New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-10
THE PASSING THRONG.

ex-senator William ,. washturn OF Minnesota
a. IN the city staying for few days at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. When seen there
x.NY yesterday he said: II have Just
AMERICANS returned with my family from a
ARROAD. two months vacation trip TO
Europe spent a large part OF my
..,. while there In Paris London and Carlsbad.
intend staying IN this city only for day two.
and then after a short visit to Lvermore Falls.
NV old home In Maine, shall return to Mime
snolis for the winter. / enjoyed my trip abroad
SS1.eaty aud met countless numbers OF Americans
Nat they are making UP this year for being un-
; sst' 0" account o. the ""'' 10 WISH Europe HI
Carroll n. Wright. Commissioner OF Labor when
seen at the Fifth Avenue Hotel talked OF the work
Of his bureau. follows: The
WORK OF Department of Labor created
THE LABOR in 1855. The law simply erecting
DEPART the Bureau OF Labor was passed in
NENT. 1884. the bureau then being within
the Department OF the Interior.
The law OF 1855 made II into an independent de-
nartnent the head Of which is styled the Commits
s;oner OF Labor who reports directly to the Presi
dent The law organizing the department requires
g. 20 investigate and collect facts relating TO the
social moral and industrial welfare OF the people
lis functions therefore broad. 1t publishes
annual report containing the results OF It's most
extended Investigations, and special reports when
necessary called for by Congress the Presi-
dent containing the results OF inquiries and In
,es,igations less extensive than those involved in
,be annual reports. bi-monthly bulletin is also
puhlished. every number OF which contains the re-
s,lts OF soma brief original inquiry, abstracts Of
American and foreign reports relating 10 Industrial
matters and briefs OF decisions OF courts interpret
Ing laws affecting relations OF employer and en-
poyed
Henry W. Catlin. attorney at law. OF Chester
town Nd is just the Hoffman House. In
speaking Of affairs on the Eastern
RAISING Shore Mr.. Catlin said:
TERRAPIN Some years ago were IA
IN nous for our diamond back terra
CAPTIVITY. PIN which had in such plenty
as 10 place them within the reach
O. people Of moderate incomes. The demand FOR
terrapin. however. was great that they have
become scarcer and scarcer. and have long been q
luxury that only the rich could AFFORD. They are
still present. however, along our shores. although
extremely wary now, since they have been so nara
hunted. Their great value led me some time ago
10 try 10 breed them a limited extent, and &C
cordingly had built small pen, IA feet long oy 81
peake Bay could freely ebb and flow. 1t doesn
hurt the terrapin TO cOnfne him. nor does II de-
tract from tho dehcacy Of ms meai LINN iy "a,
hin. We fed them on meat of crabs, hotn OF
the hard and soft shell variety, and in eddit on
gave wild celery 10 them, which We U2otaHie.u y!
Dredging We succeeded beyond our fonoest eH-
rotations and found that they will breed IN 1nls
semi-captivty as freely as when not connneo ne
eggs. which she covers with sand ana allows 20
hatch I started originally with about hve hundreq
nave lust gone over TO Virginia to start In on
large scale and to this end am just completing the
organization Of stock company; $500 4, 80
enterprise on account Of the rapid increase OF the
te~rapin and the fabulous sums ootalnaole LOT
them in Northern markets.