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THE ' OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, - PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 18,; 1909.
WHAT
Organization Ttat Has Done Muct to Promote Good Feeling and WkicK Has
iHB Cathollo Woman's league, al
though tt has been In existence
but two months. Is showing that
It organization was needed in the
progress of the city's life and has
already Justified Its inception. The of
ficer of the league have fitted up
three airy, pleasant rooms In the Colum
bia, building, where young women who
are employed may stop for a few min
utes rest and leisure, where the best of
periodicals and books may be found, and
where comfortable lounges may be used
for a brief rest; here also is a comfort
able lunch room with hot tea, coffee
and cocoa; here is an employment bu
reau which Is at their service for find
ing positions; and liere are the advan
tages of sewing, millinery and other
-Classes, enabling them to learn a useful
' trade or to equip them more fully for
Jiving a widely useful life.
. This in brief is the object of the
Catholic 'Women's league, to be of as
feitsance in any possible way to young
women who need womanly help or coun-
aeL who wish to find congenial friends
and to better themselves either intellec
tually or financially.
Those who are at the head of its af
fairs are , president. Mrs James I.ald
law; vice presidents, Mrs. John Man-
. Ring, Mrs. Frank O'Neil and Mrs. T. J.
Mclsamee; secretary. Miss Emma Camp
ion; financial secretary, Miss Anna
Cremen; treasurer, Mrs. J. C. CoRtello.
Work of League.
. The work of the league is divided
among various committees, each looking
after the Interests of young women In
one helpful way. Mrs. John Maglnnls
l head of the household - committee:
Mrs. F. P. Harter of the domestic arts;
Miss Emma Butler of literature; Mrs.
K. R. Brown of the press; Mrs. W. E.
Prudnomme of social affairs; Mrs. J. D.
Sullivan of the membership committee
and iMss M. Flaherty is the superin
tendent So far the most active Interest has
been shown In the millinery classes.
There were 30 young women in the
prlng millinery class and the effective
work of that class was shown in the
fact that every one had her new hat
done end ready to wear when the course
of lessons was closed. The officers of
the league feel much gratified in hav
ing secured as lecturer for the milllnerv
classes Ora Seaney of New York, a man
milliner of note in that city and a writer
On such tODlcS. H In tn riollver
course of lectures on millinery In con
vection with the summer class. Mrs.
M. A. Fields will open the millinery
classes for the summer season the sec-
HAS . MR. ROOSEVELT BEEN
Expedition Has Brutal Influence, Says
THEODORE ROOSEVELT has been
characterised as a butcher, whose
African hunting expedition was
having a brutalizing influence
, upon thousands of American
boys, when the Rev. William J. Long.
Of Stamford, Conn., the eminent faunal
naturalist, who declares that he studies
nature without a gun, made public a
review of the Roosevelt tour.
. "The only thing we will ever get out
of this much heralded trip will be some
, more hunting yams, almost as veracious
a Mr. Roosevelt's account of his heroic
exploits at 6an Juan Hill," said Dr.
Long, "and some more skins and bones,
of which we already have too many."
According to Ir. Long, the American
woods are now full of youthful Bwana
Tumbos, who, incited by the cabled re-
Africa, are killing mother birds, who
leave their starving broods to suffer.
. Dr .Long also accuses his fellow grad
uate of Harvard of being his own indus
trious press agent, reporter and author
of the stories that have come from the
, hunt. He insists that as there are no
' other reporters on the Job any informa
, t.on that has come to the public must
of necessity have come from the former
occupant of the White House.
JUisupte Began a Year Ago.
- The attack is' the latest in the series
of faunal disputes that followed the
placing of Dr. Long In the Ananias club
by Theodore Roosevelt Just one year
ago. Dr. Long had come from Harvard
. with the same college yell that once
held sway at Washington. He had sup
plemented this course with what the
ological training Andover had to offer
and then taken his Ph. D.a Heidelberg.
But having taken to the woods as a
matter of personal liking, tt was inevlt
.; able that the doctor should eventually
cut the trail of the eminent naturalist
whom he now grills.
It anpears that the Rev. Mr. Long
crossed the trail some 10 years ago, hut
It was not until last year when Mr.
Roosevelt read of "Waeses, the White
Wolf." said wolf having been recorded
In "Northern Trails' as having bitten
sr caribou fawn to death, that he was
moved to up and call, the doctor a liar.
No wolf, isaid the then presidential
critic, could take any such bite, and
then, digressing to the many books on
animals and nature that had come from
the pen of Dr. Long, Mr. Roosevelt
oorned to wit:
"Of all these nature fakers the most
reckless and least responsible is Mr.
Lon. I am dealing with de
liberate invention, deliberate perversion
of fact."
Wolf Controversy Raged.
The wolf controversy raged for weeks.
Out of it came the reported dropping
KILLED 130 TIGERS DURING
HIS STROLLS
SAINTHILL EARDLEY - WILMOT,
Who arrived at Plymouth, England,
in a visit home after SB years'
service in India, probably holds the
world's record bf a hunter of
tigers. He admits that he has a
bag . of 130 to his credit, but through
out India ho is known and reverenced by
the natives as the greatest killer of
tigers in the world, and their estimates
of the score that should be credited to
bis gun varies from hundreds to thou
sands. Eardley-Wilmot has beer, in the serv
ice of the Indian forest department for
86 years, and for the last six years h
baa been inspector general of forests to
the Indian government. He knows al
most every mile of the forests of India
and has met with many adventures but
. be is far too modest "to talk about them.
- When he was asked about his prowess
a tiger hunter on his landing a few
days ago. he made light of it.
ul know the foreBts of India from end
lo ena, ne trua, ana in me course or
jny daily duties during 35 years I have
come across many tigers. My record is
1J0, and most of them were killed when
J was strolling through the jungle with
. two or three othera"
: He then shut Ms teeth tight and re
fused to say another word, but one of
bis friends was Induced to amplify his
modest statement a little.
"Eardley-WHmot is one of the coolest
men in an emergency I ever saw," he
(aid. "It Is quite true that nearly all
his tigers were shot quite casually as be
met them in the Jungle, almost aa one
might shoot a rabbit in England. As a
matter of fact, lie has never had much
time for tlgT hunting aa a regular
port, with all the paraphernalia of an
expedition and beaters and the rest.
f-Whea he wa on his tours of inspec
tion la the jungle he always carlred hie
rifle, of course. That la an elementary
rrecaotlbn which no sensible man would
hink of neglecting, and when he saw a
tiger be Just popped It. and he usually
killed It with the firet hoU There are
vry few erf his friends who do not pos
one of Etti'dley-Wilmet'e tiger akiaa
"Of course he has had a few narrow
escapee. - Once a tiger jumped at him
CATHOLIC
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Seated Mius Cremen, Mrs.
McNamee, Mrs. John Manning,
ond week in June. Already 25 have
registered for the class and new names
are coming in rapidly.
The register Is also open for names
from the PhlladelDhia schools of '"the
Ways of Wood Folk" and "Wood Folk
at Home," two of Dr. Long's textbooks.
The doctor Insisted that he had proof
of that wolf bite, and, falling to get any
redress at the White House, promul
gated tlTIs:
"If Mr. Roosevelt will not consider
my proof and, finding that he has made
a mistake, apologize as any gentleman
should, I must brand him as a coward
publicly, as he has attacked my honor."
Matters hung with this net situation
when a large number of Mr. Roosevelt's
fellow citizens went over to Hoboken to
see the Nlmrod of American politics de
part for Arfica. Dr. Long was not
among those present, but he followed
the course of events In Africa from the
first Jump ashore. He had Intended to
reserve his fire until Mr. Roosevelt
came home, but the death rate among
the faunal population Increased with
such alarming speed that Dr. Long
was moved today to voice his protest.
Referring to the published report of
the trip, the doctor said:
"Blood, Butchery, Brutality."
"These reports of frequent killings
prove what I said two years ago, quot
ing Mr. Roosevelt's own book, that he
is a game butcher, pure and simple, and
that his Interest In animals lies chiefly
in the direction of blood, butchery and
brutality.
"You remember that when he made
terms with the Smithsonian Institution
his published letter said: Of course I
am not a game butcher,' and then ho
Immediately reserved for himself the
right to do all the killing on the expe
dition. This Is characteristic of his al
leged scientific attitude. Matthew Ar
nold declared that 'Conduct Is three
fourths of life,' and Mr. Roosevelt adds
that butchery is three-fourths of
science.
"In this dispatch I notice that when
he could not find buffaloes he had to
content himself by shooting wart hogs
and other Inoffensive creatures. As the
buffaloes are fast disappearing, from
Africa, and as Mr. Roosevelt had al
ready killed several, why in the name
of science should he go out to kill
more?
"Ajid why, failing to find buffaloes,
should he content himself by slaughter
ing other creatures T
Calls the Whole Thing Atrocious.
"The whole thing is atrocious. It la
exactly like his own record of killing
11 bull elk on one trip, and then, on his
way out, killing two more that he found
Bgfitlng. Their meat was unfit for use
and was left to rot in the woods. Then
he preached to us on the virtue of game
protection. And when he comes back
him by Rn Inch, but he turned round
and killed it with a single shot before it
could recover for another leap. Another
time he saved the life of one of his men.
A tiger Jumped on the man and had him
down, but Eardley-Wilmot killed the
brute before any great harm was done.
"The natives think he cannot be
killed, and they look on his as a sort
of divine being sent to earth to rid it
of tigers, which you know, of course,
are about the most dangerous thing in
India. They kill cattle, sheep and even
men, and a village Is powerless when
a man eating tiger has selected it aa
a base of operations. I believe the
natives tUlnk Eardley-Wilmot Is a re
incarnation of one of their old gods
who was a mighty tiger hunter.
"When a village which had been
troubled by a man eater heard that the
inspector general was coming Its way,
the whole population used to turn out
to meet him and Implore him to rid
them of the pest. If time permitted he
would always go after the beast and he
generally got him. If he was too busv
for a regular hunt he would try and
manage to make his route take him
past the tiger's lair in the Jungle."
Eardley-Wilmot Is a quiet looking man
of middle height His hair and close
cropped moustache are turning grey, and
he has the firm Jaw and resolute eve
of the born administrator. His car
riage la distinctly military but no one
who met him on the street would
imagine that the rather sun browned,
quietly dressed, man was the greatest
tiger hunter in the world. No one who
talked with him at a club would think
so either. His voice is low and soft
and while, of course, he has the air of
authority of one accustomed to com
mand men, he would be taken anvwhere
for a quiet rather scholarly, English
country gentleman.
He belongs to a family which has
given many efficient servants to the
state.. An Eardley-Wilmot is an ad
miral. Another is a high dignitary of
the church of England. A third la
a professor In one of the great univer
sities. A fourth is a soldier who has
earned distinction in more than one of
England's "little wars." The head of
the family. 61 r -John Eardiey-Wllmot,
la a baxduet. ,
WOMEN OFPORTLAND AREDOING
Jamea Laidlaw, president; Miss Emma Campion. Standing Mrs. Frank O'ftell, Mrs. J.
Miss Margaret Burke, Mrs. F. P. Harter, Miss M. Flaherty, Mrs. E R. Brown.
for the sewing classes, which will be
under the direction of Miss Anna Oasev.
teacher of sewing in the public schools.
Shirt waists will probably be the clase
CRUEL?--African
Eminent Naturalist
from this trip you will hear hTs right
eous dissertation on the necessity for
preserving game in Africa, of course,
after he has killed everything he could
find."
Asked if anything was to be learned
or if science was to be served in any
way by BOch a trip, Dr. Long said:
"A lot might be learned ,Jut not by
such sclentifio Instruments aa high
power rifles. Mr. Roosevelt reminds me
of an alleged ornithologist whom I met
killing warblers the other day, and he
thought he was studying birds. The
only one who will ever learn or teach
anything of value Is the man who
studies the living animal, not the man
who gloats over a dead one.
Met Little Bwana Tumbos.
"Only last week," continued Dr. Long,
"I met half a dozen little fellows In the
woods. The biggest boy had a gun and
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Furnisricd a Comfortable
of work upon which the summer class
will heiHn
With the fall season the domestic arts
committee hopea to begin the cooking
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8lht- kUlln birds "It eI,rytime when
every aeaa mother meant a nestrui or
young birds slowly starving to death.
And. how could I convince them that
their work was inhuman T
"Is not the great American hero
occupied at this time with the same
detestable business? And why should
not they also be heroic, and make a
few fine shots, and content themselves
with robins and rabbits, since faunal
naturalists and other game butchers
have killed off all our buffaloes?"
Subject Matter.
To, ho, for a ballad of spring!
That ought to be easy- to sing.
It takes ho great hocus ,
To lug in the crocus
Or warble of bees on the wing.
A ballad of spring Isn't hard.
When other things fan on the card.
The gay early robin
Will ever come bobbin
Along to the aid of tlie bard.
Philadelphia Bulletin-
THE A.-Y.-P.
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of big expositloiurbe cadets were a
f VI i ; t .:. .. . ';:.
P i: h ( - if ill
Club for Young Women Nonsectarian Services for tke
C. Costello, Mrs. T.
lessons; and in this field there is a
crut nnnnrtnnitv Wnt nniv win lmni
cookery and wholesome hygiene be
taught, but there is every reason to
TRANSPLANTING THE UNEMPLOYED TO
FIELDS OF LABOR-C ontmUed from the First Page
"
said Mr. Bannard, "I have more than
200 letters asking what we were going
to do. These letters came from all
parts of the county. One of the first
was from Dallas, Texas. Down there
they wanted us to establish a branch
office right away. But we are not
going to be in any hurry about estab
lishing branches. We're not ready for
!,. T Almnv.
.v,T .v.1 .r.
thing of the sort now we could make a
the end of a.year have nothing to show
Back of Mr. Bannard and his asso-
clates are all the big men of Wall
Btreet J. Pierpont Morgan, biggest of
brokers and bankers; E. H. Harrtman,
the railway king: John D. Rockefeller
and John D. Archbold, the mdnarens 01
Standard Oil: Elbert H. Gary of the
steel trust; Otto It Kahn, Mortimer M.
Schlff and Adolph Lewisohn, all big
bankers; George F. Bakers John S. Ken
nedy, Edward 8. Harkneas and other
EXPOSITION
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triking feature of tbe ceremooiee
t 2 f
believethat In time the league' work entirely nonsectarian and It Is worklna
will extend to the training as expert In affiliation with other xUarltable and
.cooks of young women who decide to organised - societies in the city finding
make that their lino of employment, many mutual concerns in the duties to
teaching cooking for Invalids, the care ward the traveler and the unprotected
of the sick, and . training women as ca- young woman, and interested in the
terers and what are known as fancy name large problems of interdependence
cooks, who command a biga salary any- and neighborly, kindness which are at
where. the center of other' organizations of
like' purpose. It has - had but a few
The Lunch Room. weeks of existence, but it is already
. lui mun.il ftwm. - takltig Ita place as a strong feature. in
i One of the popular feature Is the the city life and Is looking forward
Wh.n-m where on any day In the eeefrune me&shU?Tnc!uaUeS
week a score or more of young women both active and associate members,
meet to have their noontide lunch In Father. O'Hara bears the dignities of
...-i..) ,. iat vier honorary life member. Miss Anna
t-nW?e7r?vUe
lunches from their homes, and with mf "'"era or the league.
the addition of a cup of tea, cocoa Or .T
coffee enjoy the privacy of the league's Squandering Money.
2JJf?riinv.r0mrL?. hL,2ribhi hundred brilliant, beautiful but-
snclal converse. Only the girl who is . . . . .
employed during th week and who terfllei gathered In Ecru, BraH and In-
grows very tired of restaurant fare can dia were turned loose the other night In
wlir Philadelphia over the heads of half of
will also be a greatly appreciated fea- tnftt wany wonderfully dressed women
ture as the league's work becomes bet- at the ball given by Jamea W. Paul
ter known. Employers and those look- Jr t0 marw the debut of his "datiirhtr
lug for employment can be brought to- Z,' , ? aauKnter
geihor in this way with the least loss Mary Astor Paul, Into society,
of time and energy. . . - The wonderfully gorgeous Insects
, a. tr fluttered about helplessly, rested upon
Help to Women, the bar- shoulders of the women and
The Catholic Woman's league will perched on the flowers. 'This was the
in time take the same part In the lives feature of an affair that has been
....... looked forward to aa the event of the
of Catholic young women that the Beason. In It Mr. Paul, who is a mem
Young Women's Christian Association ber of the famous Drexel banking firm.
. does in-the social and economic life of "! r,.rexe1, rltt.t,ve- eclipsed the fa-
, - ... ,,. - ... mom bail which he gave to his daugh-
? Ri "-S'i-rJ JZIli ter' Mr- Paul Dencla Mills, four yearh
t will be of assistance at every point agQ .
where one woman's life touches another. eT'he bill for the flowers alone was
Especially will it extend the. helping 135,000. one of the features being a new
hand to young women who are making rogft a crosB between tnB American
their own way In the world, and those Beauty d another that It took nine
who are without ties In the city, who ywr8',0 develop. '
through Its agency will make the right Tna ballroom of Horticultural hall.
frlenus. from the right sort of ideals whicn had been transformed Into anv
and be directed toward the most help- exact replica of the French garden of
ful oondlUons in their working life. the Lour8 XiV period, was the scene
In ail of this work the officers of of the maniflcent-f unction. Sixteen
the league have been ably seconded by magnificent boxes were built on the
Father O'Hara. under whose guidance Blda fcy tne decorators. These will be
the society was formed The move- torn d0Wn. A waterfall had been ar-
ment in this city Is paralleled In other ranged at one end and splashed down .
cl its and In fact in the leading coun- lnto a mass of verdurs. Silken and
tries of the world. In England a similar jeweled butterflies, exquisitely made.
association exists, formed along the formed part of the decorative scheme
same lines, whose motto is, "Charitv. whlch fIfgnt of th9 reai one8 put a
Work, Loyalty." In Germany and in ciimajc upon
ltaiy tne women or tne catnouo raitn
ely engaged in forwarding
the welfare
or young women in the
principal cities and in directing them
toward lives of usefulness.
Non Sectarian Services.
The Catholic Women's league
was
formed with the especial Intent of help-
ing Catholic, women, but Its services are
powers of the financial world, not to
mention the Russell Sage foundation.
Organisation of the exchange has been
effected by the election of the following
officers: President, Otto Tremont Ban-
nard; vice president, John R. MacAr-
thur; treasurer. Paul M. Warburg; sec-
retary, V. Everit Macy.
In New York citv the task confronting
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population alone, in normal times, is
aooo men .. the, clothing and . bulldihg
the percentage of the unemployed In the
trades unions was 84.3. But during the
revival of business this percentage has
decreased, according to recent report
of the New York state labor department
to Zl.S.
Still, even In normal periods there Is
usually too large a percentage of unem
ployed men In the creat congested cities.
In 1908 this percentage In Greater New
York was 12.J among the skilled work-
From this It can be seen that there
will always be a fruitful field for an
exchange which win provide places tor
those who are willing and anxious to
earn an honest living.
Another thing, among jnany. shows
that such an exchange is both necessary
an practical. Immigration, always a
good barometer of trade conditions, is
on the increase. Many of the aliens who
fled the country more than a year ago
are returning. They are coming back
because they can again get work. And
they can get work because they can go
where labor is needed. The helpless
city dwellers could get work, too, If
they knew where to find It and could
get to It when found.
The whole movement, in fact, is an
attempt to solve a problem that has
been puzzling sociologists for manf
years
check
great cities of the most helpless class of
peoplo. Not only tbe prosperity, but the
health of the nation Is beginning to du
mandthat something be done to relieve
the coTlgestlon in the Industrial centers.
Certainly, with 754,895,000 acres of
unclaimed lsnd In America there Is no
necessity for congestion. According to
a recent report of the department of
commerce and labor there are 41,177,000
acres awaiting claimants In Nevada, 46,
632,000 in Montana, 44,778,000 in New
Mexico, and 42,760,000 in Arizona, the
remainder of the total amount being in
Alaska
Then there are swamp and overflow
lands, totaling 76.000,000 acres, which
are being reclaimed.
But it is not alone to these more or
less remote lands that the unemployed
must look xor sustenance. Improved
methods of agrloulture, which have
gained such vast headway in the last
decade
or so. make it nosslble for a
family to sustain Itself on an almost
Infinitesimal plot of land right on the
Doraers or me Dig cities.
Recently the Little Land league, with
Bolton Hall in charge of Ha affairs.
began a campaign or education in New
York. Interested in the league are many
exchange, includintr V. Everit Macv.
George Foster Peabody, Robert D. de
Forest J. Pierpont Morgan, Poultney
Blgelow, R. Fulton Cutting, W. Lloyd
Garrison, Hamlin Garland. Hamilton
HoU. G- B. Hopkins. John Moody, N. O.
Nelhon, Albert Shaw. Francis Lynde
Stetson, Spencer Trask, E. R. A. Sellg
man, George T. Powell, Booker T. Wash
ington, Mrs. Frederick Nathan and Mrs.
. Bamuel IJntermyer.
Back to the land" is the platform of
fUlf1!?? which believes that
When the people realise that with 250
days work in a year two acres will
support an ordinary sized family and
produce enough readily marketable sur-
i'iub w piuvmu muni; iur tiinunig anu
to keep the roof over their heads in good
repair:
When they find that two acres of suit
able land can be purchased very "near
to civilization" for from 150 to $200;
When they understand that a home
can be built on these two acres more
healthful to live In, far more comfort-
able, with pleasant surroundings and
fewer nuisances than' in the large cities.
and that all this can be done for a few
hundred dollars, or for less than they
now pay for rent in a comparatively
few years
Then there will be fewer men and
women walking tbe streets with the
furrows of anxiety worn into their
faces, fewer in the ranks of the un-
emnloved: the hospitals, orphans' homes.
ftenitentlarles, jails, reformatories and
unatio asylums will be less numerous;
we shall be able to cope with over
crowding in the trades and professions.
and me win De oetter, more satisrac-
; a more prii aajusimeni or in. , monav to. 8Dend. Collections aio
on the herding together in tho ",uro um" "" "u"'
" 'in .Mng of l condition. In New lfVne 1UtCh' clos to th8 bu hou-
30.e;?rVnreelayyi..t.nc. of TS" mTntoVrip
New. York thousands of acres of good and soon propels tbe carriage back to
land lying absolutely Idle, enough ta the hallway again. Content with that,
support as many thousands of comfort-. she flies out of the window and re
sble homes, while here In the city are aumes her place among the other fowL
thousands of able bodied men and Three brooda of chickens have been
women constantly on tbe verge of star- hatched fronu the eggs 6f this hen.
vatlon. . Whenever the peeples see the house
"There are probably 60,090 families door open they run In, group themselves
today In this otty alone who- are en- about the baby carriage, crane their '
gaged In keeping boarding bouses, candy necks, and cry plteously to be taken
stores even beer saloons and dives - out for a rtd
Benefit of All Classes
collectors. It is said, spent months
getting the butterflies, many of which
died on their way to this country
scores dropped to the floor during tlie
dancing ana were nrusnea under the
dancers' feet. The cost of the ball is
said conservatively
to have been
1100,000.
And throughout hiladelphia that same
night thousands of men, women and
children were homeless and hungry.
who are not making ends meet. There
is perhaps another 60,000 who have
saved up a little for a rainy day anl
the rain is pouring on them now and
they use up their little savings and
other resources expecting better times,
"These people ought t get to th
land. It doesn't nued any tricks of tho
traria hn t.. nnni tnaha that
" -. "fl"
that nave made others successful."
Rven i dolinm and cent th effect nf
KuSl '
V' l".""n v" Z"" "-"i
itself, be sufficient to create a business
boom.
For these unemployed unfortunates are
taxes upon the entire purchasing popu
lation. They owe the butcher, the
baker, the candlestick maker. They
must live. They must get food and
clothing- as best they can. So they buy
on credit and eke out that ever lensenlng
J l", r,"aJh -"
wha ma .8U.'"S 25.
ey are
odd Jobs
from day to day. Th burden be
ever heavier, and finally gets too
becomes
great
l" ,, , w,
Thus accumulate those uneollectabla
accounts that are the bane of the
butcher, the baker and - the candlestick
maker. Small merchants cannit afford
to lose big accounts. So these small
merchants are forced to charge higher
prices to their paying patrons to pro-
tect themselves from loss
Often these small merchants become
so deeply Involved that they are slow
In meeting their own obligations. Then
the big firms find collections dull. They
go slow; they order fewer materials;
they cut down their own working forces
and add to the unemployed. Business
stagnates.
On the other hand, when labor Is in
demand its price goes up. Every one
nens booms.
Yet there is always that proportion of
debt that is never pyld. The laborer
who has lived from hand to mouth for
a year or more finds himself facing
debts that to him aue tremendous. He
can pay for what he gets, and does so.
But the margin that he can't pay goes
on down the line as profit and loss.
That Is what the great body of the na
tion pays for allowing such conditions
to exist
Behind tho new National Labor Ex
change, aa before stated, are men who
appreciate these conditions. Capitalists,
hankers, brokers, practical men of af
fairs, they see the vast advantages of
turning liabilities Into assets, borrowers
Into spenders. Should they succeed, not
they alone will profit Every wage
earner in the land, however humble,
will be benefited. And, whatever the
motives of these men, few will deny
that thev are tackling the biggest prob-
f ni the 1v
lem or tne,oar
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TOLD IN L(XNG; ISLAND
J-VJUX it' Zl AkJ1Jili,J'
Intelligent Hen Who Carries Egjrg
She Lays to Housewife.
Wainscott Dispatch to the New York
Press.
This town has a hen Which for in
dustry in laying eggs and trouble sav
ing consideration for her owner sur
passes anything in the poultry history
of this sectfdh. She makes no claim
of high bloodjj ancestry, and none of
her ancestors ever won a blue ribbon
tn Madison Square Garden or at any
other poultry show. She is a common,
every day barnyard fowl, with a rusty
black coat, that has been getting rustier
ever since sh got the makings of it.
rive years ago. This year sne Began
laying on Feoruary 8. In the 109 days
since then she has laid 98, eggs, and
xne ena is not yet
That in Itself would be a record of
which any hen might be proud. How
ever, it is only the small part of it.
She is too thoughtful of the convenience
of her Owner to make her walk out
to the chicken house for the eggs.,
Whenever she gets In the laying mood
she flies to the window sill and pecks
at Oie glass. Her owner knows the
"'P1-1' n opens the window. The hen
flies down into the room, walks se-
lately out to the hall, files up in the
toy carriage mere, ana settles nerseir.
She selects Hie softest SDot In bobv'a
down pillow, and deposits the egg.
wacKiing inumpnantiy, sne riles rroiu
the linen llnjd nes4 to the handle nf
the baby carriage and flaps her wings
violently. The pressure of her wings
on the air sets the baby carriage mov
ing. The hen does not cease flapping
until the carriage has been run out