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ar; ? " .? ?; ?;o : - ' . ?Sv ?& /?' ';?O r '. PUBLISHED KVEKT : "? ^ Except Snntlay By tlw Alexandria Gazette C 117 King Street, Alexanc - ?OWARD . W. SMITH, * P ??:???'? "Jt' Treasurer : V WILLIAM A. SMOOT ...VVt MICHAEL T. Z3WVKB ... <? ?Jntered at the Poutofflc-. flrla. Vlrglnfa. as Becoaft interesting ITBUi a' ?Hon. li. Walton ,M<y>r ' resenting the Alexandria the House of .Rep1 sends us an interesting in the shape of a large i book entitle*! "A Centum ulation Growth in States ' (1790-J900. > i'' government publication-'. * abounds in much that interesting; deal in.ir ? "the history of thi- cou; : >? colonial days and the !"?>' the present governin-i:t. early period "Alexandra \\v ?map.'' as. is shown ;jV t: mention of oar city in u tions of roads and the es'.: " of postoffices. Much u- i ? m'ation concerning mar. customs of one hundred > ?' in our own land is given. v abounds in maps showr." hereabouts in bygone yt ?. Accompanying the pi.::' a letter to the writer in v. ereny- is made to the ? bus served nearly fifty-n^ ir. the newspaper bus :>.? Moore says: "This is the only copy 1 publication I have been _a:.' ? tain, and it goes to you >? my j compliments. I read the e 'a notice relative to your n :i nectioM wt'i the Gazett?. < i: ? on gratulate you oiv having i ?' dj the oub'.v such fine service '.hat way. and hope that many ; ?. uf health and happiness r:?m:::* 'or | you.' ' i> r.t I !'.S V ?r .>t STEEL STRIKE A FAIIxKE I $ Few evidences remain that '.en weefts ago September 22. i . . in wide strike of steel workers -.v:is inaugurated. Stupendous s . bave been experienced by th ? >rk men. by the steel coin names a the public as the result ol th ' uk ; .put which, after one of the b . r- ] est battles in industrial hist ended in complete failure t'-r the ?men who began it. The steel companies arc .? r i .ing under the handicap of in many men. but each p;. sees improved conditions respect. Reports indicate that t be almost 100 per cent. < i of steel plants throui ? Pittsburg district if tin bad not struck just wl plants had reached 'h of recovery from :V ? out. Among the reasons lapse of the strike, character of :ts I -.a. u ? - failure to pay pi benefits j-tanj out pv pamphlet on syndicate "William 7.. Foster. urer of the National ( r tereil the limelight so< beginning of the sink. ? came aT subject of ev. sion. revealing the f;i' first time t<> thousan and their sympathizer nun who was nushagisi-r t!?? walkout. With t!;s there grew among '.h. workmen a conviction :V:t allowed themselves to 100* s. MINERS' 1?KF1 W f The fact -that the n- ?' 1 the bulk of them h:t ! r tion obeying the ii1.'':f" returning tr? work as <>v Judge Anderson in Iniii.n becoming mure am! nu >v ; : '? It;, is generally believed ties have been flunko.!. A resident of l.ynelvv communication to a Ba!; ? ' among other things say-: "'A few figures, taken f: v ernment records, as show cent meetings of strike orators and Governrtrc.it -Is. "might be of sopie help ir. ? fair ami clear idea about'i strike situation, now faster as the unions threatened. ' ?= "'?"P upon the comfort and life : the people. (i0i course, figures do not illus- ' trate about a strike which is "call ed off" but which does not cease. Lewi a, the union boss, smiles with satisfaction when questioned about this?doubtless the unions are .well satisfied with their handling of the court's injunction order.Sj . But Government' figures .show that of $1,MOO,000,000 worth of coiil mined in 1!>1N, the miners rcc6ivtu j S75C0OO.OOO and the mine owners j -ind operators some $3o0,60().0(J0, or (about half what the miners "go^.. (rat of this had to come the tiaxCT^ Which amounted to some -SO odd .?ent.s a tun. A very large?exceed ' g!y large?proportion of wh.-t'; the ?wners and operators got went into & ' ? H)n each ton of eo:il mined and ;! ? at th,. average of #2.00 at the J . im-. the miner got ST.50 ami t!:e .vni i' and operator got about $1.!0, .?.it of which came this tax of more !ian .'!<> cents a ton, or perhaps a i f of about sit per cent, as op j'.'S'.'d to the miners >) .JO. K!am? being gradual!;.' shifted ? i th-' < wner and operator an;! an ??)! rmous effort made to put rho -; ^rntor ?n bad with the public:. Me already being blamed with a 'it nose of shifting the advance 'in ages, whatever they are, that will ? awarded the miners (the poor ir-.rs who get *siily si.?">() out of 'vh -$2.00 worth of eoa! now vned) to the public, and the Gov inment is promising to take steps. -,i sjje that th.- owners and opera- I "?rs swallow it. From the figures! brve it can lie seen that from the j t) cents that tin* owner and opera ir. now gets, if ;i further increase j f even 15 cents a ton only is added > the ?1.50 the miner now gets rri .deducted from th;- SO cents the perator now gets, it leaves the in?rs' demand of <>0 per cent. in S ' in wages would be met. the 'r.-r would then get $'2.10 out of :ih ?-.''>() or eoa! mined and the ?t:."' and operator would get 20', THICK LING TO GERMANY A? .soon as the ratification of the ?:<?: Treaty had been defeated a adution was offered in the Sen e declaring the existing state -of war between Germany and the Uni ted. States to be at an end f - It was referred to the "' Foreign "Relations Committee and can be reported out when Congress reassembles on De . 1 "? i ' cemjber l? I H is the j>lain duty of al|[jpatrio-| lie. Senator ^epublicaais anjP- "Den^ carats aiij?yttf&et to^etjifri^ agree^. upon a -jivrMU hitificutioh- fresoluf^ ;ipn and, "put' it through. .If they* ;vsfuse ?oidp>t1tis. (it is unthinkable, ih'at- they "should')' the first; 'logical .step to take would be the passage the resolution proclaiming peace. Having thus cut ourselves loose .-'rem association with evjry friendly -.iitirn, the next logical step would to' im pi oft the favor of our en ?my. N TIk Treaty cf Versailles is one of delation. Bui when it came to a i :.!y between Washington ^nd li. it would be one of humilia i. n on our part and of defiance on he r.art of Germany. / With the United States out of the v <if Nations, Germany would little to fear. Sue would he. have attained what she un ?.uc.e.-s fully tried to accomplish h'rougfoout1 the war?separate the; 'nit'. 1 States from France and ?^n land. She would move ahead \s if nothing had happened; with a necr on her lips and hatred in her icart. .She would hold the whip :..nd!e. ''Make a treaty with us?" h- would say to the United States. ?Why, of course? if you will come o H?rlin and beg hard enough. But ast remember one thing?the boot t i: the other leg now. We will do vhatever dictating there is to be How does a yn.- hundred per cent \7Mvr:can like the picture of Uncle crawling before Germany on hands and knees? An.! having rejected the Treaty, nd hiving deserted our allies, and iving made terms with Germany, i# next step very naturally would e to seek the good will of Lenine :.;! Trotzky and Red Russia. Henry R. (Guy) Wood ' Roof, Tin, Stove and Furnace Dr. Radiators repaired, guttering and spouting, tin roofs painted. lOi) Prince Street 157 j Alexandria Fertilizer & Chemical Co. j; SUBSIDIARY OF THE AMERICAN AGRICUL TURAL CHEMICAL COMPANY ' !jt. Manufacturers and Imp art ers 11 Fertilizers and Fertilizer Materials i j Factory and Office Alexandria, Virginia. !i if. .the - Senate - really contemplates severing: alT ties^ and' starting* the natron 'oft 'oh" 'its own- hook i'nd ? in its own .selfish ways, let it go the 'whole hog while.it is about it?kick our friends out of doors and invite ,qur enemies . to enter.?(Philadel-, ?pbia^.'^Oifer.^i : f' Wt- - " iii:' 't' J iff - THOSE? WHO EXPECTORATE ? ON ELECTRIC CARS LOOKOUT! : .. *if.' , ' ? ^ '?? '{>.1" (Communicated* <{ " ? In daily commuting between Alex andria and Washington on our electric inter-urban railway line, the Wash ington-Virginia Railway Co., 1 have noticed, besides our regular daily mis haps, a very disgi^sting, and unsani tary habit, a great number of fellow men commuters are subject to. There is, as I am sure everyone knows, two ;ars to every train on this line. A front car or motor, where ladies are supposed lo ride and also a back car or trailer which is supposed to be used as a smoker, but which is fre quently used by ladies seeking seats, chat "are not' available in the front car. Upon being seated in either car the first thing to attract the attention of the passenger is a notice printed in large letters and hung directly in the front of each. This notice gives an exact copy of the law of Virginia and ..District of Columbia regarding ex pectorating in cars. Now, my object iiif writing this' .Ietter is to publiciy <ask why these laws are not enforced iliy the conductors of each train? '. The cars carrying people to and from work in the early morning and ?'eveniiig and I want to say here es pecially those leaving for Washington in the early morning are disgracefully unclean .from the above mentioned hahrit and is, I think, an insult to a person's decency to be compelled to ride in such. Men chewing and smok ing tobacco, and in many case tobacco not necessarily being the cause, deli berately spit upon the floor to such an extent that it is sickening to my self, a man, to sit in the same seat after them. I have often wondered what effect it has upon a lady who dosen't ne cessarily have to ride in thvssmokcr to be bothered by such but generally finds it in the front car. 1, myself, have sat in the front car and watch;:'; a gentleman, no?I mean a man. ul ting in- the^^^Vseat with a lady and concinuousIj^Blwing tobacco and ex pectorating on the floor. TlfiS* dis graceful condition in the cars caused by the negligence of those whose pow er is to enforce laws governing such and by those who are constantly breaking them because they have no respect for womanhood and decency needs to have the prompt attention of the railway officials who should try to abolish such for the sake of at least sanitation. R. J. Addie. EAT MOKE LAMBS Wihile Americans are a race of meat eaters they us* very little lamb. The average per capita consumption of these meats combined in the United . *} H * ^ * - * States is only 5 pounds-':; ptr..year' ! against 7 pounds of. ve?l, pounds i of beef and 71 pounds of'pprk. lever, the consumers^ are^segregated.. Instead 'of & wid?ap^-ajj; yonoivi ? us;-., t f lamb, \ve fcaye? j citing mdi <? ?T;'fcrK ' dt.c;' ?:> cn^UL,,w^ ' ;N- i' Tl.c ..X. .Lj.vV'' ;oi. 1 c -t i'1" r t -Inn' ; i unii ? - . * t '? ? ' ' * ington contains about one fourth of the people in" the United States, yet :wrw r? . , I *\ \7 ? * ? * ??? i * ; "over ?ts market counters passes por- - haps seventy-five per cent of the lamb sold in America. The Southerner orders beef twelve times to lamb once. Quite often the city demand for lamb is of such small volume as to discoui-age the retailer carrying the meat at all. Such a con dition still further inhibits demand, for if a customer is disappointed in not _getting the meat when wanted, he soon forgets it altogether. Conse quently a new generation has grown up in this country that does not know lam I). There, are a few. cases where lo cal butchrijia -Hark; stimulated a small unccrU^ - jlemttijd-into, cue of con siderable- >; tyr^PPrtrqnsj i't. Wholesale houses iu .eerta5n'<iit]C$: hjBfte doubled thoir: sates in one;Jyear';djTecSjng their ^'?tfenvion to, Ta^bsii:" ?1 ?, ;:"r ' ??:.* ^ ~v;' -- ; ; x) VK^rj?ae,\ e ?A *?: r * '???*< n^n vil.'.e, <? ;? pK~-Over r.y'yi'z-MQfy.\tovefc' ?^Ki?hom* i roUsu'-bv'.oal police Fa ? been | In 01de "Virginia TVhere Ci g'arette Tobacco1 Vas bom "There was cne young woman, Grace Sher~ , wood by name, who was accused by the Council of u^ing tobacco to practise witchcraft and thoi black arts. Having been tried by ?i jury of aged hags, she was found guilty of an id chargri and condemned to be cast from Nansemond Bluff into the turbulent waters of the James, from which she miraculously escaped by swimming." ?Life in Early Virginia. Virginia-Carolina tobacco is mellowed hy sunshine That homely Southern phrase ? "ripened on the hill"?telis how golden Virginia-Carolina tobacco gets its rich mellowness. it means that Virginia-Carolina tobacco is allowed to ripen thoroughly bac-rs cutting. If voir want 'ALL of 'cha> r;ch mellowness ?that siin-riDened V it gin ia- Car ol i na flavor don't smoke it mined with, other tobaccos; Smoke it straight. Ir^itjCi'.TiCiit cil I ? V^iTc^i il ? Oct ?>??-< - ' '"J will Show you the difference. sfi <*< r ? r sjf ^ ~4 if d The Virginia ~ Carolina Cig&z NOTE~In England, where Virginia-Carolina tobacco has the prcfcrcncc, a smoker pays as much for it as for the best Turkish tobacco. Because over there both kind? of tobacco p^y the same Import .duty. ;But in this country VitTjinia-'Carblin^ tobacco costs you less than Tjirlrish tobacfo because it is grown in this country and, unlike ford^u-grown tobaccoa, carries no Import duty. ' I S ? e: r?rr \i J Zf 7 \ ... k'ii-vk* - '? v.-'i t"*:-' {V.. . "? .s:?-5 < -/.t-.r.