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HELD p n cK FROM | WITH A SATURDAY DANCE] "iets wo can teen | in ear aupoir. and (rane LOCAL FACTORIES a) THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 , on the coal deliveries at tts pler, | PHILANTHROPY BY we paying, Burne Hrothers wove | When ‘Truth About Burns Bros.’ - These accusations have denwn from Was Not Exactly All the Truth No. 111 Ninety-second Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 6, 1916. the Central Hatiroad Company the statement that burns Brothers earned the twelve cents a ton by services te 1 in unloading coal; but to 0 the Bultor of The New York Hvening World IS FASY FOR BURNS Referring to statement of Burns Bros, under the caption of "The — “That, of course, costs us more] This forces the situation that re- money than we would have to pay if|auires the expre: companies to ont the dollveries were made as usual, It|into the available supply of freight also puts us behind in the making of | cars for express traffic, our goods. On the finished work that “We are working as far ahead as makes up the outgo’ hipments the | January making our arran \ys are very much shorter and|for shipping facilities, The }relauivély unimportant. have not declined to work with us, ‘Our chief troubles are over the| but they want us to give them time New Ifaven and Pennsylvanig. Tho) to make some effort to handle our cad seems to be that the transfer | shipment points | this Mr. O'Connor now replies that ail conditions were equal between his Truth About the Burne Bros." which appeared in your paper about Dec. 1 or 2, I inclose copies of two letters, which are self explanatory. a The Nurns Bros. admit in their letter to me of the 4th instant that 1 Murns Brothers, except company a1 Je t mp ted a } shoke ‘ The outgoing trade of the reat : ® ton from Nim asd y they knew they were not telling the public the truth when they ran | Eannot get througiy 1think that thia| cloak, sult and welrt industry of New Competitor Makes Reply to}*«; wae abel that ad. fan) writing you in the hope that you may investigate and!) Manufacturers Delayed by| ja a general condition with the metal| York, which 1s one of the very the Hillauit Certificate Fastehated teens Aarne Brothers (tell Burns titos. juat where they got off eal $ elayed YY working manufacturers, Out of Phila- largeat factors, 58 Tea al be bes pte Sentient that Rot IT may add that six days after receiving coal from Burns Bros, ot ailure of Roads to De- Petit (Bere Is an embark on thé] creas, and the freight congestion has fC an | rhe P hy tt y rf wont Pennsylvania, The other day we had| P' h erious re of Character. fay P 7 on Nov. &, I received two tons of coal trom another large coal concern liver Freight. a shipment from Philadelphia and| Rot as yet hit it with any semen — k ' Mort , +46 F Wero told It could not come by the| sults. The mass of the factories ove ¥ aris Vin Brooklyn for which I pald only $7.75 per ton. ‘This company also ere told At could not como by the) Pinized Into a protective association More details about the favor \; oe t Hin 46 cart It about four miles, Does it speak well for the Burns Bros? rio of delayed goods, of raw mas use t niral of New Jersey and the | Wit hanate ay oomeations a aay Sepfed to Burne Brothers by the Cans] he 2 ; ? rebates C. GRANT FRICK teriaie held out of the New ‘York! psigninent landed at a pier down. | Will Manel such tine. Bugene. ta tral Ratiroad of New Jersey hav » wo had to cart it a much | Tiineky, the executive head of the F distance and experienced @ de- | i ciation, said to-day that the mane arhet by fre te jon and ot; “ been given to District Attorney (; 1) Ninety-« Htreet, Brooklyn, N. ¥., Dee. 2, 1916. business lostes through the failure of flay for that reason.” tfacturers would have no trouble uns i Swann by Joseph DP. 0% r, for A CHARGE TO ONE AND A RE ' #. President Hurne Hros.. Fitton rt ng New Tork City the rallroads to handie promptly the} [FREIGHT CARS USED FOR EX-/ toss {t came from the bringing in of merly Treas ft r Sir Referring ( wour ad in The York Evening World of | orders of manufact ame to-day | PRESS SERVICE. and that the reports oon~ charged between certain | ty BATE TO THE OTHER, Coal Company. This | 1, revarding th aimed ti pany! str, ¢ Diatriet t 4 ’M prominent concerns whose yeur=| BW, Bhotuback, teat y materials had not which, he de 8 af Sto give | At pi t reaponden ites, 1 beg to Vow. § waa delivered to me at the 1 1, business makes up a large total, | ‘for the National Cloak and wf up its lea pockets | ¥ } fl al Frei re residence, fr at the foot of Twenty-sicth reet, Th Weekly qvesy Soslation the come! pany, No, 207 Weat Twent at Garfield Ave n atreot, | 4 Central Companys abaut | Brooklyn, N. ¥., three tons of ¢ hich Lwas charged $8.75 per ton platne et is the inakaitiy OF Ose |[Mtreet, is one of the beat local au-i Seeees City, Boon Wal: Cow alow 0 ay 1, te ing to your at he ereharped at the rate of oe he Ine y of th lihorities on traffic conditions in New eee 7 a $1.25 per ton, for hiel bate of $8.75 for the three nanufacturer to get his raw material! 1York, He placed the seat of the con. | pany charged it ten cents a ton dump- your letter of the 1th Foo. denvered into the elty because of the fact that |gestion to-day upon U war munitions and supp shipment of} ‘and wal HAIR j that the difficulties of the New York manufacturer were becoming more | Jacute with the winter conditions and Sine of ihe reais for the ehotts Don't stay Gray! Here’s an hat amount to the above address, | the unusual shipments of war ma- terlals and supplies have blocked the} +f transfer points of the Fastern division. 1 would thank you tor uiton inal TMuilding, NEW YORK, Dec, 4, 1916, Wriek, No, 111 Ninety-recond Heooklyn, N.Y Burns Uros, £ ORIPSY VON STADE Mr Grn . Shipments into New Gnwerey oo x ; A Dear Bir We are in receipt of your favor of the 2d referring to our | cit wn ohipindne pid snared as ‘- OFO SERVICE, in wetting freight out of New| QOld-time Recipe that advertivement in The Nev k vening World, Dee. 1, regarding the stad ald ohhh Sl Rio Mala bthaneheheend [IG 7 Lone telad and raw materials if } i : ; ; have been made by long water routes}, THe social season on Long Ista * he sald, “lies in the taking of Anybody can Apply. prices we elaimed to have charged between certain dates, whieh were ah~ 1 100% O©eh Mi Meindl GF TOUCH | ow tally on. ARK ond Mra. I |fretetit cara tor expresn corp: i. ) 'y pply: solutely the truth, with the exception of a few cases where we might unusual situation has forced th | | f Easy-steering have charged $9.50 by reason of the fact that we had never sold them | uf the Now Haven for war purposes, | Sid@y von Stade will Rive a Bae ee ee DLNEe Gi take: Wralen letra, Wop theake and SnIpHUr forse 4 any coal, and were giving it to them as an accommodation, as we were \y industries that require products ray night Bb thelr Buuse Ob) ony inatead of are and rin leoter Cleee beeey Cen aceh natural following a dinner whica| color du Non-skidding OU want the sled with the grooved runners of chrome nickel steel, that will steer on paying at that tieve as high a $10.50 for cog! and later paid $12. werer, referrtd to ita, Mtr. and fre, Chatiea| would not be pe rake trelght time, She used it to keep her hal Steele, will give at Sunridge [luil, ears at the high speed of a passenger Brae eer ey it waa thelr house in the same socigl colony [tain and run them on long hauls, oo) ene ier hair took on that tes ‘but on such runs as from New Yor ull, faded or streaked appearance, o ® jargon ature: to Philadeiphia or to Washington, | this simple mixture w: ppli ft the largest manufacturers of brash of that particular class of stock, Of \sdectal trams of freight care. are| wonderfal effect. isin lighting Oxtures in New York, has! course {t cost us money to make them | A \ ny o mu ade up and used ectlo: ollow-| But brewing at h ondition, 1 » dee: pth hipments aro sent by this moans. 4 ndition, particularly because of the)" “We have had about two weeks’ |” “I'his, of course, reduces the avall- | Any drug store for a b0-cent bottle of shipments required from the Pitts-| delay in getting our stuff into town. able number of freight cars for the| eth’s Sage and Sulphur Com- burgh district for this industry, At! Outgoing consignments are not de-|jonger and heavier traffic. The pound” you will get this famous old the Company's ‘oftioes to-day this | ved so much, The chief complaint | freight congestion is due to immense | Preparation, improved by the addition Wathicack Wen shade ison the oning materials. Some/shipments of war materials to the Of other ingredients, which can be de~ . é 4 times shipments have gone astray on, Atlantic Coast, The shipments from pended upon to restore natural color | “lf The Evening World can per-/account of the congestion and have the West have blocked Pittsburgh and and beauty to the hat form the service of relieving the de-|%€e picked up at remote plers. We'it you can't get through Pittsburgh A well-known downtown druggist found one consignment unloaded in| yo t handle trate, j iy that ts Incident to the freight sit-|Hrookiyn, Another was divided and.” “rhe New Haven ‘is practieatty | 8#¥8 It darkens the hair so naturally Sastern States It will| We only got one part of It.” ieiven over to war shipments, You #Md evenly that nobody can tell ithas John Williams, Incorporated, the|must remember t pavers “been applied. You simply dampen « big bronze concern at No, 636 West | of freight that « m the mu- Sponge or soft brush with it and w Haven a draw this through your hair, taking 1 it almost im- uate service on back to Ada agg ‘s The statement we made, he never charged more than $8.75 in Kro , that being the maximum; whereas in New York we were charging $9.50 early in November, and under the circumstances wou are not entitled to the reduction, as our price in Brooklyn, up to Saturday night, was $8.75 per ton right through from October 28. In Brooklyn we always get more money for coal than in New York, as, for instance take the carting in your case; our nearest vard ia at Twenty-sirth Sty ana it ts probably four miles to your address, and we could only make about two trips a day. A three-ton truck ig worth $8.00, s0 that the labor alone would cost probably $1 more than normal, and we are really unable to sell coal in that section unless wa get a corresponding increased price. Very truly yours, ew York only, as tee tdinary tratt Phe Mitchell Vance Company, one A ORR te : ' 4 BURNS BROS. inst. in reference to a terminal! matter is adjusted to our satisfaction. charge of 10 cents per ton for dump-| “COMMERCIAL COAL COMPANY, | "tion In the age, which Is ad on our freight “Joseph P. O'Connor, Treasurer." |Teceive the thanks of the manufac. | bills, you stato that all but one of the! General Freight Agent Koons gave| turers. Wo had one instance in, parties menUoned in our letter were | eng matter lon, Twenty-seventh Street, has its/nition factories on i and earn vhte ‘ rac 4 i ; Ob tha ‘sane Babs ‘per ton, lappa, Hace which we had a contract for an In-| troubles with the freight situatios,!pound of raw materials has to come one strand at a time. By mornin; A w is practically given the gray hair disappears, and aft ‘This morning we made a formal |‘ As per your r stallation in a public building. We t¥pifying the situation with the orna-!in, and the line demand on your agent, Mr, B.| hak cuareie caylee could not get our materials throngh | Monta! metal manufacturers, Herolover to this highly remunerative another application or two it becomes Morris, at Jersey Cit 866 & CODY nection with the question you raised |; tet in the company’s experience as told to- | business, beautifully dark d glossy. cf terminal charges on file covering | tore particularly pertaining to price in time to complete the work and had} day: mie It wore not for the New Haven'’s | Ceautitully dark and glossy. | i to go Into the open market and bu: “We are delayed in the manufac-'poat lines they would be Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com- y at Mnes th ould be in a bad thiy service. He absolutely refused to Peet eared cee tan: | Of cORl fOr SOIT ACEOUR ee ane oe ene scram, | ture ot our euodn by the fact that tho| way. “We gee into New England’oy Pound is a delightful tollet requisite ‘Atay’ . be brought to us/ shipping by bout to Portland in many fF those who desire a more youthful | able to loqite them posted In a con-! raw material cann edge of any different condition than| after makini e : ge of any different c king this installation we had nt experionsa|cases, In others we ship through appearance. Tt is not intended for the spicuous place, which according to of 8 rl in proper time, The ri tection 1, page 12, of the Interstate | tat Which applied when you brought) the stock that came later on hand |of this company is that we have about| New York to the Boston and Albany, cure, mitigation or prevention of dis» : erce y e »| the matter to my attention. I was) w, Baste} ‘ So merce, Law, he ts compelled to) ti Sing. impeatsion, however, that with no definite outlook for the use two weeks delay in getting our ship- “Ag the holiday period approaches ease.—Advt. "We have sufficient information at; YoU would personally confer with Mr hand to state that we are being dis-| Heliner. If you have not done so you arn criminated against by this charge, and | Should do so Immediately Saye we refuse to honor any more bills for} A BURNS COMPETITOR CAN GET this service, and If you insist we shall NO SATISFACTION. be igocopelien to take action on this “L found, when I went to see Mr.| e ur New York Stores nAWe are willing to pay the same| Héliner, that he had gone to Eurox | 5 OPEN EVERY rate per ton for this xervice as our }eald Mr; O'Conner, to Asati wich | EVENING Be , Nie ea pep tater EO ART MGR WHetiner, coat gates agent | A WEEK» Uni shel i Ug 3 2 ~ > ; ve ; of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barr a ty a! VS WA fe ey ("but we shall have to refrain Company. That company is allied to||* DELIWERS VB MWY from _paying the charge untll the | the Central Railroad Company of New | $e Ee ee ™ = — = oo Jersey. Mr, Hellner did not return} WoRTA for a long IT answered Mr. | e OF 5 \ r/I na on Aug. §, 1911, saying _ 5 : : } | "The matter we had up with you CIE TS | : |and om which we received no answer | : ~ JoAny W :. i} GODRESS h- Flexible Flyer oitsitstun With the al/-steel front, which acts as a shock-absorber, the safest sled is made eater id made stronger and easier to steer. ee. carries two 4 tt, long, only. of Missourl River fi S.L, Allen & Co. Prisdsintia \ © NG - wes it bears ap” d 19: FRAPPR LLIN E fe trademark it Ww MOP 7 9h BSN ARETE ‘ta Flexible PL BCIS ~ B referred to discrimination of freight rates on dumpage, on which we hav e Jtaken no action, as per your request | in conversation that we do not 13 |Uintit Mr. Heliner returned from } hh PARLOR ROCKER Price 814 u were to confer w My * Gift Account WITH ANY ARTICLE IN ny THIS ADVERTISEMENT OR | as to the discrimination a WITH ANYTHING WE SELL | bis company xoon afterwi ave up i WITHOUT ANY EXTRA CHARGES SAY | its tease on the Garfield Avenue pier Sh any KINGe land yard, | | “And what makes it very raw,” he! Thousands of ractical Xmas Gift The surest way to make your gift welcome is to e something useful. “tg the fact that the Lehigh Suggestions are here at siaayssylok ; The Big Stocks ineleven Blyn Stores coal 15 the beat that comes into New prices, Visit our stores, relec 5 ‘ : i tes Saati 1 nye lt | York and not need any rebate or thing you want and we will send it to : ; sugyest the practical gifts — that siowane ts Wie nds home or your own, and] LADIES’ WRITING DESK REED ROCKER Keg. Vrice 812 jiosing 1 na | Mr. or t afraid of serious hat reminds me express. thoughtfulness and sentiment. On Holiday as on every-day foot- wear our one sinall profit means mod- erate prices and A FULL MONEY’S WORTH you can pay for tt next year in weekly or mont payments, Con vince yourself by comparison t whether you buy for cush or credit that OurPrices Are Alwaysthe Lowest Pi Hatin Evening * ected leathers, de and nicely he comfortable, I'm the ¢ pe . tet he |who is furnishing the coal for the | Mail Orders Fil led i Purchases made at any Tombat" TAPESTHY, Rocke Sand ae-| |] Mail Order Department, | ,| {ium Store may be ex: nl x | tie ‘ta ! | } val values: 2240 Third Av., N.Y. City || Hiyn Store. i /REAR ADMIRAL PORTER DEAD. Bi fg i on at rie and Gack aire . fancy “taneetry. ; ' [Fulton St. (Brookiyn) Store J) steattn Hoke pe deines ie C enti i ne to $5,006 Eapecially Invited Open , Gift Account 442-444 F. ton See | i $5 to $5, 0 PO, =| ey SAVES with any one o these toys or any- NEW LONDON, Conn., Dec, 8.—Rear {3} | Adimral John Por M retired, | died here to-day In the Mohican Hotel, f aa x ing else we sell without an: ON 6MALL WEEKLY OK toe ig AE 8 ne | extra charges of any kind. J Opposite Bridge, near Hoyt Street pdaseanitdlaakes Wisnadladetaibe Say entre a MONTHLY PAYMENTS toy it at eee Newark | 689 Broad Street Store |_Oppesite Military Park the home of his daughter, Mra. R. D. (| johnston. His health had’ been break- | ldly for several weeks, due to enue: | Alligator dy will be shipped to Annapo | q ra V r-V 7 here) G Aantal Porter came hore Nov, 12 ta icto’ ictrola visit his daughter and sc in-law, who Tat the United States sub- school her wetness te |Senate Takes Up BD From $15 to $350 On Bmwll Weekly of Monthly Payn This $33.75 Victor- Ladies’Felt Juliette Slip- Fur and Ribbon $1.25 & $1.50 | to Make and up to 4.08, } Washington Dry. Vi la Outfit [ | ; IN, Dec Prohibition 1 WE CARRY EVER = sacle 1) CON Prices on Our Standard Sitpper RATENGTON, seca auto a Verne Xmas Credit Offer _Vietrola Ou ye camney every | Cont : ; Be Lines of Rubber Boot or akin vantage fo-day when the Bante. oe te: an account with the p $15 Victrola No. 1 Victor Record yey EDDY Combination 2) Fertect and Fully Wa an consldrration bill to p event Gift» ' Golden Gas, Oud) rpms rp BEARS Wich and Black Kid Men's Sizes, 6 to 18 n ture and of Nquor in 7 ein 4 Tt Nictoe, Record sae ' 79¢ Wheel Chalre C) Vamps with igen, 3 to 6 ational Capital fs een Oss + i ic, 1,29,1.95, shat ' si ll to® —_ $5 Wort cor i, vind e ’ a 4 bn tron’s bright and dull tnd Her Life With Gas, rm gota) ~ : :. 98¢, 1.29 8 2.50, 4.50 uve pretty ‘ ith her husband. ) baker, at No. 238 Kast Seventy 4.95 tiers Sto Why Diges, Lh to? by Text Cone Dull Gum Boots, knee length, Feet, tried to Kill herself’ to-day - 35 p Ali wines, aD Rest Con: ate, bo 2.75 p Ning Kun through tube. A nelgh pe ~~ F =e Ghilate Bens 18 $2.78 SES] | Hie talled a policeman, who broke open ' VietoreVictroly ‘and f Kockers Ha) what! : 5 the door of the Josik npartment and et eat J Hoy’ sizem, 1) tog 75 |froried the woman to Rellevue Hospital. (iy ie ne) p to 8 5 | | Vike condition t# serious, No-one in the ks, house knows anything about t = have lived t ‘but a sh | | Bright Piutsh, pias, ML tog en's, 6 to 10. High Grade heavy anand jen oF 11 to 1814.$2.50 Hoys' Sives, 1 to 3, 3.00 Men's Sige, 6to 12. 4,00 ) Christmas Presents for Everyone eA " it year tn weekly ue ten! VICTROLA NO, IX, (redit)ouR NEW YORK STORES OPEN EVERY EVENING UNTIL CHRISTMAS Kee, Pric 144-146 FMW America'sGroatest OF 6 WEST d ){ Furniture House @) ¢) lo 36 St 8.9 Between 7th &C@omp Jy Ave. : and Lenox Aves. NEWARK STORE, 49-51 MARKET Men’s Arctics Four Buckle $2.00 One Buckle...$1 Fleven Big Stores—Eusy to Rea What plisk atue We Give and Redeem Sperry Gold Stamps 5 hi IVS. | san at we |, Marencinae. |G For One Book We Give St a eee +4 7) ‘ wm | AY wort $2.50 IN MERCHANDISE OR ij cu hye nih Maa ‘ weg Sea akaHt 19h Tae Se, Mall Order Depts Hd Ave, Favorite Nroad Stop Military # ndreds of other handsome pl at proportionately we \W ROLTIDAY FOOTWEAR Since 1788 ™