Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-24
What 'ReciprOcity" Cost
People in This District,
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RoTe Than $4,000 Outset 10
Patrons Of One Concern.
Progress in the Aihsns Electric
Car Line Project.

The figures at hand indicate that
the patrons OF tie SAowhegan Jersey
Creamery alone, are something over
$500 cut Of pocket on account OF the
attempted reciprocity" deal The to-
tai loss t. the dairssnen throughout
the State must have been something
enormous, and this is. how it happen
ed When the procIama ticn calling the
extra session of Conssess. was issued
the cdid storaee peoplG.had Oh hand
large stocks Of butter The latter soon
saw thar reciprocity" -3Yas bound to
pass Congress. and supslased sthat Ca
nadian ratification would follow as a
matter Of course. That aQeant that
their stocks Of butter wp9td have to
be sold in competition With Canadian
goods. and FOR much less than cost
Fortsecin a loss rs Inevitable, the
cold storage crowd dumped their goods
on the market to have II over with as
quickly as possible or course the
market broke in all directions
In April prices slu1nped 50 that the
Skowhegan Creamery could only pay
26 cents for butter fat, or 9l2 cents per
pound below the 1910 figures. on the
Aprii output this made a difference to
the patrons of Is35. T9uriRg the month
of May the price was. down 6 cents,
cquiyalont 20 $11S6.27,. and fer June the
figures we're cent and a69s92 This
makes tie total stump worth S45fo.20
TO the patrons. with all the figures on
the wrong side of the ledger.
These significant facts were brought
out by an investigation which Roland
T. Pa,tan was prompted to make, aft
er he had compared the butter fat
prices paid by the creamery for the
past few years.
The annual Rally day of the Bethany
Baptist church and Sunday school was
observed, Sunday, with appropriate
exercises both morning and evening.
Progress is evidently being made in
the project Of building an electric car
lire between this place and Athens At
n meeting held in Athens, Saturday, a
large number of citizens were present
and talked over the situation. 1t is I'M
derstoed that Harvey D. Eaton of Wa
tervilie. reported at the meeting that
if the citizens would raise $4,000 he
would see that the other $4,000 was
forthcan1inc This will give the pro-
iilA3ikst EasAHI sA4AfA flAtf7S VIII ~ a*ftN ~
float the bonds fer the SIS coo It being
reckonc5 mat the cost Of building the
road viii be $3.50 e04. The money raised
is IS follows. $4,000 by Skowhegan;
$1,000 ~ Athens: $4,000 by Maine
Central Railroad. It is expected that a
meeting Will be called by Madison ask
Ing sfor IA appropriation of $1,000 a
meeting FOR this purpose has beer
held there once and the question
turned down. Cornville turned down
the question which asked for $1,000, but
it is expected that another meeting
will be called later.
Miss Cora C. Dow, q teacherGn the
public schools Of Waterville. passed
Saturday and Sunday al the home of
Mr. and Mrs Herbert Judkins
". G.. Gagne Of Boston passed Sat
uraay and Sunday with his wife. here.
Elmer Nolin has gone to Brunswick,
where he will resume his studies in
Bowdoin Medical School
L. L. Goodwin left here Monday. for
Purcell. Oklahoma, where he will pass
the winter with his daughter, Mrs
Ralph Leavitt. Mr.. Goodwin viii be
missed by. Skowhegan people, as he
has aiNd@S ocSh Il HIST StHidl per
in the town. or over 16 years he was
register OF deeds in the county.
J. Wallace Blunt was among those
who afforded the Colby-Bates game
at Lewiston, Saturday
Rev. G. r. sibley Of Wayne occupied
the pulpit al the First Baptist church,
Sunday
Mrs. Lane Of Dexter passed satur-
day and Sunday here with her daugh-
ter. Miss Marie Lane. teacher in the
public schools