New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 10, 1923, Page 6

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THE SAJARY QUESTION New Britain's board of managers— | the common councll—will soon Imwf before it for consideration the nnn\m!‘ appeal for salary increases, Two questions arise: (a) Can New Britain afford, as a going business, grant the increases (b) Can New Britain aford not to grant the creases® | The city is growing, It is quite na- | tural to expect that the official family will grow proportionately. As the family becomes larger the salary | burden becomes heavier. The money | comes out of the pockets of the tax- payers, who are already ulmplnh\lng; that taxes are high and returns for | the money expended are smaller than | they should be, This is 1t is a desirable condition. in which taxpayers do not retrogressing.” It is an e community in which the ci no interest in public affairs, | New Britain taxpayers have comw- plained in loud tones during the past | few years. Many them believe that public officials and other persons in the gmploy of the city are well pald compared with employes of private enterprises. In some’cases their com- plaints are justified and it is fo these cases that the common council must give exceptionally close attention. There is another angle to the salary question—can the city afford to rnfuse.: petitions for increases? The demand for manpower threughout the nation is growing. Even now here is a shortage in some lines. If the city does not pay salaries commensurate with the value of its employes, it must be prepared to surrender them to others who will. There is the danger. Selection of public employes who de- | serve salary increases should be done intelligently. The fact that a person seeks an increase is not sufficient proof that he should have one. However, there are men and women working | for New Britain whose special knowl- | edge of their tasks or whose long serv- ice and loyalty should be taken into, consideration. To reject their appeals | might result in driving to in- normaley. A clty complain Is mple of a izens take | of them into other fields where their worth would be appreciated. “ACTING” OR “VOTING"” The Connecticut press has much concerned over the possible loss of former highway Commissioner Charles J. Bennett who has declined an offer of reappointment to that post. It seemed to be the general| opinion that it would be at least un- wise to make a change in this matter which, under Commissioner Bennett, has been satisfactory to a degree. People of the state are proud of our| highways and of the man who is ro-if sponsible, more than anyone else, for | their excellence. | An “esteemed contemporary” on | Tuesday, speaking of the plan of Guv-} ernor Templéton to have a commission in charge of this work, stated that| Mr. Bennett, if a member of such | commission, would be “voting with” the other members and so an “import- _ant factor” in road work. Today the es- teemed contemporary explains that a | “typographical vagary” changed thr-v intended word “acting” for the word “yoting,” which was not intended to, be used at all. It meant to say that Mr. Bennett would be “acting with” the other members of the commission. | The Herald disavows any intention | to criticize any newspaper for ‘ “typographical vegary.” I"ar, far be it | from such! And this newspaper is| grateful for the phrase, “typographi- cal vagary” which might cover a multitude of errors without placing | the blame anywhere in particular. The | inner office, the outer office and the composing room would be covered by | the splendid expression. And lhis; newspapet, in common with all others, has many of such vagaries to blush over. But if memory survives it is a person named I'reud, of some intelll- gence and undoubtedly known to our | esteemed contemporary, who declares | that all efrors are prompt:d by some . subconscious conviction. One may de- ‘nounce the person whose name is not pronounced as it is spelled, as one ‘who has many theories to which one idoes not care to subscribe, but it would seem quite possible that the subeonscious conviction that Mr. Ben- been | | a |afraid | and pension bills and in i been the belief in the dark ages. would he “voting acting with” the ether members new eommission might have typographieal than of any been the cause of the which inspired the discredits merely Vagary that he weuld “aet” with sueh ed statement “vote” with and not other members It is to be hoped that Mr. Bennett is not lost to the state in the ecapaeity whish he " the commission plan is decided upon might have | in has served so well much as we prefer to | things remain as they have been, it is to be hoped that the ether members act with My, Bennett, influenced by his knowledge, and that his powers are not limited merely to voting, COWARDICE New York World speaks right plain The up and President uses some about niee at all ing “Cowardie it quotes a letter written to George W, | Wickersham by Franklin K, Lane ) fter the el portion of the letter quoted iy is the Harding's danger, as 1 see it, will lie in his timidity. He fears; is poison which comes from the devil's factory, Courage is oxygen and fear is carbon monoxide, One comes from heaven——so you find Wells says— and the other would turn the uni- verse back intd primeval chaos, Wilson, be it said to his eternal did not fear. and fear glory, The editorial goes on to say a lot of really rude things about President Harding. He Is afraid to Act; he s not to act. He objects to a resolution giving him authority, but not commanding him to do something, because its passage would compel him to make a choice. He would much prefer, is the intimation, to be com- manded to do something or forbidden to do anything. The thing he fights shy of, says The World, is anything { requiring dectsive action or a decision | to refrain from acting. is really reprehensible of the| It newspaper to say such things. It isn't done, you know. The idea of publish- ing a statement like “Mr. Harding has undertaken to erect his fears into a foreign policy and the results have been disastrous,” for instance. that awful? Hasn't the President shown his courage in vetoing bhonus suppor!lng a ship subsidy in spite of a pretty gen- eral feeling in many quarters against such measure? Of course The World is mistaken in | thinking that the President’s foreign policy is dictated by cowardice. Its | inspiration is, rather, a day by day, safer and safer slogan that makes Coue's look like thirty cents, but may hot be as safe as it looks. THE RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS It is possible to belleve firmly that the anti-religion demonstration in Russia on Christmas day will do more to start a reaction against communism in that country than any other one thing could have done. Sincerely re- ligious people will recall the old hymn telling of Deity's mysterious ways of performing His wonders. There is a belief that He is big enough to allow what is ordinarally - called sacrilege to bring about good. Even those who do not believe in the intimate regu- lation of life by a greater being will | see in the Christmas demonstration in Russia when the grotesque carnival made an “attack upon heaven,” the | effect such spectacle would have upon men. No man believes today young persons who scoffed that the at our | God, at all gods, will be “stricken by a bolt from heaven."” Such might have The secret criminal is in no less danger than are those thoughtless individuals. There should be no emphasizing of the importance of their action except as it affects the future of communism in | Russia, in the world. But the significance of their Christ- mas day action may be seen if one may imagine a similar situation in this country. ' Suppose, for the sake of illustration, some organization in America~—the communists, if one will —engineered a similar demonstration. Suppose its members ridiculed the things held sacred here in the specta- (eular manner adopted in Russla. Could anything prove more disastrous to their cause? Many who had consid- | ered that cause with some sympathy wonld turn from it in disgust. Its cnd would come speedily. There will be that reaction in Rus-} sia, it may well be belleved. It will not be seen as would be the case in America, but it will come if such demonstrations are repeated frequent- ly, such activities made a glaringly evident part of communism as they have been a part of it less in evi- dence. And it is to be noted that reports | | tell of greater crowds in the churches of Russia on Christmas day than had | been noted in a long time. THE MEN WHO DELIVER In connection with the sensibie re- quest of the new local fuel administra- tor to clear the enow away from cel- | lar windows in order to speed up coal dietribution, there comes the thought that the men who deliver the coal shouid not be blamed for the present condition of things. They should not be blamed for the high prices, the language | Harding that is not | Under the editorial head- | as a Forelgn Poliey" | tion of 1920, This | Isn't | EW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1928 - s 4 b 5 with W | 8earcity of fuel or any of the pumer- |church debt, leaving a balance of jeause violent excitement among the | Lexington lodge in Jn, O, U, A, M. |évening. A resolution to ehange the meeting nght to Baturday will be pre- ous evils connected with coal in the | popular mind. 1t is & templation lal frown these who deliver | the coal when we see them treating the precious black substance as| though it were an ordinary artiele which one might walk inte the store and buy at any mement, One is tempt- #d to feel that they should bear each | precious particle of the blaek d#lt.hl on & golden tray on its way to the| [ eellar. One marvels at the easual man- ner they perform their important du. ties of being temporary custodians of it, representing, as it does, such vast | value | Ne, these men should be treated as | ordinary mortals, moved by the same | emotions which move us, suffering as ! we suffer, longing for happiness and warmth as we long for these blessings, It is not suggested that we invite them into the house and lay before them food and drink, Not that! Such ! attentions would delay deliveries still | more, But we should not vent upen them our wrath—we should not! | blame them for the sins of the govern- | ment or of others whom we deem at fault because we are worried over the coal situation, upen men | BUSINESS CREDIT The constant repetition of the state- ment from England that she Intended to pay her debt to the United Btates to the last cent, is worth money to England. Thut statement was made in no uncertain terms while Lloyd George was In power; It has been| | reiterated under Bonar Law, and | now the Chancellor of the British Exchequer, here iIn this country, Smuke- the statement again. There | has been discussion of the wisdom of | demanding full payment In this coun- | try. The matter was presented at the jcon\cnllon of bankers in New York as one over which the people of the country might well ponder. But there has been no doubtful suggestion offi- clally made by England, Wise men throw no bouquets at England for taking this determined | stand. Wise men know the value of credit and see in England’s attitude a recognition of that wisdom. Eng- land may have all sorts of hope that a general cutting of iInternational debts will come and that she will be relieved from payment of a part of her debt to us, But she will not take the initiative in any such move. “Good- will” goes hand in hand with “good | credit,” and the former is what every European country wants in its deal- ings with this country. And meanwhile our able members of the debt funding commission feel that their hands are tied. It is re-| ported that the administration is con- vinced that no settlement of the prob- lem can be made under the terms of the law as it now exists. This has been recognized to be a fact for some time. Possibly the White House might be persuaded to go as far as to sug- gest—merely suggest—that more power be given by law to our commis- sioners. \EDDY-GLOVER POST LIKES SURGEON AND CHAPLAIN Faulkner and Rev. John | Dr. James F. L. Davis Again Drafted For Position, Dr. James I". Faulkner was re- elected post surgeon, and Rev. John L. Davis was reelected post chaplain of Kddy-Glover post, American lLe- gion, at a meeting of the executive committee of that organization last night. Dr. Faulkner has been a practicing physician in this cily for several years. He saw service overseas with the British forces and upon the entry of the United States into the war he enlisted in the forces of this country. took up practice in this city. For sev- eral years he was a member“of the hoard of school examinerk, and is prominent fraternally. Rev. Mr, Davis i{s pastor of the Trinity Methodist church and is lead- er of Everyman's Bible class. During the world war he was an army chap- lain. He came to this city upon the resignation of Rev, Warren F. Cook as pastor of the Trinity church. The executive committee also nam- e¢d George Unwin as chairman of the house committee, and Attorney Stan- ley J. Traceski as chairman of the le- | gal committee. e oo mp e 25 Years Ago Today, (Taken from Herald of that date)l There were 680 hirths and 251 marriages during the year of 1897 |according to records compiled at the town clerk’s office. H. Dayten Humphrey was elected clerk of the South Church Ecclesias- |tical society at the annual ~meeting |this afternoon. Attorney M. A. Bexton has gone to New York for a few days. A letter was received in town today from Peter Crona, who is at Carls- crara, Sweden. He explained that he wrote merely to let his friends know [that he was enjoying himself in the [land of his birth. | Thomas L. Fagan was reelected trustee of Bt. Mary's church at a meeting of the church committee yes- terday. Rev. R. F. Moore, pastor of St Joseph's church, read his annual re- port at all the masses SBunday. It showed a total revenue of $3,956.96; $16,000 was borrowed throughout the year, $3,789.48 was paid out for the After the cessation of hostilities hep $13.99 W, P. Delaney was elected seere fary of the Knights of St. Patpick at the annual meeting last night, and 7. P, Orean was elected fAnancial seere tary, Unele Tom's Cabin will play at the Lyeeum this evening and Kate Clax ton in the “Tweo Orphans” will ha seen at the Opera House, Facts and Fancies (MY ROBERY QUILIEN), ——— 8o this is splendid isolation, Love of money i1s the root of all progress, also, Getting sophisticated is just a slow process of searching for another kick, Now If Wojciechowski is assassii- nated, we'll know that a linotype op- erator did it, Even a' League of Nations can't keep a man with authority from being an infernal ass, A modest man always feels a little cheated If you don't notice hissmod- esty and praise him for it, Still, parents are permitted to see their daughter's beau at intervals when he stops in front of the house and honks, Russlan workman gets 38,760 rubles a week. So they are having those dollar-a-year men over there now, There {s no particular virtue in lov- ing an enemy it you allow yourself the privilege of licking him first. Well, why shouldn't the bride have lots of clothes? It will probably be a long time before she gets any more. Poison is quicker, of course, but she can give him fried food three times a day and avoid embarrassing publieity. The! eurprising thing about that mint robbery is that anybody should care that much about mint in times like these. They say bandits in Mexico ‘are courteous. Well, once in a while you find a coutreous hat-checking boy in this country. That chap who says there is no more faith in the world has very little knowledge of the hair-tonic business. “Archeologists find chorus girl."” We have often wondered why those interested in antiquities didn’t explore this field. In the old days people didn’t mind the weather so much. They had no thermometers to tell them when they were uncomfortable. Even in this day of myriad jitneys, there is just as much horse sense in the country. But the horses still have a monopoly of it. A seventy-year-old life termer in California won a fifty-yard dash. Speed means little to him, though. He isn't going any place. Correct this sentence: “I want it understood,” said the preacher, “that the poorest man in this church will receive just as mych consideration as the richest.” WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE WORLD Events of the Week Briefly Told By Charles P. Stewart Her war damage ciailms against Germany far in arrears, France is preparing definitely to seize German territory and wealth to pay herself, In a military way, not much re- mains for the French to do, except to begin the actual movement of troops. Her army already is practi- cally in readiness. It is the Ruhr district, Germany's great industrial section, that French forces unquestionabiy will occupy first. There, If she were acting with England’s approval, France would stop, in deference to Knglish wishes. Whatever she does now, however, will be done independently, and, in fact, in spite of the English, 8o perhaps she will feel at liberty to go as far as she likes, maybe beyond the Ruhr's boun- daries, The supposition is that the French advance will not be ordered until after Jan. 15, when another pay- ment will be due from the Germans, a payment which it is almost certain, will not be forthcoming. There seems no present likelihood that the invasion will be delayed much beyond that date, WHAT ABOUT THE GERMANS? What the Germans will do remains to be seen, There is an element which favors armed resistance. There may be some of it, but probably not on an organ- ized national scale. If not, of course the French will suppress it quickly, probably dealing with it very severaly. The Berlin government, knowing that England disapproves of the French plan and hoping America does, too, it more likely to confine itself to pro- tests to london and Washington, in hope that indirect pressure from these quarters will force IFrance (¢ salaries of the pastor, organist and sexton and for rents, insurance, etc, and $21,021.46 pald on the change her policy. A greater danger Is that the French invasion, which naturelly will Germans, may cause internal upris- | hall Thui ings, led by the uitra-radicals, such as will endanger the government itself and, maybe, involve widespread de- struetion, Al the best, there will be great busi- ness dl.ornmnuon in Germany, BRITAIN AND FRANUCE BREAK The French determination to use force against Germany led England jand France to part company, The English, French, Italian and Helgian premiers conferred last week on the question of collecting war damages from the Germans, This talk made it clear that English and French ideas were hopelessly conflioting, * Premier Poinecare of France insisted the Germans could pay if they would, Premier Bonar Law'summed up the English pesition thus: “You may get a certain amount of money by selaing German territory but you ean't restope German finans clal stability in that way," Ho the conference broke up, with An Anglo-I'rench agreement to dis- agree as the upshot, “I hope," said Premier Bonar Law to Premier Poincare, in parting, “that you are right, but I fear you're not." ECONOMIC STRAIN MAY PREVAIL France's great weakness is llnumlnl. At the “premiers' conference” Italy nd Belgium sided with her against Fngland, but neither England nor Belglum can help her out in a money way, England Is Europe's great fi- nanclal power, Moreover, the English believe, at any rate, that the United States agrees with them In looking askance upon France's policy of force against Germany, It Isn't to be assumed.that either ngland or America Is unfriendly to France, but enly that the former cer- tainly, and the latter in many people's opinion, think the French are making & mistake in their German policy and will not want to help them so long as they stick to it, With the French franc and the Italian lire already of very doubtful value In the world's money markets, financlers predict that these countries will be brought eoon t6 a realization of the unwisdom of disregarding the English and American opinion of their judgment. Of course if a large sum can be wrung from Germany it may make a difference, but the financiers doubt it, However, this may not happen soon enough to prevent serious conse- quences in Germany. AMERICAN TROOPS IN COBLENZ The first result in this country of the situation between Mrance and Germany was thoe adoption, 57 to 6, of a United States senate resolution in favor of recalling the small Am- erican force which ever since the war ended, has remained on German soil. It had been suggested previously that the government was pretty apt to do this anyway, even without this expression from the senate, With soldiers in the very territory it is expected the French will want to occupy, if they go ahead with their program, it is easy to see that the United States mlght find it hard to avoid showing len.ninga one way or the other, especially in the event of fighting. The senate, in acting, expressly dis- avowed the least feellng of unfriend- | liness toward any European country HUGHES’ PLAN YET WAITS | About the only thing that still scems to offer the slightest chance of smoothing out the difficulty over German war damages is Secretary or State Hughes' suggestion that a com- mission of disinterested financial ex- perts be formed to make an inventory of Germany's assets and decide how much it's possible for her to pay. It is belleved England, Italy, Bel- gium and Germany are favorable to the idea. France, however, hasn't given any hint. Her break with England hard- Iy indicates that she will agree. Btill, there's the bare possibility that she may do so, at the last minute, TURKS STANDING PAT The outlook between Turkey and England continues very threatening. It is the general expectation, in view of the Anglo-French break over Germany, that France will tell Eng- land she cannot co-operate with the latter if she lets matters go on to a clash with Turkey. This probably has stiffened the Turks' position. There is this hopeful feature: The Turks, while “standing pat" on all important matters, seem in- clined to make some minor conces- slons, and the English public is bit- terly opposed to war with them. The greatest danger is that Greece, whose interests would be served by a Turko-English confiict, may do some- thing to precipitate it. She is hurry- ing preparations to strike a blow in Thrace. If she should do so the Turks surely would strike back, and it would be very hard for England to keep out of it. Lexmgton Lodge Officers Will Take Their Chairs | At the regular weckly meeting of LORIDA | Three Sailings Weekly gerFares, New York To Jacksonville w., 330.38 ?«"' $36.54 $§5.27 | "’ $66.67 hel ing meals and u:d wateroom Ocean su-hlu Co -l Savannsh o Pier 82, North River, New York LARK'S 20th CRUISE, June 27 MEDITERRANEAN « turepe, by Specially Chartered WhiteStar§.9. “BALTIC” 23,884 tons «dn,m-:md including Ho 9. uc Pergonally momg- ied y F. C.Clark. anl Al d. ATy F{flu. Ay evening of this week Distriet puty John M, Schreeder and suite will install the officers elect- ed for the ensuing tepm, They arve Noble Grend Edward Nysck; viee- grand, Prank Bquires; recording see- retary, Willlam Seharrman; treasurer, W. W, Bilen; trusteasfor three years, Burton Helden, Iefreshments will be served after the meeting, The regular bi-monthly meeting of sented and arrangements made for the annual installation. A elass of #0 candidates 1s walting to reecelve the degrees which wijl be werkoed early in Pebruary, TAKES WIFE AT 80, London, Jan/ §-—At 80, 8ir Alfred Yarrow, shipbullding magnate, s Comstock Encampment will be held | planning to take a second wife, 8he in the Odd Pellows bLuilding, Arch|is Miss Eleanor Narnes, & middle. sireet (formerly Turner hall) lfnduylund woman, CHEERFUL RUGS AT CHEERFUL PRICES ‘Haven't you noticed what a vast difference a New Rug makes in a room? Furnishings that would other- wise be dull and uninteresting take on a cheerful dis- position. A well chosen Rug forms the keynote of completeness. It supplies an atmosphere of richness and loveliness as nothing else can. Come in and see our Rugs. You'll like them and yow'll like the prices. \ C. C. Fuller Company - 40-56 FORD STREET HARTFORD, CONN. Moore Bros. 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