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EGG-LAYING CONTEST ENDS.
£en of white leghorns won.
WHITE WYANDOTTES VERY CLOSE,
While Five Buff Wyandotte* Stood
Highest on Average, and n Rhode
Inland Red Won Individual Hon
ors—The Result* at Storrs, Ct.—An
other Competition Starts.
Special Dispatch to The Republican.
• Storks, Ct., Saturday, November 9.
The hens that took first prize in the in
ternational egg-laying, contest, which came
to an end a week ago, were the pen of sin
gle-comb white Leghorns, owned by F. ,G.
Yost of Sayre, Pa., which laid 1071 eggs
in a year. These 1071 eggs weighed
pounds, or 27 pounds of eggs for each
hen. each hen laying seven times her own
weight in eggs. Some of the prizes taken
by this pen are as follows: Silver cup,
valued at SIOO, given by the'North, Amer
ican of Philadelphia, Pa.; silver cup, val:
ued at SIOO, given by the American Poul
try Journal of, Chicago, Ill.; cash, SSO,
from competition fund; one Buckeye in
cubator, given by the Buckeye incubator
company of Chicago, Ill.; one automatic,
nonireezing drinking fountain, given by
the Taylor instrument company of Roches
ter,. N. Y.
A pen of white Wyandottes,. owned by
McLeod Bros, Beulah farm, Stony Creek,
Out., took second prize, having laid 1069
•eggs during the year. The weight of the
eggs produced is practically the same as
that of the winning pen of Leghorns. Some
of the prizes won by this pen are as fol
lows: Cash, $39, from competition fund;
advertising space, valued at SSO, given by
,the American Poultry Journal of Chicago,
Hi.: one Buckeye incubator, given by the
Buckeye incubator company of Chicago,
111. The pen that took third prize was a
pen of single-cpmb white Leghorns,
owned by the Marwood poultry farm of
Butler, .Pa. This pen laid 1042 eggs.
The highest scoring individual laid 254
eggs. This was a single-comb Rhode Isl
and Red, owned by Mrs Harris Lehman
of Midway, Ky.
The following is a list of the leading
tpens, consisting of five hens each, as they
stood at the end of the year's contest:—
F. G. Yost of Sayre, Pa., single comb white
Leghorns. 1071; Beulah farm. Stoney Creek.
Out., white Wyandottes, 1000; Marwood
poultry farm. Butler, Pa., single comb white
Leghorns, 1042: Thomas Barge of Catforth,
Eng., single comb white Leghorns. 082: Toms
poultry farm, Toms River. N. J., single comb
white Leghorns, 973; Frederick Peasle.v of
Cheshire. Ct.. single comb white Leghorns,
970; Cullcncrosa farms. South ’Columbia. N.
tY., single comb white Leghorns, 070; W. B.
•r* nndee of De Witt, N. Y.. white Wyandottes,
-poo; George H. Schmitz of Chicago. 111., sin
gle comb buff Leghorns, 950; Susie Abbott
of Parkersburg, Pa., single comb white Leg
horns. 942; H. P. Deming of Robertsville, Ct,
single comb Rhode Island reds. 930: Robert
»L Walden of Middleburg, Md., barred Ply
mouth Rocks. 925; White Hose farm. Vine
land, N. .1.. single comb white Leghorns. 918;
A. I\. Hillhouse of Boudville. P. Q., single
comb brown Leghorns. 907; Mrs Harris Leh
man of Midway, Ky., single comb Rhode
Island reds 903: Haiis Ixfbert poultry farm,
Pittsburg, Pa., white Plymouth Rocks. 901;
T. J. McCounell of Hancock. X. Y.. white
Wyandottes, 89o; E. S. Edgerton of West
WHliugton, Ct., .rose comb Rhode Island reds.
Btis; O. Wilson of Carlisle. W. Va„ single
comb buff Orpingtons. 860; Gilbert & Moore
of Lanßdowne. pa., single' comb white Orp
ingtons. 838; Bunker Hill' poultry farm. Wa
• illicit,' Mass., single comb Rhode Island reds,
’852; C. S. Seoville of East Haven. Ct., rose
comb Rhode Island reds. 849.
The following is a complete list of the
Connecticut pens as they stood at the end
of the contest:—
Frederick Peasley of Cheshire, single comb
.white Leghorns, 970; H. P. Deming of Rob
ertsville, single comb Rhode Island Reds,
930; A. J. Clark of New Haven, barred
Plymouth Rocks, 875; E. S. Edgerton Of
West Wtllingtdri. rose comb Rhode Island
Reds, 865; C. S. Scoville of East Haven, rose
comb Rhode Island Reds, 849; W. J. Tilley of
Packerville. white Plymouth Rocks. 845; Bur
. ton E. Moore of Winsted. single comb white
Leghorns, 822; Conyeus farm of Greenwich,
single.comb white Leghorns, 819; Elm poultry
yards of Hartford, single comb white leg
horns, 802; A. B. Hall of Wallingford, barred
Plymouth Rocks, 793; Wliliam E. Ross of
Eagleville. white Wyandottes, 780; Sugar
brook farm of Central Village, white Ply
mouth Rocks, 780; Mrs Louis Hiller of Union
vilie, American Dominiques, 771; J. C. Ster
ling of Rockville, single comb black Ml
. norcas, 765: F. B. Williams of Naugatuck,
white Wyandottes, 730: E. W. Crocker of
East Hampton, white Plymouth Rocks, 717;
Paul Colbron of New Canaan, single comb
white Leghorns, 723; Paul Colbron of New
.Canaan, single comb white Leghorns. 710;
Branford farms of Groton, single comb white
Leghorns. 710; Sterling & Clay of Rockville,
single comb black Minorcas. 677; Arthur S.
Hailey of Cobalt, single comb Rhode Island
Reds. 628; George A. Cosgrove of West Wil
lington, white Wyandottes. 557; Gaylord
-farms of Wallingford, single comb brown
Leghorns. 525: J. F. Pratt of Southington,
single comb white Orpingtons. 412.
’ The following is a list of the individuals
• that laid over 200 eggs, and also the num-.
her of hens that were entered in each
competing breed:—
Barred Plymouth Rockg. 60 Hens.
Number
Owner. • eggs
Henry D. Riley, hen No 2 223
Brooks’s sanitary hennery, hen No 19 ....216
Alfred B. Wilson, hen No 21 ..........205
,8. M. Goqcher, hen No 21 ........... .212
White Plymouth Rocks, 20 Hens.
W. J. Tilley, hen No 68 .237
Hans Lobert, hen No 72 ...202
White Wyandottes, ,40 Hens.
W. B. Candee. hen No ill . -. 4,245
W. B. Candee, hen No, 112 ........218
Beulah farm, hen No 133 .237
Beulah farrfa, hen No 135 ....1 229
T. J. McConnell, hen No 141 ...213
T. J. McConnell, hen No 145 215
Columbian Wyandottes, 15 hens.
•B. W. Cooper, hen No 154 219
- Single Comb Rhode Island Reds, 15 Hens.
;H. P. Deming, hen No 177 227,
Howard Steel, lien No 188 217
Hunker Hill poultry farm, hen No 199 ..210
Mrs Harris Lehmau. beu No 204 254
J. A Frltcheyt. Hen -No '2ll ~..219
Single Comb White Leghorns. TSO Hens.'
Single Comb Brown Leghorns, 10 Hens.
A. P. Hillhouse, hen No 241 ..,.233
J. O. Th re uli r.user, hen No 250 241
Susie Abbott, hen No 266 .....213
Toms poultry farm, hen No 281 ..285-
F. G. Yost, hen No 311 ...239
F. G. Yost, hen No 313 204
F. G. Yost, hen No 315 223
Frederick Peasle.v, hen No 326 205
Frederick Peasle.v, lien No 330 241
Parker Place farm, hen No 346 212
.Uullencross farm, hen No 353 .216
J. E. Burrows, hen No 359 223
White Rose farm, hen No 361 ........... ,217
White Rose farm, hen No 365 ...207
Marwood poultry farm, hen No 366 227
Marwood poultry farm, hen No 367 243
W. 11.. Paterson, Tien No 371 228
Thomas Paron. hen No 382 230
Thomas Baron, hen No 383 23.3
Thomas Baron, hen No 385 242
Single Comb Buff Leghorns, 15 Hens.
George A. Schmitz, hen No 413 225
Single Comb, Buff Orpingtons, 20,hen8.
Mt Orchard poultry farm, hen No 451 ..217
/). Wilson, hen No 461 ~..210
The following list give#* the average
yield per hen in each breed and also the
number of hens competing in each breed:
~ J*r£? d - , No. hens. No. eggs.
Ross Wyandottes 5 16974
Columbian Plymouth Rocks 5 167.1
White Plymouth Rocks .. 20 162.15
Single comb white Leg
• horns .. ~*,....150 161.97
Whjtc Wyandottes ......... 40 181.1
S. C, Rhode Island Reds .. 45 159.27
*• R. C. Rhode Island Reds .. 15 155.6
S 0. Buff Orplngtonfc 20 155
American Dominques 5 154.2
Barred Plymouth Rocks... 60 152.73
Columbian Wyandottes .... 15 15J
Buttercups r> 150
§• Jv Jb |ff Leghorns 15 * 146.2
*;• < Brown Leghorns 10 143.2
Ani'onns 5 142.8
Golden Wyandottes 5 137 s
g- £ White Orpingtons . 25 1.35.9
8. ( . Black Minorcas 20 125.2
Partridge Plymouth Rocks 5 120
Honda ns 5 113.8
Cornish Games 5 112
Silver Wyandottes 5 107.6
'1 he second international egg-laying com
petition started on November 1. with 100
pens competing. The prospects for this
competition are much brighter than they
were for the previous one, the main reason
being that the birds are a great deal more
matured than they were for the first con
test. The result of the first contest has
awakened the Leghorn breeders, and 42
of the new entries are single comb white
Leghorns.
Not only is the United States interested
in this line of work, but Canada and En
gland are well represented at Storrs, there
being three entries from England and
about, a dozen from Canada. Also a larger
list of Connecticut contestants is booked
this year.
MEETING OF FORESTRY CLUB.
MOVEMENT TO PROTECT TREES.
Pnrpou. of the Society Explained—
officer. Elected.
The first meeting of the Springfield for
estry club was held Friday morning at
11 o’clock in the board of trade rooms on
Worthington street, with about a dozen
of the charter members present. In a way
the attendance was disappointing to those
who had the matter in charge, Put the en
thusiasm more than made un for lack of
numbers, and I l 'red Southard and Harris
A. Reynolds of Boston feel that the dub
is bound, to be a success in every tvay as
soon as its real worth and the need for it
is more widely known. Mr Southard,
who comes from the eastern part of the
state and who is a graduate of the Har
vard school of forestry, one of the best of
its kind in the world, has been in this city
for a number of weeks organizing the so
ciety, and the results of hie efforts are
shown well by the large number of names
which have been collected for the roll of
membership.
The Springfield forestry club will be a
voluntary organization apart from the for
estry department of the city and entirely
independent of it, although City Forester
Gale is greatly interested in the
movement and the department will doubt
less work a great deal with the society.
The club will make careful examinations
of all the timber-bearing property in the
city, and advise such remedial measures as
may be deemed necessary. Owners of pri
vate property will be notified if any blight
or disease is found on their trees, as will
also the forestry department of the city,
and every possible step will be taken to
ward the protection of the trees. The
amount of tree-bearing property in the
city, extraordinary for a municipality of
this size, makes the organization of the so
ciety an extremely important thing for
Springfield.
Leaders of all kinds of activity in the
city have been approached, and most of
them have responded and have joined the
club. The officers elected yesterday were
as follows: President, F. M. West; secre
tary and treasurer, George Dwight Pratt;
executive committee. Mrs Eliza R. Whit
ing, Miss Fannie A. Stebbins, Robert. O.
Morris. G.- C. Baldwin and A. A. Pack
ard. A committee on resolutions was also
chosen. The date for the next meeting
has not yet been set but it will be held as
soon as is possible.
SAVING THE TREES FROM BLIGHT.
,j •
On Atwater E.tate In Thl* City.
The famous old Atwater estate, one of
the most celebrated pieces of land in this
city and believed to be in the front rank
of beauty spots of New England, is grave
ly menaced by the chestnut and pine-tree
blight and already heroic remedial steps
are being taken to do away with the evil.
Visits have been made to the city from
time to time bv forestry experts and sev
eral more or less ineffectual steps have
been taken to curb the disease, hut it wfis
not until the trip of Fred Southard, prom
inent member of the state forestry asso
ciation. a few days ago, that the true
measure of the danger became known and
already work has been begun on chopping
down many of the largest trees which
have long been a point of admiration to
all visitors to the city.
Several reasons are given for the cut
ting off of many of the large trees. The
first and most important is that of the
trees on the 30 acres of the homestead
estate which have been examined by For
ester Southard more than 200 hare been
blazed to be cut down because of either
chestnut or pine-tree blights. Of course,
the oniy trees to be injured from these
blights are those of the two varieties
mentioned. In addition to chestnuts and
pines, there are many oaks, maples, iron
woods and others, all magnificent speci
mens, but as yet none of these have be
come infected with any disease. The
measure taken seems extreme, but it is
positively the only way in which the dis
ease can be kept from spreading to the
other chestnuts and pines which have not
as yet become infected,
WON APPLE-PACKING CONTEST.
Maaiarhnmtti Ajerlcnlturul Collegre
Team l eads at Massachusetts Fruit
Show.
The Massachusetts agricultural college;
apple packing team won first in the inter
collegiate apple packing contest held, in
Boston Friday; The contest was under
the management of the New England fed
eration of agricultural students in connec
tion with the Massachusetts fruit show.
In the contest each man was given one
barrel of apples, from which to pack a
box. He had to line tbe-boX, grade, wrap,
pack the fruit and nail the cover. In the
barrel packing each man was given lVa
barrels of apples from which to pack pne
barrel. The teams were scored on time,
manner find quality of work. R. T. Neal,
1,. F. Drury and J. W. Dayton composed
the Massachusetts agricultural college
team. The scores on a basis of 300 were
as follows: Box. packing, Massachusetts
agricultural college 281.5, New Hampshire
209, Vermput 251.5; barrel packing, Mas
sachusetts agricultural college 287.5, New
Hampshire 269.25, Vermont 263.
The winning team was awarded a silver
trophy cup. U. T. Neal, having the largest
individual score, was given a silver cdp
by the pomology department of the Mas
sachusetts agricultural college. In the
apple, judging contest each team was re
quired to score six classes of apples. New
Hampshire won first. Massachusetts agri
cultural college second, and Vermont third.
THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAMES.
Some of -net Saturday'* Games.
At Wllltamstown, Williams in, Wesleyan 7.
At Cambridge, Harvard 0, Vanderbilt 3.
At Princeton, N. J., Princeton 54, New
York university 0.
At New Haven, Ct., Tale 10, Brown 0.
At Ithara. N. V . Dartmouth 24, Cornell 0.
At Amherst. Worcester "Tech” 14, Am
herst 13.
' At Medford, Springfield 7. Tufts 8.
At Worcester, Holy Cross 13, Vermont 0,
At Swarthroore, Pa., Lehigh 3, Swarth
more 0.
At Easton. Pa„ Syracuse 30. Lafayette 7.
At Orotic. Me., Maine 17. BowdOln 0.
At Watervltlp, Me., Colby 35, Bates 8.
At Annapolis. Md., Bueknell 17, Navy 7.
At West Point, N. X., Indians 27, Army 6.
THE SPRINGFIELD WEEKLY REPUBLICAN: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1912.
A NEW PENSION PLAN
AFFECTS 175,000 EMPLOYES.
Loral Telephone 4’oinpnny’s. Kniplpyva
to Enter In on BenelMii— Disability
Benefit* an<l Insurance Also Pro
vided in Fond of Bell Telephone
System.
A fund of $10,000,000 for pensions,
sick and accident benefits and life insur
ance will he. available on January 1 for
the 175,000 employes of the Bell tele
phone system and associated interests, and
their families and dependents. This $lO,-
000,000 fund will be made good from
year to year by annual appropriations on
the part of the American telephone and
telegraph company and its, associated
companies, and the Western Union tele
graph company and the Western electric
company. Among the associated com
panies affected are the New England
telephone and telegraph company and its
allied companies, which will supplement
theit present pension plan hy the substi
tution of this much broader proposition,
it is the intention, however, that the
status of those already pensioned shall not
be affected.
This provision' is made entirely at the
expense of the various’ companies inter
ested, without contributions of any kind
from the employes Lh'emseives. The ap
plication of tnesd varied benefits trill be
Strictly democratic: and will lie for the
benefit of employes of every rank.
The Bell system and associated inter
ests provide employment for about 175/-
000 persons; of this number 130,000 are
employes of the Bel! telephone system.
The total yearly pay for the whole group
is abbot $115,000,000, Something 1 over
$80;000.o00 being ’ paid out i ! h tenges by
the Belt - telephone Wysteth alone.
By this mutual agreement- on the p&rt
of the various Bell companies with the
parent company—the American telephone
and telegraph company—the advantages
of the plan to the individual employe are
made nation-wide. For example, an em
ploye of the New England company who
moved to New York, or to California, and
there entered the employ of the local Bell
company,’ Would retain dll the advantages
of the plan. In determining'- what lie
might be entitled to at ■ any time, his
various terms of Service with any Bell
company would be added together just as
if the entire period of employment were
with one concern.
The plan inaugurated ,hy. the New- En
gland company last July dealt, only with
pensions. Tins new plan, which will go
into effect New-year's day, affects not
only the superannuated, but all classes of
employes, young and old, mate and female.
It is not only more attractive than the
present pension plap, hut. in its complete
ness, is said to be more widely applicable
and beneficial than any now in force in
this country or abroad, whether national,
municipal or private.
In the territory-■ of the New England
telephone and telegraph company and its
associated companies there are about 13,-
000 employes affected by this new propo
sition.
The terms by which provision is made
for the needs of age, illness, accidents and
death, may be summarized as follows:- —
Pensions: Male employes who have
reached the age of 60 years and who have
been 20 years in service, may retire on
pensions. They may be retired at the op
tion of the company when they have
reached the age of 55 years - and have been
25 years in service. The pension age of
female employes is in each case five years
younger than that of male employes. Any
employe who has been 30 years in service,
regardless of age, may be pensioned on the
approval of the president of the company.
The amount of the pension is automatic
ally based on the years of . service and the
amount, of pay. and,will be l per cent of
the average annual pay fqt lOyearis, mul
tiplied by thy number of years of’ service.
Therefore, a man who had been 30 years
in service would get 30 per cent of the
average salary which he had been receiv
ing during his last 10 years of service. No
pension will be less thah S2O a month.
Accident disability benefits: In the case
of accidents occurring in and due to the
performance of work for the eompunv.
the employe will receive for total disabil
ity, fHll pay for 13 weeks and half-pay for
the remainder of disability, up to six
years.
If the disability is temporary, he will
receive full pay for 13 weeks and half
pay until able, to earn a livelihood, not ex
ceeding six years.
Sickness disability benefits: Employes
who are disabled by Sickness, or bv accident
outside of the regular course of duty after
10 years in service, will receive full pfiy
for 13 weeks and half-pay for 30 weeks;
if from fi to 10 years in service, full pay
for 13-weeks and half-pay- for 13 weeks ; if
from two to five years in service, fu,U pav
for four weeks and half-pay fur nine
weeks. In the ease of employes who have
not been two years in service, heads of de
partments wilt he permitted the same dis
cretion as heretofore, in continuing pay
during temporary illness.
Life insurance: In the ease of death re
sulting from accident in and due to per
formance of work for the .company, an in
surance amounting to three-years’ pay will
be paid to the dependents of the emplove,
the maximum payment being $,">000.
In the case of death resulting from sick
ness or from accident outside the busi
ness, the payment will be one year’s pay
for employes who have been 10 years in
service, and one-half of one year's pay for
employes who have been from 5 to 10 yours
in service, ftie maximum paymv'nt being
The American telephone and telegraph
company has set aside from its surplus
a fund which provides for those whom it
directly employs, and also provides a re
serve, upon which, under certain condi
tions, the associated companies may, draw.
This -fund Is supplemented by funds set
aside by each local company. The total ap
propriations will aggregate something more
than $10,000,000. ; .The benefits, it- is esti
mated* will cost annually $1,000,000 more
than the present payments on this ac
count.
The-administration of*the funds will be
in the hands of employes' benefit commit
tees* of five, to he appointed Ijy the board
of directors of each eompanv. * *
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PENSION CLAIMS PILED.
By End of Juno, All Are Expected to
Be Adjudicated.
JFrom Our Special Correspondent.
'WASHrNOTON, ,D. C„ Tuesday. Nov. 12.
Up to November 9, 1912, 457,208 claims
had been filed at the pension bureau, and
138.T02 of these claims had been allowed
tinder the act of, Congress approved May
11, 1912, granting pensions of from 813
to S3O a mouth according to the ago of
the applicant and length of bis service
in the civil war. The appointment of 3g5
additional clerks to assist in the work
On those claims has greatly expedited
their settlement, and it is believed that
by the end of the government's business
year on June 30, 1913, practically all of
these claims will have been adjudicated.
The bureau is now receiving between
200 and .300 new- claims a day for, in
creaso. and of course as the soldiers at
tain the ages at which they are entitled
to a larger pension they will file ad
ditional claims. It is probahle that the
appropriation required to pav the pen
sions for the fiscal year beginning- July
1. 1913, when action .o» practically ail
of these claims will have been taken,
will be about $190,000,000.
CARNEGIE TAXES SWORN OFF.
Andrew Carnegie will pay no personal
property tax to the city of New York this
yeai. The iron master's personal prop
erty was assessed at $U),000,000 hut he
appeared last week before the president
of the tax department and made affidavit
tJwt-lliLs WHS erroneous. Mr Carnegie
swore that' the''value of his effects in
the city did not exceed $3,500,000. while
his diilitw aggregated $8,100,000. Accord
ingly tb*, assessment against, hint was
cancelled.
BUILDING LINE INJUNCTION
Asninst the Nelson Bloek In This City
—Mayor Latlirnp to Take Action—
Important Points Involved.
The biggest stir In Springfield real es
tate matters for some years appears due
to arrive in the train of an injunction to
he served hy the city to stop the conatntc
tio'n of alterations to the old Nelson hotel
at the corner of Main and Hampden
streets, on the ground tiiat the new build
ing encroaches on a public street estab
lished by prescriptive right of use. The
owners of the Nelson property say that
they refuse to be made a single example,
and that if they are forged to cut their
building back they are ready with a legal
wise under which every building that has
been built, to encroach on the public
street in a similar fashion should be cut
back also. They have engaged expert
counsel and are prepared to go into a
fight to a finish and predict that before
they are through the seismographs will
be recording a series of real estate earth
quakes all along the Main-street line and
up some of the side streets.
The legal basis of the city’s action stopping
the alterations on the Nelson building is
that, the strip of sidewalk which would be
taken up by the new building has become
IMtblic property uDder the old common law
doctrine establishing a right of way by
prescription, which says that when a way
has been used by the people for 20 years
without objection from the owners it au-.
tbmatically- becomes public property and
cannot be- built upon save by permission
of the authorities. This doctrine is said
to be supported by two supreme court de
cisions. According to it any building which
has been built oyer property on which a
public right of way had been established
by 2Q years’ use. must have stood 40 years
before its prescriptive right to the land is
established, and ihe owners of the Nelson
hotel property hold that by this law every
.building svhich has, not been standing 40
years apd which Was built over land which
had beeti used 20 years as a street, could
be forced back to the old right of way
line.
The agitation against the new Nelson
building was started by a well-known cit
izen and lawyer, who noticed that the
foundations of the hew building were out
five feet beyond the old ones. Being of
the opinion that Main-street sidewalks
ought to be matte wider rather than nar
rower, he called the attention of city offi
cials to the encroachment and informed
them of the common law- doctrine sup
ported hy the supreme court, under which
that strip of sidewalk might be held as a
public street. Mayor Lathrop had re
ceived complaints from other prominent
citizens and business men, and the result
was that on Saturday a notice from City
Solicitor James L. Doherty was served on
E. J. Pinpey, the contractor in charge of
the construction, to stop work on the
alterations.
It lias since become known that an in
junction is to be put on the work to pre
vent its completion,-although the paper
has hot yet been served. Work on the
preparation of the case and the notice is
being hastened, amj. lt is expected that the
injunction will be served soon, in order
that the case may come up at the jury
waived sitting of the superior court to be
held here next week, so that the rights of
the owner* and the public in the matter
may be settled as seon as possible.
Meami-hiie the owners of th,e property are
preparing,, their Cfjsfv although they did
not wish to give thatname of, their counsel
Tuesday and tlu-y- stiy that several things
will lie doing its fhe , 'city within the next
two weeks. The 11 Hampden building on
Main street, t-be' new Stearns building on
Bridge street, the Besse building on Main
street and the new, Massasait building on
Main street are same of the buildings that
they say would be bit by the fight they
are going to niake. Each of these build
ings they claim w-as reconstructed to pro
ject past the previous line of the founda
tions and on land oh which public use bad
established a legal prescriptive right.
GERMAN OIL TRUST WAR.
Uncle Sam to Take a Hand—Govern
ment Monopoly Plans.
The plan of the German government' to
take over the oil business of that country,
thus stopping competition in oil from this
and other countries, is about to become a
very live issue between the governments of
Germany and America. Already the foun
dations for a diplomatic contest have been
laid and Sir Leishman. the American em
bassador, has put iu a caveat, to protect
the rights of the oil people, which is to
be followed up by more vigorous represen
tations unless the amendments to the pro
jected oil monopoly bill which the German
government is now making shall serve to
lender the measure less injurious iu prob
able effect upon the industry in America.
The German contention has been that
this monopoly would not interfere with
the wholesale trade of the American oil
producers as the ‘‘regie’’ would buy its
oil from America. But the official reports
above referred to put the matter in a dif
ferent light, for it is made to appear that
..lack of the German plan is one of the
most powerful German banks, the head
of wind) is strongly opposed to oil com
petition from America. This bank and
others connected with it are represented
to' lie largely interested in Austrian, Rus
sian and Servian oil fields.
It appears that the position of the state
department at Washington is that while
it* Cannot properly object to the assump
tion by the German government of the
retail oil business in’ Germany so long as
the American interests now engaged in
that trade are properly compensated, it
would be failing in its duty to the Ameri
can oil interests if It did not object to the
form Which the proposed measure has
taken. In the department’s view this
would he placing monopoly in the hands
Of the German banking interests eon
tioling the south Eutopean fields and nl
most directly destroy the great German
wholesale trade in oil which Americans
now enjoy
LOWER COST OF JJVING.
Average Farm Prices on Three-
Fourths of the Country's Crop
Show Recession on November 1.
Average farm prices for corn, wheat,
oats, barley, rye, flaxseed, potatoes, buck
j wheat, cotton and hay, which represent
j about three-fourths of the value of all the
, country's crops, were lower on November
l than they have been in the last five
| years of that date. They were 12.$ per
j cent loyver than last year, 3.2 per cent
I lower than in 1910. 8.5 per cent lower than
! 1909, and 1.1 per cent lower than 1908.
I They declined 8 per cent from October l
I to November 1. compared with a decline
• of 1.7 per cent ill the same ]ieriod last
| year, and an average decline of 3 per cent
I during October in the, past four years,
i In addition to these facts, the depart
-1 ment of agriculture's supplemental crop re
!. port announced the condition, compared
With the average condition at of near time
Of gathering, of orange was. lt>B. cotton
103. sugar beets 102, lemons 101, and
sugar cane 90. The yield per acre, com
pared with the average yield, of hops, is
107. sweet potatoes 106, broom corn 104.
and sorghtuu 102. VWiduetion, expressed
iti percentages Of the average production
in recent years, not compared with a full
crop, of apples is 136, cabbage 117. clover,
.seed 112, coleus 186. cranberries 106,
alfalfa liny 105. clover hay 102, beans
101, peanuts 100, and hemp 46.
MONEY AND BUSINESS.
PROSPERITYSTILL UNSHAKEN.
The feeling of "business’’ regarding the
result of the election is not in the least
one of shock and dismay. The outcome
was fully anticipated, in a general way,
und what lias happened,in the business
world since election is entirely consistent,
apparently, with the developments before
the election. Had there been no election,
the essential facts of the situation to-day
would have been almost precisely what we
now find them to be. The stock market
rose from two to four points on the day
following the polling, but that was obvi
ously the effect of a feeling of relief be
cause the contest had ended without bring
ing a surprise; and then the market
passed back immediately under the control
of the influences which emanate from the
Balkan war and the European -risis.
With the growing feeling abroad that the
acute stage of that crisis was being rapid
ly reached, our market naturally respond
ed to the European depression in values,
and the week ended with all the slock
markets of Europe and America reflect
ing the' financial tension which is
unat-oidahle while the diplomatic storm
continue*, finch statements as that
made hy Premier Asquith in his
Guildhall speech Saturday, night are re
assuring in that, they inspire confidence
in the ability of the great powers to keep
the pefice among themselves, but there is
hound tp be"apprehension Until it is deaf
ly seen that cnnfiicribs Ifirt-rertk can be
reconciled in the coming Balkan settle
ment.
Meanwhile. American industry as yet
shows no signs of siackening because of
the country’s decision to have a itemo
* ratio adnjjnjetratibn. The .iippendiag
tariff, changes are,.mast, likely to cause.ap
prehenalon. and the; textile industries are
the particular branches most sensitive, per
haps, to legislation of the kind the country
may expect. In this connection one may
(juote directly from market reports printed
Saturday in responsible publications. The
Boston Commercial Bulletin says;—
Even the excitement surrounding ' elec
tion and the unoertaintv resulting from
a change in the administration have not
interfered to any material extent with
business in the dry goods market. . .
As a whole the market shows little ef
fect from the result of the election and
general conditions are about the same as
for the past several weeks. A good healthv
business is reported from all quarters and
branches of the trade and both dealers
and manufacturers feel quite confident of
the future.
Concerning the wool market, the same
paper says:—
We have yet to hear of cancellations in
the goods market because of the election.
On the contrary, manufacturers are be
ing “pushed" for deliveries and in many
cases are several weeks behind.
Editorially, the Commercial Bulletin ob
serves :—
To the casual observer, the strength of
the wool market tinder present political
conditions is most remarkable, for under
ordinary circumstances the logical expec
tation would be a sharp decline in wool
values if that decline had not been al
ready disc-minted. That the conditions
are extraordinary is shown, however, on
a closer view.
The bottom facts, as is pointed out, are
that “stocks of wool in this country
‘in dealers* hands were probably never
‘lower at this time of year and there is
‘no surplus of manufactured goods on
’hand. The same condition of affairs
‘prevails in all the European centers. .
. . Thtiß. since no change in the tariff
‘can _be effected before spring, the im
‘mediate outlook is for continued hi ah
‘values, with possible, advances.”
The cotton goods market, in which New
England is so deeply interested, -reveals
for the time being at least the same ap
parent unconcern over political changes.
Reporting the week-end conditions in the
wholesale dry goods market of New York,
the New York Journal of Commerce says:
The hesitation of the two days follow
ing the election had passed away to a
large extent yesterday in the markets.
. . . It is rery plain to see that the
demands of buyers are inbreastfiig, while
the manufactured supplies are not keep
ing pace with them.
Dispatches to the same paper from Fall
River are to this effect:—
This has been another active week in
the print cloth market here. There has
been i-onsiderably more inquiry for goods
even than there was last week, when the
bidding-, was more active than it had been
before for several months. . . .
The print cloth mills . . . have more
orders than they can fill, with call for
deliveries confined largely to the next
three or four months.
The iron and steel industry is also inter
ested in the tariff. But no disturbance
can be observed there.. The wees was
notable in its history. The report of the
October output of pig-iron broke all rec
ords. Pig-iron production. say* the Iron
Age. “is now at the remarkable rate of
‘32,600.000 tons a year, counting 1000
‘tons a day for charcoal iron. The pre
‘vipus high rate was 31,600.000 tons, in
‘February, 1010, at the culmination of
‘the buying movement starting in the fall
'of 1900." The United States steel cor
poration's report of unfilled tonnage on
October 31; was 7.594.381 tons, breaking
all records in the corporation's history.
The unfilled, .tonnage on the same date
last year was 3,604,328 ions, and on Sep
tember 30 last it was 6.551,507 tons.
This industry, apparently, was never so
little dependent upon the tariff as it is
to-day. The copper industry is very active,
domestic consumption in October being the
largest qn record, but copper exports de
clined some 12.600.000 pounds and the
stocks on hand increased to 76*744.964
pounds. It is a question whether the
present, price be maintainedunder a
declining foreign demand.
The apparent indifference of business
to the election results is, of course, due
to the same things that produced indiffer
ence to the campaign itself. Business
was speeding up to a very fast clip in
October when the democratic- victories
were clearly foreshadowed Bank clear
ings tor that month, according to the New
York Financial Chronicle, broke all month
ly records, and that the activity shown
by these figures was- widespread is shown
by the fact that only 12 cities out of 350
reported declines, compared with a year
ago. Kailroad earnings continue to Ex
pand and the shortage of freight cars
has increased since the last fortnightly
report. It is mere reiteration to say that
hack of all this stir and hum of industry
and trade is the enormous harvest. The
week brought not only a new president of
the United States, but a government crop
report which placed the corn "production
at 3,100,137.000 bushels, a new record for
America, and almost 100,000,000 bushels
in excess of the government's estimate a
month eartier. It is upon such facts that
the current prosperity is based, ami no
change in administrations can shake it.
Money conditions became easier during
the week and the New- York bank state
ment shows a gain of $3,870,550 in the
cash reserves. The money market lias
been relieved by the oompietion of the
November interest and dividend payments
and the lessened demand for money in the
interior. The requirements for crop mov
ing would naturally decline from now on.
Kasy money, however, is evidently not to
be expected in the near future, in'view of
the demands of business generally and the
European situation: and a stock market
boom is not to be anticipated for rea
sons no less obvious.
Tt’ESmVS MARKETS.
It Verr York.
Net
Sales High. Lew. Clos. eb <s.
200 Adams Exp tM', lHl’v 164*.
tut Allts-Ohnl Co 254 244 2\
32,000 Amal Copper S4i* sfit? S4<Jy2*\
10,600 Am Beet Sugar 563» 52\ 54V £
I<*> do pref 96% 96%- %
400 AmBK&F w. mt. rn 4-4%
1T M.-, Am Can 4014 Wi% -10 + \
300 donref 122 121 122
1.200 Am Cnr &F Co UO><, 50% rtl -fltj
.00 Am Cities 30 ;ts-jj 30 — 14
if*) Am Coal Prod 04 ;et 04 — *4
2.000 Am Colton oil 5344 54Ti UPA+l'
100 Am Hide &T. pr 28V. 2XV. i-tUs- l'i
300 Am u-f Kec 20 y.i% 20 _*4
3.300 Am Unseeil 15 It 144— 4
1.100 donref 384 35% 3334—284
3.100 Ain I.oeomo 454 414 i *■ ■ ,
00 itopref to«V, lomZ
2CO Am Malt 15 15 * 15 — 4
POO do prof «34 824 834
22.200 Am smelting w>y 774 so
200 Am SroifT ltd 101 101 —2
1.000 Am Stl Fdry 41 40 41
1.700 Am Sugar 1214 1204 1214
500 Am Te! A Tel 1434 1433 1424-4
if*. Am Tobacco 272 270 2714-)- %
100 do pr new 101 V 1044 1044- 4
200 Am Woolen 234 23 23 — 4
185 do pref 844 844- 844
4.200 Anneondn 421 ~ 404 434-J
100 Assets Real Co 124 ‘ 123 123
4.400 Atchison 107*4 1084 107*,+
1.000 Atl Coast Line 138V* 137 138 _ 4
1.250 Balt A- Ohio 10u4 10.74 ]or, — %
100 do pref 804 8«t, sqi,— u
4.500 Beth Steel 44 42u. 4*4— u
500 do pref 73V, 73' J 731+—2
500 B. F Goodrich 70Vv 70V 70U— 8*
100 do pref * 10744 :or 107 Vi
800 B'klyn Rap Tr 89U 83 SMi- 44
100 B’klyn Un Gas 144*4 144? i 144 A
28.200 California Tet 84 m* 82$! - %
1,000 do pre-f 81 no OOW- u,
7.700 Canada Pacific 284*4 281*, 284 V.-34.
100 Central of XJ 370 370 870 -348
2.300 Cent Leather 31 36*4 31
100 do pref 08ti ogty 38V— 84
5.600 Ches (c Ohio 814; 701*4 S 0»: -aj
800 Chlci-C.tw 10 18 * 1» 4 _ 4
•V*. do pref 35*4 35*4 35*4- U
18,600 CMiftP 118 4 114 IlStLl*
200 Chic * Vww 13014 13044 130+ is
100 CMCnTrctf* 2 2 2+ *1
100 doctfspr 37* 3*4 3%_ 1?
15.100 Chino Con Cop 40U 47*- 48*,— *4
Lg£ cpl Fuel & Iron 38*4 35 385+11*
000 Consol Gas 143 U 142*4 143 — a?
800 do pref - 83.4 61*4 siS-Ui
100 G«b» Am Sue 33 33 * 33 J'
200 r»el A- Hudson 167 167 1157 +1 -
Fe Lack A W 5401* 533 540 V- 1+
385 r. ARa pr 40+ 40 40 -I
700 Distill Secar 274? 27+ TtK- -*?
4.800 Erie 34N .33*4 «
100 do Ist pref 51*4 51*? ?l*_ rt
200 FedMASpr 447? 44
800 Gen Electric 181 1.81144 iso74—o*4
„ TJO Geo. W. Helme 187 187 187 S —3*
3.300 Goldfield Cons 2*a 0.4 "St-v .4
f-g? Gs North pr 13Stj 1381? I3gtt- %
1.200 do Ore subs 46 47 43 +l'®
100 Guggen Explo 5444 5444 5444— It
100 Illinois Cent 128 H 12*4 128« *
2.100 Insp Copper 20+ 10 00+... 7+
1.200 Int Met 20* id*, fpr;’ *
5.900 do pref 8444 83'.? 84*t_ *t
1.100 Int Harr ctfg ipt jjfli; *
noo Inter Paper 15 T4 < 14*4-H
000 do pref 5644 55*; sfiC_ 2
200 J. P. Kayscr 0.3 03 q" 4 --.
too do pref 108*4 10**4 ;os* 4 - - 44
100 Inter Pump 23 23 *s* 4
1.200 Kan CA So 28 27*7 *>B
8.800 Iwhigh Vailev 1744, 17214 174*4+114
200 LAMToba,: 215 21444 215 !*
1.400 Loose-Wiles 42Xi 42*4 V } '' 44
100 do Ist pref 104 lfU 104
100 do 2d pref 91>4 91V, aim
500 Louis A Nash 1474? 146+ 147:4- a,
100 Maekay Co s pr 68 68 ' gg _ L
200 Manhat El ]32*« 132 1.32 —1
300 Mer Mar pr 19*4 19*4 i9i+_ k
15.400 Mex Ferro] S 3 78*7 81 -l?
1.500 Miami Con Cop 2814 27 + 2844+ *4
2iyi Minn ASt L 25 " 23 "5 +44
700 MSP&SSM 142+ Mlij 142+
iOO Mo Kan A Tex 28 27*; ■2B
7.800 Mo Pacific 4414 43 4414+ **
500 Nat Biscuit 1.30 " 129*7 129*;- 1?
100 dopref 125 125 125 + %
GOO Nat En ASt 211* 20», 4 20%-r-iaJ
1.200 Nat Lead rid 1 * 8044 8714+ sz
3.000 Nev Con Cop 224* 22',, 224»— u
100 N Y Air Brake 79*. 79*. 79*,— t*
1.700 N Y Centra! 115 114 115*+1
200 NYN HA H 1.38 1-36 136 -44
100 NY O A \V 35 35 35 - -Z
200 N Y State Rvs 90% 90% 90%+ %
1.200 NorfAWest 115 114 115 +*2
riiO No American R3V, 8.34, S.3+—l%
100 Nor OTA I, 72*j 72’i 72C+ i?
4.0fj0 North Pacific 12. Y, 123»., 1254,-1%
1.200 Pac Tel A Tel GO 49t, 50 + %
800 Pacific Mail 344, XFi 34 -*-I*2
2.000 Penn R R 123*4 123 12347+ 14
1.100 PeoGasAC llßl+ 115*4 1164.
1.200 ritts Coal 24 23 ' 23%- H
600 do pref 92 91% 92 +4,
100 Pitts Steel pr 101% 101% 101%-14,
650 P r+irlllard 205 V, 204 20. V-,. 2' ,
610 Press Stl Car 3744 37 374,+ %
200 Pul Pal Car 168% 166% 168%-%
13.100 Rut Con Cop 22 2iv., 22%+ *,
,142.500 Reading 171% 168% 171%+l*i
100 do Ist pref 90 90 90
100 do 2d pref 96 98 98
3.400 Ren Iron ASt ’3o*- 4 28*4 294 j— %
525 do pref 92 91% 92
2.800 Rock Island 26 254, 28 +*4
2.700 do pref 49% 47*4 49*4— %
100 Rub Goode pr 105 105 105 +l%
100 Rumeiy pr 102 102 102
soo Beab A Lpr 48 7 s 48 48%— %
200 St LABF 2d pr 36 35% 38 +v.
400 Stl. A Sweat 39% 38% 35%- %
100 do pref 77 77 77 —1
700 Sears Roeh 217 216 217 +l%
100 S S Steel A Ir 55 55 55 -1
.3.300 Sontb Pacific 111% 109% 111%+1%
100 So P R Sugar 77 77 77 -3%
1.800 Southern Rv 29% 29 29%+ %
800 do pref ' 81% 81 81%+ %
10*1 Studebaker 42% 42% 42% — %
1.900 Tend Copper 41% 40 41 — %
400 Texas A Pacific 24*4 24% 24%-l%
200 Texas Comp 119 119 119 — %
800 Third Ave 38 .37% .3.6 + %
900 l’n Bag A Pap 12% 11% 12%-%
.3110 do pref 57 56% 57 —1
72.000 Union Pacific 172% 169*, 172%+2%
500 do pref 90*4 90% 90*o— %
100 United Cigar 53 53 53 + %
100 Un Dry Goods 101 101 101
.300 T'n Ry Invest 37 56% .36*,— 14
40*1 do pref 66% 66 66%— %
200 USCT PA F 19 18% 19 — %
.300 US R A Imp 804 , 804 , 80%—1%
1.400 I’ S Rubber 524, 51% 52 -4 4,
,00 do let pref 107% 1074, 107% — %
156.100 U S Steel 75% 734, 75%~]%
1.600 dopref 1124, 111*4 U2%+1%
6.700 Utah Conper 63*, 62% 143%+ %
700 Va Car Cbem 454, 454, 4544
100 dopref 115% 115% 115%+ %
400 W Marvland 55 55 55 —1
300 West Un Tel 7<% 77 T , 7774- %
2.100 Westing Mfg 82 «0% <2 +l4,
100 Wey-Brut pr 116 116 116 —%.
2.400 Woolworth 116 1154, 115*,— 3,
100 dopref 1154, ,154, 115’-,— %
.300 Wh AI, E Ist pr 26 2T% 26 —% .
20*1 do 2d pref 144.. 14% 14%
200 Wfs Central 53*4' 52%, 5248—%
Total sales 725.962 shares, against 465,61.3
Monday. holMav a week ago and 737.575 a
year ago. From January 1 to date. 114.080.-
575 against 109.512.386 a year ago.
+lncrease. ■ —Decrease. tEx-divldend.
Local Provision Market.
MEATS
Bacon 20'321 Hams IS@25
Sliced bacon Speeds Sausages <pkg)
I-ard 12i!il8j 22(828(232
Pork+ Sausage meat (lb) 25
Fresh 16tg20 Frsnkforts 19
Salt IfifelSlßologna %
Roasts 1 *Vi 1.20 Flams sliced ,30if35
Chops 16*525 Tongue 2(Kd59
Latnit— Tripe B@l2
Legs 22©25 •* honeycombed 10212
Hindquarters 25 Mutton-
Forequarters 14C<flfl Forequarter* 10@18
Chops 30240 Legs 18@a0
Soundness and Satisfactory Service
CLOSELY ASSOCIATED with all sound business is a
sound bank. The Union Trust Company enjoys the con
fidence and handles the business of many of the leading
firms, corporations and individuals of Springfield. We now
have more than 5000 depositors on our books, and the num
ber, is increasing each week.
There is no question about its being an advantage to have a
good bank back of you. We desire an opportunity to prove to
you that this is a good bank—good in its soundness, personnel
and service. Our officers will be glad to meet you or correspond
with you in regard to your banking relations.
Union Trust Company
“Springfield’s Leading Commercial Bank”
Beef- rairs liver S 3
Itcoud 3e«0.32' Venl— - ;i ”
Rump 35(510 Steak 324135
Porterhouse Cutlet 3.V838
35«4015;45 Roast t SOS*
.Chuck. I+iuc Chops 2.V529
Hamburg 16if;25 Forequartlers 14*fi2fl
Roast 2T/A2B Fowl , 2&Q28
Short 28232% hie ken 28.330
Corned fib) 8*0:22: Philadelphia do
Corded pressed Western broilers ‘tU'i 3o
30%35 Native broilers 32(5.35
Dried 35*040' Sqnaba (pair) f 00
•Smoked ;{.>t4()i ligeona (pair) 50
Liver 12 Capons 3504']
Suet 7'fiiTurkeys 28*335
Smoked shoulders 15 : Sprlng ducks 32(335
VEGETABLES AND FRUIT.
Grapefruit (each) IBeets fquarit 5
10?il5'Potatoes Ipeckl 25
Apples— (eweet potatoes (12
Baldwin (pk) 50 lbs.) 25
” (barrel 1 4,oojParslev (bunch) 5(310
Greenings (pk) 50!fabbage (netv) lb 244
‘ (barrel) 4.ooCarrots (lb)
Malaga grapes ilb) 20 Left dee 8411 f)
Vuinces (basken ICelery (hunchi 10^15
1 ((0*5j1.25 Oranges—California
f ranbemes (qt) ! dngen) 40*i?6O(S«(1
„ 15. 2 quarts 25 Onions (peek) 25*346
Fr spinach (pk) 25 Native (lb) 3
Pumpkin- rib) 3 Rananai 2067-21
squash (lb) 3 Red bananas 30-056
Cauliflower (ea«h> Five 00-325
15-320 Tuites ob> 12«16
Citron flbi 23 Mixed nuts 15*223
GRAIN. AND FLOUR,
tvhear- : Data (bu)
No 1 white irwt) New 48@5J
2 2022.30 Old 68
Bran icwt) 140-21.45 Cera
Middlings fctvt) West (owt) 1.50®1.515
1.555J160 Northern -bn) 1.00
Rye feed (ewt> Hay baled (ton) 24623
L00g1.60 Straw (ewt) lid
Mixed feed (ewt) Linseed oil meal 2 .15
1.(0-31.75 Cottonseed meal 1.75
Gluten t+ws) L6.Vgi.7o Floor—
BYedb* +O4 St Loot* 6*4*6.23
iewt) Haxali 6.25*36.73
1.50471..55 Graham 6.00®6.75
1 65+4 7.-. Entire wheat (lb) 4
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