New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 6, 1922, Page 6

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This insires [re. tection againat fraud In nowspaper dls- tribntion figures to both national ol lo- cal sdvertl e ——— JVIDENCE PILING UP weeks since committee the of 1t three special transportation ghe common council appeared before ¢he Governor asking a six-cent trolley fare for the short runs in this city. The Governor did not discourage the committee. The members, vitally interested as they knew of people of New Britaln are vitally interested, were encouraged by the Governor's re- marks. Each day the ten cent fare is main- tained means an actual precuniary loss to people of this city. This loss may look small, but it is not small. To some of the patrons of the trolley every cent counts. To some who would be patrons but who absolutely cannot afford to ride under the present rate, the min- utes lost count. The best possible evidence that by delaying a reduction of the fare, not is about NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1922, characterization A lcas T \ sl ..um‘ | be glven 1t} an attractive pulsive should the nume I one, as the hospital should be Al city When a new made attractive ceonomy should be observed In witades at thiy time especiully profect s hroached this of ceonomy should be consid- | 1t in apentugs this hospita matter the mut It benefits which would ered was considered ter wis | decided that th be derlved from its establishment | outwelght nance, Thut matter Now that the opened it should be given « I'he number of patients it would its cost of malute- was settied hospital has been alr trinl has at the weeks or a few months The city has taken a step: it should go all end of a few should not determine its fulure, The hospital ghould not he elght pa { tients there when it is helieved there should be a dozen or more, Tt Is hard to change the attitude of people to- the way. cloged because there are new how it no matter it in- When been ac- ard promising ) volves considerable thought, parents, for instance, have customed to caring for children who are ill, it is hard for them to make up their minds that a temporary sep- aration which may or may not bene- fit those children, according to their views, is the wise thing to People can not be educated to appre- ciation of .such matters in a few weeks or months. The hospital should be given an at- tractive name; it should be made as attractive as possible; the sun lor to admit the rays which cure the disease when combined with plenty of fresh air should be buflt. The ad- vantages of huving such a place in the city should be pointed out. The hospital should be given a falr trial. A few cases of cures, such as thosc discussed here recently, would send sufferers to the place in great num- bers. And parents, relatives, friends of tubercular people would see that} they were committing a moral crime a move, m be, where allow. par- | thus in 1921, but that 1k b duy than on a dute husiness because he better the no great it would better the next would in stend of worse, as was case in 1921, Thus there was en e over his diction general business in 1 us far as his ly for reasoning disclosed New England While his gen- the result of looked in the country, records and The situation for is differsnt however, feations are things purts cral prognos the for avernging the different of one cspecific propheey regard 1o one certain locality may he more thin general propheey, an be gencral hopelul other specific prediction may less hopeful, The average is the prediation of New England happens to be one the more hopeful localities, just as another part of the country reduces of the general This is shown by his state- H@N ar definite statement than his general summary—to the effect that: “The corner has turned in New Ing- New Ingland will show up better in 1922 than in 1920 the encourngement outlook, ment L in Saturday's more land, distinet! or 1921 Another nail still er who not sell England 1922 haul his sales force,”" Consider these statements in con- nection with his repetition of his in the manufactur- more in New should over- statement drives deeper. “Any does during characterization of business generally throughout the country as following the humdrum sldewise movements this season of the year, and New Eng- land business dnd industry may be definitely encouraged. THE NEW POPE Pius XI, formerly Cardinal Achille Ratti, folows a man who gain- ed the respect of the world in his wise attitude in regard to world affairs out- side and inside his own Church. The new Pope is said to be a man large physically and mentally, of broad, Pope . i o round hole than to get a squure leal fn a sphere of influence Livery woman juror tries consglen tiously to decide the according to the law and evidence and her intui- ton cane of a warn- i The world survives In broken heart, but statesme ¢l that it probably won't vroken back, spite are survive France vies The reason people accuse of imperialism 18 because other torlous nations are always so humble and unselfish, Why shouldn't France call it “politic® debt?” It makes her feel better, and it won't make it any hard- er for us to collect. That Worida man named Hell who wig arrested for bootlegging scems to clinch the argument that it doesn't pay to glve a dog a bad nume, 25 Years Ago Today ken from Herald of that date) The Tuxedo Trio of New York, gave a pleasing musical entertainment at the rooms of the New Britain Driv- ing club last evening. William G. Muller of this city, favored with vo- cal solos. (. L. Barnes of 91 Franklin street will entertain the Young People's s0- clety tomorrow evening. The membership at the Boys' club | gained considerable last week when| there was an average attendance of 600, O of the big plate glass windows in Charleton's store was shattered to- day when a coal wagon backed into it. The Fourth Ward Republicans will hold a caucus at Calumet hall tomor- row night at 8 o'clock. URGES NEWSPAPERS 10 BE TRUTHFUL aaae———— 1 Some Of The Women Involved In The Death Of William Taylor, Movie Director Edna Purviance (ett), wling woman in Chuplin comedies, el phoned the news of Willlam D. Tay- lor's death to Mary Miles Minter when his valet ran to her home to notify her of the movie director's Aer, Miss Minter (center) hurried to the Taylor home with her mother, Mabei Normand visited Taylor on business the evening of his death Taylor is shown in the uniform of the British army, in which he was a cap- tain. GAS RATES REDUCED ing methods are to be altered so that |[the charge for 1000 cubic feet of gas the monthly service charge cents, a of 50 |will be $1.45 as against $1.69 under uch, will be eliminated. In- [the present rate: Monthly Service Charge Now Will be Eliminated in New Haven against those they cared for were they not to encourage sufferers to go to our hospital and get well. The hospital should not be closed. It must be made attractive to accom- plish its purpose. consumer will high 100 cubic feet of gas lower rate ead, the a rate for the first used cach months and a to 8 2-3 cents, but to five or six cents pay the Connecticut Company is delaying an increased income, has been given. In Norwalk the company took in on an average over $1,000 a week more in the eleven weeks’ trials of the five AM LEADS Jrussels, Iob, 6.—The six-day bi- cycle race was won by the Belgian- Dutchs team, Aerts and Van Kempen, with 94 miles. The American team Walthour and Ross, abandoned the race after Ross had fallen. liberal principles. Never was there a time in the world’s history when these character- istics were so needed in incumbents of all high places. The last years have BELGI/ Oregon State Editorial Associa- tion Publishes Ideals New Haven, Feb, 6.—The New Ha- ven Gas Light Co. yeste y announc- ed a reduction in gas rates here, ef- fective next month. A flat rate reduc- tion is not made, but the account- The saving to the average house- holder will be about 10 per cent, com- seen Feb. 6.—Sotting & pany officials say. Under the new plan cent fare than it did in eleven similar weelks under the ten-cent fare. Now comes again the news of more evidence, making it cumulative. In the last week of the five-cent fare $79 more was taken in than in the last week under the ten-cent fare. Every day's delay, therefore, in the reduction sought, is injuring not only the people of New Britain, but also the Connecticut Company. Every step of this argument is firm- ly laid upon the preceding step. There can be no flaw found. The matter is as evident as a mathematical problem after which is written Q. E. D. There is but one assumption made. This as- sumption is that the same results would come in New Britain that have come in Norwalk. Men connected with the public utilities commission say that Norwalk was the best place in the state to try the five-cent fare, from the public's point of view—that it was more apt to succeed there. It is submitted that this is a mat- ter of opinion and that New Britain people are far better able to judge .what would be the reseult in New Britain than are people who live else- where. The only way to compare Nor- walk with New Britain, when trying to find out if the five-cent fare would work as well here as in Norwalk, is by learning the attitude of the people of New Britain, by knowing the com- gon sentiment. Members of the special committee on transportation know that sentiment better than the officers of the company or the members of the public utilities commission. They have asked for a moderate reduction. They did not ask for the five-cent fare as they might have done. They present their request in good faith, be- lieving that it will work the best re- sults for all concerned. The Herald believes honestly, realiz- ing as it does the benefits to the state and the community coming from the Connecticut Company and realizing that it would be good for the state and the community were the company to make a just return on its invest- ment, that the company would benefit from a reduction on the fare to six cents and eventually to five cents. This conviction is based upon knowledge of the sentiment here, not upon a desire to get something for the people for nothing and not upon unconsidered suggestions that might bring ruin or serious injury to the Connecticut Com- pany. The Herald appreciates the un- doubted desire of Governor lLake to have any action looking to this reduc- utilities commis- Company believes, come from the the Connecticut than from It however, that Governor Lake will have tion sion or rather him the broad vision to assist the company to public foundation for future development and These he Her- by a granting of the re- confidence, a sound almost immediate financia results will be accomplished, ald believe quest of the transportation committee Each v's del now, will detract from the good effect compliance with | such request would have, ISOLATICN HOSPITAL. The institution where tubercular patients are being treated is here called hy that tion Hespital,” beeause it is popular- ly known as such. ®hat name, hos should be changed immediate- in this city name, “lsola- - ever, \ SATISFIED JAPAN. ‘Well may Japan sing the praises of the United States. Baron Kato, head of the Japanese delegation has done it admirably. Of all the na- tions represented at Washington Ja- pan has gained the most and, what has never before happened, she has come out of the conference with only Russia, which was not repre- sented, feeling bitterly toward her. If Baron Kato's words could be taken with a belief that they repre- sent the situation as it actually is, and that belief could be freed from the Japan's previous promises to leave Siberia, there would be a far greater optimism concerning the work of the confer- ence. “In Japan,” he says, twe realize that a new spirit of moral consciousness had world, but we could not”bring our- selves truly to believe that it had struck so deeply into the souls of men until we came to Washington. We came and we have learned; and, in turn we have, I think, given evi- dence such as no man can mistake, that Japan is ready for the new or- der of thought—the spirit of inter- national friendship and co-opera- tion for the greater good of human- ity—which the conference brought about.” If these words are true then the proposal of this country for the convening of the conference was, as he calls it, “'stroke of genius." Like Wells, Baron Kato recognizes the power of the United States. The Englishman said that we could have enforced disarmament. Kato de- clares we could have ruled the seas. The Englishman blamed our failure to recognize our own power for our refraining from compelling disarm- ament if we wanted it. Kato, more subtle in his compliment, keener in his intuition, asserts that despite our ability to be master of the seas we chose the wiser course, the “way to true greatness, which has command- ed the admiration, respect and love of the whole world."” How Americans would like to be- lieve in the sincerity of Kato's words! Were his presentation of Japan's feel- ing to be the presentation, there would be little fear of future war at Japan's instigation. But there remains Russia. has Japan There is onl reason to believe that she will keep this promise as she has failed to keep her others. She promised to get out of Shantung and it looks as though she would do that. Perhaps, after all, she is ready to meet the “new spirit.” Devoutly it be hoped that she and the other nations are so ready. memory of come over the has a correct Again promised to leave her. one is to BARSON ON NEW ENGLAND. In reading Roger Babson's survey of New England business outlook for 1922 his prophecies coveerning the general business conditions and out- throughout the ceuntry should nsidered. In this way it will be | of practical advantage. It will be remembered that Mr, Babson has sald that 1922 would be | better than 1921 In that | generally would be on the up-grade. He indicated that were a certain date to he considered in 1922 there might no more business on that date look be o busine be revolutions in so many of the great matters of the world that no man may say where startling changes will come next. In church and in state there are needed strong hands able to execute the dictates of wise braing of which liberality, broadness and vision must be the main char- acteristics. Pius XI is reported to have learncd of political and economical affairs to a marked degree. It is said that he understands the people. He is reported to have done much to combat the ef- fect of Russian communist propaganda in Poland. It is evident that he has had opportunities to understand the suffering of the starving, the prob- lems of the people. Perhaps there might be for him no better wish than that which echoes the epitaph of the late Pope Benedict XT. | May his, too, be a regime that will bring praise from the world. Facts and Fancies (BY ROBERT QUILLEN) Irance can't play a lone hand with- out another loan. Every time mouth, his it. Poincare opens IFrance gets her foot in Still, oil and water mix about well as oil and internftional amity. When Uncle Sam gives a the downtrodden, it's alw out. as hand to a hand- Only in the movies is it possible to clear the atmosphere with a Hays. The three R's of the old diplomatic school are Raid, Ravage and Rapacity. The maddest woman on earth is the one who buys a perfect love of a hat and sees {ts mate on a woman she doesn't like. Hands across the sea are not indi- cative of peace if either of them tries to be a whip hand. The evil that men do lives after them; the good is often repealed by the opposition party. Just because a four-power freaty has four sides, it doesn't follow that it is a quadwrangle. he budget stem will help, of course. But what the country necds is less budget and more system. Watson is no doubting Thomas. Even without evidence, he believes privates were hanged in gross lots. Hays' experience teaches us that it isn't necessary to kill a husband to get into the movies, after all. Learn one new thing every day, A little floor oil sprinkied on the baby's dress will keep the floors shining, Eugene, Ore,, standard based upon truth, sincerity, thoroughness, justice, mercy, kind- liness, and modecration, the Oregon State ISditorial Association adopted | recently at a meeting here a code of | ethics intended to be a guide to the | profession of journalism in the statc. | The code was prepared by Dean | Colin Dyment, of the University of Oregon, at the direction of the associ- | ation, and unanimously approved | by representative gathering of Oregon | editors and ' publishers who pledged | themselves to adhere to its precepts. | There are seven sections to the code and they go in detail into all practices and relationships of jour- | nalism. The first is headed ‘*‘Sincer- ity and Truth,” and declared for ac curacy in editorial, advertisement, | article of news story. i “Care, Competency, Thoroughness” is the caption of the second section which includes among its declara- | tions the following: “By study and inquiry and observation, we will con- | stantly aim to improve ourselves, so that our writings may be more au-| thentic, and of greater perspective, and more conducive to the social good." Protection, within reason, - of the rights of individuals mentioned in public documents, regardless of the effect on” ‘,good stories” or upon edi- torial policies, “is a principle includ- ed in the section devoted to “Justice, Mercy, Kindliness” This section also declares ainst making “privileged utterances” a cloak for unjust attack or spiteful venting, or carelessness in investigation, in the cases of parties or persons. “We will endeavor to avoid the fn- Justice that springs from hasty con- clusion in editorial or reportorial or interpretative practice” is a principle laid down in section 4, devoted to “Moderation, Conservatism, Propor- tion”, This section also provides against distortion of news by im- proper emphasis, skillful arrange- ments or by devices of typography or rhetoric. The section declaring against par- tisanship and propaganda sets forth the following: “We will not permit,un- less in exceptional cases, the publish- ing of news and editorial matter not prepared by ourselves or our staffs, believing that original matter is the best answer to the peril of propa- ganda, “No man who is not in ethical ad- vance of the average of his commun- ity should be in the profession of Jjournalism,” is a declaration in the section devoted to “Public Service and Social Policy.” “We will keep our writings and our publications free from unrefinement, except so far as we may sincerely believe publication of sordid details to be for the social £000," says one article of this sec- tion, On advertising and circulation the code pledges the Oregon newspaper- men to co-operate with those special agencies whose business it is to raise the ethical standards of advertising, and to bar such advertiging which the publisher has reason to believe will deceive the reader “We will not advertise our own newspaper or its circulation hoast- fully or otherwise in terms not in harmony Wwith the clauses of this code of ethics,” is another provision of this section which concludes with the following: “We will not make our printing facilitics available for the production of advertising which we belicve to he soclally harmful or | fraudulent in its intent.” TRADE SCHOOL WINS, The New Britain Trade school bas- ketball team defeated the American School for Deaf, of Hartford, at the High school gymnasium Saturday night 18 to 14. In the first half the mutes did the best work, leading at intermission 11 to 6. The home team tightened up in the second half, and by excellent work managed to put across a victory. New micrometer measures internal Still. it's easier to get u =nvava mae cylindrical surfaces to the ten-thou- wandis af an inah. Jl\.n at present for additional ga | Distribution of (From the Monthly Bulletin Issued by The National City Bank of New York for February) NE of the most in- teresting questions to which statisti- jans Have devoted study is that as to the total eco- nomic production and its distribution. ~ What be- comes of the industrial output of the country? For whose benefit does thise great industrial or- ganization function? In whose service are the thousands of factories running and the railroads kept in operation? For whose ultimate benefit are the great sums of capital raised, as represented by the daily bond and stock flotations, and the great industrial works projected? Do a few owners reap the benefits or are they widely diffused? Studies of this subject have been made from time to time by individual investigators, but the amount of avail- able data has been very much in- creased in this country by the enlarge- ment of the work of the census and by income returns required by the government as the basis of taxation. Of course it is very de- sirable that all such studies shall be conducted by parties whose findings will inspire confidence and be generally accepted. National Bureau of Economic Re- search, Inc. For the purpose of cre- ating an organization for economic investigation whose findings would be generally accepted as trustworthy the “Na- tional Burcau of Eco- nomic Research, Inc,” ! was organized in New York in 1920. The Board of Directors made up of economists — con- nécted with Yale, Har- vard, Columbia, Wisconsin, California and Michigan universities, together with persons representing certain well known organizations, as the American Economic_Association, American Fed- eration of Farm Burcaus, American Federation of Labor, the Engineering Council, American Bankers Associa- tion, Intercollegiate Socialistic So- ciety, American Statistical Associa- tion, etc. It was determined that the first study should be into the distribution of current income, and the results are now pub- lished in two volumes. It is possible to give only a brief statement of the re- sults here, but every one interested should at “ieast make an examination of Volume I. A Conclusive Showing In the table showing the “division of combined net value product of mines, factories and land transportation between earnings of employes and the returns for manage- ment and the use of prop- erty” we find definite in formation, well authenti- cated, as to the division of the industrial product, at least so far as the highly or- ganized industries in which large capital and great numbers of wage- earners are employed. It shows that in the ten years under examination wages and salaries absorbed from 66.7 to 77.3 per cent of the total vlflues produced in these industries, the remainder going to the owners and others supplying capital. This, Th, of all thy rices follows: The fo product Year of property.” By GEORGE E. ROBERTS following *able shows the approximate aggregate income 1910 to 1919 inclusive, as actually_received and also as adjusted to the level E The latter indicates that the gain in actual production in these nige years was comparatively small: Purchasing Power at Price Level of 1913 (Billion_dollars) 318 e people of this country by years from of 1913. Weightea Tndex Number of Prics 97.8 National Income (Bullion dollars) as the report properly points out, is the showing for the going indus- tries; it does not include industries which have failed, shut down and made no reports of operations. A complete showing of the net return for capital in all industrics would require that these losses be included. Of course the share of capital as shown, ranging from 22.7 to 33.3 and averaging for the ten years 28.8, did not all go to rich people. The stocks and bonds of corporations arc a com- Th ' e final estimate of average income per capita, and purchasing power at price level of 1913, for the years 1909 to 1918, is as Purchasing Power at Price Level of 1918 National Income TIncome Per Income in Capita in Billion Income in Billion Dollars Dollars Dollars $28.8 3 314 3.2 i Millions 90.37 3.0 4.4 3.2 6.0 5.4 3.9 1.0 N 38, The per capita incomes shows what would come to each person if all incomes were lumped togetber and the sum divided equally to the population of the country. mon form of investment for pcople of all classes, and the bonds are very largely held by savings banks arid life insurance companies. Moreover, an important share of the net earnings of the industries is devoted by the owners to enlarging the industries and im- proving the equipment, which redounds to the benefit of the public. Distribution Governed by Economic Law The lesson to be found in this study of incomes is that they are governed llowing table shows the *‘ of mines, factories and land Millions of Dollars Management Wages and an Wages and Salaries S Property Salaries $2,950 3,250 2,791 In this table “wagés and salarie by economic law, and not, as com- monly assumed, by arbitrary power. They are not, in any general sense, within the control of employers, cither singly or as a body, to fix as they please; nor can the general wage- level be materially changed by or- ganization among wage-carners. There are certain relationships throughout industry, which in the long run are S ——— ettt et e —— Income sion of combined net value transportation, earnings of employes and returns for management and the use The results are given in millions of dollars and also in percentages of the net value of the product, as follows: Per Cent Management : h includes pensions, compensation for accident, etc.; “management and property” in. cludes rentals, royalties, interest and dividends. _—_————— — bound to be maintained | for the best interests of | all; if the equilibrium is disturbed, the normal ex- change of goods and ser- vices is, interrupted, and although wages may be nominally high they are actually low when unem- ployment and the cost of living are taken into ac- count. The latter is the state of things existing | today. The situation tends un- der the free play of natural forces to make the necessary adjustments | and come into balance. The products and services which all classes have for exchange must be so valued to each other that the exchanges can be made. Wages must be high enough to enable the wage-carning class to buy and consume their normal share of the in- dustrial product; otherwise products will accumulate and business will be bad. Likewise, farm products must have a purchasing power compared with other things that will allow the great body of people who live on the farms to take their usual share of goods, or unem- ployment in the other in- dustries will result. Thus, every class, instead of be- ing interested in fixing its own compensation with- out regard to the effect upon others, is interested in that right adjustment of values which enables the exchanges to be com- pletely made, and in that manner serves the com- mon interest. * When this the necessary balance throughout industry is fully understood, = the costly controversies and trials of strength, the ’ . “blocs” and various de- vices for imposing the will of small groups upon the community, will be seen to have been wholly misconceived and ineffective. ' The Way of Real Progress The way of real progress is not by petty efforts to “make work” or ad- vance the interests of each group at the expense of the others, for these havesthe net result of nullifying each other and obstructing all “progress, but by the improvement of methods, making labor more effective every- where, this bringing more of the comforts of life within the reach of every- body. Every individual, whether he be employer or employe, who does not lend his efforts in good faith 1o accomplish this end is unfaithful to his social obligations, When it is realized that seven-tenths to three- fourths of the industrial ; product goes direct for personal service, it will be appreciated How*great are the gains to labor from industrial progress. Every invention, every installa- tion, every investment of capital that increases the R industrial output increases the income of labor by approximately three-quarters of the amount, . Conversely, every scheme for reduc- ing. the efficiency of labor or com- | pelling the unnecessary employment of labor, thereby increasing industria! costs, offsets and nullifies the acrieve. ments of inventors and industrial | leaders, and slows down the rate of social progress. 4 Per Capita Income in idea of between and Property 313 3.2 27.7 28.4 28.0