The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-29
PRESIDENT OF THRIFT
SOCIETY VISITS EUROPE
After Six Months OF Investigation,
VIII Bring Home Number
OF Suggestions.
HOW TO REDUCE LIVING COST
Sir Percy Scott Thinks That Intro
duction of Ncroplancs and Subma-
rines VIII Entirely Change Navies
of Future.

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Londcn. Juno 2s.--Simon w. Straus.
OF Chicago. who has been spending
six months in Europe conducting in
vestigations as president of tho Amer
/ lean Society for Thrift. is to take
home number OF suggestions.
| Ono OF them is the establishment of
| co operative societies. He has found
that the work done by them In Great
! Britain Is second in extent only to
that of the United States steel Cor
I poration. and that such societies not
only save the fees OF the mddleman.
! who is thus TO put productive toll. but
! give their members Il sense OF thrift.
/ He found the socictie. working with
/ great success Also IN France. SwitZcr-
/ land and GNrmany.
| The use Of vacant city lots for gar
dcning ny school children. is another
I movement h. will try TO further. The
/ American cities. most Of which are not
yet ovcrdevelopcd as arc some OF those
! in the old World, usually have plenty
Of vacant lots. left for years in an
unsighuy condition until building OPP
crations arc begun. Mr.. Struus urges
J that these be turned into gardens,
where school children may receive
valuable elementary training In thrift.
| In summary OF his Investigations
OF thrift in Europe he finds Germany
excclling in the economy and eiici-
eIlcy Of government. while the French
man leads in individual thrift. II tho
two were combined In the United
States. he said. the cost OF living would
| talk. Il big drop. and prosperity in
| crease.
sTRiNGENCY CAUSES
CuRTAII.MENT OF WORK
The worldwide financial stringcn-
, cy'' has caused the curtailmcnt or CON
structivc work in Canada. according to
official warning from the Canadian
I governmcnt to tho steamship and rail
way agencies in England. who are
! advised that artisans and laborcrs
should postpone coming To Canada
until normal conditions again prevail"
/ There arc still many excellent open
/ inCs for farmers with capital states
| the circular. and the damand was never
/ stronger for farm laborers and female
! domestic servants than at present"
/ Immediate employment is promised this
! class OF workers.
An employment list for the Prov
| inccs OF Ontario and Quebec issued by
/ the Department of the Interior. shows
! that The yearly wages offered farm
! hands, in addition to board and lodc-
! ing. ranges from 500 to $500 Il year.
| the average being about $50. Month
/ ~ pay during the summer season va
1 res from SlN TO SOU Win pOHTu DO
nestle servants are promised from $40
. to So Il month, or according TO abl-
! ity."
/ SAYS DAT'TIESIIJPS
/ DECOMING ARCHAIC
The recent assertions by Sir Percy
| Scott that battlcships are fast bccom-
! ing archaic have received wide atten-
zion, because 1t was Sir Percy who did
so much toward perfcctinG the big
gun service of the British Dread
nourhts.
The introduction OF vessels that
swim under water has" says Sir Percy.
| entirely done away with the utility
/ OF the ships that swim on top OF the
! water. since warships would not dare,
come within sight OF n coast that was
! adequately protected by submarines.
| No llcet can hide itself from tho nero
! rlanc eye. and the submarine can de-
| liver deadly attack even in broad
| daylight
The navy will be entirely changed:
naval officers Will no longer live on the
sea, bat either above IL or under it,
! and the strain on their systems and
| nerves will be great that a very
| lengthy period of service will not be
| advisable: ii will be Il navy of youth.
| for We shall require nothing but bold
ness ana daring.
I'm war times tho scouting aero
planes VIII always he high above on
the loo!; out, and the submarines in
constant readiness, as are the engines
at Il hrc station. If an enemy Is sight
ed The gong sounds and the leash of
a ilot!lla Of submarines viii be slipped
| Whether ii be night or day, fine or
rouEh, they must so out 10 search
| Tor their quarry; ii they find her sh.
| Is doomed. and they give no quarter,
they cannot board her and take her
as prize, as in the olden days; they
/ only wait till she sinks. then return
| home without even knowing the mum
| hcr of human beings they have sent TO
| the bottom of the ocean.
| viii any battleship expose herself
| 10 Sich dead certainty OF dcstruc-
ton? | say no."