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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-01
HOW TO VOTE THE
 DEMOCRATIC TICKET

On the voting machine the second lever. from the top on the left side. is designated by the letter "B," which stands for Buckingham. Be sure and turn down the lever with the letter ''B'' and you have cast your vote for Buckingham for mayor and his aSso- ciates on the Democratic ticket. You want Buckingham for mayor. The city needs him. Therefore do not run the chance of losing your vote by attempting to scratch. Look for the letter "B.'' It Is on the second lever on the left hand side of the machine. Turn that lever down and you have cast your vote for the candidates or the people. Remember this. Look for the letter "B."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-01

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE PROMO Quinine Tablets Druggists refund money if it fails to cure E. w. GROVES sig nature is on each box. 25c.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-01

ident. Mrs. wm. L. Taylor: vice nres- tdent. Mrs. Hull B. Bradley; secretary treasurer. Miss c. F. Thomas. There will be meeting of the Guild at the rectcry next Wednesday.
 One hundred and two men took out hunters licenses for the coming year.
 The Grange which recently held a meeting has made no plans for the fCtCre. Its great object now is to secure new members.
 Gustav Lehn has returned to Bos- ton.
 Miss Ellen Purdy is home from Hart ford.
 ar and Mrs. William Mason of Hartford, have been spending a week in town.
 It is said that the sewer question Is a vital one for the town. All looks serene on the surface. and few com opposition to turning the Saugatuck river into a sewer. At the next meet ing of the Civic Club 1t is hoped G. l.. Robinson. a civil engineer of New York. will explain how to build a sew craze disposal plant and convert the material into fertilizer He Is now constructing such plant for Mt. Yer non.
 Mss Jane A. Reeves is soon to have a SlO,OOO house built on Imperial ave nue. It will be a stucco building in the Spanish Mission style.
 Arthur F. Jclliffe is to be stage man. ager Tor a play called ''The Stronger Sex He used to be connected with the Westport Dramatic club.
 George Burr Smith of Saugatuck has disposed of his insurance business to Joseph Morton of Imperial avenue.
 The business firm of John R. Taylor and Luther w. Brown has been dis solved. Mir. Taylor will conduct the business.
 Fifty members of Scotia lodge. F. & A. NJ. recently visited the lodge in this town. worked the master degree upon a candidate and presented Rev Kenneth Mackenzie. Sr.. with a past masters jewel A supper followed
 Oscar PennoyeT. who has been ar rested in Hartford for highway rob bery. is we'll known in town He once worked for his father. Henry Pen noyer. who kept a liquor saloon
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-01
PRIEST C0MMENDS
 JUDGE DAVIS
Credits Him at Masses as Having End.
 ed Hatters' Strike.

Credit for the settlement of the hat ters' strike was given to Judge Thom- as A. Davis of Orange, N. J., by the Rev. Matthias J. Mcdonald, rector of St. Johns Roman Catholic parish. at all the masses yesterday The priest said that Judge Davis had been a tire less worker for a settlement. at much sacrifice of his own time. almost from the beginning of the strike
 Judge Davis is the third layman to be commended from the pulpit of St. Johns church. and the first to be so honored while living. His father. Michael Davis. and the late David Quinlan were the other two
 During the struggle" said the rec tor. there was one who unceasingly worked for you refer to Judge Da- wis. He worked morning. noon and night. at a great sacrifice to his pro- fessional work To his energy. abil- ity. and persistence we owe this set clement"
 Father Mcdonald congratulated the workers for the way they had behaved themselves throughout the struggle of ten months and a half. and assured them that the victory was as much on their side as on that of the manufac- turers- He predicted that the trade would never again witness such a struggle, if the workers would only maintain an attitude of goodwill and fairness toward the employers
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-01
AZ ADVERTISING THOUGHT.

to more people at lsss cost than au ether kinds of advsretainH ouahiusd
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-01
WESTPORT

There was a rumor in town on Sat urday that the coal barge which got stuck in the draw of the State street bridge at about 10 o'clock on Friday night. was owing to the fact that the captain of the tug which was towing the barge was in a hurry to get off to the Vanderbilt races and did not wait until there was sufficient depth of water in the river to let the barge through In any event. it was a dis graceful thing that the barge was taken under the bridge when the wa ter was too shallow. Selectman Os- car Smith has been urged to see At torney Stiles Judson and ascertain if the owner of the barge cannot be held for damages. Better yet. prohibit all coal barges from going under the bridge, and close the draw for good and keep it closed.
 Miss Alice NJ. Clark, who has been for the past four years the teacher or principal of the Greens Farms school. has received an appointment in her home town of Wallinsford, and will resign her recent position Her sue ceSsor has not as vet been appointed.
 It is stated that those having the statue of the Minute Man in charge have begun to build its foundations nn inc little triangle at CCmpo Beach.
 This evening the local Musical So- ciety will give a concert at the Con Eregational church. the Danbury Glee Club being one of the attractions. As 1t is free the public is invited.
 The dance at the old Catholic church on Friday evening was well attended and proved to be very enjoyable. Get ting home with the draw Of the State street bridge open was another matter not so pleasant
 Tomorrow evening a meeting will be held at Trinity church in the interest of the boys and young men of the town. The proposition Is to unite the hoys of all the churches into a Boys Brigade One or two Major Generals are to be present to make speeches.
 The following officers have been re- centlv elected for Trinity Guild: Pres
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-01
DEMOCRATIC

Nayor-Edward IT. Buckingham City Clerk-Stephen F. Boucher. Town Clerk-Willfam Thomas.
 Tax Collector-John M. DonneIIy. City Treasurer-Frederick w. Hall. Board of Education-John J. Gull hnan, David H. Monahan, M. D.
 Selectmen-Charles J. Rising. Will liam Carter and Thomas M. Lovely. Max Cohen, James F. Beck
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-01
THE STOCK MARKET

(Watson. Alpers & Col
 We are disposed to feel more opti- mistic with regard to the nearby out look Naturally the stock market will meet with reactions at times. but the sound foundations of the country's af- fairs make it certain that increased profits. giving increased valuation to good properties. will eventually be reg istered in higher stock market quota tions.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-01

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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-20
PRoMISSoRY CAR FARE NOTES
Minneapolis Rlan Will save Temporal
rily Penniless From WALKING.

Minneapolis Rlan vii! Save Tempora.
rily Ponniless From Walking.
If you get on Minneapolis street
car and flnd that you are broke or
have a ten or twenty dollar bill that
the conductor cannot change you will
not nave to get of and walk. No, in
deed; the conductor will merely give
you little slip Of paper which will
be note promising to pay the street
railway company the amount of your
fare at the first opportunity.
Street car conductors in Minneapolis
were recently furnished with these
slips, which read: This certiAes that
/ am indebted to the Twin City Rapid
Transit company cents nonpayment
Of fare. I promise to forward this
amount Immediately to- the office of
the company"
Passengers who persuade the con-
ductors to trust them and then forget
to remit may be sued If the company
finds 1t needs the money badly.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-20
GATE CLOSED.

impediments 1t is about as good as no
gate. In the plan suggested herewith
is a partial solution Of the difficulty
which 80 often confronts the farmer
at this season of the year. Two cuts
are pictured. They show gate which
can be readily adjusted in case Of
snowdrifts.
1t is easily made from ordinary
lumber. A by 8 upright is used for
the two lower boards, 1 by 4 for the
upper ones. The uprights at the hinge
post are double by 4, one piece out
side and the other inside the bars. The
upright at the latch side may be the
same weight of stuff or slightly light
or and fastened in the same way. In
stead Of mailing the bars to these up
rights, bolts are used, one for each
bar at each end. The lowest board is
notched, as shown, and the double
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-20

a day when capital and labor will be
equal partners in all industrial enter
prises. He does not speak on the sub
ject as a theorist alone, having prac-
ticed for years, taking his most eff
cient workmen into the business. 1t
was on his recommendation that the
steel trust invited its employees to be-
come stockholders.
Is it the specter of socialism that has
frightened so many of our leading men
into their sudden advocacy of profit
sharing? The presidents message
gives ground for that inference, while
Mr.. Carnegie intimates the same when
he says:
"The idea of making workmen share
holders and dividing a share of the
profits among those rendering excep-
tional service will probably encounter
the opposition of the extremists on
both sides, the violent revolutionist of
capitalistic conditions and the narrow,
grasping employer whose creed is to
purchase his labor as he does his ma
terials, paying the price agreed upon
and ending there. But this opposition
will, we believe, amount to little. It
will even speak well for the new idea
If secuted by the extremists and COM
mended by the mass of men who are
on neither dangerous edge, but in the
middle, where usually lies wisdom"
The laird of Skibo continues:
$50 far we have list of 1S9 manu-
featuring concerns in the United States
which have welfare departments, sales
OF stocks to workmen or other modes
OF adding to their wages or forms rec
ognizing the community of interest be-
tween employers and employed. Eight
cen Of the principal railroad companies
In America have established systems
Of pensions for their employees as ex-
ira recompense, the cost borne exclu-
Sively by the corporations. The pen
sion feature, IKE pront sharing. n
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-20
Tuberculosis In Animals.

The international congress on tuber-
culosis which recently met in Wash
ington, as whole, dealt especially
with human tuberculosis, but consid-
cradle attention was directed to tuber-
culosis in domestic animals and nota-
bly, TO questions dealing with the milk
and meat supply and with the inspec-
tion of these products. One of the
seven sections into which the con-
gress was divided devoted itself espe-
cially to these topics, and the general
addresses before the congress, as a
whole, included lecture by Profess
or Barnard Bang of Copenhagen on
"Studies In tuberculosis In Domestic
Animals and What We May Learn
Regarding Human tuberculosis" An
extended discussion followed the re-
affirmation by Professor DR.. Robert
Koch of Berlin of his theory as to the
nonidentity and nontransmissibility of
human and bovine tuberculosis, after
which a resolution was unanimously
adopted recommending "that preven-
tive measures be continued against
bovine tuberculosis and that the pos
sibility of the propagation of this to
man be recognized"
The very extensive exhibits from
the various countries in America and
Europe attracted much attention and
presented vast amount of illustra-
tive material of rare educational val
ue. Phases dealing especially with the
prevention and treatment of the dis
ease in its early stages predominated,
there being a great variety of models
of sanitoria and special appliances.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-20
By JAMES A. EDcERToN.

By JAMES A. EDGERTON.
rs the next great step in Industrial
evolution to be In the direction Of
profit sharing? Is this to be the
solution of strikes and labor trou-
bles, the ushering in Of a better day
for employers and employees alike?
Yes to both questions-decidedly yes-if
such men as President Roosevelt, An
nrew Carnegie, Melville Il. Ingalls,, the
railroad magnate, and Arthur James
Balfour, ex-premier of Great Britain.
can be accepted as prophets. In the
past few weeks utterances from these
sharing in the strongest terms. Carne-
gle even goes so far as to say In effect
that the present wage system is doom
ed. He would have the. workers made
partners In the business. n. o. Nelson,
the st. Louis manufacturer who for
more than twenty years has practiced
the division Of profits, advocates that
not only employees, but customers, be
given their pro rata Of the returns that
their purchases produce. The United
States Steel corporation encourages its
workmen to buy stocks. Even John
ID. Rockefeller apparently has enough
and is willing to let other people share
pronts-at least in everything except
Standard Oil. He approves the princi-
pie. If he would go as far as Nelson
and divide profits with his customers
he might help some in oiling the
wheels Of general prosperity. While it
IL to be feared that his approval Is
more in theory than practice, 1t Is
something to gain his assent to the
righteousness Of the idea. 1t shows
that there are limits to men taking
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-20
LINC0LN'S LAST STORY.
Told to q Congressman Night Before
the President Was Assassinated.

Teld to q Conoressman Night Before
the President Was Assassinated.
What was doubtless the last story
told by President Lincoln and which
has heretofore escaped publication
was recently related to the house Of
representatives by General Keifer Of
Ohio, says a Washington dispatch. A
bill to reorganize the militia of the
District Of Columbia was under dis
cussion. 1t met the criticism of Gen
eral Keifer, who said 1t reminded him
of story told by President Lincoln
the night before he was assassinated
to the late Hon. Samuel Shellabarger,
for many years a member of con-
gress from Ohio.
Mr.. Shellabarger, said General Kei-
fer, called at the White House to re-
quest the appointment Of a constitu-
ent to staff position. THAT reminds
me of story" responded President
Lincoln. There was a woman living
on the banks of the Sangamon in the
early days who had the reputation of
being able to make a good white shirt.
An Irishman about to get married or
dered shirt from her for the cere-
mony. She made the shirt and
sterched 1t, but when the Irishman
put 1t on he found that the starch
went all the way around, and he re-
turned 1t for reconstruction, with the
comment that he didn't want a shirt
that was all collar.
"The trouble with you, Shellabar-
ger" Mr.. Lincoln remarked, 'is that
you want the army all staff and no
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-20
Biggest FIG Farm In The World.

John W. Gates and James Hopkins
Of Diamond match fame have gone
into partnership in the establishment
Of the largest fig farm in the world,
says a Galveston CTex.) dispatch. 1t
is In Jefferson county, not far from
the Gates estate at Port Arthur, Tex,
and more than 5000 acres are being
planted in fig trees. The two capital
lists own nearly $1,000 acres Of fine
land, and they are planning to put all
Of this into fruit growing before an
other season has passed. Expert fruit
growers from California and Florida
have been brought to Galveston for
the purpose.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-20
Il arm ano
Garden
GATE FOR THE SNoWDRIFT.

Simple Plan For Open Way In and
Out.
There is no snow cleaning In the
country. The farmer breaks his way
through the drifts with difficulty.
There is more play for the winds in
the country than there is in the city,
and when the snew accompanies the
wind the drifts impede travel and
clog the ways about the farm. The
gateway must be kept clear because
that is the way in as well as the way
out. Unless the gate is constructed In
a manner that will readily yield to the
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-20

brace used from the top of the latch
post to the bottom of the hinge post.
For the braces 1 by 3 stuff is strong
enough. These may be held in place
at the top by single bolt. They are
joined near the bottom with a bolt
which engages with the notches when
the gate is raised, as shown in the
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-20


begun to fear there were none, or at
least none which the captains of in
dustry would recognize.
New Business Partnership.
Here is to the new business partner
ship consisting of capitalist, worker
and consumer! 1t sounds fine, but ali
the time l am pinching myself to be
sure am awake. Heretofore the cap
1talist has been the whole firm. The
worker was only poor relation, while
the consumer was a rank outsider who
got it from both sides. Is it possible
that in future the high financier and
the captain of industry are going to
hand back little of what they take
from US? Carnegie says so, but l am
afraid to believe it for fear another
rise in trust prices will come along to
shatter my dream. To be perfectly
honest, the only sort of profit sharing
p have ever been up against has had
the candy on the other end-that is, my
profits have been shared by the food
trust, the landlord, the clothing trust
and all the other benevolent corpora
'tion gentlemen who claim the Goddess
of Liberty on the dollar as their affini-
~. If Roosevelt, Carnegie, ingalls, and
Balfour know of any kind of profit
sharing that does not give the trusts
all the profit and the people all the
sharing, am for 1t.
The presidents last annual message
speaks Of the matter in this wise:
Il believe in a steady effort, or per-
haps 1t would be more accurate to say
IN steady efforts. in many directions
10 bring about a condition of affairs
under which the men who work with
hand or with brain. the laborers, the
uperintendents, the men who produce
Dor the market and the men who fnd
marnot for the articles produced,
Phan own q far greater share than at
pcsssut Of the wealth they producs
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-20
Same Here.

The oldest man in our town
Cannot recall, by heck,
A winter when he got so few
Snowballs IN the neck.
Louisville Herald.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-20

Church-You say he's a very quiet
manf
Gotham-Yes, unless he's eatingS-l
Yonkers Statesman.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-20
Social Distinction.

Boss-What's the trouble down there3
Mike-Aw, the driver of the steam
roller wants to be called a chauffeur
Academian.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-20

He says he once supported Booth
And tells us how
It Jars him TO support, Gorsooth,
A sAwmill now.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-20
Merely a Suggestion.

Wills of rich men oft remind us,
II In our graves we'd rest content,
We should in dying leave behind MS
For heirs and lawyers-not a cent.
-JudR0.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-20
Profit Sharing Movement
Advantages of System That Establishes Community of
Interest Between Employers and EmpIoyed-VieWs
of Some of Its Prominent Advocates-WlI
Eliminate Strikes-Aohevements of Its
Most Conspicuous Supporter.

and be enabled to invest 1t In the
tools and instruments by which all
work Is carried on. AS far as possible
1 hope to see a frank recognition of
the advantages conferred by machin-
cry, organization and the division of
labor, accompanied by an effort to
bring about larger share in the own
ership by wageworker of railway, mill
and factory. In farming this simply
means that we wish to see the farmer
own his own land"
Inasmuch as these recommendation
Of Mr.. Roosevelt do not require con-
gressional action and so cannot be
man-bandled by Uncle Joe Cannon,
there is some chance for them. The
kind Of profit sharing believed in by
congress is that in which some bepev-
olent seeker Of special privile. is
willing to divide his pile for the pur-
pose Of getting votes. l hope our
august lawmaking bodies will not re-
gard this as an insult They ought
not to, for have often defended them
from sweeping denunciations. Besides,
insulting congress Is prerogative of
the president alone.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-20
Great Equal Partners.

Andrew Carnegie, who has built so
many libraries that we need no longer
borrow books from our friends and
forget to return them, is even more
optimistic and sees labor marching to
the heights along the profit sharing
road. He says no corporation founded
on the old lines can hope to compete
with one in which the workers have
an interest and are given special re-
wards for good service. He foresees
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-20
Good Wives.

A wife, domestic, good and pure.
Lake snail, should keep within her door,
But not, like snail. with silver track.
Place all her wealth upon her back.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-20

what others create. Some of us had
begun to fear there were none, or at
least none which the captains of in
dustry would recognize.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-20
Methods That Have Succeeded.

0ASOAOND 4AoO law puCCCCuCU.
Profit sharing has taken many forms
with us, some Of which have not been
notably successful. The most common
plan has been that of selling stocks to
workmen. Whether it is because of
suspicion of the stock market, lack of
means or lurking enmity to their en-
ployers, the men have not fallen over
each other in the scramble to invest.
The plan has by no means proved a
failure, but has gone so haltingly that
there must be some inherent defect in
It. A method that has succeeded much
better has been that of pensions and
rewards for extra service. One firm
divided its workers into grades accord
ing to efficiency. To the most efficient
a large dividend, or rather bonus, was
voted, to the next grade one-half as
much and to the lowest grade nothing
at all. Splendid results have attended
this plan wherever put into force. An
other plan that succeeds well is to pre-
sent the men stock in the company for
meritorious service. This is one Of
the methods of Mr.. Nelson.
Regardless Of the particular form It
may finally assume, however, it is GER
tain that the new idea OF profit shar-
ing VIII spread rapidly through all in
dustries and viii in6ugurate a new era
IN the relations Of cepital and labor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-18
HE BACKS UP HARMS.
Inspector Bischoff Corroborates
Statements Regarding Packers.

East st. Louis, ILL.,, June 1s.-Cor-
roboration of many of the charges
against the governments meat inspec-
ton system here was given to the Of
ficials who are investigating condi-
tions by Julius Bischoff, an inspector.
who was on the stand when the in
quiry was continued today.
According to j. F. Harms. the in
spector whose open letter to Secretary
Wilson caused the inquiry, Bischoff
substantiated his co-workers' asser-
tions.
The secrecy with which the ino,,irv
is being conducted has caused consid-
cradle comment about the stockyarf5s
Officials of packing companies had
expressed hope that the fullest pub
licity be brought into play and to-
day several of them said that thev
feared lest the present hearing fail to
allay public distrust of the inspection
system, no matter what report is
made to Secretary Wilson. Thev call
ed attention to the fact that the dav
after HARNESS original charges were
published, DIR. A. D. Melvin, who is
conducting the inquiry, was quoted
in an interview as being sure that fhe
allegations were without foundation
This phase of the matter was also Civ
en- by Harms as one OF the reasons
why he yesterday refused to take
part in a secret investigation.