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——Aestln's Garage-"doing business
just over the bridge on Seam-w ave-
7' mic East Noraalk, Conn. Come see
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filmdy’l'aahlngton Lodge will meet
.- title’s-setting in [Red Men's Hall. Nor-
“ wal'k.‘ There will be a Valentine so-
ciala'rtl it is requested that all mem-
_‘ herspteaee bring sandwiches. Friends
"hare invited to attend.
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' Muslin Ponsilio, a Meridian coal
. and wood dealer, was fined 175 and
‘ costs iaturday for short measure In
halo of “wood Members of the state
= police nave been looking into cum-
t
, Necsu as Walsh.
Captain Theodore F. Northrop. who
died subdue, N. .l., a few days ago.
- was born in 'Ililltown, Southwest, N.
at, anus. «He was a grandson of
the late Issac Sears and a descendant!
- of the Sear'a family. long prominent in
Breaster. lie gained his title during
the Civil war in which he served as a
‘ ‘ slumber oi the etafl of General Kill-
messy-r ,;
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Mn Isaac Church of 38 Cove nve-
nae. iii-hat Norwalk. and Mrs. George P.
Terri-rt of Toledo, Ohio. are the only
. aarilviug grandchildren of the well-
knowsi- and today well remembered
"*e‘, ‘SIIIIUE n. Warren of Flax utu Road.
.‘ Mrs. "Ferrell is seventy years old and?
first. Church In seventy-seven; Both
women nrmwelbpreaerved and are
- leadlug'busy. active lives.
Among the locomotives In theJocul
repair shop of-the'New.Yerk.— New Ha-
m .L- Hartford railroad. is one of a
’3‘ badly demolished condition and which
by ntttficted considerable attention as It
" - was being brought here yesterday.
The engine overturned one night last
week 4n the Maybrook freight yard.
pinning the engineer under it and
causing his- death.
John H. Riley of James street. Da't
ibury. secretary-treasurer oi the Cen-
tral labor 'union. has been appointed
. ~ 3 member of the general committee of
the labor division of the Liberty lioan
committee of this district, which in-
‘ cinder the state of New York. the
twelve northern counties of New Jer-
sey and Fairfield county. he appoint-
‘sneui. of Mr. Riley was made by the
milserty Loan Committee of the dis-
trict and his special duties will be to
K liberty. loans.
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- interest labor organisations in future ‘
"Most great
sense 0! humor.
seeing
' of our clothing?
Ouraudienoe would simply
hurdlelior thcnearcst exit.
Today we simply say here's
sufficient variety in suits to
suit every man from grave to
dignified greys, blues :2
91d blacks to cheerful mix-
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10 per cent. off on all Fall and
Winter Clothing.
Rogers 8t Stevens
SOUTH NORWALK
NORWALK
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men have a deep
The faculty oi
the humorous
lighten and brighten the dark
spots of our checkered careers.”
How many of you would read
our advertisements
wrote a serious dissertation
on the careful construction
NOR WALK
SOCIETY
' and Personal
SENTINEI.
REsoEks'
VIEWS
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
PRODUCERS AND FREE TRADE.
side will
Editor of South Norwulk Evening Sen-
tinel: C
To worsht’RZany man Is a risky busi-
ness. Your idol in only clay. after all;
and your hero only a men Don' t loa-I
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if we
thing of him. if he is s cracker-lack
of a phrase-maker he may be an awful
botch 'of a law ’ maker. ‘ One good.
practical, executive brain may bq
worth a thousand phrase—makers. it
takes a phrase-maker sometimes three
years to see a point which a practical
man of ordinary business common
5 use would see in a second. Now. be-
c use a man wduld make an elegant
. Inrreapondlng secretary and turn perI-.
mix that would make the good sngeitt
that account got the idea he could fill
the boss' s chair just as well as he does
51—1.; could reasonably till.
thete Is serious weather ahead oi us
favorable spot to get our boat to land.
The war with foreign Huus will end
some day, In God‘s good time. with
the hanging of those same Runs for?
rape and murder. But there in Hana
at home that threaten us with even
more misery than the‘“iluhs abroad:
and while our gallant soldier lads are
hunting fluns over there. we would do
well to do a little Hun hunting right
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Miss Edith issvmwpr s Seaside
Place, and Wii‘ilh'm‘f‘smblucer of lo
-Eaist"*"llorfiaik. were
united in marriage ln'Whlte Plains. .\'.
last Saturday morning.
that city were attendants at the core
many. which was performed by the
Owing to weather
conditions the happy couple deferred
their bridal tour until later, and are
now making their home at 6 Seaside
Cove avenue.
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Rev. Mr. Street.
Place. Both are well
walk. and have the best wishes of
Mr. Blancer has been
employed for several years by the Old
many friends.
Well IClgar company.
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Miss Gertrude Tarlov oi 16 Grove
street. has returned to her home. of
ter spending the week-cud with rela
lives and friends In Bridgeport.
Private Walter Rose of-Camn Dev-
has been spending a
furlough at his home In Norwnlk.
ens. Ayer, Mass.,
Mrs. Walter long and son oi New
York have been visiting friends in
Norwnlk.
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T. ieutenanth
, Harry Henson has returned. to Camp
Devens. alter a furlough spent In Nor-
walk.
Sentinel Want Ads. are Winners.
.Smith has returned to
(lump Detens, after spending a few
days at his home In this city.
here at home. There are enough of
them to'hunt. In the preface of his
three volume book. “The Industrial Do-
velopmcnt of Nations". Hon. George
B. Curtiss says:
"When Tyre. Carthage, the Grecian
cities; Alexandria. Venice. Genoa. the
lianseatlc League and Holland, In the
periods oi their supremacy. dominated
the trade of the world. commerce was
free. The merchants were then all in
all. They were the princes. the producv
era. the slaves".
And he says further:
"The history oi the industrial devel-
opment of nations in modern timed is
an account oi the nevecccastng strug-
gle which was raged in the world‘ of
industry and commerce between the
foreign traders and their allies on the
one hand and the domestic producers
and their friends on the other. From
. the Interests of these “two primary
forces. the’ traders and the producers.
sprang the two opposing tariff sys-
tems of political economy. “Free
Trade" and "Protection". The traders
cried: "liaissez fairel", insisting that
they be "let alone". Free Trade. was
their watchword. Who was to be"lei
alone"? The merchants and importers.
The agents. buyers. transporters'and
sellers of the products of industry de-
manded that the whole business of the
world be committed to them - to be
"let alone". while they exerted every
faculty. every nerve. with all their
shrewdt’tess and superior knowledge
under the stimulus of the selfish'ness
of human nature. In the prospect of
Friends In
known in Nor
gain for their own benefit.~ The pro
ducers and manufacturers asked for
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protection or security against the dos-
tructive Influenceof the traders. In or-
der that domestic industry might rear
its head and thrive. Their request
has been granted by‘all the prosperous
trial arts. under the stimulating Influ-
ence of protection; have made more
progress in a single century than they
did during the thousand years or free
trade.
“The most powerful and persistent
agency for the destruction of the pro-
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duclng forces oi a nation and for the,
degradation oi labor Is that body oi in
teruational traders which buys at he
lowest possible price and sells at the
highest. The very fibre and lifeblood
of the people are sold' .on the auction
block of commerce. t_.' .
"There in no situate grouse bctween
the two great‘ policies; of promotion
‘aldireetrpdoufi (5.4;, .,
“The beginning and :3th of the
mental sue inato’us't pancreas of retin-
kind is the wane paid-[olefin ll ”thic-
. «unlit.»
of "mono: meat which
they successive-stuns. no, A»
erlcen ' ‘ oi inbor seems at
last to have adopted 3r. Curtlsa' poll)
of view as to this R‘lrresprcesiblc con-
flict between our proudcers and the
foreign traders who latest the countri
worse than the’ Rams infect Europe.
for at their convention in Buffalo lest
autumn. without a dissenting vote.
they passed a resolution demanding
the enactment of. laws by Congress
'3‘”
whichfi‘oufizleqmlely protect all
wage-earners In thin country against
less of employment through an inva-
:ion of our markets by the product! at
other nations. That the Federation of
Labor has a hard row to hoe to get the
present administration to comply with
its more than reasonableand just de—
mand appears from the deliverance of
Wilson weeks after this demand was
Mm too heavily Don't expect every- 'made. In which he named as one of the
conditions of peace the following:
‘f’l'be removal. so far as possible, of
all economic barriers and the estab-
lishment of an equality of trade rela-
tions between the nations consenting
to the peace and associating them-
selves to maintain It."
Mr. Wilson is consistent in this po-
altion. He had already expressed his
and progressive nations and the indus-t
regret the he had not been able to
get nearer to absolute free trade that.
that expressed in the Underwood
.0' eloquence weep with envy. don't oni simmons law under which we are now
importing about three billions of dol
lars' worth of foreign goods annually;
the typew'riters .3le it may be thorn“! the hope that before his opportuv
stool is the only thing of the sort helm" "' ”"9 he ”0“” fully "9°"
plish that which he so much desired.
This leads us up to the fact thetim do I” "I" direction So Mr Wilson
stands squanIy with the traders
Americans who do not go to the front; against the ’M‘wfl' °' "‘1' country.
and we should be room" out for . in standing for the removal of "eco-
nomic barriers." Mr. Wilson means
nothing more or less than all protect-
rIve tarilfa hir. Curtlae also has some»
,thiug to say about “barriers” of this
'klnd: for in the same preface we find
the following:
The conflict between the producer»
and the traders in the conflict betweou
the bank and the robbers. It Is won-
derfully profitable (or the robbcm: at
the expense of a single saieblower's
outfit. at most. but a few dollars, they
stand perhaps to win a 16,000 per cent
profit on their outlay and their risk.
It Is the same with the robbers of our
market. these international traders.
who never build a market but become
richer than princes by robbing the
markets built by American Fedora.
tions of ‘Producers. Au accident oi
party disgrunllcmcnt has put these
traders in full power at Washington.
against the commonsense purpose oi
the majority of this country. There is
tremendous ltlvoc ahead when the war
stops unless thepeople resume control
oi their production and hunt out these
market- robbing .Hune.
ROSWELL A. BENEDICT“
ll Osborne avenue, East Norwalk,
February II, 1918.
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l
Mrs. Maservazlacklng the Adminio
tratlon.
My Dear Mr. Nash:
i may not be‘able to "understand,'
but with my small understandingl
note the difference in the tenor of your
two articles if your last latter had
been written first. i should not have
rushed to print. I am standing behind
the administration to the full, as
everyone should at this time.
Respectfully,
NELLIE Ia. MESERVE.
'South Norwalk, February ll. tilts.
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Fairfiald County Clerical Association.
The members of the i-‘alrfieitl,
County Clerical association were the
guests of the rector of Trinity church
for its monthly meeting. yesterday.
The morning session was held in the
parlor of the Mahackemo hotel by
courtesy of Mr. Connuers. and lunch-
eon was served in he Parish Hall by
the ladies of the Parish. At the morn-
ing session the Rev. 0. W. Findley oi
St. John's church. Bridgeport. read a
very fine paper on “The Philosophy of
Loyaltyffi and In the place of the Rev.
Dr Cartensen. rector of Holy Rood
church. New York city. who was un- '
able to be present, the Rev. E. blacken-
sic, of Westport. read two very il-
laminating chapters from a recent
book oi his ownpublicatiou. "Art An-
gel of Light: entitled "A Modern
Prophetess and the Prophctlcul lice
sage," in which the author gives much
interesting information about the-
founder of the Christian Science Cult.
her personal un- pad thc names. by.
which she was able to publleh her"
book and from wlcb also derived the
howled” which. she puts forward as”.
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Acting as a Medium.
lHDOHSES PBOGRAH OF
COUNTY WAR BUREAUS
Agricultural Questionnaire Reveals
Willingnue ovaarmcrs to Use We-
man and Boy Labor Where Neces-
sary—Herbert Hoover Sends Letter
Urgino duper-Efforts to Plant Vital
Food Crepe.
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Realizing that production of the
maximum amount of foodstuff is the
basis for a successful prosecution of
the war. the Committee of Food sup-
ply of the Connecticut State Council
of Defense and the United States food
administration are heading every cf-
fort toward making asailable to farm-
ers the utmost assistance In the way
of labor. credit and supplies Prac
In which the farmer ls Interested and
from which be Is deriving aid and ae-
elatence is being supported actively
by these organizations. A committee
of the Grange Itas'ret-eutly been ap-
pointed to work with the federal and
state organizations. This Grange com-
mittee. which consists of Sherman
ltddy of Avon. J. A. Sherwood of Long
Hill and Charles A. Wheeler of the
Connecticut Agricultural College. acts
as a medium between Its organisation
and the Committee of Food Supply of
the state Council of Defense to guide
the efforts of the latter in the chau-
uele productive of aid to farmers.
whom the Grange represents.
The state Council of Defense. up-
ductlon problem. has passed the fol-
lowing resolutions In order to support
the (,‘ouuly Farm Bureaus. which In
their opinion are an Important part of
the farm production system:
“Whereas. The County Farm Bu.
reaus arc federal and state organisa-
tions and are the sole agents of the
United States department of agricul-
ture and of the Connecticut Agricul-
tural College in each county of the
state: and,
“Whereas. The program at agricul-
tural production and food conserva-
tion of the State ('ouucll of Defense,
.Commlttee of Food, Supply and all the
other organisations cit-operating there-
with depends upon the effectiveness,
of the h‘armllureaus and its agents
In each county; and.
“Whereas. Bach County l‘arut Bu<
reau Is receiving large federal emer-
gency approprlalltms for carrying on
food production and conservation
work. the receipt. of which Is condb
tinned upon the raising of funds to
maintain the organisation within the
county; and.
"Whereas. , Their effectiveness de-
pends upon a recognition of their lead-
ership within the county by the State
Council of Defetuw and Its War Bur
rceus. the pree- and the public at
large of their position and their re-
smntdbllity:
“lie It resolved:
-"l. That the Statefiouucll of De-
fense Indorse the work of each Farm
Bureau an indispensable to the pres-
ent food production and conservation
program In the state.
“2. That they instruct the~ War The
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tlcully every organization In the state ‘ ‘
preclatlug the Importance of the pro ‘
reaua to Interest themselves actively
in promoting the federal and state'
programs being carried out by the I
l-‘artu Bureaus nut! to render every ‘
posulble illd to the Farm Bureaus In !
carrying out their work and meeting I
their financial needs."
That the farmers- are responding fa-
vorably to the action of the state and
federal organisations Is apparent In
the attitude expressed by 133 farmers
who have replied to a questionnaire an
to the labor they Wmlld be willing to
one next year. This questionnaire was
Issued by I. G. Davis. slate leader of
county agents. on behalf of the Com- .
utlttet- on Woman Labor. of which
Mrs. Joseph W. Alsop of Avon ls chalr- ‘
man. (if the 138 fannere 73 signified
their willingness to use both boy 'nud
woman labor in place of the men reg-
ularly employed. Only ll were un-
willing to use either woman or boy‘la'
bo-r and ll! signified their williugucun‘
to use boy labor. though they could
find no place for women In their agrle '
cultural work.
Herbert Hoover. In an appeal to
farmers of l‘onnecticut through the
Hartford headquarters of the ..state
and federal organizations. lays partlo
ula‘r emphasis upon the need for In-
creased production this year Ills let-
ter is. In part, as follows:
tion of policy on production In In the
hands of the department of ngrlcnlc
a prime ty_ of the food administra-
tlon to in the farmers as tog'tbe
uiilou‘el tensile The,
crop that the farmer raises
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the beginning of the war. They won recently returned because there was
no food for them in Germany The photograph was taken at Brian on
NOE. Geneva, where the prisoners had been delivered for return to their
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camp. More than seventy million dollars
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