New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 21, 1919, Page 8

LONN. INDUSTRIES CALLED SUPERIOR { | i Prol. Robb éays They Need Fear; No Competitors ew Haven, Nov. 2l.-—Manutac- | turers of Connecticut have nothing to fear from competitors in other lo- alities in the opinion of Prof. WA, Robb, of Rensselaer Polytechnic stitute who addressed the Connecticut amber of Commerce yesterday. Hc based this opinion from the viewpoint of powcer ample in quantity, highly in- reliable and produced at minimum | cost. He said, however, that it was ential that power producers and Power consumers keep up with the Tapid advancement that is being made almost d in power . production, Lransmission, distribution and utiliza- tion, and to take full advantage of ate’s location on the Sound and s reat able river. Pr Robb after giving statisti f power plants and horsepower pro- tuced said that power generally in the > is not developed as cconom- ically as it should be j >d from up-to-date standards. ' are too many power plants. There would be i reduction of about 1,000,000 tons in annual consumption of c if pow- ©r was developed in a limited num- ber of large, strategically ' located power plants, Talks on Public Utilitics, Richard T. Higgins, chairman of the public utilities commission spealk- ing at a group .meetin aid that public utilities ifi Connecticut, except transportation companies are in good condition and making honest efforts to scrve the public. He discussed fthe condition of transportation com- panics, giving statistics as well. He said that federal trustecs of the Con- octicut Co. receive more than twice fas much compensation for supervis- corporation than does the comnission for supervising lone hundred and sevent-one service corpo in the state. He said that When railroads are returned to private ownership o system should be made hwhich would eliminate conflict of su- pervisory authority between the fed- eral and statc commission. He said it was futile to disintegr trolley lines and place parts of the junder municipal control. They can- not now be divided without injury to | fthe whole. Té attempt to supply s ice in cities by other means than trolleys was absurd in his opinion, be- fcause it would mean sreater co tion of traflic, more inconvenicnce fland more & figgins Deliev at it should be or railway cm- to interrupt service because . ,As to labor, Mr. | from officers down, public Of the factors of capital, | and the public N gins said capital alone is receiving no re- If dispute arises a legal trib- ! should have opportunity to in- and adjust the grievance. A he believed should be ble to punish any one who would Jicopardize the rights of the public to transportation. Of the taxing system in Connecti- cut, Mr. Higgins sald it was unjust and that it would tax public service cor- porations into the hands of reccivers. Supervision of rates by the govern- ment, if just. makes it also just that the governing powe should set wage rate. Mr. Higgins criticiz public service corporations in not at- tending to minor complaints. The | “public be damned” policy of the past still lingers in the minds of the pub- lie, and Mr. Higgins declared must be dicated by honest effort now if companies are to survive. Prof. Copeland Talks, Professor M. L. Copeland, of Har- vard university, told the retailers® group that he believed the country thad reached the end of the period of inflation, The active demand now resulting from inflation, he believed, had arisen from consumers enjoying a sudden rapid incre: in incomes and they buying luxuries to which | they were not previously accustomed. cited workmen buying silk shirts. handise for spring delivery has sold at prices which wouid mean retail advances of from 20 to 40 per cent Herbert K. Twitchell, president ol the Chemical National bank in New York, said he believed a weakne: isted in the federal reserve its administration when a is created which warrants' renewal for call money of 16 per cent. and loans at 32 per cent. It ought not be possible for a situation to becoms so sensitive that a visit of member: of the federal reserve board to New York should cause a collapse of the tock market in New York, he said. Credit for commercial needs of the country should be given and a check placed on diversion of this credit into other channels. Recognition of labor as a partner to a certain extent with capital he sugzested as one way of solving labor unrest. Foreign language newspapers were recommended as the best medium for | coinbatting labor discontent and gerous propaganda by Miss \. Kellor, ¢ ew York, to anothe: oup. She urged that Americans buy nto these papers, impose citizenship qualifications upon editors and pu'- lishers and sell industrial good-wiil ! and American news to the aliens in this country. NEW BRIDGE AGAIN BREAKS. New London, Nov. 21.—The state highway bridge over the Thames river went out of commission vesterday ifternoon when the main shaft in the draw mechanism broke, Imn ifter the opening of the br low & boat to pass, official the damage will not be r ired until | Tuesday or Wednesday. This makes ihe second accident to the shaft since | the, bridge opened Nov. § COUNCIL | > National Council of offered its executive, Mrs. | Philip N. Moore, to th dent to be one of the representatives of the United States in the league of na- tions council BAN ON IN PITTSBURGH!. Only Essential Industvies Will Re- ) g ceive Coal Supplics, Pittsburgh, Nov 21.—The burgh district fucl distributing mittee of the United States administration proceeded on ernment orders today to supply coal to essential consumers only. Officials of industrial concerns not classed s essential viewed the new order with apprehension and expressed the be- lief that fuel supplies to so-called ro essentials would be cut off entirvely. Contlicting opinions une today from various persons interested m tl situation on the question of a "os ble coul shortage he Members of the fuel committee said there was no immediate danger of a shortage but | i in_ industrial circles it was declared that if mines in the district were not soon reopened many industries would feel the effects of a fuel faminc. NEW PRESIDENT Lisbon.—Dr. De Almeida has taken office as president of Portugal. ‘WIS MAJESTY, THE AMERICAY' PALACE Mon., Tue., Wed. 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