Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 13, 1920, Page 4

1 -fid' Gouied 124 YEARS OLD Suteeription priss (20 & weeki Sie & meatd; $8.03 . . Entered a4 the Pestoffics &t Norwich, fam, e ‘@cud-ciam matier. Tetephzae Calla. Sulletia Business Offies 450 Bullstia e ——— Norwich, Saturday, March 18, 1920, CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING MARCH 6th, 1920 10,609 ENDING TROLLEY SERVICE Curtailment and ‘abandonment of many sections of the country. Not only has service been stopped but the equipment is actually being sold. It is such facts that bring.those whq have placed so much reliance upon trolley service and those whe have not to a realization of what it is go- ing to mean to be deprived of it. Somehow in the past the impression has -~ prevailed that trolley roads could stand all kinds ,of conditions because of the large profits they made., If that was the case it cer- tainly is not so today, and yet it is difficult to bring about conviction to that effect fn many minds until ' the wires are being taken down, the tails ripped up and the equipment juhked or sold to other companies. It simply causes the reflection that those who desire the service must pay for what they get or they will “mot be able to get it. It cannot be expected that trolley companies are going to continue to operate cars when such operation means a con- stant loss. Only the gemerous. phi- lanthropist can do business under those conditions. Eastern Conngeticut has been great- ly helped by the expansion of its trolley lines. At present there is no likelihood of any extensions, but on the other hand some of that which we bave' had seems. likely to be taken away. It is an unfortunatee situa- tion but there appears to be no al- lernative ‘unless patrons of such lines we willing to respond so that the ines can at least break even. But conditions hére are no different than in eastern Massachusetts where since September $200,000 has been lost in the operation of the Hyde Park lines out of Boston and the an- nouncement has been made that ser- vice on those lines will be stopped.|article ten. The practice of giving something for| efforts are being made nothing ign't being generally obsery-; enough supporters for a compromise ed these days regardless of the line of| on that article to assure its adoption being possible, and if the claims are cor- rect there are bat one or two votes , it ought to réquire but a to dispose of this. docu- business involved. 8IMS8’ NEW CHARGES Admiral Sims continues to make charges that border on the semsational and they have to do with something more than the awarding of medals. That they must get serious consider- ation is assured by their nature. Heretofore we have been informed that he was told not to put too much confidence in the British, our = ally, which either indicated that we could- 't trust them or else it was intended to be refarded as a warning hglhml any personal inclination. If it was the latter it is difficult to understand why Admiral Sims was selected for that particular service, But now we are told that after he had been selected for the work he performed during the war, and for which reason exists for. awarding him a distinguished. service medal, there was failure on the part of the navy department to follow his sug- gestions and advice. There were steps which he believed ought to have been taken by the navy which was not done and there are conditions dealing with. his relations to the de- partment '@ ad which lead him to be- lieve that our navy was ready to meet its duty three months after the en- trance of the country into the war. ‘When Admiral Sims declares that i hig urgent recommendations had been followed the war+ would have been ended much. quicker, that a_half millien lives would have heen saved and that a half million iives would have been saved and that two and a half million tons’ of shipping would oot have been.lost he undoubtedly bages such claims on the loses that oceurred between the time he believes a bigger participation on the part of our mavy in knocking out the U- boats and the gnd of the war. His advice was of course based upon in- formation to which he had special access and which he was there to get. Whatever there is back of these charges shoulq be fully substantiated, We ought at least to know the facts wnd whether any conditions not known to Admiral Sims, as reason for not complying with his recommendations were as weighty as considered. CHAIRMAN PAYNE'S VIEWS In connection with the disposition of the merchant vessels now owned by the government Chairman Payne of the shipping board has expressed his views to the senate commerce committee, and there cannot fail to be = deep interest taken in whick he be- lieves should be done and, what should not, even the future course may not exactly. jibe therewith. Chairman Payne, having been se- lected as a member of the cabinet, Is about to tonclude his duties with the shipping board but his knowl- edge of the situation cannot fail to be/ i, given weight consideration in determ- Ining what the actual steps are going to be in the way of legislation for fistributing the great number of ships now in the hands of the gov- ernment. amount: dnvested therein wasted. This is to be gathered from the fact ' that he opposes government owner- | been: given ‘& year ‘i jail for ioon- ship and the position he takes when | shining, but they probably - consider Tin taking such a:view he o8 1 . lence, Jrom, Spemon g t be contin order to dispose of the ' vessels takes the position that the °govern-|we allow them, vest- ‘made during the emergency and according ment ought not to throw its ment away just because it w: to his idea a f: of a matter of fact - Dro of ours is not 'made up of ugly. he|Ugly things dof s_abound i and because we help make them so. ‘It is hard to explain, but it is none the less a fact, that we arg more prone to see and dwell upon the ugly than the bedutiful. We ir price can be secured|are very much like the old lady who within the' five year period which|“enjoyed very poor health,” Things | cannot be done now on a rush scale.| are allowed-to exist in_every city What marine but in private hands. THE COAL REPORTS When President Wilson named the commission to, review the facts the case of the decision. ation is useless. 3 E 25 per cent. in, wages, per cent. less than half the ang- in.the other a trifle. over commendation of the miners’ demanded should ‘be awarded. - What the outcome will be will be determined largely by what step the The miners in some instances have declared the ma- president takeg mnext. jority award will not be out, But whatever is ‘the outcome it is plainly evident that the consumer is Under the increase under which the miners re- turned the operators were' to bear the burden of the higher wage of 14 per urges Just what portion of that further increase which seems likely to be awarded will be passed along to the public will be TPhat it will all be is not improbable and of course with a different fuel administration it is possible that even more will' be as- Cer- tainly it can he expected if the final in for a bigger coal bill. cent. The majority eleven per cent. reports above that. eagerly awaited. sessed against the consumer. award goes above 25 per cent. TREATY AGTION ‘Whatever® action the senate is go. ing to take upon thé peace treaty bids fair to be decided in accord with the action taken wupen the famous Just at the present time to by a two-thirls - ote. That lackis short 3 ment in the senate. Apparently wete is a d<ztded uncer- tainty among the demotrats as to what they dare do, but with some who have been previously recorded as fav- oring the reservations now alligned with those who are against them, and those who haveé previously heen to. them now given indicates that there is a certainty for any great ‘Whatever move made to get certain ones into line is sufficient to. alienate those who have It is thus quite evident that it is @y much of a problem fo keep the senators in line as it i3 to‘get them there and the tas get| which will safeguard the country can be ap- tetotally ‘opposed as favorably disposed, it length of time, previously been satisfed. of those who are endeavoring to ratification with reservations preciate¢ as being ne cinch. The conferences, and: the delays necessary to bring compromising ef- pro- made. They likéwise isposition to dispose of the treaty now and have the sénate properly discharge its duites in rela- If the final decision is| asticle fen jt caght not however, to require many more days beiore something definite can forts to bear, indicate that som: gresy is . disclose a tion thereto. goéing” to hinge oa be done. EDITORIAL NOTES The letting up of the _influenza will be just in time for the spring fever to get in its licks, From the demands of the coal men higher than’ Major Schroeder ever thought of they intend to send prices reaching. It is ‘enough to stir one's feelings to think of being so unfortunate ag to be among considerably these days the consumers. The man on the corner says: No ong wants the job if wumserambling eggs by having them grop siddenly and precipitately. Considering where prices are it is going to be pretty fortunate for the fellow who can get along with last season’s bathing suit. . The one «reat trouble with the ef- prohibition law is that people _would have to fort' to bréak down the learn to drink all over again. Evidence continues to increase to the pffect that it is possible to get to- gether on treaty ratifications, and the important duty teday is to dosit. eon. ‘That rallroad = system whichk has 400,000 tons of coal and doesn’t know He believeg that they should be dis-|to whom to deliver it will make no posed of, but he does noto believe| mistake if it that they should be sacrificed or thefland. ———— Two West Virginia men ‘many things in developing a business,| men wag'worth it. 1 bituminous miners, following , their decision . to return to work at an increase of 14 —e e | per cent. until a final decision was m reached; representatives of the min- ars, operators and public were named and the aim was to get.a unanimous The commission has heard the case and they have not reached 2 unanimous decision tHough it is ap- parent to them that further deliber- The majority of the committee, the representatives of the public and the operators, recommend an increase of while , the trolley service is being experienced in| miners’ member stands out for 35 In.one case it is a trifle original / demand and should a compromise be affected by splitting the difference it would mean just half of what was first sought. That plainly shows that the original demand was not justified. The. re- repre- senative plainly indicates that ~while the representative of the public does- n't consider that-a half of what was accepted. | u Had the majority favored th&ém they would in all probability -have ex- pected such a decision to be carried secure There is sure satisfaction in know- g ‘that thé Thames river is open in plenty of time Lo take care of the spring opening ‘of our steamboat sea- _starts it for New Eng- ave an Payne has to give|that dispute our claim to being a civ- s in the way of advice indicates that sob Omes 23-2. | he is sincere in his recommendations, Willimastle Ofics 23 Churen St Telewhone 105. | that he has the interest ot_ govern- —_— | ment at heart \and that he is strong ' for the continuance of our merchant|not color effect and symmetry. Jachin ilized people, and in no way more fre- quently than the outrage offered to the beautiful. Convenience, utility, comfort and sanitation are carefully studied in this progressive age, but and Boaz, twin pillars of the Tem- ple, were not finished until the “lily work pomegranates” had been cary- ed upon them. The Jews' artistic sense was not gratified until beauty had been added to strength. It may be that lack of cultivation has blinded olir eyes to see the beau- ty which many common things pos- sess. If we would only use our eyes aright we would see beauty here and now right about us. As you looked from your window the other morning ou see this tough old winter fairly rioting in its white prismatic forms It certainly needed Ruskin's vivid gescriptive power to paint the scené’correctly. Shrub and tree were clothed in an immaculate lacework of pure whiteness—until Old Sol put an end to the glor It seemed as though the Snow was trying to redeem its lost reputation. ow if you did not see it, and wasn’t thrilled by it, vou missed a really beautiful thing, Sir John Lubbock in his “Pleasures of Life,” gives us this bit of advice: “Many of us, however, walk through the world like ghosts, as.though we were in it, but not of 'it. We have ‘eyes and see not, ears and hear not.’ We must look before we can expect to see. To look is much less easy than to overlook, and:-to be able fo seé what we do see, is a great gift.” . in The value of many things is deter- mined by the condifions under which they ‘appear.” Change the condition; or form of appearance, and you have something totally * different in effect. Fire, for instance, burning in the par- lor grate, giving comfort and cheer to the home; is one thing; but-fire getting beyond control and burning p vour home is something entirely different. The " thin coating of ice that makes tree and shrub a mass of glittering splendof in the’ sunlight is something else when compacted in- mountain side destroying property and life; or; whern it takes-the form of sheet ice and@ hugh icicles over- hanging a crowded street. During’ the thaw last week a of ice shot from the roof of a H building on one of our main thoroughfares nar- rowly missing a passerby. It crashed to the sidewalk with an impact great enough to have fractured the skull of a, Hottentot. Suppose somebody ‘had been killed—it is a wonder that somebody was not at least hurt— would the law have regarded the owner as guilty of criminal negli- gence? Can property owners be too cdreful in_- theése-days® ‘of © unusual danger? Unusual weather conditions simply call for unusual vigilance on the part of all. Do we realize that nature’s most potent forces are quiet? They work noiselessly. The weaker a thing is he-more frantic is the effort for self- advertisement. We know that some things_exist only because they tell us 50. We know where the mountain brook is long before we see it, by the noise its shallow waters make . in plunging over the rocks, but the Mis- sissippii, -still. and deep, is mighty. The very gentlest breeze makes' the pine forest rustle, but the measureless forces that move sun, moon and stars around their respective pathways are inaudible. = D we not see-an exact parallel to thie = * ~= aetian? Min- lnwvers, platform orators and public speakers # pound the desk and grow red in e face just in proportion as their subject matter is thin and watery. Self-seeking con- gressional nobodies, fearing that their enforced quietude in Washington may be rightly understood at home, begin to send obituary motices of dead comse rades, or ancient gardgn seed, to- their constituents, to show that they are alive, and.that the time for renomin- ation and re-election approaches. The distinction petween motion and power still holds. is Every now and then we have an outbreak of religious controversy. To- day, as heretofore, it is each of the s that is the peculiar custodian of | divine truth; it is each that still i holds the one and only key that can solve ‘the mystery of prophe ope thing that makes the 4 tolerable is these disputants are all of them honest, sincere and intensely earnest men women. Each fails to seé how any intelligent person can call his distinctive view non-essential. Does he not take the Bible just as it reads? And is not the Bible so plain that “the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein?” One can easily see that the ethics of re- ligious -controve: have changed but little since the Middle Ages, and that the Bible, with all its alleged clarity of meaning, is still the bone of con- tention among those who supposed- 1y’ love one another. One is tempted to ask if it is possible to have a stand- ard that shall determine what is es- sential and non-essential in belief to the extent’that we can all come to- gether in some form of federated union? As it now is the outsider is.a little perplexed, and may be pardon- ed if he asks with Pilate, “What is truth?” In view of this confession of tongues, was not Baring-Gould a lit}le premature when he wrote his splendid hymn: “Like a Mighty 'Army Moves the Church of God!” Does it? Are we not still wrangling over the guestion of “the quick or the dead?” With all great movements to the con- trary, we are still a mighty distance away from'those desirable twin cities, Brotherly Love and Christian Unity, Human action results’ from the ‘working of two directly opposite forc- es. We call the one impulse, tHe other motive. Tmpulse is. characteristic of certain dispositions ad temperaments. It is feeling transformed into action without thought. Someone has said that the difference between a fool and a wise man is 3t “the fool speaks and thinks afterwards, while the wise man thinks before he speaks.” TUn- less the heart is of the right sort, im- pulse is likely to lead one into em- barrassment. .if not into positive dis- aster. Fired up by impuise hot ‘words are apt to spring to one’s lips that may be vigorous, bwt hasty, ‘cutting, eruel, and unjus® which we regret al- |gmost -as soon as uttered. How true the statement of Carlyle: “Words once uttered are no longer ours, they are carved on eternity. Recall them we cannot; they will continue to face us for weal or woe.” Under the sting of some real or fancied wrong many a hot headed boy has whipped out the dagger or revolver, but in the murderer’s cell -has had ample time to grieve over his unreasonable im- pulse. There is nothing we need to pray for more than the grace of self- centrol. % Must Pay By the Month. Probably = Hélland, ..that thrifty country, hates to:lose a tenant that shows every symptom.of wanting to ~{be’ permanent.—Cleveland Plain Deal- to the avalanche slipping down the| and deep rooted, that reducing the cost of living is essentially an agricultural 'problem, writes Edwin T. Meredith, the new secretary of agriculture. If sagisfactory results are to be secured, however, business men must also give their attention to the problem. Get- ting food delivered at the kitchen door at the right price does not depend solely on how much ‘of it the farmer produces or what price the f; gets for it; but also on the expedition and economy with which it is handled be- tween the farmer’s wagon and the pantry. The problem of the high cost of living is common to the whole peo- ple, and cannot be solved unless busi- ness and labor, as well as agriculture, put their mind on a solution. The consumer, of course, pays the production cost of farm products—ex- cept when the farmer sells his pro- ducts for less than it costs to produce them. - Production cests are high now, and the farmer must get satisfactory prices, or he will have to go out, of business. If he goes out of business, both ‘he and the city men will suffer. ‘When the farmer has been paid for his product, the bill that the consumer must pay is by no ‘means made out. The consumer wpays the freight from the farm to the city market. He pays for all back hauling and round-about hauling that result in so’ much delay and so much loss of perishable pro- ducts. He pays for terminal facilities —and, if those facilities are not what they should be, he pays a penalty ‘be- cause of ineffeciency. He pays the profits of the commission man, of the | wholesale .merchant, of the retal gro- cer, as well as the wages and salaries of the boy who. drives the delivery wagon and of everybody whe has any- thing to do with the product from the time it leaves the farm until it reach- es the kitchen. Every inefficient man in that chain of distribution, every man who draws a salary or wages for work not needed, every man who does not render honest service, is adding a burden to what the consumer must pay for his food. ‘When we have taken the lost motion out of the.distribution and properly emphasized production in the factory and on the firm, we will hdve gone a far way toward reducing the price that the ultimate consumer pays for his necessities. The farmer and the agen- cies that operate for and with the far- mer, of course, are powerless 'to do that alone. It can only be dohe with the help of business men and laboring men everywhere. Distribution, of course, is just as es- sential as production, but if, out of every ten men, we have six engaged in distribution and emly four in pro- duction, there can be consumed by each of the ten man only four-tenths of ‘what gne man can produce. If six of the ten are engaged in production and only four in distribution, each man ean have for his own use six-tenths instead of four-tenths of what one man can product. - The principle applies to the 110,000,000 people in the United States in exactly the same way that it would apply te ten men marooned on an island. We cannot consume more _than we produce, and the quan- tity produced by the whole ends to de- crease with the increase in the number of men unnecessarily engaged in. the distribution of the products. 1 am not prepared to say that any given number of men should give up what | and that see that ly as possible to the sum i ] g 4 gets paid only for. what he But there is one thing him out of production be obliged to sell the product year's labor and which does net enable him and family to live as well as his friends the city whe devote their momey energies in other directions, The farmers ask, naturally 3 that the high cost of living be ap- proached by all the people as a com- mon problem. They ask that those en- gaged in Cistribution “take up the g REE rfi!gfi H plane ot efficiency. factory exeeutive to speed up his oper- atilons so that two days luhor instead of three, if possible, will go into a giv- en article which he finds necessary to his comfort or the conduct of his farming operations. Without ta anything from the manufacturer’s Lre- ‘t. the farmer'’s margin i increased because of tne fact that ais equipmant and supplies are thereby in . cost, his production is stimulated, and he is encouraged to stay on the farm. The farmer asks these things of busi- ness. The farmer asks also that the labor- ers in the mine, the factory and the mill make an effort comparable to his to see that there is just as little labor expense as possible in each asticle turned out by their hands. If labor in every line produces all it can produce, if manufacturers, and dealers recognize the harm that mrust ultimately come from profiteer- ing upon the farmer and content them- selves with a reasonable profit, an important contribution will have been made. to the solution of the problem of reducing the cost of living, to the good of all concerned.. On the other hand, if these things are not done, if farming is not as remunerative, pleas- ant, and attractive as other lines of endeavor, conditions will not improve. More and more will the youwag men leave the farms. More and more will the older men UDécome discouraged. Less and less will there be of farm produce to divide among the whole ppeople for the sustenance and high- er and higher will go the price of that which is produced. I hope I made it clear that, in my opinion, the business men of Ameriea must recognize the preblems of the farmer as their problems also. The | Federal Farm Loan Bank, for instance, is of great advantage to the farmers of America, The business men must interest themselves in retaining for the farmer this aid, and help in securing others. 1 speak of those things by way of conveying to the business man this assurance: The farmer is not with- out the inclination or the necessary aids to do his part in redueing the cost of living. He is anxious to do his share and more, and he seeks the co-opera- tion, the support and good will of the merchandizing or the place they may now occupy in distribution, and be- come factory laborer§ or miners or farmers, but I am prepared to say that, in justice to himself and to his coun- try, every person ought to see to it that there are no drones in his own hive to add to the cost of distributing The Gas and Electric Plant. Mr. Editor: Taxpayer in his letter in your paper of March 12 speaks of the late Hon Charles Thayer as speaking at a board of trade meeting of a taxless city in the future. Let us -quote his exact words from an ad- dress to the court of common coun- cil, Dec. 3, 1900: occasion 1 desire onc i on record as f: ership of publi believe this is the most direct means of r: ng the city from the ditch into which it has fallen. My dream of the twentieth century is a city without a tax list and without a tax- payer. If municipal control of wa- ter and gas and electricity and tele- phone and street railway systems will return to the municipality a net income sufficient to pay all the ex- penses of the city givernment, tax- ation would be unnecéssary and why should not the municipality take such control? Accomplish, this and you can solve all other problems. The taxpayers sustained by voting to go into muni ership of gas and electricity and present conditions show what gcan be done in that line of public utllity in about twenty vears and the only thing lacking at the present timte in his. dream is municipal ownership of the street railways. A little later he was reelected mayor by over 800 ma- jority in a normal republican city of 300 majori on the Stony Brook water question. And today he lies out in Maplewood cemetery practic- ally forgotten by the public that so generously followed his leadership until they went dry and we all re- member the ecity meeting when all respect for the dignity of the office of mayor of the city of Norwich was thrown aside and he was roundly abused for the ills that resulted from his leadership of municipal affairs, backed up at that time by the publi iLETTERS TO THE EDITOR i 20 years is the record of hig theory common council, his name engraved on-the granite tablet at Stony Brook reservoir, which he so bitterly op- posed and the gas'and electric plant. The taxpayers voted to buy the gas and electric plant. If they don’t want it they can vote to sell it. A. H. BREED Norwich, March 12, -1920. Believes in Mr. Editor: I am interested in the different articles relative to “Spirit- ism” anq especially those by Brothers Lyman, Troland and Blinn, ‘also Rox- anna. I am not a spiritualist, but I do believe in the worship of God ac- cording to the dictates of the con- science and if our Westerly brother and F. J. W. of Willimantic enjoy the belief inva sulphurous “sheol” and that when “we die we are dead” we would not rob them %of this mortal thought, but if they will read the Sth chapter of Romans as diligently as they have searched for the “familiar spirits that peep and mutter.” I am sure they will find it more comfort- ing to “follow the laws of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus” than the laws governing mortality. As I am anm ‘old lady born and bred among the Con- necticut hills on a farm and have liv- ed the greater part of my life on a farm, I offer an apology for presum- ing to enter a controversy where the contributors are supposed to be fa- miliar with. their subject and able to present their views in a convincing and intelligent manner. "I -believe in psychical phenomena which pervades the Bible from begin- ning to end, and I believe in. im- printed in the records of the court of! business world. AN those who work together in strengthening agriculture and making it attractive, and this nec- essitates making it profitable, will aid in strengthening and il perma- nent the very foundation of our whole economic structure and will render a real service to the nation as a whole. mortality of the soul. I have felt the presence near me of those whe are dear to me, and who have passed beyond our earthly vision. In my declining years I enjoy the writings of the old philosophers from Plato along down the line and the opinions of Sir Oliver Lodge are beund to commang respect, coming from the greatest living authority on electrical science zad all phenomena, and from an old lady's viewpoint, it seem a bit egotistical for one to criticise men of* such mental calibre as Lodge, Flammarion, the great TFrench as- tronomer, Materlinck, Stead, Doyle, Emerson, Gladstone and a multitude of others, who arrived at their con- clusions after years of study and re- search. And while us less gifted mortals may not be able to digest or understand the utterances, and ex- periences of others, it is useless to say “their ain’t no such thing,” like the woman who first looked upon the giraffe. The Bible. is a wonderful book of prophecy written in the imagery of the East. A book of Allegory, para- ble and metaphor. It is a book of spiritual law which if rightly inter- preted and applied to our daily needs will solve every problem Of the hu- man race. The doctrine of Jesus Christ, understood who the person is or through what vale of tears he has passed, or is about to pass, there is a new life for him or her along this path. It is said there are about 140 dif- ferent sects and demominations and the disciples of each believe their views are correct and all have a right to thir - opinions. What the world needs most at this time is a practical demonstrable religion, one that can be applied in the office, on the street or in the home, and this is what we have in Christ's Christianit; It was not my intention to write a e -i1any length when I began, but some- And the only thing that remains after| how I could not resist the temptation to point out the fact to our brother from Westerly and F. J. W. that in their eagerness to convince the be- lievers in “Spiritism” that all the spirits ‘are familiar” and “peep and mutter” they 'must have overlooked the passage, 1 John, 4th chap, verse. ‘Beloved, believe not every 8pirit, but try the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone the world”— so it seems there were good spirits as well as evil ones, and that human nature in same as today. Wi in a trance Acts 22: 17-1% verses, and again Peter “fell into a trance” Act 10:10. Philip the Bvangelist had four daughters all of whom prophe- side. Acts 21:9, and a myriad of others who were endowed with this particular facuity. If any one has re- ceived any comfort in the belief that their departeq loved ones are in the spiritual ody 1 Cor. 15:44. I for ome would not deprive them of this thought and it is mostly extremists who argue to the coatrary. “And Jesus said unto him (the thief on the cross) Verily I say unto thee, today shall thou be with me in Paradise” Luke 23-433. GRANDMA Lebanon, March 10, 1920. Seeks Special Session Mr. Editor: In wrging unanimous ratification by republican states of the t, the New York Tribune says, “No republican - state has thus far rejected the amendment. It is- only in eight democratic states of the south that an unfavorable vote has been taken. Vermont and Con- ‘'yond the of a special mong and practiced, | ship on which the teller of the story works miracles, not simply “believed” | had just returned from Europe, was but lived and radiated, and I care not|a man who stuttered. Ome day he They shouwld not be permitted te be classified with it even temporarily. The soz of these two remain. ing rep stateg should look be- present small inconvenience session to the larger na- tional aspect of their stand. We are confident that if they do so decision will be in favor of making the grant of the ballot to women unanimods so far as republican states "Ew:m ‘fin b been called in gessions have twenty-eight states. Governor Hol- comb should call one immediately to! give Connecticut republicans an op- portunity to square themselves with the women of their AN B. AUSTIN Norwich, March 12, 1920. Of Interest to Expectant Goshen, Does Not Prove Point Mr. Editor: Once more I came, but I fear it will do little good for those who do not care to see, as there is none so blind as those who won't see. But in answer to R. M. W.'g let- ter of the 10th. I will say that there is not one thing in any of the scrip- tural verses she gave t0 prove her point of spiritism as it is understood by her and others, con the spirits of our dead friends or rela- tives. God, hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit, for the spirt 2ll things. 1 Cor. 2:9.12. there is the spirit of truth, and we truth (God’s word) have that spirit who love the truth, and study the gne womanina manifest in us. And the Spirit of -fl,:' at God that witness with our "“‘ B &fl spirit is given to)every man to profit a most valmable withal. 1 Cor. 12:17. Walk in the - | s Tk Spirit and ye shall not fulll the luste of the flesh. Gol 616 ‘* ‘e are not in the e h spirit. If =0 be that the Spirit of -‘hmm God dwell in you. Rom. 8:9. Be ye Lydia E. Pinkhem’s filled with the Spirit, Eph. 5:18-20. Ye are sealeq with the Holy Spirit of makes ? ‘"‘2 Promise. Eph. 1:13-1. i and ‘= this understand all these texts are to| fashioned root herb oD the church aione (the elect of the| t2is no Bareotics or barmful drugs. little flock) and not one applies to the dead. One must discern between the right and wrong to understand God's word, and must, study and search to ‘be approved. (The seed of the spirit is love) The -other writers against spiritism proved very God's word teaches about these falles angels. E. L. Judson's letter /was he is a thorough Bible student; also life yonder. F. J. W. gave good proof of his study | 52iS of God’s word. Once again I expliin. These spirits who personate our loved ones gone are the fallen angels. Since the flood at least they have been not destroyed but in chains of darkness in our atmosphere (Tartarus). But are getting a little more liberty now in these last days to fool the people who bave not on the full armor of God. (His word). We see plainly how they can imitate and fool those who are not in the truth. And all I can say to ::&l: ;ho are really to keep as far as possible from these forbidden things. They are strong and wily and would fool the very élect if they were not thor- oughly furnished with the full and glorious fullness of His word. Why don’t the Spiritualists find their man for the debate and prove by it their side if it can be done? T believe F. J. W. offered to find his man, did he not? M. B. Norwich Town, March 11, 1920. | . Stories That Recall Others, Personal Needs First John is a dutiful son ang responds as loyally as anyone in whatever he is asked to do. In order to cover the icy path Tn the yard bis mother gave him a pan of ashes anj a shovel and directed him what to do. Soon after she noticed that he was spreading the ashes, going each time over the slippery path she wanted covered, and putting them on the ice but in the wrong place, Calling to him she advised him that he was not putting them where she desired him to. Thereupon philosophical John re- plled: “But mamma, I want a place to slide.” A Sad Seng A the Ts on & steam- hurried to the captain. “S-s-s-s” he stuttered. In a hurry the captain said: “Oh, I can’t be bothered now, tell it to some one else.” Following directions the fellow did his best to get others interested but with no better result. He seemed in- sistent but he could not get started because of his excitement and pa- tlence wasa't a characteristic. of those he approached. Finally he got back to the captain determined to be heard. The captain at last suggested that he sing what- ever he haq to say. Tt worked and suddenly In a tragic voice the man sang: “Should auld acquaintance be for- got and never brought fo mind? The - bloomin’ cook’s fell overboard and is 20 miles behind.” the we corporation shore, These words tell of the ttye home. splendid and I have reason to know| Y strangers”—because abiding ground of all being, and look- ing to eternal thipgs we shall be able to make what is for a moment, con- tribute to the everlasting our character and enrichment of our 3 that brought us thither, as it stretch- es to the horizon, miles of billows so terrible once will seem shrunken te a line of white foam. Cherish, then constant consciousness emn eternity. of that sel- Use the transients a: preparation for the eternal. We have here also the teaching of trust—“With me.” That gives true notion of our ‘earthly life, @re strangers indeed, passing through 4 country that is n Wwe are, “sojourners” with the king since we are “With Him," ‘e companionship even most solitary. ‘Whoever abides. So will it be while we Nve, and when we are called to die—well; the We ours, but whilst ‘when He the King of this land where we are strangers, is the King of the other . Death, the separator, shall but invite us to the King whose pres- ence indeed fills this subject privinee of His empire with all its good, but who dwells in “beauty,’ more resplendent and is felt in greater near- ness in the other “land that is very far oft.” Whether here or there, we may have God with us if we will. With Him for our Host and companion, let us peacefully go on our road, while the life of strangers and sojourners shall last. It will bri g us to the fatherland, where we shall be at home with the King and find in Him our “sure dwelling and quiet resting- ever.” and peaceful habitation for INCOME TAX FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW The Partner’s Income Tax. Individuals carrying on business in partnership or as a personal service are taxable personally upon their distributable shares of the net Any salary drawn is taxable, but he is not taxable on withdrawals of cap- ital. If be bad any income from other sources, aside from the firm, these items must be considered in determin- ing liability and preparing a return. If the firm's accounting period A&if- Sunday Morning Talk SOJOURNERS WITH GOD. “The iand shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine for ye are strangers with me.” We have the teaching of the tran- clency of one stay here, “Ye are strangers and sojourners“—pligrims who make a brief stay In a foreign country. How vividly this word "brings out the contrast between the performanee of the external world and our brief stay in it. ¥n Israel there would few vinevards or olive-grounds held by the same men at two and nome at three suceessive Jubilees. The hoary, twisted olives yielded their black berries say to Simeon, the son of Joseph, today, as,they did fifty years ago to Joseph, e tion cometh, another goeth, but the earth abideth forever. The old emblem of a journey suggests how moment by moment, we hurry on and how every thing is slipping past us. as fields and town do to a traveler in a train. A long, patient discipline is needed to keep fresh in our hearts the sense of this tranciency. Let us set our- selves comsecienciously to deepen our convictions of it, and amidst all the illusions of these solid seeming shbws of things, keep firm hold of the as- surance that they are but fleeting wbadows across the mountain side, necticut do net belong in this group. | down The Last Step. They are proposing to mu'md ‘/.