Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 24, 1911, Page 4

d:as:#:zaz—m—‘}-fi -w.n-.lt-"llm- Postotfice at Norwlch, lass .u-.r Entered at t| weco ‘Telephone 210. Norwich, Friday, Mareh 24, 1911. than that of amy I s delivered te over ‘houses ia Nor- mimety-three per lommhfin& Danielsen to in mll of thesc places It Eastern ' Commecticut has forty- mine tewis, owe humdred amd eixty- five postoffice districts, amd ferty- eme rusaml free delivery routes. The Bulletim is sold im every and om all of the R. F. D, s in Eastera Comnecticut, i CIRCULATION 1901, average sreeaes. 4418 8,175 WHAT IT HAS GOT. 1 Springfield, Mass., what it wants, it is pretty well aware of what it bas. spirit is wmuhms feel pmud of, and every other city in New England would be benefited if it cultivated something approaching Its latest atiraction is a new million city of that does not know dollar hotel, which for a wize is something exceptional; Boston paper calls attention to the fact “the capital that made the hotel possible was raised at home, thie house | was built by a home architect, erected | home contractors, home artisans, by home merchants and is managed by a home hotel man.” It is pointed out that Springfield people believe im Springfield first, last and forever; they think goods sold in decorated by pringfield folks; spent in Springfield is . ‘The glory of Springfield is in the faith of its people in it and their willingness to promote pense every and that money | at liberal ex- enterprise which speaks fer emlightenment or progress. OUR COFFEE PRINCIPALLY AMERICAN, We are the leading nation world In the use of cogee and sugar, | but we give little heed to the source y The statistics show im 1910 the total direct importations of | United States | 4,400,000 pounds—though Java coffee amounted to to some extent. | Asia we received million and a half pounds, and from all Asia, in¢luding Java and kindred products, ljon pounds. fifteen mil- But from South America | the importation reached the enormous even North America contributed near- | four times as much as the whole | The value of the coffee brought here{ from Asia last year was less than two miliion dollars. product from South America was nearly willion dollars, or times that H]Yl\ seven | It is a curious fact that there is a| °'@8€ Bundred times as much Mocha coffee drunk here as there is imported: ag there is ten times as much 4:hum-, pegne drunk as there | Fverything in commerce is not wha it seems to be. The Boston Arabia’ and the dies might be sunk in the out materially affecting this country’'s source of supply of coffee or the priges | paid for it PRESIDENT'S - LGRACEFUL ! was a graceful act on the pal‘fi of President Taft to extend to Booker | T. Washington the sup: ¥ rt of his ree- ognition and faith tn s decency and ‘Washingion H and there is nu doubt that his strong preju- | rl|la ngalnm the colored race, mdde a} #orry mistake in his purpose to punish | “a nilxer" in which he expes suutnlned by the communi a plausible Washington | noment have that he was peeping through kevholes, or doing anything unbecoming a gen- incident shows good thing to have high repute among also suggests that : panion in a strange place is ve under such circumstances. That Booker Washington was hon- friends do not question. as is shown by the faith in him manifested by Andrew Carnegie, Seth Low and distinguished The Missouri legislature met Sunday and sang sacred songs in rec- ognition _ of . have made a goed impression but for In Washington’s day it teok but 136 employes to do the business of the it takes a million. Unele Sam’'s payroll will grow no shorter. There i# one thing certain, the mil- lions of kisses sent by mall may waste considerable Iink, but they do not in- crease .the letter carrier's load appre- Admiral nz;r is not worrying ant Javan. toward that eountrv nm wfia teward us agains . would have the pre Foss ed that the expenses shall be and every candidate held to strict per- sonal responsibility under oath for, politioal transdctions. - e His recent recommendations are at- tracting - more ' then = ordinary atten-’ tion from the public. They were as follows: “QOur corrupt practices act seems w need amendment in several particu- lars. I recommend the following{ ‘changes: It should require a sworn return from every candidate for pub- lic office, whether he does or doeés not constitute himself his ‘political agent.’ This return should cover all expendi- ‘tures made or labilities incurred since /the preceding November election, either with a view of securing a nom- ination for, or election to office; spe- cifying separately the expenditures for each ‘purpese; and, also all liabilities ‘incurred with a view to either. { “The act should be so amended as to prehibit any expenditures for meals, or loding, or cigars, or refreshments Newton, Kas., 7,862 of any kind, furnished to members of | I a, Is any political designation nominating . conventions or to thvse |ajjowed after the names of candidates who had been members of them, on on the ballot? { account of that circumstance. It : should be so amended as to set a* Leavenworth—Two answered Ne. limit of expenditures which no can- Parson§—Two answered No. didate could exceed. Such a limit| Pittsburg—Two answered No. | might be determined by the number -\eode!ha—One answerad No. of electors. entitled to vote for a per-| > ewton—One answered No. - ison to fill the office in question, or| B. Has the activity of parties in by the amount of the salary attached |selfishly sesking the to it. The provision should be re- : own._members heen diminished? instated, which was dropped In 1909 Leavenworth—Yes, but the habitual empowering the state’s attorneys to |office seekers- are just as-busy' as be- institute inquiries into charges of cor- | fore—and with success, rupt practices in contravention of the Parsons—No activity of pltti statute.” rties.not considered. “It is hardly to be expeeted that these paon:'-answ::d No. ideas will be enacted into law; but| Pittsburg-—Changed in form: of- ehs Leavenworth, 19,363 Parsons, Kansas, 12463 . | Pittsburg, Kas., 14,755 Neodesha, Kas., 3927 One .answerad Yes. that the law might be very much im- |deavor to time of nation (primary i proved its most ardent supporters wmlelecunn), ~but *the feeling is: largely not venture to deny. thers both at’ nmn.hmtmn and election,’ | but some decrease. W campaix;l expmses; Shouif‘ ;"3 ThE B,ctlvity ‘has not been dimxnl!lled limited was made. apparent enoush bY.|yu¢ thé rion-partisan eompxexlpn of the. the publication of costs made under|commission prevents its operation. the law. Neodesha—There 'was no party ac-| o SR tivity before amd -is mot: ho NEW = STREET- SPRINKLING Newton—One answered Yes. WRINKLES. lc. Ir; general, are ‘the elections PEcs aner - < The peck of March dust whieh is|®'® % > 3 S . 5 Leavenworthi—No. At the - election worth a king s ransom was in the air of 1909 there was more morney spent on Wednesday: and the business men {5, the ‘election of the present mayor recognized that ~a street sprinkler |than ever befote. could have done splendid service. One. answered Yes. g The methods of holding the dust Parsons—Weé haveé only one-elestion down are multiplying and there is a |under commission form-—did not notice areat difference of opinion as to the ‘ana difference do'{fir previous elections. B ne answered Yes. merits of every ome of them. The| prtiuiHOL Ry jorzay by the | Bridgeport Standard, in considering ?same ‘people as previously and on the the subject says: {=aitie plaue. There is a new wrinkle in the Yes, because not only poli(ical.élnas street sprinkling business and that is a an-lw!pefl out but ward boundaries as mixture of caleium chloride.” We have | Well. - : & o Neodesha—Very little difference. | had oil, pure and simple, and oil with Newtoh-Onb auspered. Yok such admixtures of other things as have a tendency to improve it as a| ;. a Are men of higher character binder, for holding the top dressing of |,y greater ability induced to bscome streets, keeping the finely comminuted | .. 4idates for office? parti.cles ['rom’ Bling « stigred 4D By Leavenworth—Yes, up until now, but every passing vehicle and sent broad-|njs js the first administration under cast on the wings of the wind. And|pew form. - most ‘of these componds of oil are Parsons—No. There arz more can- good on some streets, some are good, | didates, however, owing to the salary more or less, on all streets, but none |attached to the offices. 2 bt Sltiebure Calling o meh o oomums z f S 1 — a 2 Bridgeport is a hilly town like Nor- | oS ITE 08 08 S a0 o tter or wich and finds it difficult to hold the | Lolt?™ HES PO SR, a4 councilman. ! surface upon some of its steep thor-|Same class of men are candidates— | oughfares and with reference to these |those who want office. it sa) The commission form has only been “There may be. some of our hillside | in force here 18 months and the -first streets, Golden Hill for instance, find | b&tch of officlals were certainly an h‘i‘j some treatment that will keep jt | Provement over all others previously d. breaking out affer every rain storm EIQ.\‘Eéeodeshs,—One answered Yes. in a fury of broken stone that recalls Newton—Do mnot think so. | Coleridg {-haracteriz:ttion of Co- b. Are your aldermen chosen as et pevimnte. bl it musfocens | WASI0e: Sl fa Tl I T 3 ) v o H stones” Not even calcium chloride |!°996 of finance, of highways, of would cure that!"” n A It a big problem to find the ma- | charities, fire department, water works, terial which will hold a clean surface_etc.? and baffle the force of wind and{ Leavenworth—No,. It is the samsold water. 5 story. You scratch my back and I B2 % 0 A ANC e Gy AR scratch yours. The only difference is EDITORIAL NOTES. that a man’s party affiliation does not s = matter. These moving picture men have bet- One answered No. | ter luck in following up the Black Parsons—The hest hustlers for votes Hand than the ‘police. win“in the primaries. ~After the com- S missioners are elected they then di- 1t will not be so very long before | vh(‘)(-nup the W?‘rky i sy wi i % e answered Yes. i i‘;lhi:lilll)eeh‘o::rl- be out improv-| pieburgThere are four men for = : - 3 | commissioners and one man for mayor ! selected in the April election to serve two years. ~These are chosen from Blessed is the town where the whole increase in the value of property is|ejght who are nominated in the pri- | unot in the assessor’s office. mary ten days previous to election day. i | i i One answered No. ng politics and elevating the | Neodesha— re continuous stunts, and they j places after being electad. Newton—They are mnot chliosen as | specialists. < Puri { might be taken notice of in the cen- sus. What if Congressman Hobson should HI. a. Is there greater and morl‘ refuse ‘to shake hands with Admiral{direct responsibility upon members of Togo who is now visiting this coun- {the municipal council? try? Leavenworth—Two answered Yes. —_— Parsons—Much greater and more di- Fappy thought for today: The first | rect responsibility. | open trolley car is a sign of spring | gna ‘dn;wer;d Yes. s n\fu_L is more .assuring. than the first| Proderoa Yo% & great desl . . & o missioner is responsible only to the A s entire city; ‘before the councilmen rep- We. know that the year is voung|resented 2 much smaller division of the because every baseball team is still!city, so had local interest and lecal looked upon as a possible pennant Yro!ponmbvl"ues winner. Yes. BEach commissioner has his i special duties aud he is answerable to the peosle, not to a ward or a party, but to the whole city, under pain of re- When a politician is asked who is putting up money for his campaign, call. it is natural for him to lose his »mce Newton—T e is no greater respon- ‘a[ once. sibility with our officials. Since Russia ‘has given China ten| b. Are appointments made by them days in which to apologize, China| (mere than before) on the grounds of ousht to be able o think of something | fiynecs rather than political strength? R0 T Leavenworth—Fitness is not any Since there are thrce members of | Iore considered than uiidér the old the cabinet Chicago can claim, it has| °One answered—Yes. reason to think it is a good part of (hel Parsons—Policemen and jallers are { administration, under civil serv. o other available | appointments here until after spring an sustain a | eléction,when city clerk, atiorney, au- 5 been n dead- | dlior and pollce judge will become ap- e o rsons—Yes. Politics deadiock all lock upon itself for the best part of a half-century. | ndt consid- > - Neodesha—One answered—Yos. It turns out that Japan's relation Pittsburg: ractical over; ap- to Mexico is not as has been reported, | pointee is of the same political fa{th and the sensationalists are now on an-|as the appointing power. The excep- other still hunt. | tions are in cases where the appointees S or their friends supported those elect- ed. The men who are willing to leave a 5 S z: war with Japgn to' posterity appear sidereg, be:';'x\u:epiqt‘;k!gu??:]gu?ehf%?: to be endowed with more than ordi-|fice to pay political debt, the people nary common sense. will demand an accounting if he is unfit. Down ‘in Nova Scolia the automo-| Newton—-One answered Yes. 3 biles huve to be shut up for thrée days . in a week, which shows they have 4 |methods resemble mere than the old little res:ud there vet for pedestrians. | form the business administration of E; some large industry? Mr. Ballinger gives notice that he Leavenworth—N¢ one answered No; shall sue Mr. Pinchot for libel just as|one Yes. soon as he has a rest. Letting.well Pargons—Not very much. With a enough alone 1s. a commendable pracs mayor, and four commissioners for a tice. very mmnch business for thém to dn. ey TR A One answered—Yes, Kaiser and a Few Others, eodeésha—One answered—Yes, The kaiser | appears’ consplouously Pitt burg—No. They act just the again in the census relurns showing | Same as helore-——t,hetr nature hs7 not that theré are 64,896,881 people in Ger- | chang: many—Boston Globe. " 'ha the intention. £ ‘\e.vrton—Ona answered—Yes. i ot Headwear ‘made of straw was in use 3 5 among the ancient (iresks, but strawd:: st . Are 1 salaries of the may hats as woen did not come into use <m | OF and mldermen larger under - this By until half a century ago. & ‘fu;n,_'thuq before” 5 ion” of -their |- building, or departmental work in! They choose theu“ Dees the administration in its city of. 15,000 there does not scem Canflmt of Ommon-—Cermn' Improvemenu Rgcckfiud f ElnmnateHnmmNa!ure e : —_—— Leavenworth—Larger. ‘One answered—Yes, Parsons—Salaries under old form about $800 per annum. New form of government about $3,500. One answered—Yes. Neodesha—Yes. There were no sal- Ll';:l befor&y ; ttsburg—Yes. Mayor $1,500 agdins $1,000; commissioners $1,000 against The salaries are larger, but the work done. = Newton—Very much. Under the old form: the mayor received $400 year and councilmen $200. Commission form —DMayor $1,000, commissioners $900. b. Has there been greater resuiting economy in the administration of the several departments? _ to secure the lucrative which a widespread mre tfil command. We are told that a Mhlh issue of only one of these productions will sometimes fill levenl ‘freight cnn an entiré train could maimy filled with one month's issues of a few of them. cost, only. |} overwhelming ava- lanche of trash, carried by the post- office at a tithe of the actual eaulne literature has held no.chance duarterlics, thon he selentine and. t;(:m quarterlies, then the scientific s- (¢ 3 torical monthlies, then many of the © ALL WEEK‘ THE literary periodicals. Finally ‘the book |} . : Leavenworth—Not to our knowledge. © Not much. Parsons—Yes. The tax rate, how- iever, decreased from $1.64 on the $100° valuation to $1.37. Several offices ‘abolished in the -street department. One answered—Yes, Neodesha—One answered—Yes. Pittsburg—Expenditures have 1in- icreased. Some people, however, claim greater efficiency. ile we have paid imore for our commissioners the results therefrom have’ fully warranted it. Newton—Not to any great extent. ©. c. Does each member of the muni- ‘cipal council e his full time to the work of administration? om are filled with rubb Sons visit them except the yvouthful or sammze | THE CHRISTIAN uneducated. these deplorable conditions, them to their true sources, and view- ing the tremendous hole they annually make in the finances, suggests to con- gress a measure of reform so mode ate, just, and even generous, that none, ‘except the interested magazine pub- lisher, can see any objection to it. He | recommends that, ' while the reading '@ - INext W portions of the N eek' ine “shall con- trade gave way, and not a few of the W \ ; better publishers went into bankrupt- < cy or out of business. There are few = genuine publishers and fewer book- |§ With rare exceptions, the hout the country POWERFUL DRAMA OF sh, and few per- IN. HALL CAINE'S THE CHURCH AND SLUMS Souvenirs of Miss Montgom- ery at Wednesday Matinee. Leavenworth—Two answered—No. Parsons—8Supposed to, but not work enough for them to do. Two commis- sioners and mayor could do all the work. . Largely, practically all time. Neodesha—No. Mayor gets $300 and commissioners $250 annually. Pittsburg—No. Meet once a week for about two hours; balance of time divided between their personal busi- ness and city affairs. The law requires that each com- missioner gives. all the time that the duties of the office require, even if personal business be neglected. Newton—One answered—Ni d. Has the financial standing ef the city been improved? TLeavenworth—Yes. On account of new . tax law passed by state legisla- ture. Has always been good. . Parsons—Yes. The city pays cash for everything. One answered—Yes. Neodesha—One answered—Yes. Pittsburg—One answered—No. One did not answer. Newton—One answered—] et V. In general, is. the new form of government cleaner from pohtmal in- fluence, more business-like in admini tration, more effectually organized, more progressive, more soundly ece- nomical? Leavenworth—There is very little difference. One answered—Yes. Parsons—Two answered—Yes. Neodesha—One answered—Ye: Pittsburg—No. It is, however. a more central form »f government. Gives the mayor more power, makes many offi- cers formerly elective appointive, giv- ing better control of men appointed. Same could be applied to the other sys- tem. It is a question of good men. In every vay—Yes_ Newton—One answered—Yes . VL. a. What per cent. of voters is required to gain a recall, and is it ef- fective? Leavenworth—a25 per cent. answer. Parsons—15 per cent.; One, no should be 25 i per cent. - Not been 'kried, 25 per cent. Never used here. Neodesha—That would depend on the | size of the city and your state law on | the subject. Pn‘sburg—% percent. of votes cast for mayor at last previous election. 25 per cent required. Haven't tried it yet, because. like the sword of Da- mocles, the recall is a standing threat in case of negligence or corruption. Newton—Cannot recall under three years. b. Are the public utilities—water, gas and electric lighting plants—own- ed by the city, and are they inventoried annually, and a balance sheet pub- lished, as is the custom of corpora- tipns owning such plants? Leavenworth—Not owned by city. One answered—No. Parsons—Are not owned by cit, Neodesha—Owned by eity; -Intentory published. Pittsburg—Both answ ered———t\o. Newton—Yes. A- writer from Pittsburg says: I was instrumental in getting the commission form of government in this city. Iike everything else it has to e watched mmtil the newness wears off. We used to have eight councilmen and a mayor, whose salaries were $200 a year each No one would think of hiring' nine men at an aggregate salary of about $2,000 to handle & business concern whose capitakization was over $9.000,000,which is our taxed value. We are paying now a mayor 31,000 and each committee- man or sommissioner $900 a year, and our tax levy will not have %o be in to pay the bill. In a counecil ou cap’t get a sewer in the ward unless . {here are, votes enough to have a sewer ordinance rassel. And in order to get those voies the councilman from. the first ward mapy times may have to vote for first nward improvements that are not act- ually essential. ¥ use this as 'an fl- lustration. One of our commissioners is a laundry man, one a banker, one a furniture dealer, one a coal miner Our mayor is a retired farmer and stock raiser. The Cont-a-Pound Postal Law. . From the unlucky day when con- -reos. under the mistgken ideaof pro- moting popular education, directed the postoffice to deliver periodicals from house to house for ome cent a pound postage, there commenced a marked decline in American literature. That act gave birth to a new kind of mag- azine, made up of wishy-washy short stories and sketches of the cheapest kind, but with the Teal purpese ‘of carrying -alluring advertisements into the family household. Popularity is sought by the cbeap pretense of exposing public. abuses, careless of the implieit libel on the nauon at large. The actusl object n c’kfidflr&sgr s >AS 'r ORIA magag ; tinue to be carried and delivered at Lo T (1] the cent-a-pound rate, the advertising [§ ° “IThe Twe Orphans part shall pay one-haif of the regulat Sl % printed matter rate of one cent for s every two ounces; in other words, one P = cent for every four ounces, or four| . .. - MuUSIC. cents a pound. h There is the whole story in a nut- Of course, the magazine owners are kicking. , It means some millions of do“‘"; a !yenr to 'them. t s the few magazines. still left which do not belong 3;) the fdsekat ess, % “? Prospect St, as well as some o e trade periodi- v ‘al, Norwleh, g kjolrfied lin their ;utct:‘. ’Ji'hll _— - i o s a mistake. By leaving the “popular” v Iy s magazines to their IEX0U WANT: A the reputable reviews and-trade papers will gain more in advertising than get a SHONINGER through thzy will matm postage. 2 law irty years old and equally | ‘48 Semth A = out of date is endowing bad literature B eyt s at the]a esxx;lense of g&;odalsndhslwuld be i repealed, however loudly the favored | which is under attack, for t - vested interests may protest.Wall St. ettty Unfortu- Attacking Manly Beauty. It has always been considered the |1, the male. privilege of men to criticise, of course women; to point out how, through va- rious errors in clothing. and other- loge their beauty of form: to contrast the perfection dis- closed by ancient Statuary with the | oSt acute form. woman artist far from perfect feminine form of to= But now, with the rise of militant suffragettes, this peculiar province of man has been Invaded and women are actually taking it upon themselves to question “the pulchritude of It is not his beauty of feature' ings were $3,860, modern < F. C. GEER TUNER mell merited. fate * WHITE, THE TUNER, have, which amounts to the painter. She roundly asserts that e A cake of Lenox Soap is sHout 4 inches The ends, top and bottom are rounded, so that the cake is easily held in one’s hand. The top side of the cake bears the word Lenox; the reverse side, tfie name of tbe “let the Doctor, Quick” Sudden illness is only one of the many domestic emergencies that -cannot be foreseen. In coping with these, telephone service is invaluable. The Police and Fire Departments can be reached as easily as your family physician, and you never can tell at what hour of the day er night the ability to get one or the other may mean life or property saved. ‘The Southern New England Telephone Company FIRST CLASS PIANO, et — age man. will smile complacently at such - as t. He has, or affects to same thing, a contempt for beauty of face The matter is, far more serious than this. 1t is the male figuro which is the ‘phymical chdifcteristics of} [0 (10 ihientut pPesum stiuots fomars attack. Naturally it comes from Eng- land, where the agsaults upon mascu- line. prerogatives are now taking the commenced .it, a fasMonable portrnut are losing” whatever good looks t! ey ever' had.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer. ——— el Gross ‘earhings of railroads in Japan were $8,320 a mile last year. Net earn«