New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 4, 1916, Page 8

BRITAIN HERALD PUBLIEHING COMPANY. Propetetors. @sily (Bunday excepted) at 4:15 p. M. Herald Bullding, 67 Church St 4 at the Post Office at New Britats Becond Class Mail Matter. d by carriec to any rart of the oty 156 Cents a°Week, 85 Cents a Montb. iptions for paper to pe sent by ma! able in advance, 60 Cents a Month. .00 & Year. puly profitabla advertising moZium 1n ® eoity. Circulatfon books and presa om alwavs open to aavertisers. ferald will be founa on sais at Hota- ng's New Stand, 42nd 3t. and Broad- » New York City; foard Walk. at- atic City, and Hartfora Depot. TRLEPHONI CALLS Ofitce . ial Rooms A NEWSPAPER. lesident Wilson has no warmer orter than the Boston Post, but Post is a newspaper and endeavors e its readers the news of the day e news happens, not as the editor e paper would like it to happen.— ford Courant. e Boston Post is r. Yet it does give the news re- less of par This is the only to conduct a newspaper but they t all understand it.—Holyoke script appreciate these expressions of on from two such esteemed es. The Post endeavors to ad- to the working principle that is non-partisan, with what suc- our contemporaries may figure out hemselves. We agree that “this he only way to conduct a news- r,” but, as the Holyoke Transcript y observes, ‘‘they won’t all under- it.”” There are Republican rs right here in Boston that either - will not—or, perhaps, cannot.— n Post. hey won’t all understand it” is they never do understand it; but s ves, some day, in the re- b future, they may understand that staunch Wilson wspaper exists primarily for the ose of serving the news to its ers, regardless of partisanship. e are some Jjournals, of course, distort and color political news to individual tastes, but these are by in the minority. In the greater, der journalism that is coming up the horizon the newspaper must n strictly as a newspaper and not party organ, advocating all that ght and condemning all that is g insofar as it can make a choice been the two. It may advocate any icular presidential or local candi- , but it will never try to establish one does is perfectly right and his opponent does is all wrong. e is only one way to conduct a kpaper and that is to handle the in all fairness. A newspaper’s columns are for news, its edi- b1 columns for views. NG THE RECORD STRAIGHT. b advocating the re-election of P. is Oakey to Congress from this ict the claim is set forth that be- the Buropean war the Wilson threw more than two million out of work. It is said that more one thousand workingmen were of employment here in New Bri- all this condition was due It has been ginc proven that the Under- @ Tariff nothing to do with e men being out of work at that ., that Wall Street because it held , and the Underwood tariff. haa money power drew in the purse gs to punish the Wilson admin- tion for threatening to pass the impending Federal Reserve Law. were out of work before the Un- wood Tariff went into effect. One the higgest business men in the ntry, Mr. Isador Jacobs of the Cali- jria Canneries Company has nailed the mast the lie about the condi- of 1913. He saysi—“The Un- wood Tarifl had not been in opera- during the early part of the Wil- It had nothing unemployment exist- s administration. do with the under conditions which were in- ited from the Taft administration. > fact is that a depression was de- brately planned by the great Wall eet -banking interests, and by spe- 1 privilege interes to head off, if psible, the National Bank Reserve They deliberately tried to force panic business depression to pel let the pat banking interests keep control of p financial situation.” and President Wilson to ad it not been for this same Fed- 1 Reserve Act there is no telling many additional men would have b thrown out of work and kept out work at the beginning of the FEu- pean war. intelligent busi- s man and banker realizes that s new law is the only thing that evented one of the biggest panics s country ever knew, and that it puld have come about during the st weeks and months of the Eu- pean war. It does not take any etch of the imagination to remem- r that far back. Those t blinded by prejudice Every who willing admit that the giving to this coun- of the Federal Reserve are ar, : Act was he of the greatest bits of statesman- ip Lincoln’s emancipation boclamation. As freed the pves, so Wilson freed the little busi- pss men and bankers from the hackles of Wall street. Had the Taft since Lincoin there would not have been men walking the streets during the early part of the Wilson administration, before the old Payne-Aldrich Act was repealed. It was under a high pro- tective tariff that the men walked the streets and not under a tariff that was given the people because of the peoples’ demands, If Mr. P. Oakey is to be r record in Congress produces, then he must go back, not as the representa- tive of all the people of this district, but as the representative of those very Davis few who place sectional and local in- terests above the national honor. It was this same Oakey who voted with the 107 Republicans in Congress on the McLemore resolution to relinquish all American rights on the high seas. The score is heavy against Oakey. THE TARIFF COMMISSION, New Britain as one of the greatest manufacturing centers in New Eng- Iand is vitally interested in the new n Bill which was in- troduced into the ITouse of Represen- tatives some seven months ago, passed by Congress, and which later now awaits appointment of its member- ship. This bill provides for a commis- slon with inquisitorial powers far greater than that of any other com- mission ever dreamed of, and is the one hope of the American people to snatch the tariff from its deadliest foe,—politics. The Taft Tariff Board was the first step in that direction. The Wilson Tariff Commission will be the next and greatest attempt of the American people to throw off the shackles of this disturbance that visits them every four vears. If this new Commission succeeds, as it is designed to do, in taking the tariff completely «out of polities, politicians will be sore put to find a substitute argument in national election days to come. The new Tariff Commission whose membership is expected to be an- nounced to the public at any time, will be a trade advisor to all depart- ments of the Federal Gavernment. After searching inquiry, during which the plaints of all manufacturers will | be heard, reports will be forwarded to the President and to the tariff com- mittes of the Senate. Under the Constitution of the United States, Article 1, Section 8, “The Con- | gress shall have Power to collect Taxes, Dutfes, House and Lay and Imports, and been relinquished, the Congress will | still act finally on all matters per- taining to revenue, although this is no assurance that its political beliefs will be reflected on the tariff commis- sion, as many fear. In past vears the Congressional committees that investi- gated the trade requirements of warious sections of the country were influenced more or less by their con- stitutents. The will In the future do all the investi- Tarifft Commission urned on what his | been i Excises,” and as this power has not | crowned | tade and praise. 5 1 administration passed such a measure | vision that no Senator or Representa- tive can be appointed to service on s board. As a matter of fact, men will be suppased, and made by public opinion, to drop their political activi- ties the Commission, politics moment 1scend to the Just men of when they sit on the Supreme Court bench ar that of the Interstate Commerce they as go out Commission. There has these two great tribunals, there should be none £.und with Tariif Commission, it it maintains the same high standards of its predecessors, no fault found with AND FANCIES. When Greek meets Greek they start a revoiution or a shoe shine parlor. Springfieid News. FACT! We started out to get Villa and now we are warned that Villa is plotting to get us. That man Villa has a lot of nerve for a dead man.—Milwaukee News. Woraen, possible, to make it go as far as disposed to grant consid- erable icity to the word pretty when applicd to womankind.—Meri- den Journal. elas Wi $ h the retail price of coal up to $12.50 a ton in Providence, Provi- dence people, instead of putting their trust in the coal dealers, will be like- 1y to burn more and wood. If much be profitable for the gel their coal from by parcel post.—Bos- may people there to Boston dealers ton Globe. HATS OFF AGAIN. What = Difference Just a Few Months Make, as Evidenced by the Hartford Courant. One year and three months ago the Hartford Courant held a different view of Woodrow Wilson than it does today when it speaks for purely par- tsan political purposes. The follow- ing is from an editorial that ap- peared in the Courant, Sept. 4, 1915. “Honor to whom honor is due.”” If the public press of the country, ir- respective of party affiliations, re- flects the opinion and feeling of the people of our country, they, whether of this, that, or any other political affillation, believe that honor in great measure is due. and should be given to the president for what he has over- come in the difficulties and dangers arising out of our elations and dif- terences with Germany. From all svailable sources of information come clear indications, if’ not positive as- surances that the people of all classes and parties, with a constant approach- ing to unanimity, approve the course pursued by the president in this mat- ter, rejoice in the success which has his endeavors, and acclaim wisdom and triumph with grati- Even Mr. Roose- velt is constrained to join in the chorus, although interjecting a few “ifs” whch are too unimportant to create discordance, and prudently withdraws to Canada in pursuit of other than political game. There are no ifs or buts same worth mentioning. If minor mistakes have been committed, the whole business has been wisely tran- sacted and triumphantly concluded to the honor of the president, to the satisfaction of our people, and, in a lesser degree, to the welfare if not bis in this gating, and if the proper men are ap- pointed to the board, they will have | ro difficulty in making Congress see gtate Commerce Commission now re- ports to Congres Trade Commission. Thl,\‘(: two great not, found infringing upon their powers. the Interstate commissions have as yet, politic; In fact, Commerce Commis Congress for many of its acts, grown to be viewed with much the same awe as that accorded to the Supreme Court of the United States. This feeling will generate towards the Tariff Commission if the proper men that the President intends to the best men available. President Wilson in his speech at Buffala on Wednesday spoke enthusiastically on the tariff commission which he pro- poses to appoint, whether re-elected or defeated, a commission which will “guarantee as nearly possible a scientific and impartial determination of the facts.” By appointing a permanent non- partisan Tariff Commission President Wilson takes a long step forward for the business interests of the country, the men who have always been ham- pered by the politicians. By securing for this commission ample power to obtain and report to Congress the fucts essential ta fair and just tariff making, this administration fortifies the United States against any new conditions that may arise when the Especially is thig lered that one of the Commission ostigate “the volume of importations compared with do- mestic production” and also “unfair competition of foreign industries.” If there Is protection needed for any in- dustries in this country they will get protection when the Commission de- termines that foreign competition is unfair. It should be easy to prove these things if the facts are at hand. will h, as European war ends. sc when it is co the prime dutie | shall be to of inv The commission power, and should be a sreat source It starts keep it and manufacturing warld. oft with enough money to | right has things the right way, just as the Inter- | | sages dispatched from Washington to and also the Federal | cq ion, while it is responsible to | has | are placed on it, and there is no doubt | ynd of peace. select | ve plenty of | > | of help to all men in the industrial | s the gratificaton of Germany. The been quietly, patiently, bat firmly insisted upon, with a surprising success. These mes- courteously, Berlin harm- some- less practically in style and have been de- ridiculed by some as literary compositions, have how proved to be no effective than finished jorm. Perhape we { ceived as to the point of these diplo- matic weapons Straight-forward tween a clamoring goism nam wise, by their very polish d midway be- and blustering jin- on one hand, and a flabby -pambyism on the other, the the safe the sure course has been pursued, and the result is not merely a signal diplomatic victory, resounding to the honor of the presi- ent, but a tritmph o righteousness War, or anything like war, with Germany or with any other foreign power, would have been unspeakably deplorable, not to say disastrous. And yet the clouds of strife, if#hot of actual warfare, were darkly vsible on the eastern horizon. These clouds have vanished, that peril has been averted, if the assurances of the Ger- man government are to be believed, and we reasonably hope they will not reappear. Our whole nation rejoices in its experiences of relief. We are not a pugnacious, but a peaceful people, and, more than that, a peace- ful and a forebearing people. not casily provolked to wrath and violence. The small minority of our citizens who would have welcomed war have sustained a crushing rebuke, and, for the time being, are sullen, but silent The nations, near and far, are ad- vised that the United States will not and cannot resort to arms e celf defense, or when all po honorable means of averting war have Deen exhausted. That is. the high und commanding position which we as a nation occupy today. That this is not due to President Wilson, nor to any one man, nor to any few men, jut to the dominating good sense and general sanity of the people them- selves, who abhor war, appreciate the Dlessings of peace, and cannot be swept from their moorings by any & of passion and pretext. But it is true that Mr. Wilson, himself a peace lover and a peacemake as clearly divined and sagaciously ed the spirit and temper of the people whose president he is. Mexico—that another story, as he continued.” But as to ncluded when Wil- llam Howard Taft doffs his cap and lutes the president with rdial congratulations, no patriotic republi- can need be ashamed to follow his is ‘to just now ¢ et that distinguished example- Mr. Taft’s act going, and with the very g0od pro-|jgg signal, “Hats off to the president.™ NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1916, l Town Topic ) i The rresent high cost of living is | now taking its place as a subject for | conversation with such timely topics ! the presidential European b1 election, the or our hustling stock exchange, and in it the major- war, even ity of the populace see nothing very encouraging to look forward to this winter. Coal at prices ranging from $10 to $12, with some pessimists pre- dicting §20 per ton before the winter over; flour selling from $9 to $11 a barrel; sugar, twelve pounds for $1; fresh esgs at a nickel each; lard at eighteen cents a pound and other honsehcld necessities at correspond- ingly high prices arc enough to make the home provider look forw: with apprehension to the coming winter. If conditions continue as they have the past year it is not improbable that the high prices of goods following the ctvil war will again be approached, the only difference being that today there is more money in circulation than in the sixties. Quoting from an old price book of the year 1868, fol- lowing the close of the war, we find articles lling at high prices, al- though some are but little higher than today. Coal for instance, in No- vember of 1868 sold for $13 and $14 per ton. A bag of flour cost $1.9 Sugar sold at six pounds for the dol- lar and butter sold at fifty and sixty cents per pound. Tven soap was a luxury, selling at fifteen cents a cake, while a five cent box of matches cost four times that amount. Kerosene oil was almost prohibitive, selling at fifty and sixty cents a gallon, almost three times the price at which motorists now kick at paying for gasoline. Lard sold well over twenty-five cents per pound. A comparison of these prices of almost a half century ago are in- teresting, and while old records in the hands of various readers may offer slight changes in some of the articles, these prices will be found to be a fair sample of those that prevailed. Today there is probably more mon- ey in circulation here than ever be- (ore. General wages are good and work iz plentiful, but while there is a lot of money it is not so distributed that there is not likely to be suffering in New Britain this winter. There are many positions held by local men with large families that have not been affected by the boost in wages. The advance in the cost of living has affected them, however, and they find that $1 today will go no further than would seventy-five cents a cou- ple of years ago. If the winter is a severe one it is probable that the several charity organizations will be sorely taxed. Public opinion, backed up by reading and queries, seems to be that the basic reasons for the high prices of foodstuffs is due to a short- age, resulting from foreign exports. Then, too, supply and demand and the gpeculator enters as a ent reason for the high prices. New Britain raen and women will hold up their hands in horror at the price of pota- toes and flour and protest against its rising price. Justified, too, vet the parable of the glass house might be apropos to many. It all depends on their point of view. At present New Britain is stock crazy. Men and Wo- men from all walks of life are putting their money into stocks. The major- ity, not for investment purposes, but for speculation. They buy these man- ufacturing stocks and hold hold them for a rise, when they will sell at a profit. Every tnm their favorite stock rises a point they slap cach other on the back, rub their hands together gleefully and rejoice that the price has jumped and they are en- riched {hat much. As in other things, the demand and supply gover: the price asd a great demand for a cer- tain stock causes it to risc The holding of this stock when it is in de- mand adds to its value. All of which is regarded as a fine thing by our people. Take a view in another section of the countr; In the west people have the same inherent idea of get- ting rich quick, but they have no big manufacturing concerr Their pro- ducts are the products of the soil, flour, for instance. Therefore jnvest their moncy in flour. know others want to buy it, therefore they refuse to sell, but hold it and as the prices rise they, too, are gleeful, for it means more wealth for them. The same way In Maine, where po- tatoes are a staple product. As the price and a great demand for a cér- might well imagine a Maine m as honest as the average New Britain jrvestor, meeting his friend on the | street and saying, “Well, Bill, pototoes sold for today. They are on the jump. The price Will jump to 300 to- Morrow. Sell? No, I'm going to hold | onto my 5,000 bushels until it hits 325 and make a cleanup in the market.” a . a e The two illustrations are parallel | strength | that there { home insofar as the primary reasons are concerned, yet the average New Britainite cannot see the justice of | food producer holding out for more profits. True, inasmuch as the hold- | ing of local stocks for profitable rise does not mean that some poor mortal in another part of the country is starving to death for the need of that article as is the case’in the food products, vet the underlying princi- pal that governs the New Britain speculator is the same one that makes the other cla of speculators hold up on the food—the mad idea to get-rich-quick. P a The large number of voters, learn- ing to operate the voting machine who ask the instructors how to split the ticket might give added reasons for the popular bellef that their will be a scarcity of stralgnt party voting next Tuesday, While a number of national paign wagers ! been noted, the Klett-Landers battle that is tracting the atfention of local One bet of $500 even was this week and there have number of lesser bets. Some of the more optimistic republicans have given odds of twenty to fifteen and ~am- 1ve it is at- orts. recorded been a | but some of those who have reached two to one has been offered, but even ! money seems to prevail. | .o Arguments of republican orators during the past weck have gained due to the fact that the speakers have eased up somewhat on | their personal attacks on Wilson and | the foreign policies and confined their | attempts to the t powerful weapon old New England. .o of the G. Police department records, showing vere upwards of 200 ar- rests during the month of October, and this is in no way unusual, leaves but little doubt as to the urgent need of enlarged police and court.room quarters. The present cell room is | inadequate as well as antiquated. The | chief's office, sergeant’s room, patrol- men’s quarters and detective bureau are not situated to the best ad- rantage. The court room is deplor- ably so. Nolsy to the extent that it oftimes compels a brief cessation of activities, it could he improved upon in many ways, as could the proba- tion officers’ quarters. But here arises the question of a suitable loca- tion. There is little doubt that the | police station should be north of the | railroad tracks and officials state that fully two thirds of all complaints and all arr ire in this section. The Burritt school property has heen sug- gested on several occasio but this seems to be too valuable a Dpiece of | property, both from a financial and a civic viewpoint, to devote such a building. s Indications are that operations in this city will to $2,000,000 before the closes on March 31 show that thus far have called for an expenditure of over $1,100,000. Prosperity, even during a democratic administration, heretofore deemed impossible by re- publicans, seems to have been pres- ent. the building total close | fiscal year Building records the operations e . A local real estate and insurance dealer, owner of an automobile with lock switchboard, had a mean trick played on him recently when he left his machine on the street with the key in it. Some practical joker knocked the switch off, then threw away the key. Oh humor, what crimes are committed in thy name, or some such phrase as the late W. Shakespeare would have aptly put it. .. The aim of both parties on Novem- ber 7 will be to gpt out their entire vote and to get out that vote as early &s possible. The Christmas slogan of the merchants has been paraphrased by the politicians to ““do your voting xrly.” Numerous automobiles have been cither loaned to or hired by cach party and it is expected that the last half hour before the polls close will be a busy one .o o Nothing has been heard this fall about the announcement of the elec- torfal vote by the “winking” system, via the electric light company. It will be remembered that four years sgo arrangements were made about the state whereby the lighting com- panies switched the current on and off according to a prearranged sched- ule to announce the result of the vot- ing to subscribers. At that time 11uch trouble resulted, particularly in the factories where the electric fuses -vere burned out in many instances. oo Using the school registration, voting 1 and past statistics as a basis of opinion, it is believed that by the time the next government census is taken in 1920, four years hence, New Britain will show a popu- lition of at least 60,000 people.- The city director published last fall, gives the estimated population of this city 000 and the 1916 di- rectory now in the hands of the printers. Estimations gleaned from the Chamber of Commerce reports, statements of the census takers for the directory and city and postal of- ficials would indicate that the es- timated population of this city is to- day 56,000, a gain of 2,000 in the past twelve months This is a phenomanal growth, vet there no reason why such a growth should appear start- ling. There is no reason why New Britain: should not gain as it ap- parently has done. The city offers cxcellent opportunities to workers of all kinds. The skilled workman can fnd just as ready employment as can the day laborer and the wages paid are on a par with most of the other concerns about the country barring the fabulous priccs paid by some of the munitions plants, but they arc in a all minority when compared to vast manvfacturing interests of entire countr Then, too, the city is admittedly growing and as such, offers excellent opportunities for builders New tracts of land are being constantly developed, so that the person who desires to be- come established has everything that he could wish to make him desire to locate permanently in this city, the Iardware center of the unive P the a s Is the ancient Hallowe'en observ- ce; as indulged in by the younger seneration, hecoming more decorous or not? The present day voungsters Certainly think that they do all that an be done and not overlook a ngle chance for Hallowe’en mischief, do ;nore mature yvears, in looking back over *he past, feel that the time Tave changed since they were bo And there are many reasons why this so0. In the first place, it is said that the boy of today is more mature at a zer age than was his father. Also | has become so much larger, | and the police department corre- snondingly so, that the riotous ef- Sorts of the youngsters do not have an equal chance to materialize as they did in the days when the department consisted of only a half a dozen men. Rut one of the most treasured p cessions of the old-tme Hallowe'en celebrator that s to have had its day is the famous “tick-tack.” These wore of two varieties and were used tr good advantage on the window panes of quiet citizens. One stvle of tlck-tack was made by cutting vour the city seel { Thes tage | cider. and then with a string wound around the barrel cause it to revolve vio- lently on a ball as the operator held it closely against the window glass The most approved form of tick-tack however, was the one made with a | rubber washer, a screw and a long piece of string. The screw was stuck through the washer and the string, | vith knots in it, tied to the screw By wetting the washer and forcing it ugainst a window pane suction made it stay. Then the mere act of draw- ing the knotted string between the finger nails would produce a starting sound. This form of tick-tack proved more popular because it offered a better chance of escape for the opera- tor as he could stand at some dis- tance from the house. Other popular ‘lallowe'en pranks in the old days were to steal front gates from prop- erty encircled with fences, to platter the front of the house occupied by sn unpopular citizen with rotten to- 1.atoes and to hurl cabbage stumps at the owner when he expostulated In earlier days another popular prank was to tip over outhouses. The prac- tice of sticking a tack in a door bell push button, causing the bell to ring continuously, is still in vogue as is the time honored custom of wearing ma dressing in grotesque gar- mwents or impersonating a girl or boy if the party was of the opposite sex. were the pranks of the out door youngsters. The more polite chil- dren, then as now, contented them- selves with parlor games suchs as ducking for apples, telling ghost storie: ete. .. With all the rallies, Wilson and Mar- shall clubs, Hughes' Alllances, etc., that are featurng this campaign, the 1Tesent year does not present any- where near as many exciting or stirring times as did the presidential campaligns of twenty or thirty vears ago. Particularly in New Britain is this true. Even as far back as in the early eightles campalgns were made brilllant spectacles In this city and in those days the late George M. Landers, grandfather of the present candidate for state senator, was the leader of the democratic forces even as his grandson is today. At that time Mr. Landers, one of the founders of the great Landers, Frary & Clark factory, was fondly known as “Paddy” Landers and had the absolute confi- dence of his followers. At one time when h& was a candidate on the dem- ocratic ticket the Landers' Ecort, a narching club, was organized. This Escort included the younger members of the party and they were bedecked in fitting uniforms. They drilled re- ligiously in marching tactics and even competed with similar clubs about the state. At one time In particular they went to New Haven where they had a competitive drill and made a spec- tacular march up Chapel street, twenty-four abreast. The Landers’ Hscort won the prize. Many of the older male residents of today can see in themselves the participants of that memorable parade - Still fresh ir the minds of our re- publican politicians is the practical joke played on them by & prominent democrat four years ago when he vsurped an auto, previously hired for republican usage, and used it to carry democratic voters to the polls. Both parties will probably keep pretty close watch on their cars this year. P The pavement on Flm street and Chestnut streei railroad crossings is now excellent. Repairs on the Main street crossing are now in order. All in favor signif; so in the usual man- ner. Aye! Little Boy Dreamer. (By Folger McKinsey). boy dreamer—Ah, let dream on! Perhaps he is dreaming that dream that will dawn world back to fect content— The dreaming of boys is a rare sacra- ment, For there glows the ideal, and visions arise, And the boys that on the skies. . . s Little him The beauty and per- are dreamers lead Little boy dreamer—don't worry or fret, wake from the new purpose yet, The far rim of glory, the bright skies of blue, His eyes will see farther than older eyes do The great highway stretching through toil and through tears The heights of the triumph of won- derful years. He'l! dream with a Little boy dreamer—just let him sit thero that far-away, pied air, And dream all he wants may come a time When the dream will sound forth a rune of a rhyme That will wake the wide ages in won- der—again Has a prophet been born to the chil- dren of men! dozy, preoccu- With to——there in Little boy dreamer—Ah, what would we do If the world wasn’t full of boy dream- ers like you- The children of vis of air The splendid achievements that from despair, keep the earth growing, wake us and thrill the light of their the light on a hill on that build out save That that With dreams like The drastic prohibitory law in force Virginia declares that no bever- may be sold ‘that contains the slightest trace of alcohol—excepting The exception, undoubtedly, accelerated the enthusiasm of the ag- ricultural communities for the meas- ure. Hereafter wili hard cider be subsidiary component for the classic mint julep?—Providence Journal. in “Thank fortune,” cxplains a Pitts- burgh paper, “there will be no short- age of the debutante crop.” No, but they will come considerably higher on account of the war.—Cleveland Plain nicks in the beveled ends of a spool Dealer. | teen BUILDING ROADS. With an Insight of How They do That Sort of Thing in This Country. Three men were riding in an auto- mobile along the South Country road of Long Island at a point where it has rcceived a cement surface, six- feet wide. One was a highway engineer, one was a sclentist of Ger- man birth and training, one was an official of a western state. “Fine road,” said the westerner. wonder how long it will last.” The highway engineer rubbed his chin and replied that no one knew exactly. All would depend upon the amcunt and character of the traffic, the speed at which it traveled and the frequency and nature of repalrs “Aren’'t these things known? asked the German sclentist with sur- prise. No, the engineer told him, they weren't. Present day motor traflic is too new a development. Lnow that heavy motor destroy macadam in said the engineer. “As relative durability of brick and concrete we know little as vet. In fact, we don’t know the preciso amount of wear on a -given surface by varying amounts of trafic. Wo think now that high speeds are more injurious than h loads, but t atter still to be determined.” “Out in my state $25,000,000 just been approp d to build roads,’”’ remarked the westerner, vou know I am here fpartly to get ideas as to how it may be spent most wisely. What you say ls discourag- ing; almost as discouraging as meet- ing these other highway engineers who know it oll. Each onc of them has his favorite material, which, if you will believe him, always s the e traf- fic no time,” for the has good “and makes best road under all conditions. “In Germany,” observed the scien- tist, “they would go about it a lit- tle differently. Of your $25,000,000 they would first spend perhaps $2,- 000,000 or $3,000,000 in experimen- tation. They would pave one mile of a road with brick, another with concrete, another with wood blocks, and so on. They would spend months or a year or two if necessary, sending glven traffic at given speeds over these surfaces. They would measure the wear and tear, if necessary inventing mechanism for that purpose.. They would find out that a one ton load, say, going aat twenty miles an hour over a concrete road would wear it off three-hundredths of an inch, or four times as much a one ton load traveling at ten miles an hour. They would have exact formulas for every variety of trafiic, and by measuring the trafiic on the road to be built, they would know just what surface it needed and how long it would last. And they would never, never, never jssue fifty year bonds to pay for ten vear roads “It ought to be done,” conceded the highway engineer, and the westerner assented. Then the two looked at each other and at the sceintist. All three smiled and said almost in unison: “But you could never get 'em to do that sort of thing in this country.” The Civil Service Question. (New Haven Journal-Courier). For the most part, the answers which Professor Henry W. Farnam, president of the Connecticut Civil Service Reform Association, has been eliciting from nominees for the gen- eral assembly to the question of what they would do for civil service In event of their election, have been il- ‘uminating. Among some of the nominees: the tendency of the presi- dential candidate of their political faith to avoid pre-election promises has a tendency to crop out. “In passing it is difficult to see wherein promises of good performances can work to the embarrassment of any and honest man. But the result of the question which Farnum has put to these candidat is the readines: of the democra nomine to exert the utmost Influence toward the restora tion of the merit system. There, is every reason why they should 'so promi; It was not democratic op-¢ position that fesulted in the emascu- lation of the civil service law in tho year 19 The amendment that then rendered the Connecticut civil sérv- ice law Ineffective did not represent the sentiment of the party of which these men are now the candidates. It is, therefore, natural that they should stand definitely committed to a. ¥ restoration of the civil service law of 1913 to the statute books. Voters of this state will do well to bear this fact in mind next Tuesday when they g0 to the polls to give expression to thelr intelligent preferences and hon- convictions. sincere striking President Pointed Paragraphs. (Chicago News). Of two evils choose neither; will turn out bad. both boy who knows enough his father's jokes. . It's that well to investigate an oil well won't bear looking into. The act of forgiving doesn’t always take away the power of memory. The rose soon fades, but the thorn continues in business at the old stand. “Scaled Lips” is the title of a cent novel. Evidently therc are female characters In it rev no A woman seldom listens to 2 man’s explanation: but it makes her angry 1f ok refuses to offer one However, few men are as black as they are painted, and few are as white as they are whitewashed. - Never try to get back at any man by saying that you are just as good as he is. Tt is up to vou to be a great deal better. Some day and someho the avenging spirit of Rio Grande cowhovs will get within range ¢T Pancho Villa, and no human agency will prevent a funeral—Paterson.s Call. perhaps, ;.