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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-16
BUMPER CEREAL
 DROP FORECAST THROUGHOUT US,

Washington Sept. 16. Material gains in the prospects for bumper ce- real crops are disclosed in the de- partnlent of agriculture's monthly crop estimates published to-day. The department says;
 : General crop prospects on Septem- Der l, in the United States, were fa- vorab1e, being somewhat above ave Tage-The corn crop improved slight ly during August, especially in Ne brasl1a, Kansas and Missouri. It went back in condition in the northern most states and in the important states of Illinois and Iowa The fore cast of total production of 2,985, ,00O, 00o bushels.
 .sThe spring wheat estimates ira- proved materially during August, the forecast of September l being 322,- 900 bushels which is 15,oe0, ,ooe more than the August 1 forecast and 1l6.- 100000 bushels more than the final estimate of last year. The oats estimate was slightly higher for September than for the August estimate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-16

yesterday. in answer to question, that the visitors had had nothing to do with making up the list of names of the men who were invited to meet thems and felt no responsibility for the absence of invitations to houses with German sympathies. He re- marked that the American bankers were masters of their own homes He thought thae no line should or would be drawn in making up a. syndicate, but thatt in a matter of such great fmportance to American commerce all american bankers should be wei come.
 Bankers for America First.
 A banker who is particularly well qualified to express the view of those bankers. of German syfnpathies who at the same time are heartily in favor of establishing credits here for the furtherance of American trade put that, phase of the matter thus:
 The bankers in this group would unhe tatingly share in a syndicate of American bankers to establish credits goods from the United States in the ordinary course of trade. Quite likely, moreover. they would join in granting a credit direct to the British govern ment, were the proceeds to be used for similar commercial purposes, for Such a loan would not be primarily forethe benefit of one of the belliger- ents, but principally for the benefit of American trade. in the conservation and development of which we are all of course, deeply interested. Be- cause of its important bearing on the trade of this country it is likely that even those bank who have several times since the outbreak of the war taken the stand that they would not hk1 f<aG f0 ef fo Of bel1igerents would be willing to share in the proposed credit to Great Bri- tain and France t
 It may be stated on the best of aul thor1ty that any plan for financing the purchase made here by the Allies will participated in by houses not included in the invitations to L.e re- ception held at theMorgan libr-1rz last week Influential men generally re- gar4ed as members of firms havin4 German sy nnpathies made it clear yes- terday that there would be mo division on the matter
 On this point one of the most prominent men in the financial dis trict, whose firm is supposedly Ger man in sympatlies, said that there were no pro-German bankers in this country.
 There are bankers with German Hearings, men who hope and believe that Germany will get the better treatment in the final settlement of peace terms. '' he said. ..but they are Americans first I am con6den6 that we can raise a billion dollars here, but not all of it in the one form, as suggested, and none of it to cost less than 6 per cent, including commissions It is the only thing to do. If I were proGern1an I would still subscribe to this loan. fer this country's prosparity depends upon it. If your custonets haye credit but no money you have to be prepared to finance them. The interest rate will not prove a Stumbling block; it is a minor question entirely
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-16
IN ANTI BILM-BoARD CRUSADE

AN ANTI BILLBOARD CRUSADE
 [ There is a movement just now in the state of Rhode Island against roadside billboards, and the subject. is getting a good deal of attention all over the country. Quite a number of states now have protection against billboards within the highway limits, but it has proved next to impossible to stop the erection of defacing signs on private property.
 The practice among retail merch- ants of using these signS along high ways seems to be decreasing. They appear to realize that there is 2, lot of feeling against this sort of a,dver- Using. and that a merchant makes himself unpopular in this way.
 The worst offenders are national advertisers who string along pronnin- ent motor roads and railroad lines a row of these ugly signs which trans form pretty country scenery into a sordid suggestion of commercialism. In former days you could plant cir GUS posters all over 9. farmers barn by giving him tickets to the perform af1ce for. his family. But today the enterprising farmer realizes that the appearance which his property gives to the passer-bx Is the best way to advertise his business. When a, build ing Is covered with patent medicine, C1TCuBs or sOLner aQNSTLlslI1S, LOOKS if the owner had no public spirit, as if he was hard pressed for money. The place is made unattractive to all who1 may visit # in search of farm products,
 The same is dopbly true of resi- dence districts You could lower real estate values 25 per cent. in amy lo- .cality merely by erecting a. few ugly bi1rboards. Similarly the removal of bil1boards will turn an unpleasant nefghborhood into a homelike resi- dence section.
 The countryside along a railway line is defaced by these signs. The traveller looks at 1t as sn uninterest- ing region, without local pride or appreciation of it's own advantages. It would seem as if grangess boards Of trade, business mems associations, and the like should try to start a national movement to get rid of de- facing sbil1boards.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-16

So seldom does John Wanamaker miss attendance at Bethany Presby- terian church in Philadelphia, that the congregation wondered when it noted his absence. In the middle of the service it was announced that MT, Wanamaker was ill and could not be there. No confirmation of the re- port could be obtained at the Wana- maker residence. Servants were able only to say that Mr. Wanamaker, who celebrated his seventy eighth birthday few weeks ago, had been spending few days at his cottage at Atlantic City. Later it was posi- lively denied that MT. Wananaker is ill.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-16
THE PRErIIIssr FACE

THE PRETTITESr FACB and the Iaost beautiful hana4 e.gs oss tea 0izftEured by an unstg htiy Ngart It can easily bs removed in Q few days without pam by using E5ru1 Wart Remover. For salS oniT ae Aye
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-16
4s1 WASHINGTON AVI

MISS MARY J. MINER, PTinci1,RI Twenty-fffth year begins Thursday, Sept. 80. Booklets at the stationery shops. Office hours: 10 a. m. to 12 m. Mondays and Saturdays except ed. Others hours by appointment
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-16
ALLIES AGENTS, IN. NIGHT
 SESSION RECEIVE MORGAN'S|
 REPORT OF BIG WAR LOAN

Financial Commission Long at Banker Views Collected from Many Parts
 Of Country as to,Flotation Credit-Loan May InstaIIments. -e@@..a ! .E*z. Iesf >sez4as s<s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-16

E GustozS SIS 6zst Sale B NOW LEF0RD BR0TH ERs BUX " East Side al1a West End '
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-16

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-16
he CoURTLAND SCHOOL,

Peru Is reduosne it's army.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-14
THE FOOLISH ODD JOB NAN.

The man had no steady employment.
Did odd jobs. Wasn't married man.
Came into town last winter and had
hung on by the skin Of his teeth get
ting days work here and there, pay
ing for cheap lodgings and eating
cheap meals. The best he could do was
to break even week by week and some-
times he didn't do that Witha1 he
was a good worker, anxious to work
and willing, one Of those men who
could be left alone at a Job and who
would go on working whether you
stood over him or not. He was a
decent fellow too. kept himself clean
and was well hammered and clean
mouthed. Altogether he was likable
sort, the kind we like to see get along
well.
The farmer wanted a man. Referred
to the odd Job man. he wanted him
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-14
Submarine Warfare.

We have not admitted that this pc
culiar type of submarine warfare is
civilized. Yet we have not formally
protested against it, except to warn
Germany of the consequences should
1t destroy an American vessel or the
lives of American citizens while on the
same The argument that Germany
discharged its full obligation by warn
ing Americans not to sail on a British
vessel would be valid, provided the
United States and other neutral ma
lions conceded the attacking OF mer-
chant vessels by submarines without
warning to be civilized warfare But
if the United States should hold such
warfare outlawed, the argument would
go only to the lack of discretion of the
American passengers. It would not
exonerate Germany or relieve the
United States of its responsibility.
The Lusitania disaster is merely ter
rible illustration of the possibilities of
submarine warfare on unarmored yes
sells. That all neutral nations will Wig
orously protest this style of warfare,
particularly when directed against pas
senger vessels, may be taken for
granted. Great Britain also seems to
have been singularly remiss in failing
to protect the lives OF over thousand
Of it's own subjects and hundreds Of
alien passengers who had relied upon
a safe passage In a vessel flying it's
flag. The waters were known to be
dangerous. whether the danger arose
from international outlawry or what
not. Great Britain should have con-
voyed the Lusitania while in the war
zone."-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-14

uo lciiueIiCy IL WILL oc SeSu al OuCS
is to a slight falling off in rural pop
ulation. E
Here Is the problem for Iowa. and
it is problem that goes deeper down
than any mere surface dissatisfaction.
than any mere call OF cheap land in
Canada, or cheap climate in California.
1t is really movement away from
rural life and the rural home on the
part of men and women who have ac-
quired the money 10 live where they
choose.
There is no reason why we should
blink the fact that with all that is said
on patriotic occasions about the de-
lights Of the country, and the beauti-
full influences Of the rural home, the
rural home and the country are being
discounted in the eyes Of those who
have the money to live in the towns
and cities.
Just how much OF problem this is
for Iowa may be judged from the fact
that Iowa not only is the greatest state
OF rural homes but that aside from
rural homes and what they stand for
Iowa has no great resource.
Iowa can never be a great state II
the farm is to be abandoned to renters,
and rural life is to get down to a sort
Of penal sentence on those who can not
get the money to get away from it.
Sooner or later the men who own
the land are going to awake to the fact
that the value Of their estate is in
volyed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-14
APLEDaE TO PROSPERITY.

The crop report Of the first Of this
month predicted record breaking
wheat crop. The estimate made was
Of nearly 100000 bushels Of winter
wheat. Other crops which were given
ct this early date were hay, and pas
lures and the planting reports were
gratifyingly optimistic. A large cot
ton yield is also predicted.
Since May 1. the weather conditions
have helped along the prediction Of
huge crops. In Iowa the corn has been
going into the ground rapidly and
planting is well up with the season.
1t means vast amount of money
growing on the farms. Whether or not
the war continues the demand will
continue We shall see no cheap wheat
or corn or corn products soon. The
world has been fighting instead of
farming, consuming instead of produce
ing. 1t will require more than one
big crop to supply the deficit.
The prospect is for a mighty pros
perity on the farms. That means pros
perity all along the line and especially
in the mid west. Those who foresee
and take advantage of the practical
certainties ahead will show the greater
profits. 1t is time business quit living
from hand to mouth and came back to
normal. Not that the past depression
has not had its uses. 1t has curbed
and checked a speculative madness that
held it's own danger. But the prospect
of big crops and good prices and un-
limited demand domestic and foreign
should make for business optimism and
chase away the cloud that has hung
for months in the business skies.
The best bet is that business con-
ditions are due to return to normal. A
good bet is that a period of extraor-
binary prosperity is due.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-14

and offered him q steady job. The man
hadn't had much experience handling
horses and doing farm work and so the
proposition included wage for the
first month lower than the average
with raise il things went WELL But
the odd job man couldn't see it that
way. Twenty five month sounded
small. So he kept on In the old way.
Still, If he had taken it he would
have been the best part Of $25 ahead
at the end Of thirty days, had the
money in his pocket. He would have
learned a lot that would have added
to his value and meant more money
next month. AS It Is he is getting %
cents an hour and handing 1t over to
the lodging house and for meal tickets.
He isn't dollar ahead in a month.
He doesn't lodge as we'll nor eat as
good meals as he would on the farm.
He sees the electroliers blossom into
light every night however. But 1t is
an expensive diversion.
There isn't any place anywhere that
offers the unattached and unskilled
workingman so good chance as the
farm. Most of them fail to understand
it. 1t is easy to understand the re-
fusal Of a rounder to take job on the
farm. He isn't much good anywhere
and is without anxiety to make any
thing but a rounder Of himself. 1t is
difficult to understand why a decent,
hard working, and reasonably am
bilious man should stay about town
doing odd jobs and seeking precarious
employment, living a precarious exist
ence. without real companionship and
penniless half the time when he could
come away from the farm in the fall
with the best part Of 5000 in his inside
pocket.
1t would be better for the men, for
the farmers and for the town If the
unskilled single man would seek the
farm. And that is true Of many I'M
skilled married men.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-14
VISITING THE SICK.


II the saying that hell IL paved with
good intentions is true, 1t can be safe
1y stated that three-fourths Of this
pavement Is composed Of honestly
made and dishonesty broken promises
to visit the sick. A ,nan hears that a
friend is sick. He is duly sympathetic
and his impulse is to visit that friend.
It, however, is not a paramount i'm
pulse. Rather 1t Is something that can
be put of until convenient time. Bus
mess and pleasure engagements crowd
into the time Of this alleged angel OF
mercy. The first thing he knows his
friend RECEIVERS or dies ana the SYM
.pathy errand he had planned goes to
form another paving block for the
neither regions. Visiting the sick
should be regarded rs duty. The
man who will sacrifice the pleasures OF
q baseball game, the visit to the the
ater. the Joy ride, the quiet social game
and other diversions to drop in and
shoot little cheer into the life Of an
invalid can be counted the man with
the right sized heart and proper shaped
head. 30 when you near that yosT old
friend What g. His Name" 10 under the
weather, don't say you vii call and see
him when you get time. Visit the sick
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-14
Topics Of the Times

If they haven't counted you to your
orator and insist that your name be
written there. The individual is re-
sponsible also for full count. Be
counted.
Perhaps Great Britain is waiting un-
til the stock on hand has been drunk
up.
Nothing new under the sun. Now the
postal authorities are requesting that
the state and city bew ritten above
the name on mailed matter. The first
postmaster generally. Benjamin Frank
lin, urged the same method. But what's
the matter with the mail clerk that he
doesn't turn the letter upside down?
The Davenport Democrat, noting that
plans have been completed for the pro-
posed $4,000 sheep barns at the state
fair grounds, says the fact that the
last legislature boosted the sheep and
knocked the children on the same day
afforded so happy an illustration Of its
outlook on life that the electors should
see that, next time, set of statesmen
with somewhat clearer vision is sent
to Des Moines." Still. 1t ought not to
be beyond the ability Of the state to
build the sheep barn and do something
for the children without going thru the
bankruptcy court.
The friendliness with which the Wa
ter1oo Times Tribune and other wet
democratic newspapers view Mr.. Har-
ding's candidacy would be beautiful if
it were not SO suspicious.
The Iowa City Republican wants to
put 1.-The Adventures Of Lafe Young"
into moving pictures. There's a sug-
gestion for our prominent citizens.
Leave autobiography behind in a few
hundred yards Of films.
Probably the Germans and Austrians
to be repatriated agree with the Eng
lish that England is no place for them
to stay.
It Is difficult to understand rep
aration that would include the killing
Of a half million American youth. 1t is
scarcely practicable to repair damages
by making greater damage. Reparation
and vengeance are TWO different things.
Reports from the front relate how
the Red Cross nurses behave under fire
and that they go calmly about their
merciful bushes when men are ducking
out Of the fire zone. Which seems to
answer the smart aleck inquiry will
women go to war when they vote?"
It seems that women do go to war, are
brave and Drawer than men under fire
with a vastly different quality of cour-
age. Pass to the next question.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-14
ACTION IN SIOUX CITY.
lSioux City Journal.l

The revocation Of the Howard hotels
Dar permit amounts to one Of the
heaviest fines ever imposed anywhere
for liquor law violation. The closed
saloon occupied one Of the best loca-
tons in the city and must have trans
acted highly profitable business on
strictly legal basis. II kept closed
during the remainder Of the year
which is the limit Of saloon life in
Sioux City, 1t Is obvious that the lost
profits must reach an imposing ag-
gregate.
The council Is to be commended for
It's unanimous vote to impose heavy
punishment on the first responsible
offender found violating the ban on
bootlegging. 1t is not important that
any particular individual shall be
penalized. but It is Of large importance
that there shall be concrete examples
Of the fact that the city authorities
mean business in their campaign to
correct the wide open conditions which
have given Sioux City so much I'M
enviable notoriety of late. Tendency to
sympathize with the first victim Of
the new drastic policy is minimized by
the fact that the Howard Is one of the
hotels upon which notice was served
by Mayor Smith early in the year that
revocation Of bar permits would fol-
low continued violations Of the law.
There is no need of waiting until
next spring to have cleaner Sioux
City. If work is begun on the con-
tract in determined way and contin-
ued without lapse of interest conditions
can be materially improved thruout the
summer. All recent manifestations of
public sentiment have indicated that
the city authorities can find plenty Of
backing in going thru with a thorough
job OF house cleaning. Not many ex-
amples OF drastic dealing with offend
ers will be required to introduce new
respect for law and order in quarters
where law and order heretofore have
been ignored.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-14
BACKING UP THEIR WAR TALK.


Under the circumstances it is neither
necessary nor advisable for any body of
men to counsel plunging this country
into war over the subject Of controversy
between the United States and Ger
many The better plan would be to
maintain dignif1ed silence. The mat
ter is in good hands. At present reso-
lutions whatever body may pass them,
favoring war even as last resort are
to await quietly the results Of the
negotiations now in progress.
The New York Sun makes an ex-
cellent suggestion, not new because It
has been suggested before but extreme
ly pertinent to the immediate situation
when it proposes that all who favor
war shall pledge his entire fortune and
his life if needed and promise on his
honor to put his person at the DISPOSE
ton of the United States government
for military or naval service immedi-
ately after the declaration of war.
Hereafter when men break into pub
Lefty as favoring war, as an evidence
of good faith and intense conviction
the pledge signed and certified should
accompany the warwhoop.
It may come to war. None knows
where nation shall drift when serious
controversy arises with another over its
dead, slain as innocent pawns in a
bloody game. But the hope Of this
continent is that peace shall endure and
calmness should be cultivated. 1t is
not time for jingo or for over-much
assurance that this country will make
all reasonable defense Of the rights Of
it's citizens. That goes without saying.
In times that try mems souls the
citizenship of this country has never
been found lacking in courage and pur-
pose. That being so let US refrain from
the unwisdom Of war talk. Let the
president do the talking for this coun-
try.
Those who find themselves unable to
suppress the glow Of martial ardor may
afford convincing proof of their SINGER
ity by sending the pledge along with
the resolutions. It is the best backing
for war talk.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-14
For Sunday Reading
.dlYSs,ts Of Opiniens
r. A,..L..:s. .x rh.;.%
The Authority Of Christ.
CChristian Science Sentinel.l

Subsection to personal authority u
sure to become trying II not unendur-
able. This is the testimony Of every
parent, guardian and teacher when he
recalls how much OF wilfulness and
perchance temper, how much Of error
of judgment and pride of power, has
entered into his control OF those sub
ject unto him. Even God is likely to
be termed autocratic and unjust by
those who think Of Him In an anthropo-
morphic way. When, however, He u
known as infinite Truth and Love, the
and desirability Of His rulc
is unquestioned, since, ~ ALL know, sub
lection thereto means present and
eternal gain.
This was the authority Of Christ
Jesus This the authority of that
faith which, az the writer to the
Hebrews has said. subdues Kingdoms,
works righteousness. and out Of weak
ness y made strong. This II the only
we are commissioned 70 exer-
else in Christian Science. Tho demon
strable Christ. Truth expressed in wis.,
dom's loving way, IL irresistibly win
some. 1t is the power of God unto
b. Willis.