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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-17
MIR. WALKERS TESTIMONY


ID RIDGEPORT HAD been told by Mr. Walker, that high 1O prices for ice made by scarcity. would the hundred ice could not be sold Bridgeport at profit m dealing in it.
 All of this supposition in light of Mir Walkers most recent testimony The available supply ice according to his figures is about 225OOO 15OOO tons normal supply, excluding shrinkage.
 But the ice which sold F. O. Congamond to dealers in Connecticut at $6 Congamond to dealers in New York at $2 Asked, Why ing New York at $ ton than Connecticut" Mr. Walker replied:
 Because the dealers have fixed the price Connecticut"
 To be the operations which describes are not in business which it. It is quite human the under the best conditions they obtain.
 lContinned in Last Two Colunnsl Ss
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-17
ELKS APPLAUD FLAG SERVICE
 
Annual Exercises Featured By Address of Frank
 Conroy of Boston.

| The annual flag service of Bridge
 port lodge, B. P. O. E., was held last
 night at the High school and a large
 audience attended. including delega-
 tions from the G. A. R., Spanish War
 Veterans, Son of Veterans and vet
 erans of the world war. Exalted Ruler Patrick J. Kelley presided at the meeting
 The principal adress of the evenidn g was delivered by Frank Conroy of Boston. He declared it was a great privilege to be present at the gather ing on the 42nd anniversary of the adoption of the flag to pay tribute to the banner which has never known defeat.
 Referring to the F1ks the speaker said it is one of the foremost patriotic orders of the country. having 500000 members, every one a citizen of this country and pledged to the support of the flag. The Efks had 5000 men in the national service. including Gen. John J. Pershing. During the war the EIks throughout the country bought q, 900, 900 worth of bonds, raised $, 3,000,- 900 for the Red Cross, 1. 0o0, 900 for the Y. M. c. A.. S50,00e to the Salvation Army and had conducted drive which had brought in $5.O00, 900, all of which went to buy comforts for the soldiers on the other side. The E1ks also raised ss5o.00o for hospitals and gave a hospital costing $250.ooo for vo-
 cational training for wounded soldiers. The speaker also mentioned the Irish
 question, urging that justice be dope in the Emerald Isle.
 Hon. P. IF. McCarron of Lodge No. 10, Boston, gave a fine address and Capt. D. F. McGovern presented the record of the nag. Y
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-17
AERIAL NAVIGATION

LCOCK AND BROWN made their transatlantic flight il, N fog and wind. They flew directly a bird flies destination the station Cden. Ireland It is asserted excellent authority that this possible by special apparatus built into the wings of their plane This apparatus electrical in nature it would receive wireless signals when pointed toward wireless station and the sig right quarter
 explanation is not adequae for under these cond- be fulfilled whenever the
 wireless in operation crossed by which entirely diverted the least the apparus must have been tuned if existed shore ation presumably the station Clifden.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-17
STEPNEY

Thornton Blakeman has purchased | a new Ford touring car. The Stepney Volunteer Fire Conn pany will hold a concert and dance at their, hall on Wednesday evening, June IS. A musical program consist ing of both vocal and instrumental music will be given. After which 35 cents.
 MT. and Mrs. Stephen B. Hayes spent Sunday as guests of MT. and Mrs. Charles Nichols in Danbury
 Mrs. Carrie Glover has entertained as a guest Mrs. Wheeler of Wood bury.
 The Willing Workers were enter- tained at the home of Miss Ina Nich-. ols in Huntington on last Friday evening.
 Miss Holley of Bridgeport has pass ed few days with MT. and Mrs. Milou5 Hawley.
 William Purdy of Bridgeport haA' been a guest of his father, Zalmons Purdy.
 MT. and Mrs. Clayton Hawley and Miss Blanche Gilbert were weekend guests at Fort Trumbul Beach.
 Mrs. Lillian Williams has sold her Bridgeport property and will move. her furniture to her summer home< here.
 Misses Ina Nichols of Huntinetons and Bertha Broderick of Bridgepork6 have been guests of Miss Bertha Nich-S ols for . few days .3
 MT. and Mrs. Stanley ,Botsfords Alice and Laura Botsford have spen1s a few days as guests of relatives ln& New Haven. s ~
 Mrs. Smith of Danouryi is spen4inGt several weeks as the guest of 1G1G1$ Josephine Briscoe. ss ss$s, ~
 An entertainment will be Civens f1 the Methodist church parlors on Ux1<] day evening of this week for the btnG n- of the village green. An tnksr@ ing program win be given ana es and ice cream win be served.
 4 Chiidren's Day concert wn4 n in the Baptist chazx6h bnk ll evenins Tho proe1ej IT l ~
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-17
(Continued from First Two Columns)


 the people themselves who fault that they taken advantage of If the citizens will not trouble to look their pockets, elect public officials who will look out for their interests they must expect to suffer- Driven and by the facts developed Hartford investigation, the municipal authorities have succeeded in having ice put back to its old But these authorities have not complied with the the people respecting the municipal ice pant wherein lies all the remedy that is for the present in sight
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-17
SIZE OF ARMY

ST~ HE HOUSE has provided for army of 3OOOOO General March, chief of staff, urges upon committee military affairs of 5O0OOO supporting his suggestion with the statement that army of 952yOOO men, and France also large army.
 The conditions that surround France Britain do apply to the United States. The surface Europe seet ing of dsconen Some 27 small The signing of the amistice be of violence quarters. They larger n
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-17

The next most popular sport for High School athletes ia footbnIl and Coach Hunt v goin1 10 ca1l coon for.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-08-16

breeches, with CATERS buttOned over
the feet, which are often bare, When
anything at all is worn on the sOles
it usually consists of leather san
dalS.
These people are of retiring dis
position, rarely visiting the communi-
ties for fear that some one will laugh
at them and their dress. In the
towns, however, German, English,
Portuguese and American commercial
visitors have introduced modern modes
of dress and int fenced social and bust
ness life.
The nativ do not overwork,
unless in CARR L for the many trav-
elers who come over the sea in search
of the health they always find, either
climbing the volcanic slopes or bathing
in the warm baths of Furnas.
AS for scenery, where will one find
pine and elm trees growing in the
same neighborhOOd with oranges, ba'
nanas, citrons and pomegranateS'
Long known only as the little islands
where there are no snakes, the Azores
are believed to have a destiny as re-
plete with adventure as they are tui
of volcanic crevices and craters, all eA
tinct, but alive with possibilities.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-08-16
personI Influence.

To influence others one must nave
@ hearty fellow feeling for them. De
willing to extend helping hand as oc-
cosion demands, to cheer, to comfort
70 console. Which means that imag7
inotion also counts for much in the
exercising of personal influence. Inc
unimaginative can never be genuinely
sympathetic. Sincerity, common sense
forcefulness, courage, self-conhdence'
decision, sympathy, keenness OF mag
inotjon-these above aught else are the
qualities that need to be cultivated by
all who would draw on the aid OF per-
sonol influence in pressing forward to
the goal of success.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-08-16
HIGH PRICES
DECLARED To
Be ARTIFICIAL
President Addresses Congress on
Subject Of High Cost
Of Living.
LAWS ARE NOT ADEQUATE
Chief Executive Declares Wiciors
Practices" Are Responsible for
PerioUs Situation Which Faces
the Nation-Makes lmpoT-
tant Recommendations.

WASHINGTON. - Addressing congress
and proposing remedies to check the
high cost Of living, President wilson
declared that existing laws were made
Quate ana that high prices were not
justified by shortage of supplies, pres
ent or prospective but were created III
many eases "urtifcially and dellber-
ately" by "vicious practices"
The president recommended that the
food control act be extended TO
peace time operation and that congress
exclude from interstate as well as
intrastate shipments goods which al"
not comply with its provisions.
His address was rs follows:
Gentlemen of the Congress:
| have sought this opportunity TO 40
dress YOU because it is clearly my duty
to call your attention to the present cost
of living and to urge upon you with all
the persuasive force of which am capable
the legislative measures which would be
most effective in controlling it and bring
ing it down.
The prices the people Of this country are
paying for everything that it is necessary
! for them to use in order to live are not
/ justified by a shortage in supply, either
present or prospective, and are in many
cases artiticially and deliberately created
! by vicious practices which ought lmIne
dately to be checked oy law.
They constitute a burden upon US WhlcI
Is the more unbearable because we kno"
that it IS wifully imposed by those "h'
have the power and that it can by yigor
Gus public action be greatly Ilghtened an'
made to square with the actual condition
of supply and demand.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-08-16
chihuahua Is Smallest,

The smallest of all recognized preeus
Of dogs is the Chihuahua, which IS also
one of the most intelligent of all the
canine family. This breed is product
of Mexico and is named after north
ern country where there are thousands
Of these little dogs running wild and
multiplying each year 1t seems a re-
markable thing that in spite OF the
fact that they have never had any
dog shows in Mexico, one only mas 10
visit that country and try to purchase
a really good, typical little Chihuahua
from native to realize that the MeXl-
cans know the worth of this dog OF his
own country. How these dogs were
bred probably never will be known
Some authorities have intimated that
they were bred some generations back
from large squirrels. and this view IS
borne out by the fact that at one time
these dogs ran wild in the woods ana
that the Chihuahua is nearly as pro-
fcient in running up trees as the spur
| rel.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-08-16
AMERICANS
MAKING GOOD
AT SIXTY"FIYE

Don't worry about old age; A sound
man is good at any age. Keep your
body in good condition and you can be
as hale and hearty and able to do your
Bit as when you were young fellow.
Affections Of the kidneys and bladder
are among the leading causes of early
or HELPLESS age. Keep them clean ana
the other organs in working condition,
and you will have nothing to fear.
Drive the poisonous wastes from the
system and avoid uric acid aecumula-
tions. Take GOLD MEDAL Harlem
oil Capsules periodically and you VIII
find that you are as good as the next
fellow. Your spirits will be r,eJuye-
mated, your muscles strong and your
mind keen enough for any task.
GOLD MEDAL HsarIen OIL Capsules les
will do the work. But be sure to get
the original imported GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules. They are re-
liable and should help you, or yoGt
money will be refunded. For sale ol
most druggists. In sealed pacSssS
three sizes-Adv-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-08-16
Sinister Influences at Work.

And I enter another confident hope. l
have spoken today chiefly of measures
of imperative regulation and legal COM
pulson, of prosecutions and the sharp
correction of selfish processes; and these
no doubt are necessary.
But there are other forces that we may
count on besides those resident In the
department of justice. We have Just
fully awakened to what has been going
on and to the influences, many of them
very selfish and sinister, that have been
producing high prices and imposing an
intolerable burden on the mass Of our
people.
To have brought it all into the open
will accomplish the greater part Of the
result we seek.
! l appeal with entire confidence to
| our producers, our middlemen and our
merchants to deal fairly with the peo-
Pile 1t is their opportunity to snow
| that they comprehend, that they in
tend to act justly, and that they have
| the public interest sincerely at heart.
| And I have no doubt that house
keepers all over the country, and eN
eryone who buys the things he dali!
stands in need of will presently eXer
else a greater vigilance, NOR
| thoughtful economy more dlscriml
mating care as to the market in whlcl
he BUYS or the merchant with Whon
he traded than he has hitherto exer
nis
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-08-16
Profiteers Lawbreakers.

Some of the methods by which these
prices are produced are already illegal
some of them criminal, and those VINO
employ them will be energetically pro
ceeded against But others have not yet
been brought under the law, and should
be dealt with at once by legislation.
[ need not recite the particulars OF this
critical matter: the prices demanded anu
paid at the sources Of supply, at the FAC
tory. in the food markets, at the SHOPS
in the restaurants and hotels, alike IN Inc
city and in the village.
They are familiar to you They are the
talk of every domestic circle and OF every
group of casual acquaintances even. II Is
a matter of familiar knowledge also, that
a process has set in which is likely, unless
something Is done, to push prices ana
rents and the whole cost of living higher
and vet higher, in a vicious cycle to when
there is no logical or natural end.
With the increase in the prices Of the
necessaries of life come demands for in
creases in wages-deman1s which are
justified if there be no other means OF
enabling men to live.
Iypon the increase of wages there FOL
lows close an increase in the price OF the
products whose producers have been ac-
corded the increase-not a proportionate
| increase, for the manufacturer does not
/ content himself with that, but an IN
crease considerably greater than the
! added wage cost and for which the addec
/ wage cost is oftentimes hardly more thar
an excuse.
The laborers who do not get an increase
in pay when they demand it are hkeN
TO strike and the strike only makes mat
ters worse.
1t checks production; if it affects tn
RAILWAYS it prevents distribution ant
strins the markets; so that there is pres
entity nothing to buy, and there is anothe
excessive addition to prices resulting from
the scarcity,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-08-16

"rhe federal trade commission has
found that the high price of shoes
cannot be justified by underlying eco
nomic conditions. The commission
after exhaustive inquiry into the price
of hides, leather and shoes, is report
ing to congress that the larger packers
control the hide supply and have
taken excessive profits and passed In
creased costs to subsequent steps in
manufacture and distribution; that the
tanner has taken exceptional profits;
that the manufacturer Of shoes mas
taken unusual margins, and the prices
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-08-16
Must Be No Threats.

There must he no threats. Let there be
only intelligent counsel, and let the best
reasons win, not the strongest brute
force. The world has just destroyed the
arbitrary force of a military junta. It
will live under no other All that is ar
hitrary and Coercve is in the discard.
Those who seek to employ it only prepare
their own destruction.
We cannot hastily and overnight reVc-
1utioli2e all the processes Of our eco
monte life. We shall not attempt to dc
so. These are days of deep excitement
and of eXtravagant speech, but with US
these are things Of the surface.
Everyone who is in real touch with tht
silent masses of our great people knows
that the old strong fiber and steady self
control are still there, firm against VIC
lence or any distempered action tina
would throw their affairs into confusion
l am serenely confident that they vii
readily find themselves, no matter wha
the circumstances, and that they will ad
dress themselves to the tasks of peac
with the same devotion and the sam
stalwart preference for what is right tina
they displayed to the admiration Of tn
whole world in the midst of war.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-08-16
VICTIM OF TURKS RAPAClTY
0ssa City Of Farmagusta, on Island Of
Cyprus, a Monument to Their
SaVagery and Hate.

farnagusta, "the place of the god
aeSs Is in desolate corner of the
Unframed island of Cyprus, One look
:. Tue wrecked city shows plainly that
u, !, goddess has forsaken her affairs.
= lOOks as though sandstorm had
s9uck the place and buried it's glory
Wreath a dune, from which rise the
remains of churches, towers and q
cathedral.
i was not, however, the sands of
als tropics that laid the ancient me-
!. aopOlis low. The Turks, wrathful at
Als city Of 300 churches, attacked it in
slege which might have rivaled the
sasthy Trojan episode had not hun,
. sse overcome the city's defenders. The
galaging of the conquerors completed
y ruin wrought by batterlng rams
ute and stones.
!, earthquakes followed and settled
shattered stones further into the
y But through the city's days Of
lueuon, even today, the outer wall:
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-08-16
How Food Prices Have Risen.

Observation-Disclosures of % cities
of the country paid 16 per cent more
in June for % standard articles of food
than the average in 1918, according to
figures made public by the department
of labor. The average cost of the same
foods per family in 1918 was 81 per
cent more than in 1918. The cost per
family in cities for 1913 is given as
1924. In June, 1919, it had risen to
S623, an increase of little more than
92 per cent. Since then prices have
gone even beyond those figures.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-08-16

charged by the retailer are not justi-
fable, each factor in the industry adj
ding to the burden he had to bear be-
fore he passed it on to the next"
Means for reducing the present high
prices are recommended by the COM
mission in this paragraph:
"Some relief from the intolerable
prices paid by consumers for shoes
may be had by ~ rigid enforce
ment of the laws against monopolistic
control Of commodities, (2) legislation
forbidding producers Of hides engag'
Ing In the tanning business"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-08-16
E.nn.I Made Erom MIX gottle.

A funnel that has wide range OF
onnl;cstion about the household, and
especially in food-canning season. may
no made by cutting the body OF an
ordinary milk bottle. The bottle Is
trimmed at the desired point by tying
an alcohol-saturated cord around 1t
and applying a match. The glass will
break evenly at that point. AFTER
breaking, the edge is smoothed on on
an emery wheel and the funnel is ready
for use.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-08-16

and bastions stand firm. The haroor
stronghold of Farmagusta would be a
formidable obstacle to attack even in
this day of 50-mile guns and scientific
artillery fire.
In one corner of the wall stands a
tower said to have been the scene OF
Desdemonas death at the hands OF
OthellO.
Aside from the strong walls there
ore few bits of intact architecture
among the debris. An occasional palm
tree growing up through the ruins ADDS
TO the effect of abandonment. A re"
Turks hold the city gainst time' 1he
only enemy left to it.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-08-16
Conditions Not Natural"

These are facts and forces with which
we have become only too familiar: out
we are not justified because OF our lanill-
iaritv with them or because OF any nasty
ond shallow conclusion that they are
"naturaT" and inevitable, in sitting mac
t,valv by and letting them work their Ia
tai results if there is anything that we
csn do to check, correct or reverse theln'
have sought this opportunity TO IN
form the congress what the executive is
doing bv way of remedy and control, anu
IN suggest where effective legal renedieS
are lacking and may be supplied.
We must. | think, frankly admit that
+bare is no complete immediate remedy
"a be had from legislation and executive
cotton The free processes Of supply ana
demand will not operate of themselves,
ond mn Legislative or executive action can
force them into full and natural operation
until there is peace
"There is now neither peace nor war
All the world it waiting-with what I'M
nervine fears and haunting doubts VINO
con adequately say?-waiting to know
when il shall have peace and what KIM
~ neace II will be when it comes-a peace
IN which a nation shall make Shift Tor
;tsoIf as q can. or a peace buttressed and
supported by the will and concert OF
the nations that have the purpose and the
mower to do and to enforce what Is rlgnt.
Politically, economically, socially, the
world is on the operating table, and 1t has
not been possible to administer any anaes-
thetic, 1t is conscious 1t even watches
the capital operation upon which it knows
that its hopes of healthful life depends
It cannot think its business out or make
plans or give intelligent and provident oil
rection to its affairs while in such case
Where there is no peace of mind there
can be no energy in endeavor.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-08-16
Do Il Now!

The doors of opportunity remain
omen for years, but they close with
bang, and they never reopen we are
responsible for the good we might DO,
md the world is poorer for our neglect
as no one can do our work. If there
is something that needs doing doh I
whit till tomorrow Do 1t now
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-08-16
ALL TAKE EXCESSIVE PROFITS
Federal Trade Commission Makes
Public Facts Concerning Present
Hiah Prices of Shoes.

Washington.-The federal trade COM
mission. which recently conducted an
investigation into the leather industry,
inuuiring especially into the prices OF
shoes. made public summary OF Its
report to congress.
In its introduction to the summary
the commission says:
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-08-16
Must All Work Together.

Threats and undue insistence upon
the interest of single class. make set
Element impossible. l believe, as 1
have hitherto had occasion to say 10
the congress, that the industry and NE
of our people and of the world VIII
suffer irreparable damage If employers
and workmen are to go on in a perpet-
nal contest, as antagonists They
must on one plan or another, be effec-
lively associated. Have we not stead
mess and elf-possession and business
sense enough to work out that result?
In the meantime-now and IN the
days OF REIMBURSEMENT and recuperaton
that are ahead Of us-let US resort
more and more to frank and intimate
counsel and make ourselves a great
and triumphal nation, making our
selves a united force in the life OF the
world. 1t will not then have looked to
| US for leadership in vain
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-08-16
Shave With cuticura Soap

And double your razor efficiency as
well as promote skin purity, skin COM
fort and skin health. No mug, nc
Shiny soap, no germs, no waste, nc
irritation even when shaved twice
daily. One soap for all uses-shaying
bathing and shampOOing.--AdV.