South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 74, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 14 March 1920 — Page 23

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MOST INTOLERABLE LABOR CONDITIONS

EXIST 1H ISLAND M a n y Improvements Prescribed Before Porto Pico Can Develop Indust, trially.

ponnl. nri'l It I.-i.'-t rvon months at th" THf : t : :!."t for flvo or !x months 1 I, t t- 1 th l-'-.t Iip Cm frri-..l Iiv:i ,'. R-ir.a:vis ;;t:rf f.t !i-r tropica, fruls nro f.; f n t i f u 1 irnl in many 'nrtnnTs tl i.imlnwr.t-r f .r 'Ahorn ho works (lurir.tr th tasun Permits him to rat hU In r,:i .vir Kratl. Fomo rcivo with thr-ir litt huts a i).-itch r.f Rroun-I anl r?ii.Fomo foodstuffs during, the. dull f-f-a-f-on, but such crises are not common. How ho pull through Iho Flow season Is a mystery. Many Patient Treated. "Tho Jlbaro Is exceedingly courteous, especially to Americans; goodnature, ready to render a favor at any time. and. though poor, acc-nt

Local Party Tours to Coast; Tires Reveal Endurance

NEW YORK, March 2. A liwiur "ware and development of Industries

on a large Fcalg U needed to ban- compensation; he Is .ven cheerful ish the "most lntol.rab'o conditions" j and fond of music. But he is a rick

andr wlil'-h the lrnmmso lar.dlVi pojrjlation of Forto Illco havo labored for centuries, Joseph Maren., .Mpe.clal agent of the United States employment service, declares in a I report Issued y the department of Tabor. The investigator reiort-d that lac!; of employment for a lare

I'ltl I J1 liir i;r',in , l.i L VI iil III .Ul' 4 occupation and small wa-cs have brought about a critical condition on the island. The I'orto Iti-an laborer looks t f the United Ftates v. it'i its nütrhUn-

mcr.t and Ic.nlrrshlp In humanitarian

man. Un'inaria.sis ( hookworm dis-i-e), anemia, etc., arc very widespread. During the fiscal year 191720. TOO hookworm patients were treated by th health authorities. Thc-s' f, mires, however, miift fall far 5liort of the actual number of people a filleted. Flnce the difficulties in petting to a dispensary or a privato

physician are numerous.

"The principal food consumed by the pr.rto Iticans is made up of ric, beans, codfish, coffeo and bread. Of th'-F !U-e articles of diet only coffee is not Imported. There nre ?ome

L-overnment XUP ix.ann. put tne nuik of the other

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I Vilr ration of i tnreo commouties and the entjro

ideals to re.scuo him, th- Marcus re- ! mountain rice and beans raised on

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and the American I Vd-ration of

Jailor ars bcin appealed to, it was i consumption of codlish are imported explained. j from other countries, chiefly from Improvements Needed. j the United States, excepting codfish Put before the industries tan ).ehi''h is oroutrht from Canada, expected to enter the Porto ffic.tn I "l-'ndernourishment makes the lall eld hippir,i,' facilities mu.-t 1" in- '"'rer an easy prey to disease and

Thro 'rh the muddy road? of IIIi::o! hp.i1 Missouri, across the deort plains of the wet, over rocky mountain TraiK glLling ovrr California loulevards and lack with South Bend air in them is the re cor! made by a fet of Koyal Cord tires on a UM 7 Cadillac sedan owned by C. H. Paker, 72 7 W. Wahlnj?ton av The car was driven to California from South P ml by Mr. and Mr. C. U. Wickizf r and Carleton Baker and Is

t-eir.jr .shipped l.-ack to this city by According Jo thn r -stlmites r.iade by the. rar's own r. tho tires have hern ud for iiesrly n.O'o miles v.-i'hout any trouldc what vcr, an 1 still Fhow little sir.s of wear. Iforr the California trip was started the car was driven around tho city and to Detroit and rt turn, a dl3tar.ee of about C0" miles. Tl:e Sojth Hend motorists made the trip from this city to Los Angeles via. Chicago and Kansas City over the Cannon Uall route, taking the Sante Fe route from Kansas City to Iys Angeles. According to the story of their trip, it was necessary to use four chains whil going over the roads of Illinois and Mis

souri. Tho highest rrlco raid for K.i'olim while on tho trip was "0

c:its a gallon, the CadllUc making

Jan average of 1' miles to the -gallon j i throughout tho tour. J

StorJ: Visited Home Quarantined for Smallpox

I?EDI-)RD, Ind., March 1:. Tho entire Dillon -Clark family at Ileltonsville, near Bedford, consisting of twelve persona. was 111 with smallpox when the stork arrived recently. Tho baby girl he left has leen christened Variola, the Latin name for smallpox.

creased, with fast steamers in service; abranch of the federal reserve bank mns;t be instituted on the island, and there must be more independent, land-owning fanners, according to the report. Then, with a big export business, 'wot 1; may be provided for all at fa ir wages. .Vow "when a laborer working be and Ids family share a breakfast of only black coffee, a hint li-o:i vi ri and beans, ri " and od:'t-h, fr coiT.sh and plainta.ins, and a dinner the same ai luncheon, it was stated. The I'orto Kican is beginning to demand better li'.ing cf-nditlons. Mr. Marcus reported. Strikes, organized and supjorted by the i-'vee IVdcra-

e place 'fi c:ji:ent-

tion of Labor, t.il:

ly." ll(xix or in Prevalent. In i;rua.dilla. on'- if I'orto Iti- o'

p: ire ip.il towns, rharai-terized as tho did not purchase

"striko breakers di--ti;ot" and tlie "jtoorcst section of t lie- island," inht.incps ahotjnd where f.-.milie: eat only once a day and hie meat but

unfits him for hard manual labor; his endurance is undermined and he cannot stand the strain of 10 or 12 hours' work in the fields. This fact is not unknown to employers, for some experiments in connection with properly feeding laborers havo ! ""n made and splendid results obtain ed. "The old system of the employer payir.g to the storekeeper the wages (( his laborer and the storekeeper

talcing out the amount due him for!

purchases made by such laborer is still in existence on the island, despite the fact that public opinion is against it. The laborer under such conditions is at tho mercy of the storekeeper, often an unscrupulous one, who at times takes advantage of the illiterate customer to overcharge him or charge him for tilings he

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once In a y-' ir, the rep'.rt said, nddln-that about pen- ;;t of the Iopulation in tlj- li-tri t h.ave tu-Ijercub'si:-. Hookworm and other tropic.'-l di--i is. s ato".tid tliio'i'liout the entire eountry. Desrril'ing tin- "ji'oat'' or lno'intain dweller and '"prirvip-'.l l'.o-tor"

Xi: YORK, March 1.1. Tho Ward liner Ksperanza which went aground on Madagascar reef, off Prou-reso,. Mexico, Wednesday night, has hem rotioated and arrived o.f Prcgreso early I'riday, a radiogram forwarded to the company's ollices from Tampa. 1'la., said Friday.

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l'rry.-y and Chicago have about Mjreed to meet for the intercollegiate basketball championship. Th teams are expected to play their

' fir. t game in Chicago next week.

Interested in Motor Transportation? BUY A WHITE TRUCK The ultimate mileage of WHITE TRUCKS is still unmeasured. Some have rounded out 300,000 miles. Many have run 200,000 miles. Hundreds probably thousands, have passed the 100,000 mark a very common WHITE performance, THE COLFAX COMPANY

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ffinee he -o:.-t itu ; s nearly 0 per rent of the p.)i.;!at ioa M-..:'u;j lepott stuns up tie- : t : ; : i : i , . i d-; lows: J "This jiharo is still lr. ;i-.g in th( J

idiCestors lived or- r two ;-e.drel years ago. He Lei'.. Is Iiis little shack on land that do -- not belong to him, and he works, wb n work is to be bad, on the nearest r !. eof: e oi'd'a en plantation.. His dies.-, -on isists of a pair of white trousei.:. Ii. white shirt, ar.d a straw hat. His wife and children aie clad as ).m ily as he i; and r.one of tlivm wear hhoey. 'Hut work dn Porto pi.-o is se i-

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WANTED TO BUY Fords Maxwells Chevrolets Overlands Studebakcrs and Buicks

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Serviceable Parts, ires and Scrap. Phone Main 613 O. E. LUDWIG AUTO SUPPLY 409 S. Michigan St.

Use the Guaraeieed

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There is a Hooven core for övrry radiator and a Ilouvcn radiator for all I'ord cars.

Guarantecvl . repairing of all makes of automobile, truck, and tractor radiators.

HOOVKN' radiators and cores installed and distributed by The Chicago Auto Radiator Co. 330 IJXCOI.X WAY WI ST. 3Iain Ifiüa.

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Those who know the lofty pur' pose which inspired the building of our new Paige Glenbrook do not wonder that this Light Six model so quickly gained the distinction of being the ideal five-passenger car. Our one great aim was to make the Glenbrook so obviously superior to any other car of its class that it would be recognised at once

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In building it, therefore, we made no compromises. B-eauty, comfort and mechanical excellence all had to meet the high standard of perfection which we had established as the ideal toward which we were striving.

The best evidence of the success of our efforts is the Glenbrook itsel Powered with a six-cylinder motor of original Paige design and built in the Paige shops and equally well equipped in body and chassis, this latest member of the Paige family has brought to American motorists new stand' ards of dependability and econ omy in five passenger motor cars. See the Glenbrook and ride in it. You will then have first-hand knowledge of the qualities which have justly entitled this new Paige model to be called "the ideal fivepassenger motor car".

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PAIGE-DETROIT MOTOR CAR COMPANY, DETROIT, Michigan ELLSASSER SALES CO. Office and Salesroom, 214-216 S. Main St., Mishawaka. Phone Mishawaka 112

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A car for those who have an eye for beauty and an ear for rhytlnn

TO stand and look at a new Chalmers is to admire it. For it has a grace of line, an elegance of finish, a care

for little details that compel your attention. The new coach 13 low in appearance, and therein lies the secret of its beauty. Yon can sit in the car and feel yourself at rare ease. Start the engine, turn loose the power stream, accelerate it, play with it as you will, you cannot help but detect a smoothness, a perfect rhythm

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that is pleasing to the car. There arc no engine throbs, no vibration, no apparent effort. Hot Spot and Rams-horn

prevent them. Those two products of maimer intellects refine the gasoline, 4idi'gcst" it, "break up the lumps, and make it easy for that magnificent engine to supply that rhythm of power which so quickly denotes a Chalmers. Drive this car once, and you, too, will say Chalmers is one of the few great cars of the world. "

HAGEDORN & WEBSTER, 216-222 E. Jefferson Blvd. Phone Main 1781

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THS NEW OAKLAND SENSIBLE SIX FOUR DOOR SEDAN

Soy Your Car Now

and Drive It Away: Vf are in a io-itiori to rr.nko mim il : liv- ri Vhis i. -!;r--you against price al aivl i! lay in : -1 i v -1 y. rhi- :i $-. ! t occur later. Don't wait until it is too lat- ;tnl r.. k lisaji;-";M ra rit.

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THE COLFAX COMPANY Open Eveninjjs 'till 9 o'clock. 100 Lincoln Way East.

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