Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-05-11
DOING AWAY WITH SMOKE.
A Movement FsvorinG Clear Air--The
Mississippi River Floods.

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Mississippi River Floods.
ST.. LoUIs, Mo-, May4.-The Citizens
Smoke Abatement Association has just
held it's annual meeting, and reports
great progress during the year. There
are SO many large factories in st.
Louis that it seems almost impossible
to entirely do away with smoke, but
the association has succeeded in OBJ
tanning municipal Legislation in the
right direction, and expects to materi-
ally reduce the loss merchants and
others complain of every year in the
way of damage from smoke. There is
no desire on the part of the citizens to
interfere with the manufacturing in
terest or to hamper manufactures, but
it is believed that the desired reform
can be effected without interfering
with these interests at all.
The state of the Mississippi River is
naturally causing a great de VI Of alarm
in this section of the country and as
usual, statements are appearing in
print charging on the danger to prop
erty interests and even to life. These
dispatches eminate largely from ST.
Louis, but it should be understood
that SO far as this city is concerned it
is but very slightly affected by floods,
no matter how high the water may
rise. With the exception of the levee
the city is so much higher than the
river that nine-tenths Of the people do
not know the existence of a flood un-
less they are attracted to the river by
reports of the grandeur of the terrible
sight. On the Illinois shore there is
much greater danger as the land lies
low and is protected mainly by the
railroad tracks, which form very sub
stautial levees The only sufferers on
the Missouri side are the small store
and lodging house keepers on the river
front and few squatters.
The rainfall in st. Louis in April
was exceptionally large. but this in
terfered very slightly with building
operations. In fact the records of the
Commissioners office show greater ac-
tivity during the month than in other
years when the weather has been fine
and favorable throughout. An i'm
mense sum of money is about to be
spent in street improvements, and the
Worlds Fair year has every indication
of being exceptionally prosperous and
active. The demand for labor is quite
large and in some cases where men have
been advertised for by contractors
working on street railroads the re-
Spouse has been insufficient for the
purpose desired.
There are two concerns in ST. Louis
that make money by furnishing towels
and soap to bus;-e1s Offices, the agents
making one trip a day to their custom
ers to put the toilet rooms in order.
A woman here has just gone into a
business which may have been sug
gested by this. She has main Office
on quiet street in the western part of
the city, and she and her three daugh-
tiers work there all day darning socks.
They do nothing else, and they are
kept busy. They don't work for star
walton wages, either. All their pat
ronagc comes from office men who
have no femlle relatives to do their
mending for them. They have adver-
Elements in all the Eapers, and when
invited by n postal go to the Office and
get tho bundle, returning it them
selves, and collecting the pay. Their
charges depend upon the condition Of
the clothing, and they say they make
over SIS week apiece, plying their
needles not more than six or seven
hours a day.