Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-06
TIE EVILS OF GUT PRICES
New Yorker TeIIssC Chamber of Commerce That Selling for Cost or Below Cost is Not Square Deal Members n Favor of Securing New Quarters.

into concrete form the principle of standard uniform prices, of the square deal in business and truthfulness in advertising he said. "It may not be perfect-few pieces of legislation are. But it is the result of many hours of thought and many conferences and in it's present form it has the indorse- ment of such great merchants as Alt man & Co.,. McCreery & Go, Bloom ingda1e and John Wanamaker and other merchants in other cities are signing petitions asking congress T. pass the bill"
 s The Cut Price Evil.
 Mir Holland declared that no one defended the evils that cut prices bring about but that there were dis agreements concerning the best way of curing those evils. There are many who hold that federal legislation is not necessary, that it is too drastic. But they admit that selling well known articles for cost or below cost purely as an advertising proposition is not honest and is not the square deal. We believe that federal legislation is necessary because most of the trans actions that are subject to complaint partake of interstate commerce and in no other way can the evil be erad1- cated."
 On referendum No. IA Herbert R. Branche gave the following report:
 The Chambers of Commerce of Con- necticut through afiliation with their state organization have repeatedly re- corded their votes in support of the agricultural, industrial and commer- cial advancement and development of our state, said MT. BFanehe. To cite a specific instance, have but to call your attention to the loyal support the Chambers of Commerce gave to the l farm bureau movement. An education al movement of national importance for the agricultural development of every state in the union. To advocate l the development of our agricultural | and industrial interests is to advocate practical education in the schools. l Deep Interest in Vocational Education. The directors and members of the l Norwich Chamber of Commerce of 1914 have not forgotten the deep interest shown by the citizens of Norwich in 1 the subject of vocational education and | how strongly our organization SUD- ported the proposition of having vo- l cational training in the public schools l of Norwich.
 l Prof. F. s. Hitchcock of the Manual l Training High School of New London.
 speaking before this body May 15 l 1914, said: There is almost 8 tida1
 wave of interest in the vocational
 training idea passing over the coun-
 try, and it will pay us to look into
 the causes"
 C. D. Hine, secretary of the state DOdrQ or SQuCdI1O4, on a SuDS6Quenl I date, said that trade education vii 1 not cost more than high school edu- cation and perhaps in a measure vii take the place of the high school sys tenn With the plan as outlined il
 this referendum, substantially the sam amount of financial support for voca
 tionaI education will be received b.
 the states and under similar condi 1 tions as govern the federal appropria
 ton for farm bureau extension work 1 The remarkable increase in the de , mand for skilled labor and the proba tbflity of a still greater demand in tn 1 future, if the United States is to talk
 it's place in the worlds markets com
 mercia1ly, would make it seem to b
 essentially the moment when we, a chambers, should use our every en deavor to secure for our children an ) our chiIdren's children every educa : tional advantage possessed by an 3 other nation on earth. I urge that thi referendum regarding federal aid fo , vocational education have the unani nous indorsement of the Norwic t Chamber of Commerce.