New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 4, 1917, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1017. Herald. G COMFANY. Britai JRALD - PUBLISH1 ‘ 4 Proprietor: LI datly (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. - Herald Buildin 67 Church St Wred at tie Post Office at New Britain ) 2o nd Class Mafl Matter. < the city fivered by carrter to any part o® tf ¥ #2or 15 cents a week, 65 cents 3 t\w(‘j:’::';. ‘mert, ns for paper to be sent hY - \r' e in advance, 60 cents & monti. 7.00 a year. nedtum only profitable advertising mOod U the city. Circulation books and Dreat room alwavs open to advertisers. n Hot ' Herald will be found on sale &t F Mng'e News Stand. 42nd St n‘n‘(}m]‘i(rn;l\h ‘way, New York City; Board wwall {tantic City, and Hartford Depot: ¢ TELEPHONE CALLS E Pluribus Unum. North! the South! the West the East! ‘o one the most and none the least, each with its own heart and mind, imch of its own distinctive kind, ‘gt each apart and none the | whole, ‘ut all together form one soul; ihat soul our country at its best Eo North, no South, no East, no West, @ yours no mine, ours, erged in one Power our lesser powers, no one’s favor, i small, . all for each and each for all. EDMUND VANCE COOK but always great or CAVE CANEM. r Quigley in ordering all dogs ed until notice to the contrary taken a step justified by the of canines during the past . With one child dead as the It of being attacked by an animal ering from rabies, four other chil- 3 facing infection from the same “ady, and one prominent physician ‘ed into exile because of injuries in- ed by a mad dog, it is time such | on was taken. At this particular | son of the year, especially when the | aldity is so great as in the past | or three days, no dog can be jted. The common or garden lety of mongrel is no more to be fed than the thoroughbred. fes is no Tespecter of dog person- |, any more than sickness or death ‘s favorites in the human family. all dogs are liable to become eriiy, mad on account of the heat better to them. Mark n at such periods of the year al- $ had painted over the house of dog the Latin phrase which | s “Beware of the dog.” muzzle ANOTHER WAR COMING. fter the war we shall see the irrection of that dread monster \'Tariff. Indeed, it would not be prising if this old fellow who was t to oblivion in the last campaign L completely annihilated in the re stringent days of the war should pe amongst us at any moment. | Jermany, hitherto, has been the d 'of cheap products, of cheap ids. “Mude in Germany” was a an that once applied to goods of kind was a trade-mark by which as sure to be known that cheap- was the sole essential. So much this so that American firms, and long them one firm in New Britain, inufactured much stuff which bore s imprint, “Made in Germany.” enum had it right. The American bple like to be fooled. om this war Germany has learned thing. It will have a very diffi- ‘time establishing itself in marts of de that were once monopolized by JFman merchants. England and the d States and many other nations e made inroads on the commercial of Germany. the while she has bn fighting -for supremacy in other ds with the view of conquering the rid politically. Having been forced | lose this trade the Germans are ;w making preparations to capture it ler the war, if, by means of a high ariff they can exclude from country the goods of antries and at the same time 3 world with cheap good more substantial nature, From Amsterdam comes the dis- feh re-written from the Berliner {ttag Zeitung that the fincicial min- jer of Germany this week declared | the Wuttemberg chamber of depu- Is that Germany’s watch word after zéwar must be “Export much, and port littie” Lper’s eech that ady had expended 94, 000,000,000 3rk‘s on the war and that the in- rest on this sum together with war nsions and other financial obli bns to be met would mean a total 7,000,000,000 marks yearly Before the war the German empire sed 5,000,000,000 every vear to de- the cost of government. These other flood or goods According to this news- version of the minister he declared Germany 5,000,000,000 must be raised after the | | ums " afore- | great the Thus it it difficulty that the mind can grasp any s whi in adaition to mentianed. war with picture of the economic st the German people after the war. cause of what will take place in th realm, of the g which the people of the it is little because at aiser's e pire must wonder that steps lated for a tariff v be ume, arc alr h to Gierman producers, e to outside: this the world 1 That protective but almost prohi In return for want offer some is, some people of the United & South other to retaliation and America, and drive the Germans thought this sounds reasonabie. very unfair. There should he no dis crimination ple on this the On the contrary. sanst score. and to forget at struggling survivors of Germany. upon her industries. than one even before this war is over kick the fallen foe. “Export Yet it cannot be taken literally, Germany must import some thing: after the war. And there are as vet to the level of a smaller state. large part in the world commerce. be shaken before ment takes place. reconstruction Many old ideas will the whole adjust- Free- traders of to- day may become high outcome it Is easily this war there will great war, ture. Tt will be And the tarift jective. a war of commerce. will T New IPUS FUGIT. Many Britain boys have en- the United States Army. Until the blanks brought in the names of these there were few who knew of the num ber of local boys in this branch of the service. As it is with the Medical Re- serve Corps, so it is with branches. There are New Britain men and boys In almost every depart: ment of the department of the ones we hope to keep' track of through tire information secured by returned hlanks. army, in almost every the navy. When the selective draft law calls into service the 513 men from'New Britain there will be no difficulty securing the names of those who go. ‘The new national army will afford many opportunities for keeping the ree- ord straight. Not so with those who went before. The names of all the volunteers have not been compiled by any official of New Britain. This be- cause it was impossible to do'so. Many of the local boys now in the army and navy enlisted in other cities and were accredited to these places. Many even went out.of *the country to en- list in the arnlies fighting European soil. These are the names that should he written high on the roll of honor. There must be somewhere near a thousand men from this city serving in the great now on war now being waged We should and democracy. e these men into the ranks. find out this kinsfolk and appeal. Those are, Entente Allies’ flags should data. The time is growing short. record should be completed. WHAT HE THINKS. City one day this week, he was seiged by newspaper asked what tion. reporters Here is his arswer: T'll tell you what I think of it. The government of the United States can have Armour & Co. The zovernment of the United States can have J. Ogden Armour. The government of the United ve any one man or men of Armour & There wili be ptions. nation and as free men we staked all and we shall win se all, 1 That's what I situation. no requests for think about the a real American. be better off if more of its manner &s J. Ogden Armour. h | must be placed on the shoulders of | Be- burdens ady being formu- | will not only | coun- tries, may want their governments to enact tariff laws which will completely out of the com- | mercial fields of these countries At first Oon second sober thought, however, it is: seen that methods of this kind may be | German peo- | the world should be able to forgive | least to the degree | that no injustice be worked upon the Germany may be driven to the wall because of the great indentures made Germany may be | bleeding and suffering in, more ways That being so, there is no need fm-; the world to stand up enm masse and | much | Dazzling i color, and import little” is a selfish slogan. | for | no signs that Germany wants to sinlk The tariff will undoubtedly play il,‘= of protectionists then, and vice versa. Whatever is the seen that after soon be another ‘though of a different na- be the main ob- listed in the Medical Reserve Corps of | other | These are | in | o | that the world will be made free for | who | when they went | The one sure way to rmation is far their | ‘riends to respond to this | who know of any man | who left New Britain to serve under | the colors of Uncle Sam, or any of the | paper, not hesi- tate to fill out a blank and send in this | {rat{érnal insurance society, as char- 'he When Chicago’s beef baron, the big- | gest of the big. returned to the Windy be- who | Of its members in the event of their | supreme council can live in luxury he thought of the situa- Which is what we call the answer of The country would , Much to men thought of “the situation” in the same FACTS AND FANCIES. Three I unco: d civilization. ago Schrecklichkeit poison bottle against New York Sun. vears its God secems to have lost out with {in the U-Boat.—New York Call it is said that the White House pick- ets all have money. That is a matter of no consequence. The painful part of it is they have no scnse——Houston Tost. houseolders are begin- over that starving the s a help toward the savings ac- supply e ring the past weck for the ne factories,” says a Maine the purpose of these convert herring into sardines. is 2 well-recognized fact that the sar- dine of commerce not the sardine of ichthyology.—Springfield ARepubli- can. “factories” to The Flas. ; Splendid and strong as the call of the il mountain, Brilllant and fresh as the song of the sea; | High on the ramparts she's floating, Emblem of Liberty, glorious, free! Over broad fields of grain she is fy- ing, Snowy starred peak and the grand i canyon's roar; | Over the languorous palm | pine tree, Flag of the nation! Long, long may she soar. of morning | { | | and the rare vision of beauty; Matchless her bars as crimsoned East! the Thigh 3 | purest the blue of her field whence she is to keep abreast af other nations her starlings Sing tq ‘the breeze of the rights of the least. Wonderful stripings of ivory unsul- lied Hcho triumphantly, Man stands for Man! Throughout the breadth of our tire dominion, Honor alone is the test of the man. en- Radiant symbol of Love universal. Down through the ages with ma- jesty wave; Bearing aloft on thy beautiful pin- fons Tdeals undimmed to the souls the brave. to the minds of the men the nation, Tamp to the hearts of the mothers of men, Wave! that the vision of Justice may never Fade from the vision of women and men. of Torch of | Born of much travail, behold her re- splendent; ing the breeze where the cav- alier trod. Treading the winds where the bold Dutchman traded, And the stanch Puritan bent but to God. | Gracefully waving Quaker. Negro and brave; { Over the land of the Humane—the mighty, d America's beauty! she wave. —ELAT DARLING, in New York Sun. | hie o'er Huguenot, peasant and Indian Tong, long may COMMUNICATED. Off With the Lid. Twinkle. Twinkle, Little Star Cham- | berites, How We Wonder Where | You are These Nights, Up Above the Public Eyes, Like a Four- | flush in Disguise. To the Editor of the Herald:—As vou undoubtedly naticed there was | another star chamber session of the Police Safety Board last evening. Hurrah! the 1id is off, and the public, the people who pay the freight, are informed that their new police signal hoxes are to be ordered and the loca- tlon of another hox Colonel Sellers come back, promise vou a commissionership. LET THERE BE LIGHT | PITY THE POOR. we, Facts Concerning the Workings of the Catholic Benevolent . Legion, It's Aims and Objects. To the Editor of the Herald: If you will kindly publish the fol- lowing letter, T have no doubt it will be perused very attentatively by great many readers of your valuable The Catholic Benevolent Legion, a | tered under the laws of the Nei York in 1881 Its aims and objects were to unite fraternally all male Roman Catholics between the ages of 18 and 55 years, who would be morally and physically acceptable to carry insurance from | $500 to $5,000, thereby affording pro- tection to the Catholic family homes | deaths. The local council | stituted in September, 1885. |in 1889 a membership of 150. now a thing of the past, it has gone out of existence. In the literature disseminated by the supreme council, C. B. L. it described (emphatically) the privileges and advantages afford- | ed by being afiiliated with the grand- est, noblest and best Catholic society in the country.. It had the approba- tion of the American Hierarchy. The | late Bishop Laughlin of N. Y., in who diocese it was insti- ! tuted, was the first prelate to give it | his approval. { At all the supreme council's con- | ventions the Pope bestowed his bless- {ing by cablegram on the society. These favors, however, did not add s material welfare, as re- was in- It had [ actions wer course of time, Its pamphlets pictured very graph- ically the cosolation afforded a mem-~ the Kaiser, who now puts all his faith | of herring | Apparently, it is| But it | changed. O, | Sl state of | It is | Brooklyn, | very conspicuous in due ! ber, of having the priest at the side of his death bed to know that he was enrolled under the banner of that glorious organization, the C. B. L. This was blarney, or hot air, which was efficacious. It had a phenomenal growth up to 1890, its membership then was about 50,000, having coun- 1s in states, the District of Co- | lumbia and Dominion of Canada. The extra assessmients in that year, 1890, came quite frequently and con- tinued so until the bottom was kicked out of the bucket, notwithstanding i the fact that the members were led i to believo that their assessments . would always remaln the same and that they never would be any older {in the eyes of the organization. The supreme president carried $5,000, he reduced it to $500 in 1890, retaining his membership so he coula, I presume, draw his stipend of $1,000 yearly. On or about 1894, the supreme comncil hired an actuary at a cost of several thousana dollars to prepare a new table of rates, thereby increas- ing the sments one-half of the former When the supreme council approved of those revised rates it issued circulars stating that this action was imperative in order to.eliminate the obnoxious extra as- sessments, It is an undoubtable fact that when the new rates became operative the extra assessments increased. They averaged three per month. Tts mem- bership then decreased to 30,000. In 1904 the supreme council cured the services of Myles M. son, actuary, of Brooklyn, make a re-rating in services amounted to thousands of dollars. The members were then informed that this re-rating- would be . per- petuated for the present and future members, regardless of its increase or decrease in membership. As they were adequate to pay all just obligas tions, thereby making the organiza- tion as strong as a rock on mid- ocean. All members were then as- sessed at their attained age, so that a member 556 years of age would have to pay about $60 yearly for each $1,000 insurance. This had been quite a boost but its difficulties and perplexities had not ceased as events will show. Its membership, Decem- ber 31, 1915 was 15,289, against 50.- | 000 in 1890. In its valuation report filed with the insurance department of the state of New York for the year ending Decem- ber 81, 1915, it showed actual solv- ency of approximately 81 per cent. In the year 1904 it adopted the fol- lowing amendment to its by-laws: Section 5. A reserve fund shall be geccumulated and maintained upon the following basis, viz: Tor each certificate in force in Sep- tember, 1904, the net select and ul- timate reserve thereon by the C. B. L.’s experience table and interest at four per centum, such reserve shall be sufficient by aforesaid standards, together with the ultimate net pre- miums fixed by ages on September 1, 1904 for members on that day if un- der age of 70, if aged 70 or over and fixed by ages last birthday, upon ad- mission of members admitted after September 1, 1904, to keep these rates throughout life and to. assure the payment of all benefits. The above section was not enforced as the supreme body of the soclety believed that with the increase of rates they would be able to create the required reserve, which they partly did for a number of years, but it became manifest from the state- ment filed by the society for the years 1913, 1914 and 1915 that it was not collecting enough money to meet its current death claims and was re- quired to draw on its reserv On January , 1917, the supreme council voted unanimously to have the necessary reserve liens charged against the certificates of all mem- bers, the same to go into effect on February 1, 1917. For the year ending December 31, 1915, the C. B. L. paid out $91,698 more than it took in according to the report of the insurance commissioner of Connecticut. The local council organized in 1885, One of its charter members, died last April. He held a benefit certificate for $1,000, payable at deatn. He paid all E: ments levied by the C. B. L. for years, his beneficiaries were noti- fled that they would receive only $223, $777 being charged against his claim of §1,000. He paid into the benefit fund over $1,400. Gold Brick maripulations are antiquated the difference being that the former' (C. B. L.) is legalized, regardless of moral obligations. The Legion had a good foundation to start with in the eccleslastical approbation which it received. The majority of its members being com- | posed of the horny-handed sons of toil, and in their simplicity placed the | greatest confidence in the C. B. L., owing to the high endorsements ac- corded it. ,The beneficiaries of the members who died prior to the re- action, won; the members and ex- members who survived, lost. Well their wives can manicure their finger ) nails on the washboard, and.ocan ut- feter silent implications on the C. B. L., | while the high salaried officers of the | while it lasts. | God pity the poor, give them cour- age and patience, their trials, tempt- ations and troubles to bear. Signed VERITAS. HERE IT IS, Never Will We Stand Idly By and Let Budding Genius be Crushed Be- neath the Iron Heel of Autocracy. To the Editor of the Herald:— Once upon a time I had a friend who worked in a newspaper office,— that is if you call “reporting” work He was a reporter. And so I became { famillar with what vou people of the profession call “the ole newspaper game.” That is, 1 became familiar with it by being on the outside look- ing in, if one can become familiar ‘ditorial ! people. when compared with this transaction, | ! million | drainage, Thus it was that I always longed to write something worth while for the columns of a newspaper. If a news- paper wants anything worth while written for it. Avidiously,—I think s a good word,—advisiously then I set to work practicing how to write for the newspapers. Day after day when T came home from iy work I got out my typewriter and set down little items that I thought would be attractive in the columnsg of some paper. Then, when I had a sufficient quantity of these sparkling gems I sent them to the office of the editor whose paper I happened to be read- ing at that time. One time. I shall never forget it, myv stories went to the Detroit Frec Pre: For I was then summer across the river in Windsor. Can vou imagine such a place in which to spend the Summer Canadian hills and dells, and a few occastonal glimpses into the lives of those who spend their time going up and down the river on a quest the Lord only knows what. So, as I say, I sent my stuff into the editor of the Detroit Free Press. I do not know What his name was at that time; but there was a man working on the ‘sheet,’—I learned how to call a newspaper & ‘‘sheet” from listening to my lod friend the newspaper man, —_there was a man working on the sheet!/, I repeat, named Joe S. Jack- son. He used to sign his stuff. If T remember correctly he was the sport- ing editor.—T am not exactly sure about that. At any rate, he worked there: probably on space rates. Well, to make a long story short, my little items, polished as they were, never appeared in the Free Press. and so T am writing this to see if there is chance of my ever becoming a journalist. You know encouragement is a great thing. If T coudd ever see some of My Stuff in print I might be able to hold out; hut my ambition is suffering a serious set-back. Please let me know for one sweet moment the joy of seeing my stuff In type. Yours Very sincerely. L. K. BOGGS. any New Britain, Conn. | Aug. 4, 1917, New Britain, Conn., Aug. 4 1917. Within a few weeks, it is expected, something like 300 able bodied New Britain boys will be encamped in the southland at Charlotte, North Caro- lina, where Uncle Sam is already ! building a big cantonment for them to use while preparing for service abroad. Comparatively few of the ‘men themselves or their relatives and friends know anything of this typical southern city. That the people of the city may know something of the place that is to be home to their beys for some time to come, the Herald here- with publishes a few descriptive para- graphs of Charlotte, written by the mayor, Hon. Thomas L. Kirkpat- rick: The City of Charlotte is negtled at the foot of the Bdue Ridge molntains with an elevation of seven hundred and sixty feet above sea-level, free from marked extreme heat or cold and judged from a climatic stand- point, occupies a most enviable posi- tion. Charlotte is the county seat of Mecklenburg County, situated on the main line between Washington and Atlanta and in the leading commer- cial center of the Piedmont Carolinas. In 1768 it was lezally incorporated, and made the permanent county seat of Mecklenburg County. Today it has a population of approximately fifty thousand people and is the center of the biggest hydro-electrical develop- ; ment in the United States. Of the eight hundred cotton mills in the South, approximately four hundred of these are situated within a radius of one hundred miles of Charlotte, rep- resenting investments of three hun- dred million dollars, with an annual pay roll of two hundred and seventy- five million dollars. and giving em- ployment to one hundred and fifty thousand operatives. The city of Charlotte with its rural population is one of the most populous counties in the State and yet there is room for a much larger population. In addition to its own population, including the towns in the county, it has within a radius of fifty miles, five hundred As a manufacturing center, Char- lotte contains one hundred and forty manufacturing plants, also a large number of cotton mills in other parts of the county. The annual pay roll of the cotton mills alone amounts to one eight hundred and twenty thousand dollars. The value of the products of Charlotte in 1914 was ap- proximately twelve million dollars; the cost of material used during the vear was seven million four hundred 2a twenty-six thousand dollars, an in- crease over 1809 of thirteen and sev- en-tenths. In 1907 Charlotte had approximate- ly fifteen thouvand people with five and one-half square miles. Today her area square miles is twelve and eight- tenths, with a population of approxi- mately fifty thousand. There are thirteen and three-tenths miles of eighty miles of sewerage and one rundred miles of sidewalks. In the city there are four hundred | and fiftv-iwo thousand, one hundred and seventy yards of permanent street improvement, built at a cost of one million, forty-five thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine dollars and forty-one cents; and has a total of sixty seven miles of paved and ma- cadamized streets. Charlotte has a large number of splendidly stocked, hig retail stores and from their varied stocks, any one can easily supply his or her most particular requirements. Charlotte has always taken a deep interest in the education of her popu- lation and has increased her- school facllities from two buildings to ten. In addition to her graded schools, she was two high schools for boys, and Horner's Military Academy. There is Queen’s College which, is one of the finest institutions for young women to be found in the south. Moreover, she is situated within thirty minutes ride the finest , educational centers for young men in the South. Realizing that good water is one of the primary assets of a municipality, Charlotte has constructed a water | system at a cost of over one million dollars, which in point of construction and service rendered, is equal to that | of any in the country of itg size, with a daily capacity of ten million gallons, | pumping capacity of ten million gal- | lons and reserve capacity of sixty mil- | lion gallons. Charlotte - is fortunate in that she has nine banks, representing a total capital of two million, three hundred and tweney-nine thousand dollars tota] deposits of ten million one hun- ! dred and sixty-five thousand dollars and total assets of sixteen million, two hundred and eighteen thousand dol- lars. These institutions are managed by some of the ablest financiers to be found in the South, who are capable and intellifent and are in position to furnish all the needed banking facili- tiés to the inhabitants of the munici pality and those who would do busi- ness with her. In addition to her banks, Charlotte is the mother of the Building and Loan Associations which have increased from one to four, with total deposits of about two million dollars and through this medium the citizenship of the community has be- come largely a city of home owners; pays lowest taxation of 2ny other city in the State proportionate to its size, and according to the United States statistics, is the cheapest governed city in the Untted States. \ In the matter of railroad facilities, there are four rallroads running Into Charlotte, diverging in eight different directions, that furnish sixty-two pas- senger trains daily and a splendid in- ter-urban which is soon to be linked up with the leading cities in South Carolina and perhaps Georgia. Our telephoneic system is second to Atlanta in the matter of toll distribu- tion, representing over five thousand city stations, three hundred farmer stations, local call per day per sub- scriber with an in and out toll of about thirteen hundred messages. We are headquarters of the two Caro- linas, giving employment to more than two hundred employes with an average pay roll of over ten thousand dollars per month. Charlotte is so well situated and centrally located that is proverbially known as the home of the traveling man, with more than six hundred “Knights of the Grip” who make their home in our midst and repre- sent their houses and business inter- ests from this point. Charlotte is backed up by a splen- did rural population that has built and constructed more than three hun- dred miles of macadam roads, at a cost of over one million dollars, and which bas been pald for. Not only is the county of Mecklenburg noted for her goood roads, but it is one of the foremost in agricultural and indus- trial lines. The rural free delivery of mail cov- ers all parts of the county and not a rural Post Office is to be found therein. The county, as well as the city, is well supplied with school houses, which are modern, neat and well equipped. The city of Charlotte and county of Mecklenburg in addition to ‘i commercial facilities and advantages, enjoys a splendid home reared popu- lation which takes especial pride in good roads, good schools and the building of churches and proudly boasts, that it is not dominated by saloon and liquor interests, or any of the immoral tendencies undesirable for good citizenship or the rearing of children. Charlotte also maintains a magnificent up-to-date Young Men's Christian Association and also one for the Young Women's Christian As- | sociation. 5 Other institutions which have help- ed to make Charlotte what she is to- day and which are giving her inter- ests in the future, is that she is the home of two of the leading newspa- pers in the Carolinas, The Charlotte Observer and The Evening News. These papers have the welfare of Charlotte at heart and use their best interests to keep Charlotte advertised to the world. Life in Charlotte blends most hap- pily the peaceful spirit of the old South with the modern progressive ideas of the twentleth century. Our community today with educational and religious advantages, splendid climate . being situated midway be- tween New York and New Orleans, with fine railroad facilities, occuples an enviable position in the heart of the Piedmont section and contains promises of greater opportunities and unlimited possibilities. e George M. Landers’ generous of- fer of his property at the corner of Winter and Clark streets for use as a public market place in case the New Britain Food committee sees fit to use it for that purpose is a public spirited action by a public spirited man. The idea of a public market is one of Mr. Landers’ original prop- ositions which he first introduced as long ago as when he was mayor of the city. At other times since Mr. Landers has proposed similar actions. There is no doubt but what a public market place, properly conducted and properly patronized would be an as- set to the city, but here the question | arises of whether or not New Britain people would properly patronize such | an institution. The basic principle of a public market is to provide a place where truck gardeners and others can have space to sell their wares to the buying public In some cities these public market places have so developed that the public market has become nothing more or less than a mammouth department store, with the exception that the various departments are owned by as many individuals, although in some instances these departments are sub- sidiary branches of other large stores. But the fundamental idea is to pro- vide a centrally located place where farmers and truck gardeners can come with their loads of produce and stop, while the pubilc comes to them to buy their wares. If this plan would | be adherred to strictly there is no doubt but what more advantageous prices could be obtained because, by { with a thing in just that sorl_‘fl way. | of Davidson College, which is one of | the saving of time and labor in going " about the city, the wholesaler would ! be able to cut down on his price. But the present day conditions, when people can tell their groceryman what they want, or run to the telephone with an order, and have it delivered to their own kitchen it is doubtful it enough would take the trouble to go to a market place, with a basket on their arm, to buy produce. Only ag, few yeéars ago this was tried out on a small scale at the Burritt school cor- ner where hucksters gathered to ex- change ware. For instance. a man with a load of potatoes would sell some of his produce to a man with a load of corn, etc., until each man secured a miscellaneous ioad and would then proceed about the various streets selling his articles. If only the people could be educated to coma to the market place to buy their vege. tables, as they do in many southern cities where the market place s a traditional institution, then it would be a success. But without the co- | opration of a large per cenfage of the public it would fail. P ‘What is needed in this city, the past few days have brought out, is a pub- lic swimming pool which would be to the adult populations as the one on the summit of Walnut Hill park is to the younger element. D The ole swimmin’ hole has certain- ly been a popular place this weel Not only have the youngsters hie A themselves to the cooling waters but not infrequently did they find that their big brothers and even their dad- dies had beaten them to it. ... As far as can be learned by calling upon the memories of the older citi- Zens never has the city experienced such a gruelly heat wave as the last few days. Seldom, if ever, has thes heat been as continvous or intense as to cripple the factores so absolutely. Also, the mortality report, as well as the prostration record, for these days exceeds that of any other similar per- iod in the past. Although at other times in the past people have gone into Walnut Hill park at night to sleep and avold the heat of stuffy bed. rooms, but never before have the,—‘ flocked to Central Park to sleep. On Monday and Tuesday night scores slept in the center and at midnight on Wednesday there were fifty-five there by actual count. - r o But it is great weather to make the corn crop grow, and the ice crop di- minish. A similar effect was also not- ed on the ice cream supply and durin; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday every dealer in the city re- ported abnormal sales of their cooling refreshment. .. The action of the local barbers in increasing the cost of hair cuts from twenty-five cents to thirty-five cents is not meeting with the approval of thel patrons and regardless of the excuses given as:#fid reason for this action, the men of Néw Britain are not con- vinced that the boosting of the price is anything other than a scheme to seperate them from another dime. It certainly costs theindividual barber no more to cut the hair today than it did a year ago, for absolutely all that {ig used is a pair of scissors or cfippers, and these articles were undoubtedly included in the barber’s stock of trade long before the price commodities went up. Confronted with this fact, the barbers explain that because it is necessary for them to pay their skilled . employes higher prices to retain their services, it is likewise necessary for them to boost their prices. Still th public is not convinced, in fact it has been shown nothing to convince it. In Hartfotd not so very long ago the bar- bers essayed to boost the price of hair cutting to thirty-five cents. The rule was effective for only a short time be- cause the lack of patronage and the evident dissatisfaction of the patrons compelled the barbers to return to the old schedule. Now, with all due rey spect to the barber fraternity in this city, it s certain that there are just as clean, sanitary and pleasant barber shops in Hartford as there are here. Likewise there is no doubt but what there are just as skilled barbers in Hartford as there are here and fur- thermore it is reasonable to assume that the Hartford barbers have to pay as high prices to live as do the local™ men _and consequently must get a liv- ing wage from their employers. There- fore, it would seem to the New Britain public that if the Hartford tonsorial parlors can afford to cut hair for a quarter there is no reason under = the sun why the local knights of the scis- sors should resort to Jesse James tac- tics and jump the price to thirty-five cents. If New Britain men will onl;\ y decline to pay this price by patronf: ing certain good barbers who have not as yet jumped the price, or by waiting until they are out of town in Hart- ford or elsewhere, their regular bar- bers may see the writing on the wall. No man objects to paying a fair price, but no one likes to be Imposed upon. L - Isn't it funny how the result of the draft, iIn many cases, has affected the patriotism of certain patriots? For in- | stance, we know several men who, be- fore the draft, were running around tearing their hair, trying to decide what branch of the service to join to serve their country. They certainly wanted to enlist to do their bit. Wero they going to enlist? You bet theM. were, they only wanted to make sure what branch they were best fitted for. During their delay the draft came. A panic stricken perusal of the seriab numbers showed them to be well to- ward the bottom. Ah! Well old man, when are you going to enlist? I guess I'll stick around here for awhile yet, vou see I'll probably be in the third o e tourth draft. One of our well known city officials, famed for being conservative, proved his right to the title on Wednesday. He certainly never shows the slighest tendency to exaggeration or certalmty. At 2 P. M. Wednesday he was stand- | ing in front of City hall, mdpping his fevered brow with a handkerchief when a trafic policeman, looking much lke a wilted rose, sauntered bi%, « “Pretty blamed hot”, opined the bluecoat. “W-e-1-1", allowed Mr. Conserva=~ tive, “th’ backbone o' the winter seems to be about broke”, {