Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 25, 1921, Page 4

Jlerwich Balletiu | and @oufied Te: Tieved. of the wrangling and the thi ng away of as % in- thé ship- | fiest to- last it is not ifg thAt anyon#'s hamé, «fl Board, should bd “Ag wrong and unfortu- t dnay be, the situation never- “for the clearing up of such WEh the digging it out of the may be no easy job. drawm thto it nate Batrst 80 Puitieg ot WoFiA, OWK, u | tonEled second-claw matler. Tolsphoss Catte, ilimantic Offics, 2% MW: Norwich, Tuesday, Jan. 35, 1931 HMELP AND PROTECTION. Thik year as in previous years efforts are beiig fhade in behalf of the oyster industey in the state which, if the re- ports are true, not only needs relief but protection, if it is going to continue te do businéss. The relief that is sought is in the form of reduced taxation fot the oyster grounds and the appropriation of a sum to establish spawning beds fof the production of oyster sets. The pro- | tection that it needs is from the pollu- ition of streams that is raising havoe | with the oyster bads. ' J The oystér business has héen exper- lencing a decliné for a number of years. Many have alréady quit and others are contemplating doing so ‘because of the difficulties that have to bg, faced. The oyster grounds have net. +‘decreased about - third but thetri. Sssed value has decreased so that it jess than a third of what it was a complé of decades ago and the conditions are steadily growing more unfaverable. The situation in Comnecticut is much the same 23 it is in Rhode Island where oyster companies are going out of busi- ness and others have experienced large losses because of the pollution of the water. Hopes are entertained that the pollution board which has been named will be ahle to better conditions \but with the conditions unchanged the grow- ing of oysters must constantly dwindle until it expires. ‘The question of pollution is a large one but it is only natural that those whose businees promises to be wrecked thereby should be anxious to do their utmost to better conditions, to save their business and to prolong the industry for the ben- ofit of the respective states instead of having it earried on elsewhere. How Connectjout is going to losk upon the idea of coming to the rescue is uncertain. Tt seems to be indicated that if the prob- lem of pollution could be overcome the other difficulties would adjust them- selves, but overcoming pollution is some- thing that eannot be expected right away and it will require no small effort to hold it in eheck and keép it rom growing ‘worse. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING JAN. 2nd, 1821 10,902 ANSWERING THE DISTRESS CBY. ‘Whether you entered inte the spirit of self denfal day and gave mp your supper last night, or whether you turned over the equivalent to the committee in charge of the near east relief there is unques- tionably need of the help which can be given by the people of this country fer the relief of the distress that is prewail- ing in the stricken section. Conditions would be bad enough in the near east were it a fact that they were suffering only from poor harvests, but it is met poor crops from which the Armenians are facing starvation. For a long time they have been the ob- jects of unprovoked attacks by the Turks who have mowed them down in great numbers, destroyed their ablest people and left the rest to got a living and pro- tect themselves the best they can. Not 2 small part of the frightful conditions that have prevailed in that region can e imagined even from the reports which have come from that region. Those people, not by acts for which they are responsible, but because of the| manner in which they have been massa- cred and mistreated by the Turks are today depending upon the tender mercies of civilized nations for enough to eat and sufficient to clothe them. In response to the call for the relief of suffering hu- manity this country is extending’a help- ing hand in that direction. Tt has done much to keep off starvation but there re- mains much that needs to be done. The work -which has been so well started must be carried along In that as wel as other quarters of the globe where dis- tress prevails. It is relief work in which all should only want to but in which all can participate. With a worthy cause theré Is good reason why there should be a Fenerons responce, and judging from pre- us efforts there is no reason to believe people of this community tate will be found doing their wis srelief undertaking. ABMENTA STILL WATTS. When President Wilson writes to the president of the coumeil of tha léague of nations council and declares that he awaitg Instructions before sending his representative 1o begin negotiations in behalf of Armenia, it indicates that theé Armenian situation is bound te be sub- jected to further delay. In fact the president plainly sets forth that mothing can be done under the present conditions, and in order to change them and open the way to accomplishing anything there should be established toward Russia a policy that will give assurance te the bolsheviki that they are not going to be subjectéd to attack by the big nations, directly or imdirectly. i President Wilson doesn’t endorse the soviet government, but he recognizes the fact that Armenia is now under the con- trol of the bolsheviki and that there is little prespect of getting them to release Its hold until they can be given some as- surance that they wWill not be subjected to attack and be given to understand that the other nations are not waiting for the chanee to pounce upon and crush soviet Russia by backing some one of the emall border statee.” From the note it would appear that nothing was to be asked as an expression of good faith from the soviet government, and it would seem that the presidefit felt that it was the border states that were responsible for conditions in eastern Eu- rope and thatvihey can be expected to pledge themselves against making any attacks against big Russia without get- ting a corresponding-agreement from the bolsheviki. And yet in view of the'ex- perience of Poland there is no certainty that they would accept any bolshevik agreement or trust the bolseviki under any terma that might be agreed upon. ‘That the soviet government will be pteased at the suggestion of tying the hands of the other nations can be ex- vected. It has reason to Interpret the note a8 an appeal in its behalf whether. it is so intended er not and it remains to be seen whether the other nations wil look upon it in-any different Nght. Ar- menia in thé meantime faces a longer wait. FORGOTTEN BANK ACCOUNTS. Attention is frequently attracted by ¥shed Hsts of bank accounts which been Iving In savings banks or a period of 20 years without any claim be- ng made or them or any evidence that whose name they stand know v are there. In fact it is impos- eble for the bank authorities to get in t h with those named in the account T with any relatives. Oeccaslonally there are those who are able to establish the fact that they are entitled to the memey tut the cases are not many after sach a long period of lying dormant. ecently it wag found that there are 360 accounts amounting to nearly $17,- 700 in the city of Baltimors Which have apparently been forgotten, at first and the surprice is that money could be hid- den away or lost In such a menner. There are, however, many ways in which it can be done. It is not infrequently that bamk ac- counts are started for infants, the book becomes mislaid or lost and then forgot- ten with the result that the child never knows anything about it and these who were responsible for the opening of the account may have died. In other eases people move away, while others are se- cretive abput their affairs and never re- veal the fact that they have money in the, bank while they are able to de so| and their relatives or friends have no reason to suspect it, especially if they cannot find any bankbeoks. Where ac- counts are opened for others and nome too careful attention paid to protecting bankbooks and papers, especially if the account remains inactive, the chance of loss for one reason or another is geed. Where fires occar, especially In view of all the curious places in which people hide their valuables, losses ara suffered which, In case of books which bave been laid away for 2 number of years, are not recalled. The forgotten bank aeceunts neverthe- Jess should serve as a warning te all those who have them or these whe have anything to dw with them that they should be quits as careufily guarded as the pocketbook. EDITORIAL NOTES. Those who are fretting the mest abeut the Harding cabinef are not getting much conselation. The man on the corner says: Procras- tindtion may be a thief of time but it deesn’t earty a gun or a blackiack. Of course you have already recognized that a year from Washingten’s birthday you be able to write it 2, 32, 22. — refuses te tak it looks as if he was get- ting busy with reefictien and the pen!l ‘The gathering of data is a great thing, ‘but semehew much more attention is paid to getting it than in making use of it. —_— As the remit of thrift week it might be well to resolve te put aside enough ito meet the income tax when it comes due. THE SHIPPING BOARD TANGLE. o view of the manner in which the testimony was given and the high degres of uncertainty that preavils concerning it, —_— there can be no surprise that Charles M.| That is pretty tough on the mmates Schwab Is much exercised over the-fact|of Sing Stig prisen When they are moti- that his mame has been connected with | fled that they can no lomger wear silk the $260,000 voucher at the hearimg con- | shirts, cerning the shipping board affaivs. There is no doubt but what he was comsidered to be entirely innocent of the claim that he had received any part ef it before he made a denial to that effect, but in view of the fact that it fas been given publicity every effort shomld now de made to find eut what &id become of the money and what the conditions were sur- rounding. It has heen maintaired that there have been such great losses in conmeotion with the shipping board, and so much money wasted as to mmake this sum only a drep in the bucket, that no great-fuss ought to be made over a small sum like that but it can be taken for granted that Mr. Schwab will Insist upon all details con® nected with it being cleared up evem it the committme doesn’t. Mr. Schwab is apparently reaping one of those great benefits which come from public service, that kick which toe oftem follows the giving of one's bast efferta for the publo good with the expenditure of mmch time, effort and money but with not ene cemt of recompense. That he rendered invaluable service to the ceun- | bullet and the ome whose head so re- trv in taking up the reins of the shipping | sisted a kick as fo cause a mule to break board at a time when his diséeting abfl. | its lex can prebably lay claim to being Ity wag greatly needed is fully receg- | the original Wery twins. ‘Thy greater murprise over the fallure to take the census in Long Beach, N. Y., is that no fuss was made abeut it until this late date. From thq testimony against national guardgmep in Alabama thefr part in lynching 2 miner doesn’t brand them as uphélders of law and erder. ‘When the former crown prince says he wants hiz children te grow up to be use- ful citizena be cannot disregard the han- dicep he hae placed upon them. 'The coal operators think they eanmat live under the Calder bill. And the con- sumers have heen having a struggle to keep alive and warm without it. It the New York judge who insists on holding eourt several hours a day longer than hes been the eustom ean get others to follow his lead the long list of untried cases would not exist. ‘That man whese forehead flattened a = o v=| WASHINGTON AFFAIRS 'WIC (Speclal to The Bunetin) - Washington, .D. C., Jan. 34.—It would puzzle the typical “Philadelphia lawyer” and keep an army;of men on.the job to ollowing. Q‘;e g8 that are taking lace Befor: fi'gm paratory to framing 1 i ch will . sbefbra..congress &t the extra session to be called about April first. Con- gress is taking time by the fore-lock and VEvery time I go to the teléphone,” eomplained Mrs. Garfish, “those pedple nest door are listéning in! I kmow they are t:&' ity parties becauss I Zén can hear en yowl.lfll.‘ ’:8: EO{ R R o e R ok re to 'W‘L‘xu’n Tell, and they look e the kind of o héar & p! i getting .1 ,}llulh , testifhony re- TSONS Who would en- w 1 ,&* . srentia] | J0Y hearing ‘William Tell' and think G b ] crentit]| {1 was soething Irving Beelia had and many other phases of the great ques- tion of 'protecting "Ameriean industries which will- be the bi€ measure of the opening session of the §7th fongress. | The ways.and means copimittee!of the house %nd the finance committes of the senate are beaking the brunt of these hearings althofigh ather. coffimittees, are conducting special Sessiofis for that pur- pose In same instdnces. The question of a tarift that will protect Maine patato growers, Connetticut Valley onion grow: ers, cotton and wool manufacturers, and other at New England industries will all have representatiyées here this week urging a higher rate on imperts whica compete with New England industrial er agricultural interests. Amendment after amendment i3 being added to the so-calléd emergency tarift bill, but the generai opinion hers is that the bill cannot pass during the féw re- maining weeks of this session, prepared- ness meagures for protection on the per- manent bill are belng put to the front. Perhaps thére ean be ne bétter ex- ample of the heariigs of the past week than that of the Connecticut growers, which took place off Thurs- day. It was about the Keenest exchange of wit and argument that has been heard here for a lorg time. M. I Aleorn of Hartford headed the delegation of tobae- co growers, and had with him a dozen or 80 men who could make strong peints in the case. Alern also filed g brief set- ting forth the facts. Thé Connecticut valley growers urged an increase of one dollar a pound on Sumatra tobacco—and cigar manufacturers,” who were present in large numbers urged the eommittee to leave the tariff as it is now. For six hours it was give and take, while Tread- way of Massachusétts and Tilson of Con- necticut, member of the committee took the leading part in interrogating wit- nesses. Tilson is familiar with the prae- tical workings of the industry and theré was no “putting anything: ever an the committee” while he sat by. In the meantime every witness produeed a box of cigars. “I hope thé honmorable com- mittee will test these, and form their own opinfon about the relative merits of Sumatra and Connecticut tohacco,” said the first speaker. And thé horora- ble committee proceeded to try them eut with remarkable celerity. The second, third, fourth and fifth witnesses likewise vroduced boxes to be tried out,” and by the end of the first hour spectators Were gazing on the 21 gentlemen who form the great ways and means committee through a haze that formed & genuine smoke screen. During the hearing it de- veloped that the cost of labor and ferti- lizer has so inerersed in_the past six years that unless the tariff is raised on imports the Connecticut industry will be badly hampered. An inerease of wages from $1.25 up teMs the-stery. KTOw- ers claim they are in direct competition with importations where the labér Is perforfed by Coolies- at abeut 2§ eemts per day. Sénator Brandeges had furn- ished data from the treasury departmeént and Senator McLean has had an aménd- ment ‘raising the tariff ome dellar = pound, added to the emergency tariff biIL It was stated at the hearing Thursday that Connecticut had forty thousand acres of tobacco, employes- fifteen thousand men and women in the induatry and has more than one hundred million dollars in- vested in it. It was shown that the tarift had not kept paes with the changed cen- ditions and even tobaco growers from Georgla and Flerida joined With the New England men in asking for pratestion. One of the witnesses was M. I Floyd now of Georgia. but formerly & tobacco grower at Simsbury. Cel Tilsen asked him if he Had forsaken Connecticut and Floyd answered, ‘no, indeed. I'm go- Ing there tomorrow before I go dack te Georgia.” Floyd proved ome of the best witnesses of the day and told the eom- mittee he was a spre “dirt farmer” fer he could plew and plant and show the men on his plantation how t8 do the work. ‘Whittimore of Massachusetts said that things about the ti-tobacco propagan- da that convulsed\tbe committes and made the great roont echo with their loud laughter. Of course it is not possible to predict the outcome of the hearing, fer both sides put up strong arguments. but the Connecticut valley growers made & fine showing and it 18oks like more than a fifty-fifty chance that they secure the one dollar inerease.- The sub-committee on agricultural ap- propriations heard testimony on the pro- posed extension of the Weeks forestry bill, which calls for an appropriation for $11,000,000 to be expended for comserva- tion of the water sheds of navigable riv- ers. This is of greal interest to New Enflland as practieally all its rivers have their source in the White Mountain re- gion which is affected by this bill. The Connectieut river jnterests were repre- sented at the hearing by Charies B ‘Whittlesey of New Haven and Congress- man John Q. Tilson ef the Third distriet, both of whom urged the passagé ef the bill. They testified that tht lower riv- er territery is seriously affected by floods and droughts and that conserva- tion of forests at the watershed woula be a means of relief that ought to he rec- ognized. Maps of the different jocations ‘where the Weeks act has already been used to great adcantage were shown, dealing with both the White Mountain and Appalachian ranges. When atten- tion was called to the “Eumaka Purchase” in Tennessee, Conzressman Tilsen smiled and exclaimed ‘“That is my birthplace” for altheugh the New England of the great ways and means committee is a Conneeticut man by rearing, edueation 2nd long desidence; he 3 Tenneaseean by birth. ¥s New England te lese the prestige of coujnting among its membership in the Daughters ef the American Revolu- tion, the oldest living member of that order? ‘That is what séme of the officials of that society want te know. It seems that Mrs. Naney Winch. Fay of South- boro, Mass.,, 104 years old had been ac- corded the champienship, when 'along came Mrs. Louisa Thiers of Milwaukee, Wis., Who says that she is 106 years old, and. moreover that Mrs. Fay is not in her class at all, as she is a “real dangn- ter, her father having been corporal ea the gtaff of George Washington, wiue ic was Mrs. Fay's grandfather who was a minuteman at Lexingtoa. Wisconsin is persiscent, but New Eng- land is stoutly resisting the claim. Vi- tal gtatistics were rare in the old days, and there is a still hint going on here to see whether either of tne two laaes, who have rounded out more than a cen- tury, may not have slipped up in their count as the years rolled by. A% ome of fthe before ihe Ways and means committes it was tests fled that foreign child labor was eme of the reasons for the low cost of produe- tion in certain countries, with which the Unittd States growers could not compete. Whereupon Chairman Fordney asked a question of broad significance, coming as it does from the chairman of the com- mittee which will map eut the line of tarift policy this country will assume With the coming administration. Sald tobaceo | & written last month, run alow. If they get any enjoyment from listening to me ordering two pounds of steak, I suppose it's a. harmless amusement, but—" ntolerant imdividuals like you are what caused the trouble in Russia, ex- plained Mr., Garfish, sadly. “Curb that spirit, Amanda, or the bolsheviis may in here. Don't be so fussy!” “It's the principle of the thing,” in- sisted Mrs. Garfish with two red spots on her cheeks. ‘“Something ought te be done abeut it! I eertainly can de~ mand privacy on my ewn phone—" “Nothing but . a qu“r_;g:a privaey,” reminded Mr, Garfish. * s a four- party phone and it I de mistake there . is something in t contract about a subscriber's inalienable right to get all the pleasure out of the darn- thing that he can, and theré is ne Accounting for tastes. If your dinner is going to consist of sh, which is opeap but good fer you, it is a sad zt\'pln(n te listen to a persen or- ‘:rlng nica, juicy beefsteak. You sert taste the steak vicariously, so to aay. “No doubt that r harassed wo- man keéeps the children quiet by means of the phoné. ‘Tommy,’ she says to No, 7, ‘stop biting your brothér's ear and go play with the telephone. Lis- ten hard and maybe you'll hear some- body fightiig with his wife or being dunnéd for a tailor's bill and be thank- ful you father buys his clothes ready made.’ Or when No. 2, who reach« ed the sentimental dge, gets saucy or grouchy she advisés her to listen in and see whether the beau of the girl in the middle of the block is geing to call her up and make up the quarrel they had night before last when they parted forever over the phone. Maybe you have cheered up her dull life by your remarks to that Perch weman who stole our cook—" “Why, 1 hadn’t ever got started say- what 1 had to say to Mrs. Perch when she sald she had to caich a train and hung up! Anyhow, 1 cannot col- lect my thoughts with ‘William Tell” squeaking &t me and only yesterday when 1 was talking to the chairman- of the finance committee of our club I began doing it in exact rhythm with that phonograph—" “Well, if they played jazz instead you would break you tongue or some- thing, so really this is much better. Learn to look on the bright side of things—" - “That's alhvery well,” concedéd Mrs. Gaitish, “when it's somebody besides yourself who is doing the suffering, but when it comes to the neighbors know- ing whether we are having boiled on- jons or asparagus for dinner that night and that the bairdresser has called up to say she must put off my appoint- ment to dye my hair till the next day, it is a trifie too much!" ‘“But what can you do about it™ protested the amiable Garfish. “If you g0 up the next door front steps and ring the bell and say politely, ‘Madam, I am sorry to trouble you, but I se- riously object to your standing with| your ear glued to the telephone twen- ty-three or twenty-four hours a day on -the chance of hearing something intereating,’ the lady next door is go- ing to come back with ‘I am charmed to gee you, but you are a.prevaricator for I mever did anything like that in my life'—and then where are you? ‘No, Amanda, if their little habit an- noys you there is nothing to be done and you must develop patience and- wait a minute, there goes the phone!” ] . Garfish strode off to answer it and for a time there was the sound of one end of 4 business conversation. Suddenly the receiver banged and Gar- fish, grabbing his hat, made the front door in two strides. “Wh-whatéver is happening?” call- ed the surprised Mrs. Garfish. “Plenty is going to happen!” yelled Gartish as he disappeared. “If I can't 1l have a private business conference that means a lot of money withouy folks rubbering on the line and find- ing out about my bank aceoumt I'll know why! I'm going in and inform them 1 want it stopped! At once! I could hear ‘William Tell’ on the Phon- ograph!”—Exchange. he, “Don’t ycu think that it the United States prohibits the transportation frem state to state of products of child labor there ought i» be 4 provision in our tar- iff laws prohibiting transportation ‘of im- ported competitive products Which are thé result of child labar?' To whieh the wit- ness emphatically answered “yes.” If such & measure should ever B in- corporattd in the tariff laws it would be of world-wide scope and, if comati- tutional, would shut out a_ trémendous amotnt of products new admittea from foreign countries whére ne child lader law éxists, * Semator has idbmiitied A% amendment te the sundry civil appropri- ation bill asking for an appropriation of $281,345 for-the Coast Guard Academy &t New London. This appropriation is for central. heating and power plant quartérs for commisaiened officers and warrant offieérs. remodeling and réloca ing ecértain bulldings, providing faeiliti for small boats and acquisition of nec- essaty land. Mr. Brandeges has alse presented from New Haven citipéns ask- ing for an increase in compensalién for U. S. court jurors. e TNCOMB TAX PACTS ¢ YOU SNOULD KNOW - The bureau of internal revende esti- mates that there Will be filed on or be- fore March 15, 1920, approximately 475, 000 co tion returns covering the eal- endar year 1§20. Thé revenue act of 1818 provides thet every corporation, jolnt-stock company, association, and insurance company not specifically jexempt is liable to tax, and excapt where éxempted and the accoumi- ing period ands other than on December 31 the return must be flled by March 15 with the esllector of internal revenus fer the distriet in which the cergeratién's principal place of business is locsted. Form 1120 is ueed by every ¢ (except ‘persenal servies corperati B domestic _dnd foreign, subject to taxa- tion for filing is income and profits tax réturn. Form 1065 is nsed by personal service corporations. The return mmust be sworn to by the president, vice presi- dent, or other pringipal officer and by the treasurer or assistant treasurer. Exempt Corperations. Cértatn corporations, such as labor, ag- ricultural, and horticuitural organiza- tions, corporations organized and ozr- ated exclusively for religious, cl le, scientific, or eduvational purposes, bus- iness and civic leagues, farmera’ and fruit growers' mutual associations, may, by establishing thelr exemption, be relieved of'the duty of filing returns and paying the tax. No corporation is exempt fram filing 2 return until its status has been determined by the coliector and the eor- porition so informed. . K The ration must flle its réturn en the basls of its existing acceunting pe- riod, Which is established as the 12-month Period ending on December 31 er upen the last day ef some month ether than Decembior. The eorperation oa; not ohange its accounting périod ithout permission of the commissioner of inter- nal revenue. The commissioner will not approve a change o bagis of ecomputing net income unless the notice is given at least 30 days before the due Gate of the Teturn en the existing basis, and at least 36 days prier to the due date of the re- turn on the proposed basis. In genera?, the taxakie net income of & corporation is its accounting net inceme, but 3 corporation cam net deduct dena- tions and gratuities, ner can federal in- come and profity taxes be deducted. Execess Profits Tax. In plaee of the surtax impored wpen ir dividugls, the law imposes upen carpor tions, in additien to the normsl tax, excess profits tax. The computation the excess profits tax beging with the « termination of the corporation’s inves capital. Invested tcamital, as defined the law, is the amount of cash and tan ble property paid into the corporation; * gether with the paid:in er earmed su plus and undivided profits at the begin ning of the taxable vear. ‘The value of intangihle preperty pai. In for stock or shares, in an ameunt gs limited by section 338 of the revenue aet of 1318, may alse he included in in- vestéd eapifal. The term “intangible property” mheans patents, copyrights, se- cret es and formulae, will, trade-marks, trade brands, franchisys, %MARUFP “Ne-Te-Bac” has helped theusands to break the cestiy, neérve-shattering tabieco habit. Whéraever you lenging for a cigarette, eigar, for 3 chew, just place a zm 'e-Bac tablet in your meuth instead, to help relieve that awful desire. Shortly the habit may be completely broken, and you are better off mental- ly, physically, fingncially. It's g a8y, ‘Get 2 box of No-To-Bac doesn’t release you from all for tel in any férm, your will m Yyour moRey with- have a ipe, or Ne- and ether like property. Borrowed cap- ital eannot be included in invested capi-| tal. Adjustment must be made for in- admissible assets, which are defined as stocks, bonds, and other obligations (other than obligations of the United [Etates), the dividends or interest from Which is met inciuded in computing net ineome. Examinstion of Returns. The bureau of internal revenue care- fully éxamines and audits retumms of cor- porations, and whenever necessary makes 4 correction in the amount of tax due under the law. Severe penalties may be imposed upon eorporations for delinquen- ¢y in flling returns, fraud or negligence in the understatement of any taxes, and it is important that the conporation in’ fling #s return follows clossly the in- structions printed on the return form. 0DD INCIDENTS IN AMERICAN BISTORY JEFFERSON'S GUNBOAT FLEET. In the edrly years of the republic many and umique were the schemes that ‘were suggested for mational defence. The country was growing rapidly, and those in charge wWere able to discern that América would some day take its place as a world power, and that it would be necessary to formulate plans for our protection as such. Among other of the big men of the country who presented a an for maval defence was Thomas Jef- 'erson, the president, in a message to congress, whea it assembled in November, 1804, These same plans were afterwards communicated mere fully to Mr. Nichol- sea, of Maryland, chairman of the com- mittee to which the subject was refer- red. Concerning fortifications, Mr. Jet- fersen remarked that the plans and esti- mates of those required for our principal harbors made fifty millions of deliars necessary for their ecompletion. To carry out these plans Jefferson estimated that it would require 2,000 men to garrison them in peace ,l-‘\d 50,000 in war. “When thus completed and manned,” Mr. Jefterson stated, “they would avail but littie ,as all military men agree that when vessels might pass a fort with- out tacking, theugh it may annoy, it can- not prevent them. Two modes of effect- ing the same object might be adopted in ald of each other. 1. Heavy cannon on traveling carriages, with military trajning in the management of them. 2. Floating batieries or gunboats.” ‘There were, Jefferson estimated, fifteen harbors in the United States needing and deserving defence. They would require 259 gunboats. The cost of these had been estimated at $2,000 each, dbut he puts it down as $4,000, amounting in all to §1,- 000,000, Such of thém as were kept under a sheiter, ready te be launched, when wanted, would cost nothing more than an enclosure, or sentinel; those that were afloat, with men enough to take care of them, about 32,000 a year each; and thus fully manned for action, about $8,000 a year. Jefterson though that twenty-five of the second deseription would be enough, when France and England would be at war. When at war ourselves, he said, some of the third description would be required, the precire number depending on_circumstances. There were being built at the time ten such harbor defences, and Jefferson thought fifteen more wid be sufficient to put every hatbor iuto a Tespectable state of defence. Cengress, neither ful- Family S: of Cough R ready-made % :'r‘"‘:vu aboat 35 1f you eombined the eurative prop: inin’ of every kmown "rend‘v-md-" eough remedy, you probably could ot as much real curative power est is in this simple home-made eough syrup, w?ich is easily prepare H few munutes. 2 from any druggist 2!, qunees of Plnex, pour it into a pint bottle and fill the bottle with syrup, using either plain nulated sugar syrup, élarified meolastes, honmey, or corn jyrup, as desired. The result is & 3!“ pint of really better eough syrup than yeu eonld buy ready-made for three lzlnu ¢ money. Tastes pleas- it and_never apoil 7 s This Pinex and Syrup preparation ight at the cause of a eouzh n}rz ta i) uzt ".nl almost immediate reliel the ph , stops the ¥y throat tickle heals the sore, irri- tated membranes so gently and easily that it s really astonishing. 'A day’s use will usually overcom the erdinary cough and for bronchitis, eroup, hoarseness and bronchial asthe ma, there is mething hetter. hm is a most valuable eoncen- #eated compound of gemuine Norway pine extraet, and has been used for generations to break severe coughs. To avoid ppointment, ask your lnz:gist for “2Y, ounmces of Pinex’ with full directions, and don’t accept | Was ‘#6 inferior and their command se | lics through the newspapers, to become | | would be more particular in chossing “MARK WELL” - Your Safeguard is the Name on a Sealed Packet, as this is the ; “GENUINE ARTICLE" filling the wishes of "the president, nor! altogether resisting them, gave Jefterson the means of partially trying his favorite | scheme the appropriation of $60,000. | The iciency of this gpecles of naval | PERSONALS . James Roche of 1353 Seeond Ave, New hflhg“' wrmcm:;uh}; cussion w:;lmhnv..k time mu;efi v.h: {b.|ing Father John's Medicide, and bas ponents and the supporters of the admin- Istration. The scheme was nhomeulr""w'ned % Susiness. assaiied by Jelferson's adversaries in ev-| Regently Mrs. S. Clement of 307 ery form of argument and ridicule and | Lemoyne St, Syracuee, Y., said was triumphantly adduced as a further that she used Father John's Medicine proof that he was not a practical stales- | ag o body buiiding tonic after a ser! ous case of pneumonia and is now en- navy were believed | tirely well again. . y an exception, op- | posed to the system of gunboats, espec- | ially those Who were assigned to this ser- | vice, partly because it was found thay F COUGHS THROAY TROYBLES were very uncomfortable, and yet mare, | perhaps, because the power they wialded insignificant compared to that to which | they had been familiarized. | It was liko compeling a proud man | to give up a fine, richly caprisoned charger for a pair of panniersand & don- | key. To stem the current of public opin- | ion, which, so far as it was manifested, | set %0 Strong against these gunboats, and to turn it in their favor, Mr. Jefferson prevailed on Thomas Paine. who had since his retuin been addressing tlie peo- ple of the United States on various top- No aleshet or dangerous druga sée here, Miss T.” he sald eardestly, “shat young fellow was right after sil Take you and me for instance. The #u- perintende nw me to change bulld- ings and I woulin't. 1 want & good principal at my buliding for I'm in ber wrlnnnny lots mere than I am with my wife"” their advocate. | Paine set about it with his Wonted solf- | confidence and real talent in ernforcing his views, and proceeded to shew that a gun from a gunboat would do the same execution as from a seventy-four, and cost no more, perhaps less: but & ship carrying seventy-four guns eould bring only one-half to bear on an ememy at once, whereas if they were distributed among seventy-four boats they cowld all be equally effective at once. X In spite of this logic the public pinned its faith on experienced men, remsined increduious, and when, soon afterward, many of the new marine Were driven ashore in a tempest, or were otherwise destroyed, no pne seemed to regard thelr loss jas a misfortune, and the oicers of | the navy did not try to conceal their sat- | isfaction, nor was there éver an attempt made to replace them. (Tomorrow—Imprisonment of Confader- ate President.) - A New York fireman is the imventor of an automatic fire alarm in which A phonegraph is connected with a tele- phone and announces to an operator Just where a fire starts. Stories That Racall Othere acted. Get the relief and help th Worked For One. mustard gave, without the In & little. community a number of | plaster and without the blister. property owners had been talking about| Musterole does it. It is a clean, ht g the community organization ineor- MW made with oil of mus rated. So they cailed & mass meet- jenti g for the peonle to voice thelr opinions. | (hat It worls woties) Do are ey Only one man opposed it. He said: | gopbliceer the ‘s does “Gentlemen, 1 am mot in for making a| Mo G ml lhn-h . corporatien of this organization. My rea- 4. --s_ mll with son is this: I worked for one of them tips. lflvm brings re- corporations once.” mh Tepastanh, Pea fl‘: Musterole for sore broa- A young city principal took hmch -with two young business men the other day. They were discussing their stenographers. She listened & while and then said, jok- “Why I honestly believe you men stenographers than you would in choes- | Gt ing wives.” “Ot course,” retorted one laaghingly. “A man can't be too particalar in eNoes- ing his stenographer. Doesn’t he spand ’ mors of his waking hours with her thas with his wife? That afternoon she repeated the chnver- sation to some of her teachers. The itor was lstening and he immediately “putted into” the growp.. “Now, yeu c.u..ma.m.“‘?outo La Grippe Neglected Colds are Dangerous “Take no chances. Kcep this stanéard remedy bandy for the first sneess. 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