Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-10-19

arase FAMILY income is less than 81
! 900. Father Knickerbocker is DONG
some pretty hard figuring in an en-
deavor to discover just how the cos.
of running the municipal government
is to be met twenty-five years hence
Undoubtedly a part would De cafeu
for by the greatly increased and val
ues. but in spite Of this i IS pec"hl-
ing evident that there will have TO
be a curtailment of expenses or oi
the increase in population The laet
remains. however, that at the present
rate of increase both in population
and expenses, New York is on the
road to become the worlds first bill
lion dollar q year municipal machine
before 1888.
The public schools in this city
strange as the fact may seem, now
propose to furnish common se"ge
education After years du"'no V'nch
the teaching Of drawing, = ane
others OF the so-called inc arts
seemed to be pretty wcll estab-
lished fad not only here but through
out the country, New York 8 superln-
tendent OF public schols has just
come forward with the epoch making
announcement that he wants every
girl who graduates from the pubic
schools TO be able to bake loaf oi
good bread, to broil a steak, and to
bake a potato, thus giving Chicago
one better, where future wives are
To be given instruction in kitchen
plumbing Probably no other an
nouncement from a similar source has
ever met with such Instantaneous APP
proval. since the effects Of such
course Of education from an econ
omic standpoint cen hardly be over
estimated. Only in this way. ii is be-
lieved, can the class which most
needs such instruction receive it,
since it is conceded that the poor and
illiterate are not only the worst
cooks. but the most extravagant
marketers. The mothers Of the girls
who win receive this training have
up to now been unable to teach them
the rudiments of cooking since they
know nothing Of it themselves. This
new educational movement in brief
is expected not only to have direct
bearing on the servant problem, but
what is more important, 10 decrease
dyspepsia and kindred ailments. pow
erty and domestic discord In all its
aspects it is regarded as one Of the
greatest conservation movements
ever started here
a possible explanation of the rea-
son why American ships are not more
largely represented in the ocean
carrying trade is afforded by an in
vestigation which one Of the ship
pers' organization has been conduct
ing to determine whether the rates
for carrying freight from
this port were unreesonabll high.
The steamship companies maintain
that they are too low to be profitable
on many classes Of freight. TO de-
termne this point q careful inquiry
was made into the earnings of the
larger steamship companies Not all
of their business Of course repre-
sented American exports and i'm
ports. in fact these constituted only
about one-third of the total. IT was
found, however that for twenty-one
OF the largest maritime companies,
operating over eight hundred steam
ships with tonnage OF over three
million tons and capitalized at $165,-
600. 600, the average earnings on the
ca pital stock were less than -FOUR and
a half per cent In this country
where a six per cent Investment is
considered only fair, there is little in
ducement to take up line of business /
yielding only about two-thirds of
that amount under favorable ecndi- |
tions. This investigation seems also |
to dispose effectively of the charge
that enormous sums are wrung from
American industries by foreign ship |
owners in view of the fact that less
than two ana q half millions Of the |
total profits were contributed by !
United states business