Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 8, 1917, Page 4

e Gorwich Bulletin and @oufied 121 YEARS OLD Bubscription price 12 a week; S0c a $6.00 a year. | red at the Postorfics at Norwleh, &5 second-class matter. Telephone Cails: Bullgre Businsss Otnice 1s0. Balletin Editortal Rooms 35-8. Bulletin Job Ofics 35-2. Whnlmantic [ Telsphone 210-2. ! Office, Norwich, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 1917. The Circulation o - i The Bulletin has the Jtargest$| eirenlation of any paper in Eastern Connecticut and trom thres to four§ times larger than that of any ini Norwich. It is delivered %o over 8,000 of the 4053 houses in Nor-$ wich and read by ninety-three per$ ceni. of the people. in Windham § it 18 delivered o over 900 Douses,d in Putnam and Danielson to over 1,100, and In ail of these places it is considered tbe local daily. H Eastern Connecticut has forty: I tural free delivery routes. | The Bulletin is eold In every town and on all of he R. F. D} routes in Bastern Comaecticut. 3 nine towns. one hundred and sixty- CIRCULATIORN five postoffice districts, and sixty average .. 4412 1901, 1905, average.... Readers of The the city for vaca it follow them ¢ in touch with Order ness office PREPAREDNESS. Preparedness conslsts not only of being ready to shoulder arms but to shoulder the taxes which are necessary to make the shouldered arms effective. The people oversubscribed the first Liberty loan by a billion, but what are they to do with the next one which is sure to be called for, per- haps within 60 davs The ma of war appeals to our ganeros and those w as our courase, should be prepared t e sacrifices in order to e war to a suc- cessful issue In order to litate, as well a some parts loan clubs antictpate, t g is being recommended of the country that liberty be formed mess corporation: ways. | large reads pay- help dlies weelly will ead 1 need the help well for A HATEFUL TERM. “T want 1 “factory-Hand than this applied t some of our co r and unde systems No. 5 killed and it is no defense As a blight upon some churches it is as fatal as the Blight which threatens to make an end of the ch 1t trees the pines. As a quality which never had any respectability on earth it is not likely to make its to heavenly planes. hese men who ars num- ed “factory-hands” will h-browed fail- BOSTON'S WHEATLESS WEEK. Boston leads the citles of America in response to present needs, to save wheat .by eatinz less bread, so that its “wheatless week” w tered upon Monday will tinent-wide attention. It is certainly a patriotic response to the demands of the ‘imes. and a #o0d example which other cities should be proud to follow. Can we expect Norwich to have a wheatless week ? ©Of this the Post says: “The bread to which Sylvester Graham gave his mame more than half a century ago, made of unboited wheat flour, holds’ prominent place In the schedule of h was en- attract con- things permissible in the “wheatless week " “The color scheme s, in fact, the omtrolling feature; and it so happens that the golden vellow of the corn- Pene and of the hasty-pudding of sarly memory, the Quaker drab of the f¥e loaf, the sturdy brown of bran Bbread, . certify to_the preservation in the flour from which the white loaf of these days, is made. “It is without offerice and indeed with a possible preference in their favor that our people will renew their acquaintance with these breads of various colors. It might do us all good to learn to eat with a relish the coarser breads which were the main dependence of qur father: ONE THOUSAND VESSELS. The, scheme * to have 1,000 ships bullt in a year has failed; but it has been found possible to take over 700 ships which are being built in dif- ferent parts of the country represent- ing a tonnage of perhaps a million and a half; and it may be possible to commandeer 300 more which were at seat when power was given tho Pres- ident to seize all ships for government purposes, thus making it possible to have 1,000 ships before the year is up. The U-boat chasers are being®rap- v built, and the original plan for construction of 1,000 ships in a result the vear is in full swing and wili in a great increase of tonnage within the next twelve months. While Congress argues Unele Sam whistles and produces amazing re- sults. AS IT SHOULD BE. The Federal Council of the Church- es of Christ in America are perfectly satisfed with the action of the Sen- ate ©f the United States to’ submit the question of nation-wide prohibi- tion to the people. Their representa- tive says: 1is action by the Senate tends to. place the prohibition .question before the people purely upon its merits. And this is as it should be. There are so many questions involved in the liquor problem that national prohi- bition should ot be tied up to any other question. And when the people vote upon it, they should have before them all the facts—social, economic and physical, so that if they should decido that booze must go, they will why they did so.” ‘Strensthen American Com- is backed by the Federal Coun- the Churches of Chr in constituted by thirty lead- ¥ ant denominations, having 000 churches which represent a constituency equal to about half the population of the United States. With support” Mr. Stelzle will begin a campaizn for prohibition which will continue as long as there is a “wet” on the map. to be a great educa the greatest am b and the sreatest that ever backed such a cam- in any country. EDITORIAL NOTES. is looted it. Ju: o paign cil of America, ng v who peace is the peace s sang about in and Am old e notified gasolin but lack of sas- oline may lose it. The soldier who has a girl as dear as a‘peach In these days has some- thing to talk al “I somehow feel that nothing hap- pened before 1914,” says Balfou The whole world is feeling that way. Tobacco is so dear and beer weak in England now that they taken all the pleasure out of fishing. Oklahoma end of American ci- D needs the iron fist a to knock a little sense into it gland the woman working in trous an my cutting a big- lady in the limou- ger sine. ublican congressmen are ail act upon the food bill but as usual, are a little q o e re mocra ead the @ A lusty-throated bantam rooster can convince a neighborhood in the early morning hours that he is a big nuisance The man’on s the corner say A afraid of a mouse can und as though he wa woman who boss a man diphtheria in Newpor a epreadi < Senator s _bird protection law finall He had to make a to get it through Ca re first if half the people in E: are making speeches wo concrete floors they wculd be more good. That fits America. ake doing ess would make the war de- responsible for our lack of If con had «done its re would have been no short- partment In one American city half the men drafted were rejected, and all the rest for exemption. The whole ought to be thrown to the bunch ront. Fifteen cent cotton nused to be a great thing for the South; but now at 25 cents a pound cotton feels like “a ow white” in the presence of goober- bacon. The big war profits going into corporation treasuries and the cost of e war coming out of the pockets of the people is not the English or French way. With from 10,000 to 12,000 vessels arriving and departing every month England is presenting a formidable front to the U-boat. Ninety days was not enough. The American who has such a warm place in his heart for the Kai- ser would be surprised if he knew what a cold regard the Kaiser has for the Iltke of him. A national campalgn for prohibition with 140,000 churches supporting it with a million dollar fund and 10,000 deputies ought to make a big stir.in the 22 states outside the pale. | Shortsightea le NATIONAL BREAD ECONOMY WASTERS AID THE EN By Herbert C, Hoover. International expert, whose work ame the of Belgium made him the choice of President Wilson for food strator. The most talked of man in America, has written this article expressly to introdice a series by the lead- ing food autharities of the country, to P the gospel of bread conservation. WE must see that all bread when once made is used in its entirety. For home consumption to waste bread is to contribute strength to the enemy. To save bread is to help in the fight. Those who handle wheat and flour and those who sell bread and other foods made from wheat will have to wark together to make the maximum amount of saving in manufacture. But no matter how careful they may be, it is only by the assistance of the consumer in the home that the saving, absolutely needed, about. A wider knowledge of the facts in regard to bread making, bread keeping, and bread as an article of diet would bring about the complete use of every particle of bread brought into the home. I hope we may be edu: cated during the early period of the war to the ful! necessity of home care’and home saving in this vita) ‘matter. The world supply of wheat is short and we shal' have a great difficulty in transporting cny surplus that may exist In any part of the world to the spot whgre it is most needed. = Above all, America can feed ‘Eu. Tope, and it must da so in spite of the submarine men- ace. We shall have some surplus even though we con- tinue our former habits of the free use and often the waste of wheat and wheat products, but we must have 2 large surplus and this large surpius we can acquire only by rigid economy in the use of wheat. The United States is just coming to a realiza tion of the world's food problem. The unusual a unique conditions associated with the Great World War have had a profound effect upon the production, distribution and con- sumption of foodstuffs. The world had been linked togeiher in such a way that there was a flow of foodstuffs, particularly grain, to the point where they were most needed. With the changes brought about by placing several mil- lions of men on the battle line and with the submarine effect on shipping, all of this has materially changed, as far as Europe is concerned. In America there always has been a surplus of foodstufis and we have contributed materially to the support of other countries. We have never had to make a particular effort to conserve our food, supply or to avoid hunger and starvation by thrift. We now find ourselves the one great source of the sur- plus food that must reach Europe, if we are to win the war. That surplus will Dbe scanty, particularly this year, because of the comparative failure of the winter wheat, and it can only be increased by the most conservative use of our supplies and by the most restricted use of food by our European Allies. The problem of feeding ourselves and feeding our own army abroad and of feeding our Allies is the most pressing one that is immediately before each and every individual. We are asking the women of the country to he the first to “organize themselves for food conservation. We hope to have all of them sign a pledge to follow our directions, which will be simple and few, which will, it carried out, have a marked effect upon the food which we can export. It will also contribute materially to setting the prices of foods upon a mors satisfactory basis. The war has disturbed the ordinary commerci>' machinery and prices have gone far beyond the normal. This is the effect of lack of con- trol in this country and the abnormal call for food from other countries. ‘To save is to serve” is to be the motto of the great group of women and men associated with us as members of the Food Administration. Their aim will be to live wisely, but not too well, to eat freely but to avoid waste, to eat vegetables and food products grown near home and to save staples for export. Those in charge of the food products of the country have a particular respansibility upon them, so that the maximum amount can be obtained from existing food supply. Bakers should encourage the economical use of the bread made from wheat and encourage the use of other flours in bread-making. 2nd by 29, doing will render their country a real service. I feel tnat the ba- feers \Yill Join in with all other groups of Americans in doing their part in na- 1 feel confident tha the splendid volunteer spirit of service of ean peopte will demonstrate itself in solving our food prnblemoan'dhc!hl.:én: erican producers, manufacturers, merchants vil vork o ther towards a common end. 2 Cmmens WITRORE (o Copyright 1917 by T. T. Frankenbers. Herbert C. Hoover is over. Large measures of food con- trol do not mean arbitrary interférence the necessary economic machinery of trade. It means that every branch be called in by the government and forge them- selves into a link from which the contemplated chain will protect pro- ducer, legitimate distributor and con- sumer. We ‘are assured that the American farmer not realize $1.3) a bushel for the 1916 wheat harvest, yet the price of wheat in New York today is about $3.25 a bushel. and flour $14 a | barrel: Without proper control,. we | may see $20 flour before the vear is | h a total dislocation of wages and consequent dislocation of industry and living. . Space will not allow more that could on worse confounded— | be said upon this question® We would g for something for like to ask how much longer must the | pense of the people. | people bare their necks to the specu- | ngton swarms with press agents, | lative axe? We do not concede the | f the grafters, the demands | right of any set of food sharks to! ans, red tape, the evasion | starve us. If the war is to be fought of authority, the shifting of responsi- | in the mill, mine. on the raflr bility, playing safe, the srandstand | farm, it is the duty of the governm. .y of some and the unbridled loquaci- | to protect the peopie in t indus ty of others. The cliques and the ca- [ tries as it is to use its m the caging contractors, the com- | to protect the soldier and sa n brokers, the crafty middlemen, | At this time we are atriots who do not want more LETTERS TO TYHE EDITOR Food Control or Hunger? . Editor: Will we have food con- or hunger? There is a nation- demand and urgent necd that the sovernment take over the food question to the end that unnecessary and im- proper hoarding of food, speculation distribution at the will of the be corrected and the people want actfon, what | doing in Washington? The getting something done has | a multiplicity of committees, While are they need of brought hest or. = villing spec- can be brousht| There is no need for you to mans, since in most cxplosive among the fo a and |and all con: nt | tric was turned on a quarter troops had in the! NEED OF THEN COME TO US, WE'LL LET YOU PICK FROM THE BEST GRADES OF MEN'S, BOYS’ CLOTHING SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES ! AT FROM $15.00 UP AND YOU CAN PAY US FOR IT AT THE RATE OF. Dress Up for 115 MAIN STREET LADIES’ wear old Clothes now. We sup- you with the very best Clothes on credit. Read how easy it is to dress well. OUR SYSTEM Simply open a charge account and make weekly payments until the entire amount is paid. The price is the SAME whether you pay cash or have charged. - PRUDENTIAL OUTFITTING CO. A SR AND Per e u Week the Summer NORWICH, CONN. tators of what is not being done at Washington to protect the workers egainst the speculative bloodsucker who waxes fat over the poverty of his fellgw man, epeculators in ~humin livek, robbers who steal the milk out of the mouths of babes. 3. H. CUMMINGS. Norwich. STORIES OF THE WAR Camn des Etats-Unis. (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) Camp des Etats-Unis is the name of one of the best organized encamp- ments immediately behind the fighting iront of the French army somewhere between La Fere and Saint Quentin, but the name does not imply the pres- ence of American sol . It was thus baptized in honor of the visit of Abrah I Elkus, formerly American ambassador to Turkey, traces of whose passage through these devastated re- glons may be found in the names given to roads, bridges and groups of huts. One of the over the, Saint Quentin canal rs_the appellation Brookiyn suspension br and_evi- Cently some of the enkineers who help- ed to construct it had seen the orig- inal bridge over the East river, for wires have been hung in imitation of that structure. The length naturally bears no comparison with that of its ramesake. The correspondent of The Associated Press, while passing through on the way to inspect the Camp des F Unis, had witnessed many scenes desolation but nothing more complete than that of the little town of Jussy itself. Before the war tne place had been a very flourishing center in an zgricultural district. It possessed 1,266 mhabitants, whose dwellings wer substantial constructions of stone and brick,. Now not a civilian is t found there, nor a soldier either, for before evacuating the town under the strong pressure of the French and British troops the Germans had taken care not to leave a single building standins. It is not like other villages have suffered at the hands of the Ger: of them at least of one or two shells till to be seen a great been dations of each one he current of an hour of German the streets In a moment 1 center, from whi after the last detachment ssed throug! hurried retrea of | all | which | placed | | dussy was gone. A cloud of aust and Small blocks of brick and stone settled down on what had been its location, and now from a short distance mothing can be discerned to indicate the for- mer position of the village. Even today, although the Germans know there is no possible lodsment for troops among the ruins, they fire into the rubbish heaps very frequently irom their positions on the opposite side of the marshes bordering the Oise, the only result of this waste of ammu- nition being to cover the surface of the canal waters with brick dust. The French general commanding the division holding the line along the Oise in this vicinity is very proud of his troops, all of them veterans of many Dattles further north on the Somme and also around Verdun. He looks after their personal comfort with the greatest care, whether they are in_the trenches or in their rest camps behind the li He is a great bellever in encouraging the spirit of eport, and when the men go into cantonments for their period of repose from the hard life of the front line they spend most of the time while they are not practic- ing the latest tactics in playing fleld games. Football is one of their fa- vorite pastimes, and some of the bat- talions have several teams which play inter-company and inie:-battalion games. The general has his headquarters in what was a stable. His tables are plain white wood and the seating ac- | commodation is composed of rough benches. All around the walls are hung flags of the varlous allied nations pre- sented by visitors, and the largest of them is a silken American flag given him by the former American ambassas dor to Turkey. OTHER VIEW POINTS We take more interest in those zén- tiemen who are endeavoring to end lus war right than in those who are di cussing the question of who started 1t New Haven Courler-Journal. F. W. Holmes of Bristol believes ho knows the tent caterpillars so scarce this vear. Because of the backward spring. he explains, the birds migrating north failed to find their c pected refreshments when they stooped {off in New England for lunch and they ate up our young tent caterpillars.— aterbury Republican. Carry home a bundle. The draft is caliing men into war service and cauas- ing a shortag> of workers. In the past your pride thoughtfuiness or laziness may have led you to have even the smallest package sent home. That has both increased the cost and called for than 40 per cent. profit, and last, but ot least, the gentlemen who are dying to serve their country in some per- fectly unexposed position. In enacting effective food control leg- islation the attitude of congress was and is exactly as it always has been on any general question that threat- ened_to prove disadvantageous in some degrée to any one particular section. lation, engineered by tional legisiators, who seem bent on nking the people on a hook, and hitching them to the speculator's loco- motive, to be crushed by its well oiled machiner: Congress must realize that it is sup- posed to work for the greatest good for the greatest number. Few of them seem big enough to undertake the task. They are wasting days of price- less time, and fasten a tax on all of that their own precious politisal tuture may go on unchecked. The speculators and congress have one hand on the people’s throat and the other hand in their pocket. It is Up to the people to make them let loose. Fligh sounding objections to placing the power in the person of the president is so much talk to switch at- tention from the main purpose of cer- tain senators and congressmen. How much sincerity is there when they must debate each issue time and again with the same old speeches and tlarney that sound well but dom't mean a thing? We learn that we are paying some- thing like $115,000,000 a month to the speculators who manipulate food prod- ducts. The wheat pit went so far in excesses that it closed down of its own accord in fear of public wrath. When they r€ach the point in their opera- tions where they become afrald of themselves and suspend, It s safe to «ay there is something rotten in their camp. When the robber is afraid of Lis loot and surrenders, there is no need to hunt for evidence of his guilt. This is the situation, and it Mits us with force at this time. The dollar kept dwindling in peace times so that the wage worker could not keep up to it, and now the wage and its pur- chasing power are so far apart it seems hopeless to attempt to bring them to- gether. We recognize the laws of sup- ply and demand and their effects on prices generally, but we cannot agree that it is necessary to protect food speculators by saying that supply and demand alone have increased food prices. We know better, a We need a food control for two pute poses: To regulate prices apd to in- crease the surpius. After Uproviding for our normal consumption we will have, together with Canada, a surplus equal to only 60 per cent. of the food the allies require from *us. With broad measure of control we ean fur. B combustion. A where the flame is set fortable today. New York In classing the Congressmen who have been holding up the food bill thelr material of the most valuable elements of nutrition which _sround out and sifted out of with Berkman apd Emma Goldman, have | Congressman Heflin of Alabama won | speculator in this the admiration of his couatrymen! nish an additional 20 per cent. If, however, the whole world, allied snd neutral, 'is to have the unrestricted run of our markets in competition with each other and in co-operation with the country, we soc 35 whaat before tho yea expect to No smoke, no soot, no ashes. : All the heat you want, when you want it. AN EARLY BREAKFAST '’ UT no need for the housewife to get up an hour before breakfast time to coax along a a match to the New Perfection Oil Cook Stove and the cooking begins. and there it stays. New Perfection Oil Cook Stoves are making 2,500,000 kitchens com- The New Perfection Kerosene Water Heater gives abundant hot water for Jaundry, kitchen or bath at low cost. 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Members of congress could not consistently oppose the scheme, since they are themselves the bene- ficlaries of the franking privilege, tho use of which they carry to the extent of abusing it. 1f members of congress have the right to use the matls for all sorts of junk that ought to be shipped by express or freight it shipped at all the soldlerseshould be conceded the right to send thelr letters home free But consistency is not a jewel that is much regarded in congress. If it were the members of that body would not have the affrontery to relleve them- selves of an income tax that they im- pose upon the rest of the country.— Hartford Courant. 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