Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 1, 1919, Page 14

tor as their product totalled $23,515,- : 018,326. i Putnam colton mills ¢ ont i wages $385,000, woolen mills $564.000, silk mills $136,00, and other indust- ries $365.000. In the line of cott manufactured goods the product value was $2,210,600, woolen " §$2,920,- 1 000, silks $1,425,000, and other in- | Austries $2,070,000. NEW LONDON MANUFACTURING New Lendon had an unparalleled record in manufacturing husiness in 1917 but even esceeded {hat very fav- |orabls showing in 1913. In the former ear its manufacturing plants paid out in wages $6,.211,300 on a pro valuation of $1842200. In 1918 they | bettered this by showir bursement of $6,980,500 and a product 0, e largest employing In this the wa as against $4,31 00 in 1917 and this section were the largest contribu- | 951 and they paid out in wages §3,1' PLANTS MAKE RECORD ter mmlm and the workers want mm apportunities. Thers are four kinds of opportunities ;(h.at elp to build up a community— superior lucational advantages, { healthful mflc‘linfl. aftréctive occu- ‘pa.tinU and public improvements. As a tule the people of any community { will pull fogether and ebtain the first two in a greater or less degree. At- traetive occupations are the most im- portant nd 1;-: easily obtained by .cmopér\ ve e ort. As in 4ll larger cities, Norwich must look largely ln the influx of the young men frof the smallet adjacent com- munitiés for futiire pregress. We must make the city attractive for the am- bitious youth in our contributery ter- ritory just aé our mierchants make | their stores atiractive to the shoppers | from the villages -all #bout us. The Chamber of Commerce during the past yéar has supported public imptovethénts. The “Military High- why" materialized through our efforts; | West Thames street was ordercd paved | thron;l‘_h out éndeavors; navigation on| the hames River was resumed throygh eiir financial suppert; and the recent acts are: the procuring from the| Shore Line Electric R. R. Co. a more suitable trolley schedule; promoting the Red Cross course and guarantecing that organization against any loss therefrom:: and the assuming of a part of the deficit which the Danlelson- Goodyear auto buss service encounters while it is hecoming established. H Nearly every lire of business has ex- perienced a very satisfectery year and all are looking forward from the ter- mination of the war to unusval growth and prosperity this section. i FRANK A. KENNEDY, i President’ Daniclson Business Men's | Association. NORWICH BEANKS HELPED IN HEAVY FINANCIAL ()I-\LLSi Norwich banks handled an bnarmousl volu;me of business in the year 1918: and, have never better demonstrated i their helpfuln nd close relations to! the financ: s of the ci in the w: 1 ced for indiv: uals and corpo ons the demand: made on t rd and fourth Liberty product turned out was valued at 2 2 n::x:cnng‘u;qx'ffi.:;;gdg;ué;]hf;‘;i?sn FREDZRICK W. CARY, ALTON T. MINER, $11,000,000 in 1918 as against 360,- | CARLOS C. FECK, s : 2 | FRANK H. FOSS, . ) i to matetialize. The Naval Academy | President Ncrwich Chamber of Cob- A 5 4 President Connecticut Chamber of | 000 in the year before. : | President New tondoa Chamuer of |at the Submarine Base was annexed to | Commerce -| President Willimantic Chamber , of Merce In the classification of boiler n Commerce Norwich by {mproved transportation < tueisiary lipantic o ;:(;rgli:fi"f;‘;fifg‘gg;r ‘!xhd" 1‘???‘7 fa,cillhes' nhkérautians for ‘the enlisted the Norwich Savings o e 91§ were $119,200 and the p men, telephoné service and liberal < P ! ‘ society, served efficiently as chairman The grand total of $975.244,353 res|Ue was $323,000, both bei the Couneil of Defense and War Bu- | treatment by our merchants. {2nd many of its pleasures in alding|of the Liberty Loan committee. ¥ presents the aggregate of mannfactur- |8ain for the year. 3 “‘”l’" reaus, the logical heirs to these activ-| Norwleh fas been very prosperotis|SUfh WOTle ..o L | Tor the fourth loan the Norwich|foré have the banks been as close to ing, banking and jobbing business in|mMetal and iron goods hac itics, ‘actuated by the same singleness | the past yesr. Industrial Help became| At the monthly meo ‘f 5, the 01}1 S auota was pl 3 250,000, but N the people as they are today. ew London and Windham eounties |50, showing tofal W 11 be the State Cham- |0 scafos that hundreds of women|1ve been along the <ame lines, ar h The third and fourth Tiber for the year of 1918, according to the | hich was double what 13 her ¢ the Fastern Con-|were employed in our industries and;;ome Greciient ads i3ve. leeh i reco met with the enthusia 0 p « collected and compiled by the| 1317 and their product ; i of Commerce and|oftenders in the police court worked out | hald during e subseribers. | the banks. On the third rty Lo Hulletin. 1n 1817 the total was $756,- 000. a2 e local ( bers of Commerce. their freedom by handling freight in | €] Matiers ha SR DaC) 1t of the Un- |under the chairmanship 366,080, w0 that these two countles of | . toilis WARGIRE BUR BEC, O : i W our railway terminals. o 'l“l““”;h‘itf;‘" dirceted the | Baker, cashier of the B t Connecticut have made o|Pald Out W Wases o to e & ol e i | We are facing & new year which |t the Ds ¥odr fob Commerce, New London subscriptions » thei thess volume in a (208 )v:'m‘mf{\nf’{"»- {;’ the ¥ alud the annual convention of the|gives promhise of industrial opportun- o L L until the onnel of the Thames amounted to $2,250,000. The fourth ¢ B 000, whilé all othe £ indu 5. ¢ hamber of Commerce at|ity, Some réadjustments must bej 'S L < were brousht about by Liberty Loan with P. LeRoy Harwood, S volume of business makss | $igsey Pd Tut t0 onad ou London on Oct. 26th, the one pre- [ made from a war to a peace basis, hut | , The membership has Nov. 13 of Charles L.|treasurer of the Mariners 16 the High water mAFk for Ch(E 8e0- | fe Coo in oo e and the b bsorbing thought was to|some of our Industries are preparing| % mark, despite ad sident of the bank.|bank, , ran_up . oty nges have been | 100000 10 BEOCHet, O o v neciiont Chamber of | for industrial expanelon and new fac- |4Nd the Willim: president of the |t New v nnp work plen- ‘} o "” 4 \‘.«{y just ¢ ser and breader and all!torfes, while improved transportation | S 5 ociety 35 elected and ,000 for 3 O Iroduction | i Product in th ju usive, n:(‘-‘[ these ,’:l_'ra(l) rmngos {u; (:::t?n will u\.doubl(dl){tmsmr""”n[‘“‘_ 2 ames b,“m( o Bt w(»r::mmlllrn(nf :,;W,‘;,’nnm'-h::r;ri:%-n nsistent sough the in-t i problems committee was raised | provide fo oyment ny o A Co harles amounts Y 1 s B T e e WILLIMANTIC IN S5 'P, a 1 ation a re-ofgan- g-ur war wnrker‘; who ca:t 2:;1;\\m*”f'mmr o through the patriotism of New Lon- ¥or New London county in 1917 the WITH BIG BUSINESS YEAR will meet these| daily. [ S2E FEoh s with & number of | don residents, crystallized throust gures was $466,240,458, while in 1918 | Willimantic kept ! n ¢ that committee} The returning to Norwich of several ”"“‘ ,“‘?v"‘ ks for T s increased to | efforts of _committees of patriotic ws $668,405,812. Windham county's | Connecticut's for -y will 1 v ghort time. When | hundred fhen who have been trained | i “ht’“f‘ & o of ‘Teonard P.ilic orkers.and financed i tDLa1 was $240,1 ufacturing lines in r inished its labors, jand broadened by thir experionces|2N® all of those kingham to | by ¢ Ne raon I s had grown to $3 of war-time aetiv n > Connecticut Cham- | abroad will bfing new enterprise ang a | (irculation a prosp these 3 | wages $487,746 more in ¥ 1l measure up to|quickened spirit of industry and in- | {hat newer, broadc vings bank in the | was ribed to on the installmer —— 11917. Its bu i excoutive off- | ventlon, which camaot fail (o regisior! 11 Sutlopk requin e Al d Pecwus | plan, The amount of detail work whi | gave yment to about 0 t1 and employer | industrial and civic and relig ad- gl aedpads el ollows for from six months to a ye ORWICH MANUFACTURING | aanerad wiih 4108 1 Toud wame. table, and | vante in the neat futum. = 0u% 24°| conndent that both it ana they, e s isdoe BROKE ALl RECORDS| Cotton mills of the town her m nip interests which | Our motfo of the past year has been with its own membership, Is hanker to contemplat rwich manufacturimg fzures for | $216,488 in wages this year wt \ vitally ected by any diffffer orwich, the Rose of New ¥nzland m““‘ essfully meet these conditions e have been many ealls| The situation has been m”““(‘“"‘“‘d st year excevd - | paid $230,499 the vear befo ¢ which , may come | 1418 Breviiy is a good th r"r-b‘ll‘“,r” ““ ILLIMANTIC CHAMBER i nd the banks are carrying the loa g A sitk industries had p: ) - ‘tory _con- | our motto for the coming yvear b E G Do AMBER Wi at the same tim¢ their depo i rsemen mately $232,000 in the pa « um of the| “Norwich,.... Hose. n 1919, S anks have seen i ThiS applies partic- Dirseme o B ANne fined o o B | FREDERIC W, CARY | By Frank H. Foss, President. mount of depos- |ularly to the banks. ~When f production the value of $1, ( 2 1,1}"’“""' af Chamber of Commerce, —— bank deposits now flwlhwm"l?“ nel m“, i‘vrflr";i"nrc;;;‘; $19%a14, bat 1 i9is It v H i : B DANIELSON LOOKING FORWARD |/ el T e o L R S _!“,p Waaes DRI4 wers $195 of a1l considered, and wiiem the — TO INCREASING PROSPERITY | { ome. (a the namber of mon oia- | value of produet $473.675, )l ha g0t £03 FIVE PROSPEROUS YEARS Owing to vari s ¥ There 113:?'11\- e made in fumerous lnes |other manufacturing n ! 1, the ARE JUST 0 81 GHahE) _ nk personnel du ha re was #n increa out in wages a total of $2.414,600 I e Chamber of $T IN SIGHT | and manu NKS OF NEW LONDON Notwich against § 000 in 1017, ¢ 1 fayorable con-| The New London Chamber of Com-|ihe Danielson IN S NGEST CONDITION | Sabntsotetes e to the value c {merce extends its groetings and good | materiail 3 | 1 . 1t 0,000 red with product ¢ Araericanization. wishes fot a2 Happy and Prosperous h vear several vears ,m, Mr. Charles E. T tal velume of A A siate Chamber|New Year to New Lendon—city and n 1l review ant treasurer manufacturing concerns of 1 all the year w » such as suzgested! [ COUNtY. : ade [ 5! New. Lofda, wn in 1918 was $57,562,923 which | Willimantic ha ¢ it could wiela! It i eur firm belief that fthe next sion of Dan | to suecead Will tesord for {he town and axcded- | factusine lines f the foreign boyn|Eve vears hold for our ciiy, county 5w £ ugh the education a I A/ | wage dishurse S BUT NOT O] and state, the most prosperous and ) | the operation of the L berty Lo: . ‘mml value of ‘ oty problem. We|lusy times we have ever been con- ociation o banks in | peopie generally have beer W p ot of 5 [ fronted with, Tt is true there may be |t ily dis- and bet- | conta with hank: v STATE COMMERCE CH will be AMOKG 1 !a short, very short, period of depres- | sugges ir | the saving b T GIRDING ITSELF e ion dye ta natural causes right now, | avings | could n - DRCH ey ! % ey Farmer/and Business M {and then a few weeks to readjust ou m the | under o circumstances. 10 | One year ago, 1 F i Sasinesy Mat. {sclves—to settle back in the harness | be { P 904,201 befare. { gaged in a areat w A T mber should be the o it were, and then with one pull to- I{vpu entative o o (Continucd on Page Five) ' & increased .their m\r,.”“‘ghv most titanic cata \ r co-ordination be- | zcther—out on the hard smooth road | ‘L n | had ever experience ner business { to_pregperity. - e 2! one though in the for co- ple and th 100 percent, goy- | L0 A gucces canc me e gainers from $447.- "’If’eavzxx'.(lrv organizati n wages and $1,660,000 in 1917 toi Cnthugtastic. more e 4000 in wages and $3,745,000 | diligent. than the Conne { of Commerce, and a nf product s, of produet in 191 \nlnd ine of paper and belting sub- increases in velume of bus! re also shown. This was evi- ) in wages and $2,001,- compared with $264,000 wind $1,731.800 in product in and velvets also made an showing for the past Vear se mifls disbursed $777,800 In wages irned out product valued at 00 where these figures were $6 1 $4,127,566, respectively in 1917 ifacturing concerns engaged in on work had payrolls of | d product value of $566,000 | year. galning from $154,000 | A $343 000 in product in 1n the mrln)u merce throughou their efforts more ing these accred tions, the ende | Connectient the State C'h directed chicfl But the hogi great victory pas mediate prosec lit is to these m ‘oncerns engaged in metal goods | It i t J " ure showed wages of §119,185 | Struction davs, « and production of $427,600 in 1918 | Which the war i where they had $112,000 in wages and | Sider, that the Stat : $427,300 in product in the year before, | Merce should be ihe ve t about their solution eilaneous lines of industrial oc- | patlon grouped together showed that | Should Include All Classes v had also shgred in the general A state chamber of comme ness inorease” as they had pay-!is sufficiont to mect these g r of § ' and produet value of | sponsibilities, should i $ ) 1918 which was #n in-|all classes. of all in n iheir wage dis- | can look at questio over preceding year welfare from a vitally unbiased o eelfish viewpoint, co ) WAR TIME BUSINESS fong only in the inter WAS BIG FOR PUTNAM rood. The state chamber i B &d . {must, if it meets the requirer ‘ \ o ohe adiacent territory iiye"our, be composed o e ? ndham county where war-time| 3¢ \B'm 2 CCHPOREE O he knda hinve hrought & rish of busl- | 0 ("0 gy tradesmar : 3 v Ge06E 1 &S | (for after the noble and wonderful lls and great output in the past | .ot R0 A0 TORE AL FORCH n mills paid oni a total A ot 8 4 during the war, we ca Y f 31490000 to thelr employes on | norethem if we wo ‘ , 1 of $8.625000 in manu- ' foct in_transportation and those enea actured r;'rndvlr'“ was l"-"'m’f 0'“'1 other great public utilit x he hig cotton and wooelen in- al ¢ th e 2% al 1 this part of Windham | Gonfedcration of all during the war, acting thrc State Council of Defense and (I e of Putnam, put $3,990,« payrolls into cireulation among | Byreaus, were as one in the def p heir employes and turned out pro-!sheir country, and defense luct valued at $30,322,951. To this 1ast | gynomym for public welfare, and amed figure the big cotton mills of the natural les ening of The Merchants National Bax! 71 Main Street, Norwich, Conn. "ncorporated 1833 DFFICERS President COSTELLO LIPPITT Vice President FRANK L. WOODARD Cashier CHARLES H. PHELPS Assistant Cashier ARTHUR E. STORY DIRECTORS FRANK L. WOODARD JAMES C. HENDERSON JOSEPH HALL COSTELLO LIPPITT LUCIUS BROWN CHARLES H. PHELPS L. HENRY SAXTON i By shewing the same supreme con- fidence in ourselves as we did when we started to show Dishonorable Bill hat Americans could really |nmhing can stop the Uniied States from being the industrial heart of the into!world and little old Connecticut the con- | immediaté center of the s —and l\p“\l'w London, well “watch sur CARLOS C. IF of me nac- | President New London Chamber of | Paper and ndu the! Commerce, ilk and v Boi 's| WILLIMANTIC PREPARED E FOR AFTER- THE. WAR WORK | ?® Other u mg Pubhc e-| The wotk of the Willimantic Cham- ssible. and | ber of Commerce in the year just will beimay be briefly summarized as an en- réturers | deavor ta kaeép the various activities Ly in the | of the chamber allve, while at the same Upon the solu ‘Hmc- threwing all its efforts, collective- | e future|ly and individually, inte upholding the | problem te and the govemmom in their con- | mber of Com- | duct of war issues. | Naturally, in a eity the size of ou cgestion for | most of the individuals connected wit Totals Total ept clear from vorld n_rests t is a A Summa s, i | | A Summary of the Manuf Metal good Total va NEW LONDON CC T“’T" '&“"’UFACTURENG FOR 1918 ess c‘ New London Cou r the Year 1913, Showing the Approx s 90,000 iron 1s wa Value of the Products Turned Out. New London . Bither Tow: ucts ges. Value Products. Value Prod imate Wage WINDHAM COUNTY the Manuf; NUFACTURING FCR 1918 Windham Ccunty for the Year 1918, Showing the Approxi Produsts Turned Out. ry of mate Wages Putnam. Other Towns. 1 for service that|the Chamber of Commerce, are also | > roALBts Wages. Value Products. Wages. Value Products. cr of Commerce can|identified With many other forms of | =3ie Sl %) S s f Connecticut. In|activity, and inelude in their number, | Cotton mil'S ....c.oevvnn $ $ $ 38 ) $ 2,210,000 § 5018326 § 23518951 e for the|almost all of those actively enga ,:M‘ A ) 2 8,000 1,425,000 —_— wit ad cham- |in community war work. ) 2,92 1 \dquarters| While the War Bureati may be sa‘d | : & 1 field azent whose|lo have been the clearinz house for| d 473 ons measure up | such work, the Willimantic Chamber of | : 265000 2070.000 g compensa- | Commefce may truthfilly be cailed the | 2 ) ibilities, with | headquarters whore the bulk of the| i = ¥ org: 1 stimulat- | work, outside of purely draft board | Totals $3,2 1 $14 $1,4 5,000 1 lized, t gh such | matters, was earried on. Its rooms | A SR 5 I the state chamber!have been the meeting place of IBEIL WABES & ire vecoaiosssississ babesivvs shosipe s st dases Nesmiconsisiinsises sssopsbaetoiss s soimesati » reap the harvest|most of the campaign workers, ! Total value of m DL e e R e e e s e b, 5 $53,208,072 ser | has gladly foregone its own pri ! - i ens With Bromiss. opens with great | R ner ere are opportuni- | confronted a 6tate 1 believe that | nber of Commerce | broadened to meet and that when the it will look back | ene of the most d effective years | Ver b Chamber of | N8 5 MINER, ider Connecticut Chamber of§ Comme v Londo; 26, 1918 . ORWICH SEES NEW YEAR OF INDUSTRIAL OPPORTUNITY n the Board of Directors of the Commerce of Norwich s \? into office a year ago, ed that they were to nct of the State Coun- und miist dovote all their re in 4,.erm:1ny in 1918.” one that did net nt and the task v and gladly. est »Ihmsncy and unflag- the Chamber of Commerce ! rted and aided all agencies | % ributed in the slightest degree | winning of the war, Norwich to the On every went over the top; 5 more than fully met f the year was one of which every citizen may well be proud. |W an organization devotes itself | to one line of work—the Herculean one of winning the war—other familiar ac- | tivities of the Chamber of Commerce nay be expected to lapse. Our ex- nco the past year has shown that deflnite war program, which has cd the patriotism and loyalty and m cf our membership, it has ible to secure fuller co-opera« cedy accomplishment and in community advance- ment than ever before, The Chamber of Commerce has aid- ed the manufacturers and the mer- chants and the farmers in theit war ems and has increased the pros- v of the city. Every one who vorwich his home or whose o¢- cupation is here has a vision of a better Norwich. The merchant wants more factories; the factories want bet- The FRANKLIN SQUARE Make Your Pay Da SAVING IS A MATTER OF HABIT Set apart a part and deposit it in this good strong bank where you will receive compound interest and courteous treatment. $2 deposited each week, in five years will amount to $575.08. We Care For United States Bonds Free of Expense Savings Day ay @ Open Saturday Evenings, 6.30 t0 8 . Chelsea Savings Bank Norwich, Connecticut . V!&i i iza