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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-10

increase their weekly earnings be- yond the point where serious charge could be made of wage profiteering. To make the matter worse in their eyes, common and unskilled labor, upon which the pressure of present economic conditions rested hardest were given a much-needed advance. The umpire and the board were un- doubtedly influenced in their decision by the authenticated figures present ed by the employers, which showed that skilled labor had been advanced but that the unskilled and common labor had not been so advanced.
 There is warrant for saying that employers in industries that nave al- ways operated under open-shop con- ditions are beginning to lose 1altn ln the National War Labor Board. They look with fear upon them any oecls- ions that almost unfailingly open the door to and deliberately encourage the unionization of plants that have peacefully operated open shops for long periods. They ask, Can the war Labor Board control the forces it has let loose upon essential industry The Bridgeport strike IS the slrlKe of labor mob that has passed beyond the control of it's leaders. At their meeting they jeeringly asked the local l leader to read some more telegrams from Washington. Several examiners and field agents of the war Lapor Board were present at the meeting and when they were asked to speak they were bluntly told from the floor that the meeting had something better to do than to listen to government eH- | ployes. They were compelled 10 slt silent, although to them was assIsneu the task of administering the award.
 The government has several enec1- i've ways of bringing employers into line with it's desires and decrees' II has no such ready recourse agalnsC labor. The way to get increased pro- duction is not to grant labor every thing 1t wants. It is yet to De proVeo
 that the abolition of time stuoles' premium wages and the other inetiious of modern industrial efficiency mas been of benefit to the country or to
 the workers A way has yer to oe 4 found to keep workers steaoHE a'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-10
BAN ON BEER PUTS
 SCARE INTO TRADE
Profits From Hard Liquors
 Doubtful-Dealers Will Hesitate to Take Out New
 Licenses.

The announcement of the United States Food Administrator that the manufacture of beer in this counry is to be prohibited after November 30 is regarded hereabouts as disas- trous blow to the liquor business and to those having property which is rented for saloon purposes, and it will result in a big loss of revenue to the municipalities of the county wherein liquor is sold, to the county which re- celves a part of the liquor license money, and also to the treasury Of the state, which under recent legisla- tion receives a part of the money paid for liquor licenses.
 While the sale of beer after No vember 30 is not prohibited by the order, the breweries cannot manufac- ture after that date, and the saloons will likely continue to dispense that beverage until the stock the brewer ies may have on hand on November 30 is exhausted, and after that &here will be no more beer until tho order is vacated, and if in the meantime the proposed bone-dry proposition, to be- come effective on July 1, 1919, passes | there will not be much likelihood that the breweries will resume operation. The effect of the order of prohict- ton as to the manufacture of beer, which was made public last Friday, will, it is expected, have an almost immediately disastrous effect on sH- looms in many of the places where liquor is legally sold. The general opinion is that, with the sale of beer stopped, there are but few who can afford to pay a license fee for the sale of hard liquors only.
 The opinion Is general that many dealers in these towns will hesitate about making application for a re- newal of the license. There is no pro- vision in the law for the issuing of 8 license for part of the year at the be- ginning and there Is no provision in the law by which the commissioners can return to licensee any part of the money he has paid for license. Consequently, the feeling Is that deal CTS who have any doubt if they can sale of beer stopped, or as soon as the conduct a profitable business with the stock of beer the breweries may have on hand is exhausted, will hesitate about taking out licenses in Novem- Der, with less than a month to sell beer, and no hope of getting their money back.
 Small hotels are placed in the class of those likely to be affected by the administrators order. If they cannot make a go by the sale of hard liquor alone and there are many who con- tend they cannot, they will be forced to select the alternative of closing their doors and another class who will be affected are those who own prop erty which is rented for saloon pur' poses, and it is generally known tha' property rented for saloon purposes commands a much higher rental than the same property could command fol any other purposes.
 Saloons going out of business wil result in a falling off in the amount
 of license fees, tidy sum in this county. S
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-10
BR1DGEPoRTs OUTLAW STRIKE
(Editorial from Iron Age.")

Editorial from Iron Age.D
 For the first time in the history or the National War Labor Boards ef- forts to settle industrial controversies, a group of workers has called a strike in protest against an award handed down by the board. It is an outlaw strike because 1t is not recognized by the officers of the International Union of Machinists. The meeting at which the strike vote was cast was called by the local union but was an open meet ing and the strike was voice vote and not the secret ballot called for by the union rules. It is strike against the government and against the higher officials of the union and not against the employees who had voted to accept the award.
 It brings up again that old question of how the employers can safely deal with an unincorported body which cannot be controlled by its own off, cers-a body which may at will re- gard an agreement as a mere scrap of paper The men involved in the strike are the men whose leaders appeared before the National War Labor Board and agreed to abide by Its decision. The men struck because the award did not give them the type of clasSif1ca- ton demanded, together with the high vocational minimum that such classi- fication would make possible. The umpire saw fit to deny the high mini mum because he accepted ther eason- ing of the manufa cturers that SO to do &o nf duction that would be vital at this time.
 The original submission of the em- ployers was carefully worded to in- clude only the matter of wages, The board imposed the eight-hour basic day and a local board of six members to settle all disagreements that might arise in the administration of the award It affirmed the right of col lective bargaining and the right of the workers to join trade unions, all l though 1t did not set forth the ma | chinery by which collective bargain 1 ing was to be established. If there | had been no strike, the employers would probably have accepted, these | obnoxious features.
 There are slightly more than 4,0O0 men on strike out of a working popu- lation of 5000 affected by the award and a total working population of
 54,000. Because of the loud clamor
 of this comparatively small portion of the workers in Bridgeport, all the ob- jectionable features of the program
 of organized labor are imposed upon the employers by the award. The
 workers have been assured by Joint
 Chairman Walsh that the award es-
 tablishes the machinery by which they
 can later secure such working condi-
 tions as may properly be granted to
 workers-in other words, that they
 can secure classification and high vo-
 cational minimums. Yet they struck
 The answer lies in the wage DOT
 tion of the award. The group of men
 now on strike were long before the
 controversy getting wages that were
 generally higher than were warranted d by the advance in the cost of living; , in many cases. they were getting more than 7S cents an hour established as the recognized maximum by the ] award. In this feature lies the req cause of the strike-because the mer , who were originally resonsible fol Athe trouble were denied the right -ts
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-10
TECHNICAL EDUCATION

IS NOT the least of the rumphs of democratic warfare, that government will give technical education well military education to many young possibly be provided with the service
 War found America with millions of young supplied with cultural educaon but defective in knowledge of specific and useful by which the individual tied the world of work and production.
 After the the stock of competent trained in occupations ought to be very large The country will respondingy benefit for the individual the fountain of ef fort The greater the number of well trained competent divfduas the sure is progress and prosperity.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-10
CONNECTICUT PATENTS.

The following were issued August 13, 1918. List furnished from the of flee of A. M. Wooster, solicitor of pat ents 1,115 Main street, Bridgeport, Conn: Harvey Hubbell. Bridgeport, flush receptacle; Harvey Hubben, Bridgeport, means for leveling and aligning face-plates; Harvey HubbeiI' Bridgeport, adjustable supporting de- vice for switches and receptacles; Harvey Hubbe1l, Bridgeport. converti-. bIe cap for attachment plugs; George P. Knapp, Bridgeport, convertible cap for attachment plugs;; William Js= Newton, Bridgeport, adjUster for elec-' trical attachments; William J. New, ton, Bridgeport. surface toggle-switch; Friend W. Smith, Jr., Bridgeport, ac= count depositbook; Walter G. Barker, Meriden, vacuum-insulated vessel: George T. Boyland, Hartford, incor- rect-position indicator; Robert C., Cole, Hartford, cut-out; Sidney s. Grotta, Hartford, wrapper; Lee E. Jillson, Hartford, E. Williams, New Haven, boiler-tube cleaner; Michael Comfort, southington, lawn-naower; Henry J. Hedler. Taftsville, filling end controller; Lawrence Podlasak, Berlin, boiler; Herman Rigeft, Wa. terbury, snap-fastener; Eugene C.. southworth, Southington, fastening means; Piotr Wo.ak, Shelton, stretch CT. Trade mark. The Ulmer Leather Co.,, Norwich, belt-cement.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-10
JUDGE FINES
 ' APPLAUDERS

Cleveland, Sept. 10-Judge D. C.. Westenhaver administered fines at the opening of the Debs trial today to seven persons who applauded in court yesterday. Rose Pastor Stokes. Mrs. Margaret Prevery and J. J. Fried were fined $25 and the others $10 each. Mrs. Stokes and Mrs. Prevery at first insisted that they would go to jail as a matter of principle but friends argued them out of 1t.
 The government then began the in troduction of evidence in its attempt to prove that Eugene V. Debs violat- ed the espionage law in a speech in Canton. O., June 16.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-10

Popular Fiction
 at 65 cts "The Last of the Plains men, Betty Zane Riders of the Purple Sage" 'The Light of Western Stars"
 All by Zane Grey. Martin Eden,"
 By Jack London
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-10

result of the taking over of the uni versity by the government. Father Muiry said that the university was do- ing all 1t could to aid the military au- tEorities. but that no move had been made to close the law school and that he did not wish such an impression to % abroad.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-10
I aupe is the mode

There is a fashion for taupe. It combines with hats. and it is becoming. It is shown in odd meshes, plain, figured or with chenille dots, 50 cts up A Veil with large meshes has a curtain or valance of Geor- gette or chiffon, most effective,
 $1.50 up Shetland with woven fancy borders, plain or figured, $2.5O Plain Nets with borders of Chantillv lace, in black and fash ionable shades, $2.50 Shadow Lace Veils with wide cl
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-10
W D D Read e
 EsEsb/Tskeo 1857

their action"
 The bureau has arranged for speakers to go to the various plants and make addresses, appealing to the loyalty of workmen to do their part in keeping the supply of munitions flowing steadily to the American foorces. The speaking campaign opened last night at mass meeting of Remington Arms Co.'S employees at the raising of a flag.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-10

Members Of the cotton growing states will confer with Chairman. Baruch of the War Industries Board on the latter's orders asking for an investigation into the cotton indus try with view of stabilizsng 't
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-10
FoRDHAS LAW SCHOOL
 TO CONTINUE.

The Rev. Thomas A. Muiry. pres.-
 dent of Fordham University yesterday denied reports that the Fordham uni- KszHltg LaK School -wsula close % 2
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-10

Travellers arriving at Haparanda, Sweden, from Moscow report that Le- nine is dead.
The Washington times., 1918-08-25
important Notice

This store will be closed all day Labor
Day, Monday, September I'd. Also all day
Saturday, September 9TH, on account of
holiday.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-04-20

will not be published IN thls paper.
LINE s our ian piar' Isg" Gtore
sell IT. Shepherd hardware 7'o'''
Wanted 4 repair man. Apply at
once to 1T. Carter. Snow Hill, Nd l2u
For Sale Some good. young Mules
and Horses. +. Il Hill. Stockton, Md.
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For Sale 700 Bags lflsh ""hieF
Seed Potatoes. branded Maine ''fo"h.
c. ;. Timmons, Sno" iii'i' Md'
Just Arrived Northern grown
white onion sets. Gail. NAL, or phone
vour orders. +. y. Cottinsa.uu & Go.
father John l.. Mock, viii look after
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Local and Personal

Logan. > O1i, by O'clock. that he paid
$500 for at the Old Glory sale.
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York attending To some private husi.
ness matters. lie will return to Sno"
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Nnat u.a papa oo when yoa a>kc,
HIM 10 give yoU my hand
He put down his foot.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-04-20
The Messenger

~Obituary Notices. In Memoriam-
and Resolutions Of Respect are charged
for at cents line. Obituary poetry
will not be Published in this paper.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-07-26

K. W Paign, Marshal of Adamsyile
brought in Dan ]. PUNK Sunday.
PUNK has been laying out avoiding
the craft since the first call. The
marshal with posse surrounded him
at his fathers on Snake Greek and
took him in. He was placed in Jail
until No, 5 Monday when he was
taken to Chattanooga by Marshal
Payne. He wore a pair Of bracelets
and ten inch army colts in the haI d
of the officer. He will be tried br
Court Martial and according to sim
liar cases will get from ten to twenty
years in the pen. There are two
Others in the county who will meet
the same fate if they still stay out
1t is strange that any man cannot see
his duty and do it when he is doing it
for Uncle Sam.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-07-26
BIG-SOULED MEN
NEEDED IN Y.M.c.A.
For Overseas Work With Red Triangle
Forces - 500 Recruits Asked For
Out OF Southeast During July

Pass the word on, and pass Il
quickly. that 500 of the most capable,
earnest and big souled Christian bust.
ness men are needed immediately out
OF the Southeastern Department for
overseas work with the Red Triangle
Forces" according to DR.. W. w. Alex.
ander, director Of the War Personnel
Bureau, Army and Navy Y. M. c. A..
for the Southeastern Department. The
quota Of 500 for the department for the
past month was exceeded by 12S en-
nstments.
The call now comes for executives,
Of much business experience and spe.
cialists in all lines. No man in Amer.
lea is too big for the smallest Y. M.
c. A. job "Over There" Today the
leading men of the nation are volun.
teering for the work Bank presi-
dents, college presidents, Office hold.
ers, political leaders, religious leaders
and hundreds of corporation heads
are giving all time to the work with
Americas Sons In France.
State recruiting committees are op.
Grating in the seven Southeastern
states. Information as to the oppor.
tunities and the work can be secured
through the state recruiting secreta
ries, as follows:
Chas. NJ Norfleet Y. M. c.. A..
Winston-Salem, N. c.
Heath Barlow, Y. M. c. A., Colum.
bia, s. c.
w. E. Hearon, Y. M. c. A, Atlanta.
Ga
O. Z. Maple, Y. NJ. c. A., Jackson.
vile, Fla.
Truman L. McGill. X. M. c. A., Bir'
mingham, Ala.
Dr. j.. Watt Raine, Edwards Hotel.
jackson, Miss.
+. M. Massey Y. NJ. c. A.. Nashville.
Tenn.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-07-26
Farm News.

(ByL. J. KERR, County Demonstrator)
There is plenty Of time yet to
plant corn for late roasting ears
Late corn is better canned than the
late varieties.
There should be a late Irish pota-
to crop in every garden. Plant now
while there is good moisture in
ground. A good fertilizer for D .ta-
toes is one third acid phosphate to
two thirds cottonseed meal Use a..
bout 400 pounds per acre. Have
land 10 good condition and cultivate
level and shallow.
Every land owner and tenant should
sow some wheat this fall. The Dept
of Agriculture is asking Tennessee
to sow not less than $4,000 acres
of wheat this fall. The maximum
amount wanted to be sown is 1,0l0,
600 acres. Winter wheat is superior
to spring sown and if sown on land
that will make good cotton or corn
you will make good yield of wheat.
Save the chickens by keeping them
well and healthy. To keep down
mites, clean poultry houses, nest
boxes, roosts and coops thoroughly
and spray with kerosene oil or some
good disinfectant at least twice a
month throughout the hot summer.
Sodium Floride is destructive to
all species of chicken lice. The use
of this chemical is outlined in Farm
ers Bulletin No SOL, "Lice and Mites
on poultry U. S. Dept, of Agricul-
ture.
Now is the time to build your poul-
try house. Get it ready before cold
weather begins Your Comfy Agent
will be glad to help you make arran-
cement for a model poultry house.
Stir the ground as soon as possible
after this rain. All Cotton and the
late corn should be plowed again.
Cotton should be worked till Aug. Is,
at least.
Prepare to sow winter cover crops
this fall. Rye and crimson clover
are good winter pastures aud viii
help build up your soil.
Plant a fall garden.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-07-26
CROlx DE GuERRE GIVEN
TO Y. N, c. A. WORKER

Taking his Croix de Guerre from
his own breast, a French army cap
tain, by orders of his general, pinned
1t on the coat of Edwin Ely. of No. ~
West Eighty-eighth street, New York
according to cabIegram just received
from overseas. Mr.. Ely is Y. M. G.
A. secretary of a Foyer du Soldat
Ely was later invited to dinner by
the Commanding General. When he
entered all the officers stood at salute
until he was seated at the side OF the
General. The General made an adj
dress thanking Ely and the Y. M. c.
A. for their work in France and ex
pressed regret that ne was not able
to confer an official decoration.
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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-07-26

For the first time probably in .
quarter Of century no soft drinks
were to be purchased on summer
day In Nashville. when on last sun
day the food administration regula-
tion to conserve ice went into effect.
Ice cream could be served only at one
meal by some regular eating place. 1t
is not improbable that this rule will
be extended to other parts of the state,
especially If the ice situation at other
places gets to bo critical as 1t has
been in Nashville. In Nashville pub
lie eating places and soft drink stands
are forbidden to serve ice In glasses
d any day OF the week.
The ice shortage has been due to
an increase In demand of at least SO
Per cent, without any increase IN the
capacity Of the ice plants. Govern
ment demands at Hadley's Bend Shelf.
fiele. Colllnwood, Lylss and other
places have been enormous.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-07-26
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
COMMITTEES ON INTERSTATE AND
FOREIGN COMMERCE
Washington, D. G.,
Il1lu % 1913

July 23, 1918
To the People of the Eighth District
AS it is now. only eight days
until the primary election, can.
not see that my presence will
have any effect on the voters.
The time is too short to enable
me to make a personal canvass
of the District.
have much important Com.
mittee work that | can do and
which | am now doing by remain.
ing here and devoting my time
to it..
| can be of material assistance
in securing prompt action in res.
ponse TO a large number of let
ters and kilograms which | re-
ceive daily, asking my aid in get.
ting allowances and allotments
for wives. children and depend
ent fathers and mothers of SOL
diers in casee where delays have
occurred.
also receive many letters and
kilograms from relatives of SOL
diers who have gone to France
and from whom nothing can be
heard. By remaining here | can
secure promptly the information
desired and transmit it to those
making such inquiries.
believe my constituents pre-
fer that remain here and do
these things for them rather
than have me devote my time to
such a brief speech-making cam
paign in my own behalf.
So believing | shall remain at
my post of duty.
Sincerely yours,
[Signed] T. w. Sims.