Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23
OTHER VIEW POINTS

There will be unquestioned popular support for the plan of the Admins tration to raise additional revenue through tax on manufacture of war munitions. The war munitions busi- ness is piling up tremendous profits and will continue to do so as long as the war lasts. When the war ends ana manufacture of war munitions ceases to a great extent the need for a large part of this extra revenue will also cease and, of course, the tax will automatically cease. No taxes are popular, but tax on war munitions vii be less unpopular than almost any other that could be levied.-Hartford Post.
 The matter of improved sidewalks is one that The Journal has repeated ly urged onto the attention of the people. Good sidewalks are not only a convenience but an asset. Not only would good sidewalks make lifeS walk | easier for our own people, but would serve to attract the attention of strangers when they visit here, and be an incentive to locate among us. We can't expect people to get a very good impression of place with side walks left in the shape they are in some sections of Rockville. The City Council has been slow in taking steps ot bring about action on the charter | amendment so that property owners 1 can trGse advantage of the chance to build walks on the new basis,-diYid- ! ing the cost,-two- thirds for the abut- ter and one-third for the city. The City Fathers have dilly-dallied long i enough. There is no reason in the wold why the matter couldn't have been in shape for action at the last ! annual meeting. The longer the de- 1 lay, the slower the work will be in l getting under way. We need side walks and we need them now.-Rocgx- vile Journal.
 I The grim fact is that this is no time | for sternness in such a commit
 nifty as Ansonia- Right is right, but
 there are times when the better part of right is discretion and considera- | tion- The 150, more or less, o1 l striking men had no right to gather
 themselves in the street and demon strate in a disorderly manner. But 15( men do not make menacing multi
 tude. The police might have dispersed
 them by good Judgment, even without using clubs. One master of meT alcne might have soothed their trou.
 bled spirits and sent them on theil
 way in peace. It was bad business tS fire into their crowd, and the compan!
 whose guards did that is lucky to havt
 come off as easily as it seems to hay,
 done. It is up to the Ansonia Man
 ufacturing company to compromise
 The last strike trouble in Ansonfa wa
 shown to be due to a misunderstood
 ing. It may be possible to find tha
 this one has no more serious basis.-
 New Haven Register.
 American college boys are no weddings, and they are not so "soft physically at the State Colleges o Rhode Island and Connecticut that ex , posture to ordinarily severe weathe at Fishers Island vii be harmful ex
 cept in unusual eases of individual un fitness. New England weather, how ever, can be cruel with the tenporar
 outdoor dWeller. The experiences 0
 the National Guardsmen who joine | the regulars in field manoeuvres i , southeastern Massachusetts a feN a years ago In a week of rainy weathe will be recalled. The outcome wa
 exceedingly unfortunate. The on unfavorable circumstance that coul be expected at tElis season at Fisher , Tsland-an admirably selected field fc : operations on the Whole-waS the ar : rival of the May storm" in the forI g of a cold northeaSter-and 1t cam : With it's easterly sea exposure the is
 land is swept by such a storm wit 8 full fury The lessons which the ca 0 dets vii receive in caring for the : health in such circumstances will nS e the least be beneficial of their exper. n enees.-Providenc Bulletin.
 n The building of St. PauPs cathe
 f71-aI. London required 86 years.