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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
NEW STANDARDS FOR CORN SHIP PMENTS
 EFFECTIVE JULY l

Federal corn standards have been established by congress and will be- come effective July l. The acting secretary of agriculture has ypromul< gated the various grades which are practically the same as the tentative ones formulated August .22ss1913,n ss
 1t is expected that this grading will be of inestimable value to the farmer through corn growers having to mar ket dryer corn than has heretofore been the practice in the west. While the eastern < farmer has practiced crtpbfrg. western corn has been, sweated in the field ana often shel1ed' with such dispatch as to crack 1t. It will now be possible to demand a bet ter price for eastern clean, whole and we'll dried corn.
 Seven grades have been 6ormulat- ed, based upon moisture percentages ranging from 14.0 to 28.O. Consider ation is also taken of the separation of kinds, co1ors and cracking; heating foreign material. cob and finely bro- ken kernels.
 The local farmer will do well to ap- ply for detailed tables through Con- gressrnan Jeremiah Donovan or direct to the acting Secretary of agriculture, at Washington.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20

.s Z with them as with those who do not represent their corporations but mere Iy by deliberate intention break the law Business men the country through would, I ana sure, applaud us if we were to take sHfectuaI steps to see that the officers and directors of great busi- ness bodies were prevented from bring ing them and the business of their country into disreps1te and danger.
 Other questions remain which will. need very thoughtful and practical treatment. Enterprises in these mod ern days Of great individual fortunes are oftentimes interIocked, not by be ing under the control Of the same d. rectors, but by the fact that the great CT part of their corporate stock is own ed by single pesson or group of per sons who are in some way intimately related in interest. AAs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
odditfes of Color BIindness.

Color blindness, or the inability Ito distinguish certain colors, is by no means rare Incomplete color blind ness is when a person cannot distin- gnish one of the fundamental coiors, red, green or violet. If a person is told to select colors resembling violet he will if red blind usually select blues as well as yio1etss If he is green blind he will select green pr gray with pos sfbly some blues and vfolets of the brightest shades. Violet blindness is rare. To red blind person the Amer ican flag appears to have green and white stripes, while the white stars appear on a violet field. To a green blind person the stripes have the prop CT ;colors, but the field for the stars is red violet. To violet blind person the stripes gre normal but the stars ap- pear, to be set in a dark brownish gray field To person who is totally color blind the blue of the flag appears a light yeIlowish brown, while the red stripes seem to be darker brown.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
Relica of sava uerx.

Many marriage customs observed at the present time are relics of the time when women were simply the chatte1s or slaves of their husbands. The we'd ding ring is but a substitute for the chain or letter or perhaps the metal badge of the female slave of the past, Then there is the custom of throwing an old shoe. In ancient times ruler would signify his dominion over a place by casting his shoe across 1t or over a serf by touching the serfs head with his shoe. The casting of shoe therefore signifies the transfer of au- thority over the woman to the bride groom. In the good old days" a man who wanted a wife sometimes went with a companion to a netghboring trfbe and carried q girl on by force It was then necessary for him to take q hurried journey to escape the vengeance of the pursuing friends of the girl So today the bridegroom has q comrade in the shape of his best man.. and his honeymoon trip com- mernoFates the flight from the wife's friends.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
BAN ON lNTERL0cKING
 DiRECT0RATEs NEEDED.

But Time Should Be Given to Effect
 Change Without Confusion.
 We are all agreed that private mo nopoly is indefensible and fntolerable,. and our program is founded npon that conviction. It will be a compfehen- Bive, but not radical or unacceptable, program, and these are its items, the changes which opinion deliberately sanctions and for which business waits It waits with acqutescence, in the first place, for laws which will effectual1y prohibit and prevent such interlockings of the personnel Of the lirectorates of great corporations banks and railroads, industrial, com mercial and public, service bodies as fin effect result in making those who borrow and those who lend practical
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20

more than a nfere negative gooU by correcting the serious evils which have arisen because, for example, the men who have been the directing spirits of the great investment banks have usurped the place which belongs to independent industEia1 management working in it's own behalf. 1t will bring new men, new energies, new spirit of initiative, new blood, into the
 management of our great business en- terprises. 1t will open the field of lfi- dustriaI development and orfginatdon to scores of men who have been obfig- ed to serve when taefr abilities entitled them to direct. It will immensely. hearten the young men coming on and will greatly enrich the business activi- ties of the whole country.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20

until now either denied it's. existence or justified it as necessary for the ef- fective maintenance and development of the vast business processes of the country in the modern circumstances of trade and manufacture and finance, but all the while opinion has made head against the1h- The average busi- ness man is convinced that the ways of liberty are also che ways of peace and the ways of success as well. and at last the masters of business on the great scale have begun to yield their preference and purpose, perhaps their 5udxmeut also. in honora ble surrender
 Er7.a4 ra are DurDoziue to do there
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
FEDERAL CONTROL OF
 RAILROAD FINANCES.

Law Urged to Make Interstats Com r1ercs Body Guiding Power.
 In the second place, business men as well as those who direct public affairs now recognize, and recosufse with painful cIearness, the great harm and injustice which has been dene to many, if not all, of the great railroad sys- texns of the country by the way in which they have been financed and their own distinctive interests subordf- mated to the interests of the men who
 financed them. and Of other busfness enterprises which those men wished to promote. The country is ready. therefore, to accept, and accept with relief as well as approval law which will confer upon the interstate com merce connission che power to super intend and regulate the financial opera tious by which the railroads areshence- forth to be supplied with the money they need for their proper develop ment to meet the rapidly growing re- qu1reauents of the country for increas- ed and improved facilities of transpor- tation- We cannot postpone action in this matter without leaving the rail- roads exposed to many serious handi- caps and hazards, and the prosperity of the railroads and the prosperity Of the country are fnseparak5ay connected.
 Upon this question those who are chiefly respons1ble for the actual man agement and opera lion of the railroads have spoken very plainly and very ear nestly, with purpose we ought to be quick to accept It will be one step, and a very inaItortant leE7e, toward the necessary separation of the business Of production from the business of trans nsportatIon.
 The business Of the country awaits also, has long awaited and has suf- fefed because it could not obtain, fur ther and more explicit legislative deA- milton of the policy and meaning of the existing antt-trust law. Nothing ham, pers busiuess like uncertainty Noth- ing daunfs of dlseourages it like the necessity to take chances, to run the risk of falling under the cumdemnati of the law before It can make sure just what the law is Surely we are
 sufficiently familiar with the actual processes and methods of monopoly ana of the many hurtfnl restraints of trade to make definition possible, at any rate. up to the limits of what ex- perfeuce has disclosed. These prac-
 tfces, being now aoundantiy disclosed,
 can be explicitly and item by item
 forbidden by statute in such terms as will practically eliminate uncertainty, 1 the law itself and the penalty being
 made equally plain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20

-RESTDENT WILSON'S special message to congress in which
 he urges new laws for the fur
 ther regulation Of trusts and monopoiies is in full as follows:
 Gentlemen of the Congress-In my report lon the state Of the Union,' which I had the privilege of reading to you on the 1st of December last, I ventured- to reserve for discussion at a later date the subject of additional legislation regarding the very difficult and intricate matter of trusts and mch0polies The time now sesnns op porrnne to turn to that great qt1es- fiuzf. not enly because the currency lzE1e1ation. which absorbed your atten- ton and the attention of the country in December, is now disposed of, but also because opinion seems to be clear ing about us with singular rapidity in this other great field of action. In the matter of the currency it cleared suddenly and very happily after the much dehated act was passed; in re spect of the monopolies which have multiplied about us and in regard to the various means by which they have been organized and maintained it seemsl to be coming to a clear and all but universal agreement in antici- patton of sur action, as if by way of preparation, making the way easier to see and easier to set out upon with confidence and without confusion of counsel
 Legislation has its atmosphere, like everything else, and the atmosphere of accommodation and mutual under standing which we now breathe with so much refreshment is matter of sin cere congrat11atfon- It ought to make our task very much less difficult and embarrassing than it would have been had we been obliged to continue to act amid the atmosphere of suspicion and anta gonism which has so long made 1t impossible to approach such questions with dispassionate fairness. Construc- tive legislation, when successful, fs al- ways the embodiment of convincing experience and of the mature public opinion which finally springs out of that experience Legislation is a busi- ness of interpretation, not of origina- ton, and it is now plain what the opinion is to which we must give eff feet In this matter It is not recent or nasty opinion It springs out of the experience Of a whole generation It has clarified itself by long contest, and those who for long time battled with It and sought to change it are now frankly and honorably yielding to it and seeking to conform their actions 10 it
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20

feet and what I did do was by a great effort. could not sleep at night and of course felt very bad in the morning, and had steady headache.
 ssAfter taking the second bottle l no- ticed that the headache was not so bad, I rested better, and my nerves were stronger. I continued its use until 1t made a new woman of me, and now l can hardly realize that I am able to do so much as do. Whenever I know any woman in need of a good medicine | highly praise Lydia E. Pinkhan1' s Veg etable Com pound. - Mrs. FRANK CLARK, 3146 N. Tulip St., Richmond, Pa.
 Women Have Been Telling Women for forty years how Lydia B. Pinkharn's Vegetable Compound has restored their health when suffering with female ills. This accounts for the enormous demand for it from coast to coast. If you are troubled with any ailment peculiar to women why don't you try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound? ? 1t Vill pay you to do so. Lydia E. Pink sm Medicipe Co. Lynn. Mass.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
saved by 2 Photouraph.

Avery remarkable incident occurred at Rio de Janefro.
 A passenger on board one of the large liners took a photograph of the fiarbor It included a small yacht which had sailed in the morning with two men in her, but returned in the evening with one only. The survivor said his companion had fallen over board, but his statement was not be neved. He was tried and sentenced to death The matter had by this time come to the ears of the photographer, who reh1embered that the picture had been taken on the day of the '.crirne'' cor accident3 and that the scene eIa- braced a syacht On examining the print more carefully he noticed small speck on the sail and in order to deter mine what it was had an enlargement made. It proved to be the figure of a man falling It was shown to the au1 fhorities at once, and the condemned man was released.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
AID TO 1.-THE MAN. i.

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 T hope slsa4. vss slsaH agree In , nivsvsa private trsdividua9e vtlso claim to ba4s kesn fni9rsd hy 4hess proosssea tho Irtsfs* to found 4laeir smite far recrsoa upon the Ancke assd judgements sre~ed and asskarad Ia snits by fhs eovsvssspnE where the gov- ernssaese has Mpea its own iss- i4bz&ise ewsd ssse eonsbfnataons eosapknined ef and won ita euit and ek.a4- r4isa ets&kffe of linrita-s +iona 2shalt bs suffered to runLI aaaiiask such tseseass<s only from xhe .sIaAs of esse eersolEsion of the s noAsrnrneakss action. It is not fair ts4as xts pr5NaAs 9itiaant shosasd be obliged b sst up and sstalsiish aoatss sise feoAs wslsleh the seserssness hes proved.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
GETTING TOGETHER.

The average business man is convinced that the ways of Eih- erfy are also the we've of peace and the ways of success as well, and at Ias4 the rriasEsrs of busf- ness on the great scale have be- gun to yield their preferssIce and purpose, psrltAps their tudsn1ert also, in honorable sur render.
 What we are purpcsing to do, ts1erefore, is happily not fo ham psr or interiors with business as enlightened business men prefer to do it or in any serse to put it under the ban. The antaaonisn1 between business and government is over. We are now about to give ex- pression to tf4e best business judgment, of America. te what we know to be the business eonscience and honor of the land. T1e sovernnent and business men are ready to meet each ether halfway in com nson effort to square business methods with both public opin- ion and the law.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
PUhISHM TENT.

fnasmucn as ostr ob iect mssd the spirit of our action iFs tfaese matters fs to meet bussnsss half way in it's processes of self cor rectios1 and disturb fts. Iegikirsate course as little as Pessible, we. ought to sec to 5f, and the judg- 4cfous men ef affairs evsryrvhere would applaud Us if we did ses to if that penalties and punist- r1es1t should falf not upon busi-s ness itself, to it's confusion and Interruption, bssf upon tie An- cifvfduafa j who use the instru- naenta Eitiesa of besiness to do things Wf1fcE1 pub bile policy and sound business practice com demns
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
NEW COMMISSION TO
 ACT AS 4 sEARcHLIGHT

ciearina House of Facts Resarding
 Big Business Would Help All.
 And the business men Of the country desire something more than that the menace Of legal process in these mat ters be made explicit and ineligible They desire the advice, the definite guidance and inforn1ation which can b s1ppissd Av sn administrative body, an aisAexseate exnde c0aazntsszon.
 The esau15n c8 tAe cozsnEEy wcu2d in stant1y ap1rOvv cf sach . coszarnissaon. It wouid not waah to see 1t ernpowered to make. terms with monopoly or h any sort.to assume soztfA of psassuess as if the kovernment made itself re sponsftse 1t demands suoh . commits Baon only as an Indispensable tnstru- ment of information end pszbffciEy, aa a clearing house for the facts by which both fhe public nnfxzd and the mana, gers of great business saAeESaa afngt should be guided and as an 1nstru mentality for de6ug 5usttce to bszsl ness where the proceasss of the cearts or the natural fovceAsee convection out side the courts are inaAeqrAte to ad just the remedy Co the wrong II a way that will meet all the eqs1tt1ei and circumstances Of the ease.
 Producang industries, For example which have passed the point up tt wfich combination may be eonsisten with ths pubic interest and the free dom of trsae saneot always be dis sectea inke their component units a' readily s railroad companieS or siIni lar organizations can be. Their dissO Iution by ordinary legal process maj oftentimes involve financial conse quenees likely to overwhelm the SC 1 curity market and bring upon 1t break down and confusion There ought t' be an administrative commission capa | ble Of directing and shaping such cor rective processes not only in aid o
 the courts, but also by indepeaden suggestion if necessary:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
NEW BLOOD COMING.

It (the prohibition of inter- locking directorates) will bring new men, new energies, new spirit of ifi<iativs, new blood, into the management of our great business enterprises. it wilt open the field .of industrial deveIopnseFle and orfginaticu to scores of mon who have been obliged to serve when their abil- ities entitled them to direek. f& will immensely hearten the young men coming on and will greatly enrich the business ae- tivities of the whole country.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20

sponsibIe and the punishment should fall upon them, not npcn the business organization Of which they make ille- gal use.
 It should be one of the main objects of our legislation to divest such per-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
A CHANGE OF SPIRIT.

Legislation Is business of interpretation, not Of orisina- tion, and i< is now plain what the opinion is to which we must dive effect in this matter. it is not reoent or hasty opinion. It springs out of the expefience Of whole generation. lt hes cIari- fled itseif by long contest, and those who for a iong time bat tied with it and sought to change it are TTovs frankly and honorabIy yielding to # and seeking to conform ts1eir actions ko f.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
NOT TO HURT BUSINESS

fortunately no measures of sweeping or novel change arc necessary. 1t will be understoed that our object Is not to unset tie business or anywhere seri- ousiy to break it's established courses athwart. On tas con- trary we desire the jaws we are now about to pass to be the bull warks and safesuards of indus try against the forces that have disturbed it. What we have to do can be done in q new spirit, in thoughtful moderation, with out revolution of any untoward kind.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20

desire of che country. Until these things are done conscientious business men the country over will be unsat1s-
 fed. They are in these things our mentors and colleagues. We are now about to write the additional articles of our constitution of peace, the peace that is honor and freedom and prosper ;ity. IR
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20

ly one and the same, those who sell and those who buy but the same per sons trading with one another under different names and in different com binRtions and those who affect to com pete in fact partners and masters of some whole field Of business. Sufh@ cient time should be allowed, of course, in which to effect these changes of organization without incon- 4enience or confusion.
 Such 2 prohibition will work much
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20

ASOAAA kys'tAA4tA W 1D HI a dread fuH Hysx-s1ndown state~of~h e aIth,, ha d internal trou- b1es, and was so ex- trernely nervous and
 prostrated that if I had given in to my, f e elin gs I would have been in bed
 As it " as I h a q hardly strength at
 %-;y,aa fa ha 0yr Yx1v.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
MASTERS OF BUSINESS
 SHOW CHANGE OF FRONT

Are Yielding to Public Opinion in De-
 nsnd For Just Regulation.
 The great business men who organ ized and financed monopoly and those who administered 1t in actual every day transactions have year after year
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
Wilson Urges That Wrong Doers Be Held lnPerson
PRINCIPAL POINTS
 IN TRUST MESSAGE.

 1s-Lzy~s to prohibit intsrioci<i1g di- rectcrates oF great corporations. Flaw to empower interstate com rnsree commission to suPerintend and regulate tf7s fipansiaI operations by which railroads are her1ceforth to be supplied with money for future de- Veiopnenk-
 3-Interstate trade commission needed to act as clearing scuss of facts regarding big business for the pub- lie benefit.
 4-oficsrs and directors of offending trusts should be personally punished for business wrongdoing. 5-Conqress asked so decide whether individuals, owning large blocks of stock in corporations should be linn itsd to voting in only ore of them e-grivate individuals should be efr1- powered by law to base suits against trusts on facts and judgments gain ed in government eases.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20

we are displaying all the new ad- vanced spring shapes in black silk covered hats, new mourning silk face wells and silk grenadine widows veils at E. H. Dillon & Gods, 11o5 Main street.--Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20

seneva.--A foboggan with five schoolboys aboard collided with an a51tr,rnobiae containing three nAn1eri- cans severM of tine boys were seri- ouely injured. ~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
BRIDGE sUPERIrETENDE
 GIFTS INCREASE OF $15.

An ordinance increasing the salary of Superintendent of Bridges Burrell from $s5 per month. to $100 per month was q1naninno11sIy adopted by the com mon council last night. Alderman Miller. the Republican leader of the board, said the increase was the spe- cia1 request Of Director of Public Works Jacob A. Courtade. Bresfd6nf-W fIson will not permit the creation Of a price establishing bureau under the proposed antitrust 1egis1a- ton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
WOMAN WOULD
 NOT GIVE UP
Though Sickand Herring; At Last Found Help in Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
 bIe Compound.

Richmond, Pa. = ts When started taking Lydia D. Pinkham's Vegetable
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
-PATENTS-

A. M WOOSTER. Attorney -at-1l55
 Late Examiner U. s. Patent Cffltr 1115 MAIN ST, SECURITY BIlC
 M BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Send Postal for Booklet on PGt1af
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20

.REsIDENT WILSON'S special N message to congress in which
 he urges new laws for the fur