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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-24
VOLUNTEERS EAGER TO q
AID IN CAMPAIGN FOR
$ CHRISTIAN UNION FUND

The. distinction of being, the first
captain to complete the organization
Of her team for participation in the
forthcoming ten-day drive to secure
$4,000 for the Bridgeport Christian
Union belongs to Mrs. George HI. Ed
wards. In consequence of taking the
lead on all the other captains, both
men and women, in filling the ranks
Of her team, Mrs. Edwards team will
head the women's divisionA
Captain Edwards has surrounded
herself with some of the most promi-
nent, active and Influential women of
Bridgeport. who make known in no
uncertain terms their intention of car
rying off first honors in the competi-
ton between the rs teams-15 mems
and 10 women s-during the Today
campaign.
Those who will serve with Mrs. Ed
wards are Mrs. William c. Hawley,
Mrs. Henry w. Hincks, Mrs. Alice
Ives. Mrs. Robert Games, Mrs. Will
liam G. Rockwell, Mrs. Harry FL. Read,
Mrs. Murray H. Capin, Miss Ethel
Sterling, Miss Carol Sterling mad Miss
Eugenia Barker.
Miss Chary Smith will head team
in the women's division, as will Miss
Betty Payne. Miss Alice Billiard
will be an active worker on one of
the teams.
Thirteen of the rs team captains
have been signed" to date. The
following have sent in signed con-
tracts and promise to be on hand
with bells on with full compliments
when the umpire cries "play balI''
he Of
James M. Saxton, George Catlin,
Abrer Mitchell, A. NJ Engelhard, H
A Goldstein, Frederick Harrison, w.
c. Hawley, John N. Sheppard, J. E.
Ellwood and Frederick Morgan.
Among the players who have at
tached their signatures to contracts"
are Carroll Hogue. John T. Hub
bard, r. S. Sprott and R. M. Hay. The
ranks Of the several teams are being
constantly augmented.
The fund for the Christian Union
will be procured entirely by volunteer
workers, working in accordance with
scientifically accurate plan, which
includes carefully compiled card in
dex system of probable givers. This
plan has been devised by Frederick
Courtenay Barber and Associates, of 1
Madison avenue, New York city, and
is the result of years Of experience in
the field of philanthropic finance. 1t
eliminates all possibility of lost en-
ergy, wasted time, or duplication Of
effort on the part of the workers and,
in short, puts the entire campaign on
the most efficient basis possible. No
worker is supposed to call on prob
able giver without having the card
bearing the giver's name in his pos
session.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-24
OPPOSITION TO BILL
TO STOP NEWSGIRLS
SELLING IN STREET

Hartford, Feb. "a. The judiciary
committee found itself face to face
with the sociological problems of the
times, from the support of inebriates
on the state farm to the sale of news
papers on the street by newsgirls and
tn enig1t work Of boys In bowling al
leys, at it's hearing yesterday after
noon in the old Senate chamber.
The bill prohibiting the sale Of
newspapers on the streets by girls was
confronted by two groups diametrical-
ly opposed to each other on the ques-
ton. Christine J. Haas, representing
the Hartford Council of Jewish Wo-
men strongly favored a measure
which would impose fine of $40 on
girls for each offense of selling news
papers on the streets.
o. A. Phelps of Hartford told of an
instance involving a newsgirl who was
assaulted as the result Of carrying on
her work on the street.
Nathan B. Stone, president of bus
mess college in New Haven strongly
objected to statewide bill to pre-
vent girls from selling newspapers on
the street. He said he know Of at
least two girls in New Haven who
were earning their living in this way
and that if they were prevented from
selling papers they would be losing
their livelihood. He couldn't see how
the business offered more temptations
than the average work which took wo-
men on the highways.
Miss Mary Hall, superintendent Of
the Good Will club of Hartford
strongly objected to any measure
which. would prevent the girls Of the
state from selling newspapers.
Miss Mary G. Wells of Newington,
was against the idea of girls selling
newspapers on the street. She told
the committee that girls went into
the saloons to sell their papers and
followed up drunken men because
they never asked for change.
Miss Caroline M. Hewins, librarian
at the Hartford public Library, said
she had known many newsgirls who
had made their living selling papers.
She was not entirely in favor of the
plan to allow girls to sell papers on
the streets.
The bill providing that no child
under IA years of age shall be en-
ployed on bowling alleys and pre-
venting boys under 6 from being en-
ployed on such alleys without certifi-
Gates from the educational authori-
ties resulted in keen discussion before
the members Of the committee who
heard all sides, from the glowing &C
counts Of the money saved by the lads
to the alleged evils Of the work.
Bowling alley proprietors before the
committee urged that no change be
made in the present law.
A. p. Hayes and Herman Wiseman
of Waterbury appeared against the
measure. The speakers said the boys
of certain alleys in Waterbury made as
high as SIP a week and were given
chance to earn clean living and earn
money to go to college.
Chairman Klett asked Mr.. Wise
man it the reports were true that
"pin boys fell asleep over their stud
les in school. Mr.. Wiseman said
such might be the case but he pointed
out that alley owners did not want to
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-24
CONNECTICUT LOYAL
"You can depend on the loyal sup
port of Connecticut.
MARCUS H. HOLCOMB,
Governor"

BY "Tip.''
Connecticut's behind you, Uncle Sam;
The spirit of the great past lives today,
The spirit that made men leap to the
fray
In bygone days has come again to
stay.
Ready to do her part, as in the past,
United, staunch and steau3ast to the
last,
Connecticut is loyal, Uncle Sam.
You did not call in vain in Sixty-One
For MEN, when men were needed,
nor to-day
Will you find any who would seek to
stay
Your hand, regardless Of how hard the
way.
The way you lead is ours to take, and
Are ready to obey you at your call
To sweep in Freedoms name forever
on.
Connecticut's behind you-no vain
boast,
No idle chatter from a state dis
traught,
No maddened frenzy for a war I'M
sought
But resolution reached on sober
thought :,
To raise the Stars and Stripes unto
the skies
AS ever in the past, and mobo1ize
For Right and Liberty, mighty host.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-24
Schultz Cigar Store
Co. to Establish Here

Samuel Howard of j. c. Berkwit &
Co, in conjunction with Pease & Ell
Imam of New YORK; City have sub-let
for the Schultz Cigar Co., to Jacob
B. Lederer for gentleman's furnish
ing establishment a portion of the
ground floor in the property on Main
and Golden Hill streets, and have sub
leased a space in Main street, adj
Joining the Schultz Cigar. store to Jo-
seph Josephson of New York for a
mems hat store. ~
The Schultz Cigar Co. will open a
branch establishment in. the corner
portion and will make their one hun
dred and twenty-eight link in their
chain of stores. y
Possession will be taken by all the
new tenants on or about March 15,
1917, after alterations have been
completed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-24

interfere with the school studies of
boys and that school certificates
should not be issued to boys who can
not carry on the work and their stu
dies as well.
Miss Hall favored the plan of en-
ploying boys on bowling alleys and
saw no harm In the practice.
Miss Wells was against the plan of
employing boys on bowling elleys.
She said some of them worked far into
the small hours of the morning and
many of them were without certifi-
Gates.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-24
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES.

Two great poets died on this date,
John Keats in 1921, and Thomas
Moore in 1853. Charles Bonaparte
father of Napoleon the Great, died in
1885. Louis Philippe abdicated the
throne of France and fed the country
in 1848. The "six men Of Dorset
the first martyrs Of modern trades
unionism," were put into Jail and
later sentenced to. seven years in
prison for banding together to i'm
prove the condition of English farm
laborers in 1843.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-24
PERSONAL TAXES NOT
BEING RAPIDLY PAID

Despite the fact that the tax col
lector's office lis open night and was
open during the holiday yesterday,
those liable for personal taxes are not
paying up. Less than half the $4,000
persons liable for the tax have paid.
Lists of delinquents are being pre-
pared in the collectors office and at
the end of next week will be suhnik-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-24
SALVATION ARMY SERVICES.

The services at the Salvation Army,
30 Elm street, at 8 o'clock this even
ing will be conducted by Adjutant J.
N. Abrams, in charge Of the corps
at South Manchester. The usual
Sunday school and bible class will be
held at 1880 o'clock tomorrow after
noon and the meetings at and 8
o'clock will again be conducted by
Adjutant Abrams.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-24

Several buil0inns 90 the famous
Cockerill works. II AezAdns, five miles
southwest Of I1e8A, Belgium. were
destroyed by IRE. Ut . Ices 6 $780,
00A
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-24

Mayor Mitchell Of New York, has
ordered a city-wide survey Of the food
situation.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24
n. Y. HOTEL SAVES
FIVE TONSOF MEAT
BY MEATLESSDAY

NEW YORK, Oct. 3O-Saving Of
more than a ton of meat in its meat
| less Tuesday" and of five barrels OF
wheat flour on "wheatless Wednes-
day" is announced as the showing
made by the Biltmore Hotel, New
York city, by its entry upon the food
administration campaign to conserve
these staples for export to our Allies
in Europe. Reports from other hotels
are equally encouraging.
On the last meatless day at the Bilt-
more 1927 pounds of various meats
were saved when compared to the
normal daily consumption of the same
number of guests. The saving in the
servants dining rooms was 695 pounds.
Guests served numbo"ed 1866, indi-
eating an average saving per person
'of 1912 ounces. The poundage for
the various kinds of meat saved was
as follows, based on the usual con.
sumption before the meatless day plan
went into effect: Beef, 1877 pounds
lamb, 300 pounds; mutton, 20 pounds;
veal, $50 pounds and pork, 800 pounds.
Last Wednesday. a wheatless day,
4011 persons were served at meals
and at tea, indicating an average
saving Of II ounces, or a total Of
five barrels of wheat flour. BY. in
Producing elaborate changes in the
cuisine the Biltmore has substituted
rye, potato, barley and rice flours for
wheat in breads and pastries, effect
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24
SOME CHANGES
INBONUSP
ARE. SUGGESTED
E. w. Sutton, Bishop Trust
Manager, Thinks More Ad-
VantageS Can Be Gained

Some changes in the present sys
tenn of bonus reckonings and pay
ments are suggested by E. w. Sutton
manager of the Bishop Trust com
pany, in discussing the plan now fol-
lowed Pointing out that the advan
tages Of this quasi-profit-sharing plan
may be increased for labor, employer
and the trade Of Hawaii generally, he
said
The plan adopted by the sugar
companies in Hawaii OF paying bon
us to those employed in that industry
will result in payments during this
and next month aggregating more
than four million dollars.
The major part of all this money
will, almost Immediately after it Is
paid out, be sent away from Hawaii
to the home countries of its laborerS
instead of being either invested here
or used in the purchase of commodi,
ties from merchants in Hawaii. This
is due in part to the fact that most Of
our labor is not native and the major
ity do not come here to reside perma-
nontly, and partly to the way in which
the bonus payments are made. The re-
suit is that Hawaii loses the tax on
the investments which might be made
here and our merchants lose the pro-
fits they otherwise might make were
these funds used in purchases through
item.
"One reason that the bonus system
thus operates. is that only small pro-
portion of the bonus payments are
paid monthly as are wages and the
balance is accumulated and paid at
the end of the year, when the amount
received by the laborer is compare
lively so large that he naturally
treats it as principal for investment
and makes this investment in his
home country rather than in Hawaii.
Were the entire amount of bonus
prepared and paid monthly it is prob
able that the laborer's scale OF living
would advance, his necessities be
more varied and expensive than now,
and a far greater proportion of the
bonus money as we'll as wages would
remain in Hawaii and thus add to its
wealth. While possibly this advance
in the scale Of living might make hard
times: viz, low prices of sugar, hard
er on the labor than now, the laborer
would suffer only in the same proper
ton as all others in Hawaii and
therefore would have no just cause
of complaint.
Another feature of the present
system which is unfair is that of has.
ing the bonus on the price of sugar on
the mainland rather than on the net
return to the plantation, for practical
ly none of these prices average any.
where near the price on which the
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24
MUCH OF BONUS
MONEY GOES TO
MAINLANDSTATES

Much of the bonus money received
by labor here goes to the mainland
and no inconsiderate part finds its
way to Japan, says a Honolulu bank
manager, J. l.. Cockburn of Bishop
and Co. He comments:
The question that naturally arises
in ones mind in thinking Of the four
and one-quarter million dollars OF
bonus money which will be paid out
to plantation laborers during Novem-
Der and December is: Where does
this money go2' In view OF the fact
that the money is distributed among
a very large number of individuals it
would be next to impossible to OBJ
tain reliable statistics on this sub
ject. However, it may be taken for
granted that the bulk of the amount
ultimately finds it way to the post
office and banks and that the great
est part Of the amount finding its way
to these institutions does not remain
with them, but is transferred to
Japan, China and the mainland of the
United States.
The reason for the money leaving
the territory through the medium OF
the post-office and banks is that, in
the case o. the post-office, the cash
has been received in payment Of
money orders on the Orient; and in
the case of the banks, either in pay
ment of drafts on Oriental points pur-
chased by the laborers, or in payment
of drafts on the Orient or United
States points purchased by merchants
who are paying for goods imported to
supply the extraordinary demands Of
those laborers who use all or part of
their bonus money to add to the com.
forts of their home 1t is fact that
no considerable amount remains in
the territory, as only small part is
paid out for island produce and only
an incon5iderable proportion of the
AZ millions is deposited for any con-
siderable time with the American
banking institutions.
"Of course there is no doubt that
island trade benefits by the payment
OF the bonus and it is safe to say that
this applies to practically every trade
in the territory. At the same time,
for economic reasons it is unfortunate
that a greater part of the bonus money
does not remain in the territory.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24
JAPANESE editor
URGES LABORERS
TOSAVE MONEY
Z. Sega Believes Record Bonus
Should Be Used for Perma-
rlent Investment

That Japanese laborers should use
the prosperity given them BY the bo-
nus system to make permanent in.
Vestments in the islands is the dec
laration OF Y. Sega. editor Of the
Nippu Jill. Commenting on the rec
ord bonus paid by the planters this
year, he says:
This is record year for the bonus
money to be paid to the plantation
laborers. OF course it viii be of great
benefit to the laborers and to the gen.
eral public at large
From the standpoint of the Jap
anese community in Hawaii, am en-
0eayoring to persuade our laborers
not to waste the money but to utilize
it efficiently for the proper purposes.
BY the world utilize mean, first. to
pay on all of their put-of debts to the
stores and others and second, to save
the rest Of money in the local banks
for some good and steady investment
in the future. Let the savings OF thes
local Japanese be invested Sin the To-
cal businesses Is always my favorite
motto. Indeed, wish some day To-
see many, many Japanese on the
stockholders lists of the sugar plan
ftations and other lines Of the local
undertakings. Then the relationship
between the Americans and our peo-
pie will become more intimate and
more cordial.
As to the present bonus system, I
wish to suggest some modification. BY
the present system, all male laborers
who are entitled to the bonus should
work on an average twenty days per
month for the whole year. In the
case of female laborers, it Is fifteen
days. This clause will not be hard
to the able bodied laborers in any way,
but to the less sturdy workers and the
Ibread-winners OF family who are oc-
.casionally compelled to quit the work
on account of the sickness of their
wives or children, it is rather a hard
snip. So we find in the many planta-
lions that some laborers have good
and profitable income through the boz
nus, while the other laborers have less
pay, and it would be unjust to make
those unfortunate men suffer through
no fault of their own.
If the planters could find son1n
way or other to relieve this situation.
and if this bonus system could be more
universally applied and extended to
more workers than today, then it will
be a grear help to all plantation la
borers, especially at this time when
the cost Of living is so high.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24

Mr Child is also of the opinion that
a consolidation of the local fishing
companies would also help to relieve
the situation. Such a consolidation
would eliminate the profits of the ceV.
eral middlemen and thus tend to re-
duce the retail price of fish. BY such
a consolidation, adds Mr. Child, there
is no doubt that the companies would
make as much as they are now max
ing
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24

He has an old violin. l was trying
to make him feel good, so l told him
it might be Stradivarious.
What them .-.. <.*...ss
He didn't take to the idea at ALL"
you don't say!"
Said he made that violin himself
Louisville Courier-Journal. r. =.
How very seedy your friend
looks!" .-... J..
Naturally. He's just come out of
an agricultural college. London An
Swers. H.. "...l -
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24

Ardent Suitor-om, Marion! How
beautiful you look tonight!
Nov please don't, Bruce; you
know don't like to be flattered.
mo nice girls do"
(And the rest was comparatively
asyl.-Widow.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24
HATCHERY ONLY
SOLUTION, SAYS
ADMINISTRATOR

]. F. Child, federal food adminIstra-
tor, has expressed himself as entirely
in accord with the opinions expressed
by members of the congressional par
ty that federal fish hatchery should
be established in Honolulu. The fish
hatchery suggestion was first made
when the territorial food commission
held a meeting several weeks ago to
investigate the present high price and
scarcity of fish.
while on Kauai" says Mr. Child,
Congressman Bowers reiterated his
statement that Hawaii should have
federal fish hatchery. Should one be
established it would solve our present
fish problem; first, by going a long
way to reducing prices by stocking
the sea waters with fish, and, second,
by providing ample supplies of bait.
an article which is now lacking and
which, believe. accounts for the
scarcity of fish in the Honolulu mar
kets. believe it is the very best so.
luton of the problem that could be
suggested.
"The purpose of such a hatchery
would be to hatch the fry Of all Ha'
waiian food fishes, which would then
be turned loose and which would nat
urally return to these waters. 1t would
also furnish a supply of nehu and lao,
which are used extensively for bait"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24

A country paper contains this par
agraph in regard to local wedding:
THE bride wore hzzard-green
silk, on whose cheek blossomed the
flush OF dawning womanho0d." -
Christian Register.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24

Sillicus-We never hear the best
things that are said about us.
Cynicus-No; we are dead them
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24

bonus is based. Advances in transpor,
tation costs also make a change in
the system necessary.
Doubtless profit sharing as prac'
tised elsewhere cannot be adopted
here in the sugar industry without de-
priving the less profitable plantations
of their labor, but certainly some
bonus system can be evolved, perhaps
along the lines indicated, which
would not only be fair to both employ
er and employe but also result in add.
ing to the wealth of Hawaii"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24
Investigation By Experts
Shows Local Efficiency

PRODUCTION AND COSTS IN HAWAII PORTO RICO,
.
figures from the Sheridan
remains the
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24

ing saving on each non-wheatless
day of one barrel of flour, or 3-4 ounce
for each person served
The food administration has an
nounced that if every American would
reduce his consumption of wheat flour
from five pounds to four pounds each
week the saving would be great
enough for the nation to supply the
whole need of our allies.
Philadelphia was struck with two
severe thunder storms. Lights were
out for many hours.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24

do you autoped ?'
well, you oughta had"
mo, l can't do that either. Rec
ord.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-18

commanded to be and appear to said
bill on or before Monday the first day
of October, A. d. 1917, otherwise the
allegations of said bill will be taken
as confessed by them;
defendants. "all persons claiming an
in this suit. to-wit: Lots 10 and 20 of
Block A. lots 2 3 10 IL and IL
of Block b, and Lots Of Block
ID of Lakeland Heights or Johnson's
addition to Lakeland, Polk County.
Florida, all in the town of Lakeland,
Polk County, and State Of Florida, be
and the same are hereby commanded
| t. appear to the bill Of complaint filed
| in said cause on or before Monday.
| the first day of October, A. d. 1917,
otherwise the allegations of said bill
will be taken as confessed by said
defendants.
1t is further ordered that this order
be published once a week for eight
consecutive weeks as to the defendants
whose names are given above and for
! tw Give consecutive weeks as to the
heirs legatees. devisees, grantees or
other claimants under the above named
deceased persons and for twelve con-
secutive weeks as to the defendants
named as all persons claiming an in
Iterest" in or to the property involved
I'm this suit, said notice to be published
in the Lakeland Evening Telegram. a
newspaper published in said county
and state.
This 2Sth day of June. A. D. 1917.
| (SEAL) J. A. JOHNSON,
1852 Clerk Circuit Court.