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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1922-08-24
HANY ESPECIAL DELIVERY.
BELYEG KELT Ell A MULTI
EVBEN
A feketek legnagyobb fogyaz,
tok

Mem erdektelen egy pillantast
vetni az Egyesult Allamok posta-
igazgat6saga altal 0sszeallitott
statisztikai kimutatasra, amely-
bol megallapithat6, hogy az Ell
multi esztendoben Amerikaban at
lag minden ember kuld0tt egy
Special Delivery levelet es hogy a
'legtobb Special Delivery belyeget
n6k hasznaljak.
Sokaig az volt az altalanos fel
fogas, hogy a nagyobb tomegr
express levelek szoros kapcsolat
ban vannak szerelmes majussa
es a koranyari idoszakkal, sta
tisztikai kimutatas azonban hama
rosan szetoszlatta ezt az alapta
Ian "gyanht,' inert bebizonyitot
| ia, hogy az esztendo utols6 ne
gyedeben van a legnagyobb Spe
cial Delivery forgalom, ami annyi
jelent, hogy az atlag ember abe
lyett, hogy idejeben feladna kara
csonyi ajandek-csomagjat, inkabl
fizet 10 centtel tobbet, csak hog.
csomagot vagy levelet az utols'
pilIanatban "siirg0sen" kiszallit
SAX.
A delvideki varosokbol beerke
zett jelentesek szerint, feketel
hasznaljak a legtobb Special De
livery belyeget, egyesek mindel
leveluket lily modon kiildetik.
A tavalyi evben eladott Specia
Delivery belyegek szama megha
ladta 79,992, ,990-at es a Specia
Delivery belyegekbol befolyt osz
szeg pontos szamitas szerint 7,499
29S dollart tesz XII. Eszerint tobt
mint felmillio dollar ara Specia
Delivery belyeg kel ell havonta.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1922-08-24
MAGYARORSZAG SZENTER.
MELESE

Egy magyar miniszteriumi jelen
tes pontos adatokat koz0l Csonka-
magyarorszag negyedeyi szenter-
meleser0l. Marcus 31-ig bezaro-
lag magyar banyak osszesen
1,8S8,072 tonna szenet termeltek
ami havi 629,35 tonna atlagnak
felel meg. Ezzel kapcsolatban a
hivatalos jelentes kohl, hogy a
visontai banyat (G0mor megye-
benz, amely ugyanis tobb eve szi-
netelt, ujbol megnyitottak. Az
ujonnan megnyitott szenbanya
mar edig is 2,10l tonna szenet
eredmenyezett. Kisterenye mel
lett (Ezstergom megyeben) egy u!
telepet fedeztek fel, amely az is
inert magyar barnaszenet tartal
maZZa.
Budapest fovaros az oszi es tel
szensziikseglet biztositasa celjabo
meg joelore szerzodest kototr
francia terme1okkel. A szerzode:
200 Wagon szenrol sol, tonnan
kint 65 frank, de ez az osszes
mem foglalja magaban szallitas
koltsegeket francia banyakb6
BudapeStig.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1922-08-24
Az OZVEGY PAPNEK NYO
MORA

Magyarorszagi korutjukban Deb
recenbe erkeztek az amerikai re-
formatus egyhazak kikiiId0ttjei, a
kiknek az a celjuk, hogNa magyar
reformatus, egyhazak anyagi gond
Jain ugyahogy segitsenek az ada
|tokat osszeszedjek. Megjelenesiik
alkalmabol felvonultak a mlsszn
tagjai ele az ozvegy papnok is, q
Xix rettenetes nyomorban elnek
inert hiszen, mikent elmondottak
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1922-08-24
Leanyok az allatkertben

- Tuded, Wilma, en- mem tud-
nam lelkemre venni, hogy egy
ilyen szegeny allatot egesz eletere
ketrecbe zarjak!
Hat ha liyen elyeid vannall,
hogy tudsz maid magadnak -
ferjet fogni?
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1922-08-24
Walk6 Lajos kereskedelemiigy

Walk6 Lajos kereskedelemiigyi
MINISTER ezeket irja
"Orommel ertesultem arrol.
hogy tobb kiyal6 .hazankfia az.
ameri1ai gazdasagi elet jelent6s
tenyez5inek reszvetelevel New
Yorkban legutobb megalapitotta
az amerikai magyar kereskedelmi
kamarat.
Remelhet5leg rovid idon belul
alkalma nyilik, a kamara tagjai-
max, hogy hozzank ellatogatva, a
helyszinen tanulmanyozzak gaz-
dasagi viszonyainkat. A magam
reszer6l is oszinte erdekiodessel
neck latogatas ele, inert AIT hi
szem, szemelyes tapasztalatok
el5 fogjak segiteni az elenkebb
gazdasagi kapcsolatok letesiteset
az EgyesJlt Allamok es Magyar
OrSzag KOZ0Itt.
A Kamara miik0desehez sok 81
kert kivanok.
Walk6."
A Magyar-Amerika Kereskedel
mi Kamara ekepen biztositja
egyiittmiikodeserol es tamogata-
sarol az amerikai testver-kama-
rat:
"Kamarank 6szinte orommel er-
tesilt a Nagytekintetu Elnokseg
vezetese alatt all6 testver-kamara
azon nagyfontossagu elhataroza
sarol, amellyel jovo ev folyaman
az amerikai gazdasagi elet es az
amerikai magyarsag legkibalobb
kepvisel6inek reszvetelevel, Ma
gyarorszagra tanulmanyut rende
zeset vette tervbe. j,
Athatva ezen akci0nak gaZda-
sagi es kulturalis szempontb6l egy
arant melyrehato fontossagat0l, a
Nagytekintetu Elnokseget mum
: kaiaban minden er0nkkel tamo-
gatni kivanjuk es leghathat0-
sabb k0zremiik0desiinkrol elore is
> biztositjuk.
Fogadja a Nagytekintetii El-
nokseg oszinte tezteletiink nyilva-
nitasat.
Budapest, 1922 julius IS.
Magyar-Amerikai Kereskedelmi
] Kamara.
Koranyi Frigyes, eln0k.
DR.. Kiraly Ferenc,
z iigyvezeto fotitkar.
z Az Amerikai Magyar Kereske
V delmi Kamara ezuton is kohl
y hogy a tarsas-kirandulas tekinte
Il teben mar most keszseggel ad fel
|, vilagositast a hozza forduloknak
: A levelek Kamara irodahelyise
q gebe, 665 Fifth ave-, kiildend0k
It Az Amerikai Magyar Kereskedel
" mi Kamara tisztikara a k0vetke
z6:
n Tdeiglenes eln0k: Blau Vilmo
r biro, az igazgatosag elnoke: Kis
K Emil, fotitkar: Molnar Lipot
S, igazgatosagi tagok: Berk6 ID. &c
m "a, Kopperl I. JOSEF, Mannheim A
n Merle Agoston, penztarnok, Bin
z Bella, ellenor: Vitarius Bels
a. iigyesz: Cukor Nor, statisztikus
a. Horvath JOSEF, haznagy: d
E. Horn Ferenc.
al A Kamaranak Kessler Gyul
gyaros tiszteletbeli choke {
L. disztagjai: Szecsenyi Laszl6 gro
" Magyarorszag Washington kovet
q es Theodore Brentano, az Egyesul
e. Allamok budapest kovete.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1922-08-24
HARMINCEvES BRIDGE
PoRTI sz0vETSEG

feilodese kezdeten lev0 magyar
telepen, a kesobb annyira kozis-f
mertte lett Magyar Betegsegelyzo
Egyletek Szovetsege. Nehany
bridgeport es south narwalki ma
gyarnak jutott eszebe, hogy a ma.
gyar egyleteket szovetseges tar
sakka tegyek, halaleseti osszeget
fizet6 alapon.. Ez a bridgeport
Szovetseg lett az els0 magyar /
egyesiiles, melynek az volt a eel
ia, hogy a meghalt magyarok |
hatrahagyott csaladjait segitse.
Igen kezdetleges m6don kezdte
muk0deset, inert a foiranyelv !
egyedul j6sziviiseg volt. Any
nyit kert a tagoktol, amennyi az
ozvegyeknek es arvaknak kellett.
nyen formaban csak addig tudott
sikerrel miik0dni, amig a segelye-
zes nagyobb mervii mem lett. Az
altafanos iigyeit konvenciok
vegeztek, igy a konvenciok a Szo-
vetseg utjan lettek az amerikaiI
magyarsag intezmenyes tenyez6i.
Melyik nagyobb egylet mem kon-
vpnei0zott az0ta2
A harminc ev alatt a Szovetseg
is atesett a magyar egyletek kiiz-'
dedmein. Volt lido, mikor leg
lelkesebb hivei is AIT hittek, hogy
tonkre megy, mikodeset be kell
sziintetni. Az utols6 konvenci6ja
ota azonban varatlan m6don meg
er6s0d0tt, ma a legerosebb ala
pan miikod6 magyar testiiIet. Az
isSgSz, 'hogy az utolso konyencio,
Mslyet 1917zben tartottak, elhata-
ro4ta, hegy ne legyen tobb konven-,
ci6 es azdta kapott labra az addig
betegeskedostestElet.
A testiilet julius havi ertesitSje-
ben erdekesen mutatiA XII Walko
Janos titkar, hogy mikepen ala
kult at a hal6felben 1evo Szovet
seq eros, egeszseges testiilette. A
kimutatas tanusaga az, hogy az
egyleteknek is haladni kell a kor-
raj, alkalmazkodniok kell a rajuk
yonatkoz6 t0rvenvekhez, inert
csak ugy lehet jov6jiik, ugy ke-
riilhetik ell a megsemmisulest. A
szamadatokbol idezziik az erdeke-
seket Is tanulsagosakat:
Harminc ewes mukodese alatt
1850 amerikai magyaron, illetve
azok csaladjan segitett a Szovet-
seq. Tehat mar t0bb tagjanak fl
zetett segelyt, mint amennyi je-
lenleg can. Csak halaleseti 0ssze-
get fizetett 2156 tag utan. Ezek
legnagyobb resze akkor jutott ma
gyobb osszegu penzhez, mikor a
Szovetseg ezer dollarjat megkap-
tax. Akarhany amerikai magyar
vagyonanak ez vetette meg az
alapjat.
A Szovetseg altaI kifizetett Sc
gelyek osszege meghaladja a 2 Is
felmillio dollart. Ha elgondoljuk
hogy az amerikai magyarsag So
ha, semmifele k0zugyre mem tu
dott ennyi penzt osszehozni, bi
zony igen nagy osszegnek latszik
eZ.
Hozza vagyunk szokya, hogy al
egyleti kimutatasokban csak ez
res, nagyneha tizezres teteleket la
tunk. A Szovetseg kimutatasai
ban szazezresek a tetelek es az ev
forgalma felmilli6 dollar. Els flyer
iizlet yezeteseben alig van feltu
cat tisztviselo, akiknek az ossze'
fizetese mem haladja meg az ot
ezer dollart.
A nagy teljesitmenyek mellett i
sikerllt q Szovetsegnek szamotte
vo tartalekot gyiijteni jovo biz
tositasara. Osszvagyona megha
ladja a felmilli6 dollart, a mib6
vagy 10000 dollart keel lit E
odaat lako magyar arvak reszere
Tartalektokeje olyan aranybal
van a tagsagi okmanyokkal, hog.
minden 1000 dollaros okmanyri
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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1922-08-24

mi Kamara meghiv6t kiildtek az
eln0kseghez
Az Amerikai Magyar Kereske-
delmi Kamara, amely ket evvel ez-
el6tt alakult meg New Yorkban
abbol celbol, hogy az amerikai
magyar iizletsmbereket egy nagy
erkolcsi testiiletben tomoritse es
egyben Magyarorszag es Ameri-
ka kozotti gazdasagi osszekotte-
test fejlessze, a jovo ey nyarara
egy nagy tarsas-kirandulast ter
vez Magyarorszagra.
A Kamara. vezet6sege ARA a
meggy6zodesre jutott, hogy egy
ilyen tarsas-kirandulas nemcsak a
ket orszag magyarsaganak. az osz-
szekotteteset er6sitene, hanem al
kalmat adna Magyarorszag ipara-
max es kereskedelmenek az anne
jrikai iizletvilaggal val6 megismer-
;tetesere is. A Kamara vezet6segs-
mex elozetes tajekoz6dasa szerint
t0bb szaz amerikai iizletemberre
Ilehetne szamitani, mig a kiberlen-
d5 elso osztalyu gyorshajo tobbi
reszet bizton megtoltenek az anne
rikai magyar tzletemberek es csa-
|ladjaik. ID
Az el0keszites stadiumaban le-
v6 tervr0l ertesiltek Magyarorsza
gon is es legmervad6bb helyek
siettek 0r0miiknek es sziveslata
suknak adni kifejezst. A Ka
mara eln0ksege egyszerre kapott
harom atiratot, amelyek idvozle.
tet es meghivast tartalmaznak es
ugyanakkor hangsulyozzak a terv
bevett latogatas fontossagat is.
Gr6f Bethlen Istvan magyar mi
nisztereln0k atirata a kovetkezo
an. kir. minisztereln0k.
Az amerikai magyar kereskedelm
4 kamara elnoksegenek
/ New York.
! Or0mmel vettem tudomast al
ligentisztelt kamaranak arrol a;
elhatarozasarol, hogy a jovo e'
,majus hawaiian tagjainak egy ma
gyobb csoportja meglatogatn
szandekozik hazankat avegbol
hogy azzal kozelebbrol megismer
kedjek es hogy tarsadalmi, ga7
dasagi es szocialis viszonyainka
: lit helszinen mi koriinkben ko
vetlenul tanulmanyozza.
, Az lEgyesult Allamok fiiggetle,
es szabad polgarainak es Magyar
orszag szabadsagszereto nepene.
iellemeben annyi rokonvona'
hogy minden egyes polgartarsa1
meg akkor is a legnagyobb ver
, degszeretettel fogadna az igentisl
telt kamara tagjait, ha ez latogs
tas mem birna azzal Macy gazds
sagi, kereskedelmi es szocialis j
lentoseggel, amelyet neki joggs
tulajdonitunk.
Magyarorszag nepenek elenk tt
databan van az egyutterzesnek a
. az impozans megnyilatkozasa,
melyet az Amerikai Allamok nj
mesen erzo polgarai vilaghabor
befejezese utan csonka hazan
q szenvedo nepevel szemben tanus
+ tottak es 0szinte halaerzet t0lt (
valamennyiinket, amidon azokr
ia jotetemenyekre gondolunk, M
Ilyeket rokonerzes folyomanyI
kent az Amerikai Voroskeres;
Egylet utjan elveztiink.
ii Amidon tehat a melyentiszte
i Kamara minden egyes tagjat
+ magydrorszagi latogatasra vona
: koz6, elhatarozasuk alkalmab6l
magyar kormany neveben is 0r0r
O mel iidvozlom, legyen szabad eg
i uttal azon remenyemnek is kifej
I, lzest adni, hogy tervbevett lat
gatasnak, - amelynek soran a k
: mara tagjainak b6 alkalmuk le
az itteni tudomany, f0ldmivele
iipar es kereskedelem tanulmany
! zasa reyen magyar nep tehets
:lyel, szorgalmaval es iigyessegev
= Elmegismerkedni, gazdasagi t
: ren is meg lesz a remelt eredm
.s
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1922-08-24
AMERIKAI ttZLETEMBEREK
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Az Amerikai Magyar Kereskedel-
mi Kamara a jov6 evben nagy tar
sasutazast rendez Magyarorszag-
ra. - Bethlen gr6f miniszterelnok,
Walk6 kereskedelmi MINISTER es
a Magyar-Amerikai Kereskedel-
mi Kamara meghiv6t kiildtek az
eln0kseghez
The Washington herald., 1922-01-01
VERA CRUZ LOSES
TRADE OF TABASCO

MEXICO CITY. Dec. s1.-Toward
the end Of December the Mexican
government opened a new Gus
toms house At villahermosa. in the
State Of Tabasco. In Southern Mex
leo. This move 10 due to the large
increase of business in this state,
both import and export.
The Central American countries
have been sending into Mexico
products which Mexico produced
abundantly before the outbreak Of
the revolution in 1919. Tabasco is
one of the states that has kept
its head and has gone one doing
business. But Tabascan products
have been held up for months
at Vera Cruz: and the enterprising
business men OF the state have
strongly represented to the Mexi-
can government the advantage to
the state Of doing business direct
with their customers through q
state customs house.
So in the future, Vera Cruz.
through its slowness and its con-
gestion. will lose most of the trade
of Tabasco, which is not only large
but Of a kind for the most part
peculiar to Tabasco.
(cspyrisht, 1881
The Washington herald., 1922-01-01
LONDON RETIRES
LAST FIRE HORSE

LONDON. Dec. 51.-The last pair
OF horses in the London FIRE depart
ment has been retired and now all
the engines. trucks and other ap-
paratus Of the London IRE fighting
forces are motor driven.
London's fire department has al
ways been rather a joke to visiting
Americans because OF the extreme
leisure with which IL seemed 10 an
swer the call TO fires. Visitors
who were accustomed TO seeing the
IRE department OF great American
cities rushing through the streets
at top speed, horses at full gallon.
and men clinging anywhere to the
apparatus. always felt rather scorn-
full OF the English 'brigades." The
explanation is that the narrow
winding streets of London make
impossible the speeds attained in
the wide straight streets OF Chicago
and New York. and. after all. expe-
rience is the best test. The fire
losses Of English cities are far be-
low those OF America.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-01
England and Wales
Birth Rate Drops

LONDON, Dec. 31.-The birth rate
In England and Wales is going
down. During the quarter which
ended on September 80 the birth,
registered numbered 2li,s5e. This
number was legs by lo,<se than that
Of the preceding quarter and the
ngure was smaller than that Of the
corresponding period OF last year by
1901.
These figures are given In the re-
turns OF the British registrar gam
eral. The returns show also that in
the three months ended June "a
the number OF persons married was
142.5s2, a decrease of $3.50 from the
preceding quarter and 74,754 below
the figures for the second quarter
Of 1920.
Deaths registered in England and
Wales during the last quarter were
1887 fewer than during the proceed
Ing quarter; 5,444 more than In the
corresponding quarter OF last year,
The averaging birth rate wa. ?.
and the death rate 1914 Of the enum-
Grated population.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-01
This CAB DRIVER
WAS NOT ROBBER
Joke on Hold-up Man Who
Got Watch he Thought
Was Stolen.

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 31.-J. L.
Wallace, who halls from. California
and who speaks Spanish well, tells
this story on himself
wallace started out from the
center of the capital in . taxicab
bound for one OF the suburban
towns. 1t was already dark and
he had been reading In the metro
politan press of the attacks made
by both hold-up men and chauffeurs
upon defenseless passengers. SO
he put his gun in his pocket ready
for action.
Before mounting to his box the
cab driver fumbled for something
in the cab and in SO doing brushed
up close against his fare. Wallace
suddenly remembered this as the
cab turned into the broad Paseo;
and he as suddenly fumbled In his
pocket for his watch. It was gone.
With wallace to think Is to act
He touched the call button. The
cab came to a sudden standstill.
and wallace Jumped out, gun in
hand and demanded:
Give me the watch at once or I
will shoot you!"
The cabman was in a hurry to
accommodate the irate gringo.
When the watch had been handed
over Wallace commanded. still
pointing the gun at the head of
the frightened cabman:
Drive on, and II I see you at
tempting to stop or look back I
will shoot to kill"
The cabman needed no second in
vitation, and, turning on full speed.
he drove like a mad Apache up the
Paseo.
Wallace caught another city
bound taxi and made his way to his
hotel. When he pulled out his
watch to see what time IL was he
found that the cab driver had
pawned off on him an old brass af-
fair. worth not more than a peso
or two. He cursed his own stu
pidity for not looking more closely
at the watch when the cabman had
handed 1t to him. and he said some
rather harsh things about Mexican
cab drivers
That night, when he was about
10 retire, he found his own watch
In his hip pocket where he had
placed II for safety early in the
day.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-01
NELSON'S FLAGSHIP
TO BE PRESERVED

LONDON. Dec. Slater 1855
years afloat, the famous old wooden
battleship Victory. Nelson's nag
ship at Trafalgar, probably soon
will be locked and its crumbline
timbers held together in . cradle.
Since 1924, the Victory has been
moored in Portsmouth harbor as
flagship OF the admiral command
ing the port. For nearly sixty
years previously 1t had been in
commission as a unit OF Britain's
wooden walls" with an interval
of about a year. 1SO2-'0S, when IL
was partly rebuilt.
1t was aboard the Victory that
Nelson received the fatal bullet at
Trafalgar. October 81. 1906, and II
brought the hero's body home to
England for burial in St Paurs
Cathedral.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-01

rule that you can do only one thing
at a time may be carried too far.
Things are related and those con-
cerned must be made to feel that
though they may not be at a given
moment the principal actors they
at least are always being consid-
cred as an essential part.
Holiday Loss vexins.
1t is quite obvious, too. that both
the disturbance over the French
naval ratio and over the difference
between the Presidents interpreta-
ton OF the four-power pact and
that of Mr.. Hughes have been more
exasperating to the delegates at
the conference as we'll a. to those
attached to It, because II inter-
ferred with q Christmas holiday.
At the end of the big week every
body was jumping to the conclu-
sion that New Year Day would
find Washington at peace, a halo Of
victory on its head, the delegates
homsward bound. The incidents OF
the last few days, however, have
spoiled all that delightful picture.
Everybody has resented it and in =
quite human way are finding scape-
goats to vent their spleen upon.
But Is it not to be expected that
In matters of As serious Importance
as those that are being considered
here there must be delays. There
must be time to find out what
arrived at actually does
mean and how far II will be accept
able to the governments at home.
Time Is required for all this.
The probability Is, however, that
before this article Is printed the
mood of the conference will have
again risen to exultation. Mr..
Hughes will not be able to give us
the fine Christmas present that he
probably hoped to give-a completed
accepted naval program-ail the
five great powers happily consent
ing. Still he may do II. He's
too many wonders already
in this six weeks for anyone to say
positively twenty-four hours ahead
that. f1rEIc1 1DI1m y. cannot do.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-01
Poll Erin on Treaty.

me Irish leaders were opposed to
referring the Irish settlement To a
piebiscite OF South Ireland. accord
irg to reports sent out when the
Dali was In session, fearing the
arousing OF intense bitterness be-
tween factions throughout South
ern Ireland. One wonders 10 their
fears were we'll grounded, for the
faction opposed to the settlement
does not, thus far. appear numerous
enough to have made a very great
deal of trouble. Although no vote
is being held during the recess OF
the Dali. an informal plebiscite is
ttkfng place. County councils and
dtssr bodies througheut Southern
The Washington herald., 1922-01-01
Crises Caused by Lack of
Understanding, Says Writer
Brands Fire Results in Wrong Presentation
OfGallic Case; His Group Hurt at Seeming
RELOCATION to Second Place.
By IDA M. TARBELL.

repairing this battered world through the
medium OF the International Conference the present administration
of the United think possible then plainly the
business of the methods the conduct and
particularly the moods of this of peace. 1t
weeks this writing December the conference
that for the limitation Of opened 1t has proved itself
this period exchange. We began
period of endous exulaton Mr. Hughes naval
lifted the world For days this prevailed Then the
French the their BRAND and hour
he had the seSnpe of peace rocking its base.
interesting how who make
conference steadily every dyand
times longern spite Of the Mr. BRAND had stirred 1t
fine example of the stabzng effect of daily task regularly
followed They for weeks and then stirred the
world enthusiasm by their their removal of the
irritation their the Japanese mandate the Pacific
part public cduousy
for good of years. this wiped off the map.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-01
AMERICAN RAPS
ETON'S SLAVERY"
Juniors Made Wallets, Cooks
And Servants in Famous,
, College, He Says.

LONDON, Dec. s1.-Eton College
has received q Jolt At the hands Of
an American. who. In the sacred col
umns Of the Elton College Chronicle.
dares to brand one Of Its rsvered In
situations as slavery" That insti-
tuition IL the centuries old custom of
Tagging" under which Junior
boys are compulsoriiy enlisted as
Wallets. cooks, dishwashers. shoe
sinners. and general factotums to
their seniors, receiving as thsir re-
ward more kicks than halfpence.
Relating his impressions OF visit
to the venerable school, the Ameri-
can critic writes: IT was told of
many odd customs. but none Of them
seemed to do any harm to anybody.
except the curiously primitive sys-
TEN OF slavery, which, / confess,
came to me as rather Q shock. ]
was walking with my guide down
Keate's walk, when. from the depths
OF a house on my left. came q saw
age. prolonged cry Of 'Boy-ee" i
turned to my guide and sought en-
iightenment.
Calling for His Fag.
TO- said my guide with a smile.
that's one Of our customs which
won't appeal to you OF the Northern
fellow calls "boy-ees" are his Tags.
and that shout means that he wants
| one OF them to do something for
him.
That shout Of 'boy-ee' has stuck
in my mind more than any other
impression which i received at Elton
College. / don't see how they justify
this custom, except by their old
prince of arguments-traditi
Here are boys who are at the beck
| and call of other boys. and II they
displease their rulers they are met
with the same old argument which
we used to employ with our niggers
the argumentum ad hominem You
may call IL tagging and a good old
Eton custom and the making of an
Englishman,' but to my mind it's a
| faithful little miniature OF the old
| fashioned custom of slavery.
slaves to be sDrivers.-
The only sensible argument that
have heard in favor of IL is that
most of the slaves will one day be
slave drivers with slaves OF their
own, and that will compensate them
\ for their present indignities. But
! am quite sure that slavery has a
worse effect on the slave owners
| character than on the slaves, and
strongly question the morality OF
| such a principle of compensation"
Next issue OF the Chronicle will be
| full Of letters in defense of tagging,
some from the flags themselves, and
| Elton life, with its slavery. will go
on as serenely as 1t has done these
| 500 years.