Milford chronicle., 1921-05-13

few days-if they desire to get IL
rebate allowed by Town Council fC
city taxes paid in May. Usually abol
half the total amount of taxes levie,
are paid with the rebate off.
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THE BUYERS STRIKE agains
paying exhorbitant prices should b
enforced against all who demand I'm
reasonable prices for food of an!
kind. Bread is down to almost pre-
war prices. Butter and eggs have
dropped to or below prevailing price:
before the war, while wheat and corr
have almost been stagnant as a COM
modify of trade for months. Fish
CLANS, meat and poultry alone seem
to be held above any reasonable price.
The people by refusing to buy, can
break this combination-and it needs
breaking quickly. Unless the buyers
strike breaks, the profteering sellers
will come down. Labor has accepted
very largely a considerable reduction,
so now let the retailer drop his prices
to meet general conditions.
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FOR FIVE YEARS farmers who
grew peas for the canneries in this
part of Delaware made large profits
from that crop; but, the present sea-
son the peas in the fields are not
source for satisfaction to the growers.
The freezing weather in April coming
after the excessive heat of March,
when the peas started to grow a
month ahead of time, caused damage
to the roots of the pea vines, which
is now very apparent in the stunted
growth and lack of deep green color,
which indicates healthy plants and
without which a large yield is not
possible. This part of Delaware pro-
duces large crops of peas for the can
neries annually-but this year is
likely to see a very great reduction !
in the average pounds of peas pro-
duced per acre for canning.
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WORK IN CANNERIES IN DELLA
WARE this year will be very much
reduced because of the failure of the
fruit and vegetable crops, which form
a very great part of the canning ma
terials. Especially will the women
who work during the canning season
feel the shortage of labor. This source
for earning money for very great '
many families, is the source from s
which the clothing outfits are drawn.
With the corn packers practically :
shut down and the pea crop below a
an average, not to mention the entire k
absence of tomato canning in Della v
ware, makes the outlook for cannery -
labor this summer very discouraging Fl
for those dependent upon this for p
mer source of revenue. But the people Y
general have in the past managed to ,.
Zig up some other form of supply for A
crop failures, and it will be the same tc
With the labor deprived of it's source CT
or employment by shut down of the pl
.anneries for the season.
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URGENT. NEED of a large auditor WI
um in Milford that can be used for Ill
arge balls and for the many society NJ n.
unctiOns given by the secret organi- wi
ations in Milford, has been realized TO-
nd is now under consideration by tn
hose directly interested. The armory - ~
oor is in poor condition for dancing ah
in fact-the objection to this as a
all room has been a serious matter
n consideration for several years.
he armory is needed for the train I
g and use of the newly re-organized he;
ational Guard Company stationed in ne
ilford, and it's use for other than aIl
ilitary purposes will have to be with bat
eld from the public. 1t is without abe
lestion, necessary that the people Lol
tber in a community wav or bv nri- Sw
tie interests, build and provide a o~a oon
rye One-story auditorium in Mil con
rd. The location need not be on the sew
ain or business streets, but should inc
as easy to approach as possible. ~ ~,
by not the Tall Cedars build this Ait
of |
*#l** eriI
IN A DRIVE THRU the wheat pro- "a CetS
cling section about Milford last a f
nday evidence of unusual condi- the
MS at this time of the wheat grow thre
season was apparent, and from ecu q,
; appearance of the wheat fields, lare
are very much inclined to feel that hab
IRE is ample reason to believe that OF {
} crop of that cereal for the next SON.
rvest, will be far below the aver ,.io1,
:. Many fields show yellow and un- husl
llthy looking stalks of wheat that proI
tainly can not mature full heads of Ine
in, while large percentage of the +bo 1'
ire crop growing indicates that were
ious injury was done to the plants. testi
several sections the wheat looked nave
.er than in neighboring districts i~ons E,eTs
in none did the color, sturdy ricks
with of plants which is necessary wise
the yield of a full crop of wheat, III M
oon =. :, e., ,,oo..,,. - 4,,.I when
0''i % IL Aoiinei Se'sOnS az ''nls appli
}. The wheat is now at the "head-
stage of its growth, a period
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