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sailed forth from street to street cry
ing his wares. At last he found
housewife who took the entire lot OH
his hands for five crowns. StralShtAdy
he went into business on larger scale
and had soon scattered his only gen.
uine poudare for de flea" throughout
the whole of London town.
one day, how ever, he was passing De
meath the window of his first victim.
when. hearing the shril call of the angry
woman above, he stopped and looked up
in dismay.
Hey. there" said she. you MONSIEUR Powder
Escape my clutches NOW. sir: if you can
Ill let you dirty. theving Frenchiuen know
That decent people won't he cheated so.''
Then spoke monsieur. and heavcd sanity sish'
With humble attitude and fearful eye:
..Ah. madame! s'il vous plat. attended, vous-
! will dis leetle ting explain to you
Ny poudare gran. Magnhque! Why abuse MIN
Aha. show you how to use him.
First. you must wait until you catch de flea;
apd when nsai he ne lanrhtahahe cpe his troat
Den poke dc poudare down. Besar! he choke!
For just such men as he, though their
methods OF fleeing the public are by no
means as raw. the Congress of the
United States has but recently been pass
ing restraining laws that will eventually
drive them out of business. Just as the
hapless Frenchman labeled his crushed
brick Poison for de Flea 50 unscrupu-
lous manufacturers of insecticides and
fungicides today have been foisting upon
the housewife and fruit grower and the
cattle man preparations that are not
what they purport to be.
But Congress has stepped to the
front and considered the question
of bugs and their eradication in official
session. And, after due consideration, 1t
passed a law that compcls ali makers Of
insecticides to label Their wares and make
no probematical claims of their efficacy.
In addition il now appoints committee
of government experts TO help enforce
that law by. fguratively. sepa: ating the
sheep from the goats in the herd o. bug
medicines" And to make the rescue
work even more thorough. regard ng cat
tie, sections of the country in which in
fected stock predominates are rigidly
uuarantined until cured.
Millions of dollars are being spent each
wear by people all over the United States
for various connections with which to rid
their possessions of insects and fungus
growths Sometimes tn desired results
are obtained, but frequently the outlay of
money and labor is rewarded only by
failure From the housewife buying a
ten-cent packaSe OF insecticide for
reaches and water bugs to the ranch
man buying preparations for Kidding his
huge herd of cattle of the Texas fever
tick can be traced a long line of prepara-
tions warranted to kill any and every in
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ployes. Every one in the Paris cafes, IN
the hotels and on the boulevards is talk
ing Of the serious aspect the working
class movement has taken.
Naturally among forty million people
there are divergent views as 70 what
may happen tomorrow or next day.
There are royaiists who become heroic
~ pulling the beard OF the president of
the republic, or by striking the prime
minister ir the face; republicans adrift
somewhere in the chaos between a form
of government representing absolute au-
thority or no authority at all: socialists
who wish to work for the state and not
private companies, and anarchists. who
are by no means few, who are looking
forward to the coming commune, and all
of these are fighting for their ideas with
courage and more or less dexterity.
The official view Of the situation. a.
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been officially estimated at from forty to
one hundred million dollars, while nearly
five hundred thousand dollars Is spent
each year by the United States govern
ment and various states in fighting It.
This cattle disease, which covers al
most the entire south, Is being slowly
pushed into the Gulf Of Mexico. Texas,
part of California. Oklahoma, Missouri.
Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee. Missis-
sippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North
and South Carolina and Virginia have
been, and some still are. within the quar-
antine line Cattle in such territory, after
the quarantine line is fixed, are not al
lowed to pass out nor uninfected cattle
to enter unless by government permls-
sion.
This fight. begun in 1906. has resulted
in the eradication of ticks from large
area. In one year over fifty square miles
were released, while the total number
of SQUARE miles released thus far Is over
100 900, or an area greater than the com
bined territory Of the states OF North
and South Carolina and tennessee.
Areas in practically all the states infected
have been cleared of the TICK.
The ticks are eradicated principally by
spraying and dipping, the former pelng
used for small herds, the latter for large
ones. For spraying regular apparatus
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states junk won't run. State socialism,
therefore, they say. is failure.
What is giving the government concern,
however, is the revolutionary party. Gus
tave Herve estimates that In case OF
general uprising the number of possible
strikers would be 100000, and most OF
these, he declares, are out for revolution
and not reform. The truth Of this was
shown when NJ. Neil, secretary OF the
Confederation Generate du Travail, which
is the central syndicate of more than
$500 trade unions. was forced to resign
because of his ''reformtst' ideas, to make
room for revolutionary. And the at
titude Of the extremists was voiced again
recently by Herve who. when the police
turned loose dogs on the strikers, pub
licly warned the police prefecture that
If this occurred again the anarchists
would reply with bombs. Dogs have not
been used since.
The revolutionists preach direct ac-
ton" instead of political action; the gem
eral strike as a revolutionary weapon !:
violence when opposed by violence, and
sabotage" or the willful damage of prop
erty during strikes. Recently. since the
government has refused to permit strikes
among railroad workers. Sabotage has
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are in control Of the wealth or the ma
ton On the other side is the great army
Of workers who are fighting for the mere
necessities OF lie.
There are no longer any pleasant IL
lusons here about peace and co-opera-
ton between the capitalists and the work
ers. A class war is being waged and
both sides are using every means to
gain the ascendency. Both are organized
and acting more or less in secret.
The financiers, pushing the theory Of
capitalism to its logical conclusion pre-
sent a collective front against the
growing tide of democracy. The money
trust in France is probably the greatest
combination of wealth ever known. 1t
controls the newspapers and has stlned
criticism Allied with the financierS are
the great industrial employers: and. since
NJ BRAND modified the railroad strikers
as soldiers and forced them back to work,
the big steamship companies are pre-
pairing secretly to insist that the same
thing shall be done In case Of trouble
with their employees
They will demand that the navy be
called on to furnish "blackleg' labor to
break the next strike among the sailors
and lockers. And if the government in
terferes in a strike among the marine
of public interest then the same reason
will exist to mobilize the bakers in case
they strike the butchers and. in fact, the
whole Industrial army down to the grave
digpers. Tor bread-makers and cemetery
workers are just as impo. tant III their
Way to the social system as the men
who run the "aisoads or steamships.
These plan: quite apparent 10 the
Ia bor leaders, vino are fully prepared to
meet force with force. For this reason
MANY observers think the employers,
metaphorically, are playing with dyna,
mite. and that if they do not deslst and
find some working basis for agreement
with the workers the revolution Is only
question of time. Serious men beileve mat
the time will be short. Pataud. leader OF
the electrical workers, who 1t will be re-
called not long ago plunged Paris into
darkness. says the dance has not yet be-
gun and that what has gone before has
been only the tuning of the fddles.
To call attention to the rising tide OF
revolution everywhere one has only to
point to events in Turkey, Persia. Portu-
gal and the struggle today in England
against hereditary privilege. These revo-
lutions, however, are generation late
and, therefore, are nothing new. In
France, however, there is an effort to
realize the dreams Of the present genera
ton. Prince Kropotkin predicts that in
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point Of view one takes in the contro-
versy..
On the democratic side of the ''barri-
cade' in France are two great parties,
the reformists and the revolutionares. At
the head of the former is Jean Jaures,
political director of the daily socialist
newspaper rHumanite. and leader of the
socialist party in the chamber of deputies.
M. Jaures represents the moderate social
ist view which believes in parliamentary
action and the establishment of the So
cial democracy by legal evolution. Al
ready the state has a monopoly in
matches and tobacco, and has bought one
railroad and Jaures and his party are
fighting for an extension of these mo-
nopolies until the state eventually controls
the production and distribution Of all
wealth
This is undoubtedly slow process and
costly, as was shown by the purchase Of
the Western railway, when the owners
with the aid Of the politicians saddled
on the public at an enormous price
railroad that is always breaking down.
Before the railroad can be termed first
class 1t will have to be rebuilt almost
entirely and its rolling stock replaced.
Having foisted on the public so much
scrap iron at the cost Of $6O,O0O.OO0. the
capitalists joke over the fact that the
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board to enforce the law. Methods similar
to those used by the pure food and drug
board will be followed by this board. DR..
J. *. Haywood of the bureau of chemis-
try will have charge of the analysis
work. and he will determine to just what
extent suspected preparation is adulter-
ated or misbranded.
The act which prevents this adultera-
ton or msbranding is so worded, it Is
claimed, as to leave practically no loop
hole for the manufacturer who desires to
make money out of worthless prepare
tons. Even if they are all they purport
to be, he must fulfill certain other re-
quirements of the law. If he ships his
goods interstate they must be fresh, and
he must see that the retailer sells none
that are old, provided their strength is
diminished by age. He must not add the
slightest particle of any substance which
will increase the weight of his product
and is Of no other value as an Ingredient.
His labels must not state that the prepar-
alton is "sure death when 1t may fail in
its mission. And, above all else, he must
state on the label just what the ingre-
dents are and the possibility of It's use
resulting in harm to anything to which 1t
may be applied.
Already there has been a decided move
made by several manufacturers to keep
within the boundary lines set by this act.
Letters have come to the department In
considerable numbers requesting informa-
ton on the subject. In some instances
new labels have been printed and for
warded to the various retailers so that
they may be pasted upon preparations
manufactured before the enforcement of
the law but still being sold.
The analysis of numerous preparations
at the bureau of chemistry recently
showed that startling attempts were be-
ing made to "coin'' money on worthless
products One insecticide was found to
contain 80 per cent of earth and the rer
naming 20 but cheap. doubtful SUBJ
stances. This article was sold for the ex-
orbitant price of % gents a pound.
Another, in liquid form, was made solely
of turpentine, and it sold for % cents for
a small can. Still another which sold for
the same price was analysed and found to
be but gasoline with little hi~h-smelling
oil added. In the case of a certain in
sect powder, over one hundred samples
substance poisonous to human beings as
well as to insects was discovered. So
deadly is it that 1t causes a quick death
If even breathed into the lungs. One has
but to recall the widespread practice of
scattering insect powder around the house
or kitchen to appreciate the grim posi-
bilities.
One of the greatest campaigns for
health ever waged in this country Is be-
ing carried on by the government In CO.
operation with various states against the
Texas fever cattle tick. This little tick
not only spreads Texas" fever and keeps
infected cattle in poor condition. but 1t
has also made it necessary for the United
States government to put large number
of states under quarantine. The annual
loss resulting from It's depredations has
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this insect is kept from the trees. and
as the remedy is only preventive one. 1t
has to be applied before the insects be-
gin their campaign.
Once a tree is infected. especially in
the case of the peach its growth is per-
manently checked and death results. The
work of the government in cooperation
with the farmers of the infected re-
gionS, in respect to both the codlinS moth
and the San Jose scale has resulted in an
enormous decrease in the loss resulting
from them. The spraying of trees as a
preventive Of attacks from both these
insects has now become one of the rou-
tine duties of fruit producers, and when
properly attended to results in only
very small percentage of loss This too,
will be greatly decreased by the compul-
sorry labelling of spray preparations and
the driving of bogus manufacturers out
of business.
New England is fighting against the
ravages of the gypsy moth and the
brown-tailed moth, which insects have
done vast amount of damage in Mas
sachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine,
Rhode Island and Connecticut. and have
threatened to spread to other portions
of the country. No quarantine line has
been established around the infected dis
tricts in this case, but as the gypsy moth
is found largely on roadside trees. from
which il drops on vehicles and persons
and is carried to other places. an effort
is being made to clean such infected
roadsides
In the case of the brown tailed moth.
which can fly, the enforcement Of state
law has been urged, and a more general
education of the people in preventive
methods. These insects, which defoliate
trees. have been greatly decreased. and
the majority of trees at the present time
are free of them. The infested areas
now amount to about 10000 square miles.
In New Hampshire 100 men are kept
busy during the winter carrying on
scouting operations and spraying trees
check by the aid Of scouting parties.
This work at times has necessitated the
help Of a large force. and as many as
500 men have been employed at one time
by the government
Forty tons Of arsenate Of lead have
been used in one spraying season. while
twenty tons Of sticky substances have
been applied to the trunks of trees to
prevent the caterpillars from ascending.
For the last five years parasites have
been imported from abroad for the pur-
pose of destroying these two insects, and
promising results lead to the hope of
their final eradication. Italy, France,
Spain, Portugal, Russia and Japan have
all assisted in this work OF importing in
sects hostile to both moths.
The white fly in Florida has done
much damage, but by proper spraying
it's activities have been decreased one
half to two-thtrds. A new menace to
the orange industry was recently dis
covered in the shape of thrips, an in
sect which punctures the rind of the
fruit and makes 1t scabby. Investiga-
tions have been undertaken by the de-
partment and spray found which rem
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NNANY Observers Believe
Nl That the Country Which
First Deposed It's Aristocracy
From Power May Be the
First to Experiment With
State Socialism or Even
Anarchist Communism, With
Which Doctrines the French
Working People Are Said to
Be Deeply Inoculated-Politi-
cal Labor Unions Planning
the General Strike and Wait
ing Only the Opportunity
to Put 1t in Force-Sharp
Cleavage Between the Glasses.
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HERE was a
Frenchman once
who. stranded In
London. so the
story runs, ground
a piece of COM
mon brick to
powder. wrapped
it in dainty bits
Of colored parer
and labeled them
poison for de
Pleas" Then he
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the verge of a new
revolution: This
Is the question that
serious observers
are asking since
the great railway
strike, when the
government called
out the troops and
modified. under
army regulations,
the railway en-
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Probably.
From Sketch

From Sketcn.
The Orator. arsk yer. Not is this
life we old so dear? Soon I'll be lying
with me forefathers.
The voice-An' givin' them points az
the game, tool
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Is New Revolution by the Working People Threatened IN France?


case the socialists take Paris only few
weeks will elapse before revolutionary up
risings will follow in Berlin, Vienna, Lon
don and st. Petersburg. Owing to the
momentous issue at stake the situation is
intensely interesting, no matter which
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is used and the cattle are sprayed with a
preparation especially adapted to the
eradication of the tick. All such prepare
tons must now be labeled In accordance
with the law. On large ranches dipping
vat is constructed. and in this is put the
preparation, through which the cattle are
forced to swim. In both cases the treat
ment has to be repeated at regular IN
tervals.
This, however is but one Of several
animal diseases which the government is
trying to eradicate by cooperation with
the states infected. and especially by the
enforcement Of the law requiring unadul-
terated and properly branded prepara-
tons for exterminating such pests Sheep
scab has caused an enormous loss in the
west, and for ten years the government
has been aiding in the fight against it.
Not only is there loss In money, but
a loss in sheep as well, for cases are on
record Of 80 per cent Of large flocks be-
ing killed as result Of the inroads of
this parasite.
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The One Thing Necessary.

From Simplic:ssinus.
HAS little Mrs. r. conso!ed herself
over her husbands death yet?'
''Oh, no; not yet. You know what a
long time these insurance companies take
to payr" -...--->sn zNlkM
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eminent made a tactical blunder in fore
ing military service on the strikers and
then ordering them, as soldiers under
serious penalties for disobedience. to re-
turn to work One reason is that the
government has placed itself under the
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taken another turn. Parcels sent by the
railroads are accommodating In great con-
fusion. and when deliveries are made, in
stead of getting a carload of coal, as or
dered, q merchant may receive cargo of
potatoes. The government is experience
ing the reality. of the old fable that one
may lead a horse to water, but cannot
make him drink.
Instead Of state socialism most of the
revolutionaries are working for anarchist
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the smoldering anger of the people A
small boy was whistling the "Marseil-
laise," the national republican anthem.
stop that tune!" called out one of
group of women.
why? the child asked, little thinking
the tune had political significance.
a bias la republique.' she cried, and
there was a dead silence.
Not a few persons believe that the gov
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A considerable number Of the western
states are under quarantine, even though
the area released in 1909 was nearly 400
600 miles. In the case of sheep the dip
ping method is generally used to rid the
animals of the parasites.
In one year government employees made
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CECRETARY of Agricul-
Oture Appoints Insecticide
and Fungicide Board-Will
Enforce Law. Similar to Pure
Food and Drug Act, Compel
ling Manufacturers OF insect
cides to Label Their Products
-Misbranding or Adultera-
ton Will Be Punished by
Fine or Imprisonment or Both
Action OF Moment to En-
tire Country-Vast Agricul-
tural Interests Devastated
Annually by Bugs-Reme-
dies All Hopeless Unless
Pure and Unadulterated-
Cheating the Housewife and
the Farmer - Methods of
Applying the Bug Medicine.
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PARIS. February ., 1911.
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sect or fungus growth. Some OF them do,
but the majority do not.
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RACING PIGEON EXHIBITION.
Washington Fanciers to Have a
Big Complimentary Show.

To give the public an opportunity Of
passing upon the merits of the racing
pigeons of Washington, which have be-
come famous throughout the country by
reason Of their wonderful performances,
a free exhibition has been arranged to
take place In the downtown shopping
districts on January II and 13. Eight
classes have been provided for as fol-
lows: For birds flown go miles and over;
Cor birds f1owns 100 miles and over; for
young birds flown 100 miles and over: for
young birds unframed; for stock pairs,
and for a selling class
One of WaShington's most successful
ex-racers has been secured to do the
Judging and his decisions are bound to
prove satisfactory. The records of the
pigeons will prove no factor in the judg-
Ing but no birds will be permitted to
enter any of the flown classes unless GER
tificates accompany them.
The object of the show will be to place
on exhibition in one room the best birds
in Washington. and it is expected that all
the eX-fancierS will take advantage of
not only noting present champions, but
renewing old friendships as, well, and
that two evenings of cOnviviality are as
sured.
In addition to the racing pigeons, gen.
tlemen owning fancy pigeons which have
won renoWn at New York. Philadelphia,
make the show a success. and the piGmy
puutcr class especially promises to be an
one.
FancierS desiring more information may
address w. +. Dismer, 1347 Columbia
road.