New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 21, 1924, Page 6

the | persuded to grant toop to unfair methods * * & New Britain Herald! country may i al bonus, bt eannot be Lindgeoned into doing it." Remember that statement HERALD Tssued Daily Herald Bldg. PUBLISHING Sunaay 67 CThurch COMPANY Al cd then consider what is to follow. | cet. A Washington dispatch “Threats Lxeep At from inte business dismiss employes upon failure to peti- Yoar > ¥ ¥ $2.00 $8.00 a es + enactment of the Thive 750 A Wouth. tofeat of Bonus White un-American,’ X bill and Ol ar New Britaln Entered at the Po denounced by the as Becond rly sub- T of Business Offico Editorial Rooms vers very fundamentals leulated to arouse democr and c profitable advert:aing medium 'n nooks and” press 6 adverttmrs ostilifies b rs and em- A The onty tween employe the room have! in n ployes.” letter reported to been sent n company asking ves | inted Press. usiely e » of all news crodited news pub- New York to its employes. practically ordering—such emple credited to | in_this pape Mehed herein their the The with the deciaration that he o ot et 0 raquest members of congres Mclion bill and defeat to vote for the bonus. letter i to have | n of Cirenlation. I organization and adver- tics are is Insures pro in newspapar dis- both uaticnal and Member Audit B of | company wo cheek its payroll | ‘within the next couple of weeks to| find out those who have written and | that have not.” New| Th Times | thut Eutrance who N news from New York indicates n Stand, Stand fair- which the; an offi it aid that the other officials such a letter was sent. Tn ness to the company of Los Angeles o station. this letter was 4 | writer I~'Hml!vl be ESSION have repudiated his action and that THIE: SHORT S twer of| the official has been dismissed. Fur- ther, that it is reported the American| Legion weekly editors, The the the unanimous adoptior ty-five ut common council last evening, with | of the budget | which called | attention to this disgraceful means of publish the finance trith n,ym(lu-m-mg employes, by board of as prepared taxation, comment and indicated the huddy the board that “Th meeting accompanied,” news of the present stand of the offi- cials of the company, disapproving the words member of the short Monday night | of a made aft the the session, sending of such letter. In othe that the of this official seeking to influence employes of the | company has become known, the com- | pany repudiates such actioh. Possibly informally | they would have done so had the mat- information given, (wr: ter pos- | sibly they would not. rate ofticials have not gone on record they in favor of the granting of the bonus, although they what else could they | ) thus the | many | what now action erring, of course, to the fact that the opportuni- ty was given last Monday evening for any members of the council so desir- g to ask any questions and receive the not been given prominence; what it was worth At any | the There is just one point to consider as saying are in this conn ion. Today the hudget | stands officially approved by the ma | have said—and { do?—that they did not approv trying to influence the action jority and the minority of the coun- ¢4 member The ¢ there is later objection to it, be heard tion taken action cil. of no may to com-| | company's last night was | How plain, employes. the meetings, saving much 1 mecting routine official These informal | SUMilar letters have been sent em ployes of other companies commendable and capable of perhaps; perhaps many Again one may of officials of companies trying tn; tnfluence its employes in matters that | 1 Teet the interost might r have been spoken of were it not diess discussion at a| eour must say that this prac- when other ¥ ABAL AN L tiee matters come up, are intended, nor should they the in no sense be intended, to tak place of the gompeny's r sessions of the common coun- for the too zealous cagerness of those ground for the opposed to the granting of the bonus bonus advoeates of unfair| That the complaint that “everything was cut dried” lay to accus ting and informal mos Mon democratic g L[ methods, ma corporations | lo influence ir employes is an open | may« he council ma- Again, altering the statement | it may be pade jority being republican, with th et te o e Times just a bit th ntion of giving an inity discussion if th opport The country may pers informal concerning the wisdom |10 Erant a bonus, but i any ¢ th question budget as preparcd, The aetion | Pludgeoned into refusing to grant informal meeting was | DY the action of employers in trying to tion, and the record | foree thelr employes to usc their in- council is made up | fluence against the bonus.” “Unfair methods.” ening, not Monday nig STATE HIGHWAYS Herald Washington thering I'rom the Mhasize ms to be a This d at this mut th news that officials of the Connecticut State High- | Washington | of th time, w! there ureau comes come commendable attempt 1o obtain are in the working together among Way commission the harmonious the ing may conferring with director federa officials, in order that warn- | aiven not to allow roads in 1o tests con any 1 on the high formal gatherings ta of| ductd by that bureau the r vays of this state during year just gular, st x ) f the coun- of which ‘ iie has long had wil interested 1t is believed get is session notice Our investigation so fur city & taker by their 1 one, & conclusion that 1} Highways should strengthened in us to the neeticnt widened and gt number of places, but we yet the point fina H rederal at in t A B¢ 1 that the short | - where wit iimous approval : financey P evening toh conelusions Macdor di- bureau of state our of the work Thom of the and taxatior ctor sentiment o counci roads, to the people SUNFAIR METHODS highways, excellent One w 1 abhout ¢ the that of4he o is not continually looking ways, but the faet sr matters whi may criti- | 1 4 au has taken notice Jversely ngth z 1 widening ighways here, indicates actic guilty P is a east, of prospect, at is matter taken th persons practices begin ation it descrves, methods f ot ANYBODY it a fmpuise comes t DONT VORG living in glass | en come to think of ful what they The esteeme opposed to 1y ating its h pt men in the 1d are not jcinity polding down political jobs, Perhaps off this | fight to prove tinctly ' an e, State Miller tactics whe has been g Vanderlip- | are fan tes “a prom fnent Republi s having stated tha timates were port tnovemer membered which were his remark peo #ip, and as 1 rsuaded he acted 4 We fously cont $100,0¢ but pot even = Mit who coneerni Mr to his stateme statement comi elal. The name Yanderiip had been abl allegations back to one responsible position. even fefused to name that ic & from sryman $10 to trace his| that if a man g alin return for a juryman’s promise not to convict him of crime, the juryman md decision to make would case would have been fot be the only one to suffer. The man Thus the implication that Miller used who ga the money would not stand Vanderlipian methods falie #p long in the enjoyment of life and | “Fheir attitude.” says t i and be Tot of | ferring to the attitudes of I ut Y #sf hnr»w—| bonus men “as disappo futelligible, but they oug person in b his stronger. though dividual, who the far T would have a reuing gets thinking sbout the | aff; ! there were no persuaders, there would | thing is so well s | playing in mittens oil matter from this point a bit different. Ther is apt to come the fear that in bein polities the pr all about the peo possible for )lei‘! things look quite s0 careful to purify cutors will ple who made it sents a bunch B, Eggert, 42 violets at 20 only, Fresh for tomorrow Whiting street. I'red Root had two fingers on his right hand badly crushed while at work in Corbin's factory yesterday afternoon, The crosswalks in the southern sec- tion of the city are being cleared of snow and slush today. Some of them were in very bad condition, National League Umpire Connelley was the guest today of Thomas J. iLynch., M Connelley and Lynch arc the favorite pair in the double umpire system now being used fre- As long as this|quently. arted, it would be a| Policeman Michael Cosgrove put zood idea not to let it drop after a|@nother feather in his cap today when Sais et G‘_t}hv captured single handed an es- s > caped inmate of the Middigtown In- men, too, who made them goats, | sane Asylumm. The man was report- men behind them—ad lib, cd to be very violent, but the local SRS R i,mm-mnun handled him as well as A A S i if e were in a straight jacket. HARDWARE NEWS It is estimated that there were 1,- Continuing good reports come from | gog people at the Lycenm last eve- the hardware sources of news. Of es-| ning to see *“Uncle Tom's Cabin.” act | Manager Gilbert said teday that it was the largest crowd ever assembled ~who generally are The first an up the affairs of the | to to it that itions of tru pdling the the ep the straight line and do not jeops s the | But the next thing | ciuns, or oflicials politicians—erooked. ne- | cessity to government- try to see men in irs of nation, to people’s interest to do is to see to it that the men who | their | Ir tempt public officlals to betrs public trusts are taught a lesson. be no persuaded. few been cornered, the and the pecial importance, however, i§ the that the ased sales this winte . d sales this winter ”'zm the theater. builders tools and auto, There was po session of the police accessories accounted for by the open | court this morning and only one iner hardware, ware Convention of them reading od not been affected to a|case has been tried there within the | past 10 extent by the recent PURL S0 A In other words this increas- winter, has great weather, cold | RECKLESS WASTE ed business which came because of the warm weather still continues aft the The warm weather ceased. im- Government Official Tells Local Foremen of Hoover's Plan the Moreover ther: the open winter would prove a huslv} hardship the dealers who especially comparison may be allowed. was a feeling that ness to hand! winter goods and | articles, The cold weather which has come now has served to reduce alo«"lu«‘ of winter merchandise to a consider- How Secretary of Commerce Her- degree. And, the ‘".us_llwrl Hoover is trying to help the in- pect all the |dividual American through his co- continue to report an ever inereasing | operation American industry” interest in the approaching season and discussed lat night at an obser- = Ly T hemer of “Foreman's Night” in the Britain Y. M, C, A, by A, E. orders, When final reports are made | jagot of the division of simplified they will show good hardware business | practice of the Department of Com- this winter, it | merce, | One big reason for high prices, Mr. Facts and Fancies | facturers and merchants are forced BY RUBERT GQUILLEN, able to make more pleasing, jobbers with are interest for is believed to keep large sums invested in wide varieties of stocks, many of which | are not actively traded in, This un-| necessary burden is reflected in the| prices of the more active goods.| "Simplitied Practice is a joint effort lot the Departmept of Commerce, groups of manufacturers, distributors, to eliminate unneces- sizes and styles of ryday commoditics in order that burden may be lifted all along the ™ What reform movements need most of all is an occasional audit fatal to war This Teapot mess won't be national honor that survived profitecrs. She Is, Russia yot #s her vel It is not a case, Mr. Foote duclared, government sccking to impose its |plans upon industry or commerce. | Many individual manufacturers learn- ed during the war-time days thaty big ituges were to be gained, and| character has. increased their output and decreased | 5 their investment by simplitication, | delighttyl | And as other manufacturers and mer-| |chants are seeking the example of {those who have undertaken simplifi- | cation, they are getting togoether vol-| untarily with the consumers and with| the co-operation of the Department! |of Commerce, are doing the same| |thing for their own benefit. [ There is a difterence between sim- | plification and standardization, the | | speakor said. “Simplification,” he sald, “docs not mean that' we will all » obliged type of hats, shoes or It does, mean, | oweve merchant will not oads of slow- there were falures, Let's not 1 might expect us to suppre cognize of also If you haven't time to bother with| your boy, somebody of rather ques-|ad tionable winter resorts have golt courses for those who don't mind The uitra-conservatives in kng :H‘ are beginning to thelr worst hopes won't be four to wear one clothes that the | e obliged to carry ove {moving stocks. 1In 19 {more than 25,000 busin | with Jiabi s totalling $625,000,000, jand a n of these faflures | were ‘frozen’ s and expesive in- ventorics “While Mr. Hoos American & jor cav There is one nice thing about plain stoc walking. You t have to cool| heels for two hours waiting for | the r was prosident of | ginecring society, a | |study was mad waste in indust It was ind that there was an aver- nge waste of nearly 50 per cent in six of our leading industries. Applying same factor to the fabricated pro- United States, which mounted to $60,000,000,000, | " of ,000, horitics have es. | third of that waste can he saved | By saving our tible we | riotic of your others to tee off Washing your dirty linen in public means that you are a laundress or an | author. ol sectn _ v = where ar more in iuct ections for 19 in circlos 825,000 & Somehow, asily alienated above an loss Various are it m rabits; but be provided in s brutal to sh kin way. - simpli A service | spolit ’ wer benefit to ydy like Well, you can't blame met tor failing to be polite, N to be darned hick eryo oot Mr case -— tion moveme 1 that The only thing that srmation of a third party is viction that it would finish that prevents the ghowe 1ot 1 grades, weights and color retail drug stores wer 10 articles: thet wo were 2 way that ok rrying wire 2 styles and put up in and that #oel 1,189 varieties Ihe most logical argument agains enos tax secutitios ie the fact that the | was made in 074 packages, S monufactured o size and gauge When interosted free other fellow has them | sheet in groups have have made e prin it simplification and store got- | huge rail inte owered from $300,000,000 One who had thr % in each line, cut ade and 100 sty sumer was lower the manufactur n's shoes galned 80 per is cost of production drop- These are but & few relensed $550,- ntories and by simplificatio in the lumber Industry ing to the industry f $250,000, a year derai specifications lification will benefit the spay<r in bringing government pur- The discovery that husband is,chases into Jine with eommon busi- afraid of her 18 just as painful a8 the ness practice and making the manu- earlier discovery that there is no Banta | facturer of special articles for govern- | Claus. |ment use unnecessary, L pal oot stment said in s ms to be an unwritten musta't tapestry upholstered comfortable ur the ragged Hitery nicat that became great as a result rying about the pro jons very servant do i without boasting that God is with us | | | Almost every girl an age when she develops pimples and the conviction that her parents don't un- derstand her. K. 0. W. CONVENTION | The annual Knights of Washington {convention will be held Friday, at {West Haven. Co. B, S8econd Regiment | of New Britain wiil bé represented by | Dr. ¥. A. B, Forrest, Malcoim @.! Humphreys and Douglas Rankin, At | of the business meet- | banquet will be_served reaches | Correct this sentence n said she st a8 much if ave mo anything.” It's a beay- but 1'd lov you never gave' the conclusio vings a s g Go Think It Over “I was on a Pullman on my way to the Hard- at Kansas City and having just got my current number of GOOD HARD- WARE I, as usual, this Pullman car I saw four other dealers reading GOOD HARDWARE.” Think it over. Five hardware dealers on their way to the convention, posting themselves on the latest doings in their trade, and ALL FIVE dropped it in my pocket. On GOOD HARDWARE-—the logical medium in which to advertise your prod- ucts to the hardware trade. With 45,000 Circulation Hardware Reaches Them All Associated Publications: Delineator, Designer, Everybody’s, Adventure, Progregive Grocer. Published by Butterick— Observations on The Weather Washington, D, C., Feb. 21.—Iore- cast for southern New England: Fair tonight and Friday, Colder tonight; fresh west and northwest winds, pos- sibly on the southeast coast. New York, IPeb. 21.-Forecast for castern Neéw York: Generally fair tonight and Friday, except probably | snow flurries in extreme north portion tonight; colder tonight; strong northwest winds, 1"or Connecticut: Fair tonight and Friday; colder tonight; fresh west end northwest winds, possibly strong on the southeast coast, Conditions: The storm that passed | over this section yesterday has now moved out to sca and is central over| the Maine coast, 1t is followed by an area of high pressure which s producing pleasant weather in all dis- tricts east of the Rockies, The tem- perature is low in the western and southern states, Zero temperatures were reported as far south as N fraska and freezing temperatures as for south as lLouisiana and Georgia. I"rosts were reported from northern I"lorida. Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather with freezing tempera- tures at night but thawing during the day. KING ENTERS HORSE. Milan, Italy, Feb, 21 he king of Spain has entered Ruban, winner of | the Grand Prix de Madrid in 1 for the Milan grand prix to be run| here June 22, Entries from all| Europe are pouring in for the event| while the number of Ifalian entrics| for this great stake already has| reached 65, The race is for .'.00.000“ lire, the promoters offering this big | purse in an effort to find an llullunl thoroughbred the great harses that produced abroad. to been equal have — Coming — Harry Ingall’s CHECKER GIRLS LYCEUM Bedtime Stories. The Best Of Us Have Tried a ONDEBING WHET v WIPE ON 0 CUSK W [ YOU ‘™ML 1DEA OF OPENING THE A COLD NiGHT LIKE THIS N BOON STUPID - GREAT wouLD MAVE BEEN ENSUCK -NGHT FUL DREAM AT T (TS 15 THE NIGHT) ) 0T INTO A OT UP AND S You You poz VOUVE G T HICH SPOT OF R - You TRY BUNCHING VOURSELP® INTD THE SHADE o7 AND POR TIVE MINUTES WD YOURSELP INTO / TabLY FRUCLLNG UPRLAT WANTED!—1,000 Girls To See MABEL NORMAND in “THE EXTRA GIRL” By GLUYAS WILLIAMS nd Failed. MeClure Newspaper Syndicate - YOU PEER DOWN AT FOOT of ™E BED T0 I 1P THERL'S AN CXTRA BIANKET OR BATHRORE VOU AN SPREAD OVER YOURSLLE. THERE ALWAVS 16 ON A OULD POsS OuT OF BED . IBLY LOWER IT WTHOLT CETTING ALAS! T TWO MINUTES LATER VoU WAk UP ° WITH A CROAN O THE WORLD o7 COLD REALIMES