New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 14, 1919, Page 6

.. entitled all news e credited local news ts of FOOD, the meets nmittee, formed ommon Council en who have of- held terday Mayor, the city ied with food- ernment supplies. on what is ordered we have none too s coming to the viter is greatly have and mis- we our share ilable food, that is a of sale will satisfaction. The first day prove whether it order further to goods or system of selling through and sta- at the fire depots schools, Jas adopted in many other cities, is, we feel sure. the best one suggested so Mar. The which Jreadily lend themselves to the purpose, use of these places, Iwill eliminate a certain amount of ex- | pense which would have to be charged 1if the sale took place through insti- [tutions which are paying an “over- 'head,” large or small. For instance, it was planned to dispose of the gov- had it been obtained, to lernment sugar, through the charge a cent or soa pound more than grocers, who had for it in order to clear their the The they paid extra costs establishment. present plan, will be putting its pub- {lic buildings to further use while not This schools in maintenance of an city, under the impairing their real purpos: is particularly so with the which we are keeping during the though they up summer are closed to pupifs. in goes, additional overhead to as far as the merchant has when thingk are plenty ing to sell his wares. There has been this resort, to advertis- need to pay for in to sell Newspapers no an en- deavor the government sup- plies, everywhere were quick to realize the benefit to their patronage in the lowering of costs and have gziven many columns of space, could afford The value has been more than a merchant buy, the advertising New cussion of the mg to of the gained the dis- tter in the “Herald” to sales. that in Britain, alone, through Wwould add an appreciable amount the to But this paper knows that it is giving its readers opportunity dom about, the price of commodities. an such sel- and it has gladly made a great deal of the bringing of the here, that the gratitude of the community is the first asset to of Our been in Bt obtaining a bargain “no other axe to grind. And so, good people of New Britain, aunl as comes food realizing the success a newspaper. gain has your pleasure We have had s you do not care what you pay for your of BOV you may. We are advocating the sale of the sup- Pplies and if But we you we be- flieve that you will be thoroughly sat- Ysfied with your bargains. Others have fbeen, which witnessed ports of succesisful the P newspapers grom all sepifons of the country tome into’our office daily. edibles, purchase the rnment goods as best you lose, we losec. do not believe will, is by the re- sales carried in columns many which ANDING food THE HOARDS, e misers, whoever they are, Amust yesterday when it was have received a severe j announced that 1 agents had lo Feder ated and seize.l millions of eggs and hundreds of thousands of pounds of sugar in three different all Bouth. addition dealer, found fifteen sessed cities, of them to in the In this, Binghamton, Y one of , was guilty of selling sugar at cents a pound and was as five hundred dollars for his profiteering venture. Six Grand Jur indictments have been of to returne: against merchants Toledo, Ohio, conspiracy control This alleging trade and prevent competition is a pretty fair record for one day, we are sure. the still There is probably many held Let However, big supplies are to be found. times as much food in storag seized the The allowing no gra; fight and the people will with the as has been good work go Department of Justice is under the cost Breet every greatest acclaim. L It will take but a few weeks to feel | he effect of the seizure of any large on. to grow its feet in the to reduce of living, ssful succ raid resuim - at much arket that be bronght oy its owners b save Federal frket, or the Wvill be “'busted fcquisition of pl heen a lack, and’the have that governmens will It belief an eved. for in prices within a short time, particu- | if started. is our e may look appreciable drop larly the raids progress as ‘hey have We going in making the fore- that foodstuffs stored assume, statement, there are las hoards of in differ- ent There 1f proved parts of the country. is every reason to so believe. there are not, it will soon be and, of course, prices will remain up. In predicting lower prices, we also as- | that the railroad strike will be settled sume peaceably without any too great advance in wage It it st not settled out greater be action against those who have hoard- an and the men walk in | numbers, there can no | ed food. If one is unable to ship his supplies, the government, most cer- tainly, will not be able to prosecute him for kecping them in a storehouse | until such a time as he may so-\-li Also, if | the them out the demand for more railroads reaches a higher figure, we will be obliged ‘o the increase to wages on proportionate amount of | of the tack on the the cost food. The carrier must be paid for delivery ) | and he will get his toll for everything that goes over the lines, The dependent lowering of prices then, “ifs"—if some of is, upon three the is a plentiful supply, which removed if the government pro- if the been from the market hoarding; ceeds it roads, upon which we depend, rema’n not too has by as it has started; rail- advance Providing that fulfilled, The first in operation and do much in cost. these three conditions are we will | gain our wish. we cannot | control, but we believe it is true; the | third “human may The in second and are the elements and be carried out hy government its faith the first it is up the What are they going to do? | that to our hus | the people. instance. | railroad em- proved Finally, to ploves. Upon the answer to question depends the answer problem. MILLION HAUL. in A QUARTER DOLLAR Wall pointing Tinancial hauses Tuesday had another lesson of placing too in human nature, particu- when out the inadvisability much trust larly immature nature, two youths employed messengers with the substantial sum of two as got away and thousand hundred twenty-six dollars in negotiable, non-registered bonds, chiefly Liberty bonds. One haul hundred and seventy-eight dollars about was one and the other forty thousand amounted to -eight thou- sand. Richard Whitney the heaviest losers, it was from them that & Co. were atwenty vear old boy, who had heen entrusted with the ing of the larger car securities, took the sum. In the other youth, case a twenty-one year old had been once before rested on a similar ¢ sentence the judge took the forty-eight who ar- rge, and whose had suspended, thousand, been given to him to deliver, and has departed for parts unknown. A New York palice which commissioner, when making the robberies public, at- tributed a great deal of blame to bank- ers and brokers who, to their making them easier to trace, hire generally he claimed, fail register bonds, nd who underpaid and uhknown youths for the duty of handling huge sums of money. idea registering all that. should be followrad by the individual, particularly if he is acustomed y at safe deposit The possibility of loss, while not done away Wwith, is minimized by this The of bonds is one to keep than his securities home rather box. in a method. Should they be stolen there of tr they be lost of honest will is a chance should cing and them, fall person and into the hang tHo an re- turn We Wall street sengers disappearing with the funds that they have Leen carrying or being | held up by a daylight robber who re- be sur often hear of mes- lieves them of their valuable burden, It is well to make an object lesson out of these occurrences. None of us will having surrounded with regret our posses- sions every possible safeguard. Many of us are liable to regret not having done so. The disabpearance of the youths leads one to suppose that there is an organization in money centers to trade on the of and to offer them facilities for getting rid of the “swag” just “fences’ weakness the messenger: there are for the distribution of stolen onal effects. Should Year old offer one sand worth ver a twenty hundred thou- of securities for sale at one time we are sure thaf he would excite the suspicion of any man accustomed to deal in bonds. Should he even peddle it out in one thousand bay dollars’ | Lo reduce it. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1919, dollar lots would we believe that his activi- ties become generally known and an investigation might follow. But we venture that the rohhers knew of a place where they might dispose of the whole amount hefore they even considered stealing them. clearing acti house might casily hide its ities under legal business dea thus averting is the suspicion. Anyhouw, there no neced of sending of boys all amounts of negoti- out with their means down the shape of larg able securities, FACTS AND FANCIES. It must scem quite a novelfy people of Washington to have ident in their midst once Rochester Post Ixpress to the @ pres- more.— that (he hizh cost of reduced and all that remains for us to do is to find the wa Baltimore Star, i We all agree living should he One of the irritations of high prices is that nobody knows when his turn will come (0 be hlamed for most of the difficulty.—Washington Star, The more Japan's policy plained, the more need of further planation.—Boston Transcript. ex- ex- Discussion of the now properly ranks paleontology.—New Sun. servant problem chapter in Evening as a Yorl Tt is not pleasant to see Rumania i making preparations to pick the hones | of a defenscless Hung Ly be Nof in that way will Bolshevism banished.— Toronio Globe. The M. ¥. who wants in parliament of Britain's evidently desires to talk ain’t.-—Manchester Union. discussion Irish policy about what Some farmers are complaining now because they think that without the government fixed price they could sell their wheat for more than 26 a bushel. It's o poor guarantee that doesn't work both ways.—St. Joseph Gazette. Mrs. Franklyn, who walked from Seattle to New York slept by +the roadside until she was east of Chica- 2o, when she found it ursafe. Amer- ica’s higher civilization seems to be west of Illinois.—Louisville Courier- | Journal. professional “‘Red” finds Ameri good his trade in, Thy I am not an American Probably ihe God who was the junior partner in the late firm (now bankrupt) of “Me & Goc Louisville Courier-Journal. / Jim Larkin, itator, who enough to ply thank God that citizen.” With Kurds and Tartars Armenia from three sides, suffering Armenians must world wi.s jokirg when Cleveland attacking the long think the said the wan Plain Dealer. As the European countries that are clamoring for American coal have bountiful supplies of their own under ground, there is a more or less gener- al idea over l'ere that they should dig their own coal or suffer the auences.—Pittsburgh Chronicle graph. was over. conse Te The German people are said to take no imterest in the government’s rev- elations of the militarists’ guilt in starting and continuing the war. Probably Germans are a good deal like children in that they don't crave bad reading.—Dallas News. Have you unhoard- supply yet?-—Kansas Good morning. ed vour fcod City Times. i the government has control living costs. to he easy to reduce country now that the is no longer the chief nsas City Star. In France undertaken to Well, it ought prices in that Amecrican ara purchaser.— It ought to be easy cnough for la- bor to follow the president's advice and take a sober second thought when there isn't even any 2.75 on tap to make the other kind.—Manchester Union. the Plumb plan the most admired of locomotive engi- hingfon Star. Sidetracking hecome one of complishiment neering.— Was may THE SHIPS THAT BROU i = e These are the ships that hrought them over, all throusgh names remain, Sheering west from the Cliffs of Dov- er, Into the waste with the sunset stain, Slipping from Brest in channel rain, Tiring swift as a khaki rover, With pulse a-swing to the engine strain— These are the ships that brought them over. And Life will their a The Calamares The Santa And lifting Day and Hercules, Ana and Luckenbach; far on the topping sea dreaming they'll the con's stack. The Baltic under Swinging west to {hc No more to travel track— are the ships them over. see An- the flying wrack, nd of clover, on war's red These that hrought The Pocahontas and The And Muscatine, Nansemond and Leviathan; ever westward the spars would Jean, And days seemed ye span, thy Henderson would scan misty west where hove; hearts were gay on dan, are m s on the toss- On strained eyes The dreams would Ana the Rapi- These the ships that over. THOMAS J ~—in the New brought MURRAY, York Sun. This | Al NT You AFRAID You'LL QET THERE, M STER? LIST OF NEW BOO N WHO MAKIE OUR George Gordon NO % x VEGULATION O. Dunn. Imcluding a ment ownership control. Or .. ON THIE COAST Joseph Husband, Frankiin I, Roose The story of the French O al forces in REINCARNATIONS, phens Pocns. TICIENCE IN L1 Arthur Waugh. The title may well tion Lo cnwim “His comed nx n field essay be a literary hook of ess friend hy Itepublican - SOLDIER AND A N O'lorke. A sketeh Licut. Col of the 1 Harvy discussion versus with a RATLW of F FRA P velt nited St vaters. by Ja TERAT a criticism s will many.” TAN, ife and Storr., X THROTTLED, Work of the service. by T. TOYS OF PEACE, PIRS, Dy “Humorous time England, sketch done ness of touch and spontaneity make their Dial nonsense United J. Tunn AND OTHER H. 1. Munro (Saki.) es of with most in valuable permanent States KS AT THE INSTITUTE VELS, by AYS, by zovern- vernment NCE, by reface by ates nav- mes Ste- Ul by and contribu- 1" —Ath- wel- —Spring- be work of v secret PA- pre-war- ch light- as 1o rectious Business and Finance, ADVERTIS A attractive tiser. [t discussc the novice all make-up. A % by simple text the schem isd wi tor, ical phasc ith sam vich ma es quite of e s Bo BELIEMENTARY Ehersole. EXPORTING TO L. by L. B. Filsinger. A handbook for facturers and export AN KING ATIN merchants, ors, roxox FACTORY Webnesr. “Intended primari spondence text in h ey —AL L, Bookl ACCOt PERSONAL BFFICI NESS, by TRACTICAL Harvis, With a Act of survey serve PRACTIC Honugh A handbook merchanfs, Y . PRINQIPLI or W, Ar ther fhan Booldlist Al LEXPOL for fundam specific nis 1,128 OF ATION, hy G. PRINC PO ana . 5 SH§ LEXPENSE CPONTROI, by THFAINING OF 'm. Maxwell. - \'H,\"I‘ KNOW, by H. C Paton and R Iy for : igher ist. ac NCY I Purinton. the e TING, ACGOUNTI AL Ste nental systems.” YCISAN B. R Huebner. ANALYSIS . Fick ALESN » SALESMAN 'Taylor. the AME pson. kes very adve bmpletely mechan- oklist. by I B UICA, manu- v corre- countan- N BUSL- leral by B. O. manufacturers and NG, venson. principles L. by TRAD Johnson AND er. TAN, by SHOULD Fiction, I'RUE, t P BARGAIN Nalbro Bartley. Douglas Grant. P NIGIUT OPERATOR, by ard, BOOTY, by . L. Pack- PPN WHILE THERE'S LIFE, Mardaunt. “linglish family life and the Eng- lishman's detached attitude are inter- estingly portrayed and accompanied with much shrewd, quiet humor.”—A. 1. A. Booklist. by Elinor S WINNING CLUE, by James Hay, Jr. 25 YEARS AGO | the Herald of that Date) (From \ugust 11, 18914, Hungerford is spending a weeks at Saratoga. My, and Mrs, Henry Peach are vis- iting with friends in Middletown. 12. M. Wightman and family have returned from a twa weeks' trip to the shore. They visited Asbury Park and Mrs. Wightman's former home at New Milford, Conn Mr. and Mrs, Charles Parker left town vesterday for the Berkshires where they will spend a few weeks. . O. Case is in town. He will short- Iy return to Marthas Vineyard for an- other two weeks \. J. Curtis has returned two weeks' trip to the shore. ight persons were in court morning on charge of intoxication The suit of Fred Miller vs. Tower Bros. to récover balance of wages claimed to he due, was tried before Justice Burr this morning. Judge Roche appeared for Miller and B. I Gaffney for Towers Bros. News from Camp Bradley states that Private 15, H Company E was prostrated mount Monday and fell ranks, but by the promptness of the hospital corps and their care he was soon resuscitated and is now attending to duty B L, few from a this at Niantic Parker of at guard from the National Happenings. Wellman's ~ voyage encountered many hardships near pole—determin- cd, however, to pursue his inv tions in the polar regions in 1896 Advantage of an aluminum boat among ice floes China puts a price heads-—$10,000 for the destruction of hig warship: small warship §6,000 all officers $350—the poor private has his price at $150 on Japanese COMMUNICATED. An Explanation of Profits From Swift and Co. Packers. August 11, itor “Herald™, New Britain, Dear Conn., sin An editorial entitled *‘Profiteering in IFood” appeared in the July 12, 1919 issue of the Herald and refers to the report of the Federal Trade Com- mission. The first point packers threaten a the food supplies fair to fall into the group of men The Federal Trade claims that the five large in collusion in restraint has produced no proof tion of their assertions. Swift & Company declares that in actiye competition with each of the larger packer and hundreds of smaller packers throughout the coun- try. 'he most convincing evidence of keen competition should be the wmarrow margin of profit on which the packers operate. dwelt on is that the monopoly and that of the nation bid hands of a small Commission packers act of trade but in substantia- it is business 1= conducted ef- ficiently and renders i necessary serv- ice at an extremely low cost, it de- serves to be rated as of public hene- fit. Careful consideration should be g'ven to any proposals that will dis- rupt this service. The Herald ‘“hits head” when it states: thing to be settled packers are getting than their investment supplies that they handle The U. 8. Food Administration cently issued a report covering supervision of the profits of the five large packers under control for the fical year ended November 2, 1918, which reads as follows Investment ........$ Sales Profit e . Profit percentage on sales e Profit percentage investment : Swift & Company’ results for the year show that its profit on its entire output was less than 2 cents per™ol- lar of sales and which amounts to only a fraction of a cent per pound of product. It is highly important productivity of our country be not torfered with at this time, for it is only by increased production that we can hope to get back to normal con- ditions. We shall be glad to have you pub- lish this letter if you think we do that it will be helpful towards a bet- ter understanding of the situation Very truly yours, SWIFT & Per O. C Commercial Please Help Uc Py S.—We Need You. To the Editor of The Herald Would you kindly grant me a space in your valuable paper to say a word in behalf of the Cormican Play ers. T think it a gross injustice the way Mr. Carmican has heen treated herc fram what T read last evening in The Herald, after he has established good plays here to he treated in this manner is an injustice hardly pardon- able. We don't want a new company, we want the Cormican Play- ers. A new stock company won't do Mr. McMahon can’t you help us out We turn to you because we believe you would give us fair play at least. Can't you get Mr. Cormican in at the Pal- or Fox's? We will support him no matter where he goes. It's Cormi- il or nothing. Help us out, Mr. Mec Mahon. We are anxiously waiting odt the west end. Mr. LeWitt doesn’t know a zood thing when he it Yours for fair play and justice CHARLI BRACKETT. When a on the “The essential whether the zreater returns ants from the nail is wir e its 714.187,204.00 2,434,113,430.00 40,594,935.00 1.6 on 5.6 the in- that as COMPANY, Matthies, Research Dept. small stoc ace sees Iee Cream Sodl Tay (New York ory does or, sun) While h that Dolly Madison popular in the United generally assumed that the child of that delicacy, ice (ream soda, was invented fifty years go by Jcseph R. Royer, who died the other day in Lan- caster, Pa., at the age of 85. It is (he tradition, we believe, that he brot about the union of frozen cream-—yes, it was made of cream in the '60s and carbonated water for the pleas- ure of a child who liked both soda water and ice cream so well that could not decide which she would have first. Mr. Rover, a confectioner showed her that she could have both together. We do not know whether Mr. er was an addict of his own concoc- tlon or not. If he was, his ripe years were a ‘ribute to the food properties of the combined product of fountain and frcezer. But we have noticed that pop manufacturers drink beer and brewers sip—or sipped before July 1—champagne. It's selfish to be your own customer, ax the hung- nol muake sure made ice cream States, it is odd e she Roy- man remarked. Yet we think a per- | son could use ice eream soda. in judi- cious quantities up to 85 without in. R SRS SIS GhHe McMiilan Store [Inc ] “‘Always Reliable” A SPECIAL SELLING OF UMBRELLAS CONSISTING OF MEN'S, WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S. We these Umbrellas contracted for about four months all must ago, when manufacturing lower than This sale Also costs they exceptional were are today offers values a time to for pur- School most opportune chase Umbrellas Opening, which is only about, « $1.49 style two weeks away CHILDREN'S UMBRELLAS Fifty crooks different handles, and cord loops o $2.25 heavy MEN'S UMBRELLAS Made of proofed cover, good water- strong paragon 1me. WOMIN UMBRELLAS $1.98, $2.98, $3.48 " $3.98° Fitted with newest noyelty handles. COLORED SILK UMBRELLAS $5.48 © $9.98 * CHILDREN'S RAIN AND COA! I'riced $2 98 Upward . WOMEN'S RAIN COATS Priced $1 1 .98 Upward CAPES jury. taken before in that period cons past, yet the cold faced reatest appetite oate drops, Not until the W issues Bulletin titled “Statement of Derived Ifrom the Soda Water During July we now just how much er’s invention this broad country is now child knows, iwo cents cratic congre an infant in posse n the buyer The mixture cannot safely bc cocktails were folks is days ago by It is the next to choe- meals which is only as to somie 45 calendar killer, ever devised Bu- en- Excise Taxes of Ice Cream 919, of Mr nd 1hsorbing As of Internul rlevenue 11144XYZ the Sale shall Roy- fevered there 1 lax luss, the ona or demo- that on a late having decided sion of six or el ame class with the of a motor ca While the Interna) at it, they ought owners of foungans to the various pro- chocolate and and a far the United to Colonel cents prospective was or a six dollar shirt Revenue people to compel the statement of vanilla, make of portions strawberry graphic chg ice cream soda-spoons of ¥he States would stretch if placed end Let us be as scientifi 1 professors. the seccret success ? Probabl cream makes the palatable, wliiic the ice crcadm and drink merry, there is for supping Industrially, i al de, th jies and the It also en aruvggist to consumed how flavors rt showing end House's What soda’s the ice and more water malkes You ¢ you are not spoon—-lo the davil cream Connecticut of ice cream it is th yda colde is the last lons cven if the-long with o soda er. At and enouzh twirl helps the metal fac condensed milk busine ibles the strugglir lay in supplies of ginger soda s tra your and pepsin Gamb] (New Haven 2 on a Margin. Journal Courier.) The New York Sun commented last week upon what the falling market did to a large class of people with small means who had undertaken get rich by investing in the market on margin. Many of them did not understand. “Some had~-u (housand dollars, had double a thousand dollars. They had read of trading en margin. Many of them did not under- stand its details, but all of them felt that it offered a broad path to wealth without work. They had read of it in books, in magazines, in the news- papers. They had heard of shoe- strings run into tanyards, of coppers {ransmited into gold by alchemy of Wall buying you cou)d not pay for.” The story from that point runs on {n the old wav. The market Paper profits were marked the absence of more marg rich crowd was sold out. The s gone but experience had accumulated in large quantities; how much actual In- telligence we have no way of know- ing. We do not pretend to under- stand the market in all of its phase§, but in this purticular phase we find it very difficult to see the difference between gambling on margin and gambling on a roulette wheel. = Y&t one indulgence is legal and the other’ is not. People are queer, aren't they? to some Street what n turned off and in n the get money v been