Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-24

wi1p ar to homer the board with their presence on that evening, but 1t cannot be helped Hoping and trusting that yo will have an enjoyable and profit able evening, am with sincere. regret, very truly yours.
 The mention, Of the several names brought forth applause.
 REFORMS. READY MADE
 AND REAL. Hen. George 3. Chandler Heard with
 Grand affect in His Magnificent
 Speech.
 Hon. George B. Chandler was pre- scented at this point and was received with much applause, President Tracy charscterizing him as live states was representative from Rocky Hill to the last state legislature, congratulat- ed the president on his robust optim- ism and spoke in favor of the Nor wich- Hartford electric line. In his address he spoke as follows:
 After acknowledging his good fortune at the opportunity of being present. Mr. Chandler congratulated the city of Norwich on the possession of a com mercial and civic body of the type rep resented about the tables He said that was an infaAibie index of the degree of civilization of any people Norwich was living up to the splendid traditions of the staunch old New England yeoman- tees of correspondence'' in the epic pe- riod of American history. Indeed as iook about me-" said ttie speaker, T experience a keen syn.f,athy with the point of view of the minister's son who was something of a judge of the values of hands in draw poker. He had hid den a deck of cards in his fathers Sun day coat. and when the reverend gen 4tAv Tv1 rfw.-- I,% chief to brush away a tear, had spilled the cards on the pulpit floor and dis played three kings and a pair of jacks the boy whispered to his distracted mother and said, Don't worry. moth CT. If the governor can't win with that hand. he'd better get out of the game. MT Chandler had an idea Norwich held a winning hand in it's board of trade
 Tn speaking to his subject, MT. Chand- Ter said. in part:
 The man who is engaged in the practical processes Of legislation often feels that he would like to organize an other party to reform the reformers- He gets fire both in the front and rear. On the one hand are the reactionaries and representatives of vested interests, who want nothing doneyand on the Oth- CT hand ara the dreamers and extrem- fsts, who want too much done. One wing often plays into the hands of the other wing. without knowing it. States xnansfdp is an expert application of the line art of compromise.
 -"EIus printv Of Millennium
 The man with blue print of the Enulennium is always sure of an audi l enca, bat the one who breaches the el- 1 @u1enta1 virtues of thrift, honesty and hard work often talks to empty bench 1 magical precess for making men good pr happy. You and all know that de- l ffghtfui fellow with a ready-made | scheme for specializing humanity-for 1 F 1TaI Is charming companion for an even l ing by the open grate with g. mild Ea- 1 vana; his enthusiasm is a tonic and his | robust optimism altogether exhilarat- 1 ways noticed that when we are lucky l enough to have any money to deposit, l we search out some uniEnaginative old | banker who believes in established | xsstices and stands for the existing order of things.
 No, gentlemen. things are never go- ing to be -eyersed up's Eor us in this ! word-nor in any other, for that mat | terA-1ntil we even ourselves up. New &ang1ed legislative devices are good | deal nlre promoters schemes: If the | dividends are too big, we suspect them i Human progress is a slow growth. The | rax,s buihds slowly, like the myriads of efny coral insSctS, on the accumulated | experiences of the past. To reform is , vioasntiy or tear down Any iconoclast can teA< the Structure down and begin his edifice anew but true statecraft is the art Of rebuilding the house while we are living in it.
 Reforms Start With individual.
 No reform is going to be of much value which does not have it's basis in the individual. An army is no better l nor no worse, than the units of which 1 1t Is made up. Socialism would never l come Christtanized; after they had be- 1 come Chr1stianized, socialism woud not | be needed Prohibition aways ends in 1 dfrespect for law. unless units of the 1 certain temperate ideals. International 1 a<bftFatfor can never be put into uni- ! versal application until the units of the | nations have been educated into a cor l responding sense Of brotherhood. The | Fupreme achievement of the so-caaled | Roosevelt Qoiicies'' has not been the 1 epacff1c measure enacted or statutes en- | forced. but dufckentng of the moral i sense of the mass Of American citizens l rich and poor alike The final ] sources of all reforms are to be found | in the church, the home and the school. |
 The "obvsrse Side of Shield"
 Mfr. Chandler then turned to what he | called the "obverse side of the shield" l reforms which real and workable. | Continuing. he said:
 But the great trouble with the kind | of philosophy that nave been indulg- | ing in is tfrat it is easily misunderstood | and often wrongly used. It leads to | of the old. exploded doc | trsne of lafssex faire-the doctrine of | economics that believes in letting | things alone. If we do, they will go | wrong.
 Age of Industrial Revolution.
 The western world is noE- passing | th-<ueai what is deHtiE<d to be known | as the great industrial | revolution" The mind is bewildered | and the Imagination dazzled by the | changes in methods of production and | transportation which have come about | within the lifetime of some of the men ! sitting about the tables. Great con- 1 binatfons of capital, great combina- l tions of labor, mammoth railroad sys- | tems. traversing whole groups Of | states. unprecedented congestion of | population in great cities, the passing | of the individual producer and the ap- pearance in his stead of the group 1 rroducer-a11 these are the phenomena l of the age through which you and are |! now passing The laws and adminis- | trAt1ve machinery which were adapted | to conditions of half a century ago | break down in the presence of the com 1 plicated conditions of modern indus try.
 Laissex Faire Breaks Down.