The Brecon County Times Neath Gazette and General Advertiser for the Counties of Brecon Carmarthen Radnor Monmouth Glamorgan Cardigan Montgomery Hereford

VAGRANTS AND INMATES. There wt-re 59 vrgranta relieved clurisg thE last fortnight, a decrease of 43 a a compared with the com eponding period last yof-t. The Master reported thr>.fc at the end of tha last fortcight there WHO 54 peisocs ia the Work- house, a clt ciease of nine as com pat-: 3 with the. corresponding period lasS year.

COAL SUPPLY—NO REDUCTION IN PRICE. » Mr Beei reported that Mr Weaver Prico promised to -npply toe quautiry of coal ordered at the- laFt rati una, bus they failed to get any redaction it; the price.

SERIOUS ARREARS—PROCEEDINGS OkDERED. The D rcty 01. k reported a gam of Y,3,537 5s 7 i was doe ou tiw county rate and they had ha! a tee of E2,016 the bank, leavicy fl SCO abort. Mr John Jouics (vice chairman) said it wail ridiculous for tb lo to notify these men con- tinually. Tbey knew quuSiO well that they were bt IJlUd. W IJAt wai the good of passing r>.solaiieti8 continually if the money was not in ? Tiley should take proceed- ings wi bout farther notice. He proposed a resolution to the tfftcfc SheA, all who bad not paid ilu ir third iu8iaimr-nt be summoned. Mr Brst iblii d wfcat was the practice of the collectors us to paying their calls to the baok. Mr Jon. e (viae chairman) said seme kept the nuocey until they had collected it all. The Dcpusy Chrk said that some had cot paid thrir fic-.t and second instalments and the third and fourth Wde now overdue. The Chairman said he was sorry lhats so-ue of the town pariabts figured prominently in that ibt. Mr J. Smith supported the proposal to summot-i tLu deft, u he* a and said tlJü collectors were to blaiat. Eventually Me John Jones's proposal was adopted.

HOUSE MATTERS. The D puty-Clerk reported having written to various a,;iuo>< on be question of visitors residing at the Workhouse and the leave to be grafted cffieuls. He bad received replies horse, live unions and Mr H. R Williams, the Locd Govt?nmer;t Board Inspector, bad also replied. On the propo&i'ion of Mr Best it was agreed that the repiit-a be sens to tbe House Cumlk mittee ior report.

THE ESTIMATE. The Deputy-Clerk submitted the estimate for the eoeui^g naif-year The total estimated expenditure in connection with the Union was £ 3,100 .,uÜ lue r Uv Jptw were ebiio.ateU at £ 1,530, leaving a deficit of JE1,570, and to pro- vide thi' ft rate ot 3^5 in tbe £ woo Id be required. The county calls tor all purposes amouuttd to C9 077 (lor which a rate of about Is 6gd "6 nq iired) and the fluting balance was fixed a. £965, ajskirio a total ot £ 11,612. From this bad to be deducted £ 1,328 estimated balance in band. A rate of la 9id in the £ was required and this was a reduction of Id in the £ as compared with the correspoudiag period last ye>r. The CbaircoRD proposed the adoption of the estimate. Mr BLé asked if they could Let make the rate a ronuo figure, Is 9,1 instead of Is 911. The Deputy-Clerk replied in tbe negative. Mr John Jones (vice-chairman), in seconding the Chairman's mosic-n, said it was acforianate that they bad to held a large balance in hand because of toe slackness of several parishes. They could knock off more than a 11 if the arrears Wd3 k-pt down. It was very satis- factory to get the ccanfcy rate down Id and be hoped it Wvuid ba more nexs time. Tbe estimate was adopted.

ECONOMY AT THE WORKHOUSE. Mr John Smith asked if the month was up for which additional help was appointed at the WurkbouSd. He proposed that tbe per- son appointed be (-iven a month's notice. The R" Thos. Griffiths seconded. Mr Best pnipoka that the matter be left ia the bauds: oi tbd House Committee. He characterised it as unfair to deal with the matter in the absence of the chairman of tbe House C'ouio^jifctt, Zvliqf3 Adelaide Williams. (Miss Wiliiuais bad let's the meeting). The R v. T. Griffisbs said independent members of thp Bo«rd wre quite able to jadge of tbe st. ff r. qairements of the Workhoose They heard on el: bands that otber bodies were redt.ivtoy th: i? expenditure, and the number of the inmates of the Hooso was graduaily increasing, while they as a Board were increasteg their stsff. He contended tbat tbe> did nut require tbe txtra bervioe at the Hence. Labour wan scarcs and they should ecocomise. recnicked thal. tbe reasou why they paid ;r.? extra service was that they bad parted with the cook, and obtained one at leas wages than ia tbe past. She thought tha matter ou^bt to go before tha House Committee. In tepiy to Mr Griffiths the Master said the present cook performing her work very Satj«f £ )Tr:rii Mr Griffith:?: If the Master says that, we oufiht to dispense with tbe services of thy additional bc-ip, Mr Beet remarked that owing to theic adhering to a roia oi attendance at tbtJ HúUIHJ Committee, tho management cf the House bad gone into tbe bandB of two or three people. He alterded a meeiing of tbe Hones Committee occaeioufdiy, ana happened to be there when the question of appointing additional help was discussed, and although be did not favour it at tint he became convinced that it was needed. It was t-xUt raely unfair to the chairman of that cooiujiOift: iibiiSi tbey should deal with tbu matter in ber tbseuce. Mr Jonn Smith eaid tbey made it pretty clear when the appointment was made that it would be cancelled iu a roonth. The R T. Griffiths asked on what ground was WidirittiB more to be considered than be or any nriipr mT-nibsr of the committee. He and tb., soimbtrs of the comraittea took as jauch interest in the aff 1m of tha poor as she did. tie did not like to deal with thiegs in a baak-uaudt-.d wijafr and they ought to study the iu.arer.t of tha ralepayera at the present t: Afie-r farther ui-^u%sicn Mr J. Smiih, ia the absence ot Miss Wiiihms, withdrew his pro- ponal, the Ea&:ter was referred to the House Committee. .o* "t-

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THE WAR BUDGET. The Why and Wherefore of it. The War Badget brings home to us all-and this is precisely what it HJ intended to icio-tiae stern meaning of tbe w irntngg which the responsible spokesmen of oar National Govern- ment have been addressing to as for many weeks past. The course of events duritig the summer has provsd that we cannot as yet lock for sweeping victories or decisive results, and that, with a second winter campaign ahead of us, there is nothing for it bill to settle ourselves down with a firm heart and a clear raind to tbe I prosecution of a war of txhanslioo, an the only rres!7<? of ssvicg Europe from destruction by the German war-machine. Though the pay- ment of ts»X £ .tion is always a matter for grumbling, and to m-'ny a master of serious difficulty, and though tLe present demaods exceed any thai have ever been made upon the nation, the call ba, never gone forth fo? such a clean-cut national purpose. It behoves ua all to remember that the ordinary controversial aspects of taxatioa are altogether "out of the picture" in the present crisis, and that tbe War Budget h. iha asaenfc, aud represents the considered plan* of a non-party Cabinet sum moned for the sz-:Ie,,nd single purpose of beating tbe Germans to 11-teir kaees. The War Budg: t embodies the financial sdde of that united and determined eflhrS which in required of us all find the whole nation mast join in backiug up tbe Government to whom tbfl tupplying and maintaining or cur fighting forces has been entrusted. Is is "siyak or swim "-not for any section or class of the corrwnnity-bot for us all. Without conntin^ too closely thp pr-eeut sacrifice of pt «-scu tl o: mfortF or ambition, and with the cuinlmam of complaint or delay, we mafet strive to stc.ire that every need of our gallant troopa. who are rinking and BaenUcing life itself to guard oar bomtB, shall be folly and piOcnptly met. Tnere ,is a type of mind—/a'b^r too much io evi.i^uce at present—which saeaia to fiud oonteutmeut- in calculating the admittedly V;.SG preponder- ance of resources ia more?, in materia, and in ultimate ssao-power vsbicu j:; to be found ou he side of the Grand Alliancr. These ooaafort- able statisticians almost appear to thiuk that, when you have worke j out the comparative tables, made the necessary addit'Oun and sab- tractions, and ruled a neat Hue beneath tue final results, the Germans are vanquished aod the war is as good as over. Tbey Sit ra to for- get that the splendid resources of %bioh they very justly boast most be bioaght into sctiv,: operation against Lie enemy. P par calcula- tions will Dot take u" a sin. l > step forward to victory. The potential res^ arjes of -q- and par.icoia y o £ tiriiaio, upon whose staging* power tha fate of our comtuou cause will most of all depeud-mut be mobilised for service. Tbey Hi nt be placed at the disposal of onr national leadens in the fight, and tamed into effective factors ia our victor v. Wa arc con fronted by the moat Bcientifiaally orgauitied "nation in arms" that the world bas ever seen and the walls of tbe citadel of Prussian I-K,iltc.r" will never fill down before the trumpetings of ibti calculators of our great reserves. Tbey most-, ba battered down by „ actual British sheila provided—and provided now-by oar common contributions. Tbe willing aod ready help of every individual among os is required by tbe State, and the sooner and the more praueatly we adjast car personal needia to its greater requirements, the hotter rball w he able, to do our datv an citizens io the coming test of endurance. When victory is won it will be worth all tbe I Btresa aud straiu aud sacrifice. If it were lost there would be nothing left to live for. 7:

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CEFN COED SUICIDE. Strangled by String on a Chair. An inquiry was held on Frichy last at tb" "Old Greyhouud," into the death of Mr Benjamin Rogers, who was foued straogled en Thursday afternoon, haDging by a piece of > string to the back -it a chair in the parlour of I Mrs Jane Jones's greengrocery shop in High street.—Mrs Jonea stated that on Thursday afternoon deceased, who was ber cousin, came in as be often did and asked her for a cup of tea. She left him io ber parlour and weot down to the basement kitchen to prepare the tea. 00 her return, after an interval of between ten and fifteen minutes, she found him stretched out oa the floor between a sofa and a chair, to the hack of which bo wan hanging by a piece of string tied round his neck. She called a hotibe painter who was at work neaE by, and he came in and cut GJk string and did all be could to try and restore anictafciou but without effect. When Doctor Flood arrived hp sain life wa. extinct—Tin* Coroner (Dr. W. R. Join-*) said thai it was the o: ly case cf its kind ibfu bad ever come into his experience.—A verdict of suicide while temporarily insane was given.—Ms- Rogers wsn a native of Cefa Coed- having bseu born I in Field street fixty-three years ago, and was very well known to Cefn people. Formerly he had a prosperous draper's shop in Glebeland street, Merthyr Tydfil. Tbe foneral took place at Tabor Congregational Church Burial Ground on Saturday afternoon.

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THE FOOD PROBLEM. I INCREASING THE PRODUCTIVE t POWER OF THE COUNTRY. According to an article appearing in the current issue of the Board of Trade Labour Ga-zette," the general level of retail food prices in the United Kingdom last month showed an increase of about 35 per cent. as compared with July of last year. The latest available data concerning retail food prices in Berlin show that in July last they reached a figure representing an increase of nearly 70 el y per cent. on the prices of July, 1914. In Vienna the figures of food prices during the same period show a rise of over 78 per cent. It will be seen, then, that while the rise in prices has not been so great in our own case as in that of Germany and Austria, it has been sufficient to press with great severity upon the great bulk of the population.

WHAT WE OWE TO THE NAVY. High prices in the enemy countries are due principally to the fact that their overseas trade has couie. almost to a complete stop, so that practically no supplies of foodstuffs can reach them from abroad. Were it not that they have paid great attention to the protec- tion and encouragement of home production, food price3 would be even higher than they are. As for ourselves, nothing stands be- tween us and speedy starvation but the efficiency of the British Navy. Our mastery of the seas enables us to draw plentiful supplies from abroad for the use both of our troops and civilian population, but a disaster to our Navy would entirely alter the whole position of affairs. The Chairman of the Cunard Company, addressing a meeting of shipowners at Liverpool the other day, said The most abundant supplies in the world outside would be useless to us if we could not bring them here. Any failure to employ our mercantile marine in the most efficient man- ner would make a break in the pipe of communication from the effects of which we might never recover It was the enterprise of the traders and the shipowners that had saved the nation from famine prices."

THE IMPORTANCE OF HOME SUPPLIES. While the grateful thanks of the nation are due to the Navy and to British ship- owners for the magnificent manner in which they have upheld their ancient traditions, it must be admitted that our present state of complete dependence on oversea food supplies is both dangerous and unnecessary. A country so well adapted to agriculture as our own ought to supply the population with a J much larger proportion of its food-stuffs than it does at present. It is far from satisfactory to learn that four-fifths of the wheat con- sumed in the United Kingdom is imported from abroad, and that our imports of meat per head of the population have increased sevenfold during the last 50 years. This increasing dependence upon overseas sources for food which we might well produce our- selves is directly due to the prevalence of a false economic doctrine which inculcates the duty of buying in the cheapest market as the chief article of its creed. The cheap loaf is held up to the people as the mo?t desirable object to be attained, regardless of the fact that the unrestricted influx of cheap foreign wheat may cause, and as a matter of fact has caused, the decline of an industry which is absolutely essential to the welfare and safety ¡ of the nation. The perilous position into which we have been driven as the logical ontcome of such a doctrine is now sufficiently obvious

HOW TO ENCOURGE PRODUCTION. The old theory that only the interests—or supposed interests-of the consumet-should be studied by the Government, and that the interests of the producer may be left to take care of themselves has now gone by the board. It was based upon a manifest fallacy, for the vast majority of consumers we producers as well. If they were not producers they would j be unable to earn the money wherewith to I purchase necessary articles of consumption. I The energies of the Government are now directed toward increasing the productive I' power of the country, not only as regards munitions of war, but also as regards agri- culture. Lord Selborne, the President of the I Board of Agriculture, has publicly stated that I, it is the duty of the Board to help farmers at this critical time to the best of its ability, and we may be sure that he will do his best in this direction. In considering any schemes of I new taxation the necessity for encouraging production must ever be borne in mind. It is clear that heavy additional taxation on the I capital employed in industry, whether agri- cultural or manufacturing, must tend to limit I production, and to handicap us in competing with other nations. The more this vital question is studied with an open mind, the I more obvious it becomes that import duties upon competing goods offer the only adequate solution of the problem. The effect of such a policy would be to increase in a marked I degree the production of British goods, to I enable employers to pay better wages to their workers, and to bring a welcome ad- I ditional revenue to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is only by such a policy, persevered in both during and after the war, that our great industries can be put upon a permanent footing of prosperity, and that we shall be in a position to take advantage of the many opportunities for the expansion of British trade which are even now arising in every part of the world.

MR J R BACHE, C.C,, J.P., of the Ssnd Farm, Knighton, who has frequ-Litly spoken ia Brsconahire for tlip F,rrnariJ' UUiOD. j'i retir- ing from farmiog next March. -I;

I __un SKI 'ALWAYS GOOD ALIKE." -_Un FOR tu um ECONOMY. U,L L W E W I T m 0-. -.0.- BUSINESS MEN ARE STUDYING ECONOMY. The War compels them to watch every item of Expenditure most carefully. Some things they are able to dispense with altogether. I: PRINTING IS INDISPENSABLE. And the only question to be decided is—"Where can on get "Quality and Cheapness? GIVE THE BRECON County Times J OFFICE A TRIAL. IT WILL rATT YOU. Every description of Printing from a Post Card to Illustrated Book Work. Exclusive Designs. Excellent Workmanship. Prices Right. Estimates by Return. EMPLOYERS AND SERVANTS are having Gratifying Results from "Wants" Advertisements in the Brecon County Times." We are constantly receiving letters gratefully acknowledging the success of these advertisements We attribute this success to the Genuine Character of the "Wants section of the "County Times." Time expired notices are regularly withdrawn, and in this way a great deal of disappointment and incon- venience is prevented. Brecon County Times, LTD., Bulwark & Lion St.,f [fjj BRECON. Telegrams: Times, Brecon. 0 Telephone No. 12, Brecon. ~§fj ) THE SECRET OF VSCTORY. 0 UR SOLDIERS and SAILORS are the lightest- hearted as well as the stoutest-hearted set of fellows in the world; they think it no harm to laugh and joke and sing, so why should we ? They derive the utmost benefit, comfort, and solace from Music; they rarely have anything but the humble Mouth Organ, but that is every- thing to them now. Let us at home, therefore, follow their example and keep smiling; let everyone have as much Music in their homes as possible, and instead of being a miserable pessimist, everything going wrong, }7ou will see things in a totally different Inrht, and become a confident optimist. A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a. iessps, HEINS & Co., Brecon, have a beautiful selection of MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, PIANOS, OKGANS, GRAMOPHONES, Ftc, at most Reasonable Pliers, for cash or three years's: rem. I Do Your Pari to Promos Victory! u- "i" &. ,I.lYIns:' FORD The Universal Car9. The Car for Winter or any other of the four seasons for the social town or the open road for peace time or the grim time of war. No car in the world can justly claim to be the Ford's superior in reliable and comfortably quiet service while economically, it has not even a | remote competitor at its power. I I AI! Runabouts £II5. Five-passenger Touring Car £125. Town Car ^175. 20 li.p. efficiently equipped. All Prices at Works, Manchester. Full particulars from- I RICH & SONS, MOF612 ENGINEERS, BRECON. L Telephotie 23. Tilegranis Rich, Brecon. mmm mmw ANMOUNBEKEHTS. .y ALTERATIONS IN TRAIN SEKViCE The Winter Service of Train3 will como into operation on Friday, Ociobsr lat. Numerous alterations will be made in the Local and Throagh Services. Por further particulars see Time Tables. NOTICE. ALL EXCURSION and CHEAP TICKETS ARE SUSPENDED, Except Tourist and Market Tickets. TOURIST TICKETS Are issued from BRECON to ABERYSTWYTH, BARMOUTH, and other Cambrian Coast Stations, also to BLACKPOOL, SOUTHPORT, etc. For any further information respecting the arrangements shewn above, application should blo made at any of the Company's Officeii or to Mr. Herbert Williams, Supt. of Line. Oevrr-istry. SepL 1815. S. WILLIAMSON, General Managet- U COUPON INSURANCE TICKET Applicable only within the United Kingdom. I GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LIMITED. CHIEF OFFICES— General Buildings, Perth, Scotland. General Buildings, Aldwych, London, W.C. F. NORiE-MILLER, ).P., General Manager, To whom Notice of Claims tinder the following conditions must be sent within seven days of accident. ONE HUNDRED POUNDS will be paid by the above Corporation otf IIIU to personal repi>.c>tmbatives of any person who is killed by an accident causing material demure to the passenger trftin in which the deceased was travelling as n ticket Louring or payiog passenger, or who shall have been fatally injured i ">C¡t;jby. abouiu de&tu icauU wilaia oae calendar month after sach accident. » rovided that the person eo killed or injured had upoit his or her person or d ieft at home this coiipon-with hU or her usual signature, written prior to tb iiccident, in the t pa.ee provided below, which, together with the giving of ) -lice witLin seven days to the above Corporation is the essence of Ibis contr Thii lusuranc? only applies to per ns over 14 and and-n- 65 of age, is subject to the conditions stated above tad contained in the General Acciden Fire and Life Assurance 10orporatiun Act, 1907, and holds go 1 asue only. od for current No person can recover under more than one Coupon Ticket in respect of the same risk. Signature I 'I. his Coupon mass Hot be cut out, but left intact io the "Brecon County Times," as that, being dated, forma -the only evidenoe of its I currency. <