Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 19, 1922, Page 8

NORWICH BUI.!..ETIN TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1322 MARKET WAS UNSTABLE. New York, Iwc. 18- -Prices opened 5 215 wrong lo today's stock market but & |0 Y, %00, = decided reaction set in later -upon 251 Gan Blectrlc Lt uouncements of che fatture of a large .t HLC P8 stouk exchangs firm “and |Gen Hledtio” - a cut in the great Northern preferred r .. Motors 6 p o db 88 dividend placing it on a § per cent an-| it MOPE b BS nual basis instead of 7 per cent. & rate | i (i T which bad DAen paid without Interrup-|grue Motor tion stnce 1399. There were a few.no- [P0, NEOR table exceptions to -the downward |1 Cent pr . trend. but the declines In Standard l=-rnenir Cop IS (BN G 3 o4 potais, Int Harvester An unusually large volume of Int Mer Mar priced olls were thrown onto the mar- ket after the failure, several thousand shares being for the account of the ine wivent frm. These included blocks of Sinclair, Skelly, “Marland. Phillips . Pe- |Lehigh Valley troleum, Invinefble Ofl and Texas com-|Marlin Rockwell . pany. nearly 100.000 shares of thess| Maxwell: Mot A .. sompanies exchanging hands during the | Mexican Petrol . fay. Exvept for a drop of 1 5-8 in|Miami C'€p Marland and 1 in Skelly, the net losser Mo K & T new In these lssues were all of a fractional Mo K & T war haracter. o ‘;o xx;:f“:cr Great Northern preferred fell to 53, & new low fecord on scoounce- Nat Enam & 'St ment of the dividend action, but rall'ed N ¥ Alr Brake . at the close to 77 1-4. where it repre- | N T Air Brake A sented a net loss of 2 7-8 on the day.,N ¥ Central Other rails, which were octive st ris- N Y N H & H Ing prices in the early dealings, .d clined In sympathy, losses of 1 to points beinz registered by Chesapeaxe and Ohio, Union Pacfic. Canadian Pa- cific, Atlantie Coast Line, St. Paul com- mon and preferred Chicago and Nortb- western, Rock Island, Lackawanna New Haven. Norfolk and Western: an1 Frisco. Loulsville and Nachville broke four points on a small turnover. Pisher Body touched 215, - another new top. in the early dealings but drap- ped later to 203 for a net loss of 8.1 points. New high records for the year also were established during the ses- sion hv West'nzhouse Air Rrake Stew art Warner Sneedometer, Keleey Wheel. Cerro De Pasco Covmer, Union Tank- and Stromherg Carburetor, the las pamed falling 2 1-2 points below Sat- urday's close In inter dealings. - 'g s g;eel Copper stocks offered stubborn re-' eel pr sistance to ng pressure fresh buy:iWest Dl pr ing In this group being Influenced: bv West Un Tel . the higher prices quoted for the ~red West M",]Bd metal and speculative anticipation that gl:fld & fav more issues would be put on A s dividend basis within the mext few months -Genera] Flectrlc was one of the outstanding individual strong spots, cloing at a net gain of more tham.d|® points. United States Steel common was agaln the most active stock om the ‘iz board.” more than 100000 shares changin ghands at prices rang'ng from 108 7-8 to 106 1-4, the closing price of 108 3-8 representine a net lovs of 13-} Gulf States and Rethlehem B..dromoed & point each. Baldwin which touched 120 before noon. fell later to 126 -8 or below Saturday's close, Stuie- baker was off 5-8 on the day. Marine preferred had anothe sinking_ spell on & revival of unconfirmed reports that e dividend was o danger, the.zet lost being 2 3-4 points. Call money ooened and renewed at 4 1-2 per cent and advanced to 5 before the close The time monev market was dighly eas'er. a few 60 and 90 day logns being arranged-at 4 7-8 per cent with most of the 30-day businést belnw Cieveland; Chicago. Cihdinnati,- and" St fone on a 4 3-4 per oent basia and the Lonis’ gs, . serl 5 lopwer maturities at five per cent. Com-| mercial paper - rading continued - quiet 1! with no change in rates. Forelgn exchanges were weak on mub Heation of European dewpatches ~that Httle credenca was being placed “there m the possbility of an fnternational loan being raived for Germanv at thi dme. Demand sterline dropred a cent 0 $4.64 and French fran-s fell. nearly 10, points to 7.33. The.German mark dromved tram 197 to 158 cents a hun- fred. Eila’ 3 pr ath Body . 2% ..107% S 106% 4% low Kennecott Cop South P R Su pr Tenn C & C : ‘Tobacco_‘Products: . Tobaoco Prod. A, Unton ~Uncific U S Rubber U'S Rubber 1 pr - New York~ Dec. 18.—The {rading was irregular " today's market’ and gains made in the: early part of -the’ tradins| by the coppers -and standard railroad liens were lost later. . There was heavy ell'ng ‘of speculative rallroad = isues at 'the close: Foreign: bands_ were . not active. buyers evidently walting for more definite news of ‘thé German finan cfal situntion - before “éommitting -theny selves. *.Norway:8's adyanced:: 1514 polnts and Belglan 7 .1-¥'s gained “one ‘point. In - the . railrond sroup Chicago and Alton 3 1-2's and St." Paul” debenturs rose 1-3-4.po'nts earh, New Haven ssof 1987-and Iake Erfe and Western nm advanced 1.1-2 points each whie éme’ point advance A« rezirtered” for §t. Lenic and, Southwestérn - Terminal " Atchteon convertible #'s of. 1869 and Qn points” hut ‘lost 2 inthe late. trad closing with a._net gain ‘of one poi Chile’. Carper 7’8 Granby . Copper 8% and Magma s cained 1 to 1'1 motfits. ] lz7ett and * Mvers. 5 Montana Power 5's gained a° phint There were losses of resisty St. Phul roavertiple 4 T-3' Faltimore { o = “co adiwctments §'« and. Chi STOCKS. g and Rock -Isl andi & The following Is a summary of m nd % e, o 4 copvertivle 4's serles -A-- and. h—mn:::r:,n:no;! l';h'um' York Stock EX shnstowrr and Glovérsrille, §.1-2 All Chem & D . Brie’ anda t b | Shothern - rétunding Ffooklyn. Ras'd. Tra 3055 V0 Rapid Trénsit certificate T's, ¥ 357, Sofnix #=d . Distilieries "Securities can.c L3 xaunw:‘ wre fiFe:’ 4 “14's “$2leents am $100; third 4 1-4's 8. uncalled Victer$ ¥ 3-4's 2 and new 3 1i4's 6. Ithe :de 6314 liries-second™'4 1+4's and. 4th 4 _Total sales (par valne) were $11, 274‘ OHICAGO" GEAIN ' MARKET. Ch cago,” Déc. ‘18 —Renewal' of "cron damage fears” 4= a “result of the éold whve led to souring pricss-in: ihe” wheat market today. Closing quotations were urisettled, 1 7-8 to 3, sgc. &t higher, with May 1.25° 1§ to 1 and v 116 1-8'to LT 1°4, corn gained 1 14; to T1-2¢, oats 38 to 3-4@7-8¢, and pra= vions 10 to -35c. Except for transient. reactions due to’ 9% profit-takifig. the 'course * of * the * wheat 323 market was. up-grade’ from _ths’ pursue and~high “price ~records; Yor ~tfe sea85A Lack'of ade- M much of the 69% Wnter wheat ‘territory’ was an evident! 1% mt«.ql dapger * in nnéction - with d. the - buying turther .im- 32%- petus owing to guesses.that the' govasn- 7614 ment report issued aftef"the close would um bq more hnfli!h than vroved to"be t!:e o1 91y 4 Sutte Cop & Z But & Sup Cop | would need to increase the'r 43% ' in) the' near - future. :Rufhors’ were cur- "% rent that. shorts in - |u1bry bad' effected a private Mnlluwnl 1om, as; -m:en ‘as 4,000 000" bush Thi of December. hnm-r. mha indicate ‘that such reports were: correct: Assertions that . :1,000. bushels - of In sums up to $300 to all classes of people who are - unable - to " finance their needs and to whom re-payment on the instaliment plap - appeals. Confidential Lom -on Furniture PHONE 1664 BENEFICIAL LOAN SOCIETY" ROOM 302-3 NEW MARSH BUILDING NEW LONDON, CONN. lenm ‘were Yght, -nd*flm mmg-u- o Ml over-due contrace: ;. ' chiefly from the unward lwl.n‘ of. var ues for hogs;'and grain. ' buyers| * | fsew ot Lockwnod ‘|in"Roston. and after a ‘short nerind Wi Atiing. words -3; closing bld 5; offered at’s 1-2; ; call loans againit accep: COTTON. New 'York, - Dec. 13.—Spot steady, middling 26.10. cotzon 100 PER CENT. AND INTEREST . New York, Dec 18.—Creditors of the old Mills & Gibb company. which falled 1n.1916 for $3200000 Wil receive 100 per cent., wih interest at 4 per cent. pee annum. This se ment closes the his- tory" of ‘one of .the most i ing fail- urés In New York merchandisinz. Sel- dom, 1f ‘ever before. have funds been pro- vided out of a failure of this magnitude ! for the: payment of all debts. The pay- ment was made posstle by the unusually efficient management of George R. Fogar- ty. wWho came to the company in 1916 ment. - Mr. Fogarty also had the assist- ance of Robart H. Robinsor, who Deen' with the old concern for many years; -as_well as other old employes. Tho reward of Mr. Fogarty and his asso- ulfites 15 the fact that today they owm, the business. "In adéition to putting the business on . firm ‘basis, with the result that a'l old Qebts have been paid in full, Mr. Fogar- ty has developed such a strong position ‘th:the New York 4eld that he has been able:to buy the bus'ness, so that the old firm of Mills & Gibb today is stronger financially and in a business way than wver ‘befoce. The purchase of the com pany ‘by Mr. Fozarty was for his own agoount and that of his assoclates in the bustness. The old Mil's & G#bb company Was or: gamized in September, 1399, succeeding the firm ‘of Mills & Gibb, which was founded fn the soring of 1865 by Philo C. Mtlls and ‘John b, The capital tock of the company was $3.200000 Col. Joseph M. Harifield. of White & ase ‘attornevs was -the lawyer who ‘handied through the last six years the ‘delicate legal work in connection with the .paymeént ‘of the ered'tors and the re- organization. and in this connection he Feprespnted=a committce consisting of Seward Prosscr, president of the Bankers Trust company. Edmund S Twining. then uf Clarence [ = 1 bosinses: by Mr. clates, Is the leading to tlon among "al: dry goods and commis- o houses. STONINGTON e ladles of the | ‘horch are busily engaged | g ereens for the 1 Christmas season, Calvary Eblscopal this week ohurch at this tae Second Congregational church thiy {Tuésday) evening. The muscal pro gram’ ani speaking will be held in the Sunday school .Toom and the social houl an! refreshments will be in the ladies' va for. . festival will b2 h-id in the A tree"with gifts an1 the a of th> church and school W \ Jobn RIX has enterad a ospical for treatmer ¥ who has been a- pa- {iént at ths New London hospitar has re- turned Home, “hitdren f all ages are eni skieing’ 6n the pones. Practicing for the Fdol entertainment for Chrisimas cele- 1d ths week. b2 enjoyed. ew London oy ! ness reported weather is § causes many to have in driving ‘over Fort hll in a Ford onpe” Sidded on’ the z him in the car. A} driver of. another m: that was ,passing at the. time 2 Thera “was- very lttle da machine and the man escaped unin rod.: ‘Fhis * (Tuesday) Reliet -Corns and evening the Woman's " ' Williams-Post.. G 3 Chyistmas. h mer ill take a gift to hanz on *} fetroshments - will” be . served 'by | { "Mis: “Artls” Stoddard. * worthy matron of ‘Charits Chapter. O. B. S. enterta'n ®d" the: oficers at aer home on Lidbrary réet. Saturday evening. sented a: headed, hag by the ni¢ron, John Irving, in behalf of the! officers - The evemng wss one long to iba' remembered. A Christmas tree daintily -decorated, was for the affair. and - gifts were vresented to each offider’ By the. worthy ma of -apreclation and fidel'ty during the rast year, A buftet lunch was servel by the hostess. | Mjes “Beatrice - Brown, who has been !trajnlne.at the Lawrence-Memoral hos- pital.at . New London. has fin'shed her cnurse .ahd. :is at her home here with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Brown _TThe' entire_ store ‘of the Mvstic Power fHmranv s been remndeled and the ghan~ed. to the South mart of the ins ‘arge. roomy windows ha: |~ Thie . (Tuesdav). . eyenine the Metho- v Christmas.. enterfainment and on Wod- nesdav. Deel. 272t the arieh non< fhp gradle roll call w'll he held Mrs. Rebert Adamson has charee of this de- partment. The. Lasies’ sactoty will ! nept. Fhursday -atternoon In. the par- “anA festival - AT tha Mvstic Oral schosl will be held on Wednesday afternnan in_aseemble hall. “Mre Wilam * McKane and _Josenn Vigone have® haen cal'ed tn Nawark, bY: the il'ness of their brothar. ‘!’“Uam wha {s.the guest of his sister, M=% Vi Jovce. Fred: MacKenzle of Salem. N. Y. w fhe guést of. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Mac- Keavie, -~ The ‘stats ‘highwav batween Stontne- {on-Ant Mo reseined . ton, dresine and which ‘helmed autolsts 2 whole M ‘over the lippery foe. l Rabiert. R West has_assumed the new #nd_responstle posit'on a< manager of i the imilton Carhartt Me in South iR for the Lncwood Graene Com- flh 7.0f-.Tosthn _leavine Plainfield for his new: field last week. Four years a=o. when ‘Mr. ‘West came heme trom service. in- the army. he, entered the of- Greene Commany :zz . to “the Lawton Mills -cor- tion: m “PlAtitieid to take charze of department, 2 ney and n-ga “field - of.-activity, and this offie ~West filled - ably and efficlently Tt contidencs of a1l assoclared him. “Qn_the last dav of service for the fhhce met .in - thé . conferance . room e Wish Mr. West the he<t'of success in his exnrassed the remret at ajl 4 the:lnss a® Mr. West, and in be- P -of . those-presint, as -a token af the'r Nich_esteem. " presented. him witp | n wh!ch Mr. : West Plainfeld. he hag endenz. |8 #ha, community. s i|o éxceTent” chafacter “and fine, =t -mm,lrn Who was awake to the and best “intefess of the enmtire wagiey, Every Worthy, " cause found man ontl- had | = home- in Rockhil ‘The Christmas festival will be held at ' opad Sunday school | - | chitdren. o | man d_comvlete- | the members of the! xithe ways in which they market their WESTERLY. District Depyty Gfand Ezalted Ruler of ! made an official visit Monday evening to | the Woonsocket lodge of Blks. The fol- ! lowing membsrs of the Westerly lodge ac- companied him: James J. Moore, Har- | old Barber, Robert Kenyon, John Joh: son, John J. Walsh, Bdward -McNally, AL | Walter Flynn, ‘A. J. Toomey. l | The following officers. were elected for 1923 at the régular meeting of the Rob- | ert Brucker .camp, Spanish American War Veterans: Commander, Edward J. Burdick ; senior vico commander, Arthur | E. Crumb;-junior vice commander, John ! Keegan - officer of the day, James Mc- Mahon; officets of the guard, Peter: Mc- Innich ;' chaplain; Frank Brucker. Walter T. Kailian of- Main street has reported to the police that-a Ford c belonging t6 Him was"stolen Friday m the Bemtléy sarage on Main sireet. |, Collector of Taxes Charlés J. Norris of | Morse street is confined to his home by {llness. > Dr. Robert 'H.. Farhham of Brown builing_received a communication from Captain'R. Rickson who is captain of the | four .masted schooner Virginia Pendleton | , giving for Ci = of Fort St. Joe, Flofidh. Captain Rick- . FOR. MILLS & GIBB CREDITORS | E. P. 0. E. of R. I, Joscph L. Leninan 500 l‘u with his his frst mate Herbert vho was first-mate of the {around Cape.Horn while getting mate for his story. Allen L. Thompebn, who s residing with his family at 22 Cross strect, W crly, and son of Alexander C. Thompso: the first mate of the -United States : Shipping board steamship, Eastern Glade, reported in last week's Providence Journ- lal as on fire while passing the Cape Verde Islands. The Fastorn Glade's gross tonnage s !5653, was bullt An 1920 at Yokohama. Japan and sailed from New Yo First Mate Thompsén: just before Than &~ Town, South Africa with a generai cargo and large’ consgnment ot oil, eéxpecting to arrive mt har d ination . in 28 days and Téturn by way of Mada- gascar and Suez canal. i Mrs. Herman Cook and daughter Fran- coe of Summer stréet ana Miss Margarat Ke nan were in Providence yesterday. | Le A R Soioer, gr. hax retuned jfrom a wisit to Mt Vernon, N. Henry Ledward of Prnvlae'nm s visit. ing friends in fown. gl " position with the Lawton Mills corpora- tion, he handed in his resignation’ as chairman of. the Society’s committee of |the First Eecclestastical Soefety, a pos- tion which he filled faithtully for about two years. - During the past summer under his direction the Congregational parsonage was repaired and paintea. Also during the year, extensive reparrs| and alterations on the Congregatiomal | church building were~ planned and' be- #un, the work belmg well under way. at the "present Yime. = The -uccess of the work and - the ns. of sufficient funds have heen ‘largely due to the enterp: and leadership of Mr. West and ‘his go- Ing at this time !s feit to be -a greatj Toss. The last of the month Mr. move family and ~ make Wa!l,wfill! his new| Soutn. Carolina. H going ‘from Plainueid: is regretted by! all: for Mr. -and -Mrs. West and " thetr | fam'ly “will-'be greatly missed by the' entre village. - Bur they have Hosts af j friends “who -will-wioh’ them well in the [t e opportunity. Bentamin Burdick, clork in the stoFd of Arthur. from°a Tork “city. Mr. and - Mri | recetving Tilllnzhast, has returned o7t yacation “spent ‘in “New | Edward Snllivan are conoratnations - from - the'r friends over the -birgh -of & lttle daugh- . ter on ‘December 3th. A jun'‘or commanify Christmas tree 's to be held under ‘the amsnices of the Parent-Teachers' _ Ascoctytion - in - the| Community - house, Thursday afternoon {Dec "1st followed by :an interesting en- tertainment- in the even'ng given by t! ! 'George T. White has taken up his d ties at- the Comfounity house as phy: \L'kl‘ director for men. Mr. White comes ! well enuipped.: for- nis new, task, being. a {and of the Boston college, with _a! gooa’ renytation for _ af letics, having .asmerd‘d record in_Con- ut ‘as_a. footpall and basketoal Nrs. S, Trving " Frink of | Brookiyn gave several . 'selecuons. at_the: bazaar| At the Congregational-churéh on’ Thurs- {day evening delightinz - the ~audiefice With her excel’ént readings. F. M. Krewson 0f New -York city was a: puect: of. Bdward Hall on “Thursday: Il ss Althea Maples of Norwich i .at the home of Mes. Henry W: Fontain and assisted at the bazaar tms weel Miss Carrle Farnham, of. Norwich wa- ithe cuest this ‘week of Miss Dorothy “sfilinghast. Edward Hall is in New York ety and, return'ng witn a new motor truck. The Sunday senwol of the- First Con- grezational ohureh 1s to hold.its cri mas ng a- simple Christmas n the: vestry ‘on Satur ‘The m\shzr hods' it¢ Christmas tree eclal’ program this evening, A \..r‘e cothany i~ expected to attefd tnis annual; affair. | POCLTEY SURVEY MADE FOR NEW LONDON COUNTY During the past year an egg mal‘kgt.-\ ing. survey was, conducted jn. New Lo don county tnder the direction of the | ! New "London "County Farm Bureau an { Extenision Service. ~ An effort was made | llo have ‘as. many poultrymen as possi- ble turn in a falrly complete report on eggs, the bréed of hens kept and other detailed. information. - Forty-nine - “poul- trymen Tesponded and the: summary. on ithe work which was madé ap by the { marketing - specialist - of the “Connecticut Agricultural collegs,. Mr. Mehl, sives us {the following information® Forty-nire: preducers had - 1&!24 birds of which approximately" thirty-two pet cent. - were "Léghorns and. about twenty- |eight per cent. Rhode ‘Island Reds. Of | Wyatidtttes, ‘Barred - @~ “White Rocks there ~were about two-‘or _three per_cent. of each breed. ~ Probably -one- - half of -the eggs brought to market are | white in* color - and - the other - half -of the varios - chades of|brown. < - It _all the.producers increase_the.size of- thelr flocks to-the' extent indicated in | the - questionhaires - returned . to. us Wi would ‘éxpect -{o“find ‘fiext year over a forty per .cent.inctease inthe pclllt.ry population’ Gf the’ fotnty. The town of Norwich would have-an increase of over| thirty per cent. and Lebanon over sixty per - cent. - In“regard to size of flocks we find that' over forty per cent of:the forty- nine producers had one hundred birds or less, while nearly sixty per cent: had loss: t producers had over 500: birds.. These. figures show that tha_New ‘Longon _comnty ponltry, indus try is made up of a majority of small ot fiocks: *\This® {s further. verified by the figures fér. egg sales by the producr ers. - During the-flush. seasan of March, months of October, November. and De- cember, ‘when eggs are inearly fifty.per “cent.. of ‘them. ~Almost | oneshalf of these prmdncus s¢ll less than 2’ case of eggs_during the spring and about m-o-mrda nn less than a casq per week during the- fall ‘season. - do ito ‘what .it' costs the ‘avérage producer 10" sell direetly. to consunfers'we are not in 2 position. to -state. defimiitély. wheth- er or ot direct.marketing paid- the ma- jority .of the farmers. . However, it .is mmmzwmvweam.o{m direct ‘sale brought more than, ;he 2 erage wholesale prite pald ducers ably ‘paid them. fo veflorm direct mar- Keting, mvwn: thcv e‘lg,gt - ene mare. 80 a5 of {ers, while one-Aifth of: the .total number | past. and that the. .average' price paid 18| would have been made at prices higher high . priced, | S5z {reporte were received we fnd that six- | teen’ sold their entire -egg ‘output, save what was, used for home consumptic only, to-consumers, iwhile tity stores rc. ceived the stirpius eggs from five, coun- try stores from two, country. buyers from three and commission men in the clty | from another three. The remaining twen- | ty sold the eges to. two or more of the | above mentioned partles. -~ Over one third of the fotal ‘humber of dozens sold | during March,. April and May and near- | 1y one-half of the total Kumber of doz- | ens_ sol during October, 'ovember and {December were sold directly to consum- of dozens sold during the spring monthe and over one-fourth Gf the number sold | during the fall uonths went (o the, city B i The prices: which & forty. ducers sisied as.having. betn pa!d o] them were comparéd. with the average wWholesale price . pald at.either Norwich or~New Londan for Connecticut newlaid fancy éggs. Where. spécific dates were | siven the prices ‘compared, with the av- | i erage price ‘pald om one ‘of the above markeis' on- the same day. In case the| “Connecticut Market Bulletin” d'd not quote 2 price for. that daté ths, average Drice ‘as quoted “for the.. previous - day for the above gride was used as a bas- s for.comparison, which was, of course, the only thing. compared with the aver- age price paid: for “Connecticut newlaid fancy” for' the’ same month. Taking -the county ‘as'a -whole the Teturns revealed that- about. thirty-sev- en ‘per cent. of the sales:were made by the_forty-nine persons_at z price which was better than -the average wholesale price peid for - Connecticut ‘newlaid fan- ¢y eges on the Norwich and New Lon- don markets. Ahout- 28.4- per cent of the sales were made at ficures between 91 and 100, per cent. of ‘that price; 23 per cent., between £1 and $0- per eent.; £ per cent. betwsen 71 and-§0 per cent,. and the remainder of the-sales . were made at’ figures “umider, 70 per cent. of the average wholesalé. price. ' To make this’ clearer. let . us assume that all -‘of these forty-nitie - people. in New. London county.-sold. their eggs on.the ame day {end in the same way as-tbey dif: in the for Connecticut newlaid .fancy eggs on that day was fifty cents per dozen; At the end of the day we would probably tind that about 37 per ‘cent. of, the sales than' fifty cents; 28.4_per cent* would prices nngtng from 40 -to 45 cents and about 8 per cent. at prices rancing from 35 to 40 cents,” while the remaind- ;:r would be made at about 35 cents or ess. The producers around Norwich made dver. forty peér-cent. of their sales, and | f& thosé around Lebanon nearly 35 per | cent..at prices above the average - Nor- wich quotation.. In®the remaining towns 38 per cent’ of the.sales, were made | at prices. abave the IYRIEG ‘wholesale price paid at either Norwlch or New Longox: It s interesting to’ nofs that from 60 per cent. of the salés made diréetly to the consumer the farmer. received more than the -average -wholesals price paid, | whereas only a .very small percentage of he sales made:to'the city storekeepers, country storekicepers,’ and country buvers wére about the wholesale” market price. ! This would ‘indicate -that. direct - market- ing' s profitable to-those-.producers who | ars, gatting_sbovo the hishest aversge wholesale - price Droviding thelr ' cost . marketing was got’ too- high. The ge jeral spread that exists between;the nrlc- es_receivéd by the produéers and. the av- erage wholesale Connecticut : price quot- jed for ‘the -] Worwli:h or-New London mar- kets ranged from. un than qne cent to thirteen . cents: under _up _to- fifteen e nabwedmwfiemr.bouuotme sales ‘ made: direct: fo-the “consumer and from one_to twen , W seven and. sales o the city stores. 1t must be kept in mind@ that the pfices reported all fel within . the: periéd "of January to uxy 1921 and xan and that-the. possibly difterent. months. —— are present however, we are unable to-veri- fythlsbeuuuolfluhqko!yflmm ‘Approximately . thirty. per -cent: ol the sales made diréctly -to. wholesale market “price; about _forty-six per cent. were made %t prices from less n‘fflh’w mnflt‘aflh l-x;mh;hl.v can: & beca: ‘prodaetion is w zfsg ‘s@fi T A el e :n;!;-':i”olfld'u ‘taks - m‘u posé, of ‘them, 1t will ocst,"8 th $3 | per da H STORE OPEN EVENINGE This store is open this evening and evary even until Christmas. For comfortable shopping we re- commend the morning hours. THE STORE OF VARIED ASSORTMENTS . | CHRISTHAS SHOPPING HEADQUARTERS THE STORE OF ABUNDANT STOCKS COMIE HERE COMIE HERE FOR ALL KINDS OF CHANDISE — FOR GIFTS OF ALL Kif FOR THE MOST COMPLETE LINE OF DOLLS, BOOKS, GAMES, IN NORWICH HOLIDAY ML D FIVE MORE DAYS — THEN CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS CARDS —10c a dozen—Gold edge, at 2c each—20c a dozen. Christmas and New Year’s Cards and, Booklets, each in a separate envelope, 1c, 3¢, 5¢c and up to SPECIAL—A box containing 15 different Cards .and Envelopes Lo - Seals and Tags, 5¢ and 10c a- package, CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR WOMEN Silk Petticoats Womer's Silk Petticoats, in Taffe- ta, Jersey top with Taffeta or Satin flounce, also all Jersey and Radium Silk, in regular and extra sizes— Price range $298 to $9.98 Sateen Petticoats An excellent line of Satsen and Heatherbloom™ Petticoats, in regu- lar and_extra sizes, in black and colors—Price range $1.00 to $2.50. Silk Underwear Women’s Silk Underwear, including Camisoles, Gowns, Envelope Chem- ises, and Bloomers, in flesh, white, orchid and honey dew—of Radium Silk and . Crepe de Chine—Price range from 98¢ for a Silk Camisole, all the-way up to $10.50 for a hand- some Chemise. Bu!hRobes Beacon Blank.t Bath 36 to 46, at $3.98 to izes, 45 to 54, at §7.98 Womer's nn‘(.mgn. in box-loom a pentine Crepe, in a big va- risty of styles, colors and patterns, lso an excellent "M of Sllk and Corduroy Robes, at $2.98 to $5.98. Women's Flanneletts Short Kimon- ll‘ neat pathrnl, good range . of lors—at $1.50. . Outing Gowns Vl-.\-n- Outing Flannel Gowns, 'm ° a e White Gusng Flannel Gowngy with or without turn-over collar, at $1.50 Zextra sizes, both colored ~and white Gowns, at $1.98. : H&ce Drenes The largest assortment of Christmas Cards and Booklets ever shown in Norwich. Christmas Post Cards, 1c each EXTRAORDINARY CHRISTMAS SPECIALS FROM OUR Domestic Department TUESDAY-—WEDNESDAY—THURSDAY 10 dozen, I ze 24x48, heavy, ab: sorbent Terry, pink and blue effects value $1.00— Spec:al price Size 18x30 Bureau Scarfs ro.—«am Tagrs, m lace frimmed and em- broidered, value $1.00—Special price Real Madeira Boudoir and Baby Pillov , Tose scal- loped edges (in Christmas boxes) — Very special value, at . .. Real Madeira Boudoir and Baby Pillows, fine grade of pure linen, pretty embroi ered effects and rose scalloped borders (in Christmas boxes), value $2.9. 52.00 50 Turkish Se.s — large size Bath Towel, Guest Towel and Wash Cloth, pink and blue effects (dain- tily boxed), value $1.50—Special price a set .... $1.00 73 Turkish Sets, in attractive Jacquard border e fects, pink, blue and yellow (in Christmas boxe: f- ) value $2.00—Special price ........c.......... $1.50 50 size 72x80, extra large Plaid Woolnap Blankets, in singles, value $2.50—Special price . .... 30 light grounds, valueiatice o 25 size 72x78 Silk Covered Comfortables, Silk Covered Comfortables, attractive designs on self-colored borders — Very special $4.95 in new and dainty designs, high colored grounds with self- colored borders, light weight, warm and sanitary $6.95 25 Hemmed Satin Marseilles Bed Spreads, full dou- ble-bed size, regular value $6.75—Special price. .. $5.00 PLEASE CARRY SMALL PACKAGES IN THE LAST HURRIED DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS, OUR DELIVERY SYSTEM WILL BE TAXED TO THE UTMOST. S0 WHENEVER POSSIBLE WE WOULD ASK OUR PA. TRONS “TO. CARRY SMALL PACKAGES. CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR THE HOME CEDAR CHESTS—The most prac- geal of all C moth-proof and dust- oroof and are shown in a num- ber of pretty models—$15.00 to $i0.0. ELECTRIC SWEEPERS—We are agents for the Hoover Electric Suction Sweeper, by far the best of all Electric G aners—it beats as it cleans—$5250 and $65. TAPESTRY and Velour Table Ran- ners—Price range $1.50 to $7.50. COUCH COVERS, in a large seiec- tion of patterns — Price range $2.00 to $18.00. PORTIERES in all the wanted col- ors—Price range $6:00 to $1200. PICTURES in a great variety of subjects—Price range $1.25 to CURTAINS — Scrim, Marquisette and Quaker Craft Curtains — an_ideal gift—Price range $1.25 to $9.75 a pair. PILLOWS make an excelient ‘gift. Our pillows are covered with elour_and can be round or oblong Shaper aad e tak Cenicra P s range $2.00 to $4.00. SEWING BASKETS—a gift for the usekeeper—Price range $4.50 e SMOKING STANDS for the man of the house—Price range $1.50 TABOURETTES. an Mb‘c home—P rice range !a S JE. CARPEY SWEEPER‘, all the best makes -— Price range $4.50 to iy VA{I:UUI‘I;":’\:I'EEPERS. m“ vllll- . . um Cleaner—at §7.50 and $10.0. MATTING. BOXES, s _practiea the home—Price range RUG‘. in all sizes and in all Smail size l% rom 955 %0 g S 1923 CALENDARS A 1923 Calendar makes a dainty gift and one that will be remem- bered during the whols yesr. We have a splendid collection — many are hand-coiored, with verses and some without. There are colored subjects, fioral subjects, blue-bird subject winter scenes, country water scenes, etc. Prices ars 10c, 15¢, 19c and up to 7Be. HANDKERCHIEFS Children’s Handkerchiefs Children’s Handkerchiefs, in box=s, a big variety—Prices are 15c, 19z, 25¢ and 3%¢. Boys’ Handkerchiefs Boys' Handkerchiefs, in whito colored borders—at 10c, 12'ic ane 19¢ sach. g Men’s Handkerchiefs | Men's Plain White Hnndk:rcm'(l. § in_cambric, at 5¢, 10¢, 12%c, 15 19¢ and ZSc. Men's Pure Linen Hemstitched & Handkeérchiefs, at 3%c and to 75¢ each. 20 W el Boxed Handkerchiefs Women's Handkerchiefs, in faney boxes, three and six in a box, s 1 1 5&3‘0.5&.1-:!!1:&“0).&:.' n White Hemstitched Hlnd hiefs, -t 5S¢, 10c, 12%c and :r mh for a fine Linen andkerchi Women’s Initials Women's Pure Linen Initial Hand- kerchiefs, at Z8¢c each, or $1.50 & box of six. and:lhflauthd‘ s Women's Embrois Nln‘hmllloll. white and colored embroidered, at Z5¢, 306 and 50c. Embroidered Handfs., 25¢ « A(thumw'mflhflum -h»mm of Women's Hand-em- broidered Linen Handkerchicfs, 4