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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-07
Four Remedies To
 Reduce High Prices

'sWhy doesn't the President inter- fere and stop the high prices?" a woman remarked the other day. It sounds like an ignorant remark. Yet great many people who know little of laws and constitutions and the checks and balances of our govern ment system, are saying the same thing
 The trouble lies deeper than the reach of any officer of the govern ment, deeper than the government itself. It is in the customs and habits of the people. For generations far mers have been ridiculed and laugh ed at. Young men have been encour- aged to break away from their fath- CTS acres. It was thought they were taking a progressive step when they left for the cities to seek their for tune. Now we find our lands only half titled and a food shortage.
 Amid the host of suggestions made to get at high prices, the majority are not practical There are a few. however, fundamental to the present situation, that should be thoughtfully considered by the American people.
 1 Young people, both boys and girls, should be encouraged by all HlO OulueIS OI puU1lC opinion, to go into farming as business. It should he pointed out that while there is usual iy a surplus of manufactured goods. there is always an indefinite market for food. The farmer of the future will live very comfortably, and with his autom obile he will not be isolated as his father was.
 2. Cold storage warehouses should be established, with help of public capital if necessary, in all centers of food distribution, so that food prod ucts can be shipped out to retailers in small quantities as needed. This would prevent their. going through several hands with addition of profits. freightage and other cases.
 3. The people should acquire the habit of carrying their own food home as far as possible. thus saving the enormous cost of delivery to the door.
 4. The people should pay cash. thus saving the cost of bad bills.
 More than be done by action along these four lines than could be accom- plished by any President or Congress.
 XMAS TREES, WREATHS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-07
BE CAREFUL WHAT
 YOU TAKE FOR ACOLD

The stimulants and dangerous drugs which ma ny "cough halsams and patent medicines depend on for their temporary effect endanger the health and even the lives of those take them Because it Is free from alcohol narcotics dangerous drugs, Father Johns Medicine has had 50 of success in the of colds, coughs, throat troubles and tonic and body builder Father Johns Medicine is a doctors prescripton,-pure and wholesome. Guaranteed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-07
LYOEUM FORMED.

A Lyceum has been formed in Stratford with the following officers: President Job Peck; vice-president, M. T. Knapp; secretary and treasur- CT, IL. L. Wilcoxson. It will meet regularly every evening at the hall over Pendleton's saloon
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-07
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
mKEUTH IN POOR SHAPE.

STREETS IN POOR SHAPE.
 The recent rains has made some of our streets horribly muddy. State street in front of the courthouse among ot7asrA- This weather is Ad- m1rsbiY calculated to cleaning up previous to tlas winter season We trust that the street commissioner win see that 1t is done Many of the croas-wa1ks are in such a state as to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-07
WHEELER POLIO CASE
 IS LEFT AT THE HOME

Ethel Wheeler, four years old. of 367 sWi1mot avenue, a sufferer from infanti1e paralysis, was not removed to the Isolation hospital. A nurse who will maintain strict quarantine has been placed in charge at the home.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-07

The Russian government informed the State Department it will not per init American physicians to enter Russia for the purpose of administer ing to German civilian and war pris- oners in Russian camps.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-07
H. B. s. RAIL-

The second annual ball of the He- brew Benevolent society of this city is to be held at Franklin hall, Tues day evening, December. IS. Good sells and Blish Quadril1e bands have been engaged for the occasion
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-07

NEWSPAPER MANS INVENTION.
 Guerdon S. Colt, clerk of the Char ities department, is conned to his home with an attack of rheumatism During his absence the place IS being filled by Ambulance Surgeon Hair.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-07

Navy, signed contract with Homer R. Ferguson, president of the New port News Shipbui1ding and Dry Dock O.. for the construction of two bat t1eships.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-07

Gold coin to the amount of $1 ,0tN, 900 was withdrawn from the Sub sury for shipment to San Francisco.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-07

XMAS TREES, WREATHS AND HOPING JOHN RICK & SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-07

Jossphns Daniels, Secretary of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-19
ECONOMY IN THE 1O-CENT LOAF

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger
Sir-With the leading brands Of flour
at the unprecedented price of SS.lO parrel
to the dealer and with every indication that
II will mount higher, the housewife must
forthwith concern herself with the problem
of the bread-buying situation. II hour
prices remain at their present high inquire
and my information from the wheat fields
of the Northwest leads me to rear that they
will go highers-it will be impossible for
bakers to sell the small-slzed loaf at hve
cents We are already confronted with the
necessity of raising the price to six cents
Nevertheless everybody for a time at least
may buy bread as economically, even with
the small loaf at six cents. Bakers can
continue to sell the large slze or lO-cent
loaf at its present price. From the stand
point of quality, taste and economy, that Is
the size 10 buy, anyhow.
For a time we can bake the 1o-cent loaf
In the same size as heretofore. This we
shall be able to do because of the labor.
cost saved in baking and handling the
larger loaf. 1t does not take any more
labor to make and cut dough for the 1O-cent
loaf than for the scent loaf 1t takes
no more labor in handling 1t to and from
the ovens, in wrapping 1t, loading IT on the
wagons and delivering 1t to the stores. All
this saving we can turn to the rellet OF the
housewife in these high wheat times,
The big 10-cent loaf Is the ideal and
practical loaf of the household. Some house,
keepers have objected to II on the ground
that their families do not eat the entire
loaf In a day and they did not care to
keep the remainder of the loaf until the
next day. II they will wrap the leftover
piece in the up-to-date original alright
wrapper II will keep as fresh as IT was the
first day. Furthermore, bread on the Sec
ond day is more wholesome than on the
first One good way to save money is to
toast the leftover bread.
cannot too much emphasize the danger
of flour prices going higher and when they
do the bakers will be helpless, so far as
maintaining bread prices at their present
level is concerned. From the great wheat
sections of the Dakotas and Minnesota l
have positive information that but small
percentage of the crop forecasted from them
will be delivered. The blight and rust de-
yeloped by the intense heat in the North
This means high priced flour with small
chance of retreat In the prices.
1 most certainly believe an embargo
should be placed on wheat. We have, 1t
is true, enough wheat In this country for
this year But should the wheat crop next
year be a failure, our country would face
a calamity.
The country generally faces an increase
in the price of the scent loaf of bread
But no evil is as bad as II first appears,
II the present high price of wheat teaches
the housewife to buy the l0-cent loaf of
bread, It will have accomplished a great
lesson in domestic economy.
PAUL SCHULZE.
Chicago, August 16.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-19

eastern France and Belgium How many
OF us knew anything Of the power OF
religious and patriotic forces In Russia 2
And what haven't we learned about
geography But there have been marS
practical lessons. Take the foreign loans
offered here. Thousands of investors have
learned by demonstration the basic prin.
ciple of security, which rests on the fact
that the best collateral is n nation This
lure of foreign Government bonds has
undoubtedly taught many to think rather
of investment than Of speculation Our
national vice has been TO think in terms
of profits rather than in terms Of income.
But the war has made us suspicious of
profits. The best brains in this. country
are engaged now in trying scientifically
to discount a freaksh medley of unex-
pected and almost embarrassing profits.
They are studying the reorganization In
England, the most amazing industrial
chapter in a century. They must dis
count the probable effects on immigra-
tion. Nobody" the President has said,
Knows what Is going to happen after
the war" That is a good reason for
electing those who at least know that
America must have the safeguard of an
Industrial protection that will not be
superfluous, no matter what happens.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-19
Raw Material for Paper

Editor Of "Whdt Do You Rno,o"-Is
there any ground for believing that paper
manufacturers could find raw material for
their product in the rice cotton and sugar
cane helds on the South? X. NJ
There has been considerable discussion
OF this question OF late. Henry Achille
Durant, of New Orleans, recently stated his
belief that paper manufacturers could find
an abundance OF raw material in the dis
tricts you mention He said that there
was assuredly enough waste from rice
crops, cane harYests and cotton fields To
supply good many mills. "Our rice har
vest is practically over, and vast ouan-
tity Of rice trash is available and more
will be In the fields in September. Very
few planters trouble 10 harvest the second
crop OF rice, called shawn which ripens
IN September. The Orientals make a very
strong and beautiful paper from rice straw
Experiments in making paper out OF ba-
gasse, the. refuse from sugar. cane that has
been crushed in the mills, have produced
a paper that looks like newspaper AZ
the sugar cane has a strong, hemp-IllSs
fibre. Il seems 70 me that It should MAXI
very strong paper We also have croDs
OF ramie, from which an imitation sIlI q
made. The suggestion that paper can he
made from cotton stalks also opens nm q
vast southern field of supply 10 the paner
manufacturer"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-19
THE PUBLIC HAS RIGHTS
To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger;

To the Editor Of the Eventn1 Ledger:
Slr-President Garretson, OF one of the
railroad brotherhoods, says that In the
event of a strike the United States malls
will certainly be affected to such an extent
that they might be stopped altogether. He
says the cry. Industrial necessity" is used
by the interests" to protect their pockets,
and that during the great railroad strike
in France by usurpation of powers the
men were called to the colors and compelled
to serve the public. He characterized such
action as a blot OF shame upon France.
Yet the very man IA SocialisD. who did this
istership to save France simply because
an industrial revolution at that particular
time would have sealed the doom of France.
and now France knows It, BRAND the So
cialist, farseeing man, not only stopped
the holocaust but began preparations for
war at once. He was damned and cursed
on every side. Now he is trusted, hon.
ored and loved by all except the rattle
brains. If President Wilson must seize the
railroads In the interest OF the public and
deputlze the employees by United States
marshal to operate the roads. he will do
SO not in the interest of the big interests" t"
but of the public whom the strikers seem
to forget The strike Is organized labor's
weapon, but II is only effective when placed
in the hands Of those who know how and
when to use 1t. The recoil of gun some
times will kill a man. The general welfare
and domestic tranquility are going TO be
maintained even though "usurpation" is
used to protect innocent children. women
and men In their peaceable pursuits. The
public demands protection.
ROBERT b. NIXON, JR.
Philadelphia, August l6.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-19
NIGHT THOUGHTS

My neighbor's hubble-bubpie mas
of gasoline, .u
Or some other kind of trouDie p
the old machine; us
It stands and snorts and erasn''
side the darned garage ....
And II sounds like railway sniA
II smells like ripe fromasu
And my neighbor, wrathy, wesW'
and curses. loud and deep,
And I'm sleepy, sleepy sleepy 49,
go to sleep!
One lively. lons MOSQUITO mas
ing through the sereehi r.
1 have nowhere for to nee TO- An'
1t well. ween! IN "A
And Il buzzes like a deVil TN
make a light, - 4
Then It seeks It's proper lever -
and out Of sight; nsr|
It's intelligence is creepy anu ~
anguish leap "a
And I'm sleepy. sleepy, sieepyi
not go TO sleepi
The partner OF my sorrows anu
OF my joys ,s ou|
Dreams dreams Of fair tomoiFo"1
conscious OF the noise -, ii
My wrath is all the hotter 'i~
in sluggish bliss -. as
While wildly WELD the swal.s'
swats a hopeless mss ,,ks
Like a squaw within her tepss'
woolly sheep -, Ard
While I'm sleepy, sleepy, sieeps'
not go to sleep'
Then the carts begin to rattle -n4
man bangs around' -. Il
And the tomcats cease 70
crickets cease 70 soula !, II
The stars get dim and DINNER
uncertain skies, .r I
And the dawn begins 20 sh'n'r
cook Is fain 70 rise .,v i
And the wrens 90 eheepy y-en.'F'
robins peepy'peep. ,.,va
And I'm sleepy, sleepy 7as'f
going 10 20 20 sleep, .s.a6
Ted Robinson ~ me
Dealer
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-19
WHAT A PITY!

ain the southern part of Arkansas"
says Senator Overman, where the ma
tives take things easy, q man and his
wife were sitting on their porch when
n funeral procession passed their house.
The man was comfortably seated in
chair that was tilted back against
the house and was whiting a piece
of wood. AS the procession passed he
said:
II reckon OIL man williams has got
about the biggest funeral that's ever
been held around hyer, Caroline
b" "A purity good-slzcd one, is It. Bud?'
querled the wife, making no effort to
move.
Certainly is, Bud replied
Il surely would like to see IT, said
the woman. What n pity I amt facn'
that way !"-The Youths Companion.
THERE are business questions of such
l. great Importance to Philadelphia that
they alone would tax the Mayors capac
ity to the limit. The vice situation, how
ever, seems to be taking most of his
time. The simple solution, which would
free him for the other work, is the ap
pointment of q nonpoltical and compe
tent Director of Public Safety What a
pity the Mayor "ain't facin' that way"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-19
A GRATEFUL SONG

A blend of good and bad. and of laughter
and tears,
And I reckon when it's over, when I've
lived my string OF years.
And have been the best / shall be and
have known all shall know,
And my visit here Is ended and it's come
my time TO go,
I shall turn, as friends departing, to this
kindly world and say
am grateful for the gladness that was
strewn along my way.
A blend OF loss and gain, and of bitter
and of sweet,
But l reckon at the finish. when I've met
and / shall meet
And for me no delay is dawning that
shall bring another friend,
Or victory or failure, when my visits
at an end
shall turn as one departing from a kind
and gentle host
And thank the world or gladness that in
life was uppermost.
wonder every. morning what new 10Y
will come my way,
What new friend 1 shall discover with the
passing OF the day
And what glad surprise Is waiting, for Il
really seems TO me
That each day is always different than I
thought twas going to be.
And when my stay is over. when my share
OF time I've had,
I shall thank the world for doing ali IL
could to keep me glad.
/ have wept and / have whimpered /
have suffered days Of pain.
But have lived TO wake to smiling ana 10
view the sun again.
I've encountered selfish people. and some
brutal men I've seen,
D. -. Of
been big and kind and clean.
And the care VIII be forgotten and the
wrong VIII disappear,
And IN thank the world. at parting 1or
the joys Il gave ms here.
-E A. Guest IN the Detroit Frea Prsss.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-19

TO the Editor Of the Evening Ledger;
Sir-For several years l have been an
ardent deyotee OF the motion pictures and
have always taken my little boy to the
theaters with me. on Monday afternoon
al one of the leading moving-pcture houses
/ was informed that no child under 16
years of age should be admitted, the or
ders coming from the Board Of Health To
saw that 1 am greatly surprised at this
unjust discrimination IS putting il mildly
This morning i picked up one OF the
philadelphia papers and there on the front
mage was a largo photo showing the OPEN
ing OF the play streets in South Phila-
delphia This photo showed about 500
children packed IN closely together listen
ing TO the speakers. Another showed them
using the same play chutes Wednesday
/ was in West Philadelphia and saw at
least 200 children bathing in the same
pool Certainly there can be nothing 50
unhealthy as swimming pool Even
though the water Is changed every day. It
lies stagnant for a whole day and these
children bathe IN there-yes, and TO get
clean too.
The public parks are open. the Sunday
schools and / understand Il Is intended
70 omen the day schools
Then Why under the sun are the moving
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-19
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

1. A. o. H.; Ancient Order of Hibernians.
2. The Germans hold Warsaw.
3. Daniel Willard. president of the Baltimore
and Ohio and chairman of the Railway
Presidents Association.
4. The IstrIan peninsula Is that part of Aus
trla stretching out into the Adrlatlc. On
IL Is Trieste, menaced by Italians.
8. Most Of safety matches come from
Sweden.
O. There are three bones in the interior car,
none In the exterior.
I. A Dutch vessel brought the first negro slaves
In 1919.
g. Mercury Is q metal. liquid at normal tenn
peratures,
o. The first attempt at electric lighting in
this city made in 1879.
10. The limit on the weight of fourth class
mail has Just been raised to 20 pounds.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-19
Two OF the city

TWO OF the cltyS largest bakeries
say no change in the price OF bread is
contemplated at this time. but the ques-
tion OF 5. or 10 cent Ioaves is appar-
emily to be up In the air for another fort
night. In this country We have comph-
Gated the bread business by making two
factors where there ought TO be only one.
We consider the price OF loaf and the
size OF a loaf France. which has learned
IN 1000 years not 10 leave crumbs" on
the table that are large enough TO choke
= COW. a thing we haven't learned, buys
ana sells bread by weight. This simplifies
ana puts the touch of frusality to retail
transactions. Also. It puts keener sci
entinc eye On readjustments OF quantity
received, for one isn't in the position Of
*being satisfied with half loaf'' where
there are no l0ayez.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-19
FAILURE.

There are some days SO filled with bitter
ness
So filled with tears that, frozen, do not
fall
Because the chill that crushes out heart
Hath naught of pity. Pity Then for
what?
For promises so frail, so spneless, weak
They wrecked themselves in making
Thus came one:
Into world of excellent endeavor,
With never thought of losing Jared he forth
To conquer and to win the vast applause
That comes from out the throat of multi
tudes
When one shall rise bit, above the rest
There are no stranger things.
This Is most strange:
That one may quite so far forget the fact
That far behind this voice of vast applause
There grinds the sodden heel which crushes
out
The very heart and hope and life and love
OF him who is applauded
Thus we see:
How in the building of the Sorry Scheme of
Things
He builded, too. the great eternal law
OF compensation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-19
OUR friend The ouIzzcr, over in the &C

OUR friend The Qulzzer, over In the col
" umn at the right, assuming his best
Boswellian manner. asked the other day!
who is Haig?" We desire to inform him,
thus
Haig is properly plural. A single hatg
is unimportant, fiat as the faces of Conde
Nast's Nogue's fashion-plate ladies, stale,
and more or less Improbable. But haig and
haig are possessed of most excellent es-
culence, not to say succulence, notwith-
standing the opprobrlum cast upon them
by our ancient and honorable friend Mr..
Samuel G.. Blythe, They conduct n spirit
of friendliness and enthusiastic optimism.
They also invented the renowned haig and
haig conference, which may be observed on
any sultry afternoon by visiting the corner
room at the B-Stratford between 8. and 6
o'clock.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-19

II our wealthy classes had under
taken. as they very we'll might, to pay
for the war out of their own pockets,
: or to consent to a levy on their capt.
tai, or even to lend the State money
without interest. there would have been
some point in calling America 10 wit
ness their devotion to their country
The New Age.
The New Age is not a popular pub
Iieation in England.
Some hghtl" said the American. re-
ferring to the recent push. quite
true" replied the soldier. "and some
don't. 't."-London opinion.
London Opinion is a very populaI
publication In England.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-19
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Chicago Urges People the 0Cent Loaf Because
1t is Cheaper Than the Scent Loaf-Mpvies
Defended by Mother

picture places Disseminated against. This
cool weather is bound to cause the epidemic
of infantile paralysis to die out In New
York II is cut in half and the panic OF
feeling that the movlng-plcture places are
breeders of this disease is fast dying out.
Every live theater manager, I should imag-
inc, must keep his place clean or he would
not do the business. He would not get
mine, I know.
l know that thousands of other people
feel the same as I do about this matter.
MRS. OSCAR A. MORGAN.
PhiiadelDhla August IT.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-19

Passing on to the next cage we beg to
present our well-known verse, which is
quoted every twenty minutes or so by
+. p. A., Of the N. Y. Tribune:
The cat produces fiddle strings,
The fish produces glue.
The hen produces eggs and things;
/ don't care,--do you?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-19
Button Strikes

X. E-The button strike" is a develop
ment of the last few years in the anthra-
cite coal region. system has been estab-
lished by the unions requiring all members
of union in good standing to wear con-
spicuously button indicating that his dues
for the current month have been paid. II
any employe reports for work without his
button or wearing one not up to date, the
members in good standing refuse to work
until the delinquent either pays up or gives
up his Job.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-19

Harry Davis for Vice Mayor! II
the vacations OF Messrs, Smith. Wilson
and Robinson continue indefinitely, he
might become ex-officio Director OF Pub
lie Safety and Superintendent of Police.
But IL the new city charter committee
follows this suggestion, 1t should put the
Vice Mayor under heavy bond not to run
away from vice inquiries.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-19
QUIZ

1. What are the Articles of War, mentioned In
the Presidents veto OF the army bill?
2. What is the science of balllstlcs?
3. Is rain pure water?
4. Is there anywhere extant n race of dwarfsP
8. Who Is Hale Holden?
o. What Is the second largest city in Hun
gary?
Z. How was the great railroad strike of 1904
settled?
8. About what is the negro population of Phil
adelpha?
0. What Is n claque?
10. What are horse latltudes?