Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 2, 1917, Page 8

Keep the Quality Up That's what this Good Clothes Store has made a feature in this Season’s Suits for young men and men who are older 2nd are just as young as ever. $13.50, $15, $18 to $30 Straw Hats $1.50, 2, $250, $3 This Summer and Straw Hat Time. waiting for you. The F. A. Wells Co. Will L. Stearns, Prop. 84 Main “Good Clothes Store” this commodity that to the greatest - extent influences the final cost of pro- tuction. The total cost of labor is ELEVEN HOME GARDEN wash balien oo Seep WlNA. Do e Getermined by the value and amount WALLr MOrUs Sh0 o of labor employed. Tt is the wi PLOTS ASSIGNED FRIDAY. | begins to boil again vigarously. Cook |iation. in hoth value and amount.o Bupervisor Shelden Has Three on the |l 1-2 hours. Have water at least af|the Iabor used that causes the price inch over top of jar. Cover while cooking. (If using a steam pre: West Side Awaiting Applicants. s sure outfit, cook 50 minutes under Home Garden Supervisor Shelden sald Fylday that he has three garden plots on the West Side for whom he is awaiting applicants. Two of these plots are on the Lucas land on West Main street and the third is on the iand owned by the city of Norwich on Asylum street. All three plots are ready for planting. Eileven plots were assigned on Laurel Hill on Friday. Recipes for conserving carly products as prepared by the Connecticut Agri- cultural college for the state of Con- 15 pounds of steam.) When done, r move jar and tighten seal at once. Canning Greens: Sort, clean wash. Blanch in steam 15 or_20 mi; utes. Plunge quickly into very water. in the jar. to a quart jar. Fill jar with water. Place rubber and partially se: jar. same directions for cooking given for asparagus. When done, move jar and tighten seal at once. Suggestions: Sometimes a = <ki with abo necticut committee on food supRly fol- | springs out in cooking: if so, put on|the business farmer to compete with low: 3 new rubber, fix seal as before and put | hi Canning Asparagus: Wash and pre- | back to cook 10 minutes, then remove | 1\Vith tha above dcseription tn mind pare as for cooking. Do not cut in|jar and seal. Have a wire or wooden |1 will now run over the causcs that pieces. Bind in small bundles as they [ platform with holes in it under the|led up to the decision of the mem- are sold in market. Stand on butts in | cans in the kettle. He sure to use|hers of the Norwich Milk Producers steamer or kettle with two or three|freshly cut product: carry the process |Association to raise the price of mik inches of boiling water. Cover kettie | through without delay. Put rubbers in!to twelve cents per quart. to confine the steam. Let cook two |boiling water for two or three minutes| The war as cvervone knows with- minutes. Lay asparagus down and|and if there is an odor of tar or any |drew men and food from the usuali cover as before. Cook two minutes.|adulterant it may be detected at once.!channels of production nad eorsump- | Give the asparagus a quick plunge in [ Mason jars are not as reliable for|tion, and thereby sgreatly increased cold water to chill it. It may be dipped | sealed vegetables as Lightning jars be- | their value. To such an extent has two or three times but do not let it |cause the sharp edse may cyt into the | this promressed th the doliar the stay in cold water. Pack it in the jar.|rubber which has been softened by long | farmer spends tedav will precure onlv It may be put in whole or cut in pieces. [ cooking. half the labor and szrafn that it Do not crowd too much. Add one leve: Pouzht a vear aso; an’ vet con- okt :5"§?l|:ltu:-r<»r;:?ua{« manr s Gave Dance and Sosial. sum-r expects his dollar to as 2 ifisd ¥t denires. EIl oral club of Willimaniie gave |MUCh milk as formerly. If a Lightnirg | 20 _eXceilent dance and social on Fri- Producers Ircreased Price. | day evening in atten CRAVING roz DRUGS am LIGUOR removed by the ginal Keeley Tro: ment ocenpt t 191 EEEOAT 7 6 t> 13 years Hamburg and Lace Trimmed Prices $1.08 and upwards [HEVER SACRIFICE CUALITY FOR PRICES OUR MOTTO: Quality Highest Standard of Exceilence. Prices As Low As the Lowest. Women's Whité amf Golored “Society” Waists in Voiles, Lingerie arnd Muslin, Lace ard Hamburg Trimmed —Prices $1.20, $1.25 and $1.58 SEE OUR SPECIAL AT 68c la Resis;ta, the Corset with the Spira Boni advertised in all leading magazines. We have them at prices $1.00 and upwards SEE OUR SUMMER CORSETS AT 859 Round Ticket Hosiery Cur 10 Years of Success in White, Black and Colored Fibre Silks Is the Proof of Our that wear well—58c a pair Asesrtion. WE GIVE ROYAL GOLD TRADING STAMPS Buy yours here, it is —— boiler s- e- and n- cold Cut in convenient length. Pack Add one level teaspoon salt boiling al Place jar in cooker and fol'ow the that are e- rubber u were a larze | d- com- pounds of steam or 25 minutes under | Local Dairymen Says It is the Most Practical Method of Rem:- || 1 - That immediate municipal regulation of the price of milk is the most prac- tical method of remedying the local situation was the statement made on Friday by Johm Hill, a well known local milk producer. He went on to say that at the present time this is the only way to guarantee the inteHigent farmer a return for his labor sufficien to keep him on the farm. Mr. Hill' statement follows: I am a dairy farmer by vocation and education and thereby feel justified to add my word to the discussion of the price of milk that has lately ap- peared in your columns. My object is to ald the consumer to get the viewpoint of the producer, in order that the consumer may be an aid ra- ther than a hindrance to the producer in the campaign for increased food production. To do this thoroughly would require that the consumer be given a comprehensive business un- derstanding of the methods or milk production. This I do not attempt; but I do realize that a brief descrip- tion of the dairy farmers’ mental and muscular means of livelihood is fun- damentally essential to an apprecia- tion of his utility to society by the consumers of his producss. Weather and Market Conditions. Dairy farming is an industry that utilizes ecapital and iabor for milk production. The owner of the capi- tal invested is entitled to an interest return in proportion to the risk of loss. Even the most conservative farming is a samble on the weather and market conditions and for this reason the investor should. get at least Gifteen per cent. annually. This inter- est is one of the factors responsible for the wide variation in the price of milk. The intellizent farmer, oper- ating on business principles, " incor- | porates this interest charge in the cost of production along With taxes, insurance, depreciation, etc. This ac- counts for the seeming paradox that the intelligent farmer quotes a higher cost of production than that farmer who, through ignorance, if not philan- thropy, ignores this cost. Whether or not this price below value is the more desirable from an _economic viewpoint is a question to be scttled iater. The next item to be considered is that of raw materials or feeas. These are procured in two way Firstlys by manipulating land, fertilizer and labor to grow them or, secondly, by buying them. Certainly the farmer who =zambles on the former system is entitled to the difference between cost of growing them and - the market price-—but-—does he get it? If he is an intcliigent busines: farmer he does—that is, he a for it; but as_this raise: s sellins pricc he is still further handicapped ‘or compe- tition with his le business-like neighbor. Labor the Keynote. I will now consider iabor, item is probably the keynotc whole cost of milk production; which tg the it is from eizht to thir teen cents per guart. (‘onditions will m tha farm where the far- wie and children take care of the cows and milk utensils as best they can in the few hours not spent in housework or at school to that farm where the entire time of men traincd for the scicntific care of cows and in the principles of sanitation is in order to make the milk a de food. Strange as It may seem. fact is that the farmer who is willing for his family to do this drudacry is the list to show his appreciation of its value by demandips from socicty fair return for it. This keeps down his price and makes it impossible for of milk to ra Realizine these conditions the mem- bers of the Norwich Milk Producers Association met nra discussed the v jriovs phases of th- increasnd cost of imilk production. It was showr that n the last twelve months durine [hich the price of milk incrensed 12 t. the averace cost of the Iv nsed (which o per cept. of the f cost) ~sed sivty per cent. AN rabor sitns ith the p'a and with Inbar of ten it ~ HEADQUARTERS OF ‘Sedgwick Post, G. A. R. | The Comrades of G. A, R., wish to express their s Ithanks to each and all societies !individuals who participated and jdered aid |so successful. 01 h- dol'ars per da. and ren- Memorial Day We are prepared to ta-kel crders for the highest grade Wedding Engraving including Invitations, Meet the Farmer Halfway. —_— Visiting Cards, Business and Professional Cards, Etc. Estimates Furnished JOHN & GEQ. H. BLISS JEWELERS Should was going to cost something to have to the part of the day peddling milk. One lucer told how if he hadn’t raised price from ten to twelve cents in the middle of April he would not have had to pay his grain bill. So it was serious realization of the necessity their action that they unanimously voted to charge twelve 3 quart. Their patrons were very reasonable || and offered no objection until they were informed that some milk could still be bought at former prices; and because they did not the ques- tion, “Should I pay twel eents when I can get it for nine?” more than su- perficial thought they allowed them- selves to be influenced by the single consideration of economy ana o bought of the man with the cheap milk. This tendency on the part of the patrons of the association mem- bers was so strong that it threatened to force several out of business. The situation called for immediate action and another meeting was heid. After mueh discussion it became clear that cholce of action lay between two evils —either maintain the and be foreed out of business or meet the price of the cut-throat competition. For many of them the first choice was impossible; for, having dependent families they could not afford the im- mediate heavy loss incident to a com- plete change in type of business, Ton- sequently it was the lesser of two evils to meet the price of thefr com- petitors and operate at a loss until they had time to make a change with- out sacrifice. The intelligent farmer knows that he cannot afford to re- tail milk for less than fifteen cents per quart if he is to mamratn soil fertility to the point of diminishing returns, and get a labor income that will remunerate him for working hard twelve hours a day, seven days a weel: It is therefore only a fool or a philanthropist who will continue to sell milk at ten cents per quart. A Deplorable State. These conditions are prevalent throughout New England. Except in those fortunate localities where the majority of the farmers are intelli- gent cnough to demand a fair price and fight until they get it, our dairy farming—the essential founaation of prosperous agriculture—is in a de- plorable state. -Because the selling price for the products of the cow has ! not kept pace with the increasing costs of production, many cows are daily going to the butcher, (15 per cent. in the last 60 days.) If something is not done to stop this there is certain 'to be a shortage in the future supply of milk. . Now of all the effects of war none can be meore disastrous than and an insufficient supply of by causing the price to approach its high nutritive value as compared to other foods will make it no longer available as an essential constituent of the economical diet of the great majority of people. Certainly for pa- triotic_reasons if for no ethers every intelligent citizen shouid strive to prevent the hardships that would be incurred by a milk famine. There are two causes for this un- fortunate economic condition. The first is the ignorance of the farmers. Th averase farmer has not the business acumen recessary for Kecping prover rm accounts and therefore, not knowing the actual worth of his pro- duce, he is willlng to take what h2 can get. The small minority of intel- ligent farmers is unable to cope with the narrow-minded opposition to co- operation caused by the igmorance of the majority. Every time those few farmers who know their cost of pro- duction because they keep accounts, have tried to get a fair price for their soods thev have been undersold by the ignoramus. The Second Cause. The second cause for the unpros- perous condition of our farms is the igncrance of the consumer. Based up- on the single consideration of econ- omy their pinch penny policy is driv- inz the Inteliigent farmer off the farms in favor of that land parasite who drains the soil of its rertility in order to undersell his neighbor. The superficial thought given the matter by the average consumer does rot disclose the close relationship ex- isting between soil fertility and the cost of living. A very littie logical deduction will show that the reason for the high cost of living is due to the lack of balance hetween the num- ber of producers and consumers. As the number of producers decreased the number of consumers increased: this decreased the supply and increased the demand for foedstuffs and result- ed in a rise in prices. The causes for the decrease in farm population are directly traceable to the failure of the farmer to maintain his soil fer- tility. For by exhausting the fertil- ity of thn sofl it becime so unpro- ductice that it would not produce enough crop to pav for the required abor. The ambitious farm vouth, di couraged by the meager existence to be had on the farm. was lurad to the city bv the attractiveness of its op- portunities for work and play. The few consumers who look into the future with morc than superficial thouzht know that societv cannot af- ford te drain the fertilitv from the farms in order to keep prices tempor arlly low. For, it is only, by encour- aginz those farmers, who, by the con- servation of soil fert! to the point of diminishing returns. will keep their soil_in a state of efficient maximum prodnction. t we may zive our ag- riculture that hasis of permanent prosperity which is essential to our national cconomic well - being. To Remove the Cau The fundamental method of rem- edying these bad economic conditions to remove the causes. To remove the jenorance of both producer and consumer in resard to the best eeo- nomic relationships between them will require ny years of national so- cial evolution. Tt is in this noble en- deavor that our agricultural educa tional institutions, such as the U. Department of Agricuiture and S. asri- cultural collezes. are doing such geod work. thelr methods are Inna- tively s and tbe present serious situation calls for an immediate rem- cdy. if an indusiry that procuces es- sential food every day of the vear is to-be saved from a severe shock: an injury that will take many years of hich prices to cure. This economic situation was seri- ous enoush before our country became a belligerent. Now that it is our duty as onc of the allies to furnish and maintain an army, this unbalanced condition between producers and con- sumers will be made considerably worse with the result of a still higher cost of living. In the hope that increased produc- tion will offset this tendency there lias been much publicity to stimulate agricultural activity during the plant- ing season. This is all right-for the urbanite who can wax enthusiastic over his “home garden” for patriotic reasons. But he should not let this project exhaust his enthusiasm to such an extent that he will institute economies, such as cutting down on SATURDAY SPECIAL coloring and fabric they are of the mediate or future use. WOMEN'S AND SATURDAY SPECIAL A number of distinctive been grouped in this spe i lot of SATURDAY SPECIAL Following the styles of their elders modish and in as attractive colorings as those worn by th The weaves, too, are just the thing Serges, Velours, Ete. A Coat i Today is the Last Day of the Mushn Underwear Sale Remarkable Value Giving Toda In the Garment Section Seasonable Garments To Be Sold At Greatly Reduced Prices You Can Save a Third or More If You Buy Here Today WOMEN'S AND MISSES’ SUITS Values Up to $27.50 $18.50 A varied assortment of high-grade Suits offered at this price, in model, best and latest. Among the weaves will be found Gabardine, Whipcord, Serge, Poplin and checked materials. ‘It will be true economy for you to make a purchase right now for im- MISSES COATS Values Up to $16.50 $10.00 yles, copies of higher priced originals have pretty Coats. There “is a specially good assortment of good Velour Coats in the very best colorings, and a goodly number of the stylish plaid effects. COATS FOR CHIiLDREN from 6 to 15 Values $8.98 to $11.95 $4.75 and $6.75 Buy your Summer Coat now. the Children’s Coats are just as mothers. for present wear, including Popline, a good present investment. / v ! SOME Silk Dress Bargains Values to $17.50 SATURDAY s,o. 75 SPECIAL Your choice of a number pretty and stylish frocks for a of ve low price. We have grouped soms very attractive TaHeta, Crepe-de Chine, Crepe Meteor and other fashionable silks, and have marked them all ali Every o at $10.75. is a great bargain, | : Pretty Blouses Only $1.00 Sheer voil some with comb tion collars in colors and cuffs. a considerable number finished handsome embroideries and laces make up this specia Only one dollar for any Waist in this group. $4.00 Crepe-de-Chine Blouses Only $3.00 Made of fine crepe-d: and colors will be sold at little price. The large collar effects are specially notable as a also some of the Blouses which are chine in plain %%fle%&% | the ‘consumption of milk because of an increase in price (especially when milk is the cheapest food in the mar- ket) in order to spend money on a small plot of land which will return mall profits if any (except inso_ far s it utilizes labor that would other- wise be unemployed): for by such ac- tion he will cause permanent jnjury to the dairy industry. (I do not want to be thought as opposed to the home gardens project. Although skeptical of its efficlency, T realize that by increasing the produc- tion it will keep down Dprices even though at a greater ultimate total cost of production. It will also give the urbanite a greater appreciation of the farmer which will be of great bene- fit to the agricutluarl vocation.) Earning His Living. Although there is no worker more zealously interested in the welfare of his country than the farmer, never- theless patriot'sm is not sufficient zrounds upon which to urge ntm to in* creased production. It should be re- membered that the farmer is depend- ant for his living upon the difference Detween his cost of production and the market value of his produce. - He will therefore be rather cautious about plunging at a time when these pro- ductfon costs have soared with no compensating assurance that the mar- ket price will justify the samble. The obvious solution to the imme- diate problem is to create the cause that will have the desired effect. Such a cause will be Instituted by govern- ment regulation of foodstuff prices. The farmer will be guick to respond to the stimulation caused by judic- fous price fixing: ‘either maximum prices for raw materials and labor, or, more preferable, minimum prices based on the present actual cost of production. Such a bill is the so- called “T.ever bill” which congress is still wrangling over; if this bill or one on the same principles s not passed within two weeks it will be too late to do any good! Municipal Control of Prices. Applying thesc general deductions to the local milk situation it should be evident that the most practical method of remedying conditions is immediate municipal regulation of the price of miik. For at the present time this is the only way te guarantiee the intelligent farmer a return for his la- bor suflicient to keep him on the farm. I believe that if the consumer will meet the farmer halfway in the eco- nomic adjustmenis made necessary by the war, he will be showing the kind of pafriotism that Americans should be proud to display; for it is this spirit which is necessary tc stim- ulate the huge production of food- stuffs which our country must yield if we are to do our part as one of the allies. GOVERNOR INTERPRETS REGISTRATION LAW. Every Male Who Becomes 21 on June Bth Must Register. Gov. Mareus H. Holcomb has given out through the Connecticut council of defense a statement giving an inter- pretation of the law requiring men from 21 to 30 years old, inclusive, to register next Tuesday. The governor's statement follow “Section 5 of the act authorizing the selective araft provides, first, ‘that all male persons between the ages of 21 and 30, both inclusive, shail be subject to registration,’ and, second, ‘that per- sons shall be subject to registration as herein provided who shall have attain- ed their 21st birthday and who shall not have attained their 31st birthday on or before the day set for registra- tion’ Reading thése two provisions together, there is no possible question but that every person who becomes 21 on Jume 3th must register and eryone who becomes 31 on June 5th need not register. “If, therefore ,a person was born on June 5th, 1896, he must register. If he was born on June Gth, 1836, he need not register.” Many men In Conmecticut who must register on next Tuesday are con fused by that question on the regis- tration card which asks that they specify what race they are members of. Put in simple form, the answers to_this question should be as followw: Mongolian—If Chinese or Japanese. Nergo—If of the race commonly known as “the black race.” Indian—Members of Indian tribes or their descendants. Malayan—Natives of the Malay trimmed effectively with laces Buy one today and save money peninsula or the Philippine Ils'an Caucasian-—All others Secretary Thomas Hewes, w for the Connecticut council of def to mayors, wardens and selectm sent a letter urging that t . obtained. from the m Y er, - classified according ing districts in which n register next Tueeday “The purpose in doing this ter sald, “is to supply a which those in aut y who has registered. Bmpha on this point because of a the registration regulations section 40, issued by the wa ment, which deciates that the duty of refistration boards ister persons who have not registe on June 5th. The counct will be for the best Interests state and country if an eff to have as many men register proper day as possible later.” Entertained in Honor of Cousin’s Miss Elsie E. Currier o ‘Heights entertained 24 friends in homer of her cous Tim Eleanor M. Heuberger of Wa I, who has been spending a f with her. Games were en bountiful supper consisting sandwiches, cake, cookles, f dy, punch and ice cream. The f: were American flags on butto large bunches of violets. The were taken home by auto aft ing a very enjoyable afternoon. pressing pleasure in eoting Heuberger. Miss Currier was asaiste in serving supper by Mrs. He and Mrs. Currier. Mise Heuberger re ceived many pretty and to remind her of h of New England. efu system of nat cleanfiness a i ~——this can only mean 9‘2‘2‘ NEWBRO'S HERPICIDE Applications at the better barber shope Guarantaed by The Herpicide Co. Bl Fyrrwhes. .