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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10

employment will coincide with The Necessity
for regaining markets in such way that low
wages will fellow, with consequent diminished
cost OF production, and that the industries Will
sell ar narrow margins in order to regain their
place in the sun Hence it is argued the com
petition arising from necessity will be pecui-
iarly severe.
History is not wanting in Illustrations OF the
difficulties in which nations find themselves
when attempting to restore the ravages OF war
In Carlyle's "Frederck the Great the chapter
entitled The Repairing OF a Ruined Prussia
is a case in point We need not 60 far afeld,
however, to find an example. There is one in
our own land. Our honored sister Common
wealth OF Virginia gave with rare devotion her
sons and her treasure fifty years ago to cause
in which her heart and conscience were en-
listed The course Of events made her soil
the battle-ground in particllsr sense OF the
great contest between brethren. Because OF
this she suffered sadly; and while we are
thankful that she has taken again her promi-
nent and honorable place among our sister
hood. there are some who will not easily for
get what she suffered for the cause to which
she willingly gave her best and the patient
slow progress Of recovery through which she
has successfully passed Consider, however
whether her economic condition was or could
have been such soon after the close OF the
war between the states that in any sense she
could have quickly become dangerous COM
pettor in a peaceful commercial contest with
any Of the other states associated with her in
our common Republic. Her sons were slain,
her funds were lost, her lands were ravaged
her agriculture and industry sadly injured. if
not destroyed. II was inevitable that time and
self-sacrihce and patient toll, projected through
years. should be taken for the recovery in
which we all now rejoice
SLAUGHTER rs IMPARTIAL.
This is not of course, d precise parallel to
conditions abroad, though to some extent and
with different relations in different places the
comparison is not seriously incorrect. Ger
tainly the great industrial powers are using
their credit to the full, and in large part vast
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
Bv William c. Redfeid.
Secrcfdry q CommTee'

NFAIR competition in our domestic
trade is forbidden by law, and tri-
~ bunal exists where the facts may be
determined and proper steps taken to aoate
the evil where il shall he shown TO exist. This
however. does not 90 20 the root OF the whole
matter. The possibility still exists OF Unfair
competition from abroad in various lines OF
business Of great importance TO our industries
This foreign unfair competition, unless pre-
vented. NAV seriously affect for the worse large
existing and pending investments OF capital
and may mean the displacement from profitable
toll OF labor now being Increasingly employed
Observe. il is not normal competition OF
which this is stated but abnormal competition.
We have not in mind the differences in the cost
Of production produced by any special advan-
taees Of location, supply management or
equipment or other natural economic or indus
trial element. These conditions IN the long
run balance one another. a favorable fact which
NAV exist in one country or place being offset
by a different favorable fact found elsewhere
The competition Of commerce in its normal
phases is a spur to keen minds and beneht to
the public Courageous industrial warriors DO
not fear the contest on anything like equal
terms. We arc dealing. however with some
thing quite different from this, with a type OF
the industrial struggle which is not helpful nor
meant TO be So but which is IN Its essence
destructive. intended 10 put out OF being the
forces opposed 10 it IN order that the victor
may exploit the field az will over the remains
of his competitor The methods used in this
warfare are not those of legitimate commerce.
nor are they based upon the law Of mutual
exchange for mutual benefit They are, on the
contrary. those OF the law Of force. They rep
resent the destructive power Of industry used
as weapon Of Commercial offence. They aim
not at development but at conquest
Different views are held by thoughtful men
as 10 the effect Of the war upon normal foreign
competition. Some say that the return OF the
armies to industry, with the eager search for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
The Secretary Of Commerce Sug9es
Measures for Preventing Eoreis,
MonopolieS from Getting Control Of
American Markets by Deliberately Usins
Accommodations of Years Fund with
which TO Destroy American Industry

coined; aye, will not be permitted i;,;.
sitle to prevent il. We may be perfectly -.
that in cases OF this kind both public ara :.
vate powers will be strained 10 their r,-.'
not only to recover lost markets bu, IA -.
vent the dominance OF any markets bv on.
than themselves. The surrender OF tho,. ~.
kets will be resisted 10 the full. and .,.-
stratagem Of industrial war and every mes,
OF applying commercial force will be us.s :.
prevent that surrender Whatever ins.sv..
and experience can suggest will be tried ".
must expect it. We must prepare for il, n.
shall pass the margin of fair competition. 4
shall seek through ruthless force 10 exer, :.
even to attempt I exert a monopolizing oo,.,
upon any phase OF our commerce we ou,.,.
to prevent it, whencesoe'er il may come.
Few men in any land would question II.
right, nay. the duty, OF restraining by mean, a
the public power the kind Of competition :.
which I speak The advocate Of the wide
freedom OF trade would hardly argue to a,
contrary.
The question then may be said not to !,
whether we shall prevent such assaults. b.
how we shall prevent them, while at the san,
time welcoming, indeed promoting, the norma
ebb and flow of commerce between GU, l,x
and all others. and providing for our or
people the security against exaotion which |,
reasonable competition insures.
Various remedies have been suggested %
control what is called dumping" Canada use
one method, Australia another. Several have
been suggested in our own land. An ant.
dumping clause was introduced by MI. IN.
derwood in the tariff act submitted to In
House OF Representatives April q, 1918 (,d
Cong, lst sess.; H. r. 1921; r.. p. 2ls). NJ
own preference is not to deal with the matte,
as an economic one: not as hurtful bushes,
transaction, to be restrained, bu, rather Is n
attempted wrong, to be forbidden. prefer
therefore. 10 remove it wholly from the field d
tariffs and to deal with it if possible BY
method TO which there are not such dispute.
reactions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10

sound. Some one
else was chuckling
as the men clambered
up onto a Manhattan
dock and splashed
happily of toward
the surface car.
Its finished six
weeks ahead of
schedule" said he.
yes" agreed the
man walking along
beside him; I'VE hg-
urcd on i hanksglV-
ing Day"
So the He'll Gate
arch was abandoned,
though lovingly. TO
rain and the descend
ing dark. The cele-
bration was over.
Whose genius has
guided this vast prof.
ect? Gustav Linden
thal's. Under this
m aster mechanics
direction all the de-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10

still shop-talk. 1t was shop-talk all the
way round Wards Island to Manhattan in
the company's little stubby launch. But 1t
was talk edged with blitheness now. One
man was laughing over a bet he had won.
A doubling Thomas among them had dared
to prophesy that the bridge pier on Wards
Island might give an account OF the depth
Q20 feeD to which necessity carried it
rockward Tests proved the pier utterly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10

the arch have cross section Of l,3ss squG.
inches. They are eleven feet high and sI
feet wide, and are divided by horizontal.
partition into two compartments running the
entire length OF the structure. These compar
nents are necessary for the use Of worIms
during erection and for subsequent use BY
painters and inspectors. In each Of these corn
partments men can stand and work with ease
There is romance in the heroic bulk OF TIE
ingredients. The weight of single chorc
panel is hundred and eighty-fve tons. These
members are without equal in the history Of
steel fabrication. During transportation Of
such colossi as these, special routing had to
figured out because of the limited clearance
of bridges and tunnels along the Ordinary
lines of freighting.
The entire arch-now that it is thrown upon
its own resources and is no longer upheld BY
the hitches-rests on four huge castings called
shoes. Each one OF these castings weighs 80
tons. They are the largest shoes on record
At one stage in the construction programmes
it was necessary to raise the entire arch
distance of twenty-five and one-half inches
has WdS accomplished w shiF'J e"SNA"'o
levers of the hydraulic jacks on the towers
These pretty little nursery toys have Lifting
capacity of $500 tons.
But the enforced methods OF constructor
are what deserve the most admiring atsenuoa
of all. On account OF the vast span and heis"
of the structure, the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GU
rents in the He'll Gate channel and the proni0f
ton to obstruct navigation in any respect y
became necessary to think out some way
throwing the arch without recourse 10 W
false work at all. Mr.. Lindenthal puzzled o."
it assduousy till at length he concluceo VI.
span must be constructed by halves, eaen 'e'.
being built out from a tower and supports
by hitch connecting IT 10 temporary ''sS
work or the leeward side, set above ana w
hind the towers. This temporary oe"''
called the backstay balanced the weish'
the leaves prior to their union. II is gong
TO be wrecked al once now But the :
gacity of the builder did not stop snon
solving the problem 1t would be great piv
to scrap all the material thus employed ~
the members were fabricated so as 10 perm"
their being ultimately transferred 10 Wa'.''
construction and floor work on the briggs
self
SLIM STEEL RIBBONS HOLD ''
METAL TONS
The bitches extend from the tops o.
towers to the middle point OF each s'ee.
At noon on the eycntful day these NV !,
were relieved OF strain for the hrs' '''. -,
many months. They had to sustain va. -s,f
OF about $4,000 tons of metal 30
mere ribbons OF steel-yet they ne'' Wv
burden faithfully. Ill
The entire weight OF the loaded Orias, ,...L
be $4,000 tons. The load carried pei -,
foot will be twelve tons while tweh'y''-
per lineal loot will be the dead wesn. ~.
Since the arch was commenced, az ". "a
ginning of the year. two corps OF e's ..r.
have been kept busy in the heid VIZ" -
veyors' instruments and especially 's- 'ss
scientific devices for measuring all now
and strains during construction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10

toned in the same
breath with aforesaid
glory-this bridge is
the most conspicuous
item of perty
owned by the New
York c o nne ting
Railroad, and is only
a link in the brill
liant chain of con-
struction designed
to connect the Penn
sylvania and the
New York, N e w
Haven & Hartford
systems. A midget
road, certainly. Yet
what a brave spec
tacle of engineering!
incidentally. it s
proving probably
the most costly road
in the world, per
mile OF line. Diff
cult construction
features c o m b inc
with the high value
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
The Vastest Steel Span i'm the World
Meets Across He'll Gate with No
Fanfare, but the Poetry of Re-
pressed Tension to Usher 1T i'm as
the Hing Of Its Hind.

signs have been worked out At first Nh
Lindenthal was appointed consulting engineer
and architect for the New York Connecting
Railroad enterprise But later, as the time
of actual construction drew close, he was
made chief engineer and put in charge. The
Hell Gate bridge is his--so far as glory is
concerned.
rinscally-though this is an item OF UNI
importance, OF course, and scarcely TO be men,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10

I o T I u n c abroad IN
the camp. The arch
stood brave and free.
The piers stood firm
as the rock on which
they repose.
We knew W hen
the plans were per-
fected, years back.
that all this would
be quite possible,
you know" said the
engineer who had
previou ~ talked
about computations.
But the spirit OF
universal relief was
O ute undeniable.
The little company
Of expert mechanics
got themselves into
dry clothes. Some
one began humming
light opera. Talk was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10

of real estate traversed to bring this about.
Line construction divides itself into two
parts. The northern part, which includes the
mammoth He'll Gate bridge, has length of
three and one-half miles 1t is called the East
River division. The southern part involves
railroading Of six and one-half miles. Two
thirds of the 100000 estimate of cost is
eaten up by the tiny East River division Such
bridges and such viaducting cost.
The New York Connecting Railroad routes
thus: At l4lst Street in The Bronx it deserts
the regular New York New Haven & Hart
ford bed, gradually diverging in alignment and
grade until it crosses Bronx Kill by means of a
two-span steel structure called a bascule bridge.
This is a bridge which will ultimately be pro-
vided with machinery so that it may be raised
and lowered in consideration of municipal re-
quirement The line swings across Randals
Island, carried on high viaduct of steel grid
ers resting on concrete piers. Between RAN
dalls and Wards islands Little He'll Gate is
spanned by quadruple steel structure. Thus
the great He'll Gate arch is reached-the arch
christened by rain, and which will spring
through centuries It's eastern pier inhabits
Astoria; and thence the line sweeps off, on
viaducts of descending grade, over the marshes
of Long Island.
The road is an inspiring text book on me-
chanics. But He'll Gate faunts the marvel
This splendid arch is a poem How James
Mcneil Whistler would have adored etching
it,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10

boldly into vast new
oceans Of computa-
ton.
The feasibility OF
the struct ure, il
seems, is really due
TO a pair of ideas
generated in the
brain OF the chief en-
gineer. One was the
use of a special steel
for the princip al
members, having far
greater strength than
the steel used in for
mer bridges. The
other was the inven-
ton of a new type of
cross section which
made it possible to
employ the heaviest
members ever fabri-
Gated. The bottom
chord members OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
: 77F7F VAT2'S FFFF6T on FOREIGN COREPETlTION Z

Methods in the Industrial Struggle Now
Being Waged Are Not Those Of Legiti-
mate Commerce, Are Based Not On the
Law or Mutual Benefit but the Law OF
Force, and Aim Not at Development but
at Conquest, Says William G. Fedfield.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
By Edward Alden SeweH.

l.
IT SPANS Hell Gate. It became bridge
on a recent blustery noon, when noise
lessly the two mighty steel arms locked.
Bolts were shot into place and an arch
was established which, barring cataolysmic
disaster will outlive every man, woman and
child in the world to-day, as well as their an
cestors. even 10 untold generations.
Perhaps never in human history has me
chanical triumph of such magnitude been
launched with so little fanfare. One might
almost think the occasion Of setting together
the vastest steel arch ip the world might merit
the demolition Of a champagne bottle or some
ones reading off a speech or at least waving
flag. But instead the rain poured down drear-
lily; there was gusty wind whipping this way
and that: the men merely labored on til the
task was completed. When the twin gauges
on the hydraulic jacks registered zero, thus
signifying that all strain was removed from
the slender bitches, some one shouted some
thing down 10 somebody on the steps OF the
resident engineers Office at the foot Of the
Long Island arch pier That was the extent
of the He'll Gate celebration
The great arch was sei-supporting'
n
were sped By the middle Of the afternoon
the very last ounce Of compression was shifted
10 the four steel shoes on which the lower
chords Of the arch rest The huge jacks were
abandoned Their usefulness, so far as this
structure is concerned was all spent Per
haps there will be need Of them elsewhere
some day. When bridge is swung out over
the North River it may be. The hydraulic
jacks are the biggest ever constructed. Their
dignity wouldn't brook employment of less
significance than that from which they are
thus newly released
WHAT IL SOMETHING SHOULD GO
WRONG?
At dawn Of the bridges birthday a strip OF
sky registered itself between the extremites
of the end panels for any one plying under.
meath, up or down the East River a strip OF
sky about four inches and a fraction wide.
During the morning this celestial hyphen
gradually diminished. At noon one OF the
engineers came quietly into the ohartroom and
said the lower chord joined, where il had
so long described a broken arc. A few men
sat about the stove eating their lunches. But
there were less fortunate engineers high up
in the rain, who could not az this crucial time
abandon their posts for midday refreshment
There was kind OF dogged herosm displayed
up there However. even down in the warm,
dry chsrtroom, where sandwiches and onions
and iced milk were IN order, everybody talked
shop. Al Hell Gate all that stormy October
day there no talk but OF the beautiful
piece OF mechanism into which men had put
their very hearts
All day there was quietly repressed ten
sion Your mechanical engineers are not hys-
'erea' folk Verbal communication bore the
most stoiid stamp Of regularity. lien went
soout their business in quite the prescribed
manner Bur out there springing sheer from
island TO island. was structure which quiv-
cred IN the balance. Suspension diminished
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
THE ARCH IS A POEM.

The span is l,06 feet and 10 inches. making
it by far the longest arch ever designed or con-
structed. When the thing was first whispered.
several years ago, engineers shook their heads
The usual types of bridges for span Of
thousand feet could not be adopted or account
of the curved approaches, preventing the use
OF the suspension type, and also because the
pronounced aesthetic dictates of tie city au-
thorities firmly forbade the throwing of can
tllever bridge. The csntilever has harsh lines
1t is scarcely thing of beauty. The only
type left was the arch. So an arch was de-
cided upon. There was no approximate prece-
dent to follow The engineers had to plunge
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10

Continued on fifth page.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-12-17
PRESBYTERIAN
LADIES' BAZAAR
Succeeds Beyond Expectation.
$578 Realized.

The Presbyterian ladies' ba-
zaar which was held in the city
hall last Friday and Saturday
was a decided success in every
way. The principal object-that
of raising several hundred dol
lars to pay for a new carpet for
the church, was attained.
Their success was made pos
sible by organization. Early in
the year the ladies' of the Pres
byterian church organized in
ten circles of ten each with the
view Of making this years ba-
zaar the banner one. How well
they succeeded is attested by
the receipts.
Circle number one, captained
by Miss May Peak, succeeded in
raising the most money-$135,
sos more than the next highest.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-12-17
CENTRAL COLLEGE
FOR WOMEN
Mrs. Perle Shale Kingsley's Con.
tributiOn to the EndOw-
ment.

On Monday evening, December
18th, Mrs. Perle Shale Kingsley,
who now holds the chair of pub
lie speaking in the Denver Uni
versity, gave reading in Muir
rell Auditorium. The occasion
was of unusual interest to the
College and to the people Of Lex
ington, as Mrs. Kingsley is an
alumna of Central and the read
ing was given under the
auspices of the Central College
Club of Lexington, for the pur-
pose of raising funds for the en-
dowment.
Mrs. Kingsley read A. M. Buck
tons mystery drama, Eager
Heart" in a way that held the
interest of the audience through
out the entertainment. The rem
dering showed in a marked de-
gree originality, simplicity, di-
rectness and artistic interpreta-
tion, and characterized the en-.
tertainment as classical in every
particular.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-12-17
BIG LOSS BY FIRE
Joe Schaal, Jr's Barn With Con-
tents Destroyed Early
Friday Morning.

Friday morning at $3.50 o'clock
when Joe Schaal, Jr., arose
his attention was attracted by
the peculiar antics Of his young
collie dog. On going to the win
dow and raising the curtain he
saw that his barn was on fire and
had gained such headway that
nothing could be done to save it
or anything it contained. A
strong wind soon carried fire to
nearby buildings and they too
were destroyed. The loss in
cludes the barn, in which was
stored one hundred tons of hay,
all of his implements, harness,
wagons and other articles used
about a farm; three hen houses
and one COW. He succeeded in
saving all of his chickens. The
house was also in danger and
only by lots Of work were they
able to save it.
Mr.. Schaal says he has some in
surance but not near enough to
cover the loss.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-12-17
Death Of Child.

Winifred Laura Page, the five
year old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Buler Page, died Wednes-
day at noon at the home of her
parents, corner of Lafayette and
Sixteenth streets. The little girl
had been i'll about six weeks with
stomach trouble, which disease
was the cause of her death.
The funeral services conducted
by Rev. R. N, were held at the
home yesterday afternoon al
2:30 o'clock.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-12-17
MRS. BATES
D. A. R. Meeting.

The December meeting of La
birds may not be in danger from
asking every member to tie a
piece of raw fat or meat securely
cats. It won't take long and will
to a tree high enough that the
following quotation from Mrs.
Robert M. White, State Chair
man of Conservation.
Il am planning that every
chapter in our State shall have a
Christmas tree for the birds, by
fayette Lexington Chapter D. A.
R. will be post poned until early
in January at which time the
meeting will be with Miss Sarah
Grady.
All members please note the
help the birds, and through aid
ing them directly we shall be in
directly aiding soil, plant and
forest conservation. A pan of
warm water in some convenient
place will be an additional act
of mercy"
Each member will be, asked at
the January meeting to make a
repart in regard to the above re-
quest.
MRS. ]. G. CRENSHAW,
Regent.
MRS. WILLIAM AULL, JR.
Secy.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-12-17
M. U. AIDS
ARMENIAN RELIEF
About $500 Will Be Raised by
End of Campaign.

About $500 is the amount the
University of Missouri at Colum-
bia is expected to send.to Che Re
lief of the Armenians suffering
from the Turkish massacres in
the European war. A campaign
conducted by the University
Missourian and a committee of
University faculty members and
townspeople raised $349.25 in
three weeks. A play will be Civ
en- by the fraternities and soror-
tiles of the University next week
and the proceeds used to swell
the Armenian relief fund. The
play is expected to bring in $3.50
or $500.
The University of Missouri was
the first school to start a relief
fund for the Armenians. Since
the beginning of the Missouri
fund, Kansas University, the
University of Illinois, the Car
negie Institute of Technology at
Boston and Michigan University
have started relief campaigns.