The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 5, 1905, Page 8

PRES DEATH KNELL OF GYPSY MOTH. Work of the United States Department of Agriculture. GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.» Gypsy Moth spre s and devasty ind meadows as it ry gland indicate that it cer niess some drastic and ef-| warrant of the Gypsy moth. » measures are put forward to] In Europe this terror of the New During the past few yeurs | England States is but one of the in- te of Massachusetts alone ex-| sect pests which do some, but not very Vuited States? Dr, Howard, the Gor- nt entomologist, made a visit to utinental countries and be bas just pended over a million and a quarter} material, damage to foliage plants and dollars in attempting to exterminate] trees, Nature always provides for a this moth, the caterpillar of which] proper equalization of things, and in feeds upou leaves and has stripped tens | its habitat this moth has some 20 ene- ef thousands of the great spreading} mles—parasites and carnivorous in- sects—which prey ferociously upon It, keeping it in check and reducing Its ravages to a fairly negligible quantity. Growing Moths’ Mortal Foes. “It only remains,” said Dr, Howard, in speaking of his Investigations, “to propagate some of these foes of the moth in this country, They can be se cured, packed, shipped and landed in Koston In safety, Whether they will take hold in the United States ts a question, but there is no good reason to believe that they will not thrive as well as in Europe, or as well as the moth does here, and grow fat and lusty When turned out to pasture upon their hereditary prey, The Gypsy moth is one of those fn- sect pests which bas loomed up large before the entomologist or bug special- ist of this country as a possible scourge of the entire United States, gradually spreading from State to State, eating and killing both deciduous aad conifer- ous trees, devouring gardens and every green thing, and leaving behind them a brown trail of desolation, causing ehus and other trees in the old Bay State This is a subject which might not particularly interest the fs y fruit growers, or even the str park superintendents of Kansas or other distant States exeept for the an- nouncement of Dr, L. O, Howard, the DR. L, O, HOWARD, GOVERNMENT ENTOMOLOGIST, Government entomologist of the De- partment of Agriculture that the Gypsy | Moth will probably thrive in all the temperate Stites of the Union and be- come as destructive in the city of Washington or the State of Missouri as it has in Massachussetts, Th spite of all the fortune whiich Massachusetts has expended to fight this) pest, the moth has annually hatched its brood, and annually the worms have spread themselves over the great elm and other trees of Bos- ton and the surrounding towns, extend- ing their domain each year until It seemed, in the light of the expert t as to their habits, that they were destined to cover practically all of the United States. AUGUST SCENE IN| MASSACHUSETTS, TREES DEFOLIATED, at least the expenditure of millions of dollurs to hold them in check, Dr. Howard's trip for the Depart- ment of Agriculture shows this moth | kerosene torches,| to be but one of a hundred minor an- fumigations and| noyances which the country has to pro- Ordinary Methods Unavailing, Cotton chemical batting, mixtures, FAMOUS DEXTER ELM AT MALDEN, MASS,, ENTIRELY STRIPPED BY GYPSY MOTHS.-MEN AT WORK KILLING PESTS. : other devices have been tried with only partial success and in no case has com- plete extermination resulted. The mjnate this work ceases, the moths in- crease with astonishing rapidity. What was to be done? The Depart- ment of Agriculture was finally applied to, and it was realized that since the worm and moth might spread over the entire country, it became a national necessity to provide for its eradication, | C2¥8¢, the people will respond to his ~ " splendid courage in denouncing all po- ee ea ee eget at) iitical bosses and to his remarkable moth was of European origin, as it had] #¢tivity and inspiring fearlessness : i been brought here in connection with | 80olng after the evils of the Metropo! sr silk worm investigations, some of the| showing no mercy to criminals on the moths accidentally escaping. The ques-|one hand and shaming the well-dis- tion then arose, is this pest in Europe] posed people for their indifference on what it threatens to become in the vide against, It is a question of tiger eat tiger, needing only fhe knowledge of how to apply the natural remedy. od Merciless to Grafters, From the Kansag City Star. If William Travers Jerome is re- elected district attorney of New York on an independent ticket it will be, be- returned, bringing with him the death | SOME ADVICE FOR WIVES, Would Not Have Hubby Made Nurse and Assistant Chambermaid, From the Washington Times. Are you one of those women who con-| ports into €hina continues in spite of} tinually request your husband to run get you this, that, or the other as long as be is about the house? Do you habitually call bim back from the cor- ner to mail a letter or give him a sam- jple of silk to match? Does he no | sooner sit dowr than you ask bim to run upstairs and get the baby’s pins, or take the small child walking, or run | around the corner and get the meat for supper? There are misguided wives who | make it a constant practice to keep the | man of the house fetching and carrying for themselves and baby from the time | he enters the door until bedtime and all day Sunday, It's “Tom, get me this,” and “Tom, please bring me that,” until in the eyes of a third party Tom's position in the home appears te be that | of a well-trained servant, The Poor, Patient Worse Half. It is hardly fair to let him drep to that, is ££? Do you really require that he should ge into bondage of this sort to you and baby? He does it patiently, maybe, but it wears on him, and hurts | his self-respect. Why don't you do| your own buying, and mail your own letters,"and match your own samples? Why don't you have the baby’s things handy, so he won't have to wait on you ae ET THE CHINESE BOYCOTT. Alarm Begigning to be Feit by American Merchants. The Chinese boycott of American im- the action of the Presideat in modi- fying the harsh execution of our ex- clusion laws, and our evident desire to placate the Chinese. This Chinese retaliation. has been brewing and stewing for some time. There have been mutterifigs and threatenings dur- wg the past two years but they have a Si 1905 been generally disregarded and it was apparently believed that they amounted to nothing more than futile threats. Information comes from San Fran- cisco that in China seme ten thousand | of the merchants have signed the boy- cott resolutions, which carry a penalty | of about $4,000 in each case for their violation, Further, the Chinese news- papers are refusing advertisements of American firms, a ane _ when you're busy with the little one realized, the question In this country What would you think if your hus- a a ve one, The National As- band brought home a lot of his office sociation of Manufacturers which sup- work for you to do at night? Suppose he expected you to spend your spare hours clerking for him and helping him with his bills and aceounts? Ridicu- lous, wouldn't it be? Yet, for some rea- son, you expect him to act as second Since the facts are coming to be housemaid and assistant child’s nurse the whole time he is away from office. In Times of Need, Yes, Nine times ont of ten it's stmply a habit that gets you into this practice. Of course, there are exceptional cases of illness which make it necessary for . a faithful husband to step into the ports nearly half @ million working ; | le and represents $800,000,000 In shoe: e at | Peep: Pp! 3 wees pS RK expiail Will use all its influence, It is unless there is this necessity it ought | *'ed, upen Congress to have the not to be expected, Culnese exclusion law mitigated in The man’s field of labor, little wife, |‘! & way as to appease the Chinese, is his office or factory, where he earns | 00 the other hand the labor unions the bread for you. Yours is in the| Will oppose every effort to modify home where you do every whit as much | (-iuese exclusion, as is indicated by as he toward earning the living, He | te recent Interview of Mr. Gompers doesn't expect you to go down to the with President Roosevelt. The Amer- office and work, Don’t expect him to| ican interests which will be the come home at night and do the house-| Leavlest losers if the Chinese persist work and mind the baby. in their beycott, are the cotton planters Do your end as well as you can, Te! und the cotton and cotton cloth traders. as independent and self-reliant about | ‘The accompanying diagrams from Col- it as possible, When he comes howe | licr’s Weekly indicate the rapid in- let him rest, And if you manage right| crease of our trade with China during you can be ready to rest, too. the past two years, or Coton clomm ( jponed trom the United Siaits to Chine io th tee months Onging te Apel Cotton cloth exported irom the United Sraipe to the reat of the ‘world io the Wwe magibe ending in Apt e an ENGLAND’S WAR PRORLEM. SHORT WEIGHTS IN HOUSEHOLD Royal Commission Finds That it | Sonne, ( Consists Mostly in Lack of Feod Supply. After all, what are the sinews of war?) Are they ammunition, guns and men, heavy artillery, cavalry and in- fantry? The royal commission re- cently appointed to investigate the riage na voeland with ‘yeare to er preparedness war not sccm’ to" pay much attention to the ck Deed ot HU weimt lews a9. of amount of men, ships or firearms on| PUT food laws, Hesays: “It isa well- hand, but calls attention to the fact | kuown fact that candles weighing only that If England's mighty navy were | 11or 11% ounces are sold as a pound; to prove as weak and inadequate as| that raisins are put up in packages her dull battalions did in the Boer war, | Coutalning 12, 14 and 15 ounces, which and were to be sent to. slumber among | *Te Sold as pounds; that there is hardly) the wrecks of the boastful Spanish] tin of lard, cottolene or any other’ Armada, the little island under a state|PToduct put up in packages that the of siege would be practically helpless. | tin or pasteboard 1s not weighed with Much of England's actual necessaries | the goods packed in them. of life is imported, Suspending these] Paper made of wood and clay forms imports for any length of time the suf-| the wrappers for packages containing fering among the inhabitants would be | Cereal products, crackers, ete. and The commission, then, in its} these come a little cheaper to the man- om, emphatically brings the people | Ufacturer than the goods; but the con- of England face to face with the ac-} Sumer is not getting all he pays for, tual conditions as they exist, brings | Unless the actual contents of the pack- them face to face with the fact that | age weigh a pound, they have been providing for war by| The package on the scales will usu- spending vast sums for army and navy | ally weigh @ pound, but the wrappings and paying no attention to the actual] often exceed two ounces. Sir Thomas sinews of war—food. Recommenda-| Lipton was once brought to time and tion has been made to Parliament for] fined by the English authorities for the erection of a system of elevators | padding out his pound of tea packages and storage houses of sufficient capac-| with paper. The hand ef the law ity to store $50,000,000 worth of grain,| needs to be applied in many such besides a vast quantity of provisions. | places in this country. ‘| They reason that the storehouses should hold supplies of food sufficient for three months, figuring that that length of time would be long enough} Northern methods are gradually in- to prove whether Brittania would be} yading the South, and to its commer- sovereign over the waves or go down | cis) advantage ’ Richards to the depths, leaving the coast unde-| head of the Industrial Department of | fended at the mercy of the blockading | the: Southern Railway, who has care- fleet. fully gone over conditions in the The Commission would be wise, too,| Southern field, says that when the if {t could work out an industrial rev-| farmers down there become inoculated olution by which the vast tracks of| with Northern system and economy, land held in England in great unpro-/| the South will take its right position ductive estates eould be transformed | in the country as a highly developed into small, self-supporting homes, such agricultural region, where every man as can be found by the tens and hun-| on q plece of land, intelligently culti- dreds of thotisands in Japan. England | vated, can be his own master in a itself contains much more arable 1and | gense that no other man can be. A than all of Japan and the single island | farm anywhere is nearer nature's comprising England, Scotlagd 204) heart than the sidewalks of the city. Wales has fully three times the agri-| Resides the air is purer, and 0 is the cultural land of Japan. water, and food right out of the eeeeeyentendownenpenemens gtound is not adulterated. Pointed Paragraphs, —— ye From the Chicago News. The Packers Were the Hogs, Beware of the financial pointer; it} of sixty-eight samples of sausages usually points the wrong way. examined by the government analyst As a weather forecaster there !8/at Melbourne, Australia, not one was nothing superior to a healthy corn. | found unadulterated. In the so-called Isn't it a pity that the average re- * As_Much Need for This Legislation las for Pure Food Laws. A great deal has been said in the papers about adulterated goods, but very little about short weights, which are quite as dishonest. Now comes a correspondent of the New York Journal ceeineaealanninneen Southern Advancement. _Cigarettes, if properly classified, would come under the head of fouls of the air. small boy will make a home run m.§ time he knocks his ball through} Size and sufficiency are not neces- a pane of glass, = sarily associated, as is shown by the * Nothing arouses a woman's wrath| Way the Japanese have outwitted and so much as a man who appears to be|OUutdone their Russian enemics in well satisfied with himsel; strategy and in combat. Nevertheless, One man may be able to break aj t is not a horse, but later the horse does a stunt | diminishing on the race track and breaks a dosen| people are ing that such is the case with them. Their improper-hourishment {s sup-. to be the leading cause, but Dr. Shaw . the The Race Growing Smaller. 5 Easy for the Coroner, Anyway. . 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