Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 23, 1915, Page 12

NORWICH BULLETIN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1315 E for Tho Bulletin. | selves, many of us, guilty as charged e livping | And it will not lessen our cu v " L';‘“"‘ Das Sent T° ne wan |to retort that “Yow're anothe‘ul-l'el . ot s by Other men’s fallures w never Street Journal about ‘Farm Incomes’ | cave us. ‘We've got o work.out our e e tment of agrl-|own salvation. I is perfectly clear 3 e et (aeome. ot | that more head-work would help some e me Oflof us. It is perfectly clear that study "', “-rf“f’,’: o ia -;m.i,, e afore | of soils would help others. It is per- iess than Shm a To = man on Wall street, whers all ifs js centered about the idea of money, and where one’s value is ssed by his wealth alf o feed the country thelr methods of farming if they should keep accounts enough to tell them what crops were produced or what stock kept at a loss. All these things have been said, over -and over again, for lo, these many vears: said mot only by out- siders who den’t know a farm from a country estate” but elso by practi- cal farmers who can tell at eight the pitiful return fOr| gifference between a hay-fork and a ion hours It i8| ;;5ure_fork. this ineome| "irineoripnately”, goes on the W S Seen work of one man| gireet mentor, society cam’t cut at the whole family the heads of farmers who don't ‘Lhese things. “But it can teach the Having thus shown his sympathy | farmers, and the farmers' boys, that d dieiress over the sad condition | there is wealth in the =oil for him rmer, the Wall street writer! who knows how to extract it.” al fashion proceeds, our ds, he ui urban to tell must , it t regard farming much as any counting 3 th because he the does for wmking money T nd expensive boarder vou should tell with that to work im, he w what bacteria < 1e doe ma better wages n reported, he ‘1 make good farm laborer, but he is not a farmer, even though I the soil"; d because the man does not rm with his head mi as well e his head o as it e prohi- bition ures on earth wh corrupt, the command to n on his own thi algo on the things o e “Whatsoever ye € 1d do to you do ve so to them’- bitions and command. d rules > as old but q to be fave ced by the perfectly fair, in re Wail street writer’ pon farmers to bid the beam out of his own critic the mote in his But we don’t do that. We Uneeda Bisculit Nourishment—fine fla- vor—purity—crispness —wholesomeness. All for 3 cents, in the moisture-proofpackage. GRraHAM CRACKERS A food for every day. Crisp, delicious and strengthening. Fresh baked and fresh de- livered. 10 cents. A delightful new bis- cuit, with a rich and delicious cocoanut fla- vor. Crisp and alwaye fresh. 30 cents. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Alwaoys look for that Name Ah, yes! There we come back to the fair-sounding specious talkee- talkee of the railroad presidents and the bank presidents and the depart- ment-store managers Wwho assume that the trouble with farming is that farmers soil. don’t get enough out “Produce more,” is their con- cry; “produce more stuff and all get rich.” will we of the year not long ago my small orchard produced abofit ten barrels of marketable fruit, for which I got $2.50 a barrel at my door, $25 in all, at a cost for picking of about $2.50. This past season the same small or- chard, thanks to spraying and tillage and mulching and_fertilization and a good n, produced about thirty barrels of marketable apples. I sold twelve barrels for a dollar a barrel; twelve more for $10.50, $22.50 in_ all for picking alone was about . As you'll note, that first year I got for ten barrels, over and above the cost of picking, $22. This past having “extracted from the just three times as many apples 1 got for them, over and above the cost of picking, $15. is that Wall street's idea of the method to attain agricultural perity and wealth? Wall street’s prompt answer un- doubtedly would be that it isn't fair to cite such an instance as argument, because this was a year of plethoric apple vield and “the market was off”. v, dearest. ‘market” determined the far- inccme, then, and not_ the of goods he produced. That's just the thing we farmers are up market. And we have as much to say in regard to rices of that market as the man e moon has to say about the “The remedy”. street adviser, e and mak for food.” course it n't. But why is in an address to farme: - good friends of the c ver learn that the farmer has pra tically nothing whatever to do | the price the consumer pays food? again says our Wall “is not to put up the the consumer y in- £ We hear a areat deal “average producer” and the verage consume There an’t no sech crit- t They're like parallels of lati- tuGe and degrees of longitude, imag- inary things. But let’s take a case »f one reai farmer and some of hi products. This farmer has a small place, from which he sells some milk and some potatoes and some vegetables and some fruit, etc. Last year he sold ts of milk. to the city 10,000 The consumers paid $800 for it. The farmer got $312. He sold 300 bushels of potatoes. The consumers paid,—I take my fig- ures from yesterday's advertisement of T ' York department bar- gain store, 0 for them. . The far- mer got 512 He sold 100 barrels of apples. The consumers paid for them,—advertised prices again,—3325 for ninety barrels f Greenings and Baldwins, and about $100 more for ten barrels of Spitzenbergs—“ONLY 26 cents a dozen $425 in all. The farmer got_$90 for them. Tie soid 500. bushels of onioms. consumers paid,—advertised more,—$2.11 a bushel for 5-qt. baskets, $1,055 in ail The price them The in farmer got $285. He also sold a few carrols and parsnips and ruta bagas, another 100 bushels, all told, for which he got an average 50 cents a bushel, $50 in all. The consumer, according to the ad- | vertising prices, was charged at the rate of $2 a bushel for them, or $200 for the lot. sales. It appears from the above that the consumer paid $2,780 for the produce which this farmer raicea and sent to market, it appears that the farmer Nimself got $872Z. Where the other $1,998 went is, asking pardon from the Wall street gentleman for presuming to differ with him, a matier of very much more importance to both farmer and consumer than any_increase of pro- duction up here in Podunk Follow or over on Hardscrabble Heights. Does any reasonable man pretend that the farmer who took 57 cents a bushel tor his onions, because he couldn’t get any more from “the mar- ket”, is in any degree to blane for the fact that the consumer had to pay at the rate of $2.11 a bushel for those _same onions, in pack lots at a New York city store? Would that farmer have got any more per bushel if he had raised & thousand bushels instead of five hun- dred? Would the consumer have been mulcted any less? The farm value of this particular farm produce was 3872, It took 31.908 to get that $372 dollars worth of truck to ‘the eaters thereof. S Theére is a condition . of things which really merits the consideration of Wall street intellects. The mere statement of it is an in- dictment and conviction of the sys- tem under which it 3¢ possidle,—con- about the | We wen't go any further with his i viction of inefficiency, of rapacity,:of extortion, of pillage. No, - gentleme the reason why even the good farmer hasn’'t In this twentieth Century an average income equal to the average wage of a coal miner, is not because he doesn't raise enough stuff, but because he gets on an average only 35 cents of any doi- lar which the consumer pays for it! When the gentlemen who control our finances and influence our mar- kets and shape our business generai- ly wake up to this one little fact and devise a remedy for it, they will be doing something worth while and something exactly in the line of their opportunities and their abilities For them to volunteer advice about practical farm operations is about as seemly as it would be for a delega- tion of hayseeds to undertake coun- seling them in the handling of dis- counts. Either thing is calculated to make the judicious zrieve. The fafmer does not and cannot influence by any appreciable per- centage the amount the consumer is charged. That is something for the cornsumer himself to settle with the countless. purvevors who stand be- tween him and his dinner and de- mand their numerous and greedy rake-offs, before he gets it. It is possible that he might save some littie from. the pitiful residue h trickles back to him by more intensive cultivation of less acres, thereby reducing taxes and .other costs by a trifle. But.that is a small matter, at the most, and one solely for the severely practical and strict- technical consideration of the in- dividual farmer. It is not one on which any non-farmer is competent to advise or even to form an opinion Be- cause he doesn’t know the primary facts to base an opinlon on, and can’t know them except as he is taught them by farm experience. What we farmers want is not ad-| vice from bystanders how to grow stuff, but a fair show and a square deal in getting our just share of the money which the consumer pays for the stuff we already raise. At present we are not getting it. And that's the exact reason why our average incomes are so small _ When we can get, as pay for rais- ing our crops, within a fair margin of what consumers pay for those crops, we’ll attend to the .matter of Shows 2.30, 7. 8.45 Mat., 10c. Eve., 10c and “de - ‘The Almedora Musical Com .. XN C). 12—PEOPLE—12 A Pleasing Offering of Genuine Entertamment Pretty Girls—Dazzling Costumes—Tinkling Melodies A SOLID HOUR OF FUN KING BAGGOTT 5o-rioum. Play of Unusual Merit Ail Next Week--AUDlTORIUM-- TODAY 3 FINE VAUDEVILLE NUMBERS and EXCELLENT PHOTOPLAYS Special Two-Reel Feature Mon. and Tues 3 READ THE EXPLOITS OF ELAINE IN TOMORROW'S BOSTON AMERICAN HEAT RE URTS JTJANTY) Jan. 25th TOVEY- BROADWAY CHURCH|f 100:Y TNV TTTa raising more and bigger crops, our- selves, thank you! THE FARMER. . EW LONCON AND ITS SIDEWALK. It Has Fine Ones and It Has Some of the Worst—Talk of New London has become noted for its many miles of granolithic side- walks and they are a just cause for pride among some of the residents and are praised by the many visitors who walk ovi them. But these same people do not know that there 3§ thig same. city of fine sid of the worst to he anywhera, found in and streets wher. is considerabic traffic at that. Take for instance Darr: and Orchard where there are apologies for ks and no sidewalks .at all, and right in the thic ettled resi- dential section of the c All_who reside in that section west of Mon- tauk avenue in going to and from the trolley cars must pass through one or the other of these streets, and al- most at every step there is a silent prayer, or something not so good, for the city government ge.erauy lor al- lowing the present almost unbear- able conditions to exist. At no time sidew reason ars the aileged pedestrians by h tinuous defects and wonder i that injuries -have not resulted thai would call for the payment of claims against the city. It is about time that the city to con- the tle attention to Darrow and Orchard streets, cr close them to public traf- a safety precaution to the ry of the <ity, if for no other reason, as public safety and conven- lence does not seem wort of con- sideration. When the rain comes and softens the earthly walks it is simply a case of wading ankle-deep through the mud, and then the prayers, or the other taings, in.regard to the alder- men, are en more emphasis. condition was brought home to users of the streets during the rain- storm of the past two weeks when it was difficult to withdraw the feet from the mud and the. suction was of sufficient strength to remove the T of pedestrians. T} expected alo roads, as is grace. There are streets in sections of “'ew London, not as important as the two here name e the lation of f the matter of a improvements s an opportur wit the charge of the iocal writers for local newspapers who are There are merchants and ready ‘to advoeate patronizing home peaple . espec ially i » be pur- hased can be had at home at no increased p nd what is hased is hest in the ne. This seems to work all right except when it comes cv the purchase of fire_apparatus, is, to be made through agent. If the agent comes from some other city nothing is said, but just as sure as a local agent aitempts to make a sale, these same merchants and writers for newspapers, put up a big howl| and hint at graft and imposition, based entirely on the talk of preju- | diced individuals too cowardly to make to newspaper writers. Charles B. Brown has been fore- man of the Niagara Engine company| for about twenty years and is con- ceded to be among the most active men in the volunteer department and, of course, serving without pa Like other volunteer firemen, Mr. Brown neas for is engaged in some other b a Hvelihood. He has been for yvears @ dealer in fire department supplies and is also the local agent for the Americen-LaFrance _ Fire Fngline company, builders of standard mod- ern flre apparatue. One of these nes of the triple act tvpe been in service in New London two years and not a cent oxpended in repairs since the md,chine has been in commission wlthough that apparatus has _per- formed at least seven-tenths the firea service during that period. The machine has proven its efficiency and worthh and ite bullders see to it that 1t is always in excellent condition, by frequent inspection, and at no ex- pense to the city, thus making good all guarantee, and going away be- vyond the agreement at the time of sale. More than can be sald in re- gard to other fire apparatus from other buflders. Naturally, Mr. Brown, with person- al interest in the fire department, and knowing that ne better fire ap- paratus is made than that offered by the company he represents, is trying to sell to the city a modern motor- driven truck for the ¥. L. Allen Hook and Ladder company, with confldence that the apparatus is the. best in every detail in the market. He can sell the machine, to the city just as cheap as can any representative of the company, whether he come from the factory in_FElmira, or from the office in New York and Boston, and no cheaper. ?nce is the same to all pureh.sm this sale is com- pleted of course the salesman’s profit Zoes to Mr. Brown of New London, just ‘the ‘samé‘as it would-go to Mr. Smith of New York or Mr. Jones of Boston. - But because there {s pros- ects of fale by Mr. Brown of New ndon, ‘there is hint of graft on the part. of those who advocate patron- age of home people in 211 other lines the aldermen of the Fourth ward and | thers gave just a lit-| Further Addition to Fire Department Causes Unjust At- tack on Foreman Brown—Coasting in the Old Days— Bad Accident at Norwich. but if the sale were made by the oth- er city chaps there would not be a murmur. Then from the misguided critics of Mr. Brown, who are not tamiliar with the facts, and who do not seem to become famillarized, comes the wail that being an officer of the fire de- partment, an unpaid officer of a vol- unteer fire department, and clected repeatedly by the company member- ship has no right to engage in oth- er business, not even in the sale of fire apparatus and supplies aithough that is his line of business. It so happens that one of the five members of the fire committes is a brother-in law of Mr. Brown and this is used against Mr. Brown in connection with his business, influence being made that this fact indicates crooked deal- ing. As a matter of fact the supplies furnished by Mr. Brown to the city are of a higher grade thau ever be- fore and at a less cost, and h.s wor in repairs is a great saving to the city in the matter of expense whei all’ this class of work wes done outsiders. In the matter of the new hook and ladder truck Mr. Brown oilers the very best truck made, fully suaran- teed, and gives more and belter than wouid be furnished anyone else and at no increase in equipment by 1 | | | { crest an i the the reg > of the apparatus. The insinuations made asgainst Mr Brown are without foundation and by some who do not know the tru ter. of the man, or who m misrepresents the true u- All traneactions that Mr. n has had with the city are open nG it wili be found chat ce purchases made | ugh him were for the best inter- s of the city, and just a little bet- T than represented. The raiative of Mr. Brown is Al- derman Richard M. Brockett, as ho rable and upright a member as ev -d He t the villific refuse to deal with but ex- pends more of the ¥’s money in fact wastes the public money, by ing more for suppiies by purche sewhere. This knocking pe your home town for doing tegit the interest of When the old men of today were boys coasting, or sliding down was a great sport in th d time period, y covered und The wn old th spor aces the at ot the ir and mai te ade the asting “m Hil, ending with p at sled a good the col became of the treet, but in eet ason Town it was Division by a s finally abandoned £ and wa purposes, owi dangers and the impossi ng it exclusively for coast- reason of it being the mal to the adjoining tow and Haven. The time was when H”‘npih_nll street was the chief pk ce } r the sport in the city and S LR high slec carrying four persons being the pre- vailing racing rig. But as time went on the high sleds gave way to the double-ripper for racing purposes and there were series of races so long 3 vasting was good. Vehicul traffic by common consent was re- moved from Hepmstead street during to the cidental n | the coast season and the men and boys saw to it that the street w kept in tip-top order for. coasting. The course was from Broad street, down around the sharp curve at the f‘on( of Manwarring hill then down by he old tannery across-Truman street \Hth the finish for the fastest sleds at Canal street. It was then a trudge back through Jay and Franklin streets to the starting point. The sport became so popular that a rivalry sprung up between Norwic and New London as to which. had the fastest sleds and mat were es made, with the races aiternating at Norwich and New London. calls an Incident that put an end to, This re- | Direct From His All Season’s Run in anton HODGE (“The ‘Man From Home”) 3 ENGLISH GIRLS Novel Acrobatic Dancing HAMMOND and FORRESTER In a Melange of Humer SADIE FONDELEIR Annual Meeting. AT THE CHURCH PARLORS Thursday, January 28th, AT 6.30 P, M. All members of church and congre- gation invited. B. P, BISHOP, H. G. PECK, I I DAWLEY, Novelty Wire and Juggling Act || IN THE COMEDY OF CHEER- Trustees: FULNESS experienced in the ways of life. Be- Feature Photo-plays Tlle Road To Happllfiss fore leaving Norwich he suggested to the party that they take out some ac- A QUESTION OF COURAGE Two-Reel Majestic War Drama Pike Another Daniel Veorhees in dent insurance, which they aid. His New Role of Jim Whitman The day after the injury the agent THE ALARM OF ANGELON for the insurance committes’ xisited American Drama Prices 25¢, 35¢, 50c, 75¢, $1.00, $1.50 them an formed them that the in- surance was not taken out in proper KEYSTONE - COMEDY: SEATS NOW SELLING form, that the policies were of no value and offered to refund the money paid as premium, His offer was ac- cepted by except Mr. Cov-and :in consequence he was the only one of Colonial Theatre the party that rec_el\'ed the insurance benet. 5 Js now g;‘:;“;fi gfii BGi e o= and T Moo Apoee e palive Westerly, After leaving New || 2000 Feet—*‘Riddle of the Green Umbrella”—2000 Feet London he epent many years in Chi-| “His Chorus-Girl Wife” “Daddy of Them All,” “Fates and Ryans” cago and retired from aective busi-| ness several years aj Mon. and Tues—Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in “Threads of Destiny”—5 Reels Frederic S, Newcomb, encaged in the dry goods b formorly ess with his father, the late e comb, retired many years ago and is now among the substantial :l S e OI ]‘ : r : ns of the Frank W. Dow stant postmaster at New Lon- the last the writer knew of 1" £ 8 T Rkt SLATER HELL, FR'DAY, JANUARY 2802 of Providence. Stiles.was a clerk in the Northern railroad office with Mr. Dow, who was then a telegraph op- GCR!CE nn erator. Whether he is. stiil amcng the llving nobody in New ILondon| pggociate Members secure ti e ~‘c and before saie begins Stive: ‘Stramger in. the ieity. The Membership Cards now at Davis' Boo .stors. Adams boy died several years ago, and Andrew Wagner died within a month. Mr. Newcomb was injured In WN H B nuary 26, 191 = the mose qulte severely It the. aceis TOWN HALL, Tuesday, Januery 26. 1915, 8 P. M. Tont says that:the ncee | % £ i 1 O2AL Mr. - Neweo Y - £ A RV 14 .\,:n‘.bCH urzeon and Wwit “The as a Factor in Civilization.” ADVMISSICN FREE Subject: Yoman Movement NORWICH EQUAL FRANCHISE LE GU accident was _the| at the time ana for afier and had 2 guiet- double-ripper racing, revived to any ex- veral ing effet which was tent in New years on The late Morris W. Bacon, a rec-| ) ognized 'eader in sports, was very |¥ ) o 5w for today much interested in coasting and nad | & 3y VEULELS . : § he lead in making racing matches & ani oun oy an? in m £ the snort popular. | s i When the high racirg sleds were the Everyboly loves Violcts. rea. n for him by That sled New Tondon, purehasing it Last Saturday we were scld out at 3 o’clock and many customers were disappointed. at | ower A the - contents of (h%"g Were Sal0 S ios, to (it Today we will have iwice a; many and the same low make way for the pres v building. The sled is! e in the hest of condition, fust a| prices prevail. dilapidated, but could be put e as ever and at 25c 50_ a:. d 91 00 per bunch Dark Colored and Fragrant The Best of the GUTIERREZ STILL CLAIMS PRESIDENCY OF MEXICO. Entire Season His Action Brinos Anether Factor Inte Mexican Tangle. PHONE 1184 S=3Windv 140 MAIN STREET _ Washington, Jan. 21.—Gener Telephone and We Will Save Yours | BURIAL OF DEAD ON NACO BATTLEFIED IMPRISONED FOR FAlLING TO REGISTERi With the Police —Has American Passport. AMERICAN d from Pachuca and reported tate department today Gutierre r.xmt that he i gally Aberdeen. Scct'and| Undertaken by American Citizens as & Health Measure. rial bat be will re as a heai undred bodi: Ame in o nas an Washingtorn Augus was “offered to ill was in the capl(a; > the police court here to- | have been found s: d beteewn t n ond others would | day two menths imprisonment for| trenches forme t to eliminate i « lice. | forces attacki es both of ! ed on Janu he had travel of the norti tricted area, egistered with the andage | b olice Eay, on the AMexican na- B juired by the regula- e s T i} teries ¢rsl thousand well-armed | ti 4 he 8 born Inj teries oerek according to consular at he is a resident of|night for Fort Sil Gutierrez Coca by Choice. Remember ninfilenced choice of the : ; Idier sometimes runs in the| s 7 : Y se the “"‘*‘;i“% authority | airection of teetotal drinks, as has It is wise to get rid quickly of of government: General Carranza at|peen dlscnvered by & non-teetotal oz iges- Vera Cr: first chief of the com- | friom ailments of the organs of diges friend of mine near & camp who has; placed his bathroom and beer-cellar at ionalis claime executive de- of Guadaluep; tion—of headache, languor, the dlsposal "; dfi'f' private f';°n pression of spirits—the troubles they have bathed in hot water with| P e n great biz cakes of cau-de-| foF Which the best corrective is he couvention In session | Tologne ‘woap are. suppiied there is an ! m the ground that the departure | sdjournment to the siudy, where the SuterTe R e ionero men are confronted by beer bottles, nation of his office, and Generals Snd ni st eqning s icocon " ! and Zapata, according vices, are still working supporiing the convention. your choice. lads,” host, and over fi take cocoa.—T ondor PILL them “hronicle. From the Consular Reports. tch ‘West Indies is experimenting these inter-city coasting maiches, | 52 o rowing, | e e Come next Tuesday, it will be just|_ ol "““,’;‘5,. short Aofm‘r‘;;‘flow = & - thirty-eight years ago that a seriot it o Gt e poma mishap - occuirred, in ‘which _several | Stipbuilders in Scotland are in re- were injured and there has been no|°*Ht °fi e.“"f'a‘i’x;“"‘_"liofirg °’d°’;~°m Tmore Sled racing of consequence, | | Canadae dain products are i Norwich sledding party had vi o= ited New London and a return match \;‘u arranged to take-place or; ;‘on ill, in Preston. on_the nisht of Jan- BTy L UL The N iNGTonaon; pexly) EVERY ONE FULLY WARRANTED was made up of John Coy, FYederic S. Newcomb, Frank W. Dow, Federic L. Allen, Jr., Andrew Wagner, George Stiles and a young boy named James Adams. Their sied was big double- ripper that had made fast record on Hempstead atreet, heving beaten the Norwich sled, and the New Londoners had high hopes of winning on the Fox hill speedway. The start was made and the New London sled took the lead, but had. coasted about one- third of the distance, when in order to prevent _collision the sied was veered off the course and crashed in- to a lamp-; t with great force. All of the sled crew were injured but those most seriously hurt were Frank Dow whose legs were fractured. John Coy received injury In the groin and it was feared he would not re- cover, and the Adams boy had his legs and hip broken and was crippled for life. Mr. Coy was then steward at the Crocker. house and was considerably older ‘than any of the rest and more pains in the eysball, heaviness: d the lids, soveness, yellow tinge to white of eyes, all originate in Hver oz stomach disorder. 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