New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 9, 1921, Page 6

New Britain Herald. HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, Proprietors Irsued dally (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 P. M. at Herald Building, 67 Church street. $8.00 a Year. $2.00 Three Months. 75¢ a Month. at New Entered the Post Office v > Matter. as Second Class Mail TELEPHON Business Office . Tditorial Rooms . cALLS The only profitable advertising medium in the cfty. Circulation books and press Toom always open to advertisers Member of The Associated Preo.. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all rews creditsd to it or mot otherwise credited in this paper and also local news pud- lished herein. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. Tre A. B. is a national which furnishes circulation. Our circulation are based upon this audit. protection against fraud in new: distribution figures to both nation: local advertisers St ey A JUDICIAL VIEW. Putting aside, it we are able, our ndignation over the jitney situation, may we look at it calmly and see what the Superior court will have before it when it decides any appeal taken by the jitneymen from the decision of the Public Utilities Commission. The law says that such appeal may be taken. The law says that the jitneys must show, among ether things, that they constitute a “‘public necessity.” What “public” is to be considered in rendering a decision? It is believed that no court would fail to see that the public necessity of the jitney has been shown as far as the New Britain public is con- cerned. But the New Britain jitney may not be a public necessity in Berlin, Plain- ville, Hartford, it may be argued. What is a public necessity in one place may not be a public necessity in another. The Connecticut Company will probably show te the court that it cannot run ita lines from New Britain to Berlin, Plainville and Hartford, on a paying basis, without the revenue that comes from the short hauls in New Britain. The company will claim that those runs constitute another public neces- sity. It will say that even allowing that the jitney is a public necessity here, it is not as great and broad a public necessity as are the trolleys to these three points. And, it will say, it the jitneys are allowed here the company wili have to give up running over those long routes, thua ‘taking away from the people generally a greater public necessity than the jitneys. The logical answer to this argument would be to allow the trolleys to run or a five-cent fare on short runs here, give a transfer and charge the extra @ive cents for the run to these places. The trolley company Wwill reply formally that this would be a return to the zone system which haa been tried and found wanting. St is belleved that this is a case where the technicality of the law would prove a wise check. ‘The question, and the only question, praperly before the appellate court on an appeal by a New Britain jit- weyman from the decision would ba whether or not the jitneys here have been shown to be a “public necessity” within the meaning of thae statute. No answer but one in the affirma- tive, it would seem, could be given. The jitmeya are a public necessity here. If the collateral issue is allowed to be taken up—whether or not another needed convenience, namely the run- ning of the trolley to Plainville, Ber- lin and Hartford, will be abandoned i the jitney necessity is recognized; the direct issue would be clouded. It would seem that the very fact that the Connecticut company is re- ported to admit that it could not make these long runs pay without the aper and revenue from the short runs in this sity, shows that the running of the litneys over the short runs is more a necessity to more people than is the cunning of the trolleys over the long- ar routes. In other words a greater ‘“‘public’” needs the jitneys than needs the trol- leys. If any appeal merits of the one point properly be- tore it, it should be in favor of New Britain jitneys. e EQUALITY IN TAXES. A frequent expression to be along the street is “John Doe lot a little distance from mine, same size and just like taxes are about half what mine are.’ It is worth while to visit the office in City Hall where the assessors get their data concerning the properties in the city, and see the en- the complete information that has been thusiasm displayed there over gathered about almost every lot the purpose of taxation. The complete system now used has not always been the base of taxation and assessment, but it seems worthy _of a thorough trial and even exten- sion. For many years in the book where *he assessors went to find the size of the lot to be taxed, only the frontage was given. This often brought abouv.lhe should resolve on this day of the organization newspapers and adver- tisers with a strictly honest analysis of statistics This insures is decided on the heard has a of the it and his various in the city that will have a bearing on its valuation when it is assessed for iujustice in taxation. Two lots mjght be of the same frontage, apd differ greatly in depth. At present, therefore, the frontage of the lot and its depth are given in this book, together wih an annotation showing on what map of the city they appear. The fact that there is low land on a lot, of perhaps equal size with an- other assessed at a higher valuation It appearsson records whether or not a lot is a “front” ar “back” lot, the latter, of course, being assessed at a lower val uation. There may be “dumps” on !Pis land wl?ich, naturally, will take away from its value although not ap- parent to the casual observer of the land. This fact will also appear. Few know of the rights of passage @ver many lots or “rights of way,” seldom used, perhaps, but neverthe- less constituting a cloud on the land which reduce its value. These facts are also notad in the records referred to, and are used in assessing property. It is the desire, fast fact, or those in charge of these rec- ords, to note every physical matter pertaining to every lot in the city which adds to or detracts from the value of that lot in order that an equitable assessment may be made on all. Those who believe they are assessed at too high a sum should see to it that all the facts concerning their property which lessen its value be roted. is also given. these becoming a BURYING OUR HERO DEAD, Economy, economy; save here; save there—this is the cry everywhere at this time, and rightly so. But there comes a moment when economy is not thought of; when man would be ashamed to speak tha word. s That moment comes. when all that remains of the New Britain men who have died in the war are brought baock here for burial. Not that these men would ,havae wanted, or that therggshould be given more than the simple, ‘beautifu] hon- ors of a military funeral, but these should be given without stint, with- out debate as to who should pay the bills. ' The very mention of “bills’ in connection with events such as these, is distasteful. A comparatively few people of this city, “comrades in arms” to those whose spirits left their bodies in dis- tant lands, have been attending to these sad rites. It is beyond their means to continue to do so. They will seek the aid of the city in a financial way, that the memory of these men who marched away from us, fought, helped win the great battle but who gave their lives in so doing, may be honored in a fitting way. ‘When the request of the American Legion comes before the Common Council, asking that this city—the home of those who once lived and worked and strove here—join in the expense of burying the bodies, not only should the resolution ba passed, but it should be put thrwugh by a rising vote and heads bowed in memory of those men. Thus should the city of New Brit- ain take upon its shoulders a bur- den infinitesimally small in compari- son with that borne by its representa- tives in the Great War of humanity. ANNIVERSARIES. Today is the thirtieth annpiversary of the marriage of President and Mrs. Harding. They plan a little trip, it public affairs allow. The bare facts may be of small moment; the thoughts suggested might ‘‘move mountains.” Taken in its personal light, as any- thing affecting the private, intimate affairs of the President of the United States is’ of interest, what does this anniversary mean to President Hard- ing? What should anniversaries mean to every man or woman? The President has. developed atmosphere of politics; in an expediency has often been the watchword; party regu- larity has been the creed to be fol- lowed. Without parties, and without strong adherence to party action, as the party man is taught, little good may be accomplished in the handling of a nation's affairs, There is a deal of truth in this view- point. Organigation begets efficiency. Where there is no great leader whose personality dominates the party, nothing may be accomplished without organization. But what man is willing, after he has reached a position whence he may become a great leader if the possibili- ties are in him, is willing to give up the thought that he is big enough, strong enough, to become that leader who will dominate his party and not allow his party to dominate through its leaders. man. stand for the true beliefs that he has, unswerved by expediency or claims upon him. way. 11, ocy tical ideals which benefit the land over which he presides, him Any great anniversary in the life of a President should be a good day on which to determine to hecome such a He should decide to take his party It is believed many a great man, in the making, has gone down to the end of the path, never reaching any heights merely because he took the ‘‘easiest as has been indicated on sions, President Harding has prac- he believes would “JEST RUMINATIN’.” (Robert Russell.) No pipe was ever smoked that didn’t sometime get S0 strong— So rank an’ stale it didn’t get to dreamin’ things all wrong. Or else it settled in a rut—got clogged or hard to draw— Its dreams got mdllycoddle or its dreams got awful raw. You put away that smoked-out pipe an’ let it rest a while, * An’ when you take it out again vou'll see a sort o’ smile Cyrled up an’ ready for to speak—to bring its little tale peace an’ optimism from some armin’ pleasure vale. That ruffinatin’ pipe o’ mine is certainly like this: It sometimes hits the nail all right, but it is apt to miss * When every day an’ every day it smokes, year after year, At times far [ in the Sunny South; then in the North; then here. Its glow is out; ’twill tell no dreams; but it cannot resist The hope that ruminatin’ rhymes will be a little missed. ——————————— ) o Try This On Your Wise Friend A man purchased two articles for $85. Five times the price of the first was just equal to twelve times the price of the second. ‘What was the cost of each? Answer to yesterday's: Propor- tions are 1315, 2630; and 3945, ——————— anniversary of his wedding—or on any other day which may be an anniversary of -something he has forgotten—to stand for thosé ideals, banishing influ- ences which, for sordid, political rea- sons, are followed, to such an extent that all idealism is.taken from them. So it is in the life of any man or woman. Every day is an anniversary of something, remembered or forgot- ten. But especially upon the anniver- saries of the days when the thing one remembers come—upon those days there should come the determination to make a change for the better—to make a direct turn if necessary and live up to the best that is within his or her power of conceptipn. There is as much of good in most of our neighbors as there is in our- selves. We are often hesitant to diss play by unselfish or kind action the impulse that lies within us to help others, to take an interest in the gen- eral welfare of the people about us, the community in which we live, in our country, Often we are afraid to display openly the trust we have in others. ‘Those others may deserve that trust as much as we know we deserve it from others. They may be moved by the same good impulses which move us. And they, like us, may be afraid of the sneers that might come if we acted in accordance with our convictions—if we gave and looked for that trust. Perhaps we will not be taken at face value at first. Discouragements may come, and we may be tempted to re- main the cynical ‘‘worldly wise’’ people we have always seemed. Such discouragements should not af- fect us. Pursuant to resclve, mage perhafjs on some sacred anniversary, we should give the best that is in us, give to others credit for being as honest as we know ourselves to be and make our confidence in our own rectitude fully justified. Whether today is any special anni- versary in our lives or not, it is a good day in which to come to this de- termination, and all the tomorrows of our lives will be good days in which to carry out that determination. It is hard to say “good-bye” When you're standing in the station, But it's not so very hard Whe vou're off on your vacation. — Men may come and men may g0 but heat goes on with weather. The Northerner and the Southerner had A very fierce altercation; Significant was the question, and sad: “America, wet or dry nation?” The Southerner seemed to be winning out; “It's dry,” quoth he with a holler; The Northerner Wwon, Wwithout any doubt— He held up aloft his limp collar. A spot in the shade makes people afraid—to go back to work. Happiness is the most elusive hare in the world. More hounds—good hounds—find her right near their own Fennels, that those who go chasing, her over fields and hrough prickly hedges. A columnist's vacation Should bring wit-scintillation. MORBIDITY REPOKT. The weekly morbidity repcrt re- leased by the state health authorities in Harford shows that there are two cases of diphtheria, one case of ty- phoid, and one case of whooping cough in this city. Patrons of the jitneys were aroused to anger when they read in the Herald Wednesday of the sweeping decision of the Public Utilities Commission Which practically abolishes auto bus service in New Britain. Out of the many routes, only two will be per- mitted to operate. Hundreds of citizens are deprived of efficient transportation which they have enjoyed for months. Jitneurs who have invested their money in response to a genuine public de:nand are in danger of being wiped out. Encouragement is given the Con- necticut company to cut its service and equipment with the knowledge that the Public Utilitles Commission will stand back of it. It is contended that the Connecticut company has'charter*rights in certain streets in Connecticut and that these rights, granted by the state, must be brotected. On the face of it such an argument appears to be sound. But it should not be forgotten than when a public service corporation, such as the Connecticut company, is granted certain privileges, it either expresses or implies its willingness to give something in return. A charter of this kind is reciprocal. It is a transaction between the people, speaking through their legislators, and the company, and the latter must carry out its share of the bargain. ‘Whether or not it is stated in black and white that certain conditions must be met to continue the charter in force makes dittle difference. The implied obligation is there and when the public service company obtaining the charter fails to live up to its promises, no injustice is done if the people look about them for a substi- tute for the service which has ceased to exist, . Criticism of the Public Utilities Commission is heard on every side and there are ugly insinuations that the people have not had a square deal. It is being said that the hearings held in this city were a farce and that the memberg of the com#ission had made up their minds to break the backbone of jitney competition prior to their coming here to listen to the argu- ments pro and con. ‘Whatever else is said, this can be set down as the truth: In deciding for the Connecticut company and against the jitneys, the commission has decid- ed against the people. It was not a dispute between two rival methods of public transportation, it was a fight by the riding public to get service. The success of the auto bus resulted from a well defined demand for quick transter at moderate price. If the public did not want the jitneys they would not have flourished; the fact that they have flourished is proof that they filled a public want. The patronage given them was the articu- lation of a suffering people yhoo had become thoroughly disgusted with the “public be damned” policy of the Connecticut company, which has too long held its fingers at the throa of the state. The people of Connecticut would be happier, and it would be a better state -|to live in, if the present state manage- ment of the tfrolley, company was ousted, bag and baggage. And it woula not be a bad idea to tell the Public ‘THE OBSERVER MAKES RANDOM OBSERVATIONS — ON — . THE CITY AND ITS PEOPLE. Utilities Commission to go with them and carry the bags. It was a clever trick on the part of the trolley company’s friends in the legislature to set July 15 as the date when decisions of the Public Utilities Commission should take effect. The Jitneys also had friends in the legisla- ture and these would havae- raised their voice in protest—if the legisla- ture had been in session, But the Con- necticut company’s representatives are said to have fixed the date so that no official objection tn the commission’s ukase could be registered in the As- sembly. General opinion comes to be that the people have been hoodwinked again by v ~f astute gentlemen who burn the midnight oil while the dear public slumbers. Representative Authur N. Ryt®er- ford is to be commended for taking a stand for the public interests. He has n~ tn erind with the Con- necticut company, as he explains, and is not a champion of the jitneys. His ambition is to see that nroner trans- portation facilities at a fair price are provided, whether they be trolley cars or auto buses. *xx An important advance toward a higher civilization will be achieved through the formation of a society for the Prevention of Misdirected Kindness to Children. The high mortality 'rate among youngsters is probably due more to misdirected kindness than to parental negligence. A million and one “tummy aches” can be traced directly to neighbors— usually without children of their own —who, With the best intentions, feed various and sundry combinations of editibles to babies who toddle over the a visit. As the initial step toward the or- ganization of the S. P. M. K. C., the writer would suggest the enactment of legislation which would make it a misdemeanor for persons other than parents or guardians, or friends with the consent of parents or guard-. ions, to offer children any food, liquid or solid. Furthermore, to make the punish- ment fit the crime, it is recommended that penalties for violating the laws in this respect be, in part, as follow: For giving any child, male or fe- male, under the age of twelve years a lolly pop, six months in the county Jail. For giving any child, male or fe- male, under the age of twelve yers, cherries, currants, etc., six months at hard lahor in an institution to be se- lected by the court. For giving any child, male or fe- male, under thie age of twelve years, cake, cookies or pastries of any kind, one year in the county jail. For giving any child, male or fe- male, under the age of twelve years, a banana, life at hard labor in a fed- eral penitentiary. first” for civilian air passengers. with the weight of a woman. packing of a parachute to insure its E. R. Calthorop, parachute inventor, is devoting his time to * “safety in the opening in an emergency. T'd like to be a boy again to T'd like to be a boy again, if And make up for the fish I lo: I'd like to be a hoy again for To roll a hoop, to spin a top, And sleep the peaceful sleep BOY{OOD DAYS. I'd like to be a boy again, just for a month or so; To frolic in the sylvan glen where rippling waters flow; To gambol on the village green, to wade the sparkling pool; To play leap-frog and duck-on-rock, to Know no irksome rule; o lead a baseball nine And make up for the fun I missed when boyhood days were mine, 5 only for a week; To take a “header” ev'ry day into the winding creek; To dive and touch the bottom where a human seldom goes; To get out 'fore the others, and to tie up all their clothes— T'd like to be a boy again behind a fishin’ line st when boyhood days were mine, Just half a day; To get out in the Summertime, to have a fling at play; to shoot ’em “knuckle down"; To stage a fight, or run a race, with any kid in town— I'd like to be a boy again this evening, after nine, I slept when boyhood days were mine. need protection “ask the man who yMary’s church, has asked all who are owns one.” see Evidence to strengthen the contén tion of Rudqv Kipling that *the fe interested in the playground to con- tribute so far as their purses will al- - |low. The resort is open to everyone . |and people in all walks of life should For giving any child, male or fe-|male of the species is more deadly|respond. The maintenance of the play- male, under the age of twelve years, peanuts, expulsion from the country. For keeping any ghild to dinner or supper without the knowledge of the parents or guardian, death by boiling in oil. If you think that children do not FACTS AN - — BY ROBERT QUILLEN — = D FANCIES | i ) Add famous last words: “Is't hot enough for yuh?” The long green doesn’t remain with the green long. The only nation now free of all troubles and anxieties is imagination. God give us men. And then teach us not to waste them as cannon fod- der. Some of the Americans who go abroad to see the world see it through the bottom of a glass. The plane girl may conquer the air, but the plain girl hasn't much chance with the heir. It will help some when each public square contains the gigantic figure of a crutch instead of the gigantc figure of a general. It won't help much to have ships carrying the American flag if they have nothing else to carry. God's prescription for mankind will cure most human ills. “Take a little sweat before meal The only cternal triangle that in- terests the normal, American is that one between second and home. There’s one advantage about a cork leg. When a mosquito presents his bill he finds nobody at home. The chief aids to philosophs are a calm and untroubled spirit and a nice collection of tax-free securities. Some girls use a patent preparation to prevent perspiration, and some 'simply let Mother do the work. If we are not to get any of the indemnity, we shall at least have the privilege of cashing the bonds. There is one good thing about the divorce evil. It relieves us of the ]enm burden of wedding annive 'sary pres- When the family must choose be- tween beef steak and silk stockings for daughter, it has bean soup for dinner. One suspects at times that it is a lot easier to be good it you can’t see good. An optimist is one who earns $25 a week and buys $75 suits on credit. A pessimist is the onec he buys from. Citizens on ancient Tyre frequently quarreled at their nightly blow-outs, but they patched it up next morning. ‘When a woman boasts that she has a resourceful husband, she means that she doesn’t bother to husband her re- sources. S Beer may be a medicine, but the only thing home brew will cure is the delusion that anybody can make it as well as the brewers. ‘When the girl tells him he shouldn’t spend so much money on her, he knows that she and her mother have decided that he will do. Something out of the Thus we find encouragement in the fact that man's meanness and not his goodness inspires headlines. The tennis season reminds us that many charming divorcees think they have to go through several love sets in order to qualify for the finals. Rubber dresses are the latest.— Headline. Material or effect. The Greeks and Turks seem destin- ed to fight their war out on the inside pages. She is a wise matron who goes about the house in this sort of weather wearing a smile. Savage people are those that know nothing of pogrems, or jazz, or race .|Who showed similar interast. sul tof the contest between William |Parish and this expense should be Harrison Dempsey and Georges Car-|Mmet by general subscription or at pentier last Saturday at New Jersey.|least, in part, from public funds. Said evidence is supplied . by the 25 YEARS AGO number of women who called the (From The Herald of That Date.) Herald office by telephone during and after the contest tc ask in the most saccharine tones whether any decision had been reached. It is a fact in which exaggeratiom has no part that the number of the “weaker sex”” who ask- ed for the result of the quarrel was almost equal to the number of males Mr. and Mrs. Bernadotte Loomis have returned from their wedding trip. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Rddy joined the New Britain colauy Woodmont. The Hera'd will have a special ex- tra edition out tomorrow afternoon for the clgsing of the democratic na- tional convention being held at Chi- cago. Dr. Charles F. Erichson will com- mence his duties as helper to his father as dentist. Dr. Erichson is 4,|# sraduate of the Boston Dental col- lege. - hT“;jo new boats have been added to Fhps. Sullioaiv : the fleet at White Oak. It is also co(;eundg oplo‘::lfr:flzt:zuffaw come |€XPected that a sail boat will be over the telephone. and. receiver is|Pl2ced on the waters soon. hung up while Friend Husband “gets COMMUNICATED his.” An Explanation to Meet Criticism. Still another: “Please tell me how the big fight Hartford, Conn., July 2, 1921. have at It went something like this: “Will you please tell me how the Dempsey-Carpentier fight came out?” “Carpentier was knocked out in the fourth round.” “Oh, good candy.” And another: “How did the pleas ' “What fight?” (Fresh reporter). “The er-er.” (Aside. to husban question unintelligible). “The Sullivan-Corbett goody! I win a box of figsht come out, fight of Ob, ihm ra T ey put the Frenchman to sleep in the fourth round.” Isn't that too bad? He had such : " New Britain Herald: lovely eyes. I was hoping he would It = The report of a sermon by Rev. A At this point the reporter rushed|D: Tavlor, appearing in the issue of out of the office and deliberately |the Herald of June 27th, is another gulped down to fresh strawberry|One of those superficial efforts to ex- sundaes one right after the other. plain a subject with which one is Sociologists and others who like to|¢learly unfamiliar, more or less com- To the Editor of the see what makes mankind go round |clersy. have been telling us for. some time Most educated people today that women are becoming more like [derstand that many of the bible en every day, Perhaps their hypothesis | Statements are not to be taken lit- is given added weight by the interest|erally, but have a spiritual meaning, shown in the fight by the ladies. Hun-}and when so understood are perfect- dreds were at the ringside and|ly consistent and illuminating. thousands of others who could not| The Christian Science text book, attend had memorized the telephone|“Science and Health with Kev to the number of the sporting editor.before{Scriptures,” breakfast. as its title indicates, very clearly ex- An eminent raformer who lost|plains the spiritual meaning of the much sleep over the match and the|bible text and clears away all seem- interest in it shown Ly women has|ing inconsistencies. thundered the following question. In the Glossary, on page 383, of “Can you imagine your grand-|the text book, Mrs. Eddy defines mother calling up the sporting editor | Christ as “the divine manifestation to ask how the fight came out?” of God which comes to the flesh to To which the Observer replies: “No, | qestroy incarnate crror,” and on . we can't. Because they didn't have|page 30, referring to Jecsus. N telephone§ when Grandma was a|“He was endowed with the young lady. the divine spiNt without meas This accounts for his struggles in Gethsemane and on Calvary and this enabled him to be the mediator or way shower between God and men.” If one will 1ead the Chlristian Science text book, inable at public librarics, he may understand its teachings for himself, rather thaa accept the u v prejudiced state- un- cae ‘When appropriations for play- grounds are considered in the future some thought should be giver to St Mary’s playground which is probably as largely patronized as any other in the city. Since its inauguration a few yvears ago, St. Mary’s grounds have been supported solely by the j-cople of St. Mary’s parish and a numbe prominent manufacturers and business men of all denominations who appre- clate the benefits that accruc to the young people of the city. One feature of the playground is the number of adults who go there tion, a critic has hcen dcfinea as “one who is most down upon that which he is least up_on.” Sincerely, FREDERIC S. HOFFER, riots or bootleg hootch. The railroad’s can possibly haul at a cheaper rte unless shippers threaten to ship by water or truck. evenings and either enzage in athlet- Committec on Publication. ic sports themselves or wateh the vounger element disport on the dia- mond and tennis courts. Go to M. Irving Jester $40,00¢ Jsed Pev. J. T. Winters, pastor of St. Car Sale tonight, . FSH:B Here he is shown testing a parachnic . The greatest care must be taken LIGHTS AND SHADOWS | By John J. Daly - than the male,” is at hand as the re-|8Tound means an extra burden for the . s 2 stick their fingers under the lid to|Mon amongst some members of the , k- by Mary Baker Eddy, , all « ments of a critic, and in this connce- & b