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AUTO SHOW TO
CLOSE TO NIGHT
EXHIBIT HAS BEEN SUCCESS IN
EVERY WAY
DEALERS RtPORT MANY SALES |
ON FLOOR
Committee in Charge Congratulated
for Mannar in Which Affair
at Grand Aye. Rink
Has Been Handled
The great "Independent", auto show
at the Grand. avenun i rink closes to
night, and from every standpoint it
has been a impress. Exhibitors have
Ihm'h w**l' „..i,i i.. id,, nmniint of liusi-
j
WALTfcK ncmr.-.-, ...gr.
ness done, and the public has learned |
many valuable lessons in all that per
tains to autoing. But the men who j
have made tho big show a success are
entitled to the thanks of the entire
local auto world. Not a member of
the committee has shirked at any point
and they have earned for themselves
lasting credit. All of them are old in
the show game, and there has been an ■
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LE.S HENRY, Asst. Manager
representation present from ban .Ijlego
and other out-of-town points.
< mi' of the results of the show which
is of oa much moment to the dealers
;is the number of iloor sales has been
the placing of a -number of sub-
HBencies in adjoining cities, and It has
be, iy an i-jiportunlty for country
agent* of all tho oompanifs to get to-
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W. K. COWAN, Chairman f-.|
DE BLIN DRIVING FIRST CAR
OVER MOTORDROME TRACK
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PICO CARRIAGE AND AUTO CO'S BOOTH
AT GRAND A VE. MOTOR CAR RINK SHOW
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Qimimmamm^^mma^ML |tf4 j&riM:\.^!Lj teal w^ . '
eether with their managers and out
llne a vigorous campaign for the com
ing season.
The Empire roadster has been one of
the popular cars of the show, and yes
terday sales were reported of one each
to It. A. Purcell, Tucson, Ariz.; R. H.
Hayes, Pasadena, and P. H. Solomon,
manager of the Grand avenue rink.
Sales of Halladay cnrs reported for
. I
f —: !—-II
V. 8. BEARDSLEY
this week arc seven-passenger cars to
J. G. Oliver, Buffalo, Wyo.. and Ed
ward Locke. Los Angeles. Also a five
passenger car to J. Motheral, Hanford,
Cal., and a four-passenger to J. A.
Bauer, city.
Hawley-Ring company are much
elated at the results of sales and pros
pects of the Grabowsky commercial
trucks, and in support of their claims
that these trucks are solidly built, yet
light, point to the accident the other
day where a Grabowsky truck was hit
by a local street car and thrown ten
L. H. JOHINoON
feet from the track, without injury
to the frame, the only iunjury being a
slightly damaged rear axle and wheel.
Louis Bill, manager of the San Fran
cisco branch of the Rambler, has been
an interested visitor to the show.
While the entire exhibit will present
just as good an appearance today as
on other days, there will be no at
tempt to sell any tars.
A LON(f JOB
"Where have you been for so long?"
asked the head man of the menagerie.
"Been watching one of the animals
Clear his throat, sir," replied the at
tendant.
"But does it take Tialf an hour for
an animal to clear its throat?"
"Yes, sir; it was the giraffe, sir!"—
Yonkers Statesman.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MOHMXG, FEBRUARY 18. 1910.
ENCOURAGE P 1 ANTING
OF TREES; LOWER TAX
Pennsylvania Lumber Men Are Ad
dressed by Kellogg—Declares
the Problem Is Vital
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 12.—That con
servation of natural resources, partic
ularly in regard to lumber, is the most
important subject of international Im
portance today, was the opinion cx
i pressed by Acting United State* For
ester R. W. Kellogg of Washington.
when he spoke before the Pennsylvania
Lumberman's association. Inc., in an
nual session, at the Hotel Walton.
The present system of land taxa
tion, according to Mr. Kellogg, Is man
ifestly unfair to the producers of lum
ber, as they ur u taxed each year upon
I the value of the standing timber upon
j their tracts nnd are forced to pay
ever-Increasing taxes upon what has
I consumed years in the process of de
velopment, rather than upon the in
crease in value through development.
"The present system of property tax
ation is wholly wrong in regard to tim
ber land," said Mr. Kellogg, "because
it forces upon the producer the neoes
. sity of cuttinK timber from his tracts
that would be reserved did he not face
the necessity of raising money for
what is, to my mind, exorbitant tax
ation.
■For that reason I Incline to the be
lir-f that the flrtt thing necessary to
advance Hie conservation of timber is
the inauguration of a movement look
ing to the readjustment of the system
of property taxation. The farmer's
land is taxed at a rate each year in ac
cordance with the value of his product,
but ho turns his soil over each year,
fertilizes the ground and brings forth
his season's crop. This ia fair.
"The lumber grower, on the other
hand, may reforest his land when he
hi s made his season's harvest, Increas
ing the value of his tract with the di
rect knowledge that he must wait
twenty or thirty years for a profitable
development, pay taxes upon the stand
ing timber, as well as the lumber of
the future, and be face to face all the
time with the cold fact that the gov
ernment and the people alike are look
ing for cheaper lumber and an unlim
ited supply. This is unfair.
"The lumber grower and producer
must live, and It is but natural that
! he should hesitate to lend his aid to
the conservation scheme, when he
knows that by lending his knowledge,
his work and his public spirit to its
furtherance he is laying a foundation
for nominal prices, smaller profits and
a greater supply.
"The timber grower, so far, has given
the forest conservation his heartiest
support. He lias injected scientific
methods of planting and growing into
his reforestation; he has placed his
tracts under state control and has
given his moral and financial support.
He should have some recognition, and
as surely aa these matters exert pow
erful Influences upon the future of the
lumber Industry in Pennsylvania and
In the United States, you members of
the Pennsylvania association should
see to it that he has the support of
dealers and consumers if the taxation
problem attains to the position as a
conservation fiiotor that it should en-
joy. .- ■ . ■ '
"Forestry has come to stay. Con
servation Is attracting the attention of
the entire American people, and it
should be the particular business of
the lumbermen to direct the move
ment into safe and sane channels. The
greatest obstruction to the develop
ment of the project has been cheap
timber. Many of our lumbermen knew
for years that they were telling tim
ber cheaper than it could possibly be
grown. In spite of, this they cut and
they chopped and they .sold, simply be
cause they had it, until' depletion of.
the forests called for public expres
sions and some careful interference.
"We, as a people, do not care for the
real value of a thing until we find our
selves suddenly facing a famine in
that thing, that commodity.
"In the matter of forestry, fortu
nately, we awoke in time, and for the
first time we are beginning to realize
that standing timber is really worth
just as much as the trees planted now
will be worth at a stage of similar de
velopment, or after, in many instances,
from 100 to 200 years.
"It Is now time, .to take up the con
servation of many kinds of timber in
this state. Our supply of cork pine,
hemlock, oak, poplar and other trees. 1
might mention has become alarmingly
small.".
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TAKES AGENCY
Mr. Williams of the Williams AutO
mubilf- company has just returned from
a particularly resultful trip oast, where
he made arrangements for the exclu
sive agency for the Moon ciirs and for
the Schacht cars. The former will be
shown In tha 30 and 4D-horsepower
models, priced at $1500 and J3OOO, and
the Schacht In the style which Include!
a roadster, a light delivery wagon and
a family car, all in one. The company
has moved from 1806 Soutli Main street
Into a large garage at 1842-44 South
Main street, where It has roomy quar
ter* and a fully equipped machine ihOP.
INSPrmNG
Vigltor Ten thousand students at
chapel to hear Rev. Drool! Isn't It
fine! What a tribute tv the power of
m\Vl'lll6 Rahrah—You bet. That old
piebald ape Is on the faculty, and just
ojih word from him would dlfiquulify
every member on tha 'varsity baseball
squad.—Puck.
,J Lose a ' good-pay tenant, or , bonnier? -" L*t
■ want ai li.lv X«u tv tal» It Ilk« a phllOM
■kar.
HALF OF OUR IMPORTS
ADMITTED FREE OF DUTY
Tables Presented Showing Nlerchan.
disc Not Affected by Tariff
from 1821 to 1909
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—More than
half of the merchandise imported under
the new tariff law enters the; United
States free of duty. The new act went
into effect August 6, 1909, but the
bureau of statistics of the department
of commerce and labor shows only full
months in statement! of imports and
exports. Taking the full month of
August, the slmrc of the imports en
tering free Of duty was 46.3:; per cent,
in September 49.25 per cent, in October
50.61 per cent, in November 64.11 per
cent and In December 55.96 per cent,
the average for the entire five months'
period being 51.5 per cent. This is a
larger percentage of imports free of
duty than under any prior law of this
character except the act of 1890, which
admitting sugar fren of duty showed
an unusually high proportion of non
dutiable imports. Prior to that time
the highest annual average importation
freo of duty occurred in 1841, when
49.73 per cent of the imports were free
of duty, the figures for 1840 being 48.82
per cent.
The bureau of statistics in its pub
lications presents tables showing the
percentage of merchandise importod
freo of duty in each fiscal year from
1821 to 1909. In the year 182) the share
admitted free of duty was 3.96 per cent,
in 1822 5.19 per cent; then there was a
slow but steady advance until in 1831
the share entering free of duty was
6.65 per cent. Then there came a sharp
advance by reason of changes in tariff
laws, and in 1833 the share free of duty
was 24.21 per cent. One year later,
through another change in tariff, the
share admitted free of duty rose to
45.67 per cent, and continued at about
that ratio until 1842, when it dropped to
26.53 per cent. Following further
changes in the tariff laws, the propor
tion of the imports entering free of duty
fell to 17.31 per cent in 1844, 14.83 per
cent in 1845, 13.62 per cent in 1847. 10.63
per cent in 1848, 9.74 per cent In 1850
and 8. 3 per cent in 1851, ranging from
that point slowly upward until the
share admitted free of duty in 1860 was
20.34 per cent. During the civil war
period the share admitted free of duty
ranged from 27.95 per cent in 1862 down
ward to 12.67 per cent in 1864 and 19.12
per cent In 1865. From 1867 to 1872 the
share of the imports free of duty was
less than at any prior period except the
single year 1821, the proportion enter
ing free of duty In 1867 being but 4.50
per cent, In 1868 4.40 per cent, in 1869
5.50 per cent and in 1870 4.74 per cent.
In 1873, following a change in tariff,
in which the freo list was enlarged,
the proportion entering free of duty
was 21.81 per cent, ranging slowly
upward to 33.11 per cent in 1880 and
31.05 per cent in 1889. Under the opera
tion of the law which went Into effect
October 1. 1890, under which sugar was
admitted free of duty, the share of the
imports recorded as free of duty was,
in the fiscal year 18H2, 55.79 per cent, in
1893 51.93 per cent and In 1894 51. 11 per
cent. In 1896 the proportion entering
free of duty was 48.56 per cent, in 1897
48.39 per cent, in 1898 49.65 per cent,
falling in 189S to 43.72 per cent, and
ranging: from 42 per cent to 47.5 per
cent from thnt time until the end of the
flacal year 1908. and increasing, as al
ready noted, under the tariff act of
August 5, 1909, to 46.32 per cent in Au
gust, 49.25 percent in September, 50.61
per cent in October, 54.11 per cent In
November and 55.96 per cent in Decem
ber, 1909.
The total value r>f all merchandise
entering free of <luty, which never
reached as much as $100,000,000 prior
to 1873, jiiiHscil the $:'U0,000,000 lino in
1880, the $3110,0011,000 line In IS9I. the
$400,000,000 line in 1832. the $500,000,000
h>« i,, mos *+<r> Monnnn.ofi Hk- ■-> '"m 7.
«nd In the calendar yaar ended \W
, ..ilk ./ *iwu,uuu,UuU, th tMLtkwt ..i-i\ s
beliiK $89!< 7f1t>.771. The principal articles
forming this largo totul of non-dutiable
imports in the calendar year 1909 were:
Hides and skins, 104 million dollars; In
dia rubber, 7M inililoiis; pig tin,
million; raw silk, 74 million; fibers, i'9
--2-U millon; cotton IS mllion; copper,
4ft millions; coffee, 86^ millions; tea;
16 1-2 millions; cacao, 13 1-2 million;
Ralph De Palma at Steering
Wheel of a Fiat Cyclone
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RELIGIOUS WORKERS
MAKE LONG TOUR OF
TENDERLOIN DISTRICT
Men and Women Parade Chicago Bad
Lands, Singing Hymns—Pray
ers Offered for the
Sinners
CHICAGO, Kel>. 12.—Pastors of sev-1
eral of the most influential churches |
in Chicago, some of them accompa- i
nied by their wives and members of
thoir congregations, marched through |
the South Side leveo recently, gather-
Inn tlrst-hand facts regarding the dives
and resorts there.
Among the ministers taking a. lead
ing part In the parade were Rev, Mel
bourne P. Boynton of the. L,exingt"ii
Avenue BaptiHt church and Rev. John '■
Balcom Shaw of the Second Presby
terian church.
There were about 100 men and
women in the parade. They sang <Jos- ■
pel hymns ms they marched thro gh
the levee street* and lit (ho corners
they halted With bowed heads while
the ministers prayed.
The fruits of another march on v'co
W*n manifest to the police in the
levee. This march was by W. <*. T. :
U. womei. and church workers to :
Mayor Busses office to urge, the abo- I
Ittton of the redlight district. As a I
result new and more strict regulation! I
ware enforced.
The levee invaders gathered at the j
Second Presbyterian church. Michigan i
avenue and Twentieth street. Dinner
was served by women of the church I
and a stereopticon lecture was dcliv
,ered by Rev. Ernest A. Bell of the Mid- '
night mission on pandering to the evil |
and mission work in the slums. Miss
Lucy A. Hall of the Deaconess home
and Rev. Mr. Boynton and Rev. Mr.
Shaw also spoke of the tight on the (
vice district they were about to march i
into.
At 9:30 o'clock the guide, Rev. Mr. I
Bell, led the way to Eighteenth street |
and Armour avenue. Places where ar
rests had been made and convictions
obtained on charges of pandering were
pointed out, and the story told of the
downfall of different victims of the
traffic in women as the ministers and I
their wives stood in front of the
brightly lighted dives.
Among the houses pointed out was
"Vie" Shaw's place, where the son oC j
a railroad king was found dead sev
eral weeks ago. The bright lights and
noise of an unmusical piano inside told i
the story that It was oprn again, de- ;
spite the statement the Shaw woman ■
made to the police alic was through
ami would close her place.
A number of automobiles and cabs
Stood In front of the doors of some of
the more pretentious of the houses.
"Sons of rich men come to these dens ■
of infamy In these automobiles and in
these cabs," said Rev. Mr. Bell. "You
see, they are waiting outside to -whirl
them from one dive to another until
they are so drunk that they can no
longer hold a glass to their lips."
The marchers stopped in each block
in Armour avenue and Dearborn street,
sang old-fashioned gospel hymns, and
prayer was offered by the ministers.
The pastors expressed surprise at
the open flaunting of vice. The inmates
of the resorts, f>.r the most part, re
mained inside, but hero and there curi
ous women came outside and stood on
the sidewalk watching the little band.
Buxbaum's place at State and Twen
ty-second streets was visited, and some
of the women in the parade went in
sido. They appeared to be disappoint
ed at what they saw. From Bux
baum's they went to Freiberg's dance
hall and, after holding an impromptu j
meeting at. Twenty-second street and j
Wabash avenue, the party broke up.
Rev. Mr. Shaw of the Second Presby
terian church said the purpose In
marching through the district was to
give the ministers an opportunity to
learn conditions for themselves.
RANG TrHEM ALL UP
Col. Edwin "W. Hine, the secretary of
the public service corporation, takes
frequent trips over the line and keeps
in close touch with the rank and file
of the trolley company. The colonel is
a great admirer of the corporation's
employes and believes them to be tho
B. P. O. E. Nevertheless he tells this
story with gusto:
On one occasion he was on the rear
platform of a fairly well filled car In
charge of a loquacious conductor. The
latter rattled away at a gTeat rate,
taking a fresh lease upon the conversa
tion whenever the colonel nodded his
head or got in <i word.
After having posed as the target for
a rapid fire verbal onslaught for sev
eral minutes, the colonel lifted his eyee
to the faro register at the end of the
car. The movement was Involuntary,
but detected by the conductor, who
managed a few minutes later to learn
the colonel's identity. The one-sided
conversation was succeeded by an om
inous silence, and the conductor, leav
ing the platform, walked to tha cen
ter of the car and without stopping
rang up exactly seventeen fares.
"I counted them," said Colonel Hlno
afterward In speaking of the incident,
"and there was genuine satisfaction
every time the hell rang."—Newark
Star.
chemicals, 52 1-S million; art works,
IS 1-2 million and undressed furs, 12
--3-4 millions.
The figures above quoted, showing
the percentage of the merchandise
Impdrted free of duty at various periods
are published annually by the bureau
of itatttilca and can be obtained on
application to that office.
It is proper to add that the. flguies
for each fiscal year from 1821 to 1909
relate to imports for consumption, while
those for the five months ending: with
December last relate to general im
ports, and while the latter are not
absolutely comparable with the annual
figures referred to, they Indicate at
least In a general way, the proportion
of the imports under the new tariff
entering the country freo of duty in
comparison with earlier conditions.
Warren Detroit 30s
Are Here-
W»rrcu-I»eln>l< SO — di'inl-<ou- *»|<J sf\ ';.'.; V
neau with 34x3/«-inch tires— «pi«>«JV
And Will Be on Exhibit at
the Auto Show Today
We make this announcement for the benefit of the many
who have consistently attended the show to see those cars.
The Warren-Detroit 30 is a new car—but a most high- 4
ly standardized car in every detail—and its makers are
among the best known, most reliable men of the automobile %
world. It has been instantly recognized as a car of over- a
whelming value. A splendid, classy roadster for $1200—a
great, big, powerful touring car for $1350. •
Our threo great lines are now on exhibition. The Cali- .
fornia Tourist and Firestone-Columbus have already' cap-- |
tured the show. No matter what you want In an automo- '•,
- bile, you will find Just what you are looking for In these
three lines. . . v ; • ,
California Automobile Co.
Huccenors to Auto Vehicle Company
950-952 South Main Street •
Our exhibit Is open today for exhibition purposes only.
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Recognized today as the highest type of ■■ commercial car \j
yet produced. Built lv sizes one to three tons capacity. .
Guaranteed for 20 per cent overload. Any style body. It l«ffif|§sf
the car for your business.- Let us make a demonstration
for you. . .MvVvt^-
Hawley, King & Co.
Between 2nd and Third Sts., Los Angeles St.
V TWO
-^ SHOWS
>aK^^3 We shall exhibit exclusively at the Licensed
"^^Mfe Dealers 1 show,
r X Fiesta Park, Feb'y 19-26
But don't •wait for it.
We are prepared to
SHOW YOU
ANY OLD DAY
. Buick is at its best when being tested by a prospective purchaser who
knows what he wants and whether ho is . getting his moneys worth.'
At the same time the man who never has owned an automobile before
will find Buick a treasure. A Bulck Is a Bulck and the same for every- f
, bodythe biggest value for the money ever put into a motor car. £',;*»
Howard Automobile Co.
■ j 1142 SOUTH OLIVE STREET
THE LIMIT OF HEROISM
Mighty Napoleon, hands clasped ho
hind his back, feet wide apart,; trem
bled as ha spoke.:
--■ ' "Is there ; no way to check the j on
slaught?" ho asked. . :. ■ ; >• -.'
"Not, even ! the Tenth , Legion j could
do it!", rejoined Caesar.. ' ■:>;■-:■■ '•■•
- "The I Macedonian • Phalanx would
crumble,before it liko a sand wall be
fore a ; tidal wave," ( declared Alexan
der.'•>..-..-,-;■> >:- •:. r.*•*■"'•'"■■•--■-'■•"•-■=J-?'-
--■ •Worse than ' useless would ' be < the
dusky cavalry of Carthage,',: muttered
the swarthy Hannibal. ■ • . , ' ■ !
"In suoh?»twar as,this.there, U«a no]
virtue *in ■■■ a."i wooden' horse," Achilles
5
remarked, more to himsi If than to the
others.
■ Let come who may, I'll hold the
bridge," thundered Horatius.
"Not much!" exclaimed Lnonldai,
"they're suffragettes!"
And they all Mat down and wept, ft>r
they gaw the day was lost.
He'd Seen Her
Mr. Church—l Bee ouo of. tho*9 S»!<i
me dancers;has. returned from Europe I«
with sixteen; trunk* tilled , with fclothe*.y
Mr. i Gotlium—For gracious isf sake* f jjs
What :. If Jshe. } going to rj do I with Uwgj
clothes—yonkers, tjlttiusumu..