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the lasl ,ivtttol. IOi tnc j.LCiitIc.. oil d CON-
p,titive Industrial system CalL.ot give you
all adequate idea OF the con iet,I.,ss OF
our inoial ColLuC IN this l., Ib..boil toOG,
don't b. ll,Nt th,Ir are so oII.,l II. TINS
ioNn who are sll.c,l,ly aid aClv,Iy inter-
st,d ia Ole. party lon,iCs-ao,iN,, mtLu,
Tor number OF Yeas, ana lot cn.y around
election uiLe. but every Gay O! ti,tII uN,S.
Nov, there ale scNCIul tLOl!Il.Cs Of
, omen ia tins IT giou alone v ho iu, y,als
have been u.teIis,iy ana Itcilig, LILY Ous y
III helping Glolg the Cause th,I paItl.ts,
lusbai.Gs, ~ eth.aits ai.u male COW oi his
have ,,louscd. L. me give you Dilui
sketch oI Our ate aChievtii,Iis.
1t might surprise you TO hear that We
always l.aiAge 10 KEEP alive Gtily paper
i,s al, organ Oh our opnioi.s, nLll.tall.,u by
me voluntary coi.tiIbu,ioi.s OF the ooi, ri
9! the poor Al inst II Vas Tho Arbe"er-
with The Socialist Labor patty the IAn.e
Of the paper was ch..l.g,d TO Dds Abend-
bat
When the Socialist Labor party sIlit
up. the East Siuo oppohciao OF Daniel DE
l.. Ola established al, opposition TO the
Abeadbidu ia 1891. 1t il still tou ishh. e
u.,der the name Of the Ddiiy ,jerish For
pdrd, and has low a circulation OF son @
5o,OO copies uay. Now let mo tell you
hat We old when WE bioke loose iiom
the other faction IN that Memorable Apih,
1857.
Nine out OF every ten of us were poor
VOL kii.g men aid " ON. l., earning We, lly
average OF from 50 to $40. You s.e that
nearly all OF us hao TO fight for q, ar lie 10
keep the wolf from our uOor. Sun, We had
to have daily organ repre- sentative OF our
locals, aid We nlai.ageu to establish Ole
-ihe story Of Low We did II Is a mar
ytlioLs Illustration. Of the hcI, ism Of New
iork's very poor Ia their t,tL ggle for tie
| maiI.tei ai.ce AID the sproaGi, & If tl,ir
OWL IDEAS Of social right "a! q wong Gins
Dctweel4 10 AID 20 Who were makir SO
a week OF 80 by fourteen holis Of sweat
shop work were COZ tiiDLtn.g weekly sLn =
"a, giEg between 50 Gel IL a. a 81 for al, i'll
definite period Of time to keep the Iarer
going
Il lave Ii own Of roor cigarmaker's
wife TO pawn her gold tIn.kets to clip IL
her mite. In az otter h.s,a co the gr,
iossotsor Of lev spaper etai d worth
.one 90 week paid 81 a week for fourteen
weeks run ing. S,ill may other ca,.a
are on record of wictchetly III den aid
garment workers lei cling tho lcN a..
of their savinGs TO the lew e,.tervii,.
help II oft of a tight place, al 81 Ia, nc.,,
that al tEos" debts have since been lc' d.
all repaid
The effect Of the movement wGe tyleI d id
above expectation. Meml ers logan TO
rour in from all sides, our orgai isation
grew rapidly and found it's way from the
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a bag OF game Of all sorts as any reasonable
sportsman could desire. MANY seasons of
good hunting have changed those condi-
tons 80 far as they relate go fields nearby.
He who would have his shooting and fish
Ing must guard his fields ard his streams
from the casual sportsman. More than that
he must even stock them himself if lie ex-
poets good sport year in and year out.
So the Very wealthy now have each his
swn game preserve and trout stream,
owned or leased, after the English fashion.
The less wealthy, with the talent for or
gani7ation and the sdaptability to cir
cumstances which the English admire, but
seem to have difficulty in cultivatnG, enjoy
almost the same advantage by forming
private clubs To do what each member on
his own account would find too severe
strain upon his pocketbook The result
is tho sanle and the sport is almost if not
quite as good.
The number Of these hunting and fl hing
clubs. on Long Island particularly. is
legion. They range from the oIg lnizat ion
Of from fifty to hundred members With
average wealth Of a million. or 20 a piece.
owning and leasing from $500 to $1,000
acres OF wood and stream. is on fish
hateheries and a roomy, comfortal le club
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New lork G..uo to ,,o lal."iu,t' CO..
res Of tho Ne g.. ri t SlG.,s, IlcVI-
orssy loLllt iia.Cusil ]" to WHAT Tie
Ionticia scan 'C.G \ ono cUl II toli,s.'
+. ouCh ta,d # tI."oI},a. / wait you
10 re your uwl. c,,t. lIv.o rou igvc IL,
! h!l "a Is - Nc tlice ,tN.sh t,,ntl,,
a. .lc every, all # II on, V tie wa, ,
III o. Pcrote 'o..Clt o..
-ti 90 sc ticy ave to Pew what the
rLl va ls lem 10, le''s TO-. Irtl len.
ra's on tho sjt &" If a. ch a. q every Ole IS
item, de" Ig with tie Wori a. + Land lot
and ~ rclcl! OF. GCai 4 tate
Do you h. ow nat iii gle cf""o tive
strike tc" e will make tie good foItw g
Of Jew sh dramatic att or, ever. il ! :
play lie othcrv 90 lave tally weak? JNtt
nsk Ar. Lo, p, treasurer f tie lcoI let
II ca're, vi N stage las are ral.t /
ow lest. He'll tell Won that tle rvca,
chop, s"t in scene On he stage. II al out = &
est loN Office mag. II Il , t.Ce oftho
Iovcry
Take for 's,a, GO that ! irg,s 81 lii for
tho r'st sc"eoI, STA lc,itch' CTlc In j.
Erai ts). Il tragic con ody Geali Will
low life cor Il 10 + IS Il "v are Our fcll'
We ned over il il. q cir C"'igl to SEE
grim starvatio Jon a tie fight agai. II il
&c i'tcd OF ,lc stare.
Look ut tie h~ol'to-Ns OF Grand s're,'
Clinton sfroot End ! - Brondwav. Bnni.h
fro"' them tie liior~ture Of ii ism md
aNarchis'n end nothing is loft hut n fow
~" pI' ln'OIpplcal tr'Vtl~''S IN tho 'nClcnt
Hebrew.
"Taha ttat little Poumari~n book donlor
on Grand street, ASf Tim how rnrnv CORES
of revolutionary p"'iodicols be j. selling
wecFlv nd he answer would s'ar'le YOU
"Nlimeical a. Il NAV soon, oven tie
favori'c brpnds Of Pussirn cicpro'tcs cold
in this quarter of tho town arc iudico'i, o
Of the nHt idioSyn"raCieS Of tnn porulo-
ton There arc ~ir- "e'tos rCinp ,udor
IN" names Of Hl'0oSt n"nrv o'her ro,o'u-
tionis' If 'n'er'r,ional fare and with the
herd of n" hero n h toN.
nv he vry, have 'p,, over soon our co.
op"rp'i"o stores in GrHnd rid FoIsvtI
stro"'s' CCr'c ov"r there and tok" look
~ 'h""N. hey have been este blisi, d bv
h0ndful Of our prplp who rot 'irrd #
etern'l thcorizing and wanted 10 SEQ n ! il
81 the futu" Of mankind realized during
their own liro'imo
-rhe" have realized it Of their Idle, Is
and the" hove reali7cd s0rr"i' mo elso
''S'u's, namely, 81 200 Of MOI profits during
" ','st three moths Of the g, lucrative
... oH"a of ono e those store, derlir' y
eho"s. hats and Rustinu ten Now don't
inlSundcrsla"d zoe. Those profits ere not
or tho hopeit Of any i'di 'idupl. They 20
back 10 tho patrons Of the place IN the she pc
Of vonrlv di'iNc0d
THE Pochdale nl~n Is the one ndop,ed
1t is not the shareholder, but the consumer
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winch are continually Tutoring Il cil wals
with such Announcements. Eight rIC,-
Porous restaurants, fully a dozen bari or
sloIs ard al letst four look stores are
thriving here almost exclusively on So
cialist AID anarchist Iatroi age
In speakilg Of these matters to a Sun
reporter Raphael Goldberg. who is an
authority on asst Side az airs, said that the
growth Of socialist and anarchist senti-
ment had of late years extended from the
lower to the upper strata OF society
Eighteen years ago" said Mr.. Goldberg.
we were mere handful Of people. mostly
garment workers transplanted from west :
ern Russia to American soil. The Ameri-
can people knew nothing of us and our
knowledge OF the country made slow head
way during our desperate struggle for the
birest means Of livelihood. We didn't
bother much about life beyond our Kin. nor
did the general public bother much
about us.
And now look about you and see what
has become Of us. There was time when
| could have told you the name Of every
profe' sed Socialist in this quarter Of the
to- and il wouldn't have taken me Ave
minutes in the telling.
i"N bbpuI pToSFesS flnCel DO you
know that the Socialist vote at the last
State election il cast with the Democratic
party could have e,sily defeated the Ro-
publican candidate for Governor? Their, IL
not block now in the Ninth Congress
district whicL doesn't furnish its con-
tinGcnt to an ever increasing army of So
ciaiist voters.
within my own memory some eighty
odd scattered votes were registered In
the Fourth Assembly district as the protest
of a little known body Of men az iinst the
existing order Of things. In this self-same
ASS emily district over 300 Socialist votes
we're polled at the last election.
There are considerab y more than 1000
Socialist voters living in the Sixteenth
Assembly district, about 500 in the Twelfth,
and At least half a thousand in de Ate
Speaking Of u at last named district Of
evil fame, just ark any member of the
honorable body OF ward heelers whether
they ever succeeded in buying - Socialist
vote and their answer. il it's a : n ere one,
will soon show you that We are the best
organized political party in New York.
But the mere number Of votes cast at
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pleted preserves. The birds. which read
lily adart themselves to their new sur
roundings. breed a strong progeny in the
summer for the slaughter OF November
and December lien the process baGins
again.
With quail 1t is easy. But the sportsman,
OF course. prefers a variety Of feathered
ga Consequently the most costly at
tempts have been made to domicile here
varie les Of fine pheasans. part; idges,
grouse and other game Lids. Both ,ges
and birds have been brought from abroad
and from distant parts Of the country,
and bre ding is still being done in several
OF tie gare preserves on ong land.
Tie most extensive Of III 20 % -neri reu 3
are bel x car id on b. thu i Ii - ilU d
Il b, which ms Robbi is leland. pleas
anuy wooded i,let comprising ebout a
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~ Oh members from Tie city. aud the dues
I. H., m arc very moGoraie. There IL
&, Oh isLh g sill Which Is lot preserved
iiorn t,e casual tshermbl al d as to slIoOt.
il Z, az as alieaty tee' said. il is ] OF al.
WAYS tie II cnvi 10 la'e reio, for the breed.
ur @; Il Q & nc nd wIo bag them.
tnl all along both sIorcs of the island
tl"." H. great duck shooting which Is Pre-.
served bv Lobodv. All that is Leoes sary
IL thc outfit, the boat and the decoys. and
these ar easy and scarcely Iurse-emrtyi yin z
TO hire. There are few II any places On
this coast hich crn show better duck
shooting than can Long Islard from Great
South BAY way ont 10 Montcuk Point.
Then thcrr are Vid geese ia sIots rot
so far avav ard all the smaller game birds
Of tho Ailal tic coast. The State hiss q
ncD'e fab hatchery at Cold Srrirg Heibcr,
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exclusive sport Of its members, into tic
adjoining countryside. with perfect dis
regard e '"he,her il is preserved or not.
This IL esrc, ially tie failing With part
ridges I. ON tie sports mans point Of View.
and in & eat degree of grouse, too. Tie
breeding of partii, gcs hrs teen Ian
doned by several Of he clul s. Not only is
1t almost Impossible TO transport captive
part idges alive, but tie birds !aied from
eggs in private co'erts, at aige EXPENSE,
thi.ik 70 little Of their owners peasu e
that they fly OF to country he tie g
sane oNne's lave no eSclu,ive shootiDg
lights and aie shot by ever body but Il O
men Who have paid for their maintenance.
Pneasans aic too heavy L. H. far. Yet
n spite { hat the ~, rtsncn on The north
shor, = Long !slana near NV SLn III arc
continually shooting valuable ph,a ats ar
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A seasons shooting naturally { Il Iu, ex-
hausts the supply Of game, in a limited area
even if that area is extensive, and after one
or two seasons whipping Of the waters
the number Of three pound trout in single
stream or one or T. 0 streams will be sadly
depleted, Especially is that the case when
the number of sportsnen comprises a
hundred or so and the sporting friends Of
each.
The deficiency is made up by esta blishing
fs h hatchery in the one case and rest, ck :
ing the coverts with imported birds in
ano lher.
Al the close Of each shooting season.
quail by the hundred dozen. for instance,
are brought here from Southern and West
ern States to replenish Long Island de-
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use. Tie visitir & member finds there
plain. :. hoiesoue food. and equally & d
fud stock for helping the food down, a
good led pure air and all the sport the
club affords
The most modest of these clubs would @
an over-expensiye luxury to the sportsman
of o. ~ moderate means, for the bl sin = =
Of thosc clubs is not only 10 preserve iith
and game. but to breed both. For pro
e'tion great many art,ens must be EN-
ploycd and Cor the hreediI experts must
,e"rga gcd and the stock NUT | q constantly
replenshs d from out.iGe, if year by We n the
streams and tie CoNeits are To supply a
seasons good sport.
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nually thou sands of fine young trout. As
no trout under pound in weight il turned
into the fishing waters from 'Ne rlinwavs
W ere the young are kept ,nti ley eve
enol gh 90 ba prorii < c nd ctcs r
TIE hook. there /, s'nai, anger OF fish
erman who knows | /, b s,ncss c mi ga"ay
from the water without a basket Of the
s>cckled beauties
II has lie n e. / n ted that from 10000 10
5000 trout we're take. /, the clubs voters
list season by the me nbcrs AID IL. 1 ri Dr.
Its clubhouse Is "A peasrt lllce. TIE
tame Lol.g Isia q d er { el Y It'll "A stoi e.
throw Of is ii zze, aid there l. I'll.
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hou'e. with a company Of tetai n to keep
all UP to the mark, to the small club Of
men Of moderate means leasing a cottage
on promising site for ducks
Their ranges lie SIDE by side with the
private domains of the cater magnstes
OF society and finance and letwecn them
they have preenpted ali the most Gesir al le
fishing and shooting ter toy within easy
reach of the city. On Long Island, the
hunting ground Of the New York sports
man. their clubhoufes are dotted about
Oakdale. Islip. Smithtown, Blue Point,
Roslyu, Huntington and Cold Spring.
and every other weli-known hunting and
fishing centre on the island.
There is nothing luxurious about these
olubhouses. They are plain. unpretentlous
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amount Of featherct game a be sho, /. ia
preserve, III 5uga inc club PROCESSES 10 sup
ply spor; for fi,nerne. q ly.
Aim ~ a. well k OWN i the Wy1Id1 Oh
club, o.e Of thro" or four hose prcsr"l t.
ic rou.d about Smi h'owil. This clue
OWLS I'D leases altogether 1900 a'i",
nd prov - both shoott z AID n-hi T.
'or ia 70. ,y-fve members Il Import
Iuli. from the South CT. AID a ycar or 20
lgo eXrc. inc ted v th ~, gr.iu. phc lslI.ts
~ stock, bul has tot fou.d ! worth While
% pursue the eyrcIine,t.
Much Of the clubs laid II course. Is
II der cultivation O, a mr. Of I've f!rme. ,
e. IL act So game war,.e = for the club
p .tches Cf rlihet, rye d.d buck" hn1t
ire pl1I.tcd for the sus''r p, ce e the Gu / ,
lad the farmers rather elrome tn r n
;-prta'iD'., "a they hep to keep down the
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the larger clubs the cost Of little shootine
AID fishing. where good sport il certain
a. q the rutur..s worth while, was esti-
mated by a m"'nler recently at from 81 900
year TO as N Oh agii =, according 70 the
Geg.,-e Of c..t.Iusias II possessed by the
=, tsnan, the number o: his friends OF
j e proc.isities and his desire to share
Ais ,s,ne t..
" coi'e, In tie sn der clubs. witch
n k lite o. no EFT n Il at II tn1lly
,up | in F, the lop tie | So,k OF their pre-
scr g, the 90 / v,ry IN rch less han this
n l. tss. TIer, re N IA 81 - @ ID, ie-
d in, uDpn local suoDo a. Will as
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-07
SOCIALISM IN THE GHETTO.
ITS GROWTH SHOWN ny THE LAST
ELECTION FIGURES.
oacrihcee by Very Poor People to
Establish Their Ncwspaper-SOciaiis
Plays and Cooperative Stores--FOr-
mer Siberian EXiles With Histories

mer SiOertan EAlles Win Histories.
People who Think Of the New York
Ghetto only as region Of crowded tene-
ments lose sight Of the highly iiterestirg
fact that II Ia the home of all kinds of -isms
Imported from the fur hcrmcst corners Of
Europe. 1t was ia the early Sis thai
the two main .isms" Of the Russian variety
socialism ard archism, first invaded tina,
part Of New York which lies below Houston
street east Of the Eowcry. In the twenty
years since then this propaganda has made
conquest Of one of the most der sely popu-
lated spots OIL earth.
There 10 probably rot a tenement in the
district lying between Houst on and Division
streets, east Of the Bowery, whose dwellers
are not familiar with revolut ionary doc
trinee, The fact that an official documei
Of the Board Of Education recently made
reference to this statement Of Affairs H. owl
dencs that the very school children. liyi & ia
these tall tenemeLts arc rapid y becoin.i.g
infected with the idea of ali impe, dir g
economic ard political upheavai
AM enc turning from Chatham Square
into Eaet Broadway leaves the exclvsi,e
domain OF the two great political Iarti,s
behind him. Upon stepping out Of the
nnirery OF the dram shoIs ard lcGgil q
ho'ues OF the Square ho .irds himsclf i'm
mectately In a region where socialism ard
anar ,hism have many adhercrts
Business men are trucking to the new
condition =. Ward statesmen Of tie cid
approved Tammany pattern are Tclitely
bowling to them. Newspapers printed In
The verracular Of the locality are careful
not to Offend he raCicsl soutmeLt.
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vel as other birC.s ( p,C'cs they mover saw
l. re- ana y he, t,,y know at MT native
10 tnat par, f l. ng Island at all /, cal.
,nly Dc sLl Sc. .Aat tAty con, - IN, Y
probably DC, over n mile ana h, alter
hct' cen the 4, nth shore and the game pc
serves # the -, bb II . an lID.
Oltae " h, L., II has 4, : Yet be, II CCfintCly
sett4cu hethcr ILoa' ait iaising fci
Il, ring Iprl osts i OF Il n,t Success. II
Ensan ana the eNi ciacu,,Is zee no
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SOU re . lie If ter | DRY, a mile ard a la
o. SO out fro n Nov suffolk on he north
shore, here tie Govern cnt is now try
ing ne no est Submarine beats.
EAg ish heasans. p"rii, Gcs, grouse
a d qu il are all b, ing | red ,LeIe Ly tie
81 b h lie idea Of p.o,iding for he en-
Oe's h. lest stool @ ! ,oyeits i.rc.lo t.
The exl erinent is not al'o.e lIcra u,coss
vet. although t e kol lbs Ilaud Glib las
II ID greater u casUie tf success than il
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II you wander away from the beaten track
on the north or south shore OF Long Island,
or any other Of the rich mans pleasure
grounds around the city. the chances are
that you will not go far before in the most
picturesque part Of the woodland. you will
face q barbed-wire fence and above 1t the
legend: Game preserve. No trespassing'
There arc more and more Of these signs
each summer az the bicycle, the autoino-
bile and the cam'-a tempt folks further
AAaA aud they &, distinct ard COM
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from which I g .sh ne waters sti ] TN.
- 5 !ictoI ana ui.rIe- erN, d from the public
are s,ocA.d with trout and other FISH 6s
we'll.
State and private owl y ere combi. In 4
- make i.oI ls'fi q or he b, s,-stCcksd
pnI'u Z t'riitori"s IL. ..os country, ard
tlourh The shocti AID fishing In the
chDicer parts, ow ing 10 the now fad Of thr
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' Il~l ltlCl anu YUM
pa rativeiy new de-
velopment in the
pleasures Of the men
who can afford to
spend money Law
ishly on pleasure
md sport.
Years ago there
was fishing for
every b dy and
-hooting for every
body, rich and poor,
close to the city's
borders ard a. big
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Dak'aie, ar' tier, II lenses and preserves
$500 acres. lu ing the best trout streams
on Long Island.
The south S'c Club has the rerutation
in this country. Its runs extend for mics
and il turns into the fishing waters an
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noighbors, Chiefly on account of It's si;ua.
ton. Tie trout le in lice 6 gor lids ,
apart from tie diceien,e in III uate for
those brought here from di TAFT lCiu,s.
Ii that so many Of lie n ESCAPE from tie
territory in which they are bred for the
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structures for housing the club men ers
during the serious business q sport seek
ing Usually they are old lences or
even farn.houfes converted TO their present
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reaso n why it should not be here. one ofil o
PiIya,c ~ n,.s f C Ia. e lros,rNc h,
Als gone TX ,en,Ne Y in o phi Am bre, d.
ing for the Clhght e C,N,lt Shooting IA
tie fab, i l.uth,.f,rG StLyy,san,, Y no CIV ns
The beautiful Tranquility Lau.s ostai, in
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-13
King Edward Cannot
Visit Ireland.
Week in London
BY HENRY DEVEREAUX.

started In very vigorously as a promoter
of turf lotteries for religious ends. The
reverend gentleman is sending out books
of tickets for lottery on the Grand
National, first prize 500 second $25 and
third 81. so. If the Roman Catholic HER
archy encourage this method of raising
money, there is not the slightest rea-
son why sporting priests should not start
as bookmakers and give the odds on
current events to their parishoners, or
even send out circulars to the public at
large like the London betting touts. This
indeed. would be a less Objectionable pro-
ceeding than the promotion of sweep
stakes for while, by one of the eccen-
tricities of our law, lotteries are always
Illegal betting only becomes so under
certain special circumstances.
I sometimes read in the American news
papers of wrongs done the employees of
Trusts. l seldom see anything that equals
the last high handed act of His Majesty's
Postmaster-General 1t seems that he
has grown as particular about the con-
dition of his employees teeth as the Sec
rotary of State for War. l heard of a case
ger boy, having suffered from toothache,
was told by the Postoffice medical officer
thse he must have the whole of his teeth
taken out and obtain an artificial set in
their place. Apart from the question of
the necessity of such an operation, the
boy and his parents were quite unable to
go to the expense of a set of artificial
teeth and thereupon the boy was dis
missed from the service. l. can under
stand that if a boy suffered SO much from
tootache as to be unable to attend to his
duty, the department would be entitled
to say that he must do some thing to get
rid of his toothache, find other en-
ployment. But l confess l do not see
what right the Postmaster-G General or
any of his minions has to order
an employee to get rid of the whole of his
teeth and substitute artificial ones. The
grievance of the lad above mentioned
does not end with his teeth, but extends
even as far as his trousers. When he
handed in his uniform on leaving his en-
ployment, he was charged with attempt
ing to deceive his Majesty's Government
spite of his assurance that the garments
rendered were the last issued to him, his
last weeks wages were withheld until
the opinion of higher authority upon the
condition of his trousers has been OBJ
tanned. Eventually he was informed that
the Controller had decided that he must
pay one dollar for depreciation of the
garments, and this amount was ac-
cordingly deducted from his wages.
Every little helps the national accounts;
but surveying the whole political field,
ii seems to me that there are other direc-
lions in which a trifiing amount of this
kind might be saved without sweating 1t
out of a telegraph boys breeches.