Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 4, 1920, Page 4

dierwich Bulletin ; and Qoudied 124 YEARS OLD Sabeerigtion pries 120 & weski Sve & menth; $8.03 | . 1 pear. 4 Enteied ot the Postoffics at Norwich, fbma., a roud-class mater. Telegpzae . Editorial Rooms 853 Bulletia Job Office 35-2. ®nBmantie Offics 73 Church St Teleohons 10! GER OF THE ASSGCIATED PRESE, Amociated’ Fress 1s- exclusivesy eallivet CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING JAN. Sist, 16,416 TIME TO END IT. It gidn't take long for the members of the senate to realize the import- ance of the lette# of Lord Grey in which he virtually sought the ratifi- cation of treaty by this country along the lnes on which it has been indi- cated the majority of the senate is asreed. It is a qustion therefore of géumg those who have lately come to the realization of the need of ap- proving the treaty with reser)‘alions, instead of having the questidn sub- mitted to the people next November, to acgept the fact that the interests of the country are actually being served and ihat in insisting on such otection for the United States there is not going to be any protest on the part of Europe. :( Throughout =all the deliberation been- a3 feeling that if the rvations were adopted that it »uld mean the pocketing of the trea; »y the president or that it would about 2 refusal to accept our on the part of the nations with There have been that = what considered -eptable. Those put in 1920 e a been Viscount Grey, Who has me to point out the rea- fied_in our 3 need that it is ident declared, that a reservation on ar- not to be expected that all will oth sailing from now on. Yet has-been ‘a gradual awakening e fact that the couniry’s imter- should not be sidetracked: for in- ternationalism and in view of recent understandings. ard..the Grey letter| substantial help in the right direc-| tion has been received. The taking up of the treaty in the senate §gain should- mean the eariy” settlemept ‘of | I° the long debated matter. THE TRAINING ISSUE. When # comes to the matter of g down expenses it cannot fal) 1o be realized Hhnt there is great need of it today in eongress, and.it has thus early been manifested that the plan for compulsory military training will be attacked on- that ground. How successful'it will be will depend upon the strength that can be mustered by standing for economy and those who are so. much opposed to war that they fear every measure of prepared- ness is going to force us into it in- stead of keaping us out. According to estimates that have been made it ig lowest the first year's expense military training woudld net be over & half biilion doliars, That means that for that one thing alone the gov- ernment weuld be put to an expense half as large as the entire disburse- ments -of _Gongress a few years ago, knd as the system is maintained it is ‘estimated ‘that, it will not be over $700,000.900. ' These are of course only estimates and estimates can be relied upon to be.under ratber -than what the aetual figures will be. to be understood . that what t be considered unexpected oppo- sition at this time’does not necessar- lly mean permanent opposition to the Ydea. It is felt, as has frequently been 'shown, that expenditures which ‘could be gotten along without shouild be delayed, and by, many the compul- Bory military training is included Yhereunder, evgn though it is togybe Rppreciated that the longer it is put ‘off the harder it will be to- bring it \ip and get favorable action. ! 1t is going to be a case-of deciding Whether we should afford such an ex- pense in connection with our military brogramme or whether with condi- tions as they are we are goipg to put bur money to different use for the present and cut down our war debts. TIMELY SUBMISSION. Regardless of the merits of the de- mands of the hotel and apartment house firemen in New York may be In demanding higher wages, it cannot ¥fail to be realized that regardless of for the justice of their claims they were taking advantage of the health con- Qitions prevailing in that willing to sacrifice the lives of the millions involved in order to accom- plish their aim. It wasn't an instance where they were willing to let ‘com- mon sense guide. where the majority was willing to listen to the pleas of members whose families were numbered among the sick and it wasn't 2 case where they ‘were inclined to rest their case on ¥acts. They realized that a situstion . ‘| getting in touch black | Lowell | over|' city and It means 1 would have accompanied a prevented, but there is no reasen.why it should not haye been E ginning by the exercise in accord with the facts. . ° ————— The postoffice deps < i the farmers of the country for the purpose of finding: out what the farmers thought could be done by-the department in cutting down the Cost of living. ..As.the re- sult of the answers ‘secured it ap- ington, D. C., Feb. 3—Con- gress is in a tight place over the uni- iyersal bmfl:gary training clause pro- posed senate as a army -gnw:ununn bill. ‘Wood, . P posl- | g Mdu::ala that a law is essen- tial and that had it been in force be- ‘fore the war, thousands of American ‘lives would have been saved, needless | loss of, life prevented and the. war brought to an earlier close. It is a ‘grim they say, and congress. ‘Delievés it to be true, yet in spite of what those experienced _men state, congress is flooded with letters which cerpe pouring in from all parts of the pears that many have exp: d the | country, urging that such a measure belief that the farmers Tm cut down production and go out of the business of attempting to supply.the needs'of others. The idea would- simply be to look out for their own needs and stop lcontributing greater . profits to others than can be obtained for themselves. ‘The farmers, as ed by the replies received by the posteffice de- partment, are apparently bothered by the help problem: and the prices ‘they have to pay while figuring it out that others £ goods they - produce -than’ . they . are themselvés. . It 1s-a case’ whére .the high" prices are causing -unrest - the 'same as they have in other directions. But it is_another picture that is presented by the agricultural depart- ‘ment when the -statement is -made that “American farmers have just completed the most prosperous busi- ness year in history,” and it is shown that the orops, animals and anjmal products raiged and- prepared for mar- ket during the past year wers ‘priced at $24,982,800,000 ‘or about $4,000 for each of the 6,000,000 farmers. \ There is no getting away from the fact that the farmér has been hit by high prices just the. same as other people. -Possibly there are ways in which he.can economize that others cannot for there are special benefits that acerue -te every line-of éndeavor which are not to:be found in ‘others. Yet at the same time it:is to be real~ ized that-farm products” have been ecommanding big prices. Every house- holder has reason to know that and products of the farm as’ still moving upward. It is quite evident therefore { that while he is entitled to the highly { ;prosperpus_year. thera can.be no dis- position to .lay down under it and it cannpt be believed- that there. is any suchi sentiment - among the. great big majority of:the -farmers. - MAKING SOME HEADWAY. Bven though there hay been a.de- lay in which the senafe has heen oc- cupied | to be noticéd that progregs has been made on.two derway “for the ‘past ten years. The first of these was the water power bill, and as the result of-sthe enactment of that legislation zreat benefits, should accrue in_the utiliza- tion of water power which is now and has_ been for centuries going: to ‘waste, cl; of this cheap power proparly har- | %o" encourage the development of hy- dro elettric’ plants. time that. the, water power bill ‘has been struggling- for -recognition; the oil land leasing bilt has béen before rongress, and-orly -this - week has there been reached an agreement by the conferees of hoth houses upon the provisions of that bill, ' It is Jegislation .eoncerning:the ! public domain but because of t¥e fact | that it is known that the land is coal or oil bearing care. has been taken to see that government control of it is not lost. ‘Instead of theiland being given away-it wili'be leased, the wis- ‘@om of’ pot gven disposing of it by sale being recognized. More . than half bf the entire acreage is made up of coal Iands while .about a’ seventh {is made up of oil lands. The passage of the bill will’'mean the leasing of a large amount of territory for new de- velopment and therefore a large con- tribution to the demands in these lines while fhe - government will \not e denied a benefit from the unknown riches which may be uncovered . EDITORIAL NOTES. And the chantes are that the fiu will not be entirely cleared up before the income tax will be right with us. Among the reasons given for coal shortage now is lack-of cars, and as usual New England is getting the brunt of it. After the ‘serfuus dent his reputa- tion received last year it is to be pected that the groaisihog will be cut to make good s winter. Possibly prohibition has been urged on Mars, and the recent signals are out our experien¢e with it, ‘With window washers in Chicago striking for $48 a week you cannet blame the farmers much pessimistic over increasing produc- tion. . 5 * Certain” prohibitionists idea that there are those. who would be having the flu every other week if that was all that was reguired to get whiskey, 3 hasn't got too far.in the bankruptcy court there ought to be a subscription started at énce in the sporting fra- ternity for his relief." It wasn't a case . 7 Think of the plight of Switzerland with a murderer gentenced to death, with the country without a guiilotine, no -executioner and,no- disposition - to yet_the pris- oarry put the sentenee, e getting. more. out. of the| way of prepi of other iegislation because of the I the treaty, it cannot fail| py and 7§ I‘:L\Cz] vear is presenting mere rly . the *necessity of making use d and_the_Jegislation is intended For practically the same length of the results of frantic efforts to find for being carry the If the Marquis of Queensbury’s case ghall not be adopted. To a ‘great mumber -of people the very thought of military training seems to spell #n- other war. ' Political leaders of both parties realize that to talk of train- ing boys for war, rouses regentment n the minds of women—and don’t for- get for a moment that the women's vote is being sought by both parties with a zest that can’t be overesti- mated. Added to these women, are pacificists, _conscientious - objectors and a long list of others who are out of sympathy .with anything in the ess. As a ‘result neither party wants it to be made an issue of the campaign. The top-liners hope to-keep it out of the 1920 plat- forms and are working to get con- gress to leave the question alone for another year, except Gen. Wood, who- is already committed to the policy training men of war age, He beligves it will be a safeguard both to the na- tion and to the boys themselves. It eould be brought up in his campaign willy-nilly, for he has gone over the faets g0 thoroughly that there is no doubt as to his stand. But other can- {diflltes and the campaign leaders say “Let it go over. We have. material enough now on which to.build igsues, without dragging military training & te it.” That is the opinion of the rank and file of men out here, but ‘whether they can pursuade congress to follow along that line, is quite an- other matter, for at this moment the army bill, with a military training clause, is before the senate. % Vice President Marshall has let it become known that he will not only g0 to the democratic national con- ventlon as a delegate at large from Indiana but that he will take a strong hand in framing the platform for the 1920 campaign. He is out in no un- certain tone for a campaign along old shioned Jeffersonian lines and . will urge that all “isms” and radical measures be climinated from = the democratic platform. The announcé- ment has net yet bben made public but will be forthcoming within a ‘few d Mr. Marshall said todav scertain whether everything that made this republic is wrong or not.” He has made it known to friends that he Delieves the enly way in which the United States can be made hap- rosperous is to go back to the old time “America first” poliev. Mr. Marshall recently outlined his i important. . measures, 3 which indicate - their - passage, after POy Somewhat as follows, and his| fights in théir behalf have been.un- 5 _committee of Indiana will be along these lines: “All the -methods and measures adopnted for the preserva- tion of peace in our country and the winning of the war have met my un- qualified approval and I am ready to defend them. But the war is now over and it {s a. question of rehabilita- tion of the world and of America. America has so long been a country of party governed people, that in my opinion political parties” should re- habilitate themgelves and the voters of the country. should know exactly the sort of political svstem those par- ties propose, if entrusted with power. I have watched in other countries the have seen the menace of.it in this country until L am convineed that the peace, prospxdty and perpetuity *of the American . republic must resi fi- nally upon a few ancient and time- honered doctrines, and the Jeiferson- ian doctrine of equaland exact justice to all men and special privileges teo none.” Mr. Marshall believes that political America must he rebuilt along a line “clearly dividing itg eit- izens into law abiding and law break- ing citizens, making laws rest equally on all men.” Mr. Marshall has made known it he will urge such a plat- form at the San Francisco convention and moredver expaets to take part in framing it. He will tell the people of Indiana in his formal announecément for delegate, that he believes “corrupt judges shoulg be removed but that we should stand always for ébedienge to decrees of the court and to condity- tional authority.” He will urge that the democratic ‘party shall be pledged to the “discharge of the countless officials and innumerable agents made necessary by the war” and will urge strict economy In the econduct of all public business. “We must punish the would-be profiteer and present to the people f the country an old fash- ioned dgemocratic platform under the principles of which the republic for 80 many years was contented, pros- perous and Invincible” said Mr, Mar~ shall today, and that will be in the fi[atform. if he has a hand in framing If the sub-committee, of which Sen- ator McLean of Connecticut is chair- man, has its way, there will be a very general halt called in the sissuance of fraudulent steck through a “blue- sky” law for which Senator Kenyon of Towa; is sponsor. Mr. McLean is in full sympathy with “the ‘bill and his committee is seeking a proper reme- dy for the existing evil-and conduect- ing exhaustive hearings, Some states have restraining,laws, but they are not always fully enforc- ed, according to reports, and as a result, thousands of fraugdulent schemes, under the guise of stoek companies, are ‘urged ,in unsuspect- ing buyers by promotors. The Ken- yon bill, as now being urged and for- warded by Senator McLean, is intend- ed to put such promoters out .of busi- ness and behind the bars. Mr. Me- Lean believes the people of the United States are being robbed right and left by such business frauds and Senator Kenyon adds that since the armistice was signed “the people of the middle west have been robbed.of something like $200,000,000 in fraudulent stock deals, and that other parts of the country have also suffered heavily.”! The bill was referred to the interstate commerce committee, of which Sena- tor.McLean is a member and he was at _once named as chairman of the sub-committee to take charge of the bill. Mr. McLean believes sueh leg- islation will tend to protect . buyers the state|communication between - its effect of unbridled democracy and I I S “Mother wants to know, litle girl with two front M”t and a floppy blue bow on her straggly | hair, “mother wants to know, please, can she borrow two eups of sugar, Mrs, Whackbill, and = she's ever 80 much obliged.” : B0 Trsimd e lady thus addressed, surveying her young caller in the oper kitchen 'door, ‘I'm always willing to be accommodating—but su- —you gee, sugar— "s-:r"l‘lmtu just what mother gaid,” the young person interrupted eagerly. “She said ‘sugar’ just like you did— as though she was in church or some- thing. She said to explain that it was very special or she wopldn't ask and she's nearly distracted, especially as Uncle Gorham i3 geaf and can’t see to read the papers . much and probably hasn’t heara ai\ytw! about sugar, she says. He's coming. “Oh—is_he?” queried Mrs. Whack- bill 4 trifle vaguely. “Just what i§ the trouble at your house, Isabelle?” A “It jsn't trouble;” explained the young person with the floppy bow, setting down her bowl tly; “it’s father’s Uncle Gorham whe's go- ing tg leave kim all his )y, and it’s mest’' important that he- uidn't want anything he ean’t get, and he always. was greedy for dessert, father says. Maybe he'll buy us an autome- bile while he's here, Mother’s’ going to have the Dobell's come with their new machine and take us al} out rid< ing, and then it'll be perfectly ‘easy to say ‘Isn’t this the most wonderful car,] Uncle Gorbam, and doesn't it ' ride comfortably?’ Why, if.it was one of those $5,000 ca it couldn’t be any nicer—I never was any hand to pay extravagant prices when Something cheaper would do just as well—not that there is any chance of my buy- ing a car with prices for food s0 aw- ful and my ochild’s education—’, And then Unele Gorham will feel sorry apd—->" “My word!” gasped the lady of the bouse. *“Hadn't you better ryn on home, Isabel—" “Just as soon as you get time "tos) give me the sugar,” said the young person. “Besides, mother can't make the dessert till she finishes;changing the rugs and things, She says there isn’t a bit of use in letting Uncle Gor- in mother had ‘hand to put up so much strawberries . “I haven't a thing but a dozen glass- és of Véflw this year myself!” ~ said Mrs. Whackbiil, a bit indignantly, “so if you have such a lot, why don't you use m@t for éieeeurt Kkhflh—“ 2 . rham likes. pies,” explain- ed the caller. “Lemon pies especially, and they take an awful lot of sugar. And puddings with sirupy sauees and things. Tm glad he's coming. Father says, if he only pulls us out of the hole we're in ']l be worth having to hear him tell about how he weon the Civil war. And I mustn’t mention his wig because he always tells you how heavy hair runs in his family and his father had every hair in his head when he died at 98. Do you suppose Uncle Gorham will live to be 982" “People - do, sometimes,” said Mrs. Whagkiill. . “Isn’t that your mother I . “She reathe, she said, so I know she eouldn't call-me, and, be- sides, she’s telephoning the Mercers not to come over tomorrow night to play cards. If Uncle Gorham saw us playing .cards he’d never' understand| because he hasn't noticed what's going | on for twenty years, mother says, and there’s no sense risking things because it'’s awful easy to make new wills and there’s no use geting him all 'wo'rkedi up.” . “Here's your sugar” Mrs, 'Whackbill hurriedly, but this is worth it.” interrupted | “T need it.! *What is” asked the young caller, “Never you mind,” Mrs. Whackbill told here firmly. “And don’t spill it, please when so much depends upon it.”—Excheange. ment that will work for the welfare of the whole community., Through /this corporation should come relief from conditions that are now almost Baker came out with a statement ad- vocating radical changes in the status of cabinet officers and including seat- ing such members in both senate and house, where they might have an op~ portunity to defend an dexplain their poiicies. This was along the line of a bill introduced sorse months ago by Senator McLean of Connecticut, who fayored the me idea, but for the purpose of giving congress an oppor- tunitv to ask the cabinet questions| ’and TS get first hand information of pendihg projects. Mr. McLean be- lieves such a course would largely tend | towards economy, amd also cngerder{ { better personal relations between the oads of department and congress, { than can be gained through.the round- | about methods - now - in. vogue. He icited that practically every large eountry in the world offerad direct eabinet and its law-making body, but that the j United States stands aloof in that re- 1 gard. . > Senator McLean’s bill has not yet ‘been brought before the senate for ac- tjon. The agricultural department makes it known that there is another sev- enteen year locuse year in sight. Tt says it will be mainly in the valley of the Connecticut river in sa- chusetts and Connecticut, with a small separate colony at Fall River. . The bureau of ‘enthomology refers to the ocust as “the most interesting insect n the world,” but states there is lit- tle to fear from them this year, as their ranks are greatly thinned and the territory where they will appear is very lmited. The telephone census recently taken by the department of commerce shows there were 28,827,188 miles of telephone j wire. In the United States in 1817, or jenough to more than girdle the:earth a thousand times. §he calls regis- itered were high in the billions. There is one item of sSpecial. New. England interest in the report, which_ reads: “The first censiis of the telephone in- dustry was taken in 1885, only twe | years after the first public-telephone exchange was ‘opened for -~ business. This was at New Haven, Conneeticut, on Janpary 25, 1878.” The summary gued, however, fails to tell the of telephones in use at that now numbé date, | Stories That' Recall Others. A Cool Head. ‘While 2 six year old child was get. ting ready for school the other day her mother noticed that the water was fairly dripping out of her hair, and exclaimed, “Why, Wilma, what makes you wet your ha¥ this cold day?” The youngster replied, “Teacher told us to. She told us to keep our feet Wwarm and our heads cool.” Good Eyesight, But Blind. A crowd of guests seeking rooms entered and rushed across the lobby into the crowd. One of them waved & bill at the clerk and snouted: “Give me two tickets to Providenee.” The clerk was writing on the regise ter and did not even look up. “You're in the —— hotel, sir,” he said. “The station is a few blocks to.the east/ A little later a - colored man walked in and looked around bewildered. “Which is the grocery department?” he asked a 'bellboy. “—— store is on the next street,” he was told. “These incidents are net unusual” explained the telephone clerk back of the desk, “we hate a dozen or more such questions each day.” OTHER VIEW POINTS It the Kenyon bill becomes a law, |it is to be hoped that our own state's tage of illiteracy will be low- iered. In the 1910 census, Connecticut | stands but one removed from the foot of a list of New England states plae- ed in order of literacy. Taking the iunion as a. whole, less than half the states have so high a perceniage of illiterates as do we.—Manchester Her- ald. % i Some one quotes Who's Who t o prove that Herbert Hoover has heen giving London as his residence for the past 11 years, whereas ‘the TUnited States constitution provides that a president must have been for 14 years 2 resident of the United States. But stood before the hotel desk. Two men | bad developed whereby the epidemic had given them §ts assistance and|. they were ready to take advantage of it regardiess of the effect upon others. 'They were ready to leave their, jobs and thereby deny heat to the sick, and to the well who were trying to ‘ward off disease. . The health commissioner of the city ‘ensed the danger of their attitude. 'The epidemic situation is bed enough, 'sven though there appears to be & Blight letting up, and there is° as great need as ever to prevent condi- ‘tlons from getting an; se. It can- ‘mot fail to be appreciated therefore that the firemen after listening to the bommissioner and the gonditions ‘Wwhich he assured them would result if they carried out their plan follow- oner demands the penalty. + seems to be having its effects. get -2 hustle The United States Steel company has again incredgéd “wages ‘and an- mounces it will not inerease the price of steel. Once more there is evidence that former Fuel Administrator Gar- field’s stand in behalf of the consumer Unless the administration senators on and approve the treaty with reseryations, they may vet get word from Europe that countries” over there dre willing to ac- cept the.stand .of the bitter enders.. New London alw: with its mayors,. @d’'a sensible course in agreeing to Wefer the strike on the understand-) ers umse it. E g was. fortunate DAy e of them got the state:to: build a big pier and now another 3§ persuaded the shippinglis fixed at $5000, imprisonment for board to have a line ‘of ocean steami- who are now: induced by the promise of large dividends, to invest in wild- cat schemes. * Under the proposed law, a company {sm?‘lgfl dstock m\x:tm:u.tlehpl;.buc its legal address, mus Wwith the trade theory commission a full’ statment of faets,| It IS an old and a very sound the purpose of the eorporation to- | that thrift makes 4 good citizen out gether with the commission the offi- |ofa man. It is of no particular con- cers and the promoters of the com- | sequence in just what form thrift ex- pany are to receive for floating the | presses itself, whether in the form of | stock. Also many other stat. ents|?avings safely deposited and wisely are required which will seriouslv em-!invested. It is the fact that a m; barrass the proMotors of wild-eat|has saved from his earnings and @ | schemes, as the pepalties for abuse of | them aside that makes him want to the law are severe. Onme of the strong- | knew what is gnin{ to happen to est points of the bill, is to reach out a | them should .assent be given ‘every Iong arm to scoop in dishonest pro-1|panaeea offered for the settlement of motors, who are feeding on unsus- human troubles. Thrift makes a cow- pecting investors. The fine for fal- [ard of ne man. It makes g wiser man sifying statements or selling stoek, | of him.—New Haven Joi -Courjer. knowing the statements to be false,| ~ Just now-the law of supply and de- mand seems toifbe }A;wmw%kedrwl gstate owners in ord, B & shortage of louses, and those who after what the prohibitionists have done to that once .sacred instrument whe is going to listen to its pitiful cries on so insignificant a mattér aw the nationality of a president —Wat- erbury American. not more than 5 years, or both. Not long ago Secretary of War P Sumdient el - | intolerable, and the #oonse r.);: cnlq‘m&l needed is raised the better it wil bave homes to sell feel that .they can | for 511 concerned.—Hartford Times. get about what they want for them, ~ whether the price is extortionate or not. . By far the most hopeful sign of re- lief is the housing corporation being organized by the chember of eom- merce. The business men of the city |ied?—New York Telegraph are alive to the seriousness of the sit- | — : uwation, and without dowbt they will Don't Mean Ariything. succeed in raising capital needed for| 1, gne'course of time Vietor Berger We Give it Up. Suppose a- man with a wel-stocked cellar should up and die, Would h heirs ‘'have a right to inberit; and if so, how would the death tax be lev- the financing of new homes in Hart- - v -4 be “dosed” 3133 may grow weary of getting no far , should not 3 foxd, Th;"em ‘gkb: h“‘f‘:'me::e "érr’g; !ther than a renewal of his credentials | for colds— apply the e ad: he 15 n Wiseonsin favori —Wash- “outside” e “orrcg) S thescp S ot a Wisconsin favorite son “outside” treatment: tion, whose purpose is the building | ! up of a solid, substantial class of ci i izens, intent on permanent residencey: (i @ Would Wear It | in Hartford and representing an ele- . In spite of a leading manufactur- | ington Star. ~YOUR BODYGUARD ™ = 307. 60,3 er's opinien, we believe there are peo- ple who would wear a $20 suit -of clothes—if the¥ could locate #t.—At- lanta Constitution, Look Like Stackers. When Carranza was not included in the number of its viotims, one is jed to wonder what Mexican eartaquakes are for, anyway.—Knoxville Journal One lit}lg hint is often worth miore than a ton of advice, HILDREN - world advertises " @t Times Sauare, Broadway NEW YORK CITY 250 FEET LONG—70 FEET HiGH MADE UP OF 17,286 ELECTRIC LAMPS The fountains play, the frade mark changes, reading alternately WRIGLEY’S SPEARMINT, DOUBLEMINT and JUICY FRUIT. and’ the .’ Spearmen “do a furn,” 500,000 peopie. from all over. the world. Sealed Tight— Kept Right! JUICY FRUIT BB BUBLELE i IGLEYS This sign is seen nightly by approximately - Y L] 12 The larsest electric gianin the - &