El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-01

II.
M result of investigations when
l. are being carried on here by led
eral agents. the fact has come 70 nghG
that millions OF dollars worth OF stolen
stamDs are bought and sold every year
nv reoular brokers whose trade itself
IS n crime. The raids and arrests which
have been made here, 1t IS SAID, are only
the beginning of a cleanup OF dealers IN
stolen stamps which viii reach rom ehd
to end of the country. For the very
purpose of preventing stamp thieves
from disposing of their spOils the federal
government long ago made 1t a prison
offence to sell postage stamps Tor any
Drice lower than their face value
How littIe this law has been known
or feared IS indicated bv the TACT that
for wears a distinguished clergyman, an
officer of a prominent religious society,
purchased stamps at 10 percent as
count from man who explained that ne
got them bv selling printed plays Tor
Small sums. accepting stamps IN payment
for orders received by mall. In New
York at the present time, 1T Is SAID, the
discount ranges from 1 to 5 percent and
at the time OF the raids no less than ~
brokers were doing business, many OF
them having vel known and reputable
business houses as customers
One stamp dealer IN this city, who mas
been selling from $500 to $1,000 worth
of stamps a dav. Is said to have bought
part of his supply from an employee OF
the New York state government at Al
banv. The official was approached by
postoffiee inspectors and confessed that
he was stealing anywhere from $25 to
$50 a week IN stamps and selling them
TO the New York dealer. Another big
downtown dealer had a sandwich man
walk through the streets OF the financial
district every day at noon with phcards
announcing that the broker would puT-
chase printed postal cards which were
still uncanceled. Such cards are used IN
large quantities BY many downtown con-
Germs, and the man did a thriving trade
with office bows who stole the cards IN
bundles from their employers
May Abolish New York Navy.
The navy of New York viii be put
out of commission within the year, IN
less something unexpected comes up to
rescind 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 the Mediterranean and the
north Atlantic. Ever since 1874 New
York has maintained a naval school Tor
| the training of officers for the American
merchant marine. The fact that there
was no American merchant marine TO
speak of did not at all prevent a great
many boys from attending the school
and cruising SIX and eight months at
time partly at the expense Of the state,
partlV of the nation. In accordance with
a long established policy the United
States navy has furnished a vessel and
commanding officer for each OF the naval
schools OF the coast states. During the
winter the ship lay at a pier IN the East
river, comfortably housed over and FUR
d
house for the bows, numbering from 100
to 250 who were students. The board
of education of New York city has mad
charge of the school since the OrganlZa-
ton of Greater New York, and It has
grumbled occasionally because Of the
cost of maintaining the sehOOlship.
A few years ago the st. Mary was re-
called and the gunbOat Newport was sub
stituted. The Newport, unlike her pre-
decessor, has engines, and she has proved
to be a mighty coal eater at a time when
coal is costly. Also, the board com
planned, parents persisted in looking up
on the schOolship as a sort OF refOrma-
tory where they could load bad boys
and get rid of them for half a year IN
hands that were capable Of handling
them without gloves, If 1t was necessary.
Accordingly the board has applied Tor
change in the city charter abOlishlng
the QaNa1 ScnOOl e9tDOgeLueE.
Women Spend Billions
The women of the United States spend
nearly ten billion dollars a year Tor
maintaining the households of the cOUn-
try. according to professor Hugo Muen-
sterberg, of Harvard, IN a statement.
which is causing much discussion among
New York women Just now. In womans
hands, therefore, Is the greatest single
business of the United States, Tor the
vast expenditures of the government It
self are insignificant beside such ire
mendous budget. The only rival OF house
keeping as an industry Is agriculture.
! The total value OF the products OF agTl-
culture in the United States Is also about
! ten billions a year. But 1t should De
remembered that that figure Is for the
output, the finished product OF the
Z farms, while the expenditures OF the
housewives Is only for the raw mate
/ rails" from which BY their own labor and
management they create the real values
| of the hOme-a finished product which
can hardly be estimated in financial
| terms. The Harvard professor points out
| that, with such a tremendous business
! undertaking on their hands, the women
! OF the country do Tot fit themselves Tor
their highly technical and professional!
! duties with chat deeper knowledge OF
/ the material, its sources, its effects, its
| characteristics, which would be demand
ed OF any other large economic transae-
| tiOns7
He laments the tergain craze, and
urges more care. not for the dress OF the
housekeeper, but for the dress OF the
home, which, he SAYS, Is even more i'm
/ portant. For all Of which remarks the
/ women OF New York are expressing their
thanks to the learned professor and
quietly wondering among themselves
what KIND OF home he is used to seeing
IN the nelghbOrhOOd of Harvard square
Thirty Dollars for Pound Of Meat.
Thirty dollars a pound for meat IS re
garded as good stiff price, even in New
York IN these days of high cost Of living
Yet that was the price recently paid by
an officer of the city of New York. and
there has been no complaint of graft as
I vet. Probably the explanation IS that
the meat was hipDopotamus meat and
still alive. For two 250-pound baby
| hippODOtamuses the Bronx zoo paid Sl5,-
600 to Carl Hagenbecks animal catch
ing cOmDanv. and counted itself well oil
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