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--------------------------------------- w 6efallen one of their mutual frleado. He said that the man had become rich. | He had done so well, the man ex- j plained, tliat he bud bought himself a bicycle 1 There Is a concrete example of what | Is meant by saying tliut the cost of living has not Increased In America so much us the scale of living has In- I cicased. Americans have more thun Taste for New Foods, Garments movies. This Is $10 apiece for every ! any other people In the world; they man, woman and child In the nation. are surrounded with a bewildering and Amusements Acquired These Instances could be multiplied variety o f goods, most o f which are almost endlessly. The country Is Hood within reach of the cotupuratlvAy by the Public. ed with novelties In the way of new deep purses of the wage workers. It foods, n«;w sorts of wearing apparel, Is an old adage that he who pays the new amusements and a thousand and piper Is entitled to call the tune. one cther’ new things totully unkn own Americans call an expensive tune. to und unused by the man of only one generation ago. DUPONT FOUNTAIN Prices Have Not Risen so Much as the What Automobiles Cost. Number of Commodities Regarded Perhaps the single biggest addition as Necessities Has Mul to the cost of living Is the automobile. tiplied. Not so rnuny years ago the horseless carrluge was a curiosity regarded as Washington, L>. C.—Nearly all the practical only by visionaries. Today strikes In recent years have been to j every tenth person In the United obtain higher wuges or to prevent the ! States has one. This means that every reduction of existing wages. In some 1 second family has one. A low average strikes only Issues Involving hours of cost of running an automobile Is $1 a labor uml other working couilltlons day. This means that the American have been Involved, but, generally people spend $10,000,000 n day for speaking, the strikes Lave been wage automobile upkeep, as there are 10,- strikes. 000,000 automobiles. This amounts Since prices of commodities started I to $11,050,000,000 a year, admittedly a to go up with the outbreak of the^ conservative figure. Kuropean war especial stress has been A fair average price for an nutomo- laid on the elements of the cost of i blle Is $1,000 und in automobile will living as the principal urgument for last, on an average, five years. Then. wage Increases or for retention, rather If a $1,000 car lasts five years. It thun reduction, of established wage costs $200 a year. In addition to the t /-lies. upkeep. There are 10,000,000 cars in ■»'his has led to special studies of J use. This makes $-.000,000,000 a year. the problem of the cost of living. One Whut the economists |H>lnt out Is fact established Is that prices have that the American standard of living After months of waiting for the ap not risen so much as the number of Is so high that It misleads many peo proval of congress, the water has been commodities regarded as necessities ple. Our people spend a lot but they turned on In the beautiful DuPont has multiplied. In truth, the prices get a lot. Recently two Scundlnavtan- fountain at DuPont circle In Washing of some staples are substantially low bom Americans met. One had been ton. This memorial to Admiral Pu- er than they were years ago. Further, to his old home and was telling the I’ont, a hero of Civil war fame. Is the many commodities are within the other of the good fortune tliut had most beautiful fountain In the capital. range of comparatively low-waged workers which, because of rarity or high price, were formerly wholly out of their reach. The net result of the study Is tliut the whole question of the cost of living Is relative. Exact Comparisons Can't Be Made. There Is scarcely any one who does not agree that the people should have the additional things which they enjoy under modern conditions, but there Is a desire to emphasize that exact com Capital Is Headquarters for More trolling world affairs, and from ad vancing the cause of labor to protect parisons cannot be made and that to Organizations Than Any Other ing the Interests of cupltul. say that the cost of living has In creased Is not wholly fair. The more Some are constructive, some are de American City. structive. Some ure boosters, some precise statement Is that the cost of are knockers, and ull are propagand modern living has Increased. ists. Take the single Item of Ice cream. Some do their work to an nccom- Formerly it was altogether a luxury. panlmur-t of brass bands und Invite the Today, every urchin on the streets whole world to know what they are do has an Ice cream cone dally and some Their Establishments Range From ing. Others are secretive, and, like times several n day. providence, work in n mysterious wuy Modest Quarters in Office Buildings Every American city spends several their wonders to perform. to Magnificent Edifices— Run Ga thousand dollars a day fon Ice cream. Most of these organizations are here This Is an entirely new addition to the mut of Humar Activities. to Influence legislation or governmental cost of living, and It may be pointed out that it Is not fair to call this an Washington, D. C.—Tills city lias be action of one kind or another. It is increase in the cost of living. It come the headquarters of more na not to he inferred thnt their efforts In merely Is an addition to the cost of tional organizations and ussociutions this direction are anything hut legiti living. If h given city spends $110,000 than any other city in the country. mate, as they represent people und n day for Ice cream the citizens of This Is evidence of the growth of interests thnt have u right to be heard that city hove added $.‘10,000 u day to Washington us u great national center, ia matters of that kind. Members of their cost of living by tnnking this ex hut it is even more indicative of the congress sometimes grow restive under penditure. This is nn addition, not an manner In which the federal govern the pressure and Importunings to which Increase, in the cost of living of $-10, ment touches upon und ufTecls every they are subjected, but they recognize QUO a week; $10,920,000 a year. We ; activity and every Interest of the the fact In the long run they receive valuable Information und assistance In spend. In addition, $1,000,000 a day American people. for Ice, a comparatively modern con A recent compilation, admittedly In their lawmaking. The secret of the "niccess of these venience. complete, lists almost 300 of these or Another Immediate comparison is ganizations. They run the gamut of organizations li that administrations the motion picture show. Two dec human activities—commercial, profes and congresses come and go, hut they ades ago movies were scarce. A few sional, political, patriotic, industrial, stuy on forever and keep everlastingly were operating, but the universal ud- social, artistic, educational, frateruul, at whatever they set out to accomplish. Fine Building-. Erected. mlsston charge was 5 cents. Today scientific, financial, religious, phlluu- A few of the 3UO organizations that the American public spends approxi throplc and what not. Their establish mately $1,000,000,000 a year on the ments range from modest quarters In hold forth !u Washington have erected office buildings to magnificent edifices j fine buildings that contribute material that represent investments running ly to the beauty of the city. The $ «■ »« ■ »■ » » » ■ Into the millions. They give employ- j American Red Cross, the I>nughters of ♦ ment to thousands of men und women. [ the Revolution and the I'an-Amerlcau • Centenarian Must Stay i They expend millions of dollars an Union all hnve magnificent homes in Seventeenth street on the wuy to I’o- Sober for Thirty Years nually. toinuc park that rank high ninotig the Vast Range of Activities. John Higgins of Chicago, who They represent the selfishness and architectural beauties of tlie capital The American Federation of says that he Is one hundred and unselfishness, the achievements and city. Labor has a splendid office building In four years old, admitted In undertakings, the aspirations and j court that, after 30 years of dreams, of a great people. They seek •Massachusetts avenue at Ninth street « similar structure, total abstinence, he had Imbibed to do everything from rehabilitating and close hy too freely. He was put on pro convicts to immortalizing the nation's reured and occupied hy the Interna bation for 30 years and prom great, from lobbying hill., through con tional Itrotherhood of Machinists. Probably the feature building of ised to stay sober during that gress to scotching the demon rum, Mine, which will allow him Ills from practicing practical politics to In them all will he the new home of the J (next drink when he Is one hun culcating nigh Idea’s of citizenship, Chamber of Commerce of the Uuited dred and thirty-four years old. from preaching pence to preparing for States, now In course of erection, while war, from encouraging art to con- the Scottish Rite temple In Sixteenth street ami a new edifice on the old Dean estate on which the Masons will spend millions are Illustrative of what fraternal orders have done to enhance the attractions of Washington. The National Geographic society Is another organization that hua a fine home of its own. Of the political organizations estnh- llxlied In Washington th# most lmi>or- tant are, of course, the Democratic and Republican national consult tees. Each occupies a great suit} In a downtown office buildlog and each maintains a force and equipment that Is prepared to do anything except make money. The Socialist party also maintains offices here, as does also that organiza tion that la undertaking a coalition of the farmer and tal>or vote and that may ultimately take the form of a new party. The woman's national party Is rapr« -• -i.ted In W ellington and the organizations thnt fought for and against suffrage maintain bead- quarter*, although- much of the polit ical activity of women Is now linked up with the organisation work of the national committee of the old estab lished parties. Greatest of all the national organ izations maintaining headqnarters here an . one that Is popularly supposed to represent rll the people all the time is the government Itself. It Is the colos Th ree master cloeka, hnrled Underground to malntaln ronsfant tempera- sal machine and all the others are but ture, keep tab nn Father Time at th* Naral ohservatory In Washington. Th* cogs or wheels within wheels.—Fred Chronograph shown in this photograph recorda th* time Signals as they «re eric J . Haskin In the Chicago Dally New a. ■ent out by radlo to all parts of tb« United States. Luxuries Boost Cost of Living Hundreds of Tons Attend Family Reunion PROBLEM SUBJECT OF STUOY -rWmÊ. Washington Real National Center VAST RANGE OF ACTIVITIES t Keeping E xact Tab on Father Time These ladles are a few of the members of the famous Ton family who held their nnnunl reunion recently In the forest preserve ut Thornton. 111. There are more than 701) members of the fumtly living In the United States, und 897 of them attended the picnic. Big Profit in Silver f oxes York Herald correspondent visited the Colpltt ranch the other day one of the particular pets would answer the call of the proprietor and would feed out of his hand. Formerly foxes were caught in the wild stute In ull purts of Canada, hut destruction of wild life goes on at a rapid pace In all purts of the world. Dr. Hornnduy, director of the New York Zoological park, Is authority for the statement that In New Y'ork stute there ure 500 destructlonlsts to every conservationist, while In the West and in Cauudu there are a thousand to one, in Alaska the ratio is two thou sand to one and In South Afrlcu there are one hundre«! thousand destroying wild life to every one preserving It. The hufTalo, which onee roamed the prairies, la quite extinct, except for specimens In the government reserva tions or national parks, und so It Is with most other native wild animals. 758 Fox Farms in Canada. Hence the fur farms, und fur farm ing official statistics show thnt there ure 794 fur farms In Canada, of which 758 nre fox, 12 mink, 9 racc«x>n, 3 mar ten, 2 skunk, 4 karakul sheep, 3 bea ver, 3 muskrat. The increase In the number of farms over 1920 Is 20«. The number of animals on these farms Is 22,455, valued at $5,775,095, us com- pared with 10,529 animals valued at $4,722,005 In the previous year. There ure hundreds of small ranches which are not Included In this enumeration. There nre two fox breeders’ associa tions In Canada and two In the United States. The Cumpllnn associations are the Silver Itlack Fox Rreeders of 1’rlncc Edward Island and the Cana dian Silver Fox Rreeders. Foxes In the wild stnte form a col ony and live together If not disturbed. The old couple remain nt the home burrow year after year If food condi tions hoht out and will burrow dozens of holes In the same hillside. The young ones dr«>pped In March will get out for themselves In Octolx-r and find a burrow of their own. When the priq>er season comes they seek a mate. If the mule finds a female burrow dur ing the mating aeirson anil takes a fancy to her he will hunt anil carry presents of rabbits, which he places nt the entrance of the burrow. If she ac<-ept* his gifts they mate. If not he carries them away again. Male It Good Provider. After the little ones are horn the fe male remains at home and the male spends his time hunting and keeping watch. He will starve himself If ec- essury to feed his mute and young ones. A good male will examine ull food und If he gets a dulrty morsel will carry It to the entrance of the burrow while the female Is nursing the young und eull her out and give It to her. Many fathers can take u les son from the fox In providing for his family and yet many ranchers separv ate mule and feuiule after muting sea son. .„ In the United States are the Ameri can Fox Rreeders' a*s«>clnt!»n of Ros- ton and the National Silver Fox Breed ers' association of Muskegon. There are fur farms of different kinds In most of the United States aa well as In all the provinces of Cana da. Stutes reporting ranches are New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Main#, New Hampshire, Vermont, Illi nois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Mhhlgnn, Ohio, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri. South Dakota, Oregon, Texas and Washington. The United States bureau of com merce Is engaged In the fur Industry in Alaska, having tinc. n over the «erk in connect Ion with the Prllillof Islands In 1911, where bhie fox herds are maintained at the public expense ami skin* have be« n sold to the value of over half a million «iollars. A cash payment of $5 Is also made to the na tives for «-rich fox skin tak«-n for the market. In Alaska the fox Is fed on rafuse from seal killings, which Is es pecially preserved f»r them, the na tives performing the work In return for fuel, food, clothing and other oec- «-sssrtes furnished hy the government. Probably no stnte has had a more pro gressive growth In fox ranching thnn New York. The climate In the north ern port of that state Is sal*l to be admirably a«lapte«I for the raising of good ftir and pelts tak*n from foxes are Mid to bring good price*. fear or nervousness, l'ups are due In 51 or 53 days after muting. When the pups have arrived the female la tept confined In the breeding pen for three duys, at the end of which time she be comes attuched to It and does not want to carry her pups out. “If for any reuson the pups are not thriving the female Is examined and If her milk has dried up, which some Animals Like to Play and Do Not Mind times happens, the imps are taken away and retired hy cuts, who do not the Coldest Weather— Farming Not In the slightest object to such strange Always Successful as Disease little 'kittens.' At the end of the eighth Carries Off Young. week the pups are taken from the Moncton, N. B .—Canada 1» the home mother and placed In the pen by them- of the aristocratic black and silver selves, to he fed sparingly of food, hut fox, the breeding of these regal little when six months old they will t>e tak aL.-ials having become an alluring ing more foot! than the old foxes. "The feeding of the foxes Is n very and lucrative Industry In vurious purts of this country. It is very doubtful If Interesting and essential part of their California had anything on fox ranch care. The fox does not rank high ing when. In '49, the blast of her sireu In nn epicurean sense. He Is not at cull resounded from coast to coast, all fastidious as to the quality of his and men became gold-mad lu their f«x>d hut It Is regarded as essential to the health of the little animals frenzy to "get rich quick.” The province of New Brunswick that they should have -nriety. In claims the honor of possessing the some enses horse meat is fed hut beef largest fox ranch in the world. This is preferred. The meat of rabbits Is ranch is situated on the Little River, I regarded as a delicacy nn«l the ranch 15 miles from the city of Moncton. In ers buy up all that enn be obtained.” The Colpltts ranch last winter paid ltn a the Colpltts brothers, wl.o then were farmers living in a sparsely set j out more than $0,000 for rabbits snared tled agricultural district, saw great < in this province, and also Imported possibilities In fox ranches and used several cnrlonds from the West. A to their advantage knowledge of the | port of the fox ration Is a coarse habits of wild animals ncquired In I bread made of eommeal or flour and hunting and trapping In earlier days. hran, with a generous supply of fat. Theirs was a modest venture of u The rafuse scraps from the biscuit single pair of foxes, while today they factories are a rare delicacy nml cow ure the proud possessors of more than | milk Is given in generous quantities. one thousand pupa, apart from the old The hlg Colpltts rarn'h takes the ones numbering 000. thus pluclng this milk of forty cows morning nml night. Loss by Disease 10 Per Cent. ruuch as the largest single ranch In the world. It may be of interest to All the foxes from the best ranches follow the evolution and workings of are registered with the department at this ranch. Resides the main Colpltts Ottawa. Of course, registration Is no ranch, the Little River valley Is dotted certain guaranty of value, hut no unl- with smaller ranches. In all of which mol can obtain advanced registration they have an Interest. The largest of unless It comes up to u certain stand these smaller ranches ts the Anglo ard, which Includes |>edlgree, forma A inert can, with about IKK) foxes. All tion and everything else that g o e s for the foxes In these ranches ure of the breeding and excellence. Not all who silver black strain and nearly all of go Into the fox ranching business are them from the orlglnu! Colpltts pair. suecc-ssful. The fox Is subject to Foxes breed but once a year, reported iiu.ny dlsenses, and once these get a cases of more frequent breeding being foothold It Is difficult to eradicate not well authenticated. Litters of five, them. Worms are one of the princi six and even seven pups are not un pal causes of mortality, and the loss common, although the usual number Is of 10 per cent of the pups Is consid four and five. ered u fair average. Instances are known of ranches being entirely Ranches Inclosed In Wire. The modern fox ranch nt a distance wiped nut by disouse. As n precau resembles a war-time entanglement, l«e- tionary measure some of the most tng built entirely of heavy wire net successful ranches dip tlielr foxes ting, seven or eight feet high, with twice a year Into a cresoltn mixture. an overhung to prevent the foxes from It Is rather painful to Impart this making their escape into the o|>en or Item of information, for It Is not fro m getting l'rom one to another. For generally known tliut these little foxes merly the ranches were Inclosed by a are not unlike some folk who go high board fence with wire Inside to through life clothed In purple and fine prevent the foxes Jrotn burrowing linen, using their gorgeous attire to holes and thus making their escape. cover many sins. Thus do these wee The Idea was to keep the foxes from potentates get by, blissfully uncon view because of their timid and sus scious of their natural aroinii—which one cannot really compare to a peach picious nature. The best ranches, however, hnve dis garden. carded the high board fence and vis Silver Strain Developed. itors are allowed not only to see from The origin of the silver blurk fox Is the outside hut nre taken through the j somewhat obscure. A Mr. Oulton, ranches and Into the |e-ns right among | pioneer In fur fanning In Now Rrtina- the foxes. The Colpltts ranch covers wlck, says the original black foxes several acres, the grant lnclosure lav came from Newfottndlnnil hut the sil ing divided into hundreds of pens, each ver strain has been a development in provide«! with n wooden b«tx for shel breeding. The native fox of New ter and a braeding pen. The fox likes Rntnswlck la rad und the fur of little the open and plays and runs about, ! value. climbing the v ire netting ami other The fox Is a small anlrnrf of the wise disporting himself, except In hot cat species and In size bet\vf»cn a cat or wet weather, when he s»s*ks shel and a small dog. When fully furred ter. They <lo not intnd the cold and out, as In the winter season. It ap- with the temperature below zero will • mot . larger. This little ani remain out In the open without the mal Is seen at Ita worst at this sea affipln• -it. Aa a son. and Is rather lean and lanky matter of fact they appear to enjoy I looking. The silver streak* nre Just the extreme «-old. now beginning to appear, coming first Cara of Mother Foies. In tlie forahend and gradually spread It la only In the mating and pupping ing over the body. Ily December the season that the f»s ts kept In se fur will be thick nml heavy, and It la clusion and outsiders barred from the then those animals which do not ram-hes. I»r. E. A. Randall of Truro. prove satisfactory breeders are “pelt- Nova Scotia, an old fox farmer, says: e«r* f»r market. The fox Is a very “After foxes have mated and have cute looking little animal, though not been aeperated the ranchman makes as shapely as the skunk. Timidity dally vL«lts t«» the femsle pen, opens snd suspicion are Ita chief character It every day and shbts her In the house istics, and It Is not at all viclona, be every night. She becomes accustomed ing handled with ease. Few of them China t * s • standing army of neat* to theaa visits and shows very little ' become tame, although when the New ly 1.500.000 awn. Tw o Canadian Farmers Start With Single Pair and Now Raise Thousands. RANCHES ARE WIRE CLOSED