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MABONIO DIRECTORY
he officers of Filttenhouse chapter,
"it. 11' R: At Me, of mmfom' w". 60“.
in» the R. A. M. degree in Butler Chap-
‘lsld the bivalves out' on
r. Ne. 33, R. A. M.. et their Stated
‘Oonveestlon to be held March 28th.
till. A banquet will follow the work.
Kindly make an extra effort to be
present on that occasion, that we me
give them a hearty and fraternal we:
e.
ii R A. Masons cordially and in-
really invited.
Fraternally yours,
ROBT. M. WiLCOX. eee'y.
“——
In the midst of a recent address in
Falrfléld, Judge Elmore S. lianlis,
' speaking of the Sunday law. cited a
court case brought by a woman in
1895, which reached the superior court.
in which site sought damages from it
trolley company. owing to an accident
which hei’eii her while riding unann-
day. “The defense," said the Judge,
"wnettthtlt she was engaged in an un-
lawtul occupation, and therefore could
notsne for damages. But the opinion
of the court, written by Judge Bald-
win. new the governor, was that it is
lawful to ride on a trolley on Sunday.
And this took place in 1895. What do
you think of such a law, that enables
able‘iawyers to interpose it as a le-
gal defense against recovering dain-
ages? Fortunately since then. the
word ‘travel' has been stricken out."
Judge Banks believes that much of
the trouble over Sunday lawscomes
from the fact that A. and ll get togeth-
er and undertake to mane out how {I
shall conduct himself.
M- H..—
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RIGHT TO THE POINT.
Consistency, thy name is Quechua.—
Mcrtden Journal.
4...
maple sugar and its ndulterntions is
on. ”Rockville Leader.
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"The bounds of spring are on win-
g'ter's traces," but they must have lost
the scentE-New York Tribune.
Y‘s. Brother Kern, Bryan‘s iuture is
secure. Fatally so.—-lioston Trun-
script.
Aifederslion o‘f-‘p‘oete is being or-
nailed. Let us hope that the new
.tederation will immediately go on
Dstrilte —-Grhnd ltaplds I’rcss.
Winsted appends to its, date line
the story that three live fish were
taken from it won on a man's neck.
We should like very much to see
what the man who incubated this
my could ddavith the old lie about
‘itorelgner paying the tax ——lloue
,4
When will people learn that the
Mir“ dsnzemtil firearm is the one
’ it. you are sure is not loaded? Let
men anti boy or sense resolve
hat is to he on the
«Sprimel'd Republlcttn. .
iii-«+-
sing completion lav
purposes. Nd loud
, rkilig tor Miller»
V'Lisdsro nditchts sre chiefly goose-
so for. -—-Brooklyn Eagle
nor Glyn lmuch shocited sod
9d over the misinformation that
re no‘ bellies on aristocratic
venue in New York. By the
artillery little Glyn: are there?
till Lender.
i
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r ien now ensued in grind-
Sinistsin thst. bed he
treat. his wespons would
tfllr eon—Sprinldeid
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x.
new town. ".th
The annual spring discussion at ‘
”the tax commissioner.
‘iiiitlhlds lest prices.“ g
(Continued from First Pass.)
an”
hour! 0 Rowe to show the finance
commutation {ldmmlibie it is t0
sepsrdie tin oysters from the
iihell out! til-Iii and now. therefore.
.ihoonsihiont on the part of the board
_ of equalization to try to, usage the
productivity of the wiser beds or the
stats. and tax them accordingly. lie
the table.
and every one in the senate, and
there Wore over seventy live repro-
aoniallvss there, nudged up to
table to set a look at them liven
Tax Commissioner Corbin wan amused
if not enlightened by the oblost ins-D
son.
The opponents of Tax Commission
or Corbln' as plant to tax the oyster iti-
dustiy oi the state in order to mine
revenue. were out in strong numbers.
and the applause was plentoous for
Senator Homau. of New iiuven who
made one of the host speeches heard
in the chamber against the tax.
"You might as well tax the 20,000.-
000 hens In the state at the rate of
one cent a belt. and then place the
ptoductlvity tax on the eggs. as to
tax the oyster products in\ the way
this bill proposes," said Senator no
man When Mr Homsn got. through
one old. tellow was so delighted that
he threw up his list and said "Glory
he to God" and the whole gstherlnit
chipped in approval
Corbin and Donovan A: it.
‘ Aside from illumination‘e on the
subject of taxing the oyster products
of the state. there was an interesting!
little try-play between Senator Jere-
miah Donovan and Tax Commissioner
Corbin, when the former accused the
latter of being undipiomatic in um-
ing the tax. inasmuch as he had
neglected to cell the attention of the
general assembly to the neglect of
the public service corporations to
pay their share of the state tax
“0n the books they are put down as
paying 1 per cent. on their assessed
property. when. as a matter of fact.
they are paying only 5 mills. it is
unfair to tax the oyster growers and
permit, public service corporations
to get by."
Senator Donavon also made an at-
tack upon the board of equalization
for its display of exceptional energy
in trying to get taxes out 0! the oyster
industry while letting the New Haven
road escape paying its fair amount.
Rhede island’s Harvest.
Senator Donovan said that the potti-
tion of Tax Commissioner Corbin who
mending taxation 0! oydier grounds is
inciting in diplomacy. The commie
sinner had quoted questionable figures
and had not considered the conditions
which confront oystermen. "You
might as well but the fisheries es
the oytsermen." he said. «They are
engaged in hazurdous employment
and some only exist. "
'Roproesnttttivo Chandler, of Rocky
Hill. answered Mr. Donovan ”that the
board of equellsution aimed to treat
all interests fairly Recently they
had made the New Haven road pay
6200. 000 and its protest was no less
vigorous than the oystermen are now
mulling.
Representative Chandler in pre-
seating the state‘s rosson for the tax
said it bore no animosity toward the
state's finances demanded new means
of taxation. ii the present expenses
continued the deficit {or the next two
seem would be over $3,900,000. Gov-
ernor Woodrufl in csstlng ebout for
some means to depreciste the state
debt found out that oystermen in
nearby states were paying a is:
cenimensnrs'tc with their profile. and
sent a message to the essentbly on
the matter Governor Liliey, it. was
stated, had favored a tax. The gen»
oral ssmnbly appointed three men.
the comptroller, the trelsurer sad
to look the
matter up. Now if. as the oystermen
say, slid Mr. Chandler. there are not
competent men. who are? There are
10,000 acres of cultivated oyster
grounds in Rhode inland. froth which
the state realises from taxation
”10.000 Connecticut. with its 33.~
000 sores. has received at net income
up to two years one of 636 s The
net income for the pest trio veers
has been $14,000 The shite suns to
place s franchise ten of amen cents"
per acre, sad a productivity is: of
three cents s bushel Wislnns end
Msrylend have s productivity tax.
end it its. worked with Money. The
it: cannot be levied es a reel ‘estste
tax. The oyster men Is. why not
ten other commodities 1 st people
set? Tsxstlon is s mutter ct. expo
dlency. not or oolieotivity. in view
oithe crest value or the oyster beds.
their owners should be willing to
contribute their share of the tone-
tios. relation is based on so shil-
ity to W:
mm Doenvsn said one city in
New Jersey collects more in textiles
clawing? listed! Connecticut
will
”Kill“.
“in: when
the '
icompttny,
'wee sincere but misinformed.
was our of the committee rccom'
i'rhe committee should cons tier such
oystermcn. but the condition or the‘
in or
«we
m it thrust nut D , ‘
t
Between the Hours of 7 and 10.0,ka
Crowds or people visited our store todsy and many complimentary remarks were heard in reference to our magnificent showing of
SPRING MERCHAND
We have arranged some special values for tonight. as an inducement to have you see our areal display.
Absolutely Pure
”Inflow
Dream of.
UMMMHWIATE
out not. there was amusement till this
state‘s inaction.
Ex-Behstoi- Hemsn Speaks toi- Oyster
men.
Senator li‘. It Human. of New lla-
van. president of the American Oyster
said Governor Woodruii‘
'l‘iie
illoard of Equalization went outside
of the instructions or the General
Aenembly in the matter and connti~
tuted itself a board of assessors, a
board of relief and a board of investi-
gation. it increased the vniuetion of
the lands $1,000,000. He said the
board went into an investigation of
the. subject, with u prejudiced mind.
Connecticut Iced oysters are no bet
ter. nor as good as Rhoda island. it
is impossible to keep acctirate records
as to the productivity and value of
the grounds. Their estimate is based
on the knowledge gained from adver-
tising records sent out by the trade
and naturally those would mnsnifyi
the value of the industry. Rhoda
island may be able to tax the industry
because of the nature oi the lease of
the lands. the nature or the water.
the protection against sewage. and
pollution of the water, which t‘on-
necllout does not give to the industry.
it Is. therefore. impossible to compare
the industries on the sums bsais To
claim that Rhode island oysters are
not worth as much as the Connecticut
product, and thou to claim we should
rot more out of them is inconsistent.
The board of equalization his not
estimated the value of the oyster
lands tslrly. A fair valuation is what
land sells for. what it urodtzrcs has
nothing in do with its' value. The
oyster lands arc subject to a million
iniluencon, such as water, winds. the
prevalence of starfish in their waters;
valuation unjust and srhi rut-v. if
the oy stormed (”out use the land who
wants it? The stute complains that
the land is unused “'ili do the oil-
tcr dealers go into llltode island?
The most valuable ovsloi lands in
Connecticut lune been shundonod be-
cause of the sewage and the hull con
dltlons in the state. i
The industry was forced into Rhoda
island and New York. Now it the
slate wishes to annihilate the industry
entirely let it til: it unjustly. Con-
necticut relinquished the right to tax
the beds when she gave the oyster-
mrn n perpetual ‘frnucttlse. i‘ho tax
proopses that the cstpsins who then
our bouts shall be spies on their em-
ployers. Speaking oirltussls espion-
ngc. nothing could be more contemp-
tiblo than the provisions of this bill.
Conencticut should subsidize the in-
dulu'y instead of taxing it. For a
lees unjust tax thsn this our lore
fathers wurred with their mother
century.
Frederick Beardsley. oi the Strei-
iord Oyster Company. objected to e
productivity tux. He believed that the
oyster binds should be screened by
practice] then. and oystermen would'
submit to their figures.
Henry C. Rowe. of New Haven and
Gretna. resident of the Connecticut
0; star or: moeistlon, exhibited
to the committee oyster! showinh tile
renne- by drills and starfish. sud else
oyster lrslh. lie ssld that snyone
with own a slight knowledge or the
oyster industry must see the utter
injustice or it out which will uned-
rupie the ts: to he paid by the msu
who is uniortunste and hes loll s
large portion oi his crop by natural:
causes. it there were no other rear
sons but the utter uufslrsess. inequit-
shleneu end lrdgzsctleehlilty of this
bill it ought is beyond question
ret mt upon this”
in: decided it
iiusnes committee. tor amused;
to give soother
“I Wolsey.
w” ill. on tile mug: 32in-
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mule; I hate me is; of It so
tin-mu d’r
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Dainty Waists
Women’s Gloves
All new modem in Lingerie, iii-button Chomolsetto Gloves.
Lawn and t;‘rossbnr; some natural color. washable; reg-
inttdo. with kimono sleeves ttinr 750. quality. Tonight
and Dutch neck; regularly
”.50. Tonight,
79c
77
Corsets
The famous "Royal Worcester"
make. big“ assortment of mod-
els in bullets and coutll;
'l‘onight
ulsr price 62.
Mr. E. F. Bostwick will be seen in the Title Role
All the Old Favorites, and Dorothy Feetherstone as "Hal”
A BEAUTIFUL PRODUCTIOM MWlFUL DCOITUHED. AND AWONDIRPUL PLAY.
{50¢
Wrist Bags
14-inch frame Walrus Wrist
lingo. single or double strep
handle, titled with purse, pow-
. der pull and box; black only;
regular $8.50 value. Tonight
$2.98
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reg-
Cor. Main and wan Streets,
4' Ladies’ Underwear
'MatiDnees Thursday and Saturday
Musm Hall Stock Company
In the Greatest of Western Plays
HE qua
Imdiee' ribbed iiesccd Shirts
and Pants; regularly title. To-
night
19c
Children’s
Underwear
Boys and Girls’ gray and white
lleoced Shirts. mowers and
Partial; regular 250 and 29c
qualities. Tonight
19c
ON STORE
Norwalk, Conn.
IV EDWIN MILTON ROYLI
Hose Supporters
Ludles‘ fanCy Hose Supporters.
a variety of styles. in all col-
ors; regular 75c and 61 values.
Tonight ,
290 ‘1
Gold Plated
Bracelets
The fashionable gold-plated ex-
tension Bracelets, in various
patterns. Tonight
38¢
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