New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 7, 1916, Page 8

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD; FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1916. NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, Proprietors. Isswed daily (Sunday et Herald Bul excepted) at 4:15 p. m., 67 Church St [intered at the Post OmMce at New Brital 48 Second Class Mall Matter. Deltvered by carrier to any part of the city for 15 Cen#s a Week, 85 Cents a Month. Pubscriptions for paper to be sent by mail, payable in advance, 60 Cents a Month, $7.00 a Year. he only profitabla advertising mcdium In the city. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers. he Herald will be found on sate at Hota- ling’s New Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- way, New York City; Board Walk. at- lantic City, and Hartford Depat. TELEPHONI! CaLLS. usiness Office Aditorial Roams BE CAREFUL, standing as it from New York New Britain does on e main line of travel pl New ery precaution ntile epidemic many nd must inst ces in Eng Pt up e an vasion infe Be- of many of paralys in have use an the metro- b1 persons taken their hildren away from there and plan to pend the remainder of the summer in It is therefore an urgent of this city is vicinity cessity that the people ercise every care So far this year New Britain has t been visited by the dread disease. t, the health department warns pre is no immunity from so easily jnmunicable a scourge and advises keep children who symptoms of fretfulness, ac- by feverish hrt from their playmates for a few s. The department is prepared to ck the first onslaught of infantile alysis should it make its appear- be. The people should be an the , and follow instructions already parents ta bw Panied condition, LIGHTEN THE BURDEN is much clamor now for a [ issue to meet the extraordinary pnses attendant upon the great pme of national preparedness. ress 1s on the verge of passing jill authorizing such action and fre the week is over the plan may ime a reality. Instead of meeting p expenses out of current revenue proposed to sell off the Panama 1 bonds that remain in the United ps treasury. More than $240,000,- pf these are at hand. fme leaders in Congress are hesi- about giving their support to any pment which would authorize the ting of revenue for preparedness e issuing of bonds. TYet there hose who claim this to be the way out of the situation. To se a direct tax on the people for fnecessary work would probably a very unpopular act inasmuch majority of work to be must come under the head of pnent improvement and should ore be spread in some part on fhoulders of posterity. To ask en of today to bear the entire In seemingly is an impos ext three generations will profit by than those who now take up ork. If preparedness ng it means a protection against Until foreign nations realize the fhere tion. the preparedness move- means of Uncle Sam’s strength along lines the danger of attack is lent. Once the nation is placed ooting to fear no foe the people jnever worry. This cannot be a day, in a year. It is the fifty years from now who must n on any present investment, ogically, it is he who should la just proportion of the tax. ers of the natfonal government tend to such things firmly be- at the treasury surplus for the jear Just closed will be in the orhood of $200,000,000. Added amount will be a like sum pg from the revenue bill which use is expected to pass in the part of next week. This bill lobably make it possible to §$100,000,000 from a surtax on $50,000,000 from an $50,000,000 receipts of s, inheri- ax, and the net cturing munitions of war. might from a concerns With ney it be argued tk need for a bond is- might the b no reads et s If the experts figure do national s would make no mistake in that would any fhe measure burden of present day citi- it some part of 1t day. T MF ptter situation, CANS TO THE GUARD. hat the outcome of the whether there be ng of the nation- the ke to the border and - ese troops there for a good- be ation. M of the natic the will, in the end good br the orgar nt he di ; military orsanizatior pill get a Up to this time no one has he exact strength of the hard. After a year or less on / { line on the forc na- the border, the War Department will come close to knowing just how many men of fighting form there are in the country. It has been roughly estimated that it will require the expenditure of al- most $150,000,000 to keep the nation- al guard on the Mexican border for one year. In the event there is noth- ing for our boys to do but police duty, there will be criticism of this action Those there are who will decry against the spending of so much for this protection. Yet, who have served their entire lives in Uncle Sam’s military organization, who have devoted their time and energy to up- building the army, claim that this money need never be looked upon as The men who have sacrificed some cases their money the men a los: their time and in positions to rally to the flag of their { country have made it possible for a complete reorganization of the nation- al guard. who ‘have life business given their the of soldiering up qaay for more risky 1l heroes of the nation whether torrid stretches of mped the While they are away they are more or less wo ried about the folks at home. And this is the one great draw-back that applies to the task of whipping the ape. If the guard anything, if it set for they go into the Mexico or remain enc on banks of the Rio Grande. national guard in s is ever to amount to is ever to the it by the men at its head and by the attain ideals officers of the national then those who remain at home while their loved ones are at the front must must be be taken care of, provided for. There is apprehension now that if the guard is kept on the border for a year there will be great difficulty in getting recruits at a future time. This because there are some depend- ents on the men away from home. The thing to do then is this: If there are any known cases where | wives and families of national guards- in need, the people of the | community where these folk dwell must lend a helping hand. The task of taking care of every woman and | child left behind by guardsmen is an omnipresent one and cannot be ac- complished by any government. In- asmuch as what the men do either on the border or on foreign soil is directly for the benefit of the entire nation it remains for the people who make up that nation to see to it that | men are in- | ist s there is no suffering for those left | behind. It this is done, as it should | be, the future of the national guard will be secure in at least one direction. It will mean that the men upon whose shoulders these responsibilities rest will not hesitate to answer the coun- try’s calls. It will mean that by th training the guard will eventually be placed on a par with the regular army. | For the boys who spend a year or so around the border under strict mili- tary discipline will be first class sold- iers when they return. e | NOT YET. | arduous | are | government, | | women, appears to have raised about ACTS AND FANCIES. n't sing the la-la it!— Be patriotic. ‘Star Spangled | Paterson Call. If you 3anner | Thek to believe that his being.—New Yor! iser must he tempted at times d is a very fickle | What with Plattsburgh and patrol- | ling the Mexican border and keeping | spies out of the aqueducts, our vaca- tions will be busy ones.—The Book- buyer. Tt becomes more and more evident that in discussing peace terms the Teutons must talk to themselves.— Providence Journal. nominee and the Colonel are Has cither Ger- The announced as “in accord.” changed his attitude toward many >—St. Louis Post-Despatch. Any increase in the high cost of liv- | ing not heretofore attributed :o the war in Europe can be blamed on the war in Mexico.—Pittsburgh Dispatch. Over in Vienna they declare that | we seek to annex all [ ou wouldn't think that Mr. Hear | papers circulated way over there, | would you?—Binghamton Press. | Latin-America. | Without debate and in less. than two minutes the senate past the Gen- eral Pension bill, appropriating $158,- 000,000, Who was it said that re- | publles are ungrateful? — Boston Globe. Bvery voter must remember that if Wilson is defeated the country will be turned back to its old board of man- agers—Penrose, Smoot & Co., Jfixers, who are the underwriters of the Re- | publican candidate and the promoters | of his campaign.—New Haven Union. P B ) e e e | | rade bore the words “Lincoln was 1ot too proud to fight” and ‘“Has the blood ! we shed in 1861 turned to water?” Mr. Hughes’' neighbors omitted to state whether they preferred to shed their blood in Mexico or somewhere in France.—New York World. American Man-Power. (Waterbury Republican.) How tremendous is the latest mili- tary strength of the United States is indicated in a bulletin issued by the federal census bureau. The bureau es- timates that there are at present in this country 21,071,000 males of mili- tary age—that is to say, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five. This figure includes 1,798,000 alien whites and 92,000 Chinese, Japanese, ete., making a total of nearly 1,900,000 who would be ineligible for military service. It may be reckoned as cer- { tain, however, that in case of need hundreds of thousands of aliens would make themselves eligible by taking out naturalization papers. A more im- portant deduction would have been made for the men unavailable on ac- count of physical or mental defects, and for those imperatively needed at home to carry on civillan activities and the manumacture of munitions. | Great Britain with a population of | about 46,000,000, less than half of this | nation’s, and with a larger ratio of ,000,000 soldiers. By no means all of them are available for actual cam- paign work. Great numbers are used for the transport service, home garri- sons, etc. It seems likely, however, on the basis of the British achieve- ment and this country’s resources, that for a defensive war to be fought on American soil, the country could It was Bainbridge Colby Colonel in namination at | the Progressive national convention held in Chicago this time last It was this self Colby who, standing of Woadrow Wilson a uttered the subjoined sentiment: ive. I was who put | Roosevelt montH. same Bainbridee in the presence day or so ago, | “I am a Progr | one of the party’s organizers. I shall stick by the ship until it is recognized by passengers, crew and officers alike that it must be abandoned. I cannot leave until the water is up to my chin, I will say this, hawever, speaking for the rank and file that the friends of Woodrow V son in the party are legion. The stalking horse of the national committee may vote down the resalution to leave the votes of Progressives to their own conscience, but T think the actions of Progressives are to be determined and dictated by their individual judgment and nothing else.” There are other Progressive party voice to similar leaders of have the given notable who utterances among these being Francis Heney, the famous California prosecutor, who approval of Presi- The| that heart penned an emphati dent Wilsan and his principles. of the men ca situation is find the ause he was nomi- entire these nnot to support Hughes be controlled the that disrupted the Republican party 1912. When Theodore Raosevelt tries to lead these rated by a convention by same old element in men hack into the Republican party he to bind them over in the old shackles. And the men making up the thinking element will have none of it. The real dyed-in-the-wool Progressives are not going to be man-handled, ham- to Smoot, their is simply making a huge endeavor ati Not strung, and delivered Penrose, and Crane. while cyes are open Anyway, some regime will 1 ual before tional ( the ma of e of feet they Camping Connecticut’s on Cemetery Hill in Nogales, Arizona, | is no way to treat real live soldiers. militiamen | actually put in the field about 10,000,- 900 men. With such man-power, it certainly E nothing to fear, provided it ha. made sensible preparation. With mili plans properly worked out. with military supplies stored up, million or so of soldiers and fitted for a first-line de- fense, and enough officers ready to train and handle a new volunteer army, the nation need have no fear of any power on earth, or all of them put together. it E ate with guardsmen The Sun Do Move. (New Londan Day.) Time works in mysterious ways its wonders to perform. A generation ago if something seemed to ail a man, they bled him in confident ex- pectation that lessening his supply of | vital fluid would strengthen his vi- | tality. Now we take such an one to | the hospital and cut out his appen- | dix Fashions change in nostrums. There is a like infliction in poli- | tics. For example, after Grover Cleve- | land haa been president a while, at the instance of E. C. Benedict, who was the Jerome W. House of that ad- ministration, he evoived the proposal that the democratic party should stand for free trade. Trec trade, thaught | he, is the only effective cure for the ills of American industry. Now Presi dent Wilson is heading the democratic varty back into the protection camp. He is for a tariff commission, pro- Pibitary legislation against the dump- ing here of foreign zoods, and for high tariffs to enable the establishment of American dye-stuffs industry. This shift of President Wilson is not a step, it is a leap. a jump completely out of the tub of an ancient lagic into the freedom of practical statesman- ship, as sensible a change, too, as took place when the physicians decided to abandon the foolish scheme of weak- ening a man ta get him health and adopted the methods of modern sur- gery But fcllow an shall to democratic leading and if the this party come to do, ar would e of life for a few what can be- difference be- republicans? partisan scant com- view, it bids fa if it should have lea nore terms in power, of the traditional democrats and longer as come tween E Sta no a right issue. Pr party 1 raon shil redness md mone 1\ i is a »oleth 1 camps. 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Be sure and see them. 4 Great Bargain Groups of Women’s Tailor Made SUI'TS at O, at WS at \B1O at $122.50 | Were Double and More l WISE, SMITH & CO. Our Restaurant is an ideal place for a light lunch, a cup of tea or substantial re- past. ‘Phone orders Charter 3050, and Mail Orders promptly filled. HARTFORD OUR DAILY AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY INSURES PROMPT DELIVERY OF YOUR PURCRASES, Daily Delivery in New Britain, Elmwood, Newington, Cedar Hill. Maple Hill and Clayton. now sald to be in such excel- mental condition, | must have passed through the ter- | rible Galllpoli campaign. The men would hardly have elicited such praise as health specimens when they left | Gallipoli; but a few months of cam- | parison security, with hard exercise in | disfavor by the energetic members of the open air, regular, wholesome | his community. New Orleans has al- meals and good medical care have |ready passed the first ordinance ever made them stronger and keener than |enacted for the benefit of hay fever army, lent physical and ed out the common daisy fleabane as one of those plants which, like flles, should be destroyed on sight. Weeds advertise themselves—and the land owners. Pretty soon the man who falls to keep down the weeds on his property will be repared with decided WHAT OTHERS SAY Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to tho Herald Office. A Curious Decree. Il the and Suit Cases for vacation travel. priced. COUCH HAMMOCKS, Canopies and Standards reasonably D. McMILLAN 199-201-203 MAIN STREET. There rights. such and Ro0s It quite 2 a thing as the e was a time when the south outed for protectian and the north | v:as yelling for free trade and sailors’ | here was a time when no W Daniel Webstc and Stevens, Horace Hughes, Claude Wilson, Kitchen. ir prognostication that omplete a change and reno- Bryan vation is in store for the generation so artly to come. Girls Are Funny That Way. A girl brown eyes, (Atchison Globe.) with a stunning figure, peach-like big complexion and wavy black hair lovely enough to become the bride of a prince, the watching and unison with the Republican point of | face became illuminated; weak-eyed, around slouched stop a clock. one In a every stood station today Finally he a spindl undersized young man in sight; homely enough to The two talked, and while the princess-like Union waiting. girl dabbed her eyes with a handker- chief. ved At station an Radicalism sleeps in | heautiful ff issue gone | sobbing, until he and was carried swiftly away. last a train puffed in under shed. The young man indifferent good-by to the creature who clung to him boarded the train, Is he her brother, her cousin, or her uncle? tive temperaments and make-up of candidates? No, he is her beau. Girls are the furmiest things in the world. democratic or the | republican party of today existed. had Henry Clay and Calhoun Greeley and Roscoe Canklin instead of | evelt, st and ems a f (Boston Post.) A federal court has decreed that 527 bird of paradise skins selzed at El Paso by the United States mar- shal, as the attempt was being made to smuggle them into this country, be sold at auction. Whereupon both the New York Zoological society and the Eastern Millinery association have protested on the ground that great difficulty will be experienced in trac- ing smuggled plumage after these skins have been sold by order of the court and distributed throughout the country. But the court refusese to recede from its position. This attitude looks very much like an absurdity. The law forbids the importation of the birds’ plumage; but if smuggled stuff is captured, says the court, it not only can enter, but will be sold and worn in direct viola- | tion of the spirit of the law. Even | if Uncle Sam is to get the money, he ought not to be party to such a gross nconsistency as that Healthful Army Life. (Meriden Record.) The London Globe sees benefits to its male population even in this mur- derous war. If it destroys the strong, argues the Globe, it also strengthens great numbers of men and through them infuses into the race new vigor, which may even exceed the drain caused by death and disablement The writer refers particular to the British soldiers at Saloniki, say- ing: “It is not only beef and brawn that the army has given them. There is an expression of character and alertness in almost every face that was not seen among the pale-cheeked football crowds in the old days. In fact, if we were sending a contingent to a world’s manhood exhibition, it would not be easy to find a hetter en- try than the Saloniki army as a whole There is certainly something to be said for this point of view, in spite lof the pacifists, Most of the Saloniki ever. Modern armies certainly have this merit of raising the average health of an industrial population and giving them a better chance in life—if they escape death or disablement. There, of course, is the rub. Formerly more soldiers, died of camp life than of wounds. Now the life Is more health- ful, but the percentage of casualties is far higher, the strain of battle more intolerable, and the mutilation more horrible. Time to Harvest the Weed Crop. (Waterbury Democrat.) Weeds are a tax on ' agriculture. They cost the country millions of dollars annually. And they take an extra toll from Uncle Sam’s annual income through their effect on the general health, but just how much weeds hamper human efficiency, has not been reduced to dollars and cents. The professional hay feverite who loses his two or three weeks regularly every summer is not the only victim of the weed. Summer colds, rose fever and similar catarrhal afflictions may limit & man’s capacity for ef- fective work for weeks, yet they are caused by nothing seemingly more important than a pleasant breeze. The danger comes when that chance wind blows over somebody’s weed crop. A movement tending toward -the de- struction of all hay fever weeds has been launched in many states, and it will serve a double purpose for it hap- pens that the farmer fever victim blacklist the same weed:s The flowers of the condemned plants are inconspicuous and without at- tractive odor. But they produce great quantities of a light pollen which na- ture, to suit her own purposes of fertilization, has shaped to be carried on the wind. This fine dust the rag weed, the vellow dock, careless weed, the cockle bur and certain grasses among the plant pests. Recently, the president of the na- tional hay fever association has point- and the hay | places | the | I sufferers. Among those punishable under it are owners, tenants and oc- cuyplers of premises and firms and c orations having privileges in the streets. Standardizing Divorce (Meriden Record.) The eternal divorce again. A Chicago urging President a constitutional dardize the Laws. question is up pastor has been Wilson to work for amendment to stan- laws governing marriage and divorce. The need of such & re- form has long been evident Since the beginning of this century there have been 1,400,000 divorces in the United States. There are two per- sons involved in each of those divor- Allowing for those who may have been divorced two or three times in this period, we are forced to con- clude that about 2,500,000 different husbands and wives have been legally separated in less than sixteen years That is an appalling proportion of the country’s married citizens. The at- vorces for the present are ex- pected to total 125,000, adding 250, 000 persons to the list of divorces, It may be that better laws would not greatly lessen the number of separations, but divorce legislation tends to become more liberal instead of more strict. But certainly the more obvious evils of the present chaotic system could be eliminated It should no longer be possible for a person forbidden to marry in one state to obey the law with impunity by crossing the state line. There are en- tirely too many men and women in this country who are legally married in certain states, and not married at all, with their children suffering all the legal disadvantages of an unre cognized union, when they move into certain other states. There should of course for the whole country is ces. year be one And in law the | process of standardization it is likely that both extreme laxity and extreme severity would be corrected, /