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THE FARMER: SEPTEMBER 25, 1913 BR1DGEPOR T E (FOUNDED 1790.) Published by The Farmer Publishing: Co., 179 Fairfield Are, Bridgeport, Conn. THURSDAY, Looking Out For The Citizens The government of Rockville moves rapidly when it de sires to benefit its citizens. Already the Common. Council has raised a committee to ascertain from the Rockville Water Gom- fany the price at which its plant will be sold, a necessary pre iminary to condemnation proceedings. It has also been voted that the city make application to The Public Utilities Com mission to reduce the rates of the Rockville Gas & Electric Light Company, which has been organized in the best style of modern corporation finance, where the main object is to unload the greatest possible amount of stock on to the public. A government ought not to leave to its citizens the duty of protecting the community against overcharges by public service corporations. -It will not, in places where the government really represents the people. - , The Danger A brand new political party cannot fuse with its political rivals, and continue to exist and flourish. . Fusion is a terrific , strain even on two established, old parties. Fusion destroyed the Populists and before that, the Greenbackers. " Fusion would destroy the Prohibitionists and the. Socialists, if they attempted it on a large scale. y It is a law of life that an organism which would flourish, must be active. A disused organ withers. It would be so with the Progressive party. , 1 From the purely practical and selfish standpoint Fusion is as injurious as it seems to be upon the theoretical side. In every labor those who do the work are entitled to the legitimate re wards of that work. . ' . If the Progressive party puts a ticket in to the field it fights not only for its principles, but brings to the advocates of those principles the rewards that legitimately attach to a victory. . But Fusion merely brings unearned rewards to party lead ers who are clever enough to bring it about. The party beliefs, the rewards that might go with them, and the future of the party are, in such a case, turned into unearned Emoluments for the most cunning and the least sincere. , We advice our Progressive friends not to fuse with" Demo i crats, and not to fuse with Republicans, but to fight like earnes. and sincere men for the faith that is in them, under a banner that is their own. In such a case the material rewards of victory may not ar rive to anybody, but there will be no rewards for treachery, and no sacrifice of honorably cherished opinions. ; i . ' ' Animals As Weather Prophets j As scientific methods of work grow general, many tradi tional and primitive arts, roughly successful in .their own way, disappear. Reflection along this line-was prompted today on reading a dispatch sent outjrom Central Park, New -York. The , menagerie keepers, it appears, predict a cold winter, because the squirrels are building nests a month earlier than usual. Can weather be predicted by observing the ways of ani mals? All the old people thought so. - Stockmen say cattle are ' restless, some hours before a man can see signs of storm. Chick ens oil their feathers before rain. , If an owl hoots in a hollow, it means a cold storm. If he cries on the hill, it portends warm . er weather. If hornets build low, winter will be cold. And so . on. ' -Scientific research ' seems to be against the -bulk of this iore. Prof. Lindlmayer of, the University of Prague's oology department recently studied the familiar sign by which the low flights of swallows is supposed to indicate storm. He concluded that the swallows' flight was not directly due to atmospheric conditions, but that they followed the insects. Often he found these insects high up before storm, the swallows following them. "' '. . ...... : - The old timers! watched weather indications sharply. But the one time when a sign was verified was remembered, while the dozen times it failed were forgotten. They were remarkably accurate in their deductions from cloud movements. To the feople of solitary spaces, sky and clouds were-a theatre of con ending forces that gave them diversion. Slight changes were seen and corresponding results noted. . ' ;.... Peasant immigrants from Europe are still keen judges of weather. . 4 ;A System that Keeps The Workers Out j : Whether or not the pay of members of the General Assem bly should be increased is' a matter each voter must decide for himself. The legislature as it is constituted is not worth what it costs. It is difficult to run a highgrade business with under paid help. In nearly every government legislators have, in the begin ning, served without pay. In this way the poorer men have been prevented from going to the legislature, and the richer men. or their retainers, have gone, in numbers, to make laws advanta geous to themselves. - - Within the past fifty years the labor organizations in several countries have begun to feel that not to pay members of the leg islative body, or to pay them a very low salary, is disadvanta geous to the workers. , ' The labor organiations haVe met the situa'tion in two ways. They have 'agitated for compensation, where none was paid. They have agitated for more compensation where the pav was inadequate. They have gone into their own pockets, and paid from the treasuries of their unions such sums as were necessary to sustain their members in pui-Mament. This usage has as yet been little adopted in America, but, in Bridgeport, not very many years - since, the la bor leaders saw ;o it that ass'stunoe was given to one of their number who was elected to the General Assembly, that he might perform his duties without personal financial loss. A glance at the legislative bodies of the United State? will show a predominant number of lawyers, a smattering of men of other occupations, and almost, no men representing the great mass of industrial workers. The lawyer is about the only man who can become a mem ber of an ordinary legislature in this country and come out fi nancially whole. Representatives of the" working class are substantially de barred from going. The cost is prohibitive. If they do go," they must be assisted by their fellow workers, or the state must pay , adequate salary. It "would seem, therefore that the great body of men who work in factories, and they are the most numerous class in Con necticut, will be benefitted in the long run if members of the General Assembly are paid an adequate wage. The lawyers are about the only men who are recompensed for service, and only those are who succeed in getting a job by reason of their being members of the body. Much damage was done to the Commonwealth in the last VENING FARMER SEPT. 25. 1913. A. Of Fusion General Assembly by the distribution to the lawyers therein cf city court jobs. The mileage question does not come to the voters in this election. The present system of paying mileage works a serious in justice. A representative from Hartford gets his full pay. A representative from the borders of the state has to use most of his pay to buy transportation. . This principle has been pretty thoroughly established. It is to the advantage of the special interests to have the members of a legislature serve for no pay, or small pay. These conditions keep the working classes out, and they make it easier to tempt those who are sent to make laws. The attitude of labor organizations in Connecticut' is suffi ciently indicated by the attitude of Julius Stremlau, president of the State Federation, who is himself a member of the House, and who knows by personal observation how the low pay system works to the advantage of railroad and other monopolies. John Davison Rockefeller has a pri vate, personal holiday all his own. He calls it "Job Day," and it commemo rates his entrance into the -business world on Sept. 25, Just fiftj-eight years ago today. The world's richest man did not find it easy to land his first job. The "want ad," as a short-cut between the Jobless- ando a Job, had not then been in vented. The future oil king tramped the streets of Cleveland for days and weeks, wearing out much shoe leather, in search of work. He interviewed hundreds of merchants and business men in all lines of trade. He announc ed his willingness to do any. sort of work, at almost any wage. Boys seemed to be a,, glut on the market in Cleveland at that time, but patience and persistence finally won out, and little Johnnie "connected" at last with the elusive job he long had sought. Xoung Rockefeller -was sixteen, ''go ing on" seventeen, when he made his premiere in the world of commerce, in the humble capacity of office boy in the commission house of Hewitt & Tut tle. In a little- while he 'became a clerk, then a cashier and bookkeeper At nineteen he entered business lor himself as the Junior partner in the commission firm' of Clark & Rocke feller. The young merchant saw great possibilities in 1 oil, and in 1862 he and his partner became associated with Samuel Andrews, an expert oil refiner. under the firm name'of Andrews, Clark & Company. Although the name of Rockefeller did not appear on the sign, he soon made himself the "boss" of the business. John Interested his brother William in the industry, and a new company, William Rockefeller & Company, was formed. , In 1865 the company built at Cleveland a large refinery, which was named the Stand ard Oil Refinery. This was the nu cleus of the Standard Oil Company, which was organized in 1870. In this operation John D. 'Rockefeller soon be came the controlling power, and, by methods which have been explained by ' Ida Tarbell and other investiga tors, he built up what was practically a monopoly of the American oil busi ness. ; "Save the pennies," is the often- quoted Rockefeller recipe for success. Although- he entered the 'business world at sixteen, - he had made and saved money much earlier than that. When still living on a farm, at the age of ten, he.plied a hoe and waged war on the weeds In neighbor's potato fielfl at a wage of about forty cents a day. What " he ' did with his earnings Mr. Rockefeller has himself explain!: . "When I was ' ten years old I had succeeded in earning some money. It was $50. I loaned it to a neighbor at seven per cent, interest. In a year the money earned me $3.50. From that time onward I determined to make money work for me." He also made other people's money work for him. He was a borrower as well as a lender. He got bis start in the petroleum refining business on bor rowed money. At thirty he had less than a thousand dollars of his .own, but he had several thousands of other people's dollars at his command. Although he had a special holiday for himself, Mr. Rockefeller doesn't believe in holidays for others. Em ployes on his estate were refused a holiday last Labor Day. "Instead of spending money on worthless amuse ments, my employes were given an opportunity to add to their savings," explained the world's richest man. Had they been given- a holiday their money would have been spent foolish ly." Mr. Rockefeller spent the day motoring about,. the country and play ing golf. y Samuel Selwyn Chamberlain, one of a number of men who have had the title of "Father of, yellow journalism" "wished on" them, was born in Wal worth, N. X., sixty-two years ago to day. Mr.' Chamberlain is formally known as "S. S." and informally as "Sam," to the newspaper men of two generations and two continents. Dur ing his forty years in journalism he has held important positions on news papers from Paris and London to San Francisco. For nearly a - quarter of a century he has been connected with the newspapers of William Randolph Hearst, and his latest assignment was as editor of Mr. Hearst's London, paper the Sunday Budget. . In that capacity he has made life for the English read ers of the Budget Just one thrill after Kcpiipment Trusts, THERE are many different kinds of bonds -Mortgage, Debenture, Convertible, etc One kind that is very good is the Equipment Trust Bond. We can't describe this kind of bond at length in this advertisement, but we can and will describe it to you folly, if you will allow us, at our office. Suffice H to say that it is secured by mortgage on engines, cars, and rolling stock, with provision that a certain part of the purchase price shall be paid each year, and that the title to such rolling stock shall not pass to the railroad until paid or in full. It is reliably stated by statistical authorities that there has never been a permanent default in an Equipment Trust obligation. They can be bought to yield a little over Sfc. " HINCKS BROS. & CO. Members New York Stock Exchange 207 - 209 State Street, Bridgeport, Conn. another.' . It was forty years ago that "Sam" entered the ranks of the Fourth Es tate by way of an editorial desk in the office of the Newark, N. J., Ad vertiser. From the Jersey' metropolis he went to New York at ttte call o James Gordon Bennett, who nad "Sam" his orivate and public secre tary. ia.ter he became managing edi tor of the New Xork Herald. After a- year or two on the staff of the World in the prePulitzer days, he returned to the Bennett forces as one of th editors. of the Evening Telegram. In the meantime Mr. Chamberlain had picked up a little French, and be de termined to try it on the Frenchmen He went over to Paris in 1884 an founded Ie Matin, which became on of the great Journals of Paris. When Paris palled on thirrt he sold out an& returned to the states, "becoming edi tor of the San Francisco Examiner There he developed what has come to be known as the Hearst style of jour nalism. He took part in the Hears invasion of the Hast, and was mado editor-in-chief of the New, Xork Amer ican, and supervising editor of all the- Heal st newspapers. When Mr. Hears entered the magazine field by pur chasing the Cosmopolitan, Mr. Cham berlain was made its editor. In 190 he returned t6 the San Francisco Ex aminer, and later was sent to Ixndoi to launch the Budget. The first American newspaper, "Pub- lick-' Occurrences, Bpth' Foreign and Domestick," was issued in Boston 223 years ago today, Sept. 25, 1690. It was published by Benjamin ' Harris at the London Coffee-house, in Boston, and was printed for him by Richard Pierce. The first and only number consisted of four pages, each about seven by ten inches, but one page was left blank. The pioneer editor's remarks on po litical and military irfatters aroused the ire of the authorities, and the pa per was suppressed within twenty-four hours of its publication. Only a few copies were circulated, and only one copy is now known to be in existence. Harris had ' proposed to issue' the pa per monthly, "or if any Glut" of Oc currences happen oftener," and to give "an Account of such- considerable things as have arrived unto our No tice." He promised that "the Pub lisher will take what pains lie can to obtain a Faithful Relation of all such things; and will particularly make himself beholden to such Persons in Boston whom he knows to have been for their own use the. diligent Observ ers of such matters." He proposed that "Memorable Occurrents of Divine Providence .may not be neglected or forgotten," and indulged in a pious hope "that Some thing may be done towards the ' Curing, or at least the Charming of - that Spirit of Lying, which -prevails among us, wherefore nothing shall be entered, but what we have reason to believe is true, repair ing to the best fountains for bur in formation." . Charles Edward Russell, the famou magazine "muckraker" who is now "running" for mayor of New Xork on the Socialist ticket, is a native of Iowa and was born in Davenport flfty-thre years ago today. After graduating from St. Johnsbury Academy, In Ver mont, he embarked on a journalistic career, and was employed on many pa pers in various cities. Eventually h became, the publisher of Mr. Hearst's Chicago American, and afterward an editorial writer on ttte New Xork American metropolis on a platform became an avowed . Socialist, and de voted himself to magazine work and running for office on Marxian plat forms. Mr. Russell has written a number ef books, including "Thfe--Greatest Trust in the World," "Such Stuff as Dreams," 1 "The Uprising of the Many," "Songs of .Democracy," "Law less Wealth," and "Thomas Chatter ton, the MarvelO' Boy.' Mr. Rus sell is seeking the mayoralty of the American metropolis on aplatform which declares for pman suffrage, the right of city employes to strike at any time, and various other, radical demands. Mr. Russell "also ran" for governor of New Xork State last year. While the killing of the Baltimore orioles costs the South $35,000,000 an nually in the spread of the boll wee vil, they make very handsome hat trimmings, so that every one is satis fled, v From the flood of comment about women's .clothes, it is evident that women's petticoats are a subject that is supremely Interesting to many of our leading masculine intellects. HE IS THE LOST CHARLIE ROSS, HE IS POSITIVE NOW Cleveland Man Starts Home ward, Convinced of His Iden tity by Inquiries He Made in Pegtown, N. J. On a passenger trafn leaving Wew Xork recently for Cleveland, Ohio, was Charles Brewster Ross, who had come East a short while ago to see if he could identify himself as Char lie Ross, who was kidnapped from Germantown, Pa, on July 1, 1874. De tectives searched far andw ide for Charlie until the death of his father Christian K. Ross, in 1897. The Cleveland man says he satis fied himself, by his trip here, that he was the stolen boy. On. the strength of what he learned he will make affi davit in Cleveland as to his birth and parentage and thus complete, his qualifications for a license as pilot on the Great Lakes, where he has been a sailor for years. Identification had to be made among the claybanks of Pegtown. a mining settlement in the township of Sayreville, N. J., near New Brunswick. It was there that Ross believes he was hidden by his captors, who Judged rightly that detectives would never go to the place. ... Convinced the Police Chief. Pegtown remains now as secluded as in 18 74, but the diggers have died off and the memories of the few sur vivors of that period no longer serve them as well as might be hoped. Rosa fcad to rely on his childhood recollec tions of the settlement. On his arri val in Sayreville he met Chief of Po lice Boyler, who went with him through the Birch Creek district to Pegtown. They talked with various old clay workers when they reached the set tlement without making much pro gress. On Tuesday, when they went over again, Ross pointed out a clay pit in which he said he thought he had lived with a man and woman. Settlers recalled that the pit had once been used as a habitation. No one could say, og did say, who had ever lived there. Ross explained to Chief Boyler that acquaintance with .his guardians would naturally not be admitted, for they were criminals. When he spoke of his memories of the old, hard life there the settlers warmed to him say-, ing he could never have Imagined such things, , They still shook their heads over his identity, for he looks younger than forty-three, which would be his age if he Is the Charlie Ross who was kidnapped In 1874, at the age of four. The visitor said to Boyler that if he looked younger than his age It was because he had lived a. clean, healthy life, -and the ; Chief was convinced. Resemblance Is Strong. One of the things that convinces Sayreville folk is that Ross bears a strong resemblance to the pictures of the wavy-haired boy whose photo graphs flooded the country thirty-nine years ago. The eyes, mouth and fore head are strikingly alike. " Ross story, pieced together by years of search. Is that his kidnap pers were Mosher and Douglass, the burglars who were' killed .'In; Bay Ridge the same year, and John Hal enen, in whose care and that of a woman he was left in Pegtown. When his keepers heard of the death of the burglars they decided to flee. On the night they went Halenen shot the boy and shoved his .body into a trench believing him dead. , He crawled out, was found and recovered. He started wandering very young but he says that twenty-three yearS ago he felt that he was Charlie Ross. Once he confided that belief to a ship mate, who warned - him to keep still, as several persons had already been committed to insane asylums for har boring that delusion. About five years ago in Chicago he stumbled upon the man and woman who .had been his keepers. They de nied all knowledge of Charlie Ross. He kept track of them and in 1911 he overheard them talking of the boy. Birch Creek and the claypit. When his ambition finally settled on becoming a pilot and it was necessary that he account for his parentage and birthplace he went to a firm of Cleve land lawyers, who Instituted eu search for the claypit district. Birch Creek and Pegtown were at last found by a 4etter of inquiry the lawyers sent to .a New Brunswick newspaper. PBOSAIO. ' "I would go with you to the end of the world," he asserted. "Not with me, you wouldnX" she replied coldly. "Why not?" he demanded. "For two reasons," she answered. "One is that I'm not going, and the other is that there isn't any." Tit Bits. Spoiling Goods FOB Fall and Winter We have all the different articles necessary to make up a football team, except the players. Nose Guards ... .............. 50c up Head Guards . . . . S2.50 up Pads for Shoulders ... ... . . 25c up Shin Guards .............. 25c up Foot Balls 75c up Pants .... ... 50c up Indoor Exercisers Basket Ball Pants 75c Basket Ball Jerseys $1.00 up Basket Ball Shoes 60c up Basket Balls . . S2.50 up Bladders We have bladders for footballs, Ukasketballs and punching bags at lowest prices. THE ALLING RUBBER CO. 1126 MAIN STREET .Syndicate Stores The D. M Read Co. Established 1857. Distinctive Fabrics of Silk and Cotton bearing the name of Cortaiild. For many years this reliable old English firm of weav ers has been a name that has stood for excellence the world Over. Whatever Cortauld has sent out has been ac cepted for the best of its kind. Now there have come from England some beautiful fabrics for gowns which are novel in their way. . Silk-shot Novelty, in black and white, blue, tan and gray effects, a lovely material that appears to be flecked or frosted with silk on the surface. Thirty-six inches, $1.00 -a yard. Crepe Charmeuse, as crinkly and pretty as Canton crepe. It is in light blue, pink, peach, lilac and cream. Forty-five inches, $1.25. Crystal Cloth, in black, dark blue and gray, a very attractive material for house and bridge gowns. - Fifty four inches, $1.50. ' Silk and Cotton Suiting, a pmhead check in black and white which gives the color of jasper. Fifty-four inches, $1.50. . Cotton Dress Goods, main floor. Colored Ratines The Assortment is Very Large. In plain cotton, in silk and cotton, and in mercerized cotton, the latter of : which is very lustrous and feels akin to raw silk. .'There is a long list of colorings, dark and light, medium, and some very delicate pastel shades. Cotton Dress Goods, -main floor. Beacon Robe Flannel Really Beacon Blanket by the yard. - Often a blanket is too large to make a robe for a small person or a child, so here is the same soft,' warm, light weight flannel by the yard. Such combinations, which are reversible: Gray and pink , 1 Gray and blue Tan and blue Brown and tan Gray and white Pale, blue and white Beacon Plaids and Indian Blankets Bright colorings wheh are liked for motor rugs. Plaid Blankets which make into good Mackinaws, $3.50 each- ; ;( '' ;V ' r Blanket Section "'''''' ' Women's Union Suits for Cool Weather A good weave of cotton! low neck, no sleeves, low neck, elbow sleeves, , ' knee or ankle length, . ' ' 91.00 cadi Light weight merino, half wool, same model, $1.50. Children's Cotton Vests and Pants, medium weight. 93 CtS. , Main floor. Men's Sweaters Extra Values in Oxford gray and maroon, ' $2.69, Pecia' week. The D. M. Pvcad Company. 1072 Main St. DEPARTMENT STORE, 89 .Fairfield Ats. "THE 6TORB TO XXNI SCAftCB ARTTGIEIS . . . AND XBK STORK THAT FAX XBE OAR FARH COUPON GOOD FRIDAY, SEPT. 26 CHILDREN'S PLAIN BLACK STOCKINGS Weare t2$c, with coupon 5c N. Y. Wholesale Prices. Buttery Croamery. 28 l-232c; dairy 29Blc. ' Eggo Fresh gathered, extras, dozen, 3335c; extra firsts 3132c; hennery, white, 4046c; gathered 364c; hen nery, brown, 32(g) 37c; gathered and mix ed, 2S3So. Faults Apples, Mcintosh, bbl., S3 $4.60; Jonathan $24.25; Duchess of Oldenberg, bbl., $2.503.6O; Grave Bteln, 2.60$3.75; Twenty Ounce and Maiden's Blush, $2.25$i.25; Wealthy $2.&0M.50; Fall, York and Holland Pippin, 2.25$3.60; King, 2.25$3.75; Hubbardson, Greening and-- Baldwin, $2$3. Crba Apples, small, bbl., $6 $9; large, J3$6. Pears, Beurre Bose, bbl., $23.50; Clairgeau, 2$3; D'An jou, $1.76$2; Bartlett, bushel basket, fl.25$1.50; Seckel, $25; Shelton, 2 $3; keifter, bbl., 1.25g2.60. Peaches, basket, 4065c. Plums, Damson, 8-lb. basket, 2650c. Grapes, black, case 70 75c; Delaware and Niagara, 7585c. Hay and Straw Baled new hay ton, timothy. No. 1, $21; standard, $20; Nos. 3 and 2, $15$19.S0; light clover, mix ed, $19; No. 1, mixed, $18; heavy, mix ed, $17; No. 1. clover, $17; rye, straw, new. Poultry Fresh, killed.Turkeys, hens, lb. 1920c; trans, 1820c; spring broil ing, 3 to 4 lb. each; per pair, $2$2.50. Chickens, 3 to 4 lb. to pair, per lb. 25326c. Fowls, 60 lb. and over to the dozen, 10 l-2c; 48 to 65 lb., 19c; 43 to 47 lb., 17 l-218c; 36 to 42 lb. 16c; 30 to 35 lb., 14 l-215c.; under 30 lb., 13 14c. Ducks, spring, per lb. 16 l-2c. Squabs, prime, white, 10 lb. to dosen, Coztn. .; lb. Hi Z Twenty-seven inches widi 35 cts a yard. Blanket Section, lower floor. ,3 m$t:-: HERE IS A LITTLE LOT OF HOSIERY THAT WE CAME ACR023 - IN GETTING READY TO MOVE ' ; ' SIZES 7 $3; to 6 1-2 lb. $2.60; dark. $1.73.. Guineas, spring, 3 lb to pair, per $1; 1 lb. each per pair, 76c. Vegetables Potatoes, bbL $2-fli0.'S$3.S0r Onions, Connecticut, white, 100-lb bsr, $1.25$1.76; yellow, $1$1.35; red, r..?, $1.12; white plckele, basket, $2S$2.7 Corn, 100. 50$1.60. Celery, dozen, 103 35c. Cabbages, white, 100. $&3S6; red, bbl. $1.60$2. Cauli-Flowers, state, bbl. $3$4. Lima Beans, potato, b ket, $1.60$2.' Mushroom, No. 1. 4-Ibi basket, $1.2&$3; No. 2, 2Sc$l- Pump kins, bbl. 75c$l. Peppers, green, bbl. 90c$l; red, bbl. $12.25. Squash, marrow, 75c $1; white or yellow, 75c $1. Turnips, rutabaga, bbl. $lrt.2S: white, $1.25$1.75. Tomatoee, box, '1 90c. If Charlie Murphy is ordered feT the courts to testify In the Bulzer case, it is believed he will generous ly consent to do so. SEALED PROPOSAIS For the completion of alteration to the State Armory in Brilgport are invited. Plans M speolf leaf Ions may be obtained thJciltcU Whiton & McMahon, "trfirrfrr, C'w--Bids should be sent to General o. M. Cole, Hartford, Conn., and should . be plainly marked on the outside of the envelope "Proposal for the com pletion of the State Armory In Bridge port" on or before Oct. 10, 191 J, t 12 noon, at which time they will tx opened. The right is reserved to reject tiny or all bids if found to be for tn State's interest to do so. GEORGE M. COLf!!. Tti Adjutant OeseraJ. ?V m Mr i in a