THE MORNING OREGOXIAJ?
OXDAT, AUGUST 25, 1919.
TREBLE RISE IN TAX
Upward Trend
Be Felt,
of Expenses to
However.
CAPITAL RESENTS REPOR
Deficit Left by Democrats Will Ne
cessitate Hearier JTjr, Declare
Administration Officials.
BOISE.- Idaho. Aug. 14. (Special.)
The state capital was in somewhat o
an uproar last weelt over the charge
that state taxes are to be trebled tor
1S20 and 1921. Flat denial is made by
the administration headed by Governor
D. W. Davis.
It is admitted that before the state
board of equalisation completes its
nrauni task taxes may be raised, but
a treble increase is denied. The ten
rl trend has been upward in the
matter of state expenses.
AdKlaUtratloa Inherit Deficit.
The present administration, which is
republican in complexion, innemeu
deficit of 11.000.000 from the retiring;
democratic administration. The party
then found itself financially em
barraassed by the war and increased
hikiih with funds insufficient to
meet the situation.
Annroxlmatelr K.300.000 must be
raised for taxes, in excess of the tl.222,
13S.J0 raised in 191S. The causes are
set forth as follows:
Appropriations for the maintenance
of the state government in lsn-je to
taled J3.806.0S1. In ll-zo appropria
tions made for the blennlum by the
last legislature totaled (5.749.668.61, an
increase of almost sz.ooo.uuu.
A direct appropriation of J936.00O an
noally daring the next two years for
highways and Interest on bonds for
the new capltol wings and an ad
valorem tax for tuberculosis hospitals.
together with the interest on (900.000
worth of highway bonds voted by the
legislature in 1917 is responsible for
the balance of the taxes to be met
this year.
91,323.133 Raised 1st ISIS.
The state in 1918 raised 81.222.ia2.lS
la taxes among the property owners
and the public utilities in the several
counties. This year It must raise a to
tal of approximately I3.384.19S. The
ad valorem tax fixed by the legisla
ture In 1917 for that year and 1918 was
82.000.000. The ad valorem tax fixed
by the last legislature was the same
amount in addition to an ad valorem
tax for the general fund out of which
running expenses are paid.
"The present administration found
Itself confronted with unpaid bills
and deficiency warrants running to
(1.000.000 when it came into office."
said one of the members of the board
of equalisation.
Drain) Treasury Heavy.
These, of course, constitute legal
claims against the state and have to
be paid. The result was that at the
outset the financial drain on the treas
ury was unusually heavy.
"In addition to that, the legislature
authorised certain tax levies to take
cart of certificates of indebtedness ,
which had to be issued to finance the
state government. There was also a
levy for the construction of highways.
Of course, there has been a steady in
crease in the cost of all materials and
labor which the state has been forced
to meet.
"Many of the assessors showed a de
crease in their estimates this year from
last year. This was a surprise to the
board. All of them should have shown
an increase, considering the improve
ments made.
Board Ralaee Asaesameata.
lt became necessary for the board to
raise the reported assessments on real
and other property. Of course, there
was a protest, but it could not be
helped. There seemed to be no good
reason why the assessment rolls of the
counties should show a decrease.
"in this and other ways adjustments
were made to raise the assessed valua
tion of the state. Taxes will be high
er as the result of the board's action,
but they will not be as high as it is
claimed or treble the taxes of a year
ago."
The 2-mlll tax levy authorised by the
last legislature to raise funds for the
construction of good roads Is the first
of its kind In the history of the state.
Heretoiore good road money has been
raised either through direct appropria
tion or by counties.
was one of the speakers at the Pres
byterian General Assembly in St. Louis.
On reaching Scotland Dr. Kelraan
cabled to the committee that if the
pulpit were still vacant and the con
gregation called him unanimously he
i would accept the calL He had pre
viously declined several invitations to
to remain in Scotland.
Dr. Kelman served at the front with
the British Y. II. C. A. For his services
he was made a member of the Order of
the British Empire.
He is 65 years old, is married and
has one daughter, who is the wife of
the Rev. John Hay, a missionary in
China. He was educated at the Royal
high school, Edinburg university and
New College. For three years he trav
eled in Australia. Then, upon receiv
ing his degree of New College, he was
made assistant to Dr. George Adam
Smith, later rector of Aberdeen univer
sity. Dr. Kelman was ordined as minister
in Aberdeenshire In 1890. For ten
years he was minister of New North
church (United Free Presbyterian),
Edinburg.
He is the author of many books and
is a frequent contributor to the re
ligious periodical press. Among his
books are "The Holy Land," 'The
Faith of Robert Louis Stevenson,"
"Honor Toward God." 'The Light That
Saves," "From Damascus to Palmyra,"
The Courts of the Temple," "Ephe
meral Eternltates," 'The Road, a Study
of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress,"
"Among Famous Books," "Salted With
Fire" and a volume of war sermons.
He is not given to flights of oratory,
but his sermons are models of con
struction and clothed in beautiful dic
tion. His preaching follows the
method of the logician, but there is
nothing of the cold formalism of Harry
Fosdick, for Instance. Like most of
the Scotch preachers, he Illustrates
his argument with anecdote and with
emotional appeal. His voice is pow
erful and well modulated.
Dr. HalL an Irishman, perhaps the
best-known cf the foreign preachers
to be called by the Fifth avenue
church, was known internationally be
fore he began his ministry there, I
1867. It was stipulated in his call that
he was to receive what was then an
almost unprecedented ministerial sa
ary, (10.000. It was during his pas
torate that the great building at Fifth
avenue and Fifty-fifth street was
erected.
Dr. Jowett came in 1911 from Carr'
Lane chapel. Birmingham. England.
This pulpit had been occupied by such
men as R. W. Dale and John Angell
James. Dr. Jowett, whose English
church was of Congregationalist per-
suasion, was eagerly welcomed to the
presbytery of New York. He soon es-
abllsned himself in the front rank
America's pulpit orators. He was sel
dom heard in other pupits. Occasloan
ally he would address conventions of
ministers. But he was opposed to the
principle of pulpit exchanges, saying
he was called to minister to a partlcu
lar parish. Repeatedly he was called
to English churches, but he declined
to Interrupt his work in New York.
Before America entered the war h
made eloquent pleas from his pulpit in
behalf of the allied cause. Then th
British government came to see that
he was a valuable asset to its cause
and efforts to induce him to return
were deprecated. When America en
tered the struggle he said he felt that
he could return without any embar
rassment. His contention from the
start has been that the war was a holy
war and it was a Christian duty to
light on the side of the allies.
In 1918 Westminster chapel (Congre
gational), in London, called him to the
pastorate in succession to Campbell
Morgan. The King, Lloyd George and
others joined in a request that he ac
cept.
SLAYER OF HUSBAND
SUCCUMBS TO GRIEF
Mrs. Beauregard Says There':
No More Peace for Her.
WOMAN REMAINS IN JAI
Washington State Law Now Permits
Capital Punishment, but Execu
tion in Her Case Doubted.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 24. (Spe
clal.) No matter what verdict the jury
in the superior court returns in the
case of Mrs. J. J. Beauregard, charged
with killing her husband, she will
never again enjoy a moment's peace, she
says. After being unusually stoical for
a time she has broken down completely
and succumbed to grief.
Mrs. Beauregard shot her husband in
COTTON NEED RECOGNIZED
SCOT PnSTJMS CALLED
CHURCH GOES ACROSS WATER
TO GET MINISTER.
New Economies Necessary to Offset
Cost of Production.
NEW TOR. Europe recognises the
need of a well-organized world asso
ciation of cotton and textile interests
to guide the industry along; progressive
lines and to point the way informally
to real needs, according to Walter
Parker, secretary of the New Orleans
chamber of commerce, who returned re
cently from Europe. Mr. Parker acted
as vice-president of the delegation of
Americans who went to Europe to
study cotton trading conditions and to
interest European in the worm cotton
conference to D held in New Orleans
in October.
The mission was a success, he eaid.
as it was realized that new economies
were necessary to offset the increased
cost-of production. He announced the
governments of England, Belgium,
France. Switzerland and Holland would
send formal delegations and that inde
pendent groups from various cities
would attend, also representatives from
Egypt and India. Belgium will be the
first European country to resume her
pre-war footing commercially, in Mr.
Parker's opinion. He added that he had
suggested to business men of that
country that they exchange vegetable
oils, crude rubber, and Ivory from their
Congo colonies for raw cotton from the
Lnited States, as such a plan would al
low her to resume manufacturing and
would also permit her to develop rap
idly her rich Congo lands.
One of Foremost Preachers of World
Is Chosen to Succeed Pleader for
Allied Cause In Pulpit. -
NEW TORK. Although the congre
gation has not taken the formal action
necessary, it seems certain that Dr.
Jowett's successor in the pastorate of
the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church
will be Dr. John Kelman. pastor of tit.
George's Free church, Edinburgh.
Scotland.
Thus this church, fot, the third time
In the memory of many of its present
membership, will have gone to the
United Kingdom for its minister.
Becaues of the unusually brilliant
paxtorate of Dr. Jowet his recall to
England, which was at the urgent so
licitation of King George and Premier
Lloyd George, has focused the atten
tion of thousands upon the church's
vacant pulpit. The fact that the pul
pit supply committee has decided upon
a foreigner will occasion some disap
pointment for many who held the view
that this most important of Presby
terian churches should be presided
over by an American. Others take the
view that any such attitude as this is
provincial and that no lines of nation
alism should be drawn.
Dr. Kelman la Dr. Jowett's own
choice. He Is heralded as one of the
foremost preachers of Christendom. In
the United Kingdom his name Is a
household word and he is In great de
mand In all parts of England as well
as in Scotland.
He is known as a conservative In
theology, which means that he will not
give utterance to any startling Inter
pretations of the Scriptures. But it is
almost inconceivable that a radical
would even be considehed for this pas
torate. Nearly two weeks ago a meeting of
the commltttee on pastor waa held in
the office of George B. Agnew, at 22
William street. Thirty of the 44 mem
bers of the committee attended. They
voted unanimously to call Dr. Kelman
and directed that a notice of the con
gregational meeting be read from the
pulpit.
Dr. Kelman was In America last
spring, having been invited to deliver
the Lyman Beecher lectures at Yale.
Afterward he toured the country and
LADY HOBO SHOCKS PEOPLE
Genuine Woman Tramp Is Xot Un
like Male Variety.
CHILLICOTHE. Mo. The straight
laced people of this city were given a
distinct shock when the newest sort of
a woman put In her appearance here.
She was a woman tramp and a real
yie at that. Her makeup was typical
of the real male hobo, who became
extinct with the war. but is again
making his presence felt at regular
Intervals Clothes that were tattered
and torn bedecked her person, her hair
was tousled and unkempt and she was
carrying her bundle over her shoulder
with a stick just nae any oia-nmo
"bo."
She declined to give her name or
any part of her history. After making
the rounds ot several nomes tor nana
auti she returned to the railroad yards.
and several persons watched her witf
awe as she deftly got into the rods of a
freight train and was" on her way to
another town. The woman said she
haa not walked many miles during her
roving career.
KING PRAISESGIRL'S SKILL
Royal Party Visits Scientific Prod
ucts Exhibition.
LONDON. (Copyright 191S.) The
king and queen, accompanied by Prince
Henrv and Princess Mary, recently vis
ited the British scientific products ex
hibition at Central Hall. Westminster,
in the board of agriculture and fisher
ies department.
The king stopped at a stall contain
ing exhibits of bottled fruits and spoke
of the education of frirls. saying:
These methods of preserving and
utilizing fruits are very important, and
think they should be taught to our
girls in school.
"All knowledge may be desirable, but
some forms are more desirable than
others and. while it may be very well
and very Interesting to teach girls
about flowers which they seldom see
and birds which they can never catch. I
think it would be better to direct at-
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Ira. J. J. Beauregjard, Vancou
ver woman who slew husband,
for time stoical, gives way to
his pawnshop at 704 Main street Fri
day evening about 8 o'clock after
quarrel over his going on a hunting
trip. She said, after the shooting, that
she did not intend to kill him, but
merely to frighten him. The bullet
went through the forearm and ' right
side.
Beauregard was rushed to St. Jo
seph's hospital, but physicians could
not save his life. It is said that his
last request was that his wife be not
prosecuted for her rash act.
The funeral will be held from the
Limber chapel at 2 P. M. Tuesday. Van
couver lodge of Elks, No. 823, having
charge of the services. The body will
be taken to the Portland crematorium.
Mr. Beauregard came to Vancouver
nearly 25 years ago as a soldier and
was discharged here and opened a
pawnshop business in- which he pros
pered.
His wife is being held at the county
jail. The state of Washington now has
capital punishment on its statute
books, but many are doubtful about
execution in her case.
The Oregonian Announces for Publication
Beginning Sunday, September 7
General Ludendorffs Story
of the World War
It Is Not a Defense or Justification
of Germany's Crimes
It Is a Frank Confession of the Most Colossal Failure of Might
Against Right in the World's History. His
Revelations Will Startle the World
Ludendorff, arch-Teuton militarist, admits that f rom 1916 on the German cause was hopeless.
He lays bare the impotence and weakness of both the German armies and the. imperial statesmen.
The Teuton side of the war has been shrouded in mystery and up to the present time, no one who
knows has spoken. We know "so much of our own side of the great struggle. Germany was so
silent about her internal troubles and defeats, always emphasizing her temporary successes that
it seemed at times as if the balance of victory was all on her side. But Ludendorff discloses the
real condition of Germany just before and during the war. His story will be. complete the his
tory of every-battle and campaign.
This Tremendous Feature Will Be Published
Serially in The Oregonian, Daily and Sunday
It starts Sunday, September 7 simultaneously with its appearance in a group of other leading
newspapers of which the following are members: ,
B
WAR PERIOD SEES GREAT
. CREASE IX V. S.
IX-
Ten Billions Represents Gain in Six-
Year Period Since 1913, Be
fore Conflict Began.
WASHINGTON. The war period has
witnessed the largest increase of bank
ing resources in the national banks
ever known in any country.
A statement made public by John
Skelton Williams, comptroller of the
currency, gives in detail a survey of
the marvelous growth of banking pow-
the United States is shown by
returns from the national banks in re
sponse to the last bank call of May
2. 1919.
The return shows resources of $20.-
25.000.000, exceeding by $783,000,000
resources reported on Dec. 31, 1918,
which up to that time had been the
greatest in the history bf the national
banking system. These resources also
exceed by $807,000,000 the resources of
March 4. 1919. and are $2,575,000,000
ahead of the figures of May 10, 1918.
The official records show, states
the comptroller, "that increase in re
sources since the call of Aug. 9, 1913,
x years ago, has been nearly 110,-
000,000,000. or to be exact, 9,948,000.000.
This huge increase has taken place
concurrently with the successful flota-
on and collection of about $25,000.-
000,000 of government bonds and short
term obligations, the majority of
hich, it appears, were placed through
the agency of the national banks.
'With the vast increase in resources
and responsibility our national banks
ave enjoyed a greater immunity fronr
failure than ever before, the record
showing in the past 18 months, or since
January 1. 1918, only two small na
tional bank failures in the entire country.
"Deposits May 12, 1919, amounted to
$15,903,000,000, an increase over May 10,
918. of $1,518,000,000 and an increase
over March 4. 1919. of $604,000,000.
Of this increase since March 4, 1919.
$92,000,000 was in the country banks,
$364,000,000 in the central reserve city
banks and $148,000,000 in the national
banks in other reserve cities. The
cities showing the largest increase in
deposits were New York, $355,000,000;
San Francisco, $32,000,000; Boston, $27,
000.000; Detroit, $20,000,000: Kansas
City, $17,000,000: Portland, Or., $11,000.
000. In all other reserve cities report
ing an increase, the increase since
March 4. 1919. in no one city exceeded
$10,000,000. The principal increases in
country national banks were: New
York. $20,000,000; California. $17,000,
000; Indiana, $13,000,000: Massachusetts
and Pennsylvania. $10,000,000 each.
"Loans and discounts on May 12,
1919, amounted to $9,904,000. an in
crease over March 4, 1919, of $213,000,
000 and an increase compared with
May 10. 1919, of $644,000,000. It is
noted that this increase in loans over
May 10, 1918. compares with increases
in deposits for the same period of
$1,519,000,000. The proportion of loans
to deposits on May 12. 1919, was 62.02
per cent, as compared with 64.37 per
cent on May 10, 1918."
"Bills payable on May 12, 1919,
amounted to $1,547,000,000, an increase
of $96,000,000 over March 4. 1919, and
an increase over May 10, 1918. of $703.
000.000, due principally to the Increased
New York World
Chicago Daily News.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Cincinnati Enquirer
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Boston Post
San Francisco Examiner
Los Angeles Examiner
Seattle Star
Nashville Tennessean and
American
Louisville Courier-Journal
Toronto Star
Baltimore News
Canton Repository
Atlanta Georgian
Milwaukee Journal
Syracuse Herald
Minneapolis Tribune
Pittsburg Gazette-Times
Tacoma Times
Dayton News
Buffalo Times
Youngstown Telegram
Omaha World-Herald
Austin (Tex.) American
Fargo Forum
Paducah (Ky.) Sun
Lexington Herald
Washington Post
Portsmouth (O.) Times
Abilene (Tex.) Reporter
Waterbury Republican
San Diego (CaL) Sun
Springfield (O.) News
Springfield (Mass.) Union
Albany Knickerbocker Press
Salt Lake City Tribune
San Antonio Light
Greenville (S. C.) Piedmont
Superior (Wis.) Telegram
for rediscounts on May 12, 1919,
amounted to $348,000,000, the lowest
reported since November 20, 1917.
These figures compare with $389,000,
000 rediscounts March 4, 1919; $502,
000.000 December 31. 1918; $629,000,000
November 1, 1918, and $469,000,000 a
year ago May 10, 1918.
"Other bonds, securities, etc.. held
May 12. 1919. amounted to $1,743,000,
000, an increase of $42,000,000 over
March 4, 1919, and a reduction of $14.
000,000 as compared with May 10, 1918.
"Capital, surplus and profits amount
ed to $2,360,000,000, an increase over
May 19, 1918, of $103,000,000.
"Circulation of national banks May
12. 1919, was 676,000,000,000, an in
crease of $3,000,000 over March 4, 1919,
and a reduction of $3,000,000 as com
pared with May 10, 1918.
"The cash on hand and due from fed
eral reserve banks May 12, 1919, was
$1,926,000,000. being the largest bal
ance ever reported, an increase of $67,
000,000 over March 4, 1919, and an in
crease over May 10, 1918, of $186,000,-000."
T. B. THEORY IS RECALLED
DISCOVERY" OP MAX-JIOXKEY IS
SUPPORTED BY SEW FIXD.
Roosevelt Description of Ape Is Sim
ilar to That Found Recently by
Smithsonian Investigator.
tention first of alL to those things I
which would heln to make them good holdings of government bonds and cer
housewives." jtificates. The national bank liabilities;
KANSA STRIES NEW WHEAT
Home-Grown Variety Is Being De
veloped to Fill Vast Acreage.
OPEKA. Kan. Kansas should soon
have enough of a home-grown variety
of wheat to sow all the tremendous
acreage of wheat in this state. Kan
red is the .name of a variety of wheat
developed by the Kansas Agricultural
college. The tests made, covering a
period of years in the development of
the wheat, showed that it would pro
duce one to three bushels more per
acre than the ordinary hard Ted Tur
key wheat, the variety which made
Kansas famous. The original seed
came from the Crimea, but the Kanred
has been developed through the cross
ing of different varieties of the Rus
sian wheats with specially selected
berries of wheat grown in this state.
There were about 30.000 acres or
Kanred wheat sown last fall, and 21.230
acres will produce seed exclusively this
year, making sufficient seed to sow
close to 500,000 acres next fall. In
purchasing the Beed the farmers agree
not to sell any wheat for milling pur
poses for one year, but to sell it all for
seed. The agricultural college is now
at work examining the wheat in the
growing fields to determine the
amount of mixture with other varieties
of wheat, the presence of rye. oats and
weeds in the fields, and later will in
spect the berries to see how close the
new crop comes to the standard type.
This wheta combines the deep red of
the Turkey and Russian wheats with a
hard outer coating and great produc
tive powers.
GIRTH INCBEASESUSPICIOUS
Yourfg Women In Colorado Attempt
to Smuggle Whisky.
LEADVILLE, Colo., Aug. 22. Two
young women left town -the other day,
slender-walsted and fair. The follow
ing day they returned. An observing
police office noticed an increase of
many inches in waist line. At the sta
tion they were found to have "life"
belts made of bed ticking, fitted with
pockets, each pocket containing a pint
of intoxicant.
The grand jury will consider this
newest device of relieving the drouth.
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WASHINGTON. Newspaper report
that Professor R. L. Garner of the
Smithsonian Institution of Washington
D. C has found in the French Congo
a "man-monkey" or "talking ape." lend
interest to a communication sent by
the late theodore Roosevelt to the Na
tional Geographic society telling of the
pre-human ape man of Java, who lived
some 600,000 years ago, and marked an
upward stake in the evolution of man
Colonel Roosevelt's famous jungle
hunt was in the vicinity of Professor
Garner's travels, as they are described
in newspaper dispatches, and the Roose
velt big game is mounted in tne bmitn
sonian Institution with which Professor
Garner is associated.
Regarding this "ape-man" of Java,
one of many "missing links" in human
evolution. Colonel Roosevelt wrote to
the National Geographic society.
"This being was - already half way
upward from the beast, half way be
tween true man and those mlocene
ancestors of his, who were still on the
psychic and intellectual level of their
diverging kinsfolk, the anthropoid
apes.
"He, or some creature like him, was
in our line of ascent during those un
counted ages when our ancestors were
already different from all other brutes
and yet had not grown to be . really
man. He prooaDiy used a stone or ciud
at need; and about this time he may
have begun very rudely to chip or
otherwise fashion stones to his use
His progress was very, very slow,
the marked feature in the progress of
man has been its great acceleration of
rapidity in each successive stage, ac
companied continually by an lnex-?
plicable halt or dying out in race after
race and culture after culture.
After the ape-man of Java we skip
a quarter of a million years or so, be
fore we get our next glimpse of i
near-human predecessor of ours. This
is the Heidelberg man, who lived in
the warm second interglacial period,
surrounded by a fauna of huge or fear
some beasts, which Included the saber
tooth and the hippopotamus, and also
rhinocerousee and elephants of south
ern type.
He was a chinless being, whose Jaw
was still so primitive that it must have
made his speech imperfect; and he was
so much lower than any existing savage
as to be at least specifically distinct
that is, he can be called "human" only
if the word is- used with, a certain
largesse.
"Again we make a long skip this
time of somewhat over a hundred thou
sand years and come to the Piltdown
man, or near-man a being, seemingly
a little farther advanced than the man
of Heidelberg, and in some ways less
so, for he possesses ape-like canine
teeth.
"The next race was that of the
Neanderthal men, much more modern
and more advanced, but lower than any
existing savage, and specifically dis
tinct from modern man. This rave
dwelt in Europe, without other human
rivals, for an immense Seriod of time;
probably at least 60,000 years, certainly
an age several times as long as the
period Included in the interval be
tween the earliest polished etone men
and ourselves in other words, several
stone, bronze and iron and the total of
historic times all put together.
"Some of their favorite caverns were
lived in by them and by their succes
sors fro 50,000 years.
"At last the life term of these primi
tive hunter folk drew to a close. They
were not our ancestors. With our I
present knowledge, It seems probabll
that they were exterminated as com- J
pletely from Europe as in our own day
the Tasmanlans were exterminated!
from Tasmania.
"The most profound change in the i
whole racial (not cultural) history of J
WAStom. Tilnrnn van t Vi . .nHH.n an1 '
total supplanting of these savages,
lower than any existing human type,
by the tall, finely built Cro-Magnon
race' of hunters, who in intelligence
evidently ranked high as compared with
all but the very foremost modern peo
pies and who belonged to the same
species of man that we d Homo
sapiens.
when it suits them. The days of those
"perfect Italian servants," as Ameri
cans used to call them, have passed
away and a housekeeper is lucky to -have
a servant at all.
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FOOD HARD TO OBTAIN
Even With Money Plenty Italian
Housewives Have Great Trouble.
ROME. (Correspondence of the As
sociated Press.) Seven hours of each
day of the Italian housekeeper must be
devoted to buying food. The nroblem
of the ordinary American housekeeper
paie into insignificance even with their
troublesome servants when compared
to the Italian. Domestic servants
strikes in Italy are chronic.
The recent upheaval in Italian eco
nomics when the government ordered
prices of foodstuffs and clothing re
duced 50 per cent has begun its reac
tlon and the factor affected most is
the housekeeper. She must start to
market at 7 o'clock in the morning and
is forced to hurry from one store to
another. To obtain a piece of meat
usually takes two hours. To obtain
bread about an hour, egg3 two hours,
vegetables one hour and a half and
canned goods about an hour.
The housekeepers' day starts by plac
ing nerseit at the back ot a long line
of waiting customers. The line some
times extends for a half block, guard
ed by armed carabineers. When the
buyer is permitted to enter the store
she finds inside a scramble for all
sorts of commodities. Guards are sta
tioned there to prevent any mischief.
If she obtains what she wants she is
lucky.
She treads over the streets a whole
morning searching: for the things for
lunch and then, in the afternoon, must
start on the hunt again for food. If
she is looking for butter she is usually
disappointed, for there is little to be
had. She may obtain meat, but is
usually thankful to go away with a
can of American "bully-beef."
It often happens that her family
must miss a meal, but that is usually
overlooked. It is too evident on every
hand.
Housekeepers sometimes watch a car
of produce unloaded at the railroad sta
tion and follow the motor trucks to the
store where the produce will be sold.
When a carload of eggs trrived the
other day women clung to the trucks
carrying the eggs to stores, while oth
ers ran alongside. At the stores the
clerks stood in doorways and handed
out the eggs, three only to a customer.
Some customers reached over others
heads with their hats, while others
pushed aside the weaker ones.
Servants take their rest days py tell
ing the housekeeper they are going
for a day or two. They come back
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