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The Breckenridge news., 1906-07-25

Many people fail to realize the
great value of a thrifty, well-kept
garden. Even an inferior one is much
better than none. Vegetables are in
dispensable to a family, so far as
health is concerned, to say nothing of
the money saved by not having to buy
so much -four and so many groceries.
1t would seem that every man
should manage to obtain a piece of
ground and see that 1t becomes well
fertillzed and enriched and then put
under a thorough state of cultivation
before trying to plant the seeds. II
only costs little to buy enough seeds
for quite a gOod-sized garden.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-07-25

There is a multitude Of thinking people
who see the dangers the future holds for
our country unless we reach a wise solution
OF the tremendous social problems that
confront US.
The spirit in which we should approach
the consideration OF these problems is set
forth in this remarkable book in a way that
must be an inspiration to every truly hu-
name and patriotic heart.
Let the spirit of common sense and opti-
mism and fundamental economic and phil
osophical truth that pervades this book be
taken as the underlying motive of the
movement, and the Creed and Platform Of
the Homecrofters as the practical plan to
work to, and the rest of the great social
questions are certain to be rightly solved
by application to them of the sound and
humane principles that will guideth action
of our people upon all great national ques-
tons.
One eopv of 1.-The Coming People" post
age prepaid will be mailed 10 any ad-
dress in the United States for twenty five
cents.
One COPY of both ''The Coming People,
and .'The First Book of the Homecroftersr
and .,Nlaxwelps Talisman" monthly for the
rest of the wear 1906 will be mailed TO any
address in the United States for fifty cents.
Remit IN postage stamps to The Home
crofters, ifs Main street. Watertown. Mass
The Breckenridge news., 1906-07-25

in the condition of the wage-earner,
the general carrying out of the hone
croft idea would relieve the con-
gestion of population in cities, and
greatly assist in their development
along those lines which are much
better than mere bigness. A hun
dred thousand or a million people
living on small tracts of land, wi in
an hours ride of city would make
far more business for the city, of
every desirable kind, than the same
number closely packed in tenements.
The "homecroft" experiment not
to be limited to the settlement fost-
cred by Mr. Maxwell near Boston
The idea combines with its sugges-
tions of social betterments the prob
ability of very satisfactory returns
to the owners of vacant lands, near
cities, who may be disposed to ek-
pertinent with It.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-07-25

such betterments, either already
demonstrated or anticipated, are
these:
1. Healthier holle surroundings.
air, sunlight, trees, q vers; room
for children to grow up without con-
tact with the contaminating in
fuences of crowded city streets and
tenements.
2. Diversity in employment and
healthful recreation for the wage
Garner himself, md wholesome op-
portunity for his VIE and dren
to contribute to the family in
come, in the cultivation Of an acre,
more or less, of ground. This would
enable him, especially, to keep his
girls at home, instead of sendingl
The Breckenridge news., 1906-07-25
THE Hor1EcRoFT VS.. THE TENEMENT.

From st. Paul Prcsa
By way of affording practical OBJ
ject lesson in the "Homecroft" idea,
George H. Maxwell has acquired fifty
acres of ground at Watertown, Mass.
less tn thirty minutes by rail-
road or forty-hve minutes by trolley
from the center of Boston-which
will be broken up into small "crofts''
for city workers. There, it is to be
presumed, will be illustrated, by de-
grees, all the different phases OF bet
termen which characterize the
komecroft as compared with the
tpement-house idea, in its applica-
tiop to the life of the average Ameri-
can wage-earner; especially he whose
weekly stipend comes from work In
cityshop or store or factory. Among
The Breckenridge news., 1906-07-25

In Rochester. y. Y. the school
authorities grade and sod the school
yards. while the shrubbery and other
planting is by private effort in con
junction with the school children.
Ample land is furnished for decorative
playground purposes. and most exemp-
larry results have been obtained.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-07-25
HOME LANDS IN SMALL
PARCELS

The more far-reaching and substan-
tial feature of the movement is
the acquisition and subdivision OF
land into small tracts for actual croft
purpose as outlined above. This close
ly resembles the schemes developed in
Hitchin, Port Sunlight, Bournville and
The Breckenridge news., 1906-07-25

elsewhere in England. 1t will not he
out of place to outline the Bournviiie
plan which is identical in many re-
spects and has been carried out to an
assured success. This model village
was started in 1879 when Messrs. Cad
bury Bros. removed their works from
The Breckenridge news., 1906-07-25
OVERCOMING PHYSICAL
DEGENERACN.

The Gild is not making the mistake
of trying To make farmers pure and
simple out of city workers. Such a
hard and fast line between city and
country will always lead to failure.
Mr.. Maxwell says: Give the city
worker Il home in the suburbs, where
he can have a garden ana poultry
yard and where his children can have
sunshine and fresh air without stint.
and you have largely done away with
the terrible evils that are curSing the
dcniZenS of the cOngeSted quarters of
our great cities-physica degeneracy
tuberculosis. and social. moral. and
political dangers too numerous to he
enumerated" Henry w. Grady de-
scribed the antithesis when he said,
"The citizen standing i'm the doorway
of his home-contented on this thres-
hOld-his family gathered about his
hearthstone-while the evening of a
well-spent day closes in scenes and
sounds that are dearest-he shall save
the republic when the drum tap is
futile and the barracks are exhausted y
The Homecroft Gild has other plans
in immediate contemplation. Near
The Breckenridge news., 1906-07-25

to $2500 each n much higher grade of
home than the workers had been ac-
customed to was provided. Rents
range from As. Cd. to 12S. per week.
not including rates; and the death rate
of nineteen per thousand in Birming-
ham has been reduced to six and nine
The Breckenridge news., 1906-07-25

town, has been purchased and con-
verted into "A Gildhall and shops for
handicraft work. The land around the
house has practically all been appro-
priated To the use of a garden ScnOOl
and laid out in childrenS gardens.
The director of the gardens is Miss
Elizabeth :. Hill of GrOton, who last
year conducted the school gardens in
BrOokline and GrotOn. over a hun
dred children are already at work and
many more, almost two hundred in all,
have applied for space. 1t is an inter
esting sight and IL poor commentary
on our public school system. to see
the wistful look of the children mot
in it, as they watch the fortunate ones
and inquire of the instructors as to
how long they will have to wait
Many children not connected with the
school watch the workers aud play on
the grounds, so that it has become Il
childrens center for the town.
The opening or the garden school has
aroused an interest among other pri-
vate organizations in the neighborhOod
and the WOmenS Club of Watertown
has established another garden school.
also under Miss IIills supervision. as
is still another opened by the Women's s
Social Science Club Of Newton, whose
garden is on Jackson Road near Non
antum.
On the outer boundry of the town
the old Emerson Place has been pur-
chased and set aside as garden
school for boys and even men who de
sire to do practical work. The plots in
this garden are large enough to permit
of practical experiments and to even
supply quite Il quantity of vegetables,
which each gardener is allowed to ap-
propriate to his own use. The only
requirement is that each gardener pro-
vide his own tools and seed and pay
sufficient attention to the instruction
and to his work to keep his plot in fair
condition and in harmony with the
garden as a whole. There is in this
garden plenty of space not taken and
it offers unique and valuable oppor-
tunity for any one desiring such work.
The garden is supervised by young
man with practical experience in
market gardening.
WEAVE BEAUTIFUL THINGS.
The weaving department. the only
handicraft department as yet de
vcloped in the Gild, is supervised by
Miss j. \. Turner, formerly with the
experiment station for the blind in
Cambridge. Miss Turner. assisted by
her sister. has several looms already
I'm working order and instruction has
been taken up. The aim Of the work
in weaving, as it will be in other home
craft work. is not 10 have a weav-
ing establishment for the production of
goods, but to conduct Il school in
weaving and design where women i'm
the community may learn to do work
which may be carried on in their
homes. This, as in the case of the
croft work, will enable them to occupy
spare time, which would be otherwise
wasted or improperly spent, in CON
genial, healthy and remunerative en-
ployment. 1t Is hoped and believed
that such work will enable many
women who have to supplement their
income to do it in their homes and not
be forced into factories and other un-
satisfactory conditions. A system will
be developed whereby looms will be
supplied by and the product sold
through the Gild. BY this method eX-
penses will be kept at a minimum and
the highest profits accrue to the
workers.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-07-25
EDWARD It. HARTMAN

Secretary Massachusetts Civic League.
At Watertown, Massachusetts, there
is being put under way what seems to
be one of the most sane and practical
The Breckenridge news., 1906-07-25
FOLLOWS SUCCESSFUL ENGLISH
PLAN.

The movement is not intended to be
an Isolated one as the shops and
gardens are open to any one who will
use them in the right way. Mr. Max
well feels that isolation has been the
cause of failure in such attempts and
that the people of the community must
themselves become part of such a
movement if it is TO succeed. Here
again the scheme resembles that Of
Bournville. There, though practically
I'll the houses have been built by the
Management. only forty-one and two
enths per cent. Of the occupants work
n the village. Eighteen and SiN-tenthS
Der cent work in villages within a
mile and forty and twO-tenthS per cent
work in Birmingham. Fifty and
seven-tenths per cent of them are en-
ployed at indoor work I'm factories
thirteen and three-teuths per cent. are
clerks and travellers. and thrty-siX
per cent. are skilled workers and pro-
fessional men. BY this arrangement
normal community life is main
tanned. The Homecroft Gid is being
developed along the same lines.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-07-25
THE HOMECROFTERS' GILD.
To Enable People to Live in Their
Own Home and on "a Piece OF
Their Own Land.
CHANCE FOR FACTORY WORKERS

Every Child in a Garden and Every
Mother In a Homecroft" is she
Motto of the Org Hun
dred Children at Work in the First
School Garden at Matertown, Mass.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-07-25

the worker i'm direct contact with his
land. These plans are being prepared
by Mr.. Allen w. Jackson, the archi-
tect.
Something over fifty acres of land
have already been purchased for subdi-
vision, and improvement. This will be
sold TO workingmen for homes for prac.
tically what it cost in large ira Is. plus
the cost of division and Improvement
\ special plan is to sell homes to in
duStriOus working men ON long
time, on the monthly inStalment plan.
at rate which will be no more than is
usually paid in rent. but which will
create a sinking fund that will pay
the purchase price and in the mean
time carry what will amount to an in
Surance policy covering the amount of
the purchase price remaining due, 50
that if the purchaser should die the
property would go to his family with
out further payment.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-25
Editorial and
Society Section
SOC, 75c AND $1.o0
33(0)C

SOC, 75c AND $1.00 10~
HOSE. .OIO
For Monday only a miscellaneous lot of wo-
mems best quality hose; worth regularly
from SOC to $780, and include plain Isle,
gauze Isle, allover lace Isle, black mocha
hose with split feet, gauze cotton with white
tips, lace ankle hose in black or tan. fancy
coored hose in a variety of patterns-some
lace, others plain Isle, also lace and gauze
hose, with hand embroidered ankles; IN
all of them Hermsdorf dyed NUC
Choice Monday, pair ..................O wv
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-25

Children's milo" Knit 25r
Underwear .OOS
A superior line of children's garments;
swiss ribbed; fine French Isle; the
vests are in all sizes, but white only
and are high neck, long sleeve, neatly
silk taped; are a medium weight
and very serviceable for this time of
the season and are as good as you
usually get for Soc; Introductory price
35c.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-19
TER rights
STOCKS.

Closing bid and asked quotations 70, active
TonopAh stocks on the wall Street Mining and
Stock Exchange yesterday were:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-19
DAILY TREASURY STATEMENT
WASHINGTON. April ls.-The .statement o.
receipts and expenditures OF the Treasury snow
This day. THIS month. FtttGI gsn;
Reee,pts 49,, ~ ssa, 2si ~ .46s, ias A7se@S..
Expenditures 100000 H,s6o.ooo 'o'',I'


The receipts from customs 70 day. were thSS u
from internal revenue. t7l2. 1853. and m'sce.hi.yn.
"a SIS, National bank notes received for fe"'"'
ton, Sl.o69 Sal. -,,.
The cash statement of the United Sh'e' i'"'
urer for April Is shows.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-19
MONEY AND

Money on call, S1I@t per cent; last lon
8H per cent; ruins rate, az per cent uns
money quoted at o per cent. for sixty 70
ninety days, - a. per conf. iqr ion nr i ibS sn1l
81 d5T per cent. for nine months. Com,
mercial paper quoted At 5MMS per cent, lC'
prime single names and bills receIVsos
other names, O per cent.
The foreign exchange market was nm
In rates. Demand sterling closed 10 point;
and S4.ssH for short. Actual rates LONE
bills. s4.s22o: sight drafts. - s5+oa s. W.,
were quoted at $50 for long and 5lei, t;
liz for short. Relchsmsrks were quoted
at ol5I for long and e4A. plus l-94 for short
Guilders were quoted at 1922 for long @a
Domestic exchange on New York Boston
-lo 2-3c. discount. Chicago-l5ci premium
Charleston-Banks. buying. par selling l,i".
treaI-I5t@3iHc. premium. New Orleans.
Commercial. ST discount; banks, 81 premium
ST. Paul-s5c. premium; MinneapoIs'-SSsyn,
premium. Louisyille--3oc premium; s so
Francisco-25c. premium. st. Louis 2oNS%'
Money in London. 2,%@s per cent, Ra,s -,
discount in open market for short ana G ,mrJ,
for. money closed at boz. and for me a..
count at aoT.. Paris ndvlces quoted 3 pr
cents ss francs 90 centiInes. The pb orys
RATE Oh ul5CuuilI ~ - p'l ''Hl' - pa,lfr
on London rs francs 10 confines beih.
sdvices quote exchange on London 20 MAN. a
I9n pigs. The private rate of discount ~
81 per cent. The weekly statement ot ts
Imperial Bank Of Germany shows. me ili
lowing changes. Cash on hand !~ncress.1
3 .eIO, 900 marks; treasury notes ~increaseI
I,3so, 900 marks: other securities ,decrea5s'
"a, 500. 900 marks: notes in circulation q"
creased ,at Csc, 900 marks. ,,
New York Clearing House sta'eren,
Exchang es, 1891, 5lI, 2o2; balances. sl3 ,St","s''
sub-Treasnry debit balance. s632 42e ~,
Commercial price OF bar silver IN ~,
York. 84Ic. Bar silver In London closed y
20 1918. Mexican silver dollars were ouo'"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-19
THE OUTSIDE MARKET.

The outside market was mod erately active.
cisco disaster and the other circumstances
which operated to bring a lower level for
Mackay common was weak on reports OF
destruction OF the company's property in
San Francisco, but the preferred displayed
decided rinness. Metro
politan issues were quiet. Mercantile Marine
stocks were steady. Chicago Subway was
fractionally lower and less active than on
the preceding day. Trading in Baltimore
and Ohio rights was fairly. active. United
Copper was the feature of the mining group
in point OF activity. the prices declining TO
ties was weak in sympathy with United
Butte Coalition was active and firm. British
down at the smoker. Other copper stocks
showed losses as q rule. The close was
irraO1ilaF
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-19
N

METALS.-lh6 trading was quiet, With
prices generally steady. In London tin vas
Arm at fI77 6s. for spot and ei74 for futures.
Copper there was steady at fs5 for spot and
Prices here as follows: Copper, lake.
ls.5oGi8 Z. $50; electrolytio. ls, asa 1880. cast
inRs, 1905. 25c.: lead. 5.85d5 $50; spelter,
s.oSGDe. LOG; tin, Sc. s06bSec.
The market for pig, iron certificates wa
steady, with the trading dull. Prices iof
regular as follows: Cash, SIC: April. ilta
1880: May. e16delo.6 so; June. l5,75G' ls.h,
October, Si8G1s18. So.
PRovIsIoNs.-Lard was quiet and firm
prime Western, 1925: refined Continent,
$40; South American, ee.75. Pork was quiet
and nrm: mess. sl7 .26dsl7S5. Tallow, 6hs
cSeess-state. +. G, large or small, colofsd
OF whit, fancy, 1tHc., Egg Western. trsts,
175So.' Chicago. April ls.-Provisions fel!
the weakness in the hog market and ruld
lower. The selling was largely OF a local
character. A Western packer bought July
ribs and there was a 1000 investment se men, T e:
pork and rlbs against sales for shipment,
Cash trade for both meats and lard is good
and fully equal to current manufacture Of
product. Indications now point TO a lighter
hog movement in May and June than ths
trade In general has been expecting. JOG.
den Armour says that the statistical position
Of provisions is strong. This is the time whsn
the export demand u light. but the othei
demand large" Prices as follows:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-19
STATISTICAL POSITION OF COFFEE.

Coffee on the spot was steady at sMc, for
but reacted and closed generally unchanFed'
with the tone steady and the GALES Se,6ii baeE'
Hsyre was unchanged TO ~. lower. Ham.
exchange SID, lower, at i4Kd.; receipts.'
zoos bAEaj -eeeohs ,eeto3a eantos advSSeSai
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-19
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Quiet and Frmer-Metals Dull and
Steady-PrOytsions Easy.

Coffee continued to display q firm tone
and early In the day prices advanced 8 TO
10 points. The cables were frmer. the re-
ceipts at the Brazilian ports continued light,
Wall Street and Europe bought on a moderate
scale. the offerings were light and shorts
covered. partly because OF the reports that
estimates on the Brazilian crop are being
reduced.
The advance was effAoed later oD, however.
by scattered liquidation. The trading, too,
was less active and the spot trade showed
no improvement. The deliveries at all ports
yesterday we're only 1881 bags. against
i4.sos on the same day last Year. There
was no aggressive selling. however, and the
attitude Of many in the trade Ia more friendly
70 the market. A'further liberal decrease in
the visible supply 10 expected on the hrst Of
next month.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-19
THE BOSTON MARKET.

BOSTON, April 1s.-Copper market opened
lower, as the earthquake in San
Francisco tended to check buying orders
and disturbed confidence. A~malgemated and
North Butte were the more active stocks.
Nevada continued very strong on light deal
ings. The list closed firm at fractional losses.
and indications seem TO be that the decline
will only be temporary. Industrial list was
without feature.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-19

SUB-TREASURY STATEMENT

TvtspAr, yt7'Hn
Poid by Sub Treasury 10 hanks '''' = >sn mn
Paid by banks 20 Sub Treasury ,....."
Loss 10 banks on days transactions -"
sINcE FRIDAY LAST m
Paid by Sub Treasury TO banks ......' -, AZ M
Paid by banks 10 Sui. Treasury ...'''. '' -
. .ttsSl@.,
sxScSs iH 49, e ;ssa sesas period pfs1iSs, @sal, Lse@
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-19
RAILROAD AND OTHER SHARES.

Total saleso bonds tpar valued. ; q .2oa,ooo.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-19

FL ouR.-Quiet and steady. Sales. $500
bbls. Receipts, 2O,ot6 bbls.; exports. I7,Ieo
o.. 4OdSae5. Winter: StralRhts, Sa.75dss 90;
clears, 81. 25dss.s0. Rye -four. o., So@t4.ls
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-19

SuoAR.-Raw was. dull and steady at soc,
f fSr S=snsGtiHSfd % 10 degree tsss' t ssIes sn9 ao, 3 5'i 5as,
Cuba centrifugal 90 test. prompt shipment,
at 2 i-16o., cost und freight. Refined v"
quiet; graduated 4.45en4 soc.
NAVAL STORES Spirits Of turpentine, Sha
69c. Common TO good strained rosin, 81.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-19
CHICAGO CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
THE GRAIN
wheat IrreGular-MRy 8trOng-BhOrts
Cover-Corn IrreGular-Oats Ffrmer.

Wheat In the end was higher on May. due
70 covering. and lower on later months, owing
mainly TO favorable weather and crop re-
ports.
Early prices for wheat advanced slightly
and later on declined. The fluctuations
were, however. within very narrow limits.
SAveSpOoi .aavanosA Nd. 3, AtAAp and sAeglln
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-05
SIOUX CITY LIVESTOCK

Cattle receipts were Of fair. volume
and show a gain Of 1900 head over
last week. A big share Of the heavier
marketing is due to an increased sup
ply of stocker cattle. The stocker and
feeder trade opened the week with deal
ers buying freely and values were well
maintained with last week 8 best time.
On Wednesday there was weaker tone
to the trade, but the demand from the
country was fully able to take care
of the more limited marketing, and the
week, closes with very good cleanup
out Of the speculators division. The
heavier weights Of steers are in most
demand and the offerings this week
sold at $3.50@$3.85. An Improvement
in the trade may confidently be looked
for, as crop reports are all very favor
able, which will mean big demand
for cattle to 90 into the feed lots Of
this territory.
Fat cattle have been in moderate
marketing and the percentage Of good
dry-fed stuff was light. A liberal as
sortment Of half-fat steers was received
and this class ruled fully 25 cents
lower. than last week, and it is this
grade of cattle that finds poor outlet
at other centers. The COW market
ruled a dime lower than last week, but
the increased marketing has been we'll
taken care Of at $3@3.50, while strict
ly good grassers sold at $3.50@3.85.
Very few sales of beeves have been
made above the SIS mark. while there
has been liberal marketing of light and
habitat stuff at $4.50@4.85. Range
cattle marketed this week we're bought
up eagerly by the packers, the steera
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-05
year. "

While considerable discussion ranged
about the probable size Of the quar-
teEly earnings of the United States
Steel corporation, few expected the in
auguration Of dividends on the COM
mon stock at this juncture, despite the
fact that the surplus has passed the
$10O,000,000 mark, the point assigned
some time ago by insiders. Present
earnings and orders on hand would
seem to Justify the action of the direc-
tors, tho the retroactive feature, where
by one-half per cent is declared for
the quarter ending March 81. and one
half per cent for that Of June 80, is
rather a novel thing in Wall street.
Apparently the directors wished to
put the stock on a 2 per cent basis,
which was the rate at which the last
payment was made in December, 1908.
! he renewal Of dividends on the COM
IA stock, which is widely distributed
.>-.fuout the country, following upon
SIMILAR action in other quarters, is de-
signed to corroborate the theory that
the larger interests are desirous of
stimulating confidence on the part of
the investing class. It was generally
admitted that the Steel dividend was
a big bull card.
-Stan1ev SchrOff