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Among the many animal products i'm
ported for n wide variety Of purposes
from foreign lands Is white hair. 1t Is
Of various sorts and has a wide range
In value.
White hair Of the Syrian goat. known
as A8!atc white hair. comes from Syria,
Persia and Tibet. The body hair Of tho
Syrian buck groWh tu sixteen inches "a
length. the beard 10 twelve inches. hut
In a lot of $1,000 or 20 600 pounds there
might hc found less than twenty-iv"
pounds OF siN'ecn inch hair. All tho
lengths are utilized.
The long white hair of the Sl rian gon t
Ii az fine as human hair. In place. of
which II Is used fur some spcciul par
poses. principally for the making Of the
atrlcnl wlrs and boards To prepare II
for these uses II IL put through various
washing processes aud Il rO'nhrd to free
II OF all foreign substance ana tu
straighten nnd smooth il. In ,hi. first
finished state II IL put up for riarkct IN
little straight rolls or bundles. II ia
also sold In partly manufactured form
made up into curls and WcaVcs of va
rious shapes and sizes.
Svrian buck white hair. acccrh,., /.
it's length, its quality ana the rXtcn, ,o
, which II has been worked up, sells al
I from 81 to s25 IA pound.
Another white animal hair imported
10 obtained from the tail Of yak. This
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also comes from Tibet In general
way the yaks tail resembles that OF a
horse, though shorter, still there are
yak tails that measure thirty-four
inches. The hair IL much finer and II
Is moro wavY than that of n horse,
curly and crInkly. and so bigger and
hush!er. moro fuzzy. II is made still
finer by an acid treatment that reduces
1t Ia hall its original thickness making
II az fine as human hair. 1t IL used az
a substitute for human hair In making
switches and braids.
Yak hair Is expensive. The tails
from which Il IL taken have been im-
h0rted for only ten or fifteen years.
enough tho supply IL always limited
In" prices have fiuct lated widely, hav-
ing been as loW as II or !. apiece and
AZ hlSh as 81. apiece. Last year yak
tails cost -. iig ms 1t Is. IA full sized
tail WEIGHS oalY about pound. 30
light !. Tin" hair ana there IL compare
uN'N li't'c hair Of lrnsth suitable FOL
work "i tn" highest requirements
therefore the finest yak hair IL h!gl
priced, IN its finished state and twenty.
eight inches In lruIth It Is worth so ar
ounce. But high az the price is II Is
lew compared With the cost OF pure
whit" huinin hair, which, NJ the sam,
length, Is now worth s75 an ounce, ant
hard To get even nt that.
In short lengths of mixed white an,
gray. ouried yak hair IL made up int
very loosely woven and braided rop,
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from which YOU can easily pull off
any length YOU want. and which is
readily separated into curly lunches In
any form. This is used on the stage
for the making of some sorts Of charac-
ter boards.
White hair Of the common italian
goat iI imported for carpet manu-
facturc. There Is also imported white
hair of the Siberian goat, the shorter
lengths OF which are used in carpet
making and the longer for various
purposes.
costly white animal hair import ed
Is the undergrowth, or body hair, of
the Cashmere goat, OF which one ami
NAL may produce but two or three
ounces. This Is beautiful, fine silky
hair and sells as hi.sh MS SO an ounce.
It is used more in Europe. and par
ticularly IN France, thah in THIS ,oun-
try for 'hc mnkag ~ womcn's shawls
or scarfs. For tht making q! yl.h "A
shawl n s'ng!" ounce oc this suft. lin,
hair sulllces.
The most costly of an thc white AM.
nal hairs imported Il thut of the camel
The camel II commonly uf d diyty
brown In color bui parts uf It's hod>
| may be white. as may be s,rraha IN
l It's name. called veins. TN, caulcl's
hair III Of superior strcnsth and !ts
Gne white hair ~ sufficient lcGgth l.
used az n substitute FOR natural whit
human hair. White hair Of the came
is worth $2S IN ounce.
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a makes Sew York WI,

commerce whi = makes Sew York VIA:
ii Ia.
Modernizing the railway terminal
system by constructing a city elevated
freightway along the margin OF the west
waterfront in lower Manhattan II the ke,
to the whole problem. For that and the
! accompanying improvements We have
Iabored and shall continue to Ia or; and
! shall do all in our power to wake up the
men who should 50 the future Of this
great city and provide for it. but who
appear to be taking an after inner nap
That marginal freightway will open
up Possibilities for series Of terminal
markets and warehouses al! along the line
| OF railroad, and viii. enable all the Now
jersey roads to reach such terminals
by car floats or tunnels and to conduct
their business cheaper than they can do
1t now with high rentals and under con-
gested conditions on the Uvercrowded
waterfront. At tho same time We sl,all
make room for the longer piers and greater
space which the transat lantic and coast
wise shipping derno nds and should have
in t at area Of congest ion.
"'rhe Dock Depart ment is planning the
construction Of public terminal markets
near the waterfront not only in Manhattan
but in The Bronx. at Staten Island and
South Brooklyn. 1t is an exceedingly in,-
portant subject. and wish we could have
the earnest cooperation Of all the public
officials. President Miller Of he Bronx
has made special study Of market con-
ditions here and at foreign cities and 10
an authority on the subject. Others in
official responsibility would do we'll to
listen to him.
IF We cannot secure orr food and fuel
cheaply. and il our raw materials and
finished products are eypensi, ely handled
in and.ort Of the city. We cannot compete
successfully with ri\ al cities. nless We
wake up other and more progressive
cities will take adv an'age of our neglect.
Already We are losing trade through lack
of adequate terminal facilities and econ
omies. The city cannot do q, erything.
We cannot control tho tariS, or the de-
probation of geld. or the increased ' yalus
!. Of farm lands. or the drift OF people from
| the country to the cities. or the restraint
OF trade by great combinations. We can
not find a correcti, G for the present social
unrest, which is the result Of tho inc-eased
cost Of Ii, ing in relation 10 incomes.
But there are things the municipality
can coutrol. Cities must conform TO the
. law of @, olution which affects indi' iduals
and races they must adapt themsei. es to
their environment, to ever changing oon.
, ditions of life. 1t is the ti,test that sur
: ,i,c in the struggle for comnercieI ana
. municipal life. II is much more d'fhouit
for large cities than for small ones to do
this, hut il is equally necessary
Most of the prevailing unrest. with uii-
known political possibilities centres III
, the great cities. l, Is poin'oaI proo'o"'
. An industrial problem. We would do
w,,, 10 face II with energy and courage.
, On, Of tne iir-, ,nins- We should do IL to
,u; ON house IN order, modernise our
, no,,. ..,luce the costs Of carrying ON our
. commerce. Gu, down the cose Of livins. tryl
. 10 max. the conditions Of hte - nau1o.
better % II " possible Tor " 70 d.
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10 Replace Cansevoort and Washington
Manifestation Space Of Thirty City
Blocks-Will Save $1,000, 900

sive great port Of the world through which
to pass commodities in transit. That We
are trying our best to correct and shall
correct as soon a. we can overcome the In.
ertia Of some Of Our public authorities.
The cheap handling Of commodities in and
out Of the port, including its food. fuel
and raw materials. .is the basis on which ths
prosperity Of the whole city rests
"The cost Of living depends to a con-
siderable extent u u good terminal or.
gauization. The great railroad and steam-
ship terminals at which food products
are brought in are in effect and should
be considered as Wholesale markets. and
should be kept under a high degree Of
public control TO secure adequate sani-
tation and also to assure full competition
in The business.
Great cities like Now York have been
made possible only by re ent improve
ments and economics in traneportaioo
and the diflicultic, incident TO feeding
these great cities afford unus,lal oppcr-
tunitiee for midolemcn to form private
combinations controlling prices and ths
conditions of In trade. With a VOL
organized. adequate. Wholesale te.mina
market, under efficient and direct pablo
control. it will be easy 70 aver such con-
spiracies. II y man ofelGs revoke bic
license; take away tire p wer 10 do bus
ness whe-, his business rsv be mos:
advanta os,isy conduct I'D; it ia easie"
70 pu, an ofyeadsr on :he sidewal, than
TO put him in prison
Improved transit methods and col
storage have rcvolutionNe city livinS
conditions To got ;ha lull nsacfir ~
,he:e improved methods on the great
railway systens we must pu, oI: own
louse in order. We must coordinai" &"
the railroads, the steamships, the cold
and dry st ora ge warehouses. the markets:
we must cut out al unnecessary handl!r e
a ID costs; we must brrG rai'ro Il GERS
directly into tho central terminal. In
shur'. ii ia n cessary to modernize the
entire business Of handling the fool
products upon which New York sib-
sis,s. Just as ii is necessSry ~ TO moderni71
tre whole port with reference 90
Efficient md economic handling OF tie
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direct. as is proposed in the rev plan. all
! Tins would be saved. The total truck
ing charges of ali sorts saved by the pro-
posed market cannot bc less than 81 900. 900
year.
Ihe plans for the great terminal market
were prepared after careful investigation
under tho auspices of the Gansev oOrt
Market Business Mems Association. the
West Washington Market Association. the
Chelsea Association of Merchants and
Manufacturers and the Greenwich Vfl-
lage Public Service Committee These
business men have gone into the matter
most thoroughly. They figure that the
total indirect IA, ings. in prevention Of
waste and deterioration. in trucking and
other costs, will be upward OF 81. .OOO, 900
year They have also computed that
with low rental figure for the available
space. lower than that now paid in much
inferior markets. the whole operation
would be on a.. per cent. basis. a good
iny estment for the city. As soon as the
debt il amortiard the rents may he re-
duced. still further cutting down the ex-
pense OF carrying on business. the con-
sumers getting the benefit
| This terminal market scheme fits in
well with the larger plsn for port improve
ments so long and so ably urged by Dock
Commissioner Tomkins. Naturally the
Commissioner is for il. as he is for every
thing that makes for a greater and better
New York
! "We have the greatest city on the con-
tinent, said Mr.. Tomkins tho other day
but We mustn't go to sleep if We want to
ma int ain our preeminence, This port is
naturally one Of the best and cheapest
markets in the world Tropical fruits
vegetables. fish, oysters, nuts. canned
goods. meats can he laid down here
cheaper than in most cities
"ln spite of these natural atlvant ages
New York is one Of the cities in which il
is conceded by everybody the cost Of Twins
is unre,.sonably high, Both food and rem,
are costly. The principal local causes o
high priced food are Inadequate facilitie,
for the reception and dstribut ion Of prod
ucts, The terminals OF the port are badl,
arranged, and the business Of dist r;but ior
from the terminals throughout the wide
spread residential area is carried on in {
primitive and costly fashion
"The best ports of the world arc organ
lied in such q wey a. to make ell parts &C
ccssible to all railroads. The harbu
wrtcrs ct New York have up to now pre-
entcd such GirtlticlliCtion Of the railroaS
systems, and the deficiency Las been sup
piled hy means of Ger tloats. lighters ant
fcrryhcct3 iu6; cad e direct rail approach
This ;.d,s greatly tn lho cost rud on th'
lower Nest Side Of NGHhG'ts.n I has pro
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marka, is finished Order will take the
hundred trucks can load at once with
great crowding no huge platforms
each $40 feet in length. will enable 275
trucks to back mp side by side and take
on their loai- simultaneously Separate
driveways in and out at either end will
avert confusion.
Ii should be borne in mind that hand
ling perishahlr foods and fruits IL a diff
feren. proportion from n, handling OF
general freisii,. They must not be per-
miited to lie long on the piers. else the
losses will be enormous. 4, the same
time the conditions Of the trade are such
that the peris liable goods cannot bc taken
away as fast as they arrive. They must
wait for "the market the big auction
which takes place every morning at 5
O'Clock.
All through the night from sundown
, until nearly dawn the big car aoa.s creep
across the river bearing go or go car
loads Of perishable produce. The stun ia
dumped out Oh the piers by an army OF
men Each commission merchant has a
| space allotted to him. on the piers. i'll he
! bulkhead. or out on the street when
indoor space is exhausted as it generally
is. Here the goods are stacked in hundreds
! Of pyramids Outside the wagons and
| trucks swarm with their clamorous drivers.
A, 3 o'clock the gong sounds. the auc-
| ton is cn, and when il is over comes the
mad rush for tho loads, every one in a
hurry, every one moved by the speed
spirit. You think the rush hour in the
subway tremendous, but you should see
the rush hour on the fruit aud vegetable
piers AT 4 or o'clock in the morning
! With the prescn, inadequate facilities
a., a considerable part Of the produce must
be exposed to the weather. II cat ches
/ hying dust and dirt for hours before it
Is all cartcd away on the long drives to
| the local markets and stands at which
you buy your daily supply. That il bad
for the goods. bad for You. bad for the
! dealers. II is a loss for every one con-
cerned, and a preventable loss. Worse
still is the farmers market in Gansevoort
square That is in the open air; no pro-
lection from flying dirt, no protection
from cold or heat. There the losses are
heavy; there it is impossible to carry on
the business in u sanitary manner.
III tIts nSW NOV ts'' t'NoO
wasteful conditions will be done away
with. There will he room enough for
every one. The farmers market will
have acres TO itself In the Easements OF
the new buildings. where everything II
sweet and clean. where the temperature
! IL kept at from 55 to 80 degrees the year
round.
Much OF the eggs, butter and poultry
are now shipped to New York in refrig-
orator cars; owing to lack Of proper facli-
ties at the terminal the produce Ii un-
loaded on the piers and in the busy season
permitted 10 remain there several days
exposed to the summer heat Decompo'
sition sets in. with consequent Ions, DR.
Mary Pennington OF the United States
inspection bureau says from tn II
per cent, OF all the eggs and poultry
produced In this country are l0st through
improper handling. Tho business incl
who advocate q sanitary aud adequate
, market terminal have figured out thai
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l. will Of course be directly connected by
racks with all of the railway systems
entering the city. on both sides Of tte
Hudson River. and with all steamship
docks as well.
Iwo miles OF frei ght cars MAJ stand
AZ one time within the establis ment-
20 cars; and more than a mile OF cars
l;O-may be unlcGded at one time 1t
will be practicable to unload ?..oo cars
= freight train about nine miles long in
twenty -four hours. The unloading plat
forms will have nine acres of surface,
the equivalent Of nearly six city blocks.
And 275 big two horse or motor trucks
NAY back up to the delivery platforms
aud be loaded simultaneously.
Prodigious as is this design, the cool
headed experienced business men who
irepared it-men who know what they
are talking abou, tell us it is only one
4 number of like establishments New
York must have in the relatively near
future.
Five million of people do consume lot
~ stuff, as may be judged Ivy the size Of
the terminal designed to receive only
part Of the daily supply New York
receives yearly. it is officially estimated
Hl''er trounds) ........, t3'o0o,opo
tgcs ..,......,..... l,too'Ouo'"V'
FRUITS pounGSD .......... bJu,OVo,""o
louit.y and game thead.. llO,ooo,"Oo
Five railroads having their terminals
on the Jersey eide and delivering direc
10 the proposed terminal market on the
Manhattan shore by car Aoats and mar
gina freight railway receive In an aver
Carloads
Vegetable, 220
fruits and apples. ................ lI5
I'I'l"s ..'.'''.. ..'''..' '.'''''''' w
f-u@r ana eggs .......''.'.'''''' '-'
These are only part OF the daily con
'nhp,ions to the metropolitan larder. i
lakes no account of tn. meats dressed
or on the hoof; Dread-tufIs. potatoes
which come by the shipload from Ireland
cargoes of package goods and genera
groceries. domestic or imported. from
N" steamship docks: seventy-tive tons
I, oi oysters received daily in season AT one
Market alone, 5000 tons OF fresh fish ar
Hyng monthly at two markets.
West street, tho wide thoroughfar,
Viii SKIRTS the North River for severa
hiie,, i busy enough during the day
d, ro>t Of you have noticed when yo,
Visited one Of the steamship docks to Sc,
yonr friends OF 10 Europe. But yol
mould see West street at night. The
"rsat White Way IL "a calm and peaceful
Village highway compared with II.
In tho busy season more than a thou
Nshd trucks and wagons assemble ther,
"'ery night When the thrush OF vege
'ahleS ana fruits Is AT its height 700 team
sa'heF nightly at the piers handling thos
articles Though they cant get thei
'oads Ill after 3 o'clock in the morning
'nsy begin coming as early as II O'Clock
~ early birds after good places in tn
'ong waiting lines. Tickets are issue'
"a N" order of application and squa'
mounted police is on hand to keel
'ninss a. much in order a. the circum
Nahc"- viii admit. Even then the con
sestion and confusion are great. Ho,
's nass of horses. wagons. trucks an
u'hevor disentangles itself without leav
ns wrecks piled here and there on tn
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NEW TERMINAL MARKET WILL LOWER FOOD PRICES

Then there are the los7es bv uIncccs-
sary trucking. Cold storage Goo1~ COM
ing in by rail are tracked to distant ware
houses. whereas with an adequate terminal
market, equipped with cold storage floors.
these costs would be al .cd half million
more per year on the right side of tho
ledger on eggs. butter, poultry and fruits
alone In addition to this is the large
trucking charge on ordinary receipts not
cold storagod 1t is estimated that IL costs
the dealers at West Washington Market
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- Tot many New Workers ever pause
nj to think what a great and WON
derful city is the one they live
in; they are too busy. Though
not all OF the Inhabitants know II. the
American metropolis is in many respects
the greatest and most wonderful city in
the world. And it's future almost stuns
,ne imagination. Five millions Of people
now ten millions in less than twenty
wears hence; beyond that. figures well
nigh Incredible. Within a year or two
New York will pass London; and as the
f.st or cities is likely 10 reign supreme
'or half n century. perhaps FOR all time.
A few men in this town do appear to
understand hoS big the place is. how fast
II IL growing, what tremendous fu'ur"
lies before. bow serious are the problems
,aised by this amazing enlargement
They are at work. each in his own way. IN
rlsns TO develop and mod"rnize the city.
10 heautify IL; to increase the efficiency
II all its public utilities; to reduce the
expense ~ handling its commerce and
supplies; to lessen the cost Of carrying
~ business and OF living; to improve aud
eStand the means Of travel between all
PATS 'I 'uc WiOeSpTedu Hu'tTopoI'u'
area
Ola these plans none is more import an,
~ interesting or of deeper immediate
concern to the masses Of the people than
he one To provide adequate. economic,
sanitary means OF handling and distribu.
ing the food supplies Of the city. The
project for great modern, scen' itc.
uholesale terminal market 20 be cstah.
l..hed near the foot Of West Twelfth
street. 's On a scale worthy of the New
York Of the future. suggestive of tho era
II giant things upon which We are on
'cring
What do yon think of iuarke, house
Win more than 200 ooo square feet Of
'antinc floor space iil,r acres thirty
,iir blocks inclusive Of their stree, :?
nat - what the new Washington sud
p4use' oott terminal market is to he when
''rpleted. The ground on which il i.
'l stand will cost 81. DO 900; Inc buildings
nd equipment neariy fi,'e millions more.
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the political doctors wo'ld do we'll II
study the science Of food conserS alton.
The same Federal authority asserts that
the egg crop In the nited States is the
most ,a'iabe of all crops. corn alone
excepted, sjUo. COG. $50 Il year is the contri-
button ut the humble hen 10 tho national
wealth. the hen docs her share oil right
but careless. iinpro, iden; man wastes
3 or 10 per cent. of her work and thereby
suffers a loss of $40. .oOO, 900 or So. .Oo0, 900
n year.
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il only one-auarter oi Lke average losses
are saved on New Work.. supply of butter,
eggs. fruit and poultry the yearly saving
will be over S2oDD.UtN These figures
give an idea of The tremendous saving
that may be effected i, proper facilities
are provided for all the tood-iuNs con-
sumed by the people o! tn metropolis
In theso days of general compliinC OF
high cost OF li.ine. question which
enters sharply and perhaps decisiS ely
into the Presidential campaign, possibly
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An Improvement Planned at a Cost of
$4,000, 900 Which Will Benefit the
City and Consumers

battlefield is more than the casual on
locker can understand.
All this will be changed when the new
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s2oo.o 900 year TO truck produce from the
side tracks to their stands in the market.
With railway cars entering the market
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BY WALTER WELLMAN.

r. Tot many New Workers ever pause
nj to think what great and won-
| derful city is the one they live
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-02
MINERS FAVOR THE RECALL
Prepare to Amend Own Law and Have
1t Apply to Union Officials.

Recall of officials of the United Mine
Workers of America is provided in
constitutional amendment adopted by
the miners convention. Ten per cent
of the membership may initiate re-
call and on petition of 80 per cent an
election shall be held Attempts by
some of the leaders, especially among
socialists, to reduce the percentages
failed, though they declared the recall
machinery as stipulated was too cum
bersome ever to be effective.
President John F. White urged eau
ton in introducing the reform and sup
ported the plan as adopted He de
clared in favor of recall Of judges and
said if it had been available years ago
trade unionism would not have sui
fered the wrongs from the courts that
had impeded its progress.
By an amendment to the constitution
the miners conventions will be held
every two years, instead of annually,
hereafter.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-02-02
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