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New Britain herald., 1916-08-18
WILSON AND MIDDLE WEST.
Changes In the Situation Compared
 With 20 Years Ago.
Edgar B. Robinson in the New Re-
 public)

Edgar E. Robinson in the New Re-
 pubic).
 Large sections in the middle west with a real interest in reform of po- llttcal methods and practices have nevertheless feared to use the dem- ocratic party as a means to attain their desires. This has been shown repeatedly in every section for the past 20 years These sections of the electorate endeavored to achieve their desires through the agency of the re- publican party. This brought on the insurgent movement, which prepared the way and made possible the middle western phase of the progressive movement in 1912.
 But the middle west was progres- sive republican rather than progress sive. In the present campaign these elements find no opportunity afford ed them to indicate their adherence to the spirit of insurgency except by voting for Wilson. Were they lib- erals or progressives they might ac- cept Hughes with heartiness. But having such background as has been sketched and with the former fear of democratic rule shown to be III found ed, they turn naturally to the man and the party that has voiced and in some matters made progress upon the demands of the middle-Class middle west.
 Moreover, the attitude of Wilson, both in diplomatic matters and upon the issue of preparedness, has been vastly pleasing to the large body of sentiment in the interior of the con- tinent. His utterances have seemed familiar to those long accustomed to the point of view in matters of for eign policy of such men as Bryan and La Toilette. In the recent attempts in the senate to limit the size of the naval appropriations it is not with out significance that the speeches and votes of opponents of the bill. Dem ocrats and Republicans alike, came from the middle West, and of these the Republicans were the more nu- merous.
 Twenty years ago there were those who saw in the union of the south and west In support of Bryan a new nationalism opposed to eastern sec tionalism The new democracy of that campaign failed of success be- cause the middle west did not desert the republican party. In the present
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18
The Sixty-Ycar-OTd Boys.

Strickland Gillian, in Judge.) It once was the rule, in your youth
 time and mine, That the ffty-year man was far gone
 in decline, That he wore bushy whiskers and
 stopped as he walked, And quavered a bit in his voice as he
 talked; But, oh, what a change has come over
 mankind! The f1fty-year old youngster of now
 isn't blind. Or halt or decrepit or whiskered-
 nay, nay! The sixty-ycar '11id'' is the rule of to-
 day! There may be some snow at his tenn
 pies, 'tis truth; But folks say, ''Some people grow
 gray in their youth" He's carefully groomed, and he's
 straight as a rod; He laughs like a child, and he smiles
 like a god. He's natty and hobby and brisk as a To meet him, to be in his presence, IS
 joy. Instead of December, he's April or The sixty-year youngster is with us to
 stay.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18
Posers.

(John Kendricl1 Bangs, in the Jan-
 uary St. Nicholas) l love him more than I can say, But oh, the questions day by day
 He pops at me, White sitting wide-eyed on my knee, On things he seeks to know the why Like: Pa, what did the Dead Sea die
 of?''
 And t other night
 With eyes all bright He heard 1t said, ''The clocks run
 down." He turned from out a study brown, And with a truly puzzled air
 Asked, Down to where?" Again once while we sat at tea l felt his eyes fixed full on me, And from their depths all wondering l knew a poser fierce would sprin g.
 Why do they call it T." said he, "Instead of x or e or z ?'' But the hardest question I recall The very worst I think of all-- Was when he called me from my bed At four a. m. one morn and said: If you weren't you, and Ma weren't
 Ma,
 Who'd I be, Pa?''
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18
Commercial Motor Vehicles.

A remarkable gain in the number of commercial motor vehicles is re- ported, and, as has been customary, the early disappearance of the horse is predicted. During the first six months of 1916, 75,O00 commercial cars were built, and probably the out put for the year will not be less than 15O, 900.
 Tn 1910 only 10,3 vehicles of this class were manufactured. Obviously, the claims of efficiency for motor trucks are sustained by the rapid in crease. The production this year more than doubles that of 1915.
 The development of the comm ercfal car, however, is less spectacular than that of the passenger autom obtle. The higher average cost, S2,000 for the truck against S750 for the touring ma chine, limits It's use to business houses having considerable capital. But with two hundred and fifty manufacturers in the commercial f1eid and standard ized models, there Is reason for be- Heving that within a few years the use of heavy trucks and light delivery conveyances will be much more gener- al than 1t Is today.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18

chant of Syracuse was juster when he said
 He that commends me to mine own
 content
 Comments me to the thing I cannot for those who preach satisfaction are. whether they know it or not, apostles of stagnat1on. Nothing in this universe of ours Is really stationary unless per haps the rocks--and not all of the rocks are stationary. Organic life means change. The seed that is not satisfied grows into the plant, the cry ing baby into the six-footer. The cave dweller would have remained a stoneman had he been contented: and whether we like it or not, what we call civilization, with all it's creeds and clashes, its virtues and vices, it's sacrifices and self1shness it's arts and it's machines, its brotherhoods and it's wars, it's poverties and progresses, is founded on the dissatisfaction which makes for effort. Dissatisfaction with changeable conditions and, above all, with conditions that it is worth while for us to change, is the ignition spark which sets the engine to running-and if we believe in engines, we must be- neve tr the spark too. Once in Palcs- tine Co an old tale runs) there were certain men to whom a rich man go- ing a journey intrusted coins called talents-and the lesson of it is for us all to read He who was satisfied with what he already had won no praises at all from that "hard man." his master; 1t was he who gained the "other five talents" who was the good and faithful servant and en- tered into joy. Contentment with Gods provision of a whole universe for us to study and a whole world to serve as our particular workshop and playground: such contentment as this is wisdom itself. Contentment like this means containment-and there are good reasons for it in great rich ness; but satisfaction means persuad- ing oneself that one has, and is. enough and such a belief as that is fatal to human growth or any growth at all.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18
2. mCmIL.!. AN 198-2O1-2O3 MAIN STREET.
The Great Record.
(Meriden Record. )

The American people do not want
 war; MT. Wilson has kept them out
 of war. The American people ap-
 prove a policy of expensive prepared
 ness to guarantee their safety as a
 nation and the On-interference of
 foreign powers with their rights and
 their commerce. MT. Wilson has set in motion such a policy. In the great
 international crisis which came all
 unexpectedly upon him to demand so
 much of his patience and attention, he
 handled it with wisdom and at no
 sacrifice of the national honor. At the
 same time, in the conduct of the do-
 mestic affairs of the country he and
 his administration and the democratic
 congress have been tireless in the enactment of constructive legislation
 for the country's benefit, which in vol ume and benef1cence has never been equalled. AS L. Ames Brown in the Review of Reviews puts it: "The chief legislative measures for which the president stands personally respOnS1- Die are the Underwood tariff act, the 1eoefal reserve act, the trade commits s1on act, the rural credits act and the taflf commission act. There is an inn
 posing number of business, labor and pubhc welfare enactm ents besides, winch have no space to discuss here.
 It Is the greatest achievement of any American president of modern times All Of the measures named, with the exception of the tariff act, have re- celVed or are certain to receive the support of substantial bodies of re- publ1cans in congress. The republi- can platform criticizes the rural itc ot 1o,1t a in, can members of congress voted for the measure. The republican plat | form declared for tariff commission, and it's authors refused to consider any declaration in criticism of the cur
 rency act, knowing too well the heart
 mess of the country's appreciation of that measure"
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18
The Hughes War Talk.

The republican candidates plati- tudes continue to roll in from the west In a ceaseless tide. The other day he said that we have a "united coun- try.' We have. Later he said that he wanted men in office who favored prosperity and sucCcss.' So does everybody. And on Tuesday he ob- served that he "would not shrink from war" If it came 'in performing the obvious duty" Neither would the president of the United States, as he showed very practically in demanding and obtaining-vital concessio ops from the haughtiest and most power full nation on earth at the cost of severing diplomatic relations if she refused.
 It is cheap and easy for the man ut terly without responsibility to talk about war. It is quite a different thing for a president to get what he demands from a foreign nation by means that might nave led to War-but with out war.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18
GROWTH AND DECLINE.

friends and former admirers of Ir1es Evans Hughes, are beginning
 wonder what has happened to the h. From the lowliest brother on
 streets to the big business men
 D sit behind office desks and dic- orders that run the country there
 Icing expressed Wonderment at the of the mighty. Hughes the great;
 sghes, the good; Hughes, the true;
 failed to meet expectations. Is it 8ause he is not one of the nation S \ men? Is it because he has been
 zrestimated? Some of his followers
 beginning to believe he should
 #er have left the Supreme Bench #ause in doing so he shows too My weak spots and places that # ust tribunal under suspicion.
 Ss is wrong. When Mr. Hughes sat
 @that bench he was good judge, a S judge. He was a big man. When Mwas governor of New York he was & monumental proportions. Even Fore that, when he won his spurs in \ life insurance investigation, he % wed large calibre. As a lone hun #dI per cent. candidate" however, he Aes weight.
 aWhy is it that all these things have
 he to pass in. the career of MT
 Hghes, a former idol? Why has his been so sudden and so complete Ee country, to a man, is looking fol
 answer. Various explanations
 |ke been offered Some say thai
 len MT. Hughes shook off his jul
 BiaI robes and announced that as he a1 been one hundred per cent
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18

judge he would now be a one hundred
 of the country for the simple reason
 he stopped to the level of all one hundred per cent. partisan politicians. That may or may not be the answer.
 Others are of the opinion that MT. Hughes in starting out on a tour of the country took the wrong tack in
 criticising the Wilson administration without having up his sleeve some
 paramount issue. He should have had a remedy for every ill he pointed out He should have offered some thought he uncovered. He has sailed
 too close to party lines. He has not
 been broad enough. He gives the
 other fellow no quarter no credit for the good, while always holding up the
 bad. And after it is all over, MT. Hughes leaves the nation just where
 he found it. He has not advanced 1t
 one inch, nor offered to show the way. These things, some think, caused the estimation of MT. Hughes to un- dergo alterations in the minds of the people.
 Whether the foregoing claims are true will be easily learned in the i'm mediate future. This seems apparent: MT. Hughes would be big man if he a9 huS dards He would make a wonderful candidate against William Jennings Bryan, or William Randolph Hearst, or William Sulzer, or the like. Justice meets a man who has weathered the storm, a man who has battled for the rights of the nation in all kinds of diversity, a man who has won the good fight hampered as he was by criticism from all sides. Be- cause of this MT. Hughes suffers In reality, he is just as big a man today as he was ten years ago. His shrink age is a psychological condition. He has not been dealing with interna- tional issues, with things in which the whole world manifested interest. Con- sequently, he did not expand. Tn his work on the United States Supreme Court he had the company and comp panionship and advice of his CO., workers. He did not stand alone. AS President of the United States, Wood row Wilson stood on deck in full view of the nation, of the world, where all could see and judge. Because he has gone through period fraught with terrible possibilities and has not been entangled, Wilson is proven a big man. Hughes, after the easygoing life of a judge, suffers by comparison. In truth, the world moved rapidly and Hughes did not keep pace.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18
A True Follower.
(New York Times.)

The Public, an Illinois journal which has long been an admirer of MT. Ray mond Robins, the distinguished pro- gressive who is supporting Mr. Hughes, quotes these remark made by MT. Rob- ins in a speech at Chicago, Oct. 1a. 1914, approving that Mexican policy which is Mr. Wilson's chief sin in Mr. Hughes eyes:
 The most sk1l1fu1, the most courage ous, the greatest statesmanship of the last two years in this world was the manner in which Wilson averted war between this country and Mexico. The reason that the blood of American men-sOns of our hOnes-iS not to- day reckoning the hot sands of Mex leo. to serve the interests of a few corporation magnates and spectators, is due more to the courage and con- stancv of Woodrow Wilson than to any other factor in American life. I would count myself pCor and small, in- deed, if I were not able to recognize wisdom, courage, and public service, even if 1t had been shown by the chief of an opposing party.
 If MT. Robins has brought himself to the side of the candidate who finds MT. Wilson's Mexican policy the para mount iniquity of the administration, he is not, therefore, to be accused of burning what he adored. What is war, what is Mexico, what is any nere hu- man opinion or principle, to the sa- cred duty and pleasure of the real Rooseveltian to follow, follow, follow the colonel? MT. Robins docility, loyalty, obedience, are affecting, and there should be nothing but censure for those cynics who have founded the Raymo ond Robins Democratic League of Illinois.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18
THE PHILIPPINES FOR E1LIPINOS

Ever since the American govern ment took the Philippine Islands under it's guardianship the policy in this country has been that the Philip pines are for the Fflipinos. It has been held that the people of the islands should be allowed self-govern- ment the moment they are fitted for it. All the past efforts of the United States have been in educating the Filipinos up to this. In the passage of the Philippine Government Bill, which now awaits the Presidents sig nture, the United States has brought the Filipinos one step nearer their ultimate goal. These islands are placed in the same category as Hawaii and Alaska. From henceforth the Philippines will be recognized as a Territory.
 A summary of the Philippine Bill shows that Congress has made the following provisions for the Filipinos: The present Philippine Commission is abolished It's members were ap- pointed In lieu of the commission the F'ilipinos shall elect a Senate; the first election to take place in September This places both branches of the Legis- lature in the hands of the people. An increase in the number of electors is also made. Some 2O0,0 vote now. An additional 6OO,0OO is added bring ing the total number of Filipino voters ! up to 800, 900 under the new law. The | office of gOvernOr-general is retained and a vice-governOrship created This l latter office is also to be held by an 1 American who will act according to the dictates of his American superior. The laws governing immigration and currency are still held by the United l States All Americans residing in the Philippines who desire to become regis tered voters there must first take out citizenship in the new Territory.
 Thus it is seen that the F'ilipinos 1 have been granted a good deal of ! leeway, and are put on the road that | eventually will lead them to lndepen-
 dence This will not happen, however,
 until they prove themselves worthy of
 self-g government as known in the vari-
 ous states of this Union. The amend 1 ment which would have given 1nde-
 pendence to these people within two
 or four years was happily stricken
 from the bill. The Philippines will
 not be abandoned until this govern
 ment knows they are capable of
 taking care of themselves in a world filled with those seeking whom they
 may devour. The Fflipinos cannot ] complain under the new order of
 things. They have gotten all and
 more than some looked for, with the
 exception of complete independence
 and this will intimately be theirs.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18

campaign 1t seems at least possible, if not probable, that the insurgent middle west will unite with the south in support of Woodrow Wilson. Should majority mandate come to him and his party because of this added SUD- port, it may be said not only that this is the first complete democratic ma jority victory since 1858, but also that out of the middle west has at last come to dominance another significant movement in American politics.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18
IN THE SLUMS.

Because of the persistent spread of # ntile paralysis some cities have, #ough their boards of health, is Mad orders against children of poor vents going to public dump heaps # picking therefrom those articles #t have been abandoned by the Ere prosperous households, Thus, # e ones are sent to gather in coal N wood and sometimes articles of # hing. This work necessarily #hgs the little ones in contact with &nerous germs that may be spread # one knows how, to the detriment & an entire neighborhood. In in Knees where people are so poor they
 HBt depend on what their children
 ner in this way, the board of
 lic charities has been ordered to
 x after such cases.
 X h New Britain, before the infanttle
 alys1s plague set people think N little ones were sent to per- #n just such tasks, and the only
 P son they were forbidden from Eng so was because of danger from Broad cars. Last winter many @dren lost their lives or were Mpled beyond repair. Now the @ is different. If there are any &ng ngsters doing this work they &lld be taken away from their
 s not only because of the danger
 Themselves but because of the NJ that disease germs may be
 lad. If there is no other way &prevent this form of child labor,
 Ere are enough public spirited
 lens in each and every community "a would help bear the expense of #ntaining families dependent upon
 endeavors of their youngsters,
 scially when such children are
 orce sent to dump heaps to re-
 1T cast-away articles.
 #here is an old saw to the effect @ one-half of the world does not
 Ew how the other half lives. It Equally true of cities. Some of the Editions prevalent in 8 city the # of New Britain would shock the Fl half of the populace that lives
 he protected realm. Attention # recently been called to a new
 h of slums that has arisen in a # lity not far distant from the
 road station here where children B# allowed to roam amidst filth of
 borts. If, as the old time doctors \ wont to say, human being must |S5 a peck of dirt before death, some
 hese children have death staring x x h in the face. They have closely #roximated the limit. If they have z8 as yet eaten their allotment they # carrying it around on their hands # faces. These things are not 8 sant to contemplate; yet it is the E of the city to see that they are % allowed to exist. It is a momen- 2& task to visit and inspect every M and cranny of a town this size, # there should be some way of Aping an eye on those places that . detrimental to the health of in #ent little children.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18

How it is that a manacled convict can escape unhurt by leaping from miles an hour, when every time the average citizen slips in ahghting from a car he injures himself so severely that the railway company must pay him big damages ?-Schuyler County, Mo-, Republican.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18
Essay and Sermon.
(Christian Register.

One of the ways in which a sermon may be distinguished from an essay is in it's use of pronouns. The essay contains pronouns of the third per son,--namely, "It," "Ee," "she'' "They," and 'Them." The sermon uses the first and second person. We" and "Us." and "You." ...-.--
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18

Lord Vim borne is back on the jOl of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He will keep awake this time.-Woon socket Call.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18

Republicans must never be turned out of office, is the new campaign issue raised by Charles Evans Hughes- New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18

The allies successes would look big ger on the map if it were not such a long way to the Rhine.-Buffalo En- quirer.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18

You can whitewash almost anything but a blacklist.-San Francisco Chron- icle.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18
Of Satisfaction and Content.
(COlller'S Weekly.1

There are those who tell us that we ought to be satisfied, but they are preachers of no true gospel. The rner-
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18

EeT@d at the Post Office ar New Britain @s Second Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18

geo nafay TSunday excepted) at 4:15 ?. m-s @t Herald Building, 87 Church St.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18

Judge Hughes says "Quiet men, not noisy men, represent what we mean by Americanisn." Where does T. R. come in under this classifca- ton ?-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18
CarranZa'

General Carranza's intim ation that he Is ready to turn the railroads of Mexico over to their owners will give investors here and elsewhe ere
 more satisfaction than all the sco1ding
 speeches Mr. Hughes can deliver be-
 tween now and November.-New York
 World
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18

Argentina is said to be making a.
 much money out of the war as thu United States is making, but apparent 1y there are no Argentines who art making fools of themselves kickins about tt-Louisville Courier-J Journal
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18

Ship me som mewhere east of Suez where a man can raise a thirst ought to be good marching song for what is left of the Turkish expeditionary force against the canal.-Montreal Star.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18

General Trevino states that the Will listas are "now enclosed within a definite area" It is bounded by the two oceans, the canal and boundary Journal.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18

Milwaukee boasts of two records broken last month-hottest weather and biggest sales of beer.-Pittsburgf Gazette-Ti
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18

Considering the blocked business of Verdun, the question is being asked: "Why did the kaiser raise his boy to be a soldier ?"-Atlanta Constitu- tiOn.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-18

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