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NEW YORK. March 15,---ln a
speech use rsilroad situation before
the Sphintt Club here lut- week. Os-
car Underwood. House majority lead-
.r in «file that Congress and now elec-
ted a Beautici- from Alabama, declar-
' ed that “if governmental regulation
is unable to cope with the vexed
problem that confronts us. the people
will accept government ownership as
the next step ahead."
Discussing the present system of
regulating business, Mr. Underwood
maid the Hill“, had come when the gov-
ernment should aid and assist the
leaders ot‘industry and finance.
“It is not enough for the govern—
ment to permit these men to rise
from the prostration which has over:
when thtim and their affairs." he
continued, "We have reached the
*point on our way to sociol bctter-
meat where sound progressivism nmst
Techtuize that the proper regulation
of business ‘ requircs that it
of busintiss requires that it must
sometimes be helped and not always
hindered; must be sometimes assisted
and not forever stricken :that we
must occasionally say ‘You may" and
Knot always 'You shall not.‘
Adequate provision for capital to
maintain and extend the transports.
tion system of the. country is lb.-
problem confronting the governtnett
in its regulation of railroads, Mr. U - :
derwood asserted. He added that “our
present system of regulation is break—
ing down. in so for as it has super- ‘
vised the finances of the railroads
with a view to allowing them properly =
to protect their securities that their
credit may be maintained to aid in
present and future dcvcloismcnt.”
The rtrgulation of railroads. Mr.
Underwood said. sbo uld tulle into con-
sideration the interests. not only of
the. railroads themselves, and those.
directly interested as shippers. but of
the entire country whose commercial
prosperity is dependent upon adc‘
quate shipping facilities. ‘
"We have undertaken the llrolllem
of government regulation ~oi‘ rail-
roads." he continued. ”and the gov-
ernment will not turn back. Regula-
tion of practices and rates is here and
here to stay. liut let us stand for wise
and just regulation and not for ill-
considered and dangerous regulation.
Wc must regulate so as to ensure all
necessary railroad facilities both for
the present and for the future. As
the public in the end must pay the
gill. it is primarily interested in the
railroads securing the money needed
for their muinttenunce and develop-
ment at reasonable rates and equally
interested in seeing that it is wisely
expended.
"Revolutions ncvt-r move backward.
If governmental regulations is un-
able to cope with the. vexed problem
that confronts us, the people will sc-
cept government ownership as the
next stop ahead. it is therefore a.
matter of great importance thnt we
should elurncstly endeavor to reach a
[air and reasonable solution of the
problem of regulation at as early 3.
day as possible."
After discussing the difficulties of
dealing with the. railroads through
the varying jurisdictions of the state
and federal govenments. Mr. Under-
wood said:
"It cannot be denied that public
control hits reduced the rates charg-
ed for transportation and abolished
unjust discriminations given to favor-
ed shipprrs. llut the greater problem
remains unsolved. Can the money be
provided to expand and develop these
great public works in a manner com-
mensuruts with the expanding needs
of our (‘ummcrcc under the present
system of public control?
"if railway investments cannot be
ado attractive to capltui is not the
nation ‘lhrnutencd with an inevitable
breakdown of its transportation sys-
tem?"
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ll.=\\\'l{l<‘.N(‘E [OSHS 'llER
Sl‘l'l‘ FOR “30,000
M RH.
Executors of $8,000,000 Pinkncy Es-
tatc Refuse. to Dlspm‘c of I‘m-
pcrty Holdings at This Time
Mrs. Julia W. M. C. Lawrence's ef-
fort to collect her third interest in the
estate of her aunt. the late. Mary G.
M. Pinkney. has conic. to naught III
a. result of the decision of the Ap-
pellate division of the Supreme Court,
which reversed the verdict of the
t~lowcr court. which was in the plain-
tiff‘s favor.
Ilsidcnt of l’nirflcld.
Mrs. Lawrence. who is a resident of
Fain-field. is seeking to have the ex-
. .ecutors of her aunt's estate which n-
mounts to about $8,000,000. give her
$130,000. The estate at the present
lim is not returning as much as
could be expected and the executors
‘ hove refused to dispose of certain
parcels of real estate because they
could not get anything near what it
is worth
' --f}osting $3l5,000 a Year.
. The property is costing the estate
_,8315.000 a your for taxes and other
Ichrtyintg charges. and the annual in-
worne iiom the productive property
:lsgonly' 3101.000. The estate now has
$755,000 cash in the bank and the ex-
ecutes have refused to divide this
' .sum among the legatees because they
Ibelelvcd it would be required for cer—
tain trust funds. .
.. .Mrs.,,Lawrcnce contended that the
» executors could divide a sufllciclnt
fund 'to give her $130,000. The en-
_cuturs"tdemurrcd to :her complaint but
, the lower court overruled the dem'u-
rer.
in sustaining the executor- the
. ‘ Appellttte division decides that there
. m no‘surplus funds in the some to
which Mrs. Lawrence is entitled u
.» jpreoenll.
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A BTRIKING PAIR.
“The!“ a perfect match.”
“So?
“You Site'- s with. ml he's a
uchWi-Dotrolt Free Press
must i
recognizeJhat the proper regulation:
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illustrated. artistically colored vlevu.
realistic, animated picture will want
the stereopticon.
of seats will need to be there early.
the door. Subjects of the lectures:
West." Wednesday evening.
waii. a Pacific Paradise."
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pictures:
at. the throwing on the
dilated upon the marvels of the “W011
dross West."
. THE .STREAMLET'S RUSHY
BANKS.
‘lu‘nger awhile upon some bending
planks
l’l‘liat lean against a streamlets rushy
they reach
aye preach
beds:
little heads ‘
streams.
To taste the luxury of sunny beams
Temper‘d with coolness. . . .
those creases.
cool themselves
emfrsld tresses;
And among
freshness give.
Aud moisture. that the bowery greet
may live:
So keeping up an interchange 0! (av
ors,
behaviors.
will drop
From low~bung branches:
.space they stop.
But sip. and twitter. and their teeth
ers sleek;
Then all at once, as in
(rock;
a wat‘tot
golden wings.
——John Keats.
an au- was Salute be ‘
nu- at to. mil-nan» nm‘
no! church at South smut in.
Erwin bu been here twicebgfoflb EV-
crybody who has seen his beautifully
to 860th gain. They form a 0013'
blnation of the moving picture and
Those illustrated
lectures will be given this week on
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at
8:00 p. in. Those wishing the best
A silver offering will be taken at
Tuesday evening, “Through the Sum
ny South’Lsnd and the Great South
”He-—
The public
will be interested in what the press
and the clergy have to say of these
Providence (R. l.) Tribunezw‘Fre-
quent echoes of surprise and delight
screen of
scenes with exquisite tinting attested
the approval of the large number who
heard the lecture in which Mr. Erwin
To where the hurrying fresltuesses
A natural sermon o’er their pebbly
Where swarms of minnows show their
Staying their wavy bodies against the
The ripples seem right glad to reach
the
The while they cool themselves. they
Like good men in the truth of their.
Sometimes goldfinches one» by one
little
Or perhaps. to show their black and
Pausing upon their yellow flutterings.
(Tut- ()ysu-rnun and Fisherman.)
lnteligent public opinion is now
demanding that great productive in-
dustries and transportation invest-
ments shall not be subjected to dan-
gerous depression and serious depre-
ciation by unnecessary and oppraclivo
restrictions. or by misdirected _olllc~
ial interference. intelligent men agree
that corporate management should
have suitable regulation but when the
movement for such regulation be-
comes so exaggerated as to deltroy
or greatly injure our productive indus-
tries. popular opinion swings back
to the realization that our most im-
portant. industries must not be suc-
iii‘lced.
There in no more striking illustrat-
tion or the result of hsrrsssing inter-
ference that) the history of the oys-
tcr industry in Connecticut. From
reasonable prosperity and growth it
has in recent years been reduced to
'11 very depressed condition.
This is true of the industry in both
Rhodc island and Connecticut. and
while the business of growing oysters
in Maryland increased fifteen hum
drcd per cent. in loss than one your.
the industry in those. two States is
rapidly declining. Many of the lead-
lng tlrms in this state have in the last
few yours removed their
wholly or partly from Connecticut and
many who had not tho facilities for
making no serious a change, how
gone out of the business. There are
now thousands of acres less held by
individuals in Connecticut than four
years nun. and tho oyster business
has not been in such a dept-crud v ~
tiltion during the past I30 years as it
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Not Do Her Work—.‘Found
Relief In Novel Way.
.work.
so weak that I would
have to get a drink
every few minutes,
duafinglwould have
toldwhst Lydi-
bleCompoundbss done for women. .I
shared-ittlomy husband and'hesald,
‘Whydon’tyoutryltl' Soldid.snd
bettermdlmidwinyhmbnnd,‘ldon't
neodnnymcu,‘ and'beuid ‘Youhad
influ- tab it clinic longer snyvuy.’
not walkout.“ Work.
humanist-Ballad“
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Slum FEET
Mrs. Baker So Weak—Could
Adrian, Mich. —- “ I suffered terribly
and backache and
got so weak that I
could hardly do my
'W h e n I
washed my dished I
had to sit down and
when I would sweep
the floor I would get
and before I did my
to lie down. I got
E. Pinkham’s Vega»
after I laid taken two bottles I felt
is at pdesont. A brief outline of the
history of the industry will“ be ln~
structivc. '
Between 1875 and lilill the oyster
growers «rented a great food produc-
ing industry in the deep and barren
were granted lands under wnter up-
on terms ilxcd by the State. and of-
fered upon the same terms to every
citizen of the Sluts alike.
This was not a franchise granted
to some particular person or corpor-
ation which may of a necessity be—
cmnc :\ monopoly, but the grounds
were in the nature of homestead
tlements in which those men who had
the courage and the industry to try
to cultivate these lands were permit-
ted to do so. Those‘who did take the
risk were regarded as too venture-
some and the common opinion in 1870
was limit it was a case of the "tool
and his money. soon parted."
These pioneers enmuntereq many
difficulties and great losses. but‘creu-
led and established a food producing
industry which has furnished employ-
ment for thousands and food for mil-
lions.
After a few years the remand for
ground increased by reason of the suc-
cess of the pioneers and a Shell Fish
Commission was created principally
to sell oyster grounds or thq Stnte in
order to benefit the state treasury.
Under the extravagant administration
of this commission the expenditure
for selling these oyster grounds
far exceeded the proceeds so tint the
State instead of betting irony-Me
thousand dollars before 1881. it had
in tact expended forty-five thousand
dollars more than the proceeds of the
grounds.
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59¢
the shell Mah‘Commisdon. but thru-
polltical influence these oil'lcoa wars
retained for more or-lou (Marvin:
office holden.
‘Six or seven years no. no move-
ment was started to Increase the. rev-
enue from oyster grounds to the ninth.
This was but! upon the not that the
onur mold: of Connecticut did not
mid mrly on much income to the
But. our mu. ”(hammumh
of Rhoda Isl-ml did. This it» been
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The brunt liars
business"
waters of Long island Sound. 'l‘hcyz;
In 1887 the oyster growers helium.
13. ed the comm Assembly to abolish
‘ Always, Bought-
in
033
For liver
banks, ‘ i
i And watch intently Nature‘s gentle Th I r‘ YB a rs
; doings; ‘ ..
t’l‘bcy will be found softer than ring- '
i dove’s coolngs.
llow silent comes the water round
that bend! ‘
Not the minutest whisper does it‘
send ‘ M Copy of Wnppu'. ‘ vii-organ non-v. nun-sum.
‘To the o'erhunging willows: blades of
grass
Slowly across the chequer'd shadows ’
pass. . _ x _ ._
Why, you might read two sonnets, ere DESTROYING AN INDUSTRY. ed in Rhodes Island. Connecticut plan-
ters removed their business from Con-
necticut to a large extent and prefer-
red to pay the rates in Rhode Island
because grounds were lo much super-
ior. But even in that case. later ‘de-
velopments have proved that the ren-
tale in Rhode’hlund were. far too
high because the industry in Rhode
Island has proved unable to carry
these burdens and is now depressed
and is rapidly decreasing us is that
In the Stlte of Connecticut.
Although the foundation for this
claim was entirely superficial and un»
worthy of consideration, nevertheless
it has remained a foundation: for n
constant crusade against the oyster
growers of Connecticut. and during
the past six or eight years the Con-
necticut oyster growers hnve been
compelled toidefend their interests in
the legislature. session uftcr session
and have been obliged to prove some-
times to more than one committee in
u single session, that the measures
proposed for tho purpogo of exacting
an unjust revenue from the oyster
growers were impracticable. unjust
and against public policy.
The same questions have been tried
out session after session and uniform-
ly rejected. and yet. they are tigilln
brought before the legislature.
A careful study of the protest. rc~
conily presented by the Connecticut
oyster growers to the Shell Fish
lCommlsslon. and their protest to tho
ll t
gGovernor or Connecticut. gives
§strong and clear statement of the con-
-1ditlons pertaining to the Industry. it
ishows that the treatment which the
:lndustry has received hos seriously
.deprcsssd and dimlnised ii. While it
does not impair the- quality or the
‘product the output has been reduced
land the scernge held by planters has
«decreased to the amount of sumo
thousands of acres. Among the tat-bx
which are shown in these papers are
Ithe following:—
Tbc law has been for more than
‘thirty years. that the oyster grounds
lllko real estate. should be assessed
.at their true market value. During
ithc past five years assessments have
‘becn more than quadrulllcd in run-
ount and in some cases. 11ch been
increased more than two thousand
per com. This has been done when
the grounds in fact. are worth at the
present time for less in the market
than they were five years ago.
The Clerk of Shell Fisheries. who
is the “88850!“ (items grounds. has
assessed oyster grounds at twice their
their value: in other Instances twenty
times and in some cases ilt‘ty times
when owners of grounds have public
1y offered them for sale for less than
one twentieth part for what he as-
sessed them at. Oyster growers have
been deprived of thousands «of acres
of oyster grounds by means which
flclal confiscation by assessing the
worth and thus compelling their own-
or: to abandon thorn. . ' , .
Arbitrary rules have seen promul-
and such of the oyster nominal!
tolled to accede'tn them were threat-
ened with reprised and their next as-
sessment were raised in some in-
stances to five times who: they were
before.
.. in order limit» the matter mly be
properly realised suppose thlt thun-
fltoto were connected and their own-
cn deprived of the title to those land:
by mutants both; made no high on=
those lands lhct the firmer would-
prefor to cbnndon than rather thou
to attempt to m the union tugs
laid upon thorn-This In just whet In:
boomed with mound of m of
oyster ground out! It In a mo- in.
Junie. to their mor- ond (re-ti:
all-It will: policy that tub locus-
“? should this be one no list.
no Mont mm ver!’
hc‘urmum mm m on
n.
.. _ rm
Mutmmmumtm unfit
diminished 1nd in in a very depress-
.encourage and foster it so that it
may again return to a healthy growth
value in some instances five times
their market value. He has done this 5
were nothing more or less than of- .
grounds at fifty times what they were,
and which had novel-rut» in law
sand- ot acre- of nun. land-1n this"
”- film‘- If W h but"? ..
“t
omelet; to persecute those enmed in
this industry.
The oyster industry has very much
ed condition. Many have abandoned
the business entirely. and two very
large corporations doing business in
Connecticut and Bhode Island have
gone into bankruptcy, representing a
loss amounting‘to many millions of
dollars. There have been many cases
for this great depression in the oys—
ter industry. some of which it is im-
possible to remedy by legislation, but
without taking up these at the pre-
sent time the problem now is how to
reduce the expense of the adminis—
tration of the industry and how to
instead of ranidlv decreasing as it is
at the present time.
Governor Baldwin recommended
the abolition of the Shellfish Com-
mission and the present (lovm'nor
Holcomb has repeated this recom-
mendation. .
The oyster growers of t‘onnet-ticut
presented it protest to the Shell Fish
t‘ounnissloncrs against being compell-
ed to go before the General Assem-
bly every session, taking their time
and requiring them to cmploy counscl
to'defcnd the industry against forth»
er emotions. Committee after com-
mittee and legislature after legisla—
ture. have examined the ltwasures
proposed to add further burdens to
the oyster industry and have decided
them improcticable. unwise and un-
called for. Now the Shell Fish Com.
mission und Clerk again recommend
similar measures.
The State of Connecticut must de-
cide whether it will still further dis-
courage. depress and injure this great
food producing industry that turn-
ishes employment for thousands and
food for millions of people. This dc-
cislon must in: mode at n time when
the. cost of food is high und cvcry
means of producing food ought to
be. encouragcd and fostered. it will
decide whether it will retain an en-
tirclv unnecessary comntision. It will
decide whether to penalize food pro-
duction by a productivity tax on oy-
stor grounds which may perhaps later
ho a precedent for ll productivity tax
on forms on loud. It is just as un-
reasonable and impro per upon oyster
forms as it is upon other farms. it is
u. pernicious principle and one which
should not be applied either to forms
on land or in the water.
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Albert P. Gellebe
25 WEST WASHINGTON ST.
Prompt Delivery. South Norwalk
Phone 1069-2.
House Cleaning
Needs-
r‘loor brooms. carpet sweep
ens. tum-t beaten. (sirloin
stroll-hers, floor mops and
brmhcs, Miller duster-s.
up laundry soup, pol-och,
semi-flush, ctr.
Estabhkhcd lat-7
Reconstruction Progress
Up go more temporary partitions. The): sccm to
spring up like mushrooms uvrr night. Quietly and unob—
trusively they lift themselves against a tvall to scrccn its
unsightly removal and to protcrt from «lust. But the dust,
well dust is perverse, and beyond human influence.
The Tea Room receives Ul‘llt‘l‘\ to close in. The hall-
way leading from the Reading Room and Tea Room to thc
Dress and Suit Rooms is stopped up. to allou the building
oi the new elevator shaft. Thcrcforc the Tea Room ap—
propriates a portion of the hall way and patrons will In:
served as comfortably as possible for a fc\v \vccks until
the new anti spacious Tea Room with its clcgant appoint:
mcnts is ready.
Visitors to the Coat, Dress, Suit, Silk Petticoat and
Waist Rooms will please take the elevator from the Dress
Goods Section on the main floor as there is no longer con-
neCtion with other portions of the second floor.
Visitors to the Undermuslins, Corsets and Infants’
Wear Sections. the Upholstery. Curtain and Drapery
Rooms, the Furniture, Trunks. Traveling Bags and Pic-
tures, will please take the elevator in the Carpet Room.
Sections on the main floor and in the bascmcnt are
still intact and ready for busincss with but “light ”WOW
vcnicnt‘c, some of them a llttlc contracted. but all stock
. accessible.
Attractive Spring Novelties
in all Departments
PlaCe. Cards for diners and‘ Solid Gold Hatpins of simmer
luncllcons. dainty hand paiutcdlaiul gracciul (lCSlgll, $1.00.
alien‘s 0f novel design. girls; Velvet. Neckbands arc becom-
smugmg on the l)l'illlS of ten-
cups, 3 parasol full of spring‘
flowers. a small cupid on a rib-
bon—tied trunk. and all kinds of
floral designs. 50 ctsfa dozen.
3!
ing to cvcry \vomtn and some of,
the liandsomcst are run thrmtgli
'slitles set with brilliauts and have
pendants of jewels attached. $200
land $3.00.
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Little Nosegays tor the slioul—i Solid Gold Veil Pins arc wry
dcr or corsagc arc of Slilalll
_ , convenient and Good to look at
blossoms or oddly tinted berries» " ’
.and are $1.50 each.
that never grew on any matl~=
side bush. bill neverthelcss lookE Vanity Bags ‘0 hang in ”“3
blight and/attractive. 25 cts. guest room or dressing room. are
‘ Traveling cans of black Scal.‘°f fancy net or organtlic, and are
with rubber lined pockets andm“Cd with “"19 cotton powder
numberless straps are intended to i p“ffs' to be “5“] 0““ 3"“ thrown
hold the owner's toilet articles. away. 65 “5'
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the~mllss paper select your pat-
tern let us hang it for you and
then tell you what the cost is.
You'll receive the most pleasant
surprise of your life and We'll
gain a permanent customer.
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. Tel. 552.
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EVERY SATURDAY EVENING
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NOTE—New entrance from Ellu~
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“"‘""""' M W“ B'“ P"°"‘ Health and Efficiency
as NORTH MAIN erase-r ‘ ‘
B. NORWALK‘ PHONE 907 Hygiene of the mouth is fully as
, ’lmportnnt as hygiene of the body. A
‘decaycd tooth is always a menace, cs-
fpcciuily when the decaying process
lrcnchcs bclnw the gums. l’lcrrutftns-
:l‘iorrlmcu of lli'.‘g's disense,,formsol
lint'xzmmaicrv rheumatism. bourt aiir
iections. lnilmnmaticns (if the kidneys.
itonsilitis. cxopbthulmic goiter. that.
terrible affliction which causes a bulg-._
‘ing of. the. eyes. and even diabetes
and Bright's discsse. have been truc- .
lied to diseased teeth. indigestion and"
:nauseous greath are other causes. it
lyou need an astringent. or an antacid .
lor any other special mouth medics- .
ltion or expert treatment. come and
isee me; My advice is free.
. lit-J. ll. Mallery
716 80. MAIN or. so. NORWALK.
'HOURH a. m. to 0 p. m..
Sunday- by appointment. ,
is what you all sock.
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We an especially well equipped to
no»: just such .0 dlmd.
We built. only cut pocket in‘
odd toriocuhtor‘ my. and are ro- lull: Nor-walk and '0 mind our
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