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New Britain herald., 1929-03-22

pont of educating importers to buy in smaller lots. This means smaller capital tied up by the merchant. a quicker turnover with replenishment from our fre- quent vessels-and more regular cargoes for us."
 Dollar, born in Falkirk. Scotland. in 1S44. left school at 12 and work ed in a machine shop. Soon after his mother died. his father began drinking. and the father and sons sailed for Canada to start anew. The lad vowed he never would touch liquor. and he has religiously stuck to this.
 He worked long hours for little money in a slave factory. Then he went into the Canadian woods as a lumberman. A few years later he and his brother, with a com- bined income of S26 a month. bought farm.
 While working as logging camp cook. Dollar used his spare time to make up for his lack of education. Owners of the company. finding the lad figuring in an old cash book. gave him better position the fol- lowing year. In time. he became a camp foreman. and in 1872 he made his first business Venture-losing all his savings and S5000 more in loo lov partnership until hs could pay off all his indebtedness. which he did after three years work. And there were adventures aplenty. too. in the northern woods of that early day. Early in the sos, Dollar moved to Michigan, where he bought and operated a sawmill in what became Dollarville He bought all the gov ernment timberland he could fi- nance. and reaped a great profit. Seeking new fields, Dollar. his family and his brother moved to California in 1887. They numbered in different parts of the coast. And the shortage of ships to carry their 1 lumber was the seed from which sprang the mighty, far-reaching Dollar Steamship Line of today.
 The first vessel, bought 37 years ago, was the little schooner News | boy" Dollar before purchasing the craft, made a personal inspec- 1 ton Of its engines, crawled through ! it's boilers and by examining it from ! bow to stern assured himself it was ] in good shape. And until the last | five years, that has been Captain Dollars practice with every vessel | his line purchased.
 You see. we never have vessels l laid up for repairs," he explains. We get them in first class condi- tion, and continually work to keep 1 them so.'
 In 1901. the Dollar concern made it first venture in China trade with the steamer Arab" The vessel carried over half a cargo Of Dollar lumber, and Dollar saw there was
New Britain herald., 1929-03-22

The phenomenal growth of shans- hai during the past two decades, making it the New York, Paris and Chicago Of the Far East, warrants the prophecy that it is destined to become, during the next few de- cades, one Of the most populous of all world cities.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-22

has helped in plans for their ex- pansion for 20 or moro years to come. Today. Dollar is an alert, shrewd Caledonian who looks closer to 60 than tc s5. His plans are to work to the last. And then his sons. R. Stanley Dollar and J. Har- old Dollar. will carry on along the lines father and sons have decided upon.
 And as an exception to the adage that a man should retire from busi- ness by 70. Captain Robert Dollar points to the ''round-the-worl ser- vice he started when so, with fort nightly sailings from here to visit 21 world ports in IS nations: cov- ering 30,000 miles in 112 days.
 Honesty, persistence. temperance and daily reading of the Bible, Cap tain Dollar declares, have been the greatest aids to success.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-22

need of an organization on both sides of the Pacific if there was to be any success, A year later. he and Mrs. Dollar made their first trip to the Orient to drum up busi- ness. That year. a steamer carried a load of Oregon fir ties to China and a load of Japanese oak ties back for railroad building in Mexi- co. Dollar was getting things started.
 Since then, the Dollar house flag has spread over every sea. Dollar Line offices have grown in every maritime country. The shipping business which started S7 years ago as an adjunct to numbering. now has weekly sailings for oriental ports, regular round-the-world saif- ings. and complete coastal sched- ules.
 Since he has passed his 7Oth birthday. Dollar has seen his lines enjoy their greatest expansion. and
New Britain herald., 1929-03-22

In his Soth year Captain Dollar in- augurated a plan he had long con- sldered--a regular round -the-world passenger service. Five years later he sees his judgment more than iusti
 Ied-but instead of resting upon his laurels, the old shipmaster is at work with his sons, F. Stanley, and
New Britain herald., 1929-03-22

Tuaregs make eXacting masters but they allow their slaves the freedom of the household and the serfs ap- pear to enjoy their lot.
 sudan Once Market for Africa
 Slave traffic for hundreds Of years centered in the area which IS now Anglo Egyptian Sudan. II was from here that the splendid Nu- bians' of ancient times were pro- cured. Sudan also supplied the giant eunuchs, guardians of the harem from time immemorial Until recent years, Omdurnlan, large city or mud built structures, was the prln- cipaI civic market as the White Nile was the principal slave route. Slavery is disappearing in the su- dan and it is only ill remote parts that 1t still exists.
 In Egypt slaves may acquire en- franChisement by asking for II. There are not many slaves left ln the country and trading has ceased altogether. In households Of the wealthy slaves remain Of their own yolirion.
 Tn all the lands under British do- minion or protection, attempts have been made to wipe out slavery, In Sierra Leone, on the west coast Of Africa, nearly half a million slaves have been liberated since the World war. l. was from Sierra Leone that many negroes were brought to America in colonial days.
 \ stronghold of Slavery
 "The great surviving stronghold of slavery in Africa is Ethiopia, which lies southeast Of Anglo Egyptian sudan. Here the king, Ras Tatfari, is trying to abolish slavery. Time Is needed 10 educase the Ethl oulans to regard slavery as an abominabIe practice. Slaves are so plentiful and cheap in Ethipia that even servants have their personal at tendants. Many slaves escape through the Sudan border and these the Sudanese government helps by lending them money or offering them freedom and work. It is esti- mated that there are still more than two million slaves in Ethiopia.
 European Turkey was the last European country in which slavery existed. Importation of slaves has hseu illegal for many years but the very rich for a time held those they had long possessed. Many ot the ne groes. who formerly did menial tasks as slaves, formed servants guilds and have acquired economic udep pendence.
 some "A more progressive Asiatic rulers have become con- scjous Of tue evlfs of slavery and have liberated their slaves. Last year the Maharajah Of Nepal, q small country northeast Of India, emancipated 53.000 slaves"
New Britain herald., 1929-03-22
CAPTAIN DOLLAR
 C0L0RFUL FIGURE
Steamship Tycoon Is 85 But
 Won't Consider Retiring

San Francisco. March 2e.-Cap- tain Robert Dollar, most colorful figure in the American merchant marine, is more active at S5 than most business men are at half that age.
 Recently he celebrated a birth day anniversary. But the occa- sion didn't bring any talk of his retirement. He was at his desk at the Dollar Steamship Com pany's office, as he is every day. and as he hopes to be the rest of his life.
 Dollar actively heads a concern operating a fleet of 50 vessels in every part Of the world. Twenty of these vessels are large "presl- dent type steamers purchased from the government, operating on a regular round -the-world pas freight service, and also OH mprehensive trans Pacific schedules serving Los Angeles. San Francisco, Seattle, and all ori- ental ports.
 They've told ne man should retire between 60 and 70 years Of age" Dollar chuckles Suppose I'd have done so. My, what lot of busl- ness development I'd have missed, And what a lot of benefit my coun- try would have lost by lack of this development,
 My idea of living a full life is to do my days work as usual on my last day on earth, and wake up the following morning to find myself in eternity"
 Dollar was 70 when the World War started. in 1914. Since then new conditions resulting from war and peace have given tremendous i'm petus to the development Of ship ping-as well as at times placing the merchant marine in most precarious positions. And through it all. Cap tain Dollar has been actively at work strengthening out the tangles and helping develop the Dollar Steamship company into one of the largest fleets in the world.
 In his S0th year Captain Dollar in augurated plan he had long-con- sldered-a regular round-the- world passenger service. Five years later he sees his judgment more than justi- 1led-but instead of resting upon
New Britain herald., 1929-03-22

J. Harold Dollar. on plans for . fleet Of the biggest freight-passenger ves- sels on the Pacific, for a radio-tele- phonic system connecting all Dol lar vessels with the Dollar offices, and for many other improve ments.
 The whole world is moving. everything is changing-and ship ping is moving, too." Dollar says. We are working to keep up with this program on the seas as We are in our office practices. We can see an era of great expansion ahead. We have plans finished for fleets of bigger vessels, trying to look far enough ahead so these will not be out of date 15 years from now
 This round-the-worl service it. self is a monument to a mans life time. But it's just part of the days work with Captain Dollar. It's a good sample of Dollar optimism and busi- ness methods.
 For years Dollar advocated trade route going westward from the Pacific coast and circling the globe. Many shipowners declared the idea impracticable, this thing ot ships going out of a port in one direction and never going back from the other direction.
 But Dollar. despite his 50 years, conferred with his wife q lifelong helpmate They had made about 35 business trips to China. and they made five trips around the world to put over the be-circling steamer system.
 Increasing commerce of the United States has been my aim, so turned salesman on these trips" says Dollar. Until this round the world service started, Ameri- ca had no direct trade connection with the Straits Settlements, for instance. In the five years since the route started, American mer- chants have sold s3o,0oO, 900 worth of commodities there We recently shipped a large cargo of apples to Alexandria, Egypt"
 If 1500 tons of freight are to be unloaded at Kobe, Shanghai or Manila. cables are sent the Dollar offices there, and freight to re- place this is secured. By the time a vessel returns to it's start ing point, it has loaded and dis charged three and third car goes.
 T visited the presidents Of all com peting companies explained my plan, and said ours would be hon. est competition. We have never found case of unjust competition against us.' Dollar ayers. "Only one policy succeeds; that is strict hon. esty, Trying to be decent and honest to all classes built our business in China. We have everywhere built confidence in our dependability.
 This we have carried to the
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pont of educating importers to buy in smaller lots. This means smaller capital tied up by the merchant, quicker turnover with replenishment from our fre- quent vessels-and more regular cargoes for us''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03

NEW YORK, February 8. Miles
per hour" Is one Of the first concerns
Of the purchaser Of an automobile, but
it would better be fleet per second"
since most trafic accidents are q mat
ter Of seconds, or split seconds, declared
DR.. Louis I. Dublin. life insurance
statistician. But 1t is also up to the
pedestrian, he says, to share In help
ing to reduce accidents by remember
ing to stop, look. listen'' before he
steps from a sidewalk into the road
way. .
action on the part Of the people Of the
entire Nation to cut down the frightful
waste Of human life that is due to the
automobile" said DR.. Dublin, who as
figures of the more than 18,500,000
wage earners insured In the industrial
department of his company.
Last year was @ rercord year in
motor car production. more than $780,
900 cars being produced. The year
1929 probably will set q much higher
production record and will proportion
stely increase the danger Of accidents.
There are two motor cars on the roads
of the country to every nine inhabit-
ants, which give an idea Of the chances
for accidents.
Distances i'm Second.
"A second Is q short space Of time.
Here are some Of the distances Travelled
in one second by cars going different
speeds:
"Fifteen miles an hour means 20 feet
per second; 20 miles means 20 feet; 80
miles, A feet; 40 miles, 81 feet; SO
miles, 70 feet; 80 miles, SO feet: 65
miles, 95 feet; 10 miles, 102 feet; rs
miles, ITO feet; 80 miles, lit feet: IS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03
Good Roads Film Dramatizes Story
Of Old-Time Tollgate Keeper

Travellers TOLL" a three-reel film
Just released for distribution by the
United states Department of Agri-
culture, Is q dramatization of the tale
Of an old-time tollgate keeper as told
to two young transcontinental motor
lists. He tells of the discarding Of the
toll-collection and tax-labor methods
of paying for road improvement and of
the adoption Of modern methods based
upon property taxes, motor vehicle
fees, gasoline taxes and bond issues,
which is making possible the rapid i'm
provemept Of the highways Of the
United States. The film was produced
by the once Of Motion Pictures for
the Bureau Of Public Roads.
The old mans yarn begins In 1875,
when he was young tollgate keeper
and when the only good roads were
those built by turnpike companies and
supported by tolls. The roads were
we'll kept as long as traffic was sufficient
to pay for repairs.
One series of scenes shows the In
efficiency of the discarded system Of
maintaining public roads by crews Of
citizens, each working two or three
days a year, with pick and shovel, IN
lieu of tax payment. Then follows the
coming of a railroad branch line which
eventually takes traflc from the turn
pike and causes the tollgate keeper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03
CONGRESS STUDIES
CROSSING SAFETY
Device to Stop Motors as
Trains Near Grade Cross
ings Demonstrated.

Congress Is giving serious con-
sideration to the plea OF thousands
Of motorists throughout the country for
prevention of grade-croSsing accidents
which take q toll of 1000 lives annually,
and which during the last two weeks
of January resulted in the death of 1876
persons, eliminating with the accident
in Ohio resulting In 10 deaths on jan
uary %, on which day "a persons were
killed at grade crossings by trains and
electric trolleys.
An automatic control device designed
to prevent collisions between automo-
biles and trains was demonstrated to
the House committee on interstate and
foreign commerce recently by q Colo
RADIO inventor, and the American Mo-
grade crossing elimination, Is studying
device involves magnetic apparatus
which would shut of the ignition of
an automobile in the proximity Of a
grade crossing when train is ap-
preaching.
Prevention Of embarrassing acct
dents is a question OF utmost import
ance to the motoring public and rail-
road companies alike, the association
contends. During 1927 there were 1874
grade crossing fatalities as result OF
accidents involving automobiles, accord
ing to official records Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. While figures
for last year are not yet complete,
there is every indication that the num-
Der of fatalities will approach the rec
ord of 2,062 deaths in 1925. For the
first nine months Of last year. grade
crossing accidents involving automo-
biles caused LAP deaths.
From 1920 to 1927, inclusive, grade
crossing fatalities numbered 1851"
said Thomas ]. Keefe. general mana
ger of the American Motorists Associa-
ton, land no one can question the ad-
visibility OF abolisfling dangerous grade
crossings. While it is doubtful II Con-
gress will enact safety legislation dur
ing the present short session, 1t Is graft
fying to know that the National Legis-
lature Is giving thought to this I'M
portant question. The association mas
always favored Embarrassing elimina-
ton and will continue to DO so, out
any practical device which Will mini.
mize accidents to motorists is entitled
to consideration"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03
LACK OF SPEED KNOWLEDGE
CITED AS ACCIDENT CAUSE
Momentum of Cars In Feet Per Second"
Misjudged by Drivers and Pedestrians,
Says Statistician.

miles. 125 feet, and 90 miles means
132 feet per second.
"a pedestrian may seem Q safe dis
lance away from the approaching au-
tonobile, but when 1t means that with
in the next second the car will pass
the spot over which he Is going, there
are many chances for accidents.
Brakes Need Attention..
DRIVERS and owners should give more
consideration to their cars brakes.
Every driver should have the brakes
overhauled at frequent intervals. and
more would do 50 If they fully realized
the great need Of controlling the pro-
speeds"
In 1928 we had for the first time
among 1880, 900 Industrial policyhold-
ers a lower death rate from automobile
accidents than during the preceding
year. The reduction, 1t Is true, was
very small-so small that. no signifi-
canoe would be attached to 1t II 1t re-
lated to almost any other cause Of
death. But the mortality rate from
automobile accidents had increased
continuously for two decades, UP %
1928. Hence even very slight drop Is
important in that 1t gives rise to the
hope that the peak has been reached.
The 1928 decline Is no small achieve
ment in year, when more than 4,5o0,..
900 more cars increased the danger OF
accidents. We cannot determine at
this time what causes operated to break
the upward course of the death rate.
But It Is entirely possible that the
policy followed by some States OF rig
idly Inspecting brakes and refusing TO
allow cars to be operated with unsat-
isfactory braking devices may have
been an important factor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03
WORLD AUTO LIBRARY
PLANNED BY CHAMBER
First Of Series Of Pamphlets to
Deal With Street TRAFFIC
Problems.

A world motor transport library
printed In four languages win be issued
BY the National Automobile Chamber
Of Commerce, 1t Is announced in
report Of the export committee Of that
body to the directors meeting Of that
organization held today In Chicago.
The library viii consist Of series
OF pamphlets dealing with the funda-
mentals of motor trade and transport.
Street TRAFFIC is the subject Of the
first pamphlet. which Is being published
this week. This booklet has been pre-
pared under the direction of the street
traf1c committee of the chamber, Of
which John j. Raskob Is chairman
"'Go' rather than Stop should be
the spirit of street traffic direction"
said John N. WHY'S, chairman of the
export committee, commenting on this
initial pamphlet. 1.-THE aim Is to move
vehicles safely and efficiently. The
wave light system, underpasses and
other modern facilities are coming into
general practice. The United States has
been progressive In providing successful
modern facilities for motor travel. Other
such as the Holland Tunnel, which was
used by 7,65O,O00 cars and 1,75o,o00
trucks during the past year, an opera
ton which yielded profit Of 5000, 900
In IL months, after caring for all fixed
charges and operating expense.
Europe and Latin America, on the
other hand, have set an example in
city planning, with much more ample
parks, plazas and similar necessary open
spaces than are usually found in the
cities of the United States.
Exchange Of such information
among all countries is expected to re-
suit In improved transportation condi-
tons throughout the world. These
booklets, printed in English, German
French and Spanish, will be issued to
all leading publications abroad, to Gov.
eminent officials and to all commercial
and automotive organizations as may
wish them for permanent reference"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03
AUTO BENEFITS SEEN
IN VOTE RESULTS
Highway Bond Victories in Four
States, Calling for 240
Millions, Cited.

Four items Of great importance to the
automotive industry and to the promo
ton Of American welfare in general
were contained in the recent Fall cleo
ton returns, according to w. s. Isher-
wood, auto accessory sales manager.
These items, he says, told Of the VIC
tory Of $240 zoo, 900 State highway bond
issues in four States-Iowa, 500, 000,-
600; Missouri, 100000; West Viz
ginia, $35,000,000; Louisiana. $30,000,-
600.
I'm addition to this" Mr.. sherwood
says, those American business men
who held up construction projects In
1928 expecting lower prices because OF
the presidential year now are releas-
ing commitments and at even higher
figures in some instances.
1.-THE industry, as whole" he added,
should enjoy its best year in 1929.
From a replacement sales standpoint,
1929 should be outstanding, because two
of the largest automobile production
years were 1925 and 1925, when $780,
1856 cars and trucks were manufactured
in the United States and Canada.
These soon will be three or four years
old, usually the age for greatest re-
placement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-03

much anxiety as to his income. With
dwindling traffic, the pike goes fiom
bad to worse, until 1t Is taken into the
State highway system.
With the coming Of the automobile,
the keeper listens to the strenuous OBJ
lection of drivers to the annoyance
and bother Of paying tolls, and with
the taking down of the toll rate board
and the posting Of the State control
notice, the old gatekeeper Is out Of q
Job. Unwilling to leave the highway,
he erects q gasoline filling station on
the site Of the old tollgate. And here
the transcontinental motorists have
their tank filled and listen to the old
mans tale of how the State, In order
to build roads demanded by automobile
traffic, levied a property tax and o
small license tee, not large enough,
however, 70 discourage increased use of
motor vehicles: of how automobile
traffic increased so rapidly that the
State was later compelled to speed up
road improvement. and to obtain ready
money issued road bonds and adopted
the gasoline tax to pay the interest and
principal thereon. The old keeper tells
how he feared the gas tax would put
him out of business, until he remen1-
as long as the road was well kept.
Then, he said, he decided to support
the bond issue
About 80 minutes are required for
showing the film. Requests for It
should be addressed to the Once Of
Motion Pictures, United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture. washington, D. @.
Transportation costs are to be paid by
the borrower