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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-24
CAUSE AND CURE OF HIGH PRICE PROBLEM

written Specially for The Bulletin)
We have to come back to the dining
room abOsut every so often. Can't
seem to keep away. None of us are
able to do without it, and mighty few
of US want to.
So, in the same enforced fashion. we
have TO come back to the subject of
Ugh prices every once in while. Ev-
erybody else is talking about them;
there is no reason why we farmers
shouldn't. If anything which vitality
concerns us is interesting, then this
topic ought 10 be.
Not that ! especially want to air my
IDEAS on the subject again. I've al
ready talked about it several times.
But I'm moved to tell you what some
other people think about it-people
whose occupations or opportunities en-
able them TO form really worth while
opinions OF course, too, I've got
enough human nature in me to make
IL something Of q pleasure 10 quote
wiser fellows who agree with me and
bolster up my side of the argument.
We all like to say Il told you So" You
and / do. anyway-with just as much
emphasis on the you" as on the Il,
please The main difference between
rs is that some have reached that de-
gree in grace which enables them to
hold the boast back in silence, while
somes others have to let it out into
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-24

that close to it come the consumers
own recklessness and wastefulness
and laziness.
This is getting close to the bone,
you'll admit. BUT Mr.. Holmes asserts
that the facts and figures prove it.
To begin with he shows how enorm-
GUS has become the trade in canned
goods and "delicatessen" Injuries In
proportion to their actual food value
these things are about the most ex-
pensive forms Of edibles it is possible
to buy. Yet millions and millions of
dollars are annually spent on them by
people whose incomes hardly enable
them to buy adequate nourishment in
economical forms.
Then he calls attention to the
amount spent every year by those liv-
ing on small Salaries or wages for mere
pleasure and convenience. For in
stance, take the moving picture shows,
the vaudeville shows, the amusement
parks of the suburban railways, with
their countless opportunities for drop
ping here nickel and there a dime for
mere momentary qualification. There
must be Sunday and holiday excur-
sions; trolley rides for pleasure; sum-
mer vacations as costly annual ne
cessity
MIR. Holmes goes on:
The family telephone has added an
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-24

been siddent on her back seat in his
ladders houses
Der fun Of getting troonk und blayin
der deuce today is a solid ache nit her
head, und some respendances der next
day. 1t may been dhrue dot dhere vas
no hell in her odder world. but no fell
Ter efer got drunk like der deuce, but
vat drinks dot dis world vas gift a hell
dat vast full adequate for der purpose
of bunishments.-Staw Lookout.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-24

broadening, enlightening adventure in
real life for the boy, He will learn the
joy of accomplishment, of doing good
work. of hammering out results by his
own right arm. This really is a big
prize; here our farm boy can't lose.
The corn may be measured, but not
the vision. the ideals and the latent
power that will have been aroused
THE FARMER.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-24
To the Court of Common Council Of the

To the Court of Common Council OIL the
CITY of Norwich:
The Executive Committee mas mao
under consideration the matter o. CO
tablishing a grade for sidewalk on
the southerly side of Water street, ~
tween the points indicated in the lol-
lowing proposed resolutions, ana REG
ommends that action pc TAKEN "A'n
reference thereto as follows:
Resolved: That the grade OF Sioe-
walk on the southerly side OF water
Street, in the City of Norwich, IN lro4 =,
of the property owned by James d.
shannon and land now or 1ormeTly
owned by Patrick Cassidy. be, ana inc
same is hereby established as 1olIoWs.
Beginning at a point on the westerly
line of Shetucket Street at the easteI4S
corner of land owned by James -
shannon at an elevation of ~ feet
above meantide, which is GU OIL 1901
above the top of the watertable at the
northwest corner of the Uncas BANK
Building. running thence westerly pE
the proposed new southerly line 81
Water Street las $40 feet railing z
feet: thence 123 feet falling S5-lOV
feet to the easterly line of Market
Resolved: That said sidewalk be,
and the same is, hereby laid out seven
| feet wide its entire length along the
northerly side of the proposed new
southerly line of Water street.
Resolved: That consideration OF the
| foregoing resolutions relative 10 the
grades and width of the sidewalk on
| the southerly side Of water street, ~
| said city of Norwich, be postponed to q
meeting of the Court Of Common
| Council to be held at the Council
| Chamber, in said City, on the 4th day
| of March, 1912. at s O'Clock In the
| evening, and that notice thereof be
| given. in the manner required by law:
| to ali persons interested to appear, il
| they see cause. and be heard in rela-
| ton thereto.
! Dated. at Norwich, Connecticut this
| 9Th day of February, 1912.
The above and foregoing is true
! copy of record.
| Attest: STEPHEN D. MOORE.
| City Clerk and Clerk Of the Court OF
| Common Council. feb23d
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-24
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN

regular meeting OF the Court of Com
mo Council of the City of Norwich,
held on the 5th day of February, 1912,
the following proposition was submit
the final resolution was adopted, and
you are hereby notified to appear at
the time and place appointed in said
final resolution and be heard in rela-
ton to the matter contained in said
report.
Norwich, Connecticut, Feb. %, 1912.
Attest: STEPHEN d, MOORE,
City Clerk and Clerk Of the Court OF
Common Council
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-24

To the Court of Common Council of the
City of Norwich:
The Executive Committee has had
under consideration the matter of es-
tablishing a grade and line for the
sidewalk on the northerly side OF
Water Street, between the points tndl-
Gated in the following proposed reso-
lutions and recommends that action be
taken in reference thereto as follows:
Resolved: That the grade of the
sidewalk on the northerly side Of
Water Street, in the City of Norwich, in
front of the properties owned by the
good Company, Samuel Kronig q Son
and Isabella Hoskins, be. and the same
is, hereby established as follows:
Beginning at point on the westerly
line Of Shetucket Street at the south
easterly corner Of the building known
as the Bill Block, at an elevation of
rs II feet above meantide, which Is
45-l00 of a foot below the top of the
the Uncas Bank Building, and running
thence westerly by the northerly line
of said Water street on grades as fol-
lows: 100 55-100 feet falling IA feet,
thence IFS feet falling 81 feet to the
easterly line of Market Street.
Resolved: That the southerly line Of
said sidewalk be- and the same is, laid
out as follows:
Beginning at a point on the westerly
line of Shetucket Street seven % feet
southerly from the southeasterly cor
ner of the building known as the Bill
Block, and running thence westerly on
a line parallel with and seven Cd feet
southerly from the northerly line OF
Water Street to a point opposite the
southeast corner Of the building owned
by Samuel Kronig & Son; thence west
erly by a straight line TO point thirty
eight (3S) feet easterly from the east
erly line of Market Street and seven
Cd feet southerly from the northerly
line of said Water Street, thence west
erly on a line parallel with and seven
CD feet southerly from the northerly
line of Water Street to the easterl '
line of Market Street.
Resolved: That consideration of the
foregoing resolutions relative to the
grades and width of the sidewalk on
the northerly side of Water Street. in
the City of Norwich, be postp oned to
meeting Of the Court of Common
Council to be held at the Council
Chamber. in said City. on the 4th day
of March, 1912 at 5 o'clock in the
evening, and that notice thereof be
given in the manner required by law,
to all persons interested to appear if
they see cause, and be heard in rela-
ton thereto.
Dated at Norwich. Connecticut, this
9TH day of February, 1912.
The above is q true copy Of record
Arrest STEPHEN n M0OpT
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-24
LEGAL NOTICES.
TO WHOM II MAY CONCERN

Notice is hereby given that at q
regular meeting OF the Court of Com
mon Council of the City of Norwich.
held on the 9th day of February, 1912.
the following proposition was submit
ted BY the Executive Committee, and
the nnaI resolution was adopted and
you are hereby Notified to appear at
the time and place appointed in said
maj resolution and be heard in rela-
ton to the matter contained in said
report.
Norwich. Connecticut, Feb. 90 1912
ATTEST: STEPHEN D. MOORE.
CITY Clerk and Clerk of the Court Of
Common Council.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-24

To the Court of Common Council Of the
City Of Norwich:
Inc Executive Committee has had
Eunder consideration the matter of es-
taDDshing a grade for the sidewalk on
the westerly side of Shetucket Street
between the points indicated in the
following proposed resolutions, and
recommends that action be taken with
reference thereto as follows;
Resolved That the grade of the
sidewalk on the westerly side Of She
tucket Street, in the City of Norwich
IN front of the properties owned by the
estate OF Henry Bill, James B. Shan
non and John A Brady. be and fine
same IS hereby established as follows
beginning at a point on the westerly
side of Shetucket Street, at the north
east corner of the building known as
the Bill Block, at an elevation 25h
feet below the top of the watertable at
the northwest corner Of the Uncas
Bank Building, and running thence
southerly by the said westerly line of
81 2-10 feet rising l foot, thence 102
feet rising feet, thence 142% feet
railing l foot to a point in range with
the northerly end of the buiIdine
known as the American House,
Resolved: That said sidewalk be and
the same IS, hereby laid out eight (S)
rect VIDE It's entire length and lying
easterly of the present westerly line al
erty owned by the Estate of Henry
Bill and lying easterly- of the proposed
new line for Shetucket Street in front
OF the properties owned by James B
shannon and John A. Brady.
Resolved: That consideration of tbe
foregoing resolutions relative 10 tht
grades and width Of the sidewalk or
| the westerly side Of Shetucket street
IN the CITY or Norwich, be postponed
| TO meeting Of the Court Of Common
| Council to be held at the Council
Chamber, in said City. on the 4th dan
| of March, 1912. at 8 o'clock in tbt
| evening, and that notice thereof hi
! given, in the manner required by law
| to all persons interested to appear. Ii
! they see cause. and be heard in reIa.
/ ton thereto.
! 9Th day of February 1912.
The above and foregoing is a tru,
| copy OF record
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-24
LEGAL NOTICES.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Notice is hereby given that at
regular meeting of the Court OF Com
mon Council OF the City of Norwich
held on the 5th day of February, 1917,
led nv fine Executive Committee, and
the final resolution was adopted, and
you are hereby notified to appear az
the time and place appointed IN sald
final resolution. and be heard IN rels7
ton to the matter contained III sAIu
report. 40 1910
Norwich, Connecticut, Feb: %, 1872.
Attest: STEPHEN d. MOORE,
City Clerk and Clerk of the Court Oh
Common Council,
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-24

But Chief Holmes doesn't stop with
the middlemen. Admitting that the
money spent in supporting them is
perhaps the principal element in caus-
ing high prices, Mr.. Holmes declares
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-24

EN- so.
You may have read of the practical
way in which Dr. Madison Peters Of
New York is trying to help the con-
sumers in one part Of the East Side.
He has got a few others interested
with him, and they buy two or three
times a week. a load of vegetables or
coal or groceries or the like, at whole
sale. and distribute them TO purchasing
consumers at exactly actual cost. OF
course, this sort Of relief, attempted
in this sort Of way can reach but a
very limited number of those needing
il. But DR.. Peters association with
the movement and his twice or thrice
a week mixing up with the purchasing
housekeepers has given him an insight
into the situation which make his
judgment distinctly an expert one.
There are said to be about 1900 So
called "middlemen" in New York city
That includes. 1 suppose, the retailers
who dispense merchandise in small
quantities to individual buyers. DR..
Peters asserts that 1000 could perfect
~ well do all the work that is now
spread around among the 1900. or
course. if a community is paying 49,,
900 men to do the work oil 1000 it is
paying six and a half times too mu III.
That is a simple arithmetical deduc-
ton. II Dr.. Peters assertion in this
respect is right. then his further de-
duction that the high price of foods in
New York is largely due to the waste
Of money in extravagantly supporting
a needless 1900 middlemen follows as
matter almost Of course.
Whether he be exactly right in his
figures or not, we all know that he is
correct in the spirit of his contention.
There are too many toll-takers along
the road on which our dinner comes
TO US; too many other fellows with
empty dinner baskets to be filled out
Of the bags and barrels we pay for. If
one middleman is actually all that is
needed to get, say, a hundred bushels
Of potatoes 10 eight hundred Kitchens
in peck lots. then the paying of any
more than that one for the service is
money thrown away.
Don't forget. too. that it is the con-
sumers' money which is thus thrown
away.
George X. Holmes, one of the d.
vision chiefs in the government bureau
Of statistics, whose business it is to
collect facts about this very subject
The cost Of living-agrees with DIR.
Peters to a certain extent He states.
as q truth demonstrated by the figures
collected from all over the country
that Of every dollar which the average
consumer pays for potatoes. fruits,
poultry and dairy products, the mid
dleman takes forty cents as his toll.
The average railroad charge for
Transporting that dollars worth is
only seven cents.
As the railroads. of all middlemen,
DO the most important and valuable
service-a service without which it
would be impossible for the consumer
10 obtain many supplies at any cost
their average toll of only seven cents
suggests the inherent absurdity of the
toll Of forty cents taken by the less
important retailers. 1t is perfectly
clear that, in any fair distribution Of
cost, the lesser service should draw the
smaller pay.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-24

the air. once in a while. So let's you
and 1 get together once more and unite
in complacently stating that we" told
EN- so.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-24

The above is q true copy Of record.
Attest: STEPHEN D. MOORE,
City Clerk and Clerk of the Court Of
Common Council feb2Sd
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-24

Amtg Drudge Hello, rs TINS Main 12l1? Yes? That you
Mr.. Smith? You send your boy back to Mrs. Jones
at once to take away the things he left this morning
Why? Because she ordered Fes-Naptha soap and
YOU sent an irnitstion. You out Of Fels-Naptha
soap, you say What has that got to do with it =!
If you were out of good money would you give
Mrs Jones counterfeit? Mr.. Smith, If l was Mrs
Jones would take my patronage to the grocer who
saw to it that he was not cut of Fes-Nsptha."
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-24

Attest! STEPHEN D. MOORE.
City Clerk and Clerk of the Court of
Common Council. feb2Sd
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-24

A woman who washed the Oid1aShHon-
ed way in steaming suds and with much
rubbing changed to FelS-Naptha soap.
Her clothes wore better than they had
in the past.
She gave the credit to the quality of
the fabrics
But one day some one asked her to try
something ''juSt as good as Fels-Napths
soap. She did
And her clothes were in shreds in a
few months.
Then the reason dawned ON the wo- :
man. The secret of lasting wear was
s-Naptha soap and the Fels-Naptha way
of washing.
You can't boil and hard rub clothes
and expect them to last; neither can you
"eat'' the dirt out of clothes without eat
ing'' the life out too.
Fels-Naptha washes colored clothes
without fading Fels-Naptha won't shrink
or roughen Aannels. Fels-Naptha makes
the wash white and pure and sweet.
The easiest and best way to use
Fels-Naptha soap is the right way-in cool
or lukewarm water. Use any time of the
year.
Follow the directions on the rcd and
green wrapper
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-24

That's the thing I've been leading up
to. 1T is about time for the consumer
to stop playing the part of a man with
a grievance. Nearly all the grievances
which can be corrected at all can be
corrected by himself"
Amen Brotheri
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-24

The above and foregoing is a true
copy of record.
Attest: STEPHEN D. MOORE.
City Clerk and Clerk Of the Court OF
Common Council feb23d
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-12-26
WHITWELL DEPARTMENT
Items for this Department are So
licited by the Editor

Rev. Rowe, of the Baptist Church,
was the guest of DR.. J. A. Walker
Friday.
Chas. Tate, of Sequachee, has been
olerkiug for R. T. Tate during the
holidays.
J. C. Moore, of Cedar Spring, was
here Friday, looking fat as ever. He
is plum good I'm, and now reads the
News.
N. B. Moore is making a capital
Justice of the Peace, and fits into the
Office as naturally as though he had
been one all his life.
Clarence Palmer, who bought the
Shep Hatfield house some time ago,
has moved to this place, and is now
occupying it. He sold his home place
on the mountain recently to the Dur,
ham Coal & Iron Co.
Wash Pickett, who lives about three
miles east of here, was in town Fri.
day Mr.. Pickett is an exceedingly
we'll posted man, and it is interesting
to hear him talk. He was visiting bis
son in law. q. P. Layne
W'C. Moore, of Caroline Chapel,
was here Friday, drumming trade for
the celebrated challenge" flour, for
which he is local agent, 1t is No. !
-four, and should be purchased by 10.
cal dealers, and give Mr.. Moore lift.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-12-26
800 REV ARD 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a cons Situtional disease, requires con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
G Ire is taken internally acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature to do
it's work. The proprietors have so
much faith in it's curative powers, that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials. Address,
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-12-26
HIS NEW YEAR THOUGHTS.
The Eloquent HOpeIesSness of
the WeII-KnOWn Writer,
Robert Louis Stevenson.

Beautiful in its simplicity and elo-
quence is the following gem for New
Year meditation, culled from the mag
ic pages of that lamented master OF
English prose-Robert Louis Steven
son.
ITO be honest. to be kind-to earn
little and to spend a little less, to
make the whole family happier for bis
presence, to renounce when that shall
be necessary and not be embittered, to
keep few friends but those without
capitulation-above all, on the same
grim condition to keep friends with
himself-bere is task for all that a
man has of fortutude and delicacy.
He has an ambitious soul who would
ask more; he has hopeful spirit who
should look in such an enterprise to be
successful"
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-12-26
N. 8. MOORE OUT FOR
U. S. MARSHALSHIP

N. B. Moore, of Whitwell, the we'll
known dentist and member of the
county court, announces that he is a
candidate for the position of United
States Marshal for the Eastern Divis-
ion of Tennessee, one of the nice APP
pointments to be made by President
Wilson in taking bis seat next March.
He is one of the real and original
Wilson men of this county and section,
espousing his cause early in the fight,
and ''laying with it, by vote and in
fuence .stoutly until the democratic
victory in November. He has always
been an admirer of the illustrious Will
liam J. Bryan, and in politics has al
ways been vigorously democrat.
He has very strong backing Of
friends, and some very strong endorse
ments have already been expressed for
him. Letters to those in charge of
the campaign of Woodrow Wilson for
the Presidency recognize that Mr..
Moore was leader in the fight for
him in this county and section. The
Office Of marshal for East Tennessee 10
now held by J. g. Crumbliss, of
Kingston. Tenn, who received his APP
pointment under Taft.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-12-26
OLDEST KNOWS RIDDLE
See Judges xiv, l4-I8-SOme Other An
Cient Riddles.

See Iudqes xiv, l4-l8-SOme Other An
cient Riddles.
The Oldest riddle known is that one
asked by Samson in Judges xiv, 14:lo
"Out of the eater came forth meat
and out of the strong came sweetness.
1t was naturally impossible for the
guests at his wedding feast to solve
the riddle, fol it referred to that very
uncommon incidentof the bees max
ing honey in the carcass of a lion.
The old translators used the word
meat in the sense of food, its real
meaning in the 18th century This
riddle dated from possibly 1000 years
before the Christian era, and is evil
dence of the very ancient custom of
telling riddles or asking difficult ques-
tions.
The riddle of the Sphinx is so old
that no one can give real date for
it, but it appears even in the latest OF
books for awakening the curiosity of
children in this form: "Wbat is that
which first goes on four legs, then on
two and then on threer' 1t will be
remembered that the answer is Man.
who fist ciawls, then walks and at
last uses cane or crutch, and that
the penalty of failure to answer this
riddle was that the person so failing
should be devoured by the Sphinx.
When Oedipus answered the riddle
correctly the Sphinx was changed into
stone.
Another famous Greek riddle, dat
ing from $40 B. c. was that PROFOUND
ed by Cleobolus, one of the seven wise
men of Greece. ''Who is this father
who has twice six sons; these sons
having 30 daughters apiece, particolor-
ed, having one cheek white and the
other black they never see each otn-
er's faces, nor live more than "a
hours" The answer is Time, who has
10 months, his sons, with daughters
of 30 days, half day and half night,
each dying ere the other is born. This
is the fairest of all the old riddles for
anyone with little thought can guess
it
The Orientals are still very fond of
riddles, and they sit I'M
Gil all hours Of the night trying to
puzzle one another. The way to work
a riddle is to start from the answer
and work back to the most misleading
which still maybe mould
ed into the real answer. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.