The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-05

American game. said last night that the
destruction or this countTy's bird life
forms a narrowing story.
Half a century ago the Wild turkey
could be heard cluckIng and gobblins
in every beech and chestnut forest OF the
East continued Mr.. Green. The hill
side thickets were filled with rufied
grouse. the QuaEs melodious notes were
heard in every section OF the land. the
lakes and rivers swarmed with ducks and
geese. and the clouds OF white pigeons
flew across the skies.
Reports from all parts Of the country
show a decrease Of from 80 to 10 per cent
IN all kinds OF game BIRDS The boy
with the mania for egg hunting. and the
game hog who likes 20 be photographed
with mountain of dead birds beside
him. are mainly responsible
Even the flesh Of the sea IN American
waters have been Vantonly wasted
through commercial rapacity For in
stance, a guano company at KillisnoO,
Alaska, for twenty-five years has con-
verted millions OF salmon and herring an
nually into artificial fertilizer.
The wastefulness and barbarous meth
DDS Of fishermen are blamed for the
threatening extinction OF the lobster.
come a luxury. whereas twenty-five years
ago Holsters were so plentiful that they
cost but cents a pound
Another cause OF the decrease Of fish
supplies Is the pollution OF streams and
rivers By sawmills, factories. chemical
and dye works. and distilleries. The
refuse from such plants pollute the water
50 that not only the spawn. but newly
Matched fshed are killed by wholesale.
These examples form only g share OF
the millions OF dollars in animal life
wasted by America in a short time. a
waste from which It may take the coun-
try ages TO fully recover
He was fran youth and didn't danes
al the dances" said Joseph F. Dunn, OF
Pittsburg at the National last night,
telling this story:
Let's sit It out ne said 20 his pretty
partner.
On the stairs? she suggested.
so they went Up and sat down.
An cried the fragile youth suddenly
and rose hastily, gasping for breath.
Why Mr. StackpOle what's the mat
ter?' cried the fair young girl
He could not answer. His face was
liyid his eyes weer rolling. and his whole
frame was shaking.
What kind of attack IS IT.? she
gasped. And at this interrogation his
voice returned 20 HIM.
What earthly difference does that
make he growled. so long as il was
one"
Then. without word OF apology. ne
STROBE manfully away.
But how was she TO know that the
particular description OF attack was just
an ordinary tack, acrobstically standing
on its head
North Carolina is Democratic as much
as Il ever was. and there is no reason 10
think that it viii change us political
creed just at this time" said J. r.
Crocker. OF Raleigh, y. c., who was seen
at the Raleigh last night
President Taft Is very popular down IN
our country" said Mr.. Crccker. I'VE are
proud TO have him visit rs and glad 10
have him talk TO us on any and all sub
iects which may be Of interest. but 90
say that North Carolina has changed her
political creed just because Mr.. Taft IS
popular with as. personally, is TOO absurd
70 discuss Is there any good reason 20
change your mind Just because the per
son that dlsagrees with YOU is q nice and
/ popular msn1 Arguments go deeper than
. tlldl 4 tcllAEllA Ao-lA u al l4ellL- anu VIC
/ like him, but his politics don't agree with
/ US. and that tells the whole story IN
nutshell
/ The Statewide prohibition law IN
/ our State is failure, the same as i'm
/ every other prohibition State in our sec
/ ton OF the country. Just take Raleigh.
I for instance. There are over SO Clubs
/ in our city. and they are allowed 10 sell
/ drinks And what kind OF drinks gre
they- You Simply 90 in and ask for
la 'near-beer' and you get the same old
1 lager you get here.
The prohibition law is a dead failure.
and instead OF putting a stop 70 drink
ing il acts as an incentive 10 drink
more"
/ Or. f. ". LazeII. Of Philadelphia. who
IS interested in the manufacture Of &C.
ment, and who is at the Raleigh. said
I last night there was no working agree
ment between the ceuent-manufacturing
interests in this country. and they were
doing business on losing scale.
1T seems that cur cement concerns are
intent on cutting each others throats.'
said Dr.. Lazell 'One is trying 10 UNDER
sell the other. and the consequence is that
there is no legitimate profit, no induce
ment to work for satisfactory results. .
when you consider the cost OF manu-
facture Of cement" said DR.. Lazell. and
the price al which some Of the manufac-
turing concerns are selling the prOduct,
II should not be surprising that we COM
plain Of poor business. hr
Il don't bother about politics. I have
no time. 7 have TO work and cannot af-
ford TO waste my time with politicians
and their ideas. I suppose we should
blame ourselves IL the Congress- does
not pass laws 90 suit Us. II we took a
greater interest in the political affairs
OF our country We would probably be
able 10 elect members TO the National
! Legislature who would defend our in
/ terests. But. as I said before business
man has no time 10 bother with Congress
/ or politics"
The territory which extends from Con-
I stantinople to the Persian Gulf should he
classed with the richest countries in the
world" said J. II. McDonough. OF New
York and Constantinople. Turkey. who is
| at the Cochran
Chief among the natural riches Of Asia
| Minor" continued Mr.. McDoncugh, are
the vast forests which cover the interior
mountain ranges of the country. IN the
viiavet Of Smyrna, for example there ars
], 10000 acres Of valuable woodland. which
/ comprise nearly one-eighth of the entire
vilayet or province.
"On the shores Of the Black Sea the
coal fields of Heraclea form source or
vast potential wealth 10 the Turkish en-
pire. The beds extend along the shores or
the Black Sea for nearly forty miles and
run inland, coming 10 an apex at Angora
a distance of nearly 200 miles.
should the plan Of Sir William Will
cocks ever mateTialize-namely. 10 frri-
gate the fertile plains OF the Tigris and
Euphrates and make them as productive
as they were when the cities of Babylon