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stock and this during the short space
of three months.
There are about forty bankers who
have taken stock showing that even
the most conservative business men
appreciate the chances for returns on
their investments in the Standard
Four Tire company. Mr.. Higbee
agreed with the directors to finance
the company, undertaking to- sell the
necessary stock. He associated with
him, E. S. Phillips of Indianapolis.
George w Davis and o. w. CURL of
Indianapolis. H. S. Charles who was
one of the incorporates of the com
pany. NJ e. Brown Of Marion, Indiana,
and Charles Sawyer of Keokuk. To
these gentlemen much credit for the
success of the company should be CIV
en-. They have worked early and late
and have succeeded in making hun
dreds Of friends for the company over
the state. Mr.. Phillips who is recog-
nized as being one of the best sales
men Indiana has ever produced, ex-
poets to remain with the company,
assisting in the sale for the tires when
the plant begins operation.
The company has agreed with the
Industrial association not to begin OBJ
Grafton until $125.00o of their stock
has been sold, but at the rate the
stock is being snapped up. the entire
100000 will be taken before the
buildings have been completed.
The company will have sufficient
working capital and this fact alone
removes the hazard of the Investment
as no tire company in the United
States with as large working capital
as the Standard Four Tire company
will have, has ever failed On the
other hand. the history of the tire
business is one Of success. Every
person who has ever invested in rub.
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covered withsfactory buildings within
a short timer XThe Firestone COM
pany built their first factory upon
one acre andsnow cover fifteen acres
near Akron. Ohio. The plant OF the
Standard Foiir Tire company being
the only factory of the kind west
OF the Mississippi, there is every rea-
son to believe it will likewise grow
with leaps and bounds. The company
will specialize In the manufacture of
the four standard sizes Of tires. The
30x3; 30x31a; 32x3h and 34x4
sizes, with the oversizes for
these which are, 31x31a; 31x4;
33x4 and 35x4h. This does
not mean they will only make these
sizes of tires and tubes. 1t means
that as these are the sizes Of tires
used on sixty percent of the tires in
the west that the company will spe-
cialize on their manufacture. making
more Of these sizes than any other
All sizes will be made, both in the
smooth and non-skid designs, clincher,
quick detachable and straight side
patterns.
Conditions Carefully Studied.
After study of conditions cover
ing a period of several months. dur
ing which time he visited the larger
tire factories of the country and as
certained the business that was be-
ing done in the west, A. L. Higbee Of
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ing company Of Marion, Indiana.
These gentlemen had enough faith in
the future of the company to put thou
sands of dollars of their own money
into the proposition.
The company was indeed fortunate
in having William j. Richards become
affiliated with it as general manager.
Mr.. Richards has been a practical
tire man for many years, leaving one
of the largest tire Companies Of the
east to take the management Of the
Standard Four Tire company because
he believed in the future Of COM
pany located in the west where be-
fore there have been no tire factories.
Mr.. Richards invested heavily in the
stock of the company and came to
Keokuk to live. The company incor-
porated with $4,000 capital stock.
OF this amount 100000 is eight per-
cent accumufative preferred stock,
preferred to assets as well as divi-
dends.
Mr.. Higbee believed it would be a
very good plan to call on the auto
owners of the states of Illinois, Mis-
souri, and Iowa and get them inter.
ested in the Standard Four Tire COM
pany, thus doing the advertising of
the company while it was being
financed. This would enable the COM
pany to make, big. saving on their
advertising expense and by putting
this saving. into the construction OF
the tire would enable them to put a
better tire on the market than COM
pany loaded down with big selling
expense. This plan has been followed
and has met with great success. Auto
owners and investors are realizing
that there is a great opportunity. in
the Standard Four Tire company and
are making investments while they
can get in on the organization.
More Than 600 Stockholders.
There are now more than six hnn-
dred stockholders and the company
has sold upwards Of s125,G00 of their
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'0R|vERs CARELESS
REGARDING LAWS
Many chauffeurs Are said 70 be Dis
obeyins Iowa Rules and Reau-
Iations on High
ways.
81 7ETY FIRST IS SLOGAN
ztany Car Owners Practice In Small
er Towns Who're They Live and
Have Easy Time In /:
citiea
y 7ETY FIRST rs SLOGAN

1t is generally taken for granite 1
that people who own and drive an
automobile know the rules of the
road. But the officers on duty IN
this city, having ample evidence gath
erred from close observation, do no.
hesitate to say that many auto owners
are very ignorant and make many
,smistakes. The hazy notion relative
Ito making turn or rounding corn
er Is in many cases to blame for Jay
driving" hence It will be OF interest
to learn just what the law says OF
the subject
l. The operator OF motor We
hicle shall turn to thes right when
meeting another vehicle, and in cities
and towns shall at all times travel on
the right hand side Of tho street as
near the curb as the Condition OF the
street will permit.
2. The operator Of motor vehicle
when overtaking and passing another
vehicle shall pass to the left where
the surface Of the ground will permit,
and shall not drive to the right untii
Gear Of such vehicle.
B.. The operator OF motor vehicle
in turning to the right from one
street or highway into smother. shall
turn the corner as near the right hand
side as possible, and. ia turning to
the left from one street or highway
into another, shall pass to the right
OF and beyond the center before turn
ing.
a. The operator OF motor vehicle
In passing from one, side Of a street or
highway to the other side thereof.
shall turn to the left, so as to head
IN the direction In which vehicles ale
moving.
D. In cities and towns 1t shall be
unlawful for the operator OF any motor
vehicle to stop at street intersections
IN the business district.
{. In cities and towns motor We.
hlcles turning to the right from one
street into another shall have the
right Of way over vehicles travelling in
the same direction on the street III
which same are turning.
.. In cities and towns motor ve-
hicles turning to the left into another
street shall give the right OF way to
vehicles travelling on the street into
which same are turning.
me foregoing rules, will add mater.
laily to the safety of drivers OF all
vehlcles as well as those on foot. A
violation thereof is misdemeanor.
Get the habit Of driving lawfully at
nome and thereby avoid trouble when
IN cities
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More Than 600 Stockholders
There are now more than six hnn-
dred stockholders and the company
has sold upwards Of s125,G00 Of their
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Marion, Indiana, succeeded in inter
esting Indiana capital in the project
OF locating a tire factory west of the
Mississippi river. No special city
was decided upon, but Mr. Higbee
felt that keokuk would be an ideal
location for such a factory being
situated as 1t was at the center Of
the states of Illinois, Missouri and
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Keokuk Gets New Residents.
Mr.. Richards has succeeded in get
ting several of the heads of DEPART
ments from the tire factories of Ak
ron who are coming to the Standard
Four Tire Co.. when work begins
here. These men are the best tire
makers in the east today and further
assure the success of the Standard
Four Tire Co., in Keokuk.
Charles F. LinQuist, one of the best
contractors in this part Of the state,
a man who has had considerable ex-
perience as superintendent Of con-
construction on manufacturing plants,
has been employed by the Standard
Four Tire company to supervise the
erection of the buildings here.
c. F. Sandberg, local contractor,
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bers stock has made handsome re-
turn, while not a few who put in a
few dollars when the rubber COM
panies started in Akron. have become
wealthy from the investment
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VIM. J. Richards, General Manager.
secured the contract for the founda-
tion work and has completed this part
Of the construction.
c. e. Lindstrand, contractor and
builder Of Keokuk, was the successful
bidder for the work above the founda.
ton and IS rushing this through to
completion. "fTE}".iA- ~ 10 "a.
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FISHING FOR FUN.
Complete Equipment Of the Fore
sighted Angler.

To rHE EDITOR OF THE S~uN-Sir: OF
course no orc ever caught fish from n
bridge. but the man was making the
attempt, and as I approached he asked
me IL | had n match. He didn't de-
serve any, but ! gave him about a
dozen. Any man who would fish with
out matches would also forget bait,
hook ard line.
Whenevcr | fish for any of life's
satIsfaCtiOns, IN market, street, travel,
church OF elsewhere, ! am accompanied
By matches. smoking materials, tooth
picks, pencils. extra shoe laces. a
safety pin, means Of personal idcntif-
cation. knife, over n dollar IN coins.
bank notes in two pockets. watch, and
an easy conscience.
am not reckless enough to make
oral admission Of such possession, be-
cause my dc~quaintances would place
dependence on me for my provision for
their neglect. AS 1t Is, ! am constantly
Obliged Ia nrd a new hiding place for
my extra umbrella and rubhers, to which
they would iovfully Zee in eNigency OF
distress to my spoliation.
More than half the troubles from
which they seem to suffer is through
absence of common pr%ccaution, n neg
loct that they fail t. realize,
SEMPER PARATus.
New YORK. July IA
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What?

In the mature Judgment of the man.
ayers of the Remington Arms Com
pany. the present labor troubles at
its plant in Bridgeport have yielded
evidence that German influences
were at work trying to complicate
the situation"
Should this turn out to he the fact,
the conduct of the meddlers will lie
defended by their sympathizerS ga
the ground that the. munitions made
by the company are destined to go
Into the hands of British. French and
russian troops, to be used against
German soldiers, and the acts Of those
who seek by fomentlng industrial
strife here to cripple legitimate and
lawful American trade will be the
cause of sincere congratulatlon among
all who pray for success to the
kaiser's arms.
What would he the behavior Of
these ardent children Of the Water
land If the weapons and ammunition
in process of fabrication at the Con.
nerticut works were intended for sol
dicrs of the United States engaged
IN the unhappy duty of defending
their country against the assaults Of
WILLIAMS splendid armies:
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On the Treatment Of Ambassndors.

To II EDITOR OF The SvN-Sir. |
see that ex-senator Edmunds has writ.
ten suggesting that the patience Of this
country with the German course IL ex-
hausted, and that the President should
give the German Ambassador his psss-
ports and send him home, at the same
time recalling Mr.. Gerard. Similar sur-
gestions have been made by many other
persons.
In case II comes 70 the necessity OF
sending Count Won Bernstorff back to his
own people, ! venture to suggest that the
operation should be performed with the
most purctlIous politeness.
1t Will be remembered that at the out
break OF the war the German populace
lnsuited the British Ambassador that
they held up the French Amba ssador IN
the middle of The night until he was
able to produce 1900 IN gold, declining
MS check, and that as the Russian Am
oassador took an automobile TO 20 to the
station in Berlin he was not only In
suited but "A lady in his party, who hap-
pens to have been American born. was
Knocked on the head with "A brick. and
one OF the apostles Of "Deutsche Kul-
tur' leaned into the automobile and
literally spa. 20 the lady's face.
In case Count Won Bernstorr should h.
asked to retro, ! think he should he
sent home on Il battieship, shown the Ut
most courtesy, and his friends on the
upper West Side and the lower E,s,
S!de should be allowed to send him un.
limited floral tributes. f. W. w.
NEW York. July 10.
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st. Swithin's Fleeing Popularity.

To the admirable st. SwIrHlN n
watcrlogged. dispiritcd, forlorn gen
Grafton offers thanks. He withheld
the prophetic |dowupour on his day.
and promised forty days of sunshine.
Let him not take thought OF the fu-
ture; true it is that within a fort
night men will call his bencfaction a
curse, scanning eagerly the heavens
for the promise of "A shower. The
late Bishop Of Winchester was n
man of sense and experience; in his
present plane he will not look for en-
during gratitude.
This day the green and springy
turf of the links. the tlourishiug gar
deus. the verlant lawns testify TO a
season of sufficient irrigation and not
too much heat. Where man has per-
mitted nature 10 work aud has re-
Trained from his innate desire to de.
stroy. the parks are lush and beauti-
full yet the commutcr rushes for his
boat or train with malediCtions flow
ing from his lips rs he splashes
through the puddles of the evening
shower. Dissatisfaction adds to the
lives of most of us all the adventure
we know; n wetting between subway
kiosk and the near-onyx glorles of the
apartment house entrance breaks the
monotony Of many Il drear aud hum
drum life. though it earns not credit
for it's kind Office.
The dreadful monotony Of a world
oppressed by perfect weather blanches
the cheek. and makes the most cou.
-ageous tremble.
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Du POnt Is Not the State.

The Du I'ont Powder Company has
instructed its statesmen lot Ia sell or
deliver explosives To persons unknown
Ia them, and in all cases TO assure
themselves that the purchasers pat
rOnizing their agencies intend to put
the material they buy to a proper use.
Although this order mt late and
was issued only after an a~ssassln's
capture had revealed the dangers of
the system of distributing the com
pany's product, 1t is welcome.
But it is not enough. The safe
guarding OF the public from bomb
disposition should not be left to the
Judgment and resources of gunpow-
der statesmen. They cannot coutro,
their customers. They have no au.
thority. and are not likely to have
the inclination, To make an investiga-
ton sufficiently exhaustive practically
TO better the menacing conditions tina,
have been exposed. Their business,
Is not to supervise, restrict and ham
per the trade in which they make
their living.
Regulating the sale and delivery OF
explosives is the duty and obligation
Of the State. 1t alone can enforce the
needed registration. identification and
accountings. II may he helped OF
hIndered by powder makers in prose.
cutting the task. but it cannot cvade
responsibility for the legislative and
executive actions that present condi,
lions require.
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To II EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. While
we have been waiting for the replies of
the German Government to President
Wilson'S notes. we observed the firm
eNorts or that Government TO restrain
the German press, lest a conciliatory
answer should be made impossible or
ineffective through popular clamor
against American policy.
In our more democratic country.
where we are proud that every man may
freely speak his opinions, are we nor
more honorably bound. being unre-
strained. to restrain ourselves? Shall
we not Justify the principles of our
national existence While our Gov
eminent will not practise the censor
ship that il at present severely excr-
cised abroad. shall we continue to dis
cuss and advise its course before IL Is
announced or even shaped. to arrange
headlines and Stories and reprint hvs.
teriC letters to the effect Of whining
up hate and distrust and to the paralyz-
ing OF our diplomatic independence"
When We consider how little news and
how much guess and opinion and COM
inent we can get. we remember that a
certain reticoncc and reserve Is as he
coming to the dignity uf a great papsr
as it is to "A great man.
lrClE BlGEIow RosEN.
New loRN. July -.
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To THE EDITOR or TIL SrN-Str. Your
paper this morning sizes up public
opinion as demanding two things:
/. The maintenance of the stand
taken by us in previous letters: and
also
=. Keep us out of any conflict with
Germany.
On the face Of II this looks difficult.
OF course We cannot accept Ger
many's prop silons. including the
latest suggestion that we AXE over
some of the German liners now at Ho-
boken. to do so would be too gross a
breach Of neutrality. Indeed the very
circumstance that she suggests them
shows more clearly than anything
else how little international law en-
ters into any Of her calculations.
We cannot merely remain silent; to
do SO would be to Justify the presum-
ably apocryphal deliverance Of Colo
ncl Bryan Ia the Austrian Amhassa-
dor. to admit that our earlier letters
were mere bluff. Shall we merely re-
peat what was said in l and .? That
seems rather silly. vcX ct prpterea
nihil,
on the other hand We certainly are
not prepared to declare wal on Ger
many because Of the Lusltania per-
formancc or the delay about the Frye
and the Gulnight. The country is not
now keyed up to that stage; the sub
marines have acted with much cir
CumspeCtion since the Lusitania sank.
1t may be, II there are repeated per-
formanCes of n similar character; IL
there are occurrences like that re-
ported this morning OF "a submarine
compelling one OF our vessels to act
as a stalking horse behind which to
approach IA vessel OF a country with
which We are at peace; if certain ac-
tivities In this country are traced
back to the German war staff; 1t may
be then that our patience would be
exhausted, but that time has not yet
come.
How "a we make Germany realize
that unless she Is careful she may
drive us into war? Talking and writ
ing will not do il; an object lesson IL
needed, Some say sever diplomatic
relations" That's a pretty drastic
measure. 1t does not necessarily
mean war. but 1t has been taken
sometimes as a challenge to war. Is
there anything else that can be done?
Possibly.
1t Is perfectly apparent now that,
whichever Is right or wrong, public
opinion in this country is far apart
from public opinion in Germany on
many important subjects. As to what
are the provisions OF International
law, as to what measure OF obligation
rests On a country which claims to
belong to the family OF civilized ma
lions to abide by those provisions; as
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THE NEW COURT HOUSE.
Protest Of an Experienced Builder
Against the Accepted Plan.

tt THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: about
twenty years ago opportunity was Of
ferei to the E~p.sconalians OF New York
to nave the finest cathedral IN the world,
as they had the finest location. They
picked the wrong plan. They picked the
wrong plan after they were told which
was the right one a mistake which
even now should be rectifed. II they
are going to spend s20,0 600, 600 on II II
would he better for them to arrange
what they rave already done to NJ the
plans which were submitted by w. \.
Potter and r. II. Robertson. With their
arrangement OF towers and with a nave
and trausept as indicated by their plan.
but seventy or eighty feet wide. II would
lc the finest cathedral in the world.
\ similar mistake Is now being made
N the proposed New York court house.
\ round court house Is a most ridicu-
lous and expensive proposition. n cross
between a Martel.o tower. a castle OF
st. Angelo and a gasomcter. Every
building Observation-Disclosures. plaster
ers. carpenters. marble workers. stone
cutters-knows without being told that
circular work will cost from one-thiyd to
two-thirds more than straight work.
In the round court house that IS now
being considered YOU may say. without
any reservation, hat 1t Will cost nearly
100 per cent, NOR" han a properly de-
signed rectangular building, with the
Same amount of useful room. II would
he lust as sensible for the city to throw
away ten million dollars AS to continue
with the present plan of building "A
circular court house. a BUILDER.
L YORK. July Is,
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FREEDOM AFLOAT.
G%ermany's Maritime Policy Viewed In
the Spirit Of 20,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. May
] cross swords with your correspondent
Mr.. Henry u. Estabrook, to the extent
of c%ontending that law. be 1t internal
tional law or national law or common
law, Is n matter OF agreement among
those entitled to make II and ready and
willing to submit to 1t? II seems to me
hat Mr.. Estabrook's implication is that
Germany has a right to revise maritime
law in accordance with her own inter-
ests, In the present case simply because
the submarine boat. like a~sphyxiatins
gases. Ia a comparatively new invention.
The poisoning Of wells. to which also
Germany is said to have resorted, is IN
older invention, 1t is true, but men OF
all civilized nations long ago agreed
that poisoning wells wasn't decent, to
say the lea st.
All civilized nations are to-day con-
WINGED that the reign OF law Is better
not only than the rule Of thumb but than
the despotic rule of kings or kaisers.
1t is entirely In accordance with inter-
national law as well as with the most
simple Justice that American citizens as
well as the citizens or subjects Of any
other neutral nation have a right to
the free use OF the high seas, the free
dom OF which to neutrals In time OF wal
was long ago not only recognized but
proclaimed and enforced by all mari
time nations.
Germany proposes In her latest note
to our Government 20 restrict the free
dom of the seas in spite of the fact that
she has not the power to enforce such
restriction. All OF us may ~sympathise
with Gerinauy's rage In the lack of that
power. but such sympathy ought not to
lead us Americans to agree that we shall
sail the high seas only at the will Of
the Kaiser.
| venture TO predict that this Govern
ment and people OF ours will. II that
unhappy necessity arises. just as deter.
minedly fight row for their right. and
Liberties on both sea and land as they
fought in the 1710s and In isl2-l5.
Pm LADELPH July Is. r. n. II.
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OUR MARINE WEAKNESS.
Would a Merchant Fleet and n Real
Navy Have Avcrted War Problems?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
arms and ammunition we manufacture
for the Allies would largely he in sto,-
age at our seaports were not their
steamships sent here FOR them. Were
tho Allies dependent on us to make de-
liverles at their seaports. now much
could they receive for timely use?
The history of our wonderful internal
business shows that adequate transpor-
tation facilities are a most indispensable
ana important factor. and that rams
p~ortat.on facilities have to be created
in advance of business.
Had we now a tit merchant marine
England would not have an embargo
on our European shipments of cotton.
nor would Germany imperil American
life and property through submarines.
because with such a merchant marine
We would have to own a navy capable
or protecting II. not one. AS now. OF
possible ability for coast defence only.
The complications we now are forced
into with one or another Of the European
bellleerents and what further Troubles
may follow seem due to absence OF an
American merchant marine and OF an
adequate American navy.
ADoLPH oPPENHEtMER.
d YORK. July Is.