New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-07-21
OUR CITY.

| OUR CITY.
| New Britain has reached mans es-
kindergarten of the nation. 1t is now
full grown city. According to the
latest census prepared by the Unit
ed States government New Britain
has population Of 52,203 In five
years the population of the city has
been augmented by some 10000 per-
sons. Today New Britain ranks as
the fifth largest city in the state OF
Connecticut.
Every man, woman and child who
| reads those figures should ponder
over them. They are encouraging.
They mean much. They show we
have ceased to live in small town
and have taken our place among the
select. That being the case we must
conduct ourselves accordingly. We
must think in the terms of the big
city and cast aside the small town
ideas.
Business men, professional men,,
those who labor either by hand or
mind should unite in this one big
cause.-the boosting of New Britain
We have everything to be proud Of,
nothing for. which we are ashamed.
Summing it up, it goes something
like this. We live in the grandest
nation on the face of Gods earth, in
the greatest state in the union, in the
finest city in the state. There you
have it. Let no one say different.
All is harmony. There is no dis
cord. We have everything that makes
life worth living. So tonight when
we HE ourselves to our trundle cots
we should thank Divine Providence
that we eat, sleep, drink, and breath
the pure air in New Britain.
AS an instance Of how formidable
we are, let us consider the lament of
an Arkansas editor who describes the
daily existence of citizen of his
community in this fashion:
HE gets up at the alarm Of Con-
necticut clock; buttons his Chicago
suspenders to Detroit overalls; washes
his face with Cincinnati soap in
Pennsylvania pan: sits down to a
Grand Rapids table; cats Chicago
meat and Tennessee flour cooked with
Kansas lard on st. Louis stove;
puts New York bride on Ken
lucky mule fed with Iowa corn;
ploughs farm covered by an Ohio
mortgage with a Chattanooga plough:
when bedtime comes he reads chap
ter from a Bible printed in Boston,
crawls under a blanket made in New
Jersey, only to be kept awake by an
Arkansas dog.-the only home product
on his place
There you have the direct antithesis
of life in Connecticut and New Britain.
Here, we get UP in the morning with
lots Of life, inspired in New Britain
we leave our homes, every part of
which, even down to the lock
or the doors, have been put
up in New Britain; we walk to
| work on roads built by men in
New Britain: we eat our lunches of
products produced In the suburbs OF
New Britain; we spend our afternoons
in parks made beautiful by New Brit
tain: we read our newspapers gotten
out in New Britain; and at night, when
the cares of the day have been all
tucked away, we stretch our weary
limbs on beds made in New Britain
What more could We asko The
world is ours. We have a family
made up of the children of the world.
We have the sunshine of Italy, the
cool, clear air of Switzerland, the
steadfastness Of Germany, the beauty
or France, the health Of Ireland. the
gentleness of Spain and the ruggedness
OF Russia, all in New Britain.
And finally we have the stamp Of
nizes in us the grown city of $4,000
population. We need be afraid Of
none. Because we are 50 near the
capitol Of the state is no handicap,
it is an advantage. We are rapidly ap-
preaching the size Of Hartford There
are other instances Of twin cities in
this scountry,-in Minnesota, Virginia
and New York. and all are thriving.
So there you have the reasons for.
being proud of New Britain. It u 4