New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 23, 1917, Page 8

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I'am for Freedom everywhere. ~—ABRAHAM LINCOLN. b OUR LAND. | | There is a famillar strain in all the 3stters published from American sol- @lers abroad. It is: Oh, for same @004 ola American tobacco; oh, for @ cigurette that is a real cigarette! ' Before the war started we used to hear some wonderful tributes to-the Iands oer the sea, and all the great [things they produced. Everything labroad was suppased to be so much ‘bgtter than those articles produced or imanufactured here. { “Now we hear the lamentations of oir boys who are “over there.’ The acco cannot compare with the Brands on sale here. If the truth ‘e known, it has always been this ey. Burape has held the fascina- tion of “those green hills far away.” [It 18 the old story of distance lending ichantment. Hereafter we shall [hold more respect for what we have fh America. It is not such a bad Iplace after all. A COAL DEALER'S FIGURES. “In regard to the ghortage ot coal,” rites a disgruntled dealer, “we are old by the editor of the New Britain erald that there will be plenty of Poill in New Britain—And we are mighty glad to hear it.—In other places of the state, yes, all over the nited States, they complain about e scarcity of coal, but they probably ave not got such good editors.” Nor, may we add, do they harbor such won- ferful coal dealers. New Britain, in his instance, stands in a class by it- Belf. ‘At the very moment the local coal Pealer broke into priamt with his dec- ration the Herald in its editorial col- mns printed pertinent facts about the oal situation. There will be coal for lew Britain, and all of New England. nd this despite the mumblings of lo- dealers. It was not the editor of Herald alone who said there would pe coal. The authority for such a tatement came from the man best ible to give forth this information. b was no less a personage than James . Starrow, Federal Fuel Administra- or for all of New England, who said e will have coal. Probably Mr. Star- ow is mistaken. Porbably he would thdraw his statement after consul- tion with several of the local deal- rs. They evidently know more about the national coal situation than he. Wet, in our innocence, weTike to look o those in whom the Government has placed its faith. They have not gone o far wrong. Coal dealers and coal operators are n the business, not for their health, but for the money they can make out pt such business. Any time any one Houbts this statement we take partic- ular pleasure in calling their atten- Hon to & frank and honest declara- fon of principles enunciated by one pt the nation’s biggest coal dealers, illam Scott, president of the Mis- ouri and Illinois Co., who, testify- ng recently at St. Louis, said: “It is the policy of coal men to ake all they can, both in war and peace. There is no limit. We get all fve can.” As if verifylng this statement, pa- riotic in the extreme, the coal deal- pr who yesterday set forth his side pt the case in the columns of this hewspaper, gave out a list which pur- ported to show in detail just uch it costs to do business in this own. We reprint the list, because of ts extremely inte ng oft with the s hat a ton of coal, pf New Britain costs $7.80 cen ost of handling after that s follows: per cent. invested in business how sting nature: Start- artling assumption not, on the tracks the s set forth intercst on money 08 07 04 [Repairs nsurence Expenses Losses Supervision, collecting : Unloading from c: Screening and bagging ‘Wear of bags e Net shrinkage from screening and loss in transportation’... Carting . By this it is seen that for every ton of the specified coal delivered in this city at the government prices the dealer would lose $1.31. We have a fair plcture of it being done. have often remarked, we are walting for the coal dealers to go out of busi- ness because of their terrible losses. As yet, there have been no bank- rupts. To get back to those figures. As- suming that they arc correct, and that a ton of coal is delivered I. O, B. New Britain for $7.80 and must be sold for $10.96, we have the charge of $3.16 for handling the coal between the time it is taken off the .40 | be gleaned from the track until it Is delivered in the con- sumer’s bin. At the hearings before the Federal Coal Committee in Boston the highest figures advanced for the same operations were 'slightly less than $2.50, and they were afterwards shown to be all out of proportion. The coal dealers ask for a six per cent. interest on the money invested in business, which is fair. Yet they, or this particular writer, who seems to speak for all, place forty cents as the amount each ton of coal must reap to make up the six per cent. profit. If the figure had been placed at four cents, not forty, it would have been nearer the mark. An investment of $5,000 will purchase 1,000 tons of | coal at the high rate of $5 a ton at the mines. Selling 760 tons would take care of the interest, $300, and the remaining 250 tons woula give clear profit, over and above the six per cent. On the books, however, each ton would be marked off as ylelding 40 cents, whereas under such an arrangement each ton would bring in a bigger profit. For taxes, other than war taxes, the writer specifies eight cents on each ton. There is no tax in this town or state that calls for such an elaborate reckoning. Seven cents are allowed for repalirs on each ton of coal delivered. A cart would have to break down on every trip to make such an estimate hold water. Insurance is given at four cents,— we will let that stand, although it should not be so high. Expénses are placed at 18 cents for each ton. How these are derived no one outside of the coal dealers would presume to know. Losses are placed at losses of what? Supervision, bookkeeping and col- lecting are listed togéther as costing forty cents on each ton. Since there is no collecting to be done in the old fashioned way, since coal will not be delivered except for spot cash, one of these items should be stricken out, and then it would be found that supervi- sion and bookkeeping could be dnne; for about one-half the estimate glven, | say twenty cents. Unloading from the cars to the bin | 1s an operation that costs twenty cents, under this dealer’'s estimate. In the old days when men were forced to shovel out each ton of coal,—that was before elevated tracks and instantan- eous dumping,—it did not cost this much. Making allowance for in- creased wages, and medieval dumping facilities, the twenty cents a ton may be allowed. six cents,— Screening and bagglng are expen- slve operations, when they are per- formed. The dealer figures this work at twenty-three cents a ton. We will | allow twenty-five cents for the same work, remembering that only the coal on the bottom of cars is screened. Wear of bags is placed at ten cents. It is figured that a bag will last for | two hundred trips. If it costs $2.00, which it does not, but $1.40, one cent is the proper allowance for this wear and tear on each bag. Net shrinkage from screening and s in transportation is placed at for- This desplte the fact there lo: ty cents. have already been losses placed at six | These two items should be And then cents. placed together, at least. lowered. The last item given, carting, placed at one dollar. Of this we wil! | have more to say at a later date. | Having gone this list of figures we find a great difference be- tween the prices presented by the dcaler and those prepared by the Her- ald. is through rd, we might state in passing prices are not builded upon theo- but upon facts old-school coal our ry. presented by an dealer, who has been in the business one, for many and who is now retired and living on the interest of money made in the coal business. With pencil and pad it can easily foregoing vised figures that the cos a ton of coal from the re- of getting ¢ on the As we | enormous | | And lar is nowhere near $3.16, as stated by this particular dealer. Making every allowance we place the cost of such operations at $1.80. Previously we had published $1.60 as our estimated cost of these operations, and we still believe that is nearer the mark. DOING HIS BIT EDWARD F. DOBSON. Bdward F. Dobson, Jr., better known to his intimate friends as “Buddy,” enlisted in the Naval Re- serve May 5, 1917. He was called into active service October 6, being ordered to report to Pelham Bay, New York. “Buddy” is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Dobson of 699 Stanley street. He is well known In the city and was prominent in athletic and sporting circles.At the time he was called into the service he was employed at the Schenk Mfg. Co. in Meriden. THE GOVERNMENT LADY, Anna Maria Sophia Jones ‘Was just a bundle of skin and bones— The sort of a woman you often meet ‘With knobbledy fingers and large flat feet— Her hair was dragged behind in a bunch, And she had dinner when you have lunch. THE LAY OF Government Lady came to th! door— With printed more— She spoke to Maria firmly and long— And all that Marla dld was wrong. She oughtn’t to peel potatoes and boil them, To peel potatoes was only to spoil them; The leaflots—dozens and She oughtn’t to waste the pods of the pea; She oughtn’t to stew and stew her tea; N She oughtn't to feed her baby on bread it had ever a tooth hoad— (Anna Sophia, mother of five, Three were dead, but two were altve, Always had given her baby bread Before it had ever a tooth in its head). Before in its | She oughtn't to spend her money on drink; She oughtn’t to stuff up the drain of the sink; She oughtn’t to shut out air and light; She oughtn’t to close her window at _ night— (Anna Maria Sophia Jones Always fastened her window click, Air In a bedroom made her sick). She oughtn’t to buy herself ready- made clothes, She oughtn't—she- oughtn’t—O good- ness knows.i/.... Before the Government Lady had ended Anna Sophia was highly offended. { Anna Maria Sophia Jones Was Just a bundle of skin and bones, The sort of a woman you often meet With knobbled$ fingers and large flat feet— Her hair was dragged behind In a| bunch, And she had dinner when you have lunch. f But Anna Maria had spirit within her— The spirit that makes a saint of a sinner— she saw what was right she went and did it then, if neced was, hid it Anna Maria Sophia Jones Asked in dull and colorless tones The Government Lady to walk inside, When afterwards Opened the door of the passage wide, | Took a chopper and hit her hard, Ang buried the body In the vard. —E. C.. in Westminster Gazette. COMMUNICATED. DISCUSSING HIGH PRICES. Socialist Party Invites Public to Open Forums. Bditor of the Herald: With the increasing concern now heing manifested against the high prices charged for the necessaries of life. it may be of fnterest to the peo- ple to know that it is possible for them to gather and discuse these matters each Sunday afternoon at the track to the bin in a consumer's cel leen Forums now being conducted FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAyY BY LIEUT. FITZHUGH GREEN, U. 8. N. Retro spect. Bismarck once said “God takes care of drunken men, fools and the United States.” We can concede that Bismark was a clever man. Also we may bank pretty Feavily on our generosity towards Belgium, our magnanimity towards the whole world, and upon other sub- ntial virtues to give us a good stand-in with Providence. But we can never be entirely sure. Which ex- | Pcses us to the danger of belng sure at all. The greatest naval luck in the his- tory of mankii] was ours in the war with Spain. TFven Noah had fore- sight. In '98 we plunged into decisive engagement with a Buropean power which had 137 vessels on her naval list to 87 on our own. Yet in 109 days we wrested from her an empire and prestige extending over two hem- ispheres. The Spanish Army register of 1898 set her military forces at 492,067. Our standing army including hospital corps and cooks, West Point cadets and their professors, came to the ridicu- lous figure of 28,183 men. So far as Uncle Sam knew the Span- ish generals and admirals were all that flag officers with whiskers should be. The generals certalnly were NOT. And the admirals—or admiral, for poor Cervera bore the brunt of our runishment—were puppets in the c'utches of such gewesmment graft that there wasn't even ecoal and shell for targot practice. Cervera's fleet had never maneuvered together before it steamed west under war orders. I repeat: We didn’t know all this. We just decided to fight, and we fought. And when the time came to ci.cer and jubilate we pinned medals on ourselves for the grand triumph we thought we had achieved. We swelled so big that the earth was but a clod beneath our buoyant feet. A state of mind this was more peril- ous than meningitis, twice as con- | t glous, and three times as fatal. (It's all been worked out by algebra.) Neither I nor any other historian wishes to belittle the work of our men who fought so bravely. So far as they ! knew they faced tremendous odds. They faced them unflinchingly. Samp- son’s cruising speed was that of his siowest slip, four knots. Yet he blockaded, dared, met and overcame | fust cruisers and destroyers. That the speedy enemy were sick and discour- aked, and short of ammunition does not detract from Schley’s fame nor sl'adow Dewey’s courage. The point is that these facte since | known serve to warn us that only the purest bull luck won the war. We were not preparod. And worse, when war had opened full blast we failed even then to realize how serious the struggle might become. Up to July 8, 1898, the day of Cervera's naval suicide, we counted the enemy as he counted himself; strong. Yet the country as a whole slumbered on. Not cre American in one thousand grasped the awful disaster we faced were we defeated. Though we had the luck to win, Spanish defeat cannot be laid to Fate. Spain was unprepared; her strength was latent. Cervera complained bit- terly before he sailed to Cuba. He knew he had only & hunk of junk with which to go into battle. But what finally and effectually put the blink on all Spain’s hopes was her chronic inertness, her supine inactiv- ity and sloth, her plain boneheaded well-what's-the-useness. Look it up, Brother. The Spaniards at Manila didn’t even get up anchor. It may be brave to enter a Man- | Brute's house. But you simply have to call it luck if you lick him when | he doesn’t even take the trouble to get up out of his chair. So look it up. And meditate—not too long though; we need You. . . . .| by the Sociallst party at their hall, in the Booth building, 269 Main street, at 8 o’clock. At next Sunday’s meeting H. Beebe will be the principal speaker. His subject will be: Two Weeks of Back-Talk, and will cover matters of local ipterest during the past two weeks, " After Mr. Beebe's address, the meet- ing will be thrown open for general discussion on the high cost of coal, flour, sugar, shoes, etc. The public is cordially invited to be present and is assured of getting facts at first-hand; also, correct information ag to the cause and prevention of ex- tortionate prices. Respectfully, THHE SOCIALIST PARTY. Nov. 22, 1817. FACTS AND FANCIES. A school teacher’s salary is so small that she often is justified in marry- ing.—Capper's Weekly. Announcement of the marketman, ‘“Watch our turkey prices next N. ¢ i week,” ‘cannot but produce enticipa- tion, whether hopeful or otherwise.— | Hartford Times. In this city also the Kreisler con- cert appears to be |“on the Fritz.'— New York Daily News. “Silk stockings, were $1, now $1.50". Another illustration of the high cost of glving.—Bridgeport Telegram. The poor old man in the vestibule says that he has so many relatives they don’t know what to do with him. —New London Day I None of the conquerors of old times achieved victories by whole- sale bribery, lying, seduction and similar means that have distinguished the carcer of his imperial highness, ‘W. Hohenzollern.—Chicago News. In Russia the sdclalistic organiza- {tion styled the Maximalists finds it- | self hotly opposed by a new group, the Minimalists. We are yet to hear of the Averagists—Providence Jour- nal. | occaston. i fulness to this room? The Dining Room On Thanksgiving Day The festival of Homecoming, of Turkey and Pumpkin Ple, 18 the opportune occasion for the introduction of new furnishings into | the home. The Dining Room is, of course, the center of attraction on this Now, what do you need to give an added touch of cheer- We can serve you well, whatever it may be—a new Dining Table, Buffet, China Closet, Serving Table, set of Chairs or a rug. ‘We have anticlpated your needs and are ready with an exten- slve showing of Dining Room furniture Walnut and all of the popular finishes of oak. attractive patterns prevail throughout our stock, in Mahogany, American Good quality and We cordially invite your inspection. ditions. Some wish to pay cash, Whichever way and still others prefer the universal custom vou say is our way. to arrange accommodating terms to suit your particular needs. A CREDIT SERVICE THAT YOU WILL LIKE People are very different, and so are every one's financlal con- others desire monthly accounts, of partial payments. You'll find us always ready COMPLETE Hom FURNISHERS ) 40-68 FORD 8 STREET [ NARTFORD | | AGENTS FOR GLENWOOD RANGES OVERLOOKING Ty CAPITOL WHERE IS HIGHER THAN PRICE. B8ROUNDS The McMillan Store, Inc. ALWAYS RELIABLE. WOMEN’S FEATURED FOR SATURDAY *$14.98 These Coats are smart new styles, made of All-Wool materials, plain colors and fancy checks. W, e are showing an assortment of popular-priced Coats that cannot be surpassed; also several extraor- e being offered in Womenws O ve xt trimmings. These Coats are priced up to $40ee acr WWe are. rr pecially prepared for Saturday to meet the : D © demand for good, warm, serviceable Coats at the very moderate price of $14.98. Among them are many Coats that are goo T e s e T Bood values at $26.00. Not one in the Saturday Sale of Women’s Dress Skirts At $4.98 each, value $5.98 to $7.98 each. W, for Saturday’s selling all our Women's Dress Skirts ?;ebftfi:‘ax:; :s:; of All-Wool Serge and Poplin in both regular and out-sizes, These Skirts are all marKed with their regular prices an the tickets. We wish to emphasize the faot that this special price holds good only for one day (SATURDAY.) Last Saturday we put on a Special Bkirt Sele and had a big response to our advertisement. Many women also called during the week for these specially priced Skirts at $4.98, but this was strictly a special inducement for Saturday. So If z;:c,:;u;; : go;n;‘lzraess Skirt, get it here Saturday, Nov. 24th, at the e O .98 each. During the week th: prices—$5.98 to $7.98. £ £, o kack teitormar Better Lay in a Supply of Blouses At These Savings Saturday we will put on sale twenty-five styles of dainty Volle Blouses priced $1.98 cach. Value $2.98. Crepe de Chine and Georgette Crepe Blouses Manufacturer's Samples. O1ly fifty-six of these exquisite Blouses in the lot. On sale Saturday, $3.98 each. Not one Blouse in this sale worth less than $4.98. Dainty Stocks With Jabots The smartest creation in Women's Neckwear today. one to wear on Sunday or Thanksglving Day. are offering for Saturday. 98¢, $1.49 to $1.98 each. You'll want See these values we Hundreds to choose from. Priced d49c, Gloves For Thanksgiving . Women’s Washable Cape Glaves in ivory, tan, gray, and smyrna. Our Special, $2.00 per pair. Pique Lamb Gloves that are very dressy. Our Special, $1.85 pr. Black and white. Underwear and Hosiery Men’s Heavy Natural Wool Shirts and Drawers, sizes 34 to 46, priced $1.50 per garment. Full line of Union Sults and Separate Garmentq for men, women and children. SILK SOX FOR MEN Fibre Silk Sox, 25c, 35c, 39c pair. SILK HOSH FOR WOMEN Fibre Silks, 39c, 50c, 580 and 750 patr. Thread Silk Hose $1.25 to $2.00 palr. Thread Silk Sox at 65c pair. Boot S8ilk Hose, 75¢ pair. Plain colors and two-tone ef- Boot Silk Hose, fects. Dalc. out-sizes, white, 65c | RENIER, PICKHARDT & DUNN 127 ¥AIN STREET. OPPOSITE ARCH. TELEPHONE 32 SUIT SALE We will place on sale our entire stock of Women’s Cloth Suits at less than cost. Nothing has been bought for this sale, every suit is from our regular stock. k If you expect to need a Suit in the Spring now is the time to anticipate, as materials will be scarcer and higher and the styles very little different. Knit Unde;wear Specials: Pants and Vests for Children at 39c each. Sizes 4 to 14. New Coats coming in every day. Waists. New Tailored 1c a word each day pays for a classified adv. in the Herald. You. get results. That’s what you want.