The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-31
The American Nonad.

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American cities, is the practice that obtains
so generally Of Offering bonuses and pecu-
MARY inducements 10 manufacturers 10
move their plant. After fire that burned
down part Of g-machine factory the
other day, the owners received so many pro-
uosals from aspiring cities that wanted To
take them i'm, that they were obliged to pub
lish "A notice 10 the effect that only small
part Of their works had been burned, and
that they were not open to proposals Tor
adoption. ANY factory or established
business employing labor can nave
its choice, nowadays, from long
list of cities, new and old, any one
of which will give it site for a
factory, pay the expenses of moving, ana
perhaps contribute substantially toward
| the construction Of new building. fe0-
ME who own land. or are engaged IN bust
| ness i'm cities, realize that II pays them Ia
have their cities grow, and they are Wiling
| 10 hire desirable inhabitants TO come IL
them. They rely upen getting their money
| back in the increased value OF land, or the
General increase i'm business. The result Is
that the migratory disposition already SC
pronounced in these days Is intensified
| and II has become familiar thing moi
! merely for individuals 10 move. but foI
great az sregatiOns Of w0rkngmen to shift
me scene of their activities from one city IL
| another sometimes thousands Of miles
| away.
Time was when where the average mar
found himself living, there he continued u
| live, unless circumstances OF eXceptiOna
| urgency impelled him to change his resi-
dence. IL is different now. TranspOrta
| ton has become so cheap, and travel so easy
that the ties of locality sit very lightly
on the average American, and th'
fact that you find him settled Thu
wear in New York or Pennsylvania, anord
! you very uncertain basis 10
| expecting to find him next year in the sam'
| place. When you hear of him again, IL Ia
| hasn't moved TO Texas, or Tacoma, o
| southern California, or Maine, or Nortl
Dakota. YOU feel that he must have had SOM
exceptionally good reasons for staying Il
home. Men used to wag their heads, ant
croak about the inability Of rolling stone
| 10 gether moss. We have changed all that
Moss is at discount. and there Is pre-
mium upon rollng.-FTOm "rhe Point o
View in September Scribner.
Can the Mosquito be ExtermiHated?
In the early summer Of 1889 a circular
letter was issued TO 1.-The Working EntOmC
logists of the Country" ofierin- prizes 10
ESSAYS containing original Investigation
regarding methods Of destroying the mos
quito and the hOuse-ily.
The object Of this effort was TO brin
about an Intelligent discussion OF the ques
ton. What natural enemies of these irritai
inc insects may be easily and etlclentl
arrayed against themg
The yoraciOus and harmless dragon-f,
of which our country supplies so man
beautiful varieties, was especially desis
mated as possessing qualities that made
a promising subject Tor careful inyestiga
ton.
The plan of destruction thus sought for
: that so commonly observed IN operatio
upon "A grand scale in nature. where ind
yidual species and whole families are sweI
out Of existence through its operation.
: The questions formulated in the circular
letter were widely discussed. Newspaper
and other periodicals treated them from
hundred standpOnts-the graye-the gay
the liyely-the serene-a volume could
filled with articles relating to the subje'
published in this country and in Europe.
The most valuable results were. as e
pected, those submitted by the scientific c,
, perts especially appealed to. The essa,
that they presented are the outgrowth
long years spent in rearing insects, stud
! ing their transformations and habits, and
! extensive special reading.
i Th.sa aasavs uaro found so fnll of vain