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THE MARINE RECORD. A WAY TO BENEFIT: ‘THE SAILOR. From the New York Maritime Register. There is no doubt that a very great deal could be done to improve the present condi- tion of the sailors if the right steps were taken. It would seem to be of the first im- )portance that the sailor should in sume’ way he removed from under the influence of the boarding house master. ‘l'o accomplish this ‘isa matter of some dfficulty at present. The sailor is a most improvident person, He lands on these shores very of:en with little if any money due him. He generally does not care immediately to ship again and while on shore he wants to have a good time. It is right here that his so-valled friend, the boarding house master comes in. ‘The latter furnishes him with a place in which to sleep, gives him pleaty to eat and drink, and if necessary money to spend, knowing that he will be tully reimbursed out of the advance wages of the sailor. ‘hese are matters not easily combatted so long as the present ad- vance note system remains in force. It would therefore appear to be necessary that this system should be abolished if any great benefit to the snilor is to be expected from the efforts of those who labor. in dehalf of his welfare. {n face of this, however, much good might be accomplished by united and |. persistent action on the part of the latter. “The establishment at convenient points throughout our citv of boarding houses, where a good bed and.wholesome tuon could bo obtained at a reasonable cost to the sailor would seem to be 2 very necessary step in that direction, ‘here would be this advan- tage in it, that the sailor would then have the opportunity of choosing whether he would go to these places, where he would ‘szeceive honest treatment, or with the board- ing house master, who in one way or another would be sure to fieece him. ‘This in con- nection with the opening of shipping bu- ‘reaus where no charge, would be made for procuring him employment, would go a great way toward of*-setting the evils result- ing from exaction of ‘blood-money.” One -of these bureaus has recently been opened here, and if rightly conducted it will no -doubt meet with success in ite undertaking. But there is one thing that should be borne in mind by. those who would benefit the sailor, that is, he will not take the trouble to seek out these places. ‘They must be per- sonally brought to his notice and he must ibe intluenced to go to them, otherwise they would be likely to fail-of their purpose. Nor must the fact be lost sight of that those who work to benefit the sailor have in the board- ing house master an active and unceasing ‘enemy, and they must display an equal ac- tivity with him if they would hope to op-. spose him successfully. ‘The sailor has many sympathizers and his real friends will not want for moral support in their efforts to be- friend him. The work before them is long -and arduous, but if they will persevere in it there is no doubt that through their efforts the sailor can be rescued from the bondage that he now is under. ‘Ihe question of low- priced boarding houses fer the sailor should ‘be given serious thought, as it would no -doubt prove an important factor in reclaim- sing him from his present degraded condition. The vast area of virgin pine forests in the south is attracting considerable comment, and is pointed to as the source of the future lumber supply when the west and Canada shall have become stripped of building ma- terials. ‘The southern forests however seem to defy the woodman. ‘The great and un- penetrated lumber tracts are swamps of miasma which a northern man cannot stanc -one season, and southerners will cut and market the lumber for a hundred dollards a thousand. ‘There is never any snow to make roads, and the frost never hardens the swamps 80 that they can be traveled with wagons. ‘The southern forests are, therefore guarded agailist the approach of the de- structive woodman as if with a flaming sworce.—-Osweqo Times. KNEW HER FAILING, “So Mary, you are going to leave me to take service with Mrs. De Vere?” “Yes, ma’am, but you see she pays me more wages.” ; “T suppose so, and I suppose your mind is ‘“.made up to go. 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