Reading Observer 09-1917

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oJ ~h" Lpndon l'<JOd V IGi lance Committee,
10 of~ ,b. pr'llhmlal ~er lIe q .. l.o stcret..u'l

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.' lbe I:<:dmaot.an Oo-opcr...tl\!'e SOC'l H 'r. aud

has the
O_ MO
same effect on
fa.shionui ble.'4ch.
in.g green; but

while the old way
took hours, OMO
bleaches in a few
mO,m ents-indo>:>rs.
OMO conta.lns OX't-g" .....
t\>e. bleachinll e1e.U\ ...nt
of tl,e purest C<lu ...try
m.a~es

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~1 1] Cl'ntmucd SInCC the out.bTea.l... of the ' \3.l' t o)
:Hh l.r,te In numbcr!. more so tba.n m nn, preVIous
1 1rl od ~ lt h ough the memhel"!'i hIp b ad IDc' e<lsed
t he trado oWlIlg to tbe difficulty of obt3Jnmg
1h I' ~ llcre\vtthn.l b.d n ot mO'C8..!cd 10 the
51"1)
n,t.io
'l'b.lt was owm,!; to the ditfi
cal:,., ot obl.a.nlUlg pro't" IKlons, ~n d he could aswre
t!!cm tba.t their ma.o3.ger ..and staff generally bad
been wotru~d from v.~~'s end to week's end to get
\\ h .t they had been :l.~k"'d to su ... .,!'" to members
Sllg-:'l " h:til been a very ve.:I:t'd que stion nnce tbe
Onlommcn t took over Lhe cootrol, and t hey as
cc' opera.to.r, bad sl1a~rod under th at and ~so bad
e~p"' flcnccd tbe difficul ty of lOcrea.sed uletl1bersh tp
.I S ,\ pH
ThfY bn.d 110,000 members at the. out~
l're:J k of "'at) anc 113426 wben the last balance
U. ,.,,\.. WIS dro.\\ n Wben they bore In mind that
l(,'()Tdmg to the G ~\ emmen t a.uotm~nt tho Soclety
.... as gethng the a.mount .thcy had ;:..t. the outbre.1.k
,,1 wa.r t hey could wldentand It ' l'iU a. very difit
culL prob lem to Eohe OU'Id "hy acme of tb,em bad
~ ~o a bit liho rt It tImes 'lhl!TC W~ also the
·i.lrc .. rl q uest.lOn) and that had bten .L ,err dl'Okult
rile to h:llldJe, but up to the presen( With the
exccl'L)on of lhe qu&hty oi !.h. bread+."Ll ch had
not oo.h "h. t the,. 'v(IfO = " ,ople;\ to '" ille
p",I.--tho Readmg SocIety, lile m.lIlY other Co-OpC -:..tll'C SOCieties, had built. lip tb ~ lr hustDess 011
t he quali t.y of theIr brea.d OWU1~ to the great
rt'.$tnctlon UIJ.t. h:w suffered, .:wd he supposed I~

clothes beaurtiully
wh,te with~l' t ar.y
e fi ort on the part of
the house~ife.
IT 8L£ACHfiS AS IT WA ~1f£S.
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OR FLANNJ:LS - f

In 3d. and Id. Pack~
everywhere.
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chlllrman ha.d told them tha.t

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gr?wth 6f the membenhip of tha Rea.d.ing
He ha.ppened to be connected WIth ..

OF THE ·WE;I'

whel'O the case waa e.ve.n 'Wona. At the. ouj""'w'~
the war Its lJ1emben~p wu
It waa 31,000 Why was tJw.t 9
gone about a.nd taken a drmn to
The
was: that durmg the
~~;~F.:~~
t here had been many thmg, to n

fa.ctt

past.

being v~ry k een to a:p~l:yr~f~or:~2\]t:::'1
Socletl£.!t' bad lodged
They h.:Id pomted out
-iJt,ecl..)ly
membel'8 dunng the lut
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be lupphed wlt.h Each
a suflictency, and iIlj~~y
~mpt I;tkl been
membel'!h.ip But
he referred to oPlplI'''''IQ'f'
1pO and 170 at a.
peollie were w a.kmg up to
fact that bft
'
Cla.tlon and by working With tho Co-opetatIve
SocietIes hand· m·ha.nd WIth the Trade Um.oIlla~
t hey were a.ble to take definite aclion and obtalD
results, a.nd tha.t thoee forces ~ to be counted
upon in the futuro. Those facton had added tem·
porary difficultIes to the- SocLetles
Hence for
a. conalderable time hundred3 of Societies -in the
t!ountry through tbe m edium of the Co--operahve
UnIon &Dd the P arliamentary Commlti.ee of the
IJabolD' members In the Bouse of Commons, and
other memben a.leo who had the mterest of the
workers a.t heart) had been ma.kmg a strenuous
represent-atlOn that the met.hods of distrlbutm;
such "" I,mportant arllclol'-.. HOgor would b&v6 to
be 8Jte"l'd.
The .... ult w.. they now had the
Sugar, RegIster Order Mr Newton Smith then
~:~t:~:r~;
pro~eded to e:tamine o.nd expla.in the terms and b,
conditIOns of the
oon sldera.ble det.ajl. en~I::g:v;~~~
]Olmng ppon the audIence the Importance of carrv·
p'

Ordel":m

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procedure,~.d0~bse~:fVlD
::~g,~the~j'~~~:;~i~~!;~~::l;~~~

Vlded the Splnt of the
M en carrIed
out. the methods of
and that L a.bour had been properly represented, n ecessary da.tea men tioned therem. and
The co opera.tor was qwte prep,a.red to leave h Ui k eepmg themselvea ~ahve ~ tne
case In the hands of properly
La.bour 1'e- n ght.s which the populatIon were
presentatlves on the Food Control · Cc,mlnil,t.e.... ,/ thlS mngement \ Ho thOl.)ght t.-he G<,veJm,.;;',t
Wh ite ~ F Dod Con tro l Committee chaM to ha.l"e had looked suffiCiently a.head to see that people
rcpr~.bsent.a.t, ve~ of competlhve tra.d~ .18 Its IDem, would not have cause to grumble unduly, but he
berl ' the co operator ha.d t.be strongest po~le dareaay they would grnmb,le nevertheless (La:aghof the country from Esaex to North.
u gut, on the a.u thorlty of the Food ControUer, ter) In expla.mmg the obJect of the Sugar Regls80 that on the whole prosp;cta are for
for cla..a m'ng tha.t n 6'ht also
tratlon Order, the speaker quoted .at length from
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th
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ed b
h C
S
rat er lJIIC ow average.
elr ~&ppomt_
WIlY 'I HE ~UNISTRY OF FOOD AND TIm
e m s""uc 'on8 ' 88U
y t e o·operatlve OCt""
'11 t he east is largelv uue to tho
of tlie org.nid~ OIl
WAR CABINET ACTED
t )c., ' and in conclu'lon ...d the Re-admg Society.
b
and liUl& of It. actUal~.
L_
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m
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talD
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lng
3
plant
earher
m
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t
he
sumt
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l Wby was It tha.t not. only ~lhe :~,h01fJtry of Food lik e man y 0 th er S oCle t leB, had ueeO omg 1 s tJeBt !
to da.m~e by fly In some pa.rls of the
;{l see It at its best we ~
hours durmg "hl Ch busmess ,vas tra.nsacted , but but tbe Vlar Cab met had ~oved; tn t hls matter ? lln der the elrcumsta.nces, he was gomg to~p:;.r,i?;~:.-t't~~~, the
dunng AugUst have lDlprovea
u , Somewhere m.France
-"'centlv t he Commlttcr: had )d ec,ded to t h ro\\ the "·hy wa..." bere :l. ditfen!nt st.ate of thing' to day squa.nng a CIrcle , or :Perfornung the il
but lD others It h~ been too wet for
sudden1y ceases tO I be tho
P enn) Dank bu smesl open durmg thc hours ;:..t th I.fl tueI;l'l was 'X:, twelve, Ot f'.Iph"~n lmonths I t ha.d been found necessary III the
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" The Waa.cs..,.3l' la nd 'ttl
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th
' -bl h
t f
t.ro
d
ango ua are UDl,VWbW.lY promiSIng, I
,\L h'h the office was open n.. that. artallgemcn t a.go? The nnswer 'laS beuusc " ~ns rea-hsed
e OSLO II; m8D a a B ng an
lIS th~ qnly crop to ehow impro'fement nickname 13 the
of its ..adopt-um -..a :tceOgIfljOlIC ,\bo 'AI <bed to mn.ke depOSits could do &0 there 'HL8 a growmg feeling PO
the
Food VigtIance Commlt~, beca.use
was e81Jenmonth l All roob wonld no..,. be much nised part of the ]1
I
:'Il any time
Many memben found It }-Dcon There \\a.s a. commg toseLbcr between
forces tUJ.I Ln t.he rnterests of the consumers to 100 to Jt
l5unlhll~e. The galea have blD'ttn "The Waacs H
camps
theIr own sen·
Hn.ent to do b usmess a.t the bank durlOg the re of la.bour 10 thu COll otl Y which would h{l.ve to be t.lr.a.t the Loca.1 Food kControl Comuuttees were
fruit loll ov~ 1 the country
tned ansi Y .W.Ul,A!.-ea.. These campa ar:e regu.
th
'l"cLed hours, 9"d thc Co operahve SocIety gener heru:d (Hear, he." and app~aUlc) The War carrymg oo t
err wor In !.he spm> demllllded less. the quantity of applea, peilS and plum.
larly arranged
commmnties of CUtloualy
n.Jl)1 ha.d comc to a. posItion when trey could do WOl~Crs' Emergency COJJlIrutteea ot" London and of t b e m Wlth regard to othcl' products than sugar still
partlbula.rly the two latter
rolIDded huts,
cahb&~e gardens attached jf
"tth all the ca.pltal tbey cou ld get !b (llrl of, and tbo rood VlgUa.oce Comnuttees had left no I{tone 11oreovJ;. ,t, would be the dut.y of the Vlgllance have hP1.n a. good! deal blown a.bout by the wlna" .ll the camp has
mha-bIted for any length of
Ih:::refore any memben wbo weT& thspos.cd to n- tlntumed to brmg h ome to Ithe autbontles tha.t It. CGmuutkes n ot only to w at-ch t.he Food Control and t~tlJllesa W
I' ather ha.s been ac:r:amsb
tune. The
5Cve~ m a room and are
.,cst thru.r titoney m the , move~ent the SOcietY I would bo ,,,ell to h.t.en'" to the vOice of L:l.bour CommJttees but to help them III every ~wble Inseot &ttlL(:ka ha.ve not been ro prevalent ,8lI
diS'Clplirie Still ODB doea
Itould be pleased to r~ce)Ve The SOCle'y Imlde NotJlln~ In the sh'pe 01 • thfeot was sug gested, way, and therefOr<! he r ecommended tho m.t,tutlon
comparatively little washing h .. ' Deen
If tbetr Iif. is busy,
nn 'PNal for capll.1 In cnnnccl.iou ""~ ,ono~ but I a warnmg hOd been gIven The confidence of. FOOd Vigllao"" CommIttee U. Readmg. (Ap· qUlll'd, On thI> whole. therefore. this drop
of friendS,
scheme. they had III hand 'for co..,~e:.t.Ion
gener- of tho worktn~
cl ..... must be obt&".d,
and m:un PI.uI01I'
"
~.terIv.-......
-,-> dunng th ~,
When their
. It -~-r.t.i
0
not very grea""1
""
allv nd for t.be produchon 0: t e ~ e~ w m ed, If t.bo country wu- to (g~t. through tJle
THE CONCERT.
~d practleally Ul a.verage )'leld 1S expected
arrangmg <:on..
th eo:rqmed F01 ~~.!I~tn~ 1hr c wu a. df... difticu~Wes--the 3bnol'Qla l dlfficultlcs-we were
The vast o.nd..enthuslastle throng tha,t, a,sembled tures have now plenty of grus, which has
far each . cthor'II~1I.Uoo
,d {
& gre&t 111ft) X of caPJl.aJ In the JltI)'r'&llA.&'UlJ; ~ugh, and If we were to eontmue to at the Town Han o n 'X~Z'day had liomething well dunng tho )mooth; Ihut it 18 n.'lu.enltly
nt The Society h.d
n III , r,s:tlOn whon toop. bold tr.jnt and se. thi, ".truggle through more to h,'en to even tb"" the speeches. For tho den a.nd generally of poor quality
.....th...
,ey h3d mucb more C;:LPlt.'\ he :J\lg.t sav Joc.ap.r (UtW hear. and ap.,..lause.) Th ..... m.... not be first h alf·hour the.y bad the deep diopha.son swell
Id
t P-~I
to th ~o>,di. tio,o!
HORSES.b:m they pra(:~lcally kne\v "lia.t to J':.I "'lUl, 'bt:t
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r
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LU)"
WOU Improve ~ .
oIIon yawIng
e ....
.to t he pre.. ot tIme the grc>t C W ~ of ... h'c~ any ,ttcmi\t to c.use a feolill g ) .hot. the p eop le of tho organ. m.nlpulated by Miss E. E, Gree,!. of the gr"".. cattle h.ve onl,r don.
driVeI3 and groom. haa '
L
were bem~explolted and that lsqch ouentlaJS as AT e L I to begUile the time, and thlS lady was durIng the m-.lth; while the bad weather I
":':J~.:Jt:~o dunng the vear. N~
tbehYhw.reh
had t.' b°chl
on and
~n bread, uul meat and Sll P"
~uest during t he evenlDg as t he auec
~a ¥,d I h eep v'!more decIdedly Labour' I 18
],
do most of tho London
re gOUlg to be 10 very mu~h m --"1
• t membeldrl
co
y scuo:ncs
u~ up any
m .. es....
0
6
"I,
ey
u
pro
I handled th the burden tho working c1...... bore ""oomphshed pH!.noforlo Il(ICOmpa.tll.t. Space for· ~ort; but the deliOl.ncy has hardly been 60
between thitLy and forty
mentB for t.be benefit generally of tbo "hol. 0 beeame l lDtolerfcle (Hear, hear, and a.pplause) bids U8 S&ytng all we ahould like. a.bont the con- during Au~t 88 m 80me recent month., &8,
mall vans, ha.ve shaffed
tho communIty m the co·operatlve world, ""d If the workmg cl..... would be .ohd,· "UI.tly de- ocrt. The art18tes were splendid Their chOl- th
_,
f Id
h~" pil~l. entIrely WIth womOlL The
Lb,,,,lo", all the cap,t.o.i they could get hold of
d
f
,0
I..an""*o 60 lOr!!, women ,
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t
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ternUDe • and yvould, m~e'R ~Q.thuse t heu- forces. 0 songs excellent, and each ooe. of t hem ma.y f
ers ha.ve
aged to
pace
and LS of a kmd whIch would '
d be I
they woul
p etl.bCU to lnves
the great Tradel UDlon world a.n<i the Co operatlve be assured of a b earty welcome wh~never he or C arung of ir t .fields haa,
fond of annuals However,
~.\ TlONAL SUGAR SUPPLY AND OTllliR Imovement would pcrfect what had bee~ on . VI· . he co,,\ et! to R&dlDg ILgOlD We can only n&me nqlected; ....d WI!.h the pressure of
'
*,•.I\~:l'" very well, and WillS the
QUESTIONS
denoe dUllO g the p ..t week At- the Tr.ad. Unton them now so that our r .. dera ""'y make a mental as soon .. the jille weather permota, the l~e6.ci"• .,y
tho patIents. The. hosplla l
Mr Newton SmIth S&ld before detJmg ,nth the CongTesa there I had been seen .a ~Inking up of note of rthem There were Miss D~othy Greene, 16 expected to be aonomly felt, espeCIally of
admits about thirt,.,. horses
sugar que:stlon he Wished to touch upon one or f~rces, and 1£ thllS was contmued he '''&8 confident 'Air .Ta.mes DilV1!, Mr Herbert. Damerel and Mr a.ble to WJe thel scythe, 0t whom more thab.
treated for all kindsof dlnesa
t wo topleB whtch ranked In unmwa.te unportanoe tie warkin~ classes would bring- I Uch prusure to George /Buck!.. a.nd theJr oontI:ibutloll8 to \ the pro- rna.y be wanted OWIng to 80 much of the
l.u:pejmloendc,tLt IS Mrs p~,
to that subject H e refened tint to tho formatt?n ~ upon the autbontl.es t hat. t.h8Y. would reali Ee gra.Il)m~ W~e enthust.a.SbcaJ ly TeCClved
There bemg beaten dbwn.
Stn;IlD1ArIB1 llg tbe
on actIve servIce
She
of what ware now begmrung to be kno,"n u.s LoCal that. the best mterest.s of t:Qe coun(,ty were to k were sever&1 encorea, :wd if l' had been a eoncert and e~t])~ltIlng ~n averagel ao~ by 100, de"'t,nn.!,
eXI1"'ienco.m South Africa, and ~
Food Control Comnlltte.. , their powen ond their ..rved l by such .tep. bomg t.vJ<eq th.t Lhe mtere. t. w ) thou~ a meeLmg there would no doubt hot e ance of the
on Sep\Bmber 1eL Indl~.ted
anImal.!!.
p urpo,. F .... t of all hI> WIshed to d'l'w atlen of the workmg c1"~ COIlsume.., w~uld be .a(e- been IDf"y more 'While the Rea.ding Co-opera- bobl. )'lold. which ma.y be expre,sed by £be
tlOn to the Ja.ct, of "their constitutIon ~'WhL
tlve Society can orga.nt~ such concerts in whi~h
,. Iowmg pe"",n 14:" , -Wb ...t , 93 ; b a.r' I.y,
, was guarded (App1a.use.)
The
of ~fuuitLOns IS Q,OW dems.nding--... a
IL found nece'~CO OPERATIVE POSITION DE"INIlD
Lo sandWlch III th, oratory of lhelr .peaker, thty 0_5,
-.
90 ;
80 ; peal, 91 ; po_oes,
, -, "
- J to e,t&bh. h Food C ' ntrol Cum~.
~
new e.pecles
wOf an worlr.er It offers a l frea
mlt.tee3" Beca.me the needs of the n& on at this
IC ontrnumg h15 addre5s. Mr Ne.wton Smltb went need never des.PaJr of gettmg " crowded and a. - turmps and swedes, 96; mangolds, 103 f hop!,
speclal tra.ining £0 ~y woman. between 18 and 35
t)me of tI»ublo and .tra.ij.s Were 'homg explOIted, on to define the po,sltion [ of co-oper.~on Ju.t
hou", •• lhey bad on W~dnesd.'y -<1'.11BUPKlNQ~, OXFORD AND
In Slllpbuilding and fittmg
A lready 32.000 stupnces were lOaring. profiteers taking t heU' fill of a.s the Trade Umons of the working c1a.ues were Ulljt.
_ ...
W.th .regar~ ,l to BQekwgham, Oxford
I denta h;:..ve qnaf6e I for work 10 the shipbuilding
all that :wa.r; bemg tillowed, mbltitutmg a. Dale the bulwarks and proteetton for the ea.mmgs of
shIre, the report. says - I '
yard They "'l' e loyed on hIghly skill..! worl<
form of "fight.mg &gamat the people's need. 10- t.b.e workirig CIR.6B J 60 the ' Co.operatlve movem ent
, Co'm -A st~t WiLS mo.de Wlth the
such as making en mes, pumps, and fittmgs and
ste.&d of acting up tQ the necessltiN of the hour wa.a maugurated a od ea.'ined on for 70 years to
monnt.mgs for i011e I; Some aIO engaged ns ox,.tbe com erops iiat tqe endi of July••~O~l':.~~f~~,~,in~,
a.nd doiDg thOlf beaL' to serve the . natlOD 10 the protect the .pending. of the working cl""... He
Augult In most diltncts, but h:
0
aa!lty lene ope~tors
The recnntlDg centre fOS'
time of trpuble. It waa because the growmg un- W1aaed to emp'basJ8e this ;point, 1VlZ , that the
much dol.yed by tho adverse wet!,ther.
women shipbUIlders IS the MW1'S try 'Of Murutl(ma,
rest and mdign~tion. of tho great mau of the Co·operative tnovement waa ' ina.ugurated and
tho COIn ~aa not yet been c.ut, anq
people-the 'Working c1ules-that It wu forced brought lnta bemg to supersede, In . & v olun tary
beaten down by the rams and Wlod,
on tp the mmilo of the P9wero that be that ",m" manner, the Ordlllary competItIve ·form 01 trading
ITEMS OF
EST p ropottlOn of the ¥f"'" h.1S
t hmg wonld have to be done. The Workers' W&r wha.t hid been proved to be not m the lOte.reata
Th. fuet "10mllJl branch secret,ary of ihe
I. .
, the crop 115 . i~ 6took ;so~m~~et:Jl~~t~~~
Emergency Committee. & "",oonal body "'presen· of the workers. I It h ad been proyed to demonstra.Na.tlonal Umo~ of ~rulwaymenj has Just been apNme tImes out of ~n wh'n l your st-om llch hurts, pi.... Wbeat'l l8 nof. a
t::..tlve of all the oot. intereSts of the! working tron time and a.galll that competItion WIth a.n It.s
pOInted, Sho,. taking up h er, dnt,es at Ashtonto
ten
per
cent
'Ullaer
av,
e
"ge,
"'hen
Y?U
aro1
doublod
up
With
the
ptmu
of
dVllpe~"
classee, far a very long tlDle bad been workLu: eftl! was of no v&lue to the , ,,'orku)g classes
\'ery ha.rd., making th& strongest pOllilble repte: Hence we had our Co-operatlvb Souletles, br, In and indfH'e8tion. It 18 stmpl..v becaulls of IJCld WhlOh fifteen, but bllrltly $.ould glve n ca.rly
FIrst
at Bnstol.
"DtatlOns to the Government and to the vanous o\h~~ '>ords , aasoClatlons of consurn.... The"" burna ard mflamcs the deheate atomneh h nlng, 3~d crop~ Be'F'S are ve& poor and the
ThIS 18 1tfiss Ferg on, ,vho l h as ~ btfn appo.mtcd '
peeted
to
be
nearly
twenty
per
promment a.ut.b.ontle8 that somethmg would have well qUIte a. dlffenmt state o( things to the ferruen~Lng food whiCh forms gas tha.t dlstends t e
to supervIse t *e ,
of plam clothes policemen
n
to be done, e.nd that beneath all the loyalty and ordillary Illdivdu,1 tradmg concems or Lh. mul 8tomllo~ JU8t like blowtng up ft. toy balloon.
there She is a pI eer m ikmg the first woman
usual,
but pe",
are dlsea.se
much more
Pl>tntoes
~ome
IS
f'&aes
~ke
thls-and
almost
all
stomach
trou
ble
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determination of the workers to da.y there was a. t Ip1e ~\IPIii 0 f t ra.d 109 es t a.bli s~m
L
en t 5 as th ey
to hold the r4
m i n Enghsh poli ce force Miss.
early sorh. but Lhe mall}. cro p IS
growmg, a. senously gt'OWl!lg feehng tha..t dIS had kn9WTl them for more tha.n 25 years The citrectlYj or indU'ec:tly due- to aCId an,d fermeuf4tLOnr
Ferguson was
ted at St Andr(m 'a Uruve:r~<1.t.lsfa.ctlon and unrest exuted which sooner or Co operatlye S'lClety w as an aSSOCIa tIOn of con a.lmOlt Jnstant rehef may be obtained by takmg lU: a a.nd promlslDg, and ;:.. Yield :o;OUlf;: five
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httle
bot
water,
Immedu
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t.ely
a.fter~ (llllmg or whenabove
s'"F!rge
1S
looked
for
later would mea.n trouble. In London-greater , umera, a.nd that was tne POInt. of theIr message
In Italy, as eve
here else, one of thB widest
I~~er patu 1" felt , a half teaspoon ful of pure B18urnted
Roots
-l'IIl'IIIPS
bave
grown
well
10
Lou don-tba.t had recently been given effect to t o those who might be prospectIve co opcmtorfi f.M.8,gneBia. obtama.ble of any chemIst m 800ied bot tie a
spheres of wo~a.n" far WOI k h as been land work.
In more than one dl.l'eCtlon.
At the end of July Tbey were adVIsed to.be m6m~ra;bf the Co.opera- COlSbngl but 3s. , and conta1ll1ng BuffioleDt for tloob! tllcl•• bJ t t h e fields aro often lull of
Itahan women htl. e come valiantly forward to
YIeld
Will
probably
be
about
a.verage
a. most lmposmg demonstratIon wended it.! w ay tlVO movement lD order to merea66 this ever tuX W~k8' treatment. Thlll I!umple remedy~~y
take the place of "others, husbands and f>theIll.
are'
healthy
and
a
slightly
ovel'j
to Byde Park to protest ag9.lost the nrofiteenng, growmg group 10'1 a.ssocla.tlons of c;onsumcrI Con 8pe m oU:lAashloned, but thoee 1Vho hllve used if'IIAY
In all cases beSlde managmg theu fa-nns, t.hr:y
More ~un '5 now ·n.oe9:ea l
the ""p loltmg of the people that had been gOIng ,wnen could hft sa.feguard tb.elr tpter<.ts '" ass(>- that be8ides being lllexpe08J.Vet It beats I,ll t.llt) ek- antJcIP i:£.l1d
ha.ve lIucceede~ ill cprrymg on Wlthout. mtenup\
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on too long It was very 6lgnifiea.nt that three CHL.tlOll, because.1iy 80 domg: they could make theIr p;en81v~ remedle!l they hB.ve ever trled fOI qUJck a?,d crops
t!on then- houfehol~ dutms ' They hol.ve so 1m·
IPOSlth' rehef Try It a~d eee.
-Wind
apd
raul
bave
bn,Q"ht'FrUit
dal's after the demonstratIOn the L ondqu Food pOSiLlon normal
~hat _ mean. ' they h ad a de·
I1tessed the Go\~went by thelf efforts that the
goad deaj of fl",t." but t bere are sflll
VlgIliLUOO CommIttee, under wh ose a.USpl'CeS tnt! fimt.e standing and a defimte opportumty to u se
Technical Comk~~ of :Agnculture to enooura.{'Je
of apples, pe4rs and plums
demonstra.tIon was a.rranged, were reC6lv ed as 3. the ordmary ma.ehwery of t he Co.operatlve Socle~y
the ex:tenSlon Jr wd!en's agncultUIal a.ctlVltv h~
P
astures
~d
LIve
{)tock
P
astures
deputRtIon by Lord Rhondda a.t Grosvenor House In making therr requl1'eIllentS Ikp01VD.
As tIm e
presented It.a la.o~
a- lo rkers with Jarge numbers of
gr.us, and ..t ock ha.ve dbne very well
1 0 blS credit be lt said hIS LordshIp lIstened to went on this asSOCIation lof consum!en was gOl.Qg
diplomas, medals
money a.wal dB
the
wet
wel1ther
Tbe
gtass
IS
o!
t be deputation very pa.tIently, and after spendmg t o d,istnbute commodItIes {or the bene6t of t.h e
Ii 18 WIth great regret, that we annpunce t he
quahty,
but
fige
weather
would
Lhl! bet>t. part of two houn! w lt.h them he W&s able people, and not for the mte~t of those who
d eath of Mias A
1 de Sehncourt, Prmclpal of
qUickly
to bea.1 some very stra.lght tbmgs Lord Rhondda. found forturte~ more or le s8 In tbe profits they de·
W estfield College
She "' as thrown from her
L a boQr -WILh , the help of w omen and
WaJ! ve ry fra.nk himself, and tr>ld th~ Committee. rlved from chmpetltJ\'e t.ra.diog
That Idea was
when ruling ear 'Vhi tby, and taken to a.
the
sh
ort
age
10
the
supply
of
la.oour
IS
not
qUilt: 1'1amly and WIthout qualificatlon t h at gOlDg to grow, ap.d he advl5e~ them to tal.:e ad
nUr&mg home lwhere she died last FrIday Miss
vfJrY mu e~ felt as 1:1. rille
th e " ork he bad taken ID b an d was a very vantil-ge of 1.t.
Sehnoourt'a 91eer jhas been both bnlhant and
~ lgtlDhc and stupendou ~ task H IS Lord5hlp iMlId
•
Wllha.m Brown, no fixed a.bode, "' 38 charged DORSEt, WILT~ruRE AND
origma l She , rea.d languages, modern,'" medl8wa.l
he "' eicomed the tl.SSlstOlllce of the Vtgtlance Com
SUG ...4.R
Tbe followmg IS the lepOlt for Dor_,
on remand ' '' Ith stea.lmg on August 25th from Bt
and onental a.'t
and Cambridge I In 1896
ln ll teea '\\hit h were bemg estabhshed throughout
Mr Newton SmIth now C8Jlle to the questIon
.
hlle
and
Hamp.
hlfe
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she went out- as
fndla., whcro sbe
-.n offer
tory
box, vaJue
h
t on whicb he was a.d,,~rtlsed to speak Be B&ld i;:tt~~~lf~P'!'~::Church
of
the.
V1C:ar
and
Churehwardens
Com
-The
wea.th
er
dunng
t
he
month
has
worked
m
E vcn tu;) Ily
thtl oountn to hel p h lnI m carrymg out. t e grea thiS questIOn h&d been ~ mOBt vexcd~ one for a
saId tha.t from mqultles I makle
plC.. blems thlt he had undettaken
Hence they
the
of
the
Lady MU I~
.iderably
,1"4
~nd
damaged
the
com
crops,
I
,\ bo hved at Chesbam, was ~6
foun d up and down the country they h.a.d est;:Lb conSiderable tIme, a.nd the dltticultIeB WhlCb had
women .~t Alla.ha.boui.
In
dj.ttict~ At •. " , " ""
5he W&S no& m & 61, ! t ate tto delayed l)arv,e st opOfatlfn.
four V~ ~ss
h"'hed the Local }t' ood Contlol Comm ittees TheIr been brought about by Oo~operatlV~ SOcletles had
h
ay.
making
,.
not
yet
fimsbed
A
to h er condition Dr CburchIll',
been due to two C~BeI The first one was when
•
to the cause of
p v)\' ers u.nd fe!pomnuil ibes were constderable,
l
was prepared to cartlfv prisorte'r of the wheat h .. been I cut, but
only In Bnta.m. but Ul the
~.., z that t hey were m each loca:l.tty to fea.rl essly the Governm6Dt too - control qf sugar Tha.t ha.d
Act, and he , therefore. a~'kp.d great d.~1 to be ca.med' .nd sprout'\ng
l
anotber week for the attendn.uce Not muCh ba.rley has ,?-,ct
,'nc! fatrh' see to It tha.t the vartous InlltructlOns been SO few acme conaldera ble tIme, and the ha.nc;i
ChurchIll
.md orders of the MmlsLry of Food were properly ling of sugar wna placed m~ the hAndl of a. Sugar
grejj~ has been m&de Wl~h the
Commlsslon
The I vanOUD di$tnbutors of. the
JUVENILE COURT.
~l1rled out , and , above alJ , tbey w ere to see to It
httle has
•
'libel
t113t. t he mtere!ts of consumers were theIr firBt country were allowed a. certuUl proportion ILCCOrd
MENTAL DEFICIENCY ACT
expected
ten
aged 14, waa~ cha.rged on remand WIth ,hat. of
c:l.Ie an d cODSl dera tIOn Lll tbeU' lespectlve loca.h · Ulg to tbe &mount they_had be.en seilIng, say , m
~verage;
cash box and £5 18s. 6d, the m'o m.. 20
I.\ppl.u.. )
:f
remand for
a weu wu
1to
J;XCEPtrON TO CONSTITUTION OJ'
thmg.
Concurrently ' WIth tJJot orra.ngement
Cj~~l~~ atTangem(lnte for .find.in~ a. !tlit.a.... le in·
COMMITTEES
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tho Illcr...mi:" demand on 'the men of the .1
for , the boy 11llder the Mental Delictency
Excepti on ba.d been taken to the conllitltutlon of country for the Army. · and besldea t.hat large Act
these CommIttees, and unfortunately With very numben!: of workers Ih &d mIgrated from one dIS
conSI derable caUBe, notWlthat:andmg . the very tnst to a.not-her m ..connechon ~ with mUDltlon fac. cical cUld empbatlc ataternents moWs by Lord torles, and altogether there hA:d beel) eet up a
HJwndda. not olily lD the Order Itself, but m- t.ra.m of cll'<:umstnnce8 whIch had alto,ether
8ta te m ent~ made 10 the House of Commons and to the caJ.eule..tionl and arra.ngement. of lthe
lbe Pre .. , Specl!y1Og thereby th.t the duty 01 the 'Comml,.,on
Consequently there .,were disl'ri;',t.!
F ood Cotltrol Committees was to etudYi the lIt where owmg to th e lllHux df popuLatIon
hrest of 1the consumers and not lBy ciall of tLO~ area. there had • been pmcilcally a.
I..radl!r8 or people who had ~oods to ael1, aT were luga.r On the other han~ . In " oth(U'
mi.erelt.ed m expJoltmg the people, or In lDcreas· oyvwg to the Jarge nJ,lmber 'of men w,ho had
lDg pm... The Food Control Comm ILt.... &8 , m to tbe Army or
IlJd dQwn by m. LordshIp, I
appointed had been suF
to ~t.er 10 th"... rtBp":,,tIV'
lucalltl..J sat"fac~lon m
h I' ord.ra fp r tbe benefit 01 !.he coDeumen ~ 01 ~ been ","uftl.ment
wlthstandmg , th......... to.tementAo bJl tbe , Ministry tu.ted when ':~'f.i':~;; ,.~"i:{:I):~
of Food. ho ....,..., th......... appanntly a
found" they"'
109 teIl~ that in .. la.r~e number_of lDStaI1CU Bue th....
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v. n te" - I nnde:rstand t;ht'r.t .. Pi
fO()tb.II,,, now re.'iildcnt III the Itcadmg a rC'l
been "cloclied" to do.l y urd lIl511Io even. J
100 yards course. DIl y~u know, he couif there IS such a run ~ct' m out' mIdst? If
he u , f\$ I IlDderst."ll.:l he IS, dCji.lrcua of
Q. match agalUst time, I tluuk I ~ouJd find
to support tho lAtter In !reply fo
I ha H~ lCllnlt that there IS & !fan o(
the neig hbourhood whose ~ce I,..
1- ',h"lh.>, or no he d~ to run agft.Ws\. tho
matter A t any. rate, I hilV6 ht':w..l
H, hOVo coer, l.b ~ nlDllflr I hould haYe
sho uld he happy, to bplp bIni II' fix;ng
" Sprmter " appellrs to be uuuur tbe
the fooU:>a.llur w1l1 maJ:ch., himil:lf
to do 100 )o.rds 10 10 !SCcolldlii Perh:J,~
woulo g a l) .\ call ut lhe "O~VUI' •

an oppont:nt is likely to be fonod f or 1hnt
runner, Mr George Adej. Au el too ri ta h eard ment lOlled 1.8 len' milc i. 'rho
one 1I· 1S• I am t\.55urod ltI u. ",etu a n 01
as Mr Arley, and lIi tl ., loca1. ·' 8 1:e]1
prove a. big dm'l\'. and ehould It ttl!.:.
1ha t It .honk! ~ run on tome
• gato lOOuld be bleen In ,,1,1
oUIer IUch .1 e&enmg objbd t
to know If I would rcle~
oCTtah,ly I 7 01l1rl It the ot.ber
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mqulries to the VLLnous eontrQ1hng authOl'ltles to
furnnb hIm "Ith ;:.. h I t Ita\1.1lp who the ~embeu
were, w h at they repruented, and wha.t trades
were ' b eIng r epresented ~ on th ose
1'~ abould no~ b(Ii geolst.a:tY
Those
people \ who were studY1ll.g the
thcl'r
borougr Of urban ! distl'1Ft
the. ~bltanh
thereIn were e~ctecl to lmak& the constitUtIon of
those CombUttees so t h&t there !hould notl'be anv
dour~ on the part of , the col\~era that heIr
te.rests were gOlDg to be s&feg11&I'ciedl (Ap.
pla.use) He was Dot gomg to sa.y there were
tfa4esm,en appomted on these COmmlttJes who
had gone there to e.x:plolt the people o.nd ~ serve
their own mteresi.G, but. h e S&ld m tb~U" own In
terest:s th ey should h ave stood out fro~ being
members (H eiU', hen.r) The Comtrutteel should
hare been conshtuted of la.ymen By l~en h e
meant Lhosa who had n ot. any direct mterest m
trade
(Hear. he&J;' and a.pplause) It wou1d
ba.n been Wlthin the power ud nght of every
one connected 'Htli trade lD eveW sba.pe or form
to ILw. been prep~d
!(is "IJ"lces at tho
dlspo••1 of the loc:>l Food· Cqntrol Cqmmlttee,
"hother they belongcd to th" co-operative or compcLltlre classes , The ..co·opetatlves w~re qUIte
prepared to rest theU' P OSitIon in t.he Ihanda of the
Food Control Committees 150 constituted. pro·

the membenmp of Co-op"l'&h~e, <l~~::~'
hem tn a.dv~oe of any preYlous e:

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mtention nI t he Mmla~ of ;Pood. I Hen
they
found they had F ood Control C~IDmltteel WIth a.
ve ry eODrtderable number of "t raders appomted
thelcon I They were 6.n4in~ tha.t la.bour' l organ
16ed or anorga.rused l l and tile co opcrat.ive lectlon
of the wOl klng. classes, were 10 m any l'Ost..a.ncea
Cl:pe;n encm g considerable ' dd5Culty In obta.lDmg
representation on th ese FpoQ Cobtrol Combuttecs
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Imc~ a.gam The Soclcty co mmcnced In the mlJk
bt.! !Omess Just pruHOU!. t.o tbe Qut'lleak of war!
r~lId t bat. had bone on SU CC~ lfUllY up to the ... re
5enL j he Governmcnt hM ~\:en control of that
Inet {fIJ'l , \ bat he could sec f It t.bey dId not a.p.
pe:u til h:l\e ,.r'I!'!"I), ..,J tlle P,Oslt.LOn, and It looked
:IS II the) welC go n:: tu ~nh rtnec the pncea Instead
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rCl y shortJ) l;oinlr to k put up Those mt!mben
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.. Ito had ,111.11 !~m)hes and ~'d .valled themselves
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1m 1'" I n:n bour b..v MISS K E ~ Grecn , A. T C L
F 'IV Fraucl. IP=den, of tho SOCloLy)
,"~ ded, aDd among those p!esenL were' Messn
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Ue,lt. E R T Mot'SC-, H Ches~nn.:m, J
Hart ISOIl, IT ~dcrso:1, J L B fhd!dAle (mem
)cl~ of tbe CommJL ...ec of the R Crld.n.g SOC loty),
n nose fg-Ol'enJ w;f,,[.age:-) and F . J \V tcks (gen
,.roll secret:l.n·)
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1 be (; b. '~lpna..." In operung the proce<!d.ings, · u19
he meeting wal the first of a. senes for the Wlnl
t(lf
\ s '\lr Newton SmIt h wa.s present t ... lJpeak oq
Nlr. 01 Lho pTe t";Lilmg topiCS of t he dn.y wltb regn.n,i
1.0 ) tho !U~a.r quc.stlOn, he would confine hIS re
fH .tks to the. lOCiLl Suclety The R eading SOCIety

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