New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 6, 1917, Page 6

lew Britain "Hergld. HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY. Propriétors. ued dally (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 g m., at Herala Bullding, 67 Church St. = f tered at the Post Office at New Britain as Second Class Mall Matter. Bilvered by carrler to any part of the city for 15 cents a weels, 65¢ a month. Ibscriptions for vaper to be sent by mall, ® only profitable gdvortistng medlum in the city: Circulation bpoks and frre: room always open to advertisers. e Herald wiil be found on sale at Hota- liag's News Stand, 42nd 3t. and Broad- way, k Clty; Board Walk, At- lantic Clt/, «nd Hartford Depot. . TELEPHON ness Office . itorial Rooms . A MONOPOLY? t is apparent to many that the JEsent nigh price of print paper has n: brought about by what appears be a purec and unadulterated mo- poly swhich, of course ,is in direct lation of the constitutional law. investigation by the Federal Trade fnrhission has established the fact the average price now asked for paper is somewhere in the ghborhood of twenty-nine dollars bn. over and above the cost of pro- ption. With' this proof at hand j| Department of Justice at the di- [tion of Attorney General Gregory rday set out on an inquiry which result In criminal proceedings g instituted against those respon- e for the present high cost of housands of newspaper and mag- fhe publishers throughout the coun- have been brought to the verge fruln” by the exorbitant prices [freed for paper. This product that sold in its most crude state for ' and forty dollars a ton now Bmands anywhere from sixty to ty dollars a ton. Higher grade pr, of course, calls for more. Sup- ly following the law of supply demand the, increased prices |6 from a shortage in the paper . . It is now believed that con- ms at the mills are about the as before the new prices went .effect. In which case those re- sible will face jail sentences. P the face of things it looks as e great paper manufacturers staken advantage of a situation it about by the European war. is & scarcity of everything so b should be a scarcity of paper. 5 d-pulp bas been maliciously and foniy wasted in the past, so it hot take mugh to start a panic by distribution of stories showing a scarcity actually existed. If is the truth the Department of fce will soon find out. Monopoly lkone out of style in these United It should not be allowed to its foul head in an industry is 3 almost every person in the iry is interested one way or an- Ih IN. 1913 AND 1917, “the representatives of 100,000 ors in the State of Connecticut m Democratic Senators in the flature should have representation fbme of the important committees. have not asked to be placed on cammittees, nor do they hope Zmper any designs the Republi- [imay have in mind. The mere the Democrats are in the ty insures their safety so far as Republicans are concerned. Yet Seems to be a very slinl chance 9 +ecognition whatsoever. pator Klett has been roundly ja for opposing the adoption of jmendnent to the rules which 5 give to all members of the ty places on the various com- fles. It is to be regretted that enator should be rlaced in such lvkvzard posttion upon his attain- | or such high honors as come f lcadership in the Senate. Per- fly, Senator Klett would probably fu with Senator O’Sullivan, the ty leader who offered the 'dment to the rules; but the party alch Senator Klett belongs holds _hide-bound practices of old and bs to vield ground for anybody or once it 1s in command. is no:better example of. stand- r Sitting Bull, Republicanism on . “The Democratic minority did ant to monopolize any honors, or ‘or power when it asked for rep- ation on these committees. It . wanted to keep in touch with uation and watch the wheels of itlon turn around. The electors oted for these ten senators sent tc Hartford to be of some use lot merely to act as wall flowers v must now do so far as impor- ommittee work is concerned. Hartford Times recalls what emocratic Senate of 1913 did the Republicans in, the ity. At that “Senator jii. Perry, the Republican leader, bpointed a member of the judi- committee by the Democratic nt pro tem., Senator George M. rs. . The appointment was a ndable exhibition of generous were tfme, political portisanship on the part of the Democrats and at the sa time it gave the important committee on the judiciary the benefit of the lekis- lative experience ‘and conspicuous ability of one of the ablest men Inithe public life of the state.” Senator Klett might well have fol- lowed in 1917 the example set by his volitical rival in 191?, and prevailed uvon his fellows for a recognition of the minority even on his own-cam- mittee. It would have done no harm, and might have been praductive Offfection that Dana said of .the Bible, great good. The American people over and above all other peoples on the face of the globe are inculcated and imbued with the spirit of fair play. If there is one thing that has helped to kill the Republican Party more than any other it is greediness. There is no law against the Demacrats of some day holding the balance rowér in both houses of the legisla- ture. And, when they do, they can imitate the example set by the Senate 1913 as truly American and demo- cratic. The Senate of 1917, although four years later, is fifty years behind the time. It has not seen the hand- writing on the wall. of THE USUAL WAY . Representative Willlam R. Wood of Indiana has made some very Sweep- ing assertions before the committee investigating the alleged leak in the state department, thd leak that is supposed to have furnished Wall Street with an opportunity to glean millions before it became known President Wilson was to send a peace note to the belligerents of REurope. Yet after making these charges' the Répresentative claims now they are not charges. There have been some very prom- inent names brought out in the first two days of the investigation. There will probably be more as the days speed on. Where the investigation will lead to, no ‘one knows; but it is safe to assume, judging from other investigations of the same sort, that nothing will be accomplished. It is a way Congress has. The scuttle-fish has a like propensity for stirring up mud If the same tactics were to obtain in other quarters not immune from prosecution there would be more care exercised before reputations were handled so carelessly. In Congress it is different. Once the opportunity is given for an investigation, it must go on even before the evidence in the case iz collected. The only other place the same thing can be done with impunity is a small town police court, = ? There may. be much truth in the charge that a leak was operating in the state department and because of this condition the stock "dealers of ‘Wall Street took advantage of an in- nocent public. It is undoubtedly true that one man made a few millions of dollars just previous to the de- spatching of the President’s note. This even before the note had been released for publlcation in the press of the nation. But if the charges already advanced have no better foundation than a letter sent to Rep- resentative Wood by a person who signed himself “A. Curtis” and who is unknown to Representative Wood or any other member of Congress ther it is time to proceed with caution. The men already named in the scan- dal have given unqualified denlals to the story as originally promulgated. They profess to know nothing of the information supposed to have been given from the White House. Until proven otherwise their words are as good as those who make the accusa- tions. THE BIBLE AND THE TIMES. Not having 'attained the ripe old age of one hundred years the Herald has no knowledge whatsoever of the emotions that come to those who en- ter the portals of the centuries; but in its exuberant youth of some forty summers there is manifest every re- spect for those wearers of the cloak of centuries. To this end then we pause to congratulate the Hartford Times. During the past week that estimable journal reached the century mark of publication. Connecticut may justly feel proud of the Hartford Times. It is one of the reputable journals of the country. During its entire career it has striven with the one object in view,—Truth. In this it has but held to fundamental tenets of sincere journalism. The homes it enters have come to look upon the Times as a yor of news that is in no way tainted, of views that are advanced ever for the best interest of the community, the state, and the nation. No matter how great events it recounts it seldom if ever exaggerates. There are no flashes of yellow in its make-up. The dignity of the older days of journal- ism when Samuel Bowles had charge has been safely reposited in the Burr family of which its present editor is a member. Charles A. Dana it was who drew the parallel of the Bible and the con- purv scientious journal. In this he did not consider the Biblg.as a réligious ol . but as a manual of utility, of Jro fessiochal preparation a use of a journalist. e - instrlfitive § style of this great work appealed to | | Dana the journalist. Iis devine @im- ‘plicity he ‘imitated in the gofumns~of his daily newspaper. ¥ greatest fews story ever recorded, the Creatidh of the World was writte§t it suof, a ¢harm of solemnify and with such. a ‘lack of sentimentdlity or. af- ““Ther# 1s perhaps ne bodk which you open with such gonfidence an@ylay down witW such Wverence.” In the newspap®¥ world the Times is held in ' an 'esteem that somewhat ap- proaches Dana’s gdescription of the greatest book on earth. It is a joy to work in a closely allied neighbdr- ing fleld with such’ & consclentious contempyrary. d DAILY CLASS IN OONJUGATION. T have the grip You have the grip He or she hu‘itho grip We havésthe grip: You have the gaip They have the grip. FACTS AND FANCIBES. Blessed is the peacemaker, for he shall hold the bag.—New York Sun. ° Pirate song. Fifteen men on a tfolley corner. - An hour passed by, and thenathere were 47.-—Newark News. For the first time in the history of the national banky, their surplus and undivided profits equal the total cap- ical—Brooklyn Citizen. ¥ Nature instituted winter as a healthful tonic—and besides, most of us can’t afford to go to Florida any- ‘way.—Providence Journal. If congress can desert the tempting pork barrel long enough perhaps it can pass the appropriation bills by the end of the session.—Ansonia Sentinel. It looks as though the British em- pire had gone in for the commission manager plin of government, too. And probably not too soon.—Kansas City Star. It was the 2,000 votes in California out of Wilson’s more than half-mil- lion plurality that counted most. BEf- ficlency engineers should find some. way of eliminating the waste of popu- lar pluralities.—New York Evening Post. 5 » The question of a woman sgttle- ment worker's right or privilege ta smoke cigarettes bids fair to become a burning issue. - New York, in the intervalg between more serious cru- sades, can always find time and the energy for a great moral movement of this nature.—New York World. IF. 2 (By Rudyard Kipling.) If you can keep your head when all about Are losing theirs and blaming it on you: It you can trust yourself when all men doubt ycu, But make allowance for their doubting too; . If vou can wait and be not tired by waiting Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being hated, don’t give way to hating, And yet don’t look tao good, nor talk too wise: If you can dream and not make dreams your master; you can think—and not make thoughts your aim; If you car meet with Triumph and disaster And treat these two imposters just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth Spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build 'em up again with worn out tools. Ir If you can make ane head of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and- toss, And lose and start again at your be- ginnings And never breathe a word about your Joss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve vour turn long after they are gone And so hold on when there is nothing fn you Except the Will which says to them *Hold On.” If you can talk with crowds and keep vour virtue waik with Kings—nor common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can | hurt you, If all men count with vou, too much: Tf yvou can fill the unforgiving minute With six seconds’ worth of distance 1un— Yours is the Earth and that’s in it, And—which is more—you'll MAN, my son. Or lose the 1 but none everything be al Tired of Has Beens. (Cleveland Plain Dealer). Bryan and Roosevelt are both be- ing discussed as presidential candi- dates in 1920. But maybe some new hero will appear in the meantime, and we shan't have to have a campaign l of has beens. professional ity. .Savings bank,of . New B ‘likewize be in line. JANUARY 6, 1917, Town, Topies - = =1 O q Now that we'vg had that Mtti@wel coming for and fnished yvitn the c obru.t’&"n,;g. ‘see g littlé activ. 5 sxum'tl e¢embers 31 ¥or “Jan. y ;It's Janu, < 8 work!™% n‘m 8 Bu:ls‘. f *hag the papt Yoar was a prosper- ous 0@ in Ney Briain is certain trom ‘a’perusal, of king statements. The ritain in- | creased its deposite t0'$9,000,000, $1,- 250,008 new " deposits having been* made ift theé yeak, The Burrftt Savings bartk deposits inéreased’ $300,000 and the postal bank .debbsits ‘have in- oreased.$40,000. The total amount: of money 1in city banks is $18,645,000, The increase in" all the banks totals 34,100,000 for, the year. New. Britain is a pretty good place to call home after all, 3 Fa .o . b Alderman Wiliam McCabe at the special eouncil meeting.said the,. city shouldbe assured of reduced insur- ance rates 1f the fire department ls to be S0 effectually . increased.. :The thoyght that fathered .theralderman’s statement is uppermost i the minds of all property owners, vet befores it can be ressonably.expected, to. sceure lower rates the fire risks must He les- serred in. several ways besides atg- menting the: fire department. It is sil- y to apend monhey“on a fire* depart sment when the building code is bad and, carelessly made. An enlarged and better Bauipped fire department will do much to gain insurance favor,bhut before. rates can be reduced there is | Httle doubt but what the bullding oodes must be entirely revised. They are old and in many instances inap- plicable. Even though the fire de- partment 1s increased inaterfally, the fire riske will not decrease proportion- ately if the elty permits the construc- tion of thousands of dollars wnrth of new bulldihgs under a set of codes that make them easy pray for flames. Among other things, the bullding . e t4r8nted with a'questio! Fore ‘. job is'vstarted. This would snake ' the buligings uniform and Jaresent there mény structurel fbout the cityigver the building lines ahd street lines, . Bridgepo! con- ila; New. Britain's, -.the cpntro! of¥the. threc- | family frame 'dwellings ‘and further strudtiop of-such houges has been prohibited in the Park ! city. . This city has latelyprohibited tho. ereo- tion of six‘family frame nlwlgln . But ifiaps change dn the building codd ls%u&e made! should - be |- thorough and not be a hit,or miss affair. The building inspéctor,. a couple of contractors and an archiik tect should -be on avpaid cqmmittee:’ The job would not be an easy ofie and would take three months at © least. Not long ago Hartford decided to re- vise its code and pald a firm of archi- tects $1,000mto draw up a =et. These ‘were subsequently discarded as too strict. % N . 'A. . Now:, gfit increased equipment in the fire: department is the ‘toplc of administration dicussion there are several littlg ite not Jyet broughte o public attention. One’or two new Jife nets are a necgssity. The prese l net is more than:fifteen vears old. an May even ‘now: be so. rotted < that [. should a. victim leap into it hegwould crash thH¥ough' to the vement. Tt ig impossible for firemi rk ef- fectually in: dark alleyways antg ysrds. Henoce thes purchase of several flaming torches -that .could -be set on the ground or hufig on a wall or' fence' would be a help. Certain other fire department improvements imperative before the city can ever hope to get into a “‘preferred insurance” olass, are recommended by the special com- mittee on fire prevention sent here by the National Board of Fire Under- writers. Some of these have been done, others are under consideration and pthers still “have not been at- tempted. Additional full paid men is not assured and an assistant super- intendent for the city electriclan is being consldered. However, the fol- codes should be thoroughly revjged so that the matter of fire prevention in some buildings, such as the installay tion of automatic sprinklers, will be cempulsory. The code in reference to the thickness of Jbrick, stone or con- crete walls should be more thorough and present ordinances should be ‘brought out more clearly. It is sald that the existing codes necessitats walls of the same thickness for a ten by ten bripk garage as they would for a factory building with a hundred foot base. A code making more stringent the fire proofing of stores and apartments and another one in reference to- proper stairways would Officials state that in the Ilast twelve fires the flames have blazed the fiercest around the stairways. The question of fees while not in line of fire prevention iy also an important one and they should | be either graded or eHminated. At present permits for baildings up to | $50 cost nothing. Between $50 and | $1,000 the fee is $1. From $1,000 to | $2,000,it is $2 and up to $5,000 the | fee 1= $1 per thousand. Between | $5,000 and $10,000 the fee is $5 flat. | Any building to cost $10,000 and more the fee is $10 flat. Thus a factorv! costing $100,000 would bring the city no more than a private residence cost- ing $10,000. In Hartford there is no fee charged for building permits, while in New Haven the fee is $1 per thousand and fractions thereof. An- other suggested code is to have the en- gineering department give the correct building lines to all contractors be- lowing recommendations have not been officially considered as yet: the. installation of new mains for the water supply, an automobile quick raising aerial ladder truck, separate gong circuit and lead sheathed under- ground cable for the fire alarm sys- tem and lastly, the aforementioned adoption and enforcement of an up- to-date code of building laws. .. Councliman G. M. Landers’ resolu- tion paving the way for a new engine house in the southern section of the city is meeting with general approval and the residents of the district most affected arée said to' be planning an energetic campaign to gain their ends. A new house in the vicinity of Shuty tle Meadow avenue would. protect the rapidly growing southern and west- ! ern section of the city and could make i rapid time to the west side of the reinforce other companies Such a new company should city there. to i include the double comgbination motor chemical 3nd hose now in use at No. 2 house. With such a change, it might be advisable to transfer the Junjor auto pump at headquarters to No. 2 house and replace it with a fiy- iug squadron and 'a new motor aerial. 5 New Britain is too ably represented in the*legislature this term. To Sen- ator Klett is assured the chairman- ship of the all important judiciary committee. Representatives Edward | F. Hall and Richard Covert shouldi o is es dorsed smedféine in New iBriain. also land good ‘tommittees. Mr; Hall ially well fitted: for an 'Im- por} i appointment and i¢ would not be 'sBRprising to see him named as & memMer of the house.finance com- econd .only o “the: judiciary ortance. - Representative -Hall ng man with a mind 4l his e -will be dictated by no irable 1 The appéinti¥ent of euncilman John Tomassewski as Senite messen- Serds a opmpliment' to the local re- publican gown comimitteer which in-t !{m. The pepition i» & desir: &ble Sne*oarrying with it a salary of $600 for the ‘four ths term. Jt s even better than tHe:doog keepefs Job, the salary for which The appointment of * as assistant’ capito perintendent and Frang Del Mastro as_capitol bar- Qer, also ‘shows the pn‘luulfi impoft- ance of this; city. . Y35 ¥ Tee o The death ‘of Dr. George Claty last week has removed frpm the city one of the last of the uine old time “family doctors.” Since the days of the ‘civil war Dr. Clary had practiced He be- longed to that rgpidly disappearing old school who in“addition to being the family dootor was the family counselof and friend as well, There are few ‘of these left now and will soon exist.on{y in rural novels and plays of that- variéty. Today Dr. George P. Cooley ds as the last of the old school in New Britain. ;All honor &nd respect to this vendjible dean of physicians, the ‘oldest prac- ticing physictan itn Connecticut.. . ee Another heavy storm and still workmén employed by the New Brit- ain Machine gompany are permitted to block the sidewalk on North Bigelow street, compelling - hundreds of_working people going to amd from their homes to make a detour into the slippery, muddy road to pass. Not long ago the, walk was bldcked with a plank. This week piles of bricks have obstructed the walk at times and at all timeg the scaffolding used by masons obstructs the. walk to such an extent that passing 1is difficult. What's the matter with the city de- partment having the matter of. side- walk obstguction in charge? , 4 * o - g Mfiz‘veopl'a have beeome confused » abolif the changes in the fire depart- ment “and think that the oft used safety board term <of ‘‘permanent’” means the department will be put ‘on a basis like that of Hartford, New Ha- ven or New York. Not sq, it will continue as at present, except that' the- number of fighting units will be in- creased and soge: of the older call-, men will be w&eded .out. The call force will continue 1in its present capacity. R Ir ¥ x e hatth The episode at the Screw Shop this week should inform thé safety beard of at least one thing that Policeman Wagner does and does well. The board hag found much fault with his being détailed about the eadquarters, but Wednesday’s near tragedy proved that the city is big enough to need an extra policeman within call at all times for emergencies, ‘ . ey : New Brithir is to be congratulated’ that it has at ifs helm progressive men who look ‘at the management of a city in an ‘#énlightened way and instead of working the time worn game of politics to the detriment of the city, are looking ahead betterment of oivic conditions eliminations of partisan board the establishment of bi: boards in city management. h partisan system and the ‘“@poils tem’ are oftimes synonomous. ly on party lines, the 'bi- methods gives the ménority pe solutely no voice in oity afl example of what this met] government'” brings about noted ¥ our neighboring city of iden where the demoorats have 60 plete éontrol., {If reports furnishedi from the Silver City are accurate, democratic adminjstration there shortly be expected to ask for resignation of all - republican offi¢ holdérs down to the humble chauffeur. This being =0, it is p to be seen that the city will g the benefit of the experience whi makes hold-oves officials inval to a city’g government. In their plif there. may come party appoin redegmed pledges— with no knol edge of conditions as they should in the complete upturni of city government and the detrim to the community, +Bmminently more fair and ce: more efficlent is the bi-partisan” s tem as in New Britain. On the erning boards men from each pa# are given an opportunity to discil matters intelligently and, politics ing reduced to a minimumy aoct cordingly. In case of a tie vote mayor has the right to settle question, and if the mayor i of right type he will settle it, not cording to party lines, but acco: to the merits as he may see Many: of the fallures the boards this olty may have had 1s attrib to the pulling of wires and pila politics. When, a few years ago, safety board was a bi-partisan. ganization the question of motor 8 paratus for the fire department h fire for many months. Although ) tie-up in city affairs has been voicg as an argument against parsi boards, it is not one. Politics did enter into that memorable wrang| but rather individual opinion as' the merits of the two types under co sideration.. Since then the mayor been given ‘authority tov break. tiy so it cannot happen again, LR £ Ah Kerchew! Have you had grip yet? Almost everybody else the city has. The unseasonable mil| ness.and Hanip weather of the week has proved a terror for th susceptible to hard colds. = An demic of grip and pneumonia pH vails. This is the time of the !when an ounce of prevention is a pound of cure. New College Activity. - (Wisconsin State Journal). The_university of Wisconsin h gredt band, over a hundred piec marching form, over 60 piéces in co; certtrim. They give another one their concerts in the gymnasium Suils day afternoon. . It is & worth whilé It’s almost as much fun to hear+ous students deliver good music as to wit ness one of them carritd off the g iron gracefully draped over shoulders of fellow-players who o sympathize with one who has expe enced the glory of being used as soft cushion for an opposing team fall on, Uncle Sam should offer a prize fo the best name for the Danish West Ins dies ;when we take them over. bahy Argus. EDITH @, wiDow— To ALWAYS Be CHEERFUL AND To GREET HLM WVHTH A SoNG, TS 1S Tue GREBATEST CoURSE BueER PLAYED )7 BY HENRY O, GuEST— To GiveE UNQUALIFIED PRAISE FOR THE COURSE HE HA3 BeEed INVI'TED To BY JonnN J. ALIBI- To SAY NOTHING % T BY GEORGE B. LIAR— To STUDY ARITAMETIC WHAT wAS YourR SCowrE o Tes HOLE ~ BY CHRISTOPHER G. PROFAMATY- To ouT coT THE SWEAR - BY BRIGGS BY MALCOLM G. CADDY— NoOT To PLAY WHTH THE BOoSs' cLuBs