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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-14
REFINER Tells HOW WORLDS
SUGAR BOWL HAS Been UPSET
BY The WORKINGS OF The WAR

No one ever dreamed that sugar,
which the world produces in billions
of pounds yearly, could become so
scarce that folks would be asked by
the government and the sugar refiners
to use it sparinsly. But the war,
which has brought about many extra
ordinary conditions, also upset the
worlds sugar-bowl
Today, everybody Is interested in
sugar. The housewife is eager to know
whena sugar will be more plentiful
And from different point of view,
the business man is following the sue
gar situation, interested in the success
of the plan adopted by the govern
ments of the United States and the
Allies to regulate and control supply,
demand and price.
These facts lend particular impor-
lance to the following interview with
Earl D. Babst, head of the American
Sugar Refining Company and one of
the three United States members of
the International Sugar Committee.
Not so many years ago, it wasn't
the popular custom for men IN Mr..
mess with the public But Mr.. Babst
is of the new school of Big Business
managers who believes the public is
entitled to know all about it
In the interview Mr.. Babst covered
every phase of the sugar situation.
First, he spoke of the prospects of the
immediate future, which most con-
Germs the housewife Said he:
Sugar viii soon be more plentiful
with the new crop of sugar cane being
harvested In Cuba and Porto Rico.
Everything is favorable to a sufficient
supply for our needs, but not enough
to use sugar extrayagantly or waste
fully. There must be no oVeEbuying
or boarding"
~And what about the price?' he was
asked.
Ordinarily so-cal1ed law of sup
ply and demand is a most important
factor in regulating the price of sugar
as of every other commodity But this
law has been more or less, if not en-
tirely, suspended as the result of tho
control of the sugar situation by thu
act of six government, including oul
UWn-
@tAll during the war sugar in the
United States has been lower in price
taking the average yearly price, thar
anywhere else in the world Today
comparing sugar on the basis of calor
ic food value, it is one of the cheapes
foods.
"After the new supplies are received
Fl SIN Cuba and refined, and prices art
lowered under the proposals of tbs
Food Administration. sugar will be
Of the cheapest if not the cheapest
foods to go on the American table.
Mr. Babst agrees with Mr.. Hoover
that if the Allied nations had not en-
tered into Joint agreement to conserve
the available sugar supply, the price
to the consumer would have SCARED
Said he in explanation:
= THE facts are these: Europe's pro
duction of sugar was not only greatl!
curtailed when the opposing armies
swarmed over the sugar beet fields o
northern France and Belgium, bu
England and other foreign countrie
we're forced to turn to other source
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-14

Grave perils threaten the agricuf-
ture of the United States through the
indiscriminate slaughter of birds and
of wild life, according to statement
issued by the directors of the National
Association of Audubon Societies.
T. Gilbert Pearson, the secretary Of
the association, in making public reso-
lutons adopted by the board of dt-
rectors, said that unless every effort
is made to enforce all game protection
laws, the resulting unrestrajped activ1-
ties of gunnerS and pot-hunters would
soon destroy the natural foes Of in
sects and of rodent pests and of
weeds.
1.-THE crops will save the nation"
says the official statement, land the
birds will help to save the crops" In
this national crisis, America is look
ed upon by our Allies as the granary
of the world and the source Of food
which must sustain the fighters In
the months of struggle yet to come.
Therefore every effort should be made
to increase the yield of our fields.
'eThis association points to the
grave peril which attends the relax
ing of the wise statutes enacted for
conserving the wild-life of this coun-
try, which is more and more recog-
nized as an important economic
factor
There is no more insidious peril
than that which results from the
loosening of all restraint upon those
who would kill game birds out of the
lawful season on the pretext that
such are needed for food. Game as
matter of fact, is eaten mostly by
the patrons of expensive restaurants
and hotels When the hotel proprie-
tors go to. Washington and put them
selves on record as favoring the let
ting down Of all barriers, they are
openingthe way for the determination
of the wild birds and beasts of the
American continent. Such reckless
disregard of the ordinary allowance
for the future is bound to react disas-
trously upon the entire nation.
1--WE are especially concerned over
| the effort being made in such states
as Massachusetts, and New Jersey,
| where every subterfuge is being
| adopted by market gunners to neu-
| tralize the laws and to destroy the
Millions Of birds whose uses are so
| great at this period in our agricul-
/ ture.
| 1T was only recently that a promi-
nent financier made large condi-
toned gift to this association, for the
/ purpose of educating the young, in
| the value of birds in the conserva-
ton of our food supplies. Food is
truly ammunition as much as powder
and shell, and we believe that the
thoughtful citizens of the United
| States will uphold US in this cam
paign to stay the destruction of the
| creatures which have done so much
toward increasing of the output of the
| soil.
1.-THE depiorabie feature of the re-
| laxing of game laws is that once they
are suspended, a large class of the
population will interpret this action
as the granting of unlimited license
to ruthlessly destroy every bird within
| reach.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-14
AUDUBON SOCIETY WARNS COUNTRY
OF The PERIL OF The SLAUGHTER
OF The BIRDS BY POT HUNTERS
Relaxation of Game Laws Threaten the Agricultural In
terests of the United States Slaughter Of Birds VIII
Be Followed By a Pest of Insects, Society Says

'HThe thougt1ess and irresponsible,
would kill the robins and Thus. destroy
the natural enemies OF the graSshop-
pers, beetles, and caterpfNaES; they,
would exterminate the VEoodpackers,
and thus execute those traditional
watchmen Of our fruit and forest
trees which destroy the Earxae OF the
gypsy moth; they would do away!
with the chickadees, which annually
eat myriads Of bugs, canker worns,
moths and plant lice. As a, reward
for it's service to mankind, they would
slay the orchard orinle, the bulk Of
the food of which consists of cab
bage worms, grasshoppers, and the
larvae of an kinds of noxious~3nxad-I
ers of garden and farm.
'It is a Iamentab1e fact that 1eS-
pite the watchfulness of WardanS
many thousands Of useful birds, not
regarded as edible under the-laws, are
shot to satisfy the appetites of a. sell
fish and unthinking- part Of our 4popu-!
lation
''This association therefore urges
that there be enacted without further
delay, the enabling act which will
carry out the provisions of the Fed,
eral Migratory Bird Treaty. The bill
providing for such action has already
passed the Senate Of the Omitted
States. and was to have been consid-i
cred by the House of Representatives,
at the last session The adoption of
this measure would especially pro-
tect those birds whose economic uses
in agriculture have been SO we'll
demonstrated. It's enactment win
among the various states, and thus
tend to insure the greater safety Of
these useful birds-dn passing from the
borders of one commonwealth to
another.
at also requests fhatzIf friends OF
the wild birds and animals IN this
country, bring the pressure of public
sentiment upon the law makers Of the
various states; it recommends too
that they give ali help and co-opera-
ton to organizations which are en-
deavoring to preserve those aids to
our agriculture whose services ara
recognized by farmers throughout the
world. The onslaught Of insect-eat-
ing and weed-seed destroying birds
will SO lessen their NUMBER, that there
will scarcely be enough left for breed
ing purposes The stock viii weaken
and in many eases eventually disap-
pear, unless measures are taken to
end the short-sighted practices now
in vogue and threatened.
'fWar OF no war, life must go oar
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-14

dottes entered by w. F. Harris, Mel
rose, n. Y, were a close third with
81 eggs to their credit. Thomas j.
Adamson's Barred Rocks from Laurel
Quebec, were in fourthA place with a
production of "a eggs.
During the past few months, the
high price of poultry feeds has re-
suited in the depletion of great many
commercial flocks. In consequence of
this heavy selling movement, the price
of poultry and its products have been
relatively low, but it is not expected
that this will always be the case. When
the shortage comes, a great many
People can of course resort to a small
flock of their own. The laying con-
t. st has for years demonstrated the
possibilities along this line. It is very
rare indeed that any ten hens in the
contest lay less than thousand eggs
in a year. The average is much high
er and there are always a few pens
that lay two thousand eggs; even one
thousand eggs a year is quite an adj
dition to the food supply of the aver
age family.
Barred Plymouth Rocks
Jules F. Francois,
West Hampton Beach, L. L 323
Rock Rose Farm,
Katonah, N. Y. z55
Rodman Schaff,
Fitzwilliam, N. H. 205
White Wyandottcs
Brayman Farm,
Westville, N. H. BIZ
Obed G. knight,
Bfidgeton, r. I. 313
J. Frank Dubois,
East Lynn, Mass. 254
Rhode Island Reds
Pinecrest Orchards,
Groton, Mass. 3O4
F1intstone Farm,
Dalton, Mass. 227
Richard Allen,
PittsfieEd, Mass. 21S
White Leghorns
Braesfde Poultry Farm,
Stroudsburg, Pa 800
Hollywood Farm,
Hollywood, aWsh. 28S
]. O. LeFevre,
New Paltz, N. Y. 267
Miscellaneous
Cook & Porter, Cuff Wyandottes)
Easthampto'I. Mas S26
Ore. Agricultural College (Oregons)
Corvallis, Oregon. 291
H. P. Cloyes, Duff Wyandottes)
East Hartford, Conn. 222
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-14
LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTE BOOK
By LEE PAPE
Observation-Disclosures

There was some snow in the street
in places, and Genrel Skinny Martin
was making Company B used to all
kinds of weather, and Sargent Sid
Hunts fox terrier Teddy was jumping
all GROUND and barking, and Genrel
Martin sed, Halt.
WITCH we all did, and Genrel Mar
tin sed, Yon dog acks like a spy, I
woodent be serprized if it wasent one
of them German dashhunts.
That's wat it is, all rite, sed Kernel
Pubs Simkins, it's educated Germin
dashhunt and it's trying to find out
secrets and tell them to the Kaiser,
execute the spy, execute the spy.
And the hole compinny all exsept
Sargent Hunt all started to chase Ted
dy, yelling, execute the spy, execute
the spy. And Lootenant Ed Wernick
cawt him by the tale, Teddy jest hav-
| ing about enuff tale to catch him by,
and Company B got all GROUND him
in a sercle, Genrel Martin saying, Priz-
ner, you are accused of being a Ger
min dashhunt spy, have you got eny-
thing to say in your own defents?
| WITCH Teddy parked times, and
General Martin sed, He admits it, I
sentents him to be executed.
Hay, you better not touch him, sed
Sargent Sid Hunt, hes no dashhunt,
and if enybody Touches him III resign
f!Em the ccmpinny.
Wy, you must be in 1eeg with him,
I got a good mind to have you execut-
ed, too. sed Genrel Martin.
If you do Ill take my clothes props
back and then you wont have enything
t. drill with, sed Sargent Hunt.
G, do you wunt to bust up the army,
that would be dirty trick, sed Gen
rel Martin, and Sargent Hunt sed
Well, you better leave my dog alone or
Ill do it enyhow.
WITCH Genrel Martin whispered to
Kernel Puds Simkins, and Kernel Sim
KRIS wawked away and then came
lunning back waving peece Of paper
IL the air and yelling, City up, City
up, par6in frum the president, a par
din frum the president. WITCH Genrel
Martin took the paper and pertenGed
to reed it, saying, The primer is dis
charged, folwerd martch. And Com
p.nny B started to martch agen ana
Sid Hunts fox terrier Teddy started
tn jump. GROUND them and bark ager
jest as if nobody hadent ever suspected
him Of being a Germin dashhunt spy
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-14
BROCK ARRIVES
IN FRANCE FOR
Y. M, C. 4. WORK

John D. Brock, for many years the
popular and splendidiy equipped ply
steal director of the Bridgeport Young
Mems Christian Association has land
ed safely in France so a cablegram
just reaching America announces.
Mr.. Brock has been physical direc
tor of the Bridgeport association for
nearly eight years. He has had many
opportunities to go where there was a
fine modern equipment and where he
himself would receive a larger salary
but refused becaused he believed in
Bridgeport and wanted to do his share
in making the Bridgeport Young
Mems Christian Association the power
it has become, for good, in our city.
He refused to plan for any vacation
last year expecting to stay in Bridge
port throughout the summer, as most
of the other secretaries planned to do
because of the added association work
the war has brought on and because
the secretaries felt that the men who
were going to the front were having
no vacation and they did not wish to
take one.
directors askingif they would not re-
lease Mr.. Brock for the month of Au-
gust to take the place, as teacher Of
physical education, at the Y. M. c. A.
summer school at Silver Bay, Lake
George, of Mr.. VIM. Ball, one of the
physical directors Of the International
Committee. The Bridgeport directors
gladly released him for this important
service.
Before his service was finished at
Silver Bay, the War Work council ask
ed the board of directors to release
him to supervise the many physical
directors and the physical work in the
several buildings in one of our great
camps at Columbia, South Carolina.
He was released for three months but
before this time expired the War
Work council asked that his term ex-
! tended three months more as they
felt they simply could not release him
at that time so important had become
his position. The directors were glad
to do this but few days later the
Bridgeport directors were asked to
release him for service in France. A
search had to be made throughout the
country for outstanding physical di-
rectors who were capable Of handling
/ big groups in France. A search
throughout the country showed that
in the entire southern district Mr..
John D. Brock was recognized as the
speer of them all and the War Work
council therefore felt they must have
him in France. Pershing mad been
cabling that they nedeed more and
bigger men in France Immediately
upon which Mr.. Brock volunteered to
go.
/ Some of his friends will be tremen-
dously pleased to know that he has
safely landed in France to begin his
important work there.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-14
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS WORK
IN WAR THEATRES CAUSING
MUCH COMMENT AMONG BOYS

while they are away, and, when the
task is done, to bring them home
again, with heads erect and shoulders
full square to the winds of Heaven
and clear of eye and clean of heart
just as they went away"
The following letter received by a
member of the Knights from one of
the South Carolina Camps relates the
work being done in the interest Of the
boys:
W. H. Nolan,
Dear Brother:
Just few lines to let you know
that [ am getting along very nicely
and am feeling in the best of health.
Hope you are all the same GIVE my
regards to all the brothers.
This is my first letter from the new
K. Of C. clubhouse SO 1 thought /
would write to you. The work being
done by our order is worthy of the
| highest praise. The boys all appreci-
ate it too and l often hear them make
remarks to that effect. The building
i is the largest of it's kind in camp and
contains all the different amuse-
ments one desires. For instance, a
ptanola, a grafonola, all kinds OF
books, plenty Of writing paper, etc
and entertainments are arranged fol
/ the evening and they are very inter.
esting. You can see how we'll we are
taken care of. To really appreciate
the work, though, you would have tt
be here 10 see it.
Am not sure as to whether . wro:t
20 thank you for my travelling card
If l didn't | wish to thank you very
much for it. l consider it one of m!
valuables and it has come in very
handy on several occasions. 1 would
not part with it for anything.
We are receiving very good foot
and plenty of It. We are also wei
supplied with blankets. The weather
is fairly warm but it gets cold a
night. We have tents with board
floors, sides and stoves, so we dom
have to worry much about the cold
Our band has dcne considerab BIZ
travelling around the country dow
here and it proves very interesting.
Mess call is blowing so l shall hav
to close my letter.
With best regards to all.
Yours respectfully,
Bro. FRED FOLGER.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-14

Congratulatory messages continue
to pour into the knights of Columbus
headquarters at New Haven COM
mending this organization upon the
noble work being done through its
War Committee. These messages have
been the means of greatly increasing
the activities of the Committee. Work
on the recreation buildings being
erected in the various camps has been
rushd to the fullest extent and the
last week marked the dedication of
many of these.
Never a day passes but that the
committee and others closely associa-
ted with the work learn something
new-Eomething SO inspiring, so graf
flying, that it renews tneIr zeal and
their fervor and makes the m all the
more willing to continue making sac
rifices which have been found neces-
sary in order to push this work to a
definite and satisfactory conclusion.
Recreational work abroad is just as
necessary, perhaps in a measure more
so. than at home, and this duty is not
being overlooked by the K. Of c. But
the work must be carried still further
with the least possible delay. the idea
Of these recreation buildings is not
e. provide amusement for the men
alone. This is only one of the inciden-
tai features. Outside the camps temp
tation presses from every side. The
fundamental thing is that something
may and ought to be done to preserve
the moral and physical soundness OF
the men.
There Is no seetarianism in tht
work of the knights in caring for thu
wants of the young soldiers in TIT
training camps. 1t is open to all boy
that follow the flag that they ma!
work efficiently together, not 70
themselves, but for their country. TIL
work of the *. O. c. war committee
may be defined as being, ito chez
the boys as they go, comfort then
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-14
APPLES, ORANGES,
FIGS And PRUNES
Are The Four Fruits Used in
Making Fruit -tives

"FRUIT-A-TIvES" is the only
medicine in the world that is made
from the juices of fresh ripe fruits.
Thus. it is manifestly Unfair to say, Il
won't take Fruit-a-tives because have
tried other remedies and they did me
no good. On the other hand, the fact
that 'Fruit-a-tives'' is entirely differ
ent from any other preparation in the
world. is just why you should give 1t
q fair trial, in any trouble Of the
Stomach, Liver, Bowels, Kidneys or
Skin. ''Fruit-a- tives',' is composed of
the active principle of fruit and the
greatest nerve tonic ever discovered.
soc a box, 6 for $3.50. trial size, 25c.
AT all dealers or sent by Fruit-a-tives
Limited, Ogdensburg, n. Y.-Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-14
HAVE A CHARM OF THEIR OWN

One Of the most pleasing features
Of the playing and singing of the Nc
Enelly Singing Orchestra, which will
be at the Colonial ball room in Fair
field avenue this evening, in the many
novelties they introduce both in the
concert and in the music for the dane
lg. All Play several different instru-
erts. and they are Used in number
# combinations, ard there are several
Cmb.nat:ors of vaic-s "~htch are very
Tearing. So G 1" cry dance
pr-r9bsr is surg y Attest mu-
s;c s carrinG Tie his even
ing will be short al -ie will be
long evening Ct dancing. The same
cid price of admission and the same
cordial welcome, but a very much
more enjoyable evening"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-14


There's nothing like get
ting a skate in winter.
fBut the cid fashioned
skate is out Of date. The
new-fashioned skate is
made of steel and bears
the name ''Spalding.'
fGet your skates with or
without shoes attached)
and rope in your share of
healthful, outdoor exercise
in the keen air Of winter.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-14
OBITUARY
AMY r. HOLDEN.

Funeral services for Amy R
Holden (colored), were held this
afternoon at 1880 o'clock from the
family residence, 484 Charles street
and a half hour later at the Messiah
Baptist church, Arch street, where
Rev. William NJ. Morton. ofieiated
The pail bearers were the Misses
Nora Davis. Dorothy Reeves. Malina
Kenney, Mamie Mitchell, Hulda
Green and Alma AlacLain Burial
was in Mountain Grove cemeter5.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-14
DRIVE AWAY HEADACHE
Rub Musterole on Forehead
and Temples

A headache remedy without the dan.
gers of headache incidence Relieves
headache and that miserable feeling from
colds or congestion. And it acts at once!
Musterole is a cleaf, white ointment.
made with oil Of mustard. Better than a
mustard plaster and does not blister.
Used only externally, and in no way can
it affect stomach and heart, as some in
ternal medicines do.
Excellent for sore throat, bronchitis,
Group, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, con,
Restion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago,
all pains and aches of the back or Joints.
sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chilblains.
frosted feet, colds of the chest lit often
prevents pneumonia).
SOC and Coo jars; hospital size $3.50
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-14
Father Johns
Medicine
For Dangerous, Obstinate
Colds. No Injurious Drugs.

Never wait for a cold to wear
Oft wears away the lungs
instead. Neglected colds often
lead 10 pneumonia. Father
John's Medicine gives prompt
relief from colds and throat
troubles.
Guaranteed free from alcohol and
Notwithstanding drugs upon which
aany medicines depend for their
temporary effect, and which are
dangerous, because they weaken the
body and allow the disease to, get a
deeper hold.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-14
DECIDE TAX PROBLEM.

Washington, Jan. 12-The internal
revenue bureau has decided to re-
quire income profit tax returns on
two bases-original cost and present
market value of goods for security.
The tax will be collected later in the
light of the supreme courts decision
in pending case. Millions of dollars
in taxes are dependent on the dis
puted point.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-14
AMERICAN HARDW ARE
STORES
(Tncorporateol

IncorporateC1
Lyon & Grammar. Retail Division
FAIRFIELD AVE. AND MIDDLE ST.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-11

nCuooE Jsis, By the New York Times.
QleAle Tribune and the Oklahoma
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-11
British Authority
Will Speak Here
On Food Problems

Oklahoma City is to entertain dis
tinguiShed British visitor Friday when
Edward Brown OF London, speaking on
food conditions in the British Isles
and Europe, In this country under the
auspices of the United States depart
ment of agriculture, will be the guest
at a Chamber of Commerce member
ship luncheon.
Brown has already made two trips
to France as well as trips to Italy and
certain parts of Russia. lie has been
many years interested in poultry, being
regarded as an authority on that sub
ject in Great Britain and in addition,
is thoroughly informed on agricultural
subjects.
Friday night there is to be a special
meeting at the Chember of Commerce
at which Mr.. Brown will be the chief
speaker {. H. Russell, county food
administrator, will preside. The public
at large is invited to attend this meet
ing and an effort will be made to have
large number of farmers, gxpcers,
bakers, restaurant keepers and many
other persons who have a big interest
in the food problem just now, present
at this meeting.
Saturday Mr.. Brown will go to Still
water to make addresses afternoon and
evening.