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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-28
PUBLIC OPINION

To The Editor of The Farmer. Sir:-
 As between England's high-nanded throttIing of American commerce with Germany, and Germanyss brutal dodges SylIa only to run fu1l-tilt into Carybdis.
 If there is any one thing that this horrible, besual return to the trogfo- dyte age has taught us, it is that might is the only recognized right.
 All international policies, all fin violate agreements, all the tinsel and garniture that are the coating of civ iHzation-for we know that our vaunted civilization is merely Ia bub- b1e--thtck fabric, hiding a grisly. blood -thirst-has been scattered by the iron exigencfes of war.
 Protests, p1eadings and threats re- main alike unheeded England con- temptuously ignores our plea for an open sea to German ports with goods many sinks ammunition and supply ships carrying sacred cargo of shrapnel, shells and American citi- zens and says Excuse ne.''
 As matter of ethics no individual has the right to supply any instru- ment or product which is even re- motely used to murder and naim- As a question of decency sometme-if the race ever becomes suffcient1y ci- yiIized-the one who bears the knife and gun will be held equally guilty with the butcher that yields them.
 Tn the meantime it would behooye America isolated in a world of blood hungry savages-te keep her ammuni- tion at home. It would be only a manifestation Of wisdom and foresight for her to. arm herself to the teeth. And to do this. to prepare herself to repe1 boarders. 1t might be well to stop all shipments of arms and n1uni- tions-as well as cotton
 EDWIN E. BOWERS. M. D.,
 Laurel Beach. Milford. Conn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-28
THE DELAWARE

The first white man to enter Dela- ware Bay was Henry Hudson, who, in the ship Half Moon. sailed into the bay so6 years ago today Hudson examined the currents and soundfngs, but left without landing. Lord de Ia Warr, who gave his name to the bay and river, as we'll as to the state, entered the bay the following year. Six years passed and Corneulius Hen drioksen, in the interest of the Dutch, explored the bay and the river as far as the mouth of the Schuy1ki11- In 1928 Cornelius Mey ascended the river and built Fort Nassau, nearly opposite the present city of PhiIade1- pIaia, but this first attempt at Dutch occupation was soon abandoned In 1880 the Dutch, bought a small tract at the north of the Delaware. and | the following year a tiny settlement was founded just within the entrance to the bay. This colony, called Swan endae1 was destroyed by the Indians. The Swedes. planted the first perma~ ! nent settlement at Christiania, now Wilmington, in 1888, and in 1884
 built a fort on Tinicum Island, below Philadelphia. and settled Upland, now Chester
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-28

According toAexperts who examined the hull, the carayeI Santa Maria. copy of the ship which carried Cor .Iumbus on his voyage of discovery in 1492, now lying at New York. is so weak in her tinbers that she will not be able to make the voyage to the Panama Pacific exposition at San Francisco as planned. The caravel left Chicago in the fall of 1913 in company with her sister ships, the Nina and the Pinta, to go through the Great Lakes and the St. Law renee to the Atlantic and then by the Panama canal to the Pacific coast, stopping for a few days on the way at the principal cities. They got caught in the ice in the winter, and the Pinta and the Nina were so se- vere1y damaged that they were sent back last summer to their original anchorage in the Jackson, park la goon in Chicago. The three vessels were presented to the United States government in 1893 after the close of the Chicago fair. The ship re- gently was here for exhibition pur- poses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-28
Cottrelps Ups and Downs

Ensign CottreI1, the southpaw twirl- CT who had little share of the lime light last Fall as a member of the pitching staff of the Braves. has had a. career of many ups and down. Born at Hoosick Falls, N. r., twenty seven years ago come tomorrow, he went direct from Syracuse University to the Pittsburgh Pirates. His stay in the Smoky Cityv was brief, and he was then sent to Scranton Later in the same year, 1912, he was given another chance in the big show with the Cubs. He was Sold to the Athletics, but Con nie Mack decided he wouldn't do, and he went to the Baltimore Internation- als in 913. Tn July of last year the Braves bought him, but he didn't do much, and last Spring was sold to the Yankees, who used him in only one game.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-28
St. Rita's Guild will Reopen Glasses
 During September

St. Rtta's guild of Sacred Heart church which although it is but two years old has a membership of 300 young women, will reopen it's educa- tiona1 course about the middle of Sep tember with a corps of Is teachers. Rev. Richard F. Moore, LID, an nounced last night that the currieu- lun for the fall term has been con siderab1y enlarged and among thd courses will be plain sewing, dress making. embroidery. physical culture
 sociology, French nursing and a class of practical information to include such things as arithmetic. history and geo grapny. In addition to this there will be classes in stenography and type
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-28
Gives Autoist Cigar,
 Then Holds Him Up

New Haven, Aug 2S-eA new idea in street holdups was reported to the po- lice today, A stranger boarded Harry Weinstein's automobile, in the city, shortly after for a trip to Westville. On arriving there the passenger tend cred Weinstein a cigar, as he alighted. Then, with a pistol, he made Vein stein hold up his arms, and the stranger robbed him of SIG in silver. sengers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-28
Last Public Band
 Concert At Seaside Tomorrow Evening

The band concert, which was to have been held tomorrow afternoon at Seaside park. has been postponed u11- til tomorrow evening at o'clock, when the Wheeler & Wilson band will tender a splendid program of music under the direction of Conductor Louis F. Chermak. As this will be the final concert of the season it is expected that an unusually large hume Der will avail themselves tof an op- portutaity to enjoy it. The program:
 Star Spangled Banner
 Marcia Lynfonico-Ayr. L. F. ChAx- 1l1ak.
 Overture, Maritana-w. Wallace. Ballet Egyptian Suite--A Luizini
 Cornet Solo,, Selected-ATr A Yer non.
 operatic Masterpieces, Avr-M. To- bani.
 Selection, Chauncey olcotts, The Heart of Paddy --> ck-E. Ball.
 Grand American Fantasie-v. Her bet.
 America.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-28
EIECTRICITY PROMINENT
 FACTOR IN UNCLE sAMs WAR PLANS
This Modern Utility Has Many Uses In Warfare as Proved by the
 European Ar1negedon

Electricity is being extensively enl- ployed by the United States govern ment in the national defense prepara- tfons now under way The plans of the army and navy departments also call for it's use as a destructive agent shown by the fact that the first ex- pert appointed on the national de- fense board was Thomas A. Edison
 That many and various are the uses of electricity in modern warfare is concIusively proven by the Euro pean war Not only as an invaluable industrial agent in the manufa cture of munitions but as a potent factor on the battlefield itself, electricity is being widely and successfully em- ployed by all of the bel1igerent na- tions.
 So that the American public may learn some of the uses which the United States government is making Of electricity in preparing for na- tfona1 defense, and some of the ways Tn which. it will bt. employed in actual fighting on land and sea, in the air and beneath the waters, series of exhibits have been arranged with the cooperation of Secretary of War Lindsay M. Garrison and Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels. These will be shown at the ninth annual Electrical Exposition and Motor Show, to be held in New York from October to 16-
 Under the direction of the War Department the Springfield arsenal will show the manufacture of rifles, including te rifing of the barrels, turning of the stocks, and assembling of the guns, It will also show the manufacture of sabers, including the several operations from the blast fur mace to the finished product. The first Blanchard lathe made in this country in 1922 for turning rifle stocks will be shown The signal corps of the easte--- divisi=a of the army will have an exhibit of all com munication apparatus used by mod ern army in the field. including wire less telegraph, telephone and various signaling devices. The United States Navy has prepared a kflowatt wire less sending and receiving station and the central generating station of a dreadnought, The work on these exhibits is being done at the New York navy yard
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-28
A GREEN AUGUST
IIO REMEMBERS greener August? The New

KXy HO REMEMBERS a greener August2 The New Eng
 " land June is Verdant Occasionally July keeps emerald hue, through all the month But August usually parched and brown especially city frequent- ly watered turn the color the leaves take digy hue, the begins
 traces Of But August I915 Jane perhaps little The country lanes, the lawns meadows the pastures and the forests
 have been too much for New England potatoes just enough to make the New England delight
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-28
Cotton Imports Co.
 Formed in Germany

London. Aug. 2s-A cotton impor- tation company with capital of ST. 0o0,000 has been founded in Bremen. according to Tuesdays issue of the FrarAfurter zeitung. The business of this new company, it is said, will be to obtain buying orders from German and Austrian spinners so as to make offers to American exporters The paper says that the capital is guaran- teed by the Disconte Gellschaft and other leading banks
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-28
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
 to Move Headquarters

Los Angeles. Cal. Aug. 2s-Head- quarters of the Brotherhood of St Andrew will be moved from Boston to Philadelphia, it was announced to day. The change will be made to cen traHze the work. Edward S. BonseII of Philadelphia was elected president of the brotherhood, which closed its annual convention last night
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-28
Teamsters' Union <
 Will Receive New
 Members Tomorrow

John Kennedy, president of local No. s2, General TeasmsteEs' Union. will preside at an adjourned meeting of the local at the Central Labor Un- ion hall at 2:3o tomorrow afternoon when a large class of applicants will be admitted to membership. The plans for the initiation were made at a meeting Thursday evening,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-28
TIE APPROAGHING CRISIS IN MODERN INDUSTRY


 saa 7F s sRsz assss ss --------
 extent to which industry has concentrated A in few hands is shown by the report of the States facts are bas ed large quantity of evidence obtained and reliable sources.
 six Of nnanciers, numbering altogether men, control employed by capital of almost 2ooooooo which largely injected with water The Morgan group called, corpora lions employing 7s5,499 wage workers
 widely but usually more than half the stock the of fraction of the total called the Steel Trust 100000 stockholders but oool E per cent of the stock is owned by r and
 Such condition is foreign to the traditions which renedied very larger changes in the structure of the American government than the
 Amerlcan ideal beginning Republic was large number of small owners small masters and small each employing limited number of belief that in this master other other that highest degree prosperity would be attained
 by forces inherent Industry did not manufacure and other forms of larger grew np primarily because they contained elements of They labor
 that every case even most cases the wage large cor poraon one h fact small em- poyers are freqe most pnprogessive in the conditions
 great industries quite new practice most import ant to labor evolution into being system placed the job o the worker entirely at the whrn of the ployer who dischaTsad man for any fancy whatever yorker VIII not be deprived Of his livelihood until charges Eg521y sat*z pfovs dVe SiiOW lndI ne deserves
 The worker has under such plan something in the na ture vested his job right strip ped from him arbitrarily but which must be forfeited by is conduct
 Needless to say right job grew out of the great employers organized labor Il of the finest fruits of the struggle between capital andl labor.
 immediate condition of worker is con with respect tb wages his environment the his security in the large employer probably better han the one
 But this tremendous standardization of industry subject to certain evils they t0 threaten the state itself
 The first towering evil over-capifazaton such as is profits paper, on investment upon the assertion property what it be made That property that five cent capitalization of billion bill
 upft prices, because the paper Issued, there pay dividends upon lie for the produced Values, resting upon solid physical paper upon gold, little than wager that the public be charged to such degree that the dividends could obtained
 they power returns profit financial found public opinion and the itse of recent they vesting newspapers every chanism by which thought may be distorted
 directly interfered in government putting elections, members legislative by contrivances highly of the system very dangerous happiness peace people,
 capital for benefit that stockholders stripped, ruined. They grander robbery precisely corrupt political cIiques the communities to the treasure of which they gained
 For these reasons many others these concentrations of capital and require drastic treatment not for the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-28
em may be retained, and the 1

destruction good may retained the evil
 Reading the report of the United States Commission In usal Relations, intensely interesting any fiction 1t that industry tremendous toward not distant crisis wherein it's future will be determined
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-28

The United States Assay Off1ce in New York shipped s25o, ,o0o in gold bars to the Philadelphia mint for s=zase for the Bank of Cuba
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-28
POINTS oF INTEREST

Advanced fall styles in millinery goods at E. H. Dillon & Co.'S, 1.105 Main street-AdE-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-28

writing.
 The classes will be mixed so that their opportunities will be extended to the young men as well as to the young women. There will also be a class in technical drawing for young boys.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-28

William T. Price has been appointed commercial agent of the Union Pacific railroad, with headquarters at Pueblo, Col.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-28
The Art Section.

Now situated at the east end of the north store permanent location. Thoughnot quite settled visitor are welcome.
 A full supply of Embroidery Cottons and Silks,
 Knitting Yarns and Crochet Linens
 Royal Society Packages
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SOME DYING HARD

There are some persons who af-
feet TO see in the Alphonse and Gas
ton act OF Roosevelt and Governor
Johnson. OF California. the determine
ton OF the Progressive party TO func-
ton in the next campaign. but most
o. the signs Tend to the contrary.
When asked whether he would be a
candidate for the Presidency next
year. what could Roosevelt do as a
gracious guest but point to his run
ming mate in 1912 and his hospitable
host. Hiram Johnson. at his side. and
say. Here stands the c~andidate?7
Everybody understands that exhibit.
tion OF civillty.
While II may be true that a few Of
the leaders OF the Progressive move.
ment may stick together in the old
spirit Of defiance. the rank and file
OF that organization are back in the
Republican party TO stay. and Il Is
not necessary TO point out why they
have returned. The millions that have
returned have made the promise
Of the Republican party brighter
and It's future sure. The recent
report sent out Of the action
Of a meeting OF the Bull Moose
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WILL o HELP HER

Sympathetic hearts have recognized
the loyalty n Mrs Hecker 2 % her IN.
fortunate husband. and while they
ran make allowances for her In her
utter wretchedness following the exc.
cution 81 Lieutenant Becker. thcy
cannot approve Of the exhibition Of
a vindictive spirit which prompted
the inscription on the CONN plate.
Murdered by Governor whitman
II is MOI surprising that tho police
authorities of New York city bad this
plate removed. 10 which Mrs Becker
consented when Informed that she
would be- liable 10 an action for Grim.
inal libel
u f. the petty and unjust resent.
mont that dims Mrs Hcckora heroic
conduct durinr and after trial md
conviction she was shown ever.
confederation that Jay DOB Governor
Whitman's power 10 extend fn fer
last yisit 10 him pleading Tor hir Co.
nieney. the Governor pleaded With
her To hold nothing back that 10 rhe
know ~ anything that had not been
revealed 10 tell Co. Her answer vac
There De- nothing more 10 ten
Mrs Becker viii need friends a. she
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leaders in New York that Il
had been decided TO keep up the party
organization was only half a truth.
The true inwardness OF that meeting
has since been revealed. Some OF
the leaders decided TO stand pat for
the present" perhaps for the fall
campaign. and 10 endorse Republican
candidates for all Offices TO he filed
In the fall election. wherever the
dying party could get something in
return. Two of the biggest Progress
sive leaders OF the State. Chauncey
Hamlin. Of Buffalo. and Theodore d.
Robinson. OF Herkimer. led the fac.
ton which decided 10 shed the Full
Moose t%unics; a considerable mum.
Der Of the thirty leaders present we're
willing { follow Mr.. Hamlin and MIR.
Robinson.
The only binding tie In the gather
ing was George W. Perkins. the
angel Of the Progressive party. and
II was through his influence thai an
order OF dissolution was not passed
then and there. That II will ultimate.
ly be done there can be no question.
as Il is generally understood that a
majority Of those who attended this
meeting have decided TO reioin tho
Republican party at the most oppor.
tune time that presents itself They
and all others so minded will he
heartily welcomed. but the Republl
can party has so strengthened itself
Of late that Il will n o be a cause ol
worry II these remnants should con.
clude 10 ally themselves with the De
mocracy as they did in 1912.
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Lot n refresh ourselves with a
little reinsurance. We have
formed a habit % late OF permit
ting ourselves 20 De
scolded because % our unprepar-
edness for war. and we are in the
way OF becoming very much
ashamed OF ourselves.
Our chief scolder al the moment
II Colonel Roosevelt Usually be
scolds Us for not having done
something which he alone has
Just discovered that We should
have done some time before. but
nov. be is sooldinE us for having
failed to do something which no.
II anyone. should have discovered
the need OF doing a long time axe.
and should have told Us about al
that time.
The highest duty OF this ma
ton H. TO prepare itself against
war. he told us at San Francisco.
We have been culpably. well
nigh criminally. remiss as a ma
lion In not preparing ourselves.
Well. II so. what was he doing
during "a well-nigh criminal ca
reerf Nothing at all. except serv-
Ing as a New York State Assembly,
man. a New York City Police
Commissioner. Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Navy. Governor OF
New York. Vice-President OF the
United States. and the President
Of the United States. for nearly
eight years. What one man IN
the country 10 there who Is more
responsible than he for our pres
ent culpable unpreparednessg II
he did not then advocate prepar-
negligent as a guardian of ms
public i~nteresfs7 II he did advo-
cate IL. was he not. when judged
by his present utterances. piufuf-
ly ineffective in his failure 10
arouse us to the appreciation OF
our dangers and duty7
Let us. at the same time. ask
ourselves IL we deserve his
seedlings. He asks us to bow
ourselves down with self-reproach
and humiliation and admonishes
US 70 ItiltNt ourselves OF the lTTl-
tation OF sackcloth by substituting
the soothing suit OF khaki. But
need WEI
II is undeniable that we are UNI
ready for war on the present Eu-
ropean scale OF warfare. Nobody
has attempted TO conend that we
are prepared TO that extent. But
why should we be censured for
IL? What European countries
were ready. except Germany ana
Austria Hungary What country,
barring these, has ever ~professed
to be ready FOR such a holocauseg
England was ready at sea, but
certainly not on land. Italy took
nine months TO prepare. In the
matter OF munitions. England.
France and Russia evidently are
not ready yet.
Are We blameworthy in our
own sight for failure to be ready
or this side OF the Atlantic while
these jewellers in Europe's armed
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the purchase OF lands at the head
waters Of nayigable streams. TO ard
navigation and the regulation Of
stream flow. and thereby promote for
est protection. on this matter the
forestry report says:
Fire destroys the soil covering IN
a forest This Ia rapid run-on on
steep slopes and erosion results.
The soil h "a washed out Is the chief
source OF sediment IN the channels Of
~navigable streams. Forest nres.
therefore. cause irregularity OF
stream flow and loss OF n~avigability.
This calls for active assistance from
the Federal government. and section
two Of the Weeks Law Ia designed TO
authorize this assistance"
The necessity for forest ire protec-
tion IL shown by the Official reports
Of the vast destruction such fires
csuse by the Forestry Bureau:
AN average OF 10000. 900 acres is
burned W. annually In the United
States. with a money loss OF about
t2b. 00O. 600. The danger threatens
both northern and southern forests.
In the coniferous forests OF the north
the destruction of merchandise tim
Der Is frequent. In the pine or hard
wood forests OF the south the chief
damage is the repeated killing OF
young growth. This r. severe be
cause the young growth has a very
great future value. and upon II de-
ponds the permanency OF the lumber
industry in the region"
The attention OF Democratic mem
bers OF Congress was repeatedly
called TO the necessity OF giving for
nal approval TO the law formerly en-
acted and that without that approval
the appropriation would lapse and
be no longer available for forest fire
protection. In spite OF this warning.
however. the Democrats neglected
to include the necessary provision in
the law this year. The result is that
during the next fall and winter. when
the danger from forest fires is at the
maximum. the protection that would
have been afforded under the Weeks
law will either be lost or must be
provided for in some other way.