Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-30
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

Thursday there were no developments of importance in the strike situation at r the French River Textile company at Me- chanicsville. The strikers, who are weav- | CTS, remained out and other departments of the mill continued to operate. The | strikers have not obtained a hall in this l city, for the holding of meetings, so much was not seen of them on Thursday as was the case on the first day of the strike. Strikers of the Manhassett Manufac- turing company who have been out three weeks are gradually drifting back to their work. The big plant is now run ming much the same as before the labor trouble developed, although not produc- i ing at full capacity as yet. This county is facing the worst crisis in it's. history as to farm labor and pos sible production. of foodstuffs for the year following the coming growing sea- son. The situation. is one that cannot be complacently ignored even by those who have reserve capital or who are now ern- ployed attrecord high wages. One cannot buy food with money if there is no food to be bought, and it is in view of this fact that an effort is being made to drive home to the city dwellers the lesson that 1 they must plant home gardens unless 1 they want to take the risk of extremely | high food prices and drastic shortages 1 during the coming fall and winter. Plant a home gardeni This is the slogan of the l day and, it is predicted, the man who | does it will have cause to congratulate :; himself in, the not distant future.
 l Farm labor in this county, statements | at the office of the Windham County l Farmers association show, is from 35 to 1 45 per cent short. and 10 to 20 per cent. 1 shorter than it was last year, notwith-
 standing the fact that the average pay of farm laborers has increased 115 per cent I since 1910.
 l County Agent Davis said Thursday l noon that the farmers are paying from | $60 to $50 a month for farm laborers
 and are having great difficulty in getting them even at these prices, some workers demanding their rent, milk and vegeta- bles in addition to the pay. This means prices for foodstuffs next fall and win ter that will make the things we eat now
 at alleged high prices seem cheap in comparison.
 Thursday there was 8 large gathering
 Of buyers at the auction sale of the Keith
 Trucking and Garage company on South
 Main street. Buyers were present from
 many sections of eastern Connecticut.
 The sale, conducted by J. Carl Witter
 and N. A. Writer of Danielson. included
 horses, automobile trucks and mass of
 trucking equipment that found ready
 sale at fair prices to buyers who seemed
 gied to get chance to buy serviceable
 used articles at prices below present
 market values for new goods.
 The campaign teams of. the First Bap.
 tist church of this city afe planning an
 intensive speeding up of their campaigr today and tomorrow in order that the J church here shall pledge the full amount
 Of the $22,400 quota assigned to it in the effort of the Northern Baptists to raist s100,OO0.000 to be pledged in the Inter
 church World Movement throughout tn,
 country. On Thursday the pledges ob
 tained here totaled in the vicinity ot
 $l5,00o, and this is the finest showins