The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-02-02

i. ~~ ASoAtA &u0Hk nlKA WIFI the Qi0
time contractor VINO did work in
manner TO just come within the limits
OF hts bond.
He discussed the subject Of the high
cost Of living at some length giving as
his opinion that the cost OF high living
has made the high cost Of living and
laid the blame more largely to the ex-
travagance Of American people than
to anything else. He said that a great
deal Of wealth was concentrated In the
production OF machinery which was
not useful, citing the automobile as q
striking example.
w. 8. Stambaugh on Contracts.
One Of the best talks OF the evening
was given by Atty. w. q. Stambaugh
who took the place OF Judge w. Fl.
Barnett, the latter having been sud-
denly called from the city. He gave
very interesting and--to the builders
present-instructive talk on con-
tracts.
Make your contracts simple, make
them direct and make them definite
was his advice. If there is to be a rake
on or commission to the city council
to the county commissioners, to the
city engineer-here Sam Crabbe filed
his glass with Appellants water
or to the capital commission-put it
In the contract" said he laying par
ticulaT stress on the last Ave words.
Prof. Hoover on the Young Mechanic.
Superintendent Hoover OF the Far
go schools made an earnest plea for
concerted action on the part of the
builders to secure more schools for
the teaching Of manual training
He stated that there was a great
move for the conservation of the nat
ural resources of the nation, but a
more vital problem for America was
the conservation Of the skilled trades
in this country. The young men of
America are not being trained as they
should be trained. More than so per
cent of the skilled mechanics of this
country come to America after learn
ing their trade in the old country.
He gave the reasons for this. The
apprentice system had been outgrown
because 1t is antiquated and does not
meet the present requirements. The
world has gained hundred fold in
the matter of knowledge in the past
100 years and this great gain in
knowledge has made q different de-
| mand on the skilled workman. He
must now know more than simply
how to do things. He must know also
why he does them The knowledge
cannot be gained by the apprentice
system. 1t can come only through
thoroughly equipped schools.
Ladd and AduIteration.
Adulterated contracts was the sub
iect assigned to Prof. e. f. Ladd and
the man VINO has gained such a wide
reputation throughout the entire
country as a fighter for pure food.
pure paint, pure products of all kinds
gave the assembly an insight into
some Of his work.
He started with a story of four flies
| that went into a pantry--evidently not
\ North Dakota pantry--to get some
thing to eat. The first fly ate some
sugar and it soon died of painters
collie for the sugar contained whit
lead The second fly ate some -four
but ii soon turned into a stiff as the
i -four contained plaster of paris.
| The third fly ate some syrup and the
syrup was nothing but glucose coll
ored with coal tar dye and it also
turned up its toes.
L
it's comrades became discouraged with
life and made up it's mind to COM
NIT suicide. 1t flew to a saucer ir
the window and deliberately drank
some fly poison intending to end its
life but the fly poison was also ar
adulteration and the fourth fly waxe6
fat and healthy on it..
Prof. Ladd then gave an outline OF
L. ,grrA~
as he had discovered and exposed
them In his latest bulletin, mentioned
In The Forum last evening.
He stated that he did not believe
in prohibiting many of the things
which were put on the market. HI
believed with Roosevelt that all tina
was necessary was to make the manu-
facturers put on the package the ex
act ingredients. it contained.
IF a manufacturer wants to sci
rat sausage" said Prof Ladd, 'le
him sell rat sausage, but make hin
label IL across the front of his cal
Rat Sausage.
Secretary of Minneapolis Exchange
Secretary c. e. Young of the MINI
i eapolis Builders and Traders exchang
was the next speaker. He was aske'
tc speak in place of j. A. Dinnie o
Grand Forks who was in town al
day yesterday but who called out o
the city early in the evening.
Mr.. Young congratulated the excel
lent spirit which prevailed among he
builders and traders. He urged tn
members of the Fargo exchange t
continue to stick together.
your only friends are your com
petitors,' was the way he put. In thi
day the idea of continuous fighting
believed in. Healthy competition
right and just but remember tina
there is plenty OF work for all.
He advised the local exchange t
work for legislation to better con
ditions and outlined some of tn
things which the Minneapolis ex
change was doing along this line. Fl
urged the exchange for one thing t
work for more manual training in tn
schools. He would have manual train
ing begin in the fifth grade.
A Word from Grand Forks.
The final address of the evening wa
given by Mike Moran who gave jus
a word from Grand Forks. He state
That he liked Fargo and was please
with the prosperity and enthusiast
spirit of get together which he foun
Iamongst the Fargo boys.
The banquet which preceded u
speeches was sunptious and thorogg'
liz satisfying and the crowd of almof
800 did ample justice to 1T,
orAvsGarf Worst of fha a q. ha