TTTT! MOItXINO CmEOOXTAX. SATURDAY. MAY- 25, 1912.
GANNY SCOT TELLS
OF DEALS III MILLS
Man Who Built Stee! Plants to
Sell to Trust Is Witness
for Government.
ENORMOUS PROFIT SHOWN
Millian-Itollar Shcnanro Valley
rroperty I Traded to Moore-J!el1-I.c-1
Crowd lor $1,500.
000 Stork In Combine.
NEW TORK. May i J Steven
son. Jr, a Scotchman and a relative of
Robert Louis Ftevenson. enlivened the
hearlnKS In the Federal ult to dis
solve the rnltcd State Steel Corpora
tion Thun"1ajr when ha told In a rich
Pcotch accent of the deal hy which he
old out half a doien teel properties
to the Retd-Moore Syndicate. John W.
Oatea and the- Steel Corporation Itself,
each time strlkln&T a profitable bargain.
Mr. Stevenson aa called by the
OoYernment to irlva evidence to sup
port lt allegations of monopolistic In
tent In the formation of tha subsidiary
romblnatlona of th "steel trust." In
which all of Stevenson's former prop
erties are now constituent part.
Sievenon In 19S established at
Newcastle. Pa., the first successful tin
plate mill In this country, ha said. Jt
waa capitalised at IU0.0U0.
Plaat Built te -Ok We Tree.
Ten years later, after sl!lna- out this
and four other steel plants which h
subsequently built, he started the Sha
ron Steel Company, mersred It m-lth the
I'nion (Steel Company and then sold out
to the Steel Corporation. tsklnK for
the Sharon Interest I S, 00. 000 In the
corporation's bonds, he said. He had
built the Sharon steel plant, he re
marked, "to shake the apple tree
a it in."
Stevenson told how he sold his Sne
nino Valley steel plant.
-l-efa see." he said. "There was
$100,000 stock In the company, $150,000
bonds and the cash profit brought It
up to an even 11.000.000. 1 was lylns: In
bed with a broken lea: and my wife
and children were beciclnir me to sell
the plant. I told W. K. Hire, my pres
ident to ro ahead and selL He sold
It to the same old crowd that waa bob
bing up everywhere about that time,
for $1 S00.0O0 tn common and preferred
stock of the National Steel Company."
Who ass th.it crowd?"
ih. Judxe Moore. Kan Keld and W.
R Leeds."
late aed Wire Mill Sold.
li s Shrnaneo Valley tlnplate plant
y-m sold to the American Tin Flat
company for $.1T5.00' preferred and the
same amount of common stock of th
latter company, he said.
It mas because of there helna" ton
many wire mills In the business, th
witness said, that he surrendered his
ibeatle mire and nail plant to John
v. nates, who had ora.inlsed the Con
solidated Steel r- Company. In
l?3 there were 4 wire plants and
competition in two or three yeara had
driven all but 11 out of the business.
Me said there had been a meettnic of
wire and nail itianufACturers In Cleve
land, where It was areed to tlx prices
at II I a kc.
Mr. Undrburv brotiRht out from th
witness a statement that th demor
alised condition In th wlr and tin
plate business In the late 'SOs had di
rectly led t the consolidation of nu
merous planta Into the American Tin
I'late and the American Sheet Steel
companies and that mary of the manu
facturer had rone to JodKe Moore and
asked to be taken Into th corablna-
HIBERNIANS JO PICNIC
Celebration Will Take Place on
Fourth of Jul).
Arrancements for a Fourth of July
ptcnlc to b held on th Columbia
I'nlversity arroands were made last
niaht by a commute appointed for
that purpose by th Ancient Order of
lltNerntans.
The committee met In the office of
the Catholic Sentinel In the Lab be
building, and made th preliminary
arransements for the picnic, which
will be conducted under the auspices
tf the Hibernian order. The proceeds
will go toward the Holy Cross Insti
tute, which is now being erected as a
parochial school In connection with th
Holy Cross Church. In I'nlversity Park.
The schood will cost about 115.000.
;a:nes. athletic sports. and other
forms of amusement will be provided
at the picnic, which the committee an
nounces will be one of the most elab
rate held tn the dry Arrangements
alrea.1v have been ma.ie to run special
cars to th around.
The committee In charge of the pic
nic, which was appointed last Monday
r.icM. consists of John Furrell. chair
run: D. W. Lane. A. B. Cain. Andy
Weinberger and J. C. O'Meara. Kev. C,
It. Klnner. pastor of Holy Cress Church,
was present at th meeting.
HOQUIAM RECALL JUNE 3
Fa-lorvMajnr Is Harked by Fart of
Labor Vote.
H KjflAM. tVah May I J. Spe-L-iaL
Registration books for th re
tell election of June 3. closed today
with 2TS0 persons registered.
In the primaries a few days ago,
Martin Smith, waa eliminated, re
reiving
KnoeU.
against
but 100 vote against t nns
who Is now the candidal
the Mayor. Rev Harry Ker
Knoell received lilt votes.
guson.
Smith has since thrown his strength
to him and of th 100 new voters reg
l-tered tod.iy. nearly all wer known
Knoell supporters.
I'srt of the labor force are back
ing Kerauson and bis campaign Is be-i-j
managed by the commute In
. h.rr of th recent strike.
A nous to house canvass Is being
made, but beyond that the campaign I
very quiet. Tne Knoell force feel
ing sure that he will hold nis vrlgina
vote and aJd SO or JO more.
REED COLLEGE YEAR OVER
scnie-trr Will Corn-lade With Inter
esting Ceremonies.
TV.e first year's work of Red Col
log wl.l close Saturdav. June a. with
t e celebration of Heed College cam
pas day. At that time, th cornerstone
of the dormltorv be laid Th
s:u.lent council of the rc.'.ege will have
charge 'f te ceremonv. The t-anum'tl
Is ti rsprsseciau.e organisation of
th students, evercising many Impor
tant self-governing powera. It consist
of alz students, three men and thre
women, elected by th student body.
The ceremony of the laying of the cor
nerstone will be conducted by David
Klngsley Brace, chairman of th coun
cil, assisted by th other members. Wil
liam Henry Boddy. Alma Voleta But
ton. Ellen Evelyn Fatland. James Mar
vin Howes and Ada Chenoweth Mc
Cowan. Prayer will be offered by
Kev. William Henry Boddy. a member
of th council and pastor of the Cen
tral Free Methodist Church of Port
land. The campus day address will be given
by David Starr Jordan, prealdent of In
land Stanford Junior University. In th
out-of-door amphitheater at the north
east corner of th campus. Befor th
address, th students will sing for th
first time on a public occasion th Reed
College song. Both words and music
wer written by Professor Charlea T.
Burnett, of Bowdoln College. Tha pro
gramme will close with th singing- of
th college commencement hymn. Lu
ther's "Kin" Feste Burg." President
William T. Foster will preside at all
the exercises of th day.
The eaercises will begin at 1:10
o'clock P. M. and will be public. Spe
cial cars to the campus will leave First
and Alder streets at 1 :4S o'clock P. M-
SALT SAVES MOLALLA
XF.RnV Hoot's COVERED YVHEX
HOTEL CATCHES EIRE.
Men and W omen Klgrit t lame ro
Stop Spread Hostelry, Poolroom
and Barber Shop Burn, j
OREGON CITT. Or May 24. (Spe
cial.) Salt spread over tha roofa of
nearby bulldinga probably saved the
little town of Molalla from destruction
by fir early today, when th Molalla
Hotel, conducted by F. C. Perry for th
last i vears. was burned. A pool room
owned by J. J. Tollen. of Oregon City,
and V. A. Wood's barber ship. In con
nection, also were burned.
Flamea wer discovered at midnight
and help was summoned by the girl
at the telephone exchange. Farmers and
their famlllea aa far aa six mues aia
tant responded and men .and women
worked until morning to prevent tha
flames from spreading. Water was
carried to the burning building from
the big tank at Robblns' Bros.' gen
eral merchandise store. Two small
buildings were torn down to prevent
th fire from igniting Huntley Bros."
drugstore and Kerman & Co.'a general
merchandise -store.
All patrons in the hotel escaped witn
their belongings. Mr. Perry, the pro
prietor, lost everything, there being
no Insurance on t.e hotel or contents.
The origin of the Are Is not known.
The Molalla Hotel was the only on
In Molalla. It Is probable that a new
hotel will be erected at once.
OFFICERS -ARE ELECTED
Oregon City Women's Clnb Meets at
Commercial Clnb.
uncviv.i V. i a a. -.. - 1 J i -
i . T- I " ' CI ii K ni.t n the
Oregon City Commercial Club. Thurs
day and elected officers for the ensu
ing year. Th omcers are: airs.
vld Caufleld. president; Mrs. W. A.
Shrwman. of Hlsley. first vlce-preel-dent:
Mrs. Roslna Kouts. second vlce-
presineni. jus. - ..... --
clal treasurer: Mrs. Jnmes Downey.
. . . . a. UH
treasurer. xmit". '
S. Mot ler's place, the latter of whom
has gone Kaat owing to her mother's
illness. Th other officers were re
elected. Mrs. G. A. Harding, spoxe on in
i . i .. t Ir. im " mnd Mrs. W. A.
a... - mtndv of the birds
of Oregon and Mrs. Harding. Is an en
thusiastic florist.
CHINESE .TRIES SUICIDE
Mrs. Sue Kee. Un Mourns for Mate
Driven Aay In Ton War.
..rmw, r the absence of her hus-
m-hi m-aa forced to leave Port
land hurriedly and to go to China when
the long war in Portland mreaieneo
him In February of this year Is sup
posed to hav caused Mrs. Sue Kee Lan.
1 1- nf lha npeslHent of the HOD StnC
tong. to take poison yesterday morning
Hastv work by her attendants save
bar life.
Sue Kee Lan. who was at that time
president of the" society, left Portland
when the Hop sings wer fighting th
Suey Sing. Hip Sing and Bow Leung
tongs Just befor Chines New Tear In
Fehruarv. Sue Ding, his clan cousin.
who helped him escape, was later killed
by Bow I-eung gunmen in nia rooms
S4Lj Second street. He has feared to
return to Portland.
ARMERIA STILL POUNDED
Vessel Standing Ry Arc Forced
Away l'rom Wreck by Swell.
CORDOVA. Alaska. May 14. Th
steamship Mariposa, which arrived last
night, reported that th after part of
the wrecked lighthouse tender Ar
meria. which struck Monday near Cap
Hlnchinbrook. waa entirely submerged.
The wreck was being pounded to pieces
on the rocks by a heavy southwest
swell which was breaking over th
vessel.
tugs Salrao and Annls. which had been
slanaia- oy i jiuw, -
chored in English Bay. five miles from
tn wreck, because of the heavy swell
outsld.
VESSEL'S ORDERS SEALED
Transport rralrlc With Regiment of
Marine Leave Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. May St. Th Uni
ted States transport Prairie, sailed ye-
, . .K Uhtlarf-lnhla NaW
I . r C J irvua " . .. . , .
Yards with a regiment of marines under
sealed orders. Only a third of th car
go of meat we taken.
.... .AAk -Knot 40O 000
1 n riwi .ww - . w
round of ammunition, three J-incn
..i ei-M Places and six automatic
guns, as well as coal, tents and pro
visions iw vow
Colonel Lincoln Karmany is In com
mand. The regiment of TS0 men Is
made up of detachments from Brook
lyn. Washington and other points as
weil aa from me yam nn.
TWO SMALL BOATS COLLIDE
One Driven on Beach Near Victoria.
I.ltea Said to Be Lost.
VICTORIA. B. C. May 4 Two small
boats collided off Clover Point near
this citv last night and one of them
m &s driven on tie beacn. it is re
ported there wss loss of life.
Tugs hsv gon to th rescu.
TAFT SAYS NATION
IS
Roosevelt Assailed for Char
acter of Campaign and for
His "Unsound Views."
THIRD TERM HELD MENACE
i
President In w Jersey Speech De
clares Country Has Done With
out Lincoln and Can Do With
out Colonel Roosevelt.
Taf t began hla New Jersey campaign
last night with speeches at Camden.
U...H. v t . n T tnn Th Prlllnt
showed the effects of his hard cam
paign through Ohio and spoa sun
less emphasis.
vf - Tae. . . ..1 An hi 1CW Jaraar
tour from Philadelphia, where he spent
most ok tn oay.
"I regret the necessity that bring
. . . r i j . r . C "I
III D qui, B.iu Ji i . lati, aaw " - -
feel humiliated that I, aa President of
tn unitea otates, am uio uroi uu -haa
to depart from the tradition that
i . v. - r i . . Kmh.a nitlne a
political controversy. I am not bore to
clear my political reputation, i can
get alonz with one term.
Crist at Hand. Saya Taft. (
"D . mV rHn 1 am here o warn
you that in thla preliminary contest
befor the Chicago convention, there la
a certain crisis In your country's his
tory that ought to spur you to activity
to prevent the danger that threaten
ua aa a constltlonal Government.
I m opposed to Mr. Roosevelt, first
because of the character of campaign
that na nas neen carrying n,
haa brought about thla unprecedented
i . . an..taMa of the Presi
dent of th United State being called
out to refute cnarges against mo
mlnlstration ana umoumiea win .
that.
"I am opposed to Mr. Roosevelt also
hxvaiia of tha unsound constitutional
views that he baa held.
Third-Term Issue Brought I" p.
Ana finallv T am AODOSed tO him
because hla nomination would be a de-marttiT-e
from a tradition that has been
recognised by Washington, by Jeffer
son, by jaegson, oy unrgin, "i
Klnley and waa preserved In the case
of Grant by th people against the will
of Grant's friends: and that haa been
approved by Theodore Roosevelt."
Mr. Taft concluded his Trenton
. n--v. with m sentence that brought
an unuaual outburst of applause:
"We have cone wnnoui iirnam
Uncoln." Bald th President, "and we
can do without the continued Presiden
cy of Theodore Roosevelt."
NEW JERSEY- SEES ROOSEVELT
Speeches for Most Part Avoid Criti
cism of President.
....... . n." . T t I T t,mivh
Id had a middling lively time in the
West, but upon my worl. New Jersey
bests It."
. ! thla rimarlf
i oionei a-vue " " " .
tonight as he gased upon the crowd
before him. Th people had been
rha.rlnr for several minutes before he
could get In a word.
The rally came lows in
. . . -. 1 .. 1 n.A..lrallla
tne opening y o ..v.. -
New Jersey campaign. The Colonel
... j i.. .... A v... 1, wav
said n waa eepo muw j '
be had been received. Wherever he
went In the northern part of the atato
he waa met by large crowds.
. . r. . . V. rnlnnal
iteginmng at laiBinuui v- v
mae a doaen speeches, going from
. . , ., r t . .. k. loaf m A -
aSewarK to jcracj vn; avi a.-w
dress of the day. After Colonel Roose
velt tOW in Crou aiiaia -v " '
had beaten the West some on called
out:
"You'r all right, Teoay."
"So Is New Jersey," he shouted In
reply. "But the "Impulsive Judgment
.f Ohio waa all rignt. too.- ne mto,
is th crowd laughed.
Fame one called to him that he need
lot worry about New Jersey and be
rT"r1: .... v.
I m not worrying i"ui j vunssi
now. Lt the other fellows flo me-
worrTlnU-.
the most rrt avoided criticism of
WILBUR WRIGHT SINKING
Physicians Say Aviator's Life Is Al
most at End.
PATTOX, O- May 24. At 9:30 P. M.
Wilbur Wright, th aviator, who Is 111
with tvnhold fever. Is sinking rapidly
and hla physicians reluctantly admit
that they fear the end is near.
Mr. Wright la unconscious.
AVEST CRGES PRISON WORK
Governor Tells Ministers That Men
Should Be Helped.
The United States la not securing as
good a type of Immigrants aa Canada
because this country does not use aa
much car In making selections, ac
cording to Bishop A. V. da Fancier, of
New Westminster, B. C. who ad
dressed th United Episcopal Clerlcus
at a bannuet In the Imperial Hotel last
niarht. He said immigration ought to
b restricted to tu number th
country can properly assimilate. Th
Pad no Coast, he continued, is. and. Is
to be. the center of the development
of thla century.
Th Bishop of Westminster and
Governor West, who spoke following
him. wer introduced by Bishop
Charles cicaddtng. toastmaster. Th
Governor explained to th clergymen
his prison policy.
H told th ministers they ought to
be in touch with th men In the prlsona
"Tou aren't In touch with them." he
ald. " I know what these men think
about th church and about th clergy.
Ther is a great work for you there.
You preach to men many of whom ars
In need of help, many of whom ar not.
But these men in th prison need
help. Many of the confirmed criminals
can be saved, many will not b saved.
"Eighty-seven per cent of the men
who went out last year mad good.
Thirty-six honor men In six months
earned 0 "
Cobb May Play Saturday.
CHICAGO. May . Ty" Cobb, the
suspended Datrolt star will b back In
th cam by Saturday, according to
Prealdent Comlskey of th Chicago
American Club, who returned today
from the epecial meeting of th Ameri
can League, held at Philadelphia a a
result of tha strike of Jennings' play
ers. Comlskey conveyed the Impres
alaa Loat a 10-day stntenca waa placed
FACING
CRISIS
o
AA
Absolutely Pure
The only Baking Powder made
from Royal C rape Cream of Tartar
NO ALUM, NO LIME PHOSPHATE
against Cobb at tha special session.
but this was not announced.
POLICE GUARD OF STATE
Pennsylvania's Effective Force of
Mounted Fighting Men.
Blair Jaekel la World's Work Msgaslae.
Th Texas Rangers and th Canadian
Northwest Mounted Police ara famous
tha world over. Thes are frontier
forces. But such organizations would
be equally effective against the disor
ders of the older states lynchlngs, vio
lent strikes, nlgbt riding; and th
Pennsylvania State Mounted Police has
demonstrated that thla la true. Its
aarnrlr haa manv larnlflcant leSSOnS f O T
others of the older states.
In April. 1905, the Governor or Penn
sylvania, Samuel W. Pennypacker.
wrote a letter requesting Captain John
C. Groome. of the Philadelphia City
Troop (militia) to come to Harrisburg.
Captain Groome had Been active serv
ice in Porto Rico at the time of the
Spanish War; h was well' versed In
the maneuvering of mounted men.
"Captain Groome, - saio tne uovernor.
I. I I ' T v-Aennnaf hlA fnr the
maintenance of peace and order through
out these 45.000 miles of commonwealth.
Whom have I to help me? Wharton.
my secretary, and my atenograpner. lis
too big a job for three. I had the last
session of the Legislature pass a bill
creating a department of state police.
Will you assume charge? Will you be
ltg superintendent?"
Captain uroome went over tne par
ticulars of tha plan and accepted.
Th... with little oatentatlon. came
Into being tha Pennsylvania state "eon
raKniarv" br t he irtnui sometimes
calla them th most picturesque, the
most efficient, the most effective body
of armed men In these United States.
Sift the country irom aacoma to
and you will not find lta equal. Ninety
per cent of Its members have served
In the United States Army, ana witn
the word "excellent" following the
..nnituKt .Tnnao" in their discharge pa
pers Major Groome is most particular
aoout mat.
-aa V a-tlva aervlfa In the
Philippines, Cuba. Porto Rico, in China
at the time oi in isoxer ui"'"6.
and again you will find among them a
u whA fniia-ht tha. Boern In South
Africa under the British, flag. There
are doctors, lawyers, college graduates,
cowpunchers. genuine blown-in-the-
bottle soldiers or rortune on in "m
Each Is a well set up, well seasoned,
thoroughly disciplined and gentleman
1t let me italicise that and gentle
manly veteran, perfectable. able and
willing and paid oy tne state to on t
out the foreigners who stole chickens
or to protect life and property. He
knows neither friend nor foe. -He Is
paid to do his duty and he does it, the
iliii.. s v. i j.in. It veil rest-
responaioiiny nm u..... - .
Inn often wholly upon himself, which I
fct alone places mra uv "" -. . r. j
higher plane than tha Army man. -con-atantly
under the eye of hla superior
officer. .
No star reporter on a great dally
newspaper Is trained to observe more
closely than are th members of the
Pennsylvania state police force. For
example: One day In November. 1907.
three troopers were sent rot the
Wyoming. Pa., barracks to Investigate
th robbery of aeveral hundred pounds
of copper wlr from th Mooslc Lak
Traction Company. Its poles had been
cut down for mor. than a mile. Marks
along the road auggested that a two-
. a w.Aw. ..and trt hnnt
horse wagon had
licvu ut.t -
the wire away.
After following th tracks for sev
eral miles the wagon load or wire, nn-
attended by man or beast, waa located
. ... . ........ th. rohber. having
In the mountains, the robbers having
unhitched the horses and ridden them
off. Private Smith dismounted to ex
amine th hoof-marks. On of th
horses seemed to have been anon witu
a peculiarly shaped horseshoe. JneDe. incurred. A nrm w
trail of thla horse was followed by the I ,uch WOrk to blunderers frxdleD,u'-
.. cknnilala In an I wi- imalu workers must be skilled.
.aSSKEa. countv. where It was" found
. .kia Th thi- men who
had hired the team were located, and
not being able to give conclusive proor
of their whereabouts at th time the
wlr was stolen, were arrested, tried
and found guilty.
While riding out along bis patrol one
day Prlvat Snyder, of Troop C, noticed
a thin column of smoke rising from the
center of a cornfield. Positive that no
farmhouse stood In th innJl"o lo
cality. Snyder rod into th field to In
vestigate. To hla surprise and delight
for his investigation cleared up a mys
tery that a whole fore of railroad de
tectives had failed to solve he found
Jwo men .melting bras. l'TJ
nala bearing the stamp of tha Phlla."
Selphla Reading Company. Snyder
placed both men under arrest. M the
trial it waa found that one of them
hid been arrested before for larceny
aSi releaaed on ball. Both were sen
tenced to th penitentiary.
Th? force I. only 228 officers and
'men Notwithstanding the fact, that
th entranc examinations to th fore
ar Jigld, the training and duties mot,
oftan arduoua and dangeroua than
oleasant and th. pay insufficient, th.re
rS0 or mor applicants for .v.ry
available vacancy.
On th other hand, many men after
their mU term of enlistment for two
year, hav left the force to pt bet
ier paying posltlona, Th Pressed
Steel Ir Company In Butler or ex--awn...
wilt tJta on all the P"
in aa. 11VDI T Btaum, - ,
Ergh-twoof 'th, i?8 men discharged
fromV. force In one year bore , exce -lent
records, wer well trained and efft
cUntTturieft to accept position, offer
ing more tempting salaries. M.,or
Through the aotivlties of Major
Groome a substantial Increment was
?dd.7!.s J-' th. pay th- men
Vor thrprTuoo
a oius 160 a year for every term
ar. supplied by th. state. ...
But Major Groom, is by no means
saflsfied. With th. proper and wall
riV. and th chief executive of th
commonwealth h. Venn.yW.nl. I
tats nolle fore of Pennsylvania
.c.thC to be .njl.ii Lbrosd and re
spected and honored at horn.
Bis; Cborus Rehearsal Sunday.
The adult chorus of the Rose Musical
Festival will have a special rehearsal
w"h the symphony Orchestra at Gipsy
Smith auditorium. Sunday at P. M
The boys and girl, of eighth and ninta
rewPfiis
. at the same place. Sat
orday at 1:30 P. M. Frederick E. Chape
man is the director.
THE SHAME OF BELFAST
Women Are- Forced to Work for
Eight Cents a Day.
Two principal delusions exist about
thi. amat and loval citv of Belfast, Ire
land. On that it is religious, the otner
that it is rich. I do not believe I ex-
anrerate when I say that a man would
h tn t-ravAl far before he found a
city where tha foundational principles
of the Christian religion axe more per
fectly ignored and where the labor
of the poorest people la more inad
equately rewarded.
There are men in Belfaat who are
very rich; there ar skilled workmen
In the shipyards and factories who earn
high wages; but the vast multitude of
the city lahorrlbly. wickedly and dis
astrously poor. Because Belfast is do
ing what men call "a roaring trade,"
it is supposed that the entire population
Is prosperous and contented; be
cause a few isolated cases of high
wages ar trumpeted here and there, it
Is supposed that only a few are poor,
only a remnant la sweated. But multi
tudes of men and women In Belfast are
dreadfully poor, and numbers of women
and girls are outrageously sweated.
Among the great host of ordinary
workers In the linen .mills wages may
be aald to range from $3 to $4 a week
for men. J.50 a week for women. This
is a fair average. Many men are em
ployed on night work in these linen
mills, married men, and they earn 13.36
a week. Home life, of course, is ren
dered difficult in such cases; family
life is disorganised.
Children are pushed early Into these
unhealthy mills, with their heated air
and damp floors, and even the wife
contributes to the family income by
working at home. Lifa is not very
agreeable in these working class quar
ters. After a long and wearisome day s
work the man Is inclined to take his
ease in one public house, and the wife
in another. Drink Is expensive. And
therefore even in cases where man,
wife and three or four children are
all earning money it is possible to find
degrading poverty.
But what of the home workers?
There is an Inquiry now proceeding
In Belfast on this subject, an inquiry
which I fear is secret. But In spite
of that secrecy I hope a report may
be issued, with all the evidence pre
sented before the committee. It should
astound the conscience of mankind
. i nt hnniA worker in
I 11.1 Bvttrchwun ' ' " "
Belfast la so scandalous that it staggers
the mind to imagine how ciaillsed men
can reap th pronta of It, and when
one knows that many of these men are
enormously rich and obstentatiously re
ligious. It stirs an angry Indignation In
the souL I give a few typical cases,
which have been most carefully Investi
gated by an expert in this particular
dodge of the capitalist to grind the
faces of the poor an expert in the
tragedy of the home worker.
One Arm gives out to Its home work
ers linen table clotns siampea
biue design for these wretcneo
to embroider. The cloth is abou t 45
lnche, .qaare: the design Is floral and
I iu.a,i iha Amhro derT has to he
1 CmiiuuvailDUi - . .
heavy and fine. To eraDOiaer one
it takes three days, '"""8 ,'mi
hours a day. The remuneration is 2
hourg a day. una remunm-a... .
for a dozen cloths less than six cents
. Divide six cents by eight and
you get the rate of pay an nour.
To sew lace upon handkerchiefs de
mands exceeding skill; the lace is often
.ihi and no risk of spoiling it must
l" t and clean. The pay is 18. cents
a dozen handkercnieis. ii
quarters of an hour to finish a single
handkerchief. .
The rate of wages works out at about
a penny an hour. There is a case in
Belfast of a widow supporting thre
young children and an mvaiia sister a.,
fh. difficult work which gives her a
penny an hour.
Great American Canals.
, Chicago Tribune.
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pernaps w
the greatest canals in the world are In
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their own country. j
meant the most important in the econ-
omies of transportation, tor tnc.o
canals are not the longest or v...
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...n.. involve unusual or spec
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point of tonnage passing, """"
and in their Influence upon freight
ratea throughout the country no arti
ficial waterways ever made approach
them, even remotely. It is a surprising
statement, but true, nevertheless, that
thes. important canals carry a iar
greater commerce in """"""
the year that is borne by the Sues
Canal, the Kiel Canal and the Man
chester ahlp canal combined In an en
tire year. If the commerce of the Erie
Canal the Welland and the canals of
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