THE FARMER : AUGUST 8, 191
All rigiJts reserved
Melgrs & Co
Store closes dally at S .P. SI- except Saturday
Our Clearance of
Boys' Wash Suits
Is Saving Money
For Many Parents
of Boys. Prices are
Very Low Now.
This must be a com
plete clearance--s-so we
include everything in
the wash line, including our finest suits made
by one of the oldest and best houses in the
trad?. ' Ask to see the Regatta suits, notice
their workmanship, their style then buy at
big reductions '
Russian and Sailor suitsin. plain colors
and stripes, formerly up to $3.95 now 79c, 95c,
$1.45, $1,95, $2.45 and $2.95.
Linen Suits formerly up to $5.00,! sizes up .
to 16 years, reduced to $2.90 and $3.90. -..'.
Odds and ends of children's knickers and
rompers are now 17c and 39c. V-T
And all Children's Straw Hats are now
marked exactly half-price.
Khaki Play Suits vacation clothes slightly soiled ' in
handling-, sizes 9 to 16, regrularly up to $3.50, reduced to &5o
ana i.u.
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OUTFITTERS TO MEM WOMEN c CHILDREN
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TTRVCTIOS
THETHiATRES
THE PLAZA
Today and tomorrow ' remains for
lovers of musical comedy to see the
Poli Players in the great musical sen
sation, Madam Sherry, which is the
vehicle at the Plaza theatre this tveek.
Madam Sherry is -proving the most
attractive of any piece staged this
season by the popular stock players.
Capacity houses .have proven the rule
all week and thevhouse is almost sold
out for the three remaining perform
ances. Every Little Movement evi
dently has a " meaning all of its owe.,
for" everybody is moving toward the
Plaza.
Seats ordered by phone will be held
only until a half .. hour before the
show. (-''
. The shows : at the Plaza could not be
improved, so Manager Poll is going
to improve the house. ' This is -the last
week of stock." - .:
EMPIRE
UNREST AND BITTERHESS
How Our Old Laws Provoke Bad Feeling Trend of
Court Decisions Should Be Reviewed By In
dustrial Relations Commission Just.
Appointed By President Wilson
' BENE! K- SKAGER .
Professor of Political . Economy, Columbia University
(Exclusive Service The Survey Press Bureau)
; The Federal Industrial Relations
j Commission, Just appointed by Presi
t dent Wilson, was created to- investi
gate the causes of the prevailing bit
tr feeling between employers and em--iployes
and to recommend measures for
"its abatement v , . . - , ' .
f A certain amount, of antagonism be
rtween employers and employes is, of
' course, no new thing. Their interests,
when it comes to the-division of the
r fruits of their common thought and
toil. Are - necessarily opposed. So long
as the share of the employes depends
t on their ability to make favorable bar
i gains with their employers that is, so
t long as the wage system itself endures
, some sense of antagonism, must con'
" tin ue, ,
' There is, however, a new element in
: the situation, and this, in my Judg
' ment, is a widespread sense of the in-
Justice of. the conditions under which
the wage contract must .now be made.
By this I'do not mean that any very
large proportion of wage-earners has
j come to accept the doctrine which So
- cialists teach that the whole product
of industry is due to labor and ought
of right to go to the workers." The re-
volt, as I interpret it, is not agalnet
the wage system itself, but rather
' against the legal' restrictions which in
-practice hamper wage-earners at every
' turn in their efforts to improve their
condition without putting any corre
; ponding restrain upon their employ
: trm. ,
TT 3l few illustrations will make my
meaning clearer. The injunction pro
' cees has been found a highly efficient
"means of breaking a strike. It can be
used by employers against their em-
. ploves because they can nearly always
pe i"auade a court that damage suits
agajnet these employes, after they have
committed 'unlawful acts which are
destructive of property, will prove in
effective. It can rarely, if ever, be
turned against employers because it
can usually be urged that they will be
able to respond in damages, and that,
therefore, there is no need for this
extraordinary means of compelling
them to respect the property rights of
others. A legal remedy which may be
used by one eide in an industrial dis
pute and not by the other, naturally
seems tothe other unfair.
Again, wage-earners know that to
- succeed in strikes for higher ftvages or
- shorter hours they must control a suf
ficient proportion of the available
Zjsiprkers in the trade to bring it home
'2.6. the employer that they are neces-
Tsary partners in his business." From
their point of view, therefore, efforts
- to strengthen their unions through
strikes to prevent the employment of
non-unionists, or "scabs," are as nec-
. essary and proper as efforts to secure
higher wages or shorter hours directly.
"When the courts tell them that they
may strike for better conditions, Juiti
If. they strike to strengthen the union
they are guilty of conspiracy, they feel
that the law Is illogical, arbitrary, and
. Cesigned, while seeming to concede to
'them the right to united action, really
, to prevent their united efforts from be
ing effective.
Another distinction of law draws,
which seems -to them unfair. Is that
" between strikes and boycotts. One
" me oDdurate employer
may be made to respect the right of
orf.an'z y. inducing his
: , k1 wiuiara.tr their patronage
. ucais nis employes in a
manner that seems to th.
era. fair. Trade unionists see no reason
Jl 5V..!f!"n M they" do ln regard to
..sm oi wage-earners to organize,
io .patronize an
,uf er wop. aenies them t&s right.
TiT. " " Hucn rerusal effective they
think that they chould be allowed to
publish the names of "unfair" or Vwe,
tWronue" employers in - their
union journals. The view that this
vuuButuies a conspiracy seems to them
to involve a denial-of their liberty to
patronize whom they choose. When
this view of the Toyeott crystalizes
injunction, for the alleged viola
cion or which such a widely revered
laoor leader as John Mitchell is threat
ened with fine and imprisonment, it
becomes, to their minder, an intolerable
instrument of tyranny.
Finally, , the application ' of the fed
eral anti-trust act to labor combina.
tions strengthens wage-earaers in their
oeiiet , that for whatever purpose a
law may be framed the courts will be
w ii against tnem rather
tnan against their employers. Under
that statute the United Hatters are li
able to pay damages to the amount
Of ? 40,000 for acts which their con
sciences fully approve, while the Stan
dard Oil company, the trust must fre
quently referred, to when the act was
under consideration in . CongresSi has
escaped with an order to dissolve, obe-
i-iiKuoe to wnicn oas served only, so
the wage-earner argues, to . enhance
greatly the value of its constituent
properties, ' ..
It is these anomalies in our law as
it applies to wage-earners which - are.
In my opinion, ehiefly responsible for
the bitterness which American work-
lngmen feel toward their employers.
and the readiness with which they turn
irom lawful to unlawful and even
criminal measures to secure, their ends.
Nothing is so fatal to a law-abiding
disposition as a conviction that the law
itself is unjust or that its administra
tion is unfair. - "
Let the Industrial Relations Com
mission study sympathetically our law
with reference to what wage-earners
may and what they may not do to
better their conditions. Iet them-com
pare It with the law of the United
Kingdom, from which we got the com
mon law principles, which our courts
are Jtrying to apply. Let them invest!
gate the reason -for the British Par
liament itself deliberately superceding
these principles, so far as they affect
the relations between employers and
employes, -by the trade union acts of
the seventies and the trade disputes
act "of 1906, and find Cut jwhat have
been, the results of this liberal1 legis
lation. Finally, let them either show
that our present laws are unfair, in
their operation, and recommend mod
ifications, even constitutional modifi
cations .of necessary, or let them de
fend these laws by reasoning so co
gent that it. will convict thoughtful
wage -earners of the error of their
views. This seems to me the most im
portant task of the commission.
NO FRANCHISE
r FOR WOMAN IS
ASQUITH'S FIAT
London, ' Aug. 8. Premier Asqulth
-gave cold comfort today to Mrs. Mil
'. licent Fawcett, the president of the
National Union of Women's Suffrage
Societies, and her' non-militant 'col
Isaguea when they interviewed him in
hta official residence in Downing street
and urged him to bring in a govern
ment measure bestowing the franchise
$1 women. The premier complimented
his visitors on their constitutional
methods, which, he said, "were such a
welcbme contrast to the criminal pro
ceedings" of the militant suffragettes.
He, however, frankly declared that he
ha?d undergone no change of heart in
the matter and that. there could be no
question of the government under
taking the desired measure during the
present parliament. :
Mr. Asquith pointed - cunt that the
final word on woman suffrage rested
with the people of the United King
dom and if the women were able to
convince the people that- such a
change was desirable and beneficial,
no combination in the world could
prevent the attainment of their object-
It . is not good Judgment ifor the
summer girl to wear more than four
diamond rings on a certain finger sim
ultaneously. v
In the "Intruder," a two-part Vita
graph, one of the features to-day at
this theatre, is an interesting study
of a "decayed gentleman" of -the old
school, a utter egotist and yet a fail
ure In life, one who attempting to de
ceive others simply succeeds in de
ceiving himself but who nevertheless
finds considerable satisfaction' in so
doing. The character of this man as
well as of the others in the story Is
brought out in a truly marvellous
and convincing manner, giving one
an insight into. the peculiar workings
of a strangely constituted mind but at
the same time leaving one with ' a
higher conception of the inherent
goodness of mankind. Few photo
plays so well the merit of "life-por
trayal so well . delineated i are the
characteristics of the various person
ages of the story. .
POLI'S THEATER
is
A bill of unusual variety was found
at Poll's new theater yesterday. Sadie
McDonald & Co. in a farce comedy
in one act entitled "Cafe re Luxe"
furnished abundant amusement. Swan
and Bambord in an acrobatic specialty
presented an . act that deserves more
than ordinary praise.
' A distinct novelty on the bill
Tenehoe, a real red skin warrior who
offers a song rendered as well as could
be expected from a copper colored per
former, but his real hit is .when he
goes through a routine of tricks - on
the Roman rings. . this exhibition was
a revelation, to, -the eye and his 'tnuscu
lar .development which he displayed
with spotiight effects showed an ex
traordmary physique.
Spigel and JOunn in a black face -turn
showed originality. -
Bijou Russell, one of the real old
timers x of vaudeville, proved to be one
of the hits of the evening with a sand
dance specialty. The . Burns Sisters
in a. refined musical act offered1 fifteen
minutes' of enjoyable entertainment.
Six -thousand; feet 1 -of first run -"Photo
plays were offered on the screen to
the delight of the entire audience.
Country Store is announced for Friday
night. ,
NEWTOWN
Newtown, Aug. 8 Mrs. Charles
Ward and family of Bridgeport is at
the home of her father, Morris, Leavy
of Walnut Tree Hill, for; : the rest or
the season ' . .
Will Bradley of the New York post
office who spent his; vacation of two
weeks at E. Troy's at Sandy' Hook,
returned to his home todays stopping
at Danbury a day or two, enroute. ;
J. W. Dayton- of Dayton & Hurzler,
Bethel, began today a vacation of two
weeks which will be spent in Newtown
and Pasaic, N. J. chiefly. His broth
er, George, will . cover" his route
through this vicinity for the firm, dur
ing the absence of the formerC
The Misses Gertrude Egani and
xu&rcie nitzpatncK or - wooasiae, Jj. t..
are spending the week with Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Egan on the Palestine
Heights. Their niece, Miss Hazel Fgan
of Bridgeport is also a guest.
Special Officer- John Keating of
Shetton accompanied by his wife and
family were recent guests of Mrs. P.
Keating and other friends in Pales
tine. ' '
TRUMBULL
The last meeting . of the registrars
of voters was held at the Town , hall
today.
The regular meeting of Trumbull
Grange, No. 134,. P. of H., will be at
Grange hall, Friday evening. The lec
turer will present the following pro
gram: Readings, Elbert S. Brinsmade
and Gladys Stroebel; discussion, "What
Contributes Most to Success; Industry,
Emonomy, or Cultivation? Howard S.
Beach, William H. Brinsmade; current
events, Merrill Beach. Question box.
Nevt meeting, August 22, isvill be ceres
night.
Mrs. Seth Hill has been the guest
of friends at Walnut Beach for a few
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. . Burr are
entertaining Miss Bessie Treadwell of
Weston. . . , ; . ,
Miss Mildred Wakeley has returned
to her home at Chestnut Hill having
spent a few weeks with her uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Joh'n Treadwell in
Taahua.
IThe Misses Atherns who have been
spending some time, with their broth
er, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Atherns, have
returned to their , home in Brooklyn,
N. Y. A
Mrs. William . Wellington is at
Black Rock the guest of her daughter.
Mrs. William5 Secor. '
Walter Hubbell who has been at
the Bridgeport hospital for treatment
has returned' home.. His son, Clinton
Hubbell, while working for Percy
Card on Tuesday fell breaking his arm
and was taken to the "hospital. -
Mrs. Vinnie Bradley has been
spending a few days in Bridgeport the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. R, Edwards
of Colorado avenue.
BKRTXDLOX SYSTEM HERE
PRAISED BY EXPERT
Again the police Bertillon depart
ment, in charge of Sergeant George
Haux in connection with the police de
partment, has received high commen- j campaign contributions.
RS. SEELY'S WAIST SHOP
SECURITY
BUILDING
UP STAIRS
MAIM ST.
Room 210.
Take
Elevator. Open un
til 9 O'Clock Sat-
Tirda.y Nights.
Sale
SHIRT WAIST BARGAINS FOR ALL
ONE DAY ONLY, SATURDAY . V
. They are the pick of America's Best Waist
Manufacturers. New Fall Sample Line
Waists Worth $7.50, 10.S0,
$12.50 and $15.00, For
$3.9
Description of Sample Waists
(Sizes 84 to 44 bust) V ;
CHIFFON WAISTS OVER LACE AND SILK
BROCADED SILK WAISTS
BROCADED CREPE DE CHINE WAISTS
WHITE CREPE DE CHINE WAISTS
BLACK AND GREY CREPE DE CHINE WAISTS
WAISTS OF IMPORTED SHADOW LACES
REAL HAND EMBROIDERED FRENCH VOILE
waists r
BLACK SILK MOURNING WAISTS I
, - POSITIVELY FOR SATURDAY ONLY
At 35 ?D T!
P Js
. ; ' Values are $7.50 to $15
Colors: White, Black, Navy Blue, Copenhagen Blije,
Tan, Brown, Grey and Fancy Combination Shades
200 White Waists
SAILOR COLLAR SHORT
SLEEVES. Sizes 34 to 44.
While they last, Saturday
only, at . . . ... : . V. ... . .
tt.
ft Sflli Waists
each
On Sale Saturday at. ."; . . y.. "
All white and striped .Tub Silk, Roll flat and. round
collars. Plain tailored and draped yoke styles. " "
DRESSES FOR GIRLS
$1.00,$150, $2.00 Dresses for
Sizes 6 to 14 years old. On
Sale Saturday.
each -
Voile and lingerie Waists daintily trimmed and band embroidered, also
plain tailored Waists and Sblrta. . Every Waist a special bargain. Sizes
34 to SO bust. - , ' c -
V $1.00 AND $1.50 WAISTS
New Summer styles in pret- ;
ty. Lingerie and smart Tail
ored Waists. Sizes 34 to 44.
All low neck and short sleeve
models. These great values at
- THESE GREAT BARGAINS AD OTHERS OJf SALE SATURDAY
MRS. SEELY'S, 1115 MAIN ST. Security Building
One Flight Up Take Elevator ' Rooms 210-211
each
police, Michael- Angelo Mignme, anas
kmitp. Timiria. recently captured in
New York by State Detective Virelli
upon cnarges 01 aucmou
a-nA .his-hwav roODery at n.ast nymB,
Conn., was brought to this city to be
measured and photographed. In view
of the well equipped departments in
New York. Hartford and- other nearby
cities this is considered a high tribute
to the work done here.
PROBERS FOLLOW
UP TRANSACTIONS
111 BIG FOUR STOCK
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New York, Aug. 8 Philip Boyer of
the New York Stock Exchange firm of
Boyer, Grlswold & Co., was to re
sume the witness stand Def ore me
Frawley legislative . investigating com
mittee, this afternioon, r further
questioning about transactions in
'Big "Four" railroad stock in behalf
of an individual whom counsel for the
committee seeks to identify as Wil
liam Sulzer, governor ,of - New York.
According to testimony, yesterday, a
Suiter campaign check, endorsed "wu-
lam Sulzer," found its way to the
stock exchange house in question.
Should the "committee be backed in
its efforts to trace certain stock trans
actions, it- was said today that it
would call on the exchange authori
ties to throw light on the mysterious
account "No. 500 "which has figured
n the testimony and which the com
mittee contendp was that of the gov
ernor, i
It ia understood there Ib marked dif
ference of opln'on among the members
ae to the couise to be pursued should
he evidence, in their opinion, indi
cate that tl.e governor has vioiatea
the so-called corrupt practices act in
r.ot giving a correct statement of his
some mem
mitting the case to a grand jury. Vio
latior. of the corrupt practices act is
a misdemeanor, conviction of which
would bar 3 man from public office.
dation from outside pofice circles. At I bers. it was said, today, favored im-
the special request of Thomas I I peaenment proceedings by the legisla-
Ecran. chief of the Connecticut State I ture; others recommended merely eub-
GIRL AND MAN
ARE DROWNED AT
ATLANTIC CITY
Atlantic City, Aug. 8. Miss Edith
Rockey, of Quarryville, Pa., near Lan
catser, and William Lewis, colored, of
Washington, D. C, were drowned while
bathing in the ocean off States avenue
today before the life guards went out
on duty. It was the girl's first ocean
plunge, she havinfg gone in with a par
ty rrom per hotel'.
Miss Rockey went down in eight of
500 people, nearjy all of whom were
men. Because of the rough condition
of the sea' they were afraid to venture
into the breakers and it was not until
Rufus Bradley, colored, of this city,
appeared on the scene that an attemnt
at rescue was madel Bradley, without
pausing to renveve any of hie clothing,
plunged into the ocean and went to
the rescue of the girl. His effort was
unavailing and -he nearly pertehed In
his attempt at life-eaving. He was
pulled out of the water in. an almost
unconscious condition and taken to a
hospital. --
Lewis, who was a hotel employe, was
bathing alone and drowned while the
attention of the crowd was centered on
the struggling girl.
It is not so much a question wheth
er you can afford an automobile, as
whether it is safe to give your cred
itors something tangible to levy on. .
The University of Wisconsin is in
structing 6,000 students by mail, but
if you want to learn baseball, you have
got to locate at some college-
BIG-j AUGUST 5TRNITURE
SALE COMPARE
AND SAVE MONEY
20 OFF FURNITURE
10 OFF Rugs, Lace Curtains,,
Portieres, Couch Covers, Uphol
stery Goods Linoleums, Mattings,
Veranda Goods, Couch Hammocks,
Camp Furniture, Pillows, Spring
Beds, Mattresses (except the Os
termoor) , Kitchen Cabinets,Tables,
Office Furniture, etc.
. 20 OFF REFRIGERATORS
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stone and -cement sidewalks. - ,
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