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Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21
DEPENDS ON ENCOURAGEMENT

The embargo which has been placed upon certain classes of imports, which this country has grown to depend upon Europe for, has given this country much to think about in the past year, for, with the holding up of $60,000, 900 worth of toys in Rotterdam destined for America and the inability to get through the cargoes of dyestuffs which are so greatly needed by the manu- featuring interests there has been im- posed upon the United States the large sized task of supplying it's own wants.
 That it was capable of doing this has never been questioned, but there has never been the incentive for en- gazing in such business. It has been understood that there was no chance to enter into successful competition with the European workmen owing to the great difference in the working conditions here and abroad, and no steps have been taken which would serve to equalize them or which would encourage American industries in such lines.
 The war has, however, shown cap- ltal in this country that as long as ii lasts it furnishes the opportunity fol making a start and much progress has peeA AIdue III I1S A4dHuLdCLuTe OL toys and dyestuffs for domestic use though the output is not by any means suf1- cient to meet the demands. If the wal was going to continue indefinitely, o1 If there was protection afforded sim liar to that which is given by the war there would be no hesitancy in devel- oping the business to point where al demands could be met and some of the product even made available for ex- port. It has been clearly demonstrated that this country can increase its in. dustries and make use of its resources if it will, but it depends to a large degree upon the sort of permanent encouragement that Is given through legislation.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21
NATIONAL PARKS,

In the midst Of his lengthy report as secretary of the interior, MT. Lane enthuses over the enterprise which
 this country has shown in furnishing
 playgrounds for the people which are without any rivals in the world. He refers to the opening up of the Rocky Mountain National park during the year and considers 1t a place of distinction and unusual &C., eessibility. It is in keeping with the
 lovement which was started years go to preserve some of the marked beauty spots throughout the country as has been done in Yellowstone park, Sequoia park in California, where the great redwood trees are located and Mesa Verde, another park in Colorado.
 That some of these can be added 70 with profit is the opinion of the sec-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21

lowing the last two Balkan wars, Greece had increased her population, by territorial acquisitions, over 50 per cent. It is doubtful if even the Greeks quite realized what this increase would mean in the shape of the in creased number of troops mobilizeS. In a few weeks-almost in a few days the population of Salonik which
 had been first 160,000, then S6O,O0O, suddenly became 100000. As many as
 possible of the newcomers were quar-
 tered on the inhabitants of the city;
 the remainder erected tent city at
 the edge of town-but all spent their
 time in the narrow, ill-paved streets
 of Saloniki which began to resemble
 county seat during fair week.
 And then, out of a clear sky, French
 and British troops began to join the
 throng. At first the number was small; now it has passed a hundred thousand. It Is true that most of
 these have gone on up into Serbia; but all the necessary commissary ser vice must be directed from Saloniki; alI the work of debarking not only the newly arrived troops but the supplies. must be handled there, and in dupli- cate, for the British have their own
 machinery to this end quite distinct l from the French
 Naturally there simply were not
 enough shops in which to bake the , bread necessary for so great an in | crease of population - much less | was there enough wheat from which , to bake it.. The same was true of ev- 1 cry other commodity necessary to life and still is Serbs, refugees from l their war-ridden country, began to ar
 rive in such great numbers that the l Greek government suspended the rail- way service with Monastir trying to prevent this last peaceable invasion ! Nevertheless. some 60.000 to 10000 | have arrived. The population of Sa- i Ioniki in a few weeks has jumped
 from 160.0 to almost million. And | the most rudidentary means of taking | care of such an increase are absolute | ly lacking, even to water supply and | drainage.
 1 As for the general aspect of the | city; it never was Greek--indeed it Is
 more so now than it ever has been- i But today it might be a sort of great CT Port Said: it might be Marseilles | or London or Alexandria It is any thing-a great baZar, a human bee | hive. But it is not a Greek city. It
 is not a city at all. It is merely a spot on the map where hundreds of thousands of human beings have con gregated-and where few of them who can help it will remain.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21

outside of Norwich. Surely they will not refuse to loan on buildings in the town where they have secured their deposits and accumulated their sur plus.
 The man who can only spare a few hundred dollars. but has confidence in his own town, its people and its fu- ture will be the one who through the present housing company or other housing companies that may te form ed will meet and solve this situation. The man who can the least afford to do it will be the one who will do it. He will thereby help lift this town out of its doldrums, divorce it from its idols and throw off the domination of the few who sit back and will not help but will be eager to participate in the benefits accruing to all.
 CITIZEN. Norwich, Dec 20. 1915.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21

None of these cities have as many
 natural advantages as Norwich, no
 greater banking capital per capita, no
 better transportation facilities.
 At the time of the building of the
 Norwich and Worcester railroad Nor
 wich was more important trade cen
 ter than Worcester. Worcester in 1910 had a population of 102,054.
 There's a reason We know the ad-
 vantageS of Norwich. Something more
 than telling about them is needed now.
 Rouse public spirit sufficient to over
 whelm the pessimists, the croakers, the skeptics and the petty critics and Nor
 wich with the opportunity now before
 it will make the valley of the Thames
 bristle with industrial plants as does the valley Of the NauGatuck now. Many years ago following the lead
 of Rhode Island capitalists large sums
 were invested in the textile industry about Norwich. A comparison of the
 wages paid in the textile industry with those paid in metal industries is enough of an argument for more metal industries.
 It makes some difference whether you employ the head of a family at enough wages to make it possible for him to raise his family in comfort or whether with the whole family em- ployed a bare existence is eked out. It does not seem possible that the same spirit which prevented the Wash burn MOen shops from locating in Norwich and drove them to Worcester can now dominate this town. If much of that spirit still prevails the men of Norwich with their future before them, intending to pass their days here had better rise en masse and crush it.
 The man who has had handed to him | by inheritance or otherwise a fortune l or a near fortune and is content to en- | joy the fruits of another's labor with | his talents and thereby aid his less | fortunate fellows is not a man who is l dealing fairly by his fellows. helping 1 the community where perchance the l fortune was made or following the l injunctions of the scriptures and the community would be better off without l him.
 The city of Norwich is faced witt | q condition. Within a few months | several thousand men will come here to work. Cannot the large merchant ' who has amassed a fortune here ol | the small one who has just scrapeC 1 along. the young man who wants tC stay here if he has a fair opportunity | the man who has large or small req l estate investments here, the man witt unimproved real estate, every taxpay CT, all appreciate the advantages O such an influx of population?
 Is this community equal to the op portunities that await it? The prob lem will not be solved by our ricl men.
 The Norwich savings banks hay, loaned hundreds of thousands of dol
 lars on real estate mortgages in citie
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21
l83rd DIVIDEND

Office of The Norwich Savings Society
 Norwich, Conn, Dec fifth, 1915.
 The Directors of this Society have declared out of the earnings of the current six months a semi annual dividend at the rate of FOUR PER CENT. per annum, payable to de- positors entitled thereto on and after January 18th, 1916.
 COSTELLO LIPPITT, Treasurer.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21
Stories of the War
Conditions at SaIoniI<i.

It is one of the daily lessons of the war in the Balkans that the charac- ter of no city or district is so defin-
 itely fixed that it cannot be altered almost over night. Few things have become more wearisome to students of Balkan politics than the historical monograp phs, charts of race migra- tions, ethnological maps in several colors (the maps, not the races), con- stantly being issued by one Balkan state or another to prove that virt- ually all the Balkans as well as con-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21
BY HER WRIST WATCH

both said it was eight minutes after 4. Maybe didn't hurry!"
 Did you get there in time to see her come out?"
 Did r" Loretta sighed aI was just three-quarters of an hour sitting in that church before the chimes struck and she came in. I was ready to weep from nervousness when
 I got there, so perhaps 1t was as well
 to have a season of rest, even if
 was the first person in the church. l However. as I said. I'm not managing l things, and can't pass a law making | it a penitentiary offense to have your clock tell fbs, much as I'd like to- Like to tell fbs, you mean?''
 'FThe worst of it is,' Loretta groan- ed, ignoring him, "that changed my wrist watch so many times that I've got it all out of order. I'll have to I take it down tomorrow, and good l ness only knows what they'll charge
 me to mend it."-Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21

When Champ Clark advocates req sonable preparedness it looks as if he was trying to start an endless dis cussion like the fellow who invented reasonable doubt
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21
Tut! TutI Jimmie.

Ambassador Gerards exposure of German cruelty to British prisoners has greatly embarrassed President Wilson, getting him in bad socially with Count won Bernstorff.-Boston Transcript.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21

The man on the corner says: One trouble with the panhandler is that he thinks you should provide him with the living which the world owes him.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21

Despite the predictions founded on the breast bone of goose, there is some satisfaction in the fact that it is only little over four months, to the opening of the straw hat season.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21
By ARTHUR BROOKS BAKER

town the size of Norwich fully RN nimble Board of Trade monkey wheels of help with high all the common end in view
 HE Board of Trade has always a to
 in having King for president think ourselves in luck He works with instead of standing round simply the bull t can see the chance to dodge little work
 H wants the road from here all It has brand of which and facilities for an asphalt top successfully bestowed wEEN King is not assisting wv he handles the finances & whose radiant which formidable avoidabe
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21

It remains to be seen now whether Villas failure will simply serve as en- couragement for others to try to set up a new government in Mexico.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21

'If were running things in this town Loretta exclaimed as she sank into the morris chair, T know cue thing I should change
 "Only one" her brother asked in surprise. T know of dozens
 This particular thing happened to disturb me today" Loretta explained, and I got to Millies in perfect frazzle."
 q bumped myhead on an awning ,'' her brother said, "and knocked a dent in a perfectly new hat. The people who put awnings up must think we are a race of dwarfs here. They are afraid that something in the window will fade, and so they hang their' awnings so low that a man can't turn around and look at anything without getting fearful blow"
 'sShe must have been very pretty Loretta murmured. However, my trial was worse than any old awning. It was clocks"
 May inquire for whom you have been buying clocks?"
 You may. Nobody" Loretta said. Today was Millie's wedding, away over on the extreme south side. She used to live over here, you know, and she was in my classes at school. ] hadn't seen her for ages, so I was particularly anxious to go and wouldn' I have missed the wedding for anything under the sun. I don't care for an afternoon wedding, anyhow, because, as everybody knows, 8 o'clock in the evening is the only right and proper time."
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21

The cultivation of bananas Is, the leading industry of Eastern Mica ragua. The exports in 1914 amount ed to 1,525,5s9 punches as compared with 1,392, ,026 punches in 1913 - all to the United States.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21

The democratic leader who attri- butes the country's prosperity to the democratic tariff has a hard time ex- blaming war" taxes in times of peace.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21

When Senator La Toilette promises to spring some surprises that will startle the people, possibly be intends to modify the seamen's act.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21

This is the season of the year when many people think twice lest a philan- thropic impulse be mistaken for a precedent.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21

If there is going to be any leftover charity. there are those who have suf- fered from the baseball war.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21

This is the season of the year when We are frequently reminded that the poor we have always with us
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21

Though Maine reports 20 less bears shot in it's woods this season, the record for human beings shows 10 such drop.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21

It will be interesting to know wheth- CT Villa plans to bring his portable tathtub across the line with him.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21

Los Angeles having voted down mill itary training in the schools gives the impression that that city isn't as scared over the Japanese peril as some other points along the Pacific coast
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21
EDITORIAL NOTES,

The time to embrace an opportunity municipally or otherwise, is when it i! within reach.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21
OTHER VIEW POINTS

The Salvation Army pots in New York and Brooklyn are not boiling" this year with the same energy as in former years, the totals to date being about S1,0OO short of the totals in 1914. Considering that the times are much more prosperous now. this is curious. Perhaps when everybody Is more or less hard up there is more general sympathy with everybody else.-Waterbury American
 The collision of a blizzard with the full tide of Christmas trade in New England created a traffic problem that has furnished the railroad and express officials with plenty to stir their grey matter for week to come. Conges- ton, which was bad enough with clear tracks, has become a gigantic enemy to the transportation men with their rights of way clogged with ice and snow- They are making super human efforts to clear it up but they will be lucky if they have everything sent along to its destination by the eve of Christmas.-Ansonia Sentinel.
 We can make as good dyes as the Germans do, give us time. But the dye making industry in this country will need encourasePent. It is not too early to begin the protection of it against the German dyes which will come back with a rush as soon as ever the war lets up. We can't afford to expensively establish the dye-making industry in this country, only to have it cut down in its youth. What if it is one of the tenets of free trade that all industries should be permitted to shift for themselves. Can't we use a little common sense to meet an unusual emergency ?-New Haven Register.
 Noticeable in the center of the city
 is the slush on the sidewalks. Dis agreeable and annoying to shoppers, particularly women, it will do more to discourage Christmas shopping than can be counteracted by all the early shopping advice. Most of the mer- | chants cleaned their sidewalks after 1 the storm, but the passing feet have carried the soft snow on the walks in sufficient quantity to make it unpleas- ant. It would seem to the pedestrian l that it would be good policy for store
 managers to keep some of their em- ployes busy with a broom until the | tainly give the store or stores a repu- | tation for regard for the public and should rebound to their credit
 Bridgeport Standard.
 A new Yale faculty rule prohibits ! the students from playing feminine
 roles in dramatic productions, the | theory being that effeminacy is the re- i suit. Those who believe this have not ] remembered how invariably the come | dian who has taken female role vii i somewhere in the production drop his | falsetto and in good bass tones, as l deep and contrasting as possible, in | tentionally reveal the make-believe o l his part. This bit of business is no | to acquaint the audience with the fac
 that it is witnessing a clever imi- | tation of character foreign to tn, l actor, but to take the taste out O
 the mouth,'' of the actor, who tires O.
 his unnatural impersonation. The col lege actor who enacts such a part il
 amateur theatricals will be very glaC
 when rehersals and performance ar, over with and Richard is himsel again.-Providence Bulletin.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21

MIEsourfs law code is to be re- vised by a commission of Is persons.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21

T thought you liked the delectable hour at noon."
 'T did until I'd been to some we'd dings at that time,' Loretta answered grimly. Its all right for the people in the bridal party, who are going to have a fine feast immediately, but it's little hard on the guests who come from distance and don't happen to own a car. It is such a letdown to come home from beautiful wedding and find everybody gone out and all the eatables put away in an ice cold refrigerator"
 Go on with the tale. This suspense is killing me"
 This wedding was at 4 o'clock" Loretta went on. T left home at a
 quarter to 2, thinking I had oceans of
 time. When we had gone about six blocks a wagon broke down on the | track and I was just beginning to get nervous when it was put off. looked
 at my wrist watch and found it was only five minutes of 2, so I felt con- tent with myself. I glanced at it again few blocks farther on and dis covered the appalling fact that it had stopped. I had forgotten to wind it" Such things do occur"
 T didn't mind very much" Loretta continued, because I knew I could look at the clocks in the stores and keep track of the progress of time.''
 Like stealing the reading off a 1 mans paper in the car I think you | should have been made to drop a penny in the slot every time you took | the hour from a storekeeper's clock" l Dear at half the price," laughed Loretta. "The first one I saw said it 1 was ten minutes after ?, so I set my | watch and was happy till I saw the | next one. That said it was twenty I five minutes after 2, so had to change
 the minute hand again. In a drug | store on the corner I saw a clock
 marked guaranteed correct time so I
 set my watch at a quarter past and l wondered what had struck the strret cars that enabled them to make such progress as that in so short a time. 1 T looked for the next clock and | found it was quarter to 8, so I changed l my watch again. By that time I had l the habit, and I couldn't help look 1 ing for clocks all along the way, 1 suppose people thought I was crazy, l and know that one man on the side
 walk thought I was looking at him, be- cause he raised his hat and smiled
 very sweetly to me. I wonder what | he would have said had he known that l I was only trying to make out the
 time by the clock in the grocery be- l hind him. That clock gave me a cold | chill, because I read it as saying that
 go two miles. Fortunately, I found ii | to be half hour fast"
 By what?"
 By my wrist watch" Loretta laughed. '"It wasn't any joke then
 though she added ruefully. 'Fspec- ially when I got off at N1ilte's corner
 and found I had four blocks to walk
 There were two clocks there, on op-
 posite sides of the street. and they
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Is This Community Equal to the op-
 portunitits That Await It2

portunitits That Await It2
 MT. Editor: Norwich, according to the census of 1890 had population of 23,04S; of 1900, 24,637; of 1910, 2s, ,219.
 Compare the above figures with the following for the same periods:
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21
The War a Year Ago Today

Allies extended offensive oper- ations in west, gaining in center.
 Russians won over Turks in Armenia. capturing equipment.
 Allied aviators dropped bombs in Brussels and made night attack near Ostend.
 Chile protested against viola tions of her neutrality by German navy.
 Germans driven across border North Poland.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21

both said it was eight minutes after {. Maybe didn't hurry!"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-21

Norwich, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 1915.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-08-20
When will you be here.

When will you be here! All right.
good-by!"
Mrs. Royalton and Rosamund still
sat as If entranced. but Carolyn Dallys
rose impatiently now, and glanced
about, as If in search of an excuse. The
room was tensely charged with cleo
trlcity 1t was evident that in another
minute the explosion must come. But,
nrst, how to get rid of this important,
busy little Miss Fisher?
Flodie herself answered the un-
voiced question. Wasn't she as desir-
Gus as any of them to bring the thing
to head? Yes; so she must fly and
leave the field of battle clear. Still
smiling, she disappeared. into the
stockroom. She left the door ajar.
MRS. Royalton rose, with a self-con-
scious smile. well. Carolyn" she said,
1 suppose I'll have to tell you, now.
II Is most unfortunate that Miss Fisher
wasn't more discreet in her converse
tlon. But so long as she has let the
cat out of the bag. l might as well in
form you that the ring she was talk.
ing to Hall about is for this finger!"
Sne held up her left hand. her thumb
pointing to her third finger.
Carolyn, with a whoop, fell into
Rosamund's arms, and the two laughed
until they cried.
Mrs. Royalton stared as if they had
suddenly gone mad Then she ex.
claimed angrily, I'D like to know what
there is to laugh at! l don't see any
thing particularly amusing in the fact
that I'm going to marry Hall Boni-
stelle,"
oh, don't your" Carolyn gurgled.
Miss Gale, do you see anything funny
in it?"
Funny! It's scream!" Rosamund
shouted with mirth. Who'll be the
next one?"
"Oh, the more the merrier." cried
Carolyn.
Rena Royalton drew herself up
proudly. 81 think you're exceedingly
impertinent!" she replied
Ndrolyn urea ner eyes on lace
handkerchief. "Rena." she said, still
giggling, Il don't know whether it's too
true to be funny. or too funny to be
true. But you ought to be in on this
joke, really. my dear. 1t will inter
est you strangely"
We'll, don't call it joke. It's an
outrage" cried Rosamund.
Say, Miss Gale" Carolyn turned
confidentially, "d'you know, we ought
really to form a society of the sur
vivors, you know. Rena's the oldest,
and we'll elect her PRESIDENT"
Mrs. Royalton stared from one to
the other, her temper rising. Finally
she remarked cuttingly, 81 must say,