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Show ' THE BINGHAM PRESS BULLETIN ' . - - PAGE TIIRBB f . ii i iap! .. i..miit. x" Labrador's Rocky Coast ' (Prpr4 toy th Natlsaal 0orphl odafr. Wuhlnctoa, D. C.) has suddenly grown LABRADOR Its generally accepted of a decision of the British privy council setting Its boundary far Inland from the Atlan-tic. Labrador has always occupied a seemingly anomalous position ; It walls Canada north of" the St. Lawrence completely off from the Atlantic. Most maps have shown this territorial bar-rier os a very narrow strip along the coast, for such was Canada's claim. By virtue of the recent decision In fa-vor of Newfoundland, however, Lab-rador extendi 300 miles Inland In the south. It .forms a rough triangle, growing steadily narrower to the north until the triangle's apex Is reached at Cape Chldley, on Hudson strait, where the waters of Hudson bay reach the Atlantic. It comet as a distinct surprise to most persons who turn their atten-tion newly to the geography of north-eastern America, that Canada and Newfoundland are separate govern-mental units as distinct, for example, as Jamaica and New Zealand. Labrador la best known along the coast, and there It Is truly a land of eternal warring. Everywhere along Its coast line great seas ceaselessly pound as with the hammer of Thor Into Its adamantine sides. The almost resistless Arctic Ice-flo- growls and groans as It crushes, cleaves, and smashes the very face of nature, while the monster bergs outside, like omi-nous Ice giants, roar and crash as they vainly battle with their still more re-sistless enemy, the summer sun. Where In the spots gentler nature strives to spread a cov-ering over the nakedness of the land, abysmal cold waves battle with the tenacious plants and scrubs, which grow gnarled and knotty In the con-flict. The few animals that in any number can survive In its wilds, tire especially endowed to reslHt Its ap-parently never discouraged effort to destroy the very source of life. Cached Supplies for Unfortunatst. As one approaches It from the At-lantic and passes Its high portals, the cliffs of Belle Isle, he spies a stout log house perched high up on a barren ledse clinging to the very face of the cliff. Suggestive sight: It contains cached the necessities of life against the Inevitable day when some poor voyagers shall find themselves sudden-ly dependent on Its savage clemency. Viewed, as those who frequent It mostly view It from the sea, one would think Its sole harvest was the countless Ice-bor- erratics that crowd every hillside and crown every sky-line, Just where other countries would be flaunting flowers, fruits and trees. In the realms of human life also the same stern conditions maintain. Life Is truly a battle in Labrador, and Its conditions are responsible for a white race whose members are as re-markable for their adaptability to live under the very hardest of physical conditions as the nntlve Eskimo they are steadily replacing. These little Arctic natives can withstand anything except civilized man. But Labrador, beyond being a place of war, Is a land of contrasts a land where extremes meet and where no man dleth from monotony of physical circumstances. Scarcely a stone's throw from this ceaseless strife one finds onself in a land almost of op-pressive silence a country so utterly devoid of the busy hum of human life that the dominant Idea forced upon one Is, "Can I be certain I shall ever again get back to the haunts of men?' while visions of the uncertain oppor-tunities for communication with the world outside rise unbidden to the mind. f Soon, however, memories of Its gen-erous spaces. Its glorious fiords. Its keen, bracing air, Its call for resource-fulness, its rich sea harvest, its noble rivers and plenteous salmon, its wily, silent animals with their priceless skins. Its countless deer herds come back to cheer one. Its splendid ever-greens. Its gorgeous mosses, the car-pet bedding of Us brilliant lichens aH serve to relieve the first chill of Its barrenness. Add to these Its beauteous nights, its long twilights, the fantastic colors of the moon shining on Its weird Ice and deep blue seas, the un-earthly loveliness of Its aurorns, and the magnificent tracery of Its northern cliffs. Sut-- h a land la It of changes and contrasts that those who love It at least may be forgiven for thinking it the borders of fuiryland. It Is Indeed a fine set of people It has' produced, for one may count as Lahradorlnns the thousands of men and women from Newfoundland who every year go to wrest a living from Its reluctant grasp. " Sea love, and optimism are the three strongest traits of char-acter developed In these people, with rather more than the ordinary amount of fatalism. There la no doubt the peo-ple are tough tough as their own sharks, they say, which will come to a bait made of their own liver, or con-tinue to eat after being disemboweled. Can Support Good Population. Observers declare that Labrador can maintain a good population, but at present tittle capital has been invested there except In fishery and furring. Neither of these industries do prac-tically anything to enrich the country, seeing that almost every fish caught and every fur collected leaves the coast aa It Is, and Is turned Into money elsewhere. Cod, salmon, and trout are exploited rather than fished. Rivers have been barred with nets for years. The Indis-criminate use of cod traps with small mesh leaders destroy every year thou-sands of salmon-pea- l seeking the riv-ers, and. In the opinion of every one, Injure very seriously the cod fishery Itself by almost entirely preventing the great shoala coming 4nshore to feed. Whaling Is practically a thing of the past off Labrador. For home consump-tlon- , seals are valuable, their, sklna and fats forming a marketable com-modity of no mean value. When seals "strike in" plentifully It Is the easiest way In the world to get rich, for It means that they come to one's door and drown themselves In his nets ready for use. Labrador seals are real seals, and not the g "Otarldae" of the Pacific. The largest, the hoods, are of Immense size and height and by no means to be carelessly approached when with their young. They will then show fight very readily, and many a poor old bull has come to his death from a rifle Just to enable the mur-derer to steal the pelt of his baby that he was defending, his own body being left, after all, as being too heavy to take. Excellent as their skins are always for sleeping bags, canoes, tents, har-nesses, etc., for clothing in cold weath-er they cannot touch the cured cari-bou hide. In mild weather tbe seal sides are, as might be expected, much more water-tigh- t, except when tanned. The soft chamois-like- , cleaned skin of the deer makes clothing Impene-trable to wind and weather, while the gloves and moccasins, being soft and mobile, are far warmer than the Labrador seal. There are vegetable as well as ani-mal resources In Labrador. The red partridge berry or small cranberry, the blue hertz or bilberry, the yellow bake-appl- e or cloud-berry- , the purple marsh-berry- , with the red currant, the rasp-berry, and gooseberry, are all abun-dnn- t, all easily preserved, and all grow without any effort on the part of the natives to sow, cultivate, or In any wny Improve them. Of cultivated vegetables In Labrador the success depends on the shelter, natural or artificial, they get from summer frosts. In the bottoms of bays, carrots, peas, potatoes, lettuce, radishes, beets, etc., all grow In the open well. The Immense future that lies be-fore pulping In Labrador Is evident from the success attending Lord North-cllffe'- s great venture In Newfound-land, and by the fact that every acre of sen and land from the Straits to Hudson bay hns been applied foi abend, if not granted, for this very purpose. The incalculable energy of tht countless falls, Including the Grand falls of the Hamilton river, probably the third largest In the world, and second only to the Victoria falls In height Is an asset which the future will be unable to overestimate. Now that chemistry stands on the very verge of a synthesis of atoms, and a new world seems ready for con quest If sufficient energy is procur-able, these hitherto unappreciated riches are beginning to exdte at ten, tlon. INSIST ON LOWER SCALE OF WAGES lllinolt Mine Owner $ Serve Ultimatum on Ur.icnt. An ulilutHtum tliut Illinois coal op-erators will uot negotiate with union olflcluls for settlement of wage-scal-differences resulting from expiration of the three-yea- r Jacksonville agree-ment March 31, except to reduce pro-duction cost was authorized hy ulioiit 80 members of the Illinois ('mil Op-erators' aNSoclation. The message was transmitted hy Wee Miller,- - president of th sssoclu-tlnn- , to Hurry r'ltihwick, president of the Illinois Mine Workers' union. Mil-ler wua Instructed by the attending operators to notify the union that they would not negotiate on any other basis than reduction of wages or con-tract changes which would permit cheaper production. Economic Problems That Can Be Solved by Application of Proper Principles By WM.LIAM T. FOSTER, Economic research Official. and unemployment are problems subject to OVEHPROPITTIOV any radical change in government. A a f.ict long ignored by economists, that producing goods dors not automat if ally furnish buyers. Once we recognize the existence of tho problem we are time-tenth- s of the way toward solution. The last 12 months manufacturers turned over goods in excess of $6,000,000,000 to buyers who did not have the money to pay Of this, 13,000,000,000 is not yet paid for. Yet the price level has steadily The Simple Simons of our day do not have to face many Piemen who demand "first your penny." They say rather, "Take your good and pay as you .can." This situation is merely an indication that business faces overproduction. It forecast business without a buyer. It is post-poning a recession of business that it cannot postpone very long. t No nation has yet studied consumption. Every national system is organized to finance production on the principle that the people will have the money to buy what they have worked to manufacture. We could leave all this as it is, allow every individual to act as he lees fit, make no changes in our monetary system and still solve the prob-len- t. 'We could do this by so ordering our vast government expenditures and receipts that they could serve as proper and adequate corrective meas-ures to periods of too much production or not enough buying. This is all that is necessary for business to go forward with confidence. TWO HOMES - MADE HAPPY By Women Who Used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. T have taken Lydta B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and I think It i , , , ,i i tlie most won- - medicine . ' J ever tried," la. y. V the statement' j Jb. a tnafo by Mrs. 1 1 Ooldle Shoup ti -- ;L St. Joseph, mi-l-v' nois. She do-- fi X clores that after I t f 1 taking the Com- - , I J pound she Is In I - better health I than before. ' , Mri. j( Storms , of 29 Lane Street, Paterson, N. J, writes: "I cannot spenk too highly of your medicine and I recommend It to all tny friends." These statements were taken from two enthusiastic letters which tell of the help that has been received from using the Vegetable Compound. , Both Mrs. Shoup and Mrs. Storms were In a run-dow- n condition which i caused them much unhapplness. " When women are suffering from lack of strength and from weakness, their own life and that of their fam-ily Is affected. When they feel well and strong and are able to do their housework easily, happy homes art the result. Are you on the Sunlit Road to Better Health.,, ' - Olggltng girls may grow up Into . grim old women. Keep on laughing, m girls. ( Sofljorns j Money Back Says Your Druggist " if Moono's Emerald Oil Doesn't Do Away With All Soreness and Pain in 24 Hours. Get a bottle' of Moone's Emerald OH with the understanding that If It does not put an end to the pain and soreness and do awayVltb the corn ' Itself your money will be promptly ' returned, . . - . 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NaTj COST OF LIVING PAY BASIS ASKED Indianapolis Unions Claim ' Idea Would Simplify Negotiations. ,:, - New wage settles to replnce the agreements of various trades unions of the Indlatmpolls district, which ex-pired April t, are helng sought by the building trades unions with the Gen-ra- J Contractors' association. The union crafts are seeking auto- - wags increases mid decreases to the cltHttges In the cost imatlc The unions point out that pluns gd through It .would do . with negotiations each ' year. leatlers said they hoped to get a settlement without a strike. ' , Settles of the asltestos workers, ce-- s " ntent finishers, electricians. Iron work-ers, lathers, plasterers and carpenters expired April t. ; , r , , Clutrles Wilson, presldetil of the Building Trades council, said the crafts, would ask for a five-da- y week. He added that while the five-da- y week htay not come now It will eventually be a part of the wage agreement "We tiad a hard time getting the eight-hou- r day," Wilson said, "but as surely as we got that we will get the five-da- y week." I Wages of asbestos workers are now $1.10 an hour; cement finishers, $1.05; I electricians, $1.25; Iron workers, $1.35; I lathers, $1.25; plasterers, $1.50; car-- penters, $1.13. Regulation Birthday February 20 la a r day In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Koslu- - f ski, Toledo, Ohio. Four boys have been born to them on that dute, all two years apart Edward In 1008, Al- - ' den, 11)10; Clarence, 1012, and 8tan-Ic- y, 10U. And all four were born ex-- v actly ut noon. Three of their remain-ing five children also were born In February; -. '' "Catch Them Young" if Childish Emotions Are to Be Properly Trained x , ,:'' By DR. BIRD T, BALDWIN,' University of Iow.' i .' ,' The way to train children's emotions and build up deeirable char-acter traits is to "cutch them young" and use modern psychological methods. Use modern methods of analyzing their temperamental differ-ences and emotional trends, follow direct scientific methods of training desirable traits through daily activities, and provide abundent associa-tion with other children. 1 . . , 'Undesirable emotions can be readily eliminated through the sub-stitution of desirable emotional attitudes, interest and habits, integrated into the daily activities of the schoolroom or home. Nagging has no place in this program. Illustrative character studies from the Iowa preschool laboratories, where children are admitted at the age of eighteen months and hare been studied daily for nearly six years, demonstrate how the ordinary fears of childhood and adult life had been eliminated or aroided, how undue and timidity had been overcome, and and self-contr- ol developed. Pronounced egotism and selfishness have been thwarted. One atudy was used to a bright child's intelligence rating through s period of six years of daily observation and training. Character, emotional, esthetic and social training should form an integral part of every modern elementary school curriculum. 't - - Railroad for Albania , Albania, which has previously the doubtful distinction of being the only country in Europe without a railroad, Is building one which will place her In line with other countries In this respect Her first railroad Is but twenty-thre- e miles long. i OTHER LABOR NOTES Sleeping and purlor car conductor are organized in the Order of Hleeplng Car Conductors, affiliated with tho American Federation of Labor. A number of smaller mines In the central competitive coal Held resumed operations under temporary agree-ments, pending final settlement of the controversy. United Mine Workers charge the ritUhurgh Coal company broke d union contract and estublfshed s non-union regime which fosters Imitior. allty In mining camps. The Home Coal company of Macon. Mo., announced Its contract with the United Mine Workers of America had expired and It would become a profit-sharin-organization. French miners agreed to accept a reduction of 2 francs 50 centimes (about 8 cents) a day, while the own-ers agreed to a reduction of from IB to 18 per cent on the price of coal. Two more small cool mines In the Belleville (III.) subdlstrlct continue operations under the old Jacksonville agreement This makes a total of five mines that have announced Inten-tions of continuing operation In the district What Is regarded as a signal victory for organized labor Is the decision of the board of control of Toronto, Ont., to Insert a clause In the tenders for new construction work In connection with the provincial exhibition, calling for the employment of uulon labor. Cleveland's building trade Industry was another step nearer a biennial wage agreement when representatives of union Iron workers and contracting employers signed a two-yen- r working contract The wage rate Is $1.50 an hour, the siime as In the old agree-ment. The final step In the ousting of Com- - muiifsts from the Fur Workers' union wits taken at New Tork when the As-sociation of Fur Manufacturers noti-fied the American Federation of Lnbor reorganization committee Unit It was ready to deal solely with them and refuse recognition to the lied Joint board. Approximately SO bituminous coal operators, Including those alllllated with the Illinois Coal Operators' asso-ciation and independent operators, completed agreements with the Illi-nois mine workers to continue oper-ations, Harry FIshwick, president of DlRtrlct No. 12, United Mine Workers of America, announced. The trade Jurisdiction of the United Wall Pnper Crafts of North America embraces all crafts engirged In the manufacture of wall pnper and all kindred crafts and workers who do not come under the direct Jurisdiction of any other International union affi-liated with the American Federation of Labor. There are 84 labor banks In the United States with resources of an-- proximately $122,000,000, according to a report of the Industrial relations section of Princeton university for 102(1. Total deposits of these banks exceed $105,000,000, and total capitali-sation and undivided profits over Two more banks are being opened. Governor Smith of New York signed the compromise bill for women In Industry. The hill grants a 40U-"on- r week where Saturday s are given to women workers and also provides for 78 hours during the year In which women may he worked over the schedule laid down In the new law upon approval hy the state Industrial commission. Ruhemla's famous glass-cottln- g In dustry Is greatly agitated over thf adoption of modern machinery to re place the process of cutting by hand which has been the source of livell hood of thousands of families. Pro ductlon of a carload of machine-c-glassware requires less labor than hand-cn- t vase, the glass cutters do clare. In preparation for the enforcemeif of legal minimum wages In even branch of British Columbia Industry the board administering the provinces minimum wage law Is calling meet Ings at leading centers. On the bast-o- f discussions with those directly n fected by the law, the board will fi minimum wages for every class ' labor. The Third Internationale has se.'ii 1,000.000 rubles ($500,000) as Its first contribution to striking American miners, according to a dispatch from Moscow received via Copenhagen. The Third Internationale sent a communi-cation to labor committees In many countries Inviting them to support tht American miners and pointing nut that this strike is of greater Impor Unce than the British coal strike GENERAL LABOR NEWS The British Trade Union congress Is fifty-eig- yeurs old. To enforce their demands for $14 a day and a five-da- y week, 1.500 plumb-ers struck In Brooklyn. The highest wages paid unskilled la- - I borers Is In the field of general con- - and the lowest Is in the !tractlng wage rates In the building have Increased 148 per cent f since 1013, according to the Engineer- - i Ing News-Recor-i Liverpool (England) policemen who I were dismissed for striking In 1019 . are to be paid $75,000 In settlement of their aalary claims. ' Married women working In innnufito; turliig and mechanical Industries In the United States have Inorensed 41 per cent In the past ten years. In Ohio an outstanding development of the mine shutdown was the serving of notices by the Powhatan Mining company at Itellalre that miners oc-cupying company houses must pay rent in advance or vucate. A demand by 21 members of the British parliament believed to be mostly Labor party members, that Nicola Sacco and I'.urtolomeo VonzettI be released came by cable to Gov. n T. Fuller of Massachusetts. Pittsburgh mine operators struck the first blow in the bituminous coal fields wnge war. The Pittsburgh Ter-minal Coal corporation announced Unit henceforth Its seven mines, employ-ing 8,100 men. will be operated as non-union. President Coollilge, It Is announced, does not contemplate action in connec-tion with the suspension of mining op-erations Id the unionized bituminous coal fields as the result of the termi-nation of the Jacksonville wage agreement. - Seeking to prevent trouble between union and nonunion coat miners In the Pittsburgh; bituminous district Sheriff Robert II. Braun of Allegheny county ordered peace officers to disperse pick-eting groups of more than ten men "at places where there Is danger of a riot" the sheriff was quoted In Asso-ciated Press dispatches. President George U Berry of the Printing Pressmen's and Assistants' union Is busy on plans for a cottage colony In Tennessee for the benefit of members of the organiza-tion. The plan calls for the raising v of something like $3,000,000 for build ings and endowments, the necessary land having been donated. Despite the temporary Injunction re-straining otlicluls of the Brooklyn Painters' council from striking, 20 of the. 27 firms who asked the Injunc-tion reported that none of their men had reported for work. Painters are demanding an increase from $12 to $14 a day. It is the contention of the employers thnt the strike is In viola-tion of an existing contract The Joint committee of the British Trade Union congress and the Labor j party adopted a resolution expressing J determination to fight to the utmost 1, the government's hill seeking to cub ' the powers of the trade unions. Under the bill It would be illegal to call a strike which was calculated to coerce tbe government or Intimidate the com-munity; picketing, when calculated to intimidate or obstruct would be pun-ishable by fine or Imprisonment and picketing at the residences of workers would be unlawful. Union coal miners of Ohio are mi-grating to the nonunion coal fields of West Virginia to seek work. Few have sufficient funds to live through Idle-ness until mine operators and onion " leaders agree on a new wage scale. More than 600 families In Belmont and Perry counties, Ohio, have been ordered to vacate company-owne- d houses unless they pay rent In ad-vance, an Associated Press dispatch said. The 8unday Creek Coal com-pany gave notice to miners occupying 250 homes at 8antoy, Perry county, Ohio, to vacate In IS days. Greater Sympathy Should Be Shown Toward Less Favored Nations by America By REV. GEORGE CHALMERS RICHMOND, Detroit Religious Forum. America's attitude toward China during the next four years will be an important factor in our industrial expansion and success. If we, as a nation, expect to do big business throughout the world ten years from now we must show a far greater. sympathy for those nations which today are in the midst of political turmoil and industrial revolution. The old-tim- e American leaders of industry showed greater sympathy and broader vision than those of today. . ' " ' ' ' ' Big business should consider the needs of the smaller nations as well as the opportunity for commercial exploitation. The lack of effort to pro-mote world peace and the failure of industrialists to recognize religion as a factor in promoting international good will are to be deplored. The young men who spend their Saturdays nights gambling, in de-structive orgies and in breaking laws, will never rise to leadership in the American business world, or in any other domain of life where character is of consequence. Provision for Recreational Facilities Important in Any Community '''' By TOM H. WELCH, Detroit Building Authority. ; ; Adequate recreational facilities for children are an important factor, in a community program for the prevention of juvenile delinquency. V all are of the opinion that the pace of the city is too fast. Nothing elot can be expected if home life is limited to the four walls of an apartment The child seeks outside interests and in many cases becomes a victim of the wrong kind of associates. Usually the home life is no higher than the level of the surroundii.g neighborhood. How necessary, then, it is to build in a community where every precaution has been taken to assure a high class of neighbors and recreational facilities, that are clean and near the home. It ia important that parents recognize the existence of behavior problems in the home, the school and in the community and that recreational developments must be planned to deal with the conduct disorders of its youthful members with special emphasis on preventive work. ' Issues Between Fundamentalism and Modernism Are Vital and Clear By EEV. JOHN ROACH STRATON, New York, - ' t ' Modernists, rationalists and liberals do not concede any ex-ternal religious authority, but say the final authority is in the individual consciousness. Every man, they say, is conscience-boun- d to obey only ths inner voice. This conception, when logically followed out, leads inevitably to religious anarchy, It (lows out of the evolutionary philosophy, which is the real foundation of modernism. Modern educational principles flowing from the false teachings of Freud and others, which carry with them the exalting of the Individual judgment as the real seat of authority are what are doing most of tbe mis-chief today. The foolish idea is given to our children that they can cut loose from the teachings and traditions, restraints and inspirations of th past and do as they please in their ed "search for truth," "(guest for reality," "personal right to happiness," etc. The motto mmim to be "Nothint old is true and nothing new is fa'se." |