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...being carefully adapted to a certain type of work. It is probable that long ago, New England was the home of a group of Indians who were master workers in wood. They probably equaled if they did not surpass in this respect the wood-working tribes of the Northwest Coast...
...Stride wants a man, starting near the end of June, to serve as engineer on the chuck-boat with which he cruises during the greater part of the whole summer, along the 70 miles of New-foundland coast that comprise his district. During the cruising there will be a good deal of opportunity for fishing and shooting...
...zone of applicability for the system," Mr. Murray began, "extends from Boston to Washington and inland from the coast for 150 miles; a territory embracing 23 million people or more than one-fifth of the population of the United States. In this zone there are 36,000 miles of heavy traction railroads, 96,000 industrial plants and 550 central electrical stations producing power. Electricity is the greatest agent of power in the world today, the father of all accomplishments, moral, intellectual, and physical. It is only by harnessing this power into one central organization that we can hope to attain...
...operators, in reply, challenge the workers figures on the coast of living and declare that the industry cannot stand an increase. Perhaps this is the case, even though President Lewis of the Union states that in October, 1921 labor coast were $1,97 for a ton of coal selling for $10,41. But even if the operators are right a considerable portion of their cost comes form many sources of waste which might be eliminated. Production is seasonal and therefore irregular; government figures show that for thirty years the miners have averaged, only 215 day of work per year. This...
...officers,--this in the name of "necessary economizing". Under the plan now in operation the army is already being reduced to 150,000 men and 13,000 officers, and that makes its necessary to spread the effectives pretty thin to cover the various posts. Coast defense units are everywhere being pared to the quick, and even at that all but the more important fortifications are being abandoned. Our contingent in Germany is being withdrawn. In the Philippines, in Hawaii, at Panama, barely enough men are maintained to man the necessary defences; and complaints are frequently coming in that the protention...