Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 28, 1918, Page 8

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CIRCULATION Dec. 21, 1918, 10,233 THE NAVAL REVIEW, a welcome such as was ex- ind deserved that was given American naval fleet which has returned from its victorious participa- tion the greatest of wars, There could be no thought of permitting the Beet to slide into the Hudson, or any rbor for that matter, without rvice which formed erstood of course that the ¢ the navy did not have oe- easion t re their strength with the enemy t it was neverthe- less a which they play- « rengthening the allied navy that the German navy was forced to er without the firing of a shot. very moment that this coun- o the war the navy has y at work. Tt was ready he conflict at the giving of the and while it has not been able yurse, to approach the ac- complishments of the great British navy, that does not by any means be- the aid which it has rendered. of the service rendered by United navy was con- tributed by the smaller vessels, those possessing speed, and those whith be- came at once a serious menace to the 1 ¢ en. Through the help rovers, auxiliary ves- ave the effec- r boats was 1, while the protec- the transports carry- was a factor which the winning of lhe{‘ n | ing that the | d receive the rousing wel- it did on its return. It was ual oceasion and certainly was only too glad, along , to show its prige tn navy. CHILD LABOR IN SOUTH. In connection with the conference of committee the two houses of to the calls for a product of child labor. epreser cause a much needed re- e expected to leave no stone it. Even if such jcceed it can be ex- “nited States supreme i a d to pass upon onality of the lesisla- h does not overcome the slation which will stop need of the evil. According to the report of the fed- hildren's bureau concerning an h was made regard- or conditions in the ate of North Caro-| at “91 children be- six and ten were ages in lustr working were working eleven hours Only about a tenth of the the state were visited, e case it should mean e is emploving 910 chil- ries o h being less eleven hours a day. dren t refers to but one state but it ¢ makes it evident that some- ides the efforts which are in such states in behalf of ren should be done to correct the chi such conditions. It is preposterous to think of anyone trying to justify such industrial conditions, regardless of where they are found, whether in the south, east or west. LAW AND ORDER. Thers cannot fail to be regret ex- pressed at the attitude which was manifested by the colored people of Breokiyn, N. Y, over the effort which was made by proper authority to see that Negro troops ceased thelr unlaw- ful conduct. A half hundred Negro soldiers were creating serious trou- ble in a saloon. They were appar- ently making a shambles of the place when the civil and military pelice were called upon to quiet the trouble. No steps were taken which were not in every way justified or what would have been necessary had white sol- diers been doing as they were, ‘Without consideration for that a good sized mob of colored residents attempted to prevent the arrest of the law breakers. It is to be realized that there have been many instances in the wsouth where the colored man has been grossly discriminated against because his skin happened to be black, and there too often innocent persons e S runrdewd fex ectven Which they would not be able to continue their .conduct or to get more liquor. To start a riot under euch conditions showed a serious mis- conception of the situation. yet that is what their conduet would indicate. The goldlers were taking advantage of their uniforms to dety the law, and regardless of their color and under suth' conditions the only position which can logically be taken by a civilized community is that support of the authorities' who insist that l]aw and order must be main- tained. TRANSPCRTATION QUESTTONS. Because of the situation caused by the war the rivers and harbors con- gress has not been held for the past two years, This was not hecause there were no demands for outlays in the development of water transporta- tion facilities, for they are as many and 2s elaborate as ever, but because it was understood that the money which would be required was needed much more in other directions, With the war over, however, a.congress-is to be held in February at which time the three days' sesston will be given over to a discussion of transportation questions. This is a sensible dacision in.view of the fact that that questign is one of the leading ones at the .present time. There remains the matter of inland waterways but thero ¥ faced the matter of readjustment in wafer transportation just as there-does simi- lar action regarding the railroads. This is perhaps no better disclosed than throush the announcement which has just been made by the Merchants and Miners Transportation’ ‘company to the effect that it will not continue the service between Providence and Norfolk when the government returns its vessels to it. This {s because it will be unable to compets with gov- ernment railroads, because it ¢cannot solicit freight and because shippers cannot designate wh the routes over ch their goods should be shipped. T nts a situation which un- Iy needs airing in some such gathering as the rivers and harbors coneress. It is certainly a transpor- tation situation .which should be brought to light, and no better time could e selected than right now when such matters ars before the.country for adjustment. FEEDING EUROPE. Mr. Hoover has been in Burape for several weeks now looking over the food situation. e has been endeav- oring to ascertain just how <well sup- plied with necessities the countries there are, where the need at the pres- ent time is the g st and what steps must be taken in order to fur- rish relief defore it is too lgte. o ch has been eald about what t be done to feed the enemy na- tions, and there cannot be of course any action taken which would prevent them from being allowed sufficlent food, but it fs quite evident that Mr. Hoover does not intend *o seat them at the first table and load it down with all the delicacies while others which need help much more are made to wait. After making a survey of the situa- tlon, and he takes occasion to. point out the handicaps which have been laced in the of the Beiglans get- : on thefr feet aquickly the destruction of industrial ¢ the Germans, it is announced < his plan to use the availa- which will include the two million tons of the German mer- chant marine and the large Austrian tonnage, for the purpose of meeting the food requirements of the devas- tated allied countries such as Bel- Serbla, Rumanfa_and northern sium, They are in dire need of it orable as in the enemy countries it be expected that there will he n of the restrictions in that His idea is that CGermany not to get the best in the wora le those countrics which it has crippled are in greater need of it, and it cannof fail to be accepted as a wise decision. EDITORIAL NOTES. It doesn’t taks much in the shape of winter to bring out the zoose pim- ples this season. The claims that Germany must be fed can by no means be intcrpreted to men that it must be fattened. The man on the corner says: Good intentions have been known to spoil through exposure to the night air: The dangers of aerial flight are by no means confined to war activities: ag the death of “Hobey” Baker like 'many cthers reminds us. & President Wilsen fully understands that losing his way in Paris’ s no ere near as serious as it would be to lose his prestige. From the way in which Peruvians are leaving Chile it doesn't look as it the threatened trouble on that conti- nent had been adjusted. 8 In demanding incre: in pay it ts to be hoped that the police of Boston do not resort to the methods adopted in London and Montreal. Christmas mail was burmed on trains in New Jersey and New Hampshire. it could hardly have been from the speed of the Burleson service. If as claimed France wants ships buflt in America there is no reason why it cannot be accommodated pro- vided it is looking for wooden ones. More power is to be given to Car- ranza by the Mexican congress. Care ought to be taken in this step that re- grets may not be manifested in the tuture, The need of 180,000 tons of supplies monthly, including clofhing,, in Bel- gium, as pointed out by Mr. Hoover, shows what condition that ‘country was left in. Is it possible that George Creel re- signed because the Paris reporters went to Dr. Grayson for intimate in- formation regarding President Wilson instead of him? Statements to the effect that in- dustrial plants throushout the coun- try are to increase the number of em- ployes soon is certainly good news and ought to do much to straighten out the labor situation. < The sailing ship Brynhilda has reached its destination in Africa after Laving been given up as a submarine vietim since last September. What joy if this might enly mean that the ‘mysteriousty lost T, 8. coilter Cyclops wanld et peem wal good _resolutions were ne to be dealt with in quantities or bulk. keeping good resolu- tions is because we attempt to deal with them by the year, or in- the ag- gregate. The good resolution should be made for the day. If you can keep it today, there is a fair prospect that you will keep it tomorrow; and in this way you may. keep it forever. Aim your good resolution at your greatest ess or blight, and if you over- come that it does not require any special effort to overcome many lesser faults. What we are going to do dur- ing the new year is a brag, but what we are going to do today is a chal- lenge which involves our fidelity as well as our honor. Don’t you think the man who said “The time to stop a bad habit is be- fore it is established” was wise? Habit is of slow growth and while it seems to be getting one with films of sllk, it is fixing chains of steel. Men are - careless about their babits until it is too late, and then many of them think they are afflictions from God to chasten them, instead of self{-made tyrants to make them miserable, and for which they are wholly responsible. I can't instead of I can'is the reward which Habit distributes for loyalty. Being true to a false principle results in deteriorated manhood. The ti to get the best of habit is before it has got the best of you. It seems good to feel that one is in- dependent, but can one really be so? Money makes a man independent of want; and good character frees him from many suspicions and perils; and knowledge may keep him from many pitfalls in life; but, with all these, there are moments in life where the greatest need the aid of the meanest, as much as the meanest need the aid ot the greatest” It is just as neces- sary to. have strength as to have knowledge, just as necessary to know how to swim as how to walk, just as necessary to have endurance as to have faith, and yith all these there are moments when we are as depend- ent upon someone else as'though we were - entirely without them. The worth and beauty of service is con- fined to no class and many have been rescued by those they held in utter disrespect. - We know the public opinion is that trolley conductors should be more pu- lite and attentive; and the trolley- conductors are surprised the public is so uncivil and unmannerly; and they are both the victims of a discordant condition which might be corrected and which would completely change this relation. The trolley conductor mnst, when possible, start his car on iime—the belated public blames him for doing his duty. The polite con- ductor who too promptly attends to ladies and children is called “too fresh”; and when he is attentive to the aged he often strikes a frost; and there are people who will not tolerate a polite word from him because he is not in their class I surmise tke trol- ley conductor would dare to be polite it the riding public were only half as mannerly as they expect him to be. There are a few mottoes which fit the mind better than the walls of a room, because there are some things we better be constantly conscious of than to just gaze at several times a day. “Better be safe than sorry” is better in the mind than a hundred signs: “Safety First!” painted upon a wall. The eye in mental caution i§ far less dependable than 4he heart. An indelible thought.is superior to the most elaborate _motto. “Don’t say things you may be sorry for," Is an- other. The uncotrolled tongue has been compared to a two-edzed sword, for it cuts both ways. We all talk too much. If we realized how much bet. ter it-is to be “Safe than sorry,” we shouldn't! Isn't it sad that only in violence and the awful results of it, our greatest manhood is disclosed, the greatest,pa- tience and good cheer in suffering, the strongest faith and the brightest hope thing seems to be hopeless. who are of no pro- h, lying crippled and un- done in the hospitals across the seas teach us lessons not orly of how to face mortal wounds and how to die, but of the universality of religion, of o divine brotherhoad and self-abnega- tion to which we all seem to be blind except when brought to view by con- flict. We do not really conceive of. the soodness of men until they come for- ward and dwell in the consciousness of 2 divine brotherhood and die for many eople who are unworthy of them. The v who has faced death for princi- ple's sake every day for months has learned le would be well if we could all a, . Do not think this season of good will is represented fully by the cards and the good words you hear. Your world and mine is a great deal broad- er than we think. There are mors people interested in us than we are aware of; there are good people pray- ing for us whom we do not know: and there are hosts who wish us well, who are glad when they hear of our ad- vancement or prosperity, and who si cerely regret any misfortune or affli tion which may befall us. The peopie are always better than the power: and they are often misled and gro misrepresented by those called the; servants, but who are really their masters. Your world extends beyond the horizon: your friends can. be in- cluded in no clique; and the good will flowing toward you is not wonly of earth, but of heaven. Do not think prayer is something to live by, or just to escape by? Many people pray that they may escape the consequence of their meannesses, not that they may cease to be mean, It is a fact that the only person who can pray right is the one who acts in ac- cord with his prayers. Praying to be saved without trying to be better, is ltke praying that you may be useful without making any attempt at use- fulness. As empty vessels make the most noise, so senseless petitioners moan and groin when they should promise and keep their promises. A prayer without hedrt or intention is without. power. Praying to be re- feemed without sensing the necessity for personal endeaver is vain. There 1s no being. divinely saved by the scrusr of the neck. Sometimes | think: “What am T that God should be mindful of me? And Iam able to answer. “God is my Hea- venly Father, and T am His child, and Ho loves me as no earthly parent can” Do you answer these divine tests, or challenges of the mind? It is no consolation that He knows every sparrow that falls, or the number of the hairs of my head; but it is as- suring and cheering that he has a fa- ther’s carp and a mother's love for me. T am not afraid of Him. “I fear pot!” and am “Glad and rejoice!” as the Bible advises. We inherit inex- haustible power, for the Savior said it we ‘had faith in Him and His werks we also could perform Works He did. God is mindful of us iuse we are His and He is in the fullest sense ours. CASTORIA ~ Por Infents and Children ” InUse For Over 30 Years Alwzys bears the Signatnre of the mighty. social contentment. Russia lies in ruins becanss she has defied the natural laws of social and economic life; Great Britain holds in her hand the eommerce-of the world, and enjoys in greatest mensure the blessings of security and liberty, de- cause she serupulously observed the laws which insure freedom, wealth, power, and happiness, The mofge closely-we in-our turn fol- ime | IoW the teacnings of practical experi- ence, as expounded by practical men, the fewer will be our disasters, the morg_pumerous our successes. We, like TUlysses, are embarked upon a perilous voyage. To come again safe into port ‘we also must stop our ears zgainst \he songs of tha sirens of theory, Whether the voices come from the maelstrom of Petrograd, or the treaclierous reefs of a German turned docil?, or the al- luring waters of Intelisctualia, bab- bling and shallow, our safety lies up- on gne course only, that which expe- rienced mariners have_ traversed in security. The air is far too full’ of sweet singers, who strive to lure off thelr course the destinies of our one hundred and five millions of people, upon an experimental voyage in search of a Utopia of painless existence. To consider the problems before us we must divide our epoch .into three periods, that of war, that of transi- tion, that of the new normal, which undoubtedly will supersede the old, The questions before vs, therefore, are broadly, two: How shall we pass from war to the new normal with the least jar, in the shortest time? In what respect shouid the mew normal be aped to differ from the old? Some contend that we chould first envisage the new normal, and carve the measures of transition to suit its iremen Others believe that we ould cautiously feel our way through the period of transition. znd arrive at what tha new .normal shall he, by the road of experience. The first would at- tempt reconstruction by synthetic pro- ceas: the second would achieve it by natural grovah. Who shell say that a new normal, artificially compounded at this distanece from . the tuture, will work? Who ehall say that a new normal, patiently sought through trial and error, will not work? So much for the opposing schools of thought which are intent upon shaping our passage from the stats of auto- eratic centrulization, which was our shield in war, to that of democratic decentralization in which, we have sTown to Melieve, resides our assurance of liberty in peace. There are those who twill now ecome forward to challenge our distrust of autocratic control in peaceful times. They offer us a new theory of demo- cracy, in accordance with which men are to pass the machinery by which they subsist cut of their own hands as individuals. and thence into the hands of central anthority Several of the rights o¢ the individnal, including that of posvession, which men won from the sovereign anointed of ancient times fres meén are now being asked to return to the sovereign arpointed of modern times. Ts there { so much difference between ergperoc and presi- dert, that the one thould be feared and the other trusted? Both are mgn, vain and ravensus for power, and as ch are, alike, to he pected and ched. The more exiensive their powers, the more reason for dread. A strange excursion, indeed, has de- mocracy made if men, having gained their libertics, every one the cost of their bood, tliey now supinely consent these lberties inté any s. however specious the plea upon which thefr surrender be sought. Are, then, the dayvs of King John, at Runnymede, and the days of Lennie to bound the gigartic experi- ment of the freeman's enjovment of his rights? Public ownership! The railways and express comnanies, the cables, and basio industries, thence to the common machinery »f life. ~ Pul B : ia, it extends to wives—and What, let us ask, is the great boon in exchange for which the hard won right of possession is to be surrendered for all ti: the in- dividual? Ir it a more presious right that comes to him in return? A fresh held upon liberty? A new moral con- quest? Tt is none of these; It is mere- 1y the fancied advantage of being able to buy the gnods and services he con- sumes at a iower price. Fe is to sell, oil wells, and water powers, the | for cash, this right that cost him I sav, “fancied advaptage” because, having exchanged for it part of economic _frcedom, he will' have lost the one withcut gaining the other. Be- cause of the way nature of the laws of economics, and of human behavior when exhibited in sheltered surround- ings, he will inevitably pay more un- der public ownership for the goods and servicea by consumers. The railways shruld ‘always have taught him as m‘r';xh{ the right of sion is not e right of possession is nof the only right that the individual loses when he ylelds to the siruns of 1sm. He surrenders still another right; but what is of vaster import- ance, he shakes the foundations of rep- resentative government when he con- sents to the erection of the enormous bureaucracy which is part of the plan of public ownership; when he count- enances an crganized force entrenched in the seats of government, to. whose interests it is to maintain in power the sovereign head of the reigning po- litical house. Coyld one conceive a ‘more political power, than would soon become a bureaucracy -esufficient in size to operate mo more than those public utilities which are now tem- porarily in the hands of the govern- ment? : As for the operatives, themselves, of these public utilities; ‘they are being urged to make permanent their trans- fer from employer to master, to a master to whom they must surrender their political independence, and- by whom already they have ‘been com- manded no longer to exercise their civil rights by taking part in the po- litical life of their communities, of the nation—a command which means, if_interpreted after the political habit. of the times that they shall not S pose, but sapport, the party in pos- er. And what shall these ci‘izens receive in exchange for their civil rights, for their political independenee. for their freedom of politieal initiative? An easier berth, a sheltered life, an op- portunity to rendtr less service for higher pay. They, like the corsumer of goods and services, aiy to sell their liberties for cash; but in exchange for them the public servants are to receive mor: money for less service, ‘whereas the consumer will expect to reagive more service for less monmey. Both cannot be paid their price. If the consume: obtain his consideration, the public servant will be defrauded; if * the public servant receive his, the consumer will be defrauded. If jus- tice betwveen them be done, and a fair division be nad, then neither will be Dbetter off than under individual own- ership, whiie both will Lave lost for good traditicnal rights of enormous economic, moral,_and ‘political worth. and our government will have been ‘sent on its way to becoree an oligar- chy. What is this spirit, that would pull from beneath us the very foundntions of the individualistic democracy of the Anglo-Saxon? Professing to be ideal- istic, it invites us to part with our ideals of freedom, in exchinge for ma- terial benefits, and insolently &oes so in the very hour that has found us in- vesting our every possession, our flesh and bicod, in the preservation of the very liberities it now bids us sell for ready money. However it disguise it- self, - this spirit is not_idealistic; it is sordid. Tt is not uplifting; it is de- basing. It is not constructive; it is destructive It is not native; it is alien. It is not friendly: It is hos- tile Tt is wot for the Anglo-Saxon; it is against him. Already its search- inz and inquisitive fingers are touching his vitals; will be gripping them short- v, and then will be tearing them out, as it tore out the vitals of Russia. Beware, my country; look well to those whom you are harbaring; to the vermin of dissolution that have come upon you out of dying nations and are diseasing your thought, so that you i too. shall collapse and become carrion, and they in turn may feed upon you— as the Bolsheviki are feeding upon the carcass of what once was no less than a foremost world power. | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Robbing the Farmers. Mr, Editor: Tn these days of profit- eers of all kinds there are several kinds of profiteering ginks at large that slip by unnoticed and the farmer is the victim. It has become quite fashionable of late to accusa the far- raer of being a profiteer also because he gets a lying price for his pro- ducts and that mayhap is the reason | the tiller of the soil has been selected jby this new style of profiteering guy to prey upon. | He slips along all sweetness. He “works to hear him tell ng up logs, white oak most- it—and ly for ship timber.” Of cou®se if there is a hickory log on the lot I will take it,” he next says, “but the extra trou- ble in handling at the same price on cak makes it really a loss 1o do so.” Sounds nice doesn’t {t? Now, Mr. Farmer, there is no class of lumber on earth any more valuable than this same walnut or hickory. The farmers who are listening to the $10-a thous- and story of these slick ducks who do not work for the government at all Holiday Furniture That Is Bound to Please Everyoné We have a display that is suitable for any sort of a Holi- day remembrance. Here you will find fumnishings for every room in the home and furnishings that will please everyone. 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Attorney Geheral Gregory tells 5 | reckon. E ent Wilsoti that it allows him all the time necessary to get an act - of congress across to him and a:sea- 2 on to deliberatc on .and margin Z enough left to'&ign' or vetd' it.' Some A ¢ | time & president whil-godurtebr than i« | that, but the . constitution. will-reach g | there—Waterbury Ameériean. 13 4 SHOWS TODAY AUDITQRIUM 130, 3.45¢ 615, 830 TOMMY LEVENE and YANKEE-DOODLE GIRLS ¢ ASSISTED BY P DOLLY CLIFFORD, GEC, BROWHN,: Al LIED BEAUTY CHORUS . + PEGGY HYLAND in “BONNIE ANNIE LAURIE” ! THE SWEET SCOTCH LASSIE WHO GA’E. HER PROMISE TRUE Pl B ottt bt b st L b o - e + FIGHT FOR MILLIONS with BILL-D \ CONGERT. 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