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INTERESTS OF THE FARM.
ABANDONED FARMS DIRECTORY.
474 ON LIST IN MASSACHUSETTS.
State Board of Asrlcnltnre laanea
Publication From Information Col*
lee,ted by Aaaeaaora —Advlaes In*
vestment Here, Rather 'Than in
West.
Krom information collected through as
sessors. by direction of the Legislature, the
state board of .agriculture has published a
directory of Massachusetts farms which
are for sale. There were 474 farms -m the
list when the information wai collected,
hut some of them probably have been sold
since then. Practically every county in the
state is represented in the list, Worcester
leading with 105 farms which are for sale.
Berkshire has 87, Franklin 79. Hampden
18, Middlesex 60. Essex 22. Norfolk 39,
Plymouth 28. Barnstable 21, Dukes 12,
and the island of Nantucket has three.
The report shows that there are six nat
ural markets iu Massachusetts for the
product of the farm, so that no farm is
far from a ready market. These are: Pitts
field and North Adams: Northampton,
Chicopee and Springfield; Worcester,
Fitchburg and Marlboro; Lowell, Law
rence, Haverhill and Newburyport: Brock
ton. Taunton. Fall River and New Bed
ford in Massachusetts, and Woonsocket,
Pawtucket. Central Falls and Providence
in Rhode Island, and the Boston market.
As a result of its investigation the board
reaches the conclusion that there is good
reason for investing in Massachusetts
farm land rather than in the virgin soils
of the West. In the first place, farm laud
is cheaper in Massachusetts than in the
West; there is available a greater percent?
age of cheap land suitable for cultivation;,
tbe farm laud of Massachusetts is better
constituted, richer in mineral plant food,
more.responsive to artificial enrichment and
more durable than that of uhglaciated
soils of the middle and extreme West. Mas
sachusetts farm land is next to the .market.
With the exception of New York no state
in the Union has a better market or such
marvelous facilities for disposing of farm
produce as Massachusetts.
In its summary the board declares that
Massachusetts's natural resources, the soil
and water supply, are unsurpassed; that
the advantages to the farmer in the way
of low-priced land, transportation and mar
kets, and the no less essential assets of
agricultural education for himself and fam
ily. common schools and churches, are
equal to any; and that the opportunity for
developing both the natural resources and
the political advantages are unexcelled in
this ountry. Brief "descriptions are given
of the geography, climate and soil, it ap
pearing that in most of the Massachusetts
farms of 100 acres or more there usually
are fields of day, those of a sandy charac
ter. patches of bog land which yield peat
for fertilising purposes, and varied sites
for the cultivation of crops which demand
a large amount of moisture. Thus the
farm of this state is commonly more self
supporting than that of a region charac
terized by normal soils.
As tn farm products, it appears that the
chief class is that of the dairy, which in
1905, the last year in which a census was
taken, represented a value of $22,500,000,
or more tha n 30 per cent of the total prod
ucts for that year. Next in importance is
the class Comprising hay, straw and fod
der. Vegetables represented 11 per cent
of the. total product, while poultry repre
sents 8 per cent. Firewood and lumber
arc next, followed by fruits, berries and
nuts'. Milk is produced in the central and
eastern sections; butter and cream in the
western. Hay. straw and fodder are pro
duced in the central and eastern sections;
vegetables in the.eastern part, near the
city of Worcester and in its immediate
vicinity, and in the middle and southern
portions of the Connecticut valley: dressed
poultry and eggs in eastern and southeast
ern sections: wood products in the west.
Specific products, highly localized, are ap
ples in central and northeastern parts;
celery in central Hampden and in Middle
sex and Suffolk.
NEW ENGLAND FLINT CORN WON.
Crop Gaining Award at Corn Exposi
tion Showed Greater Food Value
Per Acre Than Western Dent Corn.
The Republican noted on the 11th
tlie award of SSOO. a prize offered by the
Bowker company of Boston, to Perley E.
Davis of Granby, for the ‘largest yield
of corn, on a water-free basis, from one
acre, the amount of food value deter
mining the award. It is interesting to
note that old-fashioned New England
yellow flint corn won over western dent
corn in yielding the most food value per
acre. The crop which took the first prize
in the dent class, measured at harvest
time 133 bushels (allowing 70 pounds on
the cob to equal one bushel of shelled
corm. This, when reduced by analysis
to 12 per cent moisture, the average in
crib-dry shelled corn, showed onlv 86.46
bushels per acre. The crop which took
the prize of $309 measured at harvest
time, on the same basis, showed 127
bushels, but when reduced to the 12 per
cent standard, showed 103.23 bushels of
shelled corn per acre—in other words, the
most food value, per acre. On a water
free basis, the dent corn showed 54 per
cent of water and cob, and the old-fash
ioned yellow flint corn only 43 per cent
of water and cob at harvest time. Prof
Jenkins, director of the Connecticut agri
cultural experiment station, says: “I am
glad to see that it is yellow flint corn
which takes the prize. The figures are
another demonstration to the fact that
the method which has been used up to
now of awarding prizes by gross weight
of husked on ph. in absolutely worthlops
and puts a premium on wet, unripe corn.”
THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE.
Its Saccess in Promoting; Co-operative
Rural Credit Banks.
The international institute of agriculture
at Rome. Italy, has just published the
first monthly issue'of its new Bulletin of
Economic Intelligence, and iu accordance
with the terms of the treaty tinder which
the institute was founded, it is to deal with
agricultural co-operation, insurance mid
credit in the 47 adhering countries. The
first Issue deals with these movements in
Germany. Austria. Denmark, the I nited
states. Great Britain and Ireland. Italy
and Japan, and the facts and figures set
forth show an important economic evolu
tion.
The mogt remarkable feature of the agri
cultural co-operative movement in centra)
and southern Europe is seen to be its
flourishing co-operative rural credit hanks,
working on the Raiffeisen and Schulze-
J, l l '* ll *- In Germany alone, the
!;!xg* sen _ r jjrnl hanks did a business, in
IMS. of 0.811.044.140 marks. Front its
home in Germany this co-operative credit
movement spread rapidly as an important
economic factor over the other countries of
the continent of Europe, assuming special
importance jn Austria and Italy.
The international institute of agriculture
was established under the international
treaty of June 7. 1005, which was ratified
by 10 governments. Seven other govern
ments have since adhered to it. it is a
government Institution in which each coun
try is represented by delegates of its
choice, The institute is composed of a
general assembly and a permanent commit-
i ,Pr \ . The institute, confining its operations
I within un international sphere, shall:—
<ai Collect, study, and publish as promptly
** possible statistical, te< lmioal. or economic
.formation concerning rarmlng, both vege
table and animal product*. the commerce tu
aerleuitiirnl prodn •’*, and the prices hrevail
ing In the various markets:
'bi Communfcnte to parties interested, also
ns promptly ns possible, all the information
just referred to;
tci Indioote tbe wages paid for farm work;
I . . । •' known the new diseases of veg
-1 einlnes which may appear in any part of the
w. rid. showing the territories Infected, the
। progress of the disease, and. If possible, the
i remedies which :re effective In combating
I them: *
< tei Study questions concerning agricultural
I co-operation, insurance, and credit in all their
i and publish information
, v. hich might be useful in the various conn
tjes in the organization of works connected
I 'redit-I*' 1 *' ° U t' l ™ l co-opemtlon. insurance, and
I ,o ' he approval of the govern-
I i’llV?' f ’here IS occasion for it. measures
[ n t the protection of the common interests
of farmers and for the improvement of their
condition, after having utilized all the neves.
X.’”I*'’ 1 *'’ Information. such as the
: 1 ‘M’rewed by international or other
..ui leultm-al congresses or congresses of sci
' f pho , apl ”'‘? '? "Srioulturn, agricultural so
, tieties, academies, learned bodies, etc.
SCIENTIFIC FARMING FAYS.
DUcussiou Of the Prize-Winners at the
Worcester Corn Show—Other Am
herst Topics.
From Our Special Correspondent.
Amherst, Saturday, November 26.
The results of the recent corn exhibition
at Worcester is a favorite topic of con
versation with many farmers, and it is
Jo"T h tu ? Kr ^ se ' h(l attention given
to the growing ot this grain. It is worth
noting that three of the prize ,viuuers
cultural’eoS« ° f ‘ he M’^acbusetts agri
ai tuial college. 3n d three of the success
ful exhibitors live in this section. Perley
E. Davis of Granby. wlffi won the SBOO
premium offered by tbe Bowker fertilizer
f^ P «h o n fOr tb<? larßest nnantity of water
free shell corn grown on an acre with the
»4 fer,te " er '. graduated from the
„ ““W-ultural college in the
class vot iwm, He owns and operates a
farm of 1 o acres which is practicallv all
tillage land, and makes hay bis specialty,
^'ng Principally commercial fertilizer. IL
ward Moore of Worcester, wbo wou first
premiums tor the best 10 cars of eight
Col w Dt J v wn ’ off ' >rp <l by the
oe. Mortimer Fertilizer company, is also
a graduate of the state college.
Irwin 8. Fulton of Amherst, won $275
in premiums. He received the first
premium offered by the Kellogg toasted
corn flake company, for the best 10 ears
of white dent corn and a prize of SSO for
the best 10 ears of the same variety of
fered by the Coe. Mortimer company, and
several smaller premiums. Mr Fulton has
for a number of years been connected with
the experiment station farm. Last sprin”
ho bought a large place and has been suc
cessful in securing heavy yields of all his
crops this season. It is reported that he
has sent in his resignation at the experiment
station tn take effect January 1. and be
will then devote his whole time to his
farm. Ralph W. Whitcomb of South Am
herst. who was formerly a successful
architect of Milwaukee. Wis., a few years
ago bought a place on West street, South
Amherst, and is now one' of the most up
to-date farmers in this section. He won
two second premiums at. the exhibition for
the best single ears of white dent variety
He also attended the Worcester exhbition
and was much pleased with what be saw
there.
Under the efficient management of W.
A. Pease, the Amherst creamery during the
past year has greatly increased its busi
ness. During the month of October there
were sent out from the creamery 24,980
pounds Of butter and 496 4Oqn'art cans
of cream, for which $12,800 was received.
This was an increase of over 33 per cent
over the business done the corresponding
month of last year. Tbe product is mar
keted chiefly in Holyoke. Springfield,
Northampton and Amherst. It is the choice
of nearly all customers and it' usually
brings a little higher price than other
makes. Smith college is supplied from the
creamery with 800 pounds of butter a
week. Beside the output from the cream
ery, Mr Pease also does quite a hit in
the way of farming. He cut a lot of hay
this year and raised over 700 bushels of
potatoes and 100 bushels of corn.
The story of the 1910 tobacco crop for
the farmers Is now nearly finished, al
though there is still some hanging on the
poles. However, the bulk of tbe crop has
hern sold at prices running from 10 to
15 cents a pound. This enables the
average grower to pay all of his expenses,
including interest, tares and insurauee and
to make allowance for depfecaffon or make
repairs and have something to lay aside.
—There has been a noticeable falling off
in the number of real estate transfers in
this town during the past few weeks in
comparison with the early cart of the
year. °r the corresponding period of a year
ago. There are also more tenements and
houses for rent than there has been at any
one time for several years.
TRAIN'S UNDER HUDSON RIVER.
Passengers Go From Manhattan Isl
and to the South and West Without
Cksage.
For the first time in the history of trans
portation on this continent passengers for
Washington aud points to the south and
west beyond walked into a station in New
York city Saturday night, stretched out
in their berths and rode through without
change—under the Hudson river. The new
Pennsylvania station was formally de
clared open at one minute past midnight
and the first train—a local—rolled under
the river one minute later. The Southern
express followed it at 12.30 and the first
incoming express pulled in at 12.50. There
after the full train schedule went into ef
fect.
When the improvement is completed
passengers from any point south and west
of New York will ride under the city and
the East and North rivers that bound it.
to Boston and other New England points
without change, but before that becomes
possible it will be first necessary to build
the New York connecting lino from Long
Island City acroht, Heil Gate to n point
of junction with the New York. New
Haven and Hartford system. Work on
the approaches is already well under way
and siibu*bnu trains have been running un
der the East river to Long Island for
some months.
Thus the dream of Alexander J. Cas
satt, one time president of the Pennsyl
vania railroad, becomes an actuality. He
did not live to see the accomplished fai t
or realize what it would cost. The exact
figures lire not yet available, but those
in hand show expenditures of $190,000.-
090 and upward. Work on the tunnels
began Juno 10, 1903, and on the station
May 1. UMM. Five hundred buildings,
anion? them n number of churches, wore
razed tn make way for the station, which
with the train-yard, has an area of 28
acres and is said to occupy more ground
than any other building in the world ever
constructed at one operation. Its average
hight nhore the street is 69 feet, with
a maximum of 153. Five hundred electric
arcs and 20,000 im andescent bulbs il-
Inminate it.
Al) trains enter at subsurface level and
are electrically operated—the Long Island
trains by individual motors and the ex
press trains by electric locomotive*. June
tion with the New York division is mado
ut Harrison, N. J.. 8.6 miles from the
New York station, where the electric di
vision ends and steam locomotives pick up
the service. Ferryboat service from Jersey
City will still continue for the ninny pus-
M'ligers who wish to reach points on Man
luttnn Island below the Pcnnsylvnnia sta
tion, and to iiccommodatc the heavy ex
press and truiking truffle. Statistics gath
ered by the managonient of the Hudson
tubes show that about 46 per cent of thu
commuters still prefer th© old-fushioned
ferry.
THE SPRINGFIELD WF3EKLY REPUBLICAN: THURSDAY. DECEMBER 1. 1910.
NEWS IN THE BUSINESS WORLD.
ROBERT CLOWRY HAS RESIGNED.
succeeded n.N Head of Western Lnfon
by Theodore 5. Vail, President of
American Televhone and Telegraph
< ompany.
Robert dowry, president of the Western ■
Union telegraph company, last week ten
dered his resignation to the board of di- ■
rectors at a meeting in New York, and |
. Theodore N. Vail, president of the Ameri- ,
, van telephone and telegraph company, 1
which controls the Western I nion, was ,
, appointed to fill the vacancy. Col dowry
in his letter of resignation says: "I hereby
I tender my resignation as president of vour
I company, to take effect to-day. Having
been continuously engaged in the telegraph
* business for more than 50 years, I fee! that
I I am entitled to retire from the service
I and take a much-needed rest."
I Mr Vail, who succeeds Mr dowry, be
j gan bis business life as a telegraph opera
j tor. 'The Vail family was connected with
the earliest development of the telegraph.
, Alfred Vai). uncle of the new head of tbe
! Western Union, was partner of Prof Sam- :
I uel F. B. Morse, inventor of the tele- ,
■ graph. Newcomb Carleton of the Bril ish
[Westinghouse company was yesterday?
elected n vice-president of the Western i
I nion company. Col dowry, in a lues- •
sage to the employes of the Western '
Union, bespoke for the now president their i
hearty co-operation and support. Col Clow- ■
iv continues as a director and member of i
the executive committee of the Western
Union.
I The colonel was a farmer's boy by birth I
j and a man of the wires by instinct. When
l he was 14 years old lie leftthe farm in j
[ Wills county. 111., in which he was born j
174 years ago, and worked without nay I
for six mouths, us messenger for the old
Illinois and Missouri telegraph company, ■
that be might Faye an opportunity to be- j
come a student. Six months after lie had ;
learned the Morse code be was made man- i
ager of the Lockport office, and when he ;
was transferred to Springfield in ISSS. lie ;
became acquainted with Abraham Liu- j
coin. Col dowry enlisted when the civil j
war began, but even during the war did j
not give up liis work, for he was placed
iu charge of tbe military telegraph m tile
Southwest. In 1865 President Johnson
breveted him as lieutenant-colonel. Ou
leaving the army he returned to his chosen
work, and has served continually until yes
terday. being promoted steadily until, in
1902. he was made president of the West
ern Union.
BRANDEIS WILLING TO HELP.
Accepts Offer of Western Roads to
Tell Them How to Save S 1,000.000
a Day—Refuses All Compensation.
Louis D. Brandeis of Boston in
reply to the offer of several western
railroads to employ him at his own sal
ary if he could show them, as be claimed
he could, how American Yailroads could
save $1,000,000 a day, telegraphed that,
without any charge to them, he would
he glad to meet and point out to a con
ference or conferences of eastern and west
ern railroad presidents how such saving
could be effected. Mr Brandeis is at
Washington representing certain shipping
organizations in the freight rate inquiry
being conducted by the interstate com
merce commission. Mr Brandeis’s letter,
addressed to O. L. Dickeson of Chicago,
care of the Chicago. Burlington and Quin
cy railroad, is as follows:
Dear Sir: Your telegram of the 23d sent
on behalf of the western railroad presidents
tn me, care of interstate commerce commis
sion. was not delivered until this mormug
owing to my absence in Boston. You refer
to the estimate quoted by me that sl,-
000.000 a day could be saved in operating
American railroads by the introduction of
scientific management, and say that if I can
point out a practical way by which a sub
stantial portion of this amount can be saved,
several western railroads would be pleased
to tender me employment, allowing me to
name my own salary. I am convinced that
such saving is possible through the introduc
tion of scientific management, and shall ne
glad as a public service tn arrange for con
ference with these western presidents ar. an
early date and point out how scientific man
agement! will accomplish the results. I sug
gest that the eastern presidents be also in
vited tn attend the conferences.
I must decline to accept any salary or
other compensation from the railroads for
the same reason that I have declined compeu
sation from the shipping organizations whom
I represent, namely, that the burden of in
creased rates, while primarily affecting the
eastern manufacturers and merchants, will
ultimately be borne in large part by the con
sumer through increasing the cost of living,
mainly of those least able to bear added bur
dens. I desire that any aid I can render in
preventing such added burdens shall be un
paid service. Kindly suggest date and place
for conferences. Lovis D. BRA^DEIS.
“PUT AND CALL” BARRED.
Visitors to Stock Exchanse Most Be
Foil of Business.
So-called "put and call” brokers, wbo
for years have made Jhc foyer of the ex
change their trading headquarters, will
practically be barred from that room after
December 1. under a rule promulgated
Tuesday by the New York stock enchange.
Tbe new rule provides that persons who
are not member* of the exchange will be
permitted to enter the foyer only for in
terviews with members, ami must retire as
soon as this business is concluded. Al
though intended as a smoking-room for ex
change members, there are two stock tick
ers in the foyer, and they have been util
ized by the put-and-call traders. Of
fensive actions by some of these brokers
are said to have caused the closing of
the room to them.
NEW HAVEN ROAD’S PLANS
For Developing: White Mountain Busi
ness — Faster Trains Through
Springfield.
The plans of the New York. New Hu
ven and Hartford railroad company for
the development of summer business in
the White Mountain region and shore re
sorts of northern New England next year,
says a dispatch from New Haven. Ft.,
include a train service which will touch
at several points on the coast of Maine;
the instalaiion in copnectiou with the
Boston and Maine of an automobile serv
ice reaching for 70 miles and including
Fabyans. the Profile house and Bethle
hem: the building of the Summit house
on Mt Washington, for which plans have |
already been drawn; the filling hy a new ;
railroad line, of the gap between John- 1
son. N. H.. and th«> Profile house, a dis- I
tance of 10 miles, and the expediting of I
soryiie on the regular White mountain |
trains by wav of Springfield and the Con- 1
nectietit River line so as lo save one hour I
between Now Y’ork and the northern '
mountain resorts, and a corresponding i
saving of time nt points below
—
BANK CLOSED AT BATH. ME.
Integrity or onelaU in No W«g
Questioned hy Mate Ennminor-
Inabillty to compete profitably with other I
financial institutions is the principal ren- j
mo advanced hv State Bunk Examiner ,
William R. Skelton for the closing Mon
day of the People's safe deposit and
savings bunk nt hath. Me., attar a career
of 42 years. The bank, on petition of Mr
Skelton, was enjoined by the supreme court
from paying money and from receiving
deposits. The court will give a hearing
riyarding the bank's future on Dix-omlwr
27. The bank had liabilities of <S7(i.Hs
Including deposits of $812,786, when the
last ollieinl statement wa s made in April
last. The eatimntcrl market valtu? of the
resources was ?871.010,
Since July 1. when the tinnunl dividend I
nite was reduced from 4 to 3^ per cent, I
the institution has lost about s3B.<kki
withdrawn in the form of deposits or in- I
terest. Bank Examiner Skelton states j
that the integrity of Seth T. Snipe, presi
dent. and Oscar C. Rogers, treasurer, as
'veil ns of other officers is tn m> way
queetioned. He expre- ed the opinion that
the depositors would be paid in full
evennmlly. “
INDICTED FOR CAR FRAUDS
Grand Jury at Chicago Takes Action
In Illinois Central Case.
Frank B. Harriman. John M. Taylor
and U. L. Ewing, former officers and em
ployes of the Illinois Central railroad, and
Joseph E. Buker. were indicted at Chieug •
last week by the Cook emintj grand jury
for conspiracy in eotinecti n with frauds
said to have been practiced against the
railroad.
Two counts in the blanket indictment
also charge operation of a confidence game.
Each defendant's bond is fixed at $20,1)00.
A total of $4,825,650, it is charged, was
illegally taken from tbe Illinois Central by
the four men named, tn company with the
Osterman manufacturing company. Ilie
Blue Island ear uud equipment company,
the Memphis car company and the Ameri
can ear and equipment company, which
also are mentioned in the indictment. The
loss hy alleged fraudulent deals estimate!
by the present railroad officials was sl.-
.VZIJMKI. but the whole amount of transac
tions with the car repair companies since
Unit; (when the alleged illegal conspiracy
is declared to hare been conceived! is not
named in tbe indictment. Buker. who es
caped prosecution when arrests were first
made, was indicted on the testimony".of
Henry Osterman, president of ’he Oster
man company, who testified Baker was the
go-between who earrieil the alleged illegal
money gained by padding expense bills, to
the former railroad officials named in the
indictment. Osterman also said the four
men indicted were stockholders or received
a salary as dividend from his company.
Harriman formerly was general man
ager of tbe Illinois Central; Taylor was
general storekeeper and Ewing was gen
eral superintendent. At tbe time the al
leged repair bill padding was done, Buker
was superintendent of machinery, remain
ing in that position till last April.
An issue of preferred capital stock to
the amount of $29,012.009 by the Boston
railroad holding company was authorized
by tbe state board of railroad conunission
ers in an order issued Saturday. This
marks the final chapter in the hot fight
which was precipitated iu the last Legis
lature by a special message from Gov
Draper, recommending that the Imads of
this company be made legal investments
for savings banks, because of the difficulty
it had encountered in floating its securi
ties.
A MODEL CITY IS PLANNED.
OLMSTED TO BE THE ARCHITECT.
Idea ts to Give People of Moderate
Heuns a Chance to Own Their Own
Homes.
The preliminary plans of the Russell
Sage foundation, established by Mrs Sage
as a memorial to her husband, for the es
tablishment of a model suburban city, pro
viding healthy and beautiful homes for
persons of moderate means, were announced
at New York Thanksgiving day. Briefly,
the project is to ultilize a tract of 142
acres of land at Forest Hills Gardens,
Long Island, nine miles from New Y’ork
city, in laying out a town for 1500 fam
ilies. The initial financial expenditures
for the purpose, ft is announced, now
amount to $2,250,000. How much more
will be needed to carry the plans to ’em-,
pletion is not knowui. hut the foundation
trustees state that ^Mxs Sag© is prepared
to supply all the funds required to carry
out her idea's. '
Through this .first announcement it is
made plain that the enterprise is not a
charity, but is to be made self-supporting
and yield a fair return on the investment.
Its purpose, rather, is to enable persons
in moderate circumstances to owu their
own homes at a minimum cost, while ob
taining buildings of better construction
than the average individual could erect,
and amid surroundings and under restric
tions that wil! make the little city an
ideal residence place. The minimum' cost
of paying for a home there, it is estimated,
will bo $2.5 a mouth, including principal
and interest.
Tbe officers of the foundation, who are
associated with Mrs Sage in the enter
prise. are Robert IV. Deforest, president;
Eward H. Bontou. vice-president: Cleve
land H. Dodge, treasurer, and John M.
Glenn, general director. Tbe statements
outlining their plans were issued from Mr
Deforest's office yesterday. For the pres
ent laboring men. whose wage* are small,
will not benefit directly from Mrs Sage's
enterprise. The cost of land in Forest
Hill, it is explained, precludes provision
being made there for the working class.
Intimation that they will be cared for
later, however, is given in Mr Deforest's
statement, which says: "Some people
may ask why the first housing plan of
tiie Sage foundation does not provide for
the laboring man whose wages are small.
Tbe Suge foundation has not forgotten
the laboring man. It may be readv to
announce something for his benefit later
on."
In this connection, it is pointed out that
Mrs Sage owns another tract of land on
Long Island, although no promise is made
that it will be devoted to a model city
for laborers. Forest Hills Gardens is to
be made a real "spotless towu.” as nearly
as money and skill can make it. accord
ing to the announcement. It has been
laid out by Frederick Law Olmstead, the
landscape gardener, and its architectural
development will be closely scrutinized tn
Grosvenor Atterbury. Applicants for
homes there will also have to submit to
examination as to their character and aute
cedents. From the point of respectability
the community is to be real aristocracy';
financial standing a secondary considera
tion. The railroad station will be situated
in the public square, forming (lie entrance
to the community. This square will be
surrounded with ornamental buildings con
tniniug the business offices, stores and
shops. A village green of 2Lj acres will
aild to the pietures(|ueness of the entrance
gate and square. Bridges will connect with
the railway station and entrances tn apart
ments. so that conimuters may enter and
leave trains from their apartments with
out exposure in stormy weather. The pres
ent plans contemplate the opening of the
model town early next year.
NEW RECORD BY DREXEL.
Within :io Feet <»r 10,000 —Descent
So Speedy That Viator I* Nauseated.
J. Armstrong Drexel broke all aeroplane
altitude records at Philadelphia last week,
when he climbed abeve that city until
his Bleriot monoplane was unable to make
further progress in the nirified at
mosphere. The ink in the needle of his
barograph ran out nt 9979 feet, which
was accepted as a new world's record
by Clifford B. Harmon, chairman of
the national council of mso-imed
uero clnhs of America, and Jarno* King
Duffy, the secretary of tbnt h<>d). The
instrument is the same one which John
stone carried when he made the former
record of D 714 feet at Belmont nark "a
October 31. It was brought to rbilndel
nhia yesterday under seal by Mr Duf
fy in order that the record made would
bo official.
Mr Drexel left the aviation field at Point
Breeze, in the extreme southern pert of
Philadelphia, at 3-23. He landed nt Ore
land, about 20 mile* north of the spot
where he had started, at 4.48. In his
climb he traveled at least 3<i miles to the
northward, for when he started to descen’l,
after trying for 15 miimtes to force the
ma*'hine higher, he glided down for a dis
taii' e hieL he estimated last night at
'about -ix miles. So swiftly did the mono
dnseemi tliet tbe aviator was uaiwe
ated. However, he reached an open field
iid brought hi* machine to the ground
without injury. He at <>nce notified tbe
officials at the aviation field of his land
ing.
CIVIC LEAGUE ANNUAL MEETING.
REPORTS OF Pt BLIC INTEREST.
Last Camp of Tramp, Gone From the
stale—New Campaign for Health
and Honaing—Ptaygronnds.
Annual reports for the Massuehnsetts
civic lengm- at its year's meeting at
Boston <<>ntain much of interest to
the public. The secretary. Edward
T. Hartman, reported on what the
league did -during the year to secure
wise legation. He says that when
this league adopts a measure it means
to do all It can to secure its pas
sage; when it votes to co-operate it will
help in any way the supporters of the
measure may suggest; when it approves it
gives its moral support and will help in
emergency; wheu it opposes it will try to
kill.
About tramps a committee report pre
pared by William p. Fowler said: "The
committee is happy to report that the uni
versal practice throughout the country
towns in Massachusetts is to refuse to put
up tramps unless tliey are brought into
ccnirt the next morning as tramps or va
grants. 'there is still n great deal of rid
ing on freight trains, especially on the Bos
ton and Albany ruilroau. and there have
becm a good many arrests during tbe past
year of men caught stealing rides in this
way. Ihe judges of the various courts,
however, have refuse,! to hold men caught
riding on freight trains as tramps, prefer
ring to have the charge made as one of
criminal trespass. Under this charge they
have held a good many men. mostly vonng
men or boys from 18 to 22 y ears of age.
"These tramps are about equallv divid
ed between residents of towns within 19
miles of the railroad, and residents of oth
er states who are riding through Massa
chusetts. They prefer the Boston and Al
bany railroad because they have a well
founded objection to passing through the
Hoosac tunnel on the Fitchburg railroad.
It may he safely said that there are at
present in Massachusetts no tramp camps
or rendezvous where tramps congregate.
One of the last was at Peabody, but that
has been broken up. Tbe state is fairly
well rid of the professional tramp, as it is
thoroughly understood throughout tbe
tramp world that Massachusetts is a close
state, it being impossible for tramps com
ing hero to stay over for a night at one
town and then bo able to find another hos
pitable town within un easy day's tramp.”
Robert A. Woods reported for tbe com
mittee on drunkenness. He said the "bar
and bottle ’ bill passed last year is the
most important niece of temperance legis
lation passed in Massachusetts in 25 roars.
"The very marked results that have boon
reached.” he said, "by science within the
past few years as to the physiological in
jury and danger wrought by alcohol, even
in minute quantities, are certain to bring
about a broad change in public sentiment
in the immediate future. It is one of the
duties of the committee to assist in the
dissemination of these results, and to give
effective point to such public sentiment in
the way of cutting off what from time to
time may appear to be the obviously worst
aspects of the use of alcoholic drinks.
. "The committee also looks forward to
assisting in the development of a compre
hensive and thorough method for the care
and treatment of drunkenness in all its
various stages and degrees. The Fflxboro
state hospital has closed very encouraging
ly the first year of its outpatient or field
department. One of the next steps in the
way of following up the work of the hos
pital is the securing of an organized sys
tem of co-opcrntion on the part of a large
number of responsible people with this de
partment of the state hospital. In this
effort it is hoped that the committee may
be able to render effective assistance."
The committee on housing said in its re
port: "The most striking development of
the year is the great awakening of pub
lic interest in the subject of public health
and under able leadership there is now
abundant evidence that we slml; soon see
real progress in the control of contagious
diseases. On the other hand, it cannot
yet be said that the people are aroused
on the subject of the housing of the work
ing people and until they are aroused no
great improvement may be expected. Our
failure to rouse the public on this subject
is due in part to our own ignorance.' In
other matters of public need w e can avail
ourselves of the services of experts, of
doctors trained in the detection and treat
ment of disease who give their time and
skill most generously for tbe public good.
They are trained advisers and able lead
ers.
"On tbe subject of bousing the working
people, however, there are iu this eotmtrv
hut few experts, and we are obliged there
fore to fall back on the services of busi
ness men. trained in other lines, who are
groping their way to a solution of the
housing problem. Of necessity they move
with caution aud rarely with precision or
with vigor, and naturally the public is not
aroused. The general campaign will cen
ter around health and housing. The league
feels warranted in giving more attention to
this subject titan to any other for some
time. Bad housing, particularlv as it is
found in Boston and in the manufacturing
cities aud towns, is responsible for much
of the immorality the churches and other
bodies arc trying to combat: it is respon
sible for much of the sickness the hospi
tal*. dispensaries and nurses are trying to
cure: and. through both immorality and
sickness, it is responsible for much of the
poverty the charitable societies are trying
to alleviate. The league begins the cam
paign in the belief that it is time to start
a movement for prevention."
Joseph Lee reported for tbe playground
committee. "The playground* we now
have in the state," says his report, "are
mostly supervised only during tbe summer
months. The next stop is for each mu
nieipality to secure the services of a rhor
onchly trained and competent prayground
man who is not merely an atbleiel it is
not even necessary that he should be an
athlete in any superlative degree, but wbo
is above all un educator, one who under
stands that play is valuable primarily for
the expression and development of vital
force and character. A proper play leader
will not only direct and inspire the work
on the pill’grounds; he will get the chil
dren playing at homo and in the stns ts.
He will develop pint for the girls a* wed
ns for the boys, and eventually for the
grown-ups as well as for the young. The
next thing, when the proper play leader
ha* been secured, i* to take special meas
ure* to supervise the playgrounds in the
spring and fall.
"Probably the best way to do that is to
get the young masters and teachers in the
schools to come out .m the playgroumU
after school hours and on Saturday morn
ings. and to bring the children out with
them, so a* tn get all the children pl.nvms
and not merely the priie athletes. Then
get a little simple apparatus. A few
swings and sand boxes and tilts for th
children's ■ onier constitute the main le
quiiyment."
WAR GOVERNOR FRITWALLY ILL.
William Sprague, the aged "war gov
ernor” of Rhode Island. Is reported us be
ing criticnlly ill nt the residence of Sebas
tian Sehleainger. a former Boston umu, in
Paris. Former Gov Sprague went to
Frame accompanied by h|* wife last Feb.
ruary. after the burning of their home,
"Vanonehet," nt Narragansett Pier. The
war governor passed his 80tb birthday bst
Monday.
MONEY AMD BUSINESS.
THE PROSPECTS FOR BUSINESS.
Sales on the New York stock exchange
last week were [ess than half tbe volume
of the previous week, less than one-fourth
of tbe volume of the week a year ago,
and only about a third of the volume com
monly transacted at this time of year.
The dulness has l>een at the expense of
prices, but only fractionally. The market
has simply marked time. Sentiment among
professional traders has been as bearish
as ever, but tbe short interest, whether
large or small, seems afraid tn commit
itself further, and there is equal reluctance
to buy the market for u rise.
This is all of importance chiefly as re
flecting the general deaduess of specula
tion—tbe indisposition of business men
generally to commit themselves for more
than a week or a month ahead. The
speculative inertia at the moment ts so
profound us to prAvnke much inquiry and
exchange of opinion. It is generally
agreed that stocks of goods are low. that
consumption is heavy, even though at
whnt seems to be a minimum, and that
with the foreign trade shaping itself
against the possibility of an outward gold
movement all danger of severe monetary
stringency is past. Chicago, for example,
reports a holiday and retail trade above
tbe average, while sales of goods to in
terior points for spring delivery are 10
to 15 per cent over a year ago. The
interior mercantile trade is thus fairly
well satisfied with the situation. If
farmers are getting low prices, they have
an abundance to sell and their loss other
wise is the gain of other industrial classes.
This seems likewise to be tbe situation
in eastern mercantile circles.
It is in financial and manufacturing cir
cles that doubtful views are more general
ly to be found respecting the future. Some
observers bore even go so far as to say
that as a general liquidation failed to fol
low the panic of 190 s it is in order to come
now or very soon. Others emphasize the
uncertainty of railroad rate situation and
the pending trust decisions as the chief
deterrents of sjierulative and manufac
turing improvement, but are free to predict
quiet th«igh firm conditions after these
obstacles have been removed.
Those who look for a general and dras
tic business liquidation such as followed
the panics of 1893 and 1873 fail to take
into account tbe factor of money volume
and prices. Relative monetary contrac
tion and falling prices as a consequem*e
followed both of those panics; it has not
and is not presently likely to follow the
1907 panic. The contrary is the case, and
the country has yet to experience general
and severe liquidation when the money
volume as distinguished from the credit
roliimf. was expanding. It may hare such
an experience now or hereafter, but reason
is against it and so is experiep. e to date.
Liquidation from panics in such times is
commensurate with contraction in the over
extended credit volume; it is not forced
further, as in 1893 and 1873, by contrac
tion also in the actual money volume.
As for the views of financiers who are
looking through blue glasses, it can only
be said that they were as agreed a year
ago in anticipating for 1910 ene of the
very best years ever known for business
and speculation as they are now agreed
that IHII prospects are poor. For that
view of a year ago they hare met only
with continued and repeated disappoint
ment. It is quite possible the year 1911
will also serve them with the unexpected.
At all events excellent preparation is
now being made tor livelier business times
next year. This greater speculative quiet,
this caution, this hand-to-mouth buying,
this closer calculation—all betoken a clos
er economy and more saving wfiich go to
replenish the floating capital fund and
lay tbe foundations solid for another note
worthy movement forward. And it is onlv
upon sm-h a foundation that any forward
movement of rhe kind rap amount to anv
thmg. At the present rate of slowing
up and putting income shore outgo it does
not take long for the American nation to
get into a position farorable for another
lunge forward in enterprise. Thore is a
good deal more danger that another spee
ulatire boom will start too soon than that
it will not start at all.
Tl ESPAVS MARKETS.
Prodrce and Provisions.
At Boston: Flour quiet and easy.
12 f rom th” mills, spring patent*
clears 4.30’54.70. "inter patents
4 >*V<ls. straights 4.3nei4.60 clears 4 JM4 .V,
Kansas patents in Jute 4.65(^5.25. Rre Hour
S3.SO@4-«l graham 3.60^3.85. Corn quiet and
sio.-idy, car lots on spot. No 2 rellow 63
Stiahc. steamer yellow 624^363. No 3 rellow
62(362'^. to ship from the West. No 2 rellow
62JF263, No 3 rellow 62©62’-. new No 3 rel
low. prompt shipment.“.■wUdoT, December
shipment 53k5®54. Oats quiet and steadr car
! , ot ^ 1 clipped white 4O4 S «4l’c. No
^4g@4o, No 3 3y»139u, rejected white
to ship from the West. 40
to 42 lb clipped white 40<d40>-.;. 38 to 40-Tb
36 to 3S-lb 3S^?3BVe- Corn meal in
fair demand and firm, per 100-Ib ban 81.225
1.24, per barrel grauu'ated 3.10@3J0. bolt^
^'Tl "■ Oatmeal steady, per s,rrel roiled
re?,'*'* , . cut . . ' ,n<l ground 4 4<Wi4.65.
k- in r demand and firm, io
ship from mi Ils. spring bran
wiuter bran 24.7.Vf/^v^>, middlings 26.50?30,
mixed fAeo 25. js. refJ 29..5a.
eottons^d meal 75>'a31 25. linseed meai 364?
hominy i-td 24-65. gluten feed 26-23.
'tvvk feed 24. Hay firm on top grades, per
to.- western choice 523.30^i24.50 No i 22 50
^23-V\ No 2 20.5<’\21.M 3' 1k.W17.50.
Mraw quiet and easy, per ton rye >12.50^13.50.
ont Pork ea>y. backs and snort cu’s
h*nvy S2J. medium 21.2M522. long
cut 23.75. lean end'S 30.50. bean
pork ly-zIS-Jo. shoulders corned 13 l ?it
smoked KE-x fresh 13. hums 12^
16-4. bacAu fresh ribs 12^*U2V.
Lani, rnw leaf 12’*v, rendered leaf tierces
13’n. pure lard tlen es 12. IWf dull, choice
cattle ira'jUv. choice binds cuoice
iores XL's' Muttn , steady nt *-i 'for b^sf.
j earhn^ steady at Lambs steadr, sprlng
ers 11.7 12 winter Veal steady :lt
14ftrloe tor In'st eastern. Poultry t . >y. son ;s
northern large ISiallic. western large 16qt*
roaulnz chickens northern IS>(2O. nesti
ern 15016. broiler chi-kens, native 23.’ ’4
western IT'rils, turkevs lortheru "x.,;
Protect Your Property
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE for a private individual to have a Safe
Deposit Vault as secure and complete as that of the UNION
TRUST COMPANY of Springfield. Massachusetts, for the
reason that that Vault cost more than the average individual's
entire property is worth.
But a large number of individuals co-operating makes pos
sible this place of perfect security and renders the care and
anxiety of watching and guarding valuables unnecessary.
Don t keep money or valuables around your house, office, or
on your person It’s dangerous. Deposit your money in a strong
institution like this, to earn from 2 C to 3%, and rent a Box in
our Gibraltar-like Vault for the safe keeping of your valuables.
Rental from sl3 to $75 per year.
Union Trust Company
“Springfield's Leading Commercial Bank.’’
W. wester-, choice y<>nng !*«M. fair
to good 22q23. green geese I'JSan. live
I^",', criirtens iVftJS. ioo»ter»
•will Batter dal! and easy, fancy north
ern .-.,: W y !!liis 32^32^.., ;nxe» 3341
■ • prtntu fancy western creamery
sp nee tll (,s lnb , 31H&32. fair t»
■ ' <■: e:, m.-ry .:C/:a . choice d-Uyy 38
'•'•s in a lolmmg w-»y. newe e»y. New
. ,:s Inmy l-.i/aIT. V»rm u u- fancy 154516.
. !r to good 4toes; 14^14^. Young America*
Is. - in a lobbing way.
■ ges firm, fancy hennery oiSs3c, choice
eastern 43^£45. fresh western 3’M3l t storage
28^50 Iu a jobbing way. B»«n» »*»T.
low bushel. New York pee $2.46«g
2*>. med.unis 2.4M2.1H. small white
< ailforuia 2.1Xr«3. rellow eye* 2.30452.46.
red kidneys ;;._X>3.4o foreign pea 2.45
02..*". Canadian p»a 1 75411.85, 6eotch green
-’~r02'.7.-. dried limas per pound B%6Hc.
i'otatoe* tinn. pe- two-husbel bog Aroostook
81 IC'ql 15. Centra! Maine 1 HW1.15, sweet po
’aroew firm, per barrel Virginia 1.50i®!.75,
Vineland kiln dried 3.25(^3.50. Jersey 3^35.
per basket 141.1.25.5tring beans, per basket
southern, green $6477. wax 4^5. Cab
b.iges. dromheau per barrel Tso«sl, per
W> 4 z a.\ Savoy, per Parrel 111125, red
per bushel box S-V^gl. Cauliflowers, per
bushel 754i1i0r Celery, per dozen white
Paschal 1.254? !.<o, Boston mar
ket 1.75(&n Cucumbers, per bushel box
$4*112. Lettuce, per bushel box 75e<a>1.35.
<mlons. native per bushel 99*8*1.L5, Con
i ectient Hirer per 100-pound bag 1.75
-2 Squashes, native marrow per bar
rel ?l 2Vq1.5,i. turban and Ray State 1.50 ft
1.,5. Huboard per pound liy^c. Tomatoes,
nuthouse per pound 2932'e. Tnrn<p», rut*
b*ga per barrel ”5. white per bushel 73e
iiti. Beets, per bushel 90c®*1.10. Carrot*, per
buibel 75e4j*l. Parsnips, per bushel *1®1.25.
Spinach, per bushel 35®5d0. Radishes, per
dozen 27173.5 c. Eg? plants, southern per crato
Native peppers per nusael Situ
125. Apples Him. per barrel Snows t4@o.
Kings 4416. Baldwins fancy 3.30ft4. No 1
2.50. No 2 2.25®2.75, Tolman sweet, fancy 4®
a. fair to good 2.50&3.50, greening* 3H4.
Northern spy 3® 4, box fruit, eastern
1.,./q2.25. western 293.50. Bananas, per
yellow 73cfl*3-50. red I®2.a. Cran
berrles. per crate *2.25(32.73. per bar
rel ag.B. Grapes. New York pony
baskets. Catawbas 17® 18c. Concords U
'920, oer crate California Corniehona *l.7*
'■’2. Muscat 2®:l red emperor »1.3<)rq,2. To
kays 1.50-aj. Almeria per barrel fancy"*B®lo,
good to choi.-e 3.50&5. Grape fruit, pet Dox
i lorida *8.504/4.50. Lemons, ner box Cal
ifornia 5 5047.6. foreign 5a5.30. Oranges,
per box California late Valencias *4
415.50, navels 34r3.50. Florida 30340.
Pears, per bushel Bose 1354. Anion 230ft3.
Pineapples, per crate 53^4.50. Honey, per
pound Vermont IS'jaOc. New York ITgl*.
Sugar steady, refiners quote a basis of 4.75 c
net lees 1 pei -ent for cash granulated In
bairels and 100-ln bags for lot* of 21 to ft!
Iwrrels: wholesale grocers quote granulated
iu barrels and 100-16 bags at 4.85 for lota of
20 barrels or less.
Local Provision Market.
MEATS.
Bacon 30to32iTongue 3)@25
Sliced bacon —iTripe 8
Lard I#®#>| " honeycombed 12
I’'Ek- Spring iamb-
Fresh ist/jao Chops 3043,40
Salt 1 Hindquarters 20Q23
Roast lags'> Forequarters IS
Chops 20 Lamb —
Roasting pigs (each! Legs 18320
2.5tcg3 Hindquarters 18«2o
Ssusages I®uA> Forequarters 13(513
trankforts 14*118 Chops 25@SS
Bologua 14 Mutton-
Beef- Forequarters 12
Chuck 124116 Legs 18820
Round 254128 Chops 235155
Rump 2S'Calf's fiver 30©35
Porterhouse 3.54/38 Veal—
Hamburg 1.5/028 Steak 30035
Roast 16«q25 Cutlet 30033
Short 2841321 Roast 14@25
Corned I'Ve-' Chops 25@30
Corned pressed Forequarters ”10
2-5032'F0wl 25^28
Dried 300.3.5: Chicken 23'a3iJ
Smoked 2O0»> Philadelphia do 23®30
Liver 12 Western broilers 23028
Suet 80.10 Native broilers 30032
Smoked shoulders Sqnaba ipairi 7501.20
15016 Pigeon ipairi ~ .50
Hams 251 Turkeys 3204"
Hams sliced 3oiSpring ducks 23/825
GROCERIES.
Butter— : Pickles (gab 40050
Tub (new) 38 Vinegar igab 20(330
reamery 40 Sugar—
Cheese— GranulateWD 1.00
New 25 Brown <lßl 1.00
Did 2-^ Cut loaf 113' l.'»
Sage 28 Powdered (13) 1.00
Factory lS@2oiMolasse* (gal) F. R.
Edam ‘each’ 000125. 50ft60
Kegs 'dozen. 3° Maple sugar 20
Eggs (loeab 'dozen! 6SMaple simp (gal) 1.35
GRAIN AND FtOVR.
! Wheat— lOats'bu* 45^48
No 1 white i>wt Cornmeal tewt)
o 130J135
Bran ■ewt I.3sQl.B.MOatmeal (Ibi 5
Middlings (cwt. Hay baled 1 tom 24
I.43^l.*>NStraw .ewt) S 3
Rye feed (cwti Provender 1.75
I SOgl.frvLinseed oil meal 210
' Mixed feed (cwt' cottonseed j.jo
1 3951.85| Flour—
i Gluten 1 cwt 1 1.65 st Louis sW®6.yi
■ Rye 'lb) 304 Haxall 6 7508.00
: Corn 1.3 ■ Graham 6.2^^6.7’V
. West '■ wti 13001*5 Entire wheat ilb' 5
Northern <bni 85
VEGETABLES AND FRUIT.
Sweet potatoes (12 Red Bananas 3C1240
ibsi 25! Green peppers
Pota'oes .bui 80 .dozen, so
Parsley (bunch) 5010, Figs 15025
Lettuce 10: Dates (lb) 12^16
Cabbage lib) SBeetsilbi 5
Carrots Üb) olMixed nuts 19230
Oranges—California i Cucumbers 13Q20
,doz‘ 6Oo7s|Grape fruit (each'
Lemons 25535( 10515
Grapes— Pineapples 25
Concord 22 Celery 13glS
Niagara 25: Squash—Hubbard
Catawbas 201 Hb» 3
Bananas 15025 Onions ilb) 5
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