Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 5, 1913, Page 4

E I3 & e . " is booming, First the parcel erwich Fu lletin | and @Gousies: i YEARS OLD. ion price, 120 a week; 500 a 3 $6.00 a y--- Entered at the Postoffice at Norwioh, o8n., as second-class matter. Tetephone Calls: s Bulletin Business Office, 480. Bulletin Edtiorial Rooms, 35-3e % Bulletin Job Office, 35-8. Willimantio Office, Room 2 Murrey Building. Telephone 21 THE INCOME TAX. Though it required three and a half years to secure the ratification of the income tax by the states of the union, it 18 mow, or will be as soon as the necessary detafls are completed, the sixteenth amendment to the constitu- tion of the United States. This is the resumption of an old form of taxa- tion and means the bringing in to the government for the operation of its departments at least $100,000,000. To the south and west goes the distinc- tion of contributing the larzest sup- port to the ratification of the meas- ure, the east showing much opposition thereto both by delayed action and refusal to ratify. Congress is now given the power to tax incomes and likewise the fixing of the rate of taxation and the determin- ation of what tncomes shall be subject tosthe tax. All states must share alike 4n. meeting the tax, for the law wil Apply wherever incomes, earned or un- ‘earned, reach or exceed the limit, which congress must establish. It has an important duty before it. It must proceed carefully and advisedly in de- termining the.details of the bill and working out a proper adjustment of the previsions. Though it has the opportunity of shifting to the shoul- ders of the wealthy, a portion of the burden of taxation, yet it must be done with a proper regard as to limitations and to the results which it is desired 6 obtatn. THE LENTEN SEASON. Today, Ash-Wednesday, marks the opening of the lenten season which is widely observed in the C: lic, Bpis- copal ang Lutheran chus though it has an influence which is much broader than the limits of those churches. Lent has a value not mere- 1y}/on its religious side, but also as & £heck upon the social high pressure of the rest of the year. It puts re- straint upon what may seem innocent indulgences, but which for a time can Best be honored in the breach than in the observance, affording a period of change, thought reflection and sac- rifice. Lent is a fasting the preparation for Easter, period ending with one of the most joyous events of the year, worth all the self control and secri- fices which have been practiced in Teaching it. Taster this year comes on March 23, or next to the earliest day on Which it can fail. It seldom comes s early as it will this year and could never come but one day earlier. Only once in twelve cycles of the moon from the years 1786 to 2013 does It come on the 22nd and but three times on the 23rd. Coming as it does this year advances it greatly as to weather con- ditlons and though it seldom happens, lent this vear lg due to come fin the winter, or all of it that 1913 fs scheduled to see. Easter by being a vanced encounters the uncertainties of March. THE CULEBRA CUT PROBLEM. Much anxiety is caused by the fre- quent slides which have occurred in the Culebra cut, in the Panama canal, but further than causing additional work for the removal of tho millions of yards of clay and rock, it will bave no effect upon the big interoceanic waterway when completed. . The gen- eral makeup of the sides of the cut 1s such that thero Is little or no sta- bility thereto ang it takss but little to set large portions of it in motlon. This is a problem iwith which the corps of engineers has had to contend throughout the making of the deep cut and realizing the situation the slides have been anticipated. The im- Ppossibility of stopping them is under- stood, but with the shifting of the ma- terial and its removal from the ditch, the hillside each time reaches a better level, which makes it casier to con- trol. 3 With such unstable conditions exist- ing in the cut, because of its physical structure, it is fortunate that the slides have occurred as they have, and before the water has been turned into “he canal. It is now possible to do the nast effective work in the removal of “tc great quantities of material which 53 required much additional labor and “vtence, vet will come within the e inatss. Bl slides would be a serioug ndicap after the canal is opened it it is belleved that the problem be overcome or under such con- before that time, go that any such ortunate affair will be avolded. The post office department business post; shows & big profit for two weeks and Dot be broken down on elther side, fl was with the hope that some outside element would enter to p-;?:\ end the struggle, that Balkan and Turkish forces resumed the war. Great have been the losses and equally so have been the financial burdens taken on because of the war, by all those en- gased therein. The allies were fully Justified in claiming what they did, but Turkey prefers carnage to yielding ang making such important conces- slons as Adrianople and the Aegean islands involve. The peace negotiations failed. The attitude of Turkey is well outlined by the Providence Bulletin when it saye: “Turkey seems to have been at soms pains to put the onus of the Tesump- tion of the war on the allies, by orders to the plenipotentiaries to stay in Lon- don and to the army to remain passive until the Balkan allies had fired. the first shot. It may be imagined, how- ever, that the allies are entirely will- ing to assume responsibility before the worla for the ending of the! armistice. It 1s an ssue concerning which the Christian world applauds the allies. The Turks showed no desire to avert or delay the opening of the war in the first_instance; they had long refused to take any steps in good falth, that would have averted the contest, and, in fact, hegan the hostilitles, as their answer to the demand for reforms.” The situation sees Turkey appeal- ing for sympathy and intervention, but without action or reason which would entille her to such consideratiom. ‘ THE FREE LIST GOODS. Some immediate results towards the reduction of the cost of living should be manifested as soon as the demo- cratio plan of tariff for revenue only is put into operation. That has been the claim for the democratic ‘pro- gramme and one upon which reliance is placed for the bringing about of an adjustment of this Important question. The prospects are that the free lst bill as proposed last year will be en- acted thus sending up the already large amount of goods which is received in this country without duty. Thdfe has been a steady Increaso in the emount | of non-dutiable goods coming to this country, and the past year shows near- Iy 2 billion dollars’ worth of merchan- dise from foreign countries. This 1s over two hundred million in excess of last year, or a trebling of the amount in tweivq years, and represented 54.6 per cent. of the total imports. The share of the merchandise which enters free of duty has greatly in- creased in comparatively recent years ang the cost of living has likewise advanced. The principal articles form- ing the billion dollars’ worth of duty free merchandise were hides and skins, rubber, silk cotton, coffee and metals and vet in those lines of trade the £o0ds which have been 50ld to the con- sumer have shown a tendency upward. This means of course that foreign bus- iness has profited in this line of free Soods to an increased extent, in lines of which this country does not pro- duce a sufficient supply. When it o be applied to goods of which comes this country is a great producer, its effect upon that production will be interesting to watch. EDITORIAL NOTES. The groundhog made the mistake of coming out one day too soon. The surgeons have delayed the final operation on the sick man of Europe. Happy thought for today: It is use- less to fizure on the end of the war until it is over. Now that the tax on the incomes can be anticipated some people will have less to say about their salaries. Tap day at Yale i8 to be held in private henceforth. That's like pre- senting a meritorious play to empty seats. Now that they have gotten thei: second wind the armies in the Bal- kans are going to fight it all over again. The confession of Thorpe wiped out a lot of fine records, which were never- theless made, and baseball had noth- ing to do with them. February is evidently trying to do her worst, but there is consolation in the fact that there are but twenty- four more days therein. Despite the number of editors who have been sent to congress this win- ter, the style of the Congressional Record remains the same. The Washington girl who refused $30,000 and an automobile, left her by her fiancee, evidently realized that the price of gasoline had gone up. Good harbors and good roads are matters on which Connecticut should act with judgment and mnot let peli- tics get the better of common sense. With all the talk about the cut the democrats are to make in the tariff, no.one has figured out how much of a reduction can be expected in the cost of living. The Hoboken fat man wedged who got into a telephone booth can appreciate the position of those per- sons of large averdupois who occa- slonally get a seat in a Gotham street | car- That Paris should fear another flood is but natural. Any city which went through the suffering and loss which the French capital did has a perfect right to tremble at the thoughts of its return. “No one has been asked to serve in my cabinet as yvet” says Mr. Wil- son. That's the trouble. It is an anx- lous crowd of hopefuls Who are fear- ing a mervous breakdown, waiting for the apnouncement. That was a hasty -scramble by Wyoming and Delaware to be the thir- ty-sixth and necessary state to act favorably on the fncome tax amend- ment. States seldom manifest such anxlety to call in the tax collector, There is always some excuse In la- bor troubles for the seeking of an advantage. On a Maine raflroad, the trainmen are about to strike, but are willing to arbitrate. The road offi- cials refuse. On 63 other rajlroads with the firemen talking: strike the men are willing te arbitrate, and so are the rosds, but they will not agree on & ‘method, A Boston widow has sued a medical examiner for performing en unauthor- ized autopsy on the body of her hus- band, who diea from natural causes, the body being hacked in & manner Which would ghame a butcher, Such dieregard for the rights of fhe be- reaved sheuld receive due punishment. Wt is a practice which deserves a Prompt check. o ll] Square Deal In City Business. _ Mr._ Editor: I was somewhat eur- prised that other cities in Connecticut were selling gas 40 per cent. cheaper then Norwich. I had sup) up to the present time, from T had been told, that we were gettingdour gas and electric light at rock bottom prices, on account of municipal own Now, if our ges and electric plant is 4 per cent. on the $750,000 in- and they are charging us 40 P& ceat. more for gas than it sell for, how are the e that own the plant, and burn the gas, making any money? I have under- stood that it costs & private corporaz tion about 45 cents a one thousand cublc feet to make gas, and one and one-haf cents a K. W. to generate electricity. If our municipal plant can manu- facture gas and electricity at the same figure, it would scem to me as if they. should reduce the price of gas and slectriciiy to the stocisholders or de- clare a bigger dividend on their stock. I am pot familiar with the expense ac- count of the plant, but it would seem that if they would put a door where the window is, that has to be taken out every time they want to put any- thing Into the building, they would save something on that. Also, if they should hire their carpenters and ma- sons and buy their lumber, bricks and mortar direct, the same as they hire} the steam and gas fitters, and buy the pipe and fittings, they might be able to | ve some money, and thereby be able to declare a bigger dlvidend, and re- dueo the price of sas and electricity. 1 supposo it s necgssary to have the automobile, and of course some one has to run it But, with all due re- spect to Superintendent Bogue and relatives, and the nice salaries they are drawing (I understand they are worth i), woulé it not be nice if some of the other builders and taxpayers, who are stockholders in the plant, had a chance at a little of the work and Jobs within the gift of the board of gas and electrical commissioners I understand the courts have hand- ed down a decision that it is illegal for a public commission to enter into a contract for work with one of its members, Is that so? Our mayor has put a great deal of time on the Boswell avenue extension, | that job being completed. Now, would | it not be a good thing 1f he would look around the city barn and gee how many salaries and what dutles they perform, and see if some of the money used there could not be used to scrape the mud and tar off of the so-called street macadam. I think if he could bring it about the people would rise up and call him blessed, and also tell the | poor hard-working taxpayers, who are | taxed the full value of their little homes, how much of their hard earned tax money was saved purchasing the Stony Brook water rights; go down to Johnson's witch hazel mill and see how much less water is going over the dam than_before the gates were closed at the Stony Brook reservoir; also tell us people how much less money the street department had last year than usual, and how much more was done with the money appropriated. There is a whole lot he can do outside of strect railway extensions. A CITIZEN who believes in the square deal as ad- vocated by his honor, Mayor Murphy, before election, and hopes he will give the citizens the benefit of his pre-elec- tion theories; stop hammering the street railroad for a short time, and help the citizens to get aboard what cars we have without going over thelr shoes in mud and tar, and also tell the people how we are making money by sending out men to deliver the gas and electrical biills, und the water depart- ment sending theirs out by mail. When 2nd how their hard earned tax money is being used, and how many non- producers are on the payroll; and at the same time he might propose to the board of trade to tell us in their little book just where the city of Norwich would be today if outside men and capital had not come in and develop- ed the street railroad (notwithstanding the opposition put up against it). And also tell' the people what bencfits the troijey. lines are to the business men andl city in general, throw a few bou- quets at the railroad, and give the lem- ons and spur tracks a Norwich, Ct, Feb. 4, 1913. Thermos Bottle Company Has Done Much and Will Do More for Nor- wich. Mr. Editor: You printed in this morning’s issue a letter from Mrs. Taylor protesting against the popular movement for a new automobile am- bulance, as this is a hardship for her so_soon after)the Thermos campaign. I fail to find Mrs. Taylor's name among the list of subscribers to the Thermos fund. i Mrs, Taylor also inquires how much Dbenefit has come to Norwich through the bottle works. In reply I would say that' every promise made regarding the Amer Thermos Bottle company has been more than fulfilled. Every benefit that could come from a great increase in bullding operations of the town has been received by local contractors and employes. Anyone has only to com- pare the hours of employment of men in the building trade the past three months with those of a year ago to find there has been a substantial gain Furthermore, 1 any of Mrs. Taylor CHILD COVERED WITH RINGWORN | Herpes and Brown-Tail Moth ltch. Had to Wrap Him in Sheets. Lay in Stupor, Used Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Entirely Well, 20 Enight St.] Auburn, Me. — “My son was eight weeks old when he was completely | covered with what the physicians call ring- | worm, herpes, end brown tall moth itch. In places | all over his face, head and body were round circles | resembling ringworm and finally his whole body became covered in one great sore, s0 wo had to wrap him in sheots, Bencath the surface of scats was a well of matter. Ho was in such shape that he was not allowed to bo scen by visitors, and scars wero upon his body from whas fow healed up. In the place of one that healed & dozen new ones would spring up. He got to the place where he did not fret much, but rather lay in a stupor. Some one advised me to try Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. I ralsed the scabs and bathed him with a lather of the Cuticura Soap and after washing, put the Cuticura Ointment on, When I did this, the scales washed off of many, leaving the-surfaco & Dright reddish hue. The first time it began 1o clear up his body and in about six weeks | he was entirely well and hasn't s0 much as asingle sear. Cuticura Soap and Ofntment have mever falled me. (Signod) Drs. Addio E. Jackson, Dee. 20, 1911. Cuticura Soapand Cuticura Ointment are sold throughout the world. Liberal sample of each mailed free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Ad- dress post-card “Cuticura, Dept.'T, Boston.": 3 Tender-faced men should 4se Cuticurs | 8oap Shaving Stick, 23c. Ssmple fres i \ relatives are w‘:rklni only. X New Y°fk Symphony Orchestra 50 Pieces — N Birds And Insects. ‘;(r. mtttor: vgn Friday's Bulum_tm - - hiad ‘ashington says Mr. C. H. Fisk, o.e‘%-émqm Springs, commend- ing"Senator McLean’s bill for protection B R of migratory birds, clamed that In s e et fosith of besries on account ot || WALTER DAMROSCH, Conductor the insects that infest our orcl s and ma gardens. These insects are the natu- Admission $2.50 Tal food of the birds the Senator is seeking to protect. An official of the Agricultural ent says the nat- ural increase Of one pair of EYPSY moths left to.their own devises would defoliate the entire United States in glaht years, destroying every green thing.” % it waa in. 1860 that Prof. Troavelot accidentally perm: a few gypsy sulted in securing the MacKay Copper | moths to escape near Boston, and in 44 Process company, a concern that em- | vears since, they have spread over a ploys several high priced and aggres- | very small section of New England oniy, sive men whose presence in the com-|and even there, have mot “destroyed munity is a great gain. This concern | every green thing” This in spite of asked no favors, i8 now becoming of | their having few insect enemies as vet national importance, and has already [in the country. If millions will not in 40 expended large sums on construction | years defoliate a small part of New worlk. England, is not the estimate of the Second: The completion of the Ther- | official as to destruction by one pairs mos factory being delayed, the Amerl- | progeny in eight vears an enormous ex- can Thermos Bottle company ‘decided | aggeration? And vet figuring only 400 to establish a branch factory in the | eggs each, thé female moths of the-sev- Davenport bullding, where a &chool is | enth generation would deposit 655 quin- being operated and wages paid to|tillion esgs. At 655 to (he pound the learners of ver $800 a week at the|moths from these eggs would weigh present tima 500,000,000,000,000 tons. 500 trillion tons. Third: The large consumption of gas | This number could defoliate the world by the Thermos Botile company has|any morning before breakfast. Foriu- resulted in the promise of a reduction | nately destructive Insects aré never in the rate of - to every consumer | “left to their devices” the govern- in Norwich, which will be 2 gaving to | ment helping the states in fighting pests nearly every family in the city Wherever found. Many of the insects Fourth: More old tenement houses In | that prey upon gypsy moths in Burope, | Norwich have been remodeled, Im-|and their cggs, have been imported to proved and rendered desirable during | prey upon them here, and prospects are the past six months than during any | flattering for an early success. Way not perfod of the same duration in recent | depend on the birds? Probably because years. Bomeone was paid to do this | birds would be more fond of the moth’s | work. enemies than of the moths themselves. Fifth: A number of Norwich men | Birds never discriminate between pes have siready obiained desirable posi- | tiforpus and beneficient insects, and tions with the American Thermos Bot: | there are many more of the latter. tle_company at increased galartes. - Can't raise fruit in TFolland County! Sixth: The American Thermos Bot- | What do you think of that? While Mr. tle company has alrendv contracted to | Figk wants more birds to help In sro expend $40,000 in addition to the $60,- | ing fruit, many growers are complain- 000 contributed by the local subserib- | ing bitterly because robins eat all their ers on the factory bullding on Laurel | strawberries, cherries and grapes. One | Hill, jointly owned by the two inter- in New York with a large cherry o ests. chard used to produce tons of cherries; In conclusion, let me say that the | now he has difficulty in saving enough history of the Thermos campalgn can | for & fe wples. A. A. Halladay. Bllows be compared with the campaien for'thn | Fajls,, Vt, has the same trouble. .Dr. women’s college at New London with- | Van Fleet of New Jersey found it im- out Norwich euftering 5o if could be | possible to get a riDe strasberry unless noticed, for the Thermos bullding is | he covereq the vines with netting; all now beine occupled and the New Lon- | because of abundance of robins. Intell- don buildings are still on paper, al- | igent fruit growers have no difficulty in though the subscribers long age paid | fighting insects injurious to crops. The up. | Repp Brothers have 400 acres in apples | No one expected the full benefits to (near Glassboro, N. J. and it is almost come from the Thermos plant befors | impossible to find an apple with a worm All Seats Reserved Tickets now on sale at Geo. A. Davis's store, Broadway. by remains that the have not fnishad equipment B To enumerate all the benefits that have already come to Norwich through the Thermos movement would take too much space in your paper. I will mention a few: First: The Thermos campaign re- Concert begins at § o'clock in it. Many other growers find it easy to fight insects, and grow perfect fruit, and very difficult to prevent Injury by birds, the latter being protected by law. Certain agitators claim our native | insectivorous birds are fast approach- | ing extinction that they are being | slaughtered by millions by men and boys. It is not true. Nearly all states forbid the Killing of any song or insec- tiverous bird other than game. Theso | small birds are not worth the price of | @ loaded shell. They are not being kill- | ed in numbers worth mention north of | the Gulf states, and in killing robins | northern fruit-growing fellows a great | iindness. Tn spite of this killing I have | seen fully 200 robins on a single acre | of my land a dozen miles north of the | Rose of New England. I have seen the | Exouall onddy trees where robins roost- | ed nearly covered with sceds of grapes they had eaten. e So far os game birds are concerned, and 99 per cent of our song birds, the MeLean bill is a good one and should | bo enacted. Our song and inscctiverous | Dirds are worthy of proper protection for their songs and beauty alone. The | utllity claim is bosh and should be re- lesated. In last ten years the rural population | of the country has increased It per | cent; farm land has increased 10 per | cent: yet crops have Increased in P s 40 per cent and over 80 | lue. Does that look like | cts Were a menace toag- E. P. ROBINSON newspaper_editor in She is Miss Leah | Austin | ars oid and has been managing edi- tor, editorial er and city editor since March. 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