Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-24

pay full wages simply to have his cows
MIXED. The sale Of the milk would not
make him even. There are milking ma
chimes that have stood the test Of practical
and more into use Secretary Wilson. at
the Department Of Agriculture at wash
ington. who understands the situation thor
oughly. and 1t Is not local to New York py
any means, has been doing everything IN
his power to encourage the development OF
milking machines, and has obtained one,
understand that can milk forty cows IN an
hours time. and requires only one man to
operate 1t.
Many Abandoned Farms.
If that machine can be adopted through
out the dairy farms it will be easy to in
crease the number of cows, but those who
know the situation In this part of the coun-
try tell me that the herds cannot be In
creased to any extent until the labor prob
lem Is solved.
The next step is to increase the number
of farms but, strange to say. certain por-
tiOns of New York are suffering from a
general exodus such as Vermont. New
Hampshire and other New England states
have suffered during the last quarter or
century. 1t Is said that there are more
than 1900 abandoned farms in New York
state representing an area Of over half a
million acres, which. If fully cultivated
would sustain population of 10000. 1t Is
also claimed that the rural population or
New York state has decreased more than
100000 during the last twenty years. and
that some of the townships have decreased
80 per cent In population. All OF these
farms. the most of them, are still capa-
BILE of being used as pastures and could
produce enormous quantities or mix II
there were any one to work them
AS l wrote you the other day, bureau
of information has been established at AL
bany to advertise this situation and to pro-
mote the sale of these farms, and 1t seems
strange that the great. rich state or New
York. the proud Empire state with It's
superior transportation advantages and
profitable markets should be compeiied 10
take steps to prevent the migration OF IT'S
country population to more favorable 10
calities. But there Is no way stopping peo-
pie on the farms and in the villages from
so much higher, life is so much more In
teresting, and when the conpanlonsmp
that the soul yearns for can be found In
the crowded tenements
New York's Hotel Population.
The rich are drifting to the cities as well
as the wage earners. They are gong TO
hotels and big apartment houses TO I'VE
rather than creating homes 1t ls saio
that the permanent hotel population OF new
York city is today not less than l5o,oV'
and everybody who Is familiar with Inc
CITY knows that as fast as the big new
hotels are opened they are filled win per
manent boarders and casual patrons ike
the apartment houses in Washington al
though it Is difficult to determine where
the people all come from.
There are 1856 new, up-to-date high-prlceo
hotels In New York city. where the rates
for lodging alone in the humblest room are
at least $50 per day and range from
81 to S. per day, with bath and without
meals 1t is stated that 5000 families nave
given up their homes and are now per,
manently established In the hotels ana
apartment houses chiefly to avoid the an
noyances and the expense of Housekeeping.
The difficulty of getting servants. the
enormous increase In wages OF all domes-
tics. the increase In the cost OF FOOD, the
trouble of marketing and other cares ana
anxieties connected with. Housekeeping are
thus avoided and for those who are able
to pay the bills there is greater degree
of luxury and comfort. with absolute moe
pendence from care. for the same money
in well-appointed hotel than can De had
in an ordinary residence
Sanitation Of the Hotels.
Furthermore, it is asserted that the sani-
tary conditions In the modern hotels are
much safer than those in rented houses
or even in the most carefully built private
residences. The ventilation and the plumb
ing of the modern hotels. those that have
been built within the last ten years. is
absolutely perfect.
Dairy Products Furnished Hotels.
The milk supply in the big hotels is much
richer and purer than can be obtained by
ordinary households for the managers have
contracts with the proprietors of fancy
farms to supply them with fancy milk.
fancy cream and fancy butter, at fancy
prices. of course. The Union League. the
Union, the Metropolitan and several other
of the most important clubs are supplied
from the farms of Levi p. Morton on the
banks of the Hudson. And there Is no rea-
son why the former Vice President Of the
United States. and one of the richest men in
the country should not sell milk and butter.
Queen Victoria supplied several Of the no.
tells and private families on the Isle of
Wight from her farm at Osborne; the larg-
est milk dealer in Russia was Mr.. Stolypins
predecessor as prime minister, and several
famous statesmen and business men in other
parts of Europe are actively engaged In the
milk business. Mr.. Morton Is a philanthro-
pist In this way. as any habitue of the clubs
he supplies will testify.
Several other rich men who own fancy