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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-07-10

tied relatives here last week.
Mrs. Mary Riley of Rutland, is a
guest Of Mrs. Mary Griffith.
Rev. H. NJ. Hall of Gansevort, n. Y.
visited relatives here recently.
Miss Lila Winchester of Pawlet, is
a guest of Miss Lena Benson.
Miss Mary Keleher and Miss Helen
Brock were in Rutland Saturday.
Messrs. Charles and William Leary
spent Sunday with their parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. j. Abbott went to
Charlestown, N. H., last Saturday.
Myron Brophy, Jr,, of Troy, n. T.,
was at his home here over Sunday.
Mrs. Rose Landon is entertaining
relatives from Springfield, Mass, and
Dandy.
Lawrence Loveland, who has been in
France three years, returned home
Sunday.
Mrs. Alice Benson, who has been
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EAST DORSET

Mrs. Helen Wilson is in Pawlet Wis
iting friends.
Mrs. John Cunningham was in
Brandon last week.
DIR. Emily Wilson of Boston, is here
visiting her parents.
Myron Brophy spent the Fourth
with his family here.
Casper Leach of Pewlet, was here
on business last week.
Will and Charlie Leary Of Albany,
were here over Sunday.
Frank Lapham of Granville, n. T.,
is visiting friends in town.
w. H. Brock and daughter Alice
were in Rutland Sunday.
Miss Dorothy Wilson of Chicago, is
visiting relatives in town.
viii j. Whalon Of Niagara Falls, n.
Y, is home for a few days.
Miss Grace Hazelton Of Dandy, Wis
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p. S. June 2, 1871 have found
some work in connection with Des
Moines College, Des Moines, low. and
we are settling down here to stay.
We are just getting acquainted with
our work, which does not begin until
August 1st Between now and then
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-07-10

visiting her son. cara, in Rutland, has
returned.
Mr. and Mrs. h. l.. Whitney and
family were at Lake ST. Catherine last
Friday.
Miss Bertha Anes was in Granville,
In. Y, last week the guest OF Mrs.
Grace Ames.
Miss Beulah BcIand went to Dandy
last week where she has employment
for the summer.
DR.. Clark Burnham and family OF
Brooklyn, N. Y, are a, their home on
Lake Emerald
Mrs. s. Hawkins Of Manchester De-
pot, was guest Of Mrs. Nellie X.
Sexton Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Freddy Of
Philadelphia, Pa. are visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Freddy.
Miss Bridget Cunningham Of Ben
nington, was a guest last Friday and
Saturday Of Mrs. John Cunningham.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. McWayne and
sons Of Dorset, were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. L. l.. Whitney
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil. Landon Of
Springfield, Mass, are guests OF her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Eggles-
ton.
Miss Name Leary is at the Burn
ham cotatge in Manchester where she
has employment for the summer vaca-
ton
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Edgerton, Misses
Mary and Lillian Edgerton Of Ben
nington, and Mr.. Price of Dandy, were
at the Wilson House last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Whalon and
children, Anna, Margaret and William
Jr.; with Misses Mary L. Kelleher and
Helen Brock motored to Rutland Sat-
urday.
There will be supper served in the
chapel Thursday, July 10th from to
8 O'Clock. After the supper, Rev. W.
A. McIntire will tell Of some Of his
London experiences as Y. M. c. A.
secretary.
At the Community Canning Kitchen
at the Manchester Creamery next
Tuesday, July 18th, the first rs cans
brought in will be done free. Regular
prices: &c for pints, &c for quarts, and
10c for two-quart jars. Be sure to
mark jars and baskets or receptacles
in which fruit and vegetables are sent.
Also do not forget sugar for fruits and
state the required amount desired per
lar Rubbers furnished at 1c each. adv |
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About one hundred friends and rela.
tives of Alva Nelson gathered at F.
& M. Hall in open session Of West
Branch Grange Friday evening, July
LIST, to welcome Bro. Nelson, who has
been doing his bit in France. The
lecturer had fine program prepared.
Mr.. and Mrs. 0. j. Coolidge, Mrs.
!. F. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. w. X.
Smith took an auto trip to Newport,
Franklin, Concord, Canterbury and
Lake Sunapee, N. H., last Saturday
and returned Sunday They report
fine trip and some very fine roads in
New Hampshire.
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Why City Men Make Good Farmers

Use OF city men as farm workers
in emergency seasons has demonstrate
ed not only that many men employed
in cities and towns were reared on
farms and are skilled IN harvest la
Dor. but also that city men can stand
the heat and exertion Of the harvest
field, and attack their tasks with will
ingness and patriotic enthusiasm.
This was reported by the federal farm
help specialist In Kentucky at the de-
partment OF agriculture's recent labor
conference 10 Birmingham, Ala.
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LANDGROVE

Geo. Eager has been assisting Q. j..
Coolidge with the building of new
veranda
Mr.. and Mrs. George C. Thomson
have returned from their trip to
Massachusetts.
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II Wouldn't Go Camping Without Rat.
Snap," Saws RAY White.

"Wife and l spent our vacation
camping last summer, smell Of cook
ing brought rats. We went to town,
got some RAT-SNAP, broke up cakes,
put it outside our tent. We got the
rats alright-big fellows" Farmers,
store-keepers, housewives, should use
RAT-SNAP. Three sizes, 25c, SOC,
Sl00. Sold and guaranteed by 7. j,
Healey, Manchester Depot, Vt. adv
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we shall visit the East and probably
see many of our friends. Mrs. B. is
to visit her home at Franklin and to
attend her tenth class reunion, while !
will go clear East.
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To Physicians and HOuSehOlderS

Act No. It's Of the Laws Of 1919 makes the following
provisions:
l. All communicable (contagous) diseases must be
reported to the District Health Officer by the physician
in attendance if there is otherwise by the head OF
the family.
9. Physicians required TO quarantine families
attended by them in which a of communicable dis
ease is known or suspected to be present.
g. Heads of families in which a communicable disease
is known or suspected to be present, and where no
physician is in attendance must quarantine their own
houses.
A. Quarantine will be raised only by the District
Health Officer a written certificate from physician
that the family is in safe condition for release
s. All burial permits will be issued by town clerks.
Quarantine cards and notices may be obtained at the
Office of the town clerk and from selectmen.
These provisions are effective July !, 1919.
VERMONT STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
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which the speaker is speaking, they
still give the same wrapped attention
that we habitually give in America.
Rochester, Mimi, April 10, 1919.
Now think ! can finish my letter.
We arrived in Seattle on January 2Srd
and were there for six weeks. | hoped
that the climate would do me good, but
Fl gained nothing, could only drag
around. So il seemed best TO come to
the Mayo Brothers for treatment |
have been here month and am very
much better. This is a wonderful
place for anyone who is sick. | never
saw anything SO perfect, so thorough,
as the work in the Mayo Clinic.
We did not enjoy our stay in the
Northwest very much. 1t was hard
for me to realize that Seattle and
Vancouver were not cold, snow almost
unknown. They say that Seattle is a
beautiful city and | take their word
for it rather than get out from under
an umbrella to look. They also say
that the mountains around there are
grand, and again | take their word
for it, we were there only six weeks.
But they do say that there are days
in the summer when it does not rain.
They are very progressive out there;
that is, they make much money. II
you lived in the State Of Washington
and wanted some dentistry or medical
attention, you could probably take a
trip East, have it done and save
enough on your bill to pay your ex-
penses on your trip. Sounds like an
exaggeration, doesn't it? / thought
it was when first man told me Of
going East with his wife for treat
ment to save money. But later a
friend Of mine had three teeth to be
removed and bridge work done. The
best price that he could get in Seattle
was $3.50. He came East and had
good job done for $50, the fare from
Seattle to Chicago is approximately |
$58; figure it out for yourself. The
most characteristic thing that found
about the Northwest was that the bags
Of popcorn were very small and were
10 cents. Very well so far, but they
add fraction of cent to the profit
by emitting the butter, and here |
draw the line on the Northwest.
Well, the doctors tell me that am
to be discharged in a few days entirely |
well, and / feel so, | feel exhuberant.
This spring weather, and to be back in
America again. SO now | must bring |
this letter to close and begin to get |
ready to look for work. So, with best |
wishes TO everybody, am
Cordially,
WILLARD w. BARTLETT. |
P. S. June 2, 1871 have found
some work in connection with Des
Moines College, Des Moines, Iowa. and
we are settling down here to stay.
We are just getting acquainted with
our work, which does not begin until |
August 1st. Between now and then |
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LETTER FROM THE ORIENT
CONTINUED from page ID

tContinued from page ~
for themselves, just MS we do. And |
have been interested to note that in
meetings in which the congregation
does not understand the language in
which the speaker is speaking, they
still give the same wrapped attention
that we habitually give in America.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-14
Rubber
cancellation OF Orders
2hro'cs Large Supplies
OF Rubber Goods
orr the Market

Cancellation of government orders
for finished rubber goods. which
come under the beading of drug sun
dries and hospital supplies. has re.
suited IN rather uncomfortable sit
uation Tor manufacturers and wholo-
sale dealers. Most of these goods. such
as surgical gloves, rubber tubings Of
all kinds used for irrigating nnr.
poses and hot water bottles. were
made from crude rubber bought at
nigh prices. Now good many in tho
trade and themselves in the posses
ION Of large and costly lines Of rood
Tor which the demand has suddenly
confracted to the point where avail
able supplies are much in excess of
the immediate needs of BUYERS.
1T was expected by some dealers
that with the return of many sick and
wounded soldiers, and the HOSPITALS
crowded to capacity, the demand
would continue large. but. according to
manufacturers, this has not been me
case. because the hospitals were well
provided with rubber surgical goods
and sundries purchased during the
war period, and have not found it
necessary TO buy except in a moderate
way. w q -
At tho same time the drug store
trade. while admittedly in need Of re-
plenlshlng It's stocks of rubber goods
IS not buying in normal volume ow
ING to the expectation that prices will
come down 80
New-York tribune., 1919-02-14
Metals
Lower Prices May Ciue U. S.
4drantage Ouer Great
Britain in Steel
Export Trade

BRUSH export prices on pig iron and
steel products, as fixed by that govern
ment, are so much higher than prices
now quoted by American producers
that only relatively slight reductions
IN these prices or in ocean freight rates
Will serve to throw the advantage to
the United States in seeking foreign
markets for iron and steel.
tew comparisons of prices NAV be
clted TO illustrate the present disparity
between British export prices and
american. Cleveland No. foundry pig
IRON is now quoted for EXPORT from
England at about S35 a ton, whereas a
competing grade of iron is obtainable
tor export from New York at s34.9O
tree along side steamer. Tank plates
Tor export from England are $50 ton,
while the price i. a. s. New York is
S65.4O, including a $40 freight rate
from Pittsburgh. Heavy rails are S75
in England and 500 to S57. at mill. in
this country Rerolling billets exported
from England take quotation of about
S65 and about S4S, f. a. S. New York.
Bar IRON exported from England is S97
a ton against a price of $50 to $40.
New York.
Ni ~ : 1Ht 4dSl TWO months con
siderable steel export business has
gone to England because OF advantages
which that country has possessed in
freight rates, but the policy of the
United States Shipping Board now is
to meet the British rates so far as
possible. A favorable circumstance for
the American steel industry is the fact
that British mills are very busv with
home demand, in some cases the de-
mand exceeding the supply. If British
mills become loaded up heavily with
domestic orders, which are being taken
at considerably less than the export
prices, they will have less to sell
abroad.
Apparently nothing but the expecta-
ton OF buyers abroad that pig iron and
steel prices in this country will go
lower within the near future is pre-
venting very satisfactory export
business. There are many Inquiries.
but comparatively few orders are being
placed, except to cover immediate re-
qulrements, and in such cases the
tonnages arc small South American
countries and Japan seem to be in need
OF much material, buying of which is
being delayed pending the expected
lowering of prices.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-14
Str'aus Offers Plan TO
Reduce :Anform1al' Buying
Urges Drygoods Men to Purchase Under Contract
tor the Protection of Producers-Present Meth
ods Increase Costs and Tie Up Merchandise

not rule, at least principle, that
advocates among its members the Civ
lrg of fixed, formal contracts for every
last piece of merchandise that they
buy, the whole merchandise situation
would be in better shape.
Don't forget that the man from
whom you buy, who lays away mer-
chandisc on the possibility that your
representative will stay put after he
has expressed a desire, must take into
conside rat ion a certain amount of in
surance, and that figures in the price
that you pay for your merchandise.
believe that if every firm from whom
we buy could have the assurance over
cur firm signatures or our corporate
signatures. as the case may be. that we
are going to complete contract. and
that We will not tolerate such a thing
as verbal contract, which nav or
may not be concluded, depending on
perhaps the whim or the change Of
opinion of our repre- natives, our
merchandise relations will be very
much improved, and we will be on
very much sounder basis"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-14

Expects Break in Prices
Whe1, Russian Furs
Come on the
Market

When the Russian furs. which have
accumulated in large quantities dur
ing the war, start coming in, there
Will be break in the market anc
prices will come down, in the opin.
ion of Herman Shulof, of H. Shulot
& Co.
"At present there is scarcity OF
imported furs, such as Persian lamb
broadtais and various expensive pelts
and this has tended to keep prices
up to present high levels. Advices
which have received indicate that
large shipments of SKINS arc held ur
at Vladivostock. Along the Siberian
are ready for transportation. | have
not heard from my Moscow branch fo1
almost two years.
MANY of the Russian dealers at the
primary markets have sent large guam
titles of pelts to Germany because OF
the fear that the Bolshevik govern
ment would confiscate their stocks
When these goods are shipped to the
United States, they, together with furs
from Siberia and Australia, will SWAMP
the market
AZ present, however, 1urS are pop
u!ar in the United States. and selling
we'll. This is explained partly by the
fact that women employed in many OF
the munitions and war industries were
able to purchase furs when their earn
ing power was big. If one will walk
along Fifth Avenue, one may see fine,
ana more expensive furs worn b,
women than in any other part Of the
world.
"1he fur industry itself is in high
~ prosperous state, better than it has
ever been. In 1924 failures in the
business amounted to s2.0O0,00O To
day one scarcely hears CT a loss. II
furs decline. as is highly probable, il
will be better for the interests of all
concerned if the drop in prices arc
gradual. Only then will the fur trade
be able to maintain its stability. and
take Its proper place as one Of the
leading industries of the country"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-14
Plate Mills Need Business
Slump in Orders Heavy; Quick
Deliveries Offered

The plate mills of the country are
greatly in need of business. which has
not materializcd IN sufficient volume to
offset the large cancellations by tn ?
Emergency Fleet Corporation in the
curtaiment of the shipbuilding pro
gramme. During 1918 the production
OF plates was greatly spceded up and
an annual capacity in the entire coun-
try Of close to 100000 tons of plates
year was demonstrated under urgent
demand.
1T IS estimated that requirements Of
plates for shipbulding are fully so nor
cent less than they were a few months
ago. Locomotive and car buildinc are
proceeding at a far rate. but there
nave been cancellations of military
locomotives and cars which bring down
plate consumption at locomotive and
car shops. A number of plato mills are
working only on single turns. while
some arc shut down for rcpairs or
because OF lack of business.
AS illustrating the situation. deliver
les OF plates may nov be obtained from
most of the mills in from one to two
weeks, condition which has not been
approached in years. The Emergency
Fleet Corporation in revising its con
structlon programme to ships of great
er cargo carrying capacity is thr0wjnq
on the market large tonnages of mates
winch will probably be sacrificed at
consl lderably below the price of -s3 per
loo IDS, Pittsburgh, which mills are
quoting
New-York tribune., 1919-02-14

Everybody Picks
On the Retailer!

A FTER Mr.. Straus finished his
address before the drygoods
men in session here he was asked
whether he thought the mer-
chants should in the next few
months, follow Secretary Red
fields suggestion that, like the
manufacturers, they should fore
go profits to speed up produc-
tion and help alleviate possible
labor difficulties.
I'VE have all got overheads
to take care Of" he replied, "and,
as somebody stated here, the re-
taller is always the goat. I Won
der why the Secretary of Com
merce picked out the merchants
as the goats. He was not very
broad in his statement as to who
should forego the profits except
to include those whom he was
addressing at cur convention.
Now, / don't know | think that
we will have to temporarily, at
least, forego some OF our profits.
| think that in a falling market to
operate conservatively, you do"
Asked about the proposal for
a guaranteed price, Mr.. Straus
said: II suppose that in certain
definite staple lines of merchan-
disc the guaranteed price may be
a means Of continuing immediate
relations between producer and
distributor, but in my experience
I have not found that any pro-
ducer is ready to guarantee
prices to a point to which I be-
lieve they will fall between now
and next autumn. l have not en-
countered anybody who is will
ing to guarantee, for example,
down to the pre-war prices. Now
that may be extreme, but it was
in the nature of an inquiry to
find out what he really meant by
guaranteeing prices. He is TAX
ing long chance guaranteeing
prices, if he will go the limit on
his guarantee.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-14
Textiles
Road Statesmen Sending
In Larger Orders for
Cinghas71 Dress
Goods

Sentiment in drygoods circles is
undergoing some change for the bet
ter. While low prices on gray goods.
the basic material from which other
cotton cloths are developed. havo
failed to stimulate business some
mill agents report that finished goods
are in better demand. One leading
house sent its road statesmen out Sat
urday last. and since then the mails
nave been bringing good-sized orders
Tor dress glnghams for fall delivery.
Other houses declared yesterday that
business with them had not improved
to any appreciable extent and that
little IN the way of new buying was
expected before March l. 1t is stated
that further inroads must be made
on stocks held by jobbers in order to
BRING Improvement to the mills. East
ern producers are curtailing outputs
but the South has not kept pace in
this respect, the Southern mills be-
ing loath to disintegrate their work.
ing forces.
One Of the leading jobbing houses
has named attractive prices on a va
riety of articles. and the various de-
partment heads of the concern report
that a fairly good business has re-
suited, the dealers now attending the
convention of the National Retail
Dealers Association having bought
goods on a fair scale. 1t is noted.
however, that the tendency is to pur-
chase along conservative lines
Cotton yarns are in light demand.
and the keen competition encountered
by sellers results in much price cut
New-York tribune., 1919-02-14
Would Abolish Statesmen
Mark Per1man Makes Striking
Suggestion on Merchandisinu

Mark Perlman, large New York COT
ton goods manufacturer, in a statement
issued yesterday, said that travelling
statesmen arc no longer necessary in his
line of business. Mr.. Perlman believes
that new order of things has arrived
under which manufacturers and whole
sale distributors, instead Of forcing the
sale OF their goods on the road, need
only to give visiting buyers every op-
portunIty to buy. He asserts that buy
ers are no longer content to take what
the travelling salesman offers them, but
irsist on coming to this market, wher.
they can observe trends in styles and
fabrics from every angle and buy right
at headquarters. He adds that if a
comprehensive advertising campaign is
undertaken by local producers and dis
tributers buyers will be attracted to
New York in great numbers. The re-
iations between sellers and buyers nat.
urally would be closer by reason Of
direct contact
New-York tribune., 1919-02-14
Silks
Rush OF Buying of High
Grade Silks Keeps
n ouses Open
ON Holiday

Prosperity continues to sway bur
ing of high priced silks. Some Of th
leading houses found it necessary 4
remain open the greater part Of Lin
coins Birthday in order to take car
of the business that was offered Tt
sellers also took into account the fss
that hotel accommodations in New Yul
are so we'll taken up that the numerr
visiting buyers find it difficult to e.
sleeping quarters.
Retail dealers now in the marki
nave proved to be liberal buyers, e.,
peclally of dance and other silks te-
evening wear.
Manufacturers state that supplies ,rs
short. the strike of wcavers in ysV
Jersey and elsewhere having reduce
production, and, although it is est.
mated that the Paterson district in II
cent years has only provided 80 PEI
cent Of the country's output of nsIs.
1actared silk, spring trade has turae
out to be so good that even the suar
est reduction is felt. Manufactures
declare that demand viii continue en-
the Easter holidays, at least.