The Press., 1913-12-17
Miss Annie Mentzer has gone to Pittsburg, Pa., to spend the holidays.

business is active. The local mer- chants make a special effort at this season, both in the matter of display and comprehensiveness. As a result there is larger volume of local buy ing than in many places. The ad- vantages of buying at home are so ob- vious that most people are glad to do it when they can secure what they want.
 In mailing your Christmas packages send them early, right away if pos sible. Be sure that they are wrapped with a strong manilla paper and tied
 with strong twine. They will not
 be accepted if the outside wrapper is a thin white paper. Have the name and address of the sender written on
 the upper left hand corner. Do not
 try to send books or printed matter in the same package with merchandise or you will have to pay extra, as the price for printed matter is higher
 than for merchandise. If your pack
 age is valuable have it insured at the post office. Have the right amount of postage on the package; if you are not sure have it weighed at the post office.
 The following statement of a profit on pigs is made by Frederic Faulkner. He bought two shoats costing SIS in April. He paid for middlings, ST. 50; ; meal, IS. 30, and $2 butchering, mak- ing total expense $35 80. He realized Dec. 18th, when dressed 6O1 lbs. at II cents-$66. II, showing profit of $50. 31. The gain to horse manure was $15, estimated, making $45. 31 total gain. The item of profit, $3O. 31, may be criticised because it swill of mostly potato par ings and waste vegetables, but there is a small profit if no swill was fed at all, and the gain to horse manure is beyond question, for if it is left to turn and turn white it is of very little value compared to that on which hogs have been kept
 There is no more worthy undertak- ing than the anti i-tuberculous move ment which gathers speed at this sea son of the year through the sale of the Red Cross seals. It is matter in which everyone should be interested whatever their means, and through the method adopted the opportunity is provided for general participation. of the excellence of the cause is to be found in the increased receipts from stamp sales since they were first issued in 1908. In the past five years nearly million and half has been raised in a national campagn for the flight against the progress of ill the different states If the town of Stafford contribu gener- ously to this cause tuberculosis pa tients may have care at the Norwich where the state pays $6 per week and the Red Cross (Connec- ticut branch) pays $4, provided the patient is unable to meet the expense.
 To the Editor of The Press It seems to me that crisis is near at hand, and that the time has come when the people of the state of Con- necticut should take action. Refer ring to the constitution of the state of Connecticut, in the preamble, and also the article 1st of section 1st, of the constitution, we have the follow ing: "The people of Connecticut, acknowledging with gratitude the good providence of God, in having permitted them to enjoy free govern ment, do in order more efficiently to define, secure and perpetuate, the liberties, rights and privileges which they have derived from their ances- tors, hereby after careful consider ation and revision, ordain and estab- fish the following constitution and form of civil government. :"
 Article 1st, Declaration of Rights That the great and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and established, we de- clare,
 Section 1st-That all men when they form q social compact, are equal in rights, and that no man or set of men are entitled to exclusive public emoluments, or privileges from the community.
 Have we as people forgotten, or overlooked, or disregarded, the wisdom of our fathers embodied ill the first claus in the preamble of our state con- stitution? Secondly, have we over- looked, or disregarded, or ignored, section 1st in article 1st of said con- stitution? It appears to me that this new law, ''The employers liability law" improperly named "The work mems compensation act," distinctly violated section 1st of article 1st of our state constitution, inasmuch as it is clearly legislation favoring a cer- tain class at the expense of another class of our citizens, and in my opinion as citizen of the state of Connecti cut, is unconstitutional, and the most objectionable and unjust law which was ever enacted in the state, and it
 behooves us citizens of the state of Connecticut, if we wish to maintain
 and perpetuate our natural rights and
 enjoy the privilege of liberty, to take
 immediate action in the premises, and
 by petition request the. governor of
 the state to call an extra session of
 the legislature, if need be, to recon
 sider and repeal the said act, and hold
 same in abeyance until such action is
 taken. From my own convictions and
 from conversation with many of our
 citizens, have not found a single in- dividual who would not gladly sign 1I-.-