Berkshire Chronicle Reading 12-1916

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<,I Agl iOllltll!~: held a t tho Cr~at W eetlllll
lI(.lei, Hcadmg, on S"turdny nHernoon ,
aI L"' J{)eJ by ~i' IIenry R. De~ton (Pre.ideo!).
)'I II 11 D. WcU s (Vico,l'.os.dcnt), .Mesol •. 'fh umas
J.tfl Jll1n
J ~l [culUl1 n , T. I). Ratt, \Y B razil,
J) , y bn ll Ha o;lanl, Jun ,' Jou, I .ousloy, G 8. Bed [or~l,
'[,homaR Cheltle, If H I1 sLby, .mCl 'Arthur S. 'l' ume!"

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'I'll E GO'vEnNMF.~T AND FIXED ,PRlCES.

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Mr. LlLt hnm opmlcd n, d obate 'o n t his, ' Vb lCh waa
0110 of the m!\tters '~lscnt dO\vn l or d lScuseion f rom

tbo Gen tlil l ChifrnbOl:. ~t WR.s no~ pntcnt to everyboody, lao l3f\ld, thn t wb at ~tho GoyornHloOnt. had dOHe
111 f,xIIIK p rl(,cs for m lilc waB d OlO$( ten hmes mOl e

, ""'a,m Flucy

, Scarve$

I",nl tn tlto ""untry I,ha n though they had loft the

t lllng ,u hmo altogether.
For w st a Jl ce, \ ho ro "Q !
lludlJi [L pillt of milk to be b ought in the t own of
'l'3untbn last 'l'hllrsoqy. ~fi]k ,,'.as llt .o. P rlCQ :W'h lCh
ton ic! 'Ho t P,IY tho farmor , aod there WIlS likely to

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,111"g' Mcn and ft, d lst\st-er of ,vory ' glC8.t grav i t y ,
rl' ho Prr.sJdcnt s aul I that W!lS n. very serI OU S com·

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1,0 soon Bl~ch.a eho~tage. ~s ,v{)ulll bo a. n a"{)n al
Ill a",t
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too low,

suppos~ d

tho Co,, ernmellt fixed t ~o'
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M.r La thalU Said thof ball made 11..6; ar rall gemen t
Wh lOh \\ 0 111(/ mako It ~noro dlffio ult .. fO l' m en w ho
had .1roady A'U''4 ulmculty i u keeping the" beld.
IIJl to Ico~ p them up .
A t 0. m \>ettn g of dahy
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Re.aci1ng it

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eh o\\n that a. th ousa nd

hau been l",t ju, t round tho towo, and, 'llnny
Hlcm In the rOom ~ a id Lhey ",010 g' oin~ to close th oj r
t1e l f.a id, '\\ lthout fou r or h esltatlOn, that It
Jumh
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f\. lI UlDlla l

d ltln st o l', nnd

tflR t the Goy..e.rnment

t> hCl uld ll f\.ve l eft t I. o ull lk ques h on ,alone altoge the r
](0 was told thn t tho ,GO\'cl u mc nt themaeh--.!8 fe-lt

they h.n.d rnnde a ser ~o u;; m ia.take. {Ileal', h eat.} .
I\f r ' [ Ia 8~am , Coull! we not 5cncl up some recom·

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Mr. D,nz" said at plP,en t t>ric.s t hey oould not
(ret . n<lI lgL mill, to pa.y fo r t], ~ oxtm COBt of feed ,

Hl.;.r 6tuff s , Linseed c~ke n ow stood at , '£1~ a t on,'
nnel t.be pri ce kept ~ 01HK lip. and n fi.x:ed ' pn ce fo r
w il le nlu-st -m e all n. s horte r supply, h eca:u se they
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really ('QuIa,. not buy Cmxh ng st uffs
(:ftca.r, 1 1e&1.)
1.1 110 PJ'fUIl{t c ut tl!lO ught ol1. resol ution ' m1gh t b e

"." od cplli n" the attention of the Govornment to
jile matter. (He",r, h enL )
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'1'ho Vi ct>-P r o.'ude~lt 6nld (he Gm,· crnment h ad ' been
ill i..P.l fl!rmg With Ithis an,) that t rodo i n ft. l mnnnel'
,,), lOh "a s pClfiibio~ to 01\ degroo' to hay, , nlllk ,
HlMt, :lnu co-rn ,' T he t hitlA' h ad fal' b~tter h8.\'6

1,oon le ft to 8uppl~ land d eiilll n(] , as oocasioll 10·

'lUJrod
(Hea r , h eq..rI.)
'Wou ld t he mselves k eep

I ~ p eople in t h o oountly

a. cow, mau v , dillicu l h ea
would Le so Il"cu . but\ t h e v we ro too id le to doa- so,
and yet il tE'v ex pec ted t h e Govornment to kee p
d O\\ II di e pnct) or m ilk 110 mELUer what th o cost of

foodll\l( stuff.
J . "olut lon
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be
H o "auld) "I:er to seo "
th.t the I ohamber had no cOllfi,
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tho p ric.()'" 0 1' th&

use.
tho th ,n g

Every bod y
WMO

and clpmaml.,

left t o
(Ilear)

Ladie3', Whit.
Jap Silk ShiH.
OUl'.;own make.

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