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The Washington times., 1915-08-28

Throughout this series Of articles 1t
has been the aim of the Childrens Bu-
reau to urge mothers to put into effect
such measures as will keep their chill
dren we'll. Little or no advice has been
given for curing them after they be-
come sick. That work belongs properly
to the doctor. and wherever possible.
sick babies should be under the care
Of good physicians.
This Is not even the domain OF the
mother. Except for the simple ailments
which require ordinary hygienic meas
ures for their relief. such as withdraw
ing the baby's food temporarily. giving
cool baths. and the like, the mother Is
not usually competent to Judge ex-
actlv what Is the matter with a sick
baby. nor what treatment he needs for
his relief. 1t Is especially dangerous
for the mother to give the baby medi-
cines. except under a Doctors orders.
There are only a few medicines that
the doctor will prescribe for baby.
Even in the worst cases he must rely
chiefly upon nature to restore the i'm
paired functions and his whole attention
Is directed toward assisting nature In
this effort. Consequently the administra-
ton of medicine must be done by q
person qualified to Judge what drug.
In what amounts. ana AT Wnat intervals
NAV most reasonably be expected to
accomplish this end.
No More Herb Teas.
Mothers are warned nowadays
against the indiscriminate giving OF
most OF the herb teas which our grand
mothers gave to their children, and
the various similar decoctions. brewed
and administered in accordance with
some traditional rule.
Two tablespoonfuls Of camomile tea tc
be taken at bedtime" was Peter Rab.
bits reward for a day spent in Mr.
McGregor's luscious but forbidding gar.
den.
The best that can be said for these
household remedies Is that many OF
them were comparatively harmless and
many entirely useless.
The young OF this generation are
however. threatened with the far more
serious danger that lies ir the wide.
spread use of patent medicines. and the
great increase In the habit OF taking
| such medicines without knowing wha,
they contain, or unde rstanding clearl,
what the effect will be-
A number of these preparations are
, especially intended for babies Thes.
arc widely advertised under the name
OF soothing syrups," ''tecthing syr
ups" or "teethinc powders infants
friend" various ''anodynes "elixirs,
and other mixtures. advertised to cure
The Washington times., 1915-08-28

apparent. Developments will be
awaited with interest.
Some things are reasonably ap-
parent, however. Colombia is better
off for the canals building. So is
the Panama republic. Santo Do
mingo is better for having stability
forced upon it. Haiti will be better
for the same attention.
The Washington times., 1915-08-28
What Every Mother Ought
TOKnOW About erBabV

Todays article Patent Medicines the eighth appear
the series Infant Welfare These articles published every
Saturday in the Home Edition of The Times
list Of Washington organizations which ready advise
regarding the proper Of children and what do
emergency appended and may useful for reference No
charge made for consultations any of these places.
Back numbers of The Times containing all of the previous
articles published obtained the business office of this paper
topics and the advice contained
be Of benefit anyone interested in babies.
PATENT MEDICINES
The Washington times., 1915-08-28
Safety First.

You say that you want some name
engraved on this ring said the jeweler
to the bashful young man.
Yes, l want the words George to his
dearest Alice engraved on the inside of
the ring"
lis the young lady your sister,"
! am angaged."
"Well, If l were you would not have
George to his dearest Alice engraved
on the ring. If Alice changes her mind
you can't use the ring again"
What would you suggest"
II would suggest the words George TO
his first and only love You see. with
that inscription you can use the ring
hal IA dozen times. | have had expert
ence in such matters myself. f."-New
York Journal
The Washington times., 1915-08-28
THE HAITIAN TREATY

Our old friend Manifest Destiny
turns up to demand recognition in
connection with the United States
intervention in the republic Of
Haiti. 1t is difficult to imagine the
volume of execration that would
have been loosed if this country had
assumed control of Haiti under the
Administration of Roosevelt. The
people who constitute and support
the present Administration would
have denounced it in unmeasured
terms. Yet by doing, under the
stress of obvious necessity, the very
thing that they would have criti-
cised somebody else for doing, the
authorities at Washington admit
that some things are inevitable, that
responsibility for doing them is not
to be avoided, that they are bound
to be done whethI. the doing &C
cords with previous pretensions or
not.
, Than Mr.. Bryan there was no
more ardent opponent of everything
he called dollar diplomacy; yet Mr..
Bryan, forced to recognize the real
conditions that existed in Central
America, became the most enthusi-
astic proponent of treaties to reor-
ganize, scale down, and fund the in
debtedness of some of the Central
American countries under our Gov
ernment's guarantees; the very Ulti-
ma Thule of dollar diplomacy. The
difference between Mr.. Bryan on
the stump denouncing that sort
of thing and Mr.. Bryan at the
State Department doing it was
merely the difference between ire.
sponsibility and responsibility; be,
tween not knowing what he was
talking about, and knowing.
The Santo Domingo pact, by
which this country became a sort OF
financial conservator and guardian
for that troublous republic, was q
favorite object of partisan denuncia,
tion for years, until it proved, ir
actual results, it's usefulness. Santc
Domingo has not been made an idea
country; but it has been made bet
ter than ever before. Haiti is now
by way of a like progression; anc
among the reasons that will bs
urged upon Congress to induce rati
fication of the treaty is that this
country will consolidate it's inter
ests in the Caribbean and make the
canal more secure than before.
There is temptation to wonder
why it is wickeder to seize Mole St
Nicholas, at one end of the Carib
bean, because we need it, than il
was to take the Panama Canal Zone
at the other end of the Caribbean
because we needed it. 1t is hard t.
figure just why we should pay $40,
100000 to Colombia in one case, ane
in a parallel case pay nothing t.
Haiti. Just how the Administration
can go on insisting on its gratuity t.
Colombia-or its slap at Theodor,
Roosevelt at the expense of tn,
United States Treasury-is not yer,
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Conquering Heroes.

First Tramp-You seem very 'appy
abaht IT. Wot's up?
Second Tramp-(reading Mr.. As
quith's Guildhall speech)-'Eres me bin
goin' wivout luxuries all this time, an
I've only JUS found out that I've bin
'elpin' the country to win this war
Punch.
The Washington times., 1915-08-28
THE FLOOD OF EXPORTS

Not only has the volume of Amer
ican exports risen to stupendous fig
ures, but there is an insistent swell
in that volume which tells that the
big tide of supplies for the Euro
pean powers is moving constantly
at accelerated pace. There have
been many efforts to calculate the
possible figure that this movement
may reach at it's climax and when
that climax will come; but that is
difficult business. It depends on
many factors.
If the Balkan federation is re-
constituted it may be set down as
very certain that there will be q
new securing of industrial America
in search of more establishments
that can turn out all kinds of mu-
nitions. The greater powers of the
entente will be under necessity SUBJ
stantially of providing all these
necessaries for their minor allies,
and to equip thus a million soldiers,
in addition to the armies already ar
rayed, will be fearful strain.
Moreover, it may reasonably be
expected that if the Balkans enter
the fighting great store of equip
ment that has been prepared and
held in reserve will have to be de-
Elected to them. Kitchener's army,
a large part of it yet drilling with
imitation guns, will have to wait
yet longer for regular shooting
paraphernalia, because it will be
important for the Balkans to fight
they will have to reach for their
guns and proceed to business Just
as soon as neutrality is thrown to
the winds. That will mean giving
to them supplies that should have
gone to the British and French and
new and more pressing demand to
fill this vacuum from America.
There is worriment about the
financial relations between Ameri.
can manufacturers and European
buyers of supplies; but the worries
are not yet reflected in any haltinp
of the physical movement from this
side. A total of $3o,OOO,OOO of ex.
ports in one six-day week, of almos,
$S,000,O00 in single day. suggests
the magnitude this trade is now as.
suming. The time is not far aheaG
when we may expect to see a quar-.
ter-billion per month in values sail
ing away from US to risk the higf
seas and the low submarines, There
is nothing yet to indicate any earl,
slackening in the rate Of the move
ment's increase; on the other hand
enough is known about new war or
ders in various parts of the countr,
to warrant expectation that the in
crease will continue all autumn ant
winter.
Nothing in the military position
now gives basis for doubt that tn,
munitions providers are already cal
culating on their needs for tn,
spring campaign of 1915. Vagu,
and illogical peace talk is not get
ting the ear of the busy men of tn,
munitions service; they would pre-
fer to have more supplies in sigh
than they would need rather tina,
less than were necessary in the bi,
pinch.
The Washington times., 1915-08-28
"loW Wages Basic Cause Of
Unrest" Says Head Of One.
Time Federal Body.
NATIONS PEACE IS MENACED
Declares Agitation Among the
Country's Workers Has
Grown Dangerously.
What Walsh says:

The extent and depth Of
industrial unrest can hardly
be exaggerated. We have
encountered a spirit, relig-
ious in its fervor and in its
willingness to sacrifice all for
. cause held sacred.
Thirty thousand workers
in a single strike have fol-
lowed a leader who de.
nounced government and
called for relentless warfare
on organized society.
The lives of workers.
babies are snuffed out by bad
air in cheap lodging houses,
and by lack of nourishment
and necessities they cannot
buy.
Fathers and husbands die
or are MANNED in accidents
and their families receive a
pittance.
We find many commune
ties exist under the arbitrary
economic control of corpor-
alton officials charged with
management of an industry
or group of industries, and
we find that in such COM
munities social and political
liberty docs not exist, and its
forms are hollow mockeries.
The Washington times., 1915-08-28
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
IN CAPITAL TO-DAY

Swimming contests and lawn fete Industrial
Home School. $50 r. m.
Outing and picnic, Epworth League Union.
NJ. E Church. South. in Rock creek Park
Meeting. District Suffrage League. Peoples
Forum. Eighth street and Pennsylvania
avenue northwest. S to 10 p. m.
Odd Fellows-Canton Washington. No I. Pa
triarchs Militant.
The Washington times., 1915-08-28

The Cars only chance to stop
his army is by importing a few
Rockville constables to est>>h
speed traps.
The Washington times., 1915-08-28

New Jerseys plan to electrocute
the mosquito is all right if the in
furiated mob doesn't batter down
the doors and lynch i'm first.
The Washington times., 1915-08-28
Amusements.

Keith's-vaudeville. 2:l5 and Sis D. IL,
GayNy-Burlesque. 2:l5 and s:l5 D. m
Glen Echo-Opsn-air amusements all day ant
evening.
The Washington times., 1915-08-28

About the most deadly rife in the
war is the one that happens to the
treasures.
The Washington times., 1915-08-28

CHICAGO. Aug. give tind the
bacis cause Of industrial dissatisfaction
to be low wages. Or. stated in another
way. the fact that the workers OF the
nation. through compulsory and oppres-
sive methods. legal and Illegal are de-
MED the full product of their toll"
This sums up the report to Congress.
given out today by Chairman Frank
Walsh, of the now extinct Federal In
dustrial Relations Commission. 1t COM
priscs the personal findings of Walsh
and is signed By Commissioners Len
nan. O'Conncll. and Garrison.
The report denounces big employers
of great wealth who refuse to permit
the unionization OF their employees, and
who pay small wages to breadwinners
of families. while they enjoy plenty.
although they never even visit their
shops
"Menace To Nation"
1t makes the rather startling dec
laration that unrest among the
workers in industry has grown to
proportions that already menace the
social good will and peace Of the ma :
ton"
The report scores the employment
Of the State militia in strike situa-
tions declaring that this method has
bred a bitter hostility to the militia
system among numbers of labor or
ganizations. and States have been un-
able to enlist wage-earners for this
second line of the nations defense"
1t declares employers from coast
to coast have created and maintained
| small private armies Of armed men
to suppress striking employees by de-
porting, imprisoning .assaulting. and
killing their leaders,"
The employer spy system Is decls red
to be one of the greatest fomenters }.
suspicion and distrust among workers
FOR their employers. Court. legislatures
and governors the report charges, have
been rightfully accused Of serving the
employers to defeat Justice and per-
vert the institutions of the country.
"Citizens numbering Millions" says
the report, smart under sense os in
justice and oppression. We find
the unrest described to be but the latest
manifestation of the age-long struggle
Of the race for freedom of opportunity
for every individual to live his life to
its highest ends.
Demand Their Rights.
LAS the mobiles OF England -wrung
| their independence from King John.
| and as the tradesmen OF France broke
| through the ring OF privilege inclosing
the Three Estates. SO today the mil
| lions who serve society in arduous la
| Dor on the highways. aloft on scafrold-
! tngs, and by the sides of whirring ma
=, chimes are demanding that they, too
| and their children shall enjoy all of the
| blessings that Justify and make beautl-
| ful this life.
And while vast inherited fortunes,
| representing zero in social service to the
| credit of their possessors, automatically
| treble in volume. two-thrds of those
who toll from eight to twelve hours a
day receive less than enough to support
| themselves and their families in decency
and comfort From cradle to the grave
| they live In shadow OF the fear thai
their only resources-their opportunity
to toil-shall be taken away from them
| through sickness. caprice of a foreman
| or the fortunes of industry"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-11

- UBCRBAN home developers in
New Jersey are looking for
~ their largest market this spring.
Though the home buying sea-
son has not yet fairy started suffi-
Ctent business has been done already
and the inquiry for homes is growing
so great as to indicate that the tide
has once more turned from the city
into the suburbs after several years
Of comparatively light buying. Expe-
rienced home builders looked for this
turning, and beginning last fall
erected many homes in the various
sections which are now acting as
lodestones on the population of New
York.
With the rest OF the great suburban
area New Jersey is enjoying a condi-
ton brought about by the war which
Is likely to strengthen property values
everywhere. With means Of travel in
foreign parts cut off and no prospect
in sight for "A revival in touring,
thousands of families who formerly
spent their summers abroad already
have cast about for accommodations
for the season at nearby places. Re-
ports from agents are to the enect
that rentable cottages from Cape May
to the St. Lawrence are in such de-
ma nd that most of those to be had are
rented already. Houses that have not
had tenants for several summers are
about to be occupied and the more de-
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L. NJ y. Mcclure Protests to Legislature
Against Stringent Building
Measures

Suggesting that the enforcement OF
the provisions Of the labor laws with
respect to construction and alteration
OF buildings may make business un-
productive, discourage investment and
lead to the ultimate unemployment Of
labor, Laurence VI. u Mcclure. presi-
dent OF the Real Esta.e Board of New
York and a member of the State Fac
tory Investigating Commission, has sent
TO tie Legislature "A minority report on
the proposed reCodifiCation of the labor
laws in which he takes exception to
many recommendations Of the majority
OF the commission. At the same time the
Real Estate Board has had introduced
In tho LEGISLATURE. through Senator San
ders a bill excmpt!ng cities of the
first class from the operations of thes.
laws as regards construction and al
teTation of buildings.
Il feel personally" says Mr.. Mcclure,
that sufficient consideration has not
been given the serious disturbance in
all branches of legitimate business
which has resulted through excessive
governmental interference and regula-
ton. There are many who believe that
opportunity can no longer be grasped
10y the laborinS man and that his condi-
ton Is a serious one, These people be-
lieve that the great combinations Of
capital have made II impossible for the
laboring man to rise from the ranks
and become an employer, and to them
there Is apparently an impossible gulf
between the employer and the laborer
My viewpoint and belief are different
1T has seemed to me that the very
objects for which the commission ~
striving will be defeated by the laws
they seek to enact. II unnecessary and
burdensome regulations are placed upon
the employer they will ultimately affect
In bn al 10
my opinion that while the rights OF
labor should be saGeguardei to the ut
most IL II important that nothing
should he done to discourage the en-
ployer or to impair seriously his in
vestment. for this would cause ultimate
unemployment and consequent hardship
and distress
"As an instance, the enactment Of
rigid and drastic regulation as the re-
suit OF what is known as the Asch
fire in New York city had the effect OF
seriously impeding building operations
In that community Last years record
and that of the year previous were
lower than the record Of the year OF
the Asch fire, 1t IL true that part of
this loss can be asCrr,ed to the gen
eral business depression. yet the per-
centage OF loss in Greater New York
was. believe, larger than in other
cities throughout the country, where
the same business depression existed
but where the investor and builder were
not harassed and interfeT-d with BY
unnecessary regulations. In consequence
OF this slack in building operations
thousands OF workmen are without EN-.
ployment"
Mr.. Mcclure objects to the proposed
changes in the law because he says they
are drastic and In many Instances un'
necessary and If enacted business anC
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Will Erect Six Story Structure on Plot
Adjoining Union Dime
SAVINGS Bank
Savings Bank

he has decided 10 undertake another
building venture and yesterday he closet
lease for "A prominent site. Through
the Cru.kshark company ne has leased
from Commodore Elbridge 7. Gerry the
southwest corner Of sixth avenue and
Forty-rrst street plot fronting $50
feet on the avenue and 1875 feet on the
street., on shch he will erect a s!X : DRY
building
MI Lew;sohn has taken a ground ,ea sc
FOR sixty years What he Will pay during
that time IN the way % rental the
brokers would not say. The land ON the
Sixth avenue side adjoins the Union
Dime SAVINGS Bank, AMI on the Forty
first street side the Comedy Theatre, So
that the structure to he erected will he
IN no danger NJ being overtoppc1 by
huge slys'rapers SiHoe il is to lac Only
SIX s'or es high. the new building will
not 60 far above the bank building. after
which II is to he patterned architect
urally.
ON the site now arc eight buildings.
fly. OF TWO stories with stores on Sixth
avenue and three dwellings on Forty
first street. These will be removed soon
10 permit the erection OF the new struc-
ture.
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a sl25. 900 tenement house on the north
side OF Fortieth street west OF Third
avenue; a 100000 fiat on the west side
of Haven avenue. north of Hist street !:
a 100000 apartment house on the east
side OF 81. Nicholas avenue south OF
145th street a Sl50.000 private dwell
ing AT and 2 West Sixty-first street !:
a theatre for negroes on the south side
OF l35th street east Of Lenox avenue.
costing $4,000: a $I.3o0.000 office
building on the old Hoffman House and
Abe marie Hotel sites on the northwest
corner OF Broadway and Twenty-fourth
street a $4,000 apartment house on
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-11
0NE or IHE MORE
EXHENS/NE HOUSES At H10H7cxALR.

sirable places that always could he
tenanted were snatched up long ago.
The result Of all this Is seen in high.r
rentals.
The effect Of so many thousands of
people being compelled to stay at
home IL quite as great on the market
in which suburban homes are for sale.
Real estate developers report that
many inquiries are being received
from people who have decided to
turn into country and suburban homes
money which would under normal
conditions have been spent abroad.
The market also has been broadened.
they say. through the investment OF
funds gathered in banks as result OF
economy practSes during the last
year Every indication. developers
believe. points to a heavier home buy
ing season than they have enjoyed
for several years.
New Jersey. being the largest ~
the nearby suburban areas and hav-
ing greater variety Of housings to
offer. is the logical place for improve
ment to be noted first. Recent re-
ports bear out developers claims, for
during the last few weeks there has
been heavy volume of sales in all
grades of home properties from the
top of the Palisades right out to Nor
ristown. Wherever building loan as
sociations are TO be found they are
doing the largest business in many
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terial and forms OF construction Of
buildings. 1t l. unwise. he says. TO vest
this enormous responsibility IN persons
who are mt experts. In New York city
this work is done by building experts
in the employ of the city and their work
is renewable by board of examiners
composed Of experts on building con-
struction.
The bill should exempt cities OF the
first class. Mr. Mcclure believes which
maintain building departments or bu-
reaus, from its provisions in all matters
which relate to the construction or alter
alton of buildings. This exemption
might be extended TO other cities main
tanning efficient building bureaus or de-
partmen,s. In New York city there are
building bureaus In each borough, the
heads of which are required TO be build
ers or architects of at least ten years
experience and the employees in these
bureaus are experts in building construc-
ton. The efficiency of the bureaus and
the capacity OF the employees are con-
coded facts.
The requirements in New York city
are of high standard. Health and life
are adequately safeguarded. Il would
seem to be unfair to take way from New
York city and other cities OF the first
class the jurisdiction over the construc-
ton OF It's own buildings and place it in
the State department. which is not as
well equipped to pass upon work involv-
! ing vast sums of money yearly.
While the bill gives the labor law
entire jurisdiction over the construction
and alteration Of factory buildings" Mr.
Mcclure continues, lit empowers the
Labor Commissioner to demand that the
local building bureaus examine all plans
filed in the Labor Department and inspect
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