The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-27

Fair,77o;
found that the ordinary variety OF
bachelor is an incubus in the social
economy OF the zone. Suggestions.
have been made by the married mem
bers OF the pay lists TO institute a
eurfew ordinance to make them go to
bed at a proper time. Now the com
mission has discovered that the West
Indian variety Of bachelor doesn't
know how to feed himself properly
and =as "a result has undertaken to do
| that for him since June L.
The West Indian bachelor. accord.
ing to the Record. els SO frugal or care
less that he actually denies himself
the food necessary to sustain himself
at the highest point of efficiency for
his arduous work. TO protect him
from this is the object OF requiring
MIN to get his food at the mess kit
chens.'
He5is left no choice In the matter.
Like our own boyhood experiences
when mother made us eat hor+id
string beans or Equash before we could
have cherry pie, he is obliged to file
up to the long counter and receive
his rations. He might Just as well do
this as he has to pay for 1t anyway,
SO he usually does. The cost of tho
mess is checked against mis- wages.
THIS is only one of the lamentable
defects of the bachelor that has been
brought to light by canal experience.
According to the protests OF the do.
mestic variety: of workman. he behaves
very badly on almost oil occasions.
He refuses to so to bed Mt seemely
hour. He sits out under the palms
and sings "My Bonnie Lies Over the
Ocean" when sslf-respecting persons
have rat out- the lights and gone to
led. Sometimes is boisterous when
taking the early morning shower and
occasions have been known when he
Gang riotously returning from a late
dinner. u
There are only two effective courses
to be followed, according to the az.
rerience of6the commission-treat the
bachelor MS a beiligerent boy. or marry
him off.
Az. 80 5--------T7
Spain, with China. has alwoys been
cited by the forest experts as The 'hor.
rible examples" IN referring 10 forest
denulation. Almost tota1 lack of for
est cover has brought devastation
from floods in both countries, wreaked
vengence on the formers by washing
away the fertile humus. and lost The
countries great national resource.
Consul-General Ridgely, OF BARGE
Iona. however. now writes the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor that
Spain is awaking to the necessity Of
growing her own timber. King AL.
fonso's land is as large as Pennsyl.
vania. Delaware, Maryland, West Vir.
ginia, and North Corolina all rolled
into one, but its forests have only
lthree-fourths the extent of West vir-
Einia's alone-and much Of them arc
merely scrub thickets Of the poorest
kind. x.
The country's population is believed
not to exceed one-third OF what II
once was, or what 1t might be again.
Much OF the denudel land is abso.
lutely barren. with the red rock laid
bare where agriculture once flourish.
ed. Hills. whose appearance Indicate
that they once supported forests. are
bald and dry now. and without inhab.
itRnts. In some localities peasants.
with hammers: pn1verize rocks and
make little! patches OF soil for gardens.
At the present time. Spair's most
valuable forest product Is cork. The
annual cut is 10000 tons. but the lay
lis fast approaching when that will be
lieut off--and all from want of care.
Enterrrising Spainards are Just now
trying to- supply their country with
homemade paper. but pulpwood is no;
to be had except by importntion
When 1t is realized that pulp paper
can be manufactured from wood as
small ms an inch in diameter. the al
\ most tota! denudation of the forests In
the 1ond of the Dons is apparent. talk
Ing into consideration the fact that the
total yearly cut for this purpose Is
only $500 tons-iust about the amount
that an American pulp company would
use In three days.
France is the good example" point
! ed out when the forester speaks Of re
]: forestation. She has covered her bar