Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 6, 1920, Page 4

. Which other public utilities were beg- ‘Why is it that most people only look at one side of a question. The side e, 2 e use er. to be time for Eu-|express themselves than jnm“e'nfl es outsil> of the| Whether it is due to our ignorance, participants as well as those in-|prejudice or obstinancy, the fact s cluded therein, to.look well to its ge‘&m&‘:yfib:\.y rate things by!th‘g ef- condit] ‘e upon our ‘eelings. pegree ot el gl o Possidlo it may be due Lo the unfort: -y vy an |y needed rather than ¢ unate habit some of us have acquired of lool only on the dark side of them way across the ocean to this|things. If we look through blue glass- - Ge Pumie @ Sweid, Cws, coun{ry for the benefit of the high|es only, it is perfectly evident that - prices that can be. obtained. the whole world will seem bive, There are those who read their own desires THE SUGAR PROBE. into the questions they comsider. It » o i an instance “of making the wish the M | trouble and anxiety that the shortage tather of the thought” If they want things to be thus and so they will and price of sugar during the past|construct their arguments according- year or two, and in view of the cir-|ly. There are others—and this takes cumstances that have surrounded it|in more than we are ready to ac- nothing is likely to meet with papular wiedge—who always see the real value of things only from the stand- fayor fnore than the Investigation| ¢ ¢ personal inconveni That that has been st on foot by the lower st plence. is, they loudly praise those things that House of congress. add to their material comfort, ot Reasons for certain increases in the|contribute to their pleasures. But price of the commedity have been|they are equally loud in denouncing pretty clearly set forth, and while the ::ler‘ things %l‘glt cau:': a:x;oy;anc;.h or Noard. may arth a little ext ort. They made a m;‘:mne o e move| UBbraid all weather conditions _that interfere with their engagements. If sugar to Burope than it intended to,iwe are selfish or prejudicial we shall it nevertheless would have saved the|simply look at things, but not through consumers in this country millions of them. doltars if it had been permitted t0| Ag an illustration take the great acquire the Cuban crop when and un-|body of snow that now holds sway der the terms it advised, over a large part of our land. Is it The probe into the acts of Attorney|looked at first of all, or last of al, in General Palmer concerns the market- | its scientific aspects, or from the ing of the Louisiana crop, where the standpoint of personal discomfort? e Regp by g o this old fashioned orthodox New the country for about one day, but England winter were only a sensitive where in all nrah- *:* the price fix- from WEEK ENDING FEB, 28th, 1920 10,553 NEW ENGLAND COAL. {All New England is pretty deeply lperested in the question of coal #wich has been on the verge of a person it would have been driven weeks ago into Brewsters Neck by Sus situation and other places |ing has affected the price to the co | the knocks it has received. We kick Mave fared even worse, There 'is|Sumer for sic i.. . . at least and|at & storm because the snow shovel evidence that more coal is being|Possibly longer. It was quite natural|Eives us a backache because the other fellow's sidewalk, when not impassa- ble, is slushy or slippery; because somebody’s ashes are tracked in on our valuable rag carpet; because the gutters are so clogged with ice that in the “sweet bye and bye” we are go- moved to this part of the country by water than heretofore but still there @ demand exceeding the supply and! the outlook is none too promising. In this connection there is interest for the view to be taken that if the Louisiana sugar raisers were permit- ted to get such a price as was sane- tioned, and have it approved by the attorney general as a case Which = ing to have an ‘awful flood; because aitached to the statement made by|Would not be regarded as profiteering, | ing 2 the secretary of the coal trade asso-| it could be done by others. In other| T \%.very expensive to scrape the anow elation in New York when he states| words encouragement was lent 10| the Shetucket river; because trans- that there have been 40,000 tons of bituminous in the Mott Haven yards of the New Haven road since feurth of February. s not indicated that all that coal Is owned by the railroud but 40,000 would mean 800 carloads of 50 tons! sach. It wouldn't go far in serving New England and it wouldn't be an gnustifieq supply for the railroad, but what is difficult to understand is why this amount of coal should be allowed to remain at a fixed point untouched, and p ably in cars awaiting 1o its destination when s many places calling for others to follow the same course and the Cubans were not. slow in taking the|the hint. The Louisiana price has unquestionably served as the basis for present day price and with the de- partment of justice favoring such an increase as it did at the very time when it was supposed to be fighting increased prices and urging the co- operation of the people in keeping down expenses through economy it is well that all ‘the facts in connection with the matter be brought to light. If Mr. Palmer was jusjtified he has nothing to fear. portation is demoralized and we -are not sure of ‘a car when the movies are over. 1 verily believe that the French people for four years in wading through seas of blood growled less than the American people in wading through the slush to their places of businegs during the last four weeks. On the other hand ought we not to remember that snow has much to do in maintaining that fixity of climate on which our human affairs depend? The snow protects many forms of vegetation during their sieeping life which otherwise would perish. As it is a good non-conductor of heat it forms an admirable covering for the earth from the effects of radiation, for it often happens in time of great cold, that the soil is 40 degrees warmer than the surface of the overlying snow. The flooding of rivers from the melt- ing of snow on the mountains in summer carries fertility into regions which would otherwise remain barren THE REAL NEED. In connection with the railread wreck near Elizabethport, N. J. ref- erence is made to the fact that: the | flier was made up of steel cars while the local censisted of wooden ones and the point raiced that no train on that if the railroad it must have upon that it ought to to meeting its re- ng succeeding supply yee its way clear quirements du . wastes. The fertilizing value of snow months that coal was held for| ths ruin 'mes should have other than|has also been long recognized. Would the use railroad as a reserve|steei cais. Again- it is pointed out|it not be well for us before we grum- a shortage why was it nec-|that the cressing is an exceedingly bad one ang that it ought to be elimi- nated iv having the tross tracks in a subway. Both suggestions are excellent ones. ble to view the larger standpoint? Did you ever think how much cli- mate has to do in producing and sus- taining both ability. matter from the for direction to the roads under federal seize coal in transit for ging during the past month? and character? Not only does it appear that the|They are directed toward conditions|The bieakness of this present winter tying up of those $00 carloads was|where if followed greater safety| DFiN8S the subject afresh to our at- ave been e excellent use of in|fact cannot fail to be appreciated i r Pl o oo e find ppréciated in|most part, have been the production this instance that it was not the lack of steel cary and it was not the exist- ence of the crossing that caused the collision. The sperations had to be stopped because! #o cary could be obtained. We have reason to hope for many of the nerth temperate zone? By “world personalities” I _mean the men and women who have been foremost outstanding fact js|in every branch of human activity. Improvements now that government|that it was the disregard of the stop|jUded furnished the Christ with the \he oal administration still remains| The heavy steel cars undoubtedly|in ancient times. In the middle ages made it possible for such a collision to take place that the boilers explod- ed without seriously interfering with those aboard the flier, but it was not in the wooden cars that the dead were found. Steel cars should make up all fast trains but in this Europe produced nearly all the world's greatness, and in more recent times it has been supplemented by North America. Now all these regions lie within the north temperate zone; the zone that is under the sway of the fee king In winter; where the climate is rigorous and severe; where nature COMPENSATION FOR SOLDIERS Demands of various kinds are be- jng made of congress for the ecompen- sation of those who entered the ser- e of their country during the world ar. There in- are those who are urg-| “2nC° It Was not the equipment that| does not spontaneously provide all of fog one method and those who are| VS At fauit { 5 man’'s mecessities, but where he must Rl wuch a plan and fa.| Similarly with the idea of a tunnel] But forth the supreme effort to live. o in the midst of| o that point. FHad such existed this| DUt this is the climate, however. in 3 § particularly wreck could not bave oc-| yalch White oaks thrive that outlast t & are those who ate insist-j oo’ QST Wreck could 1 the century; also white oak characters ing immedia action eiitne] Y ation would havelthat are stamped with immortality. the © are getting impatient. | 4 “ere had the flier| Sonora, Mexico, is about a quarter Whatever Is fone it f& not a case|P/nEed into the rear end of u tr |larger than New FEngland. Iis cli. that calls for hit or miss legislation | "811ed at (hit pcint and supposed to|mate is mild and balmy. Its flelds ex- SR & eatter that shouid get fon| e protécted by Stoy algil; ceedingly fertile and its mineral de- jon from all points of view.|, " Nether or not the engineer of the|DOsits. including the most precious Ument of a fow should not| €T Was in possession of his faculties| T\\4IS, are inexhaustible. ~ But how - d many great characters can you men- be permitted to swing the whole mat-| 2% e time ha passed the signal no ot ™ 5 e tion that Sonora has given t b ent that there is|ON® KNOWS. Tt.is a question whether|world in spite of all these 3.1&?:1 by ot of opinion as to| 2°¥one Will ever know, but whether|advantages? Now England has what e & nsideration. should| ¢ WAS Or not such a wreck could not| We often call a “beastly” climate. Its B B ot a Boiing 6 st | have happened had there been an au-| flelds are “comparatively poor and The American Legion favors land| toMatic device for reinfercing the sig-| T0°KY, and is almost entirely lacking X - nal system and assuring the stopping| [l Tineral deposits. And vet who ttleme: ng farms in alli oot (R Wherr “Aegh a PINE| can enumerate all the great spirits states 2 encourage the purchase| g, of and blood | with which New England has enrich- of hom ional training for all o ed the world? Weatherwise New Eng- deatrin oAl ajGlSIgNE of ox- e land may not be exactly parallel to &8 Sack e sl Aot EDITORIAL NOTES. New England, but it is never conspic- not favor the securing of all four but| Prices may be coming down but| 4og® ;eetr K%?Jf'efi‘.’.‘;’x"i';e:’ vl;?:!:xlglt;a!é :\f of the four methods, and :;Oi:-ziflvle still find them well out, tropics has ever. furnished the world n application. 3 with such splendid- man power as There those who are fighting W g Scotland? - The nations are doubtless for @ stipulted bonus, and others| Just to brace things up wo get|justificd in turning ‘down Germany's - %o much a month for each|¥erd that the price of stiff collars is|leadership, but we must all admit even montl's service. but on the other |0 be increased. it we do mot always admire the vi- band there are those among the men who maintain that such an idea weuld imply mean & waste of the money and that the opportunity to serve the nation which fought solely for prin- ciples wug enough. 1t is thus quite evident that there is & wide range of opinion among those who would be eligible underany plan as to what is desired. Whatever is done should be done with the view of giving satisfaction and it is not uslikely that some compromise pol- iy will be decided upon but whatever is done thers should be deliberate and not half bakeq legislation. tality of her intellectual life. But in the matter of climate, neitherScot- land nor Germany is a reminder of Dante's Paradiso. The conelusion, then, is that the rigors of climate are conductive to human greatness. The most unpopular man in the world today — not exceeding the ex- kaiser himself—is that intangible somebody knewn ag the “profiteer.” But do we Stop to realize that it is we, ourselves, the eonsuming, spendthrift public, that has set up the profiteer in his luerative business and is keep- ing him there? And still we, his pa- trons, are inconsistently howling = at his marked success. Like fitful boys we laboriously build up a snow image that doesn't suit us, and then throw mud balls at it. We, the public, nev- The senate may be sick and tired of the treaty discussion but no more so than the country, It is perfectly evident that the new prohibition law fs a long way from being tested out in the courts, 1t makes all the difference in the world how a person stands on the rent question as to whether he is a landiord or not, One thing is certain. Mr, Roper has not resigned as internal revenue o missioner because the duties of the office are too few. FEEDING EUROPE. er had money i We heard less of lato concern-| The man on the corner savs: The|and we know hgw“::hsgrrx':!p:t':nl?'ml‘;i ing the demands for the extension of|lamblike attitude of March has cer-|lumps, The retailer would lke to rellet to tainly upset the groundhog unless he|bring prices down to a normal basis, Farope no word to the)Produces a flareback. 50 would the wholesaler and the man- effect ufacturer, but we, the inflated public, won't let him. If he offers a really good article at the old price we pen- alize him for his imprudence, i. e. we boycott him and his article for of fering “inferior stuff” to us, the new- ly made millionaire publie! Let me quote frem the bulletin of the Nation- sl Agsociation of Credit Men: ‘There Is & large retail concern seliinc . n meritorious article, the price of which was plainly stamped. This article had S ybeen matntained é;r s Dmber. ot ears; but recen! e retail store ‘When the state bank commissioner| was compelled to return its stock to warns against investments in oil|the factory to have the price eradi- stocks any who slip up on such deals| cated, and a price 60 per eent. high- in the future will have ne one but seif| ¢ Substituted, as sales had fallen o Sikase. badly; but at the higher price sales were brought back to normal” There are mapy instances on record where merchants have been forced to put a fancy price on articles to secure any sale whatever. One thing, then, is perfectly clear, the intelligent public must get pver this.orgy. of reckless spending to finaneial disaster, and we must n now. Militarism in Russi The boisheviki in Russia are mak- ing more rapid strides toward mili- tarism _ than 1t You don't think there is need for *in Norwich just ask the fellow who has his home sold over hie head and ls trying to locate another. Clothing manufacturers who are ‘wondering whether the people will pay the price may be consoled by the J|fact that barrels are also high and scarce. Those Americans whe were rescued from a storm in the Alps probably have a good idea of the'New England winter from which we haven't escap- ed as yet. Sugar has been dropped & cent a pound whoiesale, but it will be some time Dbefore the consumer feels the effect and in the meantime some- thing eise ean be expected to absorb established. Russia’s $28,000,000 $16,000,000, The rope. resentative abroad. say: sheviki over affairs. necessary sents preme counell, shevist Russia. can it be got? tried often enough is necessarv to mak lieve that it 1s to h up his wheat; but anyone who knows total and of There was a frightful in ~ RUSSIA'S RESOURCES AND THE WORLD, The new endeavors on the part of the allied statesmen to formulate a definite Russign policy are based on- the conviction that neither the polit- ical nor the economic rehabilitation of Europe is possible without peace and stability in Russia and without the reopening of Russia's vast resources Europe and to the world, writes A. J. Sack, director of the Russian informa- tion bureau of the United States. Russia's part in European produc- tion in general and in ths production of foodstuffs in particular makes it clear that without Russia the nomic balance of Europe cannot be re- Russia’s export of grains alone in 1913 amounted to $30,000,000» Her export of foodstuffs in general amounted to about $500,000,000 yearly. To understand the importance of Rus- sia’s exports for life, it is sufficient to recall that just before the war of the $750,00,000 of $218,000,000 went to Germany, $154,000,000 to Great Britain, $90,000,000 to Holland, $47,- 000,000 to France, $32,000,000 to Italy, $31,000,000 to Austria-Hungary, $31- 000,000 to Belgium and $17,000,000 to Denmark. Of ail the European coun- tries, Cuw wermany exported to Rus- sia more than she recelved from Rus- sia, her exports to Russia amounting yearly to $249,999,999. exports to Russla amounted to $75 000,000, Holland’s $10,000,000, Franct Austria-Hungary's Europe's exports, So the impertance of Russia's re- sources far the rehabilitation of the economic life 'of Europe question whether the new allied pelicy is able to achieve its aim, namely, opening of Russia's resources to Eu- At the beginning the allied su- preme council, while permitting the reopening of trade with the Russian eo-operatives, emphasized at the same time that this does not at all imply any change in the allied policy tow- ards the bolshevist government. bolsheviki answered this move by an- nouncing that the co-operatives are now under their full control and by appointing the bolchevist agent, Max- im Litvinoff, the plenipotentiary rep- co-operatives In an interview published in the New York World of Feb. 22 Lenine *The co-operatives do not any longer exist, having been assimilated into our soviet distribution organs.” Thus the intention of the,supreme council to avoid dealings with the bol- while reopening Russia was frustrated, and now we see a further move on the part of the su- its declaration of Feb. 24, 1920, bringing it considerably nearer not only to peace but ovev to a recognition of the bolsheviki suppose that in the endeavor to re- establish trade with Russi would enter into dealings with the so- called bolshevist government and even go so far as to allow, in process of trade, the accentance fro viki of the zold ‘What wonld he the practical results of the allied-bolchevist trade? In this resmect it is of interest to listen to a gentleman who had an ex- ceptional opportunit; ly an exveriment in trade with bol- This gentleman is M. De Scavenius, the Danish minister in Russia, who recently Moscow and thus described his ex- periences in an interview printed in the New York Times of Feb. 11, 1920. “For more than a Scavenius said, “we were in commer- | th! clal relations with séviet Russia, and 1 had an opvortunity to learn much about conditions there. 1918 only the Scandinavian countries had free access to soviet Russia. That market was.wide open to them; it was as if reserved for them. almost nothing. Temains, the in theip economic Great Britain's is trade with the allies the holshe- possession. to.observe close- returned from year,” In 1917 and Yet we dld The great difficulty was that there was no unity of power Out of a thousand at- temots to trade one would be author- ized from Moscow, but the particular commune concerned would authorization. veto All industry being na- tionalized, as was all commerce. it was to treat always with commissaries. amount of red tape. “Before anything worth while fis done Russian goods must be zathered and carried to the vorts. enormous This pre- difficulties, soviet rezime has never been able to cet hold of Russian products in bulk. There is no doubt that the Russian peasants have wheat. no doubt that they are hiding it. How The commissaries have vithout successs, It the peasant bhe- interest to glve There is also the Russian peasant knows it is not easy to convince him. His confidence must be won, and that is something that takes time. “Finally, the lamentable condition of the railroads make all transport very difficult. This question must be solved begore Europe can buy in the Russian market. For, in' reality, if Europe wants to get Russian products Europe must establish order on Hussian vail- rpads. Europe must send locomotives and specialists.” Herbert Hoover, in his statement printed in the American press on Jan. 18, 1920, takes up the readiness of the bolsheviki to pay in gold for the com- modities imported and justly observes “After a few months, when they have exhausted the $50,000,000 or $75,000,000 in gold and securities which they have remaining from the amounts they have stolen from the banks, then they will need to export commodities in ex- change for inward goods. No one is going to give them credit. They have no commodities to export without causing further suffering to their peo- ple. ey cannot export wheat when the population is hungry, not cotton or flax when they are in rags. Their im- ports will then automatically cease.” Summing up the situation, we have the following: The so-called bolshevist government is unable to give Europe the raw materials and foodstuffs she needs because of the utter inefficlency of the bolshevist administrative appa- ratus on the one hand and the disor- ganization of transportation on the’ other. The bolsheviki would not be able to collect and bring the raw ma- terials and foodstuffs to the ports even if the peasants would not refuse to part with these materials and food- stufts. Being unable to pay In commodities the boisheviki are ready to use the gold in their possession, but the amount of gold they possess is so n ligible compared with Russia’s n that the products they would be able to import in exchange for this gold would not be sufficient not only for starting the productive processes in Russia but even for satisfying the im- mediate needs of the starving popula- tion. Thus the decision of the allied supreme council, even if it will result in dealings with the bolsheviki, will not help either Russia or Europe. While Europe needs Russia’s pro- duction, Russia needs Furopean and American help to be able to re-estab- | lish her productive processes. Rus- sia’s need in this respect is enormous since the years of civil war and an- archy instigated by the bolsheviki have destroyed her industries and transportation. First of all the trans- portation must be re-established, and this alone would require the immedi- ate expenditure of not less than one billion dollars. It has been calculated that to bring Russia’s productivity to the level of even so backward a coun- try as Austria-Hungary was before the war, Russia would have to expend within ten years the sum of $56,000,- 000,000, or more than $5,000,000,000 a year. Of the sum of $56,000,000,000 $5,500,000,000 must be expended for building new railroads, and $3,500,000,- 000 for rolling stock. (See Prof. Jo- seph M. Goldstein's book: ‘Russia: Her Economic Past and Future” pp. £9-91.) The mere revival of Russla's eco- nomic life would require an invest- ment from abroad amounting to sev- eral billion dollars in the near future. Could this investment come even if the allies would go so far as to recognize bolsheviki? We doubt it. We be- lieve that the well known bolshevist crimes and treachery and hypocrisy, and the fact that their regime repre- | sents a tyranny which rules the great country—as far as it rules—against the expressed will of the peonle, that these facts will compel the allied na- tions to act with great reserve, and desirable as Russia’s economic revival , to wait until the bolshevist tyranny Is overthrown and a democratic zov- ernment is established in Rusaia, a government the stability and honesty of which could not be questioned. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR In God We Trust. Mr. Editor: I would like to have a | word to stir in with the mixtures of statements regarding the divine works © of God. Apparently God's divine world looks unconscious and dead. Ah! but is it? Ah, no! The love and divine spark of truth is silently working, not unconscious but _conclous—not dead but all alive, which with our great trust and faith will manifest itself in all its beauty as it unfolds life to us azain on the approach of the awaken- ing which we call spring: and tn same God given power manifests ita BASKET. eco- evident. however, the re- ‘The BEST CHUCK ROAST BEEF 20c Ib. None Higher In Price For This Sale ARMOUR’S LITTLE PIG Smoked Shoulders 22c b, Brown, Sweet as a Nut. SWIFT'S HAMS Whole or Half 28c Ib. These Hams Have All Surplus Fat and Skin Removed RIB ROAST BEEF Boned and Rolled, No Waste. 29c Ib. FRESH LITTLE PIG Shoulders 25¢ Ib. Let us M. De the the for the ORDER FOOD OVER TELEPHONE. SWIFT’S ROASTING CHICKENS, Ib. .. 50c BACON, NICELY CURED, b. .. ... 28 SMALL SAUSAGE RIB ROAST BEEF LEAN POT ROAST BEEE,1b. ~.2 5% - 14e FRESH GROUND HAMBURGER, bb. 16¢ BEEF LIVER, bb. . 10¢ BONELESS CHUCK ROAST, Ib. Solid Meat. SWIFT'S Spring Lamb LEGS, Ib....... 45¢c FOREQUARTERS LAMB, Ib. LOIN LAMB CHOPS . 22 . 30c AND TO GO TO MARKET HERSELF. T0 " THE OLD-FASHIONED MARKET BASKET SHOULD BE REVIVED. | THEREFORE PLAN TO TAKE HOME YOUR SUNDAY DINNER, SELECTED FROM SATURDAY BARGAINS—SIX WELL FILLED STORES UNDER ONE ROOF—WE WiLL HOT CROSS BUNS Dozen ....%.... 168 OLD DUTCH COF- FRFS'ICRUU..EIG HOT BAKED BEANS FORMER SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WILLIAM C. REDFI AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE MUST LEARI IT DOES . No. 1, 15 Ib. peck 69¢| MATCHES YELLOW ONIONS g mflmg: OUR SPECIAL THESE UNUSUAL PURNISH If a man some stantl; himself? sincere. the day? his muscles. night. 2-14.) hearted way. He fought for it one Bible students who only seem to set might say, through a great part of a | the surface and then sirike out on And in the early morning, as he wrestled with the Lord he wrested, as it were, a blessing from Him. Ja- cob's wrestle has-hecome the symbol | Sunday Morning Talk Persistence in Prayer. wishes very pecial thing he has in mind and he to obtain it. \What would be thought| speaks as plain today as through all of a man who declared himself to be J extremely anxious to gain knowledge|dreams and independent spirit voices but who spent only a few minutes a day trying to acquire knowledge, and | least unlearned of God’s earth children spent the most of the time amusing | We should think And what must be thought of the man who professes to wish for bless- ings from God, and spends only a few | minutes a day in expressing the wish and forgets it for the remainder of Must we not say of him, too, that his wish Is not sincere. | & The only availing prayer which is persistent. ing prayer is that which is a part of a man’s very life and it regulates, and is backed up by a man's actions. When Jacob sought a blessing on one ] occasion he backed up his request, or demand, with the whole strensth of of persistent and availing pfayer. For | God is “a rewarder of them that dili- geatly seek Him.” (Feb. 11:6.) ‘We must prove the earnestness and | person which has life or breath after persistence of our desire for blessing before God can trust us with | means the whole person, similar to our it. For His best gifts when neglected | reference to a ship going down with by careless receivers bring a curse instead of a blessing. willing and anxious to give goed gifts to His children, yet He will not grant requests that are made In a half- The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in truth. Daniel prayer and fasted for three full weeks at one time beforé the an- swer reached him. scended upon them. His aposties. “Prayer is speech Prayer, reach the Jesus Himself “continued all night, in prayer to God” simplest That infant lips can try; the sublimest _The )_‘(Muq on high. ~ - much xerts himself | T The only avail- God is always (See Daniel 10: The answer had been on the way from the time he began to pray but was delayed in some mysterious way. It is reasonable to assume from other teachings of the ible that if other ceachings of the Bible that if ped praying, the answer would never bave reached him. The disciples in Jerusalem ‘contin- ued in prayer” for ten gays before the | saints of God were misunderstood and promised gift of the Holy Spirit de-! before choosing (See Luke 6: 12, 13) = strains life through all of his children. While this transforming of the mind from human to spiritual is a gradual work, the change from a human to a spirit- | ual body will not be gradual but in- for | stantaneous. So keep in_tune with it con- | God, for God is love and God is just. ean truthfully state this. for He could once more hoid up their heads in the community. The same Holds good in Rev. 20 vs. 4. “The dead in Christ” (I Thess. 4: 16) wili be raised out of their graves at the first resurrection, take up life where they left off at death, and reign with Christ a thousand years. Those who have suffered with him will also reign with him. not as ghosts, but as glorious belngs—men, women and children. It was for this very purpose the book of Revelation was written, to of the ages. All spiritual vision and are as clear today as In past ages. The ully realize the comprebension that God is the all powerful. He will in- carcerate Satan and all evil spirits whereby they can do no injustice to His beautiful work, So in closing, dear earth friends, bear in mind to cast out Satan. Give 1 room for vour trust in God and u will then find no time for critic- You will have a heaven on earth. For thine is the kingdom, and power, and glory forever, him not hope in the final revelation of J Christ, and surely we are much i need of this now. W. R. UCHTMAN. Westerly, R. I, March 5, 1920. A Suggestion. Editor: There is no doubt that 00d Music has the admiration of vers. of good music for the taank criticism on the music situation at_our local theatres. Larger or s should he encour- aged. The employment of instruments sueh as cello, viola, bass, oboe and is that! E. L. Y. Willimantic, March 4, 1920. Beating the Air. Mr. Fditor: It is really amusing to follow the lines of thought of some tions to theat: bie. These instruments are unobtai able simply because there are few ap- reels to local musicians to sub on abeve mentioned instruments. Operas would find an efficient local orchest capable of good sunvort, ir sort of “hit or miss” plan. St Paul referred to this as beating the air. A concordance is a splendid help, but it will never take the place of individual search. The word “soul” in Old or | theatres had eight regular players in- New Testament is used in different | stead of four. £ ways, hut never once as a part of a S. P. ACCRLERANDO. Norwich, March 4, 1920. the | the peréon expires. Sometimes it INCOME-TAX FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW No. § In these days of high rentals and excessive cost of maintenance and up- keep, both landlords and tenants are inquiring as to their allowable de- ductions in_the filing of an income- tax return. ‘Where property is held for renting purposes the owner may deduct the cost of securing tenants, such as com- missions to real estate agents, adver- tising, etc., and the expenses of main- tenance, such as ordinary repairs, lights, fuel, jaintor service, and in- surance. If the owner occupies part of the building as his dwelling the expenses must he apportioned, and only those relating to the part which is rented may be deducted. A temant may deduct the rent paid for business premises, but not his pome, which 1s a persemal or living expense. so many souls. But more often it sim- ply means life: gee Ps. 7 vs. 5. In Numbers 6 vs. 6 we read We sha come at no dead hody (Hebrew soul) to prove the difference. The soul of Jesus, when he was in the tomb, was in the grave. Ps, 105: 18, ete, otc., ete. It is thus in the reference someone quoted, namely, I Kings 17 vs. 20, “the soul (life) of the child eame into him again” when in answer to prayer God gave the child power to breathe. The breath is the spirit (Job 27 vs. 3) which makes life possible. * But, Mr. Bditor, I cannot understanh how anyone who considers himself a Bible student could refer to Rev. 6 vs. 9 or Rev. 20 vs. 4 without displaying ignorance regarding the trend ot the entire book of the Revelation. In the time of the dark ages some of the best j burned as heretics and counted with the worst eriminals. Their wives and children were looked down upen by all, which made their lives not worth the lvinz. When the gospel light dawned and students began to see things in ‘this “revelation” thoseé who cied at the stake received the honor of bang “martyrs with Christ” and in some cases great menuments were erected to do them hener; and their ¥ wives who Additionat Rental Taxes paid by a tenant to or for a landlord for business property are ad- ditions rent and are deductible by the tenant. Such items represent income to the landlord, and therefore must be included in his return of gross income, but may be claimed by him, also, as form of that reveal these blessings to us, to give us | sary bufldings_or permanent improvements on ground leased by a taxpayer is ad- ditional ible such buildings and improvements re- vert to the owner of the ground af the expiration of the lease. the prorated over the so that a proportionat rental and therefore deduct- from gross income, provided In such cases improyement may be term of the lease | amount will ar of the ten- cost of be deductea in each anc; ¥ d the cost of such ldings as rental, the lessee is not aliowed a deduction for depreciation. but the cost of ordinary repairs neces- to their maintenance and up- kecp is an dllowable item. When at the expiration of the lease such property reverts to the owner of the land its value is considered tax- able income to the landlord for the year in which receiyed. ~ Depreciation Allowance Under the heading of “Depreciatiun, owners are permitted the deduction of reason; e amount for the exhaus- tion, wi and tear of property used in trade or business, including a rea- sonable allowance for obsolescence. This deduction must be made as a separate item of the return and must be explained by showing separately each ss of property, its cost or value at the date of purchase (on or before March 1, 1913, if acquired on or before that date), estimated life, depreciation charged for all taxable years, To be allowed. the amount claimed for depreciation must be charged off the books of the taxpays er, either by deducting it directly from the book value of the assets or cred iting to a depreciation reserve fund 50 that it will be reflected in the an- nual balance sheet. Depreciation_may be claimed on ali business property, which includes not only buildings, but machinery of a permanent character, automobiles, farm tractors, mine and mill equip: ment, office furniture and books. The rates a which depreciaion is al- lowed are rot fixed by law or eircum- stances governing each particular case. The ordinary method is by de- termining the lifetime of the property and dividing its cost by the num- ber of years it will be usable in the business {n which employed. Deductnons for depreciation are lim- ited strictly to property used in the r taxpayer's trade or business. No such allowanees are made for automobiics or other vehicles used chiefly - for pleasure ,the taxpayer's welling, !:r the furnishings therein, persenal ef- fects, or clothing. Property or cloth- ing. used exclusively in a theatrical business, however, may be the subject of a depreciation alowaace. ¢ Intangible property, the use of which in trade or busines is defimitely Nmited in duration, may be made the claim for a deprication allowance. the use of which is not so limited, will mot usually be the proper sub- jéct of such an allowance. car was taken. corner f Stories That Recall Others. i He Was Accommodating. Jt was at a time when everybofly wanted to get home at once, and every bit of standing and sitting room in the The car stopped at a two men and the conducter ust move up front, please— plenty of room up front.” From the platform where he was wedged In so tightly he couldn’t move there 3 Henry ‘Sure; stand on my other foo! come on Just His Feet. limped into the house with in a twist and his face wear- ing evidence of pain. “Do your new shoes hurt you?™ his father inquired “No,” said Henry, “but my feet 80." OTHER VIEW POINTS Our naturalization process has not kept pace with the inflow of foreign- ers. Only 45 per cent. of foreign bern. white males of voting age, were na- tualized (1010). 55 per cent. Most of the remaining will become Americans a sympathetic interest is shown. The cure for radicalism is more American- ism.—New Haven Journal-Courrier. If Cuba and Bermuda do become wases to ock by the thousands | the sake there, which thirsty Americans simply for of the uquor to be obtained it will be a matter for keen regret 1o ail thuse who have sought these islands for rest and enjoyment of thelr natural beauty. Bermuda especially is so small a place — all the islands together are only 20 squarc miles in area—that they might well become yncomfortably overcrowded with the bibulous type of American.— Waterbury Republiean. With the rank and file we belewel that General Wood counts for more, typifies more, represents more. Gowe ernor Lowden may have it on the gen- eral in & thoussnd ways, but up te date the average citizen In Connecti- cut is not aware of it. -Until Gover- nor Lowden bulks a little larger in the popular mind of the plain citizens it is nothing but factional bunkum to declare that he is the local choice for the republican nomination. Most men have not yet made up their minds, gnd . will be likely to resent having them made up for them by anyone slse— Manchester Herald. —_——— Children Ory FOR FLETCHER'S survived ammammmum—uuwm Mw P T e et ) - b e ok