Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-29
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The average person does not realize
what the war in Europe means in a
financial way to this community. This
remark was made last evening by one
of the city's well-posted bankers and
he did not refer to the orders for
munitions, tractors, steel plate, stock
ings, tin plate or other things which
Harrisburg has been selling abroad.
He referred to money. To begin with,
he pointed out, thousands of dollars
that used to be sent to Europesn
countries every ninety days are not
going because the workers here do not
know into whose hands the money will
get. This was money that was sent to
the old folks for support or for keep
ing. Then the foreigners are not buy
ing at home. They are buying in this
country. 1t used to be a common
thing for men of some of the southern
countries to buy land at home and
then allow families to work 1t until
! they were ready to go back. Now they
are buying here because they feel
| safer. The greatest gain, however, is
in the money that is saved. Many
new savings accounts have been
| opened and the foreign-b born are find
ing that even If they do not know the
value OF a bank account Uncle Sam
will take care of their savings. The
| State regulation of the small banks
and the steamship ticket agents has
gene long way toward making the
| men from other lands feel safer and
they now go to banks with their money
and do not run risks by putting it in
mattresses or old crooks in cellars or
| trunks. BY far the greatest gain is
that the foreigners are learning that
this country is preferable in spite of
its industrial ups and downs to their
own lands with war and financia!
| chaos.
The prospective retirement of Major
| General G. B. Dougherty from COM
mand of the National Guard calls to
mind the fact that Colonel ]. B.
Hutchison, the commander of the
Eighth. will be the senior colonel of
the Guard and that if seniority is con-
sidered he will be in line for promo
tlon. Colonel Hutchison's commission
as colonel dates from the days of serv-
ice in the coal strike of 1902.
] In spite of some claims that the
army worm has been ranting about
thls part OF the state no specimens Of
the nuisance which caused so much
damage last Fall have been seen. A
! few worms have been reported. but
| they turned out to be larvae of some
thing else and not the marching corps
OF the dreaded worm. Some of the
worms were identified as perennial Wis
itors from the caterpillar family.
Friends of City Clerk Miller called
him up last night to congratulate him
on his birthday. The city clerk was
surprised that it had gotten out and
acknowledged his years. Mr.. Miller
VIII commence to hear from friends
DR.. John NJ. ]. Raunick is busy per-
fect1ng plan for what he calls ''scor-
ing restaurants, ice cream parlors.
dairies and all other places where
meat, milk and foodstuffs are on sale.
DR.. Raunick's idea is to set a perfect
score in points for cleanliness, purity
of food and other requirements When
the food inspectors make their rounds
| eacn wholesaler or retailer will be
scored according to conditions in their
PLACES. Anyone calling the City Bureau
OF Heaith and sanitation can obtain
TINS Information after the system is
started. DR.. Raunick believes that the
man with the low score will not onlX
De compelled to start cleaning house,
put VIII also have some little job Until
he fully understands what 1t means to
get a low rating because OF impure
FOODS and carelessness. This method
Dr.. Raunick has already used while
on his inspection trips around the sur
rounding country visiting the dairies
that ship milk into the city.
|
Members of the State Public Service
commission are taking advantage of
the visits they are making to various
Iparts of the State to familiarize them
selves with the station, yard, grade
crossing and other facilities as we'll as
the natural conditions in the cities i'm
which hearings have been held and
where complaints are likely to arise,
Last week in Scranton the commission
ers made general inspection of the
railroad situation and the same is to
be done in Erie this week. The first
hand information gained, It is ox-
pected, will be valuable in the future,
People who have been taking arto-
mobile rides in the vicinity of the city
are commenting upon the numerous
re- bbits to be seen on the roads. Thev
Ideclare that this must be a good wear
for "bunnies," as they are TO be seen
hopping along the highways and in the
open fields. Some have been seen ON
the outskirts of the city raiding vege-
table gardens.