New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 31, 1921, Page 8

Britain and press e Press. jvely entitied of all news wise erodited I news pub statistics newspaper ! and sign which rk, y have is down ad- matter the no Hclzed it can but em spirit be which r forgot- may have re was noth- hat It nt little the words addressed ; to others. repre- their civil . ed nture homes e significance thought and to forget which and will down t there taking the inward ritain people d won. May fight in the t the Allles i treaty the ith Germany r any agree- in, France, . This In ad d the repar- without con- o, that the posed upon flah the treas- ging at least of Ameri suries. that comment this repara- thig condition United States tes s expect- of that gold cent of id States will the plan Lloyd on the de- this 1r is or all of America us. But 1t eome in gold, tural that the orld, lacking shituld look to self interest. 80 as we have the jom In Y en- —a situation inality provides a wider range of se- lection which results in greater prog- ress. One may not dare think of the tre- mendous good that it ,‘oneself” criminally stamped would result were all the everyone time. inclined would be and could be guarded against. A would man’s criminal tendencies be apparent in his every act Conversely one would be able to trust the good, honest after the man most brief association with him. Moreover corrective measures might be adopted to cure the cvil-doer; the his' just de: beginning of things falling the honest man would the receive 'rts from very But in possibility of | bripging this state of things into the | pression, | because | other to world, and making practical use of the suggestion of this clergyman one indeed become most original by ng oneself to a greater degree than totore. Being oneself requires courage and thought. It would ban forever the ex- {3 that tion of the reason why one would not do It him isn’'t done,” and would replace statement by a declara- Often that a make certain statement is wise to He hesitates about speak- ing his mind; ho takes no action—just 1a done the He has absolutely It that there does exist a reason for the fail- ure men to speak mind suggests that fact no one has s or thing before. no excuse. is true usually of or act as thie should act. should not dis man's But he alone | courage him from doing the thing he | ways also | opposite sex considers wise or right. There would have been no progress in the world, of course, if all men had tollowed Today a away from Today originality is the of all progress and Dr. Grant is more right than he Be inal precedent. there is great breaking prece- dent basis knows, perhaps yourself and will be orig- will gain other and those with whom you you You in many | come In contact will gain as well. admiration | gain as we YOUNG REFORMERS. No point is made as to tho wisdom folly of the action of the girls and boys of an Illinols community in seek- ing to “reform” or their associates of the the girls pledged themselves to avold boys who used to- Then the back among not First bacco lads came by agreeing themselves girl to the doing things and dressing in a to of cer- ‘court” a given certain | tain way | p hand in that | ot 1t caso In which complications articipation in he world's ac- ing the most 'The Unitea petved for its volee io the of settlement d of iron in the ngements al- all their good- | taken by the lads that appeals. The thelr chaps girls have rather a sound basis for action. Smoking by yvoung who have not attained their growth, physically or mentally, can do and often does hs aside the objection- them This, ablenesa of no good, rm quite from the habit. Likewise the boys have much reas son to condemn girls who spoil time the possibly, by the use of paint. But young men have gone much farther than the girls, and the wisdom of some of their restrictions questioned The significance of the affair, how- ever, if thé whole thing is not a joke, is that the about what for The matter is but sides™ may be boys and girls are think- Is wise, sensible and best all concerned a bit too delicate to discuss, \f one were compelled to “take the justice of the criticism of either group, one would be obliged to say that the girls, in the modesty of their objection to but one habit, have a bit the better of it. boys have tried to criticise too much. But when begin as to to think along theses lines—it their action is the result df fRought and not of whim—it is safe to say that good results will come. There is one phase of the stand They | evince a great respect for their moth- { boy ted States, the | ithe Allles, rector n, New Y, hesital he of the led, | ers and want the girls they *“court” like them. Possibly they do not know, for instance, that their mothers a1a4 wear the point e to be daily dresses cut away from neck. But that is the They want to know real wom- n; the girls want to know real, clean men. There's the point. And it is belleved and every everywhere possesses something the same desire beside that every girl ol THE TAX RATE. Concurrent with the announcement of the total grand list for the city the intérest of the average individual immediately .urns to what the tax rate will by and how much actual cash he wi's have to pay for running he city. H new assessment s true almost without ex- does not necrssari- will have to turn i the ‘s much tho | freshness of their complexions, for all | young men and womepg | ST RUMINATIN'.” ( Robert Russell.) For some the suhbeans never dance; they such people say: for . a gentle rain's a “flood” that brings naught but dismay. They see some selfish reason far the good a ¢ ») may do; the color most affected by such folk deep, dark blue Throuzh glasses that are blue they see outlook o' today their simistic point o' view would » a feller g Th cannot the beauty o' the snow be- ause it's cold: they think that Youth should allus have the wisdom o' the old. An' as for fun—they'd happy be if it was off the map. I guess you all have deen this sort o’ pessimistic chap. Let's not get angry with these falk: they suffer quite enough; ‘tis their own dispositions make their path through life so rough. Let's pity or jest smile at ‘'em and let 'em mourn alone, remembering we eat the meat while they get but the bone. An' my ol' pipe suggests the thought that they can't make less bright the glory o' the sun that changes darkness into light. man's judgment tells | an assessment, already fixed, of 3 1- mills. this obligation at three city meetings, held since the original tax of 1920 was levied. What the total of esti- mated expenditures will be no one until the | and Estimate finishes with ings upon departmental But, bearing in mind the fixed charges can say its hear- of the city and allowing for the usual | amount to run its departments, it is that comparatively high rate will be necessary. There will be little opportunity to do away with it ! evident a and come through the year with clean ! books. Of course the Taxparyers by forcing a special election on the sub- ject can again bring about a reduc- tion, but these actions are merely rob- | bing Peter to pay Paul. Many times, in cutting appropriations, we simply adding to the debts of are the city and making the payments for the { particular year lighter, while we in- | crease the obligations that the prop- erty oyners must sometime meet by | the extra mill or so that we have removed. for a low tax rate and then ignoring city meetings when additional | are laid, allowing those interested “putting the thing over” to appear, with is a testimon- | ial to the or a | condoned. imposed at these meetings fully much they at the meeting which approves the estimates of the Board of Finance. They should be | more carefully followed. A year ago the Taxpayers insisted upon putting into the estimates of city income the sum of approximate- | ly $70,000 which, they claimed could be collected upon back There was $61,000 in uncollected back taxes the books. In the first place the Taxpayers allowed for the collection of more money than was owed, and charged that off to city income. business? if one wishes to emulate the ostrich and consider him- self hidden when only his head is in the Tax Collector Loomis is in no remonstrance, the electors not levies are ignorance of that Additional carelessness may be tax as as are taxes. | on Good Maybe, sand Board of Finance | estimates. | The practice of the public in voting taxes | * money 1000 | Taxpayers to | taxes are wished for, let us hope that | creditors and to the users of its streets | | and opportunities—a low tax rate can , | ia the time the poor chap who has | | wi ard all day d 't hi to Taxpayers of the city assumea | Worked N . Y jCosan s anve . age. < | Vérein society. perhaps as good a man as may be found for his job. But he is no prestidigitator, he cannot produce from where there is none. There still stands on the books $27,- 000 uncollected back taxes for | years preceding 1920. This left us! $36,000 dollars short of our estimate, by the Taxpayers, income. We were' allowed to spend that $36,000 om other improvements and it has not come in. Result, we are that much short in our accounts, which must be made up somehow. There are $62,- in uncollected taxes for the past | how much can we expect the for the city in- One hundred and Probably. in year, allow come from this? eight per cent? It is evident that we are adding | to our debts by blindly following & | course that might be termed “madly optimistic.” We realize that loW| they will come. But—if the city H wishes to meet its obligations to its hardly be expected. “In the Glbaming, Oh, My Darling,” worry whether or not his collar is fresh. —_—— Money may be the root of all evil, but it certaimly produces benign by- products. “Harding House-Boat Encounters Chill Winds"” may show that the Pres- ident-elect Senate member also the is acclimating himself to But he should re- matter of hot air. weather. Inventor declares he has discovered machine whereby one may tell if an- other is speaking truthfully. Try it on said inventor—the man who con- structed the guillotine was eventually executed by it. Fewer pocket-pieces are being car- ried these days than formerly—they are all in circulation. Love flies out of the window when poverty locks the door against cour- l A friend in need is a friend indeed and usually in Deed. 25 YEARS AGO (From The Herald of That Date). A dividend of 50 per cent was de- clared at the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Sovereigns Trad- ing company held Saturday night. The local Germans held a small celebration here yesterday in honor of the Kalser's 37th birthday. The Catholic Benevolent Legion will hold a smaker this evening. F. G. Platt left for New York today to attend to some business for the New Britain Machine company. The 25th anniversary of the open- ing the Turner hall will be celebrated tomorrow evening by the Turner The local Y. team will play the \i": team at the gymne um evening, Carl Youngblad will entertain a number of his friends at his home on Park street Friday evening. M. C. A. basketball >rbury Y. M. tomorrow FACTS AND FANCIES ROBERT QUILLEN The | By The South might start a Buy-a-bale movement in Germany. The yellow peril, you understand, is their devilish efficiency. Well, armed if the world hasn't been dis- it has been disillusioned, The only nation that isn’t distressed by coal prices is hibernation. Whatever the shipping board may have seen, it wasn't a political plank. e Coulon gives perhaps he Johnny men pause; semi-coulon. the strong is a sort of Apparently Uncle Sam favors all of | the League idea except the part of the | ceremony that would pledge him to | love, honor and obey. —— Every man has a right to object to except those who remained The news of the day causes us to be very glad that it's a long way to Tipperary. The roar of the big guns has been i succeeded by the roar of men who think they are the big guns. America’s destiny has been fashion- | ed by the land grant, General Grant | and the immigrant. One difference between Bolsheviesm and Americanism is that Bolshevism doesn’t tolerate alien disturbers, The optimist still insists that the Lord tempers the wind to the shorn lJamb and the empty coal scuttle. Lilyoyd George intimates that Ire- land must remain a branch of the British empire. Not, however, an olive branch. Now that New York police are us- ing machine-gun pistols, we fear the innocent bystander species will soon [ Announcing a Series of § | HALF-MILLION | DOLLAR Cash Purchase SALES Leading Newspapers and Trade Journals Of New England and New York Acclaim in Laudatory Editorials OUR EFFORTS TO KEEP MANUFACTURERS GOING AND OUR OFFER TO BUY $500,000 WORTH OF MERCHANDISE AT LOW PRICES FOR CASH And the General Optimistic Flavor of Our Recent Public ‘Announcements Manufacturers and Wholesalers Are Steadily ~ Responding . WITH OFFERINGS OF SPLENDID NEW MERCHANDISE AT TREMENDOUS CONCESSIONS IN PRICE —AND— IN ORDER THAT OUR PATRONS MAY HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THESE TRANSACTIONS M We Shall Hold a Series of Half-Million Dolle Cash Purchase Sales —THE FIRST IS NOW IN PROGRESS— OTHERS TO FOLLOW DAILY UPON ARRIVAL OF GOODS AT THIS WRITING Many of these Special Purchases are in the store while other lot are on the way—liable to get here any minute—but we cannot quof items and prices specifically because the values are so great that som of the lots will be depleted before you read this— However —othe lots equally good will take their place—and, we, simply say: Come to Hartford--Straight to Our Store Quic As You Can--Right Away, Every Day, This Week If you want to benefit by the sensational offerings in Women Wear — Men’s Wear — Children’s Wear — Dry Goods — Ho Furnishings, Etc. The One Sensible and Convincing Argument Why You Should Buy at Our February Furniture Sale Is This: $200,000 Worth of*