The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-21
PUBLIC OPINION
He Says The Farmer
 Is Right as Usual


 pr. e. F. Caulkirs. the widely. known dentist has written the follow ing letter to The Farmer, which is self-explanatory:
 Editor Of The Farnlers
 Sir-I several years ' ago decided cellences in Bridgeport were about as follows: Farmer, 51 per cent. All oS=crs. AZ per cent.
 Recent events seem to Indicate that these figures are wrong, that they should be revised in favor of your publication.
 Whatever the percentages should be- however, 1t seems to me that com mon sense and common fairness should cause any publication to base its stand upon affairs upon reasona- ble promises rather than upon pre- Judioe alone and while realize that The Fapmer is RvowedIy a partisan newspaper and consequently prejudic- ed favor of or against certain po- litical matters 1t has in a majority of cases of which have known been ''senstbless enough to have reasona- ble grounds upon which to base it's stand In consequence I am enaold- iened to believe that in the matter of '''Warrenite'' paving The Farmer will listen to a. request that the truth be presented to the public and while such has been clearly done in the past will in view of an editorial in the Bridgeport morning paper of this date and because of the letter of our reiterate what seems to be the facts.
 The editorial gloats over the prices of sWarrenite" as given in the mayors letters. It states that ian en- could have been put down for less money-than $1-S24 a yard" inti- mates that the Connecticut Company did not lay "Warrenite'' upon it's DOT tion of the highway because of it's cost and sneers at the mayors claim to have induced the same company to improve their share. .sa
 MT. Editor: The facts are, as The Farmer has stated. that THE wrong done was something entirely. different.
 Had Warrenites cost half what it has. were the ssresurfaced" streets 1'steen times as good as they are, were 1t provable that the city had received nothing but benefit and none engdged in the deal any profit. it would still sEexist The facts are that the paving ldeal'' was consumfhated, athep rice decided upon and the material to be used chosen without competition and in a manner that makes it at least a question and more than probable that the BEST material was not secured at the LOWEST price for which it could be procured. This is the wrong.
 The chosen officers of the people may have since done we'll. They may l ldeserve credit for what they have since, done to give Bridgeport good streets including their influence upon | tand persuasion of the Connectfcut | Company to obey the law, but the | fact remains that such efforts, right or wrong, to make the results good | have beens every one, efforts to make | a wrong. right and it seems toy me they have and will fail.
 It is apparently useless to attempt to educate or inform your contempor- aries. their owners or editors. Will it l not be worth while to once m ore re- mind the public that the prices paid thes material used and the efforts | made by officials to improve the l streets as they have desired do not | enter into the question now and ex- | cept as half truths or incorrect or un- the matter do not demand attention. | They will not undo the wrong, they | cannot make it worsest than at first
 As long as those who did the wrong | seek to justify what they did by tell | ing of the good they have since done | they are at least subject to- censure | and criticism but fsneering at the i good things that may have been wrought, lies about them and unsup-l ported statements as to what might 1 or might not have been done becfoud | the issueS nd<DO@ NOT appeal to at | least one citizen sof Bridgeport.
 Yours very truly,
 c. E CAUII<INS