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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04
ROOsEvEIlrs AMBITION.

Editor of The Farmer. Sir:-When Theodore Roosevelt resigned the posi- ton of the assistant secretarysnip M oI Snanish war in Cuba, it seemed an act of nafriotism, whatever else the mo- tiua -,irht. be. After the war 1t made in;,, governor of the Empire State. and yice-president of the United States, and by the murder of McAln- iew at Buffalo, N. Y.. became success nr affer the second six months of Mo Kinley's term, and was elected to the full term afterwards by fortunate good luck. of ordinary ambition. When has term ended, instead of retiring to private life at Oyster Bay and enjoying his otium cum degnitate as all former presidents had done he heralds his expedition to savage Africa to shoot lions. tigers, elephants. crocodiles, and unicorns, etc., in her wilds. ell for the benfits of science s9 called. and en- rich the treasures of the snaftss0nis. settle down in Sagamore Hill, his home. Being of an active nature he connected himself as associate editor of Outing and amused himself with his pen.
 The world did not know then that he was possessed with boundless ambition. though active and aspired to a third term of the Presidency of the United States which he can never achieve.
 He seems to be more insane than King Lear else he could never think of being president again. Gen. Grant failed and he will fail, even if he should get the nomination. The peo- pie will not elect him and he ought to know it, and he probably tloea know it. His only object is to defeat
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04

And that this uncailed for increase in price was an out and out plan to rob the consumer is shown by the fact that the reason given for raising the price, namely: a shortage of cattle" is directly contradicted by government figures showing that in stead of a shortage of cattle. there has been a greater supply than at any time in the last five years. Here is the answer of the United States Bureau of Statistics, which is admit tedly reliable, to the trusts plea that the cattle supply is short:
 "The live stock receipts at the seven principal western markets i'll April, 1912, were greater than those of any April since 1907. Further more, the aggregate receipt of live stock at these seven markets during the first four months of the present year were greater by far than at any similar period within the last decade. The increase for April for this year was 1SN per cent. over last year, and 40 per cent. over 1910. The increase in the receipt of hogs and sheep also was great, maintaining about the same average as cattle"
 The Roosevelt suit against the beef trust was started nine years ago. For nine years 1t dragged through the courts. and was finally decided against the government only recently. This suit cost the trust many thous-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04
CANADIAN INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES ACT
DIsnterested Investigation Prevents Strikes Voluntary Requests For Medallion in Trades Outside Act
 -.Lab0r Unions Like Lemieux Law
BY ETHELBERT STEWART United States Tariff Board

out, and this is being recognized by the lawmakers of many countries. Tine Argentine Republic has recently pass ed law controlling strikes and locK. outs in all public utility operations.
 Among the efforts being made in other countries to adjust the machiu- cry of law to present industrial con- ditions may be cited the Industrial Disputes Investigation Act of 1907 in Canada. The law grew out of a great coal strike in the mines of Southern Alberta in the fall of 1905, which threatened to leave the prairie provinces without coal in the face Of winter. By it's terms it is made ap- plicable only to so-called public uti,- ities-steam and electric railways, power and lighting plants, and to mines.
 In such industries the law prohibits a cessation of industry. either by strike or lockout, until an inveytiga- ton has been made of the merits of the case and the public fully informed by publication of the findings The law requires that in the event O. a dispute arising in any establishment in the industries named, employing ten or more persons, which dispute is likely to result in strike or lockout. either or both parties shall notify the government and ask for an inquiry. Each party to the dispute is then ask ed by the government to name a mem Der of a board of three: these two se- lect a third. or in the event of fail- ure to agree. the government names a third Should either party to the dis- pute neglect or decline to. name a representative for board membership. the government names one for them. The board so constituted has power to summon witnesses and compel tes- timony. Unlike the compulsory arb1- tration act of New Zealand and Aus tralia. the law does not prohibit strikes or lockouts after an investiga- tion has been made and the merits of the dispute published. A thoroughly informed public opinion is relied upon to take care of the rest
 The question of procedure Is left to each board. but such good results have uniformly attended informal pro- cedure. such bad or indifferent results where formal court procedure has been adopted, that court rules are rarely adopted by these boards. rae
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ands of dollars, and now, having won the Suit, and feeling that they are reasonably safe from penitentiary sen- tences for at least another nine years, the beef barons propose to make the people pay.
 This is the trust method. always. When the millionaire woolen trust magnates. who are piling up dividends of as high as 150 per cent. a year on stock that is soggy with water, were forced to grant their employees at Lawrence slight increase in wages, they held out as long as they could against the workers demand for more than the $5, $6 and $7 a week they were receiving, and then, when their stand threatened to plunge this ma tion into revolution, they gave in.
 Ostensibly. they gave in. Actually. they simply told the workers they would be paid little more, and then, prices of their products to the con- sumer whole lot more, so that ir the long run the consumer paid not only for the increased wages, but for the whole cost of the strike as wcll. And the trust dividends. meantime. were not interfered with in the least.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04
PEACE CENTENNIAL

Representative citizens of the Dom- inions have been invited to assemble in Ottawa today to discuss plans for Canada's participation in the proposed celebration of the centennial of peace between Great Britain and the United States. It ia likely that the gathering in the Canadian capital will result in the formation of national body to cooperate with the British and United States committees. Aside from the Dominion's proximity to the biz re- public, the people of the Dominion have another interest in the project in the fact that Earl Grey. the Duke of Connaught's predecessor as Cover nor-Generaf, is one of the most ac- tive of the promoters of the celebra- tion, and is president of the English committee. The call for today's meet ing in Ottawa was issued by Sir Louis Jette. Sir Alexander Lacoste, Sir Will liam Mckenzie, Sir w. R. Meredith, Sir William Mulock. Sir Thorlas Shau1hnessy, Sir Edmund Walker and Senator's Cox and Sandman. This committee of nine is in active charge of canada's preparations for the cen tenniaL s5
 Christmas eve of 1914 will be the actual centenary of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, which brought to a close the war, of 1912. Discussion of projects for observing the anniver- sary of this most important peace. pact was commenced several years ago. the pioneers in the movement be. ing Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Andrew Carnegie, Mackenzie King of Canada, and the officials and members of peace societies of the United States and Great Britain. About three years ago MT. King was a speaker at the exercises at Harvard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04

"The magnitude and complexity of modern industrial disputes have put upon some of our statutes and our present mechanism for adjusting such differences-a strain they were never intended to bear and for which they are unsuited. What is urgently needed to-day" says President Taft. "is a re-examination of our laws bearing upon the relation of employer and employe and a careful and dis criminating scrutiny of the various plans which are being tried by some of our states and in other countries.
 It Is precisely this fact pointed out by the President in a special message to Congress that constitutes the tra- sgedy of our social situation. It is precisely this fact that we have no tribunals before which industrial con- troversies may come before they de- velop into conflicts. that marks the impotency of a system, fitted to the pack-mule and the tallow-dip stage of industrial progress, but puerile when applied to an era of electric-lighting companies and empire express trains.
 Not only are our laws and our court methods poorly adapted to the pres- ent industrial situation as related to conflicts between master and ser- vant," but they entirely ignore the l. uI~ to ignore the public in the old type of industry where half dozen work men struck against single employer whose customers numbered a few score. They could buy their meat of another butcher, or the coal of an- other "pit master" while the quarrel was on. with their regular store.''
 To-day the community takes a risk unknown and unthinkable to those of the day and time out of which our legal theories grew. The community takes the risk of being starved by the derangement of normal production by one corporation, controlled perhaps by officers and stockholders who never saw the plants in which the actual work is being done. The colnmun- ity right to a continuous supply of the necessities of life creates an obligation on the part of those supplying a social need to submit their grievances to a committee or a court of inquiry des- ignated by the social whole, before in- ,augurating suspension of that sup- ply. either through strike or lock-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04
"A HOME HOSPITAL

The Home Hospital is a new experi- naent in Ae home treatment of com blned poverty and tuberculosis which tho New York Association for Improv- ing the Condition of the Poor is in- auguratinez sltsepurpose is. first. to give adequate and wise relief to a number or needy families in which
 there is tuberculosis; and. second, in 70 doing. to ind out whether it is pos- slble-in . sanitary tenement, under wise medical direction and constant nursing oversight. with adequate re- lief and freedom from undue worry, nDDle fresh air and sunshine, and room for reasonable segregation--to prevent the spfSShs s0f tuberculosis from the sick to the we'll members of tho family. and particularly to protect khe ci1ildnen from infection. to cure 1omeL of those in the early stages of tho digease. and to afford Considerable
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04

and in his address urged that steps be taken toward appropriately obsers- ing the centennial. In 1910 com mittee was formed in the United States, under the name of ''the Ma tional Committee for the Celebration of the tooth Anniversary of Peace Among English Speaking Peoples" ]" Both President Taft and Col. Roose- welt, in the United States. and Earl Grey and Sir Wilfrid Laurier. in Can ada, gave vigorous support to the pro- ject, and Premier Borden has since joined heartily in the plans. as have France, Germany, Holland, Norway, Austria, Italy and Sweden have been invited to take part in the observance, but little Belgium will be honored above other Continental countries by reason of the fact that it was in Ghent, Belgium, that the treaty was concluded. tHThe cultivation of world wide good will' is declared to be the keynote Of the movement, but eXacf- lS what form the celebration will take is yet to be decided. Numerous are the ideas as to what would corstitute a proper observance. Among the suggestions are these:
 That for an agreed upon five min utes all industries and activities cease throughout the English speak,ag world: that peace monuments be. erected along the border between the United States and Canada, or in lead. ing cities in the two countries; t1at the celebration be held in connection with the Panama Canal Exposition in San Francisco:r an imposing merchant marine parade through the Great Lakes: identical monuments in Lon- don, Washington and Ottawa, and various other plans
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04

improvement to, patients whose cases are only moderately advanced
 The hospital has been established in a section of the East River Homes, populafly called the Vanderbilt Ten ements'' Twenty-three families have been chosen for the experiment, which is to cover three years Every ef- fort will be made to care for the pa- tients in their homes as we'll as they could be cared for in hospitals While the Association will bear much of rte expense. the able-bodied members of the twenty-three families will also contribute to their support The As- sociation estimates the expense at about s25.ooo a year.
 The experiment was launched on April l. and at the present time tke twenty-three families have been ia- stalled. and the. outlook for success is very promising.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04
SOCIALISTS AND MILITIA

Tho Socialist party in Connecticut has. adopted resolution under the tRUvisions of which members of the rarty sewing in the militia may be 14pellsd. The resolution does not ap- PlH to those already enlisted. until tlaeif terms sxpire This action ap- ter1nfly srowS cut of the frequent use T 4lia miliia tn labor difficulties. and insrlks the growing opposition to n,il- ftia u1Gv3ees in labor circles. For sometime the labor unions have frowpsd upon inembsrship in the na. tional guard. end the Socialist action appeasS to bs an outgrowth of this sa13isr anta6onism
 II would be better If the force which must be relied upon in time of war could be rsserved for that pur- pcoe The use of the soldiers ss p1aee offiessU has undoubtedly de-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04
GERMANY'S s WISDOM


 pr. Newell bwisAt Hillis. of Brook lyn. holds GsrmSdy up. to his parish- i61l1gs as n s1alhtas sck what may be aceenplfahsd by Fl s6em. pGtiehee and co-opsraklon. He brings out the fnct tliaf osfnany'g national debt is but 1l. .oo0. .ooo, . n6fe nothing. and less Afn the debt of the average Ameri- eity tfNy1 lo@ Iaseuy owns thhwsy4 4in& fbfsst& taa other Geoductivs national improvements. TO German cities own their OWE wa f1f woFkA eas workA trolley and tels- Dhone Ansg and electric light works.
 Germany. from. the standpoint of I11nze4 re1Dsspesb is . poor. country. oSrm1ny lecks the wealth in land and minerals that belongs to the United
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04

graded the service and made it un- pleasant to many who would be glad to enlist for national defense.
 If the military arm were called out only in times of actual instruction and real violence the situation would not be so alarming but every careful observer knows that the cali to arms is uttered at the mere request of powerful employers when no real oc- casion exists, and for the mere put- pose of breaking a strike.
 Service in the militia ought not to be incompatible with honorable membership in a civic body The So- cialists would have done better to point out the abuse of the system, rather than attempt its destruction. The Socialists surely do not claim that the need of armed establishments is past. and that danger of war is at an end.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04
This is a very useful arti- cle for ladies and will be sold very cheap.
 This is . good store to eet Motions, ,as 2016 can b ssvod on usual 10c articles.

President Taft by dividing the Repub- iican party and electing . Democe4k
 There was printed, probably sn e1Q campaign of Mckinley and Rooeeve4s a canpaisn photograph eide by G31e of good size, of Mckinley in uoue1 form, and of Theodore Roosevelt with a strange kind of heAdgear over . very unusual sort of a cap for a can. didate, such perhaps ao he wao oe~ customed to wear among the cow him as one of them and they would vote the ticket,
 Very many Republicans who votod for him before could not vote for h1uD even as hayward of village of go inhabitants.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04
TRANSPORTING VOTERS

r New Jsrsey has passed a corrupt .tf1etiess act Yhtah fprhids Che trans- por6ation Of tho S6tsrs to the polls at pflvnte sxpenss Thlls1ktv sis whole sseAs. and destroys amuch abused pt41ilsge. but the reafr1et1ons has its df1wbacks It may upon occasion Wotk unfairly againat a candidate Nhpoo supporters live at distance from the polling places. It will be
 &op1cially burdensome to those who live on distant country roads. Per- ha1D the community in which the election as held should furnish cer- tain amount of transportation It is not too much to hope that the time nay como when voting will be made
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04
LORIMER'S PATRIOTISM

vote to- keep Lorimer was so illum- mating to the public mind that eleven senators were eliminated in the next election. There are some thirty or forty. more of the type sympathetic with Lorimerism who can be spared. Let Lorimer by all means stand to his guns and be thrown out. Like a magnet of benencient pull he will drag a lot more after him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04

States. But with science and far see- ing effort the Germans have made their soil as productive as any, in Eu- rope They have made conditions of living for the common peopla iln- measurably superior to what they were in the past, 50 that few Germans are leaving the Fatherland for other countries.
 The Germans keeps stSad adilx h view the welfare of the individual The German birthrate and the German death rate are carefully watched The health of Germans is a prime consid- eration and Germany is doing more than any other nation to raise its people to the highest standard of well being
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04
GOV. TOSS TO BUILD HOTEL HAvIne 1000
 fAMlY APAnT1Hql

Boston June 4The lafgssr 1amJssx hotel in New England. one that wiu have 1000 apartments, . thGafrA G1e- age and restaurant, is to b. c0n- by Gov. Fos6 in tho Dn9k Bay on land which he pufchG0ed y6D- terday Tho property contaa6D 114Noo Foss previously owned 51,000 o4uGfo feet of adjoining land.
 The hotel will be within dse m1n- utes walk of the now subwnH f<t- minus at Beacon street and Cod1Mb1- wealth avenue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04

simpler and easier for everybody. It is practicable to have secret ballot by registered mall. The privilege of such "a ballot might be confined to persona further than given distance from tfienearest polling place. { Or special wagons carrying election of ficers might pass through the spa-se- ly populated districts to receive bal- lots. Either system could be 5sur- rounded with such safeguards as would protect the secrecy of the vot- ing. The chief objection to the pri :. vate conveyance is that it affords the most convenient place for the pur- chase of votes, and is the place now usually resorted to for that purpose.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04

Hfet cnort IS to ascertain the tactSy| then to bring the parties together on the facts. Agreements, not verdicts, are sought; hence, conference not ca- vii is the method of procedure most in vogue. A study of the evolution of procedure under this law would give an object lesson in methods of dealing with industrial problems
 much needed in, the United States.
 The law has been passed but a few days before a strike of the telephone girls in Toronto occurred. The girls appealed to the government under the law, although a strike was then on.
 The company declined to name a member of the board, but the gov
 ernment appointed a member and went on with the inquiry which was made open to the public.t The pa pers published the testimony. In 3 very few days the company posted an offer to it's employees which covered the grounds of the strike, and which was accepted by the, strikers. thus ending the difficulty before the board
 finished it's work. The report of the
 board on that strike was the first
 complete analysis of the industrial side of the telephone business ever published. It is asserted in Canada that the very existence of the law pre- vents more conflicts than it is ever called upon to investigate because the parties do not want a public inves- l tigation.
 During the first twenty nine months of the operation of this law fifty nine
 boards were appointed to investigate
 as many difficulties. covering 65.000 employees. Three of these were in industries outside the operation of low and where boards were appointed only upon the urgent request of both par tics to the disputes. Two of the cas- es were cotton mills with 5,200 efl- ployes. the other was a shoe factory with 300 employees. The law has not
 disturbed business in Canada. It has not introduced artificial wage rates. 1t
 has created no opposition to It's fun- damental principle and all the criti- cism aimed at the law addresses it. self to amendments and not to repeal.
 It would be impossible to repeal that
 law in Canada to-day.
 The attitude of labor organizations
 toward the Trade Disputes Investiga- ton Act of 1907, was expressed by resolution of the Dominion Trade and
 Labor Congress. reading as follows
 Resolved, That this Trades and La
 bor Congress hereby express its ap- proval of the principle of the Lemienx bill as being in consonance with the
 oft-expressed attitude of organized ia
 bor in favor of fsinvestigation and con- E 1t is impossible but that body of world wide experiments, and the ex- pefiences drawn from them, such as the proposed Federal Commission on Industrial Relations would digest: would aford congress and the ysrious1 stateAsgislat lures bases for legislation which would save the country. mill lions of dollars in wages. and in loss from strikes with the attendant snf- fering to the public as well as to the contestants.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04

Senator Lorimer announces his pur-
 Dbe e. confer a benefit upon his Ahntrys the nrst that has come from &iln. He will not resign. This will bring hio uaatt~ to . vote in the een- ats and tAs county. will have the 4d- vantage of bsinf confirmed in its fpur- Dsus te put out of togas. the states bsa of that eminent body who viii vote for his retention in 1t. The last
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04

Catherine Malley, wife of Stanislaus Kaliski. died at her home, 979 Maple wood avenue, yesterday, aged 38 years, after an illness of about a year. She held the friendship of many acquaiutances, and while her death was not unexpected, it caused widespread grief. She is survived by her husband and five children, Venda, Catherine, Josephine, Frank and Stanislaus, Jr.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04
EXCELLENT IMPROVEMENTS

r The judgss at their meeting in Hartford. yesterday. made two reap pointments in FaArneld county. which will meet with wide approval. The first was of Senator Stiles Judson to be statss attorney and the second. of John '. Rhslan to succeed himself as coeea1r. IT. Judeon's health. which ls ooaly impairsds has recently much
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04

improved and 1t is not too much to hope that he win be able to resume his important service for the Com monwealth and it's people MT. Phe- Ian has made a fearless and impar- tial coroner, one whose findings are qualified by knowledge of the law and a determination to protect life, but without braggadocia, or sensation alism.