Feb. 4, 1916. 
* Tus One Noriceasire Buu, of importance intro- 
duced this week at Washington is the Administration’s 
tariff board bill. The bill was introduced by Rainey of 
Iilinois. It provides for a tariff board of five members of 
which no more than three shall be members of the same 
political party and for which board no person who has 
served as a senator or representative shall be eligible for 
membership. This is one of the most important measures 
jntroduced and its progress through the House and its 
treatment at the hands of the committees, and its final 
disposition will be watched with interest. 
ConcRESSMAN GARDNER began the campaign for 
military preparedness and he has had the pleasure of see- 
ing the President come around to his positions. It was 
a fortunate combination of circumstances that found 
Captain Gardner in Europe when the war broke out. The 
whole nation has been able to profit by his experience. 
Iv tHe AppaAm is recognized as a German naval ves- 
cel the commander will claim the right to coal and depart. 
lf the United States government decides otherwise the 
Appam will be interned. Which ever way the administra- 
tion decides a long litigation will ensue. 
A Dozen Younc Women, enthusiastic North Shore 
motorists, appeared at the State House to contest the bill 
introduced forbidding women from operating motors of 
higher power than thirty horse power. ‘The bill was 
withdrawn,—women have rights! 
Tur Tonnace or THE VesseLs destroyed by the 
Germans belonging to Great Britain is rapidly increasing, 
but it must be borne in mind that the sea has been cleared 
of German merchant marine. 
More THAN One LirrieE Boy in Manchester has 
been told how adroitly the police have detected naughty 
boys in their mischief by seemingly invisible finger marks. 
Arr Line Mat, to Nantucket! The conservative 
citizens will not tolerate an automobile, but when it comes 
to an air motor and land connections—that is different. 
Wiutson Has thrown down the gauntlet to ex-Presi- 
dent Roosevelt. The references to his predecessor are 
carefully veiled, but he who reads may see. 
Tur SALE OF THE Opera House this week, in Bos- 
ton, terminates the hopes Boston entertained for a dis- 
tinctive and successful Opera. Again the war! 
Turse Arr THE Days that thoughtful suburbanites 
hang suet upon their garden trees for the chickadees and 
scatter grain and crumbs for other birds. 
TuHere 1s No Dancer of America becoming over- 
ridden with a new form of militarism. 
with a hatred that cannot be wiped out. 
The people hate it 
Tue Best Srocan that President Wilson now has 
is that which helped Lincoln—don’t swap horses while 
crossing a stream: 
_ Germany Has Prorirrep at least by the neutrality 
of America in the protection afforded the Appam. 
Tur Grounp Hoc saw his tracks—not his shadow.. 
___Arr Rats are not war, but butchery, 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 9 
N a letter to the North Shore Association for the Exter- 
mination of Mosquitoes, the United States Drainage 
and Irrigation Co. explains the methods of its work, as 
follows: 
“Our method of exterminating mosquitoes consists in 
getting rid of the places where mosquitoes breed. As 
nosquitoes breed only in stagnant waters, it means drain- 
ing all stagnant pools, or clearing the edges of the pools 
so that fish may destroy the mosquito larve. 
“We do not interfere with brooks, springs or running 
water; our plan being only to drain the stagnant: pools, 
whether in the rocks on the ocean shore, in the salt 
marshes, or in the swamps and woodlands. We do not 
intend to take all the water off the surface of the land, 
but to so direct it as not to permit of the formation of 
stagnant pools, unless they be of sufficient size and depth 
to maintain fish life, whether the fish be goldfish or other 
kinds. Mosquitoes do not breed either in running water, 
or in pools where there are fish. 
“Tn draining the marshes with our patented tools, we 
simply cut trenches with straight sides, so that tide-waters 
may flow in and out without leaving stagnant pools be- 
tween high and low tides. These ditches do not spoil 
the looks of the marshes; they improve their beauty and 
value by proper drainage. 
“Our work is not a menace to animal, bird, fish or 
piant life. It has gone beyond the experimental stage, 
having been tried satisfactorily in New Jersey, Connecti- 
cut and on Long Island. We are following the methods 
so successfully adopted in Cuba and Panama by the 
United States government. 
“Tt ig not our intention to use oil, except in cesspools 
or underground catch-basins; and our inspectors and en- 
gineers will be most helpful in giving information to land- 
owners, householders and gardeners. 
“We do not enter upon any man’s land, even if he be 
a member of your association, without his permission. We 
are satisfied that we can demonstrate to any landowner 
that our work is a benefit to his property. 
“The letters which we sent you from those for whom 
we have worked, testify to our efficiency and. reliability ; 
and we are ready to give the bond of a reliable surety 
company that we will eliminate all mosquito breeding in 
the territory covered by our contract.” 
The Massachusetts Audubon society approves those 
methods, as may be seen from the following letter from 
its secretary, Winthrop Packard: 
“T have received your letter from the U. 5. Drainage 
& Irrigation Company and their proposed work for ex- 
terminating mosquitoes along the North Shore, also their 
pamphlet describing their work, both of which I have 
read with much interest. 
“As they expressly state that it is not their intention 
to use oil except in cesspools or in underground catch- 
basins, and as their drainage plans seem reasonable, I am 
quite convinced that there can come no harm from their 
proposed work, to bird and other animal life. 
“I am very glad to have this matter thus so satis- 
factorily cleared up and am perfectly willing that you 
should send this letter to any members of our Society 
who are in doubt as to the safety of the proposed methods.” 
A Group oF EARNEST WomEN: have ‘begun: work for 
3elgium babies. How far-reaching the consequenceseof 
the war are! 
Wuen tHE Housr-BreakeErs cannot steal the jewels 
they now take safe and all. 
Bexcrum still needs your help. 
