New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 6, 1917, Page 9

©lothing, Hats and Furnishings now. We say—Come to our store to get them. | ' Everything you will need is here, teady for you. , One of our new Spring Suits will put you in the “well dressed” class. Styles and patterns the same as the best Merchant Tailors—Only more of them and at about onc .half the M. T’s price. Suits $15.00 to $30.00. {ISSES’ SPORT HATS NOW ALL COLORFUL MOBILIZATION OF FARMERS FORECAST Steps Must Be Taken to Increase Agricultural Products New York, April 6.—Expressions of opinion as to the precise effect of the war on future food conditions in the United States are scarce, although most men who are in a position to know something of what is going on in the agricultural parts of the coun- try made the guess that there would not be an adequate supply unless the government stepped in and did some- thing (o encourage intensive farm- ing. With the crop reserves depleted more than they have been in years because of the great scarcity of agri- cultural labor due to the greater in- ducements 'offered by the manufac- turing centers. That this condition will be intensified by a war was the almost unanimous belief of men who are in touch with the farming sit- uation. The drain made on labor by the army, if it is recruited even to the extent of 2,000,000 men, would not be felt so much, they sald but the speeding up of manufacturers to put the army on a war footing as soon as possible would probably take even more men from the farms than | have already deserted them. The alternative to 'this it was thought would be some active direc- tion of agriculture by the United States government, such as the mo- bilization of the farming population of the country on a war footing for the purpose of getting all the prod- ucts possible out of the soil. This could be done, it was suggested, by alloting a certain amount of labor to the farms and by seeing that the available acreage is lnfely increased. Europe Requires Our Crops, Although produce men. yesterday did not believe this country would face anything like the food shortage that prevails in England it was pointed out that crop conditions ‘abroad are even less favorable than last year and that unless an embargo is placed on our food exports the Allies will take even more of our food stocks than they have done be- fore. The Broomhall reports of crop conditions in European countries were pointed to as evidence of what Europe might expeot of the United States in the way of food exportation. ‘They show: that in France the wheat crop is likely to be poor because of the weather that crops are uniformly bad in Russia because of the weather and lack of transportation, that crop prospects are not favorable in Italy largely because the acreage was re- duced for lack of labor, and that in Spain the crops are also likely to be moderate. The reserves of Australia are large, but the crop estimates are being Teduced. In India the cro prospects are excellent, in the Un Kingdom they are fair, with reduced acreage; in North America fair, and in Holland bad because - of poor weather. “The crops in this gountry are like- ly to be much larger than last year because of the great increase in acre- age,” sald Commissioner of Weights and ‘Measures Hartigan yesterday, “but just how much larger they will' be depends entirely on the labor mar- ket, The last government report showed that there will be about 4,- 000,000 more acres under cultivation in the United States this yvear, giving "crops that will be available from June till September. Nearly 3,000,000 of this is in wheat and the other 1,000,- 000 in general foods. “It is only natural to suppose of course that the.farmer, taking advan- tage of the recent high prices in cer- tain staples—potatoes, onions and cabbages—will plant more of these vegetables than ever before, and that should have a very salutary effect on the general market. But if men can- not be obtained to harvest crops it is hard to see how we will get much | benefit from them.. We are inclined | in this country to believe that labor i | will be a gift from heaven, but the N SERENE MODES. Here are two points for e hat. ity cluster. icot ribbon give the band, stylists, he cotton sport coat with oriental em- roidery as embellishment and the e Mushroom brims are all e B0, this one being adorned with a Four rows of narrow farmers are likely to find when har- | vest time comes around that there is { less labor than ever before, because of the desire of labor to go to the manufacturing centers, where they can make more money. If we go to war the demands of manufacturers on labor will probably be greater than ever before. “The only way to offset this condi- tion, so far as I can see, and to make sure that we get the utmost possible out of the soil so as to insure ourselvgs against a serious shortage of food, is the mobilization of an agricultural army. I have been preaching that for some time, and it appears to me the Jogical way to combat, this condition. If we had an agricultural army, and under the direct control of the gov- ; ernment the problem of getting in the crops and tremendously increasing the products of the soil would be a simple one.” Cily Items —_—— Six barbers at the Model barber- shop.—advt. Our slogan. $100,000 gain for 1917. Quality and price will do'it. Besse- Leland Co.—advt. Alex Osepawicz of Bond street was arrested this morning by Detective Richardson for assaulting his wife. More for less at Besse-Leland’s. —advt. Special values in unfrimmed Easter hats, Goldenblum’s, Y. M. C. A. bldg. —advt. Peter Long has purchased a house on Lincaln street from A, J. Sloper through the Camp Real Estate com- pany and H. D. Humphrey. A daughter was born at Nagle’s Sanitarium this Mr. and Mrs. morning to Ralph Murphy. lor Players at the Lyceum theater, Miss The proud father is a member of the Nay- NEW BRITAIN DAILY, HERALD. FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1917. Of Course Baseball, Being National, Shares in the Country’s Patriotism | Baseball is national and has ac- cordingly felt and has reacted to the great upheaval in American life brought about by the row with Ger- many. Ball players, organized and unorganized, have declared their in- tention of fighting for their country, and many of them, like the New York Americans, seen at No, 4 in the pic- tures, have been drilled in the spring training camps in military ‘training. The opening games of the season in. both the Natfonal and American leagues will be memorable for their displays of bunting and enthusiasm. No. 1, President Ban Johnson of the American league; No. 2, Crowd at opening of big league game; No. 3, President Tener of the National league No. 4, Yankees in military drill. M Loughlin Hopes to Regain | DECISION ENTHUSES Lost Lawn Tennis Laurels 1 E. Ware likewise firmly established San Francisco, April the star of Maurice E. McLoéughlin, the California comet, was somewhat eclipsed last season by R, Norris ‘Willlams 2d, McLoughlin’s friends on the coast expect to see him come ack this year. Incidentally those opposed to a cancellation of tourna- ments because of the war declare that war helped lawn tennis in 1898, War provided the foundation upon which' Malcolm Douglas Whitman reared his skill and fame as a lawn tennis player. | Dwight F. Davis, the donar of the: world famous international challenge cup, caught the first breath of cham- plonship aspirations while the nation was actively hostile toward Spain. 6.—Although } their reputations on the courts in 1898, when martial things most oc- cupied the attention of the nation. These facts were brought out dur- ing a lively discussion as to the can- celling of the championship and tournament schedule. The point was established that at that time and fol- lowing the declaration of war against Spain the American game really benefited and did not suffer, as had beeh feared at the tinie would be the case, Applied directly to lawn tennis, the Spanish-American war served as a blessing. It brought to the front Whitman, generally considered among all competent authorities as one of the greatest lawn tennis players this ‘Edwin P. Fisher and the late Leonard | country has ever produced, MITCHEL'S FRIENDS They See Him As Victor in Next City Election New York, April 6.—Republican and fusion leaders were jubilant last night over the result of the Mitchel- ‘Wagner controversy in the state sen- ate and insisted that the mayor's stock has gohe up 100 per cent. It was also confidently predicted by a prominent republican leader that the mayor is ready to accept a renomina- tion. This view was emphatically supported by one of the fusion leaders. ‘The mayor is still maintaining silence. ‘The. republican leaders favorable $o the mayor characterized the Albany proceedings as a big Mitchel victory. They asserted the mayor made it plain to every one that the entire affair from the beginning was a political move on'the part of Tammany to injuré the mayor. That the move re- sulted in a bomerang was the concen- sus of opinion. A republican leader last night painted an optimistic picture of what would happen in the forthcoming election. He said the mayor has as- sured the leaders who are working for fusion that he will be théir stan- dard bearer. He then dwelt on' the mayor’'s strong patriotic attitude, which, he said, has not only won him thousands of new frirends, but has also assured him of the support of the national administration. ‘With the country at war party lines to a large extent will be wiped out, and with the mayor's previous record, with the added strength resultant from the senate hearing and with his vigorous patriotic sentiments, this leader insisted the mayor would win easily. Naturally Tammany leaders take | Just the opposite view. They profess to see a “crushing defeat” for the mayor as a result of the Senator Wag- ner incident. Their line of argument is to the effect that the mayor by his remarks about Senator Wagner alien- ated the German vote, if there is such a thing, and that he has already lost the Catholic vote becausee of the wire tapping case. That would appear to leave him only the American vote. Frank L. Dowling, ‘president of the board of aldermen said last night the democratic candidate would win by at least 100,000. “That is,”” he added, “provided all of the Tammany men are not in the army or navy, which is very likely, as they are good scrappers and love a fight.” The republican leaders will get to- gether within a week or two to can- vass the situation as to candidates. They have already—that is the ma- jority of them—gone on record in favor of fusion. It is known that with the exception of a few Brook- 1yn leaders the mayor is the only can- didate being discussed seriously. Richter&Co. MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE 31 West Main Street, City Hall Building Telephone 2040 50 shs New Brltam Machme Co. 50 shs North & Judd 50 shs American Hardware 50 shs Stanley Works 50 shs American Brass | 50 shs Niles Bement & Pond 50 shs Landers Frary & Clark WHEN YOUR NEWSBOY FAILS TO LEAVE YOUR HERAI.D ’Phone WESTERN UNION And paper will be sent - promptly to you by'messenger. 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