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Latin American Trade Expansion.

In announcing President WILSON'S
selection OF May 10 as the opening
date for the conference to he held in
Washington relative TO the develop
ment of trade between this country
and Latin America Secretary McADoo
took occasion to make stump speech
about the failure OF Congress to pass
the bill for the establishment OF a
Government merchant marine,
Among other things he cited the
fact that our exports to South Amer
ica in the last quarter Of 1914 were
the smallest of the wear and less than
half ~ the exports In the correspond
jug prrlod in 1913, Quite crroncously
he attributed this decline "in great
measure To The scarcity Of shipping
and the high freight rates. He con.
cInded by saying that pHvate capital
The sun., 1915-03-10
THE MEXICAN POLICY.
An Opinion That Some Time II Must
Re Changed for Intervention.

To THK EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: To
those who have friends or relatives in
Mexico. and who are for that reason
"A little more attentive than the ordi-
nary person 70 the news from Mexico.
Il has long been apparent that there
was neither rhyme nor reason In the
course that has been followed hv mo
present Administration. II has become
apparent that the sensible thing to do
is to send tho transports back 10 Vera
cruz" and then send the soldiers ny 10
Mexico city.
] do not wish 20 be misunderstood.
am opposed 10 war ! dislike mill
tlry activity. and have never had tho
slightest desire 70 Join the National
Guard But the time has come wnen.
] believe, We owe a duty first % our
citizens and secondly 20 the citizens
of other nations cur citizens have
q right 70 go TO Mexico. and many Of
'hem did go 20 that country and have
made investments and have accumu-
lated property. and now tho Wilson
Administration tells them that they are
entitled 10 no protect on from out
Government beyond mild protests ad-
dressed to the Mexican leaders wao are
quarrell'nc among themselves. can
not understand this attitud. OF our
Government.
witch should have some weight, even
with this Administration. Their" are a
large number OF citizens of foreign Gov
ernmcuts who have gone TO Mexico and
are there under circumstance that en-
title them 10 the protection OF their
Governments. What Is TO become of our
NoNoe Doctrine n we are no. going
10 H. our part in roturn' J venture
to ssy That were Il not FOR the Euro
p"an war Rrvan and Wilson would
have something to worry about Is
thera no way to- get Justice done Or
cur pcople IN Mexico?
SHERMAS A HookER
Pt-FvAIO March =
The sun., 1915-03-10
The Right Kind Of Argument.

If there was doubt Of the char.
acter Of the state Department. note
to General CARRANzA il has been dis
sipated by the order to Admiral
FLETCHER to reinforce the squadron
At Vera Cruz with two ships from
the Guantanamo base. When they
arrive the navy will be strongly rep
resented by the battleships Delaware
and Georgia. the cruisers Washing
ton. Des Molnes and Tacoma and
the gunboats Petrol and Sacramento.
Rear Admiral WILLIAM Il. CAPrRroN.
who has seen forty-two years Of ser
vice. will be in command. Admiral
FLETCHrR's selection can he trusted
to exercise sound judgment in any
emergency that may arise.
Mr.. WILSON has been so reluctant
20 make show of force in Mexican
waters. lest it be misunderstood by
the crotchety First Chief. that the
expansion OF our small squadron Mt
Vera Cruz on the heels Of this latest
note to him can have only one mean
ing: the logic OF events has converted
the President to the view that vowing
ne would not consent TO the use OF
force to regulate "the struggle for
liberty has been overemphasized by
him and change Of tone in the ne
gotiations with General CARRANzA has
become necessary. The terms OF the
note may not be pleasing TO that OBJ
situate old gentleman. but the ap-
pearance of more warships on the
lighthouse is an argument not to be
trifled with.
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must now provide increased ship
facilities for Latin American trade.
In the last few days Of its exist
ence Congress passed the so-called
which the President signed. That bill
placed new obstacles of impossible
costs in the way Of private shipping
enterprise After the Administration
has had u hand'in making It more
difficult than ever for private capital
to engage in the shipping industry the
Secretary of the Treasury comes for.
wari with the demand that the oppo-
nents Of the Government shipping bill
Justify their opposition by attempting
the impossible.
In his annual address to Congress
last December the President said
TO correct the many mistakes by
which we Have discouraged and all bu,
destroyed the merchant marine Of the
country. would take lons
time and involve many detailed items Of
legislation. and the trade which We
ought Immediately to handle would dis
appear or find other channels while We
debated the Items"
The seamen's bill. which Is to-day
the law OF the land. IS an extra dis
couragement OF precisely the same
sort as those 10 which the President
alluded in this utterance. II the
President signed the seamcn's bin in
order to furnish n supplementary ar.
gumcnt for advocating the Admins.
tratlons shipping biz Mt the next ses-
sion Of Congress. wei and good. The
certain that only the Government can
own ana operate an American mer.
chant fleet In the ocean carrying trade
because the Government, with its re
course 10 the taxing power. can stand
statutory costs which would he ruin.
Gus TO private enterprise In any ef
fort TO engage in competition with
foreign steamship lines.
That, however. is no reason why
Mr.. MCADoo should seek to turn the
Latin American trade conference into
a propaganda for the Admin
lstrations Government ownership
schemes. Our commerce is not going
10 be developed nv making i's eXpan-
sion matter OF partisan politics or
Administration policies.
There is an attractive opportunity
FOR expanding trade with Latin Amer
lea. but ito realization ls not ham
percd by the lack ~ shipping fa"ili-
/ ties. q Mr. MCADoo asserts What the
growth OF this trade depends upon
is not the provision Of ships, but the
provision Of capital 70 Latin Ameri-
can countries aud Tho extension az
credit 10 enable them 10 patronlze
our markets and supply their prod
ucts for our consumption.
The promotion Of our commerce
with these countries can be helped
only by an out and ont recognition
OF the one great business necessity
which everybody who has studied the
subject from business standpoint
has perceived. namely. that American
finance must enable the Lair Ameri-
can nations 70 trade with us. I'ntll
this is done there will be no shipping
problem 10 consider. Our Latin
! American trade has been ianguiShing,
not because there has been dearrh
Of ships. but because Central and
( South America have heen cut off from
the European funds which they have
been accustomed to trade upon.
The sun., 1915-03-10

When Robinson expressed hs di.sat-
sfartiou with the success mi publ'"
demonstration he got a letter addressed
to him AZ tho Vanderbilt Hotel saying
tina. his "noS M was indeed sur
rr 80" and I.orrtrs him 3l6 shares ot
urcforrel and 80 shares of common
S'orN The letter added that h.s CON
tr9,t was cancelled So on January N.
t0l4. Robinson was put ou' OF tho prcs'-
dor and fnr vt0uScope's New York
rri.c ~ 80 West Fo'iv-segond street.
counsel for Van EIp"r told tho Jury
thar the public domons' r7tiou was sue
.o~Sfui p every se1se uf IN" word and
that Robinson really broke the contract
nv Cop~Iug 10 paw into the cNmpany's
treasury money for the stock
1T .s noteworthy" remarked Van
Rnc~'a LAWYER. that Robinson was put
ont Of Office by the very persons 70
whom he sold shares Of stock, persons
unknown 70 Van Riper
The trial Will he resumed thi- morn
ing with tho calling " the f'rst Wit
nesses.
The sun., 1915-03-10
THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
4 Sheer for the Faithful Guardians
of Language

To the EuIrop or THE SU>-Sir How
regrettahle II Is when all the world is
hsrmoniously prosperous, and our own
United States Is revelling In the joys at
tendant upon an era OF unprecedented
business growth. that calamit!es IKE the
occasional use OF The inverted passive and
no s,ereotyped form % business let
trrs should appear in the otherwise
cloudless horizon OF peace and content
nent 20 upset van and "Wi'son' to
such an extent that Zach must needs
attempt in turn 20 upset tho million and
more daily readers % THE SrN
THE SuS OF March and THE suN ~
March were indeed no JOY bringing
suns ~ Austerlitz for those readers
containing as did each edition so much
,roublouS groaning and restless fretting
over cstastruphes greater far than +he
busting q. the inhnltlve or the criminal
dropping OF subjunctives such dire re
curing catastroph.s ~ frst magnitude
a. the Inversion o' the passive by
thourhtless scholars. and the use OF
hYmdrum expressions IN the epistOlary
literature Of tn. soldier of business
After reading the righteous outburst
OF Van and the pathetic appeal ct
Wilson" could not help thinking how
trivial appear to-day their causes for
agitation and fret compared TO tho trials
and trlbulattons of the great leaders OF
organ zed Democracy in Kings over the
distribution of tho Federal patronage In
their county and the real afHictirus OF
those attending to the collection Of tho
Income taN, which under the law must
h. withheld AZ { q source.
Could Van and Wilson" be made
10 experience these real trials, how in
significant would appear even - their
natures yearu.ug for the Gear eN-
The sun., 1915-03-10
south American Conditlon,

Tho speaker then discussed TO :,
".looms" Regarding th- t's' 10 s4d
that conditions In South American
countries arc improving as q result o.
readjustment caused nv w. n
Europe. Mr. Pratt continued
Put after ALI tho economic cnrd .'c-
o, the countries 90 'he south o. u- ., 20.
nearly as impurtauf ts .'A atrnuu' %,
common sense which ,ui Wtul 'sot Ire--
may or may not htts L. 80 rrs-e-.
time an opportuue one f.. uror ng I'D
new markets In Souta Awot.4 FIN.
phaticallv yes
"ls the present tim. al onror'ur. on.
for selling goods? Probably. 0o' -
empathically. no And hero N.
difference. this Is the time 90 .,.I
salesman or, better, busin..s i.tlruat
into South America 20 study i'. ~.
kets. to learn the country. % uo.' %.
people. to become acquainted g.. ~.
trade and to lay the foundations 90.
future business
"To expect. howeveI to Obtain age
ficult field il only the folly of he ur.n.
formed. You would scarcely -Nre't a
salesman in a new domestic tcr- 'ory %
show a profit on his initial fr.n fH-
why expect Il IN a foreign t"rr.'o-y'
what ! have said with roforcn %
South America applies 20 large it'i o.
the world. In the first place ..rd 'or.
are readjusting. they are fast hc 'n 2
normal In the second place. row ~.
time for the manufacturers Or 'h.s ,1l-
try 10 wake up and build up tAe.r '-.i.
in foreign countries
The sun., 1915-03-10
How to Save n Little Money

That the anti-alicn labor hill Will
soon cease to ohStrurt the progress
Of public works in this state is now
assured. The repeater has already
gone to the Governor for his sigma
ture. The contracts made under it,
terms have been validated, and the
way is now cleared for now contracts
in which section II Of the labor law
as it reads to-day will have no place.
The accomplishment Of this sensible
result imposes on the Public Service
Commission and the municipal au
thOrlties an immediate and II press
ing duty. They must endeavor In
some way to adjust the payments 10
he made to contractors To tle new
conditions. If the contracts VOW in
force we're drawn up on estimates
taking into account the employment
Of citizen labor. as their Sp~ii'ca-
tlons expressly set forth, there must
be an ovcrcharge on this account of
considerable proportion This should
not 20 to the contractors as bonus,
but should he saved to the taxpayers
In the general desire to relieve the
town Of the incidence of this foolish
law. the fact that It's terms may have
had n serious effect on prices charged
for work done must not be over.
looked. The obligation To guard the
city strong box iS not decrea Sed by
the fact that the un'mpeded conStruc-
tIon OF n great public utility Is at
last made certain.
The sun., 1915-03-10
START VANOSCOPE
S2,OOO,OOO TRIAL
Lawyers Outline Complaint
and Dcfcncc-Nan Ripper
Denies Charges.
PICTURE MACHINE FIGHT

Tn. tilai Of the civil suit Of william
j. Robinson against Lewis G. Van
Rper for s.. 900. 600. in which is charged
breach OF contract ia the affairs OF the
Nanoscnpe Company. was begun yester-
day before Judge william n. Hunt In
n Jury completed late yesterday after
noon Hector VI Htchinrs OF Hitchings
& Burdick. Robinsons attorneys, out
lined the troubles over dickerless NOV
ing picture machine which have led to
the suit
Mr. Robinson. who is & promoter now
living at ~ East sxtleth street, nrst
met Van Riper m September 1912. Mr.
Hitchines told tho jurors. Van Ripper
was then very much down at the heels.
said tho lawyer. but posse ssed moving
picture patents which were thought to
lie OF largo value They required bring
ing TO perfect on. bur that seemed a
nrattcr only of due experiment
These patents We're to provide nick
erless moving picture and other inn
provcuente Instead Of a flame close to
the film the light came from above, at
"a distance. thus greatly lesscning the
FIRE peril. 10 was said The light was
caught 10y revolving mrrors and re-
rected in steady. even. unwavering
ra~e through the film upon the picture
screen
Robinson was much impressed with
the value OF the invention" said Mr..
H'cnurs lie made an agreement
with Van Ripper by which he was TO pro-
vide $4,000. after which Van Rper
vas TO give successful public demon
etration Of the vanoscnpe. For this S2i.-
600 Robinson was to receive 1000 shares
OF preferred and 5000 shares OF common
stock
The sun., 1915-03-10
IRVING LETTERS LEAD AT SALE.
.rorEc =, HriIman PAYS $50 Each
for Two.

+" '"" -H.u tc-'rrduN 'r .rr Nc,rtu
S'|cs rnmp.'v OF autng 1pN lctt,rs and
documents ttat u.mdcd ,no ,onec, .ou
II lamc@ = SW,lh OF Flushing, y Y.
the h"st plreS were those obtained for
the Wt~hiugtou Irving letters
George ; Fioilnan gave $50 each Tor
No 2i% an account or the Nlhnnhr,
ana Irving work on that subject. ana
~ 20, a letter 'u wut.h tho writer
speaks OF mc"rng tho poet Rogcrs "
x l'cuiHnl % pni1 til for No o37 ,ui
So 80 for ~ @3S. both letters wr.,,cu
hy irving TO Henry Hr,voori Gcrnar,
~ Go paid <iT 30 for so 30. and MIR
irving gave Sii.bo for 80 2tl, two other
letters to Henry HrevooIt
The total for the session WAS $50
The sun., 1915-03-10
THE HOUSE IS BEING BUILT.
Renewal of an Ancient Dispute
Among the Grammarians.

To THE EDITOR or Tirv SUS--Str. I
am not OF tn" same mind as your cor
respondent Albert n GsLlatin in hi.
example OF periphrastic passive IN
this mornings Sun He says the SEN
tence, "The house 4. being bu'lt" Is
incorrect; II should be The house -
building"
passive verb expresses action re-
Ceived by Its subject, not performed :.
thus the object Of the action becomes
the subject OF the verb. and tho SEN
tepce should convey the same meaning
when tyausposed
For example This house is he.ng
built and "Rcng built is the house"
mean the same thing: bu, The hou =
= building and Building Is the
house" arr quite different .u what
they imply Il. NJ. V
RlpGHwoop, y j. March .
The sun., 1915-03-10

The patrons Of the bread sellers IN
this town need not thank the press.
nor the Attorney-General. nor the
allied fleet. nor the farmers. for the de-
feat of the six cent loaf enterprise.
The small bakers in all parts of New
YORK who refused to raise prices are
the real beuefactors OF the community.
The inroads they made on the bus.
ness Of the large corporations were
immediate and so substantial that tho
necessity of self-preservation brought
the reductions for which go many dis
interested philanthropists are now
anxious TO take credit.
The sun., 1915-03-10

Metropolitan Opera House. proceeding
If necessary from the theatre 20 the
steamer.
1t was the supposedly exotic and
European scheme of opera that led to
this haste The Americans had TO be
In IL too, else they would no longer
have seemed like the foreigners who
came here to sing.
Now the genuine blown in -the-bot- =
tle-three-star foreign born singers are
going to remain here during the sum
mer months. SO win their American
colleagues. After a while II may he
possible to he a great singer as well
as an American who stays at home.
The sun., 1915-03-10
Iour Footed Friends

To TUE EDITOR OF THr SUH--Sir The
poem on the editorial page this morn
ing Dead In the SNOW s heart break
ing because Il Is so true II IL hard
to be rcConCiled TO the cruelty and In
justice one so often sees inflicted on an
animal usually SO superior In every way
to hts driver.
We must belleve in compensation.
I wish the "uplift movement" on our
hillhoards could extend TO the printing
of such verse, for tho persons who need
tho protest are not the ones who read
your columns II iIonsoN
Hollis, l., /. March 8.
The sun., 1915-03-10
SEES Big FUTURE FOR
U. S. FOREIGN TRADE
chief Pratt Of Commerce Eu.
rpau Shows OpportuuiN
That the War Offrr>.
DISPELS THREE tl OuN>

DFrRuIr. Marcn Edv.... .....
chief of the bureau of ....
domestic commerce n tho I..... ...
Commerce. delivered an tdI.... ...
before the Detroit BOARD u' O...
on "Th. Future OF our fuf.r. ....
Mr.. Pratt said at tho outss
There are thre. e'ooms v .. ....
to have attached tuemseI.es t.
American industrial c'mmurii. .e .e..
ence to the development ~ uHr '., >
trade Rrieny stated they aro
81. II is said that imam. al AMI .....
ness conditions In fore e. cou,'-, a..
20 bad as to make II imptacH..H.. n.
US to market our products abroad
%. II is said trat Ne 80 .s...,
nation and cannot hope 0, n,,...
foreign trade on a large s.ts
"3. II is said that the ,..t, - rr..
duction IN tho warning nations -
Europe will be lowered tr Cd .o....t .t
the war. and that We VIII rn' ,.'. -..
be able to hold the now mar. o.. ....
We may gain. hut that y. y.H r..-.
ably be unable to hold the nIf. .s.. t. q,
We have already attained
The sun., 1915-03-10
In order to make a d,rfra ction graf.

In order to make q diffra ction graf
ing TO analyze light Or. A. A. MICHEL
son OF the University OF Chicago
spent twelve years drawing 10000
lines on six square inches of metal.
Had he applied 10 any housewife she
could have given him the names Of
half dozen silver poishes with
which tho task could have been ac-
complished in five minutes
The sun., 1915-03-10

Mayor Mitchell IL inclined to think
that district local option would be
good thing for New York, and some
day We may have an election with the
inspiring slogan. "No public drinking
places. hut every home a barroom!"
The sun., 1915-03-10

To rUF Hnlror or THE SUN--S ST. As
matters are, democracy Is u misnoner
pannmockery of common sense is cor
rect
WILLIAM LTg HowARD, NJ D., Ph, d
WKsTBoRo, Mass, March ..
The sun., 1915-03-10

" our frirsds uho tdror us 'ritt manu-
scrpts and uustrations for publication rish
10 have rejected articles reiLrned Rep n,sH
IN oil cases send stamps for that purpose.
The sun., 1915-03-10

OF the present American mood than
the announcement made by GltLIo
GATH -CAsAzaA that his singers viii ~.
main In the United states this sum,
mer 1t used to be regarded as indis-
pensable 20 the reputation of every
lyric artist to flee from the United
states as soon as his duties were At an
end. American born singers. whether
their homes were in Bath. Maine. or
Piitshurp were Just ~ eager to scurry
away a. soon as possible Unless here
were profitable concert enEagemcnts.
they took their departure the mornins
after the last performance at the
The sun., 1915-03-10

London once. ENngham House Arun-
de- street. strand
Paris orrce. : Ru. de 10 Niohodisre. on
Rue du Ouatre Septemore.
Washington orroe. Hiob. Building
BROOKLYN once, Ies Livingston street
The sun., 1915-03-10

Our confidence IN the effect Of the
senate amendment 10 the sullivan
law declaring the possession Of Infer
nal machines TO he a felony Is some
what impaired by the reflection tlat
the original provisions of tho sullivan
law have never been enforced.
The sun., 1915-03-10

Published daily. including Sunday. by tn.
Sun Printing and Publishing Association ~
10 Nassau street, in the Borough Of Man
haitian. New York President and Treas-
urer william &. Reick ITO NASSAU street;
vice President. Edward r. Mitchell, lIo
Nassau street. Secretary. c. r LuIton, i7o
Nassau street
The sun., 1915-03-10

The eN,rusion OF tho Hon, r. l..
MCCARE from the puh'ic service Is
brought within sighting distance by
the Assembly, which has passed tho
bill abolshing his Office and yet the
restrain their tears,
The sun., 1915-03-10

President WILSON assures US that
tho hattleships ordered TO Vera Cruz
are sent with complete understanding
that there is to be no Intervention in
Mexico, leaving us 10 understand that
the trip Is made primarily for the
purpose IF preventing the foots
spring dr,ll
The sun., 1915-03-10

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-08
COST Of REPAIRS
IS A Bic FACTOR
Gasoline Is Not the Whole
Thing in the Operation
of a Motor Car

When you talk about the upkeep
and general expense Of a motor car. g."
said a local auto dealer. most people
instinctly think Of the cost of gasoline
and oil Now this is absolutely the
wrong standpoint to take, for one big
repair bill will shatter a years gaso-
line and oil expense.
"A motorist can economic on gaso-
line and oil TO his hearts content. but
should his car need general over
hauling, and he receives a big bill OF
year will climb to unknown heights
Therefore the prospective automo-
bile purchaser in buying his car should
not only be careful and consider the
gasoline and oil expense that he viii
incur on his new model, but he should
also look into the cost Of repair eX-
pense. This can be easily determined
by an investigation of the present
owners Of the model the purchaser has
in mind. An owner is always very
glad to talk about his car and tell a fu-
ture prospective owner the exact salts
faction he is getting from his present
model Or visit the garage man, ask
him what so and so car costs to main
tain a year, and how often il is in the
shop for repairs. Get the dealers ad-
vice on this subject-tell him to show
you figures that he has probably COM
piled. from statistics furnished him by
owners.
ITO my mind this expense Of opera
ton is the most important subject that
an automobile owner has to consider
in buying a car It cannot be inves-
tigated too carefully. You have a right
to know what your car is going to cost
you after 1t is in your hands, and the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-08
MUNICIPAL GARAGE
SOUGHT IN DETROIT

At recent meeting Of the Detroit
Automobile Dealers association a COM
mittee was appointed to confer with
the city authorities concerning the pro-
posed municipal garage. The project
originated about two years ago and
was suggested by the commissioner of
parks and bOulevards. 1t was his opin-
ion that with the rapid DEVELOPMENT
OF the motor car business in Detroit
and the traffic congestion in the bust
ness district. which was quite pro-
nounced at that time, something would
have to be done eventually to relieve
this situation He did not favor a
surface garage because in order to have
one which could house several thou
sand cars an immense building would
have to be erected at a great expense.
furthermore, there is no available
place for such a structure near the
center Of the city. Therefore. the
only way to relieve the situation would
be garage under Cadillac SQUARE
which would be large enough to mark
several thousand cars.