‘V'V. Keogh has purchased a lot? We Caroline Whetmore of ‘Hart. " V is visiting with relatives on Greg: arise 1111M. Wood or First streeti «lies accepted a. position as clerk. in the Clerk Herbert R. Kr. and bits. Lloyd Sturges, of East ?Norwalx, are visiting at the home or Mr. and M11. Cyrus E. Ryder, of 31 Elizbaetb street, Bethel. ,i .— 3 The tug “Port Chester." of New York arrived in the local harbor to. flay to take in tow several empty coal will .___- A meeting or the Choral Union oil the East Avenue Iii. E. Church will be held tomorrow night in the parson- age at 8 o‘clock. — Firemen of the Mayflower Hook e udder company will continue their pinochle tournament in the company . quarters on Van Zant street tonight. A luncheon will follow the playing. ' The regular weekly sewing meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of Christ Episcopal church is being held this afternoon at the. home of Mrs. Frank Clark, Osbm‘n'wvenue. The fourth quarterly cdnference of 1* the East avenue/M. E. church was held last night. The reports of the various societies of the church were made, indicating their standing to be flourishing and prosperous. Indica- tions are that the closing up of the year will he made satisfactory. r." A number otjriends surprised Stan- ley Joselovsky at his home, No. 41 Seaview avenue, last evening.’ Danc- ing, refreshments and many games Were enjoyed.""\1aster JoseiovSRy proving a fine. boat. Misses. Grace Lowndes and Margaret Jarvis favored with an artistic exhibition of dancmg. Those in attendance were: Fay Dur- ‘ min, Edna Gordon, Dorothy Frey, E1- len Canevnri, Charlotte Jarvis, Mar- garet Jarvis, Helen Lowndes, eBat- rice Iowndes Grace Lowndes, Eleanor Davenport, Lillian Needles Marion , Russell, ,Pnul Ward, Maurice Dumin, "William Howard Nathan Greenbcrg. ’Bamuel Sallick, Marcus Paris, Martin ”Delta and Charles Mitchell. ‘1 1 Raymond Street & Son, contractors and ice dealers, contemplate uponK ‘ going into the coal business in the near future. This firm will not only be able to land coal by car-loads, but also at their dock on five mile river. A coal pocket will be ercted on their property between Darien and Rnway- 'm. Sheds will be built upon the . hock property. , Mrs. Sarah B. James, widow of the .1316 Reverend William James, passed away at her Brooklyn residence, 113 _3It§Donough street on Tuesday morn- Iing, March 2. Rev. and Mrs. William «'Jnmes spent many summers on Belle Hand and were well known in this Vicinity in religious circles The late 1111-. James conducted services every summer tor years previous to his death if? Belle Island, being one of the meet property owners there, and 4% endeared himself to many friends sh this section. These will extend the 1 1: sympathy to the family of James who had proven a. val- : aid to her husband in his re—~ . activities . i OWAYTON BEST STOCK PRICES >7 EVER RECORDED . YORK, March 4 .—T'he highest ever recorded for the sate of one 018th in'the history of the York Stock Ebrohange was paid . when ten shares of Atlantic Contpany Common stock sold 11,350 a share. The previous re- runs made May 9 1901,. when Jim avenue. 3‘11"?“ Beach, . 4'. ‘ “ , . . MMGlover.‘_ M 7 .>, ' 1 k ————-' OrPleaMadeforlmWagc . fair ‘wages. ‘ bananas gratis. en an unscrupulous one, who, at tines. fl - Pacific touched $1,009 during tamer to overcharge him or charge , 2111111. for things he did not purchase.” efl reside there. and Industries in Banish hmlerable Conditions wage anddev pmsnt sanctuaries on a large 3‘ng needed to banish the , “most intolerablé conditions " under! I which the immense landless popula- tion of Porto Rico have labored ,ror centuries, Joseph Marcus, special agent of the Unitedfitates Employment Service, declares in a report issued by the Department of Labor. The invest. . : ' igntor reported that lack of employ-f . ment for a large part of the Mic, in’-' termittancy o: occupation and small; 1 wages, have brought about a critical ' situation on the island. The Porto Rican laborer looks toi the United States with its enlightenw ment and leadership in humanitarian . ideals to rescue him the Marcus revI - port stated. Both‘the Government and _ the American Mention of Labor are! , being appéal'ed to; it was explained. ' But- before the industries can be ex- pected to ends are Porto mm new! shipping (acumen must be increased. . with last steamers ‘ in service; a ' branch. of the Federal Reserve Bank must be instituted on the island, and there must be more independent land- owning farmers, according to the re- port. Then. with a big export busi~ ncss, work maybe provided'for all at Now, when a laborer is working, he and his family share a breakfast of only black coffee, a lunch- eon ot rice and b ,rice and cod~ fish, or codfishi and plantalns, and a1 . dinner the same its luncheon, it was - stated. ‘ ' The Porto Ricau. is beginning to de- mand better living conditions, Mr. ~ Marcus reported. Strikes, organized and supported by the Free Fed of Labor; which to affiliated W! the American Federation of Labor. take place "frequently. " In Agnadilia, one of Porto Rico‘s principal towns, characterized as the "strike breakers” district,” and the “poorest section of the island," in- stanceerabpnnd where families eat only once a day, and have meat but once in a year, the report said. adding that about 30 per cent. of the populw tion in th‘e' district have tuberculosis. Bookworm and other tropical diseases abound throughout the entire country. , Describing the "jibaro" or mountain dwellér dill “principal factor" in the labor problem of Porto Rico. since he: . - constitutes fieariy'GO per cent. or the 1 1 population, the Marcus report sums ' up the situation as follows. "This jibaro is still living in the same environment under which his an- j cestors lived one Br'two hundred years i ago. He builds his little shack on land that does riot belong to him, and he works, when work. is to be had, on the‘ nearest cane, coffee or tobacco pants- tion. His dress consists of a pair ofi white rousers, Eajvv'irite shirt “and a. straw $183.}! angohidréjn are- clad? as poorly 8as he is; and none of, them wear shoes. i “Bu work ts' Porto Rico is season- a1, ;an it 1 tssevem months .at the most; do that 'for five or 'six months he has to do the best he can for a liv-' ing. Bananas and other tropical fruits are pie'ntiful and ’in many instances the landowner i’or whern he works dur- ing the season permits him to eat his Some receive with their littlethuts a: patch of ground and raise some foodstuffs during the dull season, but such cases are not com- man. How he pulls through the slow season is a mystery. - "The jibaro is exceedingly courteous, especilaly to Americans; good natuiz ed, ready to render a thvor at any time, and, though‘ 'poor, accept no com- pensation; heals even cheerful and fond of music. But he is a sick man. Uncinariasis (hookworm disease), an. , emia, etc, are very widespread Dur- ing the fiscal year 1917- 18, 20, 590 book- worm patients Were treated by the' health authorities. These figures, however, must fall far short of the act- nal number or people inflicted, since the diificulties in getting to a dispens- ary or a private physician are numer- ous; ' "The principal food consumed by the Porto Ricans is made up of rice, beans, codflsh coffee and bread. 0! these five articles of diet. only coffee is not imported. There are some mountain rice and beans raised on the island. but the bulk of the other three com- modities and the entire consumption of codii'sh are imported from other countries, chiefly from the United States, excepting codfish, which is brought fromCanadm “Undernourishment makes the la— . borer an easy p‘rey to disease and un- fits him for hard manual labor; his endurance is undermined and he can- not stand the strain of 10 or 12 hours' work in the fields. This fact is not 'unlmown to employers, for some ex- _ periments in connection with proper- ly reading ”laborers have been made and splendid results obtained. 1 "The old system of the employer paying to the storekeeper the wages of hisJaborer and the storekeepea: tak- . , ing but the amount due him for pui— , 1 chases made by such laborer isstill in , . ., existence on the island, despite the fact that public opinion is against it. The laborer, under such conditions, is at the mercy of the storekeeper, ott- takes advantage of the illiterate cus- to SpringfieId and will work Them «segue school session in the f Delbert Smith, who has been in 7 I '- PQ'nsylvanin 1101- about a year, has re— not. Benzoate awesomeness» cent” drug that food manufacturers of a certain class haveftried to make the public believe. ‘ 'Benzoate of sale is the original “easier.” It ousted Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, and Dr. Floyd W. Rollinson from their jobs in the United States Bureau of Chemistry. ' C These men Broved in poison squad tests. that benzoate of soda was a rchi poison that should be barred by law from all food Droducts. . W a a .3 . .a, The manufacturers of bebzbate of soda financed certain food concerns. lobbyists and politicians td’ protect the future of their emhnhping Qeliv-a, cal which was threatened with 0min death; ‘ ‘u’f 1,91.ng f 1 D So many politicians wefe:€ .. red 3‘... intotheserviceofbenzoateofsoda that a president of tile United States was forced to compromise with the I. someone he had taken against it. . This compromise was brought about so 1 ' the mmmsoormmm removed from 050: for “the M05 the service.” Since that thnebemoate of social” been winked at by the pure food oiiicials of the United States. Food manufacturers who are ashamed of it have proved, on a hundred occu- aions. that it is wholly W lwhere decent raw materials. clean hands and clean factory methods are involved; 7 _ They have proved that" its use is e " mere. substitute for wholesome” ‘ andcleanlincssandthat it is em- 1. played only to keen makeshift com, poundsanddtcaneoncochomfrom .1?" Wm before they“: can be sour 1.4. . _~ ' ntclyiiewhen- they declare that such foods contain only such ingredients as are recogniz- ed and endorsed by the United States torment. by the declaration that the ban in. United States government does aza' list benzoate would have to be mtendomthcnaeofbenzoate. The lifted until a referee board can” .. oolitidans have forced the govern- checkup on the government tap 1—month tolerateits use. but they '4. The Secretary of Amculture at once ordered Dr. Wiley to discontinue all ’hisexperimentsrwithtthcdruz. an order that ultimately resulted in his resignation. Dr. Robinson disobeyed the orders. and. after mm graying - and prove them “worthless.” v f havenotbeenstrmgenouzhtoeoni ,nelUncleSamtorecallhis reamin- tions requiring all food dopesters to warntbepnbb‘ethnthenzoateispreo—_ entm their lov’vezradéstufi’. The public shouldlmow by this the that. these warnings. invariably writ- . . i . . . ,;. , 11.; "111‘: .1“ funk .. ; ‘ \‘ALFREDW-WCANN‘ ' tenacioll'owwfontuins one-tenth of 1 one per cent. masonic of Marne Waldembemtymso malicetohardly be readable. Notonharethefood Masturers whodo nature 1t ashamed of it. but thosewlrodo will: are Mod of itsffctnmvedbythemman- neririwhicbtheyaeckto'hideitspms- once by all sorts of trickery. The? take the most chant place on the label and by the aid of border- lines and fine print make the unwill- in: confession wrung from them by the hypocritical -law that in one breath says the stuff is unfit for hu- man'feod andin another permits its use if aocomllanied by a warning. 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