Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 16, 1913, Page 12

(Written Specially For The Bulletin) Once in a great while semebody does something sensible. This doesn't happen every day, though, and "hm it occurs deserves mention, For the last three or four years about ninety million people in this country, 10 say nothing of several hundred mill- ions more in Europe, Asia. Africa, Australia and the islands of the sea, have been howling themselves hoarse about the high cost of liviag. A month ago some labor union offi- cials out in Chicago started an experi- ment to see if they couldn't reduce it for the members of their unions. That is, they stopped talking and set about mething. , | den’'t know that their ex- ent 1s moing to turn out a suc- We don't any of us know much what is going to bappen. But have taken the right pig by the They have begun at the right end And they've set out at tical mo- ear. of the job. their task with a clearly prac tive in a manifestly practicable way. | “ | have heard about labor unions has been | | their, presistent endeavor to get more | They have, to start with, their union organization at home. This iz made up of people who produce factory 00ds but consume farm products It in their capacity as consumers that the new experiment considers them. The object of the experiment is to et gure they need at a reasonable cest, without the addition of too many middlemen’s profits, or too many de- livery charges. this end, the wnion officials have “made a whack® with a farmers' organization down in Texas. The two are to work together for mutual advantages and as a start-off, the Texas farmers agree to ship each week certain | number of hampers to Chicago. The ! Chicago union agrees to take them and see they are paid for. Each hamper is to be filled with a sufficient quantity of seasonable vegetables to average family of five Dersons a week The first hampers sent contained cabb- age, cauliffower, carrots. beets, onions, radishes, lettuce, spinach amd turnips. The farmers' charges and the freight cost amounting to a trifle less than $1.20 per hamper. The Chicago retail cost of 3 amount of similar _articles, time, was from $3.25 to $4 similar at that As the season progresses and new | crops come into bearing, changes ar made in the list, so that the ham- per-buyers in Chicago will always have vegetables in their natural order. It is intended to include fruit, when the problems of packing and carriage have been worked out. The net result of the first fow weeks’ trial has been that some hundreds of | workingmens’ families in Chicago have been getting better and fresher veget- ables than heretofore, at less than one half the prices charged them in the ocal markets. And the Texas farmers ve been given an ured market r their truck at materially increas- ed profit to th ood thing ali around, and for A every! idy most concerned. hamper idea isn’t a new one, s been worked for some few years v certain producers on Long Island. the eastern experiment, o individuals truckers hunted The 1 up families g Island in town and, ene by one, induced them to try the scheme out. Of course, this was siow work and possible results were limited in every case by the number of individuals the individual farmer could call _on In the Chicago experiment, however, it is two large organizations which re co-operating. The result ought te be a great enlargement in business done and a decided increase in the profits, or saving accruing. The farmers are .lready organized Aas creameries or granges or farmers’ unions or shipping clubs; while the Chicago workingmen are organized in abor unions. One set were already buying and consuming by the carload. to these consumers the farm pro- | For the present | last an | bowever. | the application of the idea was limited | All that was requisite was that the| car be put on a straight and direct track from producers to comsumer, instead of being sent around on circuit- ous side lines by way of Speculators- | yards and Jobber-ville and Middlemen- | town, L e really impartant thing about _the matter is that, at least, some of {the great kicking, squirming, squeal- ing crowd of consumers have done something for themselves. Heretofore, all they have aftempted was to, find fault and whimper be- cause someone else gidw't do some- | thing for them. [ AU Teast a few of them seem to have graduated from the cry-baby class. into.the help-yourself grade. |, Bven if the perticuler form of self- { help which they have adopted doesn’t pan out all that is hoped from it. still {it_will have started them in the road { which must be opened and followed if | ever any real progress is to be made in the way of getiing together. In the past, the most we outsiders | | wages. They have all the time been | agitating or striking for more pay or | | shorter hours, or something of that | | sort. It is hard to see why the saving | | of money to their members isn't just | { ug legitimaté an object as the securing | of money. A reduction of ten per cent. | {in one's expenses is practically the | same an increase of tem per cent. |in one's income, so far as finamcial figures are concerned. Ff that redu tion can be brought about without in any degree lessening the quantity or quality of what is consumed, then it is | vastly better than an equal increase of income. For any increase of wages | musi. always be paid, ultimately. by | the public; while any reduction of | living - costs alwi insures to the ultimate benefit of the public. Nearly two years ago Chief Holmes | of the government bureau of statistics | showed conclusively that the remedy | for high prices lay closer to the cun- | sumers* hands than to ass one else’s. | | He wrote,——and I remember quoting | it in one of these Talks,—— i “It is about time for the consumer | | to stop playing the part of a man with ia grievance. Nearly all the grievances {which can be corrected at all can be | corrected by himselL” These Chicago consumers have final- ¥ wakened up to their own. respunsi- ulity and their own opportunity "Phat's the pr-mising thing about it. Insead of continuing te whimper and | snivel about their burdens, they've Iset to work to reduce the weight of the M. Instead of snarling and nagging lat us farmers because of the high prices’ which the middlemen—not we, | —were charging them, they've come | SULLIVAN—IOE | lacross te us with | hande and said i effect; together and help each other. outstretched “Let's get | Instead | of standing at the brookside snd boo- | hoo-ing because somebody didn’t come |along and carry them over, they've decided to step across themsélves and | sée what the other side is like. | ""Wherefore I am inclined to clap my | hands and say “Good medicine!™ i The next thing is te wonder whether jit will take ten or twenty years for | some labor union in the east to see {the chances in this sort of thing and | !develope them for eastern conditions. There are hundreds and thousands of small farmers all through New Eng- land who would jump at the chance of sending weekly boxes or hampers, or packages of seasonable farm produce direct to town consumers, if they could oniy be assured that they would be taken and paid for. But the farmer hasn't the time nor the opportunity to work up for himself such a trade. The : labor union might well meet him way or even more tham that, by guaranteeing him a regular demand and certain payment. The union mem- { pers would be helping themselves more than him by deing this, but they would help him also. The point is that they have the or- ORIGINAL GENUINE HO : .‘hulflfl than coffee. ¢ malted grain, i der form. More tea of !B;I?mmflk. invalids m:msw children. Agrees with the weakest digestion. Pure nutrition,upbuilding the wholebody. Keeep it hvi(ullunm'ngmflnundhh.-i A is perfect health; but to enjoy have proved themselves to be ventive of these troubles. brisk and strong they are enjoy life. For that reasom Directions with every B insist Upon Better Than Wealth first to get rid of the minor ailments caused by defect- ive or irregular action of the stomach, liver, kidmeys and bowels,—ailments which spoil life, dull pleasure, and make all sufferers feel tired or good for nothing. (The Largest Sele of Any Madisine in the Warld) They insure better feelings and those who rely upon them soon find thefuselves so TkofavorltoFam!Melno Sold everpwhere. ‘In boxes, Hc., 2. box show the way te good health, RLICK’S on your sideboard at home. quick lunch prepared in a minute, good hesalth it is necessary sPILLs the best corrective or pre- better able to work and alone, Beecham's Pills are | ganization which would enable them to | woulda’t have to start out with an | adequate for the resuit demanded. One arew’t fully adequate, at least to the job gy b » gles b Wt In any event, it is high time that the complaining cons of. the country wale miven io 'm% "'fiz they : ‘that th anythi do their end of the work without much extra trouble or expense. They entirely new combination. and the de- mand for additional dues. It is always economy to work with the tools at hand, if they are really st o, ot Whip-| themselves, if they expect God sometimes helps those who help themselves; but He seems ta have small use for chronic blubberers and fails to see why the tools in this case | gnivellers.—THE FARMER. T LETTERS FROM TWO STATES Tflflan d co unt! '¥§L‘§§ g;nl:_n held at Columbia Lake, HEBRON Miss Helen Lord and a friend from | Bast Hartfora were at Bverett Lord's, Saie of Wyman Place—Dance for Ben- efit of Village Improvement Society. Sunday. Miss Caroline Kellogg and MMiss Bllen Buell were visitors in Hartfora last Wednescay. Mrs. Wyman kas moved into Charles Ternant’s house, known as the Post A number from this place alt&!’l;’ile‘d‘ iy the Temperarce meeting at the - mantic Camp Ground, Wednesday. Dance for V. I S. y Mrs. Wymaa kas ld her farm in There was a dance last Friday evening which was well attended. The | procecds go to the Village Improve- ment Society. Mrs. Edmund Horton was in Iart- ford Wednesday. | "Mrs, Btia Horton has gone to Hart- ford for a visit. Miss Eihel Porter was in Hartford one day this weck. Mr. and Mrs. E. Birdsey and Miss the westeru part of the town to New York purchasers. Dr. Charles Douglas of Boston who is at his summer kome here, addressed the Y. P. 8, C. E last Sunday even ing. %r, and Mrs. of Boston, Mrs. Hayvden and two daughters, are at the Dougllqs Con,agei St u i ia S icer of it letown is s el o D e, | Kate Phelphs drove from Meriden to Mrs, Emma Johnson of New Haven | their home here last Wednesday. was the guest last week of her cuuln; Mrs, B. Dingwell. Miss Mary Bisse!l Douglas EAST WILLINGTON Miss Eleazor Lord. <5t - A .. | Mrs Philo Wright of Mansfield, for- Congregational Sunday School Piomie.| oy’ of Willington, who died last The Congregational Sunday School ' week, EVERY DAY S s Flying Machine Day — AT THE — Twentieth Gentury Fair! NORWICH Sepiember 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 1913 LABGR DAY AXD TWO DAYS FOLLOWING is the guest of You'll see a Curtiss Biplane sail up into the blue_ sky twice every day. Can any fair in the whole state of Connecti- cut give vou an equal treat this year? All indications point to the biggest cattle show you ever had or heard of. All the ol mers will be there and some new ones are coming. New Lon- don county’s model farms are going to be represented, and the sheep show and the hen show and the pig show will keep pace with the cattle show. #00 IFAIASRSME'R AND NO LOVER OF ANIMALS OF ANY SORT WILL WANT The 1913 show of farm products will be bigger than it ever was before. You're qoing to see a building chack full of good things to eat by and by— the kind that'li make your mouth water. Then the business men of the county are going te trot out the most substantial display of New London county manufacturors and wares ever seen on a New Landon county fair ground. Domestic _manufactures and articles of women’s make will excsed all previous fair offerings on record. THREE GENEROUS PRIZES FOR GRANGE EXHIBITS! When it comes to horses, we have the best ane-half mile track east of the Mississippi and everybody kmows it. Three fast classes every day. MONDAY—Free for all, trot or pace, purse $350. 2.27, trot or pace, purse $225. Colt race, purse $50. TUESDAY—2.35, trot or pace, purse $200. 2.22, trot or pace. purse $375, 2.29, trot, purse $200. WEDNESDAY—3-minute, trot or pace, purse $200. 2.18, trot or pace, purse $375, The classes are faster, the purses bigger than ever, horses, MONSTER CATTLE PARADE ON TRACK TUESDAY, SOMETHING WORTH SEEING ANY DAY, MAMMOTH AUTOMOBILE SHOW, WITH ALL THE 1914 MODELS, We wanted good THAT'S Tuesday is Old Home Day. Plan to meet the friends of by-gone vears on the biggest and most hospitable fair ground east of Connecticut river. The Twentieth Century Midway, with the hest attractions ever seen between New York and Brockton, will de you as much good as a trip two hemispheres. See the fat man could put Big Taft in his vest pocket and the. Teddy Bear who'll take you all over the lots with real Roose- veltion strenuosity! See the Dancing Girls from Ceney lsl- and and the 999 assorted freaks from everywhere! Faster horses than ever! More cattie than ever! than ever! Bigger purses then ever! A bigger and better agricultural hall You’ll say so when you see "em all! Reduced rates en the railroads. Den’t forget the night fair by electric light. Admission, 50 cents for the grown-ups and a quarter for the kids under 12, Write the dates—September 1, 2, 3—right inside your hat and don’t forget to show up with all your friends and family, Three da ;s of more and better fun—and education, too—than you’ll get anywhere else for equal money. The New London County Agricultural Society NORWICH, CONN. was a person of whom much | Sensational European Three Shows, 2.30, 7, 8.40. Matinees, 10c. Eventngs, Novelty Balance of House, 10c Orchestra, 15¢c. . could be said in praise. Many clouds came into her life, but she could al- ways find a silves lining. FHer family has met with a great loss. Nettie Copeland is kept busy these days carrying people. in Charles §. Amidon’s large touring car. TBOLTON Entertainment and Fair of Ladies’ Aid Society Nets Nearly $90 The Ladies’ Ald Society gave an en- tertainment and held a fair at the Congregational church - last week Thursday evening. The entertainment | was furnished by Miss Pierce an el- ocutionist of Manchester. The apti- cles in the fair included something to suit every taste, there were two tables of useful and faney articles a table of baskets, and one of toilet articles. Cake and ice cream were for sale dur- | ing the whole evening. Between eighty and ninety dollars were cleared. The money is to be used in shingling the parsenage. News Mr, and Mrs. In Genmeral. Gay two sons and daughter-in-law of Indianapolis are grests of Louis H. Sevey and Mrs. Sevey at their summer home in town. Mrs. C. W, Burt has returned frem Chaplain where she was the guest of Miss Lamphere. Mrs. L. R. Ward of Ocean Grove, ho has been visiti M. Alvord of FHartford, also Prof. $. M. Alvord accoiapanied her home for a visit Eleazer Pomeroy of Windsor spent | the frst of the weel with his sister, Mrs. W. C. White. i Miss Mary Scanlon of New Britain | is the guest of Miss Annabel Post | Mrs. Carrie Metcalf has returned | home to Hazadiville after a visit at| Wm. H. Loomis’ i Mrs. B. 8. Barrows cf Hartford was ecent visitor in town. $'arlos Rugzles Jr., of Springfield is| spending sometime with his grand- mother, Mrs, Frances E. Rugsies. COLUMBIA Rev. ad Mrs. Claus Olandt Married 24 | Years—Ball Games—Annual Fawi Largely Attended. i Mr. and Mrs. Burdette . Downer of Hartford are spending their vacas tion with local relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Little of New Orleans, who are spending the sum- mer here, are passing a few days at Boston and other places in New Eng- land. George Pinckney and family of New Haven are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rice. Mrs, William Godtfring of Philadel- phia who is spending the summer here was a Hartford visitor last week. Married Twenty-four Years. Rev. and Mrs. Claus Olandt cele brated the twenty-fourth anniversarv of their marriage at their farm and summer residence near Hop River vil- lage, Thursday of last week. Mr. Olandt is pastor of a church at Mount Rose mear Peekskill on the Hudson and usually Spends his summer vacs tion ongRis farm in Columbia. iast a He purehaspd his farm property in Co- Ilumbia about 18 years ago. He Wi {at thatstime engaged in Y. M. C. A, | work, but afterwards entered the min- listry. "Mr. Olandt is expected to oc- cupy the pulpit at the morning church services tomorrow (Sunday). Game With Geshen Today. An excellent ball game was played on Columbia Green last Saturday af- | ternoon by the local nine and the South Windham nine in which the lat- ter were defeated, score 10 to 4. The feature of the game was the fine pitch- ing of Ruster Collins, which kept the South Windhams guessing. This (Sat- urday) afterncon the local team is booked te play the Gashen (Lebanom) nine in this place. Mr. and Mrs. Minniken of Manches— ter are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Winter, Master George Robinson rof Willi- mantie is visiting the family of his uncle, F. H. Avery, Mr, and Mrs, Barton. Jacobs of Thompson and Mr, and Mrs. Guy Dudley of Webster, Mass., were guests of Mr, and Mrs, Wilttam A. Lyman last week, Lyndon Little was in Palmer, Mass., recently. Mrs. W, A, Lyman and daughter, Mrs, May Lyman Smith, relatives in Hartford and New Britain over Sunday, Mr, and Mrs, Abbott Little, Mrs. George A, Little and Frank Squires, enjoyed an automobile trip to Spring- field and return last Sunday, Howard Porter was chauffeur, Curtis’ steam sawmiil has completed its_work on the H. W, Porter lot and will locate in Mansfield, near Storrs. The Lebanen Congregational church and Sunday school held a picnic at Colymbia lake, Wednesday last. Crowd Attends Annual Fair. The Ladies' Aid seciety held their annual fair and entertainment at Yeo- man’s hall last Wednesday afternoon and evening. The fair was opened at 2 o'clock. Supper from 6 to 8 a'clock and entertainment at 8. The attend. ance was large. The hall was han somely decorated. The evening's en- tertainment consisted largely of in- strumental muslc, there betng violin and plano solos and several concert selectiong by Lyman's orchestra, A one aet farce comedy by five young ladles A Blind Attachment, was well received, Mrs, Willard.B. Clark has a black metted scarf, s present from her gramdson, Dr. Herman Little, who has recently returned from China. Mr, and Mrs. Winniken of South Manchester are visitidg relatives in this place. Leaves for Grand Rapids. Misg Adeline Fhatcher, who has been spending two weels with her uncle, Justin [sham, retursed ta Grand Rap- ids, Mich. Wednesday. and Mrs, Hibbard of Deiroit, Mick,, are spending a few dayy with Mrs, Bmily Cobb, Mr. and Mrs. (. L. Backus ‘of New Londbn visited their home in Andever and attended the picnic at Columbia lake, spending Wednesday night at Hill' Top farm. Mr. and Mrs. J, A, Isbam returped with them in .their car to New Loudon Thursday morn- ing. . E, . Backus apé &‘mfii of Fhomp- son’visited heir fathers home im An- B Sert atrest: socuiaing ema aity in West street, returning earl in the week. = were with | Sp Feature 3 REELS bt derful Picture ever produced. L BY Comedy Drama 2 REEL—BRONCHO DAVIS! “QUO VADIS” The story of the persecution of the Christian- Martyrs. A War Time Mother’s Sacrifice HEATR BROADY Special Futm 4 3 REELS | The most won-~ COHAN: UTIN k Keystone Laugh Producer HEADLINER—2 REEL Matinee Every Day 5 Cents (2000 Ft.) “A SHORT-STOP'S DOUBLE, “AT MIDNIGHT,” “WHILE THE COUNT GOES BREED “THE SECRET FORMULA” FEATURING A GENUINE FOX HUNT A Cool Place In Hot Weather (2000 Ft.) " Screaming Base-ball Story “A KNIFE OF FIRE,” Steel-Welding by Acstylene Exceptionally Funny Comedy BATHING,” Biograph Comedy “PA SAYS,” Biograph California Comedy S50 G CAN STEADY WORK while you learn. 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DAILY SERVICE Until Sept. 2, to AM AM Bilock Island .. *2.15 %A3.15, Waich Hill 345 440 New London 5.05 6.00 Norwich . 700 730 P.M. P.M ** Sundays only. lBlOCk Island R:‘:L?RN Adults, 25¢; Children, 40c. apply at office, C. J. ISBISTER, Norwich, Agent. Excursion Boats TANTIC and SHETUCKET ‘Between Nerwich and New London. A boat leaves either city $ and N 3 .m, L 3.and 5 p. m. daily. Fares— 15 cents ome way; 25 cents round trip. Norwich Pler, Franklin Square; New Londen Pier, foot State St. Thames Navigation Co., Norwich, Conn, The Vaughn Foundry Co. Noa. 11 to 25 Ferry St. MILL, CASTINGS a Specialty. ©Orders Raceive Promot Attention SQUTH WILLINGTGON it John Meriarty, 19, Dies fram tnjuries— of Threwn frem Rear Car Train, oat | Phe fumeral of John Meviarty, 18, was held from the home of his parents | in this vilage last Sunday, burial be- | NiR St, Bdward's cemetery, Statford, DecYased was thrown frem the rear car of the baat train when a little way out from Stafford Springs station an his way home last Thursday might and | wag so badly imjured that he died in SUMMER T0YS Steam, Mechanical and Sail Boats, Sand Toys, Pails and Shovels, Wag- ons, Celtu.-.— Dolls and Toys, Baskets, Parasols, Fans, Pennants, Kites, Paper Napkins, Lunch Sets, Ete. MRS. EDWIN FAY Franklin Square AGRICULTURAL LEME. Wo have Jush Drd % ARl late. our storehouse and Can SUPPLY your de- mands for this sure crop producer. i.e eXperts of the country Say e ground hx‘\‘a‘ieim:.u‘".“:u ln&)n the burnt Lime, al -4t We Ve, o e ek " i febl¥d g o llam F, of Hartford and Thomas, Jr., ot this village, and a siter, Mary., who lives at home, S Rebert Pobuda was home from Hart- ford Sunday, Misses Kthel and Annie Sugden of Pivisfield, Muss, ave guests of Mr. and Mrs, Walter Mala, My, - EHaltie Stroud of Martford is the guest of Mr, und Mrs, Adfer Pet- ter, 2 A Serious Drawback. The most serious drawback to the conceited man it that there always are the Stafford hospilal the naxt maemn- | ing. He leaves besi his parents, Mr, apd Mrs. Thomas Masiarty, three brothers, Arthur of Waoreester, Wil~ skeptics who wamt bim to. prove that he 5 as great as-he thinks Re im—