Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-02

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cent legislation providing for adj
tanced cases of tuberculosis, and the
adjustment of the public drinking
cup. These should receive the active
support of every woman
aThe public drinking u and the
public splitter are public ~nuisances.
II IS to be regretted that the enforce
ment Of the law for sanitary drink
ms cups yet hangs in the balance.
feel confident that New Jersey
women viii stand in strong support
Of this law, and hal when suffrage
Is won that ye shall yet prove to the
nneducated that our State is on the
map.
eKnowing so we'll, as nurses do.
Thai the greater number of diseases
bv which the human body is crippled
are transmitted through the oral cav
ity and nasal passages, we are COM
pelled by actual knowledge of facts
and conditions to stand for the sup
port and enforcement of these two
laws. Infant welfare and education
IN sex hygiene follow close behind.
each deservedly clamoring for imme-
diate attention. Well directed public
sentiment its demands. but
progress does not follow the hiding
Of truth in dark places"
Public Markets.
DR.. Peters devoted his address en-
tirely TO public markets. In every
city throughout the country where
they have public markets, he said
sthe living is cheap. So far as food
stuffs are concerned there is no place
anywhere where living is so cheap
and so good as in Baltimore. Not
only has baltimore the finest public
markets. Of any city in America, but
The women il, Baltimore, no matter
What their social station, are still
oId4fashioned enough to sc with their
baskets 10 she market. see what they
rct and take it home with them.
.eThose Who have c~onveyances go
with automobiles and carriages,
while the street cars present the ia
usiliar scenes of well filled baskets.
The living all through the South is
ANry cIeai, terause public markets
may be found in almost every city
of the South.
'About two years g the mayor OF
Des Moines Ia, established a public
market. 1t was predicted that the
peeple would not take kindly to de-
iivering their own purchases-that the
telephone and delivery had put the
eld-fashioned market out OF business
but the public market in Des Moines
is a great success, All classes OF
people throng the market place, many
of the Door people walking several
miles. carrying their baskets, and
many others using the street cars to
carry home their purchases.
Clerks and proprietors bring their
baskets, take their purchases to their
place OF business and carry them
home at night. A long line of auto
mobiles bring housewives to the
market for their supplies, and the
! consumers are buying fruit and vege-
tables over the middlemen's heads at
astonishingly low prices. The note
worthy result of this public market
as of every other public market, IS
the conservation of fruits and vege-
tables that were formerly wasted for
lack of a convenient market n be-
4 cause of the d~iscouraging reception
given the producer when he tried to
sell his products to the local commits
sion men"
Consumers Responsibility.
Mrs. Heath told of the great up
rising of women in crusade for the
protection of the home. This is due,
4she said, to the present conditions,
economic and Industrial, that are n
4menace to the American home.
fProof that this is realized lies in
Inc fact hat schools and colleges
dvervwbere are founding home
Economic departments and that the
Aubiect of the cost of living and mat
9ters which PERTAIN to the home are
paramount to all others.
.sMunicipal. State, Federal n In
ternational commissions have been
formed TO study conditions and sug-
pest remedies. The forming of COM
4 missions for research work and the
4 academic discussions are OF great
value. but the practical solution OF
the problems belongs to the mousse
wife of the present day.
aThis is plainly the duty OF the
American The efficient care
Of the home has beer her duty al
wavs. but changed conditions. added
70 the abnormal high cost of living,
have brought a crisis which has made
concerted action on her part impera
five Women everywhere recognize
the need of this concerted action n
have handed together in the House
wives League, and a new factor IN
economic life mas developed.
..In considering the question of the
high cost of living the trusts have
been placed on trial, the middleman
has been condemned, the producer
has been called to account, the ques-
ton of upply and demand and the
tariff and many other things have
been considered, but no one had
taken under consideration the organ
fed housewife as an economic rae
tor. Not organized oma for her
power has often been felt, but the
organized housewife dealing with
matters which pertain to the home"
Proposed Sea Canals.
In telling of the plans for sea-level
canals, Mr.. Schoff said in part: 1.-THE
Atlantic ~intracoastal waterway prof.
est. which has been vigorously agt-
tated for some years past by the At
lantic Deeper Waterways Associa-
ton comprising commercial bodies,
Interested firms and individuals
along the entire Atlantic COAST. con-
templates the connection of existing
bodies of protected navigable water
by means of short modern sea-level
canals. in such a way as to provide
q. protected inside passage suitable
for barge traffic. and, if it is desired,