Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 11, 1912, Page 12

TO FARMERS ERS | WHAT CENSUS FIGURES PLAINLY REVEAL (Written Specially For The Bulletin.) | Statistics are proverbially dry read- | ing. Likewise bones would be pretty ard eatir in these days of almos niversal teeth But we need enes inside of us to keep the other parts from slumping into a greasy heap, Likewjse, statistics seem te be | required te furnish the anatomy for good many arguments. It's slow d uninteresting werk putting in the ndations, whether for a building or thesis. Nevertheless, it to e done, if vou expect the structure te stand up when it's finished. ore for With these few words f excuse, 1 wamt to call your attention te a few igures from the last censds. With the single exception of Australia, the United eats more meat, per other Country on earth. aplece per an- num. Australia goes us about forty pounds better, but England, “the home f reast beef,” gets along with an av '} erage of 2 pounds; Germany eats snly 117 pounds; ance only 79 pounds: Spain, Russia and Italy ]O:IS‘ than 50 pounds per head, each of the Ltaree. | 8o much for one set of figures. | Now, just one more and I'll be threugh | with the things, for the present. Dur- ! ing the last ten years the population | of non-preducing eities in this country increased 33 per ceat. During the | same time the population of the | country townships increased only 11| per cent. The total pepu | ountry, L. e, the consumer by 21 per cent. The improv | acreage of the country increased less than four-and-a-q ter per cent. Now, will you kindly “put two and two together,” and see about what you get? Rvery poufid of beef that is eaten in the Unit ates ha to be ralsed and by on seme farm fatte rmer e to sc rimals hav | by | be fed on other products grown some farmer on some farm, either| their owner's or another's. With 121 persons now -demanding meat where there were a hundred ten years ago, there are less than 104 1-4 acres of land in farms against the hundred of en yvears ago, and only 111 farmers against the hundred of ten years back. ssuming that the hundred farmers on 1e hundred acres of farm land fed a mndred consumers in 1900, or an even break,” then you'll observe that | the eleven new farmers on four-and- | a-quarter acres of added land are call- ed on to feed twenty one extra con- | sumers this That bricks with mig: aw. To keep up the parity, there should have been an increase of twenty-one | to the hundred among farmers, and of twenty-one to the hundred in acres | farmed. Then, no doubt, there would have been about the same amount of meat and other food stuffs produced, per hundred farmers, and sold to each b ndred consumers that there was ten rs ago. As things are, it is per- clear, as r as anything in figures and arithm can be, that production isn't kéeping its end up with consumption. Thers are 121 people yelling for meat against 100 (en years since. There only 111 people working to raise 1gainst 100, them. Taking 1 Jeaves ten, according hioned substraction. That «bout ten people in every w. who must either go meat entirely, or else pay a more, or else induce the red to eat enough less to them a share. f there happens to be just a hun- dred and eleven spoels of black linen thread in the dry-goods stores of Nor- wich, and only a hundred women want black linen thread, then the price will remain steady and fairly comfortable. But if hundred and twenty-one women arise in the morning and march | on the stores, each individual one of mea jther hund them demanding a whole spool of | bj’u‘k linen thread, then and there, Either ten women will go without ! thread, and ten husband's pantaloons | have to be fastened up with shingle nails, or some of the women will have | to extra and fancy prices for | thread. And then you have the high prices | of meat, etc, explained in parable, If there's too much hand for sale, then down: if there is; enough of a thing on sale, then the price goes up, The | only sure and permanent way to keep | the price where it ought to be is to| see that preduetion and consumption march efbow to elbow and side by | side. " If those who ought to be prodmeers desert that task and choose to become mere consumenrs, ther, of course, con- sumption increases, production de- creases, and prices go ballooning, of a thing on | the price goes | We talk about the old times when food was cheaper, Well, why shouldn’t it have been? In 1840 more than three-quarters of all the plople in the | Uniteq States who were engaged in | gainful occupations were farmers, In | 1910 less than one-third were farmers, If you think that one producer can supply the needs of two consumers as fully an cheaply as thres producers | used o mlqyply the needs of one con- | sumer, then ‘you've ot a o g another | Of course, the producer turns out | more, per capita, than he used to. The | inyention of laber-saving machinery | counts for a gnod deal. Yes, and the | consumer calls for a good deal more, | per capita, than he used to, Don't forget that, too, Moreover, calves are | net born nor steers fattened by mach. | inery any more, now, than they were | in 1846, It takes just about as long | and calls for just abeuyt as much meal fo turn out a fat heef in 1912 as it did sevent years age, Somehow, “Just Say” HORLICK’S It Means Original and Genuine MALTED MILK The Food-drink for All Ages. More healthful then Fea or Coffes, Agrees ‘with the weakest digestion, Delicious, invigor and nutritious, Richmilk, maled g, povder frm, A quick lanch prepared in a minute, Take no substitute, Ask for HORLICK’S, " Others are imitations. Latien 0 8 A2 MEYSEUSLE fiad) = 5.4 P, | moyed | Charlestown, Nature keeps on being “dreffle” old- fashioned. She doesn't seem inclined to speed up her preces even a little bit te gratify eur impatience er our greed or our lazin The whole thing simmers down to just this: either more people have got to get on the farms and raise beef, ete, eor our city friends have got to eat less and pay -more for {t. And right there is where an econemie doc- trine of free-will and fereordination comes in. As I have repeatedly said, there seems to be those foreordained n the case of such, the 3 Let them go there, and stay , and be as happy as they can in the envirenment which is natural to them. But there are a great many thousands who go to the city, not from any preordination of Providence, but eut of their own free will, just because they want to, think they’ll have easier work or shorter hours or more ice cream and candy. All right; they’re free Ameri- can citizens and have the right to de it But, when they have made thelr bed, for heaven's sake, let them stop ki-yi-ing about its hardness. They’ve chosen their doctor; let them take his medicine and leok pleasant. If not real pleasant, then as pleasant as| they y rate let them stop snive] vy contemptible ery- & E babiegs who whimper over the conse- quences ef their ewn deliberate acts, The farmer doesn’t have te pay fifty cents a peck for potatees. " He raises his own, if he'is able, and willing to work, He doesnt pay thirty cents for beef. He raises his own meat, If he is able, and willlng, to work. He doeen’t pay forty-five cents a pound for butter. He makes his own, if he is able, and willing to work. But if he stops raising potatoes and beef and butter and goes to ' town, then somebody else has got to raise them for him and he has got to pay for them. Hi moreover, has reduced the proc consumption, i e, has tended to boost the price. The town consumer, who leaves the asphalt and the trolley line and goes to sing things on a farm has, to the same degree, reduced city con- sumption and enlarged rural product- tion. His action has tended to reduce prices. Of course there are other elements which enter into this price question. There’s the cost of transportation; and the expense of handling; and the various middlemen’s profits; and just now 1 suppose we're having to pay back to the beef packers the expense of their defense in the recent farcical | “trial” they went through. But the law of supply and demand is till su- preme, after y and in the end it control The tendency of the people is to desert the producing farms and flock, pell-mell, to the consuming centers. Just how it will end, it keeps n unchecked, only omniscience can fore- | tell. But the end will be disaster of | some sort. So much can neither be denied nor over-looked by any student of history or any primary scholar in arithmetic. Tt's no answer to sneer at “croakers” or ‘“pessimists”, A man | isn't a pessimist who sees a hole in | the bridge and refuses to drive into it. | You'd think, to hear some people talk, that we all ought to blindfold our | eyes and drive full gallop any old | | way we happen to be headed, relying | on luck or Providence to prevent a‘l smash-up. Yet that sort of thing isn't “push” or enterprise: it's simply dumb | idiocy, It's just about as idiotic as it is for two-thirds of "the American people to | expect the other one-third to support | them as well and cheaply as three- quarters used to to support ome- quarter. 1 can’t prevent Bill Smith | from throwing down his hoe and re- | fusing to help me raise potatoes, if he thinks he can get more pay for shorter hours in a city factory or store. | But I can’'t raise as many potatoes without his help as with jt. And he is going to want potatoes, just the same, Very well; then he will have to take that extra money he earns in | town to pay the extra price caused Ly the scarcity of potatoes, due to his abandonment of production, That's all there is to it. He has the right to stop raising potatoes and go to raising wild oats, if he chooses, In which case he must buy petatoes at a higher price, or live on his wild oats, He Las his choice, What 1 want especially to emphasize is the fact that, having made his cheice, it deesn’t .le in his mouth to snivel because wild oats are unsatisfying, or potatoes high-priced. THE FARMER, Washington County, R. . RICHMOND . Good Attendance at Roll Call at Bap- tist Church—Kenyon Mill Sold. Phe Second Baptist church of Shan- nock held its annual roil call Saturday evening, May 4, It proved a well at- tended and interesting servics, The exercises began with singing by the congregation There Is a Fountain; Scripture reading by Rev, G, W. Kin- ney and prayer, followed by singing Blest Be the Tie That Binds. The roll of the church members was then called by the clerk, Out of the eighty-six (inciuding nen-resident members), r spoBses were received from thirty- four, several letters and messages from non-residentis being read by Rev. Mr. Kinney in answer to their names. A ‘thank offering takem amosunted to $13.60, The repert of the chuseh clerk was presented, Al the eleso of the ssion an address was given Lockhari, paster of the Haptist a¢ Carefina. He was listened ty with much interest and profit, After amother selection by the congregatien, Rev. 0. W, Kinaey nounced the benediction, An a ment was made s the Ald roam, where a collation was served and a soeial hour enjoyed, Mrs. Charles Dawley speat Sunduy with Mrs. John Barhés, Mrs. Thomas Waoedmanses is iil. Mrs. Charles Wilbur s Hi af the res- idenceé of her daughtess, at Shannock. Keayon Mill Soid. it is reported that the mill at Ken- ¥on has been sold for the second time since the fallure of J. Kenyon. Harry Wilkinsoa and ~family have from Keayon a farm in to Mrs. E. John ~ King Thomas Clark Miss McCall of Bradford spent Sun- day with Blanche Meadoweroft. Faxd is seriousty ill. has sold his farm to fand Where the or puddings substantial, cake, hot-breads, crusts Royal is indispensable. Royalis equélly valuable . in the preparation of plain, foods, for all occasions. finest biscuit, are required every-day who has been the guest of Mrs. A, H. Phillips, returned home Tuesda: W. C. T. U. Meeting. The meonthly meeting of the Clark's Mills W, C. T, U. was held Tuesday afternoon at the heme of Miss Mary L. Hoxle at Shannock. George James spent Sunday at Mat- unnuck, . Mr. and Mrs, W. J. Dawley of West Kingston attended church at Shannask Sunday. Rev. G. W. Kinney was entertained at the home of B, B, Moore Saturday night, WEEKAPAUG Cottage Owners Showing Spring Act- ivity—Road Scraper on Poor High- way. Rev. Robert Keating Smith of New- ton, Mass, is spending a few days at his summer home here. S. M. Gladwin of Hartford, who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs, L. W. Bliven, and has also been looking over his cottages and planning improve- ments for their summer occupancy, re- turned home Thursday. Mrs. Mary A. West, who has been the guest of her son here, is now visiting her sister, Mrs. Eugene Coon, in West- erly, for a few weeks. Selden M. Young and family of West- erly recently moved into the Ayers farm house until the new cottage is completed. Power Boats Launched. Flmer Macomber of Westerly has launched his two power boats, Cricket Echo. Leon Bliven has also Jaunched his power boat, the Hornet. Quite a number from this way at- tended the W. C. T. U. meeting held at Mrs. William Tourjee’s last week. Bayfield Rented. Oswald Garrison Villard of New York city has rented Bayfield, one of the Gladwin cottages, for the summer. The town's road raper with four horses has been working on the shore road for a few days. This road is in terrible condition and needs more than the scraper to improve it. USQUEPAUGH The Week's Visitors and Travelers. Services in church Sunday morning and evening were well attended. J. 8. Lamond began work Wednes- day on the road at Arcadia state in- spector. Mr. and Mrs. F, K, Crandall and lit- tle son spent over Sunday with Mrs. Crandall's parents, Dr. and Mrs. Ken- yon. ) C. D. Kenyon was a business caller at Warren, Bristol and Barrington on ‘Wednesday, Owen Niles of Wyoming -spent The only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar Sunday with his sister, Mrs. A. C. K enyon. Mrs. Hattfe Holgate is witil friends at W for a few days. Williem ibridge was a caller in afternoon. L. Kingston, visited at Dr. Kenyen's on Sunday. 1, B, Sheldon is moving his sawmill George Clark: spending a few days at Hast Green- wich, has returned heme. Charles Bagley was in Providence "edn: esday. Miss Mary McConnor spent Monday and Tuesday in Providence with heg father, L Hon, A. W. Kenyon spent Wednes- day in Providence. Ames H. Kenyon was at his home here over Sumday. | Under No Circumstances. Under no circumstances will the people of the United States accept the malignant and embittered assevera- tions of a candidate who, before be- coming a candidate for a third term in the presidency, declared that he weuld under no circumstances become a can- didate.—Philadelphia Record. JOHN LECLAIR PRESENTING THE HUMAN BILLIARD TABLE® AT THE LOWEST PRICES consistent with first-class Work. Agent for the best machine on the market for the money, THE HUPMOBILE Modern equipment for do- ing all kinds of repair work. MOTION PIGTURE Sc GLENDOWER & MANION weeINeee CHRISTMAS ON THE COMSTOCK LUCI¥R & ELLSWORTH Woman Always Pays An Imp Feature With Asta Nielsen i the Leading Role: Matinee Today-=Si Perkins % Children CURE FOR STAGE FEVER BILLY’S SHOES,.and Others TOM GASEY, Tenor PRICES THE SAME WESTERN PLAYLET TWY) BIG AgeLes Cortlandt Barker Lesses Manager. MODERN SLAVES 10¢c S. J. GOIT McKinley Ave. and Otis St. “Wanting is—what? Summer redundent Blueness abundant, Where is the blot?” Robert Browning. A kitchen witheut a gas range can blot out the biue of summer skies with its heat and drudgery. Estate ranges BREED THEATE THRILLING ESSANAY PRODUCTION An Arizona Escapade Abounding in Stirring Situations Edward Meehan, Lyric Tenor. Mae La Jess, Contralto. bake with fresh air, their scientifi- <aliy constructed vertilated ovens in- sure perfect heat reguiations, the key to fauitiess baking. A shert cabinet of superior-design inchaling large hot- closet is an efficiency stove in every particular, a “kitchenette” compact yet cemplete, and these sturdy 3 burner <cookers are in our shov-reom ready for inspection. It's a wise plan to in- stall a gas range before the sceorch- ing weather comes, avolding disap- pointment and possible suffering, as Franklin put it “BE ON TIME."” Gas & Electrical Dep't. Alice Building, 321 Main Street “BE CAREFUL! DON'T BREAK the PLASTER!” No need to worry if your walls and ceilings are lined with Compo-Board. It can’t crack, chip, crumble, or fall déwn. Water can’t leak through and, stain the paper. Any one who can drive a nail can put it up. the studding. Goes right on This is one of hundreds of uses for Compo-Board; screens, partitions, bulletin-board: panels, show-windows, ward- Tobes, etc. In lengths of from 810 16 fr., 4 ft. wide and X -inch thick. Write today for sample and booklet. It will show you at least ome place where it will pay you to use Compo-Board. L. L. ENSWORTH & Son -50 Front St. FORD, CONN. HAR' BR. JOHN W. CALLAHAN Physician and Surgeon HOURS: 2-4, 7-9 p. m. 814 Main Street. Telephone 426. Office of lats Dr. Harriman - LANG Actors in the Exhibition AMERICAN INDIANS BEDOY) AN _ARABS 8. ARTILLERYMEN OKS MEXICAN RURALIDS AMIDRICAN COWDOYS AMERIOAN COWGIRLS GERMAN OUIRASSIERS ROYAL IRISH DRAGOONS HIGH JUMPIN BUFFALO BILL’S FAREWEL.L, TO NORWICH ONE DAY ONLY, TUESDAY, MAY 14th WEST MAIN STREET SHOW GROUNDS THE CONQUEST OF A CONTINENT HERE DEPICTED An Exhibition to Which the Whele World Has Contributed and Applauded.- THE OCCIDENT AND ORIENT IN REVIEW A GREAT DRAMA OF CIVILIZATION WITH A TYPICAL _cm Al.lnlAll Irr.uxns A TRAIN WILD lw BRONCHOS ELEPHANTS, B = PONTES CAMELS of the FRAPS OF HORSEMANSHIT HHRO-HORSEMAN G MORSES ROUGHRIDERS OF THE WORLD, LED BY THE - COL. WM, F. CODY, the ONLY and O RIGINAL BUFFALO BILL I]ry [:Iflaner a“d flyef WHO POSITIVELY APPEARS IN PERSON 1co Dally, 2and § P. M., mo Matter what the W (tnolud- k Tt e b e ildvan tder 3 years, hait prive. Al Seats Protected from Bun and Rain by .Immense Wuierproof Canvas Canopy. Grand Stand Chairs 157 Franklin St. (incl admission). $100, On Sals dsy of Exhibition at The AD- WAY ', Broadway & Main Street. SUITS PRESSED 502 Our Wagon Calls Everywhera MAY BASKETS; May Baskets from 5 cents up. Creps Paper, Baskets, Paper making, at Mrs. Edwin Fay's SPRING MILLINERY A fine assortment of latest styles in Hats. Come in and ses them. MRS. G. P. STANTON, 52 Shetucket St. Flowers for The Single Damper is a simple and unassum- ing name for a wonderful invention; probably the most important improvement ever made 1n cook- ing stoves. knob upon the top at the back of the range. This knob_has three plainly ma “Kindle,” “Bake” and “Check.” to the proper point and the range does the rest. Simplicity itself and absolutely sure. This Single Damper requires but one movement, yet that one movement regulates the fire and also the oven heat and does it better than can be done with two dampers; dam- per mistakes are impossible. stoves than the Crawford have two dam- pers and some have more, but the two- ~damper ranges are confusing. You never know when the dampers are exactly right. The Ash Hod instead of the clumsy ash pan is another Crawford trouble saver- b 4 Mrs, M. H, James has returned from Matunnuck, Wi th where si e of heér duvghter, Mrs. Epdasuent of idon It is operated by ome For M. HOURIGAN, Norwich Agent. WALKER & PRATT MFG. CO., MAKERS, BOSTON rked locations, Slide the knob Franklin, Square. Norwich, Conn. Advice to Mothers Have you bad baby's pholograph taken ? It's an art to take baby's photo. iph s it should be taken. To catch rogudsh little gmile, his pretty littie dimple, Buch photograps become prized gemembrances of babyhood's days In yoars to come. We have had years of experience in photesraphing children. They always look their best when we them, No troublesome posing. Snep them In » Jiffy. LAIGHTON, The Photographer, Opposite Norwieh Savinzs Soclety. movement of a 1047 Adam’s Tavern 1361 #ffer to the public ibe fnest standary of Bee: of Eurvpe and America, [} (= ‘P. B. Ale, Frank Jenes' Nourish- :Ah Bterling Bitier Ale, Aubeuser Buaweizar. Schiltz any Pabst A. A. ADAM, Nerwich Town. Telephons #4i-13. GEO. E. PITCHER Civil Engineer, All other g*cM!wty, Chapman building, oppesite the Y. M. C. & — WESTERLY HOUSE, Alew, Wines and |iguors alwaye in stock, . E: nehes served ires every Saturday s Sale by \ , JOWE G. KENWON & 09, Jand bd I S€PTCIAL.SALE OF Fine Gilt Clocks Beginnin Saturday Morning, April 20th Special Price for Choice $2.98 ~ --ry Clock Guaranteed John & Geo. H. Bliss ER;, HOW ABOUT THAT CONTRACT WORK? Placed it yet? Better consult with me before going further. | have got the materials and the men to do the work for you and my prices will sat- iefy you. Many of my satisfied cus- tomers in this city will tell you the same. | would gladly refer you to m. {h.CA" me on the phone No. 370 and lot's get together. C. M. WILLIAMS, 216 Malin Street. Tel. 370. Garden and Flower Seeds Just the fime to buy, Then when the warm days some you arc prepared for pianting Peoplofiarkot 6 Franklin St. JUSTIN HOLDEN, Pres The DimeSavingsBank OF NORWICH, DIVIDEND The regular Semli-annual Dividend has been declared from the net earn. ings of the past six menths at the rats of Four per cent, a year, and will be payable on and atter May 18, FRANK L, WOODARD, apritidaw Treasures. T 13 NO_ndEer s !t TH stepn Connecticui 5 3 fitu !bmlfl