New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 17, 1919, Page 6

ew Britain fieri;ld. HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, . Proprietors. ued dally (Sunday excepted) at p. m, at Herald Bullding, 67 Churca St. §8.00 s Year 00 Thres Months. T6c a Month, New Britaln Matter. Bntered at the Post Office at ‘as Second Class Mall TELEPHONE CALLS Business Ofmco 5 Pditorial Rooms coteon Be only profitable advertising medlum In the city. Clrculation books and press room alwava cpen‘to advertisers. Membe: of the Aseocluted Proms. e Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for ropublication of all news credited 15 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local Rpews published “eretn 2 THE PACKERS. Reports that the five big packing ompanies the pt nited of Chicago are on to whether eve becoming grocers the the submitted for Federal entire States count vills it or no were ai- est by the Trade left to With the of qucstions commniis- ion yesterday, of questions of this and and the the economic dis- retion the public. re- ort to alue control trade were sked, pertinent they ere. Briefly, the public s asked, Does this widening of activity result in additional economies production Ind distribution, and will it bring bout lower prices, better service and uality of goods? In addition to a practical monopoly In poultry ed the extending and dres meats ackers are so their w at almost every conceivable article the grocery line will eventually be pntrolled Ning by Soda water is th various them. into grasp, they dictate rices groceries, seeming- far heir profits the b hove on removed from their trad are reputed to be eno: Co. aid of nt on its capitol stock and to have d a of ounting almost five the rporation: is 78 ous, Armour Grain paid a dividend per surplus undivided profits and a half 1918 formed I to illion dollars for Subsidi. e companies year kept secret, are pid to be the source of much of their The meat trust is an enor- that to pvenue. ous octopus with tentacles ain every town big enough he breed to buy meats and supplies from arkets. The market but not owner may do He smaller the packer: the tle buy from ay be sure, even in aces. of a supply of meats thus is forced himself with the big fellows his stock questions asked steady m the farmer and aliz in trade. order to 'obtain The the trade it by mmission are apt; and is time at ask it of ourseives, there- bon it is time that we act. There e laws in existence which might gulate the activities of the packers hd which may be enforced by th in Washingion of the that organi blic ag represented d the is no doubt courts land. but higher ere i packers have formed the better the cheapening all the pns such as the instruments for serv- for of rub e of the country, d standardization quality in oducts, but the comes in ct that they are also extortion, providing tha their vners wish to use them asSuch and great profits cited in one instance that the prices might of 1ds one to helieve control d raising of be the lime motive back the org th aniza- right pro- n of n pnds, iction uld hited States. the the big agency system. distribution that extreme and been formed the ones it be an benefit to In The their the wrong a menace packers have in- ted that profits low, and :d the books of the It hve produc father rpors the tions to prove it seems to sudsibiary organizations that returns of e yield he While speak vario sorts, it might consider the case of the cke fruitful oviding Their corporations would field for the public's gain, the public could them the not get d operate them properly. In ndition we the are now in we may gislate corporations out of ence, at once, be c. when id tribution all is done, they have that and solved a probiem may serious difficulty under of in en a other cumstances. Debrived this vast \n that has grown up our midst L would indced be facing great costs d unreliable deliverie thing taRe Something to its place. must he done, packers have become too bhig for and for their good. We ist limit ppdually so that they own their powers and do it will not go out husiness. shouid t to them though they s n have the opportunity n. Remedial legisl rd ntic tas] Louis F fed the mission A fair profit be ould not for extor- an faces will be to find. Congress Swift, of § allegations wift & Company, of the trade directly they were made. b may be right, there may be great petition between the different s and there may be no attempt reach out for the eontrol of mar- ts separated from the meat trade. | }of 4:13 ) instruments | ex- | have | Towever, | | amendment. governriient | Notlons. | tion i give * NEW BRITAIN ‘DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1916 The general public is in such a frame mind that it is ready to blame the packers for the mounting costs and is to the taken to solution Wik than that of ready leave the be Mr, ready commission. Its word more The leave the solution up to any impartial tribunal. readily latter declares he is to The public may not be impartial one, we very much fear that it is not in this instance, but which“ the the it is the one before case will fought just same, providing the people are given an opportunity. THE VOTE ON SHANTUNG, The terday in the Senute vote taken ye seems to indicate that amendments to the League of Nations will not be attempted in this count:. that attitude and reservations will questions in th: all. By refused | on certain document, if it is ratified at a vote of 35 to 33, the Senate clause, to be written into | to adopt the effect, cepted Shantung to China. Lodge, Preaty, which would have the | providing other nations ac our dictate, of returning of Committee, Chinese ha's announced | Senator chairman the IForeign Relations is anxious to keep the issue before the Senate and that he is prepared to submit a reso- lution which will strike from th document any mention of Shantu He defeat whatsoever. will not lose an op- | portunity to the Treaty in its present form. There is still to be voted upon the Johnson amendment calling for an | eaual number of votes for (‘hc Lo nl!(:ily Britain. At which its spc States and Great least, this is the manner in although the that now sor represents it, op- claims our effect, voting as great’ is foretold position power, in is o that It that this amendment is to be defeated like It appears that the Senate is not go- of Great Britain. the one voted upon yesterday. ing to change the document itself because of the danger of its recom- mitment to another Allied conference, but to adopt tions, which has been the proper plan, pro- could not have is going reserv vided the document been ratified as it stood, and the one | with which the great number of neu- | American people agree. There is the tral no gain in destroying document because we are not willing it would be better to refusg majority necessary for ratifi- cation of the Peace Treaty hs light however. not v come 1o in the upper of Unlike and body Congress, the vote upon amendments reservations, there is need for a two-thirds vote in It though, that with the proper reserv favor to ratify. is promised, tions, a sufficient number of senators will be willing to adopt. Those who are in the fight to the finish, inciuding the two senators from Conneccticut, have, it id, enough if number, though, there are thought to strength to prevent ratifica- tion, they so des Among this be one or two who will be content | with reservations, and it appears that 1 ‘ A the Administration, if it wishes the Treaty to be ratified at all, must also be content with reservations. There were six senators not voting vesterday and there were thirty-five who voted for the adoption of the Shantung This thirty-five could prevent ratification, as it is more than one-third of the Senate. Provided that those who voted in of the favor the resolution were satisfied that adoption of the Shantung amendment would be a virtual defeut of the League as far as we are con- cerned, and for that reason so voted, we have already lost the opportunity the League of thirty-five become a of The their 1o part may Kkill insus that, if desire is to the ac- Some of them are committed gainst the Treaty in any form, but there may remain enough to agree to It throw reservations and adoption. will take but three or four to the balance to ratification. “Mr. Doc remarked, late in 1914 fter the Russians were into the fight that the battles were not attracting much interest any more because we could not pronounce “thim Rooshian p ' Wonder what his opinion of the present warfare in Russia is. We note by a morning paper head- line that “General Judenitch Captures 1s Rapidly “loe."” Gatchina and Advancing on Tearsko: Which is a truly cheering bit of in- foermation Because, after sizing it all up, and of the news we are Bolshevikl in Russia by & lot of fellows with names like that In a lot of places like that and that they are about to up. reading the rest assured that the are surrounded For which we don’t blame them, Swift. | an | be } I(x\m:xl;' cover our to under- | % But 1t Is about time thal someone WISE, SMITH & CO.. . Hartfor Commencing November 1st, Store Will Close Saturdays at 6 p. m. 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When we say the the greattst show on earth this earth, not the entire They may have something Mars, but we doubt Dallas is we mean universe. to beat 1t it.—Dallas fair at If you see a well-dressed man with his abashed eyes on the ground afraid to look his fellow-man in the face, he is probably a profiteer. By their meanness ye shall know them! ~—Baltimore American Is this report that Britain and Ire- land are being flocded with Amer can-made whiskies a trick of the steamship companies to induce more European travel.—Boston Transcript. Like the small boy, labor is trying to see how far the balloon can be blown up before it bursts. :And when it pons, what? The more the more we esteem the reference hool upon says: Lodge, Henry politician.—Louisville nal. senator the the talks accuracy of the desk ‘abot, American Courie Amherst hecause dug up a Colorado. ‘Washington . York HZI'.\I(’.. is visibly ome of its collection W “swelled up’ professors have of old fossils in so far afield? of them!—New go full old in scout living north of and handed A good town came Saturday up a dollar for his “Take it,” he said, “I can't thing with it any Springs Herald. buy any- more.”—Siloam After encountering several snarls the Reds at last unraveled the White Sox.—Watertown Times. Anna Hamiln, granddaughter of a merchant prince of Boston, may have “kidnapped” Prince Leopold and ca: ried him off in her auto to look at the Harvard stadlum, But contributory negligence is strongly suspected all cynical readers.—Brooklyn Eagle, It takes a Ludendorff to pleiure the traitor Rennenkampf's base betrayal of the Ru N cause a8 a great Ger. man vlctory. And it recalls the fact that Lenine and TrotzKy were heroes in the eyes of the Germans until {hey refused to take further orders from jerlin,—Springfield Union, { on, -Baltimore American. which | subscription. | | their train must i afternoon in des by | TIGHTS, They are lighting the fishing-port, where anchored lie, And over the steeple a little moon hangs thin and sweet in the sky. calm lights come as I pace the sand and I would they were calm for me; the cry of the past comes dut of the vast like a signal-light at sea. in the dories lamps the The But The blue smoke curls from er's hut; faint comes dren’s shout. the breast of the rosy vellow lamps stream out. the lamps are lit by the fisher's i and sweet with content v be; light rim me. fish- chil- the the Over bay the But a far to burns that dim on the sea's Oh, all is safe in the fi kind are the fish And sweet is the light lamps and friendly smoke. hearty and kind are the fisher- folk—but how should they know of me How my thoughts beat back o'er the buried track of a ship long lost shing-port, and foll. of the sturdy the curling WILSON BAKER, ‘Blue Smoke.” Daylight-Saving. (New York World.) By unanimous vote of the hoard of is commit- ylight Probably aldermen, New York city ted to the experiment of local da ving next summer. a large majority of the people favor this course, but there are drawbacks not to be ignored. Thousands of commuters do busi ness York travel upon railroad time, and railroads, whether or not in interstate business, must follow federal hours in schedules. The United States courts, the sub-treasury, the custom-house, the post offices, a hun- dred cther agencies of the general government, must set their clocks by in New city. They must | Washington. The national banks will use federal time. The stock exchange do so or lose one hour of the ings with other cities tate banks and find it moro nient to follow and with Kurope; and trust companies 1 profitable or c sult, In me can be foreseen, the double standard of time wlll prove inconvenient. These difficultics are no rcason Why the people should submit to the ioss of a valued boon so easily gained. They do give a reason why the cam- paign for federal daylight saving should be continued with vigor. Con- gress blundered, but the blunder nced not be permanent. $49, was lamp and star | { combination | double-breasted the | probably | ny ways, not all of which | i erican 355 25 YEARS AGO (from the Herald of Tha: late.) The natural histo the Lome of E. J. Munson nut street last evening. The row has twenty-four members. William walk for years a this city iting his D. Humphrey in town. society met ociety Humphrey nine is vi of West Nor- merchant in brother, J. The veterans of the four Connecti- cut regiments who were at the battle- fields of Gettysburg and Antietam have returned from their trip to the old battlegrounds where all the vet- | erans have been in session. Dr. George Cooley of Detroit, Mich., 5 the guest of his father, Dr. G F. Cooley of West Main street. of is Over seventy Gentleman's Dri ive members the rooms last evening for a venison sup- per. After the story-telling session was on. Johnston told about the time lost in woods. The Butchers' Protective tion Leld a meetingglast evening in the Knights of Columbus hall. Speeches were made by George B. Grocock and W. A. Trewhella. The latter sang a song much to the of those present. cats, a H he w associu- also W, S| cilor at crican Judd the state council Mechanics yesterd Nationa of the Am- Happenings. husy of Train robbers nother ex- pres looted $20,000— 1% bandits perform the work on a Tex railroad—$20,000 in one safe could not open, they ruined as an act of revenge either $9 at they the s0 Kersey overcoats for single or the Globe Clothing House. The German Rifle club last shoot for the vear yesterday aft- ernoon. B. hn and F. Zimmerman carried away the vrizes. held their No fears of prison— of New York police victed prisoners buy their freedom trom court officers under the name of bail—Police partnership in rob- Strange stories methods—Con- | bery. Line to Southington—Further pro- Posed extension of the electric road One of the directors of the road states that negotiations will be begun to have the road extended from Southington to New Britain and Mer- iden A Police Union Forbidden. (Providence Journal.) In dealing with the police union in Washington the that it no f of organized labor which house demonstrated that part of is attempting has ng club met at their | at | on Wal- | the | enjoyment was elected state coun- | to control the police cities. By a forces of Am vote of | which | tated to 3 l the minds of the policemen. 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McMillan Store Flannel Work Shirts for Men khaki, navy, olive and browsn Priced Blankets and Comfortables Our now complete surely going to higher later Sce them Saturday on $rd AND CHILDREN comfortable knit Underwear Inc., Sole Agents For New Britain Grey, stock is -Buy Now on floor. at present prices Drapery Materials and Curtains YARD GOODS .... 25(:, 29c’ 35c TO 79c Yard CURTAINS APERY - 69(:, 89c¢ o $1 .98 o 39¢, 45¢, 55¢ ™ 8Bc ™ DOUBLE SILK Value $1.50. IMPORTED KID GLOVES ... WOMEN'S W Value SLOVE Saturday . & Pair $1.25 v $2.50, $2.75, $3.00 HABLI CAPE GLOVES Saurday a bill containing this clear-cut pro-| RED CROSS D ARES WAR vision was adopted: | CPON SPREAD OF TYPHUS No member of the Metropolitan Jolice of the District of Columbia shall be or become a member of any organization or of an organization af- filinted with another inization holds, claims or exercises the right to demand of any of its mem- bership obedience to an order to strike work for any cause. Upon proof to the commissione of the District of Columbia that any member of the Metropolitan police of the District of C‘olumbia has vio- the provisions of this scction it shall be the duty of the commis- sioners of the District of Columbia (o immediately discharge such from the service.” Oct. 9 undertaken to establish ter quarantine s along 1! Trans-Siberian railroau in an effort to stamp out typhus at an alarming rate undertaken at the Kolchak. (B, American he A Red ( and ciated oss | adminis- Omsk Press. ) itions which is spreading work was or Admiral sufficient cease GERMAN SOLDIERS GOING TO SOUTH AMERICA\ MANY 16 Dutc today former of the H Ami- man Among liner from Rio Janeiro, Oct passengers of the member | jongdia, arriving here were 406 officers and soldiers. will remain in Brazil mainder will Ar will bec settlers. st Ger dam, is the bias votd Men con- these, the vherc A pleasing feature of 7 o its freedom from political while go to zentina, apparently, ar time come issue and settlc right. A statement that the ment of the American Fede Labor must be reckoned disregarded, of both parties. the vital they ome to it — - TS "‘;_ WON'T GO TO WASHINGTON. with was Oct 17 as it should be, for the great majority of the people object to having their police departments controlled by professional agitators The housc has an excellent cedent for the cities in hich and dangerous demagogues fempling to inculeate disloyalty vinced that has settle this ation . 1 Antonin Rio Janeiro, Magalhaes, former foreign and former minister (o France, who has been mentioned connection with the post dor at Washington to succeed Domicio Dagama, transferred to the ambass: dorship at London, declined to \ccept an appointment to the post at Washington, it was learned today. Olysthe de minister in of ambass set pre- noisy are at- in has