Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 22, 1919, Page 9

If's a Puzzle - many to wait on all the people who wanted to be on at THE PASNIK COMPANY. I's No Wonder laokltflneWoflufianlluuWeGive. THE PASNIK CO. s ror s Three good stores and 3 good towns—Norwich, Willimantic, Danisisen Let us know of any other good town where we can opén a store o 18 Where all the people dime. from last Selvedbigr-aes had 15 salespeople, but we could have used twice that (Special to The Bulletin.) i Washington, Dec. 21.—Senator Mc: railroad bill, which attention, is given bel Mr. ) o . 1 fully reatize thorough™ pr;rnudi to an All.‘flm con ; ere is only one important prov! sion in this bill to which I cannot sub. scribe; and that is the tion 6 which takes a benefit of the non-pay roads. or -experiment ag the one to which 1 ob- ject, i3 unavoidable for causes beyond the control of the committee, and if I vote for this bill it will be becayse. and only because there is a bare ibili- ty that a few years of experiment under its provisions will stop the gov- ernment ownership procession this side the dead iine. ‘With me it is net a question of the | power of congress to.do what section 6 propeses to de. It is the effeet of this plan upon the cost of transporta- AMERICAN FLYING CLUB TO AWARD PRIZES TODAY New York, Dec. 21.—Cash prizes to- talling $6,150 will be awarded tomor- row by the American Flying Club to the thirteen leading contestants in the recent army trans-continental air race. Ten of the prize winners flew Amer- | fcan-built De Haviland-4 biplanes in the contest, which was for the purpose | #of determining the reliability and en- durance of various types of military airplanes. Two others flew the Brit- ish S, scout machines, while the thirteenth winning aviator piloted a! taptured German Fokker. There were race. The winners of the air chosen by experts of and gcueral all around efficiency. tenant Belvin W, Captain_John -O. xidsor, Lowel; R. Smith and Lieutenant Col nel . E. Hartney, §518 apiece; Maj tenant H. H. George, Lieutenant R. Maughan, Lieutenant E. H. Children Cry C FOR FLETCHER'S ASTORIA tain ¥. Steinle, $256 apiece, There is Hope. a strike.~Cleveland Plain Dealer. sixty-seven airplanes entered in the nrmy were United States Board and the American Flying Club. Points were awarded for: elapsed time of complete flight; actual flying time, Awards were made as follows: Lieu- Maynard, $1025; Lieatenant Alexander Pearson, $1,025,|ber, an all both having béem awarded four points; Lieutenant R. 8. Worthington, . 376! Captain Spatz, Lieutenant R. B. Bagby, Lieu- Manzel- man, Lieutenant D. B. ishG, and Cap- There is hope for the world s long ag Santa Claus refuses to ge out on tion that interests me. What the Am- erican people want is safe and adequate transportation at - constantly decreas- ing cost, as far as that is humanly pos- sible. It is not a. question of the pow- er of the state to exploit the individual, and 1 have no controversy with the socjalist who insists that private prop- -jerty rights are sometimes alioyed with injustice. It is a question of utility— the greatest good, to the greatest num- important ; | Which those who question the right of private property generally ignore. Titles to property may be too easily obtained, in many instances,, but .the question remains: what will be the benetits to society as a whole when the ate substitutes commynal for i vidual ownership, incidentally robbing Peter to pay Paul. Section 6 of this bill is a step in that direction, and not so short a step”as friends of this bill may imagine. When the state fix- 0- jor S. charge for his wares, and the wages he must pay his employes, and” then takes all profits above a certain per- centage, and turns them over to the The Best Your Money Can Buy GROCERS, ATTENTION! Your trade for BAG COAL will be doubled if you handle ours. Give us a trial order on bag Coal today. THAMES COAL CO. TIMOTHY GALLIVAN, Superintendent. Telephone 500 Christmas Stationery Standby. You want to send a dainty remembranes. It must not be axponsive, but good taste is absolutely required. Some fine writing paper is the an- swer te the problem. We have many handsome holiday Pupeteries, both white and colored papers of the finest grades, containing one or two quirss of paper, with enve- lopes, according to price. There_are a dozen prices be- tween 29c and $1.00—there are many. prites between a dollar and $3.98. We have just what you ars losking for. There are séme cabinets containing ence Gavde—thers are some boxes which. contain only the dainty carde—and the prices are as. varied, and as reason- able as the others. Buy the Paper Early ——————— There are Handkerchicfs with chiefs little colored figures on. them. Christmas Handkerchiefs THOUSANDS OF THEM READY FOR YOU trifies which ladies use to put the fine French perfumes on. And will find them at all prives, from 5¢ to $6.50. i Handkerghiefs in colors combined with white—there are Handker- with embroidered corners—and there are special Handker- chiefs for children, singly, or a number in a bex. These have dainty Sc WILL BUY A GOOD HANDKERCHIEF ANY PRICE FROM THAT UP, WILL BUY A man who is doing business at a loss, ‘the state has administered about all the deadly anodimes known to pater- *nalistic allopathy. 1t is my opinion that cheap, safe and adequate transportation is more likely to be producgg by those who have an incentive to. it, than by those who are told by the state that the public will be compelied by law to pay rates sufficient to maintain their roperties and give them a small mar- gin of profit however extravagant and non-progressive their management may be. n other words, the provision in this bill to which I object substantially ig- nores the forces which, in my opinion, Iie at the foundations of ajl social and indusirial progress, namely the spur of competition, driven by the promise of unusual rewards. The opportunity to make legitimate profits in railroads, gave to this coun- the best and cheapest railroad ice in the world. Remove that op- because somebody has made itimate profit and in due course of time the result will be the worst and most expensive transportation service 'in the world. The law of self-preservation is as stable and inexorable as gravity, and (it will not hecome. iroperative at the fiat of congress or constitution-mak- ers. Men must have food and raiment {and shelter, if they want to live, and when society said to the individual, f you produce a surplus of the nec- ssities of life the law will protect you in the possession and enjoyment of that surplus,” civilization began. The right of private property may |have its, faults, but the fact is that { everything we have that the prehistor- ic man did not have, is due to its re- cognition by the state. And when we Lean's address in. the senate on. ihé attracted wide s e |and bring. the appreciate Y Tii g O in many respects, tbat has m g roads, above a éertain per- | It is quite probable that some such consideration: es a price which an individual may | -if -not- the only i dustry, the more about in lacks variéty and mode. wear them, suffoeating ‘prophecy that it will not work as an- ticipated. “And ‘I repeat; my earnest hope is that the experiment will sat- isty the lust for variety now so prev- ‘glent. and controlling in political cir- eles, and convince the American people | ¢ that it is the part of wisdom to seek the 'most efficient and best railroad ser- the safest, least expensive = and vice where it can be found. ‘There is no economic distinction be- tween the. public character of the ser- vice renderéd by the railroads and the service rendered by shoemakers and bakers, All three most vital public needs. - The railroads in a large mea: ‘yre,~are monopolies, and for that rea- son, their rates and securities must be under strict governmental regulation; the public. out-of “pocket cost of transportation will be entirely removed. It is easy to see that this would be the result if similar methods were adopted In an effort to lower prices of commodities. If the government should fix the price of shoes and bread, and profits of the factory or bakery that is economically and efficiently handled, shoemaker whose business is not self- sustaining, the direct effect would be to encourage shiftlessness and extrava- gance, which of course would mean unnecessarily high prices for footwear and food. It may be urged that some roads are imon-remunerative because of their un- I favorable location, and that this fact ought not to be permitted to deprive the patrons of such roads of the ben- efits of transportation by rail. It is a well-recognized prineiple that any car- rier that cannot distribute the com- modities within the area of its opera- tion for a sum less than that which will be added to the value of any com- modity by reason of its transportation from one place to another, is an econ- omic loss to the community which it serves. Individuals build railroads in undeveloped countries in the belief and expectation that the time will come when such roads will pay large profits. They take their chances, and they are willing to. They- know current ex- penses must be out to the lowest fig- ure, and they are ever on the alert for cost-saving devices. It has been stated that more money has been put into gold mines than has ever been taken out. It is said that the railroads have not returned two per cent. on the sum total invested in them, and yet if the property value of the United States is three hundred billions, the railroads must be credited with the erection of a large portion of this immense total. If the railroads now existing were re- moved from the United States, I doubt if property anywhere would be worth 10 per cent. of its market ‘value prior to such removal. The railroads are indispensable. The suspension of their activities for a week would mean deny to the American boy the oppor-istarvation and chacs. Yet, the cost dainty eolored borders—there are Christmas Ribbons Are Al- ways Needed For Gift Pask- ages and Decorations. . There are Narrow Ribbons for tying up packages, Rib- bons which we have in plain colorings, and in special Christmas designs, at all prices from 4o a yard to 60c a piece. You wifl surely have to wse some of them. Then there are the Ribbons for the itfle giels hair bows, in rich plain colors, Dresden and | pheid ‘designs at prices run- . ning from 3Bc to 80c a yard. Then we come to the Ribbons ‘which are used for the Christ- mas fancy work. Among these Ribbons special attention is called to the mine-inch Tap- estry effects which are ail the thing now for camisoles. These_ sell for $35 a yard, and are particularly hand- 'some. We have Ribbons for every purpese. Get them here. tunity to make unusual profits in the ion' of any one of the things needed to ‘sustaii ‘and maintain life, provided he-reduces the initial cost of that thing, you destroy the most ef- “instrumentality’ that will abolish poverty and want, and plenty to the may, and must regulate and punish, extortion and greed, but when of | 70U deny legitimate profits in any in- ert, the man who knows industry than any- one .else, Will take ho further interest n industry remounces the leadership -of -the expert, the ingen- ious mechanic and chemist, the genius in organization and finance, when you abandon, economic liberty and her Te- ‘wards, for the tyramny of the state, you will not reduce the cost of trang- portation or the cost of anything else, my opimion. ", I realize that what I say is trite, and ‘When furs are fashionable in August, women will and ‘when ‘unnatural &nd politic -economic_principles are fashionable on election day, candi- dates will wear them. But Mr. Brest- | [dent, as a member of the committee and the nature of their service is such that due regard must be had for the safety and. comfort of employes and But when the government fixes a reasonable and. just rate, and theh proceeds to confiscate more than half of the profits received, the effct will' be destruotive to competition in service, and the incentive to lower the then confiscate a goodly portion of the! and give those profits to the baker or of transportation still remains a heavy and most unwelcome burden and it is believed by many that this cost can be cut in two. I repeat, the only in- 'strumentality that will do this is the expert. A few years ago the ity of the New York subways was reach- %2d. Their owners and managers estim- ated the expense of duplicating the tunnels, and the result was staggering. I:n:helr deswlif,h‘::'n e told to_con- a” youn X ic from the west whose aventive genius had brovgnt him large profits from the s roads. He devised o brake whereby' the the subway cars: were ‘eénabled to carry more than double the number of pass- [m they had carried -before, owing jto the time saved in ‘stopping the trains. This young man received more than a million dollars ‘from his reyal- ties and he saved the public hundreds of millions, He died at the age of forty-eight, and his money went to his children. It may have beerr unjust for the state to encourage this young man to use his inventive genius, and to pro- tect him in the enjoyment of its re- wards, but I think not! I am very firmly convinced that the railroad credits which have been de- stroyed by the government should be restored by the government. The pro- posal to collect the.required funds from competing roads that have been able fo survive the manhandling of the gove ernment, is to my mind, indefensible, and I shall be greatly surprised if the expected funds are forthcoming. Man- agers of roads that make more than 6 per cent. will easily find a way to es- i1 {1 provision in" this bill to which 1 ct_will not only fail to reduce the of transportation, but will also fail to caise the money that must be had if justice is to be done to the roads whose organizations have been demoralized and whose incomes Mave been checked by dirct governmental restrictions and and inhibitions. o GIVES TALK ON HARMFUL EFFECTS OF TOBACCO The men’s rally at the Y. M. C. A. Sunday aftérnoon was a very interest- ing affair, and the address by Dr. Harry A. Hersey was full of interest- ing and information; the topic was “The Power of Custom 'as Related to Habits” The speaker stated that be- cause a thing was‘a custom men are often blinded to the danger that lurks therein. He spoke of the fact that because it had been customary for men to use intoxicating liquors we for a time took no .note of the great danger in the use of them, but that when we were awakened to the danger, We put upon our statute book. a law prohibiting the use of liquors. For many years China continued the use of opium, and England continued greedily to accept revenue from the sale of opium, but finally China and England woke up to the awful sin of all and the selling and use of opium is largely a thing of the past. I want to speak to you for a few moments, he said, on the deadly effects of ni- cotine ,as found in tobocco and es- lly in cigarettes. At this point the speaker in a thoroughly scien- tific manned, though simple way prov- ed conclusively that the leading physi- cians advise strongly against its use, and life insurance companies withour exception know by ewperlence with their policy holders that life is great- ly shortened by the use of tobacéo, Dr. Hersey showed by blackboard il- lustration how its use affected the {nerves and the blood, and how it had a very definite tendency to deaden the brain power, and worst of all how its use affected the moral and spirit- ual i§e of a man or boy; that we di- interfere with God's will for us when we use anything that makes tless. effective any part of our being and tobacco most certainly lessens a man’s efficiency. The audience to a man was greatly interested and at the close of the ad- dress -applauded - the speaker. Musie by Swahn’s orchestra added to the pleasure of the service. Next Sunday at 430 F. M. Nasser of Syria will give an address on “The Holy Land” and will use some fifty u;hies ‘which will be shown by stereop- ticon. (ly denouce as legalized robbery. DANBURY CHURCH RELEASES REV. ELLIOTT B. BARBER The resignation of Rev. Elliott R. Barber as pastor of the Danbury Uni- versalise church was accepted by the members of the First Universalist society at a specfal parish meeting called Friday night to take action on the matter. In his resignation pre- sented to the executive board of the church December 9, Mr. Barber asked that it take effect February 15, and the vote of the society was to that ef- fect. A committee consisting of J. A. To- bias, L. L. Hubbell and Mrs. W. P. Treadwell was named to draw up res- olutions® to present to the pastor on his resignation. Rev. Mr. Barber, who is the son of Mrs. Jokn E. Barber, of 259 Laurel Hill avenue, Norwich, has not| an- nounced his plans for the future. He has been with the Danbury church for eight years. cape what they will pribably and pro- A good many of the standing jokes should be sat upon. Beverages of Nations and o Haar i Al st o HiB Time” in American Homes. Norwich Distributors for Harvard Ginger Ale—James E. Moore, 79-81 Water Street. dealer. Christmas dinner. appeals to all. We take this oceasion to wish you Christmas and a happy New Year, Herverd GINGER ALE For the Christmas Holidays LBT this true ginger product, aged and mellowed, add to your pleasure at Yuletide. Order @ case_ from your Have it ready at home to offer "your guests } ° as they drop in for the holidays. Serve it with the It’s distinctive, delitlous flavor all a very merry’ Company, Lowell, Macr Beston Gransh, 45 Commercial Wiart Tolephone Richmond 2450. G bhurcfi Has Novel Safety Valve For Disciples of Unrest and Discontent York’s Latin {Village—is an_Episcopal day i make t for the its communicants to 2 NEGOTIATING A COMPROMISE ON GERMAN PEACE PREATY Washington, Dec. 21.—Negotiations toward a compromise on the German peace treaty and conferences on rail- road reorganization legislation prom ise to be the only activities of the few members of congress remaining here during the two weeks' holiday recess, lwblch began shortly before last mild- Most radicals, especially of the 1. W. W, Anarchist and Bolshevik variety are noted for their contempt of churches. On the.edge of New uarter—Greenwich church, |however, that is a Mecca each Sun- radicals who eir home in the Village, along with embryo sculptors and literati. This despite the fact that the Bpiscopal Church, through its Nation-Wide Campaign, to arouse realizing sense of the great world tasks ¢une frenting them as a result of the world war, is raising a sum in ex- cess of $42,000,000, a goodly pore tion of which will be spent in come. t REV. PERCY STICKNEY GRANT / " ‘s“fl:]f Bolshevism, . W. W.ism and all the other elements of social dkc?fid“'m the Ghurch of the i ‘Ascer which is such a Sunday evening favorite of the disciples of unrest, is a church associated in the popular mind with wealth, so- ciety, and ultra-conservatism. Its pastor is the Rev. Percy Stickney Grant.. It is not the usual Sunday evening Epi al service, however, ‘which packs the Church of the-As- cension to its capacity. It is t Public orum: 2 Speakers of every class and shade of opinion spoke there during the current fyw, including ex-Presie dent Taft, Col. Raymond Robbins, Catherine right. By the time congress recenvenes Jauuary b it is hoped to have a com- promise arrangement on the treaty prepared for presehtation soon after- ard in the semate. Digposal ot road legislation, however, is not expected uniil late next month, Senate and house managers on the raifroad measures will held a formal meeting Tuesday to outline work on Davis, Norman Angell and G Alired E. Smith ‘When speakers finish the cosmo= politan audience sends up its write ten questions, and when these have been answered, anyone in the audic ence is invited to step to the plate form and speak four minutes om the subject of the evening. of New Yori As long as the government of the United States is not attacked and there is no the tors, many of perience, are aowed to tically what they please. | some more conservative and bettem| educated s radicals and shoot holes in their des, Breshkhdvsky, Jerome fective reasoning and comclusions, ‘Pfufini!y, these_ora= long “soap box” ex= say prace! {Jmll‘: kers follow extreme | adjustment between the Cummtns and Iisch bill of which parallel prints are being made. Adjournment of. the conference Tuesday until the following Monday is planned and the managers then expect to hold daily sittings, probaily lasting, for weeks. plan ts A few house committees work during the holiday recess pre- paring bills for presentation congress convenes. 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THE MODEL BOOTERIE, 132 Main St. . in Light and Dark Blue Berlin—The decrease in buil reflected in the report of the m! yards in and about New Britain and| Berkin, the number of bricks produced during the past vear being 60,000 less-than in’the previous year. 1t 3! ¥ 41 i1 WHY 00 WOMEN_ ~SUFFER When There is Such a Rems ' edyfor Their lsasLydia : E.Pinkham’s Vegeta- - ble Compound ? waks, Ind.—“I had el muel:'temfls v:eakllez that I tablet form) it eured me. 3 r:”p house and ams bl d work now. i LT L LDFATHER, 543 West Second Street,: Mishawaks, Ind. ‘Womenwho suffer from suchailments* should not continue to drag around dnd! Lydia E. s Vege goumi. and found relief from such suf-: ering. If complications exist write the' Iflvdin E. Piokham Medicine Co., ] ess. The result of their 40 ence ‘in 2dvising women om g ,,"1“’_ ¥ ject is at your