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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1917, I ston Store|PRICES TO BE FIXED ON BO ALL WAR COMMODITIES, OUR HOSIERY SECTION Wlll be the center of attrac- " tion this week. A grand showing of special values in anticipation of Va- cation Requirements. Ladles Boot Silk Hose, in black only ....33c pair Ladies’ Fancy Silk Hose e iteennee.....62c pair Ladies’ Cotton Hose, black, white and colors.. Speclgl value ...........29c pair "~ Ladies Fancy Silk Hose, . very desirable ..$1.15 pair Ladies’ Silk Hose in plain col- ors, desirable shades, 65c A new novelty in checks, .black white and gray, R S1I508 pair: Ladles Silk Hose, in black and white, Special 59¢ pair Outsize Hose . .....29c pair Children’s Fine Rib Hose, black and white ......19¢ Men’s Silk Half Hose, in black and white ......59¢ McCall Goods for August are here. ‘PULLAR 168 MAIN ST. STARTS FRIDAY MORNING AT8:30A. M. President Wilson Issues Sen- sational Warning to Busi- ness Men of Country— Slackers to be Punished. Washington, July 13.—In an open address teeming with sensational utterances President Wilson last night served notice on mine operators, manufacturers and shipping interests that the government intended to fix prices of their products during the war period, and that the public must be served on the same basis as gov- ernmental agencies. Those who sought to avoid the ruling of the gov- ernment, he sald, would be held guilty of an act favorable to the cause of the enemy. The price fixed, he said, must, of course, be a just one. ‘“We must make the prices to the public the same as the prices to the government.”” the president declared. “Prices mean the same thing every- where now. They mean the efficiency or the inefficiency of the nation, whether it is the government that pays them or not. They mean victory or defeat. They mean that America will win her place ance for all among the foremost free nations of the world, or that she will sink to defeat and be- come a second-rate power ‘alike In thought or action. This is a day of her reckoning, and every man among us must personally face that reckon- ing along with her.” Patriotism and profits ought never in the present circumstances to be mentioned together, the president said, for patriotism leaves profits out of the question. No true man, he added, who stayed behind while others went to the front to risk their lives, would ask himself what he is going to make out of business. “No true patriot,” he said, speaking of the overseas expeditions, ‘“‘will per- mit himself to take hold of their hero- ism in money or seek to grow rich by the shedding of their blood. When they are giving their lives, will he not at least give his money?” The president said.he could not be- lieve that men living in easy and peaceful fashion would attempt to “exact a price, drive a bargain” while others were enduring the agony of this war on the battleflelds and “bereaved women” and “pitiful chil- dren’” were about them. Special attention was directed to the ship owners, who had raised freight rates because of the tremendous de- mand on shipping facilities. “They,” the president said, “are doing everything that high freight charges can do to make the war a failure, to make it impossible.” He added that those who had raised freight rates had ‘“taken the most effective means in their power to defeat the armies engaged against Germany.” He took it for granted that they would reconsider the whole matter. In con- cluding his address he said: “I shall expect every man who is not a slacker to be at my side through- out this great enterpri In it no man can win honor who thinks of himself.” The Message. The text of President Wilson's pea! is as follows: 1y I'ellow Countryme: “The Government is tewmpt to determine the which it will ask you ht,m:eto\th furnish various supplies which arc nocessary for the prosecution of the war znd various materials which will be nceded in the industries by w h the war must be sustained. Y. ¢ shail, of course, try to determine them justly and to the best advantaze of the nation as a whole, but justice is easier to speak of than to arrive at and there are some considerations which I hore we shall keep steadily i1 mind while this particular problem of justice is being worked out. I, thercfore, tnke the liberiy of stating very candidly my own view of the sit- uuation and of the prinziples whicn should guide both the Covarnment and the mine owners and manufactur- ers of the country in this diflienit atter. “A iust price must, of course, be paid for everything the Government buys. By a just price I mean a price which will sustain the industries concerned in a high state of efficien- cy, provide a living for those who conduct them, enable them to r good wages, and make possible the expansions of their enterprises which will from time to time become nec- as the stupendous underiak- s great war develop. We could not wisely or reasonably do less than pay such prices. They are ne essary for the maintenance and de- velopment of industry, and the main- tenance and development of indu try are necessary for the great t we have in hand. “But I trust that we shall not sur- round the matter with a mist of senti- ment. Facts are our masters now. We ought not to put the acceptance of such prices on the ground of pa- triotism. Patriotism has nothing to do with the profits in a case like this Patriotism and profits” ought never in the present circumstances be mentioned together. It Is perfectly proper to discuss profits as a matter of business, with a view maintaining the integrity of capi- tal and the efficiency of labor in these tragical months when the liberty of free man everywhere and of industry itself trembles in the balance, but it would be absurd to discuss them as a motive for helping to serve and save our country. “Patriotism 10 leaves profits out of the question. In these days of our supreme trial, when we are sending hundreds of thousands of our young men across the seas to serve a great cause, no true man who stays behind to work for them and sustain them by his labor will ask himself what he is personally #ing to make out of that labor. No gfrue patriot will per- himself to wake toll of their ! heroism in money or seek to grow rich by the shedding of their blood. He will give as freely and with as un- stinted self-sacrifice as they. When they are giving their lives will he not give at least, his money? “I hear it insisted that more than a just price, more than a price that will sustain our industries, must be paid; that it is necessary to pay very liberal and unusual profits in order to ‘stimulate production’; that nothing | but pecuniary rewards will do—re- wards paid in money, not in the mere liberation of the world. “I take it for granted that those who argue thus do not stop to think what that means. Do they mean that you must be paid, must be bribed, to make your contribution, a contribution that costs vou neither a drop of blood nor a tear, when the whole world is In travail and men | everywhere depend upon and call to you to bring them out of bondage and } make the world a fit place to live in | again amidst peace and justice? Do they mean that you will exact a price, | drive a bargaln with the men who ! are enduring the agony of this war on the battlefield, in the trenches, | amidst the lurking dangers of the | sea, or with the bereaved women and pitiful children, before you will| come forward to do your duty and give some part of vour life, in easy peaceful fashion, for the things we are fighting for, the things we have | pledged our fortunes, our lives, our sacred honor, to vindicate and de- fend—Iliberty and justice and fair dealing and the peace of nations? “Of course you will not. It is in- conceivable. Your patriotism is of the same self-denving stuff as the patriotism of the men dead or maimed on the flelds of France or else | it is no patriotism at all. Tet us never speak, then, of profits and of patriotism in the same sentence, but face facts and mect them. Let us do sound business, but not in the midst of a mist. Many a grievous ‘burden of taxation will be laid on this nation, in this generation and in the next, to pay for this war. Let us see to it that for every dollar that is taken from the people’s pockets it shall be possible to obtain a dollar's worth of the sound stuffs they need. “Let me turn for a moment to the ship owners of the United States and the other ocean carriers whose ex- ample they have followed and ask them if they realize what obstacles, what almost insuperable obstacles, they have been putting in the way of the successful prosecution of this | war by the ocean freight rates they have been exacting. They arc doing evervthing that high freight charges | can do to make the war a failure, to make it impossible. I do not say that they realize this or intend it. The thing has happened naturally enough, because the commercial processes which we are content to see operate in ordinary without sufficient thoneh* tinued into a period where thev have no proper place. I am not question- ing motives. T am merely stating a fact, and stating it in order that at- tention may be fixed upon it. “The fact is that those fixed war freight rates have taken the most effective means in their power to defeat the armies enzaged against Germany. When they realize this, we may—I take it for granted— count upon them to reconsider the whole matter. It is high time. Their extra hazards are covered a risk insurance. by Slackers to Get Just Deserts. “I know, and you know, what re- sponse to this great challenge of duty and of opportunity the nation will ex- pect of you; and I know what re- sponse you will make. Those who do not respond, who do mnot respond in the spirit of those who have gone to their lives for us on bloody fields far away, may be left to be dealt with by opinion and the law—for the law must, of course, command these things. 1 am dealing with the matter thus publicly and frankly, not because I have any doubt or fear as to the result, but only in order that in all our thinking and in all our dealings with one another we may move in a perfectly clear :¥* of mutual under- standing. “And there is something more that we must add to our thinking. The public is now much part of the Government are the army and navy themselves; the whole people in all their activities are now mobilized and in service for the accomplishment of the nation's task in this war; it is in such circumstances impossible justly to distinguish between industri- al purchases made by the Government and industrial purchases made by the managers of individual industries; and it is just as much our duty to sustain the industries of the country, all the industries that contribute to its life, as it is to sustain our forces in the field and on the sea. We must make the prices to the public the same as the prices to the Government. “Prices mean the same thing every- where now. They mean the efficiency or the inefficiency of the nation, whether it is the Government that pays them or not. They mean victory or defeat. They mcan that Americ: will win her place once for all among the foremost [ree uaiions of the world, or thut she will sink to defeat and become u second rate power alike in thought and action. This is a day of her reckoning =and every man amongst us must personally fuce that reckoning along with her. “The case needs no arguing. T as- sume that 1 am ouly expressing your own thoughts—what must he in the mind of cvery true mun when he faces the tragedy and the solemn glory of the present war, for the emancipation of mankind: [ sum- mon you to a great duty. a great privilege, a shining dignity .and dis- tinetion. T shall expect every man who is ng# a slacker to he at my side throughout this creat enterprise. Tn it no man can win henor who thinks as as of himself.” A times have, who have | NEED OF SURGICAL DRESSINGS GREAT Others in Preparedness Zeal President Wilson has said message tp congress: We should keep constantly in mind the wisdom of interfering as little as possible in our own preparation and in the equip- ment of our own military forces with the duty—for it will be a very practical duty—of supply- ing the nations already at war with Germany with the materials [ which they can obtain only from us or by our assistance. They are in the field and we should help them in every way to be ef- fectlve there. Miss Bangs, chairman of the main . E. branch, in a bulletin makes the following appeal: ‘We earnestly beg of you not to cease giving your help to our friend—and our ally—France. b Rather let us redouble our ef- forts giving to our own as need requires and giving as well more generously to heroic and suffer- ing France. France, when we wera struggling for our exist- ence as a nation, gave us of her men, her money; her ships. To- day her soldiers, fighting with an unparalleled heroism, are, as has been said, “making of their breasts a wall of defense for their country.” This wall is our own first line of defense. They are paying the price—we are ben- cfiting. TFor nearly three years, the women of France have given up husbands, sons, brothers, without a murmur; have nursed, tolled and suffered. France has opened her arms to refugees from Belgium and from Servia; has shared her all with them. Now the retreating enemy is leaving behind him a trail of ruin, dev- astation, and suffering such as the world has never beforé seen. The young ladies in some of the factories have organized to help in the work. During the week band- ages and a large box of hospital tow- els have been sent by the Universal War Relief Association, of Landers, Frary & Clark. The voung ladies of the Stanlev club of the Stanley Works have sent in large boxes of both com- fort and ambulance pillows, and pil- lows have also been received from the voung ladies of Corbin Cabinet { Lock Co. The oakum used for the pads has all been picked at the Thursday ‘America Shonld Not Forget : i street, in a; | secure prices for a jing of a parade of members | exerci { mon. Hamilton Lewis of Illinois came here ;| to deliver the principal address. Other | were Gov- | Mayor Curley and Ed- ' iold Alice Bradshaw, : woods and ponds area have been searched by parties, | | without | Places where the two women are said night services at the Methodist, Cen- ter and South churches, All this work helps greatly to add to the weekly output and helps equally in adding to the enthusiasm and inspiration which comes from a large number working together for the same good end. One dollar will make 150 dressings. We send about 2,000 a week. We can use to good advantage your time and vour money. The work room is at 169 Vine Mrs. H. B. Humason, chair- man, Telephone 1875. LABORERS GIVEN INCREASE. The monthly meeting of the water commissioners was held last evening and the matter of adjustment wages of the lahorers to a satisfac- tory scale was taken up, and acted on favorably for the employes. decided to give the meter readers the customary two weeks vacation, and the superintendent was instructed to small gasoline pump to be used in spraving trees at Whigville. The monthly bills were approved. ELKS IN PARADE. | Patriotic Demonstration Arranged at Boston Convention. Boston, July bled in convention were more promi- nently before the public today than any time this week. A patriotic demonstration was arranged, consist- of the grand lodge accompanied by marines and sailors from the navy yard and s were held on Boston Com- ‘nited States Senator James speakers on the program ernor McCall, ward Righter, grand exalted ruler of the Elks during the last year. The business was concluded at a . brief session this forenoon and a visit to Revere Beach was planned for afternoon. the CHILD'S BODY STIIA: MISSING. Vermont Murder Mystery Decpens as Days Pass. Johnsbury, Vt., July 12.—What was done with the body of eight year St. to whose murder Miss Etta Hicks and Mrs. Alvin Ken- niston are alleged to have confessed, was as much of a mystery to the au- | thorities today as ever. The child dis- appeared a week ago. Since that time the vicinity of her home and fields, covering a wide the finding of a single clue. to have declared at different times that the body was hidden were ex- amined but no trace was discovered. County officials resumed their in- quiries today and it was expected that assistance of the attorney general of the state would be sought. of | It was | 12.—The Elks assem- ! Bogoiln % o REMEMBER—ONI, HARTFORD y Half a Day for Shopping Friday The Most Extraordinar Millinery Offering of the Season SPECIAL 150 Hats Which Would: Regularly Sell for From $12.50 to $25.0 PURCHASE OF BURGESSER HATS. GO ON SALE FRIDAY MORNING AT We were fortunate enough to secure about 150 hats from tH well known firm of A. D. Burgesser & Co., New York, at a prig which enables us to dispose of hats which usually $12.50 to $25.00 at $5.00 sell one price, namely ond floor, at 9 o'clock. The materials straw, Georgette or velvet. shades. Nothing need be said as to the quality of these hats. sure guarantee of quality, also of refined styl many different occ; it only a fraction of their regular price, of Burgesser is a As these hats sione and will sell are silver satins and combinations of satin wit The colors are the most wanted summy are suitable for wear on will be disposed of quickly. Leonard and Herrmann Co. (Store Closes Wednesdays 12:15 During July and August.) . JUST "RECEIVED NEW TAFFETA FROCKS Very moderately priced—An assemblage of handsome dresses Do (ADVANCE FALL MODELS.) traying all that is new in the world of fashion NOW GOING SMART LINGERIE BLO USES—(Newest Summer Styles) ON—SPECIAL SALE $1.98 EACH. Mornin at $5.00 These hats which include the very newest midsummer mod will go on sdle Friday morning in our millinery department, The nai THE \IISSE§ and WODIEN’S APPAREL QHOP 165 Main Street, New Britain Two Stores $10,000,000 FOR ITALIAN FRONT, Rome, July 11.—About $10,000,000 will be used to organize Red Cross hospitals and ambulances on the Italian front. This sum be taken from a fund of $100,000,000 | which American Paris have at their American | Burope will Buy an Tndiana truck. What A Word About Comfort «SOCONY!” you get out of your car depends to a large extent upon what you put into it Just as a matter affecting your own comfort it pays to get only the best gasoline — SOCONY. There is no gasoline more highly refined or more erful than SOCONY. And it is the only gasoline which is always the same, wherever you buy welcome freedom from faulty carburetion. Look for the Red, White and Blue SOCONY Sign. It in- sures you more miles to the gallon and more o to the mile. Standard Oil Co. of New York pow- it. That means a N uuu--‘ T a1 [l e and the Workds Best Gasoline SOCONY. MOTOR GASOLINE Charles Bence-Garage, 18 Main St., Central Auto Station, 236 Maln St, New Britain. New - Britain. City Service Station, Cor. Hartford Ave. & Stanley St. New Britain. Corbin Motor Vuhlcle Co., 123 Chestnut St., New Britaln, Dennison’s Garage, 430 Main St., New Britain, Honeyman's Garage, 188 Main St., New Britain. Wm. F. Keeley's Garage, Cor. Elm & l-‘nnkln St., J. 0. Mills & Co., 80 West Main St., New Britain. Morrin’s Garage, 200 East Main & New Britaln Gara; 10" Chestaut 8t., New Britein. F. E. Purinton Garage, 160 Arch St., New Britain. Co., 256 Park St., New Britain. George Rapelye, = 250 Main St., New Britain. J. Ravizza, South Main & Brooks Sts. New Rritain. Willlams Auto Co., 257 Elm Woodrufr, New Brtain, "» New Britain. Rackliffe Bros. St., New Britain, 3w Berlin, Conn. E. W. 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