New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1922, Page 14

AHERIGAN SHIPPING * INGOME ANALYZED National Research Burea of N Y. * Issues Facts on Water Carriage ! New York, Dec. 20~An analysis of | fnocome derived from transportation by water is issued today by the Na- tional Bureau of Economic Research, of this city. The investigation was made by Dr, Wiliford 1. King, as a part of the genaral investigation of fncome in the United States upon which the researchigtaft of the bur- rau, under Dr. Whsley C. Mitehell, has ‘been engaged for the last two years, It is timely because of the discussions in congress the ship subsidy measure. Tonnage Comparison Comparisons of the tonnage afloat of the American merchant marine with the population of the Continental United States, for each of the eleven years from 1009 to 1910 inclusive, show that the tonnage per capita was almost imperceptibly declining in the a5t flve years of this period, with s lowest obb in 1914, A moderate inerease in .1915 and 1917 was fok lowed by a large growth in 1918 anc a tremendous expansion in 1919, The period which began in 1909, when the country with a population or 90,370,000 had 7,388,755 tons afloat, closed 'in 1919 with a population or 104,847,000 and 12,907,300 tons afloat, Lonnage per capita having increased from .0818 to .1231 in the 11 years. Tonnage Increase The increase in the tonnage per capita was'coincident with a marked gain in the economic welfare o shipping employes. The purchasing power, in terms of 1913 dollars, or the average annual earnings of the employes attached to the Industry, wa$ almost constant in the first five " years of the perfod under review, subsequently rising from its low point of $799 in 1914 to its peak of $1,012 in 1917. While the figures fell again to $969 in 1918, this sum aws 20 per cent higher than the compensation of ' $810 received in 1200, The earnings in current dollars, in the same period, rose from $773 in 1909 to $1,632 in 1918. Employes in the industry of trans- portation by water recelve a larger percentage of the value prodyct than those in many other fields, such as manufacturing public utilities, pro- duction of minerals, agriculture . and hand trades. : The share of the employes in the valgie profluct’ of the :industry of trlhxpormtlon by water wag rela- tively steady in the decade 1909 to 1918 under review, 'dropping no lower than 72.2 per cent, rising no higher than 85.6.per ‘tent, and closing at $3.2' per cent, as compared with its opening ' at 8_3'.5“ per cent ten years before. 7 . ‘While the tota] share of the value ' product of the industry received by opérators and investors was increas- ing from $34,305,000 in 1909 to $88,- 230,000 ‘in. 1918, the total share .of the value product pald to smployes in the form- of wages and salaries was jamping from $173,200,000 to $421,- 200,000. 1 Increase in Workers The number of men actually at work on the ‘vessels-of tne American Merchant Marine increased from 149,- 200 in 1909 to 222,200 in 1919 while the estimted average anaual earn- ings of all employes on vessels of the merchant marine rose from $901 in 1909 to $2,152 in 1919. eration of the merchant marine Vi 1s also gives work to a large number of persons on hand. In 1909 tho'\‘e were« 58,450 land employes at work engaged _in the industry of trapsportation by water, with .an es- timated average annuar pay of $664. With the increase in shipping activity, t total rose to 80,400 in 1918 and At the same time the estimated aver- ‘agé Bnnual pay of those land em- ployes Yose to $1,012. _*. 'Net Value Product The net-value product of an indus- try, as the term fis used in this re- port, consista of the value contributed to the output through the services the persons and property engaged in the industry. It is measured by add- ing together the wages and salaries of employes, the dividends and Intgrest pald to investors, the rent paid} for leased property and the annual kav- ings retained in the enterprise, Paye ments made for materials and serv- ices purchased from other industries are manifestly not included in the net value product, for such payments having been counted once in the other fleld must, of course, not be du- plicated. Out of Army. of The famous commander of the 'Yan- kee dlvision, Maj.-Gen. Clarence E. Edwards, is shown here digging a well on his farm in Westwood, Mass. Since retiving from the army after 46 years of service, General FEdwards has de- voted his time to raising prize poultry and ‘bas taken many prizes with his Rholle Island Reéds. oy w» - 'NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1922, Ruins'are all that is left of 83 business block in Astoria, Ore., following a " 000,000 and killed one person. Picture shows some of the ruins, CITY HISSIONPLANS CHRISTAS -PARTY Approximately 500 Gilts.to Be Sent Out-Three Services v i i |yard.—advt. City Items Xmas packings of cigars and clga- retes at lowest prices in the city at Besse-Leland's.—advt, Morris Jackson and David Shiman- sky sold today through the Camp Real ‘state ' Co., a three-family house at 168 West street to John Ausenka and Peter Skripkunkas. ® Xmas trees. St. Mark's church- Deputy Sheriff A. P, Marsh has Tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock |been invited to speak to the National one of New Britain's most Christmas services will be held. will be that of the Itallan Sunday school of the South Congregational church, which was started years ago by Miss Caroline E. Bartlett, then su- perintendent of the City Mission. Miss Estella Dickinon, assistant su- perintendent and acting superintend- ent since the resignation of Miss Bartlett until December 1, and Mrs. Nicolo D'Dario of Hartford, a City Mission worker, have been helping. Miss Louise M. Coates, the new su- perintendent, this morning stated that she intended to do what she| unique ;Association of Warehousemen at New It York city, next month. Christmas Records for children. C. L. Plerce & Co.—advt. Joseph Buchiere and Joseph Can- tino, both of this city, enlisted in the U. 8. Navy at the recruiting station in Hartford the past week. Heavy Ivory Combs 69c. Axelrod’s. —advt. Miss Margaret Lewis, daughter of | Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Lewis of 73 Har- rison street, will spend the week-end with her brother, Edwin N. Lewis, of New York city. Victrolas and Pianos, Henry Morans, could to continue the work started ;.—advt, by her predecessor. A Christmas tree with suitable fire place setting, etc, will be mounted | on. the stage in the Sunday school room and suitable exercises will be conducted. ' Last Christmas stereopti- con views were shown of Christmas 8t |Brookilne, larger than many Massa- scenes and a lecture given by Fred- eric L. Fay, director of religious edu- cation at the church. It is likely a similar program will be conducted to- morrow evening. At 4 o'clock Friday afternoon in the work sale for a month. Dickinson’s.—advt. Mrs. Curtis Booth, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Booth of 87 Forest street, re- turned last night from Anaover Acad- emy and will spend the holidays town. in food, fancy Next to Women’s Exchange Good Skating, Pllz-Rhodes Rink.— advt. Robert B. Bacon, son of Mr. and W. 8. Bacon of 192 Lincoln Methodist church the Methodist and | Stréet has returned from Princeton Lafayette Sewing schools, also Cty » University and will spend the Christ- Mission institutions, will have their ™Mas holidays in this city. gnnual Christmas parties. Men's watches, Himberg & Horn's. +Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock the "",‘Ed"t- street, *for needy children, will have its Christmas tree and party. City Mission workers are busy fill- ing “stockings and arranging for the various exercises. Many families on the list will be taken care of and ap- proximately 500 gifts will be sent out this week. Miss Bartlett who is visiting in Willimantic now, - is - expected to be at the Burritt Mission Saturday. AMY LOWELL RISES IN ALL HER WRATH Burritt Mission, conducted on Cherry‘ If She HAd “Said It With Poetry” Her Protests Might Have Been Heeded. Brookline, Mnss, Dec. 20.—Amy Lowell, the poet, raised her volce against, too much legislation at a special town meeting here last night. chusefts cities, is under a modified form of town government, by which a limited number of citizens are chosen as voting members. Miss Low- ell is not one of these this year and was seated outside the rall, but she exercised her right to speak on mat- ters before the meeting. The volce of the poet was first heard against a rule that would ralse from eight to ten miles the maximum speed of horses on the public streets. “Why should horses be made to go slower than automobiles?” Miss Lowell asked. ‘‘Because horses have to go slower,’” the moderator replied. ‘Under another proposed by-law children would not be allowed to skate or slide or drag their sleds on the sidewalks. "Are we going to make all our 'children criminals?” Miss Lowell inquired. “Are we to be entirely officialized? Are we to aban- don entirely our constitutional rights to the pursuit of happiness?” In the end, the voting members passed most of the new by-laws. That limiting the speed of horses went against the contention of Miss Lowell, The regulation on sledding was amended to permit children to drag their sleds bver the sidewalk on the return from a coast down designated streets. \ XMAS GIFTS Eversharp Pencils 50¢ up Waterman’s Fountain Pens $2.50 up O————0 Eveready’s Flashlights 50c up OO0 Frank E. Goodwin Optician 327 Main St. Tel. 1905 olates and noveltles. Main ‘St.—advt. “ Harold Latham of 105 Black Rock avenue will return from the University of Pittsburgh Sunday and will spend a week with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. F. W. Latham. ; Ribbon cafflly, canes, baskets, choc- McEnroe's, W. & Save 19 to | DISAPPOINTED CROWD -‘iwepl\e Jack Falls Down on Promise And Audience Gets Stung—May be Afraid of Ice, Probably 200 people, including col- lectors for the Salvation Army, were disappointed at noon today when “Dare-devil Jack” Reynolds, human fly and steeple jack, failed to show up to carry out his announced intention of climbing the face of the John A. Andrews building. Reynolds sent no word to the An- drews store. The crowd waited until 1 o'clock and then disappeared. It was sald at the store that he prob- ably had changed his mind because of the ice, feeling that the climb would {‘bu too dangerous, . HIGH SCHOOL NOTES “Let's start five minutes earlier” is the motto which every pupil in the Vocational High school bullding 1s adopting. Placards have been placed on the bulletin boards and at the doors of the school building with this motto printed thereon. This is part of the campaign that is being waged against tardiness. Deficiencies were sent out yesterday afternoon: The parents of all those pupils below in their subjects will re- celve notice of this fact, giving the reason for the student's failure. The N. B. H. 8. basketball quintet is putting in a week of hard practice in preparation for the coming game with the Alumni team. The schoo: boys will line up the same as in the Portland game and O'Brien and Huber substitutes will be available for use in case of need. At assembly this morning the junior class held Christmas exercises with Misses Clark and Travers read- ing appropriate poems. Principal L. P. Blade presided. Puplls in the freshmen class took examinations in English at the close of the fourth period today. A meeting of the orchestra was held after school. From 2% By Buying Your Xmas Gifts Here If you have ever planned to give a friend a ring—Ohristmas is the best time for the gift. These splendid bar- kains in holiday rings are priced to fit-thin purses as well as fat ones, ‘We also have a big stock of— Men’s Watches—Wrist Watches—Cuf’ Links—Scarf Pins — Lavallieres Brooches—Pearls—Ivory, ete, Him&erg & Horn Established 17 years 10 R. R. Arcade 302 Main St. BRAWL MAY BE PATAL Authorities at South Norwalk Investi- gating Free-for-All Fight in Which Soldier Is Seriously Hurt. South Norwalk, Dec. 20.—James Brannigan, age 47, sergeant instructor of Battery C, 192nd artillery, of this city, is dying at the Norwalk hospital from a fracture of the skull, believed to have been sustained in an early morning free-for-all fight on Rail- road avenue, this city, today. The police are endeavoring to locate Bran- nigan's assailants. Brannigan’'s home address is given as 231 Garfield street, Trenton, N. J., and .relatives there have been notified. The police received word that man was dying in the roadway, about 1 o'clock this morning, but could not locate the man, who was later found at his room in the City hotel where he had been taken by friends. A pre- mortem investigation is being made of the case by Medical Examiner Samuel H.' Huntington of this city. Fire Destroys Danbury Home With $20,000 Loss Stamford, Dec. 20.—Fire entirely destroyed a combination house and garage on the estate of Charles Fran- cis Dean, on Strawberry Hill early to- day., The entire contents of the house were burned as were two auto- mobles. The loss was placed at $20,- 000. i D S=ZZ/[\\ OF CITY EMPLOYES ' - Recommendations Will Be Made by Board of Public Works to the Common Council, The following salary increases are to be recommended by ‘the board of public works to the salary committee of the common council: City Engineer J. D, Willlams from $3,600 to $4,200; Clerk George H. Johnson from $1,- 660 to $1,860; Miss lorence Cau- fleld from $1,000 to $1,200; Bewer Superintendent Michael O'Brien from $2,000 to $2,600; Street Super- intendent Joseph Scheldel from $2,- 000 to $2,300, After a hearing it was voted last night to recommend to the council that a 60 foot street with regulation bullding lines be established on Os- good avenue, The city engineer reported that if the money is appropriated, permanent g\'vmont will be laid next year on mmercial, Center, Bigelow and ‘Washington street, Corbin place and Bigelow court Commissioner John Ohlson suggest- ed that an effort be made to {mpress upon the public that the city s not liable for accldents resulting from coasting, although the city does des- ignate certain streets upon which coasting is permitted. WEATHER FORECAST. New Haven and vicinity: Increasing cloudiness followed by light rain or snow late tonight or Thursday; ris- ing temperature. Connecticut: Cloudy with snow late tonight or Thursday; rising tempera- ture; increasing easterly winds. Conditions: A small disturbance central over Lake Superior s caus- ing unsettled weather in the lake re- glon. Another disturbance central over: Florida is causing rainy weather on the south Atlantic coast. Pleas- ant weather prevails in other sections east of the Rocky mountains. There has been a decided rise in tempera- ture during the last 24 hours. from North Dakota, castward to New York. Conditions favor for this vicinity: Partly cloudy weather, with rising temperature followed by light rain or snow. COME 'OFTEN, MADEMOISELLE. Havre, France, Dec, 20.—Mademoi- selle Sorel, the French actress, ar- riving here today from New York on board the steamer .Paris, said that she “fairly adored” Americans, indi- vidually and collectively. “I especial- 1y liked Bostonians,” she said. “Bos- ton is the soul of America. New York is admirable, but I'll stick my ground on Boston.” TO UNITE IRISH RAILROADS. Dublin, Dec. 20.—The Free state government, it was learned today, has! decided upon unification of the Irish railways in either one or two groups. Legislation with this object in view will be introduced in parliament within the next six months. Ruins Left From $20,000,000 Astoria Firc " [Wouwb RaIsE WAGES [y imONATSTHOOL” / ENROLLWENT GROWS 476,828 Pupils in 4,946 Instito- tions Receiving Federal Aid . Washington, Dec. 20,~—~An enroll» ment of 476,828 puplls In the 4,046 vocational schools recelving federal funds and operating under approved state plans for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1922, compared with 324,247 a year ago, will be shown in the an- nual report of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, it is announced by Harry L. Fidler, vice-chairman. The number of schools compares with 3,877 repdrted at the end of the 1921 year, “Teachers in these schools num- bered 12,280, compared with 10,066 reported last year,” says the report, “The fiscal year 1921-22 witnessed the greatest expansion In the state and federal vocational education pro- gram of any year since the constitu- tion of the board." . Part-Time<School Special effort was made during the past year in development of the part-time school. Accordingly, of the total enrollment, 228,665 puplls are in attendance at part-time schools, 133,- 836 at evening schools and 113,338 at all-day schools, states the report. Classified by subjdets, 130,973 are re- ported as studying In trade and in- dustrial schools; 60,236 in agricul- tural schools; 118,708 in home econ- omics schools, and 165,911 in atten- dance at general part-time continua- tion schools. Allotments to States “Allotments avallable to the states last year totalled $4,120,833.72 and for the current year, ending June 3v, 1923, the allotments will total $4,615,- 169.82." the report declares. ‘The states and local authorities spena more for vocational -education than the amount of the federal grant, mak- ing the total amount expended last year $14,770,142.66, of which $3,854,- 670.25_constituted federal funds. . Ot the balance, $4,514,148,04 was pro- vided by the states and $6,401,424 was provided by the local boards.” The report will recommend to congress additional support o enable the board to extend the work in the fields of home economics and com- ‘mercial education. Women Must Serve on Juries, Court Declares Salem, Ore, Dec. 20.—The state supreme court has upheld the Oregon law making jury service for women compulsory. CAPT. WASON RESIGNS. Hartford, Dec. 20.—The resignation of Captain David B. Wason, M. C., national guard, has been accepted by the adjutant general's office. _~A most acceptable gift for Christmas and one which will be remembered for many years. FLOOR LAMP§ With Beautiful Silk Shades in All Colors, Starting d@s Low as $19.50 TABLE LAMPS $10.50 “ $49.00 BOUDOIR LAMPS ' In Silver and Gold Colors JOHN A. ANDRE WS & 132 MAIN 517 REET