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If THE FARMER: MARCH 10, 190&. SPRING OVERCOATS The Spring Overcoats we are showing win admir ing approval from men who are most critical in dress. In style and fabric we liave a variety of choice. It will be wortli your wliilc to come and post yourself on tlie correct Spring Styles. SPRING HATS AND FURNISHINGS HUB CLOTHING HOUSE MAIN AND BANK STREETS HOUSE-WARMING WEEK Meat Specials for Thursday SHOULDER LAMP CHOPS STEW LAMB FRESH BEEF LIVER SLICED BACON . ..... ..... FAT SALT PORE . . I MIXED SALT PORK Bakery Specials OUR REGULAR 8c BREAD FOR. ... . .5c OUR REGULAR 5c BREAD FOR 3c BRIDGEPORT PUBLIC MARKET Public Market Building STATE AND BANK STS. 12c per Ifc . 5c per lb . . 5c per lb . 15c per lb .10c per lb . 10c per lb r?nw?mttm?wmr??mrwwmw?mw?wf Spring Millinery W. E. HALLIGAN, 989 Broad St. FINE Wines and Liquors BRIDGEPORT DISTRIBUTING CO., 102 STATE STREET, NEAR PUBLIC MARKET California Port or Sherry, 75 cents per gallon. Port, Sherry, Tokay, Muscatel, Rhine Wine, etc. Full quart Sherwood Rye Whiskey, $1.00. Cooking Brandy, Liquors, Cordials, Ale and Lager Beer. Free Delivery. Telephone 264-3 REMOVAL SALE Now On 30 TO 38 FAIRF IELD AVENUE LABOR BUREAU REPORT SHOWS EFFECT OF DEPRESSION OF 1908 Number of Persons Employed and Amount of Wages Paid Much Less Than in 1907. Amount Expended in Construction of New Mills and Manufactories 55 Per Cent Smaller Strikes and Lockouts Reduced to Minimum. The twenty-third report of the Bu reau of Labor Statistics is made pub lic to-day. This is the first biennial report of the bureau and covers the fiscal years 1907 and 1908. NEW FACTORY CONSTRUCTION. The report contains a description of the buildings erected for manufactur ing purposes concerning which Com missioner Scoville says: "During the year ended July 1. 1908, there were constructed within the state, for manufacturing purposes, one hundred and sixty-five separate build ings. These structures were erected by one hundred and seven firms, cor porations or individuals. This, in com parison with three hundred and ninety two factory buildings erected during the year 1907, by two hundred and sixteen firms, corporations or individ uals." Making comparisons of expenditures the report says: "The total amount expended for new factory or mill construction during the two years ended July 1, 1908, was $15. 289,005. of this sum $4,497,838 was ex pended during the 1907 period while the expenditures during the year 1908 am ounted to $1,791,167. It should be re membered, however, in making com. Lparisons that the sum expended for the C a , r. .-. - ') r. . , , . . PUI PUHC 1 1 el 1 1 1 l.l ill UUI , Hd3 V, J't 1 LCUL. in excess of the amount expended for the same purpose in 1906. As above indicated the sum disbursed for con struction of manufactories and addi tions during the 1908 period was 55.3 per cent, less than In 1907." EFFECTS OF INDUSTRIAL DE PRESSION. The report says: "Relative to the change in average weekly hours of la bor the reports develop the informa tion that the average weekly hours of labor of the 155,587 persons employ ed during 1907 by the eight hundred and eight establishments considered were 57.1. During the 1908 period the same establishments employed 141,624 persons: the average weekly hours of labor for this period being 51.6 hours. a decrease in average numDer employ ed of 9 per cent, and a decrease in the average weekly hours of labor of 9.6 per cent." Continuing the report says: "In the matter of amount paid in waares the decrease in io rrom me amount disbursed by the same estab lishments in 1907 was 10.4 per cent, and the value of product manufactured was 18.4 per cent, less in 1908 than in 1907." Commissioner Scoville also makes comparisons of industrial conditions with previous years to wnicn ne rerers in his introduction as follows: While this chapter of the report is lareelv devoted to comparisons of in dustrial conditions in 1908 with those of 1907 yet the information concerning previous years has not been neglected nor is it lacking. Avoiding repetitions all that is possible, attention is called tn the comparisons of obtaining con ditions in the same establishments dur ing the periods of 1804, tU7 ana 1908. The text having reference 10 these conditions as applied to identi cal establishments during the periods named can be found on page anu the tabulated statement, relating -u the same subject is printed on pages 125-127." FREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAUS. Of the efficiency manifested in the management of these offices the Com missioner says: "The usual reports of the operations of the five free public employment offi ces conducted by the state and under the supervision of this department is made Part III and occupies pages 129 144 of this report. Accustomed suc cess has attended the efforts of the superintendents of these offices and the satisfactory results attained war rants their permanency." INDUSTRIAL DIRECTORY. The report also contains a list of Industrial or Manufacturing establish ments of the state regarding the pub lication of which Commissioner Sco ville says: "This list has been arranged and printed in order that a demand for such a compilation which had reached a considerable magnitude, might be supplied. While perfect preparation of material of this character is well nigh impossible of accomplishment, yet the bureau is satisfied that Its initial per formance is creditable to it and it re mains to be seen whether the public demand is sufficient to warrant its continuance as a feature." CHILD LABOR. . Upon this subject Commissioner Sco ville, inhis introduction, has this to say: "Laws prohibiting the employment of children below fourteen in all gain ful pursuits are now operative in many states. Such laws should be uniform throughout the United States and rig idly enforced by means of employ ment certificates based on convincing evidence of age and physical examina tion to determine fitness. As provision for free public education is made more adequate to present needs the mini mum age may be advanced to sixteen. "Laws limiting the hours of labor of young persons over fourteen should be enacted. Protection here should ex tend to sixteen, at least, in factory employment, and employment certifl cates should be required of all under that age." STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS. Referring to this subject the report says: "The number of work people involv ed, directly and indirectly, In stop pages of work owing to strikes and lockouts which began in the year 1908 was comparatively small (3,460), and the aggregate duration of all disputes in progress during the year (34,194 working days) was below that of any year for which the department has rec ords, i "The strikes and lockouts of the year caused a loss of working time amounting to less than a quarter of a day per head of the whole industrial population of the state exclusive of ag ricultural laborers, who are not in cluded In the records. "As usual the question of -wages were the most frequent cause of dis putes. As compared with previous years there was a decline in the pro portion of work people who struck work to obtain an increase in wages. "The results of the disputes arising in 1908 were in favor of the work peo ple so far aa concerned, 37.1 per cent, of the number directly involved, in fa vor of the employers so far as con cerned 25.9 per cent.; while In the case of 37 per cent, the result was a com promise on amicable adjustment." Weather Indications. We Manufacture HARNESS EXPRESS, TEAM AND FARM HARNESS A SPECIALTY PRICES RIGHT 185 -207 MIDDLE ST., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. WOMEN AS JUDGES of good laundry work wheth er it is regarding white goods, individual linen or the family wash can be re lied on. They say the su perior kind comes from here. Try us The Crawford Laundry 435 Fairfield Avenue Telephone 2910 ADVERTISE IN THE FARMER, New Haven. March 11. New Haven and vicinity: cloudy to-nignt. xnurs day fair and colder. .. The storm that was central iieai - Louis yesterday is now central over Lake Erie. It is producing ciouay ami ra'ny weather in the Lake region and along the Atlantic coast, it win pruu- ahly pass through tne si. ahwicjiwc ..w- night and then followed tv clearing weather on Thursday. THE AGE OP EGGS. Hartford. March 10. Poultrymen and members of cold storage hrms were lined up against each other yesterday at a hearing before tne eumniuiCT agriculture on a bill for labeling egKs so as to show their antiquity or fresh ness. G. A. Cogrove of Willington. for the poultrymen. urged passage of the bill, as did others. It was contended that the bill was not against cold storage men, but against unscrupulous hucksters, who buy cold storage eggs, give them a lime treatment, making them look like "strictlies" and then sell them to an unsuspecting public. R. J. K ngs lev of Kingsley &. Smith. Thomas A. Berry of P. Berry & Sons, and Charles Hoyt of New Haven were among the opponents of the bill. It was said on their part that the cold storage busi ness was the salvation of the farm ers as "it allowed them to store eggs when thev were plenty and sell them when scarce. To show that eggs are not hurt by cold storage, one of the cold storage men related how thirty six eggs, which had been ten months in storage, were put under a hen and thirty-two hatched out. Another deal er sad that he had a few eggs on hand three years old. but they were just for experimenting with. WHAT IS A COLD in the head? Nothing to worry about if you treat It with Ely's Cream Balm. Neglect ed, the cold may grow into catarrh, and the air-passages be so inflamed that you have to fight for every breath. It is true that Ely's Cream Balm masters catarrh, promptly. But you know the old sayine about the ounce of prevention. Therefore use Cream Balm when the cold In the head shows itself All druggists, 50c, or mailed by Ely Bros., 56 Warren Street, New York. Ask for O'Kourke'9 union tobacco. TTTE PRFTTTF.ST FACTE, and the most bnttutlful hands are of ten disfigured by an unsightly wart. It can easily be removed in a few days without pain by using Cyrus- Wart Remover, for sale only at The Cyrus Pharmacy. 2 53 Fairfield avenue and 186 Cannon St. CLEANEASY, THE BEST HAND SOAP. Guaranteed not to Injure the skin. Instantly removes Stove Polish, Rust, Grease, Ink. Paint and Dirt. For tha hands or clothing. Large can 10 cente. Manufactured by Wm. R. Winn. 244 Stratford Ave. PHOTOGRAPHS FOR TITIAN BLONDES Sun rises tomorrow 6:13 a. m. Sun sets today 5:53 p. m. High water 1:08 p. m. Low water 6:68 p. m. Moon rises 9:23 p. m. All Those Who Attend Friday Matinee at Poli's Will Receive Handsome Picture of Irene Franklin. So great is Irene Franklin's popular ity proving at Poll's this week, that the management has decided to set aside a special day in honor of the red haired queen of vaudeville and her sisters of the auburn tresses in Bridge port. Acting upon Miss Franklin's sug gestion it was decided to Inaugurate a "Titian Special Matinee," for Friday afternoon. This will also be a souve nir matinee. The Idea briefly Is this: To every auburn haired lady who at tends next Friday's matinee will be given a handsome and artistic auto graph photo of Miss Franklin. These photographs, which are now being finished at the Apeda Studios in New York, are works of art. They are handsomely finished. The sitting was made by one of the best known photographers in the East. The pose is one of Miss Franklin's favorites and the general result is a symphony in lights and shades that is not only beautiful but decidedly novel. Besides securing this beautiful sou venir the Titian haired patrons who come to next Friday's matinee will thoroughly enjoy Miss Franklin in her inimitable and original songs including her famous hit "Red Head." and her almost equally popular "Expression." Miss Franklin is a decided type of "red head." She has a luxuriant mass of sun-kissed tresses, and if woman's glory is in her hair. Miss Franklin is well supplied with glory. Besides Miss Franklin, who is assisted by Mr. Burt Green, a pianist of ability, the other acts of this week's bill will please the auburn-haired patrons who attend the Titian Matinee next Friday afternoon. We give what we Advertise 1138-1140-1142-1144 MAIN STREET We give what we Advertise OPENING OF OUR THIRD FLOOR THCRSDAY NOTABLE DISPLAY AND NOTEWORTHY THURSDAY VALUES IN LACE CURTAINS, PORTIERES, PICTURES and ART GOODS EVERYBODY IS INVITED ! With great pride we wish to announce the opening of our Third Floor devoted to the above merchandise. Women who like to have first look will not care to miss the showing tomorrow. We can save you from twenty-five per cent, to thirty per cent, on these goods. With our guar, antee the articles to be as represented. We have made these statements pre viously; we will make them again on this occasion. This is our business policy an honest one. And honesty has paid for in four years, this store as grown as much as any other store in the state of Connecticut has done in eight years. Pol lowing opening values offered: HAVE YOUR PICTURES FRAMED HERE Many different styles of mouldings constantly on hand. Two hundred pretty pictures 18x33 mounted on very strong board of pa- per, limiaiion 01 mission rrame. rnese pictures sen ail over from 10c to 15c and tne subjects are reproductions from the best oil paintings, as an opening special we offer these at ON SALE THURSDAY ONLY. Displayed in the window. Pictures, pretty subjects framed in gilt and mission frames,sizes 18x10, 14x10, 19x5, regular 38c value. Opening special Beautiful collection of Hand Painted Pictures, including ' ' Christy V "Holy" and scenery subjects, framed in beautiful gilt frames and QQa ornamented corners, 24x30. Opening Sale wOC Large Dining Room Pictures of Fruit Designs, 33x18, mission I Mto frame, with fancy corners. Opening Sale . I 'fw 8 I -2c to a ' rmer 25c Two to a Customer THURSDAY TOMORROW Values up to $2.50 Umbrellas for $ I . We have just received five hundred and fifty Umbrellas that woud readily sell for a two and two and a half a piece. In deed when the great stock is exhausted they '11 haA'e to sell for that. Meanwhile, a single dollar. Men's and Women's are in the lot. The covers are water proof of good gloria,and the handles are practical and good looking. Some are in Gold and Pearl, others in Silver; also pretty natural wood handles, 26 and 28 inch paragon frame. Now displayed in our show window and will be on sale tomorrow only. GOOD OFFERINGS FROM OUR SHOE DEPARTMENT SHOES Ladies' Cloth Top, Patent Vamp, Plain Toe, always sold for $2.50 $1.59 Ladies' Russia Tan Oxford Vici Kid, Dongola and Gun Metal, sells for $2.50, welted soles , $1.98 Misses' High Cut Dongola, Button,sizes 84 to 2 $1.29 Childs' High Cut .98 Boys' Heavy Calf, sizes 1 to 6. . . . 1.19 Little Gents' ., .98 Men's and Women's Velvet Slip pers , .25 Babys' Soft Soles (all colors) ..... .19 Ladies' Tan, Vici Kid, Calf and Gun Metal .. . 1.49 Childs' Spring Heel Dongola, sizes 4 to 8 .... .. ., 50 FOR PLUMBERS LICENSE BILL MEMBERS OF CRAFT FROM THIS AND OTHER CITIES FAVOR LEGISLATION BEFORE COMMITTEE ON PUB LIC HEALTH. Plumbers, physicians and manufac turers from all over the State appear ed' before the committee of Public Health and Safety yesterday after noon at the hearing' in Hartford on the bill providing1 for the licensing of plumberf. As a result of the argu ments, both for end against the meas ure, the hearing was prolonged until nearly 5 o'clock, when it was postponed until a later date, when further argu ments will be heard by the committee. The bill provides for the establish ment of a Board of Plumbing' Ex aminers in all cities of 10,000 or over. The board shall consist of three mem bers who shall be appointed by the Board of Health, one member to be from the board, one a master plumber. and 'the third a journeyman plumber. In places where there is no Board of Health the town health officer shall constitute one member of the board. The Mayor shall have the power to appoint the other tw member. This board shall have the power to grant license to plumbers, and a penalty of not less than $10 nor more than $50 is provided for all plumbers who neglect to obtain the license. The bill was favored by a large number of plumbers and physicians, who claimed it was needed from a standpoint of public health and safety and that it would prevent unskilled plumbers from doing1 work at the dan ger of the health of the entire com munity. The bill was opposed prin cipally by manufacturers who claimed that it would interfere with their se lection of employes. Those who appeared in favor of the bill from Bridgeport were R T. Rock, the contracting plumber and M. B. Brewster-Oreene, secretary of the Manufacturers' Association. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL PALOL. tha palatable castor oil on ale at all drug stores. U I tt NEWS IN BRIEF. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Ger man Reformed Church, Congress St., will meet on Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock for the monthly social. In the meeting last month a reorganiza tion with 92 members was effected. The social is in the hands of Mrs. G. Heldt. Mrs. R. Laubscher, Mrs. C. Sachs and Mrs. W. Horn. The Swedish Tuberculosis Society will give a concert Friday evening. March 19, at the First M. E. church, the proceeds of which will be devot ed to the care of those 111 with consumption. Constipation PftSi more serious troubles. It shows that the import ant funoUons of th liver are Imperfectly per ormed. The best medicine to take for it is th nild. gentle and purely vegetable cathartic aolt by all druggists and sent by mail. Price. 26c It Made by Hood It's Good. The A. T. S. Club elected officers for the ensuing year at the annual meet ing in the club house, Stratford and Seaview avenues last night, as fol lows: President W. A. Saul; vice president, F. A. Hall; treasurer, R. Feyat; secretary, A. French. A re ception followed the meeting. Music was by Brewster's Orchestra. Miss Jane White sang several selections. The committee of arrangements was: W. G. Feyat, F. B. Hall. C. S. Peck. R. S. Saul and H. Boehn. Those present were: Misses Anna Saul, Marie Fevat. Margaret Hart, Jane White. May Wal lenta, Anna Rowland, Irene Burns, Agnes Hart, Amy Burns. Florence Rowland and Mrs. W. Saul, Mrs. H. Boehn. Mrs. Al. Odell, and Meaars. John Feyat, Sr., Charles Snyder, Rich ard Yeyat, Al. Odell, Charles Peck, Thomas O'Neil. William White, Ar thur Moyer, John Saul. Reed Palmer, William J. Miller, Robert Wallenta, Fred Daniels, James Phalen, Warren Saul, James Saul, Jr., Mr. Keating, F. B. Hall. R. S. Saul, H. Boehn and Mr. W. Palmer. had been chosen life members. Re freshments were served under the df- rection of Misses Frances Carney, Bertha Steeves and Nellie Egbert. Matthew Ourran, whose hand was crushed in rubber machinery, and wn"6 has suffered with blood poisoning, will probably recover. He is at St. Vin cent's hospital. GOV. LILLEY NAMES BURPEE AND WILLIAMS Hartford. March 10. In accordance with the provisions of the bill creating two extra judgeships of the Superior court, which he signed yesterday, Gov ernor Ulley sent to the House today the nominations of Judge Lucien F. Burpee of Waterbury, and State's At torney William H. William of Derby, to be judges of the Superior court for terms of eight years from the time of their appointment. He included' in the same nomination the reappointment of Judge George S. Cowell and Deputy J. Ot. Frederick M. Peafley to the District court of Water bury for terms of four years from April 1. He also appointed JutJge Peafley judge of this court from March 26, 1910, when Judge Cowell reaches the age limit. Charles E- Meigs, prose cuting attorney of the Waterbury City court, is nameu for deputy judge when Judge Peafley takes Judge Cowell'8 place. The Senate today passed by ballot the reappointments of Judge Ralph Wt Wheeler of the Superior court to date from March 14th. This was immed iately transmitted to the House under a suspension of the rules and there passed by ballot with a vote of 178 to 2. The nomination of justices of the Supreme court and judlges of the Su perior court named by Governor Ul ley last week came into the House to day in the Senate business and were taibled for the calendar. Deaths and Funerals. GEOLOGICAL WORK OF E. B. HALL The annual meeting of the, Farther Lights society of the First Baptist church was held last night. Officers were elected as follows: President. Miss Maud Curtiss; vice president. Miss Ida Lovegrove; secretary, Miss Frances Carney; treasurer, Miss Ada Bennett. This is the third time that Miss Curtis has been chosen president of the society. It was yoted to give $50 to the Mary Colby home of Japan. I twas announced that Miss LiUian Bradstreet and Mrs. Arthur S. Keith The Allegheny County reporter of Wellsville. N. Y.. contains an interest ing article by Rev. F. V. iieecher. on Edwin Bradford Hall, and his contri butions to contemporary knowledge, regarding the fossils of glass-sponges. These curious fossils are found in the neighborhood of Wellsville, where the Erie has made a cutting. They are not local fossils, but brought to their present situation by a glacier, drifting from the noreast. Mr. Hall was born in Bridgeport. He was a descendant of Governor Wilplam Bradford, second governor of Massa chusetts colony. When a young man of 27 Mr. Hall removed from this city to Wellsville. He had already affi iated with the Masonic lodge and chapter in Bridgeport. He kept up a constant correspondence with his friends here. The special story of Mr. Hall's geo logical work ie an interesting one. Suf fice it to say that he was the finder of over eighty new and distinct species of the order of Dictyospongidae. These are fossils of silicious sponges, paleo zoic forms of an extinct group of or ganisms, representing the "glass sponges" of the existing seas. His death took place Sept. 11. in the 83rd year of his ase. HEARING ON LIBRARY BILL There will be a hearing before the judiciary committee In Hartford, to morrow at 2 o'clock, on House Bill 611, Introduced by Representative Bartlett. giving the members of the library board of this city longer terms, with power to elect their own successors. Mrs. Clarissa Morgan, 840 Seavie avenue, wife of Cyrus Morgan, died at St. Vincent's hospital, yesterday morn ing, of a cancerous malady. She was 80 years old The husband Is ill as the result of the shock caused by the news of her death. She is survived by a son and a daughter, the latter be ing Mrs. Homer G. Foote, wife of the Seaview avenue baker. Elizabeth Anna, daughter of the late ohn F., and Mrs. Elizabeth Csatlos, died this morning at her home 697 Connecticut avenue, after an illness of pneumonia at the age of 21 years. 9 months and 9 days. Besides her moth er she is survived by one sister and four brothers. She was a member of the Young Ladies' Society of the Ger man Reformed Church, where her fun eral will take place. FIRE PERMIT GRANTED. The fire committee of the Council granted a permit to Patrick McGee to erect a coal shed of wood at the East End of Washington avenue Bridge. ECZEMA FROM HEAD TO FOOT For Six Months his Suffering was Beyond Words One Mass of Irri tation and Itching was Dreadful Slept Only from Sheer Exhaustion Almost Out of His Mind After 24 Hours' Use of Cuticura Slept Like an Infant and Then was CURED IN ONE MONTH BY CUTICURA REMEDIES "I am seventy-seven years old and one day, some years ago, I fell from a step-iaauer, Drmsmg my heel. In a few days I could not' walk. I called in a doctor and inside of a week erysip elas set in. The doctor had not cured me of that when I was taken with eczema from head to foot. I was sick for six months and what I suffered tongue could not tell. I could not leap day or night because of that dread ful itching; when I did sleep it was from sheer exhaustion. I was one mass of irritation; it was even in my scalp. The doctor's medicine seemed to make me worse and I was almost out of my mind. I read of Cuticura and sent my wife to the druggist, who was a member of my lodge ofodd Fellows, for a set of the Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Resolvent. I used them per sistently for twenty-four hours. That night I slept like an infant, the first solid night's sleep I had had for Slx months. I was not afraid to use plenty of Cuticura. Ointment and Cuticura Soap with hot water and in a week s time I was able to put on my clothes again. In a month I was cured. From that day to this I cannot praise the Cuticura Remedies too highly. I may add that I have a very heavy head of hair which I owe to Cuticura. W. Harrison Smith, R.F.D. 2, Mt. Kisco, N. YB, Feb. 3. '08." A single set of the Cuticura Remedies is often sufficient for tke treatment of the most torturing, disnguring, itching, burning and scaly humors, eczemas, rashes and irritations, with loss of hair, from infancy to age. when all other rem edies fail. Guaranteed absolutely pure and may be used from the hour of birth. Cuticura Soap .. Otntment (50c.). Reaolvent (S0c). and CboecJate United Pills (2Sc.), an sold throusrnoui toe wdmu rmwr uruff cnem. I Knlp Proca . 137 cblnmbll Ave. -Mailed Free. Cuticura Book on . Corp.. WANT Mm. CENT A WORtt