t ; r THE ' OKEOON DAILY JOURNAL PORTA'ANP 'MONDAY EVENING. 'AUGUSTSlTOflL
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More than seven and one
quarter Million Policies in
force.
One and one-third Billion
Dollars Life Insurance in
force.
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10 BAFFLE
Gil DEATH
Science Socks Physical Sal
vation of Toiler in 31 ill
and Mine Gospel of
Fresh Air Light on Ser
vant Girl Problem.
Ry FREDERIC J. RASKIN.
(Copyright. 1908. by Frederic J Haskln.)
Washington, Auk. 8. For centuries
enl i r h t u .1 people have realized tlTat
certain occupations are Inimical to trie
health cif thi' workers. Sometimes In a
hall -heal t d way they have attempted
to ameliorate conditions, fiipat Britain,
Frame and Germany have for a num
ber of years, legislated In favor of more
healthful conditions for their laboring
people, and have made compulsory the
onlle' tion and publication of certain In
formation relative to the living and
working conditions of wage eartiors In
this country the present generation is
Peeing a rapid stride on the road to
ward the general betterment of working
people Manufacturers, labor organiza
tions, civic leagues, women's clubs arid
the department of commerce and labor
are responsible for the thoroughness
and earnestness with which the move
ment has been launched
The :norbblit and mortality of wage
workers with Indoor o. .upatlons is
known to he tnii'i essarily great And
must he lessened Certain o.-.-npat loi s
er.gen.br dust that Is (J. 1. ter. .is to t'e
health, and Inversion is Irving to de
vise way arid ooc-ns for ? w I ri g tl
evil- .'ertaln positions arid in. enir nt s
of th bod ess. n.tlal in factory eif
have been fuim, t. result in peiina nen
inlurv c def. iriii) and the American
Sluseiinvof Sflfet- I 'e v i ccs i r. pHitl'iilnr.
Read and Follow the Directions.
You cannot expect to get the best results from P. & G.
Naphtha Soap if you do not use
it in the right way.
When you buy a calcc of P. & G. Naphtha Soap,
please read the directions on the inside of the wrapper.
Thev tell vou how to wash clothes in half the time and
with half the effort it now takes. . . .without boiling them
! . . .without rubbing the life out of them on a washboard
1 . . .without standing for hours, over a tub of hot water.
P. & G. Naphtha Soap is unlike ordinary laundry
djoap. It should not be used is ordinary soaps are. That
is why we ask you to take the trouble to read the directions.
They are very simple.
P. & G. Naphtha Soap is for sale in
almost every grocer)- in this city. 3
Ordinary and Industrial
Policies. Ages 1 to 70.
Both Sexes. Amounts
$15 to $100,000.
POLIGYHOLD
JOHH F. DRYDEH, President.
JOHN PAUBR, Superintendent, Rothcbild Building
and the Interested public In general,
are encouraging the invention of de
vices that will trniki' the work easier,
and leave the body normal mid health
ful. Tb Welfare Worker.
New occupations and novel callings
have arisen from this new Interest In
industrial hygiene. One of the earliest
of these was that of the social secre
tary, or welfare worker, who, in the
employ of progressive factory owners or
department store managers, saw to the
Installation of seats, rest rooms and
lunch rooms for employes, who urged
the need of emergency hospitals ami
physicions In all large establishments.
and who worked until she got them. In
her wake have come hundreds of needed
reforms and a perceptible Improvement
In factory nnd department store life In
some centers- but the need Is atlll
great.
A particularly Interesting occupation.
born of the modern trend toward phys
ical rieuerment or the worklngman, is
that of V. H. Tolman of New York
city. He Is an Industrial architect, be
ing commissioned by prospective faeaory
builders to select he.iltlilul. as well as
convenient localities for the establish
ment of their plants and for the homes
tnat must bouse the workers. This
entails greai responsibility on the archi
tect, involving the placing of buildings I
so as to secure the best light mid air, i
anil the securing of a water supply i
free from tw.hoid Infection. In the I
Interest of such work Ir Tolman is
spending the summer In Germany study
ing the advanced methods practiced hv
that nation in the housing of its fac
tory workers
Studying the Alien Worker.
Factory and mining towns are keenly
alive to any movement that will tend to
make happier and healthier conditions
among their employes. Toward the end
of bringing about such conditions, sev
eral Pennsylvania cities have sent
al'ioad a cuinrnittee to investigate lhc
leune life of the alien people f i run whom
most of Mieli mine workers a i drawn
With pa i ks on their bar ks. profissor
K'iward A Stein, r of Iowa iiniothh
and I"1 vol'inleer sludorvs nrl. gor,f. ln
old worv; .on hi rif i - ir. t,t ,
rear si i!v;ne the p, o, t) (
h'-uo s amid a' r':?o-.;ri! , i ,
The;! these lr, v I I I '.':r !,
I'd
w -i
Amelia anil go to w-hk
in mii.ieg ids -.n.ier '
of the I M i Tr.r
progressive ran:.' o. . .--s wl
movenieiit t ';-e to rim..
e:iipo es. 'an r-t nd 'r
it- r I I I
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So he a hie I u or-- 1 Ti 1
tloni ill tnaMcs prrtal-ing
moral welferr. and a i , o e '
manner of 1! ing.
In a list of o. ct pq 1 1 ons tf;t
in: lent to the hfaith, the ('-ted
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INSURANCE
Incorporated
of den'ris among flour ami grist millers,
the rate being 26 6 per thousand for
all diseases, with the greater number of
deaths due to diseases of the nervous
system. Coopers have a percentage of
1'i .X per thousand, and three out of every
thousand of these die of tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis creates Its greatest havoc
among marble and stone cutters, ac
cording to the census figures, 5.41 per
thousand being the record, six times as
great a percentage as among bankers
and brokers. lesplte the great hue and
cry raised In regard to the effects of
cotton factory work on vital statistics,
this report shows that the death rate
of employes in textile factories Is 8.8
per thousand, i..e lowest In a given list
of 23 occupations knewn to be un
healthful. Ug-ht on Servant CRrl Froblera.
Apropos of the question of factory
hygiene and the death rate of employes,
a Chicago physician has declared that
domestic service far more inimical
to health than is factory life, 'lhls Is
Alexander M Wilson, head of the ( hi
cago Tuberculosis Institute. and the
st.iteno lit was made, before the Women's
Trade 1'nion league a few weeks ago.
He lias enrefullv compiled statistics in
proof of tliis assertion ami declares thai
the average horn.- in which a domestic
servant works nowadays is richer In
death-dealing germs lhan Is the average
f.irMorv His figures show that the
death "rate friim tuberculosis is vastly
i.iK.r nmnntr servant tirls than among
factory girls, ami points, out. as an, s-. (
the long hours, tne low l'"
IllOSt total iacK CO ouinooi hit-, vo
living quarters usually given domestics,
f.ni the great change of temperatuie
from the over-heati d Kncnens in me ,
under-heated sleeping rooms ' , i
point on which everv one sin,,,,,,
for the greater number or women u--enrners
are domestics-
The highest rate of morbidity and
mortality among wage-earners Is found
among the bleachers, bookbinders, brass
founders, compositors. coppersmiths.
st reot pers. stonecutters, gas work em
ployes, white had workers, mati h work
ers, persons employed In trie manura
fire of explosives, nrer.ieti. potters
tile
1 maker and operatives In rubber Ta. -
to: os vhsolutelv accurate data In r-
Absob
' ll
to tbes..
0. i upatlons cannot I b-
Inlteri States In Kng-
1, ,-crtaln urai Ions ai e
i law The ilertiun :n-
feed in the
nd re;., rt
. mini so. v h
iust.'.il mstltuf s altofl e.'n ocu.-r a
;!lnes for gathering information An
fo-t :s being made by the department
,f .-..mm' r.-e at d labor to secure such
. s f i oiii all over the u:t . v and
i, ;id- '. :'a I r.g ;i "s !. n "'.'v
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and
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guards
pr e. t
and
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rat iv e for
.one life f
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It.. Ms will I.. s. ,!
Effects of Intemperance.
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has '
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iris ir
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of an v
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r f'om la'u'-a
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tior .,nd food neve a!' f layed Importan'
prt In the be t: or t e factory mork
r, aid ofte-. br 'ken-dovji n emplovea.
when the'r ees aye been Investigated,
r.av" t.-n found to b. unfitted for the
work he. ause of health alreadr Im
j airej hv Interr prti. e. vlc. improper
f . o : sid i r. n 1 1 s. r t ome conditions.
Th Kook Worm DiseM.
r.e-ntcrs in the snuthern
I n ; . c'- .' ' .'.n f''m wht 's:
i k - 'I ' ' ' e po r n t, : te ' f 'be h: i 1 t
I;,'" 'nhfed g' erai! for work, ar.d
ir firs' rea..n asr rited was that of h
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iiiffioiioii at;n vitiaten sir or ice
.,rk rooms Wor airv rooms id the I
Ir t'od ii tl
of t umidi'iers to aliav the
trouble from flying lint . more rr.firn
hou.-e" and the enforcement of strict
sanitary iaws niil 'o leasen th la
s.tud vrT little Then came Ir. Ptllea
with h'.a nroveo theory of the "bok
anrm d.eeaee.' a d : that has been
found repo1bl for the meml' eB
d'tinn tif the arrtrultnral people of
porta RiffltV r ttrbte4 to Orupa
ttoo a4 f-oot foA.
riin'f imkiiia ittAant vorft la
awra air la twlKl'l t lamftvuj, sl
OVER
COMPANY
as a Stock Company by the State
ESANCH OFFICES IN PORTLAND I
door employment provocative of disease
and short life. Air ln workshops Is in
variably heavy with the impurities of
vitiated air. tilled with germs, dust,
organic matter from mouths, skins and
lungs of other workers, ami from per
spiration laden clothing. Immediate re
sults of the loss of oxygen from the air
may be seen In headaches, dizziness ami
falntness among the workers; more last
ing effects are found ln a gradual loss
of physical and mental vigor, a loss of
appetite and a general anaemic condi
tion. To the national disregard of tho
need of fresh air much of the tuber
culosis of the past half century can be
directly traced. From a widelv diversi
fied list of places dwellings, workshops,
public bulldlnffs, battleships, prisons anil
military barracks consumption took an
enormous toll until the recently awak
ened sentiment ln favor of fresh air.
TJnsuspeoted Danffera.
Danger lies ln many unsuspected
places. Polishers and grinders of cut
lery Inhale the fine dust ami become vic
tims to bronchitis, asthma and tuber
culosis. Res td rat or and enforced ven
tilation are being used to lessen this.
Tobacco factories engender diseases of
the eyes and respiratory organs, and
the w'orkrrs hv wetting with their
tongues the cigars on wnicn iney net
working sen 1 communicative disease out
to the smoker Animal dust effects the
operatives in boot and shoe factories,
and in the places where bone, hog
bristles horns, wool, feathers, fur. hair.
and Ivory are manufactured Into
Mlk
(.h;i n ar,,,.
Paper mills are
(subject to epidemics
to epidemics or various con
tagious diseases brougnt in ny ine rags
thev us" Wool sorters suffer an an
thrax infection from the sheep from
whose bark the wool was taken ! ring
makers have been poisoned by the sugar
,,f lpui 1JWP,i tll t,, silk dve. and makers
of artificial flowers. glai-Ts of pottery,
enamrlcrs. and other workers who must
use lep.l In any fashion suffer painful
sickness or death faun bad poison or
lead colli- To correct rs far as possible
lose and other evils that beset factory
workers as Inevitably, as dangers to life
and !in:b await the miner and railway
work.r. the thong) tful people of the na
tion are working New factory laws
are heine rna. ted to protect their health
w I en at wok pure fool laws to protect
tn-'m at home
INTERN ATIOXAL FKEE
TRADE fOXORESS
rQr,r.r!i'. Plptrh tr Th Joirtirnl.)
l.ondo-i ig 3 A recfpllrf was
g '-. a: 'he llo'el Metropolis today In
.,n. r of ti-e delegates to the interna
'tu nal free trade congress, promoted by
j the I'obnen club The congress. lilch
I promises to t.e large and Influential.
' will begin Its regular sessions tomorrow
'in I'mtn Hall and will rneet twhe
dai:. di.'i'ig the rest of the week
ri int. re-'tng program has been pre-
pa: . d for
t able h
.rft i.. and
au'h. r'fv
t ' e re . n '
e gathering
rrof. ssor Has
books on International
uMI" finance p.ake him an
l tl es i.b.'ect. lll speak on
aspects of protective dut'es.
M Ye iluvr.t will speak on tbe pres
ent utility of commercial treaties, and
Franklin Ideroe. who lias wld
knowledge of tfca effect of tariff con
struction In the Cnlted 8ate, will
speak on political morality as Illus
trated in tho making and operation of
tsrlffs Te.her speakera of promlnenr
will be Herr Peerhcke Hoedt of L'en
nark Russell Rea of Knfland U
t, i. ,.(. ,,f France and Herr (iotheln. a
n ember of the German rek hstac
TKS UfHH MAWJM TW WO!
would not be contented to be kept ln the
. . 1 ma kl.. P mi r V..., mm ll.in
r.ouse oti j.ju ...
Neither are you,
who are alwara buav-
ar.d active. Tnen don t neglact tre rirst
t ulnae of aa aeba or pain that yon
m'ght think la Just a "crick " Rub we. I
with RJiMard a Prxiw Llnftnent and no
matter what tha trouble ta It will J-api-M.r
at one. Roia ky Bkldmore Dng
compajy
OF AMERICA
of New Jersey.
HOME
HLNRY LYNCH,
NAVAL HISTORY
TOLD III TYPES
Fighting Craft From Old
Ironsides Down Shown
in Boston Harbor.
(Special rlpatch to The Joornl.)
Boston, Mass.. Aug. S A naval
squadron composed of ships that have
been of world-wide fame In three great
naval wars of the United Ftates and
represent four distinct types of naval
architecture. In tneir an iieveinrurj
epitomizing tho entire navai ihmi hj
.'), r,.,ticn will be ln Boston harbor
during the' whole of this week.
The ships are the historic frigate
Constitution. "Old Ironsides." restored
to her former appearance and perma
nently located nt Charleston navy y'.i.
j Farragut flagship, the Hartford;
which led In establishing a new recora
for the American navy when she ran
the batteries below New urieans huh m
Mobile, the cruiser Chicago, the flag
ship of Admiral Pewey In the battle
of Manila hav: The cruiser New York,
the flagship of Admiral Sampson at
Santiago, and the monitors Arkansas
and Nevada, excellent types of the grim
Httio flchter whim connuere.i ine
dread Merrimao. and which are
considered capable of doing good
vice as coast defense ships.
still
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FARMERS HOLD FOR
EKf HT.V-CEXT WHEAT
(t'nttl Prr.i Iaws1 Wlr.
Pendleton. Or. Aug S Many large
wheat crops lave already passed Into
the hands of the buyers, but in most
Instances the growers are holding for
80 rents. If that price Is reached H
Is generally believed that the hulk of
the crop in this country win on muu n
contracted for wlth'n a very few days.
From reports received up to date. It
Is evident that the average yield for
the countv will be in the neighborhood
of 3.1 bushels an acre This is about
ten huslvls short of last year's crop.
REXDLETOX'S XEW
WATER SFPPLY
tT rttefl Pre.t Lear4 Wire 1
Pendleton Or, Aug 3 With the
authorisation of Chairman Brow-n to
emrlov an engineer to locate the most
feasible source of mountain water sup
ply for the city of Pendleton, the city
board of water eommisalonera ha
taken tha first deflnlt atep In tha
mora to aecura a gravity water eyatanj
for the city of Pendleton. Tba engineer
will be expected to report upon tha
amount of water arallabla and alao a
to tha exponae of bringing It to tha city.
OLD BOYS BACK AT-
LONDON. CANADA
tapeel.l rtaratek ta V '"J""1 '.,
. a ;. 0.1 Ana 1 The annual
reunion of tha London Old Roy opened
today with aeveal thoneand former res
idents of the city returned for tha or.
. TK. rlaltora came from I "
trott Clereland. Puffalo, Chicago and
,(h.r cities of the Vnl'ed Utea. a
well aa from many pert a of Canada.
Tba fewttvltlea will ' cnttnoa through
tha weak and will be af aa Inter eat tin
charactee. Military and rpw-tlB e-renn
in on tha rrerrin and each nlrbt the
ey la ta b betntantly Illuminated.
Wakwmlrv ri i Ueaa ta kowor af taa
r,m arwra baM.
a
Prudential Agents are
canvassing in this vicinity..
They have a message for
YOU. It's interesting.
Listen to it.
OFFICE, NEWffJRK, N. J.
Manager (Ordinary Dept.), Corbett
YANKEE SHOWjS
IXVADEt ENGLAND
Ixindon. Aug. 3. An
xtenslve inva-
sion of England hy A'
la nlannl.it fori
'merlcan "slie
next year. A
syndicate. known as Mhe European
Amusement Parks, IdmVted has been
form-d with a capital or (-? ' . .
control is In the hands f four A1m''rlJ
cans .1 H. lies, H. V. M.c.arvle, Frank
C. Rostock and Joseph Mfnchen.
The Idea of the corrpany had its
birth in the success V' f'"."
shows ' at the Franco-Rrlt fsti exhibition.
Chief among these were thje Scenic Ram
way. owned by Mr. lies, rd the Johns
town Flood, the property of Mr. Mc
(iarvle The Scenic Rallfc-aye sucoesa
was astonishing to the rtngllsh show
men and to the American proprietors as
well
The original cost of construction was
shout linn 000. In the first six weeks
"he receipts paid off thisf In vestment so
that the takings now are frractlcally all
velvet." as tne ruiininpi virr,.n.--comparatively
light. belVng something
like f 1 00 a day. n one dav over 3IS.
000 people paid 1 - cents each lo ride
0nXne new company wilf have a wide
field next year at the nglo-American
exhibition, which la Projected I for the
Rarl's Court grounds. Mil the Coney
Island features, such a tfte Brenlc Rail
way Johnstown Flood. Oid Milt. Roller
Coaster. I-oop the I-oop, nd so . on. will
be given and many new rfne will be de
vlaed and built (
The company proposes not to content
NCk
Give your stomach
surprise (by eating
The new food of malted com flakes. It's
simply the flakexl kernels of hulled white
com, malted arid toasted. It's delicious,
digestible and different Full of strength
onri nrrv with a flavor that pleases eTery
Wama - - V
palate. Ready-t$-eenre with cream or milk. Ask your grocer.
The only Malted Corn Flakes.
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Agents Wanted.
Good Income.
Promotion.
Building
APOLOGIES
Arc necessary fur any snlc we ever
made. Fact is, we deliver the
goods wanted at a price willingly
paid, and they do the work re
quired so thoroughly and well thai
once a cusnmcr here you'll depend
upon us for BAY STATE paint.
THE BIG PAINT STORE
Fisher, Thorsen S Co.
FRONT AND MORRISON STS.
Itself with London, but to extend Us
operations throughout Fngland and ti e
continent, and build amusement parks
whenever a good eituatlon presents
Itself.
HOT WEATHER MEANS
SLAUGHTER OF BABIES
(Halted Iu-cm I.ed Wire.)
Chicago, Aug. 3. 1'nless the weather
turns cooler an enormous Increase Is
expected In the death rate among babies,
according to the health officials of this
city.
Statistics show that ft total of
children under one voir old died laft
week an average of more than 2! a ilm'.
Compared with this Is an average of
HI for the week ending August S of
last year. ...
Lack of proper care during the hot
weather Is given as the reason for tha
alarming fatalities.
Osteopaths nt Klrksville.
KIRKSMLLK. Mo. Aug 3 Three
thousand practitioners of the school of
osteopathy have assembled hero for
their twelfth annual convention, whl't
will be in session until the end of the
wees, tsarurnay win oe riev.ur.i ... oo
celebration of the eightieth annVersaty
-m kl.tk nf T if A X sf 1 1 1 tft whom
III v.ir: L.i.n. o i ' -
i. th. rAII for ihn rtlsctverv Of
IB R.en i.o . u.
the science of osteopathy.
An .riMr driven hv a small electrio
motor Is a recent Invention to- the jjsa
of draughtsmen.
a pleasant
i
V tl ill-.' ..
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