The National tribune., 1909-09-30
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i The Retail Liquor Dealers Association
is at the head of the reform. Anon
the important features suggested as tn
| future policy of the Reform Liuuo
/ Dealers Association are the strict oh
servance of the regulations now in fore
| by the Excise Board, the partial eIimi
nation of the "growler' nothing to ,,
sold in this form to wagon drivers o.
| other paSsers-by; the doing away will
the free lunch, except a screened bow
! of cheese and crackers. the free luncf
! being an unwarranted competition Il
regularly-licensed restaurants and cafe:
and at the same time calculated to be
| fnsanitary and means of transmitting
disease; the discontinuance of ECU
/ prices" and braZen competition; the
doing away with large signs, and the
removal of all kegs piled up in front OF
| saloons as an advertisement of the vol
ume of business being done. No liquor
| is to be sold to female over the bars
nor in private upstairs rooms or hall
ways: objectionable characters or Ian
guage around saloons will be placed
under the ban. Men known to be habit
uai drinkers or those in any way under
the influence of liquor will be refused.
Well, now. you know. all this might
have been written by the w. c. T. u,
and certainly 1t is a vindicati ton of the
hard work they have been doing for
the betterment of large cities. To stop
the rushing of the growler" and the
serving of liquor to women Will go a
long way toward that reform for which
all good, public-spirited people have
long desired.
There is to be an absolute closing of
all saloons from Saturday night until
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Members OF the Association will aid the
authorities in running down speak
easies, and the bogus clubs. The Asso-
citation is to be made clearing house.
where the character of the retailer in
business in Washington and his meth
DDS of doing business will be passed
upon.
There is not yet that absolute trust in
the Weather Bureau that should exist.
and if this were not true the loss in the
West India hurricane. which came on
schedule time last week, would have
been much less. Ports in the storm dis
trict were warned of the approaching
disturbances. and vessels in the extreme
South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico ports
received adyices to remain in harbor.
The storm apparently had its inception
near the middle islands of the Lesser
Antilles. on Sept. Il, and moved thence
westward over the Caribbean Sea. In
accordance with the Weather Bureau
warming much of the shipping was
placed in safe liarbor and not injured
at all The loss of life would have been
much less in all probability had not the
people who were warned disdained to
heed the warning. There are really
lot of right sensible people who believe
that the Weather Bureau is something
to laugh at and have fun. over And
there are lot of other people, notably
United States Senators. who while in
Washington direct all the operations on
their farms and ranches by the Wealth
er Bureau reports. Early in the MORN
ing Senators and Representatives begin
studying the Weather Bureau maps. If
the reports of the weather from the sec
ton in which they live show that rain
Is impending in harvest time. a large
force is ordered to work. by wire. and
the manager told to hustle. If hay is to
be cut and the Weather Bureau reports
say storm the hay is not cut, but by
wire the manager of the farm or ranch
is ordered to hold the hands" for an
call in case the weather in
dications are brighter. Particularly is
the weather map studied in the Winter
by Western ranch owners. United States
in Congress have many
OF them much of their wealth in cattle,
hogs, sheep or horses. A blizzard means
untold loss to them. If the weather in
dicatIoDs of that special locality are for
bad weather, the herds are rounded up,
where they may be cared for indefinite
Iy in case the storm breaks. Indeed,
altho not perfect by any means. the
Weather Bureau representations have
saved the people of the country mil
I'ons of dollars a year. and would save
them yet other millions If the people
would but heed the warning. 1t is a
common thing to say: What does the
paper gay? Rain? Well, 1
will put my umbrella away. No rain
to-day" Just the same. five out of
seven times the rain comes.
The wharf conditions along the Po-
tomac front in Washington are some
thing fierce. They would disgrace a
little old fishing town along a half-civ- |
iliZed coast Rotting wharves tumble
down shanties, insanitary appliances
and life and limb endangered by these |
is what the public which travels by
boat has to put up with in Washington.
1t is now the intention to ask Congress
for $500. 900 to better these cond tions. |
1t would be fine thing if there would
be no danger of loss of life if the whole
shebang along the river front would
burn to the turgid waters edge. The /
is also made that there |
shall be a recreation pier where people |
can go in the Summertime and amuse
1t would be an excellent
idea.
In reply TO an inquiry from the Amer |
lean Red Cross Society as to the neces- |
sity for outside aid for the inhabitants
Of the Province Of Pinar del Rio who |
suffered in the recent hurricane Presi- |
dent Gomez, of Cuba. has replied thru
the American Legation at Havana that
no foreign aid will he needed. The peo-
pie of Cuba, he added, were responding
and an extra session of the |
Cuban Congress had been called to
make provisions to meet the emergency. |
president Gomez expressed his sincere |
thanks and appreciation for the offer |
Of the Red Cross
Russia is evidently of the opinion |
that her SerfS are not all that a Nation |
needs to help it To be great and that
her farming interests can be irnproved |
Very naturally, she looks to the United
States for example and advice. and so |
had added to her Embassy staff in this
country a permanent agent of the inn
perial Ministry of Agriculture.
The State Department recently an
nounced that the Russian Embassy had
informed 1t of the appointment of Mr..
as Agricultural Agent. His
headquarters will be in New York. The
Department of Agriculture has been in
FORMED of the appointment, and Secre-
tary Wilson has advised the State De-
partment That the Russian representa-
tive VIII be afforded all proper facilities
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