Reading Observer 02-1920

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. L. O. Sut.ton (ID the chalr), 1.185Srti • .b'. A,.
, F E . MOClOg. W. H , Shorl, S. HaY"v&rd,
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and &COOWlt.e :' ~ cr c prHcnted ]n t.he
stal ed Dna t._ Lilo past y oa.l
of 'dulkuhy fOI 01.11 (".;Jnllf:c t cd. wIth

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t.'oli sumpttOll
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?*:I~~~~~~a.l1dor ma.ullg6ffient
t ho Lq;htmg, etc., Order , tol nc

Jam, jWl . (Secretary).
' he Cha.irma.n sa.ld he had alwaya had a hanker·
to get out \Vest to aM how thlllgs were
e thero, and hi' viSlts to America had been
best educatIOn he evel' hAd.
Nowbery, lD the OOUrfie of his remarks,
bioned th&L he h ad been out to Ameru.:a
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ago as the repreMnL&t.h 0 of t.he Chrullber 0 Co mmOl"OO, but on thll l:t.!!t occuion be
, w nt out. III a ~rlva.te ca.pamty and hI S VISIt. ,~u
m re cU"cwn.senbed tha.n he hAd ongtnally mded on a.ccount of the heavy adverse rate ot
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ge, ..... bich added
per cent. to 30 per cent.
If.o t.b.& cost of everything. That adverse ra.te
w rked to t he detrunent of everyone who went
to t he States elther as a 'lMt.or or a buyer, bUt
1f one ".ant there :tS a seller It ,,, orked 10 the
or
lLe dlIection a.nd If they had &n,tth1ng worth
, sCl~ Ulg' t.bat could find ther'" A perfect. ]~l Dorado
. _-\.rTiving Ln New York he f('lund the Clty bUSIer
tblln ~yer.
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t bay, although
It wa.s
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that. be q:aade
Wa.!'i e..rtrcme ly sorry t.ha.t the
&u officla.l good-b) 0 1;[6 wa.s
}oul}2er mem bers of the PC){'cc
eXatn~11j from MIT. Cha.ndler tbcy
to ac leve effic1Omoy and get on
Mr. Chand.lcl '8, reply W&8 an ~"J;,.t"Y
and wOlded one.. lie t.ha.nked
two 'h Andsome giftfi, wblOh
&OCept.abla to hun
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the Ul&ll:y friends h e had had
!l.Ild oJ t.he ma.o.y most. enJoyable
.pent Wi th Ule members of tlle
Police QMcke~ eleHm ' It. was
blS to know t'luut
:Force, had
pe,10"",ed

01' oammoncll)g
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been n ectiisary to t~m·

of a.cidmonal gas &ppa r .
. ,,::~~~~.~ ID"ohmg oollslderable
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.. t. a.n aa.rJy da. e, and the
LO uk lh e prop :'let Ors to !iUlCof £25 ,ClOCI addluolllI.l cap it al Pro·
been m ud o In poe a.coounU t.QlOI;arda tho
dola.yt.d .r euowQ,ls. The prICe of COLt \\'&S
.ov¥-o"''''
66 DC: LOU tn J u[::: las t. a.nd o ver ~
rrsconUy been n.da.ed to Its ca1'nage.
. a l a.ddit.ional cost of ovt1: til·

wage.;; a t employees v.e1e a.galq In·
la.sL, and by a na.t.lonal aW&.rd &

WCU> l;a.nct.!One.ct from Doc<Â¥ltbcr,
ot a.11 DlHtCrl&1s and appli&nen
to l1se ~.(10 moct. th~e a.dya,u'ce5
t~: I ~::;;:~~'~ oontempla.ted mcrusmg tbe pnce qt'
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r..ppcared tho prl~ of 00[\,1 might be
rocenI" rcbat.e of lOs. !)er ton, appl;rused fol' domes Llc PUlP0t5C8, woulq noL,
a.fford rehel, as tho COIDvu.ny 18 c&lIoo
diStribute tQ Ita ciIstom er..-s tho whl>le of
reoetvod . lcss a. small atOount for ox'
"fS.I!i every pos,ilbLllty, the refore-boi
pnoe of gu from th6 Lady ay
'fht} DU'oci.oTs regreLted to.reothroUGh
, or .Mr.
who had ill·hea.lth
been a member
at
1890 Tho vacan cy had been
01 lIr. T. E. fill! . Several
1m"""'",0 m ea.sllrea atfeet.inll the wllo]a of the ga.l
'Were DOW under aouaiderat.iou. A GovBill W8o'!o pnxoiAed to reheve the tina.nCla I
hAlW,h""" of ga.s undelotekings, wb llst & recent.
t.ho Funl Hasoa.t·cb l:k>a.rd reoommended
of a. ea.lorifio .tnnda.rd 1ll pl BCe of t.ho
a.ltd tha.t the me'.hod of clUlZilDg

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He bad ne\ el' hea.rd
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9/11_JO 50/-

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of Miss Enmce Wilhams of
MI SS \Vilha.ms !!wd that
had nddo.n the bicycle prod ...,ed
a.nd left.
a.t the 'top
Lhat of f\. l adv friend
about t.wenty rmnutes later
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mls5.1ng T4.. coati 8.nd bR!1lceL hiVJ. beon
and left b'ehind She l'eoognist'd delendant
hoy who was sitting on a. gOi6'."y ol05e
"pot.- She aske:d two men who}were t.eer&
\had seen any~ne ta.ke t.he bicycle, and ~hey
th&v had not.
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LAD CHARGED WITH THEFT.
Albert Appleby. "
charged with stealing
.Hill. on February ~th,

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Do not fail to ati."nd this interesting De~onstration
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Oorders, a farm carter,\ of
obarged, ' 01} remand, WIth
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e( f'nOmlC law!
'fr 'V:ttts ~rI"e 1t. ll.~ hiS npinion tbnt 1f probi.
l'H I. n dirt. nr-t ('orne Wltbin ten {Mrs t h e countr..
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It was noL merel .. It. rom1
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.2, OXFORD STREET~ READING.
UNDER /JBW MANAOBM ,f'NT.
. Re-orgsn!sed and Decorated,

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. Veno's Lightning Cougb Cure
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douoU;l W. ~1Ui defendanu.
worJ d ,s !upreme remedy for Coughs _L.l d badly'."t-. If,.tb~ boUsrht • "
rroublu, A~hm.., Bronch}nl, }Ii asal take 6t.e~S to have. it taken
D1~cult Breathmg, Infh",- · fined 40s eAch and ................
Cough. and other Broo- ! The M&",·Jri.rat~,, >,d::~:"d
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=Oa!!l &ononuC&I. Of to~· fllU't in 8tl~'h
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Vmdors e\'erywhere .interfered whenV_thtr saw
hA..ng V.no·" and rtf""" all IUb.lltut.... came to th!! kIIOwlMp of

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anh' farm was five OT
Th&a]e After he had
ants t.b9V remain~ foY'
restinlZ' the cow, whim
a.wa.y in 8. cut.
Bortrim J ... !!imm., of the
ventionl of Cruelty to
the eow on February ~~~'.m8J',
farm, It w ... in J" very
dition. its ~n.
elder defendlnt tOld h;m
cow at Rending mBrket.
had rome to Rea.din't from
ant. .• 1so told him~hat he ~~2~:~!~~1;;;~'~
if he h ..d knocked the cow ~
think they had d 8 n.nj
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trouble 'Wlth the cow u
'l"hen the row wa.nted to
When Mn Blatcl.lspoke
wh&t sbe . a id
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whole Ulin ~ TheJ ... wu
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lOOney will be needed ' for .their
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MEA VICTORIA:.

observation had confirmed

expre!o>5ed

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pence you have S&vecl and inveotc:cl
in Certificates.
There is no easier or wer wq
to invest your money. lfyoaalrCady
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AITING Eor a Eortune may,
be • long tuk-but waiting
fO~1 the filii half.guinea

IIIjIttel' of ten yean only.

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rud he had seen the, effect of it in inCt'ellud
fficie.ncy and thrift and greater output. Hi~

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fitting, for slight and.
Average figures .

UNMUZZLED DOGS
Wm Btmha.m, of Pamber, Ma.rjorie Ne"t!)n,
Overdene House,
the Re~-. Wm. I
George, of .Bmghtield
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lor aJlowilJg their dogs to
bem~ muzz:led. on various a.t''':. -·l\,
was nnposed m tho fiffit two cases,
the Rev. W. H George, who h.d been summoned
011 account of bbe same dog pI'evlouBly, was fined
205 .• the Ma.gistra.tes remuklllg that t.he defend·
an t nppn.rM try chn!JIdered hunsei! nbove the IJaV>j.
Any futuro offence of a. like chlU"flcte.r would be
lnore severely dealt with .

nd brickl&yen
workchea.p,
in theirand
ownin car6'IS~~~:~~:~
&D.d petrolwent
wereto both
tha
ossesaion of their own bomes. thev received every
OOtl~t from the State in the wr.y of }OMS
·bi.tIon waa fI, V&ry btg ' faetol' to be met wltb
future. With Ameri ... and Canad. "
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sh. manufacturers would stand no oha.nce in the
ming oompetitive it.ruggle. There was no got.
ing away from tha.t fact. A prominent Amm·

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sad oondition pw.e.
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wdl m t away
off the vet'da.nt earlh;
oc>me • hapPler day
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W. Jill Pettit (in l the
chrur), 1.rr. W. Alexander, &1ld Col. Na~h

STEADY WORK AND 'FAIR WAGES
• 8e&O. in the higher ' standa.rd of
Mtonishing t h e number of motor· cars
cen packed. ilp in Amenca.n oities, while
en were at work. It. WM qUIto an ordma.ty
hing for opera.ti.VM to go to. work in moto~·can

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b a.t. There wu .the economic aspect. of the queaion s:parl from effi.Clency. Slr Dona.ld Ma.cl.eftJl
.d tbt ).he drink bill of this country would be
00 millions for the currenL financiaJ vear. Let
jlUt t hat fact. against the foot that Am.rica
'd Canada. 'Were not. spending such IUms in drink
. t them think. what. tha.t meant to BritIsh oomrce The advene eJ:cba.nge made our food 00fJt
cent. mOTe. The Government could not
lp it. and It W'a8 no good bla.ming them
aCt wn.I tha.t economic eondltione were
. g the muket against us
i.l..l waa simply~ a measure of
cha.uge meant that a.
.stima.t.ed a.nd th~ meuure
try ,..... the rate of exchlWlg•.
.10n as a na.t.ion ·a.ble to meet.
gone down ,to tho extent of 30
estimation. Nothing
y stopped eending money out of the
or thinge they oould do without.
UnJes'l
lmtry produced more led spent~ ]esa t.h" .83:-,
anSfe would remain against them and JlTOW
dily worse.. a.nd food' would cost mOI'e r Itnd
use
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re. It would do nD gtM?d to pass reeolut..l0ns.
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nomic facts in the end would... &lwa.YII refute
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sas, but IIlOIt
enty. The U S. Government had taken n. firm
lU meeting It. The diJll.·
I"99Oh-e to interfere as little aa ~S8ible WIth the
greater unleu bile Goverhment gave
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tbe finanoia.l rehef It had' so tOl'lg
' awa or snpply and demand.
ey left thinga
to be worked out on & I!IObd buls of fact and
&creta.J'y returned' t.hanks on beha.lf of the
would not be led a.stra.y by any r.tI\ount. of 't.beorbl& supervisi.an
. \ n~ Their polieV was to get bacli out of the
of thanks to the Cha.umlln and Dlreotors
ificial war conditions to .. pre-war !tate u I=od-ud,'" t,he ~lDp.
pldly .s poo;ihl..
Thi, ' country must
eoriaing and depend on fa0t.8.
Unlese
eople of t.his country were prepared t o work
nd ,",ve tho oo,mtry oould .,...... hope to grow
'l'ich &Ild prosperous.
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The Cha.,.....n remarked tbat whAt Mr. New·
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bery ha.d s-id With regard; to unions a!1 wa.ger
WRIt' \'8l'V enooursgmg. High wages mIght look
terrible ~ first , but e,.''q)erienca showed that there
LightniDJe ~gll Cure Suit. Cliildnn
' ,rns n othmg to be s.rnid of in that clirectinn He
hoc:.u.. there is DO Opi:UDl in itfel t ~l\re:- too, t h at howe'Yet' mu ch they might dlsNothing Harmful
]11\:e It , bbe more thoy looked at It th~ more they
~'(){11d SE"e that U .S a.nd Ca.na.dA wob1d ha ve a
mo~ber Mould ..know how good Vena's
urea l pu ll m-er them financially owin'r to prohlbl- 1I 1,<g ht'Hn.g C.ough Cure 115 for children
Veno's
il' no Md In .t.he future they ,,"ould ho.ye to look
e~ery kmd of cough OJ' cold to whIch ch.ilfilren
, l t he que stion more from an econo.mic and blW- nre 8UbJ~, a.ud CU~M &0 qUlckly' apd 80 thorougblv
I ~ pom!.. of view that fro m tbe mqr.. l 'Point.
tha.t. ·the trouble .1 soon onY'. Even 'a'hooping
)[r Cox propQr>ed R. ,·nte q'f thanks to cough YIelds to VenD' •. . It rulh '('blld ren ~
I,. Xe ~'beT'\-, lind Mr T. Morlev &Ccondcd tbe hecaa.ae then3i ~1'e .no narcotlCl III Ii, and hf.ing
r ro1ubcUl. ,,,ll1 t'b wa s beartll~ can-ied.
plea.unt they like 1t and take it quite willingly,

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out. of employ'
Kmgdom , s.lud ColoDel ."lFn
of d lSchalgcd a.nd dcmoblhscd ~a.i1o rs
last week, \\ as 339,294 , or 8 8 ~ per
fhe total d cmob lltSed swcc t~e + rmls.
thc number drawmg tb6 out.-ot·
was l,~l.
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wu 'held on FrIday eVeDlJlg m IJUt.
disch.a.~ged 8oldw.rs' cluh III ~t'OI;S­
Cotonrl L WIlson recel\'ed & ImOlt
,v::':,~~n"::~' ;.;He W&8 &coom!1anled b) ~r, J.
Afent.) aud Mr F. A. Sll110Ud5.
Jargle l gatherIug- as many a1 the
rea3Qnaoiy bold-oi' e1-Set Yl~m'n
diaohaJ.ged and d,&a1obillS , to
ex--Set'VIOO m<m.

more tha.n hIS __ ,, __ ,_.___•.
be had beeb In <tbe
ra.nke of sergeant
twenty-five years .
execut.lon of hls
5evru-ely, or a.ct ·
offi:cera p.resent.. ]f
twred wlt>hm hun
would ask tLcru to
The Chmf C<lnstable
.been &&ked to waoke a. P,:;~"~~;:~;'~.\1~ 1~~;e;~; 1
Spencer tha.t afternoon. I
mdl9posru.ou he ha.d not.
Mr. ~C8r, bo would like the
befOi e t.Q apply m that CMe,
'l'he glft5
to Mt".
clock
engra.ved
Â¥ Spencer
tollQws ;~;;;,~rf~~~r~~
spec:t.or SpeilUcr ' uyon' his
-JW&dil!i" .Borougb Pollce
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yea.l'!' S8J'VIM, ~~brua.ry. 1920 "
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The presents ~l be ha.nded o'Ver to Mr • .spcn~
M !Soan as_pbszjible.
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from 16th. 17th, 18th, 19th. ~n d 20th Street. t.o
5 t h AV&lue, and tbelr old premi!ie8 had been
turned Ulto warehouses and et<tl'e~. In D05ton he
found a.~m.tl.a..r !itate of afb~l'6. Thets he met
Mr. Andrew B. WrIght, who '~M fOT JnIUIV yoat'l'
neeted WIlh Me8SI1l. Colebtook and Co. In
n ston huge factories were being rapIdly erected
iI ludm ~ t ha.t of Messn. L ever Bros., & proof
t &to Bnllsh enterpnse 'YM Ylot confined t.o the
B It.U',h Isles One of the things 'fblch Impreued
1 elf jJ pon hIm m Boston ~a.t that &inee the
IT rodtJction of prohlbit.lon Boston had found one
J. ~ I suffiCient whereas they had previously had
t~r~
CI)O&sing the border he went to Mont.real
a. d Toronto, the· like of w~,ch wa.s the nice.t
ci y h() bad ever aeeu. 1 here wu an &it' of
g !lera l well· belllg alld tbe city Va 85 In every ,wl\:Y
.. vell-governoo pt'OSpel'O\l8 C1ty. One of the J't'O&us indurln05 of the city WIUl that. of tbe \Vm.
a:\'lS Packmg Company founded by an old Readaocompa.oytng the re[lOrt showed
i ~g resident Another large Industry In Toronto
for We yea.r sa £.209,904, and
was t he Am en can Company. t he P alm Ohve Soap
.£194,680, lea,YUlg a baJa.noo at
" 'mh, and the reuon why that factory had been
to t.ho profit. aDd loss &OCOllnt. The
t. on t he Canadla.n SIde was because t.he Cana~::::~~ fo\' d16trlLution 't\ W5 £29,355, and
Ian tal'ltf made iL nece5'&ry for the company to
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reoommended t.he !la.yment of d~\ 1'last SIX roon Lh.s a.t. the ra.t.c of fi \ e
lId thD factorY in Canad& If t tiev were to do any
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pel'
annum
on tho prefer enco ,hllre. and
lUl:t.d n!.n trade' At Buffalo the e;'ldence of ra.pld.
stoole, Itl le nm diVidends lit tha rate
ruwtb of factones was asLoJll~hing, whtle De·
dccla.l cd Ul Sf11temtier for tho fi rsL
t WAa a.n eye-opener.
Seven year!! ago the
tho ye-ax.
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pula.hon of DetrOIt was jnst O\' er h alf a
EXTREMELY DIFFlCUL1' YEAR.
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111100 To. day It " as a million and ~ qua.rter.
Oha.ITDlan, JU 1l10vtDg the tl.rlC>9t.lOIl or-the
Ju st. a.croN the river on the Canadlan j~ide wnl
and a.ccoUllU, su.i.d th ll t l.he j>l:ISt. )' e.lt.l: had
IW'rnd50T, which WIl S leaping ahead at a rnpid
extremely diftlClIhL oue, .ud he oortam1y
r.t.e. There &g,un the tariff queslion hM pl.yod
thA propnetoril bad good caU>",e to l 'OIl '
an Importa.nt part,. for a.lm08t fI,'erv wdustry III
themseh'eB on t he m~ulls OblalUcd, Ilnd '
Detroit.. had It.. ootmter pa.rt on the C3 nadian side ."'''"'''',.
~''' '.'' m,e... upon the fad t.hat "he sup!:>l,. at
of the river. One ADlerican firm alone was laVing
boen mamt.a.lDoo w!thout m lol r uptlon,
dowD a. factory there, ,\ hu::h, wben complete,
no lJIcrea.so ha.d so itn ~n made m ti,e
would employ 40 ,000 ",killed labourers. He \\Aa
a.ItJI~ugl.t all oha.rges "'ere a _C-rC!at
Id tblLt t he amoupt of tonnage pusiJlg down th'e
",h<: n tbey ls&:. met . Mr . WBbb
t e,ugna.tlOu of Mr. Hugh Ha.wtlr.!!,
' -cr there wa.s more t han that of Liverpool, ~las­
on tho Boa.rd bad been 11100 by t hc
WI and t he Suez Canal COmblD.ed
At ChIcago
Mtr. 1'. E. HIll
d Mlhvaukee ' he Iound llltenae anticipntion of
sa
lo
p
f
gus ((1'1 Lhc y eal' was O'iCl: 59,OOO,(X)O
t e enemnon of the European markets, and pref oot. KHmter than lit 1918 'Ih u n umoo' 01
a.ratIOO$ were bemg made for a big campa.ign to
coJ"""m'''~ h ,ld Ul or~cd by 28l , u<ud lhelc v.&S a ll
of s...~ to til e lIUm bN' of cookers, iirea ,
CAPTURE THE ENGLISH K'-RKET
h.n e, The la.l1.er ti~ ure wouhJ ha te ~ ll
H a.VJng rel&rd to tho ad"ers~ rate of e:tchnn gc
~f' ea.t.e.r but. lor r C!lS(lll S he \\ ould expb.m
h e did not tbink t hi S country wa s in a condItion
l'h ey ha.d Oeell oolll!l'e lled , very reluctantly,
to reoel,' e that ca.mpsign
So enterprlsmg Wel'e
fo :' ad dltlOllal a.pparat.us.
'1'h~
rome of the .firms that.. they 1were detf'rnJlned to I
rCi.udu.:l1s ,\\ cre s a.t.lslactory, alld
capture what they could of onr trade, alld were
me<'L t.he heavy IOcreale8 In th o
p~pa.nng to send over staffs and build fllCtorlea
a.nd Inll.te ll&IS. 'l' he gl'otoS Illcome
for thc yeal 1913 b)' ;£55,110 178.
in thiS country One of the t hmgs responsIbl e for
ha.nd, c:o::pulldltUJ'{l lOCTt-~ed by
that ...... M the Idea. ('If Colonll\ t prefere.nce Am;·
• Coal a nd 011 accoullteq (or
' i a refut ed to acce nt goods Imported direct 'from
of the lU crea.sed c.xpenrlitorc,
_ merlca nnd ",",'t il g'l ,-Itlg a ' llfcference to goods I
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56 . 7d. and lDcreasoo depree-laported irom Eng lu nd and tue other British
,
46. lOd.
The n e t. :rcs ult of the
oloOies Therefore. the Americans. were d eterWaI , th .. t a/tOl' providln£ for the
med to duplIcate the production of their goods
of five pe-.r oeut. p6ol' a.n~ '
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t.hts countr'\' in order to captt1r'6 the Empire
bs.bneQ of i!144 175. 3d
od
t <ld'e At Philadelphia. he had been keenly Ill·
aeC'OlUlt.s.
UnfortunareJy, f eeh
uocn put Upo ll bh cm latdy , Frmght4
tr-estea . in the homlJ ng scheme carried out
the
by 25 pcr cent., \\ Illeh would make tho
~mergency Fleet CorporatIOn , and one 0 tho
btl ooa.l SllIt.'C July last. OVOI' 8s. ver ton .
tb lllgS th at had struck him -pa.rticularly WAS a
w3{:es was made by
large
remnl k b\' the St.iltl ~tJc lan that the Government
..."O'.' Ll..".W!\rQ
~t, 1919, whihlt
~id not, l:iUb Sldl5e the bulldmg by <» Illnglc penny
to ' rise.
There
~tl!';e they re co~ uued that. It. murt. be se lf.sup" "... 'ne price of gaa
~ ~tlllg " ' here t he State btrrl built houscs l~lITilig
U a.y l1 c xt, UDle3s a
wl)r emcrgency they were ll O W belJl~ sold at
ruadQ m th e prIce of
o fu ll price. pIns six per cent. \Vhen they ,vere
, Id anrl tbey '-..ere r apIdly bemg tIl.ken up, t.ue
FOR DOMESTIC CONSUMERS.
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t .of the hemie s would han to be pro\ ided bY'
lPit.'!S Mouth.) Pnce!!' Order and
. uhflc enterprise. I Every encouragement. was
t.he prloe. of ooa.l used for
Sliven t.o 11.\ man to buy hllJ nwn houre. In many
purpoi l'."6 Wa& reduced by 1();. ptlr
fhwns he round t hat British manuracturers hud
for ,Pl'od uc;me ga.e fot "domestic , .
eve to the markets open to them but Gen{lall
subject. to thIS rebate.
Dnder tho
ror.rrBd. lo, the O:nupany Vt'jL8 ca.llt'd. upon
manllfactmers \\ere also busy, recognwng t..liat
leba.te flOlTl lUi coa.l oontr Bctora and
lhe former European markets w oulcl be. of little
amongEt Its "domes.tJo" conswPert,
\"aJUB for years to come.
The ' prospect!S iTt
~ ",'~ ',"'u,g a. small amOWl(. .for expenses. 'rbe
Ame rica. at. the present time were extraordinary.
the.rcforo, afford tho Compan,.. &.ny
e cnunt.ry was o'\'e rflowin~ WIth prosp erity, and
u. matt.cr of fact, Its dletrlbl.ltlon
sir purses were hul~n~ with money. The tariff
OODSldo.ra.blc wnount of work.
A
perated yery much tn their fa\'our, but even so,
r"!tu"ti<>n.
pr~ce. of {.'Oa1, be 1'18.8
full was the American pUl'H that even the
]Ia YO been more .. tts.
riff could not keep out British goods at the. preall. However, the Com ·
t t ime. A 13ntish ca:rpet ma.nub.cturer return·
bad to carry out m~truc.
lIon the sa.me boat had informed bim that he 1Ib.",.l",,'e ~,o!><,ie-"ot .a. red.uotJon m pr1oo-would
to II dom-estlo It CODSumers Qf
ad 8ecure.:l in flo short while enough orders to 'r
~ two finhs for yc<us, and l that he could h&Ye
~:;t.:".~'~:Jf.f',
oonsumers
by ordmary
to ma.ke a l ~bato
on the met.ors
current
~bt.a.ined suffiCIent to keep them goillg for; ~O
and
,
if( the case of propa.YlJ:lent
~ . In Philadelphia ' ~e WIl8 laformed tti&t.
of a r ciund of cash dWlng
1-here was no trouble :with the trnde union s. al1d ~~~~:b~;n~:;ermeans
~I
qUo'lJ'ter'e coll ections.
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abour questions on the whole wqre very o..'&1ly
it.rlke lnCl'Baled the
tIed The men wanted to be well paid, but
oouki ll'ob obtll.lIl
ere not averSe to other people ~ting 801'neTb"",
hing for them6elv~. When well paid they
illing to work well Over 85 per cent of
eople in PhilRdelpbia owned t.beiT own houfeIJ,
nd property was the fa,"ourito mvestmM'lt. All
rosult lhey got • better {ype 01 Cltizen, .greo.t.r
, e of home and p osition and aU tha.t tbll.t
~
i the. upbringing of tho family.
The
e i'esult of
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STRAIGHT l'~LK.
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The ReadIng Borough Pollee Force lS Ule
by th e r ct.u'cmcnt. of Inspect.ors Jesse Cll"""'r'·.
Spence!.·:i.nd George, each of
had
I '~ cll ovcr the Dec~a.l)
I On Fflda..y afte rnoon 10 last
st.a.blo (Capt. J. S. H enuerSon) ",·,,,ent,>:!.
of tho Force, a. 10 carat gold
s;.tlve.r.mountcd umbrtlila to

. U. W. · Webb, tbe Cba.uma.I1, prcsldmg.

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nl(.'e~tng of th e Rcad_lOg Gas Com·
beW all rucsuay at tho offi t:t."ii 111 Ftlar-

Arthur New-baryon t he compaTison between the
condit.ions 6XlSt.mg 10 America. IUld thIS co~!ntry.
The address, \4 bleh partook. more of th e nature of
Informal talk, waa hst e ned to wi th deep
lIl~cst. by the bID-mess me.n prc:;ellt. who Included

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INSP. CHANDLER'S PARTING
to HIS COLLEAGUES.

ANNUAL MEETING.

of the ~adtng Chamber of
C<>mmerce a. most interestang a.ddre,s wu gl\'en
to lhe Chamber Room on Tuesday evenmg by Mr.

ynder tne

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COME
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