capable OF
putting up the most consistent racer"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-13

In all probability IL has remained
for James Montgomery Flagg, the
artist-humorist to give the most dis
tinctive description of a silent run
ming automobile ever written. Mr..
Flagg recently purchased a Columbia
Knight touring car and its silent run
ming qualities so impressed him that
he voluntarily provided the manufac-
turers with his estimate OF the sleeve
valve type motor car.
THE operation OF the Columbia
knight" saws Mr. Flagg. reminds me
Of deathlike quiet; like a man walk
Ing on rubber heels. | must blow the
horn to avoid running down people
and you know a man does not like to
be continually blowing his own horn"
This years automobile season is
starting out with more than the usual
number OF gasoline fires. doubtless
caused by the increasing use OF the
very volatile gasoline compressed
from natural gas.
During the past few weeks there
has been i'm Pittsburgh at least a half
dozen such fires, several OF them
destroying single automobiles, while
others destroyed private garages and
their contents, and two of them
destroying large public garages, en-
falling a loss in each case OF approx
mately $4,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-18
chilli AND THE CANAL.

The zeal Of Germany to retain and
confirm her commercial prominence In
Chill is Ineligible and quite natural,
and It is void Of offence to either Of her
rivals. II in fair field with no IA
vors shown to any one, she has been
able 50 greatly to outstrip us in her
sales to those who used to be called the
Yankees Of South America, we have
only ourselves to blame; though the
fault does not lie with that restrictive
tariff DAM which the fecund magma
ton Of Governor Wilson has conceived
as holding us back from the markets
Of the world. The fact that Chilli sells
to us about twice as much as we sell
to her effectually dispOses Of that fall
lacious fantasy and indicates clearly
enough that our backwardness in ex-
port trade TO that country is due TO
other causes which might be Just as
operative under free trade as under
protection.
Only three countries outside Of South
America figure largely in Gillian trade.
They and their exports to Chill in 1910
were as follows;
Great Britain. .......... .S33,S4O,O0O
Germany OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 26,920,O00
United States. l2,96O,O00
In the same year those countries i'm
ported from Chill the following
amounts:
Great Britain. s45,720,000
Germany ..........."'.....' EZ,o6O,OOO
United states. ........'.''. Zf,IZO,UUO
Here, then, are these interesting cir
cumstances: Great Britain, free
trade country, and the United States, a
protectionist country, both buy from
Chill a great deal more than they sell
TO her, while protectionist Germany
sells TO her more than she buys from
her. The difference between sales tOl
and purchases from Chill is much
greater in the case of the United States
than in that of either Of the others,
our exports being little more than half
as great as our imports.
The factor of distance Is supposed to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-18
HERE TO CONDUCT OPERA
Giorgio Polacco Says His Must
cal Sympathies Are Wide.

Giorgio Polacco, the new Italian con-
ductor OF the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany arrived yesterday morning on the
Taorm!na, and at the Metropolitan Opera
House in the afternoon he said that he
did not know yet what operas he would
conduct. He added that the greatest cor
diality existed between him and Arturo
Toscanini.
My musical sympathies are wide" said
the conductor. and admire Deoussy
and Dukas and Wagner and the Russians
as much as / do my own Italians. The
younger italian conductors are permeated
with the spirit OF Wagner, and l myself
am 20 conduct 'Parsifar in Barcelona
next year. which will be the first perform
ance In Europe outside Of Bayreuth. I
spent my childhood in st. Petersburg
though I am a native of Venice. and
have an intense love for the Russian
composers Their suffering and melan-
choly are wonderfully expressed, and II
has always seemed to me that all great
art must be inspired by suffering Michael
Angelo, Leonardo, Beethoven, Mozart-all
suffered, and their suffering spiritualized
their works. Rossini did not suffer. and
he has never moved me. joyous as is his
Barber OF Seville As for his religious
music, much of II has precious little re-
ligion in II
IL admire Mr.. Toscanini not only as a
musician, but as a thinker and a man.
Do you know that he IL translating Swim
burne into italian? He is a most ex-
traordinary personality"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-18

have some influence in the problem.
At present the United States, reckoning
New York as its chief commercial port,
has some advantage over Germany,
though not nearly so much as IT VIII
have when the Panama Canal Is opened
The distance from Hamburg to Val
paraisO by way of the Strait Of Ma
cellan is 9,1OO nautical miles, while
that from New York Is 1881 or 1853
less. That is an advantage TO this
country. but il IS not so great, appar-
emily. as TO overcome other circum-
stances Of a disadvantageous character.
But the distance from Hamburg to
Colon is 5,O49 miles, while that from
New York is only 1872, so that by way
of the Panama Canal this country will
have an advantage of 3,077 miles over
Germany, which ought to be enough to
count for something I'm the competition.
No wonder that Germany is making
vigorous efforts TO meet the changed
conditions which will confront her on
the west coast n year or two hence.
There is reason for believing, how
ever, that other factors than mere dis
lance chiefly control the problem. la
Union Of Valparaiso, Is quoted as re-
ferring TO the dominance Of German
banks In the CHILEAN money market
and in the conversion Of the Gillian
debt. The influence Of that circum-
stance must be obvious. Intelligent
and expert observers have frequently
depOred the lack of American banking
establishments In South American coun-
tries as q serious handicap t the extern
sion Of our trade. The need of more
tact in suiting our wares to the pc
Culiar requirements and tastes Of pro-
spective purchasers, and Of more care
I'm packing goods which must undergo
extraordinary vicissitudes Of tranSpor-
tation, has also been urged, again and
again. These are the points which
American exporters have chiefly to con-
slider. Distance will presently be enor-
mOusly In our favor, and our tariff sys-
TEN presents no obstacles whatever 10
the extension OF our trade. What Is
chiefly needed to give us the primacy
In Chill and all along the west coast
Is simply that Yankee shrewdness' for
which this country has been proverbial,
and which it has abundantly displayed
In nearly every direction save that OF
It's southern neighbors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-18
GRATITUDE.

Mr.. Sulzer says with much apparent
indignation that Tammany Hall has
been so good to the Straus family that
It Is nothing short Of ingratitude for
Mr.. Oscar Straus 10 criticise Tammany
and its political methods, and be should
stop prating about Tammany."
Tammany gave Mr.. Sulzer his start
in politics. He went TO the Legislature
as a Tammany man. He was elected
Speaker as Tammany man, and let
Croker, the boss Of Tammany at that
time, make his committee lists for him
in the Hoffman House cafe-so The
Evening Post" declared at the time.
His career In Congress has been by and
with the consent Of Tammany. There
fore by his own rule he should be
deeply and feryently grateful to Tam
many. And undoubtedly he Is, as 1t IL
impossible that he should fall short Of
that standard Of gratitude which he
lays down for Mr.. Straus. He has been
the eulOgist Of Tammany in the past,
going so far as to declare Tammany to
be the Democracy Of the state. SO by
his own rule he would be Tammany's
Governor and not lis own man. Tam
manys Governor-nominated and elect
ed by and with the consent Of Tam
many, owing and acknowledging graft
tude to Tammany. He himself has put
an end to all the slop about his being
anti-Murphy I'm the Executive Chamber.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-18
LOW TARIFF, LOW WAGES.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Is II not we'll worth while for
workmen TO seriously consider these facts,
viz, that the wages OF skilled labor In
this country are double the wages paid In
Great Britain and Germany; that Eu-
ropean manufacturers are our equals In
shop methods. business methods and other
modern economies that they are already
pressing us hard In our own market:
that they are barely held In check by the
existing low tariff, whose overthrow they
are eagerly awaiting; that IL this tariff
were swept away. as 1t surely will be II
the Democratic party wins at the coming
election. manufacturers viii be compelled
to reduce wages to the European level or.
since that is manlfestly impossible, shut
up shop: that the millions Of dollars now
circulating through American pockets
would be diverted to Manchester and
Leipsic, while thousands OF American
workmen ask in vain for work?
Now is the time for them to think.
New York. oct. II. 1912. II. w. r.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-18

an energy and resourcefulness WIN
which it has not hitherto been credlteu'
The leadership Of Felix Diaz IN thls
new revolt is ominous. He Is man OF
serious purpose and Of military skill.
His name and his kinship to the exlled
Porfirio Diaz are expected TO De Oh
immense value TO his cause, attracting
to his support multitudes or the oid
friends and followers Of Mexicos one
great President. In that nation the ap-
peal OF a name. when invested wlth
sentiment and high traditions is very
strong. II is. moreover, stroke or
strategic and diplomatic genius Tor
General Diaz to begin his revolt at
Vera Cruz, thus divesting the move
ment of any suspicion OF being
mere border ruction, dependent on gun
running from Texas, and giving 1t the
advantage Of access to the high seas
and thus such q claim upon foreign
recognition as an inland instruction
could not have.
From the purely military point OF
view 1t is to be observed that Vera
Cruz is the chief commercial city OF
Mexico and the seaport of the capital
itself, from which 1t is distant only $50
miles. It's possession by the revolu-
tionists is far more formidable to the
federal government than their occupa-
ton Of the whole Of chihuahua and
Sonora would be. Apparently there Is
TO be a fight to n rot distant finish.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-18
WAR IN EARNEST.

Turkeys declaration Of war against
Bulgaria and servia, which is accom-
panied by aggressive military move
ments, probably destroys the last hope
OF averting a general Balkan conflict.
The four small states which have been
threatening war for weeks could
scarcely be held in check. Indeed, one
of them could not be restrained from
beginning war several days ago. Tur-
key is, of course, far less amenable to
external suasiOn than they. Now, rid
Of her engagement with Italy, that
warrior power takes the aggressive
and the initiative against those which
have been threatening and batting
her, and there can be little hope that
she will turn back until the issues
OF the controversy have been thrashed
out on the field Of battle.
Pretexts for war are not always to
he taken at their face value, but 1t
does so happen that in this case Tur-
keys is pertinent and valid, though
whether It is adequate may be dis
puted. War is declared because the
demands OF Servia and Bulgaria for
changes Of administration in Mace
donna constitute interference in Turk
fish internal affairs. That Is true. There
can be no doubt that reforms in Mace
donna are sorely needed. 1t is equally
indubltable that 1t is not Servia and
Bulgaria, but rather the great powers
which were parties to the Berlin
Treaty that are automatically author
lied 10 demand and insist upon the
making Of those reforms.
That, however, now becomes a neg
,liglble detail. The war is on in earnest,
with Turkey ut bay against ring of
her hereditary enemies, while those
responsible through their negligence
for the catastrophe stand in the back
ground. planning to circumscribe the
theatre Of war, and, above all, watching
70 gain advantage for themselves and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-18
ACCURATE AND JUST
Tribune Is Congratulated on Its Al
titude Toward Woman Suffrage.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: do wish you would In some way
call the attention OF your readers-espe-
cially your woman readers, which Know
are very numerous-to those wonderful
articles written by Ida Hustled Harper
Many people read only up to and inciud-
ing the editorial page and then throw the
paper away. | did that myself for long
time, and thus cheated myself out oi
many valuable bits OF information.
/ want to congratulate The Tribune TOT
the wide general interest Of It's news col
umns, and especially for It's articles ana
news concerning woman suffrage. Former
~ | was In the habit Of reading New
York paper that was so bitterly opposed
to suffrage that was angry with myselt
every day for buying It, One day
bought The Tribune for a change, ana
found It so much better IN every way
that I have been buying II ever since. Al
though The Tribune does not favor wom-
an suffrage, Il is SO fair and accurate In
its news columns, It gives our anairs SO
generous an amount of space, and, over
and above ALL II refrains from bitterly at
lacking us In it's editorial columns, that
we women are coming 10 think OF 1t as
"our morning paper" a newspaper OF es-
pecial interest TO women, tho family ana
the home, which you no doubt have al
ready found out by your daily increasing
sales. MARGARET BROWN
New York, Oct. II. 1912.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-18
FRONTIERS OF MURDER.

1t would be interesting 10 know
where Schrank got the revolver with
which he shot Colonel Roosevelt. II
he purchased It in this city. as is high
ly probable, the record of the purchase
may be obtainable, and II the law was
evaded or violated in the transaction
the seller ought 10 be promptly prose
Cuted. II is said that the law rcgu-
latlng the selling Of dangerous weapons
is being treated like dead letter by
many local dealers. Here is a case
in which the ACCESSIBILITY OF investi-
eating the record is obvious.
Too many weapons are being put
into the hands Of persons who ought
not to be allowed TO possess them
and who violate the law in carrying
them. Except in the sparsely settled
country n pistol Is no longer neces-
sary implement Of defence. In thick
" populated city there is little excuse
for going about armed, and It Is al
most automatic that a person caught
carrying a revolver will be able TO
offer no valid reason for carrying It..
If the pernicious habit Of pistol tot
ing" could be eXtermlnated long step
would be taken toward restraining the
weak and vicious impulses which
prompt most murders and attempted
murders
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-18
A THEORY AND FACTS
Higher Cost Of Living Accompanied
nv Diminishing Gold Ownership.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Professor Fishers theory OF gold
and prices is part and parcel OF the o'u
free trade doctrine Of money originated
by John Stuart Mil and others OF MS
class, In substance It was refuted BY MT
Greeley and DR.. Elder over forty years
ago
Before Professor Fisher writes any more
about the increase Of gold since 1885 as
cause Of high prices here, he ought 10
make sure OF the location and ownership
OF the new gold. The mint reports are not
TO be trusted. They put the amount IN
hand-to- hand circulation at 3S76,OOWo'
when. as everybody knows, gold has prac-
tically disappeared from circulation Del
Mar, in his work on money, scouts the
mint estimates. and declares that this out
side stock does not exceed f25.OOVD.
The mint report allows only tO,UoWO
for what aliens carried OF prior to lsVi'
but | claim that they took fully S5O'oooOo'
so that the Del Mar estimate Is liberal
enough. As TO the gold in the banks, that
which comes here from the Klondike IL
treated as ours, but nearly all OF II be-
longs to Canadian miners. Furthermore.
even the gold mined here does not all be-
long to us. English capitalists have been
gobbllug up our mines for years back.
Among these are the six largest ever
opened here. the Drumlommon, Sultana-
Independence, Camp Bird, De La Mar
and Rob Roy. The product OF these
mines, and also that which comes from
tho Klondlke, is consigned 10 international
banks at New York. These bankG also
receive other immense sums for interest
on foreign investments, tourist expenses,
etc, and for drafts OF immigrants and
other debts that have not yet been offset
by our trade balances. This money Is
mostly reinvested in our properties or In
time and call loans.
Some idea OF this foreign lien on our
gold is had from the reports OF those for
eign loans here in the last twelve years.
At the end OF 1906 the Paris correspondent
OF a New York paper placed these loans
from Europe at $500, 10000. At the same time
the Japanese banks had S60,0oo,ooo loaned
out here, and the banks OF Canada re-
ported having SIS. 900 invested In call
loans at New York. This makes a total
Of .745, 900, 600 OF our gold which at that
time really belonged to foreigners Now.
our total alleged gold stock at that time
amounted to Sl.45S. 10000. But when we
deduct from this total all but S25, 10000 OF
the 1911, 10000 alleged to be in circulation,
and the s745,Ooo,0co owed abroad at the
time, all the gold We could honestly call
our own amounted to the pitiful sum OF
1868. 10000. That is over {2oO.oOO,0o0 less
than our reputed stock OF 1896.
The meaning OF all this is that while
Professor Fisher and others have been
charging all our financial and Industrial
fills to the increased output OF gold. our
actual ownership has been steadily but
surely diminishing every year.
W. II. ALLEN.
Brooklyn, Oct. is, 1872
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-18
IN THE eERkSHIREs,
TBy telegraph to The Tribune.


Lenox, Oct. H-Mr. and Mrs Giraud
Foster. who returned to Bellefontaine to-
night from New York. will give
luncheon on Saturday before the horse
show, which will DO held on Mr.. Fosters
meadows.
Nr. and Mrs. William d. Sloane gave
large dinner party tonight a. Elm Court.
Mrs. Henry s. Kesrney, who has been
at the Hotel Aspinwall for the season. ~
turned TO New York this afternoon.
Mrs. Richard Gambrtll, who has bean
visiting In Lenox, has gone to New York.
Mrs. James Bryce, who was entertained
by Miss Emily Tuokerman In stockbridsa
has gone TO Washington, accompanied By
Miss Tuckerman.
Mrs. Henry Tuck. who has been visit.
ing in Lenox. has returned TO New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry l.. Lee are pre-
pairing to close their villa here. Mla
Margaret L. Lee will go to New York
Sunday, and Mr.. and Mrs Lee and Mrs
J. Lawrence Lee will follow shortly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence C. Chapman
have returned to New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry McBurney hays
returned to New York from Cherry Hi
farm. where they have been visiting DR..
and Mrs. Charles MCBurney.
Baroness Bertha Won Suttner, who was
at the Maplewood, Pittsdeld, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward G. Jones and Miss Elizabeth
Jones have returned to New York
Mrs. Edward S. Grew and Mrs. Charles
Van Brunt have arrived at the Curtis
Hotel.
Mrs. S. w Woodward is entertaining
Mrs. Luke l. Wilson, OF Chicago, at Eden
Hill. Stockbridge.
Arriving to-day at the Hotel AsplnwaIl
were Robert T. Lincoln, OF Chicago; Mr..
and Mrs. Z. J. Johnson and Mr.. and Mrs
Richard II. Harris, of New York, and Mr.
and Mrs. Z. c, Thompson, OF Brooklyn.
Mrs. l. L. Gensler, the Misses Jean and
Edith Gensler and Louis h. Gensler, Mr.
and Mrs. NJ. w. Norman. Mr.. and Mrs.
]. h. Ogden and Mr. and Mrs. A. Z. New.
man, Of New York. have arrived at
Heaton Hall, 5tockbridge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-18
PeoDIe and Social Incidents

ton by Captain William B. Capertoc
U. s. N. commandsnt Of the Narraganset,
Bay naval station, and dinner this even.
ing aboard the battleship Virginia, given
by Rear Admiral Cameron MGR. Winston
commander Of the third division OF IN.
Atlantic fleet. kept the officers OF the Ger.
man cruiser Victoria Luise busy.
Mrs. r. Livingston Beeckman enter.
tanned a party Of the autumn colony a,
Lands End at dinner this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. NJ. Hutton will ma,
close Shamrock Clifr until the middle =,
November, when they will 20 to Bait.
more for the winter.
James v. Parker is TO spend a portion
OF the winter in Bermuda.
Mrs. French Vanderbilt has left here for
an automobile tour.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart Duncan have do.
cided 10 close their season on October o.
Mr.. and Mrs Arnold Hague have re-.
turned to Washington.
Mrs. Charles II. Baldwin, who has been
the guest Of Mrs. Morris K. Jesup a,
Lenox, has returned TO Snug Hsrbo,
where she will remain until the end On
the month. Mrs. Baldwin will give a
luncheon tomorrow.
Mrs. Thomas j. Emery is recovering
from a slight illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt are
closing Beauleau.
Mrs. J. r. Busk and daughter, Miss
Margaret II. Busk. will leave here on Sat.
urday for New York. They will sail for
Europe on Tuesday. .