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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-15

deLphiG Industries
t TO GrOW
Why should there be a decrease in the employ
nent and average output Of Philadephias stove
and furnace factories
Among these 20 should there not be one or two
or three who the opportunity that was seen
by manufacturers in Detroit and other cities whose
stove and furnace manufactures have made their
products great?
Wall Paper
In ten years the wall paper output of this
try increased nearly $4,00OO0O. But Philadelphias
wallpaper factories shrunk from IL to 4, and their
output fell off $500 0O0-with decrease of more
than 200 in workngmen employed.
Has any Philadelphia wallpaper manufacturer
thought of national advertising as solution7
Canning and Preserving
It is not entirely story of decrease. Sometimes
it is merely story of comparative lack Of increase.
Canning and preserving, for example, carried
on in Philadelphia in 1909 by % establishments,
producing $2,500000 worth of goods, and showing
good percentage of increase
But r1ght across the river, IN camden, we see
the stacks of plant which eighteen years ago was
as small most of these % Philadelphia plants.
Since then it has grown to occupy 100 times-not
100 per cent, but 100 fneS-greater floor space and
Campbells soups are known throughout the nation.
Advertising did it.
And yet have no great canning factory in
Philadelphia
Philadelpha's chief industries Q) textiles,
(2) publishing and printing (3) sugar refining (4)
foundry and machine shop products
But that is no reason why Phiadelphias fame
Phiadelphias business and Philadelphias opportu-
nifty for laborng should not be increased by the
advertising of stoves of soap, of canned goods of
wallpaper, of other products ranked among
her lesser industries.
We should be glad to offer suggestions to am
bilious manufacturers in any of these industries.
EDpnin0 Post Tho COunfyu EonfLoy1ooo
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-18
THE PUBLIC FORUM
THE CHAMPION FAKE.-An tn

fakes given dwindle away compared
to the law governing the court that
reinstates a grating police inspector
SO he may get pension. He evil
IDENTIFY is not fit to be on the force,
because the court restored him on
condition that he resign on the day
his pension is to begin. We do not
punish grafters; we pension them
C. F. H.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-18

punish grafters; we pension them
C. F. H.
THE UNEARNED INCREMENT
Mr.. King thinks that a tax on land
values is shifted to the user of the
land or the consumers of the prod
ucts produced on the land. This
opinion is contrary to that of all writ
ers upon the subjects of political
economy and of taxation and it is also
contrary to the facts. Taxes upon
land values cannot be shifted. They
are one of the taxes that stay where
they are first laid. Land values cut
no figure in the price of products.
Competition fixes the value of land
as it fixes the value of things pro-
duced by labor. Monopoly in either
makes them cost more, but taxes
upon labor products tends to lessen
the quantity of products on the mar
ket and raise the price. Taxes upon
land values neither increase nor de-
crease the quantity of land, but tend
to force unused land upon the market
and lessen the rent of the land that
is used.
Products of high-priced land and
of cheap land sell upon the market at
the same price 1t costs no more to
produce upon high-priced land than
it does upon cheap land. The only
difference is that upon high-priced
land the landlord takes more Of the
product and the producer gets less
than upon cheap land. Hence upon
low-priced land wages and interest
are higher than upon high-priced
land
The landlord gets all the traffic will
bear and if heis a speculator he often
asks more than the traffic will stand
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-18
THE SCHOOL DEFIcIT.-Neit

THE SCHOOL DEFICIT.-Neither
the city council, the county board nor
the board of education in Chicago is
statistically organized to enable them
to be guided in all procedures by facts
and figures, instead of relying on
guesswork and oratory.
1t is this lack of statistical organ
ization which prevents these bodies
from looking ahead several years
and knowing exactly where they are
at in the matter of efficiency and
finances that is responsible for the
bankrupt condition of the county
treasury and the muddled, uncertain
deficit war being carried on several
times week in the board of educa-
ton organization.
The fact that large public and pri-
vate institutions, public service cor
porationS, etc., have demonstrated
that efficiency and economy are no
longer possible except where there is
statistical organization might be bet
ter realized if more members of these
bodies had had active connection
with large affairs.
Another weak point IN the ScnOOl
deficit controversy, it being a matter
of dispute as to whether there is a
deficit at all, is shown in the absurd
ity of calling upon the superintendent
for figures in relation to engineering
supplies, Office expenses, printing
supplies, etc.
Mrs. Young's training has been as
an educator, not as an auditor or me-
chanical engineer, and it is clear that
when the board becomes properly or
ganized the title of superintendent
of schools" will disappear, the "su-
perintendent of education" will have
charge of education alone, and gen
eral manager of the school system,
one trained as an organizer and
systematizer of affairs, will become
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-18

and thus keeps the land out of use.
A tax upon land values up to the
annual value will force the land into
use by making it improbable to hold
it and thus open wider and cheaper
opportunities for the employment of
labor and capital.-George V. Wells.
New-York tribune., 1915-02-21
MASTERS TO MEET
IN CHESS TOURNEY
Lasker, Capablanca, Marshall
and Others Will Clash for
Prizes in This City.

Al meeting in the Manhattan Chess
C,ub on Thursday evening it was de-
c;ded TO hold a masters tourney in
his city in April, with eight COM
netitors, each man to play two games
p,ritb every other player. so that four
teen rounds will be necessary 10 con-
clude the contest g.,
IN addition to Capablanca, Marshall.
IasLer Chajes and Kupchik, three
strong Metropolitan players will be
seiorted There will be four substan-
,v,i' ,;si nrizes given, and also a fee for
ovnry we won or drawn game to the non
p' a A hoard of patrons will provide the
n.;nows of war" While the larger
,Hmber Of rounds will be played at
.hn Manhattan chess clubs, il is in
,nnAed 70 offer rounds to the Brook VI
sTnp snd Progressive Chess clubs and other
net Tr1etrorolitan organizations while the
msnagement intends to play tive
rnnnis in public, so as TO give all chess
nIsyers not, belonging to clubs a
rbanee of seeing part OF the tonrna-
ment.
New-York tribune., 1915-02-21
USED CARS FOR BUSES
Jitney Movement May Solve
Problem for Dealers.

In the jitney 'bus, W. C. Hood, of
the Briggs -Detroiter Company, OF De-
troit, sees a factor that will do much
toward solving the used car problem,
viewed by both dealers and manu-
facturers with growing concern during
the last few years.
"The possibilities of the jitney bus
make a strong appeal to the men who
would not think of owning an auto
mobile unless it could b made to
earn money" says Mr.. Hood. "ln
every city and town in the country
there are men who have saved up a
few hundred dollars with the view
of ultimately putting the money into
some kind of business, and these men
will be quick to realize the opportuni-
ties offered by the jitney bus.
Leaving out specially built cars
having a carrying capacity of ten or
more persons, as well as new touring
cars, both of which could not be con-
sidered by these men on account of
their original cost, the logical car for
the prospective jitney man is a good,
secondhand FIVE or seven passenger
touring car.
New-York tribune., 1915-02-21
BROOKLYN SHOW HAS
BIG LIST OF CARS
Display Beginning March 2
VIII Include Many Motor
Trucks.

That the 23d Regiment Armory, in
Brooklyn, will be filed with cars and
accessories when the Brooklyn Motor
Vehicle Dealers Associations third
annual automobile show opens on
March 2 Is a forsgone conclusion. Dur
ing the last week numerous exhibitors
were added to the already large list
Forty-six different makes of COM
plete cars and motor trucks are to be
displayed, and many accessories and
new devices applicable to motor cars
will be exhibited, In addition to motor
cycles.
Among the latest pleasure car entries
are the Lewis, the Baker Electric and
Detroit Electric. New truck exhibits
include the Garford, Buick, Indiana,
Stewart, Atterbury and Lippard-Stew-
art. Other truck displays will be those
of the Jeffery, Packard, Kissel-Kar,
Studebaker and White.
Certainly no show in the East has
had such a comprehensive exposition
of both pleasure and commercial cars.
Il will be recalled that the New York
show last January displayed only
pleasure cars.
Dealers in Manhattan are displaying
unusual interest In the show, as they
have business interests in Brooklyn and
a number have branches there. The
Brooklyn show will be the last to be
held this year in this section OF the
country, and will afford those who did
not see the Grand Central Palace show
a splendid opportunity to select their
cars.
New-York tribune., 1915-02-21
BOILLOT DESCRIBES
PERILS AT FRONT
Champion Auto Pilot Says
Highways Have Become
Rivers of Mud.
STEADILY ON DUTY
FOR SEVEN MONTHS
Has Asked for Leave of Absence
to Visit America for
Speedway Races.

indianapolis. Feb. 20.-Georges Boil
lot, Europe's road racing champion and
a participant in the last 500-mile race
at Indianapolis, who is now driving a
car for General Joffre, gives an inside
view Of war conditions in a letter to
officials of the speedway here.
Inasmuch as Boillot has been con-
stantly at the front since the war be-
gan, his words carry more than ordi-
nary interest He writes in part as
follows:
"Since July p have been constantly
o. the road, flying from one point to
another, with very little time TO spare.
Time is more than money over here
It's life
.The driving of cars inside the fight
ing area has become a tremendous
work, as we'll as a dangerous one: with
cannons and all the artillery stan, with
lorries carrying food and buses carry
ing troops, the roads have been unable
TO stand the strain. So with the ram
we have had lately it looks as If we
were touring in the bed of L river IN
stead Of on q road.
"You can imagine What a Job IT is
when you have to be at such place at
an appointed time, and you are held
up on the road with your car stuck
in the mud as far as your back axle
We couldn't half get along but FOR
horses and chains TO pull US out"
Boilot gives some personal news OF
his former racing team mates; Goux
and Rigal, and states incidentally tnat
he has been trying to get away for the
next 500-mile race, but 10 date mas Deeh
unsuccessful. He says:
"Goux is still at Belfort, in very good
health. | have seen him twice IN SIX
months. As you know already, Rigal
and my brother are with me at the
General Headquarters. You can I'M
agine with what Joy we welcome the
return of any one Of us after week
or two of absence on trip amid the
shells on the front. One never knows
if he will come back alive or not.
81 should like very much TO go TO
America 70 race this year. | am doing
all can to obtain two or three months
leave from the army. But 1t IS very
difficult. if not impossible, to get 1t, Tor
YOU must not forget that any French
man is not the master OF himseH IN
these dreadful times OF war.
"If ! succeed in my request, Goux
and | will 90 with the last Lyons Grand
Prix racers. Meanwhile, If you want TO
do any bettirg, you can wager All you
own, even your trousers buttons, on
the chance of France and her allies.
New-York tribune., 1915-02-21
GRAVITY TEST is BEST
Battery Expert Shows Differ.
ence in Methods.

Voltage tests are not the best way
to tell the condition of storage bat
terry, according TO d. p. Orcutt. Of the
Electric Storage Battery Company,
who lectured last Thursday at the
opening Of new term in the West
Side Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion automobile school.
The best way to test a storage bat
terry" said Mr.. Orcutt, ais to use a
hydrometer, thus ascertaining the spe-
cifc gravity Of the solution in each
cell. This should be done regularly,
but not just after adding water"
To Illustrate the difference between
a voltage test and a gravity test Mr..
Orcutt showed a chart exhibiting the
condition Of battery as revealed by
the two methods. In the voltage test
the battery seemed to be almost nor
nal, falling off little when the bat
terry was in use, but rising again to
almost normal strength until the bat
terry gave out abruptly.
The gravity test Of the same battery,
taken at the same time as the voltage
reading, showed the true condition. 1t
was revealed that the battery, instead
of holding almost normal and then
giving out, had been losing in eff
cheney regularly. With the use Of
hydrometer, Mr.. Orcutt said, the grav-
ity test was simply and quickly made.
Most of the trouble reported to
u.s." said the speaker, as caused by
adding acid to the batteries. Add
nothing but pure water to your bat
tery. Many people think that the acid
evapOrates and needs renewing. As 8
matter OF fact, the storage cells are
sealed and the little that is lost is
not worth considering"
New-York tribune., 1915-02-21

died up 20 that time by John Waua-
maker, for whom CASTOR Plaintiff was
a salesman, came to Us after the North
crn. CASTOR told me it was great car,
and il wasn't bad for that stage OF the
industry. ] know it sold we'll. and kept
US going until the Marmon made its
debut in New York, in 1906
The early dealers had practically
the choice Of the cars they cared 70
handle. and little foresight would
have been Of value We made many
errors Of judgment, and, as look back,
! think the worst made by Homan &
Schultz was the rundown Of the Pack
ard car when il first came to New York.
"The early Packards and the early
Wintons were much alike, and we
were assured that the Packard people
had plenty Of money and were deter
mined to make theirs the leading car
of America. We couldn't see ii then,
but several times since | have thought
that had We taken the Packard and held
il we might have made some money.
Possibly there are others along the
Row who will agree with me-"
New-York tribune., 1915-02-21
GIRL PLANS AUTO
JOURNEY TO COAST
Miss Genevieve Marshe,
with Woman Helper, to
Leave on March 2.

The first transcontinental trip OF
1915 to be made by a woman al the
wheel Of an automobile accompanied
only by u woman helper has beeh
planned by Miss Geneyieve Marshe'
formerly OF Brooklyn and now resi-
dent Of San Francisco. Miss Marsne'
who is visiting in the East, VIII drive
a JefTery touring car. and hopes 70
carry letters of felicitation from BOT
ough President Pounds 10 the Mayor
of San Francisco, Governor Johnson OF
California and other officials.
Miss Marshe will make her ofhclsi
start from in front of the I'D kegl-
ment Armory directly after the open
ing of the Brooklyn Automobile Snow,
on the afternoon Of Tuesday, March
2. At present she is picking out her
route westward.
The former Brooklyn girl is an ar
dent motorist, having always driven
and taken care OF her own machine
She has made a number OF long trips
but the coast-to-eoast run Will marx
her greatest undertaking. II all goes
well she hopes 10 reach the Panama ,
Pacific Exposition some time in ApriI
or late in March. In view Of heavy
SHOWS to be encountered, trans
continental record would hardly b.
possible at this time, and she VIII not
try TO make one.
81 realize that this is rather haz-
srdous trip to be taken at this time
Of the year." Miss Marshe says, but
the novelty Of rough going appeals TO
me. However, am told that the
roads to the Coast are in an unusu-
ally good condition at present and j
do not expect much trouble"
New-York tribune., 1915-02-21
NUMBERS IN REAR
ARE HARD TO READ
Secretary of State Urges
Motorists to Correct
Common Fault.

Francis NJ. Hugo, Secretary Of State,
in a recent interview said that a few
years ago the outcry in the state
against what was then described as
the motor car nuisance had been great,
but that familiarity with mechanically
propelled traffic and adaptation to it
had led TO a wonderful change OF atti-
tude on the part Of the non-motoring
public. For this the consideration Of
the general body of motorists has been
10 a large degree responsible.
"But a serious and common form OF
trouble still prevalent" Mr.. Hugo says,
ais the difficulty experienced in identi-
fying motor vehicles at night. Atten-
ton already has been directed to this
form of motor nuisance by the state
and local police authorities.
although the provisions of the
motor vehicle law, If properly carried
out, insure that all motor vehicles shall
carry a tail light Illuminating the num-
Der plate so as 10 render the numbers
visible at least fifty feet away. there is
a tendency 70 pay little attention to
this regulation.
For some time past, however, eN-
periments have been conducted with a
view Of urging the adoption Of q new
form of transparent number tag, con
sisting Of a double plate, which would
make il much easier 10 read the rear
number plate Of the car. The sugges-
tion has not received much approval
because il is not desirable to make the
use OF this form of plate compulsory.
NO doubt the argument may be
made BY motorists that the safety OF
the road for all users would De greatly
increased if horse-drawn vehicles, and
motorcycles, too, were compelled TO
obey the law, enacted last year, requir-
ing every vehicle 10 carry rear lamp
of some kind. Although the number Of
fatal accidents caused by motor cars
which have remained unidentified are
few, nevertheless the attention of mo
torists TO this common violation may
he timely"
New-York tribune., 1915-02-21
SpieImann Gets Assign
ment to a Fortress for His
knowledge of Tactics.
TIE FOR TITLE IN
THE BROOKLYN CLUB
Black and NJ. Schroeder Fighting
II Out for the Championship
in Three.Game Series.

The Munich chess master, K. Spiel
mann, was playing his last game IN
the Trebitsch tournament against the
Vienna master, Richard Reti, when he
received q summons from the military
authority 10 present himself for physi-
cal examination. No wonder he got
nervous and lost his game after fifty
six moves, the opening being a four
knights game. OF course, he had to
attend 20 the summons, and being found
physically in good trim he was taken
before a captain for assignment. Here
the following conversation ensued:
Captain: "What are you" Spiel
mann: IL am chess player"
Captain: IL mean what ia your pro-
fession?" Spielmsnn: Il am chess
master"
Captain: as there such a thing, and
can one make living thereby"
Spielmann: Certainly, II one is good
enough"
Captain: "very well, then well bet
ter assign you TO the artillery in
fortress, where we may make use OF
your ability as tactician."
When EdOuard Lasker heard the
sNOIy hI LUc MdHudltdu tHtsS tlEO 40
laughed heartily. Dear me-" said he,
81 have known Spie mann these many
years; he comes from family the
sicians and singers, and a fine artil-
lery tactician he v i'll make"
Lasker also said that Spielmann's
book. "Chess Strategy" has been pub
lished both in German at Leipsic and
in English at London, and, to judge
from the reviews in German and Eng
lsh papers TO hand, it is likely to be
good seller. The American edition viii
be ready in about four weeks. He
finally stated that he is rather busy
giving lessons in chess. and that he is
open for few additional pupils.
According TO German exchanges. 5s4
chess players have enlisted. OF these
fifty-nine have been decorated with the
Iron Cross for bravery. Thirty-two fell
in battle and fifty-fve were wounded.
When within an ace Of winning the
championship of the Brooklyn Chess
Club that talented young player NJ.
Schroeder lost two games to the pres
ent champion, r. I. Black, and William
NJ. Russell, respectively, and now a
match, best two out of three games, is
being played between Black and
Schroeder to determine the winner.
The ;ie resulted with each man winning
eleven games and losing three.
The leading scores in the champion
ship tournament OF the Progressive
Chess Club are as follows: E. Michel
sen, 6, 1; ]. Bernstein, 5h, Ia; o.
Chajes, 5, 2; c. Jaife. 8, 2; G. F. Nor
ris, 81, 2h; r. Altman, ga, 3h, and
A. Kupchick, IA, PA.
President Altman Of the Queens
Gambit Association announces that he
will give a simultaneous exhibition on
twenty boards, playing two additional
biindfold games, at the clubs head
quarters, l58th Street and Broadway,
next Sunday. In ar effort TO increase
the membership role he will also en-
gage in regular match games against
the leading metropolitan players on
Tuesdays and Fridays OF every week
for the rest Of the season.
Appended is the score OF a game, as
played in the Metropolitan champion
ship league matches between A.
Schroeder. of the Staten Island Chess
Club, and J. Rosenthal, OF the Man
haitian Chess Club:
New-York tribune., 1915-02-21
War Orders Will Keep Loco
mobile Plant Busy for
along Time to
Come.

With orders that extend for the
duration of the war, the Locomobile
Company of America has its factory at
Bridgeport running to the limit Of pro-
duction. In addition to a large initial
order, said TO be two hundred cars, the
concern has contracted to supply thirty
cars month as long as the war lasts.
The tests of the Locomobile trucks
were Of kind that might be called
destructive, but they met them sue
cessfully. The most severe was to
start a fully loaded truck coasting at
the top of hill, allowing the clutch
10 drop in with the engine dead"
when high momentum had been at
tanned. Coming unscathed through
this, the battleields Of Europe should
offer little trouble.
In a test recently made at the Wor-
cester Polytechnic institute il was
found that the Haynes eight six" act
ually delivers 41.25 horsepower at the
rear wheels, indicating the use Of re-
markably efficient motor. A stock car
was used and operated under the con-
ditions of actual road driving. An un-
usual characteristic brought out was
that there is no drop in the horse
power delivered until a car speed Of
sixty miles an hour is attained. IL was
discovered that losses Of power be-
tween the motor and the rear wheels
are approximately 8 per cent in the
universal joints and from to 7 per
cent in the drive gears. The greatest
loss, about Is per cent, is In the tires,
the amount varying slightly with the
make of tires and the imitation.
An indication OF improving business
conditions Is the leasing of the plant
of table manufacturing company by
the Grant Motor Company, Of Findlay,
Ohio. The new plant contains $4,000
feet OF floor space, and practically
doubles the concerns facilities, permit
ting a production Of fifty cars day.
Pending the erection OF an additional
plant of its own, for which a site has
been selected, the Briscoe Motor Com
pany has taken over the plant and
equipment OF the defunct Cutting Mo-
tor Car Company at Jackson, Mich.
The Cutting plant is complete, and the
machinery and fixtures can be quickly
converted to the uses OF the small car
concern.
The Ford schedule for fulhlment of
the plan to build 100000 cars in the
twelve months starting on August l
last now has a margin Of about 80 per
cent. To reach the total aimed az
would have required an increase OF 20
per cent ever the production Of 24s,349
cars in 1914. That cash rebate be-
gins to look like q real asset.
"We make a most careful. distinction
between service and shop work." says
Otis C. Friend, of the Mitchell Lewis
Company, makers Of Mitchell cars.