The Washington herald., 1909-07-04
AIunicinaI Ice Plants

! ~LNlileAl lct-iildAlnB, as eNemplined IN
Washington The Bostonians are read
Ing with interest about how the Post
Office Department makes IT'S own ice and
turns the surplus over 10 the superheated
Treasury, and the native thrift Is
stirred by the statement that the de-
partment manufactures Ice FOR s. cents
a ton, for which Il formerly paid pri-
yate dealers SO a ton. Manufacturers
OF ice az jacksonville retail their product
with satisfactory profit az y cents per
100 pounds. Now that Ice has become
a seasonable necessity IN large cities
as water, electricity, and gas are neces-
stiles the year round. the experience Of
the National Capital IS likely 10 give
impetus 10 municipal ice-plants or else 10
awaken the ice man TO Nthe realization
that here Is case where the public pro-
cucton has taught a severe lesson 10
over-readlng private enterprise.
Summer Food for cities.
The important relation between truck
farming and the cost OF living in cities
becomes yearly more evident The cause
Is Traced largely 20 the Intervention OF
middlemen. The more direct the route
from garden 10 table. the more the saw
Ing. An effort 70 abolish competition st
the piers IN New York City in the early
mornings, when practically all produce is
sold. was checked by an inquiry by the
Federal grand Jury Tbs director OF agri-
cultural development Of the Long Island
! Railroad cOntradicts the frequent asser-
ton that the scarcity Of labor IS response
Die Tor high prices. The intensive gar
deners Of Long Island have no difficulty
/ IN hiring ali the competent labor they
| need The same statement Is true IN the
/ berry. grape. hop. and orchard regions OF
Northern New York and Connecticut. and
IN the fruit and vegetable farms OF
/ Georgia and Florida. The whole trouble
les IN the intervention OF 1obbers and
commission men. The development OF in
/ tensive truck farming Affords a growing
held for the employment OF labor. The
erect access 10 city consumers viii be-
come an economic necessity FOR both
grower and consumer.
Women's Colleges and MatrImony.
Statistics show that OF soo0 woman
graduates OF Smith College. 500 are mar
ried, and that OF go woman graduates or
Radcliffe College. 80 are married.
commentator draws the conclusion that
graduates OF colleges for women are Ioath
TO wed That seems a sweeplDs deduc-
ton from figures too limited Tor decisive
inference. There IS lacking correlative
evidence that the higher education OF
young womanhoOd IS a deterrent 10 mat
rimony. Il may be true that these fem
iEine graduates are peculiarly fitted 10
wage the battle OF life alone. yet many
OF them must encounter economic difficult
ties In even entering the struggle for
competence or even for existence. IN the
practical world outside the campus. quite
similar 20 those that face the Young
masculine cOlleEian- There is nothing 20
warrant the assumption that their studies
have A general tendency 10 make them
averse 10 matrimOny. II thar were
proved 20 be the case, there would be
sound social reason Tor careful investi-
cation and eradication Of the cause. Prob
ably the most radical advocates OF the
most advanced training available for the
largest number possible OF women would
admit that a resultant discouragement OF
matrimony would be against public
policy.
Polish Congress I'm Washington.
4 movement has started TO hold a
Polish congress in Washington in May.
1910 The proposition originates With the
Polish National Alliance IN the United
States, said 70 be the largest Polish or
ganization Of the world. It's chief off,
Ger. called the censor. IS 4. schrelber. OF
Buffalo y. 7. A committee OF thirty
two Is working on the programme. II
was this alliance that presented 90
Washington the statue or Kosciusko
which Is TO be unveiled in Lafayette
Square. The congress will be divided into /
sections-poIitical. educational Industrial.
scientific. and on immigration. Poles OF
different political associations viii en-
deavor 70 reach q common line OF future
activity II Is expected that the resoIu- |
uOns viii be OF far-reaching influence. /
and that they VIII commend the institu- |
tons OF the United States and the activ- /
ity OF Poles who have found citizenship I
here IN advocacy OF the liberty for their 1
native land which they have learned 10 /
enjoy on this side OF the Atlantic II IS I
urged that such encouragement IS needed /
for the preservation OF Polish Individual I
ity against what are alleged 10 be the 4
disintegrating influences OF Russia, Ger (
many, and Austria.
Misplaced Maternal RepininK.
II sounds noble and il seems quite Spar /
tan at first blush. but not many mothers.
1: IS probable, VIII agree with the Chicago /
mother OF young boy. whom a grand-
father has made heir 70 a bequest OF .
S1,0oo,ooO- The mother objects TO her child /
receiving a fortune by inheritance. on
the ground that he ought 10 earn II, as /
his grandfather did She does not specify
what other destiny she would have pre-
ferred FOR that fortune But II she were
wise mother she would derive as much
happiness as can her boy from the accu-
mulated capital II viii be observed that
she has no objection TO money IN Itself.
because she wants her son TO pie It I'D
by his own efforts. Consistency ought 10
show her that IN the race OF life. II she
thinks It's prize Is dollars. her boy starts
with a great advantage. II she trains
him properly. and II MS nature is normal. I
the growing lad viii not shirk work. He
will have 20 learn the lesson of work.
even In the primary process Of acquiring
an education. The mother has a most
important share IN this inheritance-the
responsibility OF oversight IN the training
OF the heir for its hest use, both for him
self and others. Il Is for her not 70
rePine. but TO rejoice and be glad IN such
q task.
Alone.
The SIN has ~o-e kebi.,5 81, IN l.