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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21
WHO'S PAYING HILLS BILLS NOW?

HE NATURAL reason dictating support for senators and
 representatives in Congress produce solidarity in country ~ -' l'' D'','o0' oi 'ie
 in the nature of committee raised to carry on Duslness of the country Ordinarily persons charged with ne duy 70 do something created one mind for the pur m nand though in body large Congress there will ai"ays De minority with the duty obstruct and crcse
 Fourth District ought to send Jeremiah Donovan to wasRlneton for the same will to send Home, ummngs They will support President Wilson and the po ces of the freedom 18
 put there are special why Mr. Hill should not be sent to represent the Fourth District again methods are not wholesome. He doesn't play fair >t "
 The voter must ask himself whether prefers o send t congress man who his campaign expenses or one Wno pegs the money from interests that legislation
 Nobody knows who's paying Mr. Hills campaign bill bis year. but last year the from inter or the sort that frequently labor dsputes ana of the kind that want legislation either against labor or for me tariff, or for or against, something else. Tl
 Mr. Hill went begging to the president the Steel Trust He went begging through w. Asche Triangle confagraion fame to the matters of Danbury money of Loee who aned fame in the Danbury Matters case by obtaining ude men against the homes of workngmen He had for his palg SOOOO from various money bought Mr
 Hills posters his campaign buttons he distributed paid contribution to the of his party If was expended lavishly to elect him.
 Presumably even the pathetic appeals funds which Mr. Hill wrote with his fearful paid for from the pro ceeds of the donations that from Farrell oee and others. f@
 Who paying Mr. Hills campaign expenses this year?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21
CRANE VALVE COMPANY HEAD ARDENT WORKER FOR WILSON
 AS NEEDED BUSINESS ASSET
Charles R. Crane Heads Wilson Business Mems National
 League With Jesse I. Strauss of New York, E. A. Filene of Boston and Other Successful Merchants
 Who Demand Present Economic Policies.

discover just such men as these, and their number has been a surprise ev- anywhere Keep me out of 1t can't your" used to be the cry, when it was thought that it was a party fight, but now. those men who asked that are asking toA be permitted to air their views. on the ground that the coming election means more than politics, that it means business welfare, national ad- yancement and national safety.
 The membership of the League has increased wonderfully during the re- cent past, and yet it would be diff1- cult to find, in all its nationwide membership, professional politician, or one who is for Wilson for other reasons than that the Presidents eco- homie policies, his solicitude for the legitimate business of the nation, and his general programme of intelligent, constructive and protective legislation, have convinced him that change of leaders would entail early disaster. Such the League finds, to be the at- titude of representative business men from North to South and from coast to coast.
 The organization is of1cered by such ! ident of the Crane Co.,, Chicago, who is the Leagues president; Henry T. Hunt, former Mayor of Cincinnati; Jesse Isidor Straus, member of, the firm of R. H. Macy & Co.,, New York City, one of the, leading business men of the couptry. Treasurer; Edward, A. Filene, Chairman of Executive Com mittee, President of William Filene's Sons & Co.,, Boston, a director of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and a member of the Congress sional Chamber of Commerce.
 Its Vice Presidents are: George J. Johnson, President of the Endicott Johnson Co.,, Binghamton, N. Y.; W. l.. Saunders, President of the Inger- soil Rand Co.,, New York City, and Vice President of the American Inter- national Corporation, and c. H. In- gersoll, of Ingersoll Watches.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21
ALBERT SCHULTZ GIVEN
 DINNER BY HIS FRIENDS

Albert C. Schultz, assistant engineer of the Locomobile Co.,, was rendered a farewell dinner at the Algonquin club last night by number of his friends. Mr. Schultz will leave the Locomobile Go. after IA years service to become chief engineer for the Mercer Car Go. of Trenton, N. J. MT. Schultz was in the employ of the Locomobile Co. when it built the first gasoline car here. He leaves a large circle of friends who, while they wish him good luck in his new position, regret his going.
 Covers were laid for 16 at the din- ner. After dinner those present ex- pressed regret the departure of Mr. Schultz, but wished him success in his new position. During the evening MT. Schults was presented with a gold watch with his initials set in plati- mum.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21

Through the instrumentality of the Wilson Business Mems National Lea gue, the Presidential campaign has developed feature unique in the an- nals of National politics. This con- sists of the mass of voters. now openly for President Wilson, who, heretofore, have been non-partisan. Progressive, Republican, or averse to political prominence in connection with any party or platform.
 The League, which has been making it's appeal to business men as such, no matter what their former political at titude may have been, has developed the fact that the legitimate business interests of the country are behind Br. Wilson because they have become convinced that he is the best asset the nations business has yet known.
 From Thomas A. Edison, down to the small business man in the smaller villages, have come statements to the effect that business men no longer look upon the election of President Wilson for another term, as political proposition, but as a matter of good business judgment as well as patriot ism. They have so written to the Leagues National Headquarters, at 2S0 Madison Avenue, and there are now on file in these offices, communi- cations from nearly all sections of the country bearing out these statements.
 From prominent business men whose interviews were recently pub 1ished in the New York Press come letters to the effect that they would vote for Wilson "even though the President were Republican" From others come announcements that they have been Republicans, but would vote for MT. Wilson, regardless of what party the President is affiliated with that they will vote as business men for the man who has done more for business than any other President.
 This development came as natural result of the Presidents record, but the work of the League has been to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21

ing incandescence was the greatest ob- stacle. He experimented with scores of substances, including charcoal hickory and many other varieties o1 wood shavings. celluloid, linen. 1ute, palm fibre, grasses of several kinds, .cocoanut shells and cotton thread.
 Edison achieved his first success with a filameht made from a piece of paper which had been baked in an oven until all it's elements except its framework of carbon had passed away
 That twenty-first iday of October 1879, was the red-letter day in Edi- sons career, and that of his associates When the electricity was turned or and the bulb began to glow, Edison but let him tell it for himself.
 we sat and looked. and the lamp continued to burn, and the longer 1t burned the more fascinated we were. None of us could go to bed. and there was no sleep for forty hours. We just sat and watched it with anxiety and growing elation. n
 q spent about $40,00O in bringing the investigation, up to that point; and yet, in a way, that was only the be- ginning. A little later we placed sev- eral hundred paper filament lamps on the market. Although people Mixed them, knew we could do better. So I began to hunt for the right kind of carbon. Men were sent all over the world to. collect grasses and flores that looked promising. They brought back several hundred. and out of the lot selected certain kind of bam- boo that grows in Japan. We made filaments out of that for nine years
 Since then the electric light has been improved in scores of ways. and the research is still going on. The ideal of light without heat is what Ed ison has set his heart on, and some time, he believes, it will be attained.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21
SUIT TRACE PLANK IS LEFT OUT OF COP. HAN HANDBOOK. Union Label Too, Is Omitted From Republican State :.
 Almanac.

Because those who supervised the printing of the Republican hand book for 1916. left out the suffrage plank. it has been necessary to have anoth- CT edition printed and to call a halt on the distribution of the first.
 Emily Pierson, of Cromwell. one of the state suffrage leaders, discovered the omission and asked such pointed questions about it of the state cen- tral committee, that she caused utter confusion. AS amends. it was prom ised another edition would be print ed. 'rAI
 Whether or not motive was be- hind the omission, Miss Pierson has been unable to determine with ab- solute definiteness.
 That Republican hand book is a source of much trouble this year. A copy or two reached the hands of members of the Danbury Central La bor union. A careful examination showed that not even in a remote cor ner was the union label.
 MT. Hughes. the alleged friend of labor" graced the cover with his pho- tograph The universal sign of friend ship for labor was lacking, however.
 News of this slap, which las caus- ed a furore in Danbury. has been sent to the Central Labor unions of the state by the Danburians and to the State Federation of Labor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21
COMPTROLLER OF DEFIES WALL ST. BANKS
Says He Will Continue to En-
 force Even If It Costs His Official Scalp.

Indianapolis, Oct. 21.-John Skelton Williams. comptroller of the currency speaking here. yesterday before the Farmers National Congress described the relation of the reserve law to the farmer and closed with a personal statement brought out by President the comptroller.
 ''I see that our President in an address at Shadow Lawn." said the comptroller, tells the country that the bankers, or certain bankers, are after my official scalp because I. as the comptroller of the currency, have enforced the law. This is no surprise to me.
 T know that I have been held up for kind of ogre, a raw headed and bloody bones, terror to the banking and financial interests of the country.
 My official scalp is not especially dear to me. My business is to ad- minister the law and the law is jus tice put into words"
 MT. Williams said the new federal reserve law, twill forbid the grasp ing from using for their own advan- tage the necessities of their neigh bors," and that it puts the farmer on the same plane as the businessman.
 'sThe farmer" he said, 'is enabled to borrow according to his industry and commercial standing because his banks know how and where to get the money. It will not be possible to have money supply locked in the great centers for speculation or gambling purposes, while the real producers and legitimate productive commerce are pinched or denied"
 Cries of "back to the farm," he said were futile without promise of com fort and happiness and prospect.
 "Put money, or opportunity to earn it." he said, lon the farms and the people will go to them fast enough and stay with them. This is precise ly what the federal reserve system is doing in large measure, and we hope the rural credits system will do in even larger measure"
 God Almighty alone." he said, "knows how many strong men have strength, hope and power sapped by unfair interests; how many promising boys and girls deprived of opportunity and driven to worthlessness and crime by the same direful, inexecrable power?"
 'This is the first time since the be- ginning of the national banking sys- tenn half century ago." Comptroller Williams said, "that the farmer has been able to borrow on the securities of his farm from any national bank"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21
SAYS PRESIDENT IS GOVERNED
 BY WILL OF AMERICA AND NOT } HIS OWN PASSIONS OR DESIRES
Like Edison and Ford-Ssunders Considers Support of Wilson at This Time Should Be Above
 Level of Politics.

New York, Oct. 21.-W. l.. Saun- ders Chairman of the Board of Di- ectors of the Ingersoll-Rand Com pany, in a statement issued to-day summed up his reasons for support ing President Wilson. This, in view of the fact that the Ingersoll-Rand Company as a matter of settled poll icy frowns upon any political pro- paganda in connection with its busi- ness, indicates that. like Ford, Edison and many other leading business men, MT. Saunders considers the support of the President at this time a mat ter above the level of politics, ques- ton of patriotism, an upholding Of the country's best interests and the expression of a desire for further progress such as has marked the present administration
 Mr. Saunders is a director of many corporations, among them the Inter- national Harvester Company and the $5O,OOO,0O0 American International Corporation organized under the aus- pices of the National City Bank to further the world trade of the United States His statement follows:
 There are many reasons why I support the President The difficult ties which have beset him have been met with rare patience and skill. He has always kept before, him the fact that his conduct must be governed by human interests, by the will of America and not through his own passions or desires. The flexibility which the President has shown in all great questions, shaping his course according to conditions as they arose at the time. is an evidence of the fact that he is not a ruler of the Euro pean type, but servant of the peo- pie of the United States. INs di- plomatic victory in the submarine movement seems to me to be the greatest victory of this great war.
 ''As business man the economic side of the administration appeals very strongly to me. We are pros porous and there are many reasons for it, but very important reason, one which makes for permanent pros perity in business. is the fact that President wilson, through sheer per- sonal leadership, has placed the f. nances of this country on a basis which insures freedom from panics and more equable conditions in fi- nance If this were not true his ene- mics would have attacked the Fed eral Reserve Act.
 Finance is the tap root of the tree of prosperity, but there are other roots which give life and strength, and the one next in impor-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21

tance is the Federal Trade Commis- sion Act. I sometimes think that this has had more to do with good busi- ness than any other one thing. This Commission has had an effect Nike oil upon the troubled waters of busi- ness. Under Roosevelt and Taft busi- ness was attacked regardless of size or ethical standards. It was attack ed because 1t was thought to be a popular thing to do and to add to party advantage, by attacking par ticularly the larger, concerns. No one knew where we stood and the re- suit was inevitable depression, uncer- tainty and hesitancy to take forward steps.
 ''The Federal Trade Commission has stopped all this by wisely encour- aging the spirit of cooperation among manufacturers. They an- nounced at the beginning that they were there to help, not hurt business. and it Is a matter of record that business began to improve from the very day that tho policy of this Com mission was understood.
 Critics of the administration, with out dealing with the facts. seek to alarm the public by saying that our present prosperity is not permanent. AS Irving Cobb said, prosperity if permanent as long as it lasts. There is no such thing as prosperity lasting indefinitely. The trouble has been in the past that periods of prosperity were short-lived. They had frequent high and low steps. The peak line went up very rapidly, but it went down with even more suddenness. Such a condition was evidently due to instability of foundation; condi- tions were not on an equable basis. 1t was a feast or a famine.
 Business was in the condition of a patient stimulated by a hypodermic injection. It is surely better for all concerned that the medicine should not create a spasm of forward move! ment, but that it should bring the patient to life and health by natural and moderate means. by building up his constitution. This is what the President has endeavored to do, and the result is that the wheels of com- merce are going round at an un pre- cedented rate.
 by changing these conditions. If the end of the war is to have any bad effect upon business, let us trust the men who have steered the ship into smooth waters, who have had the ex- perience, who are on watch and who will surely see that the interests of America are taken care of should any storm beSet uS"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21
GREETING MIR. REILLY

HOMAS l. REILLY might well been graied bv tle reception he received on "Meriden night" Apparently all the who will vote Merden hear him. and hun dreds of the citizens of Bridgeport
 Never has District Rally been largely attended in Bridgeport hall which 800 persons was filled until it contained 6Oo and overflow meeting 300 persons was held outside. se,etaA
 Jeremiah Donovan shared honors with Mr. Reilly. The candidate for the Fourth district greeting which proof enough of his popularity.
 If rallies any criterion of what happen on election day. will give great majority for Woodrow and the Democratic ticket.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21
EDISON DAY


 ployes, assistants and co-workers will celebrate today in honor of their chief, if they cling to the custom of past wears, when the twenty-f1rst of Octo- Der has been observed with "high links" by all of those associated with the great inventor. Edison Day." as this date has come to be called, is not the natal day of the electrical wizard, but it commentaries his most mo- mentous achievement. It was on Oct 21, 1879, that Edison succeeded in making a carbon filament glow inside of glass bulb by running current of electricity through it. That was the birthday of the electric light.
 Until Edison discovered the secret of incandescent lighting by electricity, and thus made it possible to rival the sun in illumination, gas and oil lamps provided the best known means to combat the darkness of night. In- deed, there are old people now living who can recall the day when gas and oil were considered luxuries, and the candle or "tallow dip'' constituted the chief dependence for lighting purposes of the masses of the people. Rushes dipped in grease were in general use at a still earlier period, and before that f1aring, smoking torches of wood were the only illuminant known to mankind.
 Although the nineteenth century produced many notable inventions of a most revolutional kind, Edison's electric light was certainly not the least of these. His success was the triumphant continuation of IS months of almost constant toll, such as only an Edison could endure. To produce little lights that could be used in the houses of the multitude, taking the place of gas and oil lamps, was Edi- sons object. In the late summer of 1878 he began to work on the job. To find the proper substance for secur-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21
GIVING UP HOPE TOO SOON

~ BRITAIN PAPERS devoted to Mr. Hughes recently have N been printing will be beaten in certain states, of which Connecticut is one.
 Democratic managers will not slack down the effort be- of these stories They enough but their motive is not in the conviction of the editors that print them
 It is evident that Republican campaign managers want campaign doubtful states are snnno well adapted to seduce the largest possible contributions from Wall street gentlemen
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21
GEORGE D. PARKER DEAD.

New Britain, Oct. 21-George D. Parker, said to have been the young est member of the 18th Massachusetts regiment when it was enlisted for the Civl War, died here today, aged 69 years. Since 1892 he had been a let ter carrier in this city. He is sur vived by his widow, a son and two daughters.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21
BRIDGEpORJvs GIFTED DAI1CHTER

ID RDGEPoRT is city of industry Its fame lies it's suc
 - cess at manufactures and commerce. Not all Bridge porters the paths of ultariansm There Vera Curtis Bridgeports gifted daughter who gives to town broad flavor of the artistic.
 Among the beautiful voices of the great artists delight the people of the world hers is of the most beautiful
 Her concert in Bridgeport such treat who love music must always delight in Bridgeport delights the lady whose talent honors Bridgeport
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21
HOUSING COMPANY
 SELECTS ARCHITECTS

The Bridgeport Housing company yesterday announced the selection of Miss Marcia Mead of New York, de- signer of the Ellen Wilson homes in Washington and Herbert Lucas of New York, for their construction work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21
MASONIC NOTES.

A special communication of St. Johns lodge, No. 8. will be held at Masonic temple at o'clock, Wednes- day evening, Oct. 25. The E. A. de- gree will be conferred
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21

Exports from the port of New York for the month of September amount ed to $262,373,951, against s160,7S5,- S6S in September a year ago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21

Gold to the amount of S5,000,000 was received from Canada and depos- ited at the Assay office for the account of J. P. Morgan & Go.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21

President c. A. Finnisan, of the Wellsville & Buffalo Railroad Corpor- ation, announced that the road will suspend operations on Nov. 1.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21
WHY|AhfoRWhsoH By Dr. Charles w. Eliot President Emeritus of Haroard
 UniDersity.

Anyone who surveys the extra. ordinary series of legislative and executive acts accomplished by tke Democratic party in three years and a half will realize
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21

Twelve volunteer ambulance drivers and two orderlies will sail today aboard the steamship Lafayette for the American hospital in Paris.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21

The New York State Women Suf- frage party issued a call to its forty eighth annual convention, to be held at Albany, Nov. 21, 22 and 23.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21
BRIEF NEWC NOTES.

Freye Andrade, Mayor of Havana, who is in bad health, has handed over the Mayoralty to the President of the Common Council.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21

voters are likely to act next No vember on two simple, we'll grounded convictions: First. that tke Democratic party has done such an extraordinary amount of good work during the present ad- ministration that the period from 1912 tc 1916 vii! he memorable iE the history of the United States; and, secondly, that the man chiefly responsible for this eonsummate service to tho American people should be again mads their chief servant.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21

t W 0 things: First, t h a t President Will son has proved h 1 m 6 elf a party leader of unusual pow CT; and, sec- oudly, that the party thus led has done much more for the country t h a n the Republican party accom- plishec in five times as many years.
 Independent
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21

William H, Maxwell of Brooklyn, boatswain's mate in the U. s. N, at tempted suicide by shooting himself in the right temple in Prospect Park. Brooklyn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21

The army completed its plans for the development of the aero corps. Two new squadrons of aeroplanes, 24 in each, will be purchased and 75 school aeroplanes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21

Lieutenant Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Antarctic av~'arer, arrived at Lima. Perza.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21

Snow and freezing temperatures struck IIlionis. Minnesota and Mis- oourL
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21
Rubber Clothing

Take time by the forelock and buy that Rubber Coat and be prepared for the fall rains.
 Mems Rubber Coats $4.5O up Boys Rubber Goats $2.75 up
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-21

Our recipe-took tells you how to make many breakfast, lunch and dinner dishes with Shredded Goldfish. Get one from your grocer.
 10 cents buys a box-a meal for five.