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New Britain herald., 1915-07-31
Must Not Get to Gay. lNew York World.)

The reported purpose of leading lri- dependent steel companies to form a combination which will compare with the United States Steel Corporation in size is not likely to materializc. This is 1915 and not 1901. The old partnership between government and big business no longer exists. Public law, and not private camgaign con- tributions, now determines the differ ence between good" combinations and combinations which are not good. The restoration of competitive condl- tions in industry is being accompanied by the restoration of more evsn-. handed prosperity. The country is n no temper to tolerate any return to the orgy of trust-prom oting. either for. monopolistic or stock-jobbing ends which scandalized the country from 1900 to the panic of 1907.
 These are rather gay times in parts of Wall street as it is. But the gentlemen back of the steel and war stocks speculations are fairly to te warned that they must not get too gay"
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31
kultur for Belgium. ! (Waterburv Renuhlioa

The German governor of Belgium according to Rotterdam dispatch. mas forbidden the wearing. showing. buying or selling of the Belgian col ors, portraits or pictures of inc royal family, or green leaves, with or with out inscriptions, or any other display of color combinationsl meant to in- dicate political inclinations."
 T also forbid,' the proclamation reads, "all Belgians to wear insignia of any order or decoration. For any of these oIenses a maximum fine of 5,oo0 marks. or maximum term of i've years imprisonment or both will be inflicted"
 It is asserted that the shamrock was forbid by law to, grow on Irish ground. but if it was, it resulted in the writing of The Wearing of tho Green. Does the German governor of Belgium think that he can issue an edict that will wipe out Belgian mem ories?
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31
Why is Il Bathing Suit? tNew Haven Register)

The most momentous problem which the modesty of the age faces In these summer months, it seems, is how to suppress the one-p piece bath ing suit On the man it is simply dis gusing. Worn by a woman, it is in-. descriably shocking The only thing worse in the line is the no-piece bath ing suit in which the perverse small boy delights
 One who for q awhile observes the struggles of outraged modesty to keep itself erom being hopelessly scandalized at the beaches and banks becomes confused in his mind He started with the notion that the put pose of 3 bathing suit was to provide decent covering for the body whit, hathing Tn public He finds that more than that responsibility rests upon il It must serve to meet the require ments of changing conventions. idea of decent clothing while in the so- ciety of the beaches Swimming and the water do not figure in the reck- oning at all. Would it not simplify the matter if somebody should discover that a bathing suit might be worn mostly, instead of rarely, in the wa ter? The water particularly the opaque Sdit sSea, would neIp slremend- - ously in covering the offending body Moreover, if those who went down 10 the water went there legitimately to swim or learn to swim some little shortcoming in dress would be ex-' cused to them For common sense rec ognizes that for successful movement in the water the minimum of clothes is desirable. Swimming, very de- sirable end and accom- mplishment in its attainment and enjoyment take the minds of all concerned in it from s those evil things which idle minds as sociate with the unconrentiona1ly clothed body
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31
No Waste in Cotton.

lHaleish N. c. News and Observer)
 There was day when all that was thought to be in cotton was the staple itself and in those days the use of this staple was confined to the making or cloth in almost an exclusive degree. But in the years it has come about that 1t has been found that many other things could be made from the cotton itself, and the war-lords found that 1t was need in the making of munitions.
 Great heaps of cotton seed were tprown away year after year without the producers knowing that it was good money that was being tossed aide. Then cannes the day of extract Ing oil from the cotton seed, and cot ton-seed meal made place as a feed stuff. Experiments were made with the oil, it was refined and cotton seed oil went on the market in com petition with olive oil More experi- ments and there was cottolene as substitute for lard, and with the con- tinuance of experiments there came the making of substitute butter.
 The cotton staple and the seed have made their way in many uses, but there was a halt in the use of the cotton stalk. That there was com mercial value in it was the thought of many, and now the day has come when cotton stalks, which have here tofore been thought of little use in any way, and largely regarded as a nuisance, are to find place of value in the commercial world in the mak- ing of paper pulp and several by products, including fertilizers.
 Taking hold of the proposition for this utilization of cotton stalks is the Economic Power and Products com pany of Philadelphia. That company is to have erected at once plant at Greenwood in Mississippi which is to have a capacity to consume about 45.- 900 tons of cotton stalks yearly The there will come 15,000 tons of pulp for paper, 15,ooo tons of fertili- ger. and 7,50o tons of by-products. markets to be found for the products in eastern cities. The program is to have the plant in operation by the firsa of November of this year. the total investment. to be about s20o,ooo. with from 50 to 250s men employed the first year.
 Cotton is mighty. If this new pro- ject for the use of the stalks proves success then will extend it domain With uses for the staple, the seed and the stalks, there will be nc waste in the production of cotton crop.
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New Britain herald., 1915-07-31
D. McMILLAN foe-2o1 -1o7 MAIN STREET.
Where Our Hope Lies.
(Norwich Bulletin. )


 When we come to true analyeis of American citizenship it is com posite-a medley of aliens and their descendants, an assembly of men who left the world of tyranny to embrace a larger freedom and to give force to the sentiment that true soveignty was vested in the people. not in representative family.
 We all have our sympathfes accord ing to our blood: but our hopes and our fears in this new world are fden- teal. Not a monarchy in Europe has any sympathy or much respect for a government of the people by the pe3& pie for the people. Britain has fought us twice and would have done 60 third time but for Russia. Germany has been frank enough to set down for our perusal its military opinion that we are an easy mark. F If we are not true to the idea which drew us together. and loyal to the hope that is within us, we are an easy mark. What we hope for as ths result of the present European war is of less consequence to us than wh9t we hope for ourselves. Do we desire to be men or slaves?
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31
Studying Nature. Bridgeport Telegram. )

General misunderstanding of nature s
 economy has been very costly to this
 ration. Here in Connecticut we are reaping the fruits of former careless ness. The visitation of pest of tent
 caterpillars during the present seq son was most certainly due to the oe
 structlon of some of the birds sucii as the blue jay, which eat tent catef- plllars-not all birds will.
 DlSturbing natures economy IS per11ous practice. Even the most ma H- !lgned crow is coming to De better uii- sdcrstood today. It is true that ocee
 s.onal1y he steals a morsel or seeu corn, but the farmer could aHoId - support him on seed corn, II Wial 'io gnaturalists tell us is true. EAaAliiiieos aAliie ton of the crops of hundreds or crows 2, in corn planting season ana oul' lis.s demonstrated the fact that ne se.s aycry little seed corn, but he IS tre- mcndous eater of almost every insent and animal pest with wnIcn the lar rner is plagued. Rv the way-that reminds us that a. ride in the country these; summer nights is almost certain to bring to cur nostrils a pungent odor not at all s11ka Ioekey Club. The author of this ct1or is a much maligned creature. He lives almost exclusively on destruc- five insects and is invaluable for that reason. But, like the black snake, he is very much feared, though for "a diff ferent reason A book devoted to the wood pussy, sachet-cat, or skunk, as Iie is variously called, ,has just been printed and from it we learn that the skunk is a harmless and charming creature and may be domesticated for his society Or bred for his pelt. In fact, there are at least two skunk farms in Connecticut ana if the del lnand for their handsome fur keeps up, there is no reason why there should not be more.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely
 questions as discussed in ex- changes that come 70 Herald
 ofIice.
Rooseveltian Philosophy.
(New Haven Journal-Courier:),

(New Haven Journal-Courier.)
 We have been taught by the emin- ent French philosopher, DeTocque- vile, that the cure for the ills of de- n1ocracy is. more democracy Now comes along our old friend, the cor onel, preaching the philosophy that the cure for household overcrowo- ed with children is to keep on pro- viding children.
 1t appears that a woman living Tn California has eight children which she has been trying to raise on soo month, but which are now Tn neeo because her husband is out or Work. She has evidently read of the cor one1s views upon the subject of large families and has been bold enough 10 inquire if he advocates raising cnlio rem for county charges, the poor house or what? Not feazed at aIl' tne colonel reminds her that we are all of us likely to run into hard luck' put that does not justify us in oetraylns our duties to ourselves and soclety.
 It seems to me- says our coionei' that the only answer to her questio.l is to tell her to keep r1sat on oeihs a mother, the best, highest most worth while job on earth, no matter what the temporary conoitlofs tnal surround it may be-.
 As our readers will know we are too wise to enter into discussion with the colonel, but at the risk of being chucked into some one of his many clubs we are inclined to sug- gest that there are nobler jobs than bringing children into the world With no means of decently rearing them and instructing them in the essentials of right living. We question If the ills and dangers of an overcrowded nur- sery are to be remedied by piling up the children in it.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31
Some More Krupp Losia.
(New York World. !

Persons in this country who profess to be mortified at the American trafFio in munitions of war should note care- fully what Germany and Austria are doing to Roumania. Both Germany and Austria have countcnanced bitter agitations at nome and in this coun- try as protest against trade that. has always been lawful and that. pursued by individuals, has never be- fore raised a question of neutrality
 Germany and Austria now monaco the northern frontier of Roumania with armed forces because that coun. try, thus far strictly neutral. refuses to permit shipments through it's ter ritory to Turkey of munitions of war. In this case Germany and Aus tria hope to enforce traffic in arms for their own benefit by governmental ac- ton on the part of neutral Tn our case they have attempted to pre- vent traffic in arms which for the mo- ment is disadvantageous to them by governmental action on the part, of another neutral.
 No doubt after Roumania's rights shall have been violated we shall near very little from Berlin and Vienna of the deadly shrapnel going ror- ward from the Krupp works to de- prive British and French women and children of their bread-winners who are now fighting at the Dardaneilea.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31
Is Dope Happiness?
.lsouth Norwalk sentinel )

q 7
 One pr. Arthur l.. Blunt, of Chi cago was charged with aiding drug users in violating the Harrison anti narcotic law. His attorneys, seeking writ of habeas corpus argued be- fore Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lan- dis of the United States court that the Harrison law is unconstitutional in that it denies to drug users the pursuit of happiness
 This opens an interesting field of speculation. Is hitting the pipe really the pursuit of happiness guaranteed to all citizens under their Constitu> ton? After they have hit it do they get happiness
 Is not all indulgence in crime and vice open to the same argument? II you think it will make you happy to kill your neighbor, doesn't the Consta> tution guarantee you the right to pursue your joy? Haven't you right by the same august document, to drown your sorrows in drink, to burn your house or your neighbor's in order to roast your pig, to ste t', riot and make nuisance of yourself generally, if thereby you think yol can attain your hearts desire?
 What is happiness, anyhow? Is ii the mere sensual pleasure of the moment followed, as all such pleas ures are. by more than proportions ate pain? Or is it the satisfactt,r which comes to a self-reliant but self-controlled being, doing his work in freedom and tempering his own rights to his neighbors' comforty
 The pursuit of happiness is our right But what is happiness?
 Judge Landis denied the writ, end pr. Blunt was at last accounts pur- suing his in jail.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31
SING SING.

est three or four weeks son has occupied the on in q way to command r than respect. There is rong with the workings on the Hudson. This +trated yesterday when Osborne, warden of the confidential agent of the Fintendent of Prisons e on the railway station ossining
 ett Osborne has created interest in his prison re- tertaius some very radi- Qf which he has had WOIk 2llE at sing sing.
 stats uperintendent of B Riley. does not
 with the Osborne the- 6set some of these hob perfntendent has crossed Osborne in many differ la yesterdays affair may k to the whole situation. or Osborne will win out which has been brought htion of Governor Whit man of wealth, has done rfui things at Sing Sing. orking for a salary, and uf11ces to show his sin
 esta blishment of the are League, wherein the
 asven 2 voice in the of the prison, has ms, brovaI of many close stu.
 
 bon reform.
 $ not believe m sone o1 Hvanced by Osborne. He fd school conservative to gree. Whatever the out Is fight which has ragged se two men. Sing Sing will settle back to its usua. err1or Whitman, it is un
 against the Osborne q may ask the warden of
 4ive up his work.
 slIfs IT the prisoneri xSt1 eiven [ vote on ths
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31
HFUI WAITING.

would precipitate the in a war with Mexico, way around. armed in
 lld do we'll to ponder Ing of two American Yesterday in Port-au- apital of Haiti. These
 an expeditionary force Inc marks of "snipers, E, sneaky, warriors of gained fame by picking
 American marines and
 Vera Cruz. Mexico. rs ago.
 South America there
 spirits who belong to arnily. Americans are lated in some parts of Iny force that invades.
 what purpose, is going he target of these snip the country better than
 who will kill off our |efore they get a fair
 i1son has been attack
 tor not sending Amer
 ailors and marines into
 ue that rebellious coun-
 Vera Cruz invasion the
 the futility of going in
 &ut1Qn nad been made n advance. Experts in
 declared that 1t would Eed States ten years to |to peace. Ten years of
 men without any ma me end. The Mexicans ' and mountain passes ny outsiders. They can 5ad fsl1 climate in some country They would Isd ditionary force from |siffef the misery of the !se are the plain facts Eftacking President Vile activity in the Mexican re better at this time to elping hand and thank |ence that our soldiers up in that country If ltangled in worse situa- be lucky. and we need et present to guarantee
 American lives and [ntiI some positive as- given by Germany and that American neutral expected 1t will be we'll
 military forces where ], within easy reach.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31
Some Translation.
Cwaterbury Republican. ;

George Harvey, editor of the North Am merican Review, has translated the latest German note into the North American langua ge. It amounts, hs asserts, to telling the United States, her president, her congress. and fier people. that they can all go to hell; ]; just that; nothing more and nothing less.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31
Going up.
Ccleveland Leader.)

It appears that MT. Wanamaker proposed to pay sioo.ooo, ,ooo. coo fer Belgium. not s1oo. 100000. Thls saves John from being thought piker.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31
FACTS AND RANCHES.


 that she supported her claim to with hold cotton and beef from Germany with an argument, an appeal to rea- son. She does not murder American citizens and then evade the issue; there IS no squea1 and no yellow streak, no foul fighting-hittin he low the belt or crowding to the ropes. England and America have had their quarrels, but they are not going 10 Wrangle with each other at this time. we are not going to fight the war or the Revolution or, the war of lel7. IRls Is the war of 1915.-Brooklyn Eagle.
 II IS pretty hard to realize III these peaceful summer days that over .iie ocean there is the carnage of war, the roar of great guns and the rattle oi rifles and machine guns and men a.e dying in the trenches by thousanos. One has been so accustomed in reao- ing about this that it has pecotne commonplace and not realty, pa. simply a chapter of fiction. one hu longer thrills or laments; but IL IS aia there just the same in all It's aWIui trage Times.
 Imagine what would happen II we should pay the ransom for BeisluHl and set it free, and peace shoulo oe declared. Tn twenty years or so' as soon as a new generation or ngnters could be raised, Germany might again be threatened, or thing she was threatened, and then what would Bell giurn do? Ask America for another hundred billion to buy her liberty again -Binghamton Press,
 The chance trat the Mexicans may be able to settle their own difficulties however. is as good today as it ever was There is still faint hope that a senblance of order may be restored before it becomes necessary for the United States to interfere. An embar- go lon the shipment or arms would help materially, at any rate, to lessen the work of destruction.--New York Times.
 The first half of 1915 shows a sixty per cent. increase over 1914 in lynch- ings in the South. Georgia led. Georgia has not heretofore had the first place in this procession of terror. There is,l nevertheless, an obvious explanation of it's pre-eminence in lawlessness this year.-Syracuse Post Standard.
 If MT. Bryan had penned that note unlindered. it would probably have contained an apology to Germany for bothering the government at a time when it has so much to occupy it's at- tention.- Wilkesbarre Record.
 Now that the sufrragists are cam paigning in the barber shops there is caught. Let him order 3 shampoo and plunge his head into the nearest basin. New York Sun.
 s'IIi'' Johnson governor of Ca1ifor- mia, is the colonel's choice for presi- dent, so all the papers say. T. R. must have his joke. Everybody knows the coloneFs real choice for next presi- dent.-Newburgh Journal.
 Three million wooden and stone crosses mark soldiers graves in Eu- rope, and 344,000 Iron Crosses are said to,have been distributed for valor. Is it fair stand-off. Pittsburg Jour- nal
 Even our extreme pacifsts will hardly oppose sweeping policy of. preparedness against such tragedies as that of the Eastland Boston Jour- nal
 Bay State fishermen have taken 1000 tons of swordfish this season. This ought to help some in equipping our army.R R ochester Union.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31
FINAL MARK DOWN ON
 HAMMOCKs

Woven hammocks now ssc to s2<5o each. 4f43 Couch hammocks now ss.ss ana $7.69 each. az 4
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31

LONG WHITE SILK GLOVES. Saturday sec pair. value $1.o0.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31

NEW vEsTEEs AND COLLARS. Saturday at 25c and 49c each.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31

For the last day of our Big July Clearance Sale we offer greater val ues than ever.
 WOMEN's WASH DRESSES At s1.9S each, values up to $4.ss, you would really have to see them to be convinced as to the values we offer for Saturday. LINGERIE WAISTS AND BLOUsEs Marked down for quick Clear ance special Saturday at 97c, $l.25, s1.49, $1.69. s1.9s each.
 Values $1.50 to s2.9s. CREPE DE CHINE AND TUB SILK
 HOUSES
 Saturday at $1.9S and s2.9s.
 LONG SILK KIMONOS Saturday at s1.ss and $2.sS. LONG WHITE SILK GLOVES. Saturday 69c pair. value sL00 NEW vESTEEs AND COLLARS. Saturday at 25c and 49c each. LACE AND NET GUIMPEs. Long sleeves and sleeveless in black ecrue and white. Saturday 25c, 4ec, 9sc each
 AT OUR MEMS DEPT. SATURDAY. $1.00 Lion brand shirts at 7ec each. "ONYX'. Silk sox. 3 pair for 69c. soc neckwear at S9c.
 Mems union suits, all styles at ssc suit, regular price $1.00.
 SIPS pajamas at s1.4e suit. SALE OF CUT GLASS. ssc for real Sut glass values 10 s2.0O
 FLOOR COVERINGS Come Saturday and take advantage of the savings on rugs. linoleums and oil cloths. All at sale prices.
 FINAL MARK DOWN ON
 HANfMOCKs
 Woven hammocks now ssc to s2-5o each. f3 E Couch hammocks now ss.ss ana s7.6s each. sz ). MCMILLAN
 iss-aoI-aoa MAIN srREFT "
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31

SALE OF CUT GLASS.
 ssc for real Sut glass values 10 s2.oo.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31

LONG SILK KIMONOS Saturday at s1.sS and SIPS.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31
FLOOR SOMETHING'S

Come Saturday and take advantage of the savings on rugs, linoleums and oil cloths. All at sale prices.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31
LACE AND NET GUIMPEs.

Long sleeves and sleeveless in black ecrue and white, Saturday 25c, 4ec, 9Sc each.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31

CREPE DE CHINE AND TUB SILK
 HOUSES
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31

Even our extreme pacifsts will hardly oppose sweeping policy of. preparedness against such tragedies as that of the Eastland Boston Jour- nal
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31
AT OUR MEMS DEPT. SATURDAY.

s1.00 Lion brand shirts at 7sc each. "ONYX'.. Silk sox. 3 pair for 69c. SOC neckwear at S9c.
 Mems union suits. all styles at ssc suit, regular price $1.00.
 $1.9s pajamas at s1.49 suit.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31
McMILLAN'S
 NEW ELEPHANTS BUSIEST BIG STORE "ALwAYs RELIABLE"
Extra Special Values for
 Saturday

For the last day of our Big July Clearance Sale we offer greater vsi- ues than ever
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31

Bay State fishermen have taken 1000 tons of swordfish this season. This ought to help some in equipping our my.-R ochester Union.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31

Three million wooden and stone crosses mark soldiers graves in Eu- rope, and 344,ooo Iron Crosses are said toShave been distributed for valor. Is it a fair stand-off. Pittsburg Jour- nal
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31

"Hi'' Johnson, governor of Ca1ifor- nia is the colonePs choice for presi- dent, so all the papers say. T. R. must have his joke. Everybody knows the coloneFs real choice for next presi- dent.-Newburgh Journal.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31

LINGERIE WAISTS AND BLOUSEs
 Marked down for quick Clear ance special Saturday at 97c, SIPS, S1.49, $1.e9. s1.9s each.
 Values $1.50 to $2.9S.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31

Now that the sufrragists are cam paigning in the barber shops there is butone refuge for the mere man thus caught. Let him order 9 shampoo and plunge his head into the nearest basin New Y York Sum-
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31

WOMEN'S WASH DRESSES
 At SIPS each, values up to $4.ss you would really have to see them . be convinced as to the values we offe for Saturday.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-31

If MT. Bryan had penned that note it would probably have contained an apology to Germany for bothering the government at time when it has so much to occupy it's at- tention. Wilkesbarre Record.