Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 1, 1914, Page 12

Last summer an American commis sion spent some months travelling over Europe to study agricultural conditions, and eee what suggestions they could get which might be of service to American farmers. One of b '::an“:e‘:;ideieas at New York declared that what impressed him most was the extent to which European farmers had “learned team play”. When a pair of horses harnessed to- gether are pulling, .the one north by east and the other sou'sou'west, the average farmer would call 'em a pretty dum poor team. When a base-ball nine or a foot-ball eleven play, each one aolely for his own glory and according to his own whims, they never bring home any pennants. But when a pair of horses settle their two necks into their collars and dlghlheir loea- ofl;l;s into the ground and heave aw: - gether, “de by side,—then the load has ot to start or the harness to break. en the base-ballers and foot-ballers play, not each oh his' own ‘hook but each in combination with the others, all the members acting together not simply for what each one happens to think at the moment but for what the coach sees will be to the advantage of the club all around, then they've at least a fighting chance. It's “team- play” which makes winners, whether in sports or in other things. it has long been notorious that the farmers abroad were vears ahead of us in their shrewd acceptance of this law of the game. They began working along that line fifty years ago. They have grown into an acceptance of it which is new almost universal in all the European countries where farm- ing is carried on to any extent. It is no wonder that a summer’'s observi- tion of them, working together in this way, should have strongly impressed an American farmer, accustomed to the excessively stand-off-ish customs of his fellows. But it isn’t the farmers alone, nor the farmers chiefly, who need to be lectured on “team play”, right here and now. It's the farmers' customers, the consumers of farm products, who quite as much need to be awakened up to their opportunities and their du- tles. “Team play” among the farmers would be a magnificently fine way for them to improve their prospects and better their conditions. But “team play” between organized farmers and organized consumers would be a su- premely fine thing for the whole coun- try,—for everybody connected with the big game in whatever capacity. And the greatest good of the great- est number is always more important than any good to a smaller number. Several months agq the Pacific railway, dissatisfled with the rather dubious quality of the eggs it was gettisg for its dining-car service, . began buying direct from the farmers along its route. It wanted good ezgs and it was willing to pay good prices if it could be assured of getting them. it sent a man_ out to intervisw farmers along the line and see what eould be done. He found the farmers not only willing to listen to him bat eager to join hands'in a play that would be for the advantage of the whole team, the railway, the dining Ppubiic, and themselves. There was no attempt on either side “hog” all the advantage. It was omptly agreed that it was a case of ve and take wherein each was to take some extra trouble or pay some extra money for the certainty of a eommon gain. After general discus- slon the road agreed to pay a consid- erably bigger price for the fresh eggs it was to be furnished than the farm- ers could get anywhere else—That's where the farmers”advantage came in. —Then the farmers agreed to follow a certain set of rules. Here they are. 1. Eggs must.be gathered daii preferably before 3 o'clock in the afte~- ”‘?n. place. 3. Eggs must be clean without hav, ing been washed. neste.) 4. Eggs must be infertile. (That means the killing of all roosters,) 5. Eggs must be protected from ex- tremes of heat and cold. . Eggs must be delivered at least twice a week in summer and once a week in winter. 1o Eggs must be kept in a dry, cool (That means clean The railway leded each farmer for fifteen cents a rubber stamp bearing | ence about the details of the schemes “Fraternity Eggs—ABC” the | adopted. so long as they fit the con- “ABC” standing for the farmers’ in- | ditions they have to meet, and so long Each carton had to be sealed on | as they are underiain and shot the label itials. the farm and stamped with this label. It must be, delivered with seal un- broken. able to trace the bad egg | TO FARMERS HOW UNITY OF ACTION LIFTS PRICES (Written Specially for The Bulletin) | carton. That was where the railw | s of the commission, in a | obtained By this means the dining-car | lonesome. service was made absolutely certain of base-ball, each one playing solely on getting extra quality eggs, or of being ' his own hook. straight together as a team, each one_as back to the man who slipped it in his tent upon helping the other &ight as ‘common victory—such a team is worth y"while. got its advantage out of the team pla At the same time the hungry traveller, calling for his morning eggs and ba- con as his train speeded across {he; prairies, was sure to get just as good and fresh a service as he could have from his own hennery at home. That's whefe his share of tne advantage came in. Well, the plan worked so well that there soon began to be an oversupply of eggs of first quality. Farmers found it so profitable to take the extra trou- ble for the extra price, that more wanted to supply the railway people. Thereupon the farm adviser in Johnson county, M., seized his oppor tunity. He buzzed around among the retail grocers and stirred them up a little. Then he took to the farms and talked to the fafmers who wanted to sell extra eggs to the railway but couldn’t because the railway already had all it could use. The result was a new developement of the team play idea. You see,. the grocers didn’t :want to handle poor eggs any more than others wanted to have them. They'd rather have banz- up good ones and pay a little more. But they had to take such as were offered and _there were so many bad ones among their supply that they couldnt afford to pay full prices. It's perfectly evident that. if a grocer has to take all sorts of gathered eggs, which average a dozen bad. ones out of every ten dogen he buys, he can't af- ford to pay as much ‘as if he had| guarantee beforehand that every egg was sweet and fresh. The grocers jumped at the chance to get as good | €ggs as the railway was getting, at the same price. N So Farm Advisor Long cribbed the railway’s rules right off his own pla-| cards, had a rubber stamp made bear- ing the label “Farm Bureau Eggs,— ABC”, which was leased for fifteen cents to each farmer who would agree | to abide by the rules, and all the farmer had to do was to follow _the rules, seal the cartons and stamp them and deliver them right to his' own grocer, just as he used to, for three cents a dozen above the ruling market price for common gathered eggs. Or, if he preferred, he might ship the ©B&s in the cartons by parcels post to any individual customer who wanted to make a special arrangment witn him. When this is done the customer sends his order with pavment accom- panying, so that the farmer stands risk of loss from bad debts. In time, it is proposed to allow re- sponsible customers to have monthly accounts, and already the idea is ex- tending to take in dressed poultry, .vegetables in hampers, butter - and ther farm products. As. a result of th mple adoption of team-play, first by a railway com- pany and then by the grocers and con- sumers and farmers, it has become possible for anvbody in that Missourt county or anybody travelling across it to get A No. One fresh eggs at a price no greater than he had hitherto been compelled to pay for chance-y things which might be sweet and might smell to keaven. It has also become possi- ble for everv farmer who will take the trouble to market good eggs to get about twenty-five per cent advance on the prices heretofore received.. The saving, all 'round, is due just fo tne elimination of the bad egg and the fear of the bad egg. Down in Washington, D. C., the post- master has developed another phase of this team: play. He has published a list of the farmers and truckers living within practical distance of the city, with a table of what products he is able to supply opposite the name of| each. The tables, made up for the| latitude of Maryland and Virginia, in- | clude such things as oysters and clams, | home-made bread and candy, lemon- peel, roses and rose-bags, Old Virginia corn-meal, eggs, home-made jams and jellies and preserves, nuts, even un- fermented grape-juice, vegetables of all sorts. The idea is to encourage seller and buver to get topether: in- cidentally to make more business for the Parcels post. the plan being due to a suggestion of Postmaster General| Burleson, who wanted to develop that branch of his service to its fullest legitimate extent. Other cities are, here and there, fol- lowing the Washington plan, w modifications suitable to different calities. h lo- It really doesn’t make much differ- hrough | One his good with the idea of “team pia man can't play basesball all by Nine men can’ play But nine men playing m- Seolect Ageins ‘ ; Against ? Substitutes ... Imitations GettheWell-Kn lu:d l’ueh:;m water, HORLICK'S MALTED MILK Made in the largest, best We do not make “milk products=- Skim Milk, Condensed Milk, etc. _ But the HORLICK’S MALTED MILK Made from and the extract reduced to powder form, soluble in sanitary Malted in the world Original-Genuine pure, full-cream milk of select malted grain, ink for all ages. S ASK FOR HORLICK'S qumm. The New London Business Men’s Associatior Ex- |BRANDEGEE AND MAHAN AS CANDIDATES himself, and together with the upon doing great things whole nine working m alm and 'ln'?):la‘ spirit for $10 for the same pro- $1.10 apiece, instead ot just $1. . And the farmer who'd rather have $1 than $1.10 had better go into some Looked st solely “from the view point of personal advant. team play | is the thing. The nine :‘afl. playing tontho;lu a l-mit‘l:‘- the game, ets a bigger.part of the gate :hu\ the losers. Each member of it gets his share of the advantage. HOPING TO GET STATE CONVENTION FARMBR. awsan: tend An Invitation New London Republican—How They Get a MKE Ma- jority in the Council—Changes to Take Place in Candi- dates—The Best Salaried Office Open for Political Com- Ny T SRR e — vitation may not be been candidates before the people lo ac?;;?g;ggvth:hins%:eo central com- |cal party lines have been decidedly mittee it [was a masterly political | elastic, and, so it I eaid, Brandegee stroke of some skilled politician to in- | voted for Mahan and Mahan voted for veigle the New London Business Men's | Brandegee. But with both men cand- association to Invite the democratic |idates for the same office on their party party to hold the state convention in | tickets the line might be tightly drawn, New London next September. The| with chances favorable to Brandegee, local association is supposed to be a|as New London is conceded to/be re- non-partisan body and undoubtedly it | publican by a large majority. is and the invitation is merely ia-| Still it is the unekpected that some- tended as a boom to the city, simply | times happens in politics and Mahan that and nothing more. It is, however, | may gather in the great many repub- a timely action, for just about now the | lican votes that have so often elected convention if held in New London|him to the highest office within the would be to the advantage of Con- | gift of the people who know him best. gressman Bryan F. Mahan, who is an | Under the circumstances the action of open candidate for the nomination of | the New London Business Men's asso- United States senator. The friendly | ciation in mixing into the political feeling in his home town would per- | &ame does not meet with general favor, meate the convention and he would | especially by the purely republicaa probably be nominated without sesi- | members who have no favorites to play ous opposition. It maybe that the|and are for party first, last and ail promoters of the scheme of the New | the time. London Business Men's _association might have had that little fact in mind for the convention would® not onlv boom the city of New London but the mayor thereof as well. But what of United States Senator Frank B. Brandegee, who is to be the candidate to succeed himself? Does the New London Business Men’s-asso- ation desire to do anything that would in any way injure his chances of success? Does the association want to take a decided and open stand in favor of Mr. Mahan as against his equally distinguished fellow townsman in the fight that is to come for the United States senatorship?’ Naturally if the aSsociation invites the conven- tion and there is acceptance the mem- bers of’ the association to be con- sistent must be agreeable to the action of that convention, as steps have been taken bevond the lines even of neu- trality. Heretofore when Bryan F. Mahan or Frank B. Brandegee have There are men in New London, now posing as republican leaders who were real leaders in the democratic party in the days that have gone, but not for- gotten; men who have served on the democratic town committee and really played the party game to the limit. After years of service, in active party politics, these gentlemen discovered the error of their political party and switched off into the party of the peo- ple—the grand old party, and in so doing receive the reward that was due them in the democratic party, but which was not forthcoming. These converts have been elected as repub- licans to city and state offices and now one of them is being groomed to suc- ceed Congressman Bryan F. Mahaa. All of which demonstrates that the re- publican party is ever on the alert to select the best candidate possible for offices_regardless of past party affil tion, vided they are thorough re= publi at the time of nomination and have proved their fealty to repub- lican political principles. In this conmnection, it respectfuly suKFes(ed that the convention of the repiblican party to nominate a cand- idate for congress be invited to New London by the New London Business Men’s association, -and that the asso- ciation go a step farther and ask that Washington County, R. 1. USQUEPAUGH Show at Grange Hall Followed by|a New Londoner be nominated. If the o Baiel association intends to get into the po- = ades litical game the cards should be play- Mrs. Anna Wells and daughter(ed to the full limit and every play Emma, visited a few days this week | made to win. at Charlestown ‘Beach, as guest of Mary W. Peckham. Amos H. Kenyon and Walter .Tay- lor, who went camping at Barber's Pond, found mosquitos too thick, and Although New London is republican y perhaps three hundred or more the present court of common council is democratic by seven. This is account- fish too scarce, so after two days)ed for by the vote in the ward e they quit. some giving large republican majori- John K. Lamond and family have jties while others are democratic by returned from camping and are at J. S. Lamonds. Miss Minnie Webster has returned home, after spending a few days with her father, J C. Webster. Miss Mertie Palmer has returned, after a week's visit with friends at Newport. Miss Reba Collins of New York is & her vacation, with her sister, H. Palmer. S. Lamond has returned home_after a visit with relatives in Providence and Arctic. ing their Uncle. ox and family of New London, Frank. Emily and Susle Wil- cox of Norwich and Mr. Tew of New York, visited their uncle, Dr Kenyon, Sundey afterncon. They made the trip by aute. A. W. Kenyon was a caller in Prov- idence Wednesday. % Dr Kenvon and famtiy %ttended the Wijoming clam bake Wednesday evening. Walter Taylor, of Newport, who has been " visiting Amos H. Kenyon, has returned_home. Miss I. A. Denham friends in Providence Amos 1. Kenyon is visiting a Paw- tucket friend The show in Grange hall, evening was welil gttended. show dancing was enjoyed. Pomona Grange is to meet Richmond Grange August 11 An auto party from here went to Quonochontaugh Monday. WEEKAPAUG Visitors to small margin. Therefore the general local conditions would not prevail was the vote taken in voting districts rather than wards and the electors voting for all the party candidates. At the coming election five aldermen and three selectmen will be elected and should these be all republicans complexion of the council politi will be changed, although such a res is hardly probable. The retiring alder- men are Alton T. Miner, democrat the first ward, Charles H. Thompson, republican, in’ second ward, William Harrigan, democrat, in third ward, Thomas Cleary, democrat, fourth ward, and Eugene T. Kirkland, republican, in the fifth ward. Of these Aldermen Harrigan and Kirkland have an- nounced that they will not-be candi- dates for re-election. Mr. Harrigan has had his first dip into politics and he has no desire to continue in the game. Mr. Kirkland has served sev- eral terms and his many friends, re- gardless of politics are urging him to accept renomination, and it is believed he will yield. Alton T. Miner, the alderman from the first, has been in politics ever since he has been in town. He never has declined political nomination and he probably never will until he lands some political office that « it a big fat salary < Charles H. Thompson has served a term #s alderman from the second ward and wants to serve some more, so as to be in line for some other polit- ical offite later on. He has the legis- lative bee in his panama. Thomas P. Cleary has also served one term in the cou as alderman from the fourth. He would accept re- nom‘nation, but has no aspiration for higher office. So from the present indications it appears that all the retiring aldermen will be renominated, except Mr. Har- rington, who is positive in his. declina- tion. The, three selectmen will he elected this year, the term being for two years while .that of an alderman is three years. The present selectmen are William White, James Woodworth, democrats, and Byron Fones, republi- can, and they would accept renomina- tion. The most important office to be balloted for at the next election, the city election, is that of clerk to the board of assessors. The most import- ant because it s the best-paying of- fice in the city, for the service rend- ered, that is given by the vote of the ple. The salary is $1500 a year and the office has been held since its cre- ation by Frederick C. Burrows, a thor- ough republican, one of the dyed-in- the wool stripe. He, of course, will be a candidate for re-election and expects to win. This office is balloted for by all the voters in the city without re- gard to wards and if Mr. Burrows ge the vote of his party he is sure to con- tinue in the office, for It is rare in- deed when the republicans of New London drop a republican office holder just for the sake of handing it out to some other republican. Should this rule prevail Mr. Burrows will have that sweet plum for many years tocome. However, the office s worth the seek- ing, and perhaps between now and caucus time some other republican may appear in the political arena, re< gardless of the men who run the ma- chine, and contest for the nomination with Mr. Burrows. Just as true as the sun do move thére are some men even in the re- publican party who are o d to per- petual oMoce-holding in' Naw 1ando and believe in a general distribution of the spoils among the victors, for there is no #ole victor in local politics. Those is visiting Saturday After the with Norwich—Musicale Fur- nishes Pleasure. Mrs. Keves, Miss Annie Keves, and Miss Jane Tuttle, \spent Wednesday with friends in Norwich, Mrs. George MacLeod visited friends at Narragansett Pler, Wednesday and Thursday. Miss Helen Anstic of Philadelphia, is a guest at the Macomber form. Enjoyable Musica A musicale was very much enjoyed Thursday evening at the Macomber farm, with music on the Victrola, songs by Mr. Marshall and piano se- lections by Mrs. Annie Keves. Leaves For Newfoundland. Mrs, L. C. Sanford left Monday to join her husband, who is spending the summer in Newfoundland. Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Ayres and two children have arrived from Pitts- burgh at their bungalow, where they will spend the remainder of the sum- mer. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Gladwin are en- tertaifing a friend from Oregon. HOPKINTON William S. Mellen, of Chicago, was at his summer home here over Sun- day Thiss saran A G wells is seriously fll at her home in this village. Mrs, A, Irene Mills is caring for her, Army worms are found in this vi- cinity, but no very serious damage is vet reported due to their presence, Charles M. Lamb took & party in his automobile to Rocky Polnt Sdtur- day. The family of Rev. E. P. Mathewson are making théir annual visit at War- renville, Conn. Four houses are in precéss of con- struction in Ashawa)y al presént with a prospect of more to follow. The hoard of assessors of taxes wifl begin their work for 1914 next week. LUCILLE LOVE ... ANIMATED WEEKLY The Berlin Trio v 3 ‘ | 1 ~ Musical 3--Girls--3 ULLIVAN & CL‘H’K‘ - HAPPY MoNALLY Singing and Tafking The Human Locomotive .i.The Girl of Mystery Yale-Harvard Boat Races FINE VAUDEVILLE AND PICTURES COMING MONDAY “SPECIAL SHOW TODAY PICTURES DE LUXE And Cuticura Ointment. They afford complete satis- COLONIAL. THE Two Reels—"THE GREATER TREASURE —Two Reels Featu “THE CONDUCTOR'S COURTSHIP” “BUNNY’S SCHEME”... . 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A Sensible Decisiol - heppard of the United States court for the northern district of Florida has handed down a decision that ought to be a substantial victo-y for federal arbitration in industrial dis- putes. The decision was on the pro- posal of a railroad to set aside the award of a federal arbitration board on a distinct technicality. The judge held that if principals in arbitration under the federal law took such ver- dicts to courts on technicalities the ef- fect would be to make the courts, and not the boards, the real agencies of arbitration. Taat would upset the purpose of the arbitration act. ! The decision is sound sense, as well as sound law. To use a term from the great national game, poker, for any party to an arbitration to “renig,” if the effects of the ruling do not go to suit them, is to make a mockery of not only arbitration, but reason itself. The two principles upon which arbitration or mediation stands are mutual con- ssion and justice and mutual con- nt to abide by the decision. Wipe out the latter provision, and we may as_well abandon arbitration. Refreshing to relate, this is the first decision under the federal act. That means that heretofore all principals in arbitration under that act have acted fairly up to their written and implied ) agreements. That fact, and the emi- nent equity of the decision of Judge Sheppard, hearten the hopes of those who would abolish the strike and the lockout and other dangerous and de- moralizing devices for djudicating industrial disturbances.—The Brooklyn Eagle. Judge W. B. Imperious Dame Fashion. The barons of business, those im- perial potentates, who make and col- lect for the styles of clothing woman must wear, have decreed that the sea- son shall begin with a ehort coat and end with a long one. If it were the other way around, of course, many women could save the price of a coat and yet meet the exacting demands of the fashions. They could buy the long coat, wear it until time to rut on the short one, and then simply cut it down to suit the length But you never catch the style kinzs asleep at the switch like that. There is always method in their madness, the kad of method that passes current at the banks s “Why dc he women submit to the imposition?” demands the virtuous Boston Transcript. Because they are women. No woman who essays to keep up with the styles would think of de- fying one. She might be ever so much of a free-spoken, self-assertive, strong- willed woman, but when it comes to the edicts of their one imperious sove- reisn, Dame Fashion—she meekly bows her head and passes under the rod—Omaha Bee. ” Recipe for.Long Youth. Old age can be cured. The prescrip- tion is a simple one: mix open air and a hobby, shake well, and take as many hours a day as possible. 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