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Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

think it over seriously, for it is a serious proposition. It is like this in plain language. MT. Weeks and other bankers would like to issue their prom ises to pay (debts) to loan to the bus mess men of the country, to the peo- pie, and for the government, the peo pie, to redeem them for the banks. Away back in 1862 when the money question was pending in congress over the word except on the greenback, MT. Spaulding said on page 13S of his history: Who, then, are they that ask to have a preference given to them over other creditors of the govern ment? Sir, it is a very respectable class of gentlemen, but a class of men who are very sharp in all money trans actions. They are not generally among the producing classes-not among those who, by their labor and skill make the wealth of the country: but a class of men that have accumulated wealth-men who are willing to lend money to the government if you will make the security beyond all question, give them a high rate of interest and make 1t payable in coin. and put your bonds on the market at the market price to purchase gold ard sill yer to pay them interest every six months. Who would not be willing to loan money on such terms? Sir, the legal tender treasury note bill was intended to avoid all such financiering and protect the government and peo- pie, who pay the taxes, from all such hard bargains. It was intended as a shield in the hands of the patriotic people of the country against all forced sales of bonds, and all extravagant rates of interest History Is repeat ing itself. How is the government to get the gold" to redeem its promises to pay? It is not in the gold mining business. Sell bonds to buy gold, to redeem it's or the banks promises to pay and tax the people to pay interest on the bonds. And this fifth wheel to the coach in the face of the fact that the people, through congress, can create a full legal tender, lawful money on paper.
 J. c. VALLETTE.
 North Franklin. Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19
SAFETY ON THE LAKES

That the weather bureau furnished advance reports of the storm which EwNpr the great lakes at 113 points along the lake shores eliminates that euresu from the charge of negligence which was being framed against :t. Flew much attention is paid to the government reports may perhaps be indicated bv the large loss of life -nro1sh the seeming disregard for con ettfonS and signals.
 Whether there was any reasonable cause for bringing the weather bu- resH into the matter at all it has been indicated that the question of 1zl1e navigation is filed with as many and great dangers as is ocean travel Tine and again has it been demon Etrsted that the lakes with their linn ited area offer greater dangers than does the ocean Thus while attention Is be4ng directed towards creating greater safety at sea the need of a rey1S1oo Of the regulations for sta bi1ity and safety of lake shipping is Blz-1ng1y set forth
 The great lakes have an enormous amount of transportation and big har- vests are reaped by the interests which have so wonderfully developed the lake trade The revelations which the storm has caused call for 8 joint in weSf1Gzt1on by this country and Can ada Of the methods of construction ard the provisions for protection and safety 0f the passengers and crews The enactment of regulations which will insure all possible safeguards should be forthcoming for the over coming of the many weak spots which have been disclosed.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19
HARM FROM sPoILs SYSTEM.

Just at this time when the post office department is throwing open the fourth class postoffices of certain states to those who stand the highest fu the examination, much credit is being claimed by the democrats for this adoption of the merit system as an offset 10 the letting down of the bars of civil service which was sane toned by ths president in approving the bill taking certain government em- ployes from under it's protection The course with the postmasters Is simply for the overthrow of the presidential order Of the last administration which placed the fourth class offices under civil service so that new appointees were Co be selected by examination
 As the Philadelphia Press well says the taking of the internal revenue col lscso<s and deputy marshals from civil service "dest-oys the protection here tofore given to American labor but Incidentally t also destroys the safe guards against unit appointments as well az Ehe security Of tenure and pro motion hy merit which civil service Eefo<m has lsaoraously worked out to
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19
MAR AND PEACE.

II is particularly sad plight in which Bulgaria finds itself following the successful though disastrous Bal kan war. Among the victOrs none of tf1e countries has suffered as has this leader in the movement to drive Tur- key from Europe Taking the initia- tive and furnishing the large army for the opening of the campaign it won many notable battles and sacri- feed many thousands of the best men of the country. The condition today is far worse than it was before the opening of the war. It gained inn portant territory only to lose it. It sent great forces of men into battle and they won but through the unfor- tunate lack of foresight the quarrel between the allies was most humil- iatjng and 1t lost the greater part of the advantages gained To cap the climax the abdica ton of King Ferdi- nand is threatened because of the feel ing which has arisen against him.
 Thus have the mighty fallen The Bulgarian fighters are humbled. Fully 4500O of it's men laid down their lives and at least seven thousand more are known to be missing. This does not include the hundred thousand or more who have been disabled and become a permanent charge upon the country Its human loss has been terrific and equally so has been it's financial drain, when it is reCkOned that it's share in the two wars mounts up to rHe good sized total of $160 OOO 900. What 1t has netted is insignificant. There is a most impressive lesson on the rav- ages of war in the position of Bulgaria today. To that country at least the value of peace has been fully demon sIrated.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19
INVESTIGATING COAL ROADS.

An Investigation which is bound to he foIszed win widespread interest is nat which has been started by the Interstate commerce commission turo the e9esoon of whether the rail rn@6s are observing the law and reg UfR-ro-s cIncE-u1nE the carrying Of csa- T. is bent upon determining g whether the roads have been observ- DE the interstate commerce laws. Ehschsr freight rH1ss on coal are req s1lz5l% and whe1her there exists an U2dErSrH1d1nE which is detrimental to the tu1erss-s of the Independents, and rhsrr&cre against the interests of the pralic h general Much depends upon rhs ou1cune ss to whether the con EzDE VIII be benefited or not
 E 1T iE 11znd that the rates are i'm Eo7e- for the shipment of coal and fhzz1 the roads com bine against the shippers who happen to be outside he ciTclf of high influence and thus @-Ts 10 nzz1&asn the price at an in Gz@@d rgurs there is grounds for an t1Epa1ng some relief in the way of cuSc to the conszner II is but fair and t1Et that such should be the re- suit The position Of the coal barons has long been one Of arrogance They hare he'd an all powerful control and whzreVs- has served to increase their expenses has been taken out of the users of coal with frequent instances wsere the public has been bled for nnre than was required to meet such tnc-ezses
 WhateEer the outcome whether the eonSunner is able to notice any differ ence or not t is but the proper thing thss the laws which have been made for the regulation of the coal roads should be observed and whatever ben eft secrues should be received by the public
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19
History Is Repeatina Itself.


 Mr Editor: MT. Vanderlip, presi- dent of the City National bank of New | York says: "Fhe currency bill is 80 per cent. good" Jacob H. Schiff, an- other New York banker, says: The pending bill has so much good in it that to say it is all bad is not states manship. but partisanship. If the cur rency measure is not properly amend ed and we get away from the goal which is now in sight, we will con front very difficult conditions" Just who we" are he did not say. Sen ator Weeks of Massachusetts, mem Der of the senate committee, one of the operators at the dissecting table, made a motion that the governments promises to pay be "redeemable in gold instead of gold or lawful money, and the motion was carried to 4, so that vote amputated lawful money" and the government is to redeem it's prom ises, not in lawful money, but in gold. Gold is not money, unless the law says so. It does not say fedeemable Tn gold coin or gold bullion. The govern ment tried this once before, away back in 1861 when it created and paid out 60 millions of demand notes, prOmis- ing to redeem them in gold on demand What was the result? Those notes depreciated to so cents on the dollar, and why? Simply for the best reason in the world, because the government had no gold to pay with, and had sus- pended specie payments in December, 1861.
 Then what happened? In 1882 con gress made them a legal tender, law ful money" for all debts, even to pay ing duties on imports, just the same as gold coin. They were at 8 pre- mium over gold. for the reason they would do all that gold money would do and more convenient But there was a "doleful sound came up from the cav erns of the gold gamblers of Wall street, and they were consigned to the fiery furnace for cremation by order of congress. History will and does repeat itself After lawful money" was amputated from this present house bill, MT. Weeks was not entirely sat isfed, it appears. He made another motion that "the banks should issue the notes, rather than the government but that the government should guar antee the redemption"
 This motion was lost, s to 4 With out a shadow of doubt if this motion would prevail the bill would be per feet, from the bankers viewpoint. Just
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19
BEING OUT OF STYLE

Tt is a hard thing to face" lam ented Loretta, as she sank into the morris chair. but l can see that 1t is 1 enevitable."
 Whats wrong now?' asked her brother. Got to go to the dentists ?'' Don't be frivolous" Loretta repri- manded him. T have finished with the dentist for while and his bill finished me. That is much more seri- 0uS.''
 Don't keep me in suspense plead ed her brother
 T 1nd." declared Loretta, that am to be relegated to a background more or less obscure. I have to give up being fashionable
 Getting too fat I suppose ?''
 "The ideal" cried Loretta Just because I gained twenty pounds up at the camp you call me fat! I have a notion not to tell you a word more. It isn't being too plump, though of course the dressmaker did say that she had to change my measurements, and it isn't because I have too many bones to wear Dutch necks-''
 Don't let a little thing like bones trouble you" urged her brother The more bones a woman has the more Dutch necks she wears, The next time-or, rather the first time-I see a woman with a high necked dark dress and sensible shoes downtown shopping l am going to elope with her"
 "Only to find her buying three Dutch neck gowns and six pairs of high heeled pumps with your first pay check"
 ."rhe fattery to my pay check. as you call it, is more than made up by your slamming my prospective wife.
 "The thing that makes me cross" said Loretta, going on with her story, 'is my general lack of style. l called on an old friend, Sara Porter, the other day and she said a lot about how warm and uncomfortable I look ed in high neck and long sleeves quite like winter, she said. I'd like to know what the weather was that day if it wasn't cold, though maybe it was not winter.
 All last year Sara had a cold in her. head and in February she had pneumonia, She used to shiver and shake in a room that was nearly so and at the same time she wasn't cold a bit. They always say they aren't cold, but every one of them hates winter like poison. I would, too, if wore silk stockings and peek-a-boo shirt waists all winter.
 That is only one of the ways I am oldfashioned. There are others. There are my hats for instance"
 What's the matter with them? I like that blue hat of yours first rate.'
 " our poor, misguided masculine mind." sighed Loretta. This hat I
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19

the great improvement of the civil service of the country
 The spells system is thus restored and the former vice president of the Civil Service Reform association gave 1t his approval as president of the United States. This approval will be a lasting stain upon his administration, even though it fills with joy the least competent of his supporters, those who are always willing to live on the gov ernment, but who, for obvious reasons, shrink from undergoing a competitive test to prove their merit"
 Try as they will the democrats can not cover up the harm they have al ready done in catering to spells.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19

F'ourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent new nation, conceived in liberty and dedi- cated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
 Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so con- ceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that the nation might live. It is altogether fit ting and proper that we should do this.
 But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate-we cannot conse- crate-We cannot hallow-this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here. have consecTated it far above our poor power to add or de- tract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but 1t can never forget what they did here. It is for us. the living, rather, to be dedica- ted here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It IS rather for us to be here ded- icated to the great task remain ing before us-that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19

The story that John Bassett Moore is to leave the department of state may be an advance notice to Secretary Bryan that there can be no more lee turing tours during congressional ses- siOnS
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19

Emma Destinn-who sang an aria in a lions cage and withdrew unin- jured was more fortunate than Will liam Sulzer who had trouble in his experience with the tiger. Some sing CTS charm where others irritate.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19

While attention is being attracted bv the convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways association in the south, Norwich mustn't forget that it's water ways problem is to be solved by. deeper channel
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19

Chicago girls are being taught how to boil water. That of course is some thing of which few cities could be proud, but as long as it is neces- sary, it is a commendable thing.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19

When Yale goes to Cambridge to win it must realize that those chances to score which were thrown away in the Princeton game cannot be disregarded with Harvard
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19

However much it may be regretted that a young man enters a career of crime that he should do so, as did Lawyer Howarth after an education aRd legal training only lessens the grounds for sympathy. It cannot be said that he didn't know better.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19
EDITORIAL NOTES.

This is the season of the year when the bark trouble is not confined to the chestnut trees.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19

If we enter upon a war of invasion In MeX1co-and it could be no other than that-We cannot turn back whatever the. consequences may be. Those may be more mornentous than most of our people imagine. The gen eral idea of this country doubtless is that if the United States should go over into Mexico to thrash that coun- try into acceptance of terms dictated from Washington that simple fact will assure quick and easy end of the af Ialr This might prove an iridescent dream.-New London Telegraph.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19

If the operation on the kidneys to overcome mercury poisoning is sue cessful the character of the antidote may be sufficient to counteract the popularity of the poison
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19

Now that the investigation of the hard coal situation has been started it ought to cause some improvement in the quality not only of service but material.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19

The man on the corner says: It begins to look as if the tariff doesn' t have much to do with fixing the price of clothing
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19

Prof Higgins says turkeys could be raised and sold for fifteen cents a pound if it wasn't for disease. This is another excuse for the thirty cent feeling.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19

The perfect Pittsburg man who seeks a place on the police force ought to be informed in advance of the temp tatiOn which goes with the job.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19

The time is coming when hanging by straps in the trolley cars is going to get as much attention as female capital punishment
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19

Huerta expects the United States 10 keep hands off. Someone should tip the general to the fact that he's being given the absent treatment.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19

It must be admitted that Mir Sayre has adopted an excellent matrimonial platform. but it must be held in greater respect than a political one.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19

retrimmed myself last fall It ought to have feathers sticking straight up 1 or backward so as to catch peoples
 eyes In the elevators, but I trained l mine to lie down and play dead in stead of standing up on their hind legs and barking, so the hat Is dread fully old style, You see. I am too tall to have my headgear catching in bell ropes and car straps. so l have to 1 look meek It is the same thing with i, the fashionable stripes. They won't 1 do for a tall girl"
 l T don't see why you should worry about such things. Men don't know 1 whether a girl is in the latest style when a girl looks all right
 It's an exploded theory that we women dress for men" explained Lo- retta. Tt is evident in the women's what We fear. Which brings me brethen, to my point You should know that I have never rouged. My color. such as 1t is, is my own-always at it's worst when I wish to look my best Among horde of rouged ladies I am hope lessly out of it. My consolation has always been that I have lovely hair My one pride and delight has been my hair. I haven't minded being conceited about it because it is nice and anybody can see that it is by just looking at me. I have always ar ranged it becomingly as I thought, and have always enjoyed having it. When other girls have been beautiful or charming or anything that l am not
 Say, hold on"
 T am not fishing for compliments" said Loretta, hurriedly When other girls were all those things that I am not 1 have always thought to myself that I had one thing they lacked and that was nice hair. day I had an awakening
 You didn't cut off your hair, I see"
 No" said Loretta sadly. Tt has been my constant companion for so long l cannot bear to part with it. I went in for a shampoo today however 1 went to that place Grace told me of There is where I lost my last atom of pride.
 there said it was such a pity that I had too much hair. She said one could buy sb much nicer hair nova days and could arrange it so much easier than one could arrange natural hair, that it was simply a shame that I had to be troubled with so much hair of my own.'
 Well, that is the limit!'
 "No, not the limit" declared Lo- retta- But it was the limit when she charged me double price because I had such a lot of hair."-Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19

The intimation given by the powers that be that the forlorn Boston & Maine will be allowed a small increase of rates to save it from threatened bankruptcy is a straw showing that the commission which dictatoriallv regulates the railroads but shares none of the responsibilities of man. aging them has begun to see a little glimmer of light as to the realities of the railroad situation.-New Haven Courier Journal
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19

It has been claimed that no one finally lost dollar on Morse and this claim has not been disputed That entitled him to some consideration and in granting him 8 pardon Mr. Taft performed a humane act for which there can be no reasonable ground for criticism. The doctors made a poor guess in his case, but it was not the first time their predictions went wrong. New Britain Herald.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19
OTHER VIEW POINTS

The dancing teachers are making a lot of money out of instructing in the new steps. Who says this country will not make sacrifices for the sake of education ?-Merfden Journal.
 Considering the great tide of auto mobile traffic, which surged up and down the state of Connecticut on Sat urday it is remarkable that not single accident of moment has been reported-no deaths. no maiming, no damage. The result speaks volumes for the thoughtfulness and care exer- cised by the motorists. Ansonia Sentinel.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-19
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