Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-28

HON. VIM. F. HENNEY
 Ex-Mayor of Hartford
 and all nature inspiring him in his labors for the common good. Surely your supreme business. and mine is politics-the science of which the ob- ject is the happiness of mankind
 In Single Sentence.
 Condensed into a single sentence his message for the evening would be, he said: That you go back into that world from which for a delightful hour or two we have been separated, deter mined that al lthat is yours of talent, acquisition and gift shall be hence forth Loyalty expended in a mission of wholesome service: that the world shall be better for your living in it; that no conventional distinctions shall ever lead any one of you to look upon any of your fellows as common or un- clean; that you will spread abroad all around you, be your station high or low. that love for your fellows, that becoming spirit of self sacrifice, that reverence for the true the beautiful and the good; which are the day springs of all that is noble and worthy in living, and that you will ever re member that to you much. very much has been given, and that of you much may justly be required.
 Good Words for Norwich.
 It is a pleasure to come to Norwich. he remarked in his opening words, though the transportation facilities be- tween your beautiful and historic city and the state capitol leave much to be desired. The Norwich Board of Trade. organized in 1887 and incorpor- ated in 1893, has doubtless made stren- uous efforts to remedy this difficulty. ] trust those efforts will continue un- til some plan has been adopted and executed which will furnish reason able facilities for intercourse betwetn Norwich and her sister cities. From ! its settlement in 1859, Norwich has been conspicuous in the social. judi cial and political life of the state and nation. In our own times she has fur nished, in private enterprise and public service. strong men. reliable men, men with convictions and the courage of them. whose character and achieve ments are altogether worthy of her past. Nothing in recent years has be- ! of John M. Thayer and Gardiner Greene to the bench of Connecticut.
 Functions of Board Of Trade. In such a city. a Board of Trade must find men to challenge it's atten- 1 ton and enlist its energies. It can never confine it's activities to multiply ] ing it's own industries and developing l it's trade relations with other com munities. Locally it will stimulate | civic pride, it will strive for civic i'm | provement. it will be interested in ev- | erything that makes for the comfort
 and well being of the citizen, physi- ! cally and morally. But it will go fur 1 ther than this: It will realize that the l governmental policies in state and na- | ton may materially affect the pros l perity and happiness of the commu- | nity it serves, and it will let it's voice
 be heard with regard to these policies | as often as occasion may require.
 l Two Definitions.
 Business in our day has attained to ! the dignity of a science with well de ! fined laws, obedience to which may be 1 expected to bring success. and disre- ! gard of which will precipitate disaster ! It may fairly be defined as the science | which develops and regulates commer- | clal intercourse. It have seen two defi- | nitions of politics which are striking: i the first regards politics as a game ot | mixed chance and skill wherein the l lucky and deXterOuS player may win | Tn such a game the chances are heav- 1 fly against the player. as witness the wrecked political ambitions that strew | the pathway of the years. There is | however, another definition which has always appealed to me as sound and ] true: Politics is the science of which ! the object is the happiness of man. kind" With this proposition in mind | we see at a glance that business and | politics are inevitably interwOven with ] each other. for the ultimate aim ot | both these sciences is human hap l piness
 | Big Business Men Not in Politics. 1 The first question to be met and set l tied in undertaking an enterprise is a political one; is the community iI which it is to be located well gov 1 erned are its taxes reasonable or op- | preSsiVe. are it's municipal affairs man | aged on business principles or are 1 they at loose end; in short are the DO l litical conditions of the locality favor 1 able to the undertaking. Enterprise | propoundS the same inquiry to the 1 state and the nation: are governments 1 policies favorable to the development | of industrines, or are they depressing
 and disastrous. Hence, the business
 man is profoundly interested in the l politics of his city and state and na- i tion. Yet a glance at the field oi ! American politics reveals the fact tha 1 the best business talent of our citi- l zenship is not enlisted in public life The masterful business man has nc particular hankering after public of