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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
ANGRY HOUSEWIVES INVADE MEAT SHOPS
CUT DOWN PRICES OR CLOSE YOUR MARKETS. THEY TELL
 BUTCHERS-DEAL
 WINDOW SMASHED.

New York, June "A crowd of am gry housewives visited some of the butcher stores in the neighborhood of De Kalb and Sumner avenues, Brook lyn, yesterday, and demanded that the meat prices come down or, the meat on the counters be thrown away and the stores be closed. The women were determined and were driven to .des- peration by the exorbitant prices they have been compelled to pay for meat. Some butchers closed their shops.
 The first sign of trouble came when several women visited the butcher store of J. Diamond, at 924 De Kalb avenue. Benjamin Diamond, son of the proprietor, was in the store when the women entered the place. He did not suspect anything was amiss un- spokesman, told him the prices of meat must come down.
 We can't pay Is cents for meat now when we paid 14 cents year ago. These prices will have to stop now. There are twenty-five families will touch meat at the present prices.'
 Diamond tried to argue with the women. He told them he would have to sell the meat he had on hand. They told him they meant business ana leIt lC LO QlIa to QSCl06 tWActncF or not he would follow their warn ing. They walked out of the store. A few minutes later. while Diamond was standing in the rear of his store thinking 1t over, a heavy steel bucket came crashing through the store win dow. Without waiting. for further developments Diamond took his meat off the counter and stored it safely in the tcebox. ye,s5 s
 Other butcher stores in the neigh borhood got an inkling of what hap pe4led and business was temporarily suspended A number of women, supposed to be the same as the ones who visited Diamonds store, went later to the butcher shops of w. Klein at 585 Gates avenue, and J. Hoffman at 591 Gates avenue. No damage was done there, but the butchers listened to an argument against the high meat prices and were warned to heed the advice of the visitors to close up shop or reduce the cost of meat. No dam age was done in these stores
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
A High Tariff Expert

MT. Hill has explained his cotton bill. He believes it is better than the Demoeretics cotton hill he raays, "be- cause stheeadRt tiesssaEe lowers" It Is too bad thai AiE- HtlTss conviction that cotton duties ouSht to be lower did not come to him when he was assist ing in the preparation of the Payne AIdrich bill, which imposed towering tariffs on cotton and all it's fabrics. Doubtless the South Norwalk states man will assert that he did not have the advantage of the report of the tariff commission at that time.
 What then becomes of MT. Hills boast, repeated during a score Of years, that he is a tariff expert to whom all tariff facts, figures, and faults are as easy as eating green apple pie? It was a queer expert who didn't know that the duties on cotton in the Payne-Aldrich bill were some thing like a hundred per cent too high
 MT. Hill has recently discovered that the duties on meat are too high.
 He has discovered that the duties on wool are too hign.
 He has discovered that the duties on almost everything are too high.
 But ne neipe0 make those QuCleS. He was a tariff expert when he help od make them.
 lie knew more about the tariff when he made the Payne-Aldrich bill with the assistance of other stand pat legislators and few representa- lives of the wool and other interests than any other man upon the broad earth.
 Now he. is not an expert. He sits humbly at the feet of the tariff board, and knows nothing about the tariff until he reads the boards reports.
 But the tariff board has been pretty conclusfvely shown to be a crude bungler, so that MT. Hill's tariff ignor- ance is even more massive than it's enormous superficial area makes it peem.
 But perhaps MT. Hill is a tariff ex- pert only when tariffs are to be boost ed: a wool baron expert. Boosting The tariff is one occupation. Kicking dents in it is another It is too much 10 expect statesman to be expert in both nplda
 1Hr nm is | high toSiff exnAxt Hsi
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
ATE IN BED: IS DIVORCED. Late Breakfasts Form Wife's COm- plaint and Court Indorses It.

Pasadena, Cal, June Mrs. Fran cina Henderson, daughter of Charles G. Emory, formerly owner of the Frontenac Hotel in the Thousand Isl- ands, has just been divorced from Charles Mortimer Henderson of 815 South Orange Grove Avenue. Mrs. Henderson receives the custody of their two children, Mortimer, 6 years old and Francina g years old. She asked for no alimony.
 The Hendersons were married eight years ago in Orange County. Accord ing to the wife's testimony, MT. Hen derson insisted on having his break fast served in bed, and became in- volved in debt.
 "He always got his breakfast in bed, and then lay around the house the rest of the day." she testified. T wanted him to go to work, but he would not"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
ENTIRE HOTEL ON STRIKE Guests at }Litchfleld House Awake tt Find Their Host Skipped Out.

Waterbury, June 7-The Robert Probst Hotel in Litchfeld, near Ban tam Lake, went out of business so effectually last night that it's guests awoke to find not a single person con- nected with it on the premises. Cooks, porter, clerk, and proprietor had all gone.
 Mr. Probst took all his belongings and told few. people, if any, where had his effects laden on a wagon and set off at night with his wife in the direction of Port Chester, N. Y. The few guests were completely surprised when they awoke and found they were alone in the hotel. There was no one to ask them for their bills and they lost no time in leaving to hunt up breakfast.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
WILLS ESTATE TO BELLBOYS. Aunt of s'Luc<y" Baldwin Remembers
 Three Hotel Servants

Albany, June 7-When the will of Hannah Dwight Greene was offered for probate here yesterday it was found that she had given all her es- tate save some personal effects and jewelry which were beQueathed to rel atives to three bellboys-Edwin J. Greenewood of Littleton. N. H.; Geo. Hadenburg of Providence, and Frank Donegan of Boston
 Mrs. Greene was an aunt of Lucky Baldwin, the mining speculator. and inherited some of his wealth. She
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
AT 92 HE TAKES A BRIDE.
Edward BOwerman Marries Miss Geel
 Who is 55 Years Old. :.

Albany, June Miss Elizabeth Geer 56 years old, of Watervilet, and Ed ward Bowerman, 92 years old, of Port Schuyler, were married yesterday at the home of the bride at 952 Broad way.
 The marriage is the result of a TO- nance, which began when MT. Bow erman, who is wealthy, came to Miss Geer's home to board about ten years ago. Miss Geer is the daughter of the late Erastus Geer, the Gcer family being one of the oldest in Watervilet The ceremony, performed by the Rev. Henry F. Ham1in of the North Re- formed church. was witnessed by a few relatives and friends.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
Thf a. M &ran Unnpaat.
 E1tahltshrn la57
ITALIAN SAELN,

A beauty from Italy whieH we wish to introduce to our customers. Very soft, very lustrous, and of good weight. It will be for the street gown de luxe, White Tailored Sat in, with revers and buttons of black; Al inches wide,
 $500 a yard.
 We recommend this Ita1- ian Satin to prospective brides. Although too late for June weddings, there is abundant time for an Au- tumn rousseau.
 Silk Section.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
72 THE BRIDE OF 75,
Cummins HI. FOlkner Marries Mrs.
 Sarah E. Smith in Belvfdere, NJ.

Belvidere, N. J., June 79Cummins H. Folkner and Mrs. Sarah E. Smith who were married here last night, are respectively, 75 and 72 years old. They were quietly united at the brides home in Walter street, by the Rev. William J. Hampton, pastor of the Methodist church. A few friends of the couple witnessed the ceremony. The venture was the third for the bride
 The best man was Selden s. Allen, and Mrs. Allen was matron of honor. Helen Allen, their daughter, was flow CT girl. The bridegroom is a retired business man of Belvidere.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
Trees In the Street

The Park Board has recently re- ceived expert advice regarding the play grounds of the people confided to its care. The expert has made an interesting report. which divides into two general parts. one of which treats of landscape gardeping. and the other of the actual condition, number and suitability of the trees which adorn the parks and streets,
 It would appear from the conclus- ions of the expert that landscape gar- dening is an art not much practiced in the park department.
 He recommends neither the group ing of trees and shrubbery, nor the manner in which the trees are cared for.
 So far as the criticism effects the more or less artistic arrangement of the growing things in the parks, there is not much cause TOT worry. There is no injury to utility. The cool waters of the sound, the bright sum- shine, the ozone bearing breezes will stimuIats and rsfreslz the people, even though ths rsistass ressnted to the eye afe not as safisfyins as they mleht be.
 Those facts which show poor park keeping and i'll health among the tree0 are another matter. Tho trees in the parks are relative 1y healthy. 1t appears, although the Leopard moth has made sad havoc among tue s1fny. and trees have been planted hi& n s dah essssafty tend CT in the presence of insect pests; not ably. theesilver maple.
 IL is the trees along the city's streets that ara in 2 bad way. These are found wrong as to species, wrong :6s to distribution, little cared for and che breeding ground of parasites. Cement walks have been closed around some of these trees. They are ;burdened with dead wood. They are dyine. Many of them. cut of from water, unfertilized and neglected, have no chance to attain a healthy growth.
 The advice which the Park Board has received is timely so far as the parks are concerned. It arrives over late. to. bring maximum benefit to the trees in the streets. .
 Yet the trees h the streets are the most valuable. They are the adorn- ment of the whole oity. or ought to be. They are a constant pleasure during the season. of verdure. Trees properly planted. properly spaced. and kept fertilised and healthy will make "city beautiful If they are assisted by we'll kept grass plots, so much the better.
 Any amount of money in reason to protect the trees that remain in the streets will be money we'll expended Ordinances are needed to prevent sealing trees in with cement. The trees should be treated to destroy the pests that afflict them. Other. trees should be systematically, and scienti- ncally planted.
 The parks are not what they should be, but they are we'll kept in the whole. and serve the purpose for which they are intended. The parks will come out all right.
 The trees in the streets are the pressing thing.
 The trees of city are it's crowning glory.
 A city without trees is like bald headed woynan
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07

You have all read or heard of Miss Phoebe Snow, who travels in immaculate attire immaculate rail- road. Have you ever heard of her trunks? 'The porters handled with delight
 dainty Trunk of snowy white
 Whose Trunk dis, I'd like to know?''
 "Why, belongs Phoebe Snow.
 Miss Phoebe allus travels right
 Upon de road of anthracite.
 It stands de trip all de weather,
 It's weight light any feather
 '.You buy desc Trunks at D. M Reads
 An better luggage needs Look in the window next our Fairfield Av entrance for these Trunks They made by Leberman, Bart lett Go. for Miss Snow but she is perfectly glad and willing for any lady who likes fine appearing luggage buy and the Of white fibre, with many ets they strong to last through many journeys. Skirt Trunk measuring AZ inches $39.5O Dress Trunk 36 inches $:32.OO Steamer Trunk 36 inches $25.OO Hat Trunk 26 inches $25.OO There other co1ors in these same models of Trunkso1ive s1ate orange and choco1ate-should any one prefer them to white
 Trunk Rooms the fourth floor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
MEMS SUMMER UNDERWEAR.

Balbriggaf1 III extra fine quality, a very agreeable weave in hot weather:
 Shirts in long or short
 sleeves, 50 cts.
 Drawers, regular or.
 "stouts," so cts. s, :.
 Poros-Knit, either / two- piece or Union Suits, SO cts. and ST .oo.
 TEA ROOM DAINTIES.
 Strawberry Shortcake, Ice Cream with various sauces. homemade Cake and the best of Salads. ~-
 It is quite possible to get an excellent summer breakfast in the Tea Room after S:15. Coffee. fruit, eggs, toast, rolls, mullins and jam OF marmalade. Uncooked cereals with cream. Telephone your order at eight and fl. will be ready when you come. HANDY FOR THE cooK
 Gas Lighters, small de vices to light the gas without the aid of matches. Very. simple, just hold the lighter over the burner and turn en the gas. srr'a ss Z. E me z5 cts.
 Strawberry Hullers, made. of steel and nickel like sfna1l Ipiheers You can Fsnipstl1se hu11s c1eanly without cfnsfi-s ing the berries or staining your fingers. .,...... .... esr 5 cts. .a =
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
Ullr B. M. Rran Quntpatrlt.

was also an aunt of Samuel Bowles, owner of The Springfield Republican
 The bellboys benefited were in ho- tels where Mrs. Greene usaully stopped, and they are to divide between them the proceeds of twelve shares of New York & New Haven stock, ten shares of United States Steel preferred, and a promisory note for 8, 481. =
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07

At 8c-Former 25c Back Combs. At 25c-18x33 Ready-Made Window
 Screens At 8c-Men's, women's and Children's
 10c Stockings. At 5c-All colors in Shelf Oil Cloth,
 including the new Dutch patterns. At 8c-Round Clothes Brushes that
 used to be 26c. At 30c-Good Umbrellas for Men and
 Women.
 At 8c-Dressmakers' inside. Betting,
 black or white. At .12%c-Fancy Curtain Scrim, worth
 15c and 18c.
 At 6c-Rooters for the Boys Bicycles. At 45C-Large Bell Chimes for att
 taching to bicycles. At 8c-Boxing Men Moving Toy. At 5Oc-Extra Good Electric Pocket
 Lamp with the new Everlasting
 Batteries. At. 8c-Real Silk Tie Laces~for shoes.
 white, black or tan. At Sc fOOt-Our Best Gas Tubing. At 8c-Fancy Necktie Clasps; very
 nice.
 At 5Oc-Splendid Seamless Sheets.
 Bleached or Unbleached, 81x8O. At 8c-Good Pillow Cases. Can you
 beat these. At 45c-Special lot Mems and Boys sNegligee Shirts. :.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07

The Toilet Section continues its special offering of low priced articles, Perfumes, Soaps, Powders Denti frces and Household Sundries
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
$39.5O $32.OO $25.OO S25.OO
CONVENIENT SHELVES OF GLASS
 FOR BATHROOM USE.

A we'll -appointed and wel1-kept bathroom is con- stant joy to every member of the household These shelves offered of heavy plate glass; clear and shin ing, hold all necessary articles, brushes powder, razors, medicine and lotion bottles, and tumblers
 In three sizes with nickel plated brackets
 5 IS 76 cts.5.s-z X A 85 cts. 5',.ss = s S#. x 30 95 cts ta rs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07

At Sc-Boys' Bathing Trunks. Come
 on Boys. --..sS sszzs7 At 50e.-Men's rwo-Piece Bathing
 'Suitsss E. T zas- --s-s' At .so-Toy. Sail Boats schooners or / Sloops % s-S
 At 18c-Water Wings. Learn to swim. At 8C-Great variety Hollow Rubber
 Balls. All co1ors and kinds. .f At 5c-Cork Balls to use in the water. At 8c-Gold and Silver Paint, mixed
 or unmixed. At $1 1.S6-Ladies' Bathing Suits. At 8c-C1othes Lines 50 feet long. At 25c-Men's and Boys Balbrfggan
 Underwear, long and short sleeve
 shirts ankle and knee drawers. s
 SPECIAL SALE. s. BETWEEN AND 10 A.. M. ONh1sl At 3Ac-Yard Wide Cheese Cloth. At 3AC-very Best Light Prints. . At 4Hc-Handsome Cha1lies. At 4Mc-Figured Lawns and Dresses At 4%-Best Dark Prints. At 5Ac-Yard Wide Unbleached. Mus
 lin. sf- At 6Ac-Best Amoskeag Gingham. At 7A@Our Yard Wide Lonsdalc
 Cambric. At 8Ab-Striped Bed Tidn1fng. At 1OZc-Lot- Very. Fine 40-in0h
 Wn1te Lawn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
RADF0RD SMITH:

1072 Main St. DEPARTMENT STORE s9 Fairfield Ays
 SCARCE ARTICLES. ..zlss AND THE. CAR FARB 7 GREAT SALE TOMORROW, SATURDAY 7
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07

Complete with Coaster Brake.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1912-11-02
NJ H. CARVER s INSTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS
OF THE PROPOSED TAX AMENDMENTS

benefit to the State, and if we can get
them, and the offer Of exemption may
secure them
The propos ID xemption of money
on hand is me the recognition OF
a condition. The present law re-
quires its taxation, but to the extent
Of 80 per cent 1t is not really taxed,
and the universal experience of man
kind is that it cannot fairly be
reached for taxation. If it could, it
would make money scarcer and in
crease interest, retarding develop
ment and thr. ttling industry.
The mere threat of taxation no
doubt keeps out large quantities OF
capital which would come in'o the
State for loan or investment As It
is now untaXed, it should be made
untaXable and thus encouraged to
come to the State instead OF being
scared off by the empty threat con-
tanned in the present system
This amendment, though, like the
other exemption amendments, is pre-
scented separately. Should the voters
be opposed to it as thinking that
money should and can be taxed, they
may vote against this amendment and
i'm favor Of the others.
| believe if the tax amendments
are adopted that the taxes of the or
binary citizen will be decreased and
those of the large public service cor
porations and land monopolists will
be increased; immigration and CAPT
tai will flow into the State or into
such parishes as extended the proper
inducement, and Louisiana will take
rank as one Of the most progressive
States of the Union.
M. H. CARTER.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1912-11-02

result. Under proper restrictions the
parishes may adjust their methods
as their needs require. From limited
home rule will come many advan-
tagas: (a) A greater interest in
local affairs will be aroused and a
finer grade of citizenship developed.
CD Different ommunties may bet
ter adjust their taxes to local condi-
tons. (c) Whatever policy the local
government may adopt, the interests
of the State at large cannot be affect
ed. II one parish decides to assess
it's property at twenty per cent. OF
its real value, and another parish at
eighty per cent, the treasury Of the
State cannot suffer, as it is depend
ent on other sources for its income
81 Segregation will secure sys
tematic and centralized administra-
ton Of the State taxes Under the
new plan the State will leave the
assessment Of local taxes to the par
ishes and the municipalities. State
taxes will be assessed by a board of
three men. chosen by Railroad Com
mission districts. The commissioners
will be chosen for a term Of six
years, but a member Of the first
Board will retire every two years, 50
that the entire personnel of the
Board may not thereafter be changed
at any one time. 1t has been OBJ
jected that these commissioners
would be easily influenced by the
corporations whose taxes they are to
assess, and that big business"
would thereby evade it's just share of
burdens. This insinuation that the
people of the State are incapable of
placing proper men in such an i'm
portant position is gross SANDER on
Louisiana's citizenship and needs no
refutation. State taxes are now
assessed by sixty-odd men, between
whom there is no cooperation. Three
experts, working together, will secure
the unity and coordination in the
States revenue system that is now
conspicuous for it's absence.
PROF. WIN. o. SCROGGS,
Louisiana State University.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1912-11-02
THE ALTERNATIVE.

At a meeting held in the Progress.
sive Union Hall Senator Voegtle,
president pro. tenn of Senate spoke on
the subject of the tax amendments
Mr.. Voegtle pointed out many dis
crepancies in the present inequality
in State assessments. He thought
the railroad assessments in the State
are ridiculous. They should be
raised to $75.OO0,OOO.
IF you put through this amend
ment our assessments will be the
same whether corporations go to St..
Bernard or the Free State of Jeffer-
son or East Baton Rouge to build
their big plants Think of the man.
month sugar refinery plant in St..
Bernard, costing around $6.0OO.OO0. l
am told, and it was assessed at
$1,60O,O00. Think of the Standard Oil
plant in East Baton Rouge Parish
costing $5,0O0.0O0 and assessed at
$65O,O0O."
Mr.. Voegtle dissected the late ap
preparations bill, showing urgent
needs and how the limit which had
originally been set had been exceeded
by $315,000. I'VE are short that
much money, and unless tbs plan is
adopted it will be up to the Board
of Liquidation to borrow the money!"
he said.
Il wonder not that the opposition
to this amendment is so great
wonder not that prominent lawyers
are writing to the papers against it.
Go behind the screens and ypn will
find out why. Big corporations never
employ bad lawyers. They wan. the
best and smartest ones.
New Orleans is not losing any
thing by this plan. Our city may not
gain as much as some parishes, but
New Orleans will only give up about
20 per cent and any parish or COM
munity can give up 81 per cent under
this scheme and come out whole.
We give up only $350.0O0 assessments,
and the city will. gain 100000.
And let me suggest that If this
amendment fails this time. New Or
leans may lose more next time. The
change Is bound to come sooner or
later"
Senator voegtle paid lasting tribute
to Judge Edgar H. Farrar, the rather
Of the amendment
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1912-11-02
CONCLUSION.

/. The tax amendments should be
adopted. The existing system was
devised for an earlier epoch and has
outlined it's usefulness. All attempts
TO patch it up are failures. It's de
fects are inherent.
2. The amendment will eliminate
inequalities between parishes. between
kinds of property and between tndi-
viduals.
3. 1t abOlishes the numerous So
called occupation taxes now levied by
the State, and retains the State Ii
censes only for businesses that re-
quire regulation.
4. 1t makes possible great improve.
ment in the taxation OF real estate
by assessing land and buildings Sc
parately, and by the listing of assess
ments geographically.
g. If offers home rule in matters
of local taxation.
g. 1t will increase the revenues OF
the parishes and safeguard them
against any possible loss from the
change. This is done, too, without
increasing the taxes of the individual
property owner.
Z. In recent years new forms of
wealth have developed, which the
existing methods of taxation have
failed to reach. The amendment will
tap these new sources and compel
them to contribute their quota of the
expenses of government.
s. Under the present system hon
esty is peEalized and mendacity 70
warded. The amendment will catch
the tax dodger, reduce the incentive
of fraud, and distribute the taxes
more in accordance with ability to
pay.
y The retention of the existing
system means the perpstuation of
the grossest sort of inequality, the
continued imposition of the heaviest
burdens upon the weak and of the
Ightest burdens upon the strong, the
cramping OF the activities OF the pub
lie instit ItiOns, a probable raising of
the tax rate, and check to adyanc-
ing prosperity.
~. The States resources are fully
adequate and its wealth is steadily
increasing, but its methods of secur-
ing funds for public uses have not
kept pace with its material develop
ment With the adoption Of the plan
of revision, the States resources will
be better organized, and its financial
administration will be conducted
more scientifically and with greater
simplicity and justice. A vote for
the promotion of every good interest
of Louisiana.
PROF. VIM. O. SCROGGS,
Louisiana State University.