Out Our Way By William* _ . j VI—7-* \ /vaJH-vAJHW . WHAT \ / DO WOO KwO^M f ABOUT T off. ~TV-\E. GQ*,fe£.^^fc^-__ *** «.l»,Pit»WWC»B-_J The Rise of the Automobile . ..... r "]SS^^ISS!!!^ISSSSSS!L INTERIOR’ of caravan SHOWING COMFORTABLE BERTHS. LUXURIOUS CARAVAN EQUIPPED WITH EVERY CONVENIENCE TO BE FOUND IN UP-TO-DATE HOTEL YOU may now put the back-seat" driver to sleep—in a trailer attached to your car! One of the most interesting exhibits at the jAutomobile Show staged at Grand ICentral Palace, New York City, is a luxurious caravan attached to a ■sedan car. But what a caravan it is, with more trick gadgets for comfort and convenience than were ever used in even the most luxurious of caravans. The trailer is equipped with four berths, running water, elec tric lights, and special ventilation apparatus. In fact, it has all the comforts of an up-to-date hotel room. This hotel room on wheels Is no wider than an ordinary car, yet the bertha used are quite slumber - inducing. Of course, there’s a trick to it, and it is that the caravan is so designed that it can be opened accordeon-fashion to a width which exceeds that of a railway coach. And so now, a land-cruise can be blithely under taken, and judging by the interest showm in this new device, it wouldn’t be at all surprising, if, next Summer, nearly every auto mobile had a little trailer ail its own. It is a far cry from the luxuri ous car of today to the peculiar looking contraptions that are the grand-daddies of the various dif ferent types of automobiles of the present. The early Packards, Oldsmobiles, Buick3 and Pierce Arrows, to mention four of the earliest makes of gasoline-engine vehicles, are unmistakably auto mobiles for all their rather mirth ► provoking appearance. But they went, and that was all that was required of a gasoline contraption in those dim dark days when an automobile costume^ for ladies meant a long “dust" fcoat, and a hat with goggles and a thick veil. Henry Ford often refers to his first car, which made successful trial runs in 1893. It was driven by a twin cylinder, four cycle water cooled engine, and it made from 25 to 30 miles an hour. The first of the crop of old-fashioned Fwrxh was manufactured in 1903. Since then, of course, the Ford car has graduated into the popular luxury class. The motor magnate cherishes all the early models of his machine, and proudly claims that they are still in running order. (International Kawaredl Textiles arnl Tariffs. From Cedar Rapids Gazette. One of the most interesting de lates in the Senate during the spe ;ial session was on the subject of protection for textiles. Democrats, insurgent..-, and regular republicans ire agreed that this industry as a vhole is not prosperous. But it was pretty well proved in debate that lack of tariff protection is not at ;he bottom cf the difficulty. In the first plat, textile imports amount to iess than eight-tenths of one per Dent of domestic production. No opdv but a tariff fanatic would seri jusly contend that eight-tenths of me per ceirt imports could depress prices of the domestic output. In the second place it was shown sonclusive !y that without any tariff protection the domestic producers eould take care of themselves. For eign trade unionists are vigorously opposed to the introduction of'la bor-saving machinery, while Ameri 'jn labor welcomes or does not vi le.illy oppose it. In 1911 the tariff Reckless Financing. From Milwaukee Journal. The first notable challenge to esident Hoc er’s urging that all . 'enos of government po ahead and spend a lot of money in a hur ry comes from the shipping board. Tl.a board lends government money to aid in the construction of ships and yets it back when and if the ships make enough profit. To l elp make he iro.it, mail subsidies «tre granted. M toover suggested 14 new trac routes, requiring 40 new ves sels, i-i. t halt of them to be laid down u the next *hree years. The coct, it is not clear whether for the half or the whole 10. would be $250 - , board reported to congress that i there were less than 3,000 automatic looms in Great Britain while there j were 250.000 in America. This ratio ! is about the same today. A foreign weaver operates from one to four looms while an American operates from 6 to 20 and sometimes 38. A conservative estimate places the output of an American weaver, op erating automatic looms, at 4,800 yards for a week of 48 hours. A for eign weaver produces in the same period 533 yards. The foreign weav er receives $12 a week as compared with $18 for the American. Even though the wage of weavers is 50 per cent higher in this country than in Europe it costs 214 cents to pro duce a yard of cloth there as com pared with one quarter of one cent in America. A representative of the National Council of American Importers and Traders testified before the finance committee in part as follows: “A conservative estimate is that the American weaver with automatic 000,000. Mr. Hoover, interested in assuring industry of this expendi ture, recommended an increase In mail subsidies, now over $12,000,000, of $5,500,000 annually. Chairman O’Connor of the ship ping board sounds the note of busi ness. Before a dollar of public mon ey is granted as a- loan for new ves sel construction, he says, “I am go ing to satisfy myself that the oper ators to which this money is loaned i will be able to invest it in such a I way that it will return not only the principal but a profit." That i3 good sense; it is living up to a trust. The postmaster general’s I dycisloq that the subsidy by the looms averages six times the pro duction of a foreign weaver with or dlnr.ry looms. Obviously an advant age of 33 per cent or even 50 pa cent in wages is nullified by a aiC ference of 600 per cent in produo tive capacity.” The difficulty of American textile mills doesn’t lie in lack of prole© tion. Their troubles must be ex plained on some other basis. Ove? production, competition with south ern mills and labor troubles accounl in part for depression In the indus try. But they suffer most from change in styles and the competi tion of silk and artificial silk fab lics. Three Years of It. From Tit-Bits. “Your mistress tells me. Jane, that you wish to leave us to become at tendant at a lunatic asylum of all places! What makes you think you’ll like it? What experience have you had?” “Well, sir, I've been here three years.” postoffice Is justified does not dis charge the shipping board from its responsibility for approving loans to aid construction. Moreover, the proof of proper care in spending public money is as val uable as the administration’s pres ent effort to assure business that a great deal of money will be spent. Launching suddenly into a program of shipping is worth only a little to the general sense of prosperity or the opposite in the country. If the administration is right about eco nomic conditions, there is no crisis which could Justify the expenditure of public money unless soundly spent. Cave Dwelling in Jersey Meadows i Equipped with mattresses, oil stoves, chairs and tables, this cave, 16 feet square, inhabited by twelve men, was discovered by detectives in the f Ncwark-Keirny, N. J.f meadows, following th* arrest of Joseph Principatto, 37, on a theft • charge. The police destroyed the cave. (International Hmaeel) Who's Got the Button ? 3-Year-Old Matriculate At Cleveland School Buttons encircle the throats and wrists of the modern girls, Hollywood stars have chosen buttons of different shades, which are twisted together in a double strand, for their choker necklace and bracelet. (luternatloua! jiawaraal) Little Alfred Kendall Kelly, threi years o'-d, is one of the 25 chil dren of the same age recently em rolled in the nuiBery school jus* opened by Western Reserve Uni* versity, Cleveland, of which hit grandfather, I)r. Robert Ernes! Vinson, is president Matriculatei in the nursery school pay the same tuition and rates as their 10,00(1 grown-up fellow-students of th« neighboring university. UuieruktlonaJ Nmirwll New U. S. Minister Y°«nS Bob WillS High Post to Czechoslovakia —„-*- n ■ ■ ■ 1111 rr:—i 1 A. C. Rathesky, Boston banker ha». been named American Miniatei to Czechoslovakia by President Hoover. It is believed he will ac cept. Mr. Rathesky is now presi dent of the United States Trust Company, as well as a trustee of Boston University, and founder of th« Rathesky Charily Foundation. (International Ntwartei) (Left to right) Senator Robert M. LarfFoIlettc (R.), insurgent leader, of Wisconsin, and Senator John Thomas (It.), of Idaho, members of the "Young Guard" as they appeared on the Senate Finance Committee. Boh LaFollette is only BS years of ag> and has served as a Senator for only five years. John Thomas gained vast finan cial experience as a noted banker in his native State. He is serving his second year with that august Congressional body. “ J ilntei'Dbtlonal N«ww*el New Governor of Virginia The recently elected Governor of Virginia. John Garland Pollard, whose inauguration toes,: place Wednesday, January 15, with unusual Gubernatorial pomp and ceremony. He succeeds Governor Harry Flood Byrd, brother of the famous A rctio explorer. (luternfttlotiAJ Titanic Hero's Widow Awaits Divorce Actioo Mr*. Constance Grade di Urbina, widow of Colonel Archibald Gracie, hoio rC the Titanic dia astor, l* awaiting the final action in the annul.*!’ nt of her marriage ‘r Humberto tii Urbina, young C loan, whom he married in 1924. 41u!f'n»l!aujti KiVONl)