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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02

J. p. MERRILL.

There is no town in Maine where
the working men are so clean as in
The mills of Skowhegan The people
that work in our mills for the most
part are permanent residents and are
the most desirable citizens. They take
pride in owning their homes here and
take an interest in the towns welfare.
The reason for this is that the worst
ed, and wooden mills as we'll as others
have always given steady work and
when a person comes here to work he
knows or soon knows through his fell
low workmen that he can be sure OF
steady work and good pay. He then
knows that he can take up his resi-
dence here, take his family with him
and as he gets used to the people, he
comes to like the town, gets an inter
est in it's welfare and becomes an i'm
portant part of it" These are the in
tereeting ideas coming from j. P. Mer-
riil, senior member of the shoe firm OF
j. P Merrill & Son. Mr.. Merrill knows
whereof he speaks. He is the Oldest
shoe dealer in point of service in this
section Of the state if not in the whole
state He has been in the business in
5koWhcgan 10 years and is one who is
ever awake to the interest OF the town
He says further Our town cannot at
ford to lose the worsted mill and wool
en- mill not only because Of the loss OF
business but because we would lose
many good citizens that now are the
operatives. These people buy first
class goods and | get my share Of their
trade and with the trade that neces.
sarily get from these people, as well
as others, | have to deal with such
wholesale houses as. George f. Keith
Co, Brockton, Mass, (Walkoyer) ;
Brockton Boot & Shoe Cooperative
Co. Brockton, Mass. tl2lite); Williams
Clark q Co, Lynn, Mass, Ga
Francel J. J. Grover, Ladies' fine
shoes, Lynn, Mass; ziegler Brothers,
Philadelphia, and with the goods | get
from the Goodyear Rubber Co, Gold
SeaD. to lose the mills would cause
these houses to suffer with me"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02
EMILIO DEBE.

If had to depend upon the people
in Skowhegan that are reckoned
among those that have little money
for my business l could hardly sell a
plug of tobacco" so says Emilio Debe,
probably the largest fruit dealer in
Somerset County. The people that
work in the mills buy my goods. They
evidently realize that money is to
spend Now to close these mills Is
killing business, for it is from this
class of people that the living comes
where hardly an existence would come
without them. | buy my fruits. tobac-
co. nuts, candy, etc, from many firms
in order to meet the demand and |
know that none Of them, such as Gang
elo Company, Boston; Henry Hyde,
New York; McGreenery &c Manning,
Boston, would want these mills to
close and know that their business
would be seriously injured If they
should close
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02

f. Il. SAWYER.

f. t. SAWYER
In order for me to continue in bust
ness in Skowhegan or for any other
candy man to carry on the business
successfully in Skowhegan our mills
must stay with us. The closing of the
Worsted, wooden and spinning mills or
ii they were obliged to go on shorter
lime or reduced wages would serious
ly cripple my business" is the feeling
of F. E. Sawyer, leading confection-
cry manufacturer and dealer in Show
hogan. He seriously states: THE
greater part of my business is obtain
ed from the employees of these mills.
have a big business with them and
besides keeping good crew at work,
making my own candies which / buy
materials for from Loose-Wi Com
pany. Boston; Mlliken, Brigham,
Boston; The Three Millers, Boston !
also, to satisfy the demands of the
people that work in the mills whom
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02

S. II. SWAIN.

1t is because Of our three big mills
and their reputation for steady work
that 1 have been able in twelve years
time to sell 60 farms in Somerset
County TO people from other states and
Aroostook County men. as we'll as
others. IT is by these mills that | make
The most of my sales of farms The
worsted, wooden and spinning mills
nave increased the valuation of farm
property, have made better farms, be-
cause farmers have been able TO find
better market and for this reason most
of the farms now in this vicinity have
up-to-datc Improvement and equip
ment, is what 5. H. swain, the biggest
READ estate agent in the county. the
FIRST real estate agent 20 sell Maine
farms extensively and now the agent
for the E. A. strout Farm Agency OF
New York, the biggest in the country.
Mr. Swain says: IF these mills should
close, the valuation of farm property
In this town, at least. would decrease
twenty per cent. People come from
other states to buy farm property and
though they buy a farm fifteen miles
rom Skowhegan they first learn what
the mills ara doing in Skowhcgan, as
this is the shire town and their market
Tor the most part, if not directly, in
directly will be in Skowhegan. Tho
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02
NE CLARK

There Is nothing that could be
done that would injure business so
much as the closing of any one of the
three mills, worsted, wooden or spin
ming mills. 1t is from the employees
of these mills that get my business, .
is what NJ. E. Clark, manager OF the
Direct Importing Tea Company III
5kowhegan, states. Everybody can
afford to sacrifice a great deal rather
than have these mills shut down or
wages reduced 1t is the people that
have to put In a certain number of
hours each day working that want
their teas and coffees or cereals and
other groceries that my store sells,
and TO. satisfy the demand the Direct
Importing Tea Company, Boston,
sends to this store lot of goods until
now ii has become one of the biggest
stores of the kind in the state"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02

II We make a radical revision Of
the tariff the seal Of the wages Of this
country will come down on a level
with the wages of other countries" is
what Clyde H. Smith says. Mr. Smith
has all his life made a study of the
tariff aud the conditions as they exist
in other countries under free trade
He says further: IF We are to retain
the present standard of wages which
are at present better than in any other
country. We must be protected. We
can best afford 10 have protective tariff
as compared with other countries, as
We do not have 10 depend upon other
countries for anything II We lower
the tariff the Other nations make our
goods and get Our money.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02
.IEI9 ONE NRIBEA

II is the employees Of the mills
that make the life OF our town and the
losing OF them would deaden bust
ness. These people are desirable citi-
zens They own th'ir homes. are per-
manent residents, many Of trcm hay
ing lived here for nearly thirty years.
They are Industrious. they get good
money, they want to improve their
homes, ami every business firm in
Skowhegan derives "a benefit from
thom. These mills have the reputa-
ton Of giving steady work good pa.
and these conditions tend 70 satisfy
the people, encourage them to make
their permanent homes here to own
them, and become Interested in the
towns welfare They could not do
this, and would not if the mills
should run on shorter time. less
wages and if they were obliged per
haps to close by radical revision Of
the tariff" These are some of the in
teresting things that Jerome Abbey.
superintendent of the Central Maine
Power Company, speaks of. He also
says: If business breaks even on
any industry ii is doing we'll, but it
is the operatives that make for the
interest of the town and through them
any business is able to progress and
improvements to be made to the town
Much could be said on this subject but
it takes only a little foresight TO
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02
Coal Dealer
VIM. STINCHFIELD.

As an estimate | sell 300 tons OF
coal to the employees of the worsted,
wooden and spinning mills in Show
hegan." is the assertion of William
NJ. Stinchfeld, the largest coal dealer
in this county, and he further states,
With these mills closed, would be
obliged to cut out buying coal from
the wholesalers that | now deal with
who are Randall s. McAllister, Port
land Sargent & Dennison Company,
Portland; Staples & Bell, Boston,
Baker & Robinson, Boston, and my
business would decrease so material
ly that only very few firms would
get orders from me as now the mill
hands buy large part of the coal
that is sold through the winter
months"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02
PAGE SlSE

one Of the mont prosperous farmers Of
sko%hegan. says. II Is from the mills
that the farmer d.rsc,ly or Indirectly
derives the market for his product.
and If fhe mills should Close II for
9n,y short time. i would be a long
Sine before III farmers as vii 40 the
business IN could recover frofa the
fr~'s ana adjust II n5-lyes was
n The shoe business here dar.ag the
fie'''4nd aem.aiatrafion. ald Under
H. tariff conditions theu ~ae hard
pathe1 - carry On ny business a.
pseD'' eesa oI' If aork and Id not
buy goods I Ras ab.e 70 adjust M
seli "hsl 70 tar.a 4sa changed. At
ter taaf administration but +, took a
long time It would y a mo-, serious
thing feT III "e's,.-t s..,yfness Of
sko"h gan if these ans 'Tfoala close
i. only Tor br.af pef.od
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02
r PATTEN

y have lived In Skoaheeaa Tor .z
years. During thai time the textile
mills hafs been tie back boue o. the
towns prosperity. j the assertion Of
K. T. Patteu. owner Of Eaton Mountain
Farm, one Of the largest in the county
The cessation Of this Industry would
% disaster from which We should
hardly recover in - years It would
BE misfortune that would effect
every citizen however humble or bow
ever prominent Should they be per
manently discontinued none Of this
generation would live to see our pres
ent condition as a prosperous manu-
featuring community regsined
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02
DIR. S. A. COVER

DR. Stanley Cover, of the dental
firm of Smith & Cover, says: Tn
questionably all lines of business
would be effected unfayorably were
any one Of our large mills to suspend
operations That the dentists would
be no exception, as working people
seek professional services Of all kinds,
to greater extent when financially
able to do so, Anything which would
50 surely effect the prosperity OF such
a large number of our citizens as
make the Xtile industry means o.
ed By serious local business depres-
sion.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02
+. b. CROCKETT.

I set onc-third of my business from
the employees Of the textile mills and
my business would be crippled if these
mills should close comes from f. b.
Crockett, manager of Green's Five &
ZEN Cent store in Skowhegan. This
company buys large orders of goods
from such big wholesalers as National
Enamel Stamping Co.. New York;
George Bodgfeldt, New York, and
Chiney Mfg Co, Portland"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02

big on account OF the market among
these families, to say nothing OF gro
ceries received from Milliken & Tom
lison. Portland of which sell good
supply to mill-hands, In many cases
between eight and ten dollars worth
each week TO individual families"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02

fectionery from the Bell Chocolate
Company, Cambridgeport, Mass. and
Samoset Chocolate Company, Boston,
Mass. All business men depend upon
the mill-hands for the bulk of their
trade but to me they mean more per-
haps than they do to some other mer-
chants"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02
Oil Dealers


Ten pr c'n- o. my business OF
selling gasoline. aa-5.eLe Id other
oils is with the employees of the
worsted and WOODEN mills" are The
words OF ]. II. Murray of Showaegsn.
a dealer OF oils bought OF the Gulf
Refining Company OF New York. He
goes OF % say: The shutting down
q. these mills would SO impair my
business that would be Obliged to
seek other employment With my pros
nj business, whereby now have TO
puf i'm all III time delivering my oils d
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02

from their travelling men and they
nave stated to me that / have more
supplies than any other photographer
In the state outside the big cities and
this is due to the reason that / have
stated"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02
CHARLES Il. GARDNER

Il believe that the valuation Of farm
prop erty would be reduced at least -
per cent with the closing of cur tex
Tile mills" is what Charles Il Gardner
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02

Between 100000 and 100000 600
are paid annually for labor In Ameri-
IAN wooden and worsted mills
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02

The destruction OF the wooden in
dustry would wipe out an investment
Of S200.o0ooo0 and AFFECT contrbutOry
interests 70 a like or greater amount.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-01-02

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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-02-27

is now pending a bill to increase the
pension to $50 per month. Without
half trying we can call to mind old
vets on both sides who are getting
along on less than $12 per month,
and if any special bills are to be in
troduced, they might be glad to have
lOOk-in.
Commissioner Waldo, of the New
York police force, wants twelve
thousand or so regular police for
the whole burrough of Greater New
York; and one Of the high military
authorities wants about twenty
thousand troops for the Panama
Canal. Isn't it time some one tolo
the Dove of Peace that his perch was
vacant, and called off those Peace
Conventions at The Hague?
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-02-27
HOW ARE YOUR NERVES.

Nervousness is often merely an indi-
cation that the body is out of tone, and
entirely disappears when this fault is
corrected. Hundreds who suffered from
Nervous Prostitution, Sleeplessness, Ex-
haustion, ETC., have found Bodi-Tone
just what they needed, for it's activities
in the body are of a character needed
to set bad nerves right. You can try
a dollar box without a penny. See
offer on last page
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-02-27
The Good, the Bad, the Otherwise
And Few Laconics ByLAL
By L. A. L.


is the new ruling regarding the mail
ing of periodicals, but on the whole
he has put a snap and vim in the
postal service that has been lacking
heretofore; it may be another will
come after him, gather up the ravels
and make a perfect service of the
plans Mr.. Hitchcock has tried to in
STILL
Somehow or other we are manag-
ing to keep up pretty we'll with all
the new wrinkles introduced by the
European criminal class. Italy had
the Cammora, and we developed a
police strong arm squad; France
has automobile bandits, and we have
a dynamite squad guaranteed to get
results just as quickly.
Besides being in bad in the matter
of political unhealthiness, Pennsyl-
vania is also bad risk in the mat
ter of health. The health commits
sioner of the State declares this is
due to the poor water supply, and it
seems a pity some of the Harrisburg
graft was not used for the purpose
Of drinking water for the taxpayer
In spite of the most elaborate
building inspection system on earth,
New York seems to be unable to make
her builders use good mortar for
putting up buildings; a theatre in
the course of construction, gave way
as the roof was being put on, and
ho Of xyhi oh i0h+
Cured, had the building waited to
collapse when the first performance
was on-is too appalling to think
of.
Housewives in the U. S. should
sympathize with Uncle Sam in the
matter of securing recruits for the
Army and Navy. Posters of the
circus order are now augmented by
magazine ads setting forth all the
privileges which are to be had by
those who wear the blue and khaki
But the tales from the army posts
and those from the recruiting sta
tions and training ships should be
edited before the public reads and
draws it's own conclusions.
Oh, yes, it costs lots more to live
in some places than it does in these
good old U. S. A.; FIR instance, here's
a little list from the rubber produc-
ton section of Peru, showing what it
costs to get the eats there: Mutton
and veal, soc per pound; chickens
$1.25 each; ducks, $3.50 and tur-
keys, $3.50. Beer, soc per bottle;
coal, $22 per ton, and laundry list
is as follows: For washing shirt
25c; handkerchief, &c; collar, &c;
white coat, SOC; white trousers, SOC;
single sheet, zoe.
Of course it is a fine thing to have
a good heart and to be swayed more
or less by generous impulses-but we
can't see where this fits a case of g
widow whose income is $1,844 pei
year, and who receives a pension OF
SIP per month additional, because
her husband had at one time been {
general in the army, in whose behalf
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-02-27

IdS01OQ. Inc advance nOC1C0S OF the
garments which women will wear
for the coming year show a paucity
of material which will be gratifying,
in one sense, while it will leave
great deal to be desired from the
point of mOdesty, but nothing to the
Imagination.
We have been assured that yard
and a half will be the circumference
of the modish gown, in the spring
and summer, and one shudders at
the possibilities of accidents when
fat woman essays to catch q train or
get on a street car, in a hurry, if
her dressmaker has been remiss in
the matter of stitches, or the quality
of the goods is not equal to the
strain.
All this has been decreed by some
actresses in Paris, a few professional
m dels in Vienna, and some nervy
people who make a living drawing
impossible pictures which are la
belled Fashions for 1913" and
which the womenfolk of the world
adopt, because to be stared at seems
now to be the one desirable thing in
life.
For some time our women have
initiated as closely as possible the
small vices of the demi-mondaine of
Paris, London, New York and Wen
ma. She has pulled cigarettes in pub
lie and private, taken mixed and 9th
er drinks, had more than a bowling
acquaintance with risky adventures
in which automobiles, late suppers
and the Their ct Gets play a prominent
oTt oil L,
places were doing them.
The women of moderate means
have initiated as closely as possible
the gambling of the women of the
rich and idle class; they have spent
money they had no right to spend,
accumulated debts for an overworked
husband to pay, and done iC all with
an insolent disregard of conse-
quences which has been the cause
of more than one divorce case.
1t seems pity there is no general
school of instruction for feeble
minded wives, and that there isn't a
brand of man who could take a club
as the basis of argument and show
the wife Of his bosom just what he
meant when he had bills thrust at
him for eXtravagant expenditure
which the wife knew was not honest
1t is not to be expected that women
of this sort will mother children who
will inherit exalted ideas of the fit
ness of things, nor who will practise
self denial in order to be honest
We have become a nation of imi-
tators; our criminals have initiated
all the stars of the European crimi-
nal class. Does Paris have a gar
rOtting on public thoroughfare on
Monday? 1t will be a safe bet that
New York or Chicago will have one
equally IS startling on the following
Thursday or Friday.
Is there a sensational suicide, by
new and little known route? Civ
en- the time needed for the daily pa
pers to exploit and photograph it,
and the next respondent coward who
wants to go where he hasn't been
asked will furnish another illustra-
ton of how it is done.
If Mrs. Jones serves iced tea,
picked Strawberries and chicken sal
ad at her card party, Mrs. Smith
will go that and some more at hers,
and the Jones and the Smith men
may tear out what little hair worry
and bills have left them-but every
other woman in "our set' will fol-
low the lead till the grocer is bank
rupt through the unpaid bills, and
the whole of "our set" move to other
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-02-27

started all over again.
There seems to be very little left
of the old home life in big cities,
and the 'kitchenette" takes up less
room than did the old cook stove
where our mothers and grandmOth-
ers presided as household deities,
and gave to the Nation a brand of
men and women that the world will
not see the like of again.
Is it narrow to say that a Nation S
destiny can be regulated by the cook
stove? Maybe it is, but it is true.
Many battle has been lost because
the general went into it with an emp
ty stomach or on cup of too weak
coffee.
Many a man has lost a business
deal because he was not properly
fed before the time came for him to
decide
And every woman knows that the
time to talk Easter Hat and trips to
the mountains or sea is when He
has had a good dinner with all the
things He liked best, and cosy
room in which to eat it.
usly-isn't it time we cut out
all the frOth of argument we have
been talking as regards the sphere"
Of woman, and buckle down to the
fact that there is no sphere which
means so much for the Nation and
the world as that over which a man
rules and a woman presides?
And when we have gotten to that,
we will be the leaders and the other
Nations will be the imitators.
It's an off-day when the New York
citizen does not read of someone be-
ing blown up with a bomb, or down
with dynamite, in that hustling town.
And the need of more police seems
to be one of the least of her troubles.
The fiat has gone forth that there
are to be no women in the inaugural
parade-Which will be learned with
relief by a lot of men who had
planned to ask to be let off from the
office to mind the baby while Mother
went out to yell for votes for women
y
AS the Shoe Trust has won it's
point against the Government, we
will continue to get brown paper Gin
ner soles' in our shoes, until the in
dignation of the Trust shall have died
out, because of the charge made
against it under the Sherman law.
The Standard Oil Company will re-
jOice to learn that no more of the big
U. S. Warships will be made to burn
coal; all will now burn oil, and as
the S. O. has a strangle hold on the
visible supply, it may be that John
D. will really be able to afford to
buy all he wants to eat, and new
wig occasionally.
Mr.. Wickersham is being called on
by Congress to explain why he has
protected the Oil magnates. While
Congress is about it, we would like
to have the information also, as to
why the cost of the Standard Oil
COmpany's products should be ad-
vancing so rapidly since the ''dissolu-
ton" Of the concern.
There has been an unusually dull
season in the tourist hotels of the
South this year owing to the warm
weather which has been prevalent in
the North also, and on the same
line, a number of insurance com.
panies will have to dig up dibs for 6
lot Of tourists hotels which have gone
up in smoke this year.
The Atlanta newspapers will never
n
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-02-27
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