New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 19, 1921, Page 5

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST STORE CLOSED MONDAYS UP TO SEPF. 5 INCLUSIVE. H._KITFORD Saturday Last Day Of The MILL-END SALE Note Worthy Bargains Throughout The Store." SUMMER DRESSES AT REDICULOUSLY LOW PRICES —2nd FLOOR — 3 WONDERFUL GROUPS Instead of detailed description we simply quote the prices for the last two days of our Mill End Sale. SUMMER DRESSES That sold as high as $11.98, at the Saturday $3.99 Mill End Sale .. SUMMER DRESSES That sold as high as $16.88, at the Saturday $5 99 . Mill End Sale . ... SUMMER DRESSES That sold as high as $25.00, at the Saturday $9 99 Mill End Sale . .. Saturday Clearance of Silk Dresses $ 10 None on Approval. Because of the extremely low price, charge will be made for alteration. DRESSES that were priced up to $25.00 taffeta, mignonette, crepe de chine and foulard. Sizes 16 to 38. Not more than two of a model. NEW FALL SUITS—especially priced e $22.50 all silk lined, in for Saturday at the Mill End S: Made of fine quality tricotine smart straight line. A. H. BROWN SCOPES ,PRESENT CONDITION Prepazes Article Giving Cause and Effect of Supply and Demand Secretary A. H. Brown, who has peen in the office of the Manufacturers \ssociation in New Britain for the past four years, has prepared an article for the Herald in which he de- scribes the present industrial unrest. The article scopes the entire situation in a general way. The paper follows in part: The industrial and social unrest which is sweeping, not only over our count: but throughout the world, is not withou: parallel. While this is greater in magnitude so far as individuals and territory are concerned,” yet, if we take into con- sideration the greater area of land and the larger number of people now affected by industrial conditions, and cotapare the same conditions with the world when similar depressions have occurred, we would find that the ratio “is on a similar scale. Passing over the earliest recorded ‘strike’” when Moses led the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, across the Red sea, into the wilderness to escape the persecutions of the Egyptians on his peeople, we have but to refer to conditions existing about the middle ‘of the 14th century, during the reign of Edward IIT. The wars which the king and his predecessors had been conducting again: the Scotch and the French, had sorely tried the people, both from a physical and financial standpoint. Near the close of 1348, a terrible plague swept over the continent, eventually crossing the channel and a moderate for Saturday at in silk NEW FALL SUITS—specially priced for Saturday at the Mill End Sale Smart suits that reflect the long graceful tailored lines which every woman likes developed in fine NEW FALL SUITS—especially priced the Mill End Sale $25.00 These suits are made of very good quality trico- tine; included among these stylish suits are plain tailored and trimmed models. $29.00 velours and tricotine. the population of the British Isles, more thon one-half succomed to the black plague and leprosy. One bur- ial ground alone in the city of Lon- don, held more than 50,000 bodi while in some Dlaces the living we hardly able to bury the dead. Of course the living environments, the lack of drainage, the filthy con- ditions of the streets; as well as the general unsanitary conditions and the lack of intelligent medical care was responsible for the terrible epidemic and its prolongment of over twenty vears. Effects of Shortage. The result was the universal dis- ruption of the labor madket; for the scarcity of hands prevented the till- age of the soil and the haryesting of the crops. All price of labor rose to unheard of proportions and was ac- companied with a corresponding rise in the price of food. Only by a tem- porary release of half the rent by the land owners, were the farmers of their demesnes induced to refrain from the abandonment of their farms. Shecp and cattle strayed at will through the fields and corn, lacking the care of shepherds and herdsmen; harvests rotted on tne ground; while wool, which was the national commo- dity and the backbone of the nation- al exchecquer, remained unshorn. Labor made insistant demands; capital retaliated by advancing prices, and the strife between two factions was on. to be continued through the intervening centuries to the present day. To the industrial obgervers of that time, there was but one remedy, and that of a most radical nature. The entire system of land ownership and tenantry was changed. Where for- merly the tenant tilled the soil on shares, ‘'n which he was allowed his sustinancy and the occupancy of his litle home, whils the land owner cldimed his larger share, hé now paid his rental fee and the land was tilled by hired iaborers. Meanwhile, hired labor, which had always been kheap, had risen to a ravaging England. Of the three or four million who at that time formed point where, not only the farmers, |but the wealthy craftsmen in the Brooklyn Man Has Rapid Recuperation After Typhoid Fever Mr. through that terribly wasting disease ‘Walter Cuneo, of 523 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., weak state after an attack of typhoid fever. was in a very Only those who have gone know the pitifully weak and exhaust- ed condition in which it leaves-the patient. a recent letter relating his nce, Mr. Cuneo say When 1 was able to get up walk around, the doctor said would be fully a month or more lore I would get back strength wad pains on both of my sides wround my heart. One evening srother saw your advertiseme he newspaper and my mother ne a large bottle of Wincarnis. By the time I had finished the jottle the pains on my right side vere gone. I continued to take Win- arnis and soon the pain on my left jde and. around my h disap- leared and I quickly came well nd strong and was feeling fine long efore the time the doctor had sai : would take me to well. 1y friends couldn’t ove apidly T s and that T ex- and it and et zet improving uick well s who wish quickly to after regain a their dtrength wasting illness. Wincarnis enriches vigorates the nerves, trition and increases resistance of the entire system to disease. It is composed of sub- stances that render it wonderfully beneficial where the system has “rundown” and became weak, the blood is poor, the nerves are “un- strung”, the organs lack functional power and the entire body s in want of the degree of vigor that notes normal robustness and stamina. the blood, promotes the forces in- nu- of Winear: —$1.10 and street stor is put up $1.95. It is Dickinson and all in two sizes other Write for Hundread P Obtain It.” to instructive hook How There is no more trustworthy zen- Dept. F, 400 cities and large communities, saw them: ves threatened with ruin, while riot and disorder ravaged the country. The laboring classes “floated” from one community to another, seekin. the most advantageeous wages,. or, failing in their attempts, tried beg- ging or more ofteen adopted the code of the bandit in lawless self indul- proclamations were issued tatutes pased requiring wages, as existing before the plague, should only be paid, but without effect, for corn rose to so high a price that a day’s labor at the old figure would not have purchased enough for a man's support. Like the present day a form of so- cialism arose, occasioned by the teachings of Jahn Ball, to whom Froissart referred as “the mad priest cf Kent.” His doctrine was equality and rights of man, a theory which placed him far in advance of nis age. These teachings were the natural result of the social conditions of ‘‘gentlemen and villans,”” or land holders and serfs, prevalent at tne time." Ball's socialistic tendencies went further, however, for he preached that ‘things will never be well in England so long as goods be not common,” and which to a_ greater and more radical degree, are the bolshi- vik docirines of today. It is not shown, however, that he advocated the doctrine of direct ac- tion, urged his followers to pursue the methods of force, assassination and rapine, but preferred to accom- plish his theory by the more peacful course of reason. We are inclined to place the re- sponsibility of the present industrial and social unrest upon the World war. To a great extent this is correct, though a coreful study of conditions existing prior 'to 1914, will show that the war was but a means to an end. Present Conditions. It is well known that for more than two years prior to the war clouds had been hovering on the industrial hori- zon and a feeling of unrest was in tha air. That the war had saved the coun- try from a serious business depres- sion has often been stated, and it may be remembered that at the beginning of Wilson's first administration, busi- ness conditions were far from being stable, and that foreseeing the pOSSi- bility of a financial panic, the admin- istration advocated and passed the bill establishing the Federal Reserve bank. For some vears before the war, the general tepdency of prices was up- ward while protests were heard on every side against the increasing high cost of living. Manufacturing con- cerns were in a state of uncertainty and it was a serious question whether the conditions of 1908 were to be re- peated So far as America was concerned the question was answered through the outbreak of the war when the m ufacturers were called upon_-+o apply the demands of the war “ations. An abnoral market was further en- hanced by the entrance of the sub- marine warfare, necessitating the peedinz up to the greatest possible imit, all production and the em- Jloyment of the maximum of labor Demand Increased. i demand market into an un- but it was not un- the enormous wastage of food and he submarines sent to beginning to be felt, seriousness of the situ- upon the people. naturally ettled condition, {ho bottom, tnat he real ation dawned Supplies destroved must be dupli- From Our Regular Stock SUITS 19, 1921. Men’s Suits AT TWO PRICES $15 and $25 Sold at $35, $40, $45 Now $15 This Is Our Final Reduction The Balance of Ou Men’s and Youn From Our Regular Stock SUITS Including all our Kuppen- heimer $45 to $65 Now $25 All Summer Goods—Flannel Trousers, Office Coats At Greatly Reduced Prices. We Will Not Carry Over Any Merchandise—Doesn’t Qur Prices Tell You We Mean This? Connors-Halloran Stores, Inc. “THE MAIN STORE ON THE MAIN STREET.” 215 MAIN STREET ed the European front, were far from adequate to the constantly increasing demands; then America went into the moil and the lid was off. The demand for more, and stil mmore, production regardless of cost was insistant, and to accomplish this stupendous problem, unheard of azes were offered, liberal bonuses vere paid, and the materials for the wvar were sold to the government on a4 cost plus basis in accordance with a plan originated and outlined by the admiistration. The Serviceman’s Case. Suddenly the war stopped. The boys who had been fighting twenty-four hours per day for $30 per nth, could not see the justice of 1e men who stayed at home receiving fabu ous wages for an eight hour day nd who had even been striking for hours, more pay and smaller pro- duction—while the natural result was a decided unrest and dissatisfaction their part. The frequency of strikes, and the wirespread reports of industrial un- rest which could be traced to both cause and effect of the strikes, can be only looked upon as an epidemic. Although it was inevitable that the disease must be alowed to run its course, yet to safeguard the indus- trial as well as the social life of the on, it was necessahy to take dras- tic measures to confine it within its proper limits and to stamp out its in- sidious influence. There was but one method by s ich the unrest and turmoil could be i effectually bridled, and that, though drastic was t%s only solution after *he problem had been considered from every angle. It would mean the stagnation of business; it would throw thousands ott of work; it would bring hardship and suffering to many more; but it would have the effect of bringing prices to a lower level and bring many who had been crazed and mawuy money inad by an era of temporary and ahorative prosperity to a realizzing ense of the folly of extravagance. Buying Stopped. As if by common consent the people stoppel buying, while the producers, seeing that the demand was far below the supply and that their stock on band or in process of manufacture, was produced on an exceptionally high market; at once took a loss and lowered their prices, laid off, at first, the more incompetent of their em- ployees, and shortened their running time. un Recostruction Begun. The stamping out of the industrial dicease had besun and has been| men found themselves without work and with no pace to turn to find a job while the wheels of industry were turning more and more slowly. Today there is no ptomise of a re- ‘urn to a normal condition until prices of living necessities are reduced to a rcasonable ba: and the market shows ins of activity. While it is inevitable that the work- r must accept a lower scale of wage, ill it is not necessary to presume that he level will be as low as that hich prevailed before the war, while oL the other hand the cost of living new will of its own necessity reach a cor- re-ponding lower level. How long this will be and when we may expect a resumption of normal spreading to all parts of the country; | g 1t may reasonably be supposed, however, that late in the fall or early winter a slight improvement will be ncted, though it is very doubtful if industrial conditions will be in a sat- isfactorp condition before another vear. Signed, A. Hl BROWN. PEST OF FLE&S IN BOSTON. Bathers at Beach, Tenants in Flats, Fight Common Enemy. Boston, Aug. 19.—Citizens of Bos- ton yesterday were much depressed by what appeared to be an invasion of millions of fleas. Ahe fleas’ activities were interfer- ing chiefly with the prévaiing styles in bathing suits. A well-known Bos. ton girl swimmer explaining the sit- uation that confronted man beaches. e “The pests have got into mv hose,” are found. Known for & Styles conditigs is only conjecture and gac she said. Of course, the best way to ‘go in bathing is to go without stock- ings, but I'm so covered with flea bites that I am ashamed to go swim- ming without wearing heavy stoc ings.” Mr. Ellis of the Boston Rent com- mittee, when asked ir there were any distinguishing features between the present pst and the sand fleas, re- plied that ‘“‘they are both hard to catch, and one kind bites as hard as the other.” “A cruggist admitted e e continued, “that he didn’t know what to suggest as a means of exterminat- ing them. While he was talking, a tenant came in to complain about the same trouble. “I am afraid to burn sulphur,” said the tenant, “for fear It will tarnish metal work. I am going to clean the house and run the vacuum cleaner over everything. Maybe I can get a few mullion of them that way. Outlet Millinery Co. “Where Styles Meet Value.” NEW BRITAIN MILLION IN GOLD. Of This Amount From Russia, More Than Half is Headed For U. Constantinople, Aug. 19.—(By A sociated Press) — Russian Bolshevik gold valued at $1,000,000 has arrived here during the past fortnight as a result of trade exchanges. Of this amount $600,000 worth was brought by the United States destroyer Over- ton from Batum for the American toreign trade corporation. This organization secured the mon- ey as a revolving credit from the three Caucuses republics and it will be used for the purchase of manufac- tured goods, for which raw imports will be exchanged. FRE.\CB ZONE IS QUIET. Fez, Morocco, Aug. 19.—Official re- ports Jeclare that absolute calm pre- vails in the French zone of Morocco, even in districts near the Spanish zone, where the tribesmen have been engaged in hostilities. Clearance OF ALL Summer Hats AT TWO PRICES: $1.00 and $1.98 This is the | 257 MAIN STRI This is an opportunity for you to buy a real up-to-the minute HAT or even two at so low a price that it will be a real money-saving event for you. SHOWING OF Garly fall Hats You will find a wonderful assortment of the lat- est styles for early fall wear at THE OUTLET and prices the same as always, the lowest. store where “Best Styles” and “Moderate Prices”