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New Britain herald., 1915-03-17

pay five cents a quart for a IL skinned
milk in HardWick and make money
feeding it to hens and chickens. 9th
ers told the theory Of such co-opera-
ton as should make prosperity in
farming communities.
Mr.. Parker told what has happened
in fact in Hardwick He said that
in 1872 representative of the Ann
herst agricultural college went to
Hardwick and with its leading men
talked over the advisability of a long
term program of accomplishments
along social, religious, agricultural,
educational and civil lines. Organi-
zatlon followed, and the interest was
lively from the start. In less than
three years the people of Hardwick
nave accomplished SO much that they
are regarded as a brilliant example of
the desired possibilities. Mr.. Parker
says they have co-operated in raising
one variety of thoroughbred cattle,
are growing better poultry, are doing
more in milk production, have attend
en 10 their orchards, are buying their
fertilizers comparatively and, there
fore, more economically, have organ
lied q farmers cooperative exchange,
have enriched the school curriculum
publish a community paper, have
secured the building of town shed
Tor twenty teams, and have brought
together the congregations of the
Unitarian society and First Calvinist
| society SO that they now have Il min
| lister officiating for both, or the two
! III one. There is no mention of the
| financial gains in dollars and cents,
out the report leaves no doubt that
| HardWick has largely improved since
| the people were aroused and began to
work together 1t is n good town any
way, as everybody knows, but it is a
| better town while doing teamwork.
| on the farms as we'll as in the schools
and the churches.
There will be more people moving
into Hardwick and less going away to
the cities. These two are the main
issues at which the New England
prosperity federation is driving. The
men who work hard for that almost
drive people out of the cities, and
would like to have laws to prevent
anybody forsaking the coutry for the
town, and they point to Hardwick to
| prove they are right.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-17
Coming Out For Suffrage.
4New York Tim esq

If as a male person you feel obllSed
to come out for woman suffrage, IL Is
best not TO balance reasons. That is
to pretend you are also judicial
minded person or that you have ar
rived at your opinion by process OF
thought Though you may hope to de-
ceive yourself, YOU will fool hardly
ANYBODY else. least Of all the woman,
who is very apt to detect the emo
tional principle and scorn the argu-
mont. The New Y orlS World has made
that mistake. IT accepts the thing
without embracing it. in the STEADY
sweep of democracy it says. tho
..tine will come when the present
"oppostion to woman suffrage will
seem as short 81 GIFTED and senseless
cas- the fo,mer opposition to man
..hood suffrage now seems
Therefore it is inevita b1e That alone
is reason enough for accepting al
most ANYTHING But the World &C
cents suffrage for other reasons. One
is that a few women, representing
nerhaps ten per cent. of the sex, al
ready have too much power over
governn ent without the sense of re-
snonsihility which it believes to inhere
in the ballot. They have main
Claimed at times a reign of terror
"over legislative bodies in consequence
"of which half the country is now
.'bodeviled by some form or another
"of h;trem government, and legis-
,,tors no better than they ought to be
are forever making ridiculous con-
..cesaions to women agitators, on tho
"theory that ofhclal sympathy with
"such moral yearnings is shrewd
New Britain herald., 1915-03-17
MADDEN AND COOK
TO BE TRIED FIRST
Zach To Have II Separate Jrial-Un-
derstood StegIcr Will Become
Witness for Government.

New York, March 17.-When the
case Of Richard p. Steglcr, Richard
Madden and GustaVe Cook, charged
with conspiracy against the United
States in obtaining a false American
passport, was called for trial Hester-
day Federal Judge Cushman granted
a motion of the government attor-
ney that Madden and Cook be tried
separately and first
1t was understood that Steglcr
would become a witness for the gov
ernment.
AS finally accepted the jury was
American born with two exceptions.
One of them was English born, the
other Austrian, but both had been in
this country since youth. All twelve
professed to be neutral.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-17
MY Own Future"
(NeW York Press }

Il have to think about my own
future"
Ihis is the explanation given by
Henry Bruere of his determination to
give up the post of city chamberlain.
Whether the community will suffer
because Mr.. Bruere is quitting its ser
vice need not be considered. What
you should think about is the reason
he gives
Il have to think about my own
future" is not the state of mind
which makes for good public service.
No man who is thinking about his
own future can conscientiousIy serve
the comm unity. Any day he may be
called upon to make a decision be-
tween his own future and that of the
city. He should not hesitate; but If
he should happen to think twice for
the citys and at least once for his
own future he will be measuring up
to fully the average of human nature.
This is the one big reason you do
not get from your public servants the
same sort of service n big corpora
ton commands from it's executive
heads. They do not have to think
about their own futures. If they are
efficient men the corporations fight
for the chance to look after futures
for them.
But efficiency does not give big
public servant a hold on his job His
activity in the recent city elections,
the fact that he has been with the
organization'-that he can swing the
"hoozis'' vote-these are the impor-
tant factors in determining whether
he shall be kept on our public pay
roll or not. We apparently take no
interest in his ability as fire COM
missioner. We don't seem to care
whether ne has been an able and hon.
est judge. We are not concerned with
his ability in protecting our health
or homes.
At the end of one year two or
four we stand around Indifferent
while some politician kicks him into
the more lucrative fields of private
life and fills his place IN our public
business machinery with a gifted and
resourceful ward leader.
Any big corporation conducted on
the same lines would be so much
junk in the back yard of its com
petitors in less Tran no time. Yet
we wonder why city government cam.
not be made a business.
City government is a business. 1T
must be studied and learned. You
cannot learn half of it in d lifetime.
And it is hard to get men who have
the brains to master its principles
it is hard to get them to do 1T when
the study of a decade and the fruits
of another ten years work may be
discounted by district leaders abil-
ity to deliver the vote.
Make it as difficult to remove an
able and efficient city official as 1T is
to remove q federal judge and you
will find a new type Of man in city
government--and an extremely new
kind of government.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-17
Example Given BY Hardvick.
Worcester Telegram

Franklin county has taken off it's
hat to Worcester county At a re-
cent meeting of the New England
federation for rural progress, in
making his report, Sumner r. Park
er of Franklin county told of the
ACTUAL achievements of one commune
ityo and said that community was
HardUick. in Worcester county. That
is the same town in which Connecti-
cut poultry expert recently claimed
that sour milk is the best food for the
feathered creatures, and that he could
New Britain herald., 1915-03-17
D. MCMILLAN
100-oO1-2O3 Main Street
Roaring Brook.
tBy James Shepard.)

(By James Shepard.)
PART I, AS 1T WAS.
Lofty land to Wolcott given
Tells one of my humble birth,
Baptised with nc rains of heaven
TO begin my life OF worth.
Roaring oft in tones of thunder,
Ger the precipice to fail;
Passing swiftly then from under
On Fair Haven, last j call.
When my falls shine forth the proud
Eyes they meet from miles away:
When they sing in tones the loudest.
Milldale hears my distant lay.
Working down with less of bolster,
Soon from all work TO be free,
Then / pass the fattening oyster,
Pay my tribute to the sea
PART II, AS III is.
Forced from home and all its dear
ones,
Wolcott rocks / left forlorn.
For the use of many queer ones
Cross the Pantheon valley borne.
Chartered rights to Britain sever
Former owners every right,
Leaving them no choice whatever
Save TO take a widows mite"
Now my head at home Is swelling,
Bursting DER the dam with foam
Whispers in my course ere telling
OF "A change to my new home.
Sealed t,1en, in case of metal. i.
Laid away beneath the ground.
Roses rcd, green brakes and nettle
Mark for miles my lengthy mound,
Thus descended far from Heaven
TO the depths OF Pantheon plai1,
But at last new hope VAS given
And behold / rose again.
Up the Shuttle Meadow mountain
Once again TO light l wake,
Sprc ding out in crystal fountain,
Ray my tribute to the lake
Damned, my water shed to cover,
Damned again, Mt my intake,
Only to be damned all over
With the waters of the lake.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-17
SALARY OF $1,000 A YEAR.

PittsburE, March 1.-THE Ale
gheny Presbytery of the United Pros
byterian church AT a meeting here
yesterday adopted a resorution provid-
ing that every pastor of that denomi-
ration in this country must be paid at
least $1,000 a year and be provided
with a parsonage.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-17

Connecticut will have n direct nri-
mary when the people stand up and
demand it vociferously, unitedly and
stubbornly. And that state Of una
nimity has not yet been reached In
Connecticut. In fact there is dis
position to see how the scheme works
cut elsewhere before ii is tried out
herc.-Ansonia Sentinel
New Britain herald., 1915-03-17

consumption practically always can
De cured i it is detected and fought
III time. In fact, it is said that nearly
all human lungs will show somewhere
on them the LESSONS or consumption.
proving that the disease had a foot
Eold at some time or other but was
wiped out by the patients own ply
slcal resources without his being
aware OF it. The Connecticut State
tuberculosis commission has just
issued a folder which is being spread
broadcast through the state and which
should accomplish a great work in
pubhc education on the proper treat
ment Of consumption. Good food.
fresh air and rest are the best cures"
says the commissions booklet Keep
out in the fresh air and in the sun
light as much as possible. -Bridge-
port Telegram.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-17

This spring has been an unusually
dry one and because of the absence
OF rain forest fires have been numer-
Gus. The trees and underbrush in the
wooded sections are excellent material
for flames at the present time and if
extra precaution is not taken by per-
sons who have occasion to journey
into the woods more fires that will
cause much damage will be started
The careless dropping of IL lighted
match, cigar or cigarette may be an
act that will start a conilagration.
The public should cooperate with the
lire wardens and do everything pos
s1ble to prevent needless expense
as we'll as loss of property.--Hartfo
Post.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-17
villages threatened with destruction.--
Norwich Bulletin ..-..

The lesson of Waterbury's treat
ment by the legislature--not this year
especially but every year--is the need
OF selecting the right men and keep
ing them. If Waterbury We're repre-
scented year after year by the same
men, with Il gift for legislative service,
the city might easily lead in both
house aud senate. and have that in
huence which only experience joined
with character and ability, can COM
mand. AS it is. we don't amount to
anythng because we send men who
don't amount to anything in the first
place, or who don't stay long enough
to amount to anything In the end
Waterbury American.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-17
sure and the fact that there

sure and the fact that there
position to it suggests that
Rthers Interested in their
eent thoroughly understand
eAkS to correct an abuse in
business that needs correct
New Britain herald., 1915-03-17

yesterday be-
nance at the
ced by State
which pro-
I've no board
tax to meet
! was no OPP
d, while Mr..
Commissioners
obligatory on
relief makes
leNy a. tax
ms previously
should be cS-
provision be
deficit in the
The object of
ut towns from
ID making no
be custom
oelt every
III it amounts
lat a special
made for the
New Brit :
With this form
the old sys-
q few years
meet the nee
the figures
pg of the year,
dra wn by tho
the deficiency.
Ill the amount
the banks de-
paid. In the
practised the
elieve that the
onlically man
hm berlain vii.
m Of mana ge,
he selectmen t.
covers all the
pat there shall
hcit at the enc
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New Britain herald., 1915-03-17


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Barton County democrat., 1915-01-08

a fair return for its owner? And,
should she proclaim such a SEN
Sible doctrine, would not half the
people between the two oceans
and hundreds of newspapers in
stantly exclaim, That's just like
KansaS-the home of sanity and
progreSs?"
Ii is because Kansas railroads
believe that Kansas people will
be generously fair-once they
know the truth about this great
queStion-that has persuaded
them to make this appeal through
the public press. In doing so
they have tried to state their side
OF the story fairly. They have.
made no attack upon anyone or
sought to appeal to prejudice,
and that the reader may accord
to them the same credit for sin
certify which he claims for him
Self-that he may be willing to
raise his voice in defense of their
rights as he would expect others
to do in his behalf under similar,
clrcumStanceS-thiS is all the rail-
roads of Kansas ask. paid Adv
Barton County democrat., 1915-01-08

were the habitat of rowing herds
of buffalo and savage Indians
and from that hour to this they
have played their part in a drama
of thrift and enterprise which is
without parallel in the history OF
the Republic-a wondrous story
OF progress which has Travelled
upon the four winds to the ends
of the earth and which Swells
with pride the breast of every
true KanSan.
And yet, marvellous as have
been our accomplishments in the
past, is not Kansas today merely
standing upon the threshold Of
her true destiny? Have we mol
ample room for thousands of ad.
ditiOnal tillerS of our fertile soil
And do not our splendid inland
cities plead for factories in order
that we may ourselves produce
some of the finished products fol
which Kansas people spend scores
OF millions every year? Do we
not need hundreds of miles of adj
ditional railroad mileage before
we can make the most of our ag-
riculture and commerce-and will
the millions of outside capital
necessary to the construction OF
these additional facilities be forth.
coming if the people of Kansas dc
not treat fairly the millions al
ready invested within their midst
In short, have not the people Of
Kansas splendid opportunity
to set the pace for the rest of the
country over these troubled cor
porate problems by saying to in
veStorS everywhere that Kansas
first convinced of a square deal
for herSelf-demandS that from
this time forward every dollar
honestly invested in her enter
priSes shall be permitted to earn
Barton County democrat., 1915-01-08
RAILROADS OF KANSAS
LOSING THOUSANDS
Pay Millions to People in Wages, Taxes
and For Supplies Every Year.

IlldISln OI profit is so small thai
it doesn't begin to pay fair re-
turn upon the invested capital,
upon which they pay a higher rate
OF taxation to the state than does
any other form of private prop
erty.
In this connection, we wish to
digreSS for a moment to quote
some statistics which should have
had a place in a former article.
1t costs an average of 7 mills Der
mile to haul a ton of freight in
the United States, whereas in En-
gland it costs 2.33 cents, in Ger
many l.42 cents, and in France
l.4l cents. In the United States
the average wages paid to rail-
road employees are S2.23 Der day.
in England S1.15, and in GERMANY
and France not over 81 per dav.
The English railroads are capital
lied at S265,OOO per mile, in
France at $4,000 per mile, in
Germany at $114,185-while in
the United States the stock and
bond capitalization averages only
$4,000 per mile. In view of this
remarkable comparison, do Amer
lean railroads deserve the whole
sale denunciation which has been
heaped upon them?
Losses On Passenger Traffic.
In the application recently filed
by the Kansas lines before the
State Public Utilities Commission
ior a restoration of the three-cent
passenger fare, the Missouri Pa
cIflc filed data showing that it had
sustained a loss on its Kansas
passenger traffic during the fis-
cal year ending June 30, 1919.
amounting to S4O2,263.31. For
tne fiscal year ending June 30,
1914, the losses on its Kansas pas.
senser traffic had increased 10
449, ,469.72-or S47, ,2O6.41 over tbe
year before.
The Rock Island filed data
showing that it had lost S6O,632
during 1913 on its Kansas freight
and passenger business and tbat
OF this amount its loss in the mas
senger department was s29073
That its general losses are randi
y increasing is also shown by
The TACT that it only earned 2.25
per cent on its Kansas property
IN 1913 on both interstate and
state business while in 1914 if
earned only 1.5 per cent on ifs
KANSAS investment.
The Santa Fe filed evidence
showing that in 1913 it lost SIG
S5S.27 on its Kansas freight and
passenger business, while in 1914
the deficit climbed to S125,673. .98
In view of these facts, is there .
talr minded citizen in the state
who will contend that Kansas
railroads are not entitled to q rec.
1Oratlon I of three cent passenger
fares?
Losses Growing Continually.
From these figures, which are
open to absolute proof, it can he
seen that the Kansas lines are NOT
only sustaining a loss amounting
to hundreds of thousands of dol.
lars annually on their passenger
traffic, but that with an ever-in-
creaslng cost of operation these
losses are constantly growing
heavler-and if the service to the
public is to remain efficient and
adequate and if the railroad in
veStments of the state are not
to be driven to the point Of con-
Barton County democrat., 1915-01-08
Kansas and the Railroads.

II is a strange fact, but never
theleSS true, that in times past
the people of the average state
have not regarded their railroads
,'aS an "induStry"-and yet, next
to agriculture, there is not a sin
gle Central of Western state in
which the railroads do not pay
Q out more money for labor and
supplies than does any other sin
gle enterprise, however large. We
brag about our fertile farm lands
and rejoice that our cities are
filled with big factories with biz
pay rolls which create a market
for farm prOductS-but we forget
that more wOrkingmen'S families
depend upon the railroads for a
living than upon any other one
industry in either the average
state or the nation and that their
welfare is closely linked to that
OF the farmer and the merchant
not merely because they furnish
HIM freight and passenger SER
vice, but because the millions
they diSburSe in one way and an
other contribute tremendously
to The. prosperity of the state in
which we live.
Thus, for instance, the rail-
roads are The largest taxpayers in
the state of Kansas. While the
returns are moi entirely complete
Tor 1914, the railroad taxes of the
. year just closed can safely be es-
timated at $9,75O,OOO-and this
tidy sum did its full share TO SUD-
port every public school, high
"dY' ana 10 help meet every other
revenue expense of the state.
The railroads of Kansas were
taxed in 1914 on properties val
ued at 1884, ,9O4, ,955-money which
III years gone by was invested in
these great arteries of commerce
by thousands of men and women
who live all over The United STATES
and in Europe, and without whose
financial assistance the wonder
1ul progress of our proud COM
monweallh would have been inn
possible.
During The year ending June 30.
1914, the railroads of Kansas en-
q plOyed 1893 men and paid ouI
TO them in salaries $29,5S9,15O-
and these millions did their full
share to create market for Kan.
Sas farm products and to uphold
the volume of business of KansaS
sroeerS, clOthierS, dry goods men
.;!D! and others who depend upon pub
lie patronage.
During the year 1914, the rail
roads of Kansas paid out nearly
S5.1sO,OOO for coal-and the lions
share of this went to Kansas
miners, of whom the railroads
are by far the largest patrons. So,
TOO in an average year they con-
sumo more than forty million gal.
F.. Ions Of oil.
In other words, when the peo-
PIE of Kansas look at their rail-
roads in the light of an industry
when they look at the figures
on the other side of the ledger
they will find that not only do the
railroads return to them in one
way and another practically every
dollar they collect within the
state for freight and passenger
service, but that a number Of lines
are actually doing this business
at = loss, while with others the
Barton County democrat., 1915-01-08

resolved into an acute crisis 9
problem which might otherwise
have been solved gradually and
without any far-reaching indust.
rial disturbance.
The United States is a heavy
debtor nation. During the aver.
age year our balance of trade
against the rest of the world
amounts to approximately $780,.
OOO,OOO-but on top of this we
always owe approximately an.
other $5OO,0OO,OOO which hereto.
fore we have been able to stand
off by selling Europe industrial
securities to that amount. Now
however, the great warning coun.
tries have served notice that they
not only expect us to pay our
debts above our trade balances in
gOld-but that in addition they
look to us to buy back from them
hundreds of millions of dollars
worth of American securities
which are now held abroad. II
was to deliver this grim message
that Sir George PaiSh, of the En-
gliSh Exchequer, paid his recent
visit to the United States, and
when he got through making his
statement to a group of big New
York bankers, an old veteran fl.
nancier who has survived many
a financial storm remarked to his
profoundly silent auditors-"The
sheriff, with writ, is on the door
STEP"
That a great nationwide crop
next year will give us the largest
trade balance we have ever known
is undoubtedly true-and vet,
with having to finance all our
monetary needs at home from this
time on and buying back millions
OF foreign owned securities, the
future at best is precariouS. How
ever, the heaviest strain of all will
come when the war ceases and
when Europe begins to rebuild
the hundreds of millions of dol
lars worth of property which has
been deStrOyed-fOr this period
is certain to force the highest in
tereSt rates the world has ever
known, and if at that time Amer
ican railroad securities are not
earning a fair return upon the in
veStment, nothing can prevent
them from going into the finan-
cial scrap heap-and ii is TO pre-
pare for this emergency-to keep
railroad securities from becom-
ing a point of national weakness,
which will bring the whole tenn
pie of American investments
tumbling down over our heads
to protect the hundredS-of banks
life and fire insurance companies,
etc, whose assets are largely in
vested in railroad bonds as well
as The railroads ihemSeIveS-lhis
is the fear which is gripping hun
dredS of financierS and students
of economic conditions in the pre-
sent hOur-men, many of whom
heretofore have never seriously
concerned themselves over the
troubles of American railroads.
In the present instance, therefore,
the railroad crisis is of tremen-
douS importance because in it is
involved the still greater prob
lem of The integrity and safety
of the whole superStructure of
business. That we can
not shove it aside by a broadside
of demagOgic platitudeS or mini
mize it by employing the Strate-
gy of an ostrich is apparent to
all thinking citizens who are SER
iously concerned in their own and !
their cOuntry'S future welfare.
Up To People of Kansas.
In no other commonwealth have |
The railroads had a larger share
in progress and development than |
in Kansas. They came in the ear
" days when its broad prairies