The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-27

rise in prices and the disorganization
of social and industrial life with the
war accentuates the importance Of
this persistent relation Of income to
infant mortality"
England Lowers Death Rate.
England has brought down it's in
fant death rate, during the war, by
granting financial, medical and nurs-
ing aid to the mothers, the death rate
for 1916 being the lowest in the his
tory of the country. New Zealand
had rate of 50.05 infant deaths in
1000 last year, while the United
States had rate of 100 in 1000 with
in the area where deaths are register
ed for the year 1915. Minnesota had
the most favorable rate, 70 in 1000,
yet this was 40 per cent above that Of
New Zealand. Six states reported
more than twice as many baby deaths
per thousand as New Zealand.
Miss Lathrop proposes that since
the incomes of the heads of families
cannot be increased by law to the
point where mothers can be left at
home, and where doctors visits can
be easily afforded, the government
should at least do for human mothers
and babies what it has done in the
Smith-Lever act for the extension of
care to the better tilling of the land
the appropriation of federal and
state funds for agricultural extension
work. She wants that law duplicated
for the benefit Of the human element
on the farms and in the towns.
Burleson Opposed to Unions
Postmaster General Burleson has
brought about his ears a terrific buzz
ing Of protest because of the demand
he makes in his annual report for the
repeal of the Lloyd La Toilette act of
1912, or so much of that act as gives
the postal employees the right to main
tain labor unions and to present their
claims to committee of congress.
Mr.. Burleson is large land owner
in Texas, and has many tenants on
his farms. His ideas of the rights of
employees seem to have been formed
there. Certainly he has been con-
tinuously in hot water with the or
ganizations of postal employees, rep
resenting about 100000 civil servants
of Uncle Sam, from the day he took
charge of the department. AS quar-
rel has followed quarrel, the number
of employees going into the organiza-
tions has increased, and just now
fhnC0 %Snnc offs1sn%srrv
with the American Federation of
Labor. At the recent convention of
that body at Buffalo there was adopt
ed resolution denouncing Mr.. Burse-
sons "autocratic contempt" of the
opinions and needs of the employees
and his Oppressive labor policy"
This last expression of esteem from
the employees appears to have merely
famed higher the flames of Mr.. Bur
leson's opinion of the organized labor
movement within the department.
Congressman Van Dyke of Mime
sofa, a former postal employee, looks
upon the Buraleson report as "unim-
portant." He says that the postmas-
ter general is out of touch with the
times, as we'll as with the men and
women who conduct the work of the
postal service. Hence he thinks that
the employees need not worry, as con-
gress will not agree with Mr.. Burle-
SON.
Dariels for International Navy.
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels, in
his anpual report, says that an inter-
national navy to keep the peace of the
world, after the war, is one of the
things that should be guaranteed in
the peace settlement.
ITO this international navy, COM
posed of seperate naval establish
ments Of all nations" he says, "each
country should contribute in proper
tion to it's wealth and population, or
upon some plan to insure taat no ma
tion can safely challenge the dccrees
OF the high international court 1t
would be a lasting calamity if, when
this war ends, there should linger as
a burden upon the people, already
heavily taxed by war, competitive
Of costly naval construction"