Arizona republican., 1913-02-02
HUGE STOLEN STAMP
 INDUSTRY UNFARTHEO
New York Has At Least Twenty "Brokers' Who DtaI in Stolen
 Stamps ~z

NEW YORK, Feb 1.-As d result of investigations which are being car ried on here by federal agents. the :act has come to light that millions of dollars worth of stolen stamps are bought and sold every year by re- Suar brokers whose, trade itself is Il crime. Tine raids and arrests l which have been made here, it is said ! are only the beginning of a cleanup of dealers in stolen stamps which will reach from end 10 end of the 1 country. For the very purpose of i preventing stamp thieves from dis posing of their spells the federal gov crnment long ago made it q prfsoni offence to sell postage stamps for fany price lower than their face val l ue How little this law. has been know nor feared is indicated by the l fact that for years a distinguished { clergyman, an officer of d prominent | l religious society. purchased stamps i at q ten per cent discount from q man who explained that he got them by selling printed plays for small 1 sums, accepting stamps in payment 1 for orders received by mail In New i tIk dl lIlt pltSttlJ Illllt, u i9 Stiih, | the discount ranges from one to five l 1 per cent and at the time of the raids no less than twenty "brokers" were l doing business, many of them having well known and reputable business houses as customers. One stamp dcalcr in this city. who has been sell | ing from $300 to 5000 worth of stamps a day is said to have bought part of his supply from an employe l of the New York state government at Albany. The official was ap- ! preached by pustoffice inspectors and | confessed that he was stealing any 1 where from S25 to $50 a week m stamps and selling them to the New York dealer. Another big downtown dealer had a sandwich man walk 1 through the streets Of the financial | district every day at noon with pla cards announcing that the broker would purchase printed postal cars 1 which were still uncancclled. Sucn l cards are used in large quantities by many downtown concerns. and the man did thriving trade with of |i flee boys who stole the cards in bun dies from their employers
 The navy of New York will be put ont of commission within the year. unless something unexpected comes up to rcscind the order which has just been issued, and the flag Of New York will be seen no more on the high seas or in the ports of me Mediterranean and the North Allan tic. Ever since 1S74 New York has maintained naval school, for the training of officers for the American merchant marine. The fact that there was nS American mfrihaht marine to speak of did not att a'l prevent d great many boys rom at- tending the school and cruising SlN and eight months at time partly at the expense of tbe state. partly oi hte citv and partly of the nation. Ih 1 accordance with q long estab.lsheu policy the United States navy ma aS l furnished d vessel and d conhiailu- ing officer for each of the naval schools of the coast states. Durhls l the winter the ship lat at d pier III the East river, comfortably housed over and furnishing q convenient ana cozv schofhouse for the boys, nunipeF- ing from 100 to 250 who were stu dents The board of education oI
 \4y York City has had charge oi the .-aho! since the organization oI l Cre.4ter New York. and It ma
 e,rumblcd occasionally because Of the
 cost of maintaining the schoolshlp
 few. years ago the St. Mary wa
 recalled and the gunbOat NeWpof
 u,as substituted The Newport un
 ril,o bcr predecessor has engines an(
 ,ho has proved to be a mighty coa
 .atar at a time when coal iS costly
 Also. the beard complained, parent
 Dersisted in looking upon the scnoo'
 shin as sort of reform1tory Wher
 +bev could load bad boys and get II
 If Them for half q year in hand
 Ina. were capable of handling ther
 u-itbo,,t gloves. if it was necessary
 Accordingly the board has applied To
 . change in the city charter abolish
 the naval school altogether
 The women of the United StaIe
 ,ropd nearly ten billion dollars
 vcar for maintaining the household
 of the country. according to Pro1es
 sor Hugo Muensterberg of HarVar
 in T statement which is causing muc
 discussion among New York Wome
 just now. III Wulildil D ii'
 tcro is the greatest single busines
 of the united States for the vast e>
 ncnditures of the government ltSe
 insiCnificant beside such a tremeh'
 cus budget The only rival of mouse
 keeping as an industry is agrlcultur
 The total value of the products
 agriculture in the United states
 also about ten billions year b
 i+ should be remembered that tn
 fio,,re is for the output. the finish
 product of the farms, while the e
 nenditure of the housewives IS on
 for the raw materials from win
 hv their own labor and manageme
 t1,n1- create the real values Of |
 home-a finished product winch e
 hardly be estimated in 1lhahc
 terms. The Harvard profess
 noin+c ont that with such tremen