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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-10
Mems and WO-
mems Wages

Although no adequate comparison
of mems and women's wages in the
factories of New York State is posi-
BILE from the data available, recent
tabulation, in a statement issued by
Industrial Commissioner Bernard L..
Shientag, provides sufficient food for
considerable thought. This tabula-
ton shows that the weekly earnings
for the factory men average $3.50,
and for the factory women $3.50.
Of course, the first point which sug-
gests itself is, Why this difference?
Mr.. Shientag comments in this con-
nection that it is question whether
the wages of women are low because
the skill required is only half as great,
or because the bargaining power of
women is not equal to that of men,
due to restricted choice of occupations,
oversupply in few industries, lack
of organization, and other similar
reasons. 1t is interesting to consider
whether there is really any doubt
whatever concerning the reason for
the state of affairs under discussion.
Regarding the question of skill, it
has been proved to the satisfaction of
practically all fair-minded people that,
given an equal opportunity, women in
many industries are for all practical
purposes as capable as men. 1t is
also generally agreed that the claim
of so-called specialized skill in many
instances simply provides an excellent
smoke-screen for the excuse of al
together unjustifiable wage demands.
1t has, moreover, been demonstrated
beyond doubt that the ability to &C
complish many of the tasks, usually
regarded as in the highest degree
skilled, can frequently be gained far
more easily than is commonly believ-
ed, and at that by women as readily
as men.
Probably few will deny that over
supply and restricted choice of oc-
equations do, to some extent, deter
mine the level of wages, but is there
any justification for believing that
these factors operate very much more
in the case of women than of men
Surely not. Then it appears almost
obvious that the well-recognized fact
that women are not nearly as well
organized as men is almost entirely
responsible for their getting lower
wages. And what does this mean ?
Simply that the wage scale of today
is very largely determined according
to the power of the worker success
fully to back up his demands for
adequate remuneration for his labors.
This is not saying that in many in
stances such demands do not seem
positively unreasonable to the aver
age observer. 1t is saving that the
worker today is realizing more clear
ly than ever before that the laborer
is worthy of his hire and that he is
managing practically to enforce his
realization.
So long as industry is based, how
ever, either upon the power of the
employer to hold his employees in
utter subsection or upon the power
of the employees to obtain unreason-
able demands through exploiting their
skill and by organization, it is built
upon an unstable foundation. When
the laborer is willing to recognize his
employers rights and the employer
those of his help, regardless of or
ganization or any other artificial
means of forcing an issue, the world
will be far nearer than it is at present
to practical application of the Col
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-10
Service or Profit?

William Lynn Phelps in Scribner's
Magazine: There is no doubt that
those whose time is mainly given to
public service are conspicuously under
paid, and while it is essential that Ii
brarians, teachers, and preachers
should receive more money-because
able men and women must be attract
ed to these callings, and because no
man can do his work efficiently if he
lives in chronic financial worry-still
/ think it is we'll that these three pro-
fessions should never be on cash
level with the law, engineering and
business. The element Of personal
sacrifice is more necessary to success
than the possibility of any material
gain. When l hear people say in
dignantly, "The successful librarian,
teacher or preacher should be paid
exactly as much as the successful
lawyer, manufacturer or engineer"
smell fallacy 1t is essential he who
enters one of those three public ser
vice professions should be actuated
chiefly by a never-dying zeal to help
mankind. Give, and not get, is the
eternal distinction between service
and personal ambition.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-10
Alligator Gar Fight. captor.

Porter Davis, local fisherman, caught
mammoth alligator measuring six
feet and five inches in length and
weighing ia pounds on a trot line
out in the Ohio river short distance
below the gravel pit. says the Mount
Vernon (O.) Democrat. Davis said
the creature put up game fight, com.
ing at him in his skiff with his mouth
open and its long teeth cleaning.
Davis used grab hook in landing
the gar. The creature was kept alive
and exhibited by Davis on the court
square. Fishermen say the gar could
infiict serious injury to swimmers and
that 1t constitutes warning to the
host of small boys going into the river
near the gravel pit.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-10
PEcULIARITIEs OF SENATORS
Spencer Eats No Breakfast, Curtis
Won't Use Elevator, and Over
man Takes Snuff.

During the lull in business employ
ees at the capitol have had time to
take stock Of some peculiarities and
idiosyncracies of senator's, says the
Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald. For instance, they have
noted:
Senator Smoot of Utah only
shaves. or is shaved, every other day.
He thinks that is often enough and
he 'likes to give his face rest"
Senator Spencer of Missouri never
eats breakfast. But Senator Moses of
New Hampshire, who was his guest at
luncheon recently, says you should
see him eat the rest Of the day."
Senator Curtis of Kansas never
takes an elevator Il he has the time
to climb the stairs. He says climb
ing stairs is the best .'reducer" he has
ever tried. During the summer he
has done much stair climbing and
has lost 25 pounds.
Senator Overman of North Carolina
is one of the few senators who now
and then take pinch Of snuff from
the historic snuff boxes In the senate
chamber. which are kept filed during
the sessions of congress.
Senator Cameron of Arizona says
he Is the best cook In the senate. When
a boy of sixteen years old he was
the sole cook for large crew on a
fishing smack which operated off the
coast of Maine. He also holds rec
Ords as a fisherman.
Senator LaFOllette Gains his nerves
after heated debate by pulling" on
an old. well-seasoned pipe.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-10
SCHOOL OF NURSING.

sThe Central School of Nursing of
the University of Minnesota will en-
ter during the ensuing year only two
classes: the one for the Fall Quarter
commencing September 26th, 1928;
the other, for the Spring Quarter
commencing April End, 1924.
1t is important that applications be
made at as early a date as possible
prior to either entering quarter. A
high school diploma is prerequisite
for admission.
The School commands the nursing
services, for educational purposes, OF
four associated hospitals, the Univer-
sity Hospital, the Charles T. Miller
Hospital, the Minneapolis Genera
Hospital, and the Northern Pacific
Hospital.
All students are entered under Uni
versity registration. Applications are
submitted to the Director, Miss Louise
M. Powell, School of Nursing, Uni
versity of Minnesota"
Sincerely yours,
r. o. Beard,
Secretary.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-10
1Fat King" Claims Award.

The "Fat King" as Maj. G. w.
Ellis Of the British army, was known
to the troops in France during the
war, is claimant before the
royal commission of awards to in
ventors. The claim Is for an inven-
ton that the major perfected whereby
the food waste at camps and bases
was treated in such a way that the
fat was separated from the rest of
the refuse, sent back to England and
used for the manufacture Of glycerine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-10


with one exception Napoleon's
brothers and sisters proved to be In
competent. unsrateful. or openly his
foes. Napoleon made his eldest
brother, Joseph. king Of Spain, and
Spain proved almost as deadly to him
as did Russia.
He made his youngest brother, Je
rome. who deserted his American wife
at the behest of Napoleon, king Of
lWestphaIia, says the Detroit News,
and Jerome turned the palace into a
pigsty and brought discredit on the
very name of Bonaparte. His brother
Louis. for whom he had starved him
self, he placed upon the throne of
Holland, and Louis promptly devoted
himself to his own interests. conniving
at many things which were inimical to
France. He was planning high ad-
vancement for his brother. Lucien.
when Lucien married disreputable
actress and fled with her to England,
where he was received by the most
persistent of all NapoIeon's enemies.
Napoleon's three sisters have been
styled "the three crowned courtesans."
He made Elsie princess in her own
right. and gave her the grand duchy
of Tuscany. He married Caroline to
Marshal Murat, and they became re-
spectively king and queen of Naples.
Caroline urged her husband to turn
against his former chief. and Elsie
threw In her fortunes with the Murats.
For Pauline he did very little, yet she
alone stood by him to the end. He
gave her marriage dowry of half a
million francs when she married the
Prince Borghese.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-10
Save Your Nails and Tacks.

When you open boxes. take up car
pets, or do anything that produces a
crop of bent nails or useless tacks,
save them. Then, the next time you
repot or transplant flowers, scatter
the nails and tacks through the bot
tom layer Of the soil, set in the flowers
or plants and I'LL the pot with rich
loan. When you water the plants
the nails will rust; the product Of
this oxidation will enrich the soil re-
markably. You will be agreeably sur
prised with the strong and beautiful
growth of the plants.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-10

not found it difficult to create among
the farmers of the Middle Western
sections of the United States a senti-
ment in favor of what, if it were
shown to exist among the producers
of other commodities, would be den
ounced by the same farmers as mono
polistic and selfish. Bloc rule, by
whatever name it may be called, is
not easily associated with democratic
ideals. There is seen in it the seed
of ambition or selfishness, which, if
left to grow, will overrun and disrupt
the very foundation of the structure
of democracy.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-10
Sky Cycle and Man Kite.

Remarkable flying feats performed
in miniature aircraft are described in
the Popular Science Monthly. An
Ohio aeronautical engineer, 1t is said,
has built .bicycle-plane," weighing
less than 100 pounds and operated by
foot power, which has flown success
more remarkable Is a kite-like glider
constructed In Europe. Although
weighing only ten pounds and capa-
BILE of being folded up and carried
on the back. this airship is said to
have remained In the air for almost
an hour on several occasions.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-10
patent clxen 10 the Peonle

For the benefit of. the public. the
government has patented a water-re-
sisting glue developed by one of Its
research departments. Any person
may obtain the directions for its manu-
facture by applying to the bureau. II
IL an Improvement on glue made dur
ing the war by adding certain copper
salts to the old formula, giving II
more strength. resistance to moisture
and better working Qualities.-Popu-
lar Mechanics.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-10
Will You Spend Csc On RAT Snap to
Save 500?

One Csc package can kill so rats.
The average rat will rob you Of $40 a
year in feed, chicks and property de-
struction. RAT-SNAP is deadly to
rats. Cremates after killing. Leaves
no smell. Comes in cakes. Rats will
pass up meat, grain, cheese to feast
on RAT-SNAP. Three sizes, 35c, Csc,
SIPS. Sold and guaranteed by Farrell
& Keefe and Public Drug Co. 12-2ts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-10

Many people dig their graves with
their teeth. Constipation is the great
est curse of the day. Stagnant de-
cayed matter in the stomach and
bowels may cause serious trouble.
Take HOLSTERS ROCKY NOUN
TAIN TEA for stipation-Results
guaranteed. Gerstmann Drug Store.
Oct.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-10
aPlay-as-You.Entsr- Car. for Kids.

'Play as you enter" is the welcome
sign on the sides Of the "Jollytown"
trolley cars in Baltimore, where the
traction company has set aside several
cars for the children to play in. They
are complete in every detail except
that the power Is turned OF and they
are anchored to the ground. Instead
of the usual advertising cards, Mother
Goose rhymes and pictures are dis
played along the sides. The Changing
gongs and the loud calling Of the
imaginary and unheard of street
names afford noisy proof of. the popu-
larity Of the play cars az the crews
take them along fancied routes.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-10

Multrox-Cheer up. old SON. Pow
erty IL no crime.
Everbroke-That's the worst thing
about it. II poverty was crime /
might be able to dodge the punish.
ment.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-10

Propaganda is just information, il
any, badly warped to fit prejudice.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-10

den Rule in it's daily life, with its
attendant benefits to all concerned
Christian Science Monitor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-13
BATTERY.
PARK STORE
ZONE
Joyce O'Hara Buys $4,000
Foot Site in Suburb for
Pretentious Block.

Plans for the establishment OF O
business zone In Battery Park were
made known yesterday coincident
to the announcement by Maddux-
Marshall q Co. of the sale of $4,000
feet OF property at the intersection
of the Old Georgetown road and Will
sons lane, the entrance to the park,
to Joyce O'I1ara of the United States
Chamber OF Commerce.
Construction of a pretenttous busi-
ness block on the premises will be
begun at once by Mr.. O'Hara. In
the block win be Ideated pharmacy,
q grocery store and market and other
shops. Provision also will be MADE
for q filling station, and later COM
munity picture theater will be built
on the site. Mr.. O'Hara paid 90
cents q foot for the land.
Maddux-Marshall & Co. also an
Iiounced the following sales in Bat
terry Park during the week:
Col. C. D. Hedelsig, lot in Bat
terry lane, where he plans to build:
Prof. C. p. Oliver, of the chair OF
astronomy at the University OF Vir-
ginia, three lots in Del Rey avenue
and two on Ridge boulevard.
DR.. Harvey Hayes. navy scientist,
four lots on Park road.
Col. r. H. Pierson, q second lot on
Ridge boulevard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-13
Highwood Nursery
Twenty Acres OF
GreenerV

The Highwood Nurseries, To-
Gated on Rittenhouse street in
Chevy Chase have been in op-
Grafton for almost two years.
The nursery proper comprises
about twenty acres of fine fer
tile land, beautifully situated,
and the stock, which consists
Of all well-known evergreens
and shrubs, etc., has had the
best Of care. A competent
nurseryman is always in at
tendance, assisted by planting
experts.
No pains have been spared
in making this nursery one of
the very best in this section,
particular attention having
been paid to making the stock
only the healthiest and hardest,
which would insure the custo-
mer a beautiful, thrifty plant.
The stock carried on hand at
all times is complete in every
line. Evergreens ranging from
the dwarf to the larger of sew
eral feet, boxwoods and other
hardy plants, as well as orna-
mentals Of various kinds, are
included. Practically every va
riety Of rose is also carried.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-13
ONTARIO is PLANNING
TO CONSERVE TIMBER

Conservation win prOlong for cen.
turtles the life Of Northern Ontario's
stand OF woods used for pulp paper
or lumber, according to the 1Ameri.
CO. Institute Of Mining and Metal.
lurgical Engineers, which. calls the
mining possibilities Of this area al
most Nmitless.
'SThe forest areas Of Ontario =
says q statement by the institute,
comprise 10000 square miles,
The standing timber on Crown
lands, not counting freehold, Is:
Pine, 10000, 0O0. 900 feet: pulp wood,
2OO, 0OO,0 900 cords; provincial revenue
from forests In 1920 was $4,000, 900.
Every summer an average OF
$4,000 acres Of forest is burned
over. The forest protection at pres.
ent consists Of 1000 men scattered
over 100000, 900 acres, at a cost OF
$500, 900 per year. Still greater fire
protection II being widely advocated
and VIII save millions OF dollars
annually"
More than 100000. 900. It Is said,
IL invested In the pulp and paper
industry Of Northern Ontario, the
third most important In Canada
In exports and in revenue TO the
government.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-13

for grand opera IN Washington. Tllo
British Embassy and the former Aus
TRAN Embassy. which II to b torn
down to make way for q fine Inn
provement. are located In the same
block.
The Allan E. Walker Investment
Company has not divulged Its plans,
but as it has figured largely in the
development Of Connecticut avenue
properties, II 10 presumed that q
very substantial Improvement Il pro-
posed for the near future.
J. A. Boorman, Of J. J. Hampton
& Company, represented the seller,
while Allan X. Walker q Company,
Inc, represented the purchaser.
The purchase price was not an
Ylounced,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-13
A. {. WALKER co.
BUYS BELL
HOME
Buys Former Home Of Local
Bank PresidentPI Sub
stantiaI Improvement.

The Allan e. Walker Investment
Company, It became known today,
has just purchased valuable prop
erty at 1897 Connecticut avenue.
This property, fronting S. feet on
Connecticut avenue with a depth of
los feet, contains a large three-story
brick residence, the former home of
Mr.. Charles J. Bell, president of
the American Security and Trust
Company.
1t is located on the east side Of
Connecticut avenue midway between
Dupont Circle and n street, directly
opposite the Edison Bradley resi-.
dence, which is being torn down to
make way for the proposed home
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-13
CITY Of MEXICO
EXPERIENCES
BOOM
Four Thousand Homes Bull
in Mexican capitaI-3,5oo
Reconstructed.

A report on the building situation

A report on the building situation
| in Mexico. just received by the
Copper & Brass Research Associa-
ton from Timothy Gilman Turner,
its Pacific coast representative,
reads, in part, as follows:
Mexico City is now in a building
boom. This is due to two things:
The fact that the capital was under
built because OF the stagnation in
the revolutionary period and be-
cause home building is considered
the safest investment, the radical
agrarian laws having made agri-
cultural investment insecure; in
fact. agricultural land has ceased
to be considered as security for
loans.
From August, 1922, to May, 1898
ten mouths-a total OF 1000
houses or flats equal in size to o
small house were constructed in
the capital, and $500 houses recon
structed, all with modern improve
ments. The colonias (as suburban
residential districts are called were
increased II number, and in this
field the American residents lead
in the exploitation both in the
capital and in Cua'lalajara, the Sec
ond largest city and a residential
community bearing about the rela-
ton to the capital that Philadelphia
does to New York.
The buildings in these colonias
are entirely fireproof, In Guadala-
lara usually constructed OF adobe
succeed, and in the capital more
usually baked brick. The cost OF a
residence in Guadalajara Is about
one-third Of what it is in the
United States; in Mexico City, about
two-thirds. This is due to the
greatest labor cost in the capital.
The cost Of the adobe construction
is almost nothing in the total cost
of the house. with the. decoration
and lighting and plumbing relative.
" costly. All OF these homes in
the colonias have modern American
plumbing and electric lighting sys.
TENS.
In the type of plumbing mate.
rails there is little difference from
that used, say. IN a city like Los
Angeles. All the fixtures are OF
brass. No plumbing pipe Of any
kind is manufactured in Mexico.
Although American plumbing and
bathroom fixtures have made great
advances In Mexico in the last dec
ade, there is still far to go. The
natives of the middle class still
cling to European methods Of bath
ing, as is evidenced by the portable
tubs seen in the Mexico City shops.
The old style houses had no bath
room plumbing. but all dwellings
of good grade constructed now
have bathrooms.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-13
FIRE Loss less
IN EUROPE
THAN US.
Difference Is Attributed to
Use Of Stone and Brick
lover There"

Had there been a falf-dozen brick
houses at the outskirts Of Berkeley,
Calf, where the grass fire touched
the city, there would have been
no confederation, according to
Ralph P. Stoddard, secretary Of the
Society Advocating Fire Elimina-
ton, Cleveland. Fire prevention
week is a good time for city off,
Gals and civic organizations to con-
slider the tremendous annual waste
because OF the prevalent use Of
inflammable construction" contin.
ued Stoddard. The fire loss In
America may yet get large enough
to arouse the Government to ac.
ton. The public has complacently
watched the loss grow. from ST.
900 900 to approximately $500 ,000, 900
a year in the past two decades, and
is still undisturbed. Unfortunately,
while burning up hundreds OF mil
lions Of dollars worth Of property,
we also burn to death $4,000 human
beings a year. There are national
movements toward fire prevention.
Every city has q fire prevention
committee. These have undoubtedly
cut the loss to some degree. but
still 1t continues to grow in ever.
increasing ratio.
The per capita fire loss In Europe
IL about one-tenth the loss here.
Europeans are no more cautious
about fire than we. Transplanted
from their homes of stone and brick
into our flimsily buIlt fire traps,
Europeans have az many. fires 40
the native born. But Europe IL
more cautious In it's building.
I'VE burn 25 per cent as many
homes as are built every year. We
burn one hospital and five schools
every day. We have about one
great conflagration per year such
as that which visited Berkeley.
The fire limits OF most cities were
established twenty to fifty years
ago when the population was q frac-
ton Of its present size. These
limits are generally now inadequate.
Efforts to extend them or to raise
the standard Of building through
code regulations always meet with
vigorous opposition from powerful
interests who profit from inflam-
nable construction. The remedy
lies with officials and citizens with
stiff backbones who viii put the
community's safety ahead Of per-
sonal interest. Fire prevention
week Is an appropriate time for
serious consideration Of measures
that will eliminate fire by eliIninat.
ing burnable construction"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-13
EXCEPTIONAL VALUES
For Investors, Spectators
and Home Seekers
BETWEEN 18TH AND 18th,

This beautiful, detached. slate roof,
1o-room home is located in saulg AID.
Tdition, near Decatur St.. and represents
one OF the best home values available;
has 0 bed rooms and wonderfully bright
and cheerful living room and dining
room with hardwood floors; large
porch and fireproof garage. See this
before you buy. Vacant