Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 12, 1916, Page 12

it TO FARMERS ARM 7 'S TALK = But continuc Recently a the one set of The Bulletin., Strikes!!! one zets for y all in about a can industrial the European to_read ‘mestic affaigs. hot and hostile field as battle- ) | health of animals,—and then he must work harder and longer than his hired man for less than his hired man's wages! This is not a dyspeptic dream: it is not the ferment of a soured imagina- tion:—it is a simple statement of the cold, proven facts brought out by an the coal-miners: the|impartial investigation of the bus- e e e the | iness of over five hundred farmers in ‘ta and: now the|one of the best farming counties of ‘0f New York city are|agricultural New York. d a good many million . ; 00 uany M| Thero isn't a class of produstive s tot nt them in getting and , feed them, inconvenienced and workers whose intolerable fomenting remedy the stinted wages and ts and their short vedores and rail- higher usually than the eleven workers in the country who get such pitifully inadequate returns for labor and investment and risk as average eastern farmecrs. If the miners and the stevedores 2|and the railroad men were subjected to similar treatment they would speedily . find that the conditions against which they are now striking were a thousand-fold better than :hose under which a larger number of more important producers on eastern farms daily live and toil. The otber day some sociological au- thority in New York city put forth the impossible for to statement that a family of it was five, now-a-days, live ore wages Hon 8¢5 | even decently on less than $840 a vear. If that be so, how must the $377 a year farmers of Chemung county live? carsful investigation of —_— ¢ c 2 and twice h of J barns and TWENTY T CLERGY NEW YORK CONVENT|0N| SAND CATHOLIC N AND LAITY IN JBONS and FARLEY jat New visitors . York o 20 there will this - wives where_this e held larg- W Talk about your “rural credits bill”! How much good wiil it do to give a Chemung county farmer a chance to borrow money, if his farm brings him in only $277 a year, with which to sup- port his family, pay taxes and in ance,—and interest on his borrowing labor and a investment fair interest on in plant, etc. his own These particulac farmers are aver- aging, year in and out, about two cents income from their milk.—the me milk which is sold in the| s for from eight to twelve cents quart. is room for o arzument or after the mere statement fisures. The system which n cents to | to a city is a rotten d an outrageous em. What the railroads’ share in it big milk | of one thich ndling of a food ne four to my the focd itself. business als nationally, hold our gh respect. We are brag about are clined to we required, under avoid showing and cou severe | contempt to which first | 1 e pro- and then e consumer, usiness” a and highly en it’s d the rest to confess th e and turn over the pable m which overnment’ cda give best incompe- ob to more their system is a double the producer of and stea the value rime, robbing due f his rightful consumer 1t nted dole. Why do farmers stand it? they con: ment shmen etter against tions? Don't ask me T.ook und among vour own farm- ing neigk n up their meth- ods purposes and their ur own in the and answer for yourself. Why inize to slave for the enr] of others and_ their own impov- ? Why n't they ‘“stri workingmen, already having wages and shorter houre, do| much less intolerable condi- do h- bunch, st what can farmers do to get their “rights as against thelr ex- ploiters Again T say. don’t me. Look around your own neighbor- hood,—no two in the whole lar alike or g identical and answer for vourself. be the cure for Chemung County, Nev York, might be bad medicine for New London County, Conn One thing is sure free, themselves must cond ey tri would be he blow.” Another thing I, personally, regard as sure, and that is that there is al ways a way out of ar difficul you can find it. But you've got to find it for yourself, and not lie on your back and whimper for someone else to do it. Twenty years ago the eag-buyers of my country town comb. d to keep down the price of egzs. Finally they offered ten cents a dozen—"in trade too—for fresh eggs, and wouldn't pay a fraction more. The thing had beer get g on my nerves and worse for some time and, when that ulti- matum was served on me, I simply| got mad—hotl stubbornly and | wholesomely m I carried my bas- of eg: | ket fu right back to the esgg are you going to do with que: 4 the would-be b “Don’t Know and it woul none of your business if I did,” was my answer.' They're worth more than ten cents a dozen to throw at n door th nd sce 'em splash. 1 h~a sold those enty-five cents ever sold one In les: | same Just what | did and how I did it s, | would make too lo: story, here. | Nor would the telling be important. system might not v othe T was in the whom a p ke mod at anil hoe. queried responded he. the to git him that shot back the boy. “We're The way | got out of my hole may not be the way for anvone else to es- lcape from his differedt hole. Each our government | h time for Big Business | ) | colonial jthe Dunham | But there is a way out: there MUST | *|be. I suppose some of you hate the| | very word co-operation bitterly | LETTERS FROM Tolland County WILLINGTON Death of Miss Alice Maud Preston Ends a Life of Usefulness and Sweetnesa— More People Adopt Motoring. Do not complain, the hot weather is inevitable if the corn and other grains are to ripen. Mrs. Hutchins came to Rest cottage from New York Friday to visit her sisters, Misses Palmer and Dunning. Miss Marie Smidt of Colorado, a favorite suminer guest, is again with h?r friends the Reed and Tyler fam- ilies. For the next two Sundays the ses- sie(éne of the Bible school will be omit- ted. Rev. Mr, Parker is taking a needed vacation of two weeks at least. The pulpit will be supplied. It being un- advisable to take his family for a lon trip this exceptional sumer, he wi find a change in short motor excur- sions about the country side. Deacon F. E. Pratt with Mr. and Mrs. ‘Gaynor, spent the week-end at Quon- ochontaug. Miss Coleman is at Music Colony. on the beach. Mr. and Mrs. Benton and Mrs. Sleight called upon her there on Sunday. Miss Pauline Chalker passed week-end with Miss Alice Pratt. Dr. E. Dimock of Merrow, his mother, Mrs. Eugene Dimock, and her guest, Mrs. Julia Holmes Dillworth, a native and former resident, now of East Hartford, called at Maple Corner Sun- day afternoon, when out for a motor irip. Mrs. Dillworth recalled the fact that her grandfather, Araal Eldredge, once the owner anq proprietor of the stage tavern, and Mrs. Dimock, that her husband’s parents had lived there at _one time. Maj. Edward V. Preston and family are sumering, as usual, ‘at the Maple wood, Pittsfield, Mass. His sister, Mrs. Estelle Preston Chapin, is in Dalton. at a more quiet hostelry. ctreme heat of Sunda the Walker after- tendance at Bible school or church, were present were amply the singing of Miss Emily Treat Ellis, accompanist and by P: Parker's mental and spiri sion made by Mrs. Margaret who was one of the regular speake: t the Sunday school convention he at- tended recen: rthfield. but all wk repaid by r ng and| The average farmer would have| Parier is particularly napne In ¢t rk about the|small need to borrow money, anYWay, | reports—not from. notee. o thy if he could only get decent pay for hiSfgsense but beipg a eclose . listener he | gives manmner, matter and the impres- | sicn made. The Lord’s supper wa observed. Deacon W over Sunday in his new runabout all are glad for him and fo ful wife in the acquisition, the fine, fertile farmstead nd, east of ter of minut church, r the Fenton river, a mat d not of miles from d railroad station Pratt also in S d duty of this nt to note the passing t Tth, at Roosevelt h , of her beloved niece, sing illn s been is column from time to > last half year. Miss Alice , oldest ord In early ild of Herbert G paren Mass., whe: Here she | Rockef lard Female Sen and frem there Hopkins inir at Baltimi Feeling . she came chara d deve ng a specialty n, with entire beautifu s Preston in person and in charac and had of friends, wi her I have been i their loving and kindly Her brave spirit hol ously to the very I two best loved fric H. Mereereau and Cs ett, adopted son, Rober Preston, one brother, Preston of Pineca a, ond! one uncles, Preston of West at what | seems untimely ture, | shared the church here of which | she was 4 member, and by the intimate ! circle of n indeed by all| who knew ineral was attended a “Hillside” home three o'ciock, Thursday, m. | . under | Deacon | 1 was in | vester old days her fers are sleeping and Gl MANSFIELD DEPOT Consecration and Roll Call Meeting| Attended by 33—60 Endeavorers| Meet. Consecration and roll The consecraticn and ing Aug. 6.| meet- call was_led by . Thirty-three were ,pr: meeting Sunday evening, - be led by Mrs. W. F. Kleir True Beauty and How to Prov. 31: 10-3 Th2 Christian Endeavor Memo al Bapt ng held their M an. s spert with ic. bout 60 were of South Willington were present. were served to 3 Mr. Hol demon: Monda pot was inum res_on | Manefleld De- | under the auspices of the Ladies’ | Aid society of the Dunham Memo; church. 1 Willd; Farrell has gone to his home | one has got to make his own ladder | or_cut his own steps. i that you'a rather die of m of n at | hole than call co-operate in | the bot | the neighbors you out! that case, stay at the hunt ‘around for the $27 may be there, if tr any to on | ing n and But, if that doesn’t suit nor satis- fv, isn't it worth while to zet out— even if you have to “get together” to do it? TEE FARMER. jgiven notice that the church town shall be closed the remair the month. Mrs. Herman Strong of Ansonia is rs. J. Mrs. Elmer Caples is entertaining her brother, William Peckham and her cousin, Mrs. Charle The Ladies’ Sew have postponed the annu enter- TWO STATES in New Lonaon, Mrs. Hattie Carr has gone to New London for a few days. Carlton Pollard and family of ‘Willi- mantic are spending a few weeks with his father, Henry Pollard. Mr. McCollum’s hand is improvins: Misses Rath and Eila _McdCollum have returned from Spring Hill, where they have been spending a week. W. H. Steadman and family have returnad from Groton Long Point. Mrs. Lottie Thompson spent Wed- nesday on the camp ground at the Cleaveland cottage. Miss Ebba Smith from Spring Hill is visiting at Mrs. F. McCollum’s. SOUTH COVENTRY Large Audience Enjoyed Mock Trial Given Under Auspices of Ladies’ As- sociation—Motor Trip to lllinois. Geo. Swift and family are removing ONE NIGHT ONLY FRIDAY, AUGUST 18 AMERICA’S BRIGHTEST GEM THE COMEDIENNE MAY ROBSON = Supported by Her Own Company|ROBINSON and LEMONIER in Her L-gast and Greatest TWO CLEVER COMEDIANS ko Triangle Photo-Plays “mE MAK'ING OVER DE WOLF HOPPER in OF MRS. MATT” CASEY AT THE BAT By James Forbes, Author of “The = RAMA Show Shop,” “The Chorus Lady”| S-EART COMEDY o and Other Big Successes. x NOT A PHOTO-PLAY i But a Big Scenic Production Prices 25c, 35c, 50c, 75¢, $1.00, $1.50 Seats on Sale Wednesday DAVIS THE: e 4—SHOWS TODAY—4 At 1.30, 3.15, 646 and 845 DE KOCH TROUPE _,2-REEL_KEYSTONE COMEDY CONCERT ORCHESTRA NEXT WEEK, Mon,, Tues, Wed. BIG BANNER BILL ALL STAR FEATURES FRED J. GARDNER & CO. PRESENTS THE YELLOW PERIL A VIVID DRAMATIC PLAYLET THE HUMAN JUGGLERS, 5 PEOPLE| 4’ pEOPLE_SPECIAL SETTING 4 FEOPLE._SPECIAL sEwTiln THE SOUTHERN FOUR “MAIDS OF HARMONY” in_a Medley of Southern Songs TRIANGLE PHOTO-FEATURE DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS IN THE 5-PART PRODUCTION WINGS AND WHEELS |FLIRTING WITH FATE 2-REEL KEYSTONE COMEDY THE SURF GIRL to the home of Mrs. Swift's father, in Mansfield. Chas. Crombie and family moving to New London. | John L Hull and two friends, of Schenectady, N. Y., have been spend- ing a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hull Mrs. Wm. Kingsbury and Mrs. Ar- thur Fuller of Best View, were guests of Mrs. W. H. Armstrong, the first of the week. are re- Margaret ond Goodwin _Jacobson, of Storrs, are spending a few weel with their aunts, the Mi Fann and Julia White, during the absen of their mother, Mrs. Mary Jacobson, who left on Tuesday for an automo- bile trip to Harvard, Ill, to visit Mr: Anna Bushnell, her sister-in-law. She accompanies Mrs. Jacobson of A Distinctive Metro Offering in Five Wonderful Graphic Story of Romance and Intri Supreme Photoplays MONDAY AND TUESDAY AMERICA’S FAVORITE STAGE STAR All Seats 10c Matinee at 2.30 Evenings at 7 and 8.30 TODAY JULIUS STEGER in “THE BLINDNESS OF LOVE” ETHEL BARRYMORE in “THE KISS OF HATE” Acts Presenting ue in Darkest Russia. v % ONE ON HENRY. Romance and Sacrifice in Five Acts of Sublime_Photo-Play. METRO TRAVELOGUE Showing the Lure of the Picturesque Maine_Coast e T Drew Comedy Mansfield Center a rles Jacob- son of Cromwell, making the trip in the latter's Buick car. They expect to be_gone about_three Mrs. Sarah White the home of Geo. G. Jacobson in Storrs. Mrs. Henry Brainerd and daughter arc camping at the lake. Mrs, rker of Providence is visit- ing her sister, Mrs: Tracy. Breach of Promise Suit, urt trial, The Promisc n under | School Committee Passes Bills For \f wommaom oo = fgf Ay $142.81—Town Council Meeting and ' § Admission ‘church, on Tue! Follow- Probate Matters—John S, Ccle Im-| e 0T £ T ing are the ch. Robertson; cl tiff, Mrs. H. Geo, Wilson), Dewe Van John M F TABINGTON Pcople Struck Sunday School Local ol of Jennings a ting their SPRING Farmers Still and Weather—Tax Notices. ng With the Hay Coliector Posts The se Monda 1 ne CHESTNUT HILL days this weelk. selectmen of eve: The Selectmen Close Churches for Re- mainder of Month—Fair Postponed | , C. M. Lin of West Haven | the guest of Mrs. J ‘* the tainment which was to I Aug. 24 to some future count of infantile paraly ve been held T s with her sister, Mrs. Fred|have perhaps done as much as the BOLTON ™MOTCH < at Cedar Tree Point. written description of events to stir — iad Aid society met at the|the imagination. Mrs. Jennie Bishop and Mirs. Emma | church Wednesday afternoon. There| Then there is the moving picture op- McGuire have returned to their home | were seven present. erator who has his place, not only after staving a few weeks with their| Mrs, E. Kenyon spent Sunday|behind the lines. but offen at the sister, Mrs. L. S. Maine. with relatives at Westerly. fighting front. Manv films which even Charlie Chapman of Boston is visit-| Bradford Sutton was a caller here,|now are of absorbing interest. and ing at M. W, Howard's. ently. which in days to come will be of his- Mrs. Loren Maine was a Hartford D. Kenyon spent Wednesday in[torical value, have been taken. Like visitor Wednesday. Miss Ralpha FHills of Hillstown is gton County, R. L HOPKINTON THE PEST VAMOOSER.......... ROOF GARDE g Qver of Geoffrey Manaing OPEN EVERY FAIR NIGHT, 8 to 11 VITAGRAPH 4—PARTS—4 Selig Comedy proving. dacobs’ New York Society Orchestra for Dancing Open Every Night—You Sec the Search Light | Over 100 Boy minutes the wind blew C. D. Kenyon Has New Motor Truck Mrs =3 Providence on business. Thls ng of the t the hon ca AL O Monday morr Mathewson, and uperintc were ¢ hundr. inspe the town are as soo b incil held >wn hail Monday id mon atto to Mellen, of Chicago, is summer home in i xes are 1 ¥ visa e erty in t ihe € nterval the | ; ¢ revaluation thi ete at Baptist Church. of the First save grou The 1 honse ds in A Ashaway ident of the 'S been recivered suffi cxed |the T r Monday at the coun- | &% If from has the Car- unday. 5 or losse |der his comm. Iduri: the day SR o ally supple Enjoying | ¢ h, comi espor ROCKVILLE Scouts Are Camp Life, war cor be rc re over one hundred Boy he camp at Yawgoo pond the largest number that has ed Chronicle fice and sponde: resent on wh comp! der storm visited this ; afiernoon, commencing four o’clock, and for a a gale and 11 in torrents. 'Another Americ over about ten o'clock p. »zed to join as severe. re housed and son, Leroy, v, called on her aunt, Mrs. Florence rber and Ella [center they free to come and ttended the Pomona grange|almost as they like. at Hope Valley Tuesday. “Consonant with milita v exigencie: allowed Benjamin Kenyon has been illjthey are practically a free 2 teek past. hand. As it is obviously the duty of | water might be used. nd Mrs. O. L. Burdick of Stam- |a newspaper correspondent to pre- pe : o ‘arc stopping at Quonocon- |serve n whole skin. this freedom is | Highly carbonated, e liers here Tuesday. tempered by discretion, but they icis |.]Sl take many ris and in these days dehclo yflavored' long range artillery thev are bound to spend most of their days as well as their nizhts under fire. | The expansion with regard to the | pictorial side of the war is not less re- | markable than the development of the | literary si One sunplements the other. Some remarkable photosraphs have come from France nce the cent offensive began. Many of them USQUEPAUGH —Ladies’” Aid Meesting. Bert Stanton of Hope Valley over Sunday with her parents, . Gideon Palmer. Lamond is spending a have dozens of delightful beverages by mixing Clicquot Club Ginger Ale with any other drink where charged Buy it by the case, from tten word pencil, TO HONOR BOY HERO OF E BATTLE OF JUTLAND ve From Nameless G of wood yumber to m: T rther, his rost- T re- ik cemetery ed by the m had been He t in but the until . must be Germany. in- h oof a4 ust now unusuall grocer or druggist . S| 0 Mw&muh Q GWENGER ALE everythine else thev re to Dass the Misses Crandall of Rockville censor before they can be given to the THERE is no advertising medium in Eastern Connectiout . to- am-anu‘