New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 12, 1921, Page 6

ain Herald. ISHING COMPANY, rietors. —_— day excepted) A uilding, <7 Church street. ‘Montha. Ofce at New Britain Mall Matter. PHONE CALLS: ble advertising medium Ia Ciroulation books and press open to advert Pross is oxclusi republication of all ne §t or not otherwise credi and also local news pub Bureau of Clreulation. 1» & national organisation o spapers and adver- strictly honest = .alysis of v culation statistics this audit. This insu inst fraud ures to both national and VIATION. France at a development there been hose ines have L3 countries along Now England tor ase Iinducements in and alr matters at England's heels ntry the appropriation hment for inadequate jcourngement private hatever is being done, comparatively small arranged for by wposal of the ted, s accomplished as individuals, follow- ailr develop- Moreover by the work along the au- private interests in rolal lines. daworth's ition The begun by r shores ve the ay believe war rticipate. ellove that far greater part hight come than it did onflict It is believed the deciding str aside of con- r in connection with puld interest prediction next war, an alr prediction is that in which But this it is in the be encouraged in aviation first France, in us to ke a the commercial pace with present then time. fleld trans- ew means of be explored, to say dbilities in the way of human freight. elopment s to con- of unpossessed any f it cannot be ex- of disarmament— disarmament will be Flut disarmament op tion, and the even though it Is reached States to this deplorable be righted SSPRINGTIME." nd-—democratic will ‘Springtime’’ Tuesday evenings no the development nations the de- fall matter be in mistake to be ter under the aus- | nefit of the Young | association. Thus by those Interested. poetry come in the the democracy from which of has been selected the cast that organizations with mark not Although not called w.W. C. A oceasionally here ot enpectally that clansos it is & ? In the h school tact member- but this Iting from, that per- of something of ecognize class sure and health- has be industrial nized wmall pxtond to wll classes n making a depart- an cmploys wi 1t has more than and no way depart- standards are putting on this a cast of two fneet running Miss Marie Rich- 1 producing com- play which will pX - wewupaper | there | aviation | nd The | dfrection right physically, morally | mentally, should (Y. W. C. A | for girls of all classes who have It door be encouraged. is doing a splendid work taken should advantage its open door of aided in making that larger and what lies within attractive helpful more and and spiritual- ly practically OUR FOREIGN R It certain as to our 4 said the allied nations are un- future foreign rela- face things of un- tions' policy. On the of it might be said that the people this country suffer from the same certainty It various men is too carly in the terms of the will formulate that that who policy tor criticism this uncer- tainty Ail man running on of Nations w3 we know is that a exists. the platform of the Aefeated the retused of “association’” | League by one who was opposed to present lengue at least, and who to to an advocacy any- thing than of nations—whatever bind himself further an that might have meant time President Harding inject Since that | has asserted that we cannot anything militaristic into w a closer re- At has not be- | arrangement is made for lationship with other nations. that he least we may say more favorable League. Harding, come any dizposed toward the President State Hughes Elihu will formulate | 18 absolute Secretary of enator Lodge and the men who will policy. There for some agree- Root be our foreign necessity the United in States and the of becomes more ment between our recent associates war, ssity the We cannot keep course. This ne pressing because of situation in regard to Germany | the absurd theory of being officially war with a country officially at peaco with those former assoc And yet, the are being taken es of ours. moment, when by the Allies to en- force the terms of the treaty n- not properly with the country which refuses to abide by the with the nations at steps we make peace terms of a treaty | whose associates we were. With the greatest respect for Pre and with full recogni- straightforward- the may i- Harding of his ability, eagerness to serve interests of the country, it said that his own, pe will be less of a factor in determining the dent tion ness and best be sonal opinion our future foreign rewations than opinions of Hughes, Lodge and Root. Possibly it is a compliment to him to put the situation thus as it poses his willingness to be influenced by the minds of the others mentioned. Secretary Hughes, tech- nically inclined, possesses the ability effect He must presup- men such as however to s0 to reason from cause necessary in a great lawyer. see that the ation by President Harding must take more in order to accomplish in “‘assoc suggested definite form | anything. There whatever agreement ‘teeth™ the the possibility of war. Mr. Root has gone on record as fa- of present must be teeth is formed—and of involve consideration voring the establishment an asso- clation based the He, older than Secretary Hughes and now &t a of which permits him to look beyond the regarding cor- on League time life and activity narrow, technical law and such smaller activities have given full sway to poration | matters, may that vision of what must come event- unlly This vision is undoubtedly the inspiration of his stand President Harding and Senator Lodge will have their vision dimmed, by of politics which been look- the screen probably, | through | ing for many | 1 it they have b TS, their hearts Hughes unharmon- one could see into is believed that Secretary Root will be not lined and Senator and Mr jously up against President Harding first Lodge, the | two tending to make the bond be tween the United States and other na- tions much closer than the President and the Senator from Massachusetts. last first two would dare more; the two would have their courage political beams in the eves it the vision, tempered blunted by «Expediency”” may rule, but is to be hoped that of the two great law- that akin with the lived by the practical yers will prevail and there | come now something to existent the all have pered, afraid selves to action when the peace of League now States retaining and pros- under which we but not to the world is threatened agreement must come! Will they allow this ad- mitting it and without following their world know it! to Such I'hese men without opportunity pass convictions? | A BIT OF LAW. will | the | United | safeguards | pledge our- | | | Horn” DURING THE RAT AROUND THE PLACE. OET EFERSET HUNT AT THE MILL ——— = = = RAN “JEST RUMINATIN".” (Robert Russell.) There come some times when you must trust a man or you must not, an’ your own inter- course with him is all the means you got to make you think he's faithful or to make you think he's bad—to stamp him decent, honest, or to think that he's a cad. We know that human nature’s full o quips an’ quirks an’' crooks; you cannot aye size up a chap jest by his outward looks; but as a man has treated you it's fair enough to say that he’ll be just or otherwise most any future day. Then take a look within vourself; would you be always straight with him you're con- templatin’, in affairs both small n' great?” If you can answer yes' to this it's pretty sure that he, a-sensin’ of that fact would give you nought but honesty. The general average o' men stick pretty close to truth—it ain't confined to middle-age nor older men nor youth. ; ol' pipe ndvises “Trust’ be awful rot—when the time when you must trust a man or trust him not. from doing deciding whether of something. not the injunction should be granted to tion persons, or city In or is obliged have reason to believe the proposed action, the court to stop which the injunction proceed- | ings are brought, is based on some- thing unlawfully done. An injunction may be permanent or temporary. A temporary injunction may be obtained sometimes “‘ex parte’ —~which means that both sides are not | The in merits of the the represented case decided injunction. granting of a temporary it victory for the seeker of the injunc- are not In lies no tion. A made permanent after temporary injunction may be both sides have been heard. Then everyone knows “where he's at We have to see the “Harding Blue have vet but claim felt many people, to it She dressed on $3.00 a week is sub- stance of caption girl and shoulder The too obvious ing pretty un- adorned humorous The employe who does not put his heart into his work is apt to find his heartless he To be “honest” and | yet ‘“‘unfair” constitutes a distinction without difference a “Little Boy Blue Come should humble Blow Your be the motto of the too some | over picture show- comment | i hard the | | ether !Hdr\us' church held last evening, A. J. Sloper was elected treasurer; J. R. Andrews on the board of trustees, and George Rapelye and A. L. Thompson | on the commiitee as ushers. J. W. Allen has plans to build four new houses on Harvard street. | poultry than we used to find. ! ing has spread and instead ONE OF THE OLDEST KNOWN RATS UP JEFF SACKETTS PANT LEG - ED PURDYS “\reiE “RESCHED THE RAT amateur poultry pen has itself very much in recent In back yards and on bits of land in the city also on tha we find a better class of Knowl- edge of selection, breeding and feed- of the The spread vears. vacant outskirts, ! scrub flock, with which most novices A handsome new sign has been | erected in front of the House on Center street. The American Hosiery ! bave plans to place two in the plant next week. new boilers in the to Anchor bolts are being put | Porter building on Main street strengthen the front of the block. COMMUNICATED A Life for Chicken Fanciers, P. O. Box 454. Britain, March 11, 1921. Editor New Britain Herald. New Britain, Conn. Dear Sir:—In reading over the ad- vertisements in The Herald for sev- eral weeks past, one cannot help no- ticing the number of poultry ads that are inserted every day in | stock and hatching eggs for sale. New i company , . ain? ! form a poultry club, regard to 1w satisfi th vi ins Germonia | were satisfied, e best laying strains are now in demand and are proving ! their superiority for egg production. With all the activity going on, it scems to me that in a city like New Britain, we should have some sort of poultry organization. Hartford, Mid- dletown and other places have their “poultry clubs,” why not New Brit- Ttility practice covers a wide and fascinating field and there are enthusiasts enough in New Britain to where the ex- perienced man, if he is of the right | stamp. will help the novice with ad- vice and guidance. The expert will lecture on one of the branches of poultry culture, egg laying tests may be carried on and the value and man- ner of selection demonstrated. Hoping some of the chicken fan- ciers will take this matter up as now is the time to get a club started, T am Respectfully yours, for better poul- try, AMATEUR. FACTS AND FANCIES By ROBERT QUILLEN : Worry will make you thin unless, you are worrying about your fat. As we understand it, France wants absolute reparation and custody o! the future. s woman can make a home happy, and in this day of house scar work4 both ways. One knows it is possible to get messages from the departed when he ! { hears money talk. The state of middle Europe teaches us that a civilization fed on crumbs I soon crumble? The only pcople who don’t bhelieve might right are those who the rinorit that compose 5, one could and even now it getting one with In the old & ezg for a cent, to avoid a scent. world problems are the big question is: last? are tender the fiy and swat him. Of course the important, but Will the coal pile Well, you ¢ it you n. catch before you give him be it one will never unless them The Turk with that treaty amended to give crack at Armenia. Sinn-Feiners operating in Dublin with bombs and rifles killed one per- son and wounded seven Evidently can he more it buy an | is | but hearted | Chicago of Greece. satised | Irish freedom must wait upon target If Edison succeeds in communicat- ing with the dead, may be able to ! Jocate America’s spirit of patriotism. Speaking of the unemployed, America’s ability to digest the loaf will depend largely on the shortening. The hatreds engendered war cannot long endure in the face of the desire to sell the other fellow some- thing. by The money Eurvpe spends for propagandz to persuade America to cancel that debt would pay a consid- erable portion of it. Found, a vaniiy bag, has delight- ful feminine odor of sachet. face pow- der and turkish cigarettes. The chief argument in favor of American isolation .s the fact that Europe thinks it a very narrow and dangerous policy. The suggestion that Liberty bonds be burned doesn’'t sound reasonable, it might Le just as well to burn tha oil stock. Chi- but the It sounds all right to say that cago is the Athens of America one can’t beliove that Athens wa And when the nations disarm, some statesman will slip 1n a joker permit- ting the building of battleships for purposes. What makes them maddest is the fact that they cannot now start an argument by saying e things they were forbidden to say during the war. medicinal : floor THE OBSERVER MAKES RANDOM OBSERVATIONS —— ON — THE CITY AND ITS PEOPLE. Since Pafrick Henry delivered his ultimatum demanding liberty - or death, all Americans have had a passionate yearing for freedom. Thez words of Patrick Henry kindled a.l a blaze that has mounted higher and burned with more intense heat as the years passed. Self-determination which is liberty in another guise, that's what we all crave, that's what we demand’ with fervor, and that's what we will have even if we do the determining for our neighbor. A visitor from abroad at a recent: city meeting might well ponder over the question whether we Americans are capable of self-government, whether we are a safe people to be entrusted with such powerful in- strument. True government is based on the rights of the whole as opposed ! to the privilege of a few. When that principle in thrown out of balance, | the result is something besides govern- ment. It was not only thrown out of balance, it was thrown out the window at the city meeting, and senses were blinded to right and wrong in the heat of the moment. » Two powerful forces were strug- gling for contrcl. One was that repre- sented by duly elected government officials: the other was a cosmopolitan aggregation primed to howl down any: opposition, Whether Mayor Curtis did or did not. as a final act, impose his will on {he gathering by unfair means, is not the question. The one; fact sticks out that, even prior to the mayor's decisions, no citizen could et a proper hear The speaker for the low tax rate was frequently un- able to make himself heard because of the tumult created LY hie own fol- | lowers. Certainly, it 1 not be con-, tended that any sp »r for the high rate was given a sjuare deal. Anyone with the temerity to speak from the in favor of the budget recom-i mended by the board of finance and | taxation was grected with catcalls and | jeers. In brief, it was not an Amer] can meeting. There was no tempe: ance of speecch, no moderation, no | consideration for the other fellow. | For the purpose of removing a bar- rier to our future social and civic tranquiility, the committee having in charge the revision of the city charter | has under contemplation an arrange- ment which will abolish, in its pres ent form. the referendum of the city tax rate to the people. Wild eved agi- tators should not think that the people will have no sa¥v in the matter. That is a procedure followed out in! many other cities, but it would be such a radical departure from cus- tom in this city thkat it would cause considerable unpleasantness. The Observer believes in a referen- dum to the people, but by a different method. Various plans are being dis-| cussed and the majority of people recognize the danger of continuing| to hold city meetings year after year at which temper may overcome judg- ment and serious consequences result, comething we would all regret as reflecting on the name of New Britain, It has been suggested that the diffi- culty might be surmounted by hav- ing a special referendum at the polls. This would be an expensive proce- dure, the cost growing as the cityy expands, but it w uld have this l'nerit.l it would be dec is possible | that an effort may be made to rear- | range the city calendar so the esti- mates can he voted on at the regular| spring election, thus eliminating extra expense and promote economy. On the other hand, it would open a field for unscrupulous politi cians who would pander to the pas- sions of the multitude. Candidates for office—some of them—would ally themselves with a movement against the rate recommended by the city! and regardiess of their qualifications | for office would probably be elected. ! It would, perhaps, be morg desirable to keep the tax rate divorced absolute- ly from the actual common council elections. U this is done, New Britain m: in high office men who are qualified neither by nature, breeding or study to discharge the responsibilities incident to government positions. Even though the cost would be greater, the determination of the tax rate should be kept apart from city elections, It could be decided on the present schedule. The city could | recommend a certain budget. Any ; dissenter, or group of dissenters, | could appeal to the people, but under certain well-defined condition eroup which is dissatisfled with official budget could submit a budget of their own, provided that their remonstrance is signed by a certain percentage of qualified voters, twenty- five per cent for example. It would ‘be necessary to impose some cond tions in order to bar out cranks who have no following and radicals who have no brains. All substitute budgets would have to be filed a certain time Lefore the referendum at the polls. The time between filing and voting could be occupied in explaining the \arious budgets to the people. No doubt there are other perhaps sounder than above. Citizens with suggestions to make should get in touch with 2 member of the charter revision com- mittee. The re ion will be submitted Shortly and there is little time to lose. ' i the | plans, that outlined =% According to information of recent date Isidore.Simons of the Taxpayers' association proposes to import a num- ber of speakers for the mass meeting which will be held tomorrow at a local theater to protest against Mayor Curtis' ruling in favor of the high | than advise, A | bus should be conducted in an intelligc} manner. We doubt whether the oldd inhabitant can recall an occasion wh it was necesary to ask people fro other cities to come here and expla what we should do and how we shoul do it, and the time has not cor when such a procedure is necessal It would be presumptuous for ci zens in other communities to spea on the New Britain tax situatio Each city has its own peculiar poli cal questions. an understanding which is based on residence and stug Strangers see only the crest; t are not familiar with the undercu rents on which the crest rides. Bring ing in strangers—paid, perhaps not the way to find a solution to t tax dispute. Their presence only add fuel to the fire. They come her, it opinions fixed through knowle q only one side of the question and the words are aimed to agitate, rathe their audiences. While many no doubt favor th low tax rate, they will resent Simon highhandedness in going to othdg cities for speakers. *xs With the time for the adoption daylight saving but a short way o confusion is dlready well bred in t minds of those who are wonderi what schedule is to be adopted Cornecticut. Thus far a small numbg of communities have voted, throus 1heir governments, to adopt dayligh saving schedules late this'month, T larger cities hav: vet to act. Taking the initiative. the New Yorl New Haven and Hartford railro] has decided that it will run its trai on “‘summer time,” pushing the han i of all its official clocks ahead o hour, which action has' irritated so: of the early-rising folks who live the far stretches of the state whet nothing happens except mornin noon and night. They have had the morning, noon and night determin by the sun and they object to ference by man. The cows, ch‘ and market “truck” simply won't lieve that it's six o'clock, for instanq when they know gosh darn well tha it'’s only five Our rustic populatioh up with the larks, but whaddya goin; to do if the larks refuse to believe i daylight saving time, ask they As b beer said, our bucolic population irritated and “jest sets around an: cusses.” As a counter-irritant, the House o) the General Assembly has gonme o] record as opposed to daylight saving even though the railroad comp has already announced its decision. fact the House has gone further, ¥ would tie the hands of the community which would move the hands on' ti clocks. It a poll of New Britain were take it would probably be found that th majority favor daylight saving, Thil is a manufacturing community which thousands earn their living the factories. They appreciate any extra daylight procurable and placd high value on the extra hour i hd evening which summer time them. In view of the general lack 0 plovment and the consequent ue. tion in the purchasing power of thqg workers, it is likely that ho gardens will be developed on a largd scale this summer in order to offse grocery bills. It may be said that fae tory workers have enough t e during slack times to develop h- ~arden; to their heart’s content. ' is ne at all certain that the p of in. dustrial dullness will continu . chroug] the summer and it is generally ex pected that by early fall the factorie will be Tunning on schedules that wi! keep their workers confined for long: er hours. Under those conditions the extra hour of daylight on the fag en m ! of the day could be used to good ad- vantage in harvesting the good thin; that Mother Earth creates. Mayor Curtis has denied that he is opposed to. daylight saving alithoug he is not to be catalogued as an, ardent advocate of the scheme Other) members of the city government have not expressed themselves. It might] be the part of wisdom to go slowl until it is learned what other cit'a intend to do. ° *xe When the legislature passed buck on the jitney question to th Public Utilities Commission it virtual- | 1v sounded the death knell for motor transportation. The demise may not come immediately, but it is certain i to come unless the people make their voices heard, because the Public Util ities Commission always has been! »nd is now the chief mourner when the Connecticut company falls ill; it entire sympathies seem to be with our electric transportation service. If enough people in the territories served by jitnevs can be aroused to action they may be able to continuc to enjoy that service. The Connecticut company cannot expeéct to operate and make money by charging extor- tionate fares for short rides. If the company really wants to make profits it must establish its collectioms on ~ entirely different basis. The serve a useful purpose in pro fast and frequent trips to ‘- -~ of the city from many points, this for a moderate co:i have established themselves ia city and are a conveniencé to wh we have all become accustomed, Even during the wrecent blizzard, they continued to run ;on some line for hours after the trplley cars, gave up the ghost. B People who de: cannot afford to d on the jitndys remain idle. They z It