New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 8, 1923, Page 6

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[ a S A “SUBSTITUTE BprnGeET It 1s good that people are working to see If some wiy cannot be discover- ed to reduce It would be good to have “substitute pre sented at the city meeting board ses- g which would contain considered SUEECS- Go to it, who- tAxes. budgots” sion this sprin all the carefully tions of many minds ever you are, if you are honestly try- ing to evolve a plan to reduce taxes without destroying the value of the fnvestment we all have in the city— without allowing the city to run down, to lose its splendid place among cities, But the impression of “substitute budgets” of the past 1s very vivid, The reminiscent mind sees the picture of a chaotic city meeting with a “popular attorney” attempting to be heard as Nie reads the various items of a cer- budget” sprung upon the meeting at the last minute from out of a place of secrecy. And one who remembers may hear the eries from persons at that ‘meeting, “Adopt the low budget.” Tt may be said with as- surance of truth that a budget of ten mills would have passed that last city meeting if noises instead of noses had tain “‘substitute been counted. Prepare “substitute budgets” but have done with secrecy concerning them. The charter now provides, of course, that proposed modifications of the plans to be presented at city meet- ing board sessions shall be filed five days before the meeting. This, in a melsurc, prepares against complete secrecy if those modifications are filed. But this provision does not prevent the springing of a “substitute budget” of which few know anything, the jtems of which have not been filed, with the result that the budget of the board of finance and taxation might{ be rejected utterly without there be- ing any other budget which might legally take its place. And it is to be remembered that if the city meeting board doés not lay a tax at the proper time the tax as laid by the common council will become effective according to the terms of the charter. Let any ‘“substitute budget” be made public that their items may be) discussed, and let such substitute, budgets be filed at the proper time. This would be the procedure of honest men seeking to aid the taxpayers. P A TWO-PLATOON BILL The fire insurance companies with their lobby system will undoubtedly get behind the bill now before the legislature requiring all cities and towns to adopt the two-platoon system for their fire departments, not because of any philanthropic reasons, however. Such companies are among those do- ing business that are constantly aided Dy the public in many ways. They pre- tend at least, to insure against a great danger. The people, no matter what they think of insurance companies and their methods, want to do everything possibly to obtain protection from fire. | Efficient, rested firemen, whose hours are such that they are cager to do| their work well, protect the people | better than firemen who believe they| are not properly treated, although the | cost to the people undoubtedly | greater, It is extremely dubious if | there will be financial redress in lower, insurance rates. But the fate of this bill does not concern us at the moment. The mat- | ter that does interest the people of | this city is the plan for a two-platoon | system here which will be discussed | soon by the common coun>1i. And this matier interests the people not be- cause the twd-platoon system would be approved by fire insurance com-, panies, but because it is somcthing that has long been promised to the firemen of this city. The plan was ap- proved long ago at the last of the “gity meetings.” The money was ap- propriated. Then it was decided that the plan shouid not be put into efect! at that time as the city's finances did mot warrant it. This newspaper fa-| vored keeping the city's word to the firemen then. The city's .inances are ..t appreciably better today than they | were then and the people are is % | | i under " a heavy burden of taxation. The time §s less propitious now for the adrp ion | * this system than it was then. | " And yet the city's proinise fo our n should be kept. The promised ‘should be adopted and put into | New Britain independent of | the twe-platoen plan would cost §41,- | i | people . NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY & 1028, effect. 1t would be rether humitisting | 10 have the state legislature pass | bill that would have the off making this oity keep ita word its Aremen There is anather matter which bears this subject, There has been a tlon that the city ereate & fund 10 insure itself, This plan weuld make insuranee make 1o have it the best | ompanies and weuld more Lhan SVer Necessary possibie fire protection According ta Chairman Keevers of | the fire beard the payrell with the he $157, two-platoon 'nm." would the $LI6,60MTH two-platoon Without system it would be system for the payreoll ‘I'-l-' sum for fire in- urance year, not only direetly | by insuring their own property but} also indirectly hecause of the cost of insuring city property, Next month sentatives of the National Board | Vire due to are rive in this city the eity, 1t that board recommends placing this A because of the gooed protection it has, instead of leavs as it is at present depart- ) addition large payers pay each rep of Underwriters are to rate city in Class fire ing it in Class B, despite the excelience of its ment, the taxpayers will save cons siderable money in re- duced premiums. These reduced premiums would not come, possibly, unless it was seen that the two-platoon system would be, or had been adopted, and will not come anyhow unless they are forced, It is possible, then, that the adoption of the two-platoon sys- tem would save the taxpayers a con- siderable part of the $41,130 additional payroll expense, through reduction in insurance premiums, And this would be true regardless of whether or not the plan of Chairman Hall of the Doard of Finance and Taxation to have the city carry its own insurance is eventually adopted. ———— NORMALCY, WE GREET THEE Creators of artificial prosperity are looking for jobs. Prosperity founded on something more substantial than optimistic speeches is again enthroned, it we can depend upon the monthly bulletin of the National City Bank of New York which is distributed in this territory through the New Britain National bank. The current number of this financial publication gives cause for genuine rejoicing on the part of merchants who have things to sell and other :mortals who want to buy things. “The trend of business in the first month of 1923 has been very satisfactory,” the bulle- tin declares. “There is no slackeaing of industry, and all domestic condi- tions give promise for a good year. Industry is about as active as it ever was known to be or can be with the present labor supply.” There is steady demand for steel, and house- building and road-building will be car- ried on on a broad scale, the bank believes. Particuls v)]cdsing is the ment that “Railroad traffic is heavy and the roads are expecting to have the best year yet experienced sincg they were taken back from govern- ment operation.” Other factors promise prosperity for 1923, The bulletin referred to was ultra- | conservative during the rccoustrucllon! period. For that reason its message of cheer is all the more reassuring. amounts of state- A WISE GERMAN The result of the Irench invasion of the Ruhr has been prophesied truly, it is believed, by a former adjutant of Gen. Ludendorf, and who is also a wealthy ‘potassium mine owner. Ac- cording to a dispatch from the New York Herald Bureau in Berlin, this man, Arnold Rechberg, says: The Ruhr occupation and the failure of all attempts to reach a reparations settlement are . at- tributed directly to German in- dustry and the ultimate settle- ment certainly will be brought about by cn-operation between German and French industry, af- ter which the political parties will be obliged to swing into line. In other words the German French private pockefbooks, suffer- ing from the increasing cost of ever. thing because of the French inva- sion, will get together and decide that, whatever happens, they will be more plentiful]ly filied if work is done than if things are allowed to go on as they re—everything going out and nothing And when pocketbooks politics must the and oming in veach this conelusion, grin and pocketbooks dctate. bear it—and do as { THE HOBO COLLF The “Hobo College” in Chicago is mentioned merely as one of the places where something be learned about some of the people who form part of the popuiation of the United its laws, affected may States, governed by | seious of i, | they are letting her know, absolutely, | themselves— | ica's moral support tomorrow. by the knowledge or ignorance of the population. And a class of such as the of the “hoboes” who at- tend this college with more or less regularity is worthy of mention only because it is well for people who know little about any class except their own, to realize their own ignorance. As it is hard to convince the dweller in a small eommunity that he is un- fitted to pass upon the actions of resi- dents of a larger place because of his ignorance of the influences and condi- tions there, so it is hard for the se- palied “educated man® whe has had & easy time all his lite 10 appreciale fact that he knows | almest nothing of other, less forlyn- comparatively the ste people and the effect certain laws] have upen them A news item tells of & Woman whe teaches men (o write sentonces every Menday evening at this "hebe college.”" without their being con- the men are leaching this weman their point of view, their eon- justice and injustice and Meanwhile, ions of \ why they are, today, “hoboes." It is totally beyond the power of men who make our laws today to un- derstand the minds of such men, un- less they have known amd lived and worked with Needless 1o say few had this experience, In a less de- gree it is impossible for many of our lawmakers to be in full sympathy with. the men he sees on the street carrying the pick and shovel, True, such lawmakers may be workers may have carried the pick and shovel, But they forget now how they felt then, how they thought then, long ago The hobo college is mentioned nnlyfi as a concrete example of one end of | the long trall that separates men in the world, the other end of which trall reaches to comfort and even luxury, Laws and Influences should be com- prehensive enough to cover that whole long trall, and when laws are made, public action taken, the people at both ends of that trail should be considered and there should be recognition of the fact that the law, the action, will af- fect all, This is but anbther way of trying to emphasize the necessity for a sympathetic understanding of all men “with malice toward none and charity toward all."” them. Facts and Fancies (BY POCERT QUILIEN), —— There are no statues of men who felt sorry for themselves. Much that passes for philosophy is no more than a good digestion. Wisdom is merely the reaction that follows contemplation of receipted bidls. A woman's declining before the age of thirty. she is glad to accept. years come After that Making Germany knuckle down was a small job compared with making her dig up. : An educated man is one who can name the Cabinet members and give a reasonable explanation. 0ddly enough, nearly all the men who borrow fountain pens think the art of writing consists in putting weight behind it There's always a darker side. Jackie Coogan's parents can’t use him as an income tax exemption. The choke helps to start the car. It only the thing had an appliance to choke the driver and stop it. 1t might be worse. Suppose there were cooties to afflict us while paying for the war. . A pipe is really cheaper, and is much to be preferred if you don't mind solitude. The meek shall inherit the earth. But there won't be much fun in the world peopled exclusively by henpeck- ed husbands. Every normal youngster passes through an age when it seems that the crass old world can’t understand. a'm ‘l mlf] "r"”'l (—— mtnfl '\.I = FUMED OAK_LIBEARY FURNITURE HALF PR ICE These sturdy well built pieces are especially good for your library orden. Excellent for a Professional Man's waiting room. 3 ing seat. . Mid-Winter Sale Price 39000 Ch: r Rocker leather t. Re;:rla(:‘l pmce s\tasgggiuf RS i3 p l 1ng S:::I-Winter Sale Price $ 1 2000 Fumed Oak Library Table. Was B0 .. e e ades DO $19 50 Fumed Oak Settee Was $49. ....oevveerens. Now $24 50 ! . * Fumed Oak Writing Desk. Was $32. ... c....c.0... Now $16 00 This is a special offer. They will not last long. Come now. B.C.PORTER SONS “Connecticut’s Best Furniture Store” Chair or Rocker, imitation leather, spr Regular price was $18. ..... R 1. S, SIGNS PROTOCOL settles Question With fice in Judd’s Block formerly occupied | by Hall & Peck, where he will consol- | idate and continue the business of both firms. The New Britain polo team worsted the Waterbury team in an exciting| DONE game last night and tightened its hold on first place in the league. | Rey. §. G. Ohman has gone to Man- | | chester, N. H., to attend the national | synod of Swedish Lutheran ministers. It is reported that the Central Rail- | way and Electric Co. is planning to| Falls with a sickening thud, extend the trolley lines from Plain- | As a stone that's slung at a bull o8, viile to Southington. And only connects with mud. The New Britain club will give its fifth annual reception to families and|I friends on Thursday evening of this, week. Costa Rica Having to-do With Possible Con- struction of New Canal. Washington, Feb. 8, — A protocol has been signed by the United States * and Costa Rica eliminating difficul- ties dating back many years and af- fecting the possible future develop- ment of the Nicaraguan inter-oceanic canal route. The protocol provides that in the {event of a decision by the United | States to build a canal along the Nicaraguan route, Costa Rica will be consulted directly by the United States_with relation to interests Costa Rica holds under the terms of the aragua-Costa Rica boundary arbi- tion award made by President Cleveland. The protocol specifically mentions Costa Rica interests in the San Juan river section of the canal route and in Salinas bay as a possi- ble canal terminal, | (Apologies to H. W, Longfellow). Old Bart is done, and his mantle DENTISTRY at Moderate Prices The best dental equin: ment for making possibie the best in dentistry. Kilver or Torccinin Ingn. Gold or Porcclain Crowns and Inlayn, Gold and Porcelaln Wridge Work, Gold, Mubber or Aluminun Plntes, Painleas Methods, Free Lxaminations. Dr. HANNA 304-10 Main Street. gee the fights in the village Have given him pain in the wrist | And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, For the old soul will be missed. A fecling of sadness and longing That gives me an akin’ pain, And resembles sadness only As a crutch resetubles a cane, APITOL JOKES BY THEODORE E. BURTON U. S. Representative From Ohio, Twenty-Second District I was walking to the House one avtumn day and I noticed an old, white-haired darky putting coal into one of the government office build- ings. As I passed, he smiled and said: “Mornin’, senator.” That flattered me a little, wasn't a senator, so I stopped asked him his name. “George Washington, answered, “H'm, George seems to me T've heard somewhere before.” “very likely, senator, very likely; 1 been doin’ this sort of {hlng ‘round lLere now for about 25 years. Come, read to me some jingle From some simple and hearticss Jay, That shall soothe this awful 1ce11ng‘ A Or furnish the thoughts that may. Pure lard 2 lbs. 25¢. Russéll Bros. —advt. And not for a porous plaster,— Not for a barrel of lime, Could 1, Bart's footsteps follow Through his corrugated rhyme. since I and Too 1'vé GoOT For, like strings of macaroni, Their mighty length suggest The endless toll of poor old Alr Before he longed for rest. —:',// ENTIRELY senator,” he eh? name Washington, that Read from someé humbug poct, Who gushed and cussed like Bart, Like a thunder storm in summer, Or a dam that's burst apart. Who, after days of labor, A woman accustomed to street car manners must be surprised when she| gets to the legislature and finds no | straps provided for women. } Most words are reasonable. "l‘mlm-‘ nabulation” would remind yon of al Ford even if it didn't mean a jingling sound. Europe couldn’'t hold Uncle Sam more strictly accountable for every- thing if he were a thyroid gland. Kurope never knows which part of it will get the major portion of Amer- The. diffcrenc: between “pr?clolfl little thing” and darned brat” is that| you use “darned brat” when ity mother isn't present. FEurope's troubles might be worse, l She doesn't have to listen to an end- | less string of American lecturers. l { 25 Years Ago Today | (Taken from Herald of that date) § | W‘-mm Patrick Rynn, James M. Curtin and | M. H. Donnelley were chosen direc- | tors of the Donnelley Brick Co. at the annual meeting held in Kensington this afternoon. B. W. Schultz has bought out the real estats, insurance, loan and in- vestment business of Hall & Peck and H. G. Fowler, He will occupy the of-| | the last total eclipse visited the United | Williams Bay, |1na. At night, devoured A dictionary, maybe, and Perhaps a plate of cheese. I OF SUN. Solar Phenomena Will Be Observed on September 10, Chicago, ¥ 8.—A total eclipse of the sun will be visible over part of the United States September 10 this year, lasting for about two minutes, but Chicago and the middie west will have only a partial eclipse to view,| and a very small one at that, even less than was seen here June 8, 1918, when | Such songs will make a riot If you bang 'em hard enough, And come, like fearful headaches That follow boot leg stuff. l i Yw{é’!: NZTF Oh read from the treasured writings cTo ( C Of the late departed Air, ne D‘D o ‘V(.SH Te And lend a dime to the Rhyme, Who didn’t give a care. King of | So our nights will be shy of music, And the “Airg” that infest the day, #hall fold their paraphernalia And silently sneak away. BISH K. IBBLE. HAVE UNIQUE “HONOR" West Palm lk-m'n.d States, Chicago, though, is becbming rather used to being neglected by such solar | phenomena, for the available records |show that the last time the moon in-| |tervened and totally blotted out lhr, sun’s rays from falling on the south- ern end of Lake Michigan was lfyl years ago. The best spot for observing Nm! coming eclipse next September will be on Catalina Islands, off the coast of| | California, scientists say. - Edwin B. Krost, director of Yerkes observatory, «, Wisconsin, will take an expedition thére. The total eclipse will last about two minutes, starting| at 12:54 p. m. September 10 at Cata- N\ udge and Mayor Are Sent to Jail Por Contempt— First in New Lock-up. West Palm Beach, Ila., Feb. 8.— Judge J. 1. Earman of the municipal court, and Mayor L. J. Biggers, sen- tenced by Judge E. C. Davis of the cireuit court to 10 days in jail for contempt of court, today had the dis- tinction of being the first inmates of REPUBLIC STEEL PROFITS New York, ¥Feb. 8.—The annual re- port of the Repubdic Iron and Hteel|the new county jaila ‘0. for 1922, made public today shows The conviction for contempt follow- net profits of $418,312, equivalent toled a remark made by the mayor in a $1.67 a share earned on the $25,000,-|speech that “in our town we have a 000 preferred stock. This compares|circuit judgo whe is as weak as with & net loss of $5,665,242 in 1921.1 water.”