New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 7, 1917, Page 6

Britain d X Herald. ALis D PUBLISHING COMPANY. Propristors. @ally (Sunday cxcepted) at 4:15 p. m., 8t Herald Building, 67 Church St. M at the Post Office at New Britain & Second Class Mall Matter. i Dalivered by carrier to any part of the city B for 15 cents a week, 66 cents a month. Subsoription for paper to be sent by mall, rlnhla in advance, 60 eents a month, /87,00 a year. g ' The ouly profitable advertising medium in 7 ity. Circulation books and press : always open to advertisers. 3 will be found on sale at Hota- News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- , New York City; Board Walk, At- . City, and Hartford Depo . TELEPHONE CALLS ofice . . of the Associated Press. ted Press is exclusively entitled use for republication of all news d to it or not otherwise credited aper and also the local news heretn. : % . Do Right Boldly. I Hate to see a thing done by ; if it be right, do it bold- 3 42 it be wrong, leave it —GILPIN. mflms IN GRIEF. Britain’s_heart goes out in 7 to the stricken city of . which has been plunged inta pourning through the death of ‘of its citizens. Serenely its way, with no thought of _Halifax was suddenly visited horrer, the extent of which will gbablysnot be known for several 'Y jring its period of maurning, the Beotian metropolis can feel as- . of.the sympathy of every loyal 5 A common purpose has lcated the boundary line between dac and the United States—a dary line which knows no-forts. Canadians and citizens of ‘its rn neighbor stand together as f8 in' @rms.” If assistance is d by Halifax, it has only to be ted. We will not hesitate a it before rallying to the call. is ours also belongs to Halifax. ' TAXES OR BONDS? the fiscal year, 1918, the ex- 6f the national government ‘De 80 freat that additional bonds il in all probability, be sold.” We 76 this from the report of the y of the Treasury, who hopes in such a Wway revenue legisla- i‘y be escaped at the present n of Congress. The Liberty of 1918 will be then a means fiofiponlng further war taxes. pg upon the manner of thelr tion, the nation may look for- to a letting down iIn tax im- ¢ions it the bonds are quickly & question for the people to con- r at this time is whether they it taxes or bonds. Taxes can be d by the government at will. cen be launched just as easily; if the buyers do not step forward take over these bonds, the gov- nt will be forced to lay addi- taxes to make up for the money | might be held away from the exchequer., Taxes once im- 4 are liable to stay for some Further, they have no.return in ediate benefit; that is, so far as _ individual _experiences direct &y returns. With the bonds there the usual four per’ cent. this because there is no great bought in 'lively manner by the can people. The third Liberty which is in the offing, must be up just as willingly if we are o escepe further taxation. The end 4his fiscal year is not far off— /80, 1918. The deficit in the ry’s general fund at that time will be, mocording to Secretary Mc- 4 o .'-omewhu m(/xm than 5,000,000,000. The next fiscal year {may see the sum mount at that time to the enormous figures of §7,000,- 000,000 and over. Thess amounts of money must be raised in ome or two ither by taxation or by bonds. question now to decide is: Which it be? . For general all-around mfoft we should say, Bonds. ,é LIMITS TO PRIOES. Favoring further limitations on joes, President Wilson in his last e e to. Congress embodied a thought that will ind champions in | mény American homes. He sald:— “The law of supply and demand, I am sorry to say, has beem replaced by the law of unrestrained selfishness.” Inequities are the order of the mar- ket. Profiteering has been climinated In many industries; but there are places left wherc the profiteers doing a mighty. business. These are the ones at whom the Pres- bits. And recent eyperiences about convinced him that Com- gros. must go further than it has and 'wflu the Federal Government to further limits to prices. There was a time when the law of ply and demand actually regulated It does not entirely do so today. ihis - because there is no i scarvity of anything, sugar being elim- inated. There is an artificlal scar- city, true; but such a scarcity is bet- ter known under the name of hoard- lng. Proof positive 1s at hand that the Western beef packers have enough meat in cold storage to supply the nation many times over; that they have been holding this meat for the purpose of forcing prices skyward. On ftestlmony the Food Administration has learned that the only meat any- where near short is pork. 'This 1s the law of unrestrained selfishness that has come to take the place of the law of supply and demand. The sooner the new law gives way to the old the bet- ter for all concerned. And it is the duty of Congress to see that this change is brought about. INSURING THE SOLDIERS. Government life insurahce for sol- dlers and sailors provided for by an Act of Congress, has now been in operation a little more than a month. The Secretary of the Treasury an- nounced on November 17th that up to that date 64,168 applications under “the new law had been received, rep- resenting insurance in the sum of $562,008,000. From four to six thou- sand applications are received each day at the Treasury Department, the amount of insurance applied for sometimes reaching a total of fifty million dollars in a single day. /Tho law provides that soldiers, sail- ors, marines and nurses in active serv- ice may obtain from the Government life insdrance in amounts not excedd- ing $10,000 at premium rates rang- ing from 85 cents a month at the age of 21 years to $1.20 a month st the age of 51 years, for each $1,000 of insurance. : One of the primary objects of this law is to lessen the tremendous bur- den of pensions which has followed as a consequence of all American wars. It is evident that the administration of this new branch of Government work is big business ih itself. But this is only one of many governmental actlvities incident to the war which are adding great numbers of clerks, stenographers, and other servauts to Uncle Sam’s payroll. Literally thou- sands of stenographers and typewrit- ers have been appointed in Washing- ton during the past few months and thousands more are to be appointed as soon as they are avallable. The United States Civil Service Commis- sion is holding examinations for these positions weekly throughout the country. Secretaries of local boards of civil service examiners at the post offices in all cities are furnishing de- tailed information. FACTS AND FANOIES. ‘With the country at war and indus- try strained to the cracking point, there are still men who get up six- day bicycle “races.” 8till, we may 4 well take it philosophically.—New York World. “8o your parents were born in Ger- many?” “That’'s true, but since this war broke out I've never ceased being grateful to them for moving away when they did.”—Detroit Free P:)ss. The *old grouch’” who a little while ago was deploring the passing of the dear old grandma Who used to sit by the fireside and knit, is now grum bling because women are knitting elsewhere than at the fireside. Evi- dent]y it's the fireside that counts— not the knitting at alll—Lowell Cour- {er-Citizen. A Pennsylvania bishop denounces the present scant attire of womea as “indecent.” Yet there are pros- pects that it may become scantler as a measure of oloth conservation. Are wcmen *o be confronted also by the old sex problem of ‘“duty be- foré decency?"—New York World. The limit on service flag requests is that of the landlady who askod for a seven-starred one to hang in front of her house because seven of her young men “guests” had gom\ to the war, ew Haven Register, / Germany will not claim much. siys the good Dr. Kuehlmann, a disciple of that doctrine which holds that there isn’t much.—New York The slogan for a lot of American lads this year seems to be: “Into the . trenches by Christmas!”—Spo- kane Spoke¢sman-Review. i A good many poets seem to have been encouraged by the hope. that the increascd postage rates will make it cheaper fqr the editor to print the contributions than to re- turn them. At least we know of no other reason why they say “Plaase return if unavailable” and then n to enclose postage.— Kansag peStar. ! SOLVING THE WAR CRISHY Motor Industry, Playing” Big Part in Game of Transportation, Presents Twentieth Century Weapon. Motors will win this war for the United States and her Allies, accord- ing to Lockwood Barr in the new issue of Forbes' Magazine,'in which he gives a complete exposition of the au- tomobile industry and trade, its rises and declines during and because of the great war. Briefly, Mr. Barr shows how throughout history, from the earliest wars of the Greeks, through the Na- poleonic conflicts to the present strug- NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY. DOING HIS BIT OSCAR JOHNSON, Oscar Johnson enljsted last Juné in the Medical Corps of the United States Army and wad sent to Fort Ethan Allen, where he was statianed until recently. A short time ago he was transferred to Washington, D. C., where he 1s connected with the medi- cal department of the 20th Engineers Corps. The men in his unit are con- nected with the University of Wash- ington and are at Belvoir camp. —_— gle, war has been essentlally a game of transportation, in which men and the sinews of war are the pawns. The twentieth century weapon is the mo- tor, and the hope of Moderns fighting for democracy is in the speed of pas- senger cars, motor trucks and air- planes. Even the gas engine has been perfected by the small band of American automobile engineers. “The motor makers stand ready and walting to do the bidding of their government. The plants, the equip- ment, the gigantic organization, the brains and the capital assets of the industry, all are at the disposal of.the government to do with as the exigency of the occasion demands. It will be hard to find men more patriotic than those in the great motor organiza- tions. “Already encouraging progress has been made in the appointment of the wcommittee of three which will repre- sent the automobile industry. It will be the duty of this committee to as- certain what the Government wants from the motor makers, to distribute this work among those best fitted for it, and finally, to dee that it is done. ‘While much remains to be done be- fore a mutual understanding can be reached, the motor makers are far from pessimistic as to the ultimate outcome.” Until the entrance of this country into the war, the public did not take the motor industry seriously enough. And then with the slump in stocks naturally caused by the unusual con- ditions, the decline in motor shares were treated with such prominence in financial journalism that the state of the whole business was put under close scrutiny. “Spots were featured which in any other industry would have been passed as unworthy of notice. The motor mpkers exert no effort to hide the fact that some weak vessels cracked under the strain of business; that some had insuffidient working capital to handle the phenomenal business which was figuratively hurled at their head; that a few dividends were reduced and some were passed; that the industry suffered one thing in common—indi- gestion; indigestion brought on by lack of freight cars to bring raw materials to factories and take away finished automobiles.” Only now is the automobile indus- try duly recognized as an important factor in running the war. The automobile indu is rated as the third largest in this\country. Those who should know belleve the next Government census will rate it as our largest industry. It cannot be snuffed out over night. The American peo- ple are not constituted that way. They have more fight in them; certainly the automobile makers have. “The industry has no apologies to make. Ithas nothing to hide, nothing to be ashamed of, only very much to be proud of. “With the coming of pease and prosperity the motor makers, who sur- vive the most crucial period of Mru\‘:%ry will rise Phoenix-like and co! ue to build more cars and better ones. The Retort Direct. (Cincinnat! Enquirer.) “1 find it hard to live within my in- come,” complained the manager. «Maybe,” 8rowled the boss. “But you would find it a whole lot harder to live without it.” Consistency. (Washington Star.) «Fow did you happen to drop out of the ‘Don’t Worry Club* * «] was too good & member. T re- fused to WOITY even about any dues.” ONLY TWO OF FREE DAYS MORE SOUVENIRS Saturday and Moanday SATURDAY AT THE STORE OF REAL HOLIDAY AT- TRACTIONS, WHERE ASSORTMENTS ARE PROFUSE AND RARE VALUES ABOUND. WISE, SMITH & OO. ONLY 2 MORE DAYS OF FREE SOUVENIRS—TOMORROW AND MONDAY, Come, and profit by Anniver:ary Sale Offerings and get Free Souvenirs for Good Measure, FREE SOUVENIR COUPONS MUST BE REDEEMED ON OR ' BEFORE MONDAY, DEC. 10. Help the Government By carrying small parcel s, avoiding c¢. o. d. orders as much as possible. ‘Velocipedes Express Wagons Iron Tays Automobiles Drums Erector Sets Mecanno Sets Bleds Skates Footballs We here mention a few of NATURAL RED FOX SETS full TAUPE FOX SETS, gray taupe rug collar and ball talls, muft collar and ball muff trimmed The set 5 lected skins, large open rug muff. barrel muff, especially good coloring. T*e [ S skins,’ large open animal collar and half barrel muff. The set NATURAL, RACCOON. 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POINTED RUSSIAN® WOLF SETS full size open collar and large ball muff, trimmed with heads and talls. The set size open collar, large shade, made of pleced $38 with heads and talls. . $47 made of extra fine silky se- . $75 FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAY FITZHUGH GREEN, U. 8. N. BY LIEUT. Y Submarine Balance To smatisty the Censor I may say that I am writing this entirely from an historical viewpoint. And lest such a remark take all the spice out of your curiosity let me drop another, viz. that in the course of my inves- tigations I have uncovered a few little | historical anecdotes that never got into the books, but which still haunt my dreams. Some day I'll pass them along, well sugared of course. What I was going to say that & Sub' 1sn’'t so unlike a tightrope walk- er as one might think. In the early days a U-boat's balance was, if any- thing, more delicate than the slack wire wriggler's. And I'm half in- clined to believe the tale that John Holland nearly lost his life when his muckerish mate squirted Navy Plug into the fore peak, thereby upsetting the steel eel’s equilibrium to such an extent that she dived perilously close to the rock strewn bottom of Davy Jones’ locker. Big ships have . t{remendous right- ing moments, pendulum effects of welght and Buoyancy which keep them erect. The submarine has al- most no buoyancy, barely enough in fact to bring hor to the surface In case all power fails. Consequently the smallest factors in welght change cannot be entirely disregarded. One of the Skipper's jobs on the early boats was to train his mep. to keep still. The fidgety sailor could not be tolerated. Let him forget and walk forward and the whole shebang might well up-end and land nose in the mud. The direct disaster was predicted for the first sub built to fire torpe- does. Sudden ejection of so much weight—more than a thousand pounds —would make the poor boat rear up like a frightened mare. This did hap- pen at first. but admisslon of water to the open torpedo tube quickly evened matters up. Before a second was fired one of the forward tamks would be filled enough to readjust the lance. b’l:uel, water, battery electrolyte, and other liquids were from the , first stowed in cellular compartments in order to avold dangerous shiftin; when the boat rolled. But as thes: liquids were gradually consumed or ejected the situation grew more ser- fous. Baffle-plates or semi-partitions are used successfully to reduce liquid splashing about in half-filled tanks. In this connection one must remem- ber that salt and fresh water are of | different densities. A cubic foot of i salt water will support nearly 66 ' pounds, while the same volume of fresh can keep up only 62.5 pounds. A submarine gaily afloat at sea would sink lke a stone at the; river en- trance. And one must always bear !in mind the extreme peril of sinking or diving below a normal depth .of between 160 and 250 feet. Increased pressure may easily burst valves or Joints, and even crush the hull itself. Expulsion of foul air and combus- tion products also changes the rela- tive displacement of the sub. Com- pletely submerged she uses only elec- tric motors, so that combustion plays but a small part. Still there are in- stances on record where depth gauges failed to work, and did not record an appreciable change whereas the air expulsion was really hazarding the whole trim until a sudden roll or dive warned crew of the boat's fran- tic effort to regain her stability by adapting herself to the new center of gravity and buovancy. Usually she | rolled clear over. Such accidents as jamming of hori- zontal rudders, grounding, or col- lision, may bring about sudden changes of level and depth. Detach- able weights are frequently carried | under a submarine for use when it is desirable to bring her quickly to the ! surface. Efficient central control of pumps and seavalves is most impor- tant when collision opens up any of the hull spaces. Newest types are honeycombed with watertight com- partments much the same way as on | a battleship. [ An expert in this sort of thing went down in an Italian U-boat a few years ago. There suddenly de- veloped during the trip a steep list to starboard. All way was lost. Tanks The McMillan Store,Inc. ALWAYS Only Fourteen RELIABLE More Shopping Days to Christmas Do Your Shopping Early Send all your out-of-town gift packeges as soon as possible; help to avold the usua] delay in destinatien in time, ! getting Xmas gifts to their proper Saturday at the Christmas Store Attractivo displays of practical gift things for Men, Women and Children, FROM OUR READY-TO-WEAR DEPT. 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Knit Sacques, Vells, Sweaters and Mitts, e MUSLIN UNDERWEAR Corset Covers, 200 to 98¢, Gowns, 'l.c,"a $2.98, Petticoats, 500 to $4.98. Chemise, 88c to $2.98. BOUDOIR \GAPI 250 to $2.98 Gloves For Christmas You can choose now from our filg stock of Gloves for men, osing is advisable while the sizeg and CHRISTMAS HANDKERCHIEFS even though nearly all Burope is at war, we have been very fortu- nate In receiving our import shipment of Dainty Hand Embroidered Lace Trimmed and Silk Novelty Kerchiefs. Choosing is now at its best. P e . — SILK HOSIERY Always aoceptable as Xmag gifts. were fllled and emptied, weights dropped, engines backed and speeded ahead; and all other means em- ployed to extract the boat from her terrible predicament. Finally . the crew gave themselves up for lost— even their surface signals had falled to rise. About this time the Skipper of a large frigate anchored in the harbor declded to get underway. As he eased ! away from his moorings a submarine It was the one | popped up alongside. in trouble. For two hours she had been jammed under the big ship’s keel! And yet submarine service is safer than most any other kind. Can you figure out why? Her Reason. (Cleveland Plain Deader.) Postcarded from a local court room is this transcript of evidence: The Court—Did this woman give any reason for attempting suicide? - The Policeman—Yes, Your Honor. The Court—What was her reason? The Policeman—=8he said she want- ed te dle. The General Tendency. _ (Washington Star) . “It costs Algernon 3 cents to send you a letter now.” ‘‘Yes,” replied Miss Cavenne; “as with most articles, the price goes up, but the quality does not improve” MEN'S SHIRTS TIES—BELTS—80X Fancy Sflk and Knitted Scarfs Pitiless Profiteering. (Bristol Press.) The “New Britain Herald” interro- gates: “What has become of the old- ' fashioned man who used to .have three spoonfuls of sugar in his morn- ing cup of coffee?” Probably he has gone to join the old-fashioned man who used to heat every room in his house, but who is now heating only a couple. It's a sour and cool propo- sition, neighbor, but we must grit our ~ | teeth and make the best of it. Every- | thing comes to him who waits' ‘We'll get sugar and coal some day, | but we won't get them as we ousht, until we hit the profiteer and hoarder, These individuals should go. The New York Way. (Kansas City Journal) /How do you like New ,York?" “The street cars are too crowded to suit me. They pack 'em llke sar- dines in a box.” ‘“Your comparison is poor. When & box of sardines is full it is full. They don’t constantly keep opening the box to pack in a few more.” —_— Unterrified. * (Cleveland Plain Dealer) The Japanese Railroad board has forbidden tips to employes. It will make the Pullman company angry to sive this publicity, but news is news '