New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 1, 1922, Page 6

New Britain Herald J— MERALD PUBLISHING OOMPANY (lstuod Dally, Sunday Excepted). At Merva Bidg., 61 Church Btreet. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: " & Year, §2.00 Three Months 75c & Month. Motered at the Post Office at New uritain W Berond Claes Mall Matter, TWLPPHONN CALLS Business Ofoe . Bditorial Roums . e ealy profitable advertising rasdiom o the Oity. Circulation booke .nd press room always open to sdvartisers. " Memaer of The Associated Pross ¥he Awociated Pross is cxclusively entitied 1o the vae for re-publicetion of ail news Lreditod to it or not otharwied orodited fn this papcr and aioo iocal newe pub- jed herein. Member Audit Duress of (irculation fhe A, B, O, fs & nationsl orgsnization which furnishes newspapers and adver- tisers with a strictly Roiest o " clrculation. Our circulat'on sta bared vpon thiz audit, This Inwures pr tection against fraud ‘n mewspaper dls- tribution figuren to both maticoal snd lo Sl dvertic e — McMAHON AND HIS CHARG P. 8. McMahon, democratic nom- fnee for state senate, in making his run In New Britain has chosen to diverge from the immediate issues of the campaign and direct his orator- fcal guns against individuals who do not happen to be running for office at this time. He ls loud in his denun- elations, although somewhat obscure with them, and criticises the conduct, or ethics, of certain leaders of the local republican party, if we get the trend of his remarks correctly, This, of course, has only an indirect bear- ing upon the issues’of the campaign, but, providing McMahon is correct, his allegations should be made as direct charges, rather than through the medium of the speaker's stump. The candidate, according to what we have gathered, is under the im- pression that he has evidence which would tend to convict someone, he has spoken so that inferences as to whom may be easily made, but he has not yet made real charges. If he has that evidence, if the crime is as great as he insinuates, he owes it to the public of the city of New Britain to unmistakably make clear what he has to say and, if he is right, to prove his charges and rid the public of what might be an undesirable condi- tion. He certainly has little right, morally or legally, to beat about the bush with charges which cannot be substantiated and which he does not believe will come to an ultimate showdown. X Let Mr. McMahon make his state- ments before a notary public in court before a stenographer, or some place where it will be easier to cateh the real wording of his speeches than it {8 at a street corner, let him produce what he hints he has in. the line of evidence, and let the public judge. Irrespective of the outcome of the election it is his plain duty as a citizen to comedorth, clearly, with the truth and allow everyone to inspect his beliefs and his evidence. PLANNING THE FUTURE CITY. Increasing prosperity in the fac- tories combined with an ascending line on the wage scale chart and the general ‘belief that business through- out the nation will continue to im- prove steadily for the next few years should inspire considerable thought among men and women who are looked upon as leaders in New Brit ain. In the next decade this city is expected to surpass even its record of the past decade. There is no rea- son why it should not exceed during the next ten years its growth of the past twenty. New Britain is fortunate in having as its principal industry the manu- facture of essentials. ~Its backbone is bullders’ hardware, There are other important products to give variety, but builders’ hardware ranks first. Our prosperity will be commensurate with the need of business buildings and dwellings throughout the nation and already a tide of construction has set in which is expected to remain strong for several years. The future seems assured, so far as industrial activity is concerned. There should be plenty of work for those who want to work and there should be dlvidends for those who save their money and invest it in our conserva- tively-managed factories. On the eve of this period of expan- slon, plans should be in the making for a Greater New Britain. There should be a definite program looking well into the future by every public, semi-public and organization. As a child grows he requires larger clothes and his desires change. As New Britain grows, it will require broader planning in keeping with its development. Men and women of vision are the | need of the moment. They are here but the city is not getting maximum benefit from their presence because there is no central clearing house for their constructive fideas. In their respective flelds they possess acumen, ability and creative foresight, all directed, however, toward the accom- plishment of different aims. In order | to derive the most effective resuits, | their energies should be co-ordinated | to the end that it may be concen- trath on the upbuilding of New Britain, The time is ripe for the organiza- civie [ cltent 1s right. ! them would same end, clvio progress, along dif- ferent lines. Its membership should embrace all branches of endeavor which have for their object the mak- ing of a better city. It would not conflict with any groups nows in exist- ence, serving merely as a means for consolidating the best thought in the community and recommending to the proper authorities the execution of the ldeas formulated, New Britain will grow of its own accord. It can be made to grow in the proper direction and with an tmproved public spirit and a deeper appreciation of the wants of the citi- zens, if Its growth is properly super- vised along a prearranged course. JITNEY PETITIONS, Granted that the people the state are not especlally anxious to be transported by jitney rather than by trolley. Other things being cqual & person would probably prefer to ride in a trolley car rather than in a jit- ney, especially if the ride is a long one. The bumping of the jitney Iis not remarkably pleasant; it is not as safe, and there are other reasons why trolley transportation is preferable. But the people who ride in public conveyances want to save the money that comes from the lower rates of the jitney. This consideration out- weighs all others, at present. And gome want transportation at any cost, If not the trolley, then a jitney. These things being so—if they may be taken as true—the figures regard- ing the number of requests for fitney routes, received by the public utilities commission, are interesting and sig- nificant. Since April 1, 1921, the commission has received 1,256 appli- cations for certificates to operate jitney routes. It has granted but 144 of these petitions, The people applying for certificates to run jitneys are representative of the people who use public conveyances. It would be ridiculous to suppose that an application for a route was not the reflection of a desire of people along that route to have jitney serv- fce—or, to put it more accurately— some transportation service at a low fare. The 1,225 applicants for certifi- cates ‘'must represent the wishes of tens if not hundreds of thobuwlds of people. Thus is shown the demand for transportation that is not being met, and that demand, so far in evi- dence, is limited to a demand for transportation for a lower fare, These tens or hundreds of thousands of people ask for jitneys, through the applicants who would not have ap- plied for the certificates if they did not know all those people wanted transportation and would patronize the jitneys. Posgsibly many of those needing to he trinl_ported would have applied to the public utllities commis- sion for trolley service had they con- sidered it would do any good. \ There arc many deductions that may be drawn from the 1,225 re- quests for jitney certificates and one deduction which cannot be erroncous. The people of Connecticut ‘are not being served in the matter of trans- pcrtation as - they should. The thought of the number of people back of those 1,266 applications, in spirit at least, strikingly emphasizes this fact, of 22 PUTEIANEE, SSaSRCTHL “BOOST". There is something slightly offen- sive to some people about the word “boost”. 1t presents the picture of a rather loud-spoken individual, who is continually shouting the prnléeu of some person or thing until that per- son or thing becomes an unpleasant subject the mention of which or of whom is the signal for a sigh of resig- nation. Moreover in the word ‘boost™ there is the element of the sort of advertising that has been thrown into the discard—the advertising that exaggerates. (T'ruth in advertising is the slogan of the successful 'merchant today. 8o, eliminating the word ‘boost”, credit should be given the speaker who emphasized the necessity or the wisdom of “selling New Britain to New Britain people,” in a speech delivered in this city yesterday. The phrase is technical but one which has become well understood. It implies that it would be well to show New Britain people the advantages of New Britain to gain their sincere enthnsi- asm for the city., No one can speak convineingly of the value of a thing until that person is himself convinéed of its value. Often a man “sells” an idea to himself. The lawyer, study- ing the strong polnts of his client's vecomes convinced that his Thay is because he wants to. New DBritain people, pre- sumably, want to believe in the city. That is a good foundation. If that desire is lacking ‘“selling’” the city to be a pretty difficult case, proposition. To *“sell” New Britain to New Britain people one should first try to make New Britain people ‘‘want to" buy. The desire should come, of course; their belief in the city helps make the city one worthy of being believed in. A population of loyal citizens is a great asset to the city. Once the desire to “want to" belleve in the city is firmly fixed then the process of “selling” the city to them should be undertaken in the way, perhaps, suggested by the speaker. tion of a Greater New Britain Com- mittee. It could be composed of rep- resentatives from the many organiza- tions which are now working for the Collect data showing the strong points of the city, spread the information among the potential advertisers of the city, who are its citizens, and thed the city and everyone in it would bhe benefited, Incidentally let it be sald New Britain's “talking points” would fill a library—for no one has to depart from the slogan “Truth in Advertis- fng” in bringing New Britaln before the public in a most favorable light, | UNIQUE REVOLUTION, The “revolution” in Italy through which Mussolini, leader of the Fas- elstl becomes dictator with royal sanction, I8 unique, Tt ‘is not & streteh of the Imagination to say that the King, who Is overthrown, is not plunged in despair because of his own downfall. Well might it be sald that it is a revelution with the con- sent of the vangulshed, but lacking entirely In any element of collusion. Moreover a peculiar feature of the situation is that it was a revolution, successful - because of the threat of force, yet directed against an element which, ordinarily, relies upon force, namely the Bolsheviki. The anar- chists do not like the success that has come to the Fascisti because the lat- ter plan to destroy. anarchy; the poli- ticlans do not lfke the success of the Fascistl because that success takes their bread and butter from them. The revolution was unique because It contradicts all the traditional char- acteristics of a revolution except the on¢ which brings about a change in the government. The danger that came when the Fascisti threatened force has been avoided thus far only because force was not used. It fis only because no one has been burned, despite the playing with fire, that it may be said that perhaps the révoly- tion will prove to have been a good thing for Italy. Tt might have been the worst possible thing had the “fire" been used which was only “played with.” Facts and Fancies (BY ROBERT QUILLEN). Any normal college boy can name the eleven greatest mem in America. The new skirts make' the women look longer. But the men don't look 8o long. A hick town is a place where you can talk to every resident without an interpreter, Almost any man would rather be in the rotegravure section than the hall of fame. Those in the hall ef fame are dead. Tt is easy to believe in your fellow men if you will just refrain from signing notes. Conservative: One who believes in the, things forced on the world yes- terday by radicals, Buspenders may be ugly things, but they keep a fat man from trembling in expectation of the worst. It doesn't always pay to keep still and saw wood. Wilhelm tried it, and a widow landed him, “The crossing of the Red Sea doesn't seem 8o miraculoussafter you nego- tlate a busy street. | There i8 one honest brokerage house. It advertises: ‘“Let us place your name on our wailing list."” About all the price at the mine proves is that they are lucky Wwho have a mine in the neighborhood. And it may be that Mr. Bryan's sllence is occasioned by ‘the hopeless- ness of competing with Mr. Ford. When a peace treaty is ratified, all that remains is the slow and painful business of having it rectified. Telling her that her hands beautiful only encourages her to mother do the house work. are let The thickness of fur indicates a se- vere winter, but we shall keep an open mind and wait for the Daugh- erty ruling. You see, a man must buy a pistol to protect himself against the other fel. low who buys a pistel to protect him- self. As we understand the ‘“‘diplomacy of 1922, it consists in giving the other fellow what he wants to prevent a fight, Correct this sentence: “We Iike your sermons very well,” said the deacon, “but we must insist that you make them a little longer.” 1t a drunk car driver kills a little girl, that's an accident; if a sober Turk kills one, that's an international incldent. “What is it the palms are saying?" sighs the poet. Well, if they belong to the American porter, they are | nlans and Greeks, who WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD Events of the Week, Briefly Told* SHIPS STAY WET 8hips other than those belonging to the United States government still are paying no attention to Attorney Gen- oral Daugherty's decision that vessels are breaking the law if they visit Am. éplcan ports or come inside three miles of the coast with liquor on board, even though they kept it lock- ed up, The owners of forelgn ships which | come to this country and of Amerfean ships that the government does not own wanted Judge Hand of New York to say he thought the attorney general was mistaken and to forbld prohibition officers from interfering with thelr vessels. However, Judge Hand, refused, saying he believed the attorney general was right, Then the shipowners asked the federal supreme court, which s the highest court in the United States, to say that Judge Hand was mistaken too, The supreme court is taking a va- catlon and probably will not hear the cpse untll late in November. But in the meantime, Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, whose depart- ment enforces the law, says the ships may stay wet, Before he does any- thing he wants to know what the preme court thinks, MUST OBEY LAW The fact is, the law {s hard to en- force at sea. Foreign governments evidently mean to fight it. Some have laws requiring liquor on their vessels. Already the English government has refused to let the dry American ship President Adams sail from Ply- mouth without taking a supply of brandy. This never happened before; seemingly the English authorities de- cided to show they can make trouble, too. It prohibition is made {ronclad, much shippipg certainly will stay away’ from American ports. Maybe the continental United States won't care, but some of her island posses- sions do. Porto Rico, for instance, sends her coffee to Europe on Span- ish vessels which also carry cargoes of rum. They will give up the coffee rather than the rum, so Porto Rico fears her coftee market's ruin. To get as much protection from other govérnments as they can, it 1s likely many American ships will be transferred to foreign flags. But ships the United States govern- nient owns cannot do this. The Ship- ping Board, which mafages them, says. they will lose most of their pas- gengers if they must be dry, while others ®tay wet, Having tried it, the hoard knows. However, it is certain the supreme courts will disregard all this and be guided solely by the law. NEAR EAST PROBLEM WAITS America, among other countries, is asked to join in the ‘cenference to settle matters in the Near East where Greece was beaten by the Turks. She will accept only unofficially, put on that basis it Is expected she will have a representative present, to make suggestions and to tell what Americans, as onlookers, think ought to be done. Aside from hoping in a general way that the agreement may insure per- manent peace, the United States has two particular interests in the Near East. For one thing, Turkey has natural resources, especially oll, awaiting de- velopment by foreign capital. Ameri|- cans want a fair chance in this field. Also, as a Christian country, the United States is concerned for the welfare of Christians, such as Arme- live under Turkey's Mohammedan rule. These Christian subjects of Turkey unquestionably have suffered terribly. True, It is said on good authority that they treat the Turks as cruelly, when- ever they have a chance,as the Turks, given an opportunity, treat them. However, this is no reason for giving the Turks a free hand, now that the advantage is theits unless they are restroined, ENGLAND'S POLITICAL JUMBLE England, where Premier Lioyd George was forced from first place in the government, to be succeeded by Andrew Bonar Law, only a week ago, is preparing already for a national election to decide who really is strong- est. The situation is very jumbled. The big parties, liberals and conservatives, both are split, even worse than the republicans and democrats are split here. Nobody can guess how they will divide when they come to vote; nobody knows just who is leader of either. The labor party fs solid~and pretty strong, but by no means in a majority, Lloyd Georse talks of forming a gentral group, but this talk is rather vague. It seems likely that no one party will have a majority in the next par- lament, so that the premier will have to form an alllance with oene of the others besides his own. This cannot hut mean compromise and uncertain- ty, & most unfortunate thing at a time when the world's affairs call for clean-cut policies on the great powers’ part so urgently that a vacillating government is almost worse than a really bad one which knows its own mind. FASCISTI RULE IN ITALY Italy has changed cabinets, too, in almost a revolutionary way. Premier Facta and his fellow-ministers had to .vtns “Fo' bits, please.” F The modern, high-grade express! passenger locomotive can run at the rate of 112 miles per hour on a heavy- rail, straight track, provided it is bal- lasted by a train behind it. resign, on demand of the fascistl Three years ago Benito Mussolin, w Milan newspaper man, became alarmed by the bolshevik movement in Italy, He formad the fascisti to oppose it, - Genulne battles occurred in many towns, A good mauny lives were lost, The/fascistl succeeded. Ividently |today thelr will in Italy 1§ law, Dis- | satlsfled with Facta's policies, they | undertook what is described as “con- certed action,” broke communications “between north, south and central Ialy,” and made themselves masters of some of the chief towns, deposing | the authorities and assuming control." This sounds considerably like revo- lution, though )t did not affect the King, or, at any rate, has not yet, pos- sibly because he:submitted, leaving it to the fascisth leader to form a cab- fnet in the Iacta ministry's place. However, Mussolini virtually is dic- tator. He says he will destroy any government the fascist! disiike. From all appearances he is able to do so, too. Before calling on Mussolini, the king had offered thé premiership to Giovannl Giolitti and Antonio Solan- dra, both former prime ministers, but they declined the post, when, on in- vestigating, they found they were not acceptable to the fascist{ organization. COMMUNICATED. A Coal Dealer’s Slant. Ediior Herald: Since coal déalers and their doings seem to be in the limelight within the past few weeks, we, as one of | them, wish to fling our hat into the ring and make a few comments on our worthy mayor's accusations as re- gards prices; and also give a few facts as to how things have been go- ing on since the terminatiaa of the strike, Sept. 11, In order to ascertain the exact con- dition of the coal market at that time, I personally left New Britain on Sept. 14 for the coal region and after spending a few days, in which I cov- ered seven hundred miles, and getting in touch with the various operators, this is what I found: After calling on the operators who have supplied us with company or cheaper priced coal and make sound- ings as to deliveries, all 1 got was vague promises that in the near fu- ture they would do all they can for me. At present I could expect noth- ing definite, as the west must 32 thelr supply first since they get their coal via the Great Lakes; and these shipments must be made before the Lakeg are frozen. Also, that owing to the car shortage they have not enough ¢ars to ship to New England owing to the fact that it takes four weeks for a car to go there and back, whereas, when coal is shipped via tidewater it only takes between three and four days. One operator promised to ship me six cars of pea coal at company price at once; but, to date, we have only received one lone car. Knowing the conditions as they are at first hand, and having in mind at the same time ‘that our yard as well as all the rest of the yards in New Britain were void of even a pound of coal, what was I to do, walt for company coal and freeze or buy inde- pendent coal at a higher price, there- by playing safe in case of the cold weather coming early? Also, acting somewhat upon the advice given by our mayor at a meeting of the coal dedlers in his oftice, during which he stated that the coal situation is crit- jcal and it is up to us dealers to do what we can to get coal, I took the latter course and am glad of it, for to date, I see that conditions have not changed. Then I went looking for the so- called “bootlegging coal” which, even at that time, was very hard to pro- cure, as they asked as high as $15.00 per ton for it at the mine! | I finally called on an operator with whom we did business before and he proposed that 1 I take one week's output of coal he would charge me ADAMSON’S ADVENTURES It Takes a Woman to Keep The Dough Down . $14.00 tor egg, stove and nut 'and $0.00 for pen conl at the mines All this amounted to 60 cars, averaging 40 tons to a car, He gave me the alternative of either taking it or he would ship It to Canadian dealers whose orders he showed me at a higher price. But ai he owed some tonnage to New Britaln, he gave me the preference. 1 had to slgn a con- triset ‘with him and paid all bills on receipt of involces, which came three weeks prior to tWe arrival of the conl, That coal was shipped at once, n§ promised; as it practically came al) at once and we had to work day and night to unload it in order not to be embargoed, I also bought at the same time 22 cars of egg, stove and nut coal at $12,70 at the mine to be shipped at once, but of the latter T receivedgonly eight cars, as the price was tooMttractive at that time, Had it bean higher I would no déubt have recelved it at once. Now with coal at $14.00 plus $4.54 freight not including my expenses, 1 haa procured it at a cost of $18.54 per ton. You can see for yourselves that we did not buy this to do any profiteer- ing, but stocked up a little in case of emergency and advised our customers to take just what they need for the presedt, one half to one ton, a8 the price may take a drep. By the way we are selling it, we can see that there are those who appreclate what has been done by us, as it is moving fast, ‘We can prove that our coal was the first to arrive in town, with the ex- ception of one or two cars of other deslers. Since the strike is over, we only received eight cars of company coal. We sold this coal for $15.00 and $18.50 per ton as we had pre- vious orders already pald for, which had to be given ‘the preference since we did mnot have enough coal to fill these orders given during the sum- mer. During the few colds days we had this week, we had such a great de- mand for ton and h ton orders, that it was almost im gsible for us to handle them all at once. With this as an example, what good would our empty yard do the publie, had we heen waiting for low priced coal? Now, what'we would like to know is, why our mayor called for informa- tion from other citles before finding cut true conditions at fiome and .not take things at their fade value? We would be more than willing to give him any information he desires and then, after comparing this with other facts obtained from outside sources, if he did find a flaw. Then, and then only, was the time to make a state- ent. mA‘s to the prices in Hartford, Springfield; Neyr Haven, Bridgeport and Middletown; first, they have not much coal on hand; secondly, they are situated where they can get coal by tidewater, thereby standing 75 per cent. chance to get company coal as mentioned previously in this letter. And 1 would further state that, In spite of our efforts, and the eforts of the oth;r dealers of the city in buying this big priced coal, that there is no more_ than two weeks' . supply of coal in our yard under nermal con- ditions should a cold spell appear, which is liable tq happen any day. P. 8. McMahon has stated publicly and through the press that he can' buy hard coal fyr $11.00 f, o. b. the mines; but Mr. McMahen has neg- lected to mefition the fact that the coal he refers.to is ‘Washery pea, nut and No. 1 buckwheat. Two sizes for which there is no demand specially of inferior grade. ‘Washery coal is a very poor grade of hard coal that has been reclaimed from a dirt bank by washing away the dirt leaving a large amount of slate and bone, a grade of coal that o O we would not even-pay the Treight on to get to New Britain, Mr, McMahon h neglected to state that the frelght to New Britain is $4.54 making the Jaid down cost 4 New Britain $16,54 and, although this 1s. per gross ton, meaning 2,249 pounds instead of 2,000 pounds, the reputable dealer has got to screen and take out the dirt before melling to hls customers, which runs sométimes to wore than 300 pounds to the ton. Mr. McMahon figures that a ton of coal should be delivered for 56¢ but he forgets that before the coal can #e dellvered, it must first be unloaded trom the cars into the dealer's yard, which in itselfeoften runs to more than 60c per ton especially now when we have to unload our cars within 24 hours or suffer an embargo by the rallroad company. Mr, McMahon has falled to consider.that we have to pay them from 45¢ to G0c per hour, Mr, McMahon has neglected to say that he has no quotations whatsoever on egg or stove coal as there 18 no waslis ery egg or stove. Mr, McMahon has neglected to take into consideration any of the propér charges of doing business. In fact he has 5mply figured a low price to fur, ther his own personal interests with- out being in possession of the ful facts knowing that the public would gooner believe what they hope for rather than the cold hard faets. ' The above is a bona fide statement and any one wishing to verlfy facts is welcome to do so at our office, where proof awaits him. BERSON BROS. | 25 Years Ago oday (Taken from Herald of that date) A AN AR AR IID) The great comedian, DeWolf Hop- per, will appear at the Russwin Ly- ceum theater ¥riday evening in ‘& new play, “El Capitan.” ; The trolley company has complajned that a great many of the ‘“switch balls” haye been stolen frem their places. Every switch has a small {plug of rubber in it which {s removed to throw the rails, Recently the rub- ber plugs have been missing and it has been discoveréd that the boys take them and use them for playing hockey. E. H. Davison has been appointed on the committee of the First church to act on sécuring.a new pastor. E. W. Schultz was elected chairman of the, finance committee of the Char- ity organization at the directors' meeét- ing held in the Y. M. C. A, yesterday, Mrs. J. A. Traut is one of the new directors. Lenine Voices Thanks For U, S. Tractor Unit New: ‘York, Nov. 1,—Gratitude for the tractor unit sent to Russia for re- construction wérk by the friends of soviet Russia s expressed by Premier Lenine in a letter received and made public today by New York headquar- ters of the organization. The unit headed by Harold Ware, hag been 8o successful that Lenine said he would propose that its accomplishments be taken as a model for the entire soviet republic. & WILL .STUDY NURSING. Miss Mary Riley, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. J. Riley of Howard street, has left the employ of the;Travelers Insurance Co., and will enter St. Fran- cls' Hospital Training schools for nurses on November 8. Upon léaving the Travelers company, she was pre- sented with a traveling bag and $10 in gold and a supper was given by & few of her friends in a Hartford res- taurant. " T FAMOUS QUALITY BY 0. JACOBSON WELLO EMPLOYMENTY OFEICE I SENO UPA