Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-26

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New York's claim to the title of
the country's greatest show city Is
being borne out this season in a
manner never before approached.
Exhibits this year will range from
A~byssinian rugs to geological freaks,
including all the articles beginning
with intermediate letters Of the alpha
bet. The season for this class OF en-
tertainments really begins with the
horse show which ranks first In So
cial Importance, taking temporary
precedence even over the opera. IT
merely serve however, to usher In
a season of some $50 other shows
which range from those frankly com
mercial to those purely artistic. In
the former class the automobile
show far outstrips the equine exhibit
with business transactions amounting
to about $40, 600, 900 in q single week.
while at the other extreme the orchid
show is looked upon as the last woTd
in the ultra artistic field. a single
bloom Is often valued at $1,000 while
bouquets Of these strange flowers
have been offered at prices running
into the tens OF thousands OF dollars,
There are cat shows, dog shows,
white rat shows, chrysanthemum
dahlia shows, poultry shows
indeed shows of every kind at al OF
which the exhibitors strive Just as
Tor honors as at the horse
show itself. At the poultry show, Tor
instance, the choicest rooster Is val
ued at $500, a sum equal to the
price of q blue ribbon winning horse.
are also shows which more
nearly concern human welfare. one
of the most curious being that AT
are exhibited all sorts of anti
~. -. l-..t.2a .an tYrrttv f~nYet fhnGA II
warranted to keep a man from being
to death by steam while
cleaning q boiler to n which makes
accidental ~asphyxiation impossible.
Altogether II is easily possible for a
in the city to attend some sort
Of q show every night during the year
without eve entering a theater.
The conservation of fraternal in
.surance, n system which has grown
10 responsibility for over seven bill
lions of dollars, promised to bene-
ffciaries numbering, 1t is estimated,
over 5000, 900 of prospective widows
and orphans, is the subject of an Inn
portant conference which is 60 be
held in this city on December l4th
18th. A bill for uniform state
legislation to safeguard the members
Of fraternal societies and perpetuate
The system of poor mans insurance
which was drafted by the national
convention OF insurance commission
srs, has been endorsed by both big
celebrations representing fr~aternal So
the National Traternal con-
sress and the Associated Fraternities
America. and the Insurance Com
n%issioners' committee is to meet the
of the fraternal fedora
ions for q final consultation over the
raining of the bill and its presenta-
ion in the various legislatures. the
conference promises TO be so mo-
that the executive commit
ees of both declarations Will also ne
m hand i'm readiness to take prompt
.rtion TO prevent any alteration OF
he bill they have already endorsed.
wing to the differences between the
ederations as TO the proper method
n which 10 bring conservation about,
nd the increasing dangers which re-
from that situation, this con-
erence of the public officials and the
representatives of the bodies they
to regulate will be an event
ully as important as the founding of
fraternal system by John Up
hurch over forty five years ago. The
was made by the founders oI
establishing rates which mortality ex-
Ieriepce proved were inadequate.
fost states have been unable TO re-
uire readjustments for the reason /
hat fraternal societies were specific Z
lily exempt from the laws applying ]
D insurance and consequently the e
lsurance commissioners have wit 2
essed the approach OF threatened '
now averted. without being q
to insist on NEEDED reforms. rho =
roposed bill IS planned TO provide I
10 necessary curb. 7
That the iron n steel Industry OF 4
ne United States Is one Of the won ,
ars OF the modern Industrial world 1
'h~ nninion expressed by Major :
Stumm. military expert and one
the leading steel manufacturer OF
nrnanv WIN has inst cnmnleled q O