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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
CORNERSTONE UPON PRESIDENT
 ASAFA|R MAN
s. w. Traylor, Republican, Tells View of the For
 eign Nation

New York, Oct 25.-The Hughes Alliance is proving of great assistance to the Democratic National Commit tee, both morally and materially. For example, s. w.. Traylor. President of the Traylor Engineering and Manu- featuring company, of Allentown, Pa., and New York city, after receiving a request from the Alliance for a campaign contribution, mailed a check for $100 to Vance C. McCor- mick, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. MT. Traylor sent with the check a copy of his reply to the Hughes Alliance solicitation, which read in part, as follows:
 T have never before had reason to feel as I do with reference to the Presidential election. I am a Re- publican and expect to remain one; at the same time I feel that I would be doing a great injustice if I should allow myself, under the present strained conditions of the whole world, to support any candidate against MT. Wilson.
 "In my judgment it would be a calamity to change our administra- ton which has proven itself, beyond a question of doubt. to be equal to the great emergencies that now demand most. careful and unbiased delibera- ton. I think MT. Wilson has proven himself to be thoroughly progressive: he has been the President of all Americans; he has acted fairly with all governments; the laws that he has passed during his administration will prove of great value to a very great majority of the people of the United States.
 'It is said by the opponents of. MT. Wilson that we are held in contempt in foreign countries; have been in a number of foreigA countries in the past two years and have not found such a condition to'exist. I found i'm stead that every country that I visited looks upon the present administration as h,ing highly honorable and fair. I believe that they all know that Mr. Wilson will uphold the dignity and the rights of this government if the occasion arises"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
Report Tomorrow on KnoWltOn St. Sewer
 Protest By Citizens

Members of the Improvement asso- citation of the Ninth and Tenth dis tricts, as well as citizens and property owners in those sections, have been called to meet in the King Highway church at o'clock tomorrow evening to hear the report of the committee on the protest against the assessment for Knowlton street trunk sewer. The property owners of the section have been protesting that the cost of the sewer should be paid from the sewer bonds and not by assessment against each property owner.
 The committee finds the only relief for the property owners is an appeal to the courts and even this may not be successful. Plans for further ac- ton will be made at the meeting and plans for other improvements in the districts, the incorporation of the as- sociation for mutual advantage and to procure needed paving, lights and sewers Oill also be considered.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
Y. w. c. A. NOTES.

To meet the demand for instruc- tion in basketry, a class vii! be ar ranged for at the East Side branch with Miss May Topping as teacher, provided a sufficient number register within the next week. Advanced classes in sewing for juniors who were in the sewing classes at 56 Bach street last year will be started next week. All who wish to take the work again this year must register this week.
 Owing to the fact that the tele- phone number for the new house at 3S5 Barnum avenue is not in the telephone book, there has been some difficulty in getting messages. The new number is Barnum 4630, and while the telephone at the 56 Beach street rooms is still retained for the convenience of the educational classes neting there, the business of the East Side branch is done now from the new house and the secretaries usually will oe found there
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
HUGHES SHOULD
 TAKE PRIDE IN
 CERMANS' HELP
Hyphenates to Vote for Him "Have Neither Courage
 Nor Conviction"
CDR. w. HEINECKE.)

MT. Hughes has no reason to feel proud of the way in which he is get ting the support of German propa- gandists. With them it is now mat ter of choice between the devil and the deep sea. They dislike Wilson, and they don't like Hughes. That is the attitude Dr. c. J. Hexamer, the president of the German Alliance, is taking in a public statement After reiterating at some length all the stale arguments of theirs, being mostly in the nature of personal abuse of Will son, Dr. Hexamer goes on to assert that mo German-American with adds:
 What are we going to do as Amer ican citizens?" Dr. Hexamer asks. Some of our papers have advised us to refrain from voting altogether. Others have advocated to concentrate the strength of the German vote on a minority party that has no pros- poets of victory. That means throw ing away our vote. After long and serious thought I have arrived at the decision to give my vote to Hughes and Fairbanks. The present question IS not. what IS SOOU TOT LHe CeHtid di Empires. or for the Allies. but as good Americans we must solve the question what is good for our own dear country. What we need espe- cially is a strong government, which holds on to a firm, and not to a vacillating pro-American policy"
 This means in plain American lan- guage: "I hate like hades to vote for Hughes. i know we made a mis- take in getting in too deep with his crowd, but I and my fellow-propa- gandists would stand committed of having trifled with national issues and acted the fool by admitting now that we made a mistake in opposing Will son. Hughes and Roosevelt have told us Germans where to get off at, bu, we propagandists must save our face That's why we've got to stick to Hughes, though a Hughes govern ment means trouble ahead"
 Now, this is not even half hearted support of Hughes-it is a frank con fession that these men know Hughes
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
Berries of the Niqhtshade.

The berries of the deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) are such a tempt ing fruit for children that both they and their parents ought to know the plant and the terrible danger of eating its berries. These are the source from which the poisons atropine and bella donna arc made.
 The deadly nightshade grows from three to five feet high on strong branched purple colored stems. Its pointed, oval leaves vary in size and stand in pairs on short foot stalks. The flowers are purple. pendent and bell shaped. These appear in June and July and give place to shining black
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25

to be anti-German, and that they ought to fight Hughes and his party as a danger to the peace of the coun- try, if they possessed the moral cour- age to acknowledge in public what to- day is the conviction of every think ing German-American: We have grossly misjudged Wilson; we have wantonly attacked the President be- cause he refused to be pro-German, as he refused to be pro-British. but has never been anything but truly pro- American!
 MT. Hexamer shows that he shares the same conviction with MT. Emil von Schleihtiz, the editor of the Mill waukee "German-Herald." who has stated: 'T am convinced that the sympathies of MT. Hughes are more on the side of the Allies than they are with the Germans"
 And these men, who dare to call the President of their country a "hypocrite." are trying to-day, against their own conviction, to influence their Standardization fellow-citi- zens to cast their vote for Hughes, the anti-German candidate, in order to save their face!
 But Dr. Hexamer pretends to con- sider only what is good for our own dear country!" ACCORDING TO HUGHES AND ROOSEVELT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A WAR WITH GERMANY! According to Wilson, the "good of the country" Is Peace with Honor. Who, then. are the ypocrites''-Wilson and his government, standing by their con- victions in storms of pro-German and pro-British abuse, or these propagan- dists, who are ready to sell their con- viction, their country and their fel- low-citizens who believe in them. In order to save their face?
 If they know Hughes to be pro-Al- lied in his sympathies, as they do- if they know, the fatherland, for which they wanted to get a square deal," as they pretended, cannot get it at the hands of Roosevelt's party they, individually, may vote for whom they please, but they should refuse to give publicly their support to Hughes. That's what would be an honest mans way Instead of that, they, again conscience and conviction, fill Ger man language papers with panegyrlcs of Hughes, attempt anxiously to ex- plain away what may justly excite the suspicion of their countrymen against this candidate, and use all their ln- fluence to make the German citizens swallow the unhealthy Hughes propo- sition. That's the contemptible way of political henchmen with neither conscience nor sense of honor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
Two Freaks of Nature.

Two contrasting freaks of nature are the Island of Fire and the Lake of Snow. The Island of Fire is called the Home of Hot Devils. It is situated in the midst of a large lake of boiling mud in the island of Java. The steam and gases which arise from the sticky mud form themselves into bubbles at- taining a diameter of five or six feet and sail high up in the air like bal looms, carried hithcr and thither by the wind and finally exploding with a loud crash.
 The biggest snow lake is seen from the summit of Hispar pass, in the Ka- rakoram range. It is more than 300 square miles in area. In Switzerland the sea of ice might better be called the sea of snow, as the surface is bro- ken up by solar heat, which makes a minute Assuring in the ice, giving it the appearance of snow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
croquettes Ready Made.

Mrs. Youngbride (to her butcher)-I have just thought of something for dinner my husband is very fond of. You have chickens? Butcher-Yes'm; nice and fresh. Mrs. Youngbride- Well. please cut out the croquettes and I'll tcke them with me.-Boston Transcript
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
Getting It Right.

Harold, aged four, was trudging tho distance of many blocks with his fa- ther to Sunday school, and the long tramp was almost too much for him. The father. glancing back. noticed the small boys fatigue, and slackening his pace asked:
 "Am I walking too fast, son?"
 "No," returned the small boy, puff ing and painting breathlessly, tits me. papa."-Exchange
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
Color Harmony.

"I'd like a box of cigars, please,e said the young wife, blushing rosily. They're for my husband. It's his birthday tomorrow" i
 "Does he prefer them light or dark P inquired the salesman.
 "Oh, light by all means. He has . blond musta che."-NewY York World.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
Used the Log.

eve were three days from port when the engineer reported that there was no more coal in the bunker"
 "What did they do then?"
 "The captain ordered them to split up the ships log to keep the fires go- ing."-Exchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25

Are you really happy. my dear?"
 Yes, mother. George and l have already had our first quarrel, and, now that it's over with, we've nothing more to worry about."-Detroit Free Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
Duty Dances.

"Pa, what are duty dances"
 "Those you dance with your own rel atives and those with the women your wife insists on your dancing with "- Detroit Free Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
Cheaper.

Cheaper. "So you wish to marry an actress?" "Yes. I fell in love with her voice after hearing it in a phonograph." Better go slow. You can buy the record for 70 cents."-Louisville Cou- rier-Journal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25

TAe Slate Department was informed that tak, Pet oleum Products Co. of San FrHacisco had been removed from the British blacklist.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25

One of its moons circles Mars every seven hours.
 Tuberculosis was known fin Egypt 1.tOO years ar>
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25

berries in August and September.
 This poisonous herb is of the same family as the tomato and potato.- New York World.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25

ADVERTISE IN THE FARMER-
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-06-17
"SPEEDING UP" SYSTEM
DEFEATED BY UNIONISTS

Washington.-The House rejected an
amendment to the naval appropriation
bill which would permit the use of the
stop watch" speeding up" and other
unscientific and man-killing systems in
the government navy yards. This amend
ment was introduced by Congressman
Browne of Wisconsin. As member
of the House Committee on Labor, he
recently signed minority report in IA
vor of the Taylor system
Congressman Keating (Coorado) and
Nolan California;, members of the
House labor group, led the fight against
the amendment. Both of these Con-
gressmen are members of the Committee
on Labor, which made favorable re-
port on the Tavenner (anti-" stop
watch") bill.
Congressman Heating said that ct
has been testified repeatedly that you
can have an ethciency system without
the stop watch the premium or the
bonus system" He declared that the
leader of the stop watch" advocates
before the Committee on Labor were
James A. Emery of the National AS
sociation of Manufacturers and Cen
eral Crozier, chief of ordnance, United
States army. Reference was made to
the formers attempt to defeat the
pending child labor bill and to his lob
bying methods as shown by congress
sional expose of the National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers.
Congressman Nolan declared that
Congressman Browne was not present
at most of the hearings and did not
have the opportunity to hear the testi-
mony of those in favor of the Tavenner
bill" The California union iron molder
further declared that while the Commit
tee on Labor was taking testimony on
this bill mot one of the gentlemen who
appeared and represented himself as an
efficiency expert and a scientific manage
ment engineer had ever had any practical
experience" He insisted that "scien-
tific management" as urged by friends
/ of the Browne amendment, would mere
ly develop a small group of highly
trained, time and motion study men"
who would acquire all the knowledge in
industry with American laborers and ar
tisans trained in one simple operation.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-06-17
WORKERS "DONE UP"
THROUGH LONG HOURS

Washington.-In the current issue of
the Monthly Review, published by the
United States bureau of labor statistics,
extended reference is made to the find
ings of committee appointed by the
British government to investigate con-
ditions of workers in English munitions
plants.
These three systems are in vogue in
munitions factories: One shift of 13
and IA hours (the overtime system)
two shifts of 12 hours and three shifts
of eight hours. 1t is stated that the last
system appears to yield the best results
in the long run for "the strain of night
work, indeed strain generally, is sensibly
diminished, greater vigor and work is
maintained throughout the shift, less
time is lost by unpunctuality or Illness
and there is less liability to accident"
he committee recommends the adoption
OF the three-shift system, without over
time, wherever a sufficient supply of la
Dor is available
The committee found that the reason
why workers feel done up" is because
OF persistent long hours and an absence
OF their weekly rest. 1t is declared that
this "staleness" is becoming increasingly
common, and that "for the avoidance Of
staleness in conditions of strenuous la
Dor it is not enough to treat workmen
in the bulk and to regulate daily and
weekly rests upon physiological basis
! devised for the average"
Night work is vigorously condemned
that supervision is unsatisfactory, and
that workers not only find it difficult to
sleep during the day but their unusual
meal hours make it difficult to consume
substantial food and deranged digestion
results.
The committee says that the true sign
of fatigue is diminished capacity and
that measurement of output in work will
give the most direct test Of fatigue.
a feature of this report is the alb
sence of any charge that workers are
willful "slackers.' The public press in
England and America gave much pub
licity to this charge several months ago,
but the committee makes flat declara-
ton that it is a physical impossibility
| for men to avoid growing stale" where
they are compelled to work long hours.
1t is stated that, as whole, munitior
workers have been allowed to reach {
state of reduced efficiency and lowered
health which might have been avoided
without reduction in output
The report is complete vindication Of
organized labor's position on the shorter
workday.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-06-17
FREE SPEECH DEFENDED
BY AUSTRALIAN JUDGE

Melbourne, Victoria, Australa.-In a
public address in this city, Justice Hig
gins, president of the commonwealth ar
bitration court, opposed attempts by the
government to check free speech. He
said 1t was "arrant nonsense" for men
to stifie discussion of public question
on the theory MY country, right or
wrong" If this term meant, as it used
to mean that men were to believe, or
say they believed, their country to be
right when they believed her to be
wrong, that they ought to help the gov
ernment for the time being to do an in
justice because it was doing it in the
name of their country, that this was
'arrant nonsense"
Although the speaker declared his con-
viction that his country was right in
the European war, he said his personal
opinion did not affect the present argu-
ment. There was no obligation, legal
or moral, of eXpediency on loyal sub
ject, when his country was in war, to
say that his country was in the right.
There was no such divorce between truth
and patriotism, between justice and 10y
atty, as certain otherwise teachers would
have them suppose.
Every act of every government was
open to criticism, and the gravest act
that any government could commit-the
act of making war-was not an excep-
ton. Justice Higgins referred to the
war against the American colonies,
pointing out that there were public men
in England who, regardless of charges
of unpatriotism, urged the reasonable
ness of the American view Those were
the men whose names were now the
most cherished and honored of that
epoch-the Earl of Chatham, Rocking
ham, Fox, Burke Savile, Hartley, Kep-
pei.
Let men retain the right of full free
dom of discussion, he urged Let mi
norities have their say The best way
often to kill mistaken opinion was to
let it be exposed to the full light. Let
men say what is in them and not make
of them liars and hypocrites. AS for
themselves, continued Justice Higgins
it was an essential moral discipline tc
let those who differed from them have
their say, to consider their views and
if they found that they had been wrong
to admit it and change their ways.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-06-17

drinking freely. The boat bars operate
under Government license only. The
case is said to be the first of the kind
filed on the Indiana side of the Ohio
river, and the question of jurisdiction is
causing much interest"
The question of jurisdiction is an old
worn out argument. The Ohio river is
either in the State of Ohio or Ken
lucky, and both States forbid the sale
of liquors without license, and prohibit
its sale on Sunday Nevertheless, every
Sunday night thousands of drunks are
landed at the foot of Broadway and
make the night hideous
To allow these boats to run a floating
saloon on Sunday is unfair to the saloon
keepers of both States who pay license
and are not allowed to serve their GUS
toners. 1t is about time some of the
State liquor inspectors would stop this,
# not we will have thousand saloons
on the river, running as they please and
paying no license.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-06-17
LIFE OF RAIL EMPLOYE
ENDS EVERY FOUR HOURS

Cleveland.-ln opposing the eight-hour
demand of freight train service en-
ployes, railroad managers, through their
innumerable channels of publicity, would
create the opinion that these workers
lead happy, care-free life, with condi-
tions about equal to that of a bank presi-
dent in small town.
This delightful picture is blurred by
a statement issued last week by the four
railroad brotherhoods, which shows
that the hourly wage rate of locomotive
engineers, tiremen and brakemen is lower
than that of many building tradesmen.
TO equal the rates of the latter, it is
stated that train service men must work
from IL to 20 hours.
Although the government prohibits
railroad employees from working more
than 16 hours without rest, the railroads
themselves, in 1915, reported 7S,94O vio-
lations of this law
The last annual report of the inter
state commerce commission shows that
a train man is killed on an average every
four hours ard 40 minutes, and man
is crippled every three minutes and 80
seconds. This does not tell all the
story, because if man does not die
from his injuries within "a hours, he is
not reported to the commission as killed,
and unless the injury disables him for
three days he is not counted as injured
Out of every 100 men who start as
firemen, II become engineers, and out
Of every 100 men who do become en-
gineers, but six become passenger
engineers.
Railroads demand physical exami-
nation more severe than does the govern
ment for enlistment in the army or navy.
These examinations are repeated every
two or three years, and eyesght, hear
ing, color perception, heart action and
blood pressure are all closely scrutinized.
The train mems statement concludes
as follows:
Excessive hours and the terrific strain
skaters the health and shortens the
lives of these men.
"The employees are not asking for
more pay, only that their working hours
be made less.
"They desire relief from the present
arduous working conditions so that their
time at home will be heightened and
their chance of relaxation improved"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-06-17
WOULD RESTRICT IMMIGRATION

Pttsburg, Pa.-"The best industrial
tonic that could be given to the United
States would be an immigration law
which would give the nation time to as
simulate the present bulk of uneducated
foreign-born people, said c. B. Auel in
report on safety and health to the
national association of corporation
schools.
The speaker declared that "installa-
ton of safety-6rst appliances in factor
les and industrial establishments is the
last letter in the alphabet of safety
achievement Education is needed, and
the communities, not the workmen,
should be the first educated He said
that without immigration restriction the
safety movement would never get furth-
er than the fundamental" because of the
constant coming of immigrants and the
going of emigrants.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-06-17
CARPENTERS CONTINUE GAINS.

Indianapolis, Ind.-General Secretary
Frank Duffy of the Brotherhood OF
Carpenters reports that the following
gains have been made by locals OF this
craft since last weeks report
Michigan City, Ind, (mllmen-ln-
crease from 30 to 35 cents an hour and
the union shop.
Arctic, r. I.-From 43 to 4725 cents
an hour.
Elwood City, Pa.-From so to 56A
cents an hour.
Olean, N. Y.-From 1855 to As cents
an hour.
Wichita, Kan,-From 4334 to so cents
an hour.
During May locals were organized in
the following places: New York City
(ship caulkers); Brewster. n. ";
Nederland Colo; Madill, Okla. Gard
ner. Mass. (furniture workers.; Beau
mont, Tex. (millmen); Flizabethport.
n. ]. (ship carpenters); Long Beach
Cal. (ship carpenters): CopDcrhill,
Tenn. Cleveland Ohio (dock, pier and
wharf carpenters); Sumter, S. {. (col-
ored); Amesbury, Mass. Barccloneta,
Porto Rico; Greenport, Long Island
(ship. house boat builders and caulk-
ers); Gardner, Mass. (reed, willow and
rattan workers.: West Newton, Pa.
Baltimore. Md (dock builders and pile
drivers); Neenah and Mcnasha, Wis;
Bay Citv, Mich (boN makers) Roch-
ester, n. Y. (boX makers): Midland,
Mich; American Falls, Idaho: Lara
mie, Wyo.; Staten Island, n. y. Cship
carpenters and joiners); Checota, Okla.
Slater. Mo; Norfolk, Va. (colored car
penters and caulhers); I1ibbinP Minn,
Odin. ILL.,: Providence, r. I. (tloor lay
ers); Spring Valley, n. Y; Argenta,
Ark.