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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11

children's home into a branch of his fac
tory, and gives them work i'm which even
the smallest child in the family joins
through long hours under a necessity as
imperious in its demand for the constant
work and attention Of the child as would
be the commands of foreman in fac
tory.
In brief the law which regulates home
work manufacture i'm New York City con-
tans no provision to prevent the employ
ment of children nor to restrict the work
in~ hours of minors or women. 1t pro-
vides merely that work on certain speci-
fled articles 0orty-one in number), given
out by manufacturers or contractors, may
not be carried on in a tenement living
room. unless the owner of the house has
first obtained a license from the New
York State Department of Labor. Any
articles not named in the law may legally
be manufactured i'm unlicensed houses
The terrible consequences for the chill
dren themselves of work carried on at
such tender age will not be considered
i'm this article. We only wish TO insist
upon the fact that their employment
means the handling of foodstuffs under
the worst possible conditions. When ten
people are living in a Sl2 flat. try to
imagine what the washing and toilet
facilities must be reduced to. But there
are yet worse things TO be told if one
follows the nuts from the time they leave
the candy factory or the contractors
room until they are returned to their
starting point.
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Continued from first page.

White House on business. He eX-
planned that he wished to see me alone
sat down opposite me and put very
expensive cigar on the desk, saying
"Uaye a cigar" / thanked him and
said | did not smoke, to which he re-
sponded. Put it in your pocket lie
then added: Take another; put both
in your pocket" This ! accordingly
did. Having thus shown at the outset
the necessary formal courtesy, my
visitor. an old and valued friend, pro-
ceeded to explain that nephew OF his
had enlisted in the Marine Corps. but
had been absent without leave, and
WAS threatened with dishonorable dis
charge on the ground of desertion. My
visitor, "A good citizen and patriotic
American. was stung TO the quick at
the thought of such an incident oc-
curing In his family, and he explained
to me that il must not occur that there
must not be the disgrace To the family.
although he would be delighted TO have
tbe offender "handled rough" TO teach
him a needed lesson. He added That he
wished | would take him and handle
him myself. for he knew that would
Ca. that ne got all that was coming
ia him" Then look of pathos came
into his eyes. and he explained: THAT
boy Just cannot understand He was
nv sisters favorite son, and | always
took a special interest in him myself. |
did my best to bring him up the way he
ought to go. But there was just moth
inc to be done with him. His tastes
80 naturally low. He took to
n,usic,, What form this debasing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
NAUSEATING DETAILS.

Mother and children call for load OF
nuts. say bag OF fifty pounds, and bring
them home. The nuts are then spread
over the kitchen table; the family sits
around the table and begins to break the
shells This must be done carefully. Nut
meats picked from the shell are paid for
at the rate of AZ cents a pound, but II
any are broken payment is deducted for
a whole pound per bag. Knives and nut
crackers are therefore to be avoided as
likely TO injure kernels Fingernais are
more reliable, and when a shell does not
Yield to the pressure of the fingernail,
mother and children use their teeth. Ii
is unpleasant to remember i'm this connec-
ton the deplorable uses to which children
will put their fingers and nails. especially
when IL is borne I'm mind that nuts are
never cooked nor submitted to any heat
ing process which might kill off the bac-
terra deposited upon them by suspicious
hands.
And them even if the nut pickers were
in perfect health, az overworked women
and children are hardly likely to be- the
fact that many of the nuts have been
held in their mouths for the purpose of
cracking the shells might spoil the appe-
tite.
At meal time the unpicked nuts are
pushed to one side of the dinner table.
the picked meats are kept either on the
floor or on one of the many beds and
couches which are the most prominent
articles of furniture In those crowded
warrens. After meals work begins again
on the table, hastily cleared and sum-
marly cleaned.
Investigators have told of work being
done I'm homes where sick persons helped
along because they could not earn a
livelihood at any outside work.
Miss Lillian ID. Wald. head OF the Henry
Street Settlement recalled a horrible
case. Many of the "outworking' chill
dren are engaged in making small paper
bags such as are used by grocers or deli
catessen dealers for wrapping their GUS
toners purchases In the basement Of a
house in Henry street, she said, through
the accident of the illness Of child, four
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
INDEPENDENCE MEANS CHAOS IN P. |.

torney; Or. Thomas Damn English. author
Of Ben Bolt. Dion Bouccault, Charles
w. Brooks and John Russell Young
Alfred II. Thurston. the proprietor oil
the Astor House since 1901. told the
writer few days ago of the famous
hosts that had been his predecessors.
About the year 1890 he said John Jacob
Aston engaged Isaiah Rogers, an archi-
tect. to design hotel which would be
the most pretentious building OF its kind
I'm the country.
The cornerstone was laid in 1882. The
northern limit of the business district at
that time was Chambers street. and many
persons were skeptical about the result
of Mr.. Astor's uptown venture. But
the work of construction went on, and
was finally completed in 1885.
Frederick Boyden. who had been CON
Quoting the fremont House. In Boston.
came down as proprietor and brought
with him as chief clerk Charles A. Stet-
son.
Mr. Boyden retired in 1897. and Robert
Il. Coleman. one of the original partners,
and Mr. Stetson ran il. I'm 1852 Mr. Cole
man quit, and Mr. Stctson took in his
son-in-law, John Il. Devlin. Mr.. Stetson
himself severed connection with the hotel
in 1871. and one Of his sons succeeded him.
The firm was Charles A. Stetson's Sons
until 1875, when the house was closed for
several months and the furnishings sold
under the hammer. The Stetsons were
succeeded by Allen e. Dam in September
1875. f. j. Allen was proprietor when he
died in 1901.
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taste for music assumed | did not IN
auire, and | was able to grant my
friends wish.
While i'm the White House | always
tried to get a couple of hours exercise
in the afternoons-someti tennis.
more ofte. riding, or else rough
cross country walk, perhaps down
Rock Creek, which was then as Wild as
a stream in the White Mountains; or
on the Virginia side along the Potomac.
MY companions at tennis or on these
rides and walks we gradually grew to
style the Tennis Cabinet; and then we
extended the term 10 take in many or
nv oldtime Western friends. such rs
Ben" Daniels, seth" Bullock, Luz
Their Kelly and others who had
taken part with me in more seri-
Gus outdoor adventures than walk
ing and iding for pleasure. Most
of the men who were oftenest with
me on these trips-men like Major
General Leonard Wood. or Major Gen
eral Thomas Henry Barry or Presley
Marion Rixey, Surgeon General OF the
Navy: or Robert Bacon. who was after
ward Secretary Of State; or James Gar
field, who was Secretary of the In
terror: or Clifford Pinchot. who was
chief of the Forest Service-were better
men physically than | was; but could
ride and walk well enough for us all
thoroughly TO enjoy it. Often, espe-
cially in the winters and early springs
we would arrange for a point to point
walk, not turning aside for anything
for instance. swimming Rock Creek, or
even the Potomac, If IL came III our
way. or course. under such circuih-
stances we had to arrange that our re-
turn to Washington should be when 1t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
HIS OWN STORY OF HIS LIFE

was dark, so that our appearance might
scandalize no one. On several occa-
sions we thus swan Rock Creek in the
early spring when the ice was floating
thick upon il. If we swan the Poto-
mas we usually took off our clothes. L
remember one such occasion when the
French Ambassador, Jusserand, VINO
was a member of the Tennis Cabinet,
was along, and just as we were about
To get in to swim somebody said, Mr.
haven't taken off your gloves" to
which he promptly responded: IL think
| will leave them on; we might meet
ladies!"
We liked Rock Creek for these walks,
because we could do so much scram-
bling and climbing along the cliffs;
there was almost as much climbing
when we walked down the Potomac to
Washington from the Virginia end Of
the Chain Bridge. | would occasionally
take some big game friend from abroad
-Selous, or st. George Littledale or
Captain Radcliffe, or Paul Niedicke-
on these walks. once I invited an en-
tire class OF officers who were attending
lectures at the War College to come on
one of these walks. | chose a route
which gave us the hardest climbing
along the rocks and the deepest cross
ings of the creek. and my army friends
enjoyed it hugely-being the right sort.
to a man.
The next instalment Of Mr.. Rooseveit's
Chapters Of "a Possible Autobiography" l.
"a continuation Of the present instalment. u
will appear in the issue Of May IL.
Published by special arrangement with
"The outlook" OF which Theodore Roose
welt Is the contributing editor. through the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate. Copyright
1913 by the outlook Company. All rights
reserved, including rights of translation.
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Continued from third page.

IF after fifteen years of investigation
sour countrymen have discovered that
these people can never be strong enough
to support themselves as an independent
nation. why not tell them 50 frankly and
not continue the fiction that some time or
other, when they are tit for it, they VIII
be made Independent? Why not take ad-
vantage of the possibilities your own peo-
pie have created. instead of stupidly tax
ing OF taking a step which would give IT
Ill TO some other power?
During the period when the archipelago
vas most prosperous under Spanish rule
namely. from about 1880 TO 1894, the av-
erage imports Of the islands from the
United States amounted to sJO2,S29 That
S, they bought this much from the mer-
chants and manufacturers o. this coun-
frt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11

And so for five generations there has
been tavern on the Astor House site.
one Of the earliest of the several Bulls
Head" taverns in New York originally
occupied IT, In old times the title Bulls
Head" with it's appropriate sign, was
familiar and savorite one with New
York inns. The Bulls Head on the
site of the Aston House. was IN its time
If not the best. the most prominent and
important tavern In New York.
There is an old story about how John
Jacob Astor. the first, sold the hotel To
his son William. Perhaps the story viii
20 on forever. and there Is no need 10 tell
II again. And yet. with the passing OF
the Quincy granite pile it would seem
that. maybe. good way 10 close "A
sketch OF this sort would be to send Il
forth again for whatever IT may be worth
i'm the cause OF truth.
Here Is the story:
few days after the hotel was I'm
ished the old gentleman and his eldest
son. William. were walking through CITY
Hall Park, where the Post-Ofiice now
stands. and stopped moment to adj
hire the building-the finest hotel in
America at that time.
Pop" that IS "A mighty fine building.
said William 81 wish TO gracious 1t was
mite"
"roe'' answered. his father well,
Billy, give me "A dollar and you can have
It,"
"Out came the dollar-a big silver dol
4 H.. a., hy A.. family a
this day as the dollar OF our daddies,
and within an hour the deed OF the prop
erty was made out and recorded.
This was the old Mr. Astor's only sale
Of real estate in his life
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
THE PROBLEM OF "oUTWoRK."

And tenement work is on the increase.
Ten years ago there were less than TWEEN
ty-dve hundred tenement houses licensed
by the Department of Labor. Now there
are over fifteen thousand of them. Gu
riously enough, no license is required for
each fiat or family. One license is enough
for the whole building. There may be
thirty or forty families living in one house
and engaged In home manufacturing.
One license covers them all. Assuming
that ten families for each house do cut
work" "a conservative estimate), we may
reach a total of 10000 families working In
licensed houses. And, as We said before
as many more are working In unlicensed
houses Day after day new Industries
are transferred from the shop or loft to
the tenement fiat. More and more food
stuffs are bound 10 be prepared not only
by the overworked mother, whose hands
are continually soiled by housework,
kitchen work, the care OF young children
but also by the young children them
selves, whose physical habits may not De
of the best and whose hands collect all
the germs thriving on street dirt, door
knobs. stairway bannisters. etc.
Contract shops and little storage rooms
spring up like mushrooms before the De-
partment of Labor can secure knowledge
of existing conditions. And then, even IL
the Department of Labor could keep up
with the growth of the work tenement,
little could he accomplished I'm the way OF
regulation. for the Board of Health, the
Tenement House Department and the
Board of Education also have finger IA
that Die.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
CONTROL OF CHINESE TRADE.

AS the business i'm these islands IN
creases. their consuming capacity VIII IN
crease in proportion. and the United
states will chiefly benefit by that trade.
"Nor is the proposition of control by
the United States of the trade OF emma
through developing the resources and con-
troll of the trade in the philippines an
unreasonable one. China is a Dig mar
ket. with imports already ranging more
than 500 100000 annually. The great ports
Of that country are but few days Voy-
age from Manila, and with stocks III the
Philippines from which to draw Oh AHherI-
can goods would be made az available 10
merchants OF China as they now are 10
dealers in the United States itself
81 firmly believe that through the
agency OF the Philippines the Uhi'eu
states can come 20 control the trade oil
China"
The Americans who have Tor hitee"
wears toled and moiled IN the fhlilP-
mines and who have settled there as
tbair nernanent home are afraid OF noth-
inc eo much as that Congress may take
some action without full knowledge VI
the facts. To them, and indeed 10 the
Iriliplnos who have enrolled themselves
under the banner Of Independence the
question threatens real tragedy prom
Using financial ruin and the destruction
of years of earnest effort.
OF more than hundred business men
interviewed in the islands by the "Il'ei
there was not one who did not express
the belief that now is the time FOR Con-
gress TO make some permanent deciar"
ton which will save the country from
the uncertainty now paralyzins business
and Keeping capital out of the country.
IF we have discovered that the III"
pinos never can maintain their inue-
pendence we ought to tell them so Trans.
~ and remove the inspiration OF uh'eS'
which is continually stirring up the peo-
pIe" said one of them who ~ ieauo'
i'm civic affairs This will be no breaoh
of faith on the part Of the United Sta,e''
There isn't disinterested man VINO mas
ever made "A study of conditions he'
but must admit that we have acted IAN
" by thees natives
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11

OF the 1900 square miles in the archi-
pelago more than 1000 square miles, 1t is
estimated are covered with merchantaDle
timber which has hardly been touched.
Some of it is the finest hardwood in the
world. About 80. 100000 acres are available
as agricultural and mineral lands, and OF
these only about 10000 the records show
have been applied for.
THE Philippine Islands really stand at
the very beginning of their development.
said Harold &. Pitt, president OF the
Manila Merchants Association, to the
writer Capital has not come to the
islands because very little about the ISL
ands is known in the United States.
1.-The problem of making the ISLANDS
produce the nineteen tropical and sub
tropical products which the United states
is buying elsewhere at cost of @eO~oV~
a year is a simple one, providing oil
course, that we do not give up the archi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
Passing Of Astor House
Continued from fifth page.

great CONSERVATION in Congress by drop
ming from his pocket "A pistol which
Senator picked up. was dropper III.
His features and the cut of his hair an"
beard we're reminders OF Dickens.
And there were Colonel John Is fe'-
lows. the former Mayor and District Az
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
FOOD IN TENEMENT HOUSES

little children we're found. They were
born there, none of whom had ever been
TO school, and all were working at paper
bags "One child had an infectious head
disease, and through that accident came
TO the a ,ntion of the nurse, and when
We Investigated further we found that
several of the children had the same
head disease. When We reproved the
little children in the tenement houses for
never having told us of the little ones VINO
were at work in the rear basement, they
said the children had never come out to
play, so they never knew they were
there"
Miss Valid also recited a case which
the writer had in mind when mention
of cigarettes was made at the beginning
of this article. She once saw woman
sitting i'm bed, too i'll to be removed, in
an advanced stage Of tuberculosis. she
had tray of tobacco and paper on the
bed, was rolling the cigarettes and then
moistening the paper with her lips.
Readers may be surprised at the state
ment that no sanitary restrictions what
ever is placed upon the manufacture or
cigars and cigarettes. However filthy
room, however sick man. woman or
child may be, tobacco can be kept in the
room, and the sick persons saliva can
be used I'm moistening the cigarette paper.
The list of forty-one articles which can
not be handled except in licensed tene-
ments does not include coffee. And there
fore the investigators Of the Child Labor
Commission have found women and chill
dren sorting coffee, especially coffee
sweepings, In unspeakably dirty novels.
While coffee is probably rendered sterile
by the process of roasting, IT Is distinct
ly distressing for the consumer to think
of filthy little hands which soiled the
beans before they were offered for sale.
AS mentioned above, it is a fact that
the tooth brush is one of the most dan
gerous disseminators of disease, an arti-
Gle the manufacture of which should be
surrounded with very strict precautions.
IL is now handled in quantities by tene-
ment workers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
ISLAND IMPORTS.

In 1917, after nearly decade and haIi
Of American control. this amount had
grown TO about $1,000. 0oo-that IS, they
had become forty times more profitable
as customer for American wares than
they were before
The United States is an enormous con-
sumer Of tropical and subtropical PROD
ueS No class of commodities has en-
oyed the popularity and the Increased
Usage among the people of the United
states Of those grown in tropical coun-
ines. But there are no countries with
winch its commerce is SO unequal, so un-
favorable TO II in the matter OF inter
Grange OF trade, as those from when
'hese products are obtained.
partial list OF imports OF this nature
includes coffee. sugar, cocoa, raw SILK
various kinds, tea. tobacco. spices, etc.
al aggregating annually in value 10 some
ulng over 5000 10000.
Inc significant feature about this trade,
however, is that the countries of when
'ne United States buys these products
ouy only about s3OoOooO0O worth OF goods
from the United States in return.
IN other words. Uncle Sam yearly debts
himself tSoo.00ooo0 as a result of this
usoe That is. he loses that much. it be-
"Is the amount of money which goes out
me country every year and stays out.
VOW the claim made for the Philippine
.''ancs by those who believe them TO be
"o valuable to be recklessly sacrificed is
"" they can not only grow every one of
sese commodities for which the United
,sles annually pays foreign countries
"vD (Which would save Uncle Sam
way N~poocoo every twelve months, but
N"' they would also IN time become
s'H'hg the most generous buyers oi
''erican made wales In existence.
PROPHECY FUTILE.
no" much OF all this would prove true
man living. perhaps. could venture TO
All that conscientious inquirer can
10 determine what already has been
ohphshed and the possibilities that
n 10 exist. Certainly no man visiting
Nlands, and wandering In the midst
~. u,e'r nelds could help but be impressed
ueir luxuriant richness.
."e philippines have been producing
60 o.. sugar for export for more than a
t,u,y The cane will mature there in
,. W." Twelve TO fifteen months, as against
49,. months In Hawaii They produce
- hemp (Which cannot be duplicated
hs"nere else In the world. copra. to-
.s'o' cacao. rubber. oils, gums, resins.
long Hist of other products indig-
70 the tropics. Moreover, they
80 some OF the finest tracts OF hard
''oa forests in the world.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-02-15
A BIG ORCHARD STARTED.

Beaver Island which is in the nor
thern end OF Lake Michigan and is
part Of Charlegoix county, is being
developed as a fruit section. The Is
land is about as large as two govern
ment townships. The southern two
thirds Of the island has soil that is
rich in available plant food, and this
fertile land is being taken over for
orchard purposes. In 1912 seven thou
sand fruit trees were set out and the
coming wear fully twice that number
will be SET. These trees are apples,
peaches. cherries and pears. Event
ually the greater part OF the island
will be the big orchard The average
temperature on the island is several
degrees abnve that for the mainland
for winter aud several degrees belo W
for summer, which fact is important
for fruit growing.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-02-15

matter and we are assured that the
building will be built.
The teachers were united in the
opinion that this was one Of the most
valuable meetings that has been held
in the county.
Supt. Northon OF East Jordan, Miss
Hines OF Charfevoix, aud Mrs. Madon
OF Boyne City acted as committee
on resolutions and submitted the fol-
lowing report which was adopted.
Whereas the National Educational
Association and the Mich. State
Teachers Association have endorsed
equal suffrage for men and women,
and
Whereas, the work Of instructing the
youth OF our land in the duties of
citizenship devolves largely upon wo-
men teachers, therefore, be il resolved
That we favor the early re-submission
Of the amendment tu the constitution
granting suffrage TO women.
Resolved further that we favor a
compulsory free text book law and are
opposed TO legislation leading to State
Uniformity OF text books.
Resolved that copy OF these reso-
lutions be transmitted 10 our Sc nator
and Representative at Lansing and
that they be published in the news
papers Of the county.
The Teachers Pension Bill stirred
up considerable discussion and IL was
decided that the best thing to do
would be To- become thoroughly ac-
quainted with the provisions. OF the
present pending bill and To- acquaint
our representatives as TO the wishes
Of the teachers of the county.
To this end resolution was passed
that II possible the Commissioner Sc
cure and mail TO the teachers a copy
OF the bill.
j. II. MILFORD, Commissioner