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NEV BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 192a
Jei ifay Comes
; See these
,k wondrfuI
) LLOYD
Loom '
i Woven
Carriages
;'' Here.
He will be able to ride in a carriage of
the finest weave which you will be
able to buy at the price of the coarsest
reed.
For, this year we are able to show
a t complete line of those wonderful
, LLOYD
(Loom Woven)
Baby Carriages
'These are the carriages that are woven
on a Loom. -The carriages you have
been reading about in the newspapers
and magazines. The carriages which,
by this wonderful invention have at
last done away with the old, coarse,
handwoven method that has been un
changed sjnce the days of Moses.
,' We also show, the t complete line of
j Whitney Carriages in our South window.
John A. Andrews & Co.
The Big Furniture Store j
uick Returns Use Classified Column
Rotkfeder's
378 MAIN STREET
NEW BRITAIN, CONN.
,
SPORT
COATS
for
Spring Wear
In appealing styles for every par
ticular dresser
Camel's Hair, Velour, Sport
Tweeds, Silvertones, Polo Cloth.
SJQJS
$4SdS
Our
NEW SPRING
DRESSES
Are now being: displayed
WHY THERE IS NOW
LACK OFSOFT COAL
Due Mainly to Uneven Demands
Consumer at Fault
During i he past two or three years
New Jng'lnd has hail its periodical
' trials as & result of a. soft coal short
age. Just now it is going through
'-one of those agonies and the suffering-
public is blaming the trouble -variously
on the miners, on the railroad ad
ministration, on the suspected covet
ousnoss of the mine operators and ou
the weather. Apparently, however,
none of theso is fundamentally re
sponsible for the situation and, ac
cording to Dr. George Otis Smith,
director of the United States Geologi
cal Survey, the consumers may re
proach themselves to some degree as
! being at least oon tributary to their
own dilemma. Dr. Smith and F. CI.
I Tryon, of the Survey, have lately
given considerable (nought to this
problem, for New ..id is not the
only section of the country that every
now and again finds itself in straits,
and it has become a matter for na
tional concern. In their opinion, the
main difficulty centers in what, to use
a term common in electrical engineer
ing practice, amounts to the "bad
load factor" of the mines. In other
words, the general run of consumers
put a terrific strain on the mining in
dustry and on the' carriers during cer
tain seasons and fail to provide busi
ness enough during the remainder of
the year to enable the mines and the
railroads to reasonably distribute the
burden of the rush.
Taking the soft coal mining indus
try of the country as a whole it is
found, upon analyzing the statistics
of the past. 30 years that on the
average the mines have been idle 93
working days in every twelve-month.
Fifteen days of this lost time is at
tributed to general business condi
tions, Dut tne remaining s days are
chargeable partly to fluctuations in
car and labor supply, but chiefly to
the summer slump in demand. Em
phasis is laid upon the effect of the
uncvonness of the winter and sum
mer demand as contributing to the
inefficiency of the mines and the rail
rffloads, inasmuch as it makes inevit
able a period in which the capital
and labor involved cannot work more
than 30 out of the 4S hours of the
week! 'Who makes up these losses
due to ' idle days et the mines?1 o
one but the consumer, and he does
not. the long run, appreciate this
fact. . These seasonal fluctuations in
the mining industry necessarily af
fect the railroads. Since coal makes
up about one-third of the freight
tonnage of the country the invest
ment in equipment is of necessity
large, and someone has to pay for its
maintenance whether it -is busy or
idle. Again the consumer comes in.
He pays the freight. He pays regu
larly, therefore, for something- that
ha does not receive, and simply be
cause he will persist in indulging in
a hand to mouth practice in buying.
Are Bigger Bins the Remedy?
A more equitable distribution of
.the "load factor' is what the en
gineers hope to bring about, so that
there may be a steady production of
coal and a steady flow of the product
on the. rails. Unless the consumer
will consent to change his habits to
the extent of buying coal in summer,
wicn he does not require it, or. at
least, when his demand is far leas
than it is in winter, there is small
chance that this waste can be elim
inated. And the consumer, on hris
'part, probably figures in some cases,
at least that it is cheaper for him
to pay the extra price charged for
the coal in order to cover these losses
than it Is to tie up his money in a
commodity that he cannot use for
some time to come and, what is quite
ajs controlling a factor with him in
making provision for storing that ex
tra supply, which necessarly involves
a further investment of precious
space. Perhaps the mines and the
railroads can afford to make it worth
the while of the consumer to take his
coal when it is more convenient to
deliver it to him. It is suggested that
liberal discounts on the price of the
coal and in freights might 'be worked
out which would make for the ad
vantage of all concerned.
To those who are familiar with t!ie
industry it is well enough known that
there is a good deal of lost time in
evitable under the conditions and
practices that have obtained to date,
but the authors of the report seem to
believe that. this loss is greater than
is generally realized. In onlv seven !
of the 30 years was this time loss lesi.
than 25 per cent, of the working year.
Effect on Labor and Operator,
The effect of this instability of em
ployment upon the labor situation is
expressed by the following para
graph from the report: "It is perhaps
significant that there is a rough rela
tion between the loss of working time
and the degree of unionization. These
bituminous regions in which inter
ruptions to operation are most pro
nounced show a tendency to become
union territory. The presence of the
imion is both cause and effect. "Wage
disputes cause lost time: but. on the
other hand irregular employment is
in itself a prime incentive to unioniza
tion. The act of irregularity in work
ing time is thus indisputable, and its
extent is shown to be everywhere
great, and everywhere it reacts un
favorably upon all who have a share
in Producing soft , coal, and all who
have a share in consuming it. Its
injurious effect is perhaps most evi
dent on the welfare of the miner. To
him it means a direct and immediate
loss of wages. In long periods of idle
ness following a business depression it
drives him to seek employment else
where, in other industries. The fact
that we find the same larsre labor
turnover, and the tendency to migra
tion in other industries, should not
blind us to the fact that these are
causes as well as symptoms of indus
trial unrest. The question may even
be raised whether irregular employ
ment is not largely responsible for the
failure of coal miners to take full ad
vantage of the opportunity to work
when the mines are open. Regular
employment breeds regular habits
and irregular employment breeds ir
regular habits."
In its way the case of the operator
is just as trying. His capital lies idle
during the enforced respites from -activity,
and his mine equipment de
teriorates. Fixed charges run along
whether the works are shut down or
running full time, and these are not
confined to interest and salaries
alone, but include a host of mainte
nance costs as well. Such losses fig
ure directly against the consumer,
since the smaller the number of tons
produced by a. mine the larger the
share of the fixed overhead must .be
borne by each ton.
I Then there is the effect of all this
1 upon the transportation companies.
! As the report points out, the coal
mine is the railroad's largest shipper,
and the railroad is also the largest
consumer of coal. Some contend
that coal is the nucleus around which
the railroad system of the country is
built. There are now invested in coal
cars throughout the country some
thing like one and a third billion
dollars. If these , cars must stand
idle on sidings for much of the time,
because the mines are shut down and
not affording them material to haul,
tb:oss o. the carriers is .readily
perceived. A coal car is not a deli
cate mechanism but itsv deterioration,
even when not in use, is appreciable.
Moreover, all that unemployed cap
ital constitutes a burden that the
shipper must, eventually bear. Again,
when it is understood that about one
third of the total tonnage of the
railroads is coal, and that about one
fifth of their total freight revenue
is derived 'from "that source, the con
clusion is unavoidable, as the reports
state, that seasonal fluctuations in
coal affect profoundly the earning
power of the carriers.
Where the Remedy 'Lies.
It .is through the betterment of the
seasonal demand on the part of the
relatively few classes of consumers
.that the remedy seems to lie. The re
port urges the discussion of the pro
posal for summer discounts on the
price Of the coal, and the promulga
tion of freight rates that will tend to
stimulate the movement of coal out
of the ordinary seasons. The anthra
cite mines put the discount idea inte
effect some years ago to their advan
tage, and the report argues for the
economic soundness of the freight dif
ferential on the ground that it would
be to the railroads' manifest advan
tage to equalize their own load factor,
and because summer traffic would be
les expensive to them than the win
ter haul. The question of storage is,
as the report admits, a most impor
tant phase of the problem. "To what
extent can it be made attractive to the
consumer., large or small." It is a
question of offsets. In any event the
loss of manpower and the sound un
rest which results from present prac
tices in the soft coal industry cannot
be viewed with equanimity by the
country. An excess mine capacity of
at least one hundred and fifty million
tons, and an excess labor force ol
perhaps 150,000 men is not a healthy
showing ln-an- industry. In closing-,
the report points out rather graphi
cally what the cost is to the country
of the many days of'enforced idlenesa
in bituminous mining at present,
during an ordinary year, hy compar
ing it to the orguments advanced in
opposition to universal military training-
on the ground of cost. The loss to
the mines, it says, is as great as
would be the cost of giving three
months' military training to the year's
class of all the young men of the
country.
AZIZ GROTTO WILL
INSTALL OFFICERS
Past Monarch from Xew Haven Will
Conduct Work at An Important
Meeting Tuesday Night.
Aziz Grotto, a new Masonic lodge
here, will be instituted in Masonic
hall on Tuesday evening beginning at
6 o'clock. Past Monarch Joseph K.
Soutlierton, secretary of Hejaz Grotto
of (New Haven, has been deputized "ay
Grand Monarch Jesso K. SeeHght, of
the Supreme council, to appear .it
the meeting to obligate. make
prophets and install officers.
The officers to he installed are:
Monarch Adna F. Johnson.
Chief Justice John W. Abell.
Master of Ceremonies George K.
Macaules.
Treasurer John C. Loomis.
Secretary William IT. Crowcll.
The installation will begin early and
all eligible members are requested to
be present on time. Music will be
furnished by the Grotto orchestra.
Those in charge of the organization
of the Grotto in this oity have been
working hard for the past few weeks
and have enrolled a charter member
ship of more than 250, members. It, is
expected that the number will be in
creased to 500 or more before tli-2
charter" closes-in May.
The Mystic "' Order of Veiled
Prophets of the Enchanted Realm is
universal, having 125 grottoes in all
parts of the United States and parts
of Canada. The membership is more
than 100,000 and may possibly be dou
bled before' the next annual meeting
of the Supreme, council.
SHORE LINE SQUABBLE
Judge Kllogg Declines to Hear Appli
cation to Abandon Electric Line
From Ner Haven to Sajbrodk.
Xew London, March 12. Because
of the towns through which the tracks
run had not had an opportunity to be
heard Judge John Kellogg of the su
perior court refused to hear the ap
plication of Robert W. Perkins, re
ceiver of the 1 Shore . Line Electric
Railway Co. for an order authorizing
the abandonment -of lines from Xew
Haven to Saybrook, thnce to Chester;
' from Guilford Green to Stony Creek:"
from Saybrook to Flanders Crner and
frm Pawcatuck to Hallville car
! station. The judge gave permission
I to sell the equity in the property for
' merly owned by the Broton and Ston
ington Street Railway Co., subject t
the approval of the- court, also to seii
the freight house in this city and a
freight car and four passenger cars.
The account of the receiver from
January 1 to February 1 was approved.
BUFFALO MARKET
150 A11C11 STREET.
SUGAR FOR EVERYBODY
, Pot
Roast
20c lb
Veal
. Roast
22c lb
Beef
Liver .
12c lb
Lamb
Legs
At Cost
Early
June
Peas
2 cans 35c
i - 1
Frank-
forts
" 23c lb
Roast 1 Roast Bacon
Pork Beef 35c lb
33c lb 28c lb
Pork
Stewing; Corned Chops
Beef Beef 35c lb
16c lb 12c lb r
Beef
Veal Lamb j Stew
Stew . Stew 20c lb
14c lb 20c lb r
Porter
Round Sirloin hous
Steak Steak Steak
35c lb 40c lb . 42c lb
All Kinds Campbell Challenge
Macaroni Beans Milk
12c lb 2 for 25c .2 cam 39c
Slice Fresh Salt
Ham Shoulder Pork .
45c lb 26c lb ' 30c lb ."'
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SHOWER FOR MRS. DUXX.5
Local friends attended a. miscel
laneous shower held last evening at
the home of Mrs. Lcuis Greenberg', of
50 Edge wood street, Hartford.' in
honor of Mrs. M. J. Dunn. Mrs. Dunn
was formerly Miss M. (Segal, of this
city, and was recently married to Mr.
Dunn, who Is manager of the. Hart
ford branch of the Newark Shoe com
pany. The guests received a number
of remembrances of the event.
RENO. PICKHARDT & DUNN
127 Main Street Phone 1409-2
Oppo. Arch St.
Spring Has Already Arrived
Inside Our Store
Racks nr crowded with freidi, charming' fashions waiting, to
Ik looked ' over and admired.
What will you sec? -
Handsome Tailored Suits
SHOWING XEW IDEAS.
Nary, Sorgo and Tricotine seem to have first place. Good
range of styles with prices beginning as low as $30.30 to $75.75.
Jersey Suits are booked for wide popularity.. Smart looking,
practical, and inexpensive. Priced, $37.75 up.
Sovereigns, Trading Co
1 60 MAIN STREET
Meat Department
legs LMn
I'OlIi: yi'ARTKISS FOll
SPER RY & BARNES WII
HAM SHANKS
HAM BUTT ENDS
SHOULDER STEAK He
UOMK MADK SAUSAGE
PRIME RIBS BEEF Cu
PRIM E RIBS REEF Cu
NPERRY BARNES BA
SPERRY & BARNES BA
FRESn VEGETABLES
SPINACH, t ABBA
LETTUCE. CELER
TURNIPS, TOMAT
DELICATESSEN GOODS
MINCER HAM, P
FR ANKFURTS. D
CORNED BEEF,
FRICASSEE
OLE HAMS .
at y Steer ........
t Short ,
t T.Ang
CON Sliced
CON PIECE . . .
GE. CARROTS.
Y. ONIONS.
OES, PARSLEY.
r ess ed ham,
ried Reef,
boiled ham.
4e
20c
35c
32c
35c
43c
38c
55'
50c
lb
l'
lb
Hi
lb
lb
lb
lb
lb
lb
lb
Tel. 102S-1026
Grocery Department
SWEET JUICY ORANGE S
LARGE GRAPE FRUIT
BALDWIN APPLES . . . .
FRESH PINEAPPLES
. . . 60c Doz.
... 2 for 25c
2 Quarts 35c
SOe
2 CANS CAMPBELL'S PORK AND BEANS 23c
2 CANS CAMPBELL'S SO VP 25c
FINE BREAKFAST COFFEE .. 45c
EVAPORATED MILK 8c lBe
CHALLENGE MILK 21c
STERLING BAKING POWDER lib can 30o
KARA RED LABEL SYRUP 28c
UNEEDA BISCUIT c
OUNCES SWEET PICKLES 18c
CAN PEAS OR SUCCOTA SH 22c
PUMPKIN Large Can 2 Tor 25c
FRESH COUNTRY EGGS 85c doz
SWIFT S PREMIUM OLE O 12c lb
CL1QUOT CLUB GINGER ALE
BY CASE OR BOTTLE.
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Good Health and
Good Teeth Go Together
. , (BY DR. J. HENRY FAGAN) .. i f V
- " ' 4 " ''. ' J r
,J, The. government, ' states,
counties, .cities, towns,
schools, churches and wel
fare workers everywhere are
beginning to tell people how
"necessary it is to keep the
teeth clean, for if the teeth be
bad, good health is "impose
sibfe. , :. r K Nf5;
The" medical profession it
self is learning that many
diseases, begin in the mouth
and , that obscure troubles
which defy all medicine are
often due to tooth decay that
a competent dentist only can .
overcome.
Theodore Roosevelts death, it is reported, was
hastened because of bad teeth. A little more atten
tion to his teeth and a little less to public matters,
and the great American might be with us yet. "
During the past week ;we learned that Viscount
urey s sightftas oeen restored, ine rollowmg ex
tract from a London paper rhows us the importance
of teeth on one's physical condition:
Sight Restored by U. S.
Dentist, Grey Seeks J
Premiership
London, March 2. Im
provement in Viscount Grey's .
eyesight since the removal
of a large abscess in one of
his teeth by an American ;
dentist while he was in Wash-
ington has resulted in almost
complete restoration of , his
vision. It is now said he is
resuming active political life
with an eye on the Premiership.
Dr. Fagan and his associate Dental
are wprking in close harmony with this
for better health through better teeth.
Every reader of this paper is invited to visit this
office and have thorough tooth examinations made,
there bein& no charge of any nature for-counsel and
advice.
You can thus learn if your teeth are decaying or
if your system is being poisoned by unseen ulcers or
abscesses at the tooth roots. ,
CONSULT DR. FAGAN TODAY. x
Dr. J. HENRY FAGAN
213 MAIN STREET OVER BESSE-LELAND'S
Specialists
movement.
j
WE DELIVER THE GOODS
HOURS 9 A. M. TO 9 P. M.