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53 Water Street
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The following letter announcing the
plans of the association has just been
sent to all .ts members by Charles G.
Phelps. the secrciar;.':—
Bllllii tutti
lifllhilflllifll
{Federal Trade Commission
I Wants Congress to Enact
a Law Punishing Offend-
ers
Gentlemcntw
"The Manufacturers' Association of
Connecticut, recognizing that
cleared and profitable production of
food is absoluttly essential to their
tnnate in securing the services of Mr.
Elijah Rogers, of Southington. Mr.
Rogers needs no introduction as to his
ability as a successful farmer or a
knowledge of manufacturing interests
of this State. Suffice to say that he
has the confidence of all. it is plan—
ned by the Act'lcultural -l‘01nmittee of
this Association. that Mr. Rogers in
Eat-h ppm-0n participating in any 'acting’ as our representative will be in-
such transaction should be. reached by 1%”‘“"“’F"“ m asststipg.mandtactnrers
a criminal statute, in the opinion offm me” “)0“ production Work and
the commission, which recounted thattf‘fln also F’o"’1"’“‘lm “"‘h ”‘9 tarmers
investigation has revealed commercial!”‘Afj‘l‘mmml ““3" .. _ ‘1,“
bribery to be general throughout many, “m“? are many ““3“ T") “‘3‘”
industries. Scores of complaints have,manufacturers can be 0‘ mm,“ and
been issued against firms guilty of the t practical assistanCe to farmers in them
practice. but the commission, having; communities. On the other hand,
no criminal jurisdiction, has been nn-,there 3"“ ways "1 which ”19 farmers
able to punish individuals, and has had:
to deal with commercial bribery only
as an unfair method of competition.
“it should be noted," says the com- , .
mission. “that the practice appears to: ”“1131“ l
have been most general on the part of‘
concerns in introducing the goods and
wares to German firms.
The commission's recommendation
said in part:
WASHINGTON, May ltL—Enact-
ment of a "sufficient law striking at
the unjustifiable and vicious practices
of commercial bribery." was urged onl
Congre:~s today by the Federal Trade.
Commission.
their farming operations.
hem together.
operation of the Committee of Food
3 cil of Defense, the Connecticut Agri-
lcultural ('ollege, and the various farm
[Cifyflews -
The Hyman Schochat grocery store,
in Main sll‘ctt‘l. which has been closed
for some time, will rc-opcn soon under
the name ol the Modern Grocery
.Store, inc, ‘
——Dance Friday night. Elka' Home.
Benefit Putnam Hese Tobacco Fund.
Employcs. of the New York, New.
Haven and Hartford railroad and
associated rail and steamship lines
are credited with 30,988 subscrip-
tions to the third Liberty loan
amounting to $1,981,600.
At a state conference held by the
Trades Union ‘ltlberty league in New
Haven, Sunday, definite steps to com-
bat prohibition in the state and no
tion were taken. Specifically this is
the precise purpose of the league.
Danbury probably had at least one
representative tin the great parade
of American soldiers in London ln'fit
Friday, for it is. understood that the
325th regimenthational Army. took
part in the Tittle, and Sergeant A.
Percival Loew t} of this city, is a
member of [Meg‘s-fluent. . - .
~Hear Mud; {fienrietta Wakefield
in Eastern 3' , Minstrels, Hoyt's
’Bheatre on; e 'tnz.
var—— ,
ot the new dosing: of American
type. commoplygknown as the Santa
Fe type. thirtyvfi'g-of an order of‘fif-
ty have been. reheived by the new Ha.-
ven road and are operating between.
T Hopewell. New Steven and East Harte
ford, and foam :lildway to Boston.
Local dragging and Dotti-ruin“
‘ been notifier; tpiit, according. to tit...
new lawflflowner ofasoda fountain
or bottling es‘tébliqhmon; WPCP’l’f-l,
. pares his opp syrups and loop. aw
in dispensing clinching his products
is not liable; f, ,tax upon syrups no,
"manufactured it" used, since no sale-
_ is made.
Men who, hnyh been mm “Ml?
ferred classes iu‘connecllon “‘1‘ “1": Senator, Rogers Will be available to
draft, been}: engaged innfiri‘cultur‘ni
pursuits, my betaken into the army
the present WW. for in many pluc-
es the available supply' of 'Cla's‘u IA
men is alt-early growing YflXJQWfiM to
fill their quotes, as thewcalls come
along it will. he, necessary- ‘to take
practically eve‘riman on the. list, The
exemption district of which Norwalk
is a part is rather more! fortunate than
some of the others in having ,gfifair
proportion of men still‘ available to
fill succeeding quotas, butlt apparent-
ly will be necessary to fall back upon
the men in the deferred lists before a
great while. 1'
We offer ourtservices in any .
or all offlthe'tcopaoities prop _
erly exercisetlby Trust Gom-
parties and will give the mod
careful attention and benefit
of our experience to all inat-
ters entrusted to our ctn'oJ
b
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. "These bribes take the form of com-V bureaus “"51 M“ have. at “'5 dis-
' mission for alleged services. of money, penal a 51’9“?” afifilfilant county agent
.and gratuities and entertainments of. ‘"_ “Ch of the larger counngé'
,various sorts . anti of loans—till in? M" Rog?” home address “‘ South
itended ,, influence .‘uch em loves in ington, Conn, telephone blew Britain
in“, chm} o,,,,,,,,,,;,, p ' .82-3. His office address IF. 252 Asy-
, .1, is evident that this inexcusable lum street, Hartford. Telephone Chart-
] added cost is finally passed on to the 9r 2131-?
, consumers. ,
l "The practice is one which has been The American Band and First Com-
; Condemned ““1“ by business men, ‘92-. party. Connecticut State uGards, are
iislalures and mum" including among to hold another of their already fam-
i .
. the business men those who have an-I h
tally resorted to it in self—defense in. 0‘" 085 at the State Amory on
‘ competing with less scrupulous rivals; the evening 0f the 29th. and many new
or in selling to concerns whoee em-‘and novel features will be offered.
jployes have extorted commissions on .____._g_.
lder threats to destroy or disapprove
.goods submitted to them for test.
l "Corrupt employer; having the power'
, to spoil and disapprove materials have.
fibcen able to bid one salesman :tgalintt
lanothcr until in many cases they have
lextorted secret commission, so-called.
‘as large as twenty per cent. of the
lvalue of the goods sold. ,
, "Fourteen states have statutes strik-
, ing at the practice and yet it, tends to
i grow. When compeition crosses state
t lines statutes with respect to trade :53:-
{practices are not actively enforced.
“The commission feels that tho
, stamping out of commercial bribery is
‘ one necessary step to the preservation
,of free, open and fair competition, and
Ito that end respectfully urges that.
i such legislation should prohibit not
only the giving and offering. but the’
‘nccgptapecnnd solicitation of any gift
lace and embrodery.
or ,Other consideratldn by an ‘emvloye
asap inducement or reward for doing
1 any act in relation to his employer’e’if-
I fairs or. business, or for showing or [on
hearing to show favor or disfavor to
any persn in relation to his principal'tt
| or employer's affairs of business.
“in order to prevent a resort. to a
icommon method of corruption, it is
.recommended that the law ahou d . do
prohibit the giving of any en ft:
or other-coulderotiom to memborp of
lite Kent's»: employets family. or to
any other person for his one or benefit,
‘ direct or indirect. .
innrmmcun it i f
noon PR cocoon.
too-tuned] non M on.
be termed "Agricultural Counsel," and
is to not as representative of the at!;
soclationto assist Connecticut’s Man-
ufggtnlrerp in, mg production, work-
ing at the some time in cooperation
with the farmers quite. Stun, '
“tempers, 0,! the, association victim
to wark .out community garden! '
”PM 59.1995 “it“? 9139103993? HE Wm. '
also assist manufacturers in develop"
in: BPS} patties into 099F309“ ”All? ..
for ctr-operation with the farmers. 9
Will have the cooperation Duke Com:
mittee on Food Supply and Conserva-
tion of the Connecticut State Gounod
of Defense as_well as the Connecticut
College and theseyeml farm bureaus.
t.
,. -. . - .
«use ”$th drifte—
The directors of the Manufacturers, ...... _ . .
supine
Association of Connecticut have auth‘l' ’
(prized, interaction, which they ‘believe‘ . .
marks a new. and advanced step in co-|
operation by manufacturers in food
production work. E. Kent Hubbard,
of Middletown, president of the Menu
focturers' Association of Connecticut.I
is an enthusiastic supporter of this,
new enterprise and expects that memq
bars of the association will grasp thel
opportunity presented to partlcipatej
materially in the Connecticut’s “Great-3
\.
Ever-body’s doing it
wnrru sauna Is
2 ARRESTED AFTER
To the Members of the Association. ,
an in- :tlia;
inte‘zests in the Static, has been for- "
l Department of Justice. went to Siam-i
Supply of the Connecticut State Conu'
l LITTLE snor
TWO YEAR SEARCH
After being pursued for two years
by federal authorities, for violation
oi the Mom act. Gabriele Donna
"John Ferem." was captured
Spotty in *tanzford, by Charles H.
Zane. 'loctl actt for the i‘nfttti
Lane, local agent of the l'nlted States
States Department of Justice. Donna
was arraigned before United States
(‘ortntissioner Hugh J- 1‘3"?” in
Bridgeport yesterday. and is now being ,'
ht-ld under $2,000 bonds pending furth-
er action in his case.
For two years, the man Donna. mas.
queradinz under the fictitious name of
John Ferera. was sought by the Fed-
eral authorities as a violator of the
Mann White Slave act. Evidence was
secured against hint, but he managed
to keep his whereabouts a secret from
the Department of Justice agents. ‘,
ford and arrested Donna at 520 State
street. where he was living with his
wife's neice. Felicino Porccio. l'pon
Rogers" hopes to point out these w'ay'sfw'ere located by the Department of
;to‘ both parties concerned and act in.Justice agents proved Donna was the
:man’s right name. and the "John
Mr. Rogers will have the full co-J‘erera" was simply analias.
At the present time. Donna's wife
is living in Italy. He has been in this
country a number of years.
WOMEN’S
WEAR
Prices range from
Ladies Blouses. -
VOILE. LINGERIE, sinuous to minorities and ems
bar, fancy trimmed with lace and twin. assorted styfell.’ " ;
TAILORED BLOUSES in lawn and pique . . . . . . SIM—$3.00
‘WHI-rn sing phenols $2.25
warps-enurnpn omun cannons ........ saw—$3.98
wm'rn onononm own nLonsns $650—$535
.1. 1. MALLETTE.
'NEWBLOUSES
Charming summer styles, of a. beautiful simplicity, well
made and of excellent quality fabrics. Variously fashioned of
Crepe do Chine, Georgette, Baptist and Voile, in a complete
assortment of white, flesh and desirable pastel shod“. fig
Attractive models, beautifully hand-embroidered and bead-
ed or in simpler lingerie styles with dainty trimming: of fine _.
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All have new collar-mind and). .
statesman
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Last Sunday, however. t‘harles H..
Phone 113-:
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' FERTILIZERS
Efi’zn erroneous or m. SHEEP moan, non.
cum-m1. mm, nun vacuum.
“1% revamp Bums n- wnonusnu: um
RAYMOND BROTHERS
t3? Washington St.
l O. B. JACKSON
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30me
l KRYPTOK LENSll—Foldin; Oxford: in Gold It
Shell Shut-On and Other Mounting;
will be helpful to manufacturers injhis arrest Donna insisted that he was,
it is Mr.t,“J0hn Ferera," but transports which;
. . Mu‘hmminltionotrhcyanlhu’pm
dmmmptlyfilled. Maximo-1.
South Not-walk, Conn.
Roman.
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Now that the many loan is over, nnv wan SAVINGS
STAMPS, which sell for $4.16 this month and 10 additional
each month thereafter. '
25 pennies buys a THRIFT STAMP.
Evan? LITTLE err HELPS 'ro WIN THE WAR—D0
vonn err. ’ "‘
The City National Bank
.‘ 'c-o 12.126. 3 mar.“i:0.
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YOU CANNOT
afford to insure yourself: other.
wise you would not and. w
ance. The same muons dint
prompted you to carry insurance
should, upon due inquiry. admon-
ish you perhaps to take 00‘. more
insurance. because of the fumes!
ed cost of building mm, in-
bnr and nearly every other item
of expense entering into the do.“
of making :tpztiis, or rebuilding,
after a fire.
J. M. Layton & Co, inc.
5 RAILROAD AVENUE
SOUTH NOBWALK, CONN.
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luminaries St.
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The N orwalk Line
Fast Freight Service Between This City
supra-ore. “own and ”flu-rung. lulu-y”
Fret At . .. at Not-nit and South» Norwg from, 1:30, to :30.
p. m..for mun. , Pier 45, But no", Foot!“ Jackson wetsuit.-
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We have the latest: models in ~
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