Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-03
OTHER VIEW POINTS

The weakest argument that can be advanced for the minimum wage or for high wages is that thereby people will be kept virtuous or honest. The m1nl- mum wage is necessary for efflclency' for Well-being, for increased useful ness, and for proper physical and men tai development, on which eventually moral development may rest but that in itself it is the real or principal basis of morality is a strange and hysterlcal modern theory which had better be abandoned.-Waterbur Republican.
 All hands at Hartford agree that Senator Wadhams of Goshen, who rep resents the Torrington district in the upper body, has hadnled the trying position of chairman of the finance committee at this session with notable ability. If he puts through the sen ate without much change the report of his committee upon general taxa ton he will have scored one of the most notable trfumphs in legislative history. Senator Wadhams has had considerable legislative experience. He served in the House in 1911 and in the senate in 1913.-Bridgeport Post.
 News is that the judiciary commit tee is in favor of putting the state courts of common pleas on a circuit basis, as the superior court has been
 
 whether the bar would welcome the change. There are some things to gain and some to lose. What might be added in fairness would be lost with respect to convenience, and what, might be saved in one direction of expenditure might be lost again in higher salaries. The public is offered doubtful benefit. If the change is to be had let it be after a fairly delib- crate expression of the state bar. Here in New London county we are very well satisfied with the existing condi- tion.-New London Telegraph.
 One result of the passage by the sen ate of the bill making the license fee for saloons $750 a year will be a con- siderable revenue for the state from this source as well as for towns and cities. Another will be the probable elimination of a number of the smaller saloons because they cannot do busi- ness on a profit with such an increase in their fixed expenses. Here in the aS- sociated communities it will probably force some men out Of business and cut down the number of places where liquor can be obtained considerably. It Is hard on the men who must go to the wall, but there Is no reason to be- lieve that it will be anything but a benefit to this section, which is and has been for some time largely oversa- looned to it's resultant disadvantage Ansonia Sentinel.
 The Home Yard and Garden move ment, that has grown out of the desire to make Bridgeport a more attractive city, is a commendable attempt to keep alive the enthusiasm of the cleanup" period. An suspicious start has been made by those behind the movement in interesting the Boy Scouts and the Camp Fire Girls, the Mothers Club and the Parent-Teacher Association The subtle influence of environment makes itself felt in more ways than is generally realized. A trim lawn and well-kept flowers and shrubbery do more than add to the attractiveness of the home They are an important factor in making more valuable the property in the districts where they abound and have real influence, though one sometimes hard to trace