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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20
New Express Rates.
(Boston Globe.)


 Coming as it does from such a source as the Interstate Commerce commission, the report of that body or it's investigation into the express bus mess will not only command the res psct and obedience of the companies, but will also evoke the gratitude of a long-suffering public.
 In brief, the report presents new schedule of greatly reduced express rates from every point in the United States to every other point, outlines a new classification of express matter and a simple and intelligible method of stating the rates, and calls upon the companies to make extensive reforms both in their rates and in their rules and reprehensible practices The com panies are quite likely to heed that call!
 Every one who has ever sent pack ages by express will know without being told what sort of complaints the commission had to consider. There were literally thousands upon thou sands of them, relating to double col lections, overcharges, indirect routing, refusal to deliver to consignees living outside of arbitrary free-delivery linn it's. unreasonable terms of shipment imposed by the receipt given to the shipper, delays in the settlement Of claims and in the return of C.. O. D. collections, and finally the extortion- ate rates prevailing everywhere
 The construction of new rate sys- tenn. says the report, '.has been a task of unprecedented magnitude and difficuIty.' Experience only will show whether the new rates are fair both to the companies and to the public, but that the Interstate Commerce commission has sought to correct long standing abuses, and will be backed up in it's efforts by the public, there is not the slightest doubt
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20
Chamberlain Is Passing.
(New York World.)


 Tn their tributes to Joseph Cham berlain on his seventy-sixth birthday the Unionists have been hailing him as ''the last of England's great states men," It is a curious confession for a party to make that hopes soon to return to power.
 MT. Chamberlain, until illness over- took him, was an aggressive ngnter' a brilliant leader of men and a cleV- CT polftician but of stateSmanShlp Of the first order he has left not sim gle monument to preserve his memory. He entered political life as a radical. After rising to office under Gladstone, he left the Liberals on the Home-Rule issue. He helped delay Home Rule for the best part of a generation, only now to see the question again at the front of the Liberal programme and viewed by the country with apparent indifference. in spite of the frantic ef- forts of partisans to provoke forcible resistance.
 It was MT Chamberlain who forced Great Britain into the Boer war when it was wholly unprepared. It mud dled through somehow at fearful cost to the national finances and prestige. Yet MT. Chamberlain was the great preacher of efficiency, the great reVl- valist in the imperial cause.
 Last of all, he bestowed upon the Unionist party the troublesome policy Of tariff reform, on which it has been rent by internal dissension and three times in seven years rejected by the country.
 Not one measure of real importance, not one great reform, bears MT. Cham berlain's name. He was a master in politics but not statesman, and at no time during his active career was England lacking in men of more dur able achievement
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20
Saturated.
1New York World. l

NANCW Ol w VI lO'I
 No other President since the foui- dation of this Government, says the Temporary Chairman of the Prohibi- tion Convention at Atlantic City, has surrendered more abjectly to the li- quor interests, of this Nation than has William Howard Taft. His record is too recent, familiar and odoriferous to require review in this intelligent presence"
 Fer those who are not a part of 'thas intelligent presence an itemized re- view might not be superfluous. Lack ing this, must we be governed by the tell-tale fact that MT. Taft was the first President ever compelled to de- eide the question of what is whiskey?
 We are told that Harrison and Me Kinley were both good men who nev- ertheless left the country more 'satu- rated with rum' than they found it; and the worst that can be said of the next Administration is that it left the country saturated with trusts. But poor Taft! He does not even drink ''as much as Dr. Lyman Abbott,% and yet apparently the Demon Rum has chained him to the chariot wheels of damnatiOn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20
THE HURD CASE

Judge Burpee's decision in the Hurd case was not unexpected. The power of eminent domain is most Essential to the conduct of a govern ment. Governments could scarcely exist without it.
 In this country the power may not be exercised except for public pur- pose. When it is exercised, it must be strictly according to the procedure established by law.
 Since it is beyond dispute that land upon which a. public school is to be erected is devoted to a public use, the courts having repeatedly so held, the only material thing in dispute would De the manner in which the power was to be exercised. Judge Burpee finds that the procedure is proper, and that its validity is not affected because another and independent pro- cedure had been also provided by the General Assembly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20
REVIEWS
 " FROM " Our Exchanges
Postage Stamps May Co.
(Ansonia Sentinel.)


 Postage stamps have, for some years past, been superseded in New Zealand by automatic stamping machines and the latter are now almost indispen- sible in every business in that domin- ion. Tie machines are purchased by the user, being certified to and sealed by the postal department before going into use, and periodical readings are taken by the department and pay ment collected. All documents re- quirIng stamping are stamped with the necessary values.
 This system has many advantages which are apparent The saving to the department in the manufacturing of stamps and in clerical labor is per- haps the most important. The owner of such machine is protected against loss occasionally, due to appropriations of stamps by employees, since the stamped impressions are not negotia- ble. The government, on it's side, is absolutely protected against fraud, for while machines might be forged there would be no profit in so doing, since the impressions have no monetary val ue save to the government. Further more, each stamping machine bears a number which is registered, SO that even if petty fraud were possible tt could be but short lived. It might be mentioned, too, that the saving in time to concerns sending out daily large quantities of mail would be a rather important consideration.
 Our own government might 60 well to adopt this innovation, for by the saving it would effect it woI'd surely bring about a reduction Of the postal rate and yet show a profit. And who would not rejoice to be relieved of the necessity of moistening the gum- med side with the tongue? It would be far more sanitary to hand in ones letter accompanied with the required amount of cash and let the clerk do the rest.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20
Cups on Trains.
CWorcester Gazette.l


 Travel on railroad trains is particu- larly trying this weather and the drinking cup has an opportunity to perform it's good offices. The law, first put in operation last year, has been revised to the end that the cups which the railroads must supply shall be more accessible to passengers, but the railroads do not seem in any hur- ry to live up to the letter of the new CT provisions
 Last year the railroads provided the cups, but the conductor carried them in his pocket. This was surely not a practice calculated to prevent the transmission of germs. Now the law provides that the cups shall be kept in a receptacle near the water tank. It also provides that the receptacle shall be plainly marked with the words: Drinking cups for use only in this car free.''
 While the receptacles have been provided, the railroads appear to have paid little attention to placing the signs as required For the average from one of these receptacles is not easy for the reason that they never appear quite sure whether it contains drinking cups or not. They evince some reluctance about pulling a thing to pieces which they do not know about and so go dry.
 Dr. Melvin G. Overlook, the state health officer of this district, is insist ing that all the trains coming into worcester, which the law covers, shall display the signs as directed. This is a piece of work, which other state health officers ought to initiate. Laws amount to nothing unless enforced Without the signs on the recepta cles thsy are little better than so many Chinese puzzles on the wall. The drinking cup law is good one, making for the comfort and convenience of the passenger. Make the railroads live up fo
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20
OvERTAxED HOMES

The report of Tax Commissioner } Corbin shows that tax equalization is proceeding in Connecticut. The grand list as made by the state is now slightly more than a billion dol iars, though this is about 92,000, 900 more than the sum of the grand lists made by the town taxing officials. As a consequence of this wholesale re- adjustment of valuations, the average tax rate has dropped from 1 1-5 mills to- IS 4-5 mills.
 This equalization has certain de- fleets. It is in large part obtained in towns which have been undervaluing all property in dwellings and land, and property in mills manufactories and mercantile pursuits.
 The equalization has not changed .he unfair ratio.
 Bridgeport is an exception. Here
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20
Experimenting.
(Ansonia Sentinel.)

In Portland, Ore, the city council has directed the mayor to appoint a committee of business men to estab- fish grocery and provision stores that shall be controlled by a corporation in which the general public owns all the stock, thus securing a reversion of profits to the purchasers. The committee is to put thea plan in opera tion and conduct the business until permanent officers shall be chosen to handle it's affairs. The stores are to be run in conjunction with public mar kets. to be established by the city and if the plan succeeds in Portland branch stores will be opened in other parts Of the state The committee to be named by the mayor will be composed of capable men, who will de- vote their best efforts to the plan. These departures are an interesting mark of the movement to obtain bet-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20
FAIR PLAY

Truth is stranger than fiction. A game of bridge in the smoking room of the Mauretania ended in a row, as the big vessel was making her dock in New York harbor. The man ac- cused of cheating said: T, am a Standard Oil man and thoroughly honest. The person who accused me of unfair methods must apologize"
 The proof of incapacity for unfair methods seems insufficient. But cheating is of1many kinds, and it by no means follows that a man who rigs the stock market, will gamble with cards like a sharper.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20
FIRST THINGS

The Catholic order of Sisters of Charity was founded PTS years ago today, July 20, 1884, by St. Vincent de Paul, and the minietrations of the angels of mercy have continued to bless humanity ever since. From a
 small beginning in Paris, the order has girdled the globe with bonds of sympathy and compassion that know no bounds the members ministering to all distress, but especially to the afflictions that follow in the wake of war pestilence, famine, flood and fire. They have no monastery bur the homes of the sick no cloister but ''the streets of the towns and the rooms of the hospitals, no veil but the holiest and most perfect modesty.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20
BLOCK PAVEMENT

The trouble with the block pave fnent on Park avenue may be due to any of a number of causes. The blocks may not have been sufficient ly impregnated with oil, or they may have been laid without due allowance for expansion between curb and curb. If the blocks were defective the re- sponsibility for the buckling of the pavement seems to be with the city. If the pavement was improperly laid, the responsibility would seem to be with the contractors.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20
Uhr B. @. Rran UnntrattlJ. En3ahliEhrA 1RS1
 ZAe St0ye closes at 5 0'clOck except Saturda,
READY FOR A VACATION?
EntahliHhrA laSx.

Know then, that are prepared to supply travel CTS with all sorts of Trunks Suit Cases, Bags and other paraphernala for the comfort and of those upon the road.
 There Trunks of common sorts, pain inexpen- sive, but durable into which maY pas- tily stuff plain and inexpensive belongings And should journey from Tspahan to Kalamazoo" these Trunks will hold good
 Then there Trunks of particular sorts, those designed to carry suits and gowns without rumpling. Trunks for skirts, Trunks for hats, Bureau and Ward robe Trunks
 Steamer Trunk No. 276,. which we commend to your notice:
 Walnut fibre bound three center bands cast brass Excel locks japanned maeable trimmings bottom cloth lined and full covered Very satisfactory every way and in eight different sizes from 28 42 inches.
 $7.25 to $12.75, according to size
 Steamer Trunk No. 263, the 1ghtest weight and strongest Trunk can find The 36-nch size weighs but 26 pounds. It is specially constructed of 3-py veneer painted quaker gray with black bands brass valance and French lock Interior lined with London cloth, subdivided tray and quilted lid.
 Six sizes, from B" to AZ"
 The popular 3o-inch size $15.75.
 Trunk Rooms fourth floor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20

the work of putting the larger forms of property into the tax list on a just basis has proceeded some dis tance. Some reforms have also been operated in Waterbury and New Ha- ven.
 But. as a general proposition, the report of the tax commissioners shows that homes and the ground upon which they stand continue to bear an enormously unfair share of the ex- pense of government.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20
ELECTION EXPENSES

A popular fund is to be raised to support Woodrow Wilson. This is ex- cellent. Some better way of financing political campaigns must be establish ed, than the donations of rich men. It would be better, perhaps, to make a clear statement of what election expenses are proper, and then au- thorize the payment of the major part by the taxation. The cost would be something, but it would be much less than the cost of the present system, which makes for waste, improvidence and all sorts of evil fruits.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20

been peculiarly unfortunate Tn her re- lations with the lawyers she chose 10 defend her son. The latest illuStra- ton is the new suit just brought by John B. Gleason for services render ed. People who remember MT. Glea- sons breakdown at the very begin ming of the Thaw trial will at least admire his audacity.
 MT. Roosevelt says that he was not over anxious to secure Herbert Knox Smiths services because of apprec1a- tion of the damage it might do to MT. Smiths prospects. T asked him, : said the colonel. Ito go home and think it over, and to remember that if he went with us it might be to his own hurt. This is a crnsa der's fight, and I feel that no man should go with us unless he has the fire burned into his soul. MT. Smith said ne had to come"
 Although there are to be two re ports by the Stanley committee, which has investigated United States Steel, one by the Republicans and the other by the Democrats on the committee, both reports will agree in recom- mending that United States Steel De dissolved, and in indorsing the suit brought by MT. Wickersham. Ap- parently, despite the great influence of United States Steel. both partles think it bad politics to accept It as good trust ,.L
 Col. Roosevelt says he agrees with Herbert Knox Smith, in describing the antitrust plank in the Democratic platform, as 'preposterously reactloh- ary." The colonel adds oI tne plank: ,"It is purely retrogresslVe. Some deluded people are pleased 10 think it an advance" Here IS a chance for Woodrow Wilson to make one of his snappiest retorts.
 It is of interest to note that the most. prominent persons attending the Hartford meeting to form q RooSe- welt party, consisted of tobacco grow a,-r and farmers. The former have never forgiven the administration for the admission of tobacco from the Philippines, and the latter are still very sore over reciprocity.
 At last the authorities are investi- sating summer resort hotels in New York State to see what sort of fire protection and fire escape equipm ent they have. It is time.
 A pretty fine record, that of the state of Georgia, which has already paid out of it's treasury total of s15,627,S8977 to Confederate veterans and the widows of Confederate Veter- ans, all in 26 years So practical an expression of devotion to cause in which the state of Georgia devoutly tion.
 Added to his other talents, Ormsby McHarg has a talent for putting a thing so that no one can escape his meaning. He says that "a party, to live, must be built on a more sub- stantial basis than an individuals pN1- sonality, so that if one man stuhs nfs toe, the party's usefulness will not be at an end"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20
sNAPPY SAYINGS.
(Waterbury American. )

{ " dLS1 Obi 1ALACAANeAA'(
 The expected has happened in the case of Herbert Knox Smith, who has retired from the leadership of the Bureau of Corporations in order to 1oin his friend Roosevelt. AS was explained not long ago by the Amer ican. Smith was greatly incensed be- cause his official advice to Roose- welt when President not to antago- nize J. P. Morgan, because it would be bad politics, was made public by the Taft administration.
 The consideration of the Panama Canal tolls bill is tagging because says the Washington correspondent of the Springfield Republican, "of the desire of not few people to have the controverted points go over until Decerl1be The contention is between the advocates and opponents of ship subsidies. Hundreds of telegrams have been received by members of Congress in opposition to free tolls in any form, even from San Francisco, which has insisted upon them. Ap- parentIy the anti-ship subsidy peo- ple are more solicitous for a post ponement until next winter
 Mrs Thaw, Harry's mother, has
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20
The Times and Wilson.
(New Haven Union.)

Judging from it's editorial leader in last .Friday,s issue the Hartford Times is going to support Woodrow Wilson in about the same kind of way MT. Hearst's papers are supporting him and in about the same kind of way that the Times upheld MT. Bryan in three campaigns. Merely as a hint as to the way this Times editorial must have impressed thousands of Demo- crats we might add that in perusing it we had to reassure ourselves that it was really the HartfordsTimes and not the Hartford Courant that we were reading. Somebody ought to si- lence this near-Republican humorous on the near ar-Democratic Times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20

would refrain from putting up a can didate this year, and concentrate on the man from Oyster Bay. Instea7 of that the Prohibitionists make se- were remarks concerning Teddy. Evi- dentlN they decline to accept the tes- timony of Pastor Abbott.
 (Boston Transcript. -s
 A Western observer, noting that crops in both of the Dakotas are re- ported as in excellent condition, says the fact makes for restoration for public sanity there. Very likely there is more in this observation than is at first apparent to the eastern reader Radical ideas take the deep est root and yield the most luxuriant harvest when the soil $ stingy to nor- nal crops. The free silver issue was for bad times only. It collapsed with the great harvest and dollar-a- bushel-wheat, and never regained its previous popularity.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20

wife will enable close nine times out of ten
 You doubtless, will be glad to learn that ord for the discus has been established The old record generally unsatisfactory.
 The who along keel never stage revolution.
 A clever may also be described one who doesn't change his necktie after every meal.
 The asking price for dog is $25. The selling price is
 If feat is unimportant and useless you nearly all good money for performing it.
 Where credit due credit should be given. A woman invented cherry pie.
 "IIe is about my age," said Eph Wiley yesterday, referring to acquaintance Eph Wiley is 56 years old The wh talking is 35. After a 40 he is reluctant to admit there younger  sricutural college table help the teach table manners to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20
ENGLAND BEATEN BY GERMANY IN
 OLYMPIC RACE

Stockholm, July 20-Germany beat England here yesterday afternoon in the Olympic race between outraged fours. Tn the single souls, Kinnear, of Eng land, beat veirman, of Belgium.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20
(Ansonia sentinel.)

(Ansonia Sentinel)
 Sewing machine exports in tht cur- rent fiscal year will make their high est record and will probably aggregate 10 million dollars. Over 160 million dollars worth have been exported from the United States during the 48 years since the official record of their com mercial movement began, of which sum 80 million dollars worth, or one half of the total, were exported in the brief period since 1900.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20

ter results for the consumer by sim p1ifying and regulating the process of distribution
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20

 a If candidate office probably running
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20
(Milwaukee wisconsin.A

After Pastor Abbott's declaration that Ex-President RooseVelt's favor ite drink is milk, it might have been supposed that the Prohibition party
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20
WHITE GOODS FOR WASH DRESSES, WAISTS
 AND CHILDREN'S DRESSES

Fancy Wastings Stripes Plaids, Crossbars, open work stripes with satin lines, Clearance of manu- lecturers stock.
 White Linaire, famous weave at only 15 cts, worth 25 cts Fancy weaves worth 25 cts at 15 cts; IS ct values at s cts. In this collection many weaves for house fur- nishings sash and easement curtains bed vaances etc
 Lower floor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20
On Second ThOuQht
By JAY E. HOUSE.

o noney a will
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20
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Here is one of our Summer Bargains that nobody can beat. Nice lot White Goods for Summer Dresses. White Pique, Mercerized Waist ings, 4O-inch Lawn, Natural Color Dress Linen, handsome Percales and Ginghams.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-20

SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1912.
The pioneer express., 1912-01-26

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