LETTER. FROM THE PEOPLE.
. TM Dumb Oyster
To the Editor:
i I hare seen an arucle in another
newspaper purporting to be an 111'
Tract from the Hart turd Cour-ant This
article does inJUstit'c to the oyster
lgrowerx- of Comic 'titut and while 1
111111 unwilling to beli1 \c that it origin
'at11i in the (‘ou111nt.':ill in the intei-
est oi liulh'l will ash you to publish
thi 1".nr1eotion
I 1 do not believe that the Courant
vould wilfully instill an unjust pre-
'1udice against us by statements or
win inuations that one 1101 title 1 will
l'qllole a part of the statement towhich
l rWeier. ‘
' ”Last summer and the summer
VbCl‘OlP that as ucli as in more iemott
lseasons the oy'stei growers or 'growth
'e"is of Connccit cut hate told the pub-;
.lic that the oystei set has been a
:(‘01111 ltlt“ f111111e.S11111etimes this has:
; 1b€endut to alleged encessite taxation,
‘somct mes to impurities in the water
cont
That’s All
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w and sometimes tr- acts of providence
; V3 ate, Street not cleariV d1 fined but always the re-
;sult has been tl11 s 11119. a total iai lu11
of the. 01 and the impending extinct-
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A ‘ {ion 01 the mster industr"y.
‘ The above quoted statement is un-
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m‘=———— title. and may mislead persons who
w" h {are not acquainted with the oyster
‘ industry—~and unior1unately this is
. 'the case with a iaigeinajorlty of thc
. I y -- ews
l ers to unjust taxation. but the meat
‘deciine of the oyster industry in re-
The 0011 ecticut Society, S A Ru} cent years has been in [11111 attributed
' has *0“ t a $1,001) Liberty Bond. Ito this cause. And let me say that
The failure of the sets has never
been attributed by any oyster grow
Forty-fivetmembers of the state so'- the decline of this industry is a great
publid calamity as the propagation
new are lnow 1n the sertice 0f the; 'ct' food which can replace that which
army and lhl“ navy. can be shipped abroad is of the most- .
'——-—" paiamount impmtance toward win
Cards arnouncing the. birth of a son nine the war. l
it is a (alamity to out own people
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lrs oseph Steegmu er. of have the pioduction of food de-
Greenwich} - have been ‘0
by relatives. Mrs.
formerly it iss Bertha Tierney.
to Mr. and
StEegmulier WBSIcause whlth We are. all seeking to
tromotc. This decline has been due.
in part to all of the above causes.
A‘llOiSECtliiven by J. p 11111111111 fell and if!” W'fl‘e‘ “1 ”'6 “‘5“; 11111011:
quote con uses cause '1“ 0 cc or
on the car tracks on West alumm§elsc he presumes upon the ignmance
shortly at 12. noon yesterday, blocking; 01 mg readers
traffic for fully twenty minutes. 01- I It is a crime against public intercst
ficei larva S. Murray straightened that the pioduction of food should
the. mattei 1.111. be curtai
h11anspor1atlon 'stem
—-Amerl;;an Hat Mfg Co will hold been crippled b1 preventing the up-
dance To 11 Assembly Hall, F“ 8H3”, _kecp of our 1".ailioads thereby hampei- '
ing our coal tiausportation last wint11. -
and the tr'anspmtation of troops and»
June 21st. .; Svec Orchestra.
' 1 1 supplies.
l The A ‘J AngeVine (ommmv' deal; No“ as 10 the sale of oysters til
ng in furiltiture in Stamford has been luded to by this writer. the oysters
incorporated A J. Angeviue is presi isold. originated {0111‘ Years ago. when
But it must he
dent and treasurer of the corporation.; there was some 1101.
Stephen (1' Brien is snpretary. and they; 1 .titei iguoranm or malice that
' 1 would allude to a sale of 01 stcrs in
and Han OBi‘ien are directors. the way that he did The oyster
’ .grnwers expenduwuore than 11 million
. Tl“ latte {00‘} administration has dollars cevrv rm to propagate, ma
asked hot i and restaurant men to ic- .11111' and handle nwmg How does
titan two the writoi of that iiiticie expect that
train froml serving best more
1 ‘1i1is outlay can he maintained unless
meals a stick and beeisteak and 1011s 1 i 1111 el nd sold?
' ' . to c 1 a
.9 c: 9 ch 1' some oys 111'91'111 i .
be” at m I than one n1 ii a no I He also alludes in a hazy way to
week. l"g1'owcis'of 111s11'rs.11nd “growth-
‘“" ers. as though they were synon
111. mbots of Douglas Fowler tuous tctms There is as much dit-
_'Womnn 5 Relief Corps assembled at Terence between them as between the'
unrest agricultural producers of wheat.
the Noi'ntilk Atmorv, yesterday ni‘tci- rye com and potatoes and the in
mm“- and‘besan “01k for ”mm“, dians who lived by shooting and
Ten
Cross Ct niiderablc was ac1'onipiish-;qnflrmg wild gamp anti fish The 0Y8
ed and iii ladies hope for mllch great-; 1111 ginw ers produced a vast quantity
. - uure of valuable food befmo tie great
e1 183”“an the neari‘ l (lrciine of the industry during the
H liguorant crusade or the past few
Plans 1'1 r the coming class exempli- 13’9“” against iiicm. while the
cation of the major degree Will b9 “growthers” caught only the wild
pe1fectedkit. the meeting of South N01'- or stcrs. or rathci l11h seed shat grew
mhus. in certain specia pioli 0 paces
walk C0“ cii. Knights of Colo lwhicli are resorted bV the state for
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this evening. The exact date has not
their benefit. One is 11 wholly pro-
been dctjrmined as yet but will be
ductitt. industry. in the other. there
is no attempt to piodttcc ‘
it is time that the unjust and cruel
slanders upon oyster growers should
early 1n uly State Deputy Supreme
Knight William J. Cronin, of New
1 ill r0
“Hatch, h been invited $11211 phytcease. We have at, times given the
babiy °°“ 9’ the degree a information that the set or certain
the state fileers. yents was a failure. This has some-
times bccn met by slurring insinua
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bod weddin resent. Brand's tions. but we have repeatedly furnish-
Clocksg; . gp ed the absolute pmol of our state-
‘ meats. and none of our statements
have ever been disproved. While on
the other hand the misstatements or
certain parties who desired to exploit
the oyster industry have been repeat-
edly disproved.
Now we are tired of these irre-
sponsible slurs. and it’ anyone desires
to repeat them hereafter we woman
that it be done in such form as that
the perpetrators may be held re-
sponsible. and that the truth of their
ihsinuntions be tried out before some
attention of the police in years.
information in rég‘a‘rd to the fate of
Herbert ttolllngs, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A B Coilllings oi Norwaiit fortneriy or
lDanbury,;ia being awaited with great
anxiety. Mr. Coilings a private in the
102d inf try. was reported Several
days ago as missing after a battle in
France. lMany of the other members
of the lilZd reported missing at the
same time| have since been reported
as being eid as prisoners in Germany.
The numt of Private Coliings does not Yours _truly,
CONNECTICUT OY‘STER GROVVERS'
appear a one thesev “WW" and “° assocm'riou
further 0rd as to what has beiallen G. C. FOOTE. President.
New Haven, June 12.
him has .; een received.
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teceived here creased and a calamity to the great'
led by unjust treatment ot_
{the 01 ster industr'.) as it is that our.
should have,
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DANIURV HAT‘I’IIS' CAot. .011 to SIAITID
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31111111190111. Jane i..--Tln 1m» ‘4?“ on W" “W “WW
‘ , . 4 ~ :1 the on his own propeny and that
buy batters raw nu delayed in open- lble spread and “NM,“ fruit HOPE.
in until noon today by u amides! to meter-1 bushes. rose bushes. grape
(my automobile of President Lee 01 tines and hedges Joseph Bercaenyi
the Lee Hat (10mm, 0! 1mm”,- in oi lleerfirld treet has brought suit
which were a number of witnesses in ‘0’ ‘30" “am“ M“ 1’05“" P“?
ers were drawn \esterduy by Attornet
behalf 0! William () Mertmer one 01 the J J. I ”1me and are itturnablt m
defendants in the appeal "0!" lb? d9 the (‘11) couit They were send by
clsion of the lower courts at Danbury. (‘onstable William \‘olimer,
Margaret Updike, a hat trimmer, tlrst William F- Tamil! animus for the
look the stand and give testimony as defendant. Attachment was made tor
to the fight that led up to the present 53011.
case and later injunction and contempt ‘—-——.~~ —:«'=-—-
moreedings.
Disagreements between counsel on I
both sides of the case marked today's SUMMER SESS].ON
proceedings. July 8 to August 23 I
Special Teachers’ Course
- An intensive course without
speed drill, but giving theory of
subjects and methods of presen-
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ORDERS VERDICT FOR DEFEND
ANT
SPRINGFiEl 1) Mass; June lit.—
(‘iei‘ Justice John ’A. Aiken, of the
Superior Coui',t todat ordered the
jury to bring in a Verdict for the de
fondant in the suit of the liampden
Raiitoad Corporation against the Bos-
ton and Maine Railroad Company. to tions. \
recover a construction account of near- '
ly 3100011110 based on the failure of Also Regular Courses
the Boston and \Maine to ratify a
lease of the Hampden r0119.
Judge Aiken stated thathe was not
influenced by any question of fraud.
The suit has been on trial since “ay
27. It is understood it will be taken
which insure practical working
ability for business and civil
service positions.
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