New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 23, 1921, Page 6

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L PUBLISHING COMPANY, Prop. by (Sunday exeepted) - at 418 erald Building, ¢7 Church street a Yoar Tnres Monche '« ‘Montn t the Poot Ofee at No Becona €1 Mall Ma TELEPHONE CALLS: MBO® .oc-ceocateqes noms Britale profitable advertising medlum 1o ty, Circulation books and pross always open (o advertiess v of Tho Asscchuted Press 4 Pross Taatvely oo for Te i a to it ot paper and herwa, nimhea with & wericely tion. © O wed upo clon “agninec traua uilon fiures to boih pational and pAvertinery ) — VIEWED ABIROA s fol ote to Gevimany on the rep- ) \ e reports have it that circlen regard Secretary i in handil Heitish policy This at least stionuble compliment for our Franee comet the report that perican reply to Lerlin s very hiily recelysd Paris and has disagrecable sonsation alohx @ Ormiy FPrance seemi Lo ording to dispatches from hat the fixing of the repaia entirely within the NI W that uny il American arance Atne o F wwored by ne that United States did not mbot olutely to have anything to except in o reparati matter il coun: note an it was in 4 column wish futher to the sland seemt to Hughes' note as v owarning” to Germany, g the onus on her of mak b he ht d not act Is acceptable to t allie significant comment s a country ud powerful as merely an o mess- by and transmit ¢ exactly as formulated by 1t thae Intenti te this was she the would Germany by od ined tutes weting through The # alwaysw op Germs ch seem to feel, that her pro- reparations com n to receiva pr 1y must have felt, as this th 1 te oming through govern takeo A of our puld with th government would, as suggested yesterduy. ther Jumn g could h of States T than to appear in the role of for G But] as hera France hay the the b fa from the government of or the intention rding add Secretary rmany oen in the note Hughes a possibility ot # heing placed in that our fricndship for England the note could not i i re behind en & wish to in handily British ¢ anythin poliey™ if in it might in hy to place ua that would be vicwed roving German pro sald that on receipt of Ger but a short time elapsed Wl M Probably e reply ni wai expeet Possibly our d been formuluted tentatively final revision od only L eny Lt our reata % Wmong An official will ) per hut interpretation must om the meaning now so o vi- wording tve of its England of an rres what indd irrespective f the note ance thinks, or what tha the should of tion thinks no haerea And pay have hoped sho will will viewpoint & from no matter wha ind nent A buse et subterfuge in bl of goverr the b that by any to cas, a apon our loyalty to oar fo atew. or to makoe many’s gullt SUGGESTIVE. ally of in won- bout nothing the little man who hall, to vupe story the other ired in aia peared in o drossed volunteered ald and hamm vl w and broom " who for a lean Leglon were hall e, He the party they snid nothing but an the others we | thought provincu | Germoan | and | wealthy, | come | may Gernmny's | | grouna | have 1 in ! eral Commander of the Ninth Quite weeks ago Army Corps area. naturally r for him t spect the point among working, » nor no less daili highest him Jumped who had possibly no m than they a & those seen 1y n working. respect came from the knowledge that had honoe such do man who risen to should time to manual take or the Think Reverse situation him when—people.” clerk. Probably the 1 knew cmployer has a he notice that is diligent he not he may th #ome suggestion aa to how store should be conducted: possibly ho may not wwes the heard Then information comes developed In time the clerk I employ of that man and ix not of for a long 4 that the has tormer clerk into a hig own efforts @ chain of ‘merchant prince’ has established, say, stores which have brouzht him the count T more Joins He fame throu still out employer, his store le the running s successfully,”immediately “l knew him club,"” when, bitter the have a ara few he he not tha cap- the bene the or K feol el was not he may that he him, of doing the things he time able employed Either way looks at it, there is the which in action of Major Gen- may be played h. rare ernl Liggett with tha reverse Engl Hut such cases are Most em- ployers nre employers because of the fact that they have been big enough and rith to see possiDilities in people in business. Most clerks are clerks no op clerks er because they have | tunity or because they ar nature, Both clerks and employers should remember the suggestiveness of the Httly story HAYWOOD Some day leader will rise to cham- plon the cause of the class of people called not aristocrats, plutocrats, ete. leader. He class He will be a real may from the wealthy or he not all among th He will will who do manual first In he from 12 bor probability come men who ha be one recogniz- ry learned by experience, then is necessa their that education to the educated he Through such a man only, will come harmony And, it time will meet on own will study. such a man, an& through capital. capital by that arned more of labor; irned more of capital, and the in harmony will thus be between labor and is helleved, labor will have k working made the easier, Willlam D. a leader of Haywood rose to be certain anization nks of those opposed to time when it “ or within the r capital. There was a was thought he was quite a mgn. The | the | immedic He the radical he led w with adulation, ed things too far. leader. His the right pl power moved it that his country. He all in ftime passed was given the him. he honors element group re able to give Drunk perhaps, He heart len was not have But place a great may | been “in at first his own into a %o wrong he was disloyal to betrayed the trust that was placed in him by a certain element of | who followed of thove him it his former followers have th de Today in said doomed to des if he has them it | werted Now He term is reported, he is in Rus- unde the He this week s Is sentence to serve {a in leral at Le that prison venworth was to have begun sentence He is now |a without a country fugitive from justice, hated by his old follow- suffer fMled ted use they may from his desertion—Ii{ he has Again it is reite -a great lead- or will spring “the up, probably His tempered from among idens will people progr sive bhe with triotism and sound, There will him Willlam aders, possibilities for file Haywood's common sense fol- an- come no shame from But he lowing will not he other Haywood. Near latent the men who possess leadership and rank and of men should re- member ‘a BUSINESS, picking i veel lesa | Business i up. Thix fecling has beeri spreading throughout the country for very very slow- Iy the past several weeks and there are now few sources but will admit the | that it is their that of the reached opinion ving of the pendulum has been and that we are on our way to- wards a period of normal, stable, pr and wages. “‘Auction markets” for | lubor and produce, such as existed a urs ugo, have definitely gone little doubt of that, but there | rew vy, + there in is i also little doubt but that a gradual re- of An and, through | feelings has since | | mills have | more | upon the question of the wage man the bottom ! NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERA!! “JEST RU )llN,\TI.\'.’\ (Robert Russell.) e 1t's cloudin’ up; the wcather man ain’t got no word to say; if you should meet him on the street he'd turn the other way, He ain’t this da charts; he's rules is all he he n’ wind circum- consulted wholly at with its stringent Knows thinkin® an’ sun stances done terial boss. is bout the re an’ what such in the past have allus He thinks things n for that's business but what he does what thinks don’t bother nov Wor whether it will rain or ol' science can't decide to how feel—by bide. sun will let it K it black- look at as o his me too he you. shine, i i come we The rofer cant i in nears remain, Ctwill be we down to troubl:’s cned stain, The way we life will bring the sunshinc or the who dwell aurknes we all d bow cloud—there's some in that zood land where ain't allowed. We all may brin that sunshinc in our own, quite private way, no matter though the weather man has got no word to say. without fear of bread lines and failures. ludus{n. which was first hit by the started the up- well the path textile manufacturers depression has already ward climb and is along stability. The the first to have difficulties after development of the psychological strike™" last fall. Many of the reopened and are putting on of were the **buyers’ bands. The automobile industry next. 1t plants was is resuming operations, several are working on a full time schedule. There is noted a small articles beginning sumption of demand for wnd manufacturers are to plan increased activities New Britain is primarily interested in building business and in builders’ hardware. Upon the latter depends the of the resumption factories. takes Wi workmen in our When of building place we shall be the more prosperous. t of the trades to buy- one of the tivities but We had one of the feel the depression, the We increased seriously strike to feel the that time should not be far off as others shall be are already increasing. lumber is actually selling at brick has been reduced Building Even building labor decrease, though it has not been lowered to the point which the ‘‘buyers,”’ who homes, that labor cost has bottom. When the bottom is reached in the trades we shall see a resumption of building, of building upon scale which was never before attempted to make up for the four or five years dur- ing which there has been little, Then shall come the demand for products of factories, then shall zo back upon full has shrunk, not Certain P in pre- in price material certain sections. is lower. has seen ¢ satisfles will build reached its those a our workmen The dollar power will during the our time. its purchasing be as small as it wi te post-war period eive as many doll But they will much if not more. they and flour. more put the The much in mate nd we shail noy re s in our pay envelopes. buy just as They will buy more shoes will butter, will buy upon now, purchase Shortly more they more cxas houses and paint house. will laborer receive s al return for his lower wages— if then, to know the exact time of more money in your pocket than you are getting under the t decide of the that reaches It may and the there would be nd business will &0 on as usual. you wish, short hours now preval that produce. is using the ‘When go to we material that work. you normal you will be normal eral public does, clse now, doubt it building than there is. it more If we are take a period for the public to awaken to the fact call off the strike."" mistaken and is normal it will and “buyers’ It & man continually he pr better player. weticed what hed he would become a much That The carpet man, in Kept o'er and o'er repe to ting “I've got my work do.” anheeded whera he's needed; then ho pleaded: “work to do.” Ha slipped away To office Hao's latc 80 had some Although a rose, by any other name, will smell. as sweet, a pose, by other name, won't hide It would not hurt many a man wh) loses his temper to search to other vital never it characteristie se Le has one—or any Many whe are unwiling to let an- other prove his worth arc slad ‘o let him prove theirs quickly Thoughts that come (oo geldom come true. ./ ‘ SATURDAY, And now entereth the Spring Poet. He into the dell to commune with nature, leaving his zocth out bosky spouse at home to commuae with the dishes and, if her strensth with the floor mop. He spieth \ shrinking violet nestling in a mossy bank and he plucketh it. Hugging it to his breast he crieth out with ex- cruciating: joy: *“Hail, prodigal friend. Welcome to our city. Enraptured wvith the discovery, he embraceth. it again and again, showering caresses upon it, the while his soul is permeated with the | ecstasy of the occasion. ; Straightway homeward he speedeth, {his head in a mist of coral and pearl and Jjasper and his mind swimming in a lambent pool of ambrosia dis- tilled on Olympus. So great is his ! haste that he wotteth not the pres- jence of the butcher, baker, landlord and various others whose brains are rsotten with low thoughts of bar- er and commerce, and he knocketh them off their pins as they block the doorway. . Into the house he rusheth and bruiseth his children—dirty-faced children—who crowd. about shouting “Papa has an idea.” To his study he hasteneth and grasping a quill dashes into his Great Work. Out from his mind poureth sweet thoughts of as- phodel, golden shafts from the sun and verdant meadows newly renovat- ed by Nature's carpet sweeper. Afters two hours of this, straight from the house he beateth it to the sanctum of Ye Editor, to whom all seasons are alike with the fragrance of ink, metal dross, stale glue and corncob pipes. As he approacheth the entrance to the sanctum, his flight is arrested by an arrogant hand, like the ham of a traffic cop. . An of- fice boy mocketh his serious mien, saying “Spill the info here, and start the other wa In vain he pro- testeth that his business is of a per- sonal nature and threatencth dire things to the Fresh Keeper of the Gate. Skippeth he to left and right, attempting to dodge through the por- tal but the office boy, like Johnny Kilbane, is a bit of a heel and toe artist himself. At last exhausted. the Spring Poet sinketh to the floor unconscious. At which, forthwith there entereth two brutish persons with brooms and shovels and at once falleth to work, gathering with little tenderness the form of the breathless rhymster. And ldinner i lasts, «cluded tingling pleasure of a great | {manager of the Corbin Screw Corpor- APRIL 23, 1921 MAKES RANDOM O ESERVATIONS - ON = THE CITY AND ITS PEOPLE. l I THE OBSERVER into a copious bin Poets” after which they boosteth it labelled *‘Spring ‘from their beetling brows they mop- (peth plebeian sweat. Their bors con while the young Cerebus chortling with glee | confides to the checker on the other end of a speaking tube: “Make it ten, Mike. Gee, they're coming in thick | toda ! MORAL—Spring Poets Beware! they departeth, Clarence A. rl. former general ation, has perfected the reorganiza- tion of the personnel of the Briscoe Motors Corp.. of which he is now | president. tle has surrounded him- | self with a sroup of strong and ex- | perienced hustlers, men well known in the automotive field. It is said the output of the Bris- coe factory is now twenty cars a day which is to be increased gradually until a daily output of 75 is reached. AMr. rl has made tthe followins | statement: ““When I accepted the presidency T did so because I was convinced that . Briscoe had no superior in its field. | Tt is not nearly so well known as it | !should be owing to the fact that the | company has been content with mod- ; | erate production nearly always over- sold. The car itself has met compe- | tition wherever it has been introduced. The financial resources of the com- pany are ample for any expansion that | may be desired and I took the presi- jdency with the stipulation that we | would go out after business on the {scale which the car and the stand- | ing of the company justified. Read- | justment of the organization by the addition of several strong men the | i first step.” | i | | ] | .o ew Britain will most likely be spared of serious | scope this spring. This assumption iis based on the fact that journeymen { painters and plumbers have agreed to accept a reduction in the wage scale, thus harmonizing two of the most important branches connected with building. After an incipient strike, members of the painters’ union have announced that they will work for less pay. Similar action on the | part of the plumbers followed, lead- ing to the hope that others con- nected with building trades will reach the same angle of thought. { More homes are sadly needed a labor dispute in FACTS AND FANCIES — BY ROBERT QUILLEN — NS the average man's to thoughts ot In fancy loafing. the spring lightly turns The neighbor’s chickens are heartily in favor of open gardens openly ar- rived at, The back-to-the-farm movement will succeed when some profit appears to lead the way. ender, come buck again that harsh tal Ah, dear sy We didn’t mean all about thrift. that the early bird gets teaches us that worms risc early. The fact the worm should not “Let George do it is probably the only bit of slang that has ever become the policy of an empire. n't make ‘em believe it, but - will make the hands just as soft as these pafent creams. Poets are born, not made: and the world is still tryi to decide whether this is a boast or an ali You ¢ , Rend is a verb, indicatng violence. The past participle is rent, which oc- casions violent profanity. The reason some people are n pro-American is because their vanity won't let them herd with a minor- 25 YEARS AGO (From The Herald of That Date.) 50 musi- Russwin Prices Sousa's Peerless band of | cians will appear at the Lyceum theater this evening. at 5 cents to $1. \ Professor E. F. L |organ recital at the tional church last ! Parsons favored | solos. August Burckhardt is having a flag | sidewalk laid in front of his residence on West Main streét. The brick chimney which | relic of the old Sargent factory {Elm street was removed today. There was an average attendance of 505 at the Boys' club for | week. ubin gave an First Congrega- evening. A. S. with several bass was the on | The The people are a little blue, but they can still muster an amused smile when some interest predicts a short- age in the hope of stimulating sales. A scientist remarks that snakes have a language of their own. One should have no difficulty in pronouncing the name of the new Chinese minister, Mr. Sze. Economists say the world could get to its feet quicker by canceling war debts. Business could get to its feet auicker if the banks would follow this AT YOS *FRAND COLLL sStAs JOMEBCOw?, She wouldn’t wear her gown so low in the back it she knew how her shoulder blades look protruding in the STATE FUND THREATENED The latest move on the part of this city to do something for the oR-serv- icemen is admirable but to some there is a question whether or not the new service, men’s council, with its $3.000 appropriation will have the de- sired effect. It will inasmuch as cover- ing the clerical work which is neces- ary for filling out paper for war risk insurance and vocational train- ing, but the cffects on the state fund is liable to be dire. The $3,000 includes a mount for loaning the neceds requirement for the state fund also has the word needy it. New Eritain has been getting its share of the stite fund, and the men have beep faring better than any other city of this size in the state. This condition is undoubtedly due to the er case: | avound | opinion this | fact that all servicemen's posts in this city went on record as being in favor of a bonus from the state, and | the desire on the part of the advo- cates of the state fund to prove that the fund was more desirable than a bonus tended to make the donations more liberal here. From time to time, terworth, treasurer of the American Frank S. But- | ough ! victed. | the citizens are wor Legion, under whose charge the dis- tiibution of the state fund was placed by the Board of Control, would call | . up members of the committee in this ask He and town reques them to “go was, in short, groping for an excuse to cut this city on donations, and it is the of many that now with the available for needy ex-serv- men, there is an excuse tc cut down on state fund donationi to New | Britain. It the city ot New Britain down $3,000 ica New Britain, as in \other cities throughout the country, and with the cost of material reduced and la- bor costs also coming down a re- sumption of building activity may be | looked forward to. This may not be on a large scale but it will at least mean a start in the right direction. Public opinion does not strikes at this time. It is realized that the most important factor in any operation, building or industrial, is the labor cost. If business through- out the land is to become stabilized employes must promote tranquilty by helping to reduce prices. By so doing they hasten the day of prosperity when a dollar will buy a dollar's worth of merchandise. Unorganized labor everywhere has ccepted, reductions in wage scales. Organized labor must be prepared to do the same. Unionism can win spirit and showing that it to co-operate. is anxious Among the islands of the Pacific occan which will pass under the con- trol of Japan if n by the European allics are exccuied is New Britain, one of the Polynesinn group. This island is not far distant from Yap, the piic of rock over wuich the United States i1 greatly concerned because of it strategic location and importance as a cable New Britain is about 23 miles wide by 2340 miles long. Its coasts are precipitous in some parts and on the north are studded with voleanoes ris- ing to a height of 1,000 feet. The Encyclopaedia Britannpica, amoug other things, says of the island of New Britain: “The people of New Britain, especially vesemble those of castern New Guin- ea, height about five feet, six inches, with matted curly hair; the women appear stunted and oppressed. Theyv are a finer race than those farther east in Duke of York and New Jre- land. who, excepting an evidently Polynesian colony on the south coast of New Ireland, rather resembl: the Sclomon Islanders. Both are thor- cannibals. Their weapons are clubs (stone headed in New Britain), spears, tomahawks and slings. They perform complicated surgical opera- tiona with an obsididin knife or a sharl’s tooth. They construct ingen- ious fishing weirs. The villages arve clean and well-kept, the, house3 vary- ing from miserable huts eight by five feet without furniture to neat well- built sem rcular houses, thq roof extending to the ground behind with front of wicker work, leaving a space for the door. The common dead are buried or exposed to sharka on the reefs: bodies of chiefs are exposed in the fork of 3 tree. “Girls for some time before puber- ty are confined in cages of panda- mu1 leaves ahout four feet diameter, possibly to fatten them, an old Poly- nesian custom. “Justica is executed, and tabus feasts, taxes. etc., arranged. by & mys- terious disguised figure, the ‘duk- duk.’ Only the chief and thosa who have been initiated on payment of a heavy fee know who or what he is. Women-and childrer ara forbidden to look on him. The custom. perhaps, points to a time when there wai a priesthood, aiding the chief to rule the people. “The populatign is divided into two exogamous classes. The children be- Tong to the class of the mother, and when the father diea go to thao village for support, the land and fruit trces in each district being divided between the two classes. There are several dialects. the construction resembling Fijian.” fon. .« Automobilists will fervently thank the state senate for thwarting the scheme for the reversion of a percent age of police court fines to the city or town where violators of the automo- bile regulations are arrested and con- An attempt to push through the passage of such an amendment to the state code was made during the present week but it was short lived and quickly went onto the scrap pile. The autocrats of the road, overcon- scientlous constables in small towns, dedicate their lives to taking the jo) out of automobiling unless they are restricted. (Ask the man who has met one.) 1f the measure to allow a percentage of fines for automohile law violation were permitted to become part of our statutes, there would be no peace in Connecticut, which has an average sized crop of motion picture constables with hate in their heart for “city slickers” who would be en- couraged to make arrests upon ths slightest provocation for tha purpose of filling up the town treasury. Onl | the very wealthy could afford to take | a spin on a pleasant Sunday because it would be necessary to take along a few spare wallets in addition to spare tires which now decorate the tails and loins of our gasoline horses. a superiority all it own, ahead and at- fashion for day- With Hartford has gone tempted to set the lhight saving and thereby gains no small amount of notoriety. Already the threat has been made in the legis- lature to declare forfeited the charter of the cfty because of its defiance of the legislature which has flatfootedly torbidden any place under iti juris- diction to inaugurate the system of daylight' saving. Unfortunately for Hartford, opinion is not unanimous one way or the other. Some believe that the stem i3 beneficial while others are as strongly convinced that it will work harm. . The business men of the Capital City are divided and ving because they won’t know whether it is time *o get up or go to bed. A peculiar situation has sen as thae result of the controver: Mayor Rrainard, a republican, finds himself assailed by the Courant, the spokes- man for the republican party in thess parts, because he is an advocate o~ daylight saving while the Hartford ' Times, which enjoys a similar distinc- tion for the democratic party. upholds the attitude of the executive. Perhaps some day the bovs on the uphold | al strong place in public favor by ap- . broaching the problem in the right ndates arranged | toward the west, | knowledgment that If is time to | 30" when Gabriel blows the ho e New Britain should be rep g by its most influential citizens af hearing before the appropriaf committee of the General Asse: next Thursday on the proposal td propriate $750,000 for a new Normal school in this city. The ent structure has outgrown ity us ness and is not a proper place to press future teachers with the portance of their calling. Despitd general enthusiasm of the faculd depresses rather than exhilarates) it does not tend to increase ins tion. An excellent site has been sdl for a new school plant in the Std Quarter. The lay-out haa bee ranged and a thoroughly mo group of buildings can be erecti the legislature will see fit to gra appropriation. Senator Edward F. Hall of thi is chairman of the approprial committee and his influence shoul extended to the utmost to sef funds necessary for the work. Hall should have the support o leading men and women. Tha cesa of the proposition from =a Britain standpoint m ¢ depend the interest shown by New, citizens. § Businesns men and al! othe have the progrese of the city and at heart should write “Normal &4 Hearing’ on their calendar pad next Thursday. They should d now before other engagements; arranged. And then they should tend. } Lights and Shadoy H By John J. Daly N — THE OLD SONGS. I like those old-time ballads We sang long years ago When Sue had served the saladj With a demi-tasse or so; Those songs like “Annie Roon®y That used to be the talk When hearts were rather spoo: Or, “Side-Walks of New York: When 1 was young and plas We'd hear the Pipes of And trip the light fantastic. . The hurdy-gurdy man Would play the music for us i That we shall hear no more, And we would sing the chorus: “Sliding Down My Cellar Doo In humble cot or palace, In concert, or on stage, They always sang “Sweet Alic When “Trilby” was the rage; And though the sturdy race of Musiclans scems to grow 3 Their tunes can’t take the plae Those songs we used to know. Those lyrics, oft pathetic, Brought tears into the cve: Those melodies. magnetic, Were never meant to die. And though we are not young, —At least, not twenty-four,— I like to hear them sung, dear} Those good old songs of yore. —JOHN J. DAL COMMUNICATED —————— The Mayor and His Commis To the Editor: At the last meeting of the Com Council severdl of the members| verely criticized the Board o! P Works for neglecting to make cey improvements and for wasting pu money. One¢ of thosc membery with a | stunding gri¢vance on account of | being allowed to do the repair on automobiles for the depart and because the board demurred paying an exorbitant pricc for % done on & worn out machine. Anothe: member shouted defig at thc mayor and promised to things uncomfortable for the bd becausc the street on which he 1 wai not properly oiled, and still other city fath complal vehemently that he had t¢ ren awake nigh te protect his nel bor property on account of negligence ol the Board P Works. I: ta be sincerely hoped those very zealous representatives the people will restrain themse| and handle the situation in ‘l manner. They seem {o forget that thy Bo of Public Works and all other bo: | are somewha: hampered by that titude of our honorable mayor maintaing that he is a mem! of} boards; attends meetings of boards, makes motions, takes parl debates, helpa formulate reports 3 in short. to a great extent, domini the action of the commission thereby, in tha opinion of many, | i ering the dignity of his office hampering te a marked degree usefulnesa of tha boards. During the fifty years of our e ence as a city many men of sterl worth, hbnest and honorable facturers. merchants, professio men, educators, journalists, men stood high in the community, se: as our chief magistrates and until advent of our present mayor seld interfered with the work of the cd missioners. A government of the people, fo! people, by the people, so far as in the power of our honorable mi we are enjoying life under a one government. How much longer people and their vepresentatives the Common Council will tole ; condition remains to ba seen‘ humbla opinion, not very long. EX-MEMBER OF THE BOAR OF PUBLIC WORKS. ot DBRISTOL WON'T CHANGE. Bristol, April 23.—More than ' persons attended the special m