Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-12

the month was less than for the cor responding period of 1914 reflects the general business conditions in New England six weeks ago.-Bridgepor Standard.
 There's isn't much property de- stroyed in New Britain year after year by fire and the reason for it is the efficiency of the fire department. The expense is undoubtedly annoying to those who are trying to make a dollar do where two are demanded but the-only thing that can be done is to be as economical as possible and at the same time keep doing something every ear until new motorizing. is com pleted. There does not seem to be any other way.-New Britain Herald.
 These are hard times and yet there is a scarcity of skilled labor reported by manufacturers who produce ma chinery. It is the highest class of machinists that are most in demand, it seems, while the men with only linn ited experience find difficulty getting work. It is a temporary condition of course, but it is also lamentable that those most in need of steady occupa- tion and remuneration are less accept able than those whose skill keeps them always employed and always well paid.--Waterbury Republican.
 There are some persons in Connect icut who seem wholly to lack a con- ception of the functions of a public utilities commission. We have an able and efficient commission, and yet they propose bills to the legislature not only improper in themselves. but usurping it's functions. Such bill was that to require street railway companies to sell six tickets for a quarter and if its unfavorable report means it's prompt defeat, it will be a merited rebuke to improper legisla- tion.-New Haven Register.
 If all the water that is running to waste in all the water systems of this part of the country this winter could be bonded there would be no anxiety about a suff1ciency for a long time to come, even if very little rain fell. It Is many years since there has been such an abundance. All depleted reservoirs were filled up weeks ago. Most of them have been running over ever since. Waterburys system has been full all winter and enough has flowed over the dams to fill the third big reservoir, which is contemplated, several timeS.-Waterbury American. right to demand that new armories new normal schools and new appro- pr!ations for state institutions shall be ruthlessly sacrificed in these times of financial stress. It may be necessary for the state to find way to increase it's income through methods of taxa ton which will deal equitably- with the great body of taxpayers. But to try to make up a state deficit by creating one in municipal and town treasuries does not strike the impartial onlookeI as the best way to solve the problem We might as well take our medicine ir the form of a state tax direct as tc take 1t in this roundabout way witt the same result exactly upon the pocketbook of the taxpayer Sentinel.
 Governor Dunne of I1lionis says he has been overwhelmed by letters from dope fiends" threatening sui eide unless they are granted relief from the strict operation of the new federal law restricting the traffic ir habit forming drugs. They. either want to have their supply continued or they want to be cured. There seems to be nothing the state can do The proper thing, of course, would be to take all the victims and cure them in public institutions, but neither Illinois nor any other state has made provision for such treat