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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-27
Inspiring Addresses by Manager c. E. Embree
and Hon. H. A. Emerson of New York-Meet-
ings Continue Today

Watervtlle. Me-. June 26.-(Special).
The fourth annual meeting Of. the
Farmers Unions Of Maine opened in
this city Monday evening at Armory
hall with about so delegates represent
,rg as many local unions present. The
delegates came from the northern
boundary Of the State to the southern
and they were all interested in the pre-
Urinary meeting which was held In
the evening.
The session was called to order
shortly after S o'clock by w. c. Stet-
.on. president of the local union, who
resided He spoke briefly on the work
~ the farmer, saying that 1t was not
.rat the farmer wanted help but that
n wanted fair deal. He said that the
average chamber Of commerce and
board Of trade did not know what the
farmer wanted or what they should
have.
Welcomed by Mayor
He then introduced Hon. Frederic
= Roothby. mayor of the city, who
Welcomed the delegates in a few words
Tho next speaker was G. f. Embree
manager of the Farmers Unions OF
Maine who spoke in part as follows:
Address by c. e. Embree
we who have gathered here tonight II
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-27

Of egs, each week for several months,
which amounted to $35o.0oo.00o. NE
Commissioner Dillon has had great sup
port fro mthe newspapers of New York
City and is now organizing big apple sales
for the coming fall. He has also organ
lied q corporation to handle dairy prod
ucts as we'll as fruits and produce under
the direct supervision Of the State, and
expects to evpend all the surplus earnings
for advertising these goods at home and
abroad.
He expects to force an open market on
milk that win reduce the price to tho con7
sumner one cent per quart and raise the
price to the producer one cent per quart.
He has some milk and cream already
coming to the Agency of the Department.
If he is successful in forcing this open
market on milk and cream, as there Is
not much doubt but that he will. 1t will
increase the farm values Of New York
State and the chattels on them at least
81, 900 10000 1t will encourage the FARM
ers of Maine to produce four times the
milk they are now producing, for there
will be a profit in the business in place
Of loss and farm values In Maine win
be double and treble durin gthe next 10
years.
The commissioner Of Foods and Mar
kets in New York state with;& the past
six weeks has put a stop to the feeding Of
sand. gravel, buttermilk, corn meal ana
Portland cement to the live poultry, -
swindle which has been allowed to go
on unhampered by teh city officials in the
departments of weights and measures and
the health department for. many years.
costing the poor consumers fthe poul
| try which arrives alive in New York
City over s7,Ooo, 900 annually.
| 1t took live. wide awake Irishman
commissioner of Foods and Markets for
the entire state to put a stop to their
gigantic swindle, cheat and fraud on the
poor consumers of a great city.
The meetings will be continued at
10 o'clock Tuesday morning when the
reports of the officers for the year will
be heard and the new officers elected.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-27
Fourth Annual Meeting Of the
Farmers Unions Of Maine Is
Opened Monday at Waterville

regret that I cannot enter into a de-
tailed description Of the work that has
been accomplished during the four years
we have been in existence, on account of
other and important questions to be dis
cussed this evening. However, I will out
line the situation and then leave it to
the audience to read between the lines.
The educational work was started
through the medium of Farmers Institute
meetings. the first meeting being held at
Perry. Washington county, Dec. 5th, 1911
The first local union was started in
Brunswick. in Feb. 1912 Oh June the list
1912. nine small local unions had been in.
stituted, and on June the 18th, 1912, repre-.
sentatives from these nine locals or.
ganized the State central body known
as the Farmers Union Of Maine
On October the LIST, 1912. there were Ii
local Unions and on that date the frs
business was started by the shipment Of q
car Of potatoes from the Ashland Maine
Farmers Union.
During the season Of 1913-1s15, $50 car.
were successfully marketed.
On June the 9th, the first annual meet
ing was held at Waterville with 10 loca
unions represented.
Teh report Of the officers showed that
total business Of 5000 had been tran
sacted.
The second annual meeting was held a
Bangor with 81 local unions represented
| and total business Of 347,340 was report
ed The third annual melting was alst
held at Bangor with 81 local unions repre-
scented and total business Of $4,000 wa
reported. We hold our 4th annual meetin.
In this building tomorrow and the officer
will report 80 local unions and a tota
business of-what?
! We have erected shipping houses a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-27

New Sweden, Eastons Stocfholm, Forest,
Danforth. Kinsman. Mytbbitldek, Wann,
Lincoln. Winterport, Palermo, South
China, Knox. In addition we have Is
grain stores and SIX grocery stores. We
have also established o. wholesale grain
house az WaterVille, distributing house
at Boston. and selling agency at New
York City. 80 @.->,<z~. -
The future holds great possibilities If
the farmer will enter the doors that have
been opened to him.
We have organized nine local unions in
IN the vicinity Of Portland and are now en-
gagged in organizing distributing house
IN Portland. We have started a like
movement in Androscoggin county by the
stitution Of the Turner Farmers Union
and when the county is organized we will
start a distributing house in Lewiston.
We also have in view the erecting Of a
fertilizer plant and the founding of a
series OF rural banks. Finally, we are
looking forward to the time when other
states have followed Names lead and
then there will be National Farmers
Union which will bring the farmers OF
the Nation In close touch and make the
farmer the leading business factor Of the
country.
He was followed by Hon. William
T. Haines, who outlined in clear and
concise way the correct business meth
DDS to be followed in farming.
o. 3. Abbott Of the Farmers Union
distributing department of Boston
spoke on the Potato Market and
gave his hearers some interesting
things regarding the sale and distri-
button of potatoes.
The last speaker was Hon. H. A.
Emerson, deputy commissioner, de
partment Of foods and markets Of New
York, who spoke on "Selling by Auc-
ton" His address was as follows:
II. A. Emerson
| 1t Is always pleasure for the New
York State Dept. of Foods and Market:
to have an opportunity to address meet
ing, large or small, of the farmer foil
of any state.
1t is especially a great pleasure for u.
| to come to the State of Maine, from
which state we have for many years re
ceived such a large percentage of tina
great necessity for our table, your pota
toes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-27
RAW RECRUITS
Continued from Page 12)

The colonel and his adjutants moved
Monday morning into new and more de-
sirable offices than those which they have
thus far occupied. The new Offices are
at the north end of the grounds and con-
sist of three rooms, one of which is for
Col. Hume, one for the adjutant, now oc-
cupied by Acting Adjutant Lieut.. Hanson.
and the third used BY Sergt-MaJor F. E.
McAlary and mis- assistants. The new
offices are cooler and quieter than the old
and are much handler for the men in gen.
eral,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-27
Can You Beat It2

The boys of Company NJ who were
Quartered at the field previous to Mon
day have humorously christened their
squad tents with a variety of strange and
wonderful names. The sergeant's tent
has been mysteriously dubbed THE Dem"
Squad l, under Corporal Charles F. Mich
OILS, are the "Dynamiters;" Squad 2. I'M
der Corporal Donald Metcalf. call Them
selves the Fire Crackers Squad are
the members Of the "Hoboes' Retreat"
Squad inhabit the Buns Delight"
Squad in the Tired Squad" and Squad
s the "Cockroaches."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-27

Federal Inquiry or
Railroad Strike?
additional $looOoo0oo
the railroads propose that this wage problem be settled by reference to an
acknowledged the railroads have
could considered fairly and decided justly such public body
Railroads Urge Public Inquiry and Arbitration
The formal proposal the railroads the employees for the settlement of the
controversy $ a follows
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By arbitration
Leaders Refuse Offer and Take Strike Vote
Leaders the broeod the Joint conference held NeT
and the the question whether authority shall be
LEADER declare nationwide strike
The the railroads the public
body this ought be referred for these
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road. s IKE , s:, : s. :s Il: :g f the owners the
A Question For the Public to Decide
The railroads feel that they have no right grant wage p'm @
these employees now nen consuming o ,bn 0 m the
merits of all the facts
whAer this settled impartial
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-27

The meetings will be continued at
10 o'clock Tuesday morning when the
reports of the officers for the year will
be heard and the new officers elected.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-27
ELISHA LEE Chsir,nan

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AtIsneis Cosss kss Railroad.
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Wabash Railway.
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Nev York CsntsaI ksilseed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-27
BOYS and Girls Chief Crop
What New York IL Doina

What can be done in Maine by the State
to help its producer and consumers has
been plainly Illustrated by John j. Dillon,
commissioner of the New York State
Dept. of Fods and Markets durin the
past IS months. Mr.. Dillon has saved the
consumers Of New York City on bread,
in defeating the Trust when they atempt-
ed to raise the price of bread one cent
per loaf, over 100000 during the past
year.
Commissioner Diloln saved the apple
growers in New York state on the 5000, 900
barrels of apples they packed last year,
by forcing sales at open auction at rea-
sonable rates in the orchards and in the
auction rooms Of New Yor City. not less
than $4,ooo,0O0 BY justified advertising to
the consumer. he forced retailers to sell
apples to the consumers at one-half the
profit which they usually charged thus
saving the consumers at least 100000 to
100000 on their apple bills.
Commissioner Dillon, with the active CO.
operation fthe newspapers in New York
City, forced the selling of cold storage
eggs last season as cold storage eggs In
place Of fresh eggs as cold storage egs,
has been sold for the past % years. as
result the consumers Of New York City
saved fully DC per dozen on $1,000 cases
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-01-13
voDKA A NOT ALL OF VICE.

Anyone who imagined that all of
the problems of the Russian peasant
were solved when vodka was elimin-
ated from his daily menu is mistaken,
judging from news dispatches that
come from the interior of that vast
land. His free time and superfluous
money now threaten to be as great a
menace to the Russian as drink was
before its banishment.
Peasants are rolling in wealth,
Meat, which formerly was eaten once
or twice year, now has become al
most part of the daily fare. Better
clothes, better homes and better food
are apparent, but still the Russian OF
the small village has too much mon
ey for his moral safety. New vices
are creeping in to take the place of
the old; more elegant vices than the
stuperfication of vodka, but neverthe-
less vices that are causing alarm.
Teetotalers are alive to the new
danger and already community houses
equipped with library, tea, lecture
and reading rooms and moving pic
lures are springing up.
"All this is TO the good" declares
a Russian journal, but big effort
is essential in order to raise the
intellectual and moral level of the ma
tion if Russia's teetotal period is to
be more than little episode in her
history"
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-01-13

Ii money is so plentiful and pros
perity so great that it can be cut
with a knife, why are the railroads
having such hard time getting out
Of the hands of receivers, and why is
it there is not a dollar for legitimate
investment? Because the monied in
terests are afraid of the administra-
ton and what the president may be
able 10 prevail upon congress to do
Money knows what has been done and
that the financial policy of the
Washington combine is bad.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-01-13
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Senator Hollis of New Hampshire
is a pleasing dreamer. His dreams
are apparently made to order and all
for the benefit of his political party
He says Wilson will be reelected,
Mr.. Bryan placing his name before
the nominating conventions; that Bry-
an and Wilson are the warmest
friends, etc If it were not for the
last statement we might give his ut
terances some consideration. But list
en- further: He says Roosevelt will
be the Republican nominee and that
Penrose will place his name before
the convention. Such statements
have been mostly coming from cab
met members as no sound Democrat
ic statesman has been airing such
flighty views. But Senator Hollis is
New Hampshire accident, the first
of the kind in a century and this prob
ably accounts for his prophecy. Again
Colorado air is rather light and may
be it caused his head to swim.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-01-13
FOR cHILDRBN's COUGHS.

You cannot use anything better for
your child's cough and cold than DIR.
Kings New Discovery. It is prepar-
ed from Pine Tar, mixed with healing
ard soothing balsams. 1t does not con
tain anything harmful and is slightly
Laxative, just enough to expel the
pois1ns from the system. Dr. Kings
New Discovery is antiseptic-kiils'
The cold germs-raises the phlegm--
ioosens the cough and soothes the ir-
ritation. Don't put off treatment.
Coughs and colds often lead TO seri-
ous lung troubles. II is also good for
adults and the aged. Get bottle to-
day All druggists.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-01-13
LA PLATA COUNTY

That dairying is each year beeonl-
ing more important factor in tins
vicinity is indicated by the report OF
the San Juan creamery for 1919
which was made public today. From
january ], 1915 TO December 81, OF
the same year the plant purchased
A54182 pounds Of cream at cost OF
S24,92719 During the period l25'-
05I mounds Of butter were manufac-
tured, zoos gallons Of Ice cream and
sg56e6 worth of cream were market
ed. One thousand two hundred and
swenty dollars and eighty-fiye cents
was spent for butter supphes,, SUCH
as cartons, wrappers, etc. and S2,-
695.9O was paid out for labor; Every
cent of this amount enriched the pock-
cts Of the people of the section tribu-
lary 10 the creamery instead OF GO
ing to the Denver plants for butter as
in the days gone by. Before the
San Juan creamery was established
here hardly a pound Of butter fat
aould be sold to institutions in outside
territory. hut since it started apera-
ions. Pueblo and Denyer plants have
snent i'm the neighborhood of $50, 900
for the product here.
Probably no part of the United
I 0NfAt1 rs tltNL-A 4bNNNNi ~ iAsANN't 60 -
lfions to be a good dairy section
than this. We have the seven essen
tials for its success: An unlimited
vater supply, cool nights, low humid
/ ity cheap land, rich. fertile soil, and
an abundance Of sunshine and with n
creamery a good market for butter
/ tat is assured.
For q man with small capital. dairy
ng affords one of the best possible in
vestments. The herd brings good re
-urus ia summer and pays the owner
good wages in winter in addition to
.he Increase. Compared with raising
range stock on a small scale it has
an average Of 80 per cent in increase
lnd nearly thal much advantage in
lhe size Of stock that is "roughed'
thru the winter ia addition the dairy
'arner has the fertilizer for the inn
yroylmeut of ms land.
For making the farmer n nest egg
IN the form Of bank account from
small capital, it heads the lis. of pos
sibilitioi
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-01-13
Harvey Bennett's Body Recovered.

L. II. Bennett of Colorado Springs
passed thru Durango yesterday morn
ing on his way home from silverton
with the remains of his son, the late
Harvey Bennett, who lost his life in
a snow slide in the Silverton camp
Wednesday. The body was recovered
Friday. All efforts to locate Mrs.
Bennetts remains have been unsuc-
cessful and hope for finding them be
fore spring has been abandoned. In
the search, the rescue party found
her muff and the kitten she was car
rying. In its report of the accident,
the Silverton Standard says: When
the great slide that swept away II
human lives at the Shenandoah 10
years ago next st. Patrick's day,
Harvey Bennett was one Of those dug
out alive from the snow. 1t gave hin
horror of snowslides, but it did not
deter him from rushing to death in
one to save the life Of his wife.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-01-13

Talk as much as you want to, it
is preparedness and chip on the
shoulder that is accountable for the
present gigantic European war. Ii
was at unpreparedness. Only the un-
prepared nations had no idea the ex-
tent of Germany's preparedness. I'm
less this country is bent on cam
paign of annexing additional terri
tory, going around like an arsenal
means war and some fellow is going
to come along and knock the chip
off.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-01-13
Marriage Of Former
Durango Girl.

Last nights mail brought the fol
lowing news 20 Durango friends: Mrs.
and Mrs. George Bradford hunsou
announce the marriage OF their daugh
ter, Theoia Marie Ebuother to Mn
Michael Egan on Fnday, the twenty
fourth Of December, one thousand nine
hundred and fifteen, zurick, Kansas,
At home otter the tenth OF January
l447 Elizabeth street, Denver, Colo
rado. Miss Ebnother lived in Durango
four years ago while her step-father
was editor Of me Herald. Many
acquaintances here wish her a wealth
Of happiness in her welded life.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-01-13
politicians make you believe that the
Democratic party brought you big
big crops and big prices.

Exports of ammunition alone from
New York during the last seventeen
days Of November amounted to $26,-
100000. Ammunition, however, IS
not the only commodity represented in
war orders. Horses, leather goods,
cotton, wool, clothing, automobiles
gasoline, copper and foodstuffs and
numerous other commodities add to
the list of articles which have brought
about ficticious prosperity.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-01-13

National Democratic inefficiency is
a good deal like Colorado Democratic
inefficiency -Four years of Shat
roth brought on condition in Colo
rado that paralyzed every industry
and caused blood to freely flow. If
ever there was misnomer and four
flusher his name is Shafroth. Colo
RADIO paid dearly for elevating him
to the governorship and then to be
senator. But the voters have their
eye opened.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-01-13
HE COULD HARDLY GO.

About two years ago ! got down
on my back until / could hardly co.
writes Solomon Bequette, Flat River,
Mo-. 81 got box of Foley Kidney
Pills and the Strengthened me right
up. Common symptoms of kidney
trouble are backache, headache. rheu-
matte pains, soreness and stiffness,
pufiiness unoer the eyes, blurred Wis
ion, sleep disturbing bladder troubles.
and lanquid tired feeling. Foley
Kidney Pills help to eliminate the
poisonous waste matter that causes
.hese symptoms,-S. G. Wall and Du-
range Drug Co,
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-01-13
scIATIcA's PIERCING PAIN.

To kill the nerve pains Of Sciatica
You can always depend on Sloan's
Liniment. II penetsates to the seat
of the pain and brings ease as soon
as it is applied. A great comfort,
too, with sloan's is that no rubbing
is required. sloan's liniment- is in
valuable for stopping muscular or
nerve pain of any kind. Try it at
oice If you suffer with rheumatism,
lumbago, sore throat. pain in the
chest, sprains, bruises, etc. It is
excellent for neuralgia and head
acne. 2bc at all druggists,
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-01-13
Death of Mrs. Charles Idle.

Old time residents were shocked t.
hear of the death of Mrs. Harriet
Idle. wife Of Charles Idle, which oc-
cured at the family home in the Ami.
mas valley yesterday afternoon al
3:10. About two weeks ago she SUI.
fered a severe attack Of the grip which
developed into bronchitis. The lines
affected her heart and caused heI
death, She had a sinking spell
shortly after noon yesterday but re-
vived and was conscious when the end
came bidding her family farewell, as
she was passing. Mrs, Idle was form
erly Miss Harriet Ballard, member
of a substantial family of Allen couu-
ty, Ohio. She was born September
2S, 1853. When y years OF age she
came to this county where she taught
.he Trimble school for q couple OF
years. In 1892 she became the bride
of Charles Idle. 70 them five child
rem were born; Mrs. George Hathway
of Pennington, Washington; Mrs.
Joseph Collier of Coquille, Oregon,
Mrs Oscar Day; Miss Eda Idle and
Charles Idle OF the Animas valley
Besides her children and her bereav-
ed husband she is survived by two
sisters. Mrs W. w Cunningham Of
Bluffton. Ohio, and Miss Elda Ballard
who resides at Linn in the same state
Mrs. Idle was a splendid wife and
mother and a woman noted for hel
wealth Of neighborly kindness. She
was an active w. c. T. u. worker
and a consistent Christian woman.
Her daughters on the Pacific eoasi
and probably her sisters in Ohio arc
coming for the funeral Arrange
ments for the services will be held
in allegiance until the date of their
arrival is known.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-01-13

The banks of the state are bur
dened with money and if you have
the security no need of worrying
about obtaining a few plunks. In
fact the reserve banks are not pay
ing expenses, or at least making
any money. because the member
banks are not in need Of aid. Very
little going on in the way of redis-
counting.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-01-13
Ore Shipped from Rico.

During The month OF December %
cars of ore were shipped from the
Rico camp. The shipments were di-
vided as follows. The Rico Yelling
ton company, 90 cars of copper
sulphide; . cars Of iron-sulphide. Rico
Consolidated Mining company car
of copper-sulphide. Rico Mining
company No. 2, 2 cars lead-silver ore.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-01-13
To Deed Land for Church.

Messrs. Jefcott and Schiller were
over from bayfield, today on business
pertaining to the deciding of land for
a church in their home town. The
latter owns the land and is very
anxious to see a union church estan
Iished and to that end is willing 70
donate the real estate for that pur-
pose.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-01-13

Mrs. John Harmon, who has been
listing in the east for several months
on her way home, but is making the
Trip on the installment plan, stop
ping with relatives and friends on
.he way She is now in Chicago visit
ing her niece, Mrs. Orval Hood.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-01-13
returns Io School.

Miss Lena Bowman, Oldest dauEF'
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs, I, o Bowman
departed for Greeley to resume her
.tudies in the state teachers cqliege
his morning. Miss Bowman who Is
a senior in the institution was stricS-
rn With severe case OF tonsilltis
7hilo spending the holidays At home
md was obliged to return to her
ehool duties about 10 days late.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-01-13

Ex-President Taft has gone or rec
ord as being decidedly opposed TO
compulsory military training and
says any party that introduces the
system will soon have plenty of idle
time on its hands. He says it's CON
trary to American principles.