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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-23

 family. When the unlinaited power CT reward or purchase had ceased to eE- 1st the subconscious tendency Of zIea- islatures and of those who ITlterpret andadminister the law to be suBser- vfent to property interests would. of necessity, disappear
 Tt is worth consideration as -fc5 whether or not a limitation can proD- erly be set upon profit in a business enterprise.
 Every code, ancient and modern. prescribes penalties for usury, and modern vodes define the rate Of in terest permitted. Therefore, if a man loans money he can. only demand what is described as the legal rate for the use thereof.
 sIs it. or is it not. equally con sistent for the government to pre= scribe rate beyond which proftt shall not extend?
 ss'In= the question of dealing with land, should the same doctrine be ap- piled to land that. in the arid states. is applied to water, 1. e.. that no more land can be held by an individual than he can put to productive use, thus making unused land revert to the state and acquf-able by those who would utilize it.,'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-23
GERMAN FINANCES
 NEARLY DEPL ETED.
 SAYS HELFfERICH

s l zrr1J
 Amsterdam, Aug. 23AAt the secret conference of cabinet ministers po- lttical leaders and inf1uential writer's called by the German Imperial Cham cellor before the reassemB bling or the Reichstag last EhllrstsA Ay to scfiss t11e e Political situations the TeIegraaf says thatssKarl He1herich, isecretary of the Treasury, explained that the new Ger man war loan would completely ex- haust the empires financial resources and that the increase in excheQuer bonds wonld cause hanlxruptey. There fore. pr. Helmerich urged, it was need- ful to prepare for an honorable peace zss Chancellor von Betknann Honwe4, according to the same report, declared that the difficulties of the empire were increasing and advised his hearers tc, use their influence to soften down bel 15cose lanelina lE4 in atiops and expansion policy ln the Reichstag and the country and eaE ef1I llsF to prepare peace pfoposais which would be accep bfesgto the four
 members of the Entente v
 DT. Bernhard Dernburgss report of the failure of his mission in the Unit ed States and other neutral countries, the Telegraaf says, made a strong i'm pression on the conference.
 F General Won Moltke, former chief of the general staff, declared that he fully agreed with the Chancellor. and added that only those not fully informed on the situation could hope for the pos sibility of comp1ete Russian defeat
 Despite these declarations, the story concluded, taesa meeting refused i'd adopt a resolution advocating moder- ation in the Reichstag swhereupon the &Shancelior declared that if a majority in the Reichstag should show an fr- .reconci1ably Chauvnistfc attitude be would be obliged to resign as he could not accept responsibility for Germ any.s F-z
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-23

or his family.
 Thus, the man who uses a deadly weapon to protect himself or his home against the aggression of hired thugs has set in motion against him the whole machinery of the state, while the corporation which enlisted, eouip- ped and paid a private armed force, formed and used. not for the main property, but solely as an economic weapon, is lauded as a conservator of lpeace. law and order.
 tsOur laws deal strictly and effec- lively with those who contribute to the delinquency of an individual but the hireHngs of a corporation may de- baueh a state for their own economic gain and receive only 1audation from those who sit in the seats of the mighty
 The man, who. on account of hun ger of himself or family, steals "a loaf. is held up to public view as q hor- ribIe example, of the increase of sense, while he Who exploits the pub l3lic or by dishonest or fraudulent re- presentation or manipulation, secures
 millions of their money is, by the same agencies, held up to the youth of the land as an example of what 1 intelligent effort and devotion to bus iness may accomplish.
 s.The system of wholesale arrests during industrial disturbances for acts which, committed under ordinary con 1 ditions and when no industrial dis l lturbancesl prevailed would not consti- tute ground for arrest is one of the l significant indications of the use of l governmental agencies, not as a ore server of peace but as a purely econo- mic weapon.
 .'The. intrusion of what has. been apt1y described as invisible govern Inent' into all the channels of life, 1.-the educational system,-prirnary, sec ondary and higher-the church, the
 press, the legislative branch and the 1 Judicial system and the recognized po- tency of its merstricioQs efforte con l tributes it's clements to the whole. Third, Irregularity of employment I with the consequent restriction of op- portunity and, with its consequent ex- 1 tension of belief that unrenaitting toll l under present conditions can bring no l fair reconapense, thus stifing healthy l incentive eto labor, is creating an army 1 of unem pIoyed that must in the last i analysis, be reckoned with and unless 1 remedy is found whereby incentive may be rtsored and recompense be made apparent, society itseII zaust gay
 the forfeit.
 ttFourth. Land monopoly with re- influence in creating congestion in the 1 cities, bears it's own share of the re- l sponsibiIfty for unrest.
 Tracing the history of every van ished civilization makes apparent the fact that in every instance decadence was preceded by urban congestion and by immense land holdings by the aristocrat or the capitalist
 ttAs to the remedy for these evils an income and inheritance tax that
 would be, above a, certain figure, ab- solutely confiscatory, would make i'm
 possible, first, the creation, and sec ond, the transmission of the don1inat- ing accumulation. of wealth in the hands of any individual, group ot
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-23
SUGGESTS USURY LAWS TO CURB
 GREAT PROFITS

Chicago. Aug -Commissioner A. B. Garretson, in supplemental opinions, approved by Commits sioners Walsh, Lennon and O'Con- usury laws might be applied to curb the rate of returns on Investments His .ssupplementaI Opinions and Sug- gestions'' follow:
 My signature is appended to the tReport of MT. Basil M Manly, Df- of the United States Commission On Industrial Relations, submitted to the | Com mission and transmitted herewith. as to the findings. of fact contained Etherein.
 1T am in general agreement with the recommendations contained in that Report except as to the formation of the system of State and Federal Com missions and a Federal Industrial Council
 tsOn this recommendation neither approve nor condemn. But out of re- gard for the opinion of the great body of intrastate labor most directly af- fected dissent.
 t.I am also in accord with the state ment Of fact contained in the report of George P West on the Colorado o situation
 1 .I am favorable to the extension of l the extension of the provisions of the 1 Newlands Act to all classes of in l terstate employees who can constitu- tionally be brought under it's provi- sions and would favor the enlarge
 ment of the body administering it to meet the added responsibilities which would thereby be placed upon it, but limiting the powers thereof to the set clement of industrial disagreements and to the gathering of information germane to their mission.
 q favor the creation of State Com
 missions, similarly constituted and acting in correlation and uT1d derstand- l ing with the Federal Board.
 .tsI heartily concur with the Report of Commissioners Lennon and O'Con-
 nell except on those points where dis
 agreements is herein noted, and I
 render individual opinion and sug- dustria1 unrest.
 1 plies the belief that the proper study l of mankind is man cannot fail to trace certain Fundamental causes, gen
 eral in their character, which underlie l industrial unrest, which will continue l to grow until either the causes are
 peacefully removed or revolution en-
 sues.
 "To me, there appears to be four of these basic causes.
 +@The first lies in the negotiable distribution of the fruits of indus try.
 s"Our industrial system makes it possible for one man. in only a DOT ton of the span of human productive life, to take unto himself and claim
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-23
GERMAN FLEET ROUTED
 IN RIGA GULF BATTLE:
 ELEVEN VARSHIPS SUNK
Great Battle Cruiser Ioltke HitsBy Mine or Tor pedo-Ihree Cruisers and Seven Torpedo Boats Also Go Down Submarines Play Big Part in Springing Trap Planned By Russian Commanders.

took part in the landing. They were pepulsed by the Russian troops, who fought without the co-operation of artillery The Germans were extef- minated and the transports captured.
 There can be no doubt of the inn portance of the loss Of the battle cruiser Moltke. She was built in 1910 and when launched was.tfe fin est ship of her type. She was capable of developing "a. shade more than twenty ty-nine knots and carried in her main armament ten n inch guns. She displaced 22s6 tons It was the Moltke that served as Rear Admiral yon BeuBer-P Pascwitz's flagship when squadron of German warships visit ed New York harbor in 1912. That visit was nadesin response to the visit Of an American fleet to KieL
 Planned to Influence Films
 It is suggested sby the military scrit- ics here that the landing of troops at Pernov doubtless had a apolitical ot- ject as we'll as a. mi litary ones and that that object was to influence the inhabitants OfrEInland. Recent des- ed that Russia expected to muster troops troops from that district at an early date. Dout1ess the Germans, aware Of the popular dislike for the Russian Governnen in Finla nd.e h aId hoped to- encourage the see1itious 9PAA Ae e1AeA S
 ton
 Unless the Russian authorities ezz pectant of just such an intention as the Germans revealed in their Hndea- vor to IaIfd troops at F CT IaoxF hatve greatly Increased the eff1cfency of the railways in the large area lying back of Pernov, the terrfto orye is practically without equipment for defence.
 From Pernov a single 1fneArnad runs south to Walk, where it meets the Riga Ito Petrograd line From Walk the PetroErad road runs north to the coast and thence east to the capital.
 It Is quite probable that the. Ger man strategy at this point had as it's object the 1istn1 baneesofA the Russian forces at. Ri ga to the south by making mecessaT the wftEfd rawaI of some of the men, The attempt is somewhat anaIog to the earlier German strategy VI C h landed troops on the Baltic coast south of the Riga GsuIf.s < $, InyiesVsof f t # tEosfad several days go ii pf the Rlissia a n Ieet been hdra.wn from Gulf Of Ri ga,s it seems not imp ossiBle that the Gernan naval losses were caused not the Rus
 stan warships but l3Y mines wit
 which the. eutra a1ace t0 the gulf Was heayily y stresvrs
 The battle cruiser Mo1tke. which cost $1o.491. when she was built in 1910, figured pronninentlys in the ha. val engagement between British and German sauadronH off the Doggez Bank in the North Sea on January I 24. It was in that engagement thai lthe Gern1anss lost the armored cruis. | er Butcher.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-23
KEEL OF NEWEST DREADNAUGHT TO
 BE LAID SEPT 10

s New York. Aug. 2s-The keel of the battleship California will be laid Tn the New York navy yard Sep terlber 10, it was announced today.
 The California will be the first fight ing craft in any navy to be. equipped With With electric engines for her own pro pulsdon, although such engines have been thoroughly tested in their use by the collier Jupiter.
 Material for the eonstructfon of the California has been accommodating at the navy yard for several snonths and about 100000 pounds of steel are ready to be used in the building of the ship. In most respects. other than the engines. the California will resemble the battleship Arizona, but will have tonnage of 32,00o as com paredato the Arizonassl 31, ,4eo
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-23
WILL AUCTION MORE
 THAN HUNDRED LOTS
 IN STAMFORD TRACT

sGeorge G. Baker 2 East 42ild sfresls New York city, will conduct an aiie9 tton sale of building lots, Ios in 6qE in the Aero Gardens, Stratfora, 58 South avenue and Honey Spot road- The sale will begin at 2 o'clock. Aug. 28. and will continue until every Ioe has been sold.
 The manufacturing possibilities of the territory near these home sites will add to the value of he1property from year to year, and the aceessl7 bi1ity of the land makes the lots IlesA home sites for Bridgeport people Fka land is only a short block from the trolley line. Stratford avenue cans pass the cross street, South avenue
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-23
BIG WAR CARGO FOR RUSSIA IS
 BEING LOADED

Philadelphia, Aug. Fifteen t1o- comotives, five thousand tons of steel rails and other railroad equipment, aggregating seven thousand tons, part of large order to, local. firms from the Russian government, were being loaded on the British steamship St. Leonards to-day.
 It is estimated that it will take a week or ten days to complete the slowing of the cargo The St. Leon ards will then sail for VIadivostok, via the Panama Canal. or may proceed to Archangel and unload there. sec ond shipment is expected to be made on the Japanese steamship 1ndo Maru, due here September 20.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-23
British Confirm Report.


 London, Aug. 2s:An official Rus sian communication desoripfiVe Of the battle in the Gulf of Riga, was for wardeH from Petrograd to-day by the correspondent of the Central News.
 It gives the German losses as one 1readnougFlt, two cruisers and eight torpedo beats. The statement fol- lows:
 Tn the Gulf Of Rtga betwee Aug 16 and 19, the Russian fleet sank or damaged no fewer than two German cruisers and eight torpedo boats. At the same time British sub marine sank one of the best German dread- thoughts.
 The Russian gunboat slyulch was sunk in Va brilliant fight in the course of which She sank a, German torpe do boat while she herself was in flames and sinking
 The foregoing statement ta1lies with previous advices except that the Ger man losses were given as three crui- sers and seven torpedo boats.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-23

a.s his own fortune of a hundred million dollars or more while millions Of deserving men, availing themselves of every opportunity for unremitt1ng toll, are only able to secure grave in the potter's field or else burden their families with an instalment debt for the cost of .interment.
 tsThe creation of such colossal for tune naturally breeds in the mind of the possessor the sentiment, belief and practice that he is superior to society and not subject to the, law. The possession thereof makes him unfe- gardfuI of the opinions of society or of the mandates of the law, incites him to disregard, and hold himself in dependent of the moral precepts and beliefs of society and tends toward the effort to prostitute the administration Of justice and, under the present sys- tenn, renders him practically immune from the penalties prescribed by the law
 ssThe transmission to heirs or trus- tees degenerates or otherwise, of for tunes so vast or of business interests so far-rea ching makes them the svir- tuaI arbiters of the destiny of hum dreds of thousands of their fellow be ings, in regard to whom they have neither sympathetic feeling, inteili- gent interest nor humanitarian desire, and the testimony before this eornnlis- l instances these heirs or representa- tiyes even resent the irnputation that any obligation whatever can rest up on them for the welfare of the said fellow beings or that even intelligent Knowledge as to what would .consti- ute well being should be required of them.
 e.second, the methods of the, for nation and administration of law would, in themselves, Justify undying, righteous unrest from the fact that they create, encourage and demon strate. knowledge and belief that there is, no equality before the law as be tween the man who has and the man who has not.
 ''Primarily, there is the trend through legislation to exa1t the prop erty right at the expense. of the per sonaI right. Next, the tendency of a great majority of our courts to extend and amplify this trend? This ap- pears in the declaring unconstitutional of a great portion of the Legislation that in latter years is appearing if it in any way. restricts the rights of property, while at the same time any ! legislative act which tends to make ef- fective the constitutional, personal right of the individual is nullified up on the same ground.
 s'In other words. to exaIt money above man.
 .'The tendency also. of a large | number of the same tribunals is to l legalize the maintenance of armed forces, either by the corporation or the large individual employer, and. the virtual levying of war through the use of the state militia as a private guard for property interests or as an economic weapon for the purpose of prejudicing the interests of the work 1 CT is abetted and approved, while at the same time vigorously. prosecuting and punishing the individual for talk ing any similar action, individually or collectively, in defense of his person
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-23
NO LABOR TROUBLE AT ROYAL EQUIPMENT co;
 REPORT IS ERROR

Sumner Simpson. vresident and treasurer Of the Royal Equipment Gns said this morning that a published rez port that stated Q strike is on at his plant is apparently a mistake. No men are at the Royal Equi pnaent plant, none of the men have preseat- ed any grievances .and the plant is now working on IS hours
 we granted the 48 hour week some time ago, MT. Simpson said. but we're working only 45 hours now The men were given the 55 hours pay.',
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-23
JJ. S.sTO REPRESENT
 ITALY AT THE PORTE

Rome. Aug. 3-Apprecfatior is ex- pressed here in government circles and byestae people of the wefghty bur den undertaken by the American en- bassy at Constantfnop1e in the pro- lection of Italian interests in Turkey Unoff1cially hopes are expressed that the United States will send additional warships to render the repr resentations of Ambassador Morgenthau effective
 Many Italians are employed as la berers in the interior of the Turkish empire.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-23
ITALY PLANNED WAR ].
 ON TURKS LAST JULY

disclosed that joint military action by Italy with England. France and Rus Esia. against Turkey was arranged by the Italian General Pirro during his visit to the 5Anglo-French front in. July Plans studied then. it is said, can immediately be put into action.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-23
GARRANzIsTAs PIJRGHAsE
 FLOUR TO HELP NEEDY

New Orleans. Aug. 2 The Car sranza government has purchased ten thousand barrels of flour in. the Unit ed States to be skipped to Mexico City to relieve the food shortage, ac- cording to, a ascab1egraIn here from ve-. ra Cruz. This is in addition to more than $Ie0soO % lsNwort tn Of four ship ped to Vera Cruz during thesl last few weeks, twas said@
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-23
ELEVEN MILLIONS SEE
 ssTHE SIGHTS AT FAIR

San Francisco Aug. 2s.The total number of visitors to the Panama Pa cif1c Exposition has reached II .00os- 00o.it was announced to-day
 < The average daily attendance since the exposition opened, Feb. 20, has been 59s919. The average for the last two weeks has been t79 ,27Q.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-23
WEST VIRGINIANs WANT <
 'DRY'' LAW REPEALED

# Charleston. ". Va. Aug. 2s.-Pe- titions were circulated in Parkersburg and a number. of cities in the state to- day calling on Gov. Henry D. Hat field to convene the legislatu in spe- scia1 session for the purpose of re- pealing the Yost liquor prohibitory law, which became operative last year. Two special sessions of this iegisla.- ture have been already held.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-23
HALF CENTURY OF NEGRO
 FREEDOM CELEBRATED

Chicago. Aug. 2s.4-The Exposition of the Lincoln Jubilee, held in celebra- tion of the half century of negro free dom, was opened here to-day The exhibits cover a. wide range, from vehiclssS made in the manual training schools in the South and elsewhere to electrical appliances and needIeworIl. Sculpture and other examples of ne1- gro craftsmanship are exhibited.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-23
RAILROAD MAN UNDER KNIFE.

Montreal. Aug. 2s=sir William Van Horne. former chairman of the board of directors of the Canadian Pacific Railroad was operated upon to-day for an abdominal abscess Sir William is 75 gears old and sur eens said he wIthstood the operatlop 8sll
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-23
THE pRRrTIEsr ra~

THE PRETTIEST FNACm
 and the InOst beautifur hanos are oe. ten dlsfigureds by an unsightly warr It can easily be removed, in few days without pain by using Cyrus Wart Remover. For sale only at The Cyrus Pharmacy. AIS FairasId =z
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-23

N Custom s1s Suit Sale B NOW IYFORD BROTHERS BUY w East Side a-G West End H
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

1T is more profitable to the west
ern railroads to transport a gas pipe
than watermelon or a cabbage"
said Mr.. Hershey, whose testimony
was directly concerned with requested
rate increases from Texas points, to
interstate destinations on carload lots.
fruit and vegetables include 10 cents
on Strawberries, 8 cents on peaches,
cantaloupes, tomatoes and onions, and
cents on cabbage, potatoes and wa
termelons. The witness said that if
these increases are granted the roads
would receive $135,000 additional in
come on shipments from Texas, al
though shipments from that state
have fallen off in the last three years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

railroad men regard as an exception
ally fine showing.
But we are not satisfied. SAID
Secretary Maegly. I'VE want to do
better, expect to do better, and, with
the earnest cooperation of shippers,
which we have. ought to do better
Accompanying the Chicago party to
Dallas from Topeka were r. J. Parker,
general superintendent; J. c. Burnett,
assistant general freight agent. H. c.
Pribble, general claim agent; T. s.
Stevens signal engineer; H R. Lake,
chief clerk to the general superintend-
ent; J. H. McGoff, mechanical en-
gineer; c. n. Swanson, superintend-
ent of the car shops; p Walsh, gen.
eral baggage agent: Emmett Gregg,
chief special agent; w. NJ Muench,
chief of the loss and damage bureau;
G. H Minchen, transportation in
spector: J. H. Jones, transportation
inspector: l.. w. Green, General Su-
perintendent Parker's secretary, and
George Sorensen, local agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

Operating revenues for the Balti-
more & Ohio for February were
s6,469,O49, against S6,432,5S4 in Feb
ruary, 1914, and the net is S1,s51,317
an increase of s1,006,O65. Total oper
ating expenses decreased S969,00O.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

Chairman and President B. F. Bush
of the Missouri Pacific has returned
to his office in ST. Louis after an in
spection trip of the lines in Kansas
and other western states.