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THE FARMER: DECEMBER 4, 1913 BRIDGEPORT EVENING FARMER 'CFonnded 1790.) I'HJB FARMER PUB I J S HTV O . CO, Farmer Building, 177-179 Fairfield aren Bridgeport. Conn. TELEPHONES Editorial Rooms, 128T Boslnesa Office. 1208 -r REPUBIilCAST FARBIEB, Published Fridays. Daily Edition . . . Weekly Edition. .$8 per annum . $1 per annum Entered In Post Office. Brleart, Conn., as Second Class Matter. THXTRSDATT, DEO. 4, 11S. SHOP EARLY For once, my girlie Please shop early And see for yourself how it works. The Consumers' League Saves great fatigue To customers, merchants .and .clerics Baron Tfeadley, Irish Lord, 68 Today, Is a Mohammedan An . Irishman who 'worships at the hrine oft Mohammed, Prophet of Al lah, and who prays with his 'face turned toward holy Mecca such Is Baron Charles Mark Allanson Wmn Headley, who will celebrate his sixty-eighth rthdayto-day, the fifth of Wuhan-em. 1233. The venerable Irish lord Is a 'recent convert to the faith of Isratn. the , announcement that he had-. esAnced! Mohammedanism hav ing been made at a meeting last month of the Islamic Society of Great Britain. Many Englishmen have become disciples of Mohammed wlthm the last few years, but Hi bernian Moslems are almost as rare as the proverbial hen'a teeth. Lord Head ley comes of a distin guished - ancestry, the baronetcy dat ing from 1640 and the baronial title from IT 97. He Is the fourth Baron, and succeeded his father in the title Md .estates In 1877. He married a daughter of an Anglican clergyman. Baron Headley has been a. represen tative peer for Ireland for thirty years and has also had a distinguished mil itary career. As an attache he went through the Franco-German and Car list wars. He has a handsome town house in London and owns about 16, 000 acre? in Ireland, including Agha doe House In KJUarney and Illaun agiuninl In. County Galway. "Artillery Holiday" Will Be Celebrated Today Among the artillerymen of nearly ftll the armies of the world, the fourth of December is known as the "artil lery holiday," and although the ob servance la dying out the tradition re 'mains. The festival is based on that of St. Barbara or Barbe, who Is known as "the patron saint of gun powder," although she lived more than a thousand years before the in vention of that explosive. When cannon were Introduced the "men be hind the gun" searched through the calendar of saints for a patron, and Anally selected the. gentle martyr, St. Barbe. Many reasons havi been giv en to explain the choice, but the most probable one is that Barbara's exe cutioner, her own father, was Imme diately stricken by a bolt of lightning, which was accompanied by a tremen dous clap of thunder. The cannoneers-likened the" thunder which ac companied the Infliction of vengeance upon Barbara's slayer to the thunder peal of battle, and so Barbara was chosen as their patroness. The ar tillery holiday Is most widely observ ed in France, but It has been shorn of its religious significance since the establishment of the republic. St. Barbara, whose name has be come associated with grim war, lived In the third century. . Her father, Dioscorus, was a tyrannical parent, and kept the girl Immured In a lone ly tower after she had manifested Interest in Christianity. Condemned to solitude, she spent her time in prayer and study of the new faith, and by stealth contrived to receive Instruction from a priest. The fath er, "upon discovering this, denounced his daughter before the Judges. Dios corus declared himself willing to act as the executioner of hia daughter, and, after putting her to terrible tor tures In an effort to force a recanta tatlon, he cut off her head. Accord ing to tradition, the sky was clear and cloudless, but a crash of thunder that shook the earth followed the martyr dom of Barbara, and her father, stricken by lightning, fell dead with the bloody sword still grasped in his hand. A Royal Romance i Grand Duke Michael Alexandro vitch of Russia, only brother of the Czar, was born thirty-flve years ago to-day, a full decade after Nicholas arrived in the world". A quiet, un iKDmlng young 'mai,--ha aroused tho rage of his imperiai-'hrother not only by the frank admission "that he' con sidered court functions to be "flub Oud" and "an awful bore," but also by his refusal to marry a woman of royal blood. The morganatic al liance of the Grand Duke with the twice-divorced Mme. Marmontoff fol lowed a liaison that is reminiscent of Boccaccio. The beautiful and charm- Scarcity Of Circulating Medium Is Causing Failures; Yet No Bank Asks For Waiting Currency Increase. Why? Some Reflections Apropos a Letter issued By a Local National Bank .. THE FARMER has printed a letter issued by the Connec ticut National Bank, one of Bridgeport's leading and most respected financial institutions, in which the business condition of the country is considered at length. It is a letter worth the time of anybody to read, and is so intelligently pre sented as to be worthy of helpful and constructive oriticism. The letter contains thLs most instructive para graph: These great activities have caused a tight money market because we have not enough of the cir culating medium and scarce money again has caused business failures to increase materially, both in num ber of failed concerns and in total liabilities. The annual report of the secretary of the treasury on the state of the finances, was sent to Congress, Tuesday; and upon page' 1 thereof, this statement appears : A special session of Congress convened on April 7, 1913, and immediately began to consider the im portant questions of tariff and currency reform. The ; vast economic changes involved in these two import ant questions had the natural effect of causing in many quarters apprehension as to the possible effects of an ticipated legislation. A " feeling of unrest began to pervade business circles. This was accentuated by a ' certain propaganda of pessimism which, WHETHER DESIGNEDLY OR NOT, produced a condition of ex treme nervousness and tension. ' In the early part of June this assumed a seri ous aspect. Complaints began to reach the department from many parts of the country that CREDITS WERE RE STRICTED, and that it was increasingly difficult to secure funds for the normal needs of legitimate busi ' ness. ' . In order to relieve the anxiety and to let the busi ness interests of the country understand there was no need for unreasonable restrictions of credits and to des- . troy apprehension based upon unjustifiable fears, and to assure the country that the means were at hand to .cope successfully withQmy situation, that might arise, the secretary , announced that there , was actually on hand in the treasury and ready for IMMEDIATE DE LIVERY to any and every bank complying with the requirements of the law, five hundred million dollars in new national bank note, currency, which the secre tary said he would not hesitate, to issue. ; None of the five hundred million dollars of cui rency was applied for by the banks. The Connecticut National Bank knows its business. It is well posted. It says, that a scarcity ofne'circulating medium has caused many failures for large amounts. The government offered to increase "the circulating medi um" by five hundred millions of dollars, if necessary. Not a single bank asked for a dollar. , The question naturally arising is this, Do some of the banks invite a stringency? Do they want a money famine? Are they inviting failures ? Why have they not availed themselves of the opportunity to increase the circulating medium? Are some of the banks trying .to discipline the government of the United States, and the people of the United States? The letter of the Connecticut National Bank also speaks of the unusual demand for money to move crops. In this matter also the report of the secretary of the treas ury speaks significantly. ' For the very purpose of moving crops the secretary of the treasury took an UNPRECEDENTED. STEP. - He determined to deposit $50,000,000 of government funds in suitable banks, upon the security of commercial paper, bearing the endorsement of . the depository bank. "This WAS an unprecedented step, because COM MERCIAL PAPER HAD NEVER BEFORE BEEN AC CEPTED AS A SECURITY FOR GOVERNMENT DE POSITS." The language of the foregoing paragraph is that of the treasurer of the United States, not our own. Funds were allotted in the amount of $46,500,000. Only $34,661,000 of the allotment was called for. "It was not necessary to extend aid to the Eastern States though the department was ready to do so if it had been required." -Here are facts to ponder-upon. They compel reflection: They lead straight up to a theory that some of the banks,. especially in New England, want a deficiency in the circulat ing medium, because scarce money means high prices "for money, just as scarce potatoes mean high prices for potatoes. There will be no money panic in the . United States this year. The people have a government strong enough to deal with amoney monopoly. ! . ' ..But should a money monopoly prove even strong enough to embarass the people of the United States, the punishment the people would inflict would be such as the money power of America would not forget in four generations. This is not yesterday. It is today. From private banks, publicly regulated, to public banks, publicly managed is but a little step. - ' It will behoove the bankers of America to wisely, patri otically, unselfishly and generously wield the great powers that have been entrusted to them. If there is to be discipline its will not be administered by a swollen money power to the Ameri can people, but by the American people to the money power. Mr. Elliott Wants Intelligent Criticism Of The Hew Haven System-Here Is Some TI R. HOWARD Elliott again invites intelligent criticism J-VJL of the New Haven system. Here is some intelligent criticism. The New Haven owns a large steam road. It also owns trolley lines and steam boats. The steam road earns money enough to meet all its lawful expenses, and pay divi dends or interest on securities legitimately , issued for steam road purposes. The steam road does not earn money enough to meet the dividend arid interest requirements of securities is sued for properties not its steam road, acquired at more than their value. There is no reason in law, or morals, why the steam road should carry this additional paper, the capitalized rascality of greedy management. Let the steam road earn a profit on the legitimate value of the property used for the public in the steam road business. ( Let the trolley roads and the steamboats earn a profit on the value of the property used for the public. Let the vast mass of inflation be written off on New Haven's books as it has been in the market. ; If any( of the insiders who profited by this rascally infla tion can be made to disgorge ill-gotten gains, by all means com pel them to do so. If nothing is coming by restitution, so much the worse. The steam road is earning more than it is entitled to earn. The trolley roads are earning more than they are entitled to earn. ' ' The test of right to earn is the law of the land, which guar antees fair profits on the value of the property used for the public, but not a single cent for waste, mismanagement, abuse of trust, rascality, or theft. ' This, Mr. Eliott, is VERY intelligent criticism. It is more than criticism. It is almost proof that railroad rates in New England should not be raised, but reduced. , of the grain trade. Since he 'mar ried Miss Juliette Williams of Wash ington five years ago, the rollicking multi-millionaire has become a tame and domesticated "Joe," and has made' quite a splash In capital socie ty. During his salad days Mr. Lett er was reported engaged to first one famous actress and then another. When not globe-trotting, the Letters live in the . million-dollar "glass pal ace" near Washington. . Frank Jay Gould, youngest of the children of the late Jay Gould, was born thirty-five years ago to-day. The scion of the famous multi-millionaire dynasty inherited fifteen millions, and it is alleged that he has largely in creased the total of his wealth. In his youth he was fond of horses and dogs and yachts, but of late years he has manifested something of his father's genius for accumulating dol lars. ; His ' first marriage with "Helen Margaret Kelly, ended in the divorce courts, and in 1909 he married Edith Kelly, an actress. Mr. Gould spends much of his time in France, and he has been made a chevalier of the Or der of Agricultural Merit for his ser vices as a Horse breeder. This gives him the right to wear a green ribbon in his buttonhole. , , . " Edgar Montgomery Cullen, chief justice of the New York Court of Ap peals, who ' presided over the recent impeachment trial of William Sulzer, was born in Brooklyn three score and ten years ago to-day. Judge Cullen will doff the silken robe and retire from the bench on the first of the year. He became a justice of the Supreme Court of New York thirty three years ago, and during that pe riod he has established a reputation as "the.upright judge.", As a youth he fought in the civil war, rising to the rank of colonel. . A PESSIMIST ON MEXICO. It is estimated by conservative peo ple that it will N require no . less than 400.000 men to subdue and hold Mex ico in approaching a state of civiliza tion. Edmund H. Durgin, who- re cently returned after 14 years in Mexico, says in a several column in terview, in the Boston Herald: "There is not a state of warfare in Mexico to day. There is a state , of anarchism. Only an iron hand, ,he' says, like that of Porflrio Diaz is practicable. Eighty five per cent, of the population is In dian. Self-government is an absurd ity. No American is safe there. No one is responsible. Intervention must come sooner .or later. : Even Diaz fafiorf tn mibdue whole tracts of coun try where guerilla bands roamed un disturbed. The Mexicans are bitter against the annihilation of everything and of every person - of American v,iTfi nn Mexican soil. Recognition Will not lessen the anarchy. We must pay the sacrifice that intervention eix tails." ' President Wilson has undertaken to convince the world that moral suasion can accomplish some good quite as weU as force. The world is cynical about results. It neither believes nor doubts, if judgment may be predicat ed on the comments of public men and journals close- to the existing gov ernments in most European countries. Perhaps President Wilson's plan is amateurish, but It Is humane and civilized, and while It may not end in failure, and we may, by circum stances, be forced into intervening in Mexico, the policy of the Washing ton administration at present is com mended almost unanimously by the press of the country which as a rule voices the sentiment of the people. New Haven Union, PERSONAL MENTION". Miss Lbretto Hows of the Bridge port High . school motored to New York Saturday, where she attended the army and navy game. Trenton, .N. J., Dec. 4. Court of Er rors and Appeals arguments to test constitutionality of chancellor-sheriff's jury bill, .already approved by people. Rubber Footwear We Are Leaders In Rubber Footwear. Rubbers Every size and style in stock for Men, Women, Boys' and Children. Arctics and Overshoes Men's Arctics 98c to $2.85. Raincoats Men's Raincoats $3 to $14. Ladies' Raincoats $3 to $15 Boy's Raincoats $2.50 to $5 Gloves and Mittens Men's Dress Gloves 48c to $5 Men's Working Gloves 10c to ; $1.48. THE ALLING RUBBER CO. 1126 MAIN STREET Syndicate Stores ing woman was but a slip of a girl when she became'the bride of Sergius Marmontoff, a famous multi-millionaire of St. Petersburg. After several years of unhappy married life the young wife met the Grand Duke, and a passionate attachment sprang up between them. The millionaire hus band obligingly consented to a di vorce, but for the time the Grand Duke's heart was unable to prevail over his ambition. Deeply as he lov ed the woman, he did not wish to marry her, and so, to prevent gossip, he induced a young army officer to wed the charmer. Immediately af ter the ceremony the soldier obliging ly absented himself, and left the field clear for the Grand Duke. It was not long, however, until the Grand Duke decided that a possible throne was well lost for love, and, after the second husband had secured a divorce, the brother of the Czar married his mistress. Joseph Letter, the young Chicago capitalist who inherited the millions of Levi Z. Letter and who made a reputation for himself as a wheat "plunger," was born in the Windy City forty-five years ago to-day. Young "Joe" got into the limelight fif teen years ago by engineering a cor ner that made him temporarily the largest holder of wheat in the history First-Bridgeport National Bank RIGHTS FOR NEW STOCK THE consolidation of the First Bridgeport and Pequonnock Banks having become effective today, rights will accrue to stockholders in the First Bridge port Bank to subscribe to its enlarged capital stock in the proportion of six shares of new stock to ten shares presently held. Our house will trade actively in these subscription rights, will adjust fractions, will buy, sell and ex change, and do everything necessary to give the best service to stockholders. HINCKS BROS. & CO. Members New York Stock Exchange 207 - 209 State Street, Bridgeport, Conn. '1 Established ' 1857 Gift Suggestions in the China Store. Great pains has been taken to collect individual pieces 01 Silver, China, Pottery and Glass, for the dining room or living room, the den or bou doir, which will serve for "either men or women, and i which are artistic, and mod erate in price. The China Department extends an invi- - tation. , Sterling Silver Candlesticks, $3.50 and" $4.00 Domino Sugar Trays, $2.25, $2.75 and $3.03 bugar Baskets, $2.75 Individual Castors,, two bottles, three - four Almond Dishes, Bonbon or Nut Dishes. Sandwich ' Plates, pierced silver, Plateaux for vases or teapots, $3.00 Children's Silver Cups, . $2,75, $3.00 and $3.50 Knife, Fork and Spoon Sets, $3.50 and $4.00 Napkin Bings and Napkin Clips, 50, 75 cts and $1.00 Tea Balls, : $2.75 $3.25 $5.00 $1.25 and $1.50 $2.75 $6.00 and $7.50 to $7.00 Tea Stands, Tea Strainers, Individual Salt Cellars, . Salt Spoons, ; 1 Pepper Shakers, . Mustard Cups, Coasters, Lemon Forks, $1.00, $1.50 to $2.25 75 cts $1.25 and $1.50 50 ct3 25 cts 75 ct3 $2.78 and $3.75 , 50 and 75 cts 75 cts Silver Novelties at 98 cts. Bonbon Spoons, Cream Ladles, Marmalade Spoons, Sugar Shells, Cheese Knives, Orange Spoons and Baby Spoons. Silver Section, lower floor. Burrowes Featherweight Card Tables The convenient folding kind, with baize tops, dimensions 30x30, the regular $4.00 style, $3.25 for the Holidays. Fourth floor. Christmas Fans Dainty trifles of painted gauze and lace. Silk and Feather Fans handsomely decorated. Silk Fans with sandalwood sticks. V , Prices 25, 50 and 75 cts. to $12.00 ' Children's Fans for dancing school, a large as sortment 25 cts and up. The Si lex Coffee n '.''XT -T'A --1 -1 r I, : -M 1 1 1 -i'"" Percolator Makes delicious coffee in a few minutes, and without the least sediment. The boiling water percolates through the coffee bringing the pure oil, without any trace of tannin, aromatic and delightful to the tasfe. i Come and see the demon stration, and see how easily and quickly it is made. Eco nomical too, a f easpoonf ul of coffee to one cup. In the Easement.' The D. M. Pvead Company. RADFORD n a m v " u u iljs o; vr. . 1072 Main St. DEPARTMENT STORE, 89 Fairfield Ava. "THE STORK TO FQTB 6CAECK ARTTCTJES" AND TEE STORE) THAI PAX'S XHB CAR FAR1 COUPON GOOD FRIDAY, DEC. 5 Ten Cent INVERTED GAS MANTLES With Coupon 5c BRITAIN OPPOSES BILL WHICH AIDS SEAMEN Washington, Dec. 4 Great Britain has made pressing representations at "Washington as the result of activities of the chambers of commerce of the United. Kingdom to secure the post ponement of the passage of the sea men's bill until after the conclusion of the international conference on safety at sea, in London. YOUNG CORN GROWERS VISIT WASHINGTON Washington, Dec. 4 The vanguard of an army of boys and girls who are doing their share to further the "stay on the farm" movement have arrived in Washington. The party numbers about 1.2O0. They came from Ohio where they won the trip as a reward for the excellence of the corn grown by the boys and the baking done by the girls. Secretary Bryan, who addressed the THIS IS A GOOD PLAGH TO GET GAS FIXINGS Best makes in Mantles. Gas Tubmg,tnree ana lotir feet lengths, for 8e. Longer pieces, 3c foot. boys and girls at Continental hall lt night, said he was kept busy .lec turing to keep a little farm in Kan sas running. At the same time h declared that the farm' was the futnr'-, of the young man and that it offer ed greater opportunities than any oh- er vocation. ' 7' REVENUE SERVICE IZIl STARTS ICE PATH 01, Washington, Dec 4 Bete-n now and April 1 a acore of tfte little- "ou sels of the revenue cutter serv). e wi'l patrol the waters along the American shore to be in readiness to M Vhe men "who go down to" the in ships." These ..vessels have started on th!r winter cruise when their servie r most needed. Some others -lTI start on the annual ice patrol to warn the great Atlantic liners of the approach of dangerous ice bergs and floe. Bayonne, N. J., Dec. 4. Twenty boy nnea nrty cents eacn ior sica-mus gon and burning It elotion night-