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13 TOLL GATES WITH IN 35 MILES And the Charge of $1.02 for Running Over a Bad Road Makes the Mo-torist Say Unpleasant Things ';. Work to be Done on the Wm. Penn Highway All Hershey roads are free, There are no tolls of any sort. Visitors are always' welcome.' These highways have been built mainly at the expense of the founder of the town and they have helped much to give Hershey its reputation. But unfortunately some of the approach-es to Hershey aire not free. And worse luck they are parts of the new William Penn High-way. The inspection party which motored over the whole route from Philadelphia to Pittsburg finished their journey and they had much to say about the toll gates between Reading and Harrisburg. . This is part of their account as given in the Public Ledger: "The two automobiles carrying mem-bers of the association and newspaper men left Philadelphia and . officially in-spected the route to , Pittsburgh. The tourists found the roads in excellent condition. There are only about fifteen miles of roads on which the motorists suf-fered from "thank-you-marms" and sore backs. Most of the "back-breakers" will be repaired by this time next' year, and then the motorist will have ai almost hill-less road from Philadelphia , to the western State line. 'The only real obstacle which is placed in the way of motorists and farmers,:is the excessive toll rates from ReadingTcTHaF risburg. The Berks-Dauphin Tun: pike Company controls this stretch of highway and makes the most of its authority. Thirteen toll gates within thirty-five miles is the record of this turnpike. The motor-ist is compelled to pay $1.02 for the priv-ilege of running his car over this privately controlled" highway. The i^ad .of this company, which was in exceedingly bad shape last spring, :has been repaired to some extent, but that does not make the motorists and farmers feel differently toward the turnpike concern. That $1.02 hurts. The William Penn Highway As-sociation will make an effort to put all tollroads on the route but of business. "Most of the roads on the route of the William Penn Highway are owned or controlled by the State and counties. The State roads are kept in good shape, as are most of the country roads. It is noticed that the very bad roads were found mostly in the districts controlled by boroughs and towns. There were hillocks and bumps galore, and if one said anything to the town officials they would grow very indignant and aver that their roads were the best this side of. Pittsburgh. The William Penn Highway will "not be a "complete" road in every meaning of the word until the boroughs wake up to the sense of the responsibility and keep their sections of the great across-State highway in good repair. "According to officials of thp highway association, it will cost approximately $3,000,000 to complete the roads along the route. Most of this will be taken from the State Treasury, although not a small portion will come from the counties and boroughs, "Figures from the State Department of Agriculture show that in 1915 $499,760,- 129 worth of farms in the counties through which the road passes produced val-ued at $84,625,352. In these countries there arc 58,713 farms, There are nearly 6500 automobiles owned by farmers in these fifteen . counties. "Then there arc the scenic beauties of •the road , For a person who likes moun-tain scenery central Pennsylvania along the Penn route cannot be surpassed in the East, A well-graded concrete road runs along the Blue Juniata at the Lcwistown Narrows, The winding river through the gap in the mountains is very beautiful , The farm s and villages arc picturesque, and in the towns along the line hotel accomodations are excellent" , ANOTHER CHANGE' IN DATES Herahey High School Opens Septem-ber 29j Grades October 2 Still another change has been made in the dates for the opening of the public schools in this section, The High School of the M, S, Hershey Consolidated School of Dcrry Township will open September 29 and the Grades will begin October 2, The appearance of Infantile paralysis in vnrioiiH parts of the State caused thu Board of Health to issue n general order postponing the opening of all school s, This postponement was duly extended but. It now thought there will bo no fu r-ther extensions, The cool weather Is reducing the number of cases of infantile [winilyHlfl, There l»m not been a cum in or nour Iicnhuy. NEW TROLLEY LINE Thu survey on thu now trolley lino from Mimholm to Hershey is proceeding rapid-ly unci llyu miles have been covered The people along thu route ' take deep int erest In thu work, TONS OF' TIN USED IN HER SHEY Fact ory Uses ' More Tin Foil Than Any Plant in the United States ¦•' Much Tin Used in the Making of Cans. Something About Rise of Tin Industry The Hershey Chocolate Factory uses several tons of tin daily. It uses more tin foil than, any other plant in America and it makes millions of tin cans for its products. Practically all the tin is American-made ; so, there is a strong direct interest in the rise of the tin industry . No in-dustry is more cited to show the advan-tages of the protective tariff which is the leading issue in the present political campaign. The McKmley Tariff on tinplate went into effect July 1, 1891. In the last six months of 1891, the total production of tin and terhe plates in the United States amounted to only 2,236,443 pounds, while for the full year 1891 the imports of tinplate amounted to 1,036,489,074 pounds valued at $35,- 746,920. In 1899, after eight years of Protection, the imports of tinplate had fallen to 108,- 484,826 pounds and the value of these imports had fallen to $2,613,564—a de-crease of more than a billion pounds and more than $33,000,000 in value; The dif-ference was made up by the domestic production. The rapid progress of tinplate produc-tion in the United States, following the enactment' of the McKinley Tariff of 1890, is shown in the following official figures: Year Pounds 1902 819,840,000, 1912 .; '. . . ' 2,157,055,000 1914 2,085,980,000 With this ; enormous increase in the domestic production of tinplate was the employment of 100,000 men. The price of tinplate fell steadily and rapidly as the result of the develope-ment of that industry under the Pro-tective Tariff. The McKinley rate was two and two-tenths cents a pound. In the Wilson-Gorman Tariff of 1894, the duty was reduced to one and two-tenths cents, and in the Dingley Tariff of 1897, the rate was increased to one and one-half cents a pound . Quoting from the chapter on the Amer-ican iron and steel industry, in "The In-dustrial Development of Nations," con-tributed by the late James M. Swank, a world-recognized authority on iron and steel statistics, it is found that: "The price of tin plates at Liverpool from 1863 to 1892 was often above $5 per box of 108 pounds, occasionally above $6 and $7 per box, and once, in 1872, the price rose to $10. Sometimes, through trade wars, prices fell -to $4 and even to $3. But ten years later at a time the price was above $5. These prices, it must be remembered, were in Liverpool, to which , if the tin plates were exported to this' country, would be added freight and duty and other charges." In 1880 the price at New York was 316.75. In no year, says Mr. Swank , from 1878 to 1891, did the price of coke tin-plates at New York fall below $4,30 per box, while the price was several years above $5, and in two ,years above $6 per box, But when it became apparent to the foreign manufacturers that our tin-plate industry had come to stay, their price was red uced in 1895 a full dollar per box, falling below $4, Today practically all of the tinplate used in American houses and in the canning industry (except for export) is produced by American labor, Besides this, American tinplate finds sale in other parts of the world. LIVE PARTY FROM POTTSVILLE One of the busiest and most attractive parties of the year was the automobile excursion of the Merchants' Association of l'oUsville who arrived in a score of cars yesterday morning. They spent only ah hour in Hershey, but. in that time they saw the factory, toured the park and the town and drank milk at the round barn, Many of them were friendtt of J, B, Leithlsur and ho met and welcomed them, They loft for Rending nt 10.00 o'clock but most of them said they would return to Hershey and spend more time here, PEACH SOCIAL A peach wicinl will be held at the homo of Mr, and Mrs. 10. L, Bomgnrdner , Cocoa avenue, on Friday evening, Sep-tember If}, til 7 o'clock , under the auspices of the Ladles' Aid Society of tho Holy Trinity Lutheran church. Ice cream, col'feo, cukes, and punches and cream will be on sale, . MEN'S BIBLE CLASS Thu regular mooting of thu John Elder Men 's Bible clnss of, (ho Deny Presby-terian church was hold at the homo o( H. V. Owen, Jr „ Mondnv uvenlng. FARM EDUCATION ORDER OF DAY Great interest is in the Better Train-ing . of Those Who Depend Upon the Land for* Their Incomes. The Importance of Better Production Methods . Those who are keeping track of the very important developments taking place in this ' vicinity know that one of the big items of the Hershey program is the idea of making the land give a larger support to those living upon it. The details are being worked out and their announcement will be made in due season, but in the ,meanwhile the interest in the matter is increasing. What Is being done elsewhere is indicated in the new prospectus sent to the Hershey Press by Dr. Sparks of the Pennsylvania State. College, giving special information on the winter courses in agriculture and home economics -which begin December 6 next, The courses are in the School of Agriculture. ~ The work of the Pennsylvania State; School of Agriculture is of special value to those who depend upon the land for income. ' There are three phases to the work of this school-—namely, instruction of resident students, research or experimental work, and extension service, which car-ries the results of research to the people throughout the State. The equipment, used for the instruction-al and experimental purposes consists of 1,250 acres of farm land owned and controlled by the college; 38 horses and mules; 150, beef cattle; 81 milk cows; 172 sheep; 140 hogs; and 1000 chickens. The agricultural building, the dairy building, the horticultural building, th« stock judging pavilion, new dairy ban? and the greenhouses provide classrobnis and laboratories. , The college maintains four-year courses in agriculture leading to a. degree, fo>r those who are prepared tolake up such work. A two-year course, in agriculture is also offered for those not prepared and not able to prepare for a longer course, but who intend to make farm-ing their life work. A Winter Course A profitable agriculture depends upon the application* of scientific principles to production and marketing. During, the past two or three decades there has been an accumulation, by the experiment stations and other scientific institutions, of scientific data which have a very practical application to farm methods.. The experimental equipmen t of the college is designed for the service of all persons interested in agriculture. There are large numbers of men and women wlio cannot spend four or even two years in college, but who find it possible to devote the1 winter rnonths to association and study with others engaged in practical agriculture, in creamery work and in hornekeeping, To meet these needs, a practical twelve-week course is offered. MOTHERS' CLUB MEETING The Mothers' Club held a very suc-cessful meeting in the kindergarten room of the Consolidated School on Tuesday evening. Plans were outlined for the season's work and the kinder-garten will be made more interesting than ever this fall and winter. Mrs. Ezra F, Hershey, the president, presided, and Mrs. Lawrence Edwards was secre-tary. It was reported that a good sum wan realized by the recent party, but the club will still need funds to carry out its program for the little folks, Tlirec new members were added to tho list and the following officers were elected; President , Mrs, Ezra F. Hershey; vice president , Mrs. W. L. Dubois; secretary, Mrs. Lawrence Edwards; treasurer, Mrs, J. E, Fields; assistant treasurer, Ivlrs, L, P. Williams; directors , all the alcove ofliccro and Mrs, Al. Wlrth , Mrs, D, F, Miigce, Mrs, Whittle find Mrs. Shay, The members are: Mrs, D. Frank Miinee, Mrs. A. W. Snnvely, Mrs, George Dccherl, Mrs, George Suavely Rent/,, Mrs. Ezra F. Mershey, Mrs. Lawrence Edwards, Mrs. Ewing Cain , Mrs, J, Edward Field , Mrs, John Shay, Mrs, Phoebe Whittle , Mrs, Aldus Wirth , Mm. Wilbur L. Duj? fools , Mrs, Edwin M, Hershey, Mrs. I-I , G. Miimma , Mrs, Thomas L. Mc- I lcl'fuy, Mrs, Slaccy E. Peters, Mrs. George Kppley, Mrs, Joseph 11, Mills, Mrs, Samuel D. Clink , Mrs. Iru B. Smith, Mrs. Nowton Bossier, Mrs, Oscar C-nlebneh, Mrs. L. I1, Williams , Mrs. LinnN. llawbucker, Mrs. 11, C, Kcinhold , Mrs. Rohrer Suavely, MRS. SNAVELY'S ACCIDENT There Is much sympathy for Mrs. Frank B, Suavluy, who met with a pain-ful accident wlillu gelling off of a street car this wuok', An ankl e ligament was sprained and while tho inju ry Is not dangerous it will be some ,- tlmo before she fully recovers from it, More of them This Year Tha n Ever Before. Experts . Pronounced the Hershey Animals Among the Best in the United States Beautiful "Pheasants More persons have visited the Hershey Free Zoo since, last spring than in any year since it has been open to the public. This is the largest private zoo in the State and one Of the largest in the United States, and travellers are .always surprised to find so extensive a collection in a town of Hershey's size. Experts within the past week, men who make a study . of menageries and collections, pronounced the Hershey birds and an-imals to be exceptionally fine in breed and condition and said the accomodations were admirable. - All the time improvements are being made. The hogs, wolves and foxes have been moved from the old cages east of the Y. W. C. A. to the new building over Spring Creek and the old cages have been taken away. There is much new land-scaping and grass growing, ¦ so that the whole . zoo equipment is practically a new proposition. Additions are new pheasants, including the following varieties, golden, silver, rirignecked, Reeves', and last but not least the Lady Amherst,/which . Frantz Zinner says is one of the'mbst beautiful of all pheasants. And there are 9 young pheasants. There are ant eaters and tvro white ferrets. •: . • As usual the most attractive point is the monkey house and the . six monkeys are ceaseless in their antics, but there is much interest in the five bears and in Mimmie, the lioness, who grows hand-somer every season. Summer Visitors During the summer thousands of children rode the ponies which added ¦wonderfully to the joys of the Park season. Every day Frantz Zinner told the boys who attended the ponies that if they did their work well and stayed on their jobs he would give them a picnic. They kept their part of the bargain and at last Saturday Frantz made good his promise. He says it was the greatest picnic ever held and that he had the best time in all his life. It began at 8 in the. morning and lasted until after 6. Those who went were Samuel Zimmer-man, Frank Ederis, Theodore Ederis, Harry Fasnacht, Harry McKinne, John Shay and Miss Louisa Shay who was the waitress for the gentlemen jockies. On seven ponies the Happy youngsters went to Bindagles Church and the fun began at once. Coming and going all day were people of the country whQTnade an uninvited but welcome audience. ^ In the horse race Sammy Zimmerman was first, Frank Ederis second and Theodore Ederis third. In the running race Sam-my Zimmerman was first with Frank Ederis second. •' There was a fishing con-test, but no fish nibbled and so the prizes had to be divided equally. KILLED ON THE ROAD Last Thursday night an automobile run by Clarence L. Bates of Lebanon killed George Donahue a mile east .of Hummelstown. The car did not stop and the whole case was heartless. Bates, a married man, was joy riding with a young woman and her parents, to whom he had represented himself as being single, He was caught through the evidence of the young woman. He is now in prison at Harrisburg. Among the witnesses were Lawrence E, Brouse and Charles Longcneckcr, motorman and conductor of the Hershey car which passed the automobile, The case aroused great indignation. BIG SEASON FOR ZOO VISI TORS ¦ . • V —- - ; THESE FLOWERS ARE NOW IN THEIR FULL BEAUTY Part of the Plan for More Beauty in Hershey Next Year. There Will be a Big Extension of the Park Garden. New Fountain in Park Conservatory Ten thousand coleus have been put in for stock from which cuttings will be taken on March 1, 1917. • This prepar-ation shows how extensively plans are under way for the greater beautification of Hershey next year. Coleus plays a big part in Hershey's color schemes. The shrub is a native of Asia and Africa and the varieties here are derived from the' perennial found in Java. Nothing is finer than its exqusite leaf coloring. The brilliant and variegated foliage makes possible the superb bed and border effects found in Hershey and the success achieved means a much larger use of the plant next year. Coleus are" easily propagated by cuttings of the .new growth planted in small pots in moderate heat. By striking the cuttings early in the Spring bushy and compact plants are secured. ' The autumn flowers are coming on. In the Mansion Greenhouse are 800 chrysanthemums that promise to be the finest ever seen in Hershey. .The Japanese "Ester lily bulbs for the Easter flower- show have been received and the tulips and other bulbs are ordered from¦ • Booshop,. Holland. The expecta-tion is that the Easter show will surpass that of 1916. Over . 10,000 plants and blooms will be shown and there will be some novelties. . Have you seen the new fountain in the Park Conservatory? It is a surprise made and placed by James Putt and it is .an excellent piece of work. It will contain all the big gold nsh now at the fountain at High Point. Some of these fish have grown to great size .and they have a new family of -2,000 youngsters that will be distributed among the various fountains. An important extension of the Park gardens is scheduled for next year and for this much planting will be done this fall and winter. GOOD MUSIC COMING Hershey Glee CIul p Resumes Activ-ities for the Season Monday evening, under the director-ship of W. L. Dubois, the Glee Club of the Men's Club held its initial meeting of the season with the following last year members present: G. A. Roberts, J. W. Seitzinger, R. H. Sattazahn, E. L. Bom-gardner, C. L. Bare, Dr. J. L. Zimmer-man, Wm. C. Brinker, Charles Peiffer , W. L. Dubois, E. J. Krause, J. W. Al-len. Only several of last year members were lost during the summer, and with many prospective members in view this is expected to be the most successful year. Anyone desiring to become identified with the Glee Club, should apply at the Men's Club. All meetings will be held Monday evenings, at 8 o'clock. CYRUS MARKS A SOLDIER Cyrus Marks of Hershey has joined the United States Army and is at the present time at the Mt.' Gretna camp, "Whltey," as he is better known to his friends, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Marks, who have been residents of Hershey for some time, He is a member oftho'artillcry. On his visit to Hershey over Sunday and Monday, he expressed himself as being very well pleased with tho soldier life. His company will move to the border just as soon as the quaran-tine is lifted for infantile paralysis, TEN THOUSAND COLEUS PLANTED Rev. John Irwin Meek tp be Installed as Pastor • of the Palmyra-Her-shey Parish . Members of ' Trinity Lutheran of Her-shey to Attend On Sunday morning, at 10.30 o clock Rev. John Irwin Meek will be installed at Palm Evangelical Lutheran Church, corner, of Railroad and Cherry streets, Palmyra, as pastor of:- the1 Palmyra- Hershey Parish. Rev. I. Chantry Hof-fman, an uncle of Rev. Meek, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Nativity, Philadelphia, and Vice Pres-ident of the Board of English Home Mis^ sions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America^ will preach and deliver the charge to the congregation. Rev. H. K. Lantz, pastor of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Congregation at Shiremanstown, Pa., and President of the Lancaster Conference, will also preach1 and deliver the charge to the pastor. A combined choir : of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Hershey and Palm Evangelical Lutheran church of Palmyra, under the leadership of Mrs. Daniel Graeff, will render a special anthem. Miss Myrtle Turby of Palmyra will sing a solo. The Hershey congregation will leave in a body on the 10.00 o'clock car for Palmyra and a cordial invitation is ex-tended to all to accompany them. The evening service' will be held at Hershey at 7.30 P. M. when Rev.. I. C. Hoffman will preach. Hereafter all ev-ening services will be held at 7.30 P. M. instead of at 7.00 P. M. HERSHEY PARK CLOSED Had Most Successful Season During Past Summer Hershey Park is always open, but officially it is now closed. The restaurant serves no meals and there are no Sunday concerts, But the zoo is always open and so is the park itself, and never was its beauty greater than at present. At the Park Dance Hall the dances will continue every Wednesday and Saturday evening until further notice. Many visitors come, especially in automobiles and they dine either at the Hershey Cafe or the Quick Lunch, both of which arc on the main street of the town. CORN ROAST ON THE HILL Young men of tho general offices of the Hershey Chocolate Company to the number of 25 held a big corn roast on Prospect Heights near the reservoir on Tuesday evening. It was one of the most wonderfu l nights on tho hill this year and the party thoroughly enjoyed the roast. INSTALLATION NEXT SUNDAY
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Title | The Hershey Press 1916-09-14 |
Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
Description | The Hershey Press (alternatively published as "Hershey's Weekly" or "Hershey's The Progressive Weekly") was the first local newspaper, published from 1909 until 1926, covering news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Hershey, and surrounding Pennsylvania communities. |
Date | 1916-09-14 |
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Title | The Hershey Press 1916-09-14 |
Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
Description | The Hershey Press (alternatively published as "Hershey's Weekly" or "Hershey's The Progressive Weekly") was the first local newspaper, published from 1909 until 1926, covering news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Hershey, and surrounding Pennsylvania communities. |
Date | 19160914 |
Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
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Contact | For information on source and images, contact Hershey Community Archives at contact@hersheyarchives.org. |
Contributing Institution | Milton Hershey School |
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Full Text | 13 TOLL GATES WITH IN 35 MILES And the Charge of $1.02 for Running Over a Bad Road Makes the Mo-torist Say Unpleasant Things ';. Work to be Done on the Wm. Penn Highway All Hershey roads are free, There are no tolls of any sort. Visitors are always' welcome.' These highways have been built mainly at the expense of the founder of the town and they have helped much to give Hershey its reputation. But unfortunately some of the approach-es to Hershey aire not free. And worse luck they are parts of the new William Penn High-way. The inspection party which motored over the whole route from Philadelphia to Pittsburg finished their journey and they had much to say about the toll gates between Reading and Harrisburg. . This is part of their account as given in the Public Ledger: "The two automobiles carrying mem-bers of the association and newspaper men left Philadelphia and . officially in-spected the route to , Pittsburgh. The tourists found the roads in excellent condition. There are only about fifteen miles of roads on which the motorists suf-fered from "thank-you-marms" and sore backs. Most of the "back-breakers" will be repaired by this time next' year, and then the motorist will have ai almost hill-less road from Philadelphia , to the western State line. 'The only real obstacle which is placed in the way of motorists and farmers,:is the excessive toll rates from ReadingTcTHaF risburg. The Berks-Dauphin Tun: pike Company controls this stretch of highway and makes the most of its authority. Thirteen toll gates within thirty-five miles is the record of this turnpike. The motor-ist is compelled to pay $1.02 for the priv-ilege of running his car over this privately controlled" highway. The i^ad .of this company, which was in exceedingly bad shape last spring, :has been repaired to some extent, but that does not make the motorists and farmers feel differently toward the turnpike concern. That $1.02 hurts. The William Penn Highway As-sociation will make an effort to put all tollroads on the route but of business. "Most of the roads on the route of the William Penn Highway are owned or controlled by the State and counties. The State roads are kept in good shape, as are most of the country roads. It is noticed that the very bad roads were found mostly in the districts controlled by boroughs and towns. There were hillocks and bumps galore, and if one said anything to the town officials they would grow very indignant and aver that their roads were the best this side of. Pittsburgh. The William Penn Highway will "not be a "complete" road in every meaning of the word until the boroughs wake up to the sense of the responsibility and keep their sections of the great across-State highway in good repair. "According to officials of thp highway association, it will cost approximately $3,000,000 to complete the roads along the route. Most of this will be taken from the State Treasury, although not a small portion will come from the counties and boroughs, "Figures from the State Department of Agriculture show that in 1915 $499,760,- 129 worth of farms in the counties through which the road passes produced val-ued at $84,625,352. In these countries there arc 58,713 farms, There are nearly 6500 automobiles owned by farmers in these fifteen . counties. "Then there arc the scenic beauties of •the road , For a person who likes moun-tain scenery central Pennsylvania along the Penn route cannot be surpassed in the East, A well-graded concrete road runs along the Blue Juniata at the Lcwistown Narrows, The winding river through the gap in the mountains is very beautiful , The farm s and villages arc picturesque, and in the towns along the line hotel accomodations are excellent" , ANOTHER CHANGE' IN DATES Herahey High School Opens Septem-ber 29j Grades October 2 Still another change has been made in the dates for the opening of the public schools in this section, The High School of the M, S, Hershey Consolidated School of Dcrry Township will open September 29 and the Grades will begin October 2, The appearance of Infantile paralysis in vnrioiiH parts of the State caused thu Board of Health to issue n general order postponing the opening of all school s, This postponement was duly extended but. It now thought there will bo no fu r-ther extensions, The cool weather Is reducing the number of cases of infantile [winilyHlfl, There l»m not been a cum in or nour Iicnhuy. NEW TROLLEY LINE Thu survey on thu now trolley lino from Mimholm to Hershey is proceeding rapid-ly unci llyu miles have been covered The people along thu route ' take deep int erest In thu work, TONS OF' TIN USED IN HER SHEY Fact ory Uses ' More Tin Foil Than Any Plant in the United States ¦•' Much Tin Used in the Making of Cans. Something About Rise of Tin Industry The Hershey Chocolate Factory uses several tons of tin daily. It uses more tin foil than, any other plant in America and it makes millions of tin cans for its products. Practically all the tin is American-made ; so, there is a strong direct interest in the rise of the tin industry . No in-dustry is more cited to show the advan-tages of the protective tariff which is the leading issue in the present political campaign. The McKmley Tariff on tinplate went into effect July 1, 1891. In the last six months of 1891, the total production of tin and terhe plates in the United States amounted to only 2,236,443 pounds, while for the full year 1891 the imports of tinplate amounted to 1,036,489,074 pounds valued at $35,- 746,920. In 1899, after eight years of Protection, the imports of tinplate had fallen to 108,- 484,826 pounds and the value of these imports had fallen to $2,613,564—a de-crease of more than a billion pounds and more than $33,000,000 in value; The dif-ference was made up by the domestic production. The rapid progress of tinplate produc-tion in the United States, following the enactment' of the McKinley Tariff of 1890, is shown in the following official figures: Year Pounds 1902 819,840,000, 1912 .; '. . . ' 2,157,055,000 1914 2,085,980,000 With this ; enormous increase in the domestic production of tinplate was the employment of 100,000 men. The price of tinplate fell steadily and rapidly as the result of the develope-ment of that industry under the Pro-tective Tariff. The McKinley rate was two and two-tenths cents a pound. In the Wilson-Gorman Tariff of 1894, the duty was reduced to one and two-tenths cents, and in the Dingley Tariff of 1897, the rate was increased to one and one-half cents a pound . Quoting from the chapter on the Amer-ican iron and steel industry, in "The In-dustrial Development of Nations," con-tributed by the late James M. Swank, a world-recognized authority on iron and steel statistics, it is found that: "The price of tin plates at Liverpool from 1863 to 1892 was often above $5 per box of 108 pounds, occasionally above $6 and $7 per box, and once, in 1872, the price rose to $10. Sometimes, through trade wars, prices fell -to $4 and even to $3. But ten years later at a time the price was above $5. These prices, it must be remembered, were in Liverpool, to which , if the tin plates were exported to this' country, would be added freight and duty and other charges." In 1880 the price at New York was 316.75. In no year, says Mr. Swank , from 1878 to 1891, did the price of coke tin-plates at New York fall below $4,30 per box, while the price was several years above $5, and in two ,years above $6 per box, But when it became apparent to the foreign manufacturers that our tin-plate industry had come to stay, their price was red uced in 1895 a full dollar per box, falling below $4, Today practically all of the tinplate used in American houses and in the canning industry (except for export) is produced by American labor, Besides this, American tinplate finds sale in other parts of the world. LIVE PARTY FROM POTTSVILLE One of the busiest and most attractive parties of the year was the automobile excursion of the Merchants' Association of l'oUsville who arrived in a score of cars yesterday morning. They spent only ah hour in Hershey, but. in that time they saw the factory, toured the park and the town and drank milk at the round barn, Many of them were friendtt of J, B, Leithlsur and ho met and welcomed them, They loft for Rending nt 10.00 o'clock but most of them said they would return to Hershey and spend more time here, PEACH SOCIAL A peach wicinl will be held at the homo of Mr, and Mrs. 10. L, Bomgnrdner , Cocoa avenue, on Friday evening, Sep-tember If}, til 7 o'clock , under the auspices of the Ladles' Aid Society of tho Holy Trinity Lutheran church. Ice cream, col'feo, cukes, and punches and cream will be on sale, . MEN'S BIBLE CLASS Thu regular mooting of thu John Elder Men 's Bible clnss of, (ho Deny Presby-terian church was hold at the homo o( H. V. Owen, Jr „ Mondnv uvenlng. FARM EDUCATION ORDER OF DAY Great interest is in the Better Train-ing . of Those Who Depend Upon the Land for* Their Incomes. The Importance of Better Production Methods . Those who are keeping track of the very important developments taking place in this ' vicinity know that one of the big items of the Hershey program is the idea of making the land give a larger support to those living upon it. The details are being worked out and their announcement will be made in due season, but in the ,meanwhile the interest in the matter is increasing. What Is being done elsewhere is indicated in the new prospectus sent to the Hershey Press by Dr. Sparks of the Pennsylvania State. College, giving special information on the winter courses in agriculture and home economics -which begin December 6 next, The courses are in the School of Agriculture. ~ The work of the Pennsylvania State; School of Agriculture is of special value to those who depend upon the land for income. ' There are three phases to the work of this school-—namely, instruction of resident students, research or experimental work, and extension service, which car-ries the results of research to the people throughout the State. The equipment, used for the instruction-al and experimental purposes consists of 1,250 acres of farm land owned and controlled by the college; 38 horses and mules; 150, beef cattle; 81 milk cows; 172 sheep; 140 hogs; and 1000 chickens. The agricultural building, the dairy building, the horticultural building, th« stock judging pavilion, new dairy ban? and the greenhouses provide classrobnis and laboratories. , The college maintains four-year courses in agriculture leading to a. degree, fo>r those who are prepared tolake up such work. A two-year course, in agriculture is also offered for those not prepared and not able to prepare for a longer course, but who intend to make farm-ing their life work. A Winter Course A profitable agriculture depends upon the application* of scientific principles to production and marketing. During, the past two or three decades there has been an accumulation, by the experiment stations and other scientific institutions, of scientific data which have a very practical application to farm methods.. The experimental equipmen t of the college is designed for the service of all persons interested in agriculture. There are large numbers of men and women wlio cannot spend four or even two years in college, but who find it possible to devote the1 winter rnonths to association and study with others engaged in practical agriculture, in creamery work and in hornekeeping, To meet these needs, a practical twelve-week course is offered. MOTHERS' CLUB MEETING The Mothers' Club held a very suc-cessful meeting in the kindergarten room of the Consolidated School on Tuesday evening. Plans were outlined for the season's work and the kinder-garten will be made more interesting than ever this fall and winter. Mrs. Ezra F, Hershey, the president, presided, and Mrs. Lawrence Edwards was secre-tary. It was reported that a good sum wan realized by the recent party, but the club will still need funds to carry out its program for the little folks, Tlirec new members were added to tho list and the following officers were elected; President , Mrs, Ezra F. Hershey; vice president , Mrs. W. L. Dubois; secretary, Mrs. Lawrence Edwards; treasurer, Mrs, J. E, Fields; assistant treasurer, Ivlrs, L, P. Williams; directors , all the alcove ofliccro and Mrs, Al. Wlrth , Mrs, D, F, Miigce, Mrs, Whittle find Mrs. Shay, The members are: Mrs, D. Frank Miinee, Mrs. A. W. Snnvely, Mrs, George Dccherl, Mrs, George Suavely Rent/,, Mrs. Ezra F. Mershey, Mrs. Lawrence Edwards, Mrs. Ewing Cain , Mrs, J, Edward Field , Mrs, John Shay, Mrs, Phoebe Whittle , Mrs, Aldus Wirth , Mm. Wilbur L. Duj? fools , Mrs, Edwin M, Hershey, Mrs. I-I , G. Miimma , Mrs, Thomas L. Mc- I lcl'fuy, Mrs, Slaccy E. Peters, Mrs. George Kppley, Mrs, Joseph 11, Mills, Mrs, Samuel D. Clink , Mrs. Iru B. Smith, Mrs. Nowton Bossier, Mrs, Oscar C-nlebneh, Mrs. L. I1, Williams , Mrs. LinnN. llawbucker, Mrs. 11, C, Kcinhold , Mrs. Rohrer Suavely, MRS. SNAVELY'S ACCIDENT There Is much sympathy for Mrs. Frank B, Suavluy, who met with a pain-ful accident wlillu gelling off of a street car this wuok', An ankl e ligament was sprained and while tho inju ry Is not dangerous it will be some ,- tlmo before she fully recovers from it, More of them This Year Tha n Ever Before. Experts . Pronounced the Hershey Animals Among the Best in the United States Beautiful "Pheasants More persons have visited the Hershey Free Zoo since, last spring than in any year since it has been open to the public. This is the largest private zoo in the State and one Of the largest in the United States, and travellers are .always surprised to find so extensive a collection in a town of Hershey's size. Experts within the past week, men who make a study . of menageries and collections, pronounced the Hershey birds and an-imals to be exceptionally fine in breed and condition and said the accomodations were admirable. - All the time improvements are being made. The hogs, wolves and foxes have been moved from the old cages east of the Y. W. C. A. to the new building over Spring Creek and the old cages have been taken away. There is much new land-scaping and grass growing, ¦ so that the whole . zoo equipment is practically a new proposition. Additions are new pheasants, including the following varieties, golden, silver, rirignecked, Reeves', and last but not least the Lady Amherst,/which . Frantz Zinner says is one of the'mbst beautiful of all pheasants. And there are 9 young pheasants. There are ant eaters and tvro white ferrets. •: . • As usual the most attractive point is the monkey house and the . six monkeys are ceaseless in their antics, but there is much interest in the five bears and in Mimmie, the lioness, who grows hand-somer every season. Summer Visitors During the summer thousands of children rode the ponies which added ¦wonderfully to the joys of the Park season. Every day Frantz Zinner told the boys who attended the ponies that if they did their work well and stayed on their jobs he would give them a picnic. They kept their part of the bargain and at last Saturday Frantz made good his promise. He says it was the greatest picnic ever held and that he had the best time in all his life. It began at 8 in the. morning and lasted until after 6. Those who went were Samuel Zimmer-man, Frank Ederis, Theodore Ederis, Harry Fasnacht, Harry McKinne, John Shay and Miss Louisa Shay who was the waitress for the gentlemen jockies. On seven ponies the Happy youngsters went to Bindagles Church and the fun began at once. Coming and going all day were people of the country whQTnade an uninvited but welcome audience. ^ In the horse race Sammy Zimmerman was first, Frank Ederis second and Theodore Ederis third. In the running race Sam-my Zimmerman was first with Frank Ederis second. •' There was a fishing con-test, but no fish nibbled and so the prizes had to be divided equally. KILLED ON THE ROAD Last Thursday night an automobile run by Clarence L. Bates of Lebanon killed George Donahue a mile east .of Hummelstown. The car did not stop and the whole case was heartless. Bates, a married man, was joy riding with a young woman and her parents, to whom he had represented himself as being single, He was caught through the evidence of the young woman. He is now in prison at Harrisburg. Among the witnesses were Lawrence E, Brouse and Charles Longcneckcr, motorman and conductor of the Hershey car which passed the automobile, The case aroused great indignation. BIG SEASON FOR ZOO VISI TORS ¦ . • V —- - ; THESE FLOWERS ARE NOW IN THEIR FULL BEAUTY Part of the Plan for More Beauty in Hershey Next Year. There Will be a Big Extension of the Park Garden. New Fountain in Park Conservatory Ten thousand coleus have been put in for stock from which cuttings will be taken on March 1, 1917. • This prepar-ation shows how extensively plans are under way for the greater beautification of Hershey next year. Coleus plays a big part in Hershey's color schemes. The shrub is a native of Asia and Africa and the varieties here are derived from the' perennial found in Java. Nothing is finer than its exqusite leaf coloring. The brilliant and variegated foliage makes possible the superb bed and border effects found in Hershey and the success achieved means a much larger use of the plant next year. Coleus are" easily propagated by cuttings of the .new growth planted in small pots in moderate heat. By striking the cuttings early in the Spring bushy and compact plants are secured. ' The autumn flowers are coming on. In the Mansion Greenhouse are 800 chrysanthemums that promise to be the finest ever seen in Hershey. .The Japanese "Ester lily bulbs for the Easter flower- show have been received and the tulips and other bulbs are ordered from¦ • Booshop,. Holland. The expecta-tion is that the Easter show will surpass that of 1916. Over . 10,000 plants and blooms will be shown and there will be some novelties. . Have you seen the new fountain in the Park Conservatory? It is a surprise made and placed by James Putt and it is .an excellent piece of work. It will contain all the big gold nsh now at the fountain at High Point. Some of these fish have grown to great size .and they have a new family of -2,000 youngsters that will be distributed among the various fountains. An important extension of the Park gardens is scheduled for next year and for this much planting will be done this fall and winter. GOOD MUSIC COMING Hershey Glee CIul p Resumes Activ-ities for the Season Monday evening, under the director-ship of W. L. Dubois, the Glee Club of the Men's Club held its initial meeting of the season with the following last year members present: G. A. Roberts, J. W. Seitzinger, R. H. Sattazahn, E. L. Bom-gardner, C. L. Bare, Dr. J. L. Zimmer-man, Wm. C. Brinker, Charles Peiffer , W. L. Dubois, E. J. Krause, J. W. Al-len. Only several of last year members were lost during the summer, and with many prospective members in view this is expected to be the most successful year. Anyone desiring to become identified with the Glee Club, should apply at the Men's Club. All meetings will be held Monday evenings, at 8 o'clock. CYRUS MARKS A SOLDIER Cyrus Marks of Hershey has joined the United States Army and is at the present time at the Mt.' Gretna camp, "Whltey," as he is better known to his friends, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Marks, who have been residents of Hershey for some time, He is a member oftho'artillcry. On his visit to Hershey over Sunday and Monday, he expressed himself as being very well pleased with tho soldier life. His company will move to the border just as soon as the quaran-tine is lifted for infantile paralysis, TEN THOUSAND COLEUS PLANTED Rev. John Irwin Meek tp be Installed as Pastor • of the Palmyra-Her-shey Parish . Members of ' Trinity Lutheran of Her-shey to Attend On Sunday morning, at 10.30 o clock Rev. John Irwin Meek will be installed at Palm Evangelical Lutheran Church, corner, of Railroad and Cherry streets, Palmyra, as pastor of:- the1 Palmyra- Hershey Parish. Rev. I. Chantry Hof-fman, an uncle of Rev. Meek, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Nativity, Philadelphia, and Vice Pres-ident of the Board of English Home Mis^ sions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America^ will preach and deliver the charge to the congregation. Rev. H. K. Lantz, pastor of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Congregation at Shiremanstown, Pa., and President of the Lancaster Conference, will also preach1 and deliver the charge to the pastor. A combined choir : of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Hershey and Palm Evangelical Lutheran church of Palmyra, under the leadership of Mrs. Daniel Graeff, will render a special anthem. Miss Myrtle Turby of Palmyra will sing a solo. The Hershey congregation will leave in a body on the 10.00 o'clock car for Palmyra and a cordial invitation is ex-tended to all to accompany them. The evening service' will be held at Hershey at 7.30 P. M. when Rev.. I. C. Hoffman will preach. Hereafter all ev-ening services will be held at 7.30 P. M. instead of at 7.00 P. M. HERSHEY PARK CLOSED Had Most Successful Season During Past Summer Hershey Park is always open, but officially it is now closed. The restaurant serves no meals and there are no Sunday concerts, But the zoo is always open and so is the park itself, and never was its beauty greater than at present. At the Park Dance Hall the dances will continue every Wednesday and Saturday evening until further notice. Many visitors come, especially in automobiles and they dine either at the Hershey Cafe or the Quick Lunch, both of which arc on the main street of the town. CORN ROAST ON THE HILL Young men of tho general offices of the Hershey Chocolate Company to the number of 25 held a big corn roast on Prospect Heights near the reservoir on Tuesday evening. It was one of the most wonderfu l nights on tho hill this year and the party thoroughly enjoyed the roast. INSTALLATION NEXT SUNDAY |