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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
April 15, 192D 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
Wear Beautiful SiJks and Woolens 
SILK, WOOLEN and COTTON DRESS GOODS 
Serviceable fabrics at lowest cash prices. Money 
Order should accompany order. 
35" Satin Mescaline —White, SS 11 All Wool Tweed —Tan, 
lan, fliey, brown, navy, black. periwinkle, grey, m A r\ 
A wonderful fabric, a a qq lavender, rose . . «p | •‘b/ 
sold recently at *b| *51/ A Ya rd 
$2.50 yard. . . A Yard 
Home sewing is a very popular way to save money. Let us supply the 
goods to make it a success. Our guarantee soes with purchase, 
PERKINS SILK SHOP, DepL S.W. 128 State St., Albany, N.Y. 
Material for 
Suit, 3 *4 yards 
$5.22 
BUY DIRECT - SAVE 20% 
r Buitl\ 
hh.ht 
Solrt\ 
WIGHT 
UFtTtME/lv 
JUST WRITE AND SAY YOU WANT TO TRY A 
asrisssidw. 
Whet* your bicycle arrives, try it FREE for 15 DAYS. If 
then you ore fully satisfied with it,Bend us only ?3.00. 
then .00 a month for seven mm*ihs If it does not suit 
you. ship it buck at. our espouse and we will refund even 
the freight you paid on arrival. 
Tested Frame of Seamless Steel TubinK, One piece Crank 
Hanger: Drop t'orged Crown Fork: New Lieparturo Coaster 
Braku, Hollar Oinin. Every ,1'vtco for Speed, Comfort, Peitect 
Control and Durability, locltnliiut ChannelBar Stand. 
SIZES and STYLES, lor BOYS, MEN, GIRLS and WOMEH 
15 DAY ^ 
FREE TRIAL 
A Better Work Glove 
—All-Leather 
Soft, Easy to Wear 
—Hard to Wear Out 
Order a Pair Today! 
NOW SOLD Now is a good time 
__ . to plan your next- 
f) I l? Id (*’ I' season needs for 
A maple sugar equip- 
from ment. 
17 A fTflD V We announce a 
rAUUKl radical change in 
selling policy that will be good news 
to maple sugar makers everywhere. 
We will hereafter sell the famous 
Bellows Falls - Monarch Sugar 
Tools direct from factory to farmer 
—at BIG PRICE SAVINGS. 
Write for full details NOW, 
and DIRECT PRICES on 
Bellows Falls-Monarch 
Maple Sugar Equipment 
I FREE Send us llie names of FIVE 
RECEIPT su £ ar makers and we will 
nrtrtlC scn< * you * valuable 
“6UN new booklet of manic sugar 
"look for the 
Ooat Head 
TRADEMARK" 
A BETTER, all-leat her work glove for only 
60c. Ideal for farm use. Softer, more 
comfortable than ordinary leather glove. 
You can pick up a pm with u pair on your 
hands. Close-fibred, special oil-tanned leath¬ 
er—tough, durable, water-resistant. Order 
a pair today t All styles—gauntlet, knit 
wrist, band. Ask your dealer or eend 60c 
direct for pair postpaid. 
THE NATIONAL GLOVE COMPANY 
S27 Main St. - - Columbus, Ohio 
The Better All- Leather 
Work Glove 
SEND NO MONEY 
Just give size and we will 
send you the biggest work 
, shoe bargain offered in years. 
MmJe of dtirnlile* double 
Bj tunned chrome l«*uther. 
PBjL Strong nuV. leather 
HelloWH 
tt/llL'iM-. Dirt, 
%\ •rniifl iteul 
!" I-. Pay 
Have Running 
Water — Pay 
As You Use It! 
"BIGGEST COMBINATION «/ COMFORT and DURABILITY 
1 HAVE EVER SEEN ” IT IS MONEY BANKED 
We believe it is the 
Fora small payment down, wc will ship you a 
complete Water System. You can pay for it in 
from three to twelve months as suits your 
convenience. 
Now you can have city comforts on your 
farm—hath tub, indoor closet, electric light. 
Have fresh, clean, running water in your barn 
—in your garden. 
The Milwaukee Air Power System pumps 
water from the well when you turn the faucet. 
No water tank—no stored water. Can’t freeze. 
Strong pressure in case of lire. 
Send for Catalog 
Big illustrated book sent free showing exactly 
how System is installed and operates. Wc will 
send you name of our expert who lives near 
you and who wilt install the system the right 
way. Write now—wc carry only a few farmers 
under this plan. 
Milwaukee Air Power Pump Co. 
863 Third Street, Milwaukee, Wis. 
IN THE WORLD 
for 
FARM USE 
sent free for examination Msltcr to ^Ycctrcr 
SEND FOR FREE CATALOGUE 
»902 RUBBERHIDE COMPANY 1922 
Essex Building - Boston 9 Mass 
FULLY O UAHANTCEO 
EDMONDS POULTRY 
ACCOUNT BOOK 
If you keep only ten or a dozen liens, 
there will he Satisfaction and Profit 
in knowingjusthowthe account stands. 
This hook will tell the whole story. 
The account may be begun at any time, 
and the balance struck at any time. 
iSimplc and Practical. 
Price, $1.00 - - To Canada, $1.25 
For sale by 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 West 30th St., New Yorjt 
When you write advertisers mention 
The Mural New- Yorker and you’ll get 
a rjuick reply and a "square deal.” See 
guarantee editorial page. 
Jury charged with embezzling approxi¬ 
mately $15,000 froth the union. 
A drifting mine war sighted April 4 
directly in the pathway charted for liners 
plying between Boston and Europe. 
Warning of its presence was immediately 
sent, broadcast by radio by the hydro- 
graphic office of the Navy Department ro 
all mariners. 
FARM AND DARDEN. — Wildcats 
have wrought, havoc with the deer in the 
Maine woods this Winter, according to 
'Big John*’ Mitchell, chief fire warden of 
Penobscot County. Deep snow, softened 
but not melted by tlx* Spring sun, has 
sealed the doom of hundreds of deer. 
Trying to escape from the cats, the deer 
break through tbe snow and flounder 
helplessly, while their pursuers, of lighter 
build, can travel on the crust and over¬ 
take their quarry. 
Adequate protection for tbe poultry in¬ 
dustry of New York State in the perma¬ 
nent tariff law will he sought for farmers 
by the New York State Farm Bureau 
Federation. S. I a Strivings, president of 
the federation, left for Washington April 
4 to press demands of poultrymen of the 
State for reasonable Tariff protection at 
hearings now being held. China is flood¬ 
ing the country with eggs at prices de¬ 
structive to the domestic industry, Mr. 
Strivings said. Poultry husbandry is one 
of the State's most valuable farm indus¬ 
tries. he pointed out. its annual output 
being valued at $.18,544,111 annually. 
New York State farmers tire asking that 
tariff protection on eggs of not less than 
8 cents a dozen, 21 cents a pound dried 
tint! 8 cents a pound shelled be given. 
Mr. Strivings said. 
THE COAL STRIKE—The following 
outlines the essential facts of the coal 
strike: Number of miners involved as 
given by Slates; Pennsylvania. 210.000; 
Illinois. 1)5.000; Indiana. 30.000: West 
Virginia, 10 , 000 ; Kentucky, 18.000. The 
total number of miners is given as union. 
520,805; non-union. 181,700. There are 
12.0(H) mines affected, and the capital in¬ 
vestment is nearly $2,000,000,000, with 
annual output in excess of $1,000,000.- 
000 a year. Coal in storage is said to 
be 70.000.000 tuns, which would last in¬ 
dustries 41 days and railroads and pub¬ 
lic utilities 00 days. Twenty States are 
affected—Alabama. Arkansas, Colorado, 
Illinois. Indiana. Iowa. Kansas. Ken¬ 
tucky. Maryland. Michigan. Missouri, 
Montana. Ohio. Oklahoma. Pennsylvania, 
Tennessee. Texas. Washington. West 
Virginia and Wyoming. The miners’ de¬ 
mands are that operators must attend na¬ 
tional conference on new wage scale ami 
contract for working conditions to re¬ 
place the agreement expiring March 11: 
want old wage scales with six-hour day to 
replace present eight-hour day and five-day 
week to replace present six. Operators 
say that wages must be reduced 25 per 
cpnt. and tliaf present working hours 
must stand. A Congressional effort at 
settlement of the coal strike, particularly 
as it involves the bituminous fields, was 
begun April 4 when Chairman Nolan of 
the House Labor Committee was author¬ 
ized to telegraph invitations to repre¬ 
sentative operators and officers of opera¬ 
tors’ associations in the central compe¬ 
titive coal field to attend a meeting with 
the miners’ union leaders in Washington 
April 10 and attempt to reach an agree¬ 
ment. The House committee action came 
after its members had spent two days 
listening to discussion of the strike by 
John L. Lewis, president of the United 
Mine Workers, who assured the commit¬ 
tee he would advise his associates to 
negotiate with any “representative group” 
of operators from the central field, which 
includes Illinois, Indiana. Ohio and 
Western Pennsylvania. During the hear¬ 
ing April 4 Mr. Lewis defended the 
union's proposal to establish a six-hour 
day and five-day week, one .of the de¬ 
mands originally made, scouting as “ab¬ 
surd'’ a ertlcnlntion by Representative 
Black (Texas). Democrat, that this 
would occasion an extra annual cost of 
$244.000,0()0 to the public for coal. In 
reply to questions from Representative 
Duiebt Mr, Lewis said the “basic day 
wage’’ in coal mining under present con¬ 
ditions was $7.50 per day. compared with 
$2.84 in 1011. but the scale of the latter 
year, be added, was a “pauper standard.” 
Carpet Bedding 
I would like a flower bed near the road 
with our name in it. Of what kind of 
plants should the letters be made? 
Oloau, N. Y. e.j. s. 
Formal carpet bedding such as you sug¬ 
gest requires great skill in laying out. and 
is expensive to keep in order, as constant 
pinching imd shearing is required. Flow¬ 
ering plants tire not advised for the let¬ 
ters. as it is bal’d to keep them in shape, 
and the appearance is changed when they 
are temporarily out of bloom. A back¬ 
ground of succulent pin »ts. such as 
Eehevorla sccunda glauca, Which is a 
soft, silvery gray green, with letters of 
red Alternant hern, would stand out well, 
and would require the minimum of work, 
as the Echeverias would remain as flat 
rosettes, and the Altcrnunthera is easily 
pinched into shape. You could then sur¬ 
round the Echeverias with any plants de¬ 
sired. Plants commonly used in carpet 
bedding that will stand shearing or l,-nch- 
ing, are (’ulcus. Achyran bos, Alternan- 
thora, Cineraria mnritima and' Oen- 
taurea gymnoearpa. Lobelia erinus. Be¬ 
gonias, dwarf Ageratum and sweet Alys- 
stim are among flowers often used in such 
beds. 
