East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-11
Interesting Letter From
New York City

New York, Feb. 11.-At a ball
given recently in one of the new pal
aces on the upper east side the music
room of the house, which is nearly
as large as the drawing room. was
converted into a perfect representa-
tion of a pine forest. Heavy grass
covered the floor and the thick fol-
iage was so arranged as to give a
sense of distance incredible in such
small space. Rough tables were scat
tered under the trees and refresh
ments were served in pale moonlit
ecene which permitted a restful con-
trast to the brilliant scenes in other
parts of the house and furnished a
delightful background for the gay
costumes OF the women.
Citizen Socialism.
With view of relieving working
men fro mthe opposition of trusts,
the New York State Cooperative as
ISOLATION has just been Incorporated,
with capital of $4,000. The dura-
ton OF the corporation is fixed at 20
years, and its object is to manufac-
ture, purchase, sell and deal In food
products, hardware. groceries. shoes
and other necessities of life. The
stockholders, no matter how many
shares they hold, can have but one
vote at the annual meeting.
1t is said that similar companies
will be formed all over the state of
New York, and union stores will be
opened for the benefit of the working
class. where everything will be sold
cheap.
Raw Material From South America.
South American activity in supply
ing the Northern demand for raw ma
terial for use in many industries can
not be better demonstrated than by
the amount of quebracho wood which
recently has arrived at this port.
This product is used in tanning and
dyeing, and seems likely to displace
logwood. The steamer Dora has ar
rived at Brooklyn from Colastine with
12,500 logs of quebracho. The steam
ship Bernillo has arrived at Boards
Stores with 10000 logs of the same
wood. Recently three sailing ships
arrived at the Erie Basin with car
goes aggregating 5000 logs. This
makes total of about $4,000 logs re-
ceived recently, to say nothing of the
great import of quebracho extract.
The Royal Dutch West Indian mail
ship Prinz Maurits; which has Just
arrived at the Union Stores from Am
Gam, via the West indies, brought
nearly $500 bags of mangrove bark.
This, like quebracho, is used as tan
ming material and grows in unlimit-
ed quantities in all tropical llttoral
swamps.
Floating Hotels for Very Poor.
A novel plan for adding to the
comfort and happiness of poor work.
ing women was inaugurated this
week. On Tuesday two vessels be-
longing to John Arbuckle, the sugar
magnate, were opened as floating
hotels for the accommodation of
those toilers in the metropolis who
cannot afford to pay the usual price
charged for one small room. Mr..
Arbuckle has three large vessels,
which he is to operate as deep sea
hotels, where women may get board
an dlodging for 40 cents a day or
$3.50 a week.
The floating hotel idea is no new
one with Mr.. Arbuckle, but when he
learned a few weeks ago that wages
were paid young women that were SO
low as to scarcely keep body and
soul together, he determined not only
to reopen the one vessel he operated
last summer, but to add two other
vessels. He advertised his scheme in
the papers to discover whether his
idea was popular, and Immediately
found that enough people were de-
sirous of securing lodgings to fill a
fleet big enough to fill the harbor.
Until July l the vessels will be
moored to the pier at Thirty-firs
street and the North River day ant
night. After that date they will be
towed out to sea at night, giving the
dodgers an opportunity to get away
from the close and fetid air of the
city. No liquor of any sort is al
lowed on the vessel, and anyone ad-
dicted to its use is not allowed tc
remain on board.