The Hershey Press 1917-03-29

              SUGAR SHIPMENT
CUBA TO HERSH EY
First Lot Makes Fifty Six Hundred
. Bags' or Almost Two Million
Pounds..'. Great - Interest in ,
the .New Hershey Policy
of Direct Supplies
• The first large shipment of sugar direct
from Cuba to Hershey amounts to 56O0
bags. They average about 330 pounds
to the bag, and thus the total quantity
reaches almost two million pounds.
This is raw sugar and it will be refined
in the sugar refinery in the factory of
the Hershey Chocolate Company. Later
much of the refining may be done in Cuba.
This first shipment was loaded on the
cars .in Cuba and these cars were ferried
across Florida Straits and were trans-ferred
to the railroad, then making the
trip to Hershey as usual. .
This direct sugar supply is a big event
in the history and production of the
Hershey factory.
VISITOR S TO THE FACTOR Y
Number Increases As the Weather
'Becomes More Favorable
Vitisors to the plant of the Hershey
Chocolate Company are increasing as
the spring weather comes on. -In the
list below the places are in Pennsylvania
where no state is mentioned and from the
vicinity of Hershey - where no town is
given:
Mrs. S. A. Gallaher, MifHintown; Isaac
E. Herr, Quarryville; Ralph Schaefferft
Middletov/n, Samuel Strine, RusselPE.
Clark, Reily Straw; Edith . Keefer, Lan-caster;
Elizabeth M. Long, Lancaster;
Mildred C. Esbenshade; Esther Mc.
Chire, Middletown ; J .' Edward Ruth,
Columbia; H. L. Rehmeyer ; B. B. Miller,
New York City ; Mr. and Mrs. L. M.
Heath, Montcalm, N. H.; J. G. Bingeman,
Harrisburg ; Amos H. Lehman; A. O.
Selby, San Francisco, Cal.; Ruth M.
Engle; Percy Jumper, Boiling Springs;
A. H. Missildine, New York City; John
Dearolf, Lebanon; Mrs. C. W. Ambler,
May Belle Hurley; R. H. Andrews,
Tarrytown, N. Y.; Paul Moore, New
Oxford; Mr. and Mrs. Husted, Peoria,
111.; F. F. Clark, Elmira, N. Y.; Anna
Stoner, Lancaster ; Mae Oberholtzer,
Middletown; J. W. Canon, Harrisburg ;
M. E. Canon, Harrisburg ; Mrs. L. D.
Shomaker, Palmyra;. Shirley Shomaker,
Palmyra ; Herbert Kaplan, New York
City; Mrs. S. H. Brunner, Elkhart, Ind.;
B. Frank Ober, Penbrook ; John F. Most,
Mt. Joy ; S. H. Northrup. Hagerstown,
Md.; J. C. Daigen, Chardon, Ohio;
O. F. Shrowman, Harrisburg; W. A.
Moir, Halifax, Canada; Charles. F.
Wherry, Yeagertown; Raymond Ayers,
Harrisburg ; F. Leon Chrisman, Garden
City, Long Island ; Mrs. Lizzie Creveling,
"Washington , D. C; John P. Louser,
Lebanon; Mrs. Shoemaker, Reading;
G. W. Buckwalter, Lancaster; Mercie
Landefeld , Lancaster; Eugene Clark, Jr.,
Chicago, 111.; M. H. Hatton , Tonopah,
Nevada; Earl Von Nieda , John H. Nye,
Mildred Thomas, Adeline Paul; George
A. Carroll, Sioux Falls, S. D.; Alice Raber,
Harrisburg.
FOR A HERSHEY DELEGATE
Letter From State College Engineer-ing
Extension Supervisor
The State College Engineering Ex-tension
Division will hold its second
annual convention at State College on
May 10, 11, and 12. Prominent leaders
in industrial education will bo guests of
the college at that time. There will be
a number of notable addresses nlong
practical lines, An exhibit of the work
being done in Pennsylvania , text books
used and other interesting items will be
displayed . The School of Engineering
will pay the living expenses of the dele-gates
-while at State College, Prof,
N. C. Miller , l.lio Supervisor, who visited
Hershey several times, writes to request
that, the Engineering Class in Hershey
be represented at. the Convention and
it Is probable that a delegate will be
appointed,
The Ilcrshey Class has as Its instructor
Bowman Suavely who is a graduat e of
Stale College and who Is connected
with the Engineering Department of the
Hcrshoy Chocolate Company. This class
has n membership of about, twenty nnd
It luifl made- n fine record of study during
the winter,
A PLEASANT SURPRISE
Mr s, George A, Lumen of HunuwlH-lown
entertained In honor of Mrs, Wil-liam
Harvey Saturday afternoon at. her
homo on Poplar Avenue. The party
wan given iih a surprise to Mrs, Harvey
In commemoration of her birthday, The
afternoon wim spun! In a very enjoyable
manner after which refreshmcnls Were
served to- I lie kuohIh , who Included!
Mi'H, Pnvld CuhhoI, MIhh Alburln Grove,
Mrs , r, W. Ilnrlwull , Mm. George A,
Larson, Mrs, Wllllnm Ilnrvoy, and Mas-ters
William and Lindsa y Harvey,
BIG AUDIENCE
AT THE SERVICE
Last of Union Meetings Attracts
v Fine Attendance And All Were
' Delighted and Deeply Impres-sed
by the Eloquent Ad-dress
of Dr. Richards
Despite the unusually fine spring
weather which prevailed Sunday making
the outdoors almost irresistible, one of the
largest crowds - of the season gathered
at the Central Theatre to hear the address
of. Dr. George "Warren Richards of Lan-caster.
And every person left , the au-ditorium
feeling fully repaid.
For nearly an hour Dr. Richards held
the men, women, and children by his
complete mastery of his .subject and at
no time did the attention of the audience
lag-
The meeting was opened by prayer by
Rev. R. A. Bausch after which John
E. Snyder, Esq., who was in charge of
the services, introduced Dr. Richards.
Dr. Richards in speaking on "The Price
of Progress," emphasized the fact that
the important things in life, the things
worth while, are only obtained by patient
waiting and consistent working. "We
need a goal, an ideal," he said, "an
Omnipotent Guide in whom we can trust
for that is the only way in which we can
get life in all its phases, the only way to
develop life in all its forms." Continuing
Dr. Richards said, "We can progress only
as we pay the price and this price must
be paid in three coins which control the
making of true life. . These coins,"
continued Dr. Richards, "are called
'Obedience,' 'Work,'and 'Sacrifice. '" .
Warming to his subject as the attention
and interest of the audience became more
manifest Dr. Richards -went on to describe'
and illustrate the importance and signi-ficance
of each allegorical word. "Obed-ience,"
Dr. Richards described as being
the fundamental principal of success or
progress; a requisite for stability and
advancement. The boy of Nazareth who
was subject to his parents was used
as an illustration by Dr. Richards.
Continuing his illustrations Dr. Rich-ards
spoke of "Work" that becomes
service noble and glorious and said that
service gives value and character to work.
"Sacrifice," said Dr. Richards, "consti-tutes
the highest and noblest virtues,
the last coin we must pay as Christ's
Cost of. Progress."
Iri the course of his address Dr. Rich-ards
refered to the -wonderful develop-ment
of Hershey as an example of these
coins which form the "Cost of Progress,"
attributing its rapid growth to the appli-cation
of these requisites by its founder.
Notable Addresses
The first address of the season was by
Bishop Cyrus J. Kephart on "Lessons from
the Great World Crisis." The theatre was
crowded and' the Bishop was at his best.
It was one of the largest meetings of the
year in Hershey.
The second address was by Rev. Dr.
Charles M. Jacobs, one of the brilliant
orators of the Lutheran church . This
was on December 10th and there was an
audience of six hundred .
One of the greatest treats of the season
was the address by Rev. Robert Mac-
Gowan on December 31st. His topic
was "Unseen Allies" based on the story
of Elisha and the young man whose eyes
he prayed might be opened , As the
address came in the holiday season it
was feared the audience would be small
but this was not the case. The theatre
was filled and the address was praised as
one of the most eloquent ever heard in
Hershey.
'The Church of the Brethren was asked
to select one of their able speakers and
this choice fell upon Dr, Charles Calvert
Ellis, head of the English Department of
Junliila College, Dr, Ellis spoke on
.Sunday afternoon , January 14th on
"The Biggest Word In the Dictionary. "
Again there was a fine attendance ,
The speaker on January 28th was Dr.
Francis I-Iaivey tJreeii , head of the de-partment
of English of the West Chester
Slate Normal School, His subject was
"Three Bells. " He was an old favorite
in Hershey and so there was a large
crowd to hou r him ,
The speaker for Sunday, Feburny 11th,
was Rev, Dr. John Bnlcom Shuw, Presi-dent,
of Elmira College and one of the
foremost. orators, of the country. His
topic was "The Twentieth Century
Christopher Columbus nnd the Continent
Awaiting Discovery, " The weather wm
extremely unfavorable but. u liiioiuidlonce
enjoyed Dr. Shaw 's address,
On March 4t.li, the speaker was Dr.
Thomas Cur tor Blnimlell , Demi of Slate
College, who spoke on "The Mnking of
Men." Aguin the weather was im-propillous
, llio Sunday being one of the
worst days of the year , but a good sized
nucllunco enjoy ed a very line address,
Donth of Mr. Lon«
Simon Cameron Long, general manager
of t|io Pennsylvania Knilrond , tiled sudden-ly
Hliorlly ufler midnight on Saturday
while on a train from Philadel phia to his
homo at; Morion. IN THIS GREENHOUSE IS THE BIG DISPLAY OF LILIES
CROWDS AT THE
FASHION SHOW
Attendance Went Far Beyond All Ex-pectations.
The Beautiful Hal l
Was Thronged At Every Per-formance.
Visitors from
Cities of the Valley
Crowds exceeding by far the expectation
of the management attended the first
annual - Fashion,. Show in the Hershey
Store the latter part of last week. It is
estimated that the exhibits drew several
thousand people from the . towns with-in
a raidus of 20 miles.
The room in which the exhibit was held
presented the appearance of a miniature
theatre. A " stage 28 by 9 feet with a
beautiful scenic drop in the rear and a
real pergola in the center furnished a
unique background for a clever, display
of ladies' evening dresses, suits, coats and
in short every article essential to the
wardrobe of a well dressed woman.
The room . was walled with beautifully
patterned rugs of every description and
arranged in a manner calculated to attract
the attention of the three hundred or
more gathered at every, show. Usually
every seat was filled and many were stand-ing.
There was excellent music.
Favorable comment was not confined
to the appearance of the stage, however,
The really remarkable decorations through-out
the store by William Berkstresser,
the store decorator, were in the opinion
of the visitors unsurpassed in any of
the large department stores of larger
cities. Here and there throughout the
store were lovely paintings shaded by
different colored lights. The window dis-plays
were also a work of high calibre as
were the special decorations in the other
departments.
Miss Carrie Packer, Miss Margaret
Sheehan and Miss Jennie Cassidy,
the models sent here by the large manu-facturing
interests-of Philadelphia, were
ably assisted by local talent in the persons
of Miss Lois Miller, Miss Dorothy Hills,
Miss Ruth Clark and Howard Clark,
E. Lovinger and Ed. Hershey, Jr. At the
Saturday afternoon exhibit Miss Pauline
Clark rendered several very pleasing
vocal selections.
The exhibit attracted many prominent
officials of large stores in the vicinity. The
firm of Dives, Pomeroy and Stewart was
represented by the buyers of nearly
every deparrment including William Mil-ler,
buyer for the- blankets and domestic
department; M. Cook, buyer for cotton
goods; Howard Cochran, buyer of woolen
dress goods; Edward Willis, buyer of
hosiery and underwear; F. Hesser, buyer
of laces and umbrellas and William Hess,
buyer of men's shoes. A letter was re-ceived
by Mr. Clark from William Benn-ethum,
general manager of Dives and
Pomeroy, expressing regret at being
unable to attend the exhibit.
The results obtained by " the exhibit
were very gratifying to the local manage-ment
not only from the fulfillment of
their desire to display the latest fashions to
their customers but from other stand-points
as well, So well pleased were the
people in general that quite a number
from Lebanon and Harrisburg expressed
their determination to become frequent
visitors to the store. Great credit must
be given every member of the store force
for good work in promoting the affair.
CHANGE IN ELECTRIC LIGHTING
From 220 Volts to 110 Volts Alter-nating
Current
An important change has been made
in the electric system of the section of
Hershey north of the railroad, All the
houselighling has been affected. Pre-viously
these houses had a service from
a direct current of 220 volts. This lias
been changed to an alternating current
of 110 volts. The new arrangement ex-tends
from the eastern part of Derry
Church as far as the Round Barn ex-cepting
I-Jemhuy Park, The advantage
of the 110 current is that it will enable
the use of cither a low consumption lamp
or a largo consumption lamp, It is
especially valuable In thai it is adapted
to the latest lump known as the gim-filled
lump, which is the lump of largest
efficiency. The gun-filled lamp Is one
of the advances, in electric lighting which
have added much in results,
Furthermore , the 110 curre n t., brings
into easy use the various small mechan-ica
l appliances, Tlio 110 lamp is much
more rugged and the policy will be to
extend lis use in I Iershuy and ilH territory.
Wherever It has been established the
ndviinta goH hnvu been pronounced,
INSPECTING HERSHEY BUILDINGS
Professor Thomas A, Bed), superin-tendent
, of Publllc Instruction of Cheater
County, with John Iluhoy of West
Goshen Township, Chester County, vinll ed
the Hershey School Tuesday afternoon,
Their purpose in coming was to look oyer
tlio building and grounds, They are
interested In a building to bo erected on
the outskirts of West Chester by the Du-
1'ont.H of Chester.
COCOA TRADE IN
UNITED STATES
Figures for the Past Year Show That
This .Country Leads the World
The I ncrease Over the Totals
for 1915 Was Fifty-three
Per Cent. The Facts
The following facts from the Commerce
Reports under date of March 2-1, 1917,
show how America has taken the cocoa
trade of the world, and they will be ex-traordinarily
interesting to the people
of Hershey. Since this town was founded
the cocoa trade of the United States has
more than trebled. The article follows:
The position of the United States as
the world's leading buyer of crude cocoa
lends particular interest ' to its official
foreign-trade figures relating to this
product. Large as have been these
purchases in the past, the fiscal year
1916 established a new record for both
quantity and value with respective gains
of 26 per cent and 53 per cent oyer the
figures for 1915—which latter was itself
a record year.
Further, ' there was a shifting of the
ports of embarkation, the Dutch West
Indies, Chile, British Guiana, Peru,
British West Africa , and French Africa ,
appearing for the first time among the
important direct shippers of cacao to
the United States, and Brazil, with a
gain of $4,000,000 to its credit, reaching
a new prominence in the trade. ' These
were the imports: •. c...
Year Value Pounds
1911 $14,552,879 138,058,341
1912 15,931,556 .. .145,968,945
1913. .... 17,389,042... ; .... 140,039,172
1914. .... 20,797,790 176,267,646
1915 22,893,241........ 192,306,634
1916 35,143,865 .243,231,939
These figures indicate an average im-port
price of 14.4 cents a pound for cacao
in 1916, contrasted with 11.9 cents a
pound in 1915, 11.8 cents in 1914, 12.4
cents in 1913, 10.9 cents in' 1912, and
10.5 cents in 1911.
In a discussion of the status of the
United States in the international cacao
trade published in Commerce Reports
for December 24, 1915, the opinion of
certain importers that New York would
one day become the cacoa center of the
world was quoted. Some progress toward
this goal was made during 1916, with
re-exports amounting to 31,484,491pounds
against 28,979,054 pounds in 1915. Both
of these totals exceed by many million
pounds the re-exports for earlier years.
The imports for consumption of crude
cocoa (including shells and leaves) during
the fiscal year 1916 amounted to 243,102,-
074 pounds—another record.
• In 1915 these imports totaled 193,-
113,314 pounds; in 1914, 177,008,092
pounds; in 1913, 140,019,861 pounds; in
1912, 145,862,533 .pounds; in 1911,
137,063,379 pounds.
The average import price was about
half a cent a pound less for the calendar
year 1916 than for the fiscal year.
The consumption of crude cocoa in
the United States during 1916 approached
250,000,000 pounds. Mow much of this
vast quantity reached the consumer as
"prepared cocoa or chocolate" and bow
much as "con fectionery " can only be
guessed at in the absence of accurate data
on the subject , but in a recent issue of the
International Confectioner it is stated :
"Generally it is thought that about one-half
of all cocoa products are used in the
form of some confection. "
To work up this great stock of raw
material into products other than con-fectionery
required 40 factories and the
labor of 4,700 wage earners; il called for
the Investment of $27,000,000 capital;
the products made from it were worth
$41,0O0,000~ifone may assume that the
industry expanded during the last two
years at the same average rate as in the
five-year period 1909-1914. Allowing for
the foreign trade , this gives an average per
capita expenditure for "cocoa and choco-late
, prepared on manufactured (other
than confectionery) " of 39 cents in 1916,
From 1869 to 1914 there was an increase
of 300 per cent In the number of establish-ments,
1990 per cent, In the number of
wage earners employed , (i,182 per cent
In the capital invested , and 3,674 per
cent in the value of tlio output.
Notwithstanding this seemingly ad-equate
domestic production , between
2,000,000 and 3,000,000 pounds of foreign
"cocoa and chocolate; prepared or man-ufactured
(except confectionery) ", arc
imported annually, ,
Practically all of llila foreign cocoa and
chocolate in used In the United Slnt.es,
the re-exports amounting |.o 109,518
pounds, value $18,313, In 11)10; CI4 ,4€H1
pounds, value Jplfi .G-IB in 11)16; 27,077
pounds, value K&T7, In 1914 ; 505 pounds ,
value $134 , In 11)13; and 11,540 pounds,
value $2,292, In 1012.
MEN'S CHORUS CONCERT
The Men's Chonm ,of the Hershey
Club Is rehearsing for a concert, which
will he given in May hHho Zlon Lutheran
Church at Lebanon. There Is much
interest in the event and an unusually
ittfmctlv o progra m »h being arranged,
FLOWERS FOR NEXT WEEK'S GREAT SHOW
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Hershey 's Great Annual Event Plan-ned
on Unprecedented Proportions
This Year. Holland Garden
in the New Hall. Green- .
houses All Open
The Hershey Flower Show will open at
noon on Sunday next. The new Horti-icultural
Hall and the three big green-houses
and other attractive places will be
ready for the visitors. Admission to all
is free, and in addition there will be on
this Sunday and also on the next Sunday
a concert by the full Hershey Band, to
which all are welcome. This will be in
the Hershey Park Amphitheatre, which
has a capacity of fifteen hundred. The
mairTslibw in the Horticultural Hall, the
three greenhouses and the Zoo will all
be open to the public from April 1 to 8
inclusive. The best time, for visitors is
the afternoon.
The Hershey Flower Show this year
is far beyond anything attempted in
past seasons. Here are some of the fea-tuers;
the Holland Garden in Horti-cultural
Hall, with over 8,000 blooms and
a setting of beautiful boxwoods and bay-trees;
10,000 coleus in 25 varieties; the
lily display in the Mansion Greenhouse;
the Hershey floral displays, tropical
plants and ' thousands of growing things
in the conservatories.
Do not miss the white lilies in the
Mansion Greenhouse. They are beauti-ful.
The decorations of Horticultural Hall
are noteworthy. The walls are dressed
with lattices, vines and, panel pictures,
the work of Mr. Berkstresser.
Harry Haverstick will be assisted by
his staff as follows: Cyrus Whitman ,
Andrew Wentling, Augustus Deckert,
Clarence Keller, Clayton Lehman, Ed-ward
Sanders, Michael Hershey, all of
whom will be present to receive the
visitors.
The Hershey Flower Book by Harry
Haverstick will make its first appearance
at this show. The book is a practical
guide to the planting and raising of 100
best flowers and it contains advice and
directions founded upon Haverstick's
experience as head gardener at Hershey.
It is easily one of the important flower
books of the year. It has been very
artistically printed and hound by the
publishing department of the Hershey
Press. It is well illustrated. The price
of the book is only fifty cents and a large
sale is expected.
FLOWER SHOW
OPENS SUNDAY
Hundreds of Fine Cattle Sold to the
Meat Dealers. More Than Three
Hundred to be Sold Later
They Are Short Horns
Pole Angus , Herefords
Within recent weeks there have been
three sales of fine beef cattle from the
Hershey farms. The first was five car-loads;
the second v/as four carloads and
the third was consummated within the
past few days. One hundred Short
Horns . were sold ' to the Consolidated
-Dressed Beef Company of Philadelphia
for eleven cents on the hoof. Another
lot comprised 126 Grade Short Horns.
There are remaining on the farms 336
fat steers for the market. ' An especially
fine lot are at the first farm south of
Hershey; they are Pole Angus and are
handsome animals.
Another choice lot are the Herefords
at the Kindergarten Farm. Both of
these herds are well worth seeing.
In addition to supplying fine cattle
for the market Hershey will have a very
interesting program of planting this
year. It will include plans for 10,000
bushels t>f potatoes and other important
crops, of' which details will be given in
the Hershey Press later.
HERSHEY HELPS
IN GOOD FOOD
All Parents Should Attend This Meet-ing
Under the Mothers ' Club
The Mothers' Club will meet Tuesday
evening, April 10, at 7:45 o'clock, instead
of 8 o'clock, as usual. '¦
At 8:15 o'clock, the club, will present
in the public school auditorium , the
State Dental Lecture, with stereoptican
views. This lecture will be given by
Dr. H. G. Mumma, and the public is
is cordially invited to attend. Mothers
and fathers are especially urged to hear
this lecture which is prepared particu-larly
for them by the State of Pennsyl-vania.
A lasting benefit to the children
will be the result, if the parents learn the
lessons presented next Tuesday night
by Dr. Mumma, Admission is free.
Mrs. D. F. GraefT will furnish music for
the evening.
DR. MUMMA WILL LECTURE
Will I nclude Confirmation of CaJe-chumena
at Half Past Seven
An important service will be held this
Sunday evening a I the Lutheran Church,
Rev. John Irwin Mcclc, pastor, A large
class of catechumens who have received
a course of instruction in the funda-mentals
of the Christian faith will be
confirmed.
Mrs. Graeff , tlie chorister , announces
special musical numbers that will be
exceptionally attractive. A commiltce is
in charge of the decorations and every-thing
is being done to make the service
one long to be remembered. A special
Invitation is extended to the people of
Hershey to bo present at this confirmation
service.
The growth of the church under Mr,
Meek continues and this will he probably
the most interesting service held in the
present, edifice,
PALM SUNDAY AT TRINITY
HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT
The Hershey High School Concert
will be given next' Monday evening.
It will have twelve fine numbers, with
many choruses and violin solo by Jose-phine
Fcrrucci , reading by Lillian Shope ,
piano solo by Martha Kceney , violin
solo by Noah' Klauss, Alma Mater by
John Brenbcrger. The directors will
bo George W. Uauck and Florence
Kramlich.
Running Work nt IMt. Gretna
Every energy is being expended to
put, Mt. Gretna in the best, possible
shape for a military camp. It is ex-pected
that in the event of war the
camp would be used for Ihe organl-
, zalion and training of volunteers,