Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 15, 1920, Page 4

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CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING BEC, 11th, 1920 10,975 e—————————— DISREGARDING SELF.PROTECTION séeret that ig revealed when ive of the National Boatd e Underwriters declares that re being butned in this country t the rate of 889 for every working ¥ o year, although to have it 1 in that way may bring deeper tion than might otherwise be the just noW the country is Suffer: a lack of housing, accomphoda- ns and for a considerable pefibd con- stion work has been greatly cur- To have this sdditional daily up to make the situation worse ore the people a realjzation nuch ~the regrettable dondi- s might be improved were there eater efforts put forth in behalf of e ention and a corresponding re- in carelessness, This discloses what fire is doing in e way of making the housing situation worse, but there are other reason ' for nting fires than the inconyenience e and the property loss 'caused, L though such losses amount to two llion dollars a day. Statistics for ear show that there were 15,219 country who lost their lives from and there Were a few hundred Jess 15,000 who were injured because s. Of these 23,000 mothérs and n under school age made up over r cent.. One of* the most unfortunate ,things connection with the great lossss t are suffered from fire is that, in epite of the horrible conditions that are the death toll exacted and ©e plainly shown fact that a large part of it could have been prevented, there a constant repetition of fires due,to s which should not have existed. seem to be one of the hardest to arouse a sufficlent amount of in self-protection to overocme ation to carelessness. Too lit- ught is given to fire hazards un- something has happened, and even then it doesn't linger long unless there h been some personal experience. The nce of taking lessons from the rience of others is too often disre- REQUIRES ACTION NOW The lower house of congress has act- speedily-and favorably upon the de- nd which has prevailed for somé time the proper restriction of immigration. ction cume in response to wide- 1d sentiment that Something ought e done and following discolsures as what the country faced unless dif- ferent measures were provided. Even though the senate has not had to act upon the house bill, it is sur- to learn from Washington re- t there is little likelinood that t pper houte will give its approval » the measure, with the intimation that on Whatever may be taken atsthis session of congress.. That would A delay® of several monthg after the country has become tired of delays her legislation and when it is feit at something should be done It is entirely possible that there are es of the billl as passéd by the which ought to be changed, that 1d be a modifi on in some d a strengthening in others. that the country is comrlitted to particular bill known as the John- eon bill that it is deplored that ind cations in the senats do not seem fav- orable to obtain it but it is because the belief that action should be takeu now and prospects do not appear too g00d. nsportation facilities permit of a certain number coming to the in a given time but that.does- t insure the keeping out of the great imber of desirables who promise no % the ocountry. Opinions may fler as to just whaf measures should e taken in restricting™~mmigration -for the good of the country. There are in fact those who urge that a certain num- ber of desirables should be allowed to come in under existing conditions, but it must be recogmized that there is need of restrictions for the safeguarde ing of the country and congress should recognize the need of taking action be- fore it is too late! COAL PROFTEERS With the senate cvmmittes on produc- tion and reconstruction making a par- tial report to the effect that coal profit- eering has continued unchecked by the department of justice and is a national disgrace, it shows from what has al®) ready been learned that conditions exist which ought to have been.stopped by action of the government forces and that as the result of the practice and | the neglect the consumers have been roesly impoeed “pon. It was during the heatrings of this committee that two of the senators made statements to the effect that leg- islation would recommend fur dealing with the conditions in the coal industry either by- government ownership, -al- though this was not favored. or by fed- eral regulation, uynless steps were taken on the part of the ooal men to improve the situation. Fromises ¢o the effect that they.pre- ferred tc tale action rather taan have | the government step in was forthcom- ing from the coal men, and there are instances where coal prices have been cut but it doesn’t appear that the im- provement is regarded by the senatorial tommittee as either permanent of satis- factory. Certainiy there ¢an be no dis- position to permit a national dlsgrace o be smoothed over by sy half-way 1t the department of justice Fas for auy good ressm ’preventsd from relieving the situation, it is evi- dent that now that conditions are dis- closed that congress cannot disregard delving into the ceal situation. Thus far recommendat fi" a8 o what législative steps should be taken | pected that the move will Lu regaried | with eatistaction but it 13 A step frat lenould do much toward rediu'ng the {uncertainty which has for some tix | held aloof from plasing orders even ! When certain conceéssions weré made. NORWICH BULLETIN, the finding of these who have been have not beett made. That thers 1§ need of discouraging profiteers s tly sbvios and if it becomes to necessary -[taks drastic detion in ordet to do so th every fact”hat it i& being done in behalf of the publie will argué against delay. £ e MAKING THE DOLLAB WORII o MORE © Now that thé announsement of tre cut in wages in teX.ls mduktiies 1n New England of 22 1-2 per cent. bas come. it is evidefit thati oné «f the moves for réadjustmesis that will bring conditions back mb-e neArly o normal is underway. U it t¢ be ix- existed. Because goods that were made under high pricéd conditions, with the raw material dnd wages at the peak, could not be mobed and becauss the trade was demanding lower prices dealéers have And when ordérs wéfe not being se- joured and when contfacis for goods which' had béeh made at prices Which no longer appedled to thé trade Were cancelled, it bécame evident that textile plants could not continus to pile up high priced goods for Which there was no market and for Which - they would have to take a loss if they were sold. 2 2 1t therefore bécame necessary to eith- er close down the mills and wait until there was evidence of a sufficlent de- mand for gobds at a price that would permit or to enfleavor to stithulate bus- iness by cutting the price, the selling price of course Being determinsd by the cost of production. And among the ways in which it is necessary to cut production is through reducing the wal time wages. That should mean the run- ning of the mills and a stimulant to business througi lower prices, 3 There aré those whd maintain that it will not be poseitle to earn a living wage under these conditions. But the expectation is that this is only one of the llnés in Which readjustments must be necessary to lower ihé ecost of living. There have alweady been some reductions jnthat respect. Cheaper textiles' will reduce it still more and every instance whero wages are lower should make a certain contribution theréto, s6 that while less dollars may be earned, the cut, the chance to be at work and in- creased production should mean that a Ldollar will steadily increase in value. GOODS FOR LENINE Coming back from Russia, after hav- ing eittred into a deal With Lenine, ‘Washington B. anderlip ‘eclnt& that he btings back orders for three billion dollars Worth of goods for that country, goods for which they are decidedly anx- ious, gbods which we are able to fur- nish and which business in this coun- try would like to provide. Much has been said in advance of his arrival about the understanding Which Vanderlip has gotten with Lenine. It is of course an effort to imiprove rélations between the country because of such trade and through such a contession as it is ‘understood Leéniné has agreed to make to Vanderlip a8 an American pro- moter this has Leen one of the deals that has created no end of workd gossip since it became known. Before any such amount of business is placed in this country for soviet Ruseia it is quite’ natural that those who aré going to fill the orders want t6 know whire the money is to pay for them oF where it is going to come from. They haven't much comfidénce in the paper] that is being put out Dy the soviet gov- ernment and even soviet' gold is mis- trusted. But Vanderlip has secured a conces- sion in Kamchatka and Siberia, which he points to as being rich in coal, oil and fish while tRere are other oil fields Which might be obtained. - That might eventually mean that those who firnish- ed soviet Russia thrée billion dollars worth of goods would get their money and @t might not. There is abéut as much uncertainly over that as there is about bolshevik money, and no one knows what will happen to‘any such con- cession or the investments that are made in developing them under soviet rule. Getting the order from Lenine has been much easier than filling it will be. There is no question but what Lenine feeds the goods Which he cannot pro- duce but the prospects are not good that capital in this country is going to display .much confidence in his premises. —_— EDITORIAL NOTES. Burnt cork makes a dark picture, but it is always darkest before the dawn. ———— e ‘Whoever settles that rough and tum- bie in Ireland will be entitled to a real peace prize. Japan says it doesn’t want the Philip- pines. And everyone knows it wouldn't admit it if it did. '‘Raw sugar is now selling .at ' four cents a pound. But consumers thou(H it raw when they had to pay 25 to 82 for it With one in eevry 159 a government emploge it is hizgh” time tnere was a Wholesale reduction in govérnment em- ployes. The man on the corner says: From the way in ‘which people are eating Yeast cakes it looks as if home brew was popular. ' —— e If Germany insists upon making pay- ments to the ex-kaiser, the alliea will have: no reason to listen to leniemey ipleas ‘henceforth: From the general indications it i evident there is a strong greund swell already deyeloped' for changes in the league of nations. 1t is only a question of a few days now to Christmas. Don't let your shopping #o until you are forced into the eleventh hodr rush, Mr. Kitchin is disturbed by the recom- mendations of Secretary Houstén, but he ghould know that congress isp't oblig~ ed to follow such recommendatiohs. Latin American countries looking for emigrants to develop theil urees, They need to discriginate or they will get: more trouble than development. i UL ‘When the policé commissioner of New York says the city jsn't experiencing any erime wave it {8 evident that he is pretty well satisfied with tra year's of & hundred uasolved murder The young man of '16 stumbled over|said ‘was his ‘feet as he entered the paternal pres- | Clerk said ence after dinner. Tipping over a slender vase of flowers as he fingered the maga- { was $3. Ernestine said mercy goodness, but wasn't that dreadful—and she thought it. was perfectly lovely of me to do such it that you Want something, |5 beautiful’ thing for Her said- hie astute father,” & rifld |oantg for the movies—and all the time 1 e85~ | haq begun to wonder how I was going and I won't need two of MeM. |y, pay for the taxi going home. L “I had to gét 40 or more cents some way and then-there was all the rest of the week to come without.a tent to spend for Ernestine began murmuring 2in8§ on the library table, he coughed in “You can give me thred gu: said the yoting man stand- ing on the other foot and backing into the wanted to know if £ couldn't | iy ing: have a bigger allowange? Why, #5728, (hat didn't I think it was an awfully poo week just isnt ‘anything and— . |picture and thAt:Flossibel Filkins in “The “I'd have you know,” ifiterrupted his!pact Gasp Was being shown at the the- latre five blocky away and why didn't we {go there—and me with just 50 cents in hat $5 i8 a whole lot. It is fivé times what I got when I—" “Why, 1t doesh’t young mah earnéstly. ( “BSpe-| .So I said I guessed we'd stick it out u take a gir] anywhere. Gitls-l2nq tnat made her mad. I cih . itell when Ernéstine is mad] bécause het “1 gée that you are being educatéd.” ';oes goés up in the 4ir so-funny, And I {saw Bud Smith across thé aisle with a 2iri and said Lhad to tell him something, and ‘sald 1 had to have pafent stérnly, are queer—" said his father.” “I might add that the oldér you grow the queerer they be- come. But it costs only 30 cents to take a girl to the movies.” quick—and Bud said, gosh, he didn’t have |an extra cént himsélf and ‘that Beatrice always expected sods afterward—and 1 i had forgotted all about that! * shouted his son, and sat down in his arnestness. “Why, just the other night I had a date to take a| girl to the movies and it was raining just a little bit wheén I got there and Ernestine came down all dolled up and ““Thirty cents? “Well, after a minute she looked out | ofy the window and murmured that tBY | ta%i must have moved down & house OT | Ernestine ordered one of the 40 cent spe- 80, because she couldn't see it—and wasn't | it horrid that it was simply pouring! So I made a bluff about having to call them up. again andsgiving them the dickens— |a hair wave. And 8o you see— " and we waited half an hour more for it to come—and that was 90 cents, “And when we got out at the theatre | it was right by the corner candy store | and Ernesting said there they had those! chocolate nougats again she was #o trazy. about ahd that she hadn’t been able to!who hasn't such: expensicve taste: nd weeks. “Ge! They're all just like that What could I do? We fust|fided his son. “That's be bully Saturday mornings: though. Say but I'm get for weeks gort of surged into that store and Frnes- tinle picked out a basket with what she | glad !"—Chicago Newa. t a minute ! Pro-|mv pocket! got 4 taxi together, ) ODD INCIDENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY WASHINGTON SPURNED A ‘CROWN, mitted to my perusal. The idea of a kingdom is the American mind today vation after another general pécted that he would have accepted the honor., George Washington was not am- bitious in that direction. the return of peace and the achievéement of our independence as a nation ,the wisdom and patriotism of Washington were to be severely tested, in a most unekpected manner, in the form of government to be adopted by the Unitéd States. Universal dissatisfaction was express- | agreeable. ed With the’ proceéedings and conduct of congress as a governing power and, |own feelings, I must add that no man uperior to-that [possesses a more serious wish, was proposed, a head like the English [ample justice doné to the army than I Circumstances, of course, |do, and as far as my power and influ- indicated Washington as that head, and jence in a constitutional the next question naturally arose—un- der what official titls should. such a&|my ability to effect it should there be 8 e occasion. Let me conjure you, then, you have any regard far your coun- try, concern for yourself or posterity or reepect for mé&, to banish these thoughts on the title of “King.” When Washing-|from your mind and never communi- ion was informed of the fact he spurn-|eate, as from yourseélf or anyone else, a therefore, some agency The officers around Newburgh who were associated in this scheme called a secret meeting and finally determined am much at a loss part of my conduct encouragement to an me, seéms big With chiefs that can befall am not deceived in myself, you gould not WEDNESDAY, DEGEWBER, i,. T AT AR T ST S " G5 R £ R+ T orchid color bow and the | e ones with orchid ribbon cost more on account of dyes and every- thiff—and it was a little basket, but it "LOOK! STEAKS . All Kinds 1b. 22¢ -PRIME CHUCK ROAST Pound 15¢ No Higher Price BEEF TO POT . Pound 12¢ “While I stood in the aisle with every one yelling for me to sit down Slivers Jackson bumped into me and I grabbed just sat down and looked at me instéad 'hym and said I had to have $2 and not of getting on her things. Her feet 160Ked |1 agk whyl—and if he didn’t give it to me! awfully pretty and she had an awful YOW | gay he's gl right! aid so much for them, but . &1 saw the rest of the picture her parents didn’t understand. |that—and maybe ‘it wasn't lucky I got the two spot, because when we went for a drink afterward with Bud and Beatrice. cials and it keot raining, so-Bud and I Dbecause Beatrice BLDG: Pound 15¢ ONIONS Dozen . hadn’t new shoes, ‘but she had just had sentiment of fhe like nature.” It was not necessary for Washington to thrice put aside a crown, as did Cae- [sar, for the authors of the communica- tion to Washington) knew too well the|the character of the man and that it would be impoesible to in any way Swerve him from his “expressed resolve. Im perfect keeping With the spirit in ton treated the dazzling ‘H'm,” said his jnterested parent. seems as though circumstances did rather have you in their grasp. How would it be for you to work Saturday mornings at-my office and earn hew about changing girls? which Washyj; before him wWas thé ‘simplicity of his| in bidding adieu to his com- rades-in-arms, and then presenting him- self before congress, there to deliver up| his sword and voluntarily divest himself of the supreme command. Washington aseembled his army for the last time at Newburgh. To _the Castie—the soldiers' dirge—Is brave comrades paesed slow- ly by their great’leader and filed aw: to their respective homes, of December, 1783, 1 Washington's request, assembled tavern,” New York, ed the gilded 'bribe of a King's crown, and promptly and stérnly rebuked the abettors of the schéme in the following letter addressed to their leader: “Sir: With- a mixture of great.sur- prite and asionishment I have read with attention the sentiments you have sub- so far from |NO occurrence in the course of th yet some of |I@S given me more painful our wise forefathers believed that such |than your information of there being a form of government was our only sal- such ideas existihg in the army as ) . . " |have pxpressed, and which I must view G et R T With auhdrrenct and reprimand wih se- I e O et adle o1 " “For tne present the gommunication of them will rest in my own bosom un- less some further agitation 6f the mat- ter shall make a disclosure necessary. 1 perceive what could have given address which, the greatest mis- my, country. the knowiedge of have found a per- son to whom your schemes are more di “At the samé time i , a8 e 10, Judfloe 16° mY | (o swpow-—Baltimore Mob Vickines” in Tt 5 e, I CHIL® TRAINING AT HOME l‘ wliver' | gress—omt! How One Little Girl Learned to Read By Eva M. Tappan, Ph .D., Author of the Chilren's Hour, Folk Stories and Fables I have never taught a child to read. but I know how onme little gir] learned: and in spite of all the theories and all|man is willing to acknowledge & wpman's they shall be émployed to the utmost of MOTHER HAS EARNED THIS CHRISTMAS GIFT || The HOOVER ITBEATS ... _ ASIT SWEEPS AS IT CLEANS THE NORWICH ELECTRIC CO. 42-44 FRANKLIN STREET eame. his officers, d she & ally, com- impres- g_army. ay e “modern methods,” I still think that lsupe:‘w ity. it was the best way in the world. The child had alphabet biocks. and when she asked what the marks on | them meant she was told the names of letters, and she as she learned the names of common ob- jects, such as chair, spoon, table, dress. ete. Her father and mother did not care to have her learn to read; the thought it it was quite as well for her to be in- |that he was rather unexpectedly eet |terested in roses and brooks and trees and pecially they rea was read aloud. by hea ead aloud to - - T Fraunces's] o course to takef final leave | OF, COUTTe from of their eommander-i-chief. The scene | O1t¢% is kald to have been like that of a great leava of his children | 05 reAding. and on a long journey, from whence he might return no- mwre. Before congress at Annamolis on De- he delivered hi mission, amid scenes almost a sive as his leave-taking from From that august nome at Mount mes she spelled a word {aloud and ask body he re‘fred te|Meant. Vernon, &ith ne|, She was especial thought of further homors from his [Perry Girl” was Wwith great reluct- |MPOther realized left his retirement- when ¢ chosen the first president of the United | its twen reading this, hundred and fif more, tha t she learned to read -one stanzas, Moreover, in ext what mnost of them meant. Before she : 3 va¢ reading not only the Rol s Travels and the Pllgrim's Pro- ng the sirmons; who had taught her. Perhaps that of learning to read is not accopd- Ing to any Of the twentieth century the- ories of education—but it worked. When it comes to talking baby talk a learned them. just ants and fittle [ wateh. doljars, and they| °‘Of dBurse” he said, “I want you to were not afraid she would be slow in |&eét me .other things learning to use byoks when the time |must have a watch.” “Well,” weked the mother finally, ‘Jost Meanwhile, they ‘read aloud to her. ee-| why must you have a watch® telling poems; and when! “I want-a watch ays looked on the book. ' Gradually it came to her mind that a}every time I want to know what time it group of letters stood for a spoken word. and she began to point to each word as ft She Jearned the verses + of course from hearing them word as it was read the verses By heart aring them read =0 before long ehe was savinz them over by hersel! aking believe that ng to the words as lost count occasion- Phoebe, are you sometimes read as it was or what it fond of the “Black- re her father and ! e was doing any |.® learned some two . and could recog- e knew from the | ven years old, she lo Books but | and no one SPECIAL SALE ON LADIES’ COATS, SUITS AND DRESSES $55.00 SUITS ........ Sale Price $35.00 $45.00SUITS ......:. . Sale Price $25.00 $35.00 SUITS ... Sale Price $15.00 $60.00 COATS ....... Sale Price $45.00 $40.00 COATS ....... Sale Price $25.00 $30.00 COATS ....... 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