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THE FARMER: AUGUST 9, 1913 BRIDGEPORT E VENING FARMER (FOTJTTDKD 170.) Published by The Farmer Publishing Co.,, 17S Fairfield Are. Bridgeport. Co mi. - SATTRDAT, AUG. , 1918. CHIEF MOONEY'S JUST COMPLAINT.- MEARS' gixbe oboling record If John Henry Mears had asked that trains and boats b held so he could reach the bedside of a sick wife or child, he would have been curtly reminded that the fixed movements of transportation cannot be upset for in dividual needs. But as he was mak ing a sporting record, the most rigid time-table proved pliable and the most autocratic officials friendly. - , ; . Thus often the 'merest paper -bauble counts above the most substantial goods of life, if it stands for the qual- Experience teaches Thai Democracy Is Best For Everybody And That Privilege Is Bad For The "People That is an interesting correspondence between J. A. Emery arid Daniel Davenport, Who represent the National Association of Manufacturers in Washington. Both of these men are intellectually gifted. They have an excep tional endowment, but their correspondence sh6ws them all but blind to the significance of certain phenomena which now vividly appear in the -world of industry ,politics and economics. . ; - As to what has happened, they are keen enough. As to the liffiANING of ,what .has happened they' have no vision." , - ... , v " ' ,1 :.f. :: Davenport discusses certain bills, pending when the letter -was written before the Connecticut Legislature. He thinks these measures are backed "by the fears and anx iety for votes among the members of the Legislature. " He discusses the anti-injunction law, and believes, evidently, that the world will come to a very bad end if strikes are not permitted to be stopped by injunctions. " .Mr. Emery perceives that there is a demand for the recall of judges. . He doesn't at all understand the ra tionale of the demand. , He does see that' the labor in terest is stronger in Congress than it has ever been, but he regards this as a passing circumstance. , f v Both gentlemen view the 'world with' the blissful hu mor of the comfortable and' the well fed. They are as serious as mountebanks at a country fair, as 'unconscious of the meaning of the world as grasshoppers are of the nebular hypothesis, and they repeat the fact of tbi past, that in every period of social crisis many are ignorant of the meaning of th a events that . transpire about them. , . - That the society they .know is tottering to its fall they do not realize. TJie head of Louis rolled in the saw dust, and the constituent assembly had repealed every privilege in Franca before the noblesse realized; that the people had come to rule. . I V - ;S ' . These are tendered days. : For this we are indebted to the revolutions of yesterday. The world changes, the workers of the world are coming to more power in it,"and many privileges are to be swept on-to the, ash heap, w Messrs. Emery and Davenport are learned in the law. But they are not learned enough to , know that all original law comes from God, or the people, a hey understand the judge made, privilege made and conventionalized law, well enough, but, they do not know tnat witn a single enact ment the people of a nation may. and do', wipe out in a day whole codes of such law. . ; . Where now i3 the laborious law tf master and ser . vantf ' On the scrap heap. It is a part of yesterday. Its place is to be taken by some wax image of a maimed la- borer.pleading to a court in vain for heltoj. It will be an exhibit with the other instruments $f torture on some con vict ship like the Success.1 : I' . ' . . Workmen's compensation is a people's statute,, draft ed by the folknote, often times through the agency of very reluctant legislators, fearing, as Mr. Davenport has , suggested, tor "their votes." ' ; " : ..s.-l M What is the vote? It is the command of the collec tivitv. What is the collectivity? It is the people. And what are 'the people ? They are the sovereign. , . - What do legislators do, then, when they act in fear of the votes? They do the will of the sovereign. THEY 1,U1TD THE BOSS. This is precisely what Mr. Emery and Mr. Davenport do. They serve their employers as well as they can, so that their bread and butter may not be stopped.. N ' .. '-'.J: ."Very many strange things will happen, while Messrs Davenport and Emery live, if they reap man's expectancy of lite. '-.-:. But never will it- happen that democracy shall thrive and the world be worse for it. , From the! dawn of time men have fought against ' tyranny. "In blood and sweat has every great .popular right been gained. v , . ' ; : .. , , There were always Davenports and Emery s and they always feared that the world would go all to pieces every time the people gained a new right. But just as democ racy has thrived, so has the world grown better, in morals and in material well being. . There is more freedom in thought, in religion and in business than there used to be. , There is more to eat. drink and wear than there used to be. Democracy is profitable, .Democracy pays. The more democracy there is, the better off everybody will be. How do we know it? Because it has always been so. The meanest conditions in the world are under DESPOT ISMS. The freest conditions in the world are under DEMOCRACY. The more democracy, the more freedom. The law of the world came from Rome. The letters and philosophy of the world came from Athens. Athens was the most splendid democracy of its time. Rome was the most magnificent democracy of its age. "But Rome, the ancient, died, and the glories of Ath ens are no more," says Emery andsays Davenport. ,But Babylon is gone, and Nineveh is gone, the realm of Cyrus has departed to the shades and the Pharoahs left nothing behind them but the pyramids and some mem ories. But not from them come legacies, such as Athens and Rome bequeathed. , ' "There is but one light to guide my. feet," said Pat rick Henry. "It i3 the lamp of experience." Age old eiiierier.ce proves that democracy is -best. Chief Mooney tells rather less than the truth about the manner in which streets are closed for repairs, or new pavement. The complaint which he makes for Bridgeport is generally true wherever a road is being mended in Con necticut. , ' ..''., . ; "' The contractors working for the state, or for some city, do " the work in the way most conveni ent for them selves, without regard to the convenience of the traveling public. The whole of a road will be shut off when only half, of .it need be for. the convenience of the work being done. It is not unusual for contractors employed by thep1" of rlt and resourcefulness to 00 "U4.X,, -j , , , , . ' , . . . " which the world gives Its first adml- Kjuauc jjj.gjj.weiy Utjpax LIU. till L LO CUL Ull Lilt! tillLli jilgliwa Ul a main trunk .line and compel a detour of several miles merely to put in a culvert, half of which could be put in at a time, leaving half of the highway always open. JN either, when detours are required, are they usually marked, nor are any means taken to, inform then citizen of the route he is expected to take. "Koad closed" sudden ly confronts him, and he finds a way through as best he Can. In Bridgeport the . conditions are particularly bad, both as to the torn up conditions of the streets, and as to the dumping of material beside streets without showing its presence by lanterns at night. The whole business is conducted in a most slovenly and discreditable manner. ; x ' f Chief Mooney seems to be an' entirely fearless and public spirited; officer, which is perhaps the reason why he has never been able to get the salary increase the Com mon Council voted him. In these days it pays public ser vants to step softly, speak meekly and bow lowly to those whom' the wisdom of Providence has placed in charge of Bridgeport. Gtood work in the primaries counts , more than good work in a fire department, and a few votes add more to a man's standing than many fires killed in ineipi- ency. , . . THE HUMAN PROCESSION The Earl of l.ytton, grandson of Bul- wer . Lytton, the novelist, and son of Owen Meredith," the poet, was born in Simla thirty-seven years ago today. Hie father, the first Karl and a states man and diplomat as well, as a poet, was the viceroy of India, and his reign was marked by the- great Delhi durbar at which Queen Victory was proclaim ed Empress of India. The eminent eon of an eminent father resigned the vice- royalty in 1880 and returned to .Eng land to devote himself to literature. His best known work, "Ijuclle," a sen sational novel in verse, was written long before this, however, - in 1860. While the critics declare that it Is by no means the equal of his maturer lit erary efforts, "Lucille" is still widely read, and many of its lines, especially fthe one which declares that "civilized man cannot live without cooks," are frequently quoted. The first Earl died in 1891. " Hie father, . Bulwer-Lyttoli. held. the title of baron, and was the son of General Bulwer. Thousands of read ers on both sides of the Atlantic still find enjoyment in his romances, which include "Eugene ." Aram," "The. Iast Days of .Pompeii," : "Earnest Mai trav erse .WhSt, Will lie jjo witn ixt- ana others almost equally as well known. He was also the author of several plays and maiiy- verses, and was an able statesman. Knebworth House, the seat of the present Earl, and of his father and grandfather before' " him, '.is. in Hertfordshire, and came Into the pos session of the family when General Earle Bnlwer, father of the novelist; married Elizabeth Babara Lytton, the heiress of the estate. - A brother of the Earl of Lytton, the Hon. Neville Ste phen Lytton, has for some, time held the English amateur tennis champion- shop. . . , I ''.' Marvin Hughltt, who transformed the Chicago & Northwestern railway from a streak of rust into a great transportation - system, was born in Cayuga 'county, N. TT., seventy-six years ago today. He commenced his railway service as a telegraph! opera tor1 on the Chicago & Alton road, at the age of fifteen, and was still little more than a boy when' he became di vision superintendent and later general superintendent of the Illinois Central. His next step upward was as assistant general manager of the St. Paul, and in 1871 he became general manager of the Pullman, company., 'His connection with the Chicago, & Northwestern be gan in 1876, when' he was. appointed general manager. .In 1887 he became president of the system. Since - then he has been prominent in other roads, and is a director'of the' Union Pacific and New York Central lines. Charles Nfcgel, who was secretary ' of commerce and-labor in the cabinet of President Taft, was .born In Colorado county, Texas, sixty-four years ago today. Since the termination of his official duties he has practiced law in St. Louis. " and is counsel for several big corporationa. It Is said that many years ago Mr. Nagel was offered a life contract providing for a salary of $20, 000 a year and an annual vacation of six. months If he would devote himself exclusively to the legal businfees of certain "trust," but refused it. Mr. Nagel was admitted to the bar forty years ago and has practiced ""Taw in St. Louis ever since, with the excep tlon of the four years spent In Wash ington as a member of President Taft's official family. "Shile Harvard is the oldest of Ameri can colleges, there were several uni versities in Latin America long be fore Harvard was dreamed of. - ration. ... Travelling conditions have changed mightly in the 40 year sfrom Phileas Fogg, In Verne's whimsical yarn. 'Around the World in"1 80 Days." Verne's pictures of Ajmertcan railroad ing in those days, while highly col ored, were not wholly nmaginative. In Nevada, Fogg's train was held up three hours while a herd of 10,000 buffaloes crossed the track. ' While passing the Rockies, progress was blocked by a dangerous bridge. When the passengers learned that there were from 50 to. 80 chances of getting across alive, they unanimously voted to try it. r A lurid conception of American rashness, though the modern death toll on our railroads gives it a touch of realism. : . ; i ' . The reduction of the earth circling record from 72 ,days in the time of Nellie Ely in 1890. to Mears' nptch of 35 days, is of course mostly due to. the Trans-Siberian railway.? , The fabu lous werlth of this silent land of sil ver, copper, lead, fur, and cattle is a reserve of resources on which the rap idly filling states of our union must some day draw. Mears' time-table of to-day will be the common place of the business man of some other gen eration. SCRAP BOOK FOR TO-DAY FIRST TH1KGS IN HISTORY The first of the higher institutions of learning in North America, "Har vard College," held its first commence ment exercises on this date, August 9th, in 1642. , The "schoale or col ledge" at "Newetowne" was named in honor of Rev. . John Harvard, an Eng lish clergyman, who died in 1638, leav ing a will by , which half of his for tune of some $7,000 . was given to the proposed institution. Newtown was changed to Cambridge in honor of the famous English university. As soon as Harvard's bequest was made known a class of students began a course of study under Nathaniel Baton, remem bered ffor his ; strict and severe discip line. At first Harvard was little more than an Indian " school. Efforts were made to educate a few of the abor igines as teachers . of their own race, but the attempt was a failure. . In 1640 the Rev. Henry Dunster-ater forced to resign because of his relig ious opinions became the first presi dent of Harvard "Colledge," and he presided ' at the first commencement. pvkon students .were graduated. This is the second' Saturday in An gust, as may easily toe computed by studying any 1913 calendar. That statistic may mean nothing to you, toycnd the often observed phe nomenon that a Saturday always, pre cedes a Sunday, bringing with it the blessed privilege of' sleeping late and of indulging an those miia- forms or mania which nowadays so often char acterise what Maurice Ketten cynical. ly refers to as "the Day of Rest." - To the -rural inhabitants of the east ern central counties - of jncw jersey, however, the second Saturday of the month named in honor of Gus Seizer i the big day of the year, compared to. which the honorable Fourth of July Is but the pale reflection, ' of the shad ow of the ghost of Joy. - From time immemorial .nd Jake Jimpaon of Manaequan says he re members that the custom began even before that rustic Jersey has turned itself loose on ' the second Saturday of August, , the occasion and the- ex cuse for the orgy of wild extravagance Hy Jenkins spent $4.25 last year, what with one thing and another be ine the annual bath or "waehdayt' By this it -is not meant to suggest that bucolic Jersey bathes but once a year. The bath tub, that cherry m the eocktail of ' civilization, long ago invaded New Jersey, and the Saturday night bath is as much of . an institution in rustic Jersey as It is In this city at the select boarding house kept by the widow you know' the one we mean who was formerly a lady or leisure, but -who was brought to her present reduced circumstances by the unfor tunate investments of her lat mil lionaire husband. "Hath dav" in New Jersey means the annual visit to the seashore and the dip in the surf, when Neptune is willing. The', swim is only an inci dent, however, and the center of at traction ia the '"midway" where con cessions of all sorts calculated to en liven .a rural holiday "are granted to fakers, and showmen- from iNew lorK, Phllajleluhla. and other cities. Some in carriages, some in lumber wagons, a few in automobiles, others on foot, the farmers begin their an nual trlt to the beach the - day or night before : the day sets and when Old Sol gets up out of his bed in the Atlantic on Saturday morning he finds the majority of " "the festal crow.a roadv on hand to greet him. On a of" the characters --of - the iNew Jersey festival is a faker who sells four whips for a dollar, and offers to "throw m" - two more, if Every year for a century or more or less this fel low hae been on hand. He always tells the farmers, that his whips are absolutely worthless, no good, and not -nru-th , oarrvine home. - This frank confession, far from hurting trade brings a shower of dollars down -upon Mm. and it is stated that he has nev er cleared less than a hundred dollars on "bath day." , , , Throwing balls at a dodging Sene- gambian, with" unsmokable cigars as the reward for accuracy; attempting t "T-inir" canes or Jack Knives; woo- Ing chance with the "Wheel of for tune," and others of those amusements Invented by Noah to while away the T.r-7 hours on the Ark, are favorite nHmp on "big sea day." And, of trie seveniu uauBuw ----- cov.tn fla.uehter iB there, ana me iai loriv and her bearded sister, and Rut vou know them all. . And, al thnuih you may sneer at the custom, rt - oon in vmip elzzard you are railing at' the unkind fates that pre vent vou from mingling with th mer ry crowdl that will gather to-day on the New Jersey, snore. . , Area t juu DISEASE CHANGES COLOR OF TVIMS PhiladelDhia, Pa.. Aug' 9. Eighteen month-old twm bays in the Children TTnmeorjathio Hospital are suffering from one of the rarest diseases known to medical science. It has changed theiT- rnlor from white to black. The disease -is pseude leucaemia, or iTodsrkin's disease, and it is an anec tlon of the lymphatic glands in which the number of white blood corpuscles is increased and the red corpuscles greatly diminished. The twins are the children of An. thony Amato and from the time they were born until about six weeks ago they were white. Then their skin be- 'an growing dark. XHe D. M. Read Co. Established 1857. The Store Closes every day but Saturday at 5 o'cleck. -'..V :. On Saturdays at gr d clack. August Sale of House Furnishings in Continuance. -The Drapery and Curtain Department offer many op portunities for economical buying in furniture coverings, tapestry table covers, odd pairs of lace curtains and por tieres. ; The Trunk and Bag Department has the latest Inven tions in wardrobe and steamer tunks, enameled motor trunks and cases, hat trunks and boxes, traveling bags of all descriptions, suit cases of leather and matting, all less 20 per cent through this sale. China, Glass and Silverware, Household Linen. fGtchen and Laundry Furnishings at 10 and 20 per cent discount. ! Brass Beds The entire group have 2-inch posts and heavv fillers. The lacquered finish is guaranteed for five years. CROSSTVG THE TRACKS. Crossing a railroad track lust ahead of a flying locomotive saves half a minute, which is very valuable in your business. Furthermore, it demon strates to gaping spectators the veloc ity of your automobile, or the paces of your horse. It is a favorite rural amusement, and helps break the mo notony of rural life. -..-' ( The tendency to miscalculate the swift advance of ah approaching en glne is so common an incident that it gets only very modest, publicity. But when a millionaire real " estate (opera tor and Arctic adventurer like S. Os good Pell of New York dies from a crossing accident, ,it receives consid erable newspaper space, not so much from the startling character of the event as from the prominence of t?e individual. ; , ': One suspects that a reason .why deaths on grade crossings "are numer bus, is the fear of seeming over cau tious to one's companions or to on- lookers. Prudence la considered a more '. or less humorous quality. An' enormous atnouht of .money is being spent by railroads and munici palities, to abolish grade crossings. Costly 1 fills of earth are made, stone and cement are hauled enormous dis tances, and , the bill appears in the railroad fares. ; It never occurred to our grandfath ers that this was necessary. ; , When crossing a track, they pulled up with a gentle wnoa, jjoddih." ; xne an ver looked both ways and listened anxiously. : Dobbin always looked and listened. - if there was a train a half mile away, the driver might proceed, though, ready to Jump at any minute if it approached at any- unexpected speeds Overhead bridges and under passes were not require in those times. If the American temperament were not so goaded on by the Hurry Spirit, the locomotive engineer would lose his present Involuntary task as a public executioner. Silk Floss or Kapok Mattresses, very resilient, no mak ing over necessary, for just a sun bath restores life, value 14.00 ' '-..': z1,.-:' : $11.20 Elastic Felt Mattresses, extra grade of cotton, rrav striped' ticking, value $11:50 at $3.75. Very Special, Picked Cotton Mattresses. A. C. A. blue and white striped ticking, value $8.00 at $5.25. . Upholstered Box Springs, hair top. A. O A. ticking full size, .value $14.75, at $11.80. Heavy woven wire Springs with" wire roue edze. value $5.00, . $4.00 all sizes. National Springs, ; value $6.00, x at $4X0. ".;.:- , ; Fourth Floor. Clearance of White Goods for Dresses and Waists. Brocade Batistes, Corded Voiles, Satin Stripe Veiled. Marquisettes, Figured and Crossbar Madras, Fine Lawns in laids and Stripes, Openwork Stripes and Novelties. ; Three ; Tables. . . A 25 ct. value, 15 and i2V& cts,: WOMEN AS POIICEi Of course it is a dry time for thei cartoonists and, the paragraphers. The bathing suit . girl is overworked,'. the slit skirt not eternally available. Still, those eight policewomen Just com missioned by the city of Chicago may not be quite so much of a Joke as tbe journalistic funny men seem to think, The popular conception of a police woman was well expressed when the Los Angeles chief provided Mrs. Alice Stebbins Wells, one of the &xsl women on a city force, with her badge. He remarked that the token ought to be ornamented with lace ruffles. But a star with lace ruffles .was just -what Mrs. Wells did not want. . The duties of the policewomen re cently appointed in a number of ' cit ies are usually to inspect moving pic ture houses, penny arcades, skating rinks,, dance -halls, parks. It is large field. When dealing with slum Apaches, the average city policeman appears a St. Georke amoig dragons. In as sisting strangers and adjusting clash ing traffic, his urbanity . coupled with force is the admiration of the world, If external order prevails, if men and women pursue a calm current of business and pleasure, the average po liceman concludes that all is well. Xet just o.ut of sight there may, be poison viper heads of vice, while the erect and manly "copper" embellishes the street. . ' What can the policewoman do to guard the young girls that throng city streets, dressing to attract men, and who dance along the primrose path of cheap amusement ? Good hearted, in nocent girls at the start. But their parents permit them to be masters of their own fates. Few' know the real stakes of the game they are playing, Can the policewoman do anything to Value $21.00 at $16.80. Value $27.25 at $21.80. Value $18.75 at $15.00. Value $20.00 at $16.00. Value $ 1 8.50 at $14.80. Value $48.00 at $38.40. Value $52.75 at $42.20. Value $26.50 at $21.20. Value $22.50 at $18.00. Value $14.00 at $11.20. 5o ct.' value 25 cts '15 ct. values 10 Cts. In the Basement. The D. M. Pvcad Company. ILD MIT' 1072 Haln St. DEPABT11EOT STORE, 89 Fairfield At: j "THE STORJB TO FXVD SCAKCX ARTICXiES ANT THE STOKEJ THAI FAYS XHS CAB FARM f CjSOUPON GOOD momAY, Aua i it POT COVER K1TOBS Five Cent Cards ?WitIi Coupon 3c, 2 for, 5c f These Cover Knots are 1 put up 6 on a card and it ill be sold Monday, Tnth. ecu--pon, at half price. A lot of money can lb 3 saved by buying small hard ware of ws. , guide and restrain? If so, her work is wanted.: it is up to her tact. THE GROWTH OF VBXVATE SCHOOLS One of the most prominent features of the magazines nowadays, particu larly previous to the opening of the fall terms of school, is the great num ber of advertisements of private edu cational institutions. People who for merly were satisfied If they" gave their boys a college education, now feel that this must be preceded by some years at a costly "prep" school. The .growth of private schools re flects dissatisfaction with public edu cation. In some cases the private school ia preferred bo that a child shall not associate with the sons and daughters of thjp grocer and butcher. But more often there Is the feeling that public schools are too crowded that a 40th or a 50th of a teacher's time is not enough. . i This is a fair criticism on public school methods as usually found. Tti4 town that provides ample facilities and an abundant teaching force makes the most ' attractive appeal possible to the average American family. HELD AS LEPER, HE ESCAPES AND FLEES 1200, she cays and told him to harry. He kissed her goodby and ran oat cf the house, saying he would send he.?, word when he reached his destination. BATHING SUIT0 Men's 75c to SIX 3 Boys' . . ...... .50c to $2X3 Boys' Tights. ... .15c to EC:? BATHING CAPS Good assortment, low pric:. : 25c, 40c and 50c. St. Xoulfl, Mo., Aug. 9. George O. Hartman, formerly a soldier, escaped from the isolation cabin at Quarantine yesterday several hours after h hs been placed there as a lepar. He is believed to be on his way to Mexico. Mr. Hartman appeared at his wife's home and told her of his flight. "I'm going to Mexico," the wife says he-told her. Bhegav money to him ' WATER WINGS Lots of fun for little money 20c and S5c RUBBER COLIiA Easy to clean and no tli laundry bill for the man uses 'Rubber Collars 20c and 25c. ; TOE ' AULli G RUDDER CO. 1126 MAIN S1H Syndicate Stores