New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 14, 1914, Page 6

EW BRIIAIN HBERALD HBPRALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, Proprietors. d daily (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m. /at Herald Bullding, 67 Church St Office at New Britain Mail Matter. d at the Post &8 Becond Class ivered by carrier to any part of the city for 15 Cents a Week, 65 Cents & Month. ptions for paper to be sent by mufl ble in advance. 60 Cents & Month $7.00 a year. in only profitabble advertising medium the city. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers. .\ et he Herald will be found on sale at Hot ling’s Nows Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- way, New York City; Board Walk, Atlantic City, and Hartford depot. TELEPHONE CALLS. tness Office ..038 attorial Roos 928 TICISM OF RAILROAD MANA- } GERS.! . Is it not time for the ‘people of onnecticut to take & sensible view the New Haven railroad business it' has been carried on for years, he methods employed to spend money pd the returns received for it? There anapparent attempt being made ow to)characterize the whole pro- edingtas a political scheme and to ticise \the government for its per- énce in forcing this .corporation b iive\up to the law as it has been, and now ‘being interpreted. For'it to 0se its eyes, however, to reckless- oss of the management, as a result of hich the stock of the corporation as been greatly reduced in value d the revenue of the investors taic- n from sthem would be as wrong ‘the act complained of itself; for e government to remain inactive k. regard to that sort of a thipg ould be to practically sanction looge ethods, waste and perhaps some- ng worse in public service com- ies, allow those sharp financiers laugh in their sleeve at it; lead hem to conclude that they had fooled and all others with similar notions Ind could go ahead, pile up money the expense: of other investors and away with it. Wasteful manage- ient is hardly the proper term to ply toysome of the deals pulled off the \Interstate Commerce com- sion evidently has no idea of al- bwing thase who did it to escapes jtatements thad been made to the ef- t that the road would continue to y eight\per cent. dividends when it hust have been known that. the time fast approaching when it would ot be able to do so, when in fact the esent difficulties must have been preseen and when the prediction was ide evidently with the sole pur- of keeping jup the courage of e stockholders and enabling those 0 were intrusted with the man- ment of the railroad property to gin time to cover up. It is a pity t\ such a valuable plece of prop- should have been dragged to ces\and the real owners deprived £ their; earnings. Any effort which Bnds toygive the road a chance to upon)its feet again deserves sup- irt, buttthat should not be allowed p extend: to those who did the hulcting. They! should not be per- tted to escape. | The proposed: proceedings by wnich | is hoped, to obtain .the return of money : wrongfully taken from ‘road is poohpoohed in some ;- the prediction is:made that sre will be nothing tojit but fut for the lawyers and{nothing for stockholders. This may!be so; one tell ' better, howewer, when the have given their:decisions, but will no doubt be one result in there will be nojmore extrava- ant expenditures of smoney, and a jotable absence of paidjagents around , capitol at Hartford'in the future the legislature is in session, and finance will be . given such a pare that it disciples will be ex- remely careful what they do with ther people’s money intrusted to heir keeping. Just what the effect ich & suit will have upon the affairs the road at present is difficult to , but it ought to have a gcod ef- 1n the end for the reason that it nnot injure the property any more it may he the means of returning e of the money thet belongs to and which was wrongfully taken the peculiar rianagers. FRESH AIR FUNDS. | These are the days for the fresh ir excursions and when the money ust be raised to meet the expenses. 'his is sometimes done by some cor- tion ' or philanthropically in- ; person, but more often by Jublic subscription. The excursion a is a good ome, 'because it has for its object the taking of children oto the cousthy « or perhaps for. & = the water when but for it the le ‘ones would be compelled to re- n af home during the hot sum- months and not have an oppor- (v to get & breath’ of air except ich as may be .obtained from the ope window or perhaps an ili- 1ley. s things et the sirset. the NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1914 They call it a fair, but at this dis- tance it does not seem just the best thing to do. They obtain quite good sized sum of money and they are said to derive considerable fun out of the experiment. The parents of the children always buy, and while they perhaps are unable to see how the scheme is a money making affair they do not seem able to withstand the pleadings of their own children to purchase something for the * fund. Whether this plan has any disagree- able sides to it 1s not known at this distance, but it can be easily under- stood how some fathers and mothers might object to it, notwithstanding the fact that the money is for a laud- able purpose. Children are often very resourceful and in their eager- ness to acquire money and unless the maternal eye is upon them they are apt to overstep the bounds of prudence and adopt the sharp pracs tices sometimes practiced by their el- ders. A a MERIDEN EXCITED, There are some gentlemen in Meri- den wHo are busily engaged these days in denying all responsibility for the appearance of the state police in that city last Sunday when they raid- ed several picnics, arrested a num- ber of perspfs and confiscated a large quantity of intoxicants. The prosecutor says that the picnics were disgraceful, that boys and girls have gone home staggering drunk from them and that it was up to the city to put a stop to it. The prosecutor added that those who have been hold- ing the picnics, at which drinks were sold, did so because they had as- surance from ‘“somebody’” that they would not be molested and there is much speculation as to who the ‘“somebody” is. The mayor says he has confidence in the. police and re- gards the advent of the state officers as an insult to the local constabulary. That is the same old story. The state police have been disliked because of liquor raids and were it not for the fact that they perform other services the opposition would be stronger. Still the feelings of the mayor should not have been so rudely shocked foY the reason that the regu- larly constituted department of the city has been relieved of a duty which in the face of the statement of the prosecutor would have been painful to ‘‘someone” if they brought in the picnickers. It has always been con- tended that it is extremely difficult for city police to make liquor raids because the officers are so well known and they find it hard to gain an en- trance to the places where the liquor is sold. There does not seem to be any good reason why there should be 80 much woe in Meriden over the raids if the conditions were as the prosecutor said in his remarks to the court, but there should be a 'thors ough inquiry for the “somebody” who gave the managers of the picnics as- surance that they would not be mo- lested. He ought to be made known for the good of Meriden. OROKER COMING BAOK. The New York newspapers have it today that Richard Croker is com- ing back in September to help oust Charles F. Murphy from the leader- ship of Tammany Hall. It is said that he has a lot of confessions of men who know the inside operations of the hall and that he proposes to make them public. They should make Interesting reading. Mr. Croker has said a number of times that he was out of politics but about once in so often he is reported to be ready to make another start only to hear in the next breath that the story was untrae, It does not seem probable that Mr. Croker will attempt any reformatory plans this year. He has been out of New York for so long a time that even the men who were active in his day are either dead or have retired. He can hardly be in touch with the present situation and skiliful a poli- ticlan as he has been he could not be expected to perform any wonders in the city in which he was once a great power. Mayor Mitchel is not without his troubles but he is believed to be making some progress and neither he nor his administration will be an issue for some time to come, so that if Mr. Croker does come back and enters politics it will be in state affairs and- Tammany was never strong for anything outside of the oity. This was especially true of the time when Mr. Croker was in the sad- dle. It will be remembered that it was the alleged treachery of Tam- many to state candidates that brought about the change in election days in New York, the city contest no longer taking place on the day as the -state election, there cannot be any immediate swapping of candidates. .It will be Just as well to wait until Mr. Croker does come back an¥ hear from him- self what he has to say before mak- ing predictions as to what he may do. now and he may sit same 8o that FACTS AND FANCIES. Whether it be Tilson or Alling as the republican choice for the con- gressional nomination in the second district the republicans will find no fault. They would be well pleased with either as the stadard bearer in the coming campaign., They measure up well in ability and knowledge of conditions in industry in Connecticut. —Ansonia Sentinel. A New Bedford hotel proprietor who employed barmaids as an exper- iment in an emergency has received nine applications from nine women who want jobs behind the bar. But there's nothing to be alarmed at there. Except that a barmald polished the glasses, there is no very great dis- tinction between bona fide barmaids and some jovial and fashionable hos- tesses—though of cotpwe serving drinks for pay is rather poor taste. | —Brockton Times. Willlam Randolph Hearst, inter- viewed at Vancouver, would like noth= ing better than a coalition between the progressive republicans and the progressive democrats under the leadership of Roosevelt and himself. Mr. Hearst is not a man of narrow prejudices. The fact that Mr. Roose- velt accused him in effect of in- stigating the murder of McKinley does not stand in his way, now that he sees a chance to be of great serv- ice to the country by Joining hands with Roosevelt, his accuser.—Water- bury American. He who cannot revert to the country for his inspiration i{s doomed, in the main, to be uninspired. He who re- members boyhood days spent amid the scenes and sounds of the fair, limitless, free country has, if withal he has a soul, a fountain of inspir- ation that will dwell with him all his days. The woods and fields were his, and their denizens were his intimates. Their language will echo in his heart and soften the harsh sounds with which the crowded, materialistie city racks his nerves.—New Haven Register. - Most people have noticed that the kind of weather which this part of the country has been having during the past month has been very favorable to the little winged pests of all kinds which make the existence of man and beast less tolerable in hot weather. Flies, fleas, mosquitoes, gnats and in- numerable other creatures have been multiplying rapidly and making their ipcreasing numerical strength known about the habitats of mankind until even well-screened dwellings and bus- iness houses are occupied by the fil- thy marauders which clean human beings feel they must slay on sight for the protection of themselves and their assoclates.—Waterbury Repub- lican, ‘Wouldn’t Do For Plain Folks. (Turners Falls Reporter.) A writer in a Philadelphia paper makes a plea for saner dressing by men during hot weather. He—for, ot course it is a man who talks about such a revolutionary thing as saner dressing—thinks it would be perfect- ly lovely if men wore white duck ana flannels to business during the heated term. A most timely proposition, my lord, but—who’s going to wash al those white ducks and linens and flannels? Nobody but millionaires can_ afford to wear such an outfit constantly, for the laundry bills for white clothes mount up like the tow- er of Babel. Solled or mussed lineus and flannels are an abomination and intolerable to the sight, and as such white clothes retain their cool and immaculate appearance, only = while they are not worn, the average man would spend more than he earned in keeping his garments presentable. Three-fourths of the women of this country do their own work, and most of them do the famlily washing. Just consider the awful state df affairs that would arise in the average household if the wife and mother were called upon to add to her other duties that of keeping her other half in clean white ducks and linens! Mil- tancy would be given a tremendous impetus and there would be a rise of temper in the average family in com- parison to which a broiler of a dog day would have no terrors. Dress re- form for men is sadly needed, no doubt, but until somebody discovers a way to keep white clothes looking clean for more than a half hour,' the men better allow the Women and kidlets to retain their present monop- oly of white. And it is a noticeable fact that the woman who has to wash or pay for washing her white clothes, is not so much addicted to white as she who is fortunate enough to have somebody else to keep her looking immaculate. Kiss Withheld Twenty-five Years, (New York Sun.) Miss Ethel Flaxam, a public school teacher, got her first kiss from her mother on Sunday when she became the bride of Michael Solomon, a teacher at the De Witt Clinton High school: There were six other chil- dren in the family and they got all the- kisses they wanted, but Ethel, Who-could kiss her mother, never was kissed in return, and she never knew Why until she was married. Her mother told why vesterday at the family home, 1327 Bristow street, the Bronx. She said that shortly after she and her husband came to this countri™ fyom Austria twenty-five years ago tféy 1ost their fourth child. All had dled of measles, While they were grieving a candle seller asked their trouble, and when told she bade them go to the synagogue and there to take an oath never to kiss their next child until that child was mar- ried. She sald if they took this vow and kept it they would be the par- ents of seven children and would live happily ever after. The vow was taken and kept and the family prosperea and was happy except for the sorrow of Hthel, who couldn’'t understand. Now she under- stands, too, and everybody is happy. WHAT OTHERS SAY Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to Herald office. Public Market Experiment. (New London Day.) v keen interest is sure to be the rest of the state in Bridgeport's impending experiment in the establishment of several public markets where producer and con- sumer shall be enabled to deal di- rectly. They are not going to start the experiment on too small a scale, in the Park city, but will have three public markets at the beginning, with more to follow if the adventure jus- tifies itself. All over the country there is agita- tion for return to the old time sys- tem of direct sale and direct pur- chase of produce. It is the nat- ural result of the high cost of food and of the knowledge that in some measure that high cost is caused by the complicated system of distribu- tion, where middlemen's profits add much to the consumer’s outlay and presumably reduce the producer’s in- come. The public market is the sim- plest possible remedy for this condi- tion and hence the one that most ur- gently appeals to the average mind. The theory of it is excellent. How it shall work out, whether wholly to the advantage of the buyer or wholly to the advantage of the seller, or whether both shall share in the ben- efits, or whether there shall be no real benefits at all, remains yet to be seen. Not that public markets aré unknown, by any means; but to find the effect of the institution on trade and living conditions it is nec- essary that markets should be estab- lished where no markets have been; then there is ground for comparison, between that system and the middle- man system, not otherwise to be ob-. tained. There is no question but what there is a tremendous discrepancy between the average prices of farm produce obtained by the New England far- mer and the average price of these commodities to the housekeeper. Sometimes the total of intermediate profits exceeds greatly the first cost of the goods. An extreme case came to the attention of the writer a short time ago,- which is illustrative of methods in -food dealing, though it did not happen to be a farm product nor a New England consumer that was invelved. A Noank fisherman sold a fare of sea bass at New York, getting three cents a pound for them. Later in the same day he called at an uptown retail establishment and priced sea bass. He was asked to ray twenty-seven cents a pound. This was, of course, a rather special case, but in a way it is {lluminating as to the divergence between first cost and last cost of perishable food products. But just how the public market experiment, in isolated cases, is go- ing to work out is less certain than that there ought to be a more requit- able system of distribution. Much would appear to depend on the atti- tude of the farmers. If, in Bridgeport, they see the ad- vantage of making the institution a permanent one and fix their prices in such a way as to share something like equally with the consumer the profits that have \heretofore gone to the middleman, 'they will probably be tak- ing part in a movement bound to spread throughout the rest of the state. If, on the other hand, they merely scale slightly the prices now obtaining, there will be no great in- centive to an extension of the sys- tem, and the great bulk of the pro- duce business will remain in \the hands of intermediaries, to the dis- advantage of both producer and con- sumer. A drastic cut in the price of farm commodities through the operation of a market system would, 6f course, create an immediate demdnd in ex- cess of the ability of the producers to meet; with the accompanying temp- tation to put up prices. If tHe far- mers yield to that temptatior they will be defeating the purpose of the enterprise. But if the farmers, sat- isfled with ‘better prices than they can obtain from the middleman but still much lower than retail charges, stand loyal to their customers the cus- tomers will stick to them, naturally, and the market become a perma- nency. If the public market were to be- come an established institution all over the state at once its effect on food prices would be easier to deter- mine and to maintain. The main danger to the system in Bridgeport lies in its isolation and lack of sup- porting influence in other neighbor- hoods. - Blakeslee and Progressives. (New Haven Union.) He is in the oustody or the hands of his friends, according to published statements that former Lieut. Gov. Blakeslee has come into the republi- can gubernatorial contest for this fall. There had been an impression that Hartford was this year to carry oft this honor. If it should,come to the city of Old Elms and New Ideas there isn't any doubt that the capita: city republican leaders would do all in their power to ald in the election of a New Haven republican, so anxious are they at all times to push along the political fortunes of dis- tinguished New Haven republicans. This is not the first time that the gentleman named has aspired to be the standard bearer of republicans, and that he has a good many friends in this section of Connecticut who would like to see him get the nomi- nation there isn't any doubt. It is an off year and will be re- garded by those who have a political interest in the New Havener as a favorable time to test his superiority as a vote getter. But take a slant at the probable attitude pf the Connecticut progres- sives at the likelihood of the repub- Hean nomination going to Mr. Blakes- lee. There never has been a time that he has been otherwise than a good old fashioned, reliable republi- can, a believer in the spoils system, a machine man from the word go, a tireless worker in the cause of ma- chine direction and a stalwart every twenty-four hours of the day..Never has he been known to express the opinion that he had the slightest use for the bull moose. Those who know the staunch republicanism ot this old line representative of the G. O. P. can hardly maké up their minds that he would ever have any use for the republican who would surrender the party’s supremacy, the party’s machine domination In Con- necticut, in order to attempt to catch the bull moose support. He is not po- litically constructed along such soft back lines, say his admirers, There would be no coalition sanc- tioned by Mr. Blakeslee with the pro- gressives except such as would call for the entire surrender of the In- dependents to the dictates' and the direction of republican machine rule in Connecticut. Those who have maae something of a study of Mr. Blakes- lee’s political record since he became a prominent factor in the politics of the state, are firm in the conviction that the progressives would have to come to him. He would not go to them. Neither would he be founa waving an olive branch beckoning to the bull moose for the purpose of conference. Rather he might be found wielding the big stick, deter- mined to drive the bull moose back into the republican camp. One can have no difficulty ih imag- ining the leaders of the progressives in this state crawling and cringing along the political highways and the byways of Connecticut ready to step over into the republican ranks once they got a glimpse of that big stick in the hands of Mr. Blakeslee. Yet they do say that politics makes strange bed fellows. However, It would seem to the man up a tree studying parading republicans ana parading progressives that it would Have to be a mighty large-sized and thoroughly constructed bedstead in which there would be room enough for a progressive and Lieut. Gov. Blakeslee. A Fish Story. (Kansas City Journal.) The Webb City Register takes off its “lid” to Bill Swegard of Johns- town, who lured two friends to" the fishing grounds by telling them the following true story of a recent catch he made: “I was sitting here on the bank and had just baited my hook when all at once a great big fish just took that bait, hook, line, pole and all right out of my hand and swam down the stream with it. I rushed back to that farmhouse and we got a rope and a big iron hook and the farmer and I went down there to the dam, and when we finally baited the hook with a young rabbit, and got that fish good and fast on that hook, we had_to take the farmer’'s team of mules to pull :t out of the river. It was the biggest cat I ever saw.and when we got that thing out on the bank it just hawled like a young calf.” Of course, we are .not making any rémarks about Carterville having re- cently. gone wet, adds the Register, but we -didnit know the ‘red-eye” they.were selling over there had such magnifying "powers, Convicts For Prohibition. (Providence Journal.) Out of 1478 prisoners in the East- ern penitentiary at Philadelphia 1003 have signed 'a petition in favor ot state-wide prohibition of the liquor trafic. This petition, which was drawn .up witflout suggestion . from the warden, will be presented to the legislature of Pennsylvania at its next session. Of the moral weight’of such a doc- ument there can be no doubt. It bears the signatures of over 1,000 unfortu-3 nates who know from sad experience the evils of immoderate drinking. Seventy per cent. of the men in the Philadelphia prison are said to owe their imprisonment to intoxicants. “It the legislature desires evidence,” says the editor of the Empire, the prison paper, himself a prisoner, ‘“we are ready to supply witnesses. Think ot it; seventy per cent. of the men here assert that rum caused their down- fall. Think of the wrecked homes, broken-hearted mothers, wives and sisters. "It is quite possible that if these prisoners were once again outside the walls of the penitentiary they would feel differently about prohibition. But be that as it may, nobody will dispute the statement that a very large pro- portion of all the crimes commitied in the United States are directly or indirectly due to strong drink. No student of penology can afford to ignore this fact; no intelligent citizen should close his eyes to it. That state- wide prohibition in Pennsylvania would be a farce under existing con- ditions is highly probable. But it is impossible to escape the force of the showing made by these prisoners as to the evils incident to our pres- ent-day treatment of a serious nation- al problem. Starting Societies. (Indianapolis News.) It is a very unimaginative that cannot start a soclety days. And the fact that there are already several hundred too many societies seems to make it easier to think up new ones and more unneces- sary ones. A name, maybe a contri- bution or two and a convention and we have a full-fledged socfety. If by any chance the sfock of things which have not been prompted or suppressed hecomes low, the promotion of the things we have suppressed and the suppression of the things we have promoted give us, endless possibilities for organization. Societies in themselves are usually harmless, but when there is an ex- position in sight they become trouble- some. As the Panama_exposition ap- proaches new socleties’ are formed with reckless disregard of reason or means. t is, of course, one way to get to the fair, and if every society suc- ceeds in sending a delegation the at- tendance at the fair will be sufficient to satisfy the pride-thirsty inhabitants person these of San Francisco. You see it works very nicely. The exposition increases the demands for conventions and the ccnventions increase the number of visitors at the exposition. Now the economical gentleman who started the society for the promotion of thrift is asking congress for an appro- priation to send his society to the fair. Some of us may be of the mistaken orinion that thrift does not consist in getting somebody else to pay our bills, but that has nothing in particular to do with the case. There is not the slightest doubt that other societies, even less thrifty ones, would like to have congress send them also. of course, somebody has to go to the fair and somebody has to pay the ex- penses. It is pretty certain that after we get through with our commissions and delegations, those of us who do not belong to the societies will not have an oppertunity to go. Of course it would be easy enough for to start societies of our own. It is strange that nobody has ever thought of or- ganizing a society for the suppression of useless societies. Of course, they could not be suppressed any more than other things can be suppressed by societies, but i is a good name and seems a little more reasonable | than the ‘“society for the purpose of making working girls eat what they dc not want for lunch,™ or the ‘“society for the prevention of the wooden Indians in front of cigar stores,”” or the threatened “society for the banishment of the bathtub.” Got After the Fire Balloon. (Louisville Courier-Journal.) A $10,000 fire in a Louisville lum- beryard is believed to have been caused by the falling of a burning pa- per balloon sent up in celebration ot the Fourth of July. Perhaps it was so caused, perhaps it was not. Pre- sumption of guilt is often easier than proof. Nevertheless puper balloons starred the sky upon the evening ‘of the ““Glorious Fourth” at a time when two months of drouth had reduced the fields and forests to tinder and left the county, beyond the zone of fire protection, at the mercy of chance. Very probably it would be possible to get a judgment for damages against the person who sent up thé paper balloon if it could be provead that the balloon in descending burned up a lumber yard, and if 1t could in addition be proved that the defendant released the balloon. But it is obvious that such a case is hypo- thetical. It would never be possible to establish the connection between a burned paper balloon and a neigh- bor—maybe a neighbor at the other side of the city or the county—who amused himself by sending up into the air a floating firebrand. The Fourth of July has become far less bloody than it formerly was, but it is still not altogether sane. Here in the south fireworks were formerly enjoved at Christmas rather than in celebration of Independence day. There is far less danger at Christmas. The shingle roof, which may be combustible in July, is water- soaked from the winter rains. Lum- ber piles are not dried by the sun and ready to go up in smoke from the smallest spark. In July every city housetop that is of wood may easily be set on fire. In the country wheat is in the shock, stubble will burn ai- most as readily as powder. Buildings are exposed, as well as field crops, to the danger of field or forest fires. And there is nothing to prevent anyone from setting on fire the property ot anyone else by sending up a paper balloon which may catch fire before it has risen high enough to insure its burning completely before falling to the earth. Quaint Character Passes, (Hartford Post.) The death of Thomas Latham of ‘Gales Ferry, probably the degn of all the school teachers in the state, re- moves a figure notable in a quiet, modest way, in eastern Conmecticut. Mr. Latham was a typical old- fashioned country school teacher. Of tall and angular figure, his face smooth shaven except for a small beard upon his chin, he might have stepped out bodily from between the covers of an old New England ro- mance. In his conversation and mannerisms was the attitude of the school master further revealed. Mr., Latham was a teacher in the district schools of eastern Connecti- cut for upwards of fifty years, He taught the grandfathers amd grand- mothers of many of his most recent puplls and his quaint ways were well known. He was a bit of a historian, a bit.of an antiquarian and a bit of a poet. Hé had delved deep in east- errt Connecticut lore and had a ready fund of enjoyable anecdote. 4 Generations of Yale and Harvard oarsmen became acquainted with him on their training trips to Gale$ Ferry and found him an enjoyable and delightful character, ter » Every Man's Finances. (New York World.) If it be said that the secretary of the treasury’s view of business con- ditions is optimistic, 1t will have to be admitted that he has reasons for his confidence, Two great problems, long sources of disqulet, the tariff and banking and currency, have been wisely settled. Leglslation supplemental to the trust laws is far advanced. Although there has been some depression, it is con- fined chiefly to industries dependent upon the railroads and is disappear- ing. There have been heavy gold ex- ports, but the supply of that metal in the treasury and in the country is larger than it was a year ‘ago. Our foreign commerce is active and healthy and will be greatly augment- ed by the abundant crops now in sight. The revenues of the nation show a surplus, and there is every in- dication that with fair taxation and the wider opportunity afforded by just laws, reinforced by the bounty of the fields, great prosperity is at hand. Although Mr. McAdoo expects the new banking system to be in opera- tion in time to be of service in mov- McMILLAN'S ! OUR ANNUAL ' ULY ALE (Store Closes Wednesdays at Noom During July and August.) Blg Wash Goods Sale For Wednesday Morning 2,000 YARDS OF 40 INCH VOILES, Regular 25c grades. On Sale Wed- nesday at % 19c YARD, thess dainty voiles, rich showing of flowered ef- All new designs in fects, stripes and plain colors, (See Window Digplay.) 100 Strong Fibre Sult Cases Size 14, 1‘. 18 and 20 inch. Regu- lar 98c values, on sale Wednesday morning at 77¢ EACH. Made with strong brass locks and catches. Three Big Bargains In Gurtain Serims All new patterns Double flowered border scrims that are worth 12 1-2c and 15c yard. JULY SADE PRICE 9c YARD, now on sale Cross-bar Scrims with dainty flow« ered borders, all new designs, regular 19¢ grade, JULY SALE PRICE 15¢c YARD, 2c and 29c Novelty lcfl-..‘ drawn work designs, in white and ecru, JULY SALE PRICE 19¢ YARD. See window display of these bare '\;‘ gain drapery materials. D. McMILLAN 199-201-203 MAIN STREET. ing the crops, he ig preparing to de- posit public moneys as he did last year, not in Wall street but through- out the country in places where they will be available to legitimate enter. prise, In the belief that financial se- curity and stabllity have been estab« lished, it is his opinion that the ecos nomic situation of the United States is sounder today than that other nation. So far as the calamity chorus is concerned, Mr. McAdoo's theory is that it has been politically organized and helped along by interesis long favored which find in the new demo- cratic laws and policies no hope for monopoly or privilege. In acquitting business men at large of any respon- sibility for this assault upon the ad- ministration, he logically sustains the main point of his statement, which is that the people generally are al- ready prosperous and contented and are going to be more so. For the first time in many years & secretary of the treasury in discuss- ing American business affairs has not been content to fix his attention wholly upon the financial district of New York. Mr, McAdoo's survey s national and international, He does not measure the activities of select ed groups and interests in picked lo+ calities, but the hopes and prospects of every man in every section, from coast to coast. If there were nothing else to support his concl this fact alone would make his encouraging as well as memorabie, of any . b4