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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05
The Pinchot Mission.

1t is not strange that the busybodies
and gossip mongers are delighted over
Clifford Pinchot's departure for Europe.
What an opportunity is offered for
surnlise and speculation, and frven-
ton, And what safety will there be
in giving the most particular informa-
tion of what is going oni
Mr. Pinchot can be relied on 10 say
nothing-to contradict nothing. The
traveller, who is pursuing a leisurely
journey down the Nile, will not be in
Europe for two weeks, and even then
is not likely to discuss American poll
tics. 1t will be June before he arrives
in America to receive q non-partizan
and non-fa ctionaI reception.
yWth the troublemakers thus having
nearly three months in which to work
wit bout great apprehension of inter-
Rption there would seem no good rea-
on why they should not be able to
work up a considerable measure of
jealousy and suspicion How 36tive
VIII they be in the taski Already4one
cam see one set of Whisperers calling
men aside and pouring into their pri-
vate ears s..inside information" con-
corning how greatly the president is,
alarmed and as to what he proposes to
do We can lima CINE how other whisp-,
erers will tell of CONFIDENTIAL letters
rAceiXed frsm him Or those chese to
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05
TIE BACKYARD HAS CHARACTER

How few tenants recognize the CHAR
sc1e- OF q backyard, which may be
taken as a sign Of the character or the
people who occupy the premises
The backyard with old boxes and
garbage cans. crooked clothesline posts
and rank weeds. stands for nothing but
shiftIessuess. unless it may be disease
azad death There is nothing respecta-
bic about It. and this is why the ma
soriry Of the people clean up at differ
ent seasons Of the year and have bon
hrez and give the place clean If NOT
a 1lo~ery appearance because 1t Is
an evidence Of civilization
It takes but little time and lit
tie money TO make a garden OF the
ard OF 10 park and border it with
flowers. and then 1t stands for econo-
nv. thrift and good taste.
People are liable TO get very angry
II they hear themselves sized up by
the slSuchy and slack APPEARANCE OF
their premises. but the world at large
has q habit Of measuring people by
Appearances, and TO receive compli-
u1sntary notice they must avoid all
unprz-seworthy conditions
This IS a small matter. and yet the
city Of clean bzckyards is the invit-
ing and healthy place and the other
Kind o. = city IS just the opposite.
Wise people move out OF such place
The backyard IS good place for
civic pride to first bloom. for that gives
a good foundation for praise, and for
progress to higher en6eavor-
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05
sEcRErARY WILSON.

Eastern Connecticut has more than
ordinary interest in Secretary Wilson
of the agricultural department, be-
cause he began his life here as a quiet
citizen and has developed into the
most efficient and practical cabinet Of
hcer the country has ever known.
Secretary wilson," said an employee
of the department of agriculture, re-
Gently. sis a man who seems to grow
bigger the better one knows him. This
is not the case, I may say, with many
men who hold positions of great i'm
portance. On the contrary, one is
tempted sometimes, on getting close to
q man in Office, to wonder how he
came to get there and how he manages
to stay. I am sure that the employees
of the department who succeed in get
ting at all close to the secretary hold
the opinion that he is really a great
man and a man who is accomplishing
a great work with little of the fuss
and ostentation that usually accompa-
MES achievement"
A correspondent writing of him from
Washington says:
1t has been said of the secretary,
sometimes. that a little clique in his
department runs him. This may seem
to be true but the men who think
they are running the secretary gem
orally find out their error sooner or
later. The habit of the secretary of
choosing men who seem to have ex-
ecutive ability, and turning them loose
with the injunction to get results, may
have been partly responsible for this
idea, but the secretary's judgment in
the main has been justified. No one
can say that his department has failed
to get results. OF all the departments
it is the one which is mpIishing
great things in constructive work for
the good of the nation.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05
BEGIN The CRUSADE

Begin your crusade against the
E1ouSsfIy today Here are a few SUI
Esst1o1s for the campaign from scfen-
1iflc authority
Sprinkle the garbage cans with
lime or kerosene and keep them con
stzntIy covered
DO not allow decayed vegetables or
ether material to accumulate. Keep
yoz- premises clean
Be careful that al doors and WIN
Gors are screened
Screen AL food. If it is not posi-
hle to keep the flies from it in any
ohs- way
To kin flies in the house, dissolve
SIS grains Of bIchronate Of potash in
ten ounces Of water It should be
swsetsned with sugar and placed in
shallow dishes throughout the house.
This material is cheap, and can be
purchased al the drug store
Another anti-ny mixture is one
part formzldshEde Cformalin) and four
parts e. wafer. If this preparation is
placed IN tins or saucepans about the
# attracts the flies, and kills them in
stantly-"-St- Adams CVt-) Messenger.
Is such a warning as this needed
The American housewife. as we know
her Is anri-fly-she has been cam
pzignins against the fly for the last
haif-ce1tury, and every fly with any
domestic experience knows that she
4 fly-fgh-er from dewy morn to
the cleaning Of the day, and then
she proceeds TO smoke out the nosoui-
toes She has sticky tapes hanging.
1ly poison in szucers or on adhesive
paper. wire cages to trap them and
the paddle for knocking them out at
one fzH svoop. The clean woman
abou1ina1es dirty fly and the war is
on the moment the first one appears
without special signals or orders from
headquarters.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

While the Abyssfnians are nominally
Christians, their Christianity is of a
debased form, corrupted with African
superstitions and though the Abyssin-
ians are regarded as Caucasians, it
would be difficult for ordinary observ-
ers to distinguish them from the Gala
tribes (pure negroes) who are their
near neighbOrS. The country of the
Abyssinians is mountainous, rocky and
sterile, and in the essentials of civiliz-
alton they are at a stage little above
that of the wild North American In
dams.
1t is the military prowess of the
Abyssinians which compels respect.
They practically annnihilated Italy's
armies and ended Italy's colonial en-
terprises on the Red Sea coast, and
these victories, with which he had little
to do personally, made Menelik en-
peror of Ethiopia-at least, they en-
coura ged him to revive the ancient
title Menelik has been reported dead
quite frequently during the past year;
but this time the news of his demise
is so circumstantial that it appears to
be true. If he is not dead we shall
have to apologize to Menelik for being
premature, and promise to say nothing
when he really does die--Philadelphi
Record.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05
Money for the South.

An advertisement appeared in The
New Orleans Picayune last Sunday
that would not have been seen in any
southern paper third of a century
ago. 1t was from Independence, Lou
isiana, and was for 1000 persons
wanted to help in picking, Grating and
shipping strawberries. In another
part of the same state the demand for
an equal number of persons for a like
purpose are wanted. And it is so in
other places in that state and other
states. The strawberry crop is not one
of the leading ones of the south but
is will bring hundreds of thousands of
dollars to this section this year.
In addition, carloads of vegetables
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

from the fields of the south are being
shipped to the cities further north and
are being sold for good prices. Truck
gardening has already reached large
proportions in the south, furnishing
profitable employment to a large num-
her of people, women and children, as
well as men, And the industry is
growing. The demand for the pro-
ducts has increased and the railroad s
have equipped themselves for the rapid
trans portation of the products of the
southern fruit and truck farms. The
southern people have learned to take
advantage of their soil and climate.
Their products ripen early and reach
the northern markets at a time when
there is no competition with other
sections of the country. - Knoxville
Journal and Tribune.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05
Should Be Pleased.

If congress can do what it pleases
when it wants to, as declared by Hon.
Champ Clark, why doesn't it please to
do something for the plain people p
Dallas News.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

Happy thought for today: Tappi-
ness is said to be the shadow of con-
tentment. Get your contentment bulky
enough to cast q shadow
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

1t is now said that DR.. Cook is
eligible TO become a citizen of Win
sted- This shows what a repute a
single audacious liar can give a town.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

1t is said one hundred and fifty seats
to the Johnson-Jeffri fight have been
ordered from China. 1t doesn't look
if China was as far behind as we
suppose.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

The average health board gets after
the house-fly as if it were a terror:
but when it is summoned to meet a
terror it usually forgets its duty.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

When Jack Johnson writes his auto
biography, it is suggested that 1.-THE
Police Judges I Have Met" ought to
make an interesting chapter.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

The mayor of Elkhart, Ind, has en-;
forced all the city ordinances and i.
now in danger of being regarded az
the meanest man.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

President Castro is said to be home
sick. but the cure of returning to
Venezuela might be fatal sooner than
the disease
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

An Indiana woman has made a ma
tionsl reputation by crying for three
days What she was crying about did
rneoriou-
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

dalley's comet must feel that its
abtHty to disturb the nations grows
Ie IS and less
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

So long as the hatpin knew its limit
there was no trouble. This is the
point at which ignorance breeds dis
turbance.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

him breathing out threatenings of war
| and bloodshed.-N. Y. Globe.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

When Roosevelt sees an issue he
Ezhuts it out instead of letting it shut
khim out. We all like Theodorei
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

Since Canada and America claim a
tariff victory, it is evident both sides
are satisfied
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05
EDITORIAL NOTES.

We do not mind if Nebraska has a
4 blizzard so long as we are excused.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

There was a time when ''UncIe Toms
Cabin" stirred the blood, but in these
days it oftener stirs our disgust.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

No one will believe that we have
s1o tyrants in this country long as
the baseball umpire is above ground
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

The president seems to enjoy Aunt
Della just as much as she enjoys his
visits
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

The railroad engineers think there
IS no better man than President Taft,
and there isn't
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

Out west they say that Speaker Cam
non can smoke right or left handed.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

The pork chop has entirely lost its
reputation as the headliner in frugal
epast.-Washing ton Star.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

Spring is putting on a balmy front,
but she is still subject to snow squalls.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05
TaIk Is cheap as Even.

There is one thing that has not adj
Xanced in price. Talk is as cheap as
eVer.-Chicag go Record Herald
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

II has become a matter of record
thai a janitor. may become an obedient
-ks<z5fzz--
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05
Delivered TO Any Part Of Norwich

the Ale that Is ackno wiedged to be the
best on the market HANLHY'S
PEERLESS. A telephone order will
receive prompt attention.
D. j. MCCORMICK, 80 Franklin ST.
mGy29d
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05

The u principal crops of this coun-
try show a valuation of $4,000, 100000.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-05
FRESH FISH.

All kinds in their season. Good and
Clean. Pricee Right.
e. r. LADD, Agent.
Tel. 523. 80 Water St
feb21d
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-22
FILM PLANNED FLAT

After the late election there was
much rejoicing among the wealth nro.
"nc"rS OF our State over the fact THAI
they had defeated one of lahors' enc
mics in t'ho United States. II is irur
Nathan BAY Scott was defeated and il
Is also true that he is an enemy IL
organized labor But lot MS invest
cat" 4 little ana see what We ha-,
GAINED Nv tn" operation Who Will
succeed Mr. Scott Why Mr.. CIar-
enc" Watson The side uartuer of
Steve EIllinS. Henry Gas Away Davis
and sam Dixon. \ railway magnate
and coal baron. the boss of the Fair
mont coal field. where a union man il
NOT allowed &c Ii"h;. wher" many or
Gcniz"rS have bc"u assaulted and bca.
ION by thugs in IT," employ Of the
Goa! companies. where the miners
ar" working under cruel task masters
At starvation wages and under the
worst conditions trar prevail III the
state. Mr.. Watson iS king OF that
notorious "Scab'' ridden guard ruled
coal field. He i the Interest en-
envy to organized labor in rho state
not excepting Rev Sam. Dixon and
Yields mon" power to keep the min
erS from organizing til" state than
any oth,r man or s"t Of men in tn"
stlte.
That. Mr.. Worker. is what Won hav"
received for your vote. 1t is the same
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-22
WILL BE ON THE JOB.

The West Virginia Stat" Federation
oppression of labor 1T shc last session
oI The Legislature in earnest and
through The untirinS and abb" efforts
OF President WEIGH and his assistants
caused Ih- legislators TO sir up and
rake notice: anu while the result net.
ted hut little i'll Il Legislative way it
paved the way for greater accomplish
mentS q; the coming session OF the
Legislature" when the Federation MI:
continue with renewed viSoT its cam
paign for the passage of tn" Employ
crS liability AcI. The Guard" Bill,
the Misrepresentation Bill and several
other needed Ii Dor measures and will
need the assistance and co-Opcrat ion
of every union man in the state to
win their battle against the enemies
of organized labor in West Virginia II
not only Requires financial. hut moral
aid ard assistance. The time has ar
rived when We can expect nothing
from public officials and employers
unless we hack up our demands with
united action.
The Legislative committee will he on
nand when the lawmakIuS mil starts
TO grind and inter in the session the
State Federation will hold its annual
Convention. and as the political com
peXion of tho legislature has been
changed tn" Federation will rut II
up tn them to make good their plat.
form pledges.
Every union man and labor union
i'm the state should get on the firing
lin" and help carry on the fight. All
local unions should affiliate with the
state branch and add strength TO the
movement.
TIL" complete" success OF :hc plans
OF III" Federation demands the co.
operation and support of every local
union in the State. Get in the band
wagon You owe that duty TO YOUR.
selves. your families and humanity.
InS convention convcnuS in this
city on February 10Th curing the Sos
sion of the Legislature and every un-
ION that afiiliatCs ~ once will he on
titird 1" representation. II is up t.
labor to get busy and show strength.
Don't delay This matter. but take acr.
ION AZ once. tn" very life OF Organized
labor in West Virginia demands uni
ted effort and action
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-22
cor AND POLITICS.

Tho Senatorial outcome Of the last
election in West Virginia proves con-
clusiveiy that organized labor can
only succeed ia the political arena
when IL becomes Intelligent enough
TO understand that there is d working
class struggle, and rnat only political
parties whose policy is 10 stand for
lBc rights of the working class. and
demand for them the fun value OF
their labor. is the political party that
deserves the votes of the organized
will prove TO be inadequate: any
other political policy will bur pro.
long the suffering OF the working
class; any other political policy will
bur continue he life Of the political
vampires whose sole object is 10 live
and prosper upon the lire-b!ood OF the
working class
Therefore, il is necessary for the
organized workers TO become arouse
to class-conscious political action, to
cease their intafaecinc political strife
Ito punish our enemies and reward
our friends This is the strife thai
keeps the working class divided and
ut the mercy OF the anarchists oil
wealth--the capitalist claSs-who
seek to absorb all that labor produces
Like the mummics of ancient Egg
pit, the workers OF West Virginia nave
slept for years, while in the non-un
ion coal fields and industrial centcrs
beneath rhe iron heel Of the coal bar.
onS. soullcss corporations and the
. guard" system men. women and
children have been crushed down into
the tonsueless silence Of the drea M
less lust, and this will contiue ron
ages to come unless the wealth pro
hucer* unite on the induSjr rial field
and at tho ballot box.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-22
DRIED scoTT-FReO WARREN

The one preceded the emancipation
of the chattel slaves. the other pre-
cedes the freeing of the wage slaves.
Whether the one snail be the mar
Dinger OF a deluge OF blood. as was
The other. no man knoweth. This we
do know. however. that no class has
ever been known 20 surrender mast
err, opulence and ease without stub.
born struggle.
That the masters will not halt at
the shedding of blood is abundantly
proven by the universal history OF the
past rs well by the present fact that
thousands are annually slain in indus
try for lack of proper safety appli-
ances
The blood suiItiness of the capital
istic class is further attested by the
wanton manner in which the bodies
and souls of men. women and children
are sacrificed upon the altar of mann
nom in unsanitary and morally inn
pure surroundings.
No. there will be no hesitation at
the shedding of blood. And the old
DOOR will be worked for all il is worth.
Do we not see this in every warmly
contested strike? Are not men. wom-
en- and children cruelty killed and
MANNED by the hirelings of capital?
To prevent bloodshed at some fu,
;ure day the workers must unite both
in the industrial; and political field
and vote their own. class into office.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-22

old story OF taxing one skunk ou,
of hole and putting another in. only
in this case you succeeded in getting
considerably the worst of the deal,
and you will continue TO get the worst
OF it as long as yon vote for old party
parasites. be they large or small. he
cause the criminal corporations own
and control them all
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-22

slippery William Dawson sees ihC
handwriting on the wall. He knows
that the coming legislature will plac=
large and juicy tin can or thai
$4,000 per wear ioh that was created
for him by the last legislature. and
ne has prepared another avenue tliro
which to hang onto the state rit for
another TWO years Oh. yoh GINNING
little cusS.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-22

This is the time of year that yon
hear the cry of heln for the poor and
many public spirited gentlemen do
nate a few plunks for a Xmas dim or
for the poor and get their names on
the first page os the plute press as
most benevolent and patriotic citizens
II these self same. gentlemen would
pay their employees living wages AMI
others of their Xix would do likewise
there would be no paupcrS to pity
and it would be unnecessary to take
M charity collections.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-22
OUR BIGNESS-

You, and l. and the rest OF MS are
one each OF something like SI,9T2.266
persons. or we were when the enun:
Grafton was made says the Call.
Thrusting aside as OF no conse-
quenccs the possible claim Of Mr.
Roosevelt that he did il, there are
several large consideration thai OBJ
trudc themselves
These more than 90.OOO.OO0 of per
sons are not competent to rule them
selves. So they have delegated their
ruling to : crowd of lawyers.
They are not competent to govern
their means of locomotion. So they
have delegated to crowd of swind-
!ers, the street railroads and the steam
railroads OF the country
They are not competent to regu.
late their food supply So they have
delegated 10 lot OF transportation
sharps. food SPECTATORS, middlemen
and others, the fixing OF prices
They are not competent to regulate
the conditions of labor So they have
delegated 10 men whose interest it is
to force the worst possible conditions
fun control OF this matter
They are not competent TO regulate
policing regulations. So those who
produce are beaten. seized upon and
coerc2d. In this connection it is in.
terestins to note that while the cap.
italist class has countless spies. and
agents" among the workers, there Is
no record and never has been rec
ord of ii working class spy" sitting
in With the capitalists. There arc
many instances of capitalist spies in
trades union meetings. There mas
never been the record OF a working
class spy sitting in at directors
meeting
But we do not need it, We shall
win honestly.
of the capitalist class. AS result
labor. The bulk of the more than 90.
10000 of inhabitants. is noutcd
scorncd and wron ged.
One of the most wonderful things
in Ill the records of court cases. IL;
all decisions. is that they leaned" tC
'll'il ~ AiN"iN lHtN hIt III
favor CT the smallest class i'll the
country.
The hopeful element in ali this big
mass OF inhabitants is the Sncialis;
element. The Socialists mean bwsi
ness. They are going 10 change
things from top to bottom.
Instead of stealing from the maj;
who produces they are going 70 give
to the man VINO produces.
Instead of holding work in scorn
they are going TO hold idIeness in
scorn
Instead of holding criminal apjrc
priation in reverence. they are going
to hold productivity in reverence.
Instead OF making courts heart
less, soulless weapon against labor
they are going 10 make courts az
equitable tribunal for the settlement;
of affairs between men and men
Never yet have they heen that. Bat
they will be.
Instead of graft they are going to
temptible public of the present, re
ceive decent. fair. honest treatment
That will eliminate graft
Instead of making the government
a weapon for the CapitalistIc class
they will make ii an operating means
for the whole people
a few thousand people of the pres
cnt $1,000 900 now rule. All are
going TO rule. ana the rule will be for
all. but such state of affairs car
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-12-22

come only under Socialist govern
mcnt
That is the thing for which we fight,
the thing for which We suffer But
We snail yet get it. The recent vote
proved it. The next vote will empha-
size it. And there will soon be 4 vote
that will determine it.