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THE FARMER: APRIL 26, 1909.
We're showing new Spring Models for the natty
Young Dresser and more conservative Older Heads
that were well chosen from the best makers.
We shall enjoy showing them to you at your con
venience, for we know that you will be greatly
pleased with the new styles and we're sure tnat
you'll not find a single suit priced too high.
FINE FURNISHINGS, HATS AND SHOES
HUB CLOTHING HOUSE
MAIN AND BANK STREETS
SPECIALS
For Tuesday and Wednesday
Canned Salmon (Flat 10c per can, 3 for 25c
(Imported Kippered Herring 13c per can, 2 for 25c I
i Imported Kippered Herring
(with Tomato Sauce 13c per can, 2 for 25c
Imported Kippered Herring
(Small) 9c per can, 3 for 25c'
Canned Tomatoes (What Cheer) 8c per can'
i canned Peas (Mignonette) . .8c per can,
Canned Corn (Caroline) 7c per cani
ANOTHER FLYER ON MATCHES
1 7 Boxes Black Diamond Matches for 25c, 2 Boxes 7c
Meat Specials
CORNED PIGS HOCKS 6c per lb1
CORNED PIGS FEET 4c per R
CORNED SPARE RD3S ...".7c per lb,
CORNED BEEF TONGUES 12V2c per lb,
Bridgeport Public Market
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East Main Street
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New Made Spring Butter, fresh from the churn
28c PER. POUND
THE PEOPLE'S DAIRY, 130 State St
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GEO. B. CLARK $ CO.
SEW STORE NEW GOODS NEW PRICES
BRASS BEDS 50 Styles
A. regular $22.50, two inch post Brass Bed for $15.50, both
bright and satin finish.
IRON BEDS 70 Styles
$2.50 to $30.00 each
1057 TO 1073 BROAD STREET, OPP. POST OFFICE
The Peck & I
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Dress Suit
Cases
We can
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Of
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send them to us. We guarantee
isfaotlon. No strong ehemleals used
only pure soap and water and modern
methods adopted to take out the
stains.
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135 Fairfield Avenue Telephone 2910
LECTURE BY JUDGE LIGHT
RECALLS STRANGE EXPERIENCE
OF MR. AND MRS. S. R. WILMOT
IN
A DREAM MRS. WILMOT VISITS HER HUS
BAND IN MID OCEAN AND HER APPARI
TION IS SEEN BY TWO
The Case Is Classic and Is Reported By the Society for
Psychical Research and in Canaille Flammarion 's
"Unknown" Mr. Wilmot Was Successful Manufacturer.
The lecture of psychic phenomena
given by Judge John H. Light, Friday
evening, before an audience in South
Church, has caused many people to
consider experiences along this line In
which they have themselves shared, or
which they have been related to them.
One of the classic instances of dis
tant sight in dreams was originally re-
related by three well known Bridge -I
port people. They were Samuel R.
Wilmot. his wife, and William J. Tait.
Mr. Wilmot was a well known manu
facturer. Mrs. Wilmot was one of the
founders of the Berean Church. All
are dead. The experience here re-nar
rated was originally printed in the An
nals of the Society for Psychic Re
search, published in 1891. It was re
produced by Camille Flammarion, the
famous French Astronomer, in his
work. "The Unknown," from which its
present publication is taken.
It falls into that group of border
land experiences which the investiga
tors classify under "distant sight in
dreams." In this instance the dreamer
seemed to feel herself two persons, and
was seen in the second personality, not
by her husband alone, but by another
man as well. Both, it is needless to
say, were shrewd men of the world,
substantial business men, and little
likely to have "queer" notions.
Now follows: the personal narration
of Mr. Wilmot:
"On Oct. 3, 1863, I left Liverpool for
New York, on Board of the Steamer
City of Limerick of the Inman Line,
commanded 'by Captain Jones. On
the evening of the second day, after
having passed Kinsale Head, we en
countered a great storm, which lasted
9 days. During this time we saw
neither sun, nor stars, nor did we sight
any vessel. The bulwarks were stove
in by the violence of the tempest and
one of the anchors broke loose and did
a great deal of harm before it could
be stowed away again. Several big
sails, though close reefed, were carried
away, and their yards were DroKen.
"During the night which succeeded
the eighth day of the storm, the gale
was a little less violent, and for the
first time since we left port I was able
to get a little refreshing sleep. To
wards morning I dreamed that I saw
my wife, whom I had lief t in the United
States. She came to the door of my
state room in her night dress. On the
threshold she seemed to penceive that
I was not alone; she hesitated a little
and then came up to me, stooped and
kissed me, and after having caressed
me a few moments she quietly with
drew. "When I awoke I was surprised to
observe my roommate, whose berth
was over mine, though ,1 could not see
him very distinctly, for our state room
was in the stern of the vessel, sitting
up, leaning on his elbow and looking at
me fixedly. "You are a lucky fellow,'
he said at last, to have a lady come
to visit you like that! I asked him to
explain himself. At first he would
not. but at last he told me what he
had seen, for he was quite awaKe ana
sitting up in his berth. It correspond
ed exactly with what I had seen in my
dream.
"The name of my room-mate was
: William J. Tait; he was not a man
I likely to be guilty of a joke. He was
i nr. tvio cnntrarv a very grave and re
ligious man, whose word I cannot
doubt. . ,
"The day after I landed, I took the
train to Watertown. where my wife
and children were living. As soon as
we were alone her first question was:
'Did you receive my visit a week ago
on Tuesday?' 'A visit from you, I
said ' 'Why, we were a thousand miles
at sea ' I know,' she said, 'but it seems
to me as if I had gone to visit you.'
'Impossible,' I cried; 'tell me what
makes you think so.'
"My wife then told me that seeing
the great storm raging, and knowing
of the loss of the Africa 'bound for
Boston, which sailed the same day we
left Liverpool for New York, and had
gone ashore on Cape Race, she had
been very anxious about my safety.The
night before, the same night when, as
I have said, the tempest commenced to
abate, she had stayed awake a long
time thinking of me, and about four
o'clock in the morning it seemed to
her that she must come and fine me.
Crossing the angry waves of the vast
sea, she imagined that she came to a
black ship, low in the water; she
climbed on board, and, going down to
the companion stairs, passed through
the ship until she' reached my state
room. 'Tell me,' she said 'are all the
state rooms like the one I saw you in?
Is the upper berth a little further back
from the under one? There was a man
in the upper berth who looked straight
at me. and for a moment I was afraiT
to come in, but at last r came up to
you, bent over you kissed you, press
ed you in my arms, and then I went
away.' S. R. Wilmot, Manufacturer,
Bridgeport."
The account continues: "The New
York Herald says that the City of Lim
erick left Liverpool Oct. 3, 1865,
Queenstown the 5th, and arrived at
her wharf early on Oct. 23.
"It also tells of the great storm,
of the critical situation of the steamer
and of the shipwreck of the Africa.
Inqury has confirmed in various ways
this strange story. Mr. Wilmot's sis
ter, who was on the same boat writes:
"On the subject of the singular ex
perience of my brother one night on
board the City of Limerick, I remem
ber that Mr. Taft, who that morning
took me down to breakfast because of
the terrtble storm which was raging,
asked me if the night before I had
come in to see my brother, whose state
room he shared . 'No,' I answered,
'Why?' 'Because', he said, 'I saw a
woman all in white who came to see
your brother."
"Mrs. Wilmot also writes:
"In answer to your question, did you
see anything peculiar about the man
in the upper berth? I must answer
that after so long a time I cannot
speak with any certainly as to minor
details, but I know that I was much
troubled by his presence and by per
ceiving that he was watching me
from above. I think that I told my
dream to my mother the next morning,
and I know that all day had a vivid
impression that I had been to see my
husband. This impression was so
strong that I felt myself reassured
and comforted, to my very great sur
prise. Mrs. . R- Wilmot."
The account continues: This Re
markable case deserves particular at
tention. It is rather old. The r.ccount
was probably written more than 20
years after it took place. One of those
DOES CONGRESS WISH TO RUN
INDEPENDENT STEEL COMPANIES OF
UNITED STATES OUT OF BUSINESS?
(Continued From First Page.i
That rone of these interests in the
steel manufacturing business are ex
pected to suffer in any normal market
from the importations of steel is made
more than manifest by the way the
Wall Street quotations on steel securi
ties are booming during this tariff agi
tation when the steel commodity prices
are excessively low. Are they not
discounting the future?
PRICE WAR OBJECT.
The makers of the present "open
market" extremely low prices on iron
and steel products undoubtedly have a
two-fold object in declaring a price
war.
First: To finally satisfy the popular
demand for low prices, especially dur
ing a tariff agitation, in endeavors to
forestal the development of any popu
lar demand for much lower duties,
that the consumers might secure relief
thereby from the socalled trust con
trol of the market, now so long rigidly
upheld, even during the dull times,
during and since the panic.
Second object, as openly claimed and
spread broadcast by the big corpora
tions, to severely punish the so-called
independents for selling these products
in competition with the so-called trust
products and at the lower prices than
the combines; and which lower prices
they could well afford to and did first
make.
Now, how long will these low prices,
recently established in declaration of
an oper market, prevail, after the new
tariff bill is passed, and with the
growing scarcity of iron and steel
scrap due to the relative increase in
demand for the scrap1 as the result of
an increase of 800 per cent. In the pro
duction of open-hearth steel in the
past eight or ten years, as compared
with the production of Bessemer steel.
The former process generally uses
about one -half pig iron and one-half
scrap in making up each open-hearth
furnace charge. The Bessemer pro
cess uses no scrap.
THE OPPN HEARTH PROCESS.
The so called independents in the
iron and steel business use almost ex
clusively the more modern and better
open hearth process in steel making
Whereas, such scrap, from five to ten
years ago, used to rule in value at
about three-quarters of the market
p-ice of pig iron, it now often eom-rr-ands
a higher price than pig iron;
and with the pig iron market through
sympathy with the advance in scrap
also greatly enhanced in value as com
pared with the general pig iron prices
of five to ten years ago.
The big steel corporation is not ap
preciably handicapped by fluctuation
in market prices of raw material, or
increase hi general market value of
its raw materials and supplies, in that
it possesses its own ore mines, coal
mines, blast furnaces, etc.; makes its
own scrap largely, practically controls
tho heavy railroad scrap, etc., and
buys but little raw material in the
opn market.
INDEPENDENTS DOMINATE
NO RAILROAD COS
1'ew of the Independents have their
own iron ore properties and blast fur
na :e, or any special or dominating In
fluence in the directorate or manage
ments, of the great railroad systems
who are the largest producers of iron
an 1 steel scrap. In consequence they
arr compelled to go into the oper
msrket to buy their raw material. In
noi having molten pig iron to charge
into their open hearth furnaces they
are further compelled to use a larger
proportion, for certain chemical and
physical reasons, or iron and steel
in any large quantities or beared the
pig iron market prices? What incen
tive could they have in helping to es
tablish a fair or comparatively low
market value in pig iron which is used
so extensively by their competitors
among the independent iron and steel
mills. The higher the pig iron pricee
go on Fteel making pig naturally the
higher goes the prices for foundry pig
iron, and with the result that the
whole cost of all hardware, machinery
agricultural implements and kindred
lines of manufactured products are
advanced and the sales prices to the
farmer and other consumers of neces
sity is relatively higher. The cost to
manufacturers of these and kindred
lines creep up to the point that ex
portation ceases. There is less em
ployment for American labor and those
manufacturers like the radiator com
panies, the harvesting machine manu
facturers and others use their Ameri
can capital for investment in the es
tablishment of factories abroad to se
sure the lower cost of raw materials
also labor in the production of their
line of merchandise for shipment
among the foreign countries.
MANUFACTURERS SUFFER.
The manufacturers, mills and foun
dry interests in New England, the At
lantic, Pacific. Gulf States and those
SIDE TRACKS GROW
DAY OF TRUCKMAN
IS PASSING
It is the Opinion of Men in
Carting Business that
Door to Door Deliv
ery from Cars
is at Hand
Suggested that Plan of Rail
road Company is to Run
Freight Cars Through
Streets at Night and
Hence Opposition to
Grooved Rails.
"Say do you want tto know -who is
doing the trucking business of Bridge
port? Well rn tell you that the Con
solidated railroad is doing It," said one
of the largest truckmen In the city this
morning. "And they are going to do
more of it." he added. He said that
what he meant by the Consolidated
doing the trucking was that the road
had established so many sidings into
the plants of large concerns that
the long hauls of a dozen or ten years
ago were a thing of the past.
ZZZ LrSjr-2Zr Derore there w be nothing in truck
who saw it la dead find cannot give scr .p. as compared with the pig iron
an account of what he saw at first
hand. We cannot feel certain that the
testimony of the witnesses after so
long a time had passed is exact, how
ever honest it may be, nor can we
trust all the details. Yet, after all
these reservations, there is doubtless
a remarkable correspondence between
the Impression of the three persons
Mrs. Wilmot had. either dreaming, or
awake, a vision of her husband, and
was able to make her way to him
through the obstancles that surround
ed him Mr. Wilmot dreamed what
his wife thought, and Mr. Tait, awake,
saw with his own eyes what seemed
a dream to Mr. Wilmot. These are
three inexplicable facts which we are
forced to admit."
NEW OFFICIALS
ON THEIR JOB
IN CITY COURT
The new officials as a whole con
ducted the city court proceedings this
morning. Deputy Judge Wilder was
on the bench. Assistant Prosecuting
Attorney William A. Redden and As
sistant Clerk John H. Grey were in
their plares. It was the first time
the new officials have appeared at one
session. There was a big slate to
greet them. Attorney Redden handl
ed his end of the business like a vet
eran. Tony Barbiera was fined $5 without
costs and Clarence Cheshire $2 and
costs on charges of breach of the
peace and assault. The two young
men who are both minors got into an
altercation in a picture show Saturday
night. Cheshire told Barbiera to take
off his hat and received an obscene
reply. Cheshire smashed Barbiera in
the face. Both were arrested.
Harry St. Clair, otherwise known as
Harry Tyron, was charged with em
bezzling a quantity of postal cards
which had been given him to sell.
Harry offered to produce the cards
which he had not sold if he was given
the chance. Judge Wilder suspended
judgment on condition, that the unsold
cards be produced.
As the result of a free for all fight
at 280 Hancock avenue yesterday Louis
Bishoff was fined $3 and costs and
Sanda Bellasa $5 without costs on
charges of assault, breach of the peace
and carrying concealed weapons.
The case of Frank Ryan charged
with burglary, was continued till to
morrow. Ryan ischarged with break
ing into the dove cote owned by Bar
ney Steinhart. a boy of 12 year, at 1663
Main street, and stealing seven pigeons
the particular pets of the boy. It is
said that Ryan took the pigeons to the
barn where he lives in the West End.
He was arrested by Patrolman Ladd
who located him.
The case against John Rooney charg
ed with non-support was continued' one
month under the supervision of Pro
bation Officer Canfield.
NASAL CATARRH, an inflammation
of the delicate membrane lining the
air-passages, is not cured by any mix
tures taken into the stomach. Don't
waste time on them. Take Ely's
Cream Balm through the nostrils, so
that the fevered, swollen tissues are
reached at once. Never mind how
long you have suffered nor how often
you have been disappointed, we know
Ely's Cream Balm is the remedy you
should use. All druggists, 50c. Mailed
by Ely Bros.. 56 Warren Street. New
York.
Lemon Omelet.
Put the yolks of four eggs Into a
bowl with a tablespoonful of sugar.
Beat until light and add the grated
rind of a lemon. Whip the whites of
the egss to a stiff froth and mix light
ly with the yolks. Then stir In a
fourth of a teaspoonful of baking pow
der. Pour In the omelet pan, in which
a tablespoonful of butter has been
melted, and bake In a moderate oven
for ten minutes. When done cut the
omelet in half, put on a hot platter,
with the following lemon jelly between
the layers, and serve as quickly as pos
sible: Lemon Jelly. Take one-half cupful
of sugar, a tablespoonful of butter, the
juice and rind of one lemon and two
well beaten eggs. Beat together and
stir over the fire until thick. Deline
ator. A Weed That Steals Oysters.
A seaweed has invaded the oyster
beds of France and carried off 400,000
oysters. It has carried them off bodily,
as a thief would do. The minute seeds
of this weed float up the English chan
nel in the current of the gulf stream;
they settle on oysters in the Breton
beds of Morbiban, Qulberon and Belle
Isle, and they grow to the size of a
duck's egg. They are full of water,
but at maturity the water evaporates,
and air takes its place. The egg shaped
seaweed is then a balloon, and. like a
balloon, it lifts its oyster from the bot
tom and bears it out to sea.
Walking In New York.
Men walk more rapidly in the streets
of New York city than in any other
city in the world. The average speed
during the business hours, according
to the most careful calculations possi
ble, is four and one-tenth miles an
hour. After sunset the pace drops
nearly one mile an hour. New York
Herald.
Ask for O'ltonrkci onion tobacco.
PALOL. the palatable castor oil on
ale at all drug stores. Ultt
A Quick Shift.
Choleric Old Gentleman Miss, If
that fool boy of mine marries you
Young Woman (raising ber lovely eyes
to his) Well, Mr. Scadley? Choleric
Old Gentleman Er well, dash him. I
can't blame the boy. cAt-ago Tribune.
What Every Woman Knows.
That the photographer can take a
fine picture of most anybody else.
Cleveland News.
There Is precious instruction to be
got by finding we are wrong. Carlyle.
WANT ADS. CENT A WORD.
used in the open hearth furnace charge
thsn the practice is with the large
stesl corporations.
Now. with the growing scarcity of
this scrap as compared with the rapid
ly crowing relative demand for scrap
the prices are constantly increasing as
compared with the general activity and
ma ket prices of finishing mill pro
diKts in the iron and steel business; so
with the consequent sympathetic in-
crelse In the pig iron prices, at the
same time it is very obvious that the
Indspenoent, or smaller iron and stee'
woiking companies, are liable to be
crovded out of competition with the
big corporations, as was the steel
woi ks of Miliken Bros. In New York
harbor, and a number of others who
hae succumbed to the great handicap
cent years; (materials now so power
recent years; (materials now so power
full f controlled and frequently mani
pulated over a wide range of fluctua
tion.) unless Congress materially re
lieves the condition by throwing the
world's markets for raw material, or
at least on iron and steel scrap, prac
tically open to Importations free of
duty.
THE CANADIAN DUTY.
Cnnada has an import duty on iron
and steel scrap of but $1.00 per ton
whereas American mills, endeavoring
to take scrap, in from Canada under
the DIngley tariff, have to pay $4.00
per ton duty, and under the proposed
Aldi Ich duty or tariff. $2.50 per ton;
undir the Payne Tariff 50 cents per
ton
Iis obvious that there is no recip
rocity for the life of an international
iron and steel scrap trade; for Canada
can. and does, draw on the United
States for large quantities of this
scrap, and we cannot replace that ton
nage by imports from Canada, or from
other countries, without paying a pro-
nioitive tariff, if in excess of 60 cents
a ton provided by the Ways and Means
Committee of the House in the Payne
Bill, as passed on to the Senate Fin
ance Committee. ,
TO PROTECT INDEPENDENTS.
If these Independent mills can be
protected against the cornering of this
scrap, to insure the better and ade
quate supply at a reasonable price, it
will help preserve them as Independent
competitors and aid in regulating fin
ishing mill market prices. The more
business they can then do the greater
the quantity, or tonnage, of domestic
pig iron (still protected by a $2.50 per
ton duty as produced in the Aldrich
and Payne BUI) they will require in
making their steel; for this pig can
not be dispensed with, and neither, for
chemical reasons, can the pig iron be
replaced to any appreciable extent, by
the scrap steel, in the open-hearth fur
nace charge.
This can but result in more business
for the blast furnace and iron ore
mines and properties: especially those
not already owned by the big cor
porations who seek no market for these
materials among the independent steel
mills.
Are not the independent blast fur
nace Interests, if there be such, liable
to kill the goose that lays the golden
egg, if. by insisting on scrap iron and
steel being dutiable at the same price
as pig iron, they thus help the big
corporations to run the smaller com
petitors out of business, for the big
corporations need buy no more pig
iron (having their own blast furnaces.)
than enough to fix the high market
price thereon to assist in establishing
a high price on such of their steel
sales contracts, the prices for which is
bised upon a differential of a certain
sum over and above the generally
quoted market price for pig iron.
For instance, contracts like the world
famous steel plate contract with the
Pressed Steel Car Company, which It
is also commonly reported involved the
return of all thafleompiny'a Iron and
steel scrap to the company furnishing
the steel plate. When in recent years
has the big corporation bought pig iron
in costs of their Iron and steel scraD
pig Iron and steel and expected great
relief from this new tariff when last
November they cast their votes
Are they to be doomed to disappoint
ment, and if so will they and their
employees not know In the future how
to vote to more purpose
Take the tariff on Iron and steel
scrap again for illustration. The
Payne Bill first had it on the free list.
but finally voted in the House a duty
or 50 cents a ton, and now the Aldrich
Finance Committee of the Senate pro
poses to make it five times as high or
a total of J2.50 a ton, namely, ldenti
cal to the duty on new material In the
form of pig iron.
Its production involves no plant in
vestment and requires no productive
labor, so m itself obviously needs no
protection. However, the manager of
both the Western Pig Iron Association
ana tne Eastern pig iron Association,
numbering scores of blast furnace com
panies, and the big steel corporations
controlling the price of pig iron, are
generally understood to be insisting
that this iron and steel scrap or old
material Should carry a duty the same
as on pig iron and why if not in reality
to the better extinguish the competi
tion of the independent steel mills and
stop their being a factor in establish
ing a lower market price on finished
steel products to the consumers at
large than those scheduled by the big
companies.
But is this wise and in the interests
of the consumers of steel. If accom
plished will the country not pay dearly
for its thoughtlessness and shortsight
edness in not encouraging and provid
ing for a continuance of fair competi
tion among domestic producers that
the home market process may be kept
right and on a fair level as compared
with the prices which the big corpora
tions establish for their export of ma
terials to foreign countries and with
out the necessity of throwing the Am
erican market wide open to the impor
tations of materials much more ad
vanced in manufacture.
There was imported of scrap iron
and steel, as reported to the House for
the year 1906, but about 13,500 tons, as
compared with a production of pig
iron in this country of some 25,000,000
to 30,000,000 tons, or of scrap imported
varsus pig iron produced here of only
about one-twentieth part of one per
cent., or one ton of scrap for 2,000
tons of pig iron made, and from which
the Government did derive at the $4.00
per ton Dingley bill duty only some
$54,000.
If, with a 50 cent per ton duty there
were only 1.000.000 tons of scrap im
ported it would be less than four per
cent of the pig producing capacity of
this country, so why should the pig
iron producers fear a low duty on
3crap, for it is doubtful if foreign
markets could supply anything like
this country without their foreign mar
kets prices per ton being enhanced to
a value prohibiting further importa
tions to this country, but were there a
million tons of scrap thus Imported on
this duty basis this Government would
derive a revenue of about a half a
million dollars or some ten fold the
revenue secured on scrap in 1906
Broken pig iron could not be import
ed as scrap for the laws require its
takinir the same duty as pig iron and
neither could the direct products of
the blast furnaces abroad be run Into
some other form or shape than pig and
shiDDed into this country as a
subterfuge without iron identi
cal in analysis with pig iron being
classed as pig iron and subject to the
pig iron duty. The blast furnace in
terests can safely trust the Custom
house authorities and those in charge
of the various ports of entry to en
force this condition, for scrap is al
ways understood in the iron and steel
business to consist of only old and
waste material and is never made to
order.
Much could be said along the same
line in favor of free iron ore now al
ready so closely held or cornered and
controlled by the big corporations and
their allies, and by trade agreements,
and even free coal has its place on the
tariff bill for the consideration of the
public in deciding these rates of duty
for the general good and to the end
that the industrial pursuits may not
be too much centralized through grav
itating to locations having special nat
ural advantages. In keeping these va
rious industries now still fairly well
scattered throughout the country from
being consolidated into a few immense
centralized plants for the aggregate
production needed it safe-guards the
interests of the laboring classes in
many ways and protects those who
own their own homes in their present
districts of employment.
Cost of production in this country
must be got down and kept on a prop
er level so that this country can com
pete in foreign markets on account of
the over-production In this country as
compared with its normal consump
tion, otherwise the labor of this coun
try will not And sufficient employment
and this labor in competing with itself
for employment will experience greater
suffering than would result from less
tariff protection.
FLANAGAN SAID:
"HELLO DEARIE"
ing or express business in this city that
would not be done by the railroad. He
said: "I am surprised that the news
papers did not grasp the significance
of the statement made by "Vice Pres
ident Townley before the aldermanic
street committee a short time ago. He
said 'the company is desirous of lay
ing the T. rails because at some future
time it hopes to connect up its electric
systems with what are known as its
main lines or steam roads.
"Now the railroad could not run
freight cars containing several cars of
coal or general merchandise on groov
ed rails with safety. It undoubtedly"
intends to land heavy freight at va
rious points of the city by operating
freight cars at night after the pas
senger business of the day is over.
Then the company has control of the
electric express business and it will not
be long before deliveries will be made
direct from the cars. Later they will
deliver freight from New York from
trolley cars and then there will be
fewer truckmen than there are to
day." At the meeting of the Common
council to be held to-night the Con
necticut Co., will ask for permission to
broaden the dummy, gauge between its
rails in Golden Hill street; the right
to establish a temporary siding for its
express business in Water street, and
permission to locate another curve at
Main and Golden Hill streets.
Public hearings will be held on this
matter
It is not expected that any action
will be taken to-night relative to pro
viding an entrance to the car barn or
that grooved rails will be discussed.
The mayor stated this morning that he
understood that the railroad was go
ing to submit another plan relative
to the car barn entrance and would
also have a communication relating to
grooved rails within a few days.
NEWTOWN
David Flanagan, who accosted two
girls last Friday night on Harrison
street was fined $5 and costs by Judge
Wilder in the city court this morning
on a charge of breach of the peace.
Flanag.i". was arrested by Patrolman
McCullough on complaint of the girls
He conducted his own defense in court
this morning and accused practically
the whole police department of being
too officious. The girls testified that
Flanagan saluted them with "Hello
Dearie" when he met them. Flanagan
acknowledged the accusation and ex
plained that he thought the girl he
accosted was an old friend whom he
had known since she was a child. He
gave the name of the girl. He said
he had apologized when he d'scovered
his mistake, which statement the girls
denied. He appealed under bonds of
$50.
The game Saturday between the
Newtown Athletic Club and the Defen
ders of Bridgeport was interesting, the
score being 5 and 7 in favor of New
town. The play was quite exciting
and the young club with their friends
were joyous over the victory. Inter
est in these Saturday games Is fast in
creasing as the attendance was much
larger than heretofore. New bleachers
on the ground are the latest innova
tion which will be a boon to the ladies
Mrs. Robert C. Keane of Bridgeport
has returned home after a visit of two
weeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Keane Sandy Hook.
Gustave Carlson, EJaward Bradley
and Rodney Shepard, enjoyed a tramp
to Roxbury Sunday a distance of IS
miles, returning by evening train.
Edward Pitzschler spent Sunday in
New York City.
Consreeational Notes. Rev. Alexan
der Steele preached from Matt. 22-23,
the subject being "Faithfulness". The
Men's Federation will meet this even
ing. G. Herbert Johnson of New Mil-
ford will be the speaker. The men
of Monroe Church will attend. The
ladies' sewing society will meet Wed
nesday at 2 o'clock at the home of
Miss 9. J. Seudder Next Sunday will
be communion Sunday, when several
members are to 'be united to the
church. The Christian Endeavor meet
ing was led by Miss Lulu Roberts and
was a missionary meeting.
Trinity Notes Rev. Dr. Ely of Stam
ford, occupied the pulpit Sunday morn
ing, his text being taken from St. John
10-10. Subject "Life." Saturday St.
James' Day holy communion will be
administered to the siok in private.
Next Sunday at 11 o'clock there will
be he a celebration of Holy Commun
ion St. Rose's Notes. At the 10 o'clock
mass Rev. Father Connors preached a
fine sermon on "The Good Shepherd"
also reading the Epistle and Gospel
of the day. Next Saturday a class for
Confirmation will be formed at 10
o'clock. Parents and guardians of chil
dren are requested to see that these
classes are attended in preparation for
Confirmation.
The young ladles who were instru
mental in planning the very successful
series of social dances for the benefit
of improvements on the Parichoal res
idence wish to thank the patrons of
the dance Saturday and announce an
other in the near future which will
promise as pleasant a gathering as the
last.
Roy Piatt of New York was a Sun
day guest in town.
TWO STRANGERS" AND
NEW SUIT MISSING
Saturday night two strangers ap
plied for a room at the boarding house
conducted by Mrs. B. E. Piatt, at 253
State street. Sunday morning they left
the house early and soon after, D.
Comorato.another roomer in the hous
who Is employed at the Waldorf Lunch
room, returned and found that a new
suit of clothe3 he had left hanging in
his room was missing. The two
strangers could not be found in the
city and the matter has been reported
to the police.
ST. JOSEPH'S BASEBALL
TEAM DANCE.
To-morrow night at their own hall,
Earnum avenue and Caroline street,
the St. Joseph's baseball team runs a
benefit dance for the coming season
All lovers of dancing and all followers
of our national game should be on
hand to lend a helping hand and en-1
courage the boys. They have arranged
a splendid entertainment for all who
attend. Maloney s orchestra will dis
course music. The boys intend to give
the public of Bridgeport an oppor
tunity of witnessing some of the best
semi-professional bal lin this vicinity
on a ground centrally located and easy
of access. Don't forget the date, Tues
day, April 27th.
Sun rises tomorrow ......... 4:57 a. m.
Sun sets today 6:44 p. m.
High water 3:39 a. m.
Low water 10:17 a. m.
Moon seta 13:62 a, n.