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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-26
GRAINS RECOVERED
FROM EARLY DECLINE
Inquiry From Foreigners and
Millers Light-Shorts Have
Covered

CHICAGO. Aug. B--Despite the atren-
uous efforts Of many large traders 70
rally the wheat market at the opening
today, prices continued TO slide down
ward. Opening prices were a trihe above
yesterdays closing. but the support was
weak and the decline set in early. New
low levels were reached.
Those who expected foreigners and
millers to bid the market up when the
dollar mark was reached, were doomed to
disappointment. Light Inquiry came from
both sources. Shorts having covered,
business today In the early hours was
far from brisk. Chief interest appeared
to centre around December, which dis
played much activity but no strength
Rumors OF frost damage and wet weather,
reports were offset by increased arrivals
OF spring.
September wheat sold at sek az the
opening, the same price asked at the
closing yesterday. It's undertone was
unsteady and 1t declined to 9ssh before
noon December opened at 9Sls, against
M received at yesterdays final sales
Buying was scattered. May, advanced
1tc. overnight, bringing H.O2h at the
final sales. II lost its gain before noon.
Buying orders were put out late in the
day and prices recovered all around from
the low of the day and closed above the
Anal of yesterday.
Export sales reported totaled 320, 900
bushels 1900 for the Dutch Govern
ment. Chicago cash handlers sold $1,000
bushels OF wheat for seaboard delivery.
An order for 100,OO0 bushels, to be shipped
via Montreal, was reported Cancelled. IL
| is estimated that Canada will have an
enormous surplus. British buyers will
keep out of the American markets, II is
said, until this surplus has been cared
| for.
| While a steady undertone was evident
| In Liverpool cables, the market was dull
| American weakness was Offset by favor
| able Winnepeg reports.
Argentine weather conditions are re-
| ported bad, dry season seriously in
| terfering with crops. The visible supply
| for the week is estimated at 400, 900 bushels
! of wheat, against 100000 last week. and
| none in the same period of last year.
| Corn supplies totaled 900 bushels.
compared with 4O72.OO0 last week and
$4,000 in the same week of the preceding
| year.
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PROPOSALS
DEPARTMENT or PUBLIC SAFETY.
DIRECTORS OFFICE.
Room 215, City Hail.
AalRhNa Atta

fhiladelphiai aug -, 1910
sealed proposals will be received at this
oefice Room 215, City Han, until Thursday
September 2. 1915. twelve o'clock noon. for
'nf BUREAU OF FIRE. Heating in connec-
tion with alterations and additions to OLD
Police station. someryilie and Rising sun
avenues. olney. Revision of Heating system
al Fire Station No. zO 05th and Woodland
avenue Specifications 20 be had az Room
% zssuRHEAu OF POLICE, electrical Equip
ment for use in various Police stations.
OF Power Plant and Elevator systernf CITY
specincations for above 10 be had at Room
' BUREAU OF CORRECTION; Lumber.
Cement, Bricks. Limo. etc. specincations %
be had at Room 1i5. city Hall.
Contractors 20 guarantee the cmploymont
of none but competent and nrsf class work
men who are citizens Of the united sfatcai
no workmen 10 be considered a. competent
their respective branches Of labor. and who
ahan be paid such rates or wages ana for
such hours Of work A. ahau be the eelab-
lshed and current rates of wagee paid Tor
Ia the doing of similar work. - provided W
ordlnenee Of Councils approved peoembpf
BIDS from Others than those engaged IN
actual business Ia the general branches apecI-
No BIDS viii hs considsred unie,s sSfom.
panied ~ . certihcate from the city s4|Io|.
tor. IN acoordance With the Ordinances 1|
Councils approved Aay -. 1850 Ie14If|r4
proposal hen9 N ai' essee Nhere ne eIpeani
su1 ns o. eii klds 4, 81. - ia. y 49, s,
deemed best for the Interest - I1I CII4
oEoRon . FbaIEa D||l@'se
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PROVISIONS

RYE FLoUR.-Quiet and steady. Quotations
$4,000 per bbl.. AS to quality.
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TO ISSUE NEW BONDS
Stockholders of Delaware and Hudson
to Be Asked for Approval

NEW YORK. Aug. 26.--The board of
managers of the Delaware and Hudson
have decided TO call a meeting Of stock
holders on September 30 to authorize an
issue of s14451.OO0 of per cent. 2e-year
convertible bonds, convertible into stock
for ten years beginning October L. 1917
on a basis Of $500 face value OF bonds
for ten shares of stock.
The bonds are to be offered for sub
scription at par, and accrued interest. to
shareholders OF record September 9, to
the extent OF "a per cent. of their hold
ings. Subscriptions are to be made on
or before October g. The Offering is TO
be subject to the necessary approval by
the shareholders and Public Service Com
mission being obtained.
Proceeds are to be used to pay sl3.937 900
per cent. bonds maturing June /, 1915,
and for other corporate purposes. Kuhn
Loeb & Co. and the First National Bank
are underwriting the subscription by
shareholders.
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RAILROAD EARNINGS
DIVIDENDS DECLARED

,.t,aesett a Myers Tobacco Company quar-
sobf STOCK of rseofa e@ sep,smber eSSnps oe
- .N1ntana Power Company, regular quarterly
"a ia, p1 cent on Preferred and Of per cent.
pI4 September ~.
tnilds Company, regular quarterly az per
-.+"t on preferred, payable September 10 20
',fknolqef1 OF record September
..-,l ou fonf-oe Ncmoure Powder Company
+N4Nlaf per cent. ana extra , per CENT. on
n.mnon, payable September 1t. and reeulaf
o,fsskissN y per cent op preferred payable
TIE Railway steol sprlns Company. regular
t-fhsfH ~ per cent on preferred-
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LONDON STOCK MARKET
War Loans Leaders in the Gilt-edge
Group

LONDON, Aug. ga fair amount OF
business was transacted In the Stock
Exchange markets today. Sentiment was
Issues showed Improvement. with the war
loans the leaders. Rates for loans and
discounts are holding firm. Money
brokers are unable 10 secure cheap
money which they could re-lend. and this
has eliminated them from the market.
thus checking Treasury bill renewals.
An investment demand later caused ad-
yances in Canadian Pacinc and Argentine
rails. Home rails were arm. the renewal
Of labor troubles In the Welsh collieries
being entirely ignored,
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Financial Briefs

Upward of 5000 shares of Harwood
Electric Company common stock have
been exchanged for series b bonds Of the
Lehigh Navigation Electric Company
under the recent offer of the latter COM
pany to issue the bonds for the Harwood
stock on the basis OF $3.50 per share of
the latter. The amount OF Lehigh NaI-
cation Electric bonds exchanged for the
Harwood stock is slightly more than
100000 The amount OF bonds originally
authorized TO be issued was 81, $50 OO0
The Lehigh Navigation Electric Company
now owns all but between 100 and 1900
shares of the $1,000 shares OF Harwood
common stock.
The Iron Trade Review says Increased
works activities reflect the feverish de-
mand for early shipment OF war material
and blowing Of idle furnaces and resump-
tion of many mills only In part measure
the tremendous tonnage Of iron and steel
on the mill order books
The Reading anthracite collieries win
work four days this week.
Elkins, Morris q Co and Parrish &
Co. were buyers of Electric Storage Bat
terry.
The annual meeting Of the Lake supe-
rior Corporation will be held on October
8. Books viii be closed from September
IS 20 October 7.
The New York banks lost $4,000 to the
subtreasury Yesterday. and gained N.Sl6.-
900 since last Friday.
The date for issuing the next govern
ment cotton report has been changed "a
August 90. at noon. instead OF August 81.
as the latter date Is a legal holiday In
Louisiana.
Copper exports for the week ended Au-
gust Il were f3.sS7,si2 pounds. OF which
Russia took 100000 pounds.
The Chicago and Western Indiana Rail
road Company has sold sl2.9 900 two-year
s per cent. collateral gold notes 10 New
York banking syndicate, which Is offering
them 70 the public ON about a bh pei
cent basis.
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BONDS.
2:3O to 3 p. NJ.
NOTES OF THE RAIL

Announcement is made by the Southern
Railway Company that the export coal
handling plant which IL has just COM
pleted at Charleston, s. c.. will be put
in operation for the handling OF CONNER
cial coal on September 1, giving Charles
ton facilities equal 10 any on the At
lantic Seaboard for handling coal, The
terminal win have a capacity Of 40 cars,
or 1000 tons per hour. which Is as fast
as any ship now In the coal carrying
trade can take in II will be operated
entirely by electricity, and viii deliver
coal into the holds OF ships with a mini
mum of breakage by means OF an elec-
tric cOnYeyor
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FRESH FRUITS

Receipts were quite liberal. nut choice stock
Of most descriptions met with fair sale and
values generally ruled steady. Quotations:
Apples, per bbi.-Gravenstein. 81; 25d2. so;
Wealthy, 81. 25d $50; Duchess, &2n2. 25; SUM-
mer Rambo. S2.25a2 so; other varieties. $1.5O
az; peaches. Virginia, West Virginia, western
Md. and Pa, Belle OF Georgia, per crate, 500
Tie; do. do. Blberta, per crate, 5Oa Toe. do.
do. Bellies and ElbeTtas. per basket. 20q3oc ;
bertas, per carrier, 4oq75c.; do. do. per bss-
ket, 20d35c.: do, Jersey, per basket, l0ii3Oc.
pears, lie Conte, per bbi, 81. lOa3.5O; do, Bart
lett, per bbl, S2g4 grapes; North Carolina
Delawares, per S-basket carrier, Sl.JOn2: do,
Delaware. Moore's Early and Concord. per car
rier 50d65c do do per Alb basket sa9e :
box, S4d0; pineappies, per crate-Porto Rico.
Sl.5Od2.75 Florida, $l5Oa2I5; plums. New
York per 2O-lb. basket, 3OG40c,; do. do, per
s-lb. basket, Bradshaw and Niagara, l0fI15c /:
blscltberries, Delaware, Maryland and Jersey.
per qt., 4aGc.; hucllebo' ries, per ct, "a Sc. /;
cantaoupes Maryland. per standard crate 80
0T5c. :; do, Jersey, per basket, 15@4Oc.; water
melons per car SI0Od 200.
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PHILADELPHIA
MARKETS
GRAIN AND FLOUR

wHEAT.-Receipts, o. ,oe2 bush The narNet
was quiet, but offerings were moderate and
prices ruled steady. Quotations, Car lots ~ ~
export elevatoT-No. 2 red, new. spot ana Au-
gysg ,gsai, TO- no. 2 rcd Western q, nsw, ons,
Si.1iMi13; No. southern red, new flvg4
los; steamer No, red new, tLotal.Oe; No
red. new. SiOfd1.O6. rejected A, new, Nlm
i.O2; rejected u, new, o4uJ0c,
CORN Receipts, 5000 bush. Offerings were
moderate and the market vas quiet AZ former
rates. Quotations. Car lots FOR local trade ss
to location-No. yellow, SS0 s0c.j steamer yei-
low, SI0SSc No. yellow, sJGsOc.
OATS, Receipts. G4.i4o bush The market
was quiet with ample offerings at quotations,
VIZ. No 2 white. 5id52c.; No. 4 white 40
4sc.; sample oats 4Oa47c.
FLoUR.-Receipts go bbls and Laos, ,66l lbs.
IN sacks. Trade was quiet, with no important
change In prices. Quotations, per lne
l5s.' IN wo2d-winter, clear, new tisoaole,i
90, straight, new, f5l5QO3O; do, patent,
new, s3toaSS.GSi Kansas. clear, new new Jgte
t5.25ma.0O; do, patent, new, jute seeksi Sou
Wo,lb; spring, first. clear, old, f6dB2Si 90.
straight, old, S6.2000NU; do, patent Old t0O
aGI5; do, favorite brands, old, tIqI,20; city
mills choice and fancy patent, SlnIXO; city
mills regular grades--Winter, clear, new
N.s5go.lu; DO, straight, new, t5.i5d0.3Oi do'
patent, new, s.. 4OdbGc
RYE FLOUR.-Quiet and steady. Quotations:
S0M0.JO per hbl,, quality.
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Brazil to Sell slel, hoo, ,OOO Notes

RIO JANEIRO, Aug. 20.-The Chamber OF
Deputies has approved an issue OF $50 900
contOs CSigi. 100 OOOl, paper, Intended FOR pay
ment OF treasury debts, both gold and paper,
prior 20 1915.
The chamber also passed a bill 20 protect
coffee and other national products This au-
thorlzes the Government TO facilitate the ops
erations OF the Bank OF Brazil a discount
agency and 20 enter into agreement with navi-
CATION companies for expectation OF meats and
fruits refrigerator ships.
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VEGETABLES

Potatoes Of fine quality sold fairly and ruled
steady. Other vegetables were generally
plentiful and barely steady with demand only
moderate. Quotations; White potatoes Vir-
Odi75c: white potatoes. Jersey, per basket
No / Rose, 2sd82c.; do. No. other varieties.
f25c do. No. 2, 1OQi5c: sweet potatoes,
per bbi.-No 1 North Carolina and Eastern
Shore. $3d3.25; do, No. North Carolina and
sweet potatoes Jersey, per basket-No. l, 759
s5c; do, No. 2, 25a35c. onions. Jersey per
per hamper, 3OdIOc.; corn, Jersey per basket,
iOG5Oc.: tomatoes. Jersey. per basket-No. /
3Oc; mushrooms, per Alb. basket, soc. q$l.
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LIVE STOCK QUOTATIONS

CHICAGO, Aug 20 HOGS. Receipts 49,
600; market steady stead &c: higher; mixed ana
rough heavy. yG.I5ae55; light. yTS0d7S5;
pigs, sGas 10 bulk, d.G5a 45.
beeves, $d25G1O.1a; cows and hefers, 50. 506
go. Texans, 81. .55afsa0; calves. S0.5 7i3.
sHEEp.-Reeeipts, 5000: market lOm15c.
higher, native and Western. $6.5oq9a5; lambs,
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COTTON

NEW YORK. Aug. 20-The cotton market
this morning opened with prices 70 10 points
higher. making full response TO the advances
in Liverpool There was some selling by New
Orleans ana Wall street but the offerings were
well absorbed, Buying was for foreign in-
terests. and some Of u was believed 10 be
short covering BY North Carolina warehouse
Interests.
A. the day progressed prices continued to
last night.
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Circulation .
BANK CLEARINGS

Bank clearings today compare with eorre-
sponding day last two years:
-, 1915 1914 1913.
PPnils P. ....s25, 2lei62 s2o'all,ssi s2g esi. AZ
New York. .sOs. .929, ,49l ll2. 300 as $500 2T0
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. Aug. 26.-The foreign exchange
ths atternoon exchange weakened especially
12Ellng. which hung at the low point OF 484
IIsas IInDles made new low at 4,6ih- Francs and
cns clnss cinfwy ,crdl en- en- cmfwyp omfwyp
Demand - 49,. lSi SeS siH S.i5
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Wire Products Higher

tfTrRBIJR0H, Aug. 20.--All the independent
wire manufacturers have advanced prices on
wire products IN keeping with the announce
Comnany OF 81 Increases In nails. plain and
hsrbsd wire bringing the base price OF nails
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NEW YORK BUTTER AND EGGS

NEW YORK. Aug. 26;-BUT Ikh.-Market
barely steady. receipts, S206 packages. Extra.
25Am20c. higher scoring, 261a02Ic.; State
dairy 25lc. Imitation creamery, 22M222c.
E0Gs-Market steady TO arm; receipts. a.
34n packages Extra frsts. regular packed, -
nearby whites, regular packed, 33Q35c. mixed
color, gathered, 22Q2dc. refrigcrator nrsts. %
024c.; nearby browns 27Q3oc.
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EXPANSION IN RESERVES
Bank Of England's Bullion Holdings
Also Larger

LONDON. Aug. 26.-The weekly state
ment OF the Bank of England shows an
increase of R390,OOO in reserve, and
aT5,OOO in bullion holdings Details fol-
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REFINED SUGARS

There was little trading and the market was
unchanged We quote refiners list prices SUB,
ject to concessions OF 6qi0 pounds: standard
granulated, o.USa5 5.TOc:; extra fine granulsteu,
5.0O0f ). 06c. powdered, b.TOQ5.75c.; contec-
tioners A. h5Oa5 SOC. soft grades. 4.I0Q o. .4Oe.
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DAIRY PRODUCTS

BUTTER.-Demand fairly active and
prices were well maintained on fine goods.
Following are the quotations.; western
solid-packed creamery, fancy. specials, zStse.'
extras, 2Oiac. extra hrsts, 25l1d26c.; hrHts
24u25c.: seconds, 22d23c.; nearby prints. fancy
30ci do, average extras 2Sq20c.; do, nrsis.
20d2Oc; do, seconds, 22n23c.; tObbing sales OF
fancy prints. 34d3Tc.
EGGS.-Supplies OF fresh stock were kept
well cleaned up and prices ruled firm, QUO
tations: In free cases, nearby extras, 2sc per
oz firsts. $6.9OdT.20 per standard case;
Western extra lrsts, 81 2Od7 80 per case; nrets,
$O.G0G6.OO per case; fancy selected eandled
eggs we're 1Obbing at 30aBlc. per dozen.
CHEESE-The market was dull and weak
with ample offerings. Quotations: New hors.
fun cream. new, l3hd1Jhc.; do, do, fair 10
good, new. l2Rql3c.; do, part skins 0dl2c.
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POULTRY

LIyE.-The market ruled firm under light
offerings and fair demand for choice stock
We quote: Fowls. az TO quality, loql012e.
roosteTs, 1lM12c.; broiling chickens, fancy, not
leghorns. weighing 2 lbs. and over apiece, 1SG
2Oc.; DO, not leghornS weighing 1dla lbs.
apiece, 16qlsc.; do leghorns, 1Jq l7c.; ducks
Pekin. old, 13m14c. do. Indian Runner, Old
12a l3c.; do. young according to size, 15dlGc. {;
pigeons old, per pair, 1sd2Oc.; do young, per
pair. 11d1Sc.
DREsSED.-Fine desira ble-s stock was
we'll cleaned up and firm. We quote: Fresh,
killed poultry, fowls. IL to box, dry-plcked
and dry packed, fancy selected, lgc.; weigh
ing 4iaQ5 lbs. apiece. 1SI9c.; weighing 3lag4
lbs apiece 1Siae.; weighing lbs. apiece,
16i5dl7i9c., under lbs. apiece, 14ka lo1Ec /;
ce-packed-Western, ~ lbs. and over apiece
lSc.; do, smaller sizes. 15dl7c.; old roosters,
drypicked, l3c.; broiling chickens. Jersey Jersey:
fanHy. 24d26c.; other nearby fancy, 22n24c. /;
fancy large yellow. Illinois, weighing 3lsni
lbs. apiece, 2O42lc; Western weighing 21za3
lbs. apiece. 1Sa10c.; do, weighing 1i5d2 lbs.
apiece, lsal9c.' do. weighing Ia1A lbs.
apiece, 16d17c.: spring ducks, 16d11c.; squads,
white. weighing Hap lbs. per doz,, s3.90n
| AGO; white, weighing 9d10 lbs. per doz:. $50
| $50; white, weighing $ lbs, per doz., 81. 55g
| 2.65: do. lbs. per doz., 81. 10g2,20 do. 20
| Gia lbs. per doz. $l.GOdL65; dark, $15Oqi.dj;
| small and No. 81.
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Rank Of Frances Gold Reserve I'm


PARIS Aug. 26.-Tne gold reserve of the
Rank OF France was increased by S25 600 900
during the last week ii wes announced today.
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NHw YORK Aug. 20.-The American smelt-
inr and Eonnlnf Company advanced the price
of~ leao IRON aooc' % 4Ioc.
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BAR SILVER

LONDON Aug. 2d---Bar silver was quoted
a ~ 1916 pence. unchanged
In New York bar silver was quotes aoI
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NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET

NEW YORK, Aug. 26-For the most part
futures lower in the early dealings on
the Coffee Exchange today;
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IL to 1l:30 A. NJ.
BON DIS.

100 Phila Electric 4s................. so
JOOO Tn Rwys IS .................... 90
100 Elec and Peep TT 4s.........,..... 81
1000 Phila cons IS ...........,......... S3i
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METAL MARKET

NEW YORK. Aug. 20,-Metal quotations to-
day were; Lead 4,dSqAToe.; tin, SA75gSb. 25e,
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-03-12
STOCKHOLDERS
ASKED TO HELP
'.iIroads Put Full Grew Law
Question Up to the
Stockholders.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. "a.

Philadelphia, Feb. "A.
Direct appeal has been made to the
-rmy Of. railroad stockholders for
aeir active support in the fight be-
az made for repeal of the Full Crew
avs. Letters are going out to the
hareholders Of each of the twenty.
ne railroads operating in Pennsyl-
ania and New Jersey.
William H. Truesdale, president of
he Lackawanna Railroad; e. B.
homas, president of the Lehigh Val
ay Railroad, and Samuel Rea, presi-
ent of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
re among those who have turned to
lockholders for help. President Rea
rites as follows:
ITO you, as owners of the Pennsyl.
MIA Railroad, / now make appeal
r your active, earnest and prompt
Dport In q matter which most d.
lily concerns your personal inter.
is. The management greatly needs
ur assistance. l ask it in full be-
# that you will gladly respond.
With twenty other railroads oper-
ng in Pennsylvania and New Jer.
2, your company is worling through
public campaign for repeal of the
l Crew Laws. These work hard.
p upon the public. they are unfair
the great body of railroad EN-.
yes, and the unnee essary costs
v impose upon the companies
-e even at the safety of your divi-
Is.
Pennsylvania Railroad stockhold-
number some go, OOO--constituting
reat army Of the most substantial
enship Of the country. ask you
your w interest and for the
er public veal, to talk to your
ends and associates, to the end
81 they may clearly understand the
atter and join you in urging directly
n the Legislatures of Pennsylvania
d New Jersey the Importance OF re-
ealing the Full Crew Laws at the
present Aessions."
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-03-12

latory measures winch increase the
expenses of industry without giving
corresponding benefits to the public.
There is ofttimes a body of men as.
sembled at legislatures-and they
have a right to be there-who, in
their zeal for rendering their fellow.
associates a service, sometimes favor
an increase in the expenses of in.
dustry without due regard for the men
who bow their backs to the summers
sun to meet the payroll, but these
committees, while making a record
for themselves, rub the skin off the
shoulders of the farmer by urging the
Legislature to lay another burden
upon his heavy load and under the
lash of "be it enacted" goad him on
to pull and surge at the traces of civil
ization, no matter how he may sweat,
foam and gall at the task. When
legislatures "cut a melon" for labor
they hand the farmer a lemon.
The farmers of the United States
are not financially able to carry dead
heads on their payrolls. Our own
hired hands r not paid unless we
have something for them to do and
we are not willing to carry the hired
help of dependent industries unless
there is work for them. We must
therefore insist upon the most rigid
economy.
Legislative housekeeping Needed.
While the wal is on and there is a
lull in business, we want all legisla-
tive bodies to take an inventory of
the statute books and wipe Off all
extravagant and useless laws. A good
house-cleaning is needed and econo-
mics a be instituted here and there
that will patch the clothes of INDECENT
children, rest tired mothers and lift
mortgages from respondent homes.
Unnecessary workmen taken off and
useless expenses chopped down all
along the line will add to the pros
perity of the farmer and encourage
him in his mighty effort to feed and
clothe the world.
If any of these industries have sur
plus employees we can use them on
the farm. We have no regular
schedule of wages, but we pay good
farm hands on an average of $3.50
per day of thirteen hours when they
board themselves; work usually runs
about nine months of the year and the
three months dead time, they can do
the chores for their board. If they
prefer to farm on their own account,
there are more than $4,000, 900, 900
acres of idle land on the earth's sur
face awaiting the magic touch of the
pillow. The compensation is easily OBJ
tainable from Federal Agricultural
Department statistics. Tho total
average annual sales of a farm in
the continental United States amounts
to $4,000; the cost of operation is
$4,000; leaving the farmer $176 per
annum to live on and educate his
family.
There Is no occasion for the legis-
latures making a position for surplus
employees of industry. Let them come
back to the soil" and share with us
the prosperity of the farm.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-03-12

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