Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 17, 1922, Page 11

NORWICH BULLETIN, FRIDAY, NOV. 17, 1922 WHERE THE FARM GROUP DIFFERS FROM THE OTHERS ~ (Written Specially For The Bulletin.) In a recent address at a Kansas grange fair, Senator Capper. of that state said: “My Friends: You have no doubt heard of a group of senators known as the ‘farm bloc. The farm' bloc is not the only bloc in “Washington. - When I aFpived there ‘about three and a half Years ago, it did not take leng to get on to the fact that there was a railroad Bloc, an_oil bloc, a steel bloc, 3 sugar blee, a Wall street bloc, a chamber of cemmerce bloc—and one or two others ~=none of them making very much neise, but Al well organized and getting {n_ their work just the same. 7 “To us it seemed about time for a farm bloc to get in the gime. And so about a dozen senators met in a down town office one night to make plans for one. We offered to take in anybody, no matter what his . politics. nor what sec- tion he came from, if he would fight for ® square deal for the.armer. We now have twenty-sight fighting senators about equally divided as to . political parties.” Benator Capper 1s chairmdn ~of this farm bloc. . He remarks that go far as he knows the only difference between it methods and those of the Wall street blec and others, is that “the latter blecs always work under cover ' while gricultural bloc operatés in the open. It is a fact so well known as to be rightly termed notorious that the so- called “big interests” have for .many. years had thelr representatives not only in the lobbles at Washington but on the Boor of both howses of congress. If | | down below the cost’ line, money can't eemtrel a state elegtion, it can and frequéntly has controlled nomi- nating conventions. Interests =~ whose profits ‘were in large degree dépendent upon legislatioy have, nat an but | many times, so manipuiated gonven- ytions as to secure .the nomingtion of candidates subservient te them. In | fact, there are sald te have been cases where thege interests gomtvelled the conventions of both parties agg regl:y pposing named both the ostensibly candidates. This hesn't alwaya been secemplished by brikery. There are other forms of “political pull” than that of the eneckt: book. But, by whatever means attain- ed, it is a notorjous fact that for years and years- there have been senators amd congressmen sent as sych to represent,: not’ their constituents, but the sugar - terests or thes railroad imrerests or the trades union interests or the oil inter- ests or some other like group of money grabbers who had manoeuvred them' in- to office and held them to service in Te- turn, Of course this has seldom bheen ' proved by strict rules of evidence as laid down by courts. It is, indeed, hardly sus- ceptible of proof under such rules. Brib-| ery is rarely attempted in the presence of witnesses. Intimidation doesn quire a club and a set of orass knuckles, A meaningful hint or a whispered threat are often quite as effective as a revoi- ver at the forehead. Nevertheloss, outside of the Jjudges 1 made ryles of court procedure, practi- cally everybody has .kmown what: has been going on. You can't see, the wind; you can't catch it in 3 box and exhibit "it ‘on the witness stand; bpat you know when it blows yoyr hat off or your barn dowm, Now. as a simple matter of fact ! there isp’'t g 'single one of the big !n. terests. with their attorneys in the lob.: by and their servants on the floor of} congress, which is of amything like as much importance to the country as the agricultural interest. That Eoes with- out saying. To live men muyst eat. To| eat they must have meat apd gvain and vegetables—all three the products of agriculturs, No gne has thus far suc- ceeded in living very long’ on a dlet of air and water alone. If any interest in the g representatives in congress it was this of agriculture. §o. Wiien deflation was knocking the prices of farm products n but skilifuliy avoiding ~amy noticeable pressure on other prices, I, for one, dont wonder that some of:the 'congressmen from | farming sta who were close eye-| witnesses of the damage being domo, + should have put their heads together to| see if they couldn't help thein constitys ents, . We may, as a matter of abstract eth- HE lcs, disapprove- the; poliey. of . fighting L. H.-WEBBER: the devi wih fire. . But {s the enly i £ way in whieh “practical . politicians™| _It was after carefully surveying the| fght. or. know w5 Sont. . These son New England “Stat¢s for.a manager|ators from -the agmicultural = sta for theif Grafomela Department that found the senate full of “blocs” of on Mr. L. H. Webber, wa§ overwhelming- | sort and another. As Senaton Cappe Iy gelécted s a man:that was 4horo- | savs thers weto oil bloss aed - ohber ughly” versed in all branches of the blocs and railroad bloos| Phonograph business having started ¢ “bloes, all re, ,—emfin;! his career with the Columbia Grapho- Anaseally, poweieal nat ol phone Company; HOIAiE’ positions in|ways minonities. Moreover, these blocs all divisions of the wholesale dnd|were ali functioning “smoothly snd, in gaining the fundamental | the main, suceessfylly. . They worked in the dark, underhanded, and double- faced. But they- often - succseded n getting through, by trickery or skilful' dockeying, megsures in the: interests of ! their masteps. They .3lso often stopped or diverted legislation whigh Teally was for the general good, but amtagonistic to. the minority intevests. ‘When the sematers from the ~ farm states undertook & mere active ad- v8cacy of their: farmer . comstituents' welfare, they follawed the “fashion as they found it and organized a bloc of their own. As Senator Capper - says, the only difference in ‘methads Hetween them -and' these othér blocs was that' they proposed to operate in the open and by daylight, instead of underhand-| edly and in the dark. Note, plepse. that this was & Bifer- ence in methods. You'll certainly agree new | with me that, thus far, 4t least, it was| Schwartz; an improverment on the methods em- | mloved by the other Biges. Yet, as youl Mr. Webber has held managerfal positions with, P, C. Hendewson, large retail distributors of Columbia pro- duct in New England;, also having served in. a similar- capaeity with Fred W. Peabody of Haverhill, Mabs. Mr. Webber was manager for Wide- ners, Inc., the largest-retail distrib tors of Columbia Merchandise in this seokjon. Move Pecently Mr. Webber has managBed. the largest Grafonola Department in'New England, &. Fox and Co., of Hartford, €onnecticut. Mr. Webber has made a therough st of all branches of 'the Phono- graph jndustry and is also well yorsed on ugational Work with Columbi; Records and. Columbia Grafenelas, . My. Webbet cordially {nvites:-the gel 1.public td meet him in hi Grafonola Departmént = at Brga,, Inc., Norwich, Conn. l COURAGE It doesn’t pay to murmur,\ and it doesn’t pay to fret, And it never does a bit of The more you wail and worry, the less you're like to get; 1t's unprofitable business to repine. The bright and cheerful worker is the one who wins SHCCess, The man who takes an optimistic view, Who works instead of wailing, and always does his best, Thuys pointing out a rule of-life for you. 1t doesn’t help a bit to get th To sit you down with folded hands and wish; It may be pleasant loafing on But the loafer never catches any fish. : You must work to be successful, with a good stiff upper lip, Never stopping your misfortunes to bewail; The man who wins is cheerful, always hoping for the best, And. the doleful chap is pretty sure to fail, good to whine. e many things you want the bank beside a stream, curt: | Somerville Journal, —— - - - remember, the frank statement of l'ha'ln line with the wider indiscipline of the ' to bloc's fermation gnd purpose at once drew out a veritable storm of criticlsm, sneers and gbuse. Not only from prae- tical politiclans and party newspapers, but from men ef high busimess stand- ing and lofty official position. In regard to that, all that is needfur for a complete understanding of the| situation is to recall that none of these! violent eritics had ever before shown any undue excitement because of' the! universally known existence and too' often vicious activities of the other blacs. I It was simply a fresh illustration of the truth of the old saying . that it makes all the difference in the whose ox is gored. But there are two radical differemces’ between the farm bloc and the other pre-existing blocs; differences of pur- pose and character, which far transcend in importance any mere difference in methods. * The first of these is that-the farm bloc is an attempt to defend the inter- ests ‘of the peeple by whom its mem- bers were elected. The other blocs are " | gotten up, managed and manipulated :n the interests of minority cliques, fre- quently in direct oppesition to the gen- eral welfare and the public good. That is a difference which means something; which touches a vital spot. Don't forget if, when you hear some smooth-tongued critic voicing his Wis approval of the farm bloc. You don't need to take up any gudgels in behalf of the farm blpc. But just —ask him why he picks it out as a target instead of some of-the other more dangerous ones. If he says there aren't any oth- ers, he's lying. But you needn’t -put yourself out to tell him so, for he kng it without heing told. The second radical differemce between the farm bloc and others is that those others work as smoothly and silently as well 'oiled wachines. They do as they are told and obey orders with. unques- tioning discipline. They “know their master's voice” and make no back talk. They do pot originate legislation but support sueh as i3 passed on to them. They do net spread out their ranks, but march and wheel ‘and right-about-faca with trained docility. But the members; ! of the farm bloc, having no superior au- thority over them, and secking solely to; vepresent the mult ed constituen-i cies behind them, show 2 woeful lack!: @f disclpline. They dop't always keep step; they dom’t always march m ol wmn; they don't fire by volley. but.too offen in a seatterlag and ineffective bushwhaclking way. This is just another proef eof ths truth that a singlesheaded abseolute monarchy is usually moye efficient for immediate results tham 3 wany-l democraoy. You . can usually wai more effectively for a gle boss tham You can for a tewn m::tfq;, But town meeting way is the American way, all the same. Ag between the Dboss and the bhallet-box, most Amaricans wil still prefer the lagter. Thy mmgmti\a indisclplige of the farm bloc is simply se il ed 4 electorate. We can't criticize it too se- verely without our eriticism back-fir- ing- against the entire mechanism of our governmental system, Now, mipd you, I'm net » paertisan of the farm bloc Some of its members seem tc me pretty wild In their ideas. And some seem & trifis short-sighted. And some seem dreffle narrow. Very tew of them appear willing to -stend when hitched. To change the figure, too many are inclined to go off at hailf- cock. But, since we are drifting into—if we haven't already reached—a govern- ment by the blocg of the blocs and for in my heart to alm my severest criti- cisms at the one bloc of the bunch which is manifestly the best intentioned of them ail. It I've got to throw stomes, I'd rathor throw them at the fellows who are stealing my apples’ than at the hired j e them for| men who are trying. to savi y_apple-cellar. ‘ This, even if the hired men are g li tle awkward in their motions and don't| work quite as skilifully as I would like, THE FARMER. e LOST mONEY FOUND AND BETURNED TO ITS OWNER ;1opiionts A woman employe at the Norw: state hospital is thankinz her good lu S ‘that the §52 sha lost om the street inl this eity Wednesday was found by an worjd the blocs, I own up that I can't find it i i HUMOR OF THE DAY “From one grouch to another—"Ob, say it with glowers!"—Life., Stage Mapager—All ready; run up the n. age Hand—Say, what do you think 1 am @ squirrel7—Froth. Betty—Jack says he'll dle if I give him up. Marje—Don't worry, dear. In the mat- ter of lives a eat isn't in it with Jack — Boston Trafiscript. “Been fishing, eh? I suppose a lot of big ‘ones got away.” “No worse than that. If there were i any big ones in that lake they didn't even bite.”—Detroit ' Free Press. “Paw, why does Santy Claus wear a beard?” “Because he has s many Christmas 1 neckties, sen.”-~Boston Beanpot. “Uncle Tobe, the cat just had a fit in Ithe mint pateh.” “I don’t blame the cat a bit,” declared Uncle Tobe Snarl of Kicker county.— Louisville Courier-Journal, “Yoy rent this house” ¢s, but it is almost Ilke owning it " How " “I haven't paid the rent for the last ' ten months.”—Literary Digest. “] just saw your wife out in your neighbor’s auto. Why don’t you take her out in your own?" “Oh, we've just made our wills in each gther’s favor.—Boston Transcript. “A woman's crowning glory is her hair.” ‘We members of the poets’ unlon don't mention that any more. We're all for bobbed tresses,”—Louisville Coyrier- Journal “De blg pertaters gre allus found on de p o' de heap,” philosopized an old darky, “but if it wa'n't fo' de rest of us dere’ be no heap.”—~Boston Transcript Muggins—Ye' I'm living out in the country now. It certainty has its incon- veniences. Py Buggins—What do you miss most? Muggins—The last train home night—Duluth Herald. “Where do I go Cap?” “You direct air traffic. And don’'t make any mistakes or we'll have the streets all cluttered up before the pa- rade starts.—Louisville Courler-Journal. Mr. Exe—I don't approve of that sultor of Helen's. He seems to be 2 man without prineiple Mrs. Exe—Why Johh, he has a princi- pal of §500,000 and it brings him 8 per cent. annually.—Boston Transcript. “That young man stays to an un- earthly hour.every night, Gladys,” said irate father to his youngest daughter. hat does. your mother say about at “Well, dad,” Gladys replied, as she turned to go upstairs, “she says that men haven't changed & bit.”—Every~ body's Magazine. — KALEIDQSCCPE Africa has approximately 150,000 000 1t is said 42 per cent. of the elgrgy live to be septuagenarians. Queen Alexandra. established the first hopest Norwich Weman, 'who broughtmodel dairy farm in England. the meney Thursday to the Bulletin of- fice in response whieh the leser had inserted. The meney twas found on lowe Franklin street by a prominent society woman of this city whe was glad to find a way to return it to its deserving and rightful owner as soon as she saw the advertisement. Several Franklin street people wha.learned of the incident Thursday recalled several eases of mon- ey lose recently ‘in this city which has been found and restored to its owners, dicaling that honesty s 8 quality that has not been lest among Norwich residents. \ " QOn Trip te Msins, Franklin E. Peckham and som, Oliver H. P. Peckham of Far View, East Side, left Wednesday evening for Portlan Maine. They will spend two weeks vi iting points of interest and on their turny trip will be guests of Mr. Pec! ham's brother-in:law and sisten Mw and Mrs, Walter W. Woodward at Brockton, Mass. Logislators’ Vacations Over United States Senator Frank B, Bran- gee Fetyrned to Washington from New London Tuegday night. y Congressman * Richard B. Freeman Is 0 g0 to Wash- D ingtonl Sunday night, so that he will be| in time for the Opening of the session om Monday. = ” A bad man is far leds dangerous than @ cunning one . 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