Sunday, December 8, 1907

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The Headlines

IS NEW YORK TO LOSE COMMERCIAL SUPREMACY?; James J. Hill's Statement that the Metropolis Has Reached the Climax of Its Commercial Supremacy Disproved by Statistics and Disputed by the Leading Business Men of the City. But Although Traffic Is Still Seeking New York, It Is Confessed that Increased Efficiency of Terminal Facilities Are Necessary to Maintain the Commercial Lead Which It Has Already Won New York Does Not Seek Traffic; rraffdc Seeks New York. A reporter of THE NEW YORK TIMES Movement to Develop , New York's Water Front. Costly Methods Used for Handling Freight. Gratifying Rate of Increase in City's Foreign Commerce. Annual Commercial Percentage Smaller. But Volume Greater. Great Increase in Population and Commerce in Twenty Years. Mr. Hill's Predictions Hardly Borne Out by Facts.

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• King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.

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Electric Washing Machine, Color Photography (Autochrome) & Bakelite (Plastic).

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