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'. 'in the corn that provided the hers
134mm
519 get but 16 per cent. of the energy
growth. I: we eat heel, we hot 0111)“
311a: cent. of the comenergy. The
obvious method of economy is to out
other farm products.
At the present rate of increase we
WIS WBWTORY'.
m promotion or Bumr‘
.8”. A. M1. will be new at Its
Wr 11:11. 1914. M 8
it 111.. All R. A Macon car-
"a 1i fraternaliy Invited.
. ‘Fmternally youre.
C. A. TUCK, H. P.
:ROBERT M. wchok;
" NINE SENTINEL TELE-
' PHONE CALLS.
mflewe De ent.
Wilhelm: apartment.
mwBraneh Office. Howells.
'zfamhtm’a Residence.
1
l
Mira: y it, throughout the present
or any other war. she did not ex
all-her moral influence in behalf of
genes and mercy.
t is no breach of neutrality for any
shall have 500.0% We in this
gm 117 the end at the W
Can we mod that number trons mlr
3,000,000 some miles? Prof. J. F.
Lyman, at Ohio State University. says:
we 9111,1111"st the «walnut. ot.‘
feeding to our» cattlelsheep endocrine
only such cereal and vegetable toad-
atuas as are inedible tor human be
less. We 15.11.11111 eat a little meat. but
our diet om be very. moment team
that of today, And we shall monthly
set aloe: on it Just as well,
NATIONAL. PUGlLISM.
When the world is civilized,
shall not have to choose between
freedom and military preparedness
in the present state of the world. a}
nation tacos that dilemma it is
only the unmet-notes that are 1'0de
for war
we
Home“. it seems, is wasteful. '
:‘l‘housh it is credentialed and easily
' Womble tend. too 11111111: material
_minlglwneklm Iiweeetpork,
the corn ourselves. It is so with many . j .'
This is a photograph of actual
war. Belgian troops were be g
hurried to St. Trend after a"
place was attacked by Gcrmads.
'lhcy faced the German troops in
this instance and drove them.
out But it was only one of those
ltempor'ary setbacks. Since
the photograph was taken the
have overrun all Belgiuml exec
the towns of the extreme uort-1-:
west.
or!!! notice Proposition.
(Written (or;
Fshennan, b3' Eugene D. McCarty-)1
President Kilian of the butter
Growers and Dealers Association a!
North America, makes use at the
above expression in. on Appeal to the
growers and dealers of this country.
“it there has ever a lime to take
the _indusiry out of the rut into
portune . moment Senseless and
'ruinous coaupetition, can-god on for
soars.-misdlro¢ed individual ottorts
. no bring about reforms. 1.1111 .11 11111111- 1'
1her of other 111111113111r all by lwk of
cooperative and intelligent direction
311119 left their mark on an industry
under
times
“Outer growers are engaged
one o: the moat useful 0: all 10911.-
uormai conditions _at
gating. Filtering and distributing a
staple toad product is. according to
President “linen. ‘Selving the peo.
ple‘ and to "Serve in his opinion is
- the tugboat ideal of man in his meter-
iel life.
it is said that ‘Ho who makes a
blade or grass iron where one never
What about the oysterman? Does he
not by his indomitable spirit of
'Newr say die’ shell and plant with
failure after failure, spent energy
and wasted capital as be his reward?
Tho romatic history of the sold
fields cannot be compared to the
unwritten history 0! the oyster indes—
try. in its annals 0! blighted hopes,
men to w in: tram the grasp of Nep-
tune. a
{old are. even a. iltelihood for them-
'eeives and their-1 families. Where the
sold fields and its enticing emlro.
w.1111111111. carried with it all that. Would
stir the red blood in man, yet the
The fmeat areal nation in the world pended on them for its supplies and stead of following in the footsteps at object 10 be attained was not 11111-11.
~—whieh. is. our own-sis
the least ready for war. “a have 3
l
citizen or any spokesman of public
opinion to seek to lessen the inhumah- .
.1117 1‘11 a conflict that has already pass-
and the. bounds of “civilized wnarfure‘fi
. It is a sacred duty
:_ we are the most pouerful of disiu- 1
1 greeted nations
citizenship represents all coun-
'es .(")111' verdict is the 1erdictoithe1
World We speak for civilization.
let ya be not judge ” nonsense '
' gown-record gives us the right to
‘ 11111 constitutes fair and honore-
When we seized Vera Cruz snipers;
nhof. our marines from private houses.
days the stealthy assassination
on. And did we desuoy Vera
? Did we drive the population:
firth as cattle. burn homes, roze
churches and schools and shoot
”women and children, as the
executed the snipers—no more.
Th Nye cleaned up the city. restored
1nd sniffed the poor. In a few days
oplewere going about their at-
good navy. but our army, 11111111 111311-
liy efficient as far as it goes. would
make about one bite for any of the;
'mllltary powers. I
Great Britain. the lreest country in’
i
'can place in the field the forces need-
ed to repel the German invasion.
1
11s have no more of the “judge ly so well prepared for the war as' sure 01 the present.
Germany
Where the people are tree. they. will
'not tolerate the spirit of militarism:
or the burden of great standing erm-
iee. They will go as far as they'
must ht soil-defense, but they are not
111111151021 to build and maintain the
military machinery of aggression.
Thus war imposes a false and 11103-
'icai test of national strength. The
Russia are those in which numerals
hays power to make the male popula-
tion drill and light regardless of the
cause. A great, free nation. strong
in liberal institutions and all the fun»!
Alamontais of civilization, is shamed
by its apparent weakness when forced
' 1111901119111. Our record in Cuba
11111111111111 committed, as Ameri-
,uhtortunate. America as a wlhole
usihiiity as guardians of civilisa-
‘e' are not singling out Germany for
damnation. To our amazement and
errnany, as represented bywai'
‘ed '1'nilitary, ofllciuldom. has singled‘
W551! out. ' The German army, in the
" "holy-war,” has made a deso-
and a slaughterhouse o the
thickly, populated, most industri—
.11 perhaps most highly civilized
J try in Europe.
. on England 'and France make
‘upon women and children. burn
'rtified cities, destroy cathedrals
universities and murder priests
111 men, and than defend that
' . severely.
anwhile, the best senice that
eiprotest against the atrocities
ted byth'e German army ' in
the tarnished honor of the
‘ Philippines is likewise clear. 1
natural that German-Americans:
‘minimize and seek to excuse'
nan Witnesses testify. by the German .
”Military autocracy in Belgium But it!
‘ not condone those crimes, or re- {and reaching up toward the record
indie silent. We one too much to our! mark of 13 000 000 bales
111. we shall condemn them even"
tor-lee closed or isolated. there is an
y,:bnt 1011111111111 harbors. ~~ .
into 1111 undesired war. .
in is as if a scientist or a poet
should be judged by the standard'ol a
pugilist. 11
W“—"
Pnosésm'rv IN:;COTTON.
The cotton crop, by a trick of the
weather, is fooling the “bear' prophets
Ordinarily this would be as valid 11
cause'lor joy in the-South as a bumper
wheat or corn crop in the West. And
in spite of the dismay with which the
cotton trade seems to have received
the news. there appears to he no sound
reason for pessimism.
Japan, which Ordinarily buys about
500,000 bales in America, has announc~
ed that she will need 2,000,000 bales
this year. That fact'alone tends. to
steady the market. But there is even
greater, significance in Japan's reason
for wanting no 111111111 cotton.
Japan wants to get hold or the trade
in piece goods which, helore the pres-
Germany 1111111111111. With their 11.1..
obvious opportunity. . _
But it the situation tempts Japan to
. carry our 11110111111011 thePacliic and ‘
mannmoture it into 51011 that will
111111.11.» the moat pert, have to be
1111111991! 11' "1111111111 miles to 111111 11.
nation seems to promise prosperity
alike to the South and Ne w England.
__.-WW.—
THE WAR TAX.
So we must endure a war tax. Many
citizens question the wisdom of this
Our opinion counts Europe 18 ODVlOilSll' ’50 unready that method of torestalling a deficit 111 the
more than that or any other country "lt will be many months before 5119' inational treasury Mapy would we
'ier to saddle the burden upon future,
Inoripal years. through a bond issue,
lmuoe, 11 tm republic. is not am: rather than add to the financial pres-‘1“, The fall elections are near-1 11
Many. too, Willi
criticise the choice 0: articles for tax
'atlon.
But regarding the basic principle or
the Lthing. Lthe necessity or preserving:
our national credit at 11111111111 cost,
there can be no dinorence 0! opinion. _
'As the president said:
! ‘ "We mush accept the inevitable with.
‘caiin Adamant and unturned spirits,
like men acmutoxned to deal with the.
“strong nations" like Germany and unexpected. habituated to take care 011 have done much to take the atlas all1 under w tar. which in their
t'hemselvea. masters, ol' their own u1-'
fairs and their own fortunes. We shall
pa) the bill. thouzh we did not dehb
crately incurit."
:And he might have added. "We
=should thank’God that the tax is no
Mater.
11;." _ .,
Alter all. momma is 11111 11
apiece. in comparison with the grie-
tons levies: imposed on every nation or
Europe, whether combatant or neutral.
it is trivial. And it becdmea still more
tolerable. if we look upon it as a sort
of compensation for our enjoymepts of
and that we are able to pay
1 peace and security.
The issue at stake as brought out at
Saturday 1113th 111111111. 01' the. Board
of Estimate and taxation:- or areal
importance and should be so settled
that in the future 116111. of city de«
partmen'ts will retrain from irregularly
doing 1111111111 work by are proceeding
With the «same and than asking for an
appropriation. No one questions the
advisability of 11111111111111 improve
ment to the roads which have been
commenced by thé street department
and 119 have: no 11911111111111 Board; o:
Estimate and Taxation will see that
the necessary appropriation 11.111111.
Rows or each procedure should not
out war. was almoseanonopollzed by' ., x ' '
101111191111? may hereafter depend on us. The all the smaller towns of the State.
W‘
WITH OTHER EDITORS.
Yes. the kaiserln‘ a boys are with thel
army. but it‘s the boys or hummer
mothers who are gathered up alter
the battle and dumped into the quick
limo trenches. comments
pamxrapher. -Norwich Record .
“me.
it is a question whether the demo-
cratlc party will be ab lo prove an:
alibi in regard to the h 11 cost at 1-
the voter,w who is trying to make a
shrunken pay envelope' cope with the
problems or food and rent will be
hard to convince that" the party‘ln
. power is not gesponelllie tor at least
i .1.-
4101.1 11:1 . .11 1:1...141
final.
«+-
Census returns 111111 lindi'c'ate that
Bridgeport is the second city or the
state. but the Hartford directory 311111
on population of more than 134 .000
or the Park city's pretensions. fir-
hsps 134. 000 is a generous estimatew
but optimism never did anyone any
harm.~—-‘liarttord Post.
That business conditions are when
improved is shown by the acthity
along many lines of More. es-
pecially in those thi that are like-
1y to be sent abroad. For instance.
the shoe factories have alreadyfltaksn
a great booth. Several thousands or
employee have returned to work in
St Louis and it is estimated that 6, 000
additional employee will he added
Three new
111111 at Salem. Maser-Mormon
Journal.“ ‘ ‘
~0—
at least live. it not slx,~ca1'1dldotes
tion;
.Brldgeport Post. _
—o——
gainer .
to the grocers and buys
allotments 101- the day
1 little hcpalong to 1113'
a- part or his harden—41111011111 Ben»-
ehoe {eateries mite be
It is expected. that there will be
placed in nomination for governor at
the comics republican state conven-
The 1131 includes former Mayor
William F. .ljlenney of Hartford, {or
mer lieutenant Governor Everett J.
Lake 01 Hartford. formergleleutenant
Governor Dannie A1 Blakealae of New
haven-Speaker Mai-111 o. Webster 01
Harwinton. Judge Marousfl. Holcomb
or Southiuzton and possibly Maror
Clifford B. Wilson of 1Bridgepo1t.-—
111...... who has the marketing
faculty and goes to the meat shop
11111111111: every. stamina and Wills, out
What he wants, and- sees it out our!
trimmed and weighed knows how
-' food products.
in the extreme. Taking out from
{Mother earth. something which was
{not put there 11.1 man. and depicting
the mineral 1vcult'l1 of our country
for the means to live luxuriously and
mithout turthr labor.
The oysterenuu. like the 1 miner.
{stakes out his claim after paying the
state an absurd sum per acre for 1111-
l
l
wl
Wrath in its broadest sense, but selfish
an “t“te'lried and unprmed ground. He has
to pay the go1ernment tor the priv-
liiaze ’0! trying to raise food for the
ever Increasing hordes who dock
to our stores, instead of receivinz.
Va. uubsllly. to encourage him to durth.
or cuumio ounsene a load supply
second to none which nature offers
in its benedcient 1111111 to man. In
this respect he in on a par with his.
gold dining brother. who sacrifices
311.1%)th (or a. prospectus strike
or pay ore. The planter puts his
money. sporty. and brains into his
propagating enterprises, and looks
Minuteman: memo . ‘
1111'" the [11:31 11111111qu the nor, 1'5;
Sikh-11$ Whit lthere
dined and retires 10 11 me
bend luxury. He makes every
Spawn-18511011111111: HOWE
.111
of ease
thing an
unborn. by giving Hartford an estimat ‘9 “ witll’ “‘9 WWW”? MW paying!
a veteran! government for the 1111111,-
llege ot sinking his money 1‘11 ground
most
prol'ic 11110151 have: yielded. but be
ltlihe of their naiur'nl production, he
actually throws his 111011121 o1erboard
111 a commendable effort. 11,1 intelli-
gcnt' and scientific treatment 0:
hitherto almost barren grounds.
(and in many instances entirely so.)
1111 make that ground productive.
Does he succeed? _\‘01 once in a hun‘
dred times. Does he make a “strike"
Yes. pocusionullv And when he does
what does it mean? More 111011111.
time and brings to a auccesstul mun-
ltetabio else. the mlnaturo specks,
which dot the shells he 11119919111101!
and :01- which he paid no inconsider-
able sum. Unlike the miner he can
11011akei11s'1se1" t'o market and
turn' it into money. no is extremely
lucky if he brings it safely. through
the many 1.111111111111111 ”which go to
make 11p the lite 1111111113 0'! '3. Young
cluster And when his "‘il'él‘.” it he
gets one. is in 11 condition to .'mo1e.
he rnkee 111111
ier (aria; in an eflort
fresh crop. and.” the}
world 911111311: 9211111.
the m1erument 1:111
He. may n'ever- go
and the promo 01' his
ful men ,
. $171121“ 0 3 a"
111111.. 11111111111111 confining m; 5' '8
Even after he -m.eueoeeded in
bringing his ypnn'p oyster-a to e. inar~
hetabie size 11¢ can 1 :ely figure
ended on his
first; 2' .
In view. at the «Memoir hazard»
ous uature or the uduetry is it not
senseless to try b:- individual effort
to 11ght' the man ' with which
it is alflwlotedi’ 11 «'11 11s ow a
lack 01.411111111111911. traumas» sen "to
wage war on each other by' destruct-
he and 11115111.. competition? A eye»
"the .
or bring. ll: 1 industrl'l hm-
“ition ot desen'es’. among the worlds
Malone themes-gr 11 Hundred per‘
the Oystermu and 1
which it has settled, now is the op...-
which would be good samtion.
all .
lions and their coeupalion in proper:
grew betore.‘ is a public benefactor.‘
pleated pmsoecls and the number or ‘
1e'(jcr111a11 hundreds of thousands! whitened 1111011111 or pioneer oyster»-
*E
ssible oompeteme in their ‘ '
":‘Js
-dlntely began making points at no
(1110131111: On. account or others being ‘-'.
» technlcz'sl .lawyerswith their technic-
_: epidemic " he said:
Please
_ Wilsonls a. dersa oday
11111111111
‘ ‘ live Reilly said it was copyinclns.
'as usual." Reoreaentativ
All colors, wide plaited
ruffle; value $2.50 each.
“Special ............ : $11719
OUTING FLANNEL
Plain white and colored
stripes; value 10c per yard.
Special ,' . . . . 7191/:
Home TOWEL'S‘. ‘
' 18 x. 36, neat red borders:
”value Ioc'eacll. Special 5¢
CHILDREN’S HOSE.
Heavy Weight, double
[heels and toes; last black;
value 15c per pair. Special
. 10¢
allergen-cola.-
GOWNS“.
' Made of fine muslin and
' uninsook,~ beautifully hem,
med: values up to $1.50 each.
Special ....79¢
‘silk; .value $1. 50 p21
NEW FALL DRESSES.
Made of good scrgcs, over
skirt effect, nicely trimmedl'”
value $7.50 each. Special
._ .......... _. . .. $5 95
ALL SILK AND '
CREPEDE CHENE.
Black and all colors, full
yard 1vide,cver) vard pure.
'yardl‘,‘
...’..$'1.115.”"
TABLE OIL CLOTH.
White and colors, 45111011-
es wide; value 20c yard.
Special . .......... .. . 14¢
WOMEN’S SWISS
RIBBED VESTS.
{Jaw neck and sleeveless; '
value 15c each. Special 11¢
FANCY 511201-1331
Plain silk and satin 'and
Roman stripes; value $1.00
each. Special . 59¢
Special.
A £11111er per: .“9‘” More Public
Confidence.
A Hundred per cent Better Feel-
ing all Around.
And a reasonable percent Profit
for the Oyster Growers and Dealers.
...—W
llllllll' Mill
lll 111111111188 lllll.
'Donovan Invaluhs Againsi Ab
8011111118111 in Attack on 1111111111,
Dilinquanl Colleagues
WASHINGTGN Sept. 5.-r-N0{1C(ll’l-
tour with having his crusade against
absenteeism result recently in the
adoption of the Underwood resolu:
tion to deck the salaries of ubseutees
Representative Donovan today did a
little gloating over it In a speech in
the house he lnveiuhled .aauinet the
ubscntees as strongly as e1er. Not
even the resolution had brought some
of them back he said. However, it
did bring some men buck who Don-
ovan said were strangers. He refer-
rod to one man who recently appear’
ed 11110111 1113' in 111111 asked members.
and attaches ot the house to identity.
(falls Colleague “Chair Wm'mcr.’
1Dono1'an sharply criticised Repre-
sentative Boiler of Penn. who‘he 111-
1111111th was a “chair warmer." He
said Butler was absent for a long
time and: rhen returned and imme-
absent? 1130110111111 was interrupted by
of them he exclaimed against “these
ul points About mbsenpe." “There is
not so much harm in a men being
absent a day occcnsionally. Donovan
intimated but he said it is criminal
to remain away for weeks and
months; .
' an Plead Sickness Now.
“While offering congratulations up-
on the return or some long lost mem-
ber Dono1 an expressed the hope that
othr Wanderers could come back
With a record in his pocket 011 ab-
sent‘eeism on the part or many mém-.
bare Donovan stated that he knew
oi nobody who ”has been docked“
Seroastlcally he deplored the tact
that in the case of members now ab-
cent. of ickuese “one would 1111111.
that members are going through an,
me» his leflalatlo
, Kennedy
ji’rce.g
‘priuved by' the hill
"‘1'“;
The :e’ratecdepmnm'rhaasdecatedw
many Questions. Referring 'to some‘
sent: there is claimed to be 11111 per. ‘
b'
m . 1.1111101. new: 1.1..
carrying trieght. it provides that the
ships shall be suitable. 1.111 naval
auxiliary purposes; that their rates
shall be subject .to regulation; that
the government may lease the ves-
sels to a concern to opératc them
and Ethel the shines will carry mail
Six; "11111111111. dollars _t; apple.
3f: More Reliance Formd._
Miss a Bertha and Dorothy Corr»-
stoo of New London at Dresden»
Germany. and Aliens Sarah A Clark
of New London aud'Mlss Whittlesey .
or New Haven. at Peru.
MONEY‘ ORDERS T0 TURKEY
Local Post- omce Notified Thaij‘sm“,
vine ls Stopped.
The local 11(1stofilre,rccei1'ed noti-
fic-htion .1th morning that the. send-
ing of’mouey orders to Turkey 01' the
payment of money ohders received
from there had been stopped by; or-
1101 of the department at Washington
It'has been the custom to send
money orders to and from Turkey
by way 0: Germany and'the German
postal administration has notified the
department at Washington that mon-
ey orders to and from Germany
would not hextransmitted. Postmast- _
era. have therefore been instructed
not to issue money orders to Turkey
or to pay anyvsuch.
Th foreign countries now under
the ban as far as postal money or-
deraare concerned are Belgium. Aus-
tria. Turkey and Egypt. To none of
theSc countries can post oflce money
orders be issued and from none of
these countries can postoffioe money
11111111..
The issuing 1111114me or money
orders bet“ can this country and Ger-
manv; Franco Russia 9.2111 Great
Britain sitii continues uninterrupted.
1A. 0. H. GONVEN’I‘ION.
nape—u—
County Manatee Will Must in Dau-
' bury. September 211.
County President Andrew. W. Coil-
.nifr‘ct the Ancient Order of Hibern—
inns,‘ has issued a builder the county
convention or the ardento be held in
Danbury September 20. Thisis the
same date that the county convention
of the Ladies Auxiliary of t’hevA. 0.
H..1vii_i be held. Delegates to the con-
vention or the A. O. H ‘ have been
elected fun different divisions of
theord'cr'in he county and the com-
be (1 gates;
A est awnings mceting at the
Denis :‘ diyleion. preliminary plans
wan made £01 the holding of tin
convention and the entertainment of
the delegates. The reports or the
1mm (micro are. expected to dla~
.oan the fact that the organisation
in. this county is in a prosperous can;
11111011. and that the membership has
been materially increased .under the _
presidency of Mr. Gonnittl
DIDN'T WAN! BALDWIN. .
A New Haven politician: is quoted
" as saying: "I think 1:116th
to Tom 12 '
some: Baldwin’s rQly
tor the W contention. when
panics of the organization also will -'
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Norwalk Chronicler