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New Britain herald., 1916-03-24
CHECKING THE BARONS.

Remem bering the terrible threats made against the Federal government by the armor barons, their offer, sub mitted to the House Naval Commit tee, to reduce the price of armor- plate from s425 to ss95 is somewhat of a come-down, both in price and pride. Naturally the barons are out to prevent the government from erect ing its own armor-plate plant. But if the government can keep the harons at bay and not let them repeat their past performances at the hold-up game, everything will be lovely. The people have not yet forgotten that when the barons sold armor-plate to Russia for s249 our own country was forced to pay s616 for the same stuff The barons must be checked, not al- lowed to run wild.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24

Polenz ten years ago, amid much
 criticism, we find these words: The
 American Is a patriot sleeping or
 walking, eating or drinking, in every relation, all the time. The first cry of every newborn babe is paean to America. I crossed the ocean
 with an aged man who had spent the last ten years in Germany with his children, but who, in spite of his physical disability, was returning to New York for the sole purpose, proudly declared, of dying in Ameri- ca. Stephen Graham, an English writer, came to America three years ago in the steerage, tramped across the country, talked with thousands Of Americans of all stations In life and of all the races that make up our population, and then wrote: 'The chief characteristic of America is an immense patriotism. This belief IS not a narrow partisanship. It is not merely the commercial instinct ever on watch for opportunities for self $ advancement. 1t is a real, hearty, patriotic fervor, the deepest thing in an American. It is something that cannot be shaken
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24
WOULDN'T TT BE TERRIBLE

If, after all the long drawn out win ter, there should be an ice famine in the summer?
 If, after all the long months of bat tie between Curtis and Quigley, Pel- ton should get the mayoralty?
 If, after all the troops got over in Mexico, Villa should surrender?
 If, after the United States built a greater army and navy, the world should disarm and declare everlast- ing peace?
 If, after the long dreary days of March, April proved worse?
 If, after all the threats that have been leveled against him, President Wilson should be victorious in No- vember?
 If after the Connecticut company repaired it's tracks and put on new : cars, everybody bought automobiles
 If, after-but why go further; .you get the idea!
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24
SOMETHING FOR NOTHING.

Just at time when the railroads against the government in the matter
 of railway mail pay, some ingenius in
 vestigtors in Washington uncover the alleged fact that certain members of
 the House of Representatives are
 guilty of grevious sins against their
 franking privilege. The charge against
 the Congressmen declares that mil
 lions upon millions of franked en-
 Congress for their own use, have been
 turned over to private organizations to conduct mail campaigns for their own purposes Despite the fact that warning that a heavy penalty will be imposed on the person or persons using them for private purposes, the abuse of the franking privilege has been going on for some time. In 8 campaign year it usually reaches it's highest proportions. While Congress is brought face to face with these charges it might be we'll to consider with them the plaint of the railroads In the matter of railway mail pay. Both run hand in hand. The rail- roads claim they are not properly paid for the service of handling the mails. that the remuneration granted does not cover the cost. If that is so, the government is getting something for nohing, just as those people who use Congressmen's franking privileges get out of paying postage. This is noth- ing if not downri sht robbery. At any rate both charges demand jnvesti- gation.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24

opposite house in different places.
 The two fields seen with the eye3
 separately although in tho main alike,
 differ. When you lock at the house. with both eyes open the two fields seen by the two eyes are combined and the house across the street as sumes depth and relief. Although we see a house with each eye we sec only one house with both eyes This makes the steroscope possible an instrument so designed that the' two eyes are made to converge on Q single point and yet to sec two diff ferent pictures. If these two pie lures represent a chair as it would appear to the right and left eyes they are perceived as one solid object
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to the Herald Office.
Are We Patriotic?
(Waterbury Democrat.)

Waterbury bCIHOcIat.)
 We are told sometimes that there Is little real patrio otism In the United States. Native citizens are accused Of selfishness. and the newcomers of indifference. Some enlightened spirits, loftily protesting themselves citizens of the World," profess con- tempt for so narrow a sentiment as national loyalty. Some, whose experi- ence of our social or economic life has been bitter sa/ they would never make any sacrifices for the flag. In the last two years our attitude has been complicated by the new phenomenon Of "hyphenism.'' Never in our his tory has .'Americanism' been So criticised or the term patriotism Eeen given so many constructions.' Perhaps all this clamor has obscured cur true sentiment. It may be worth while to glance backward little, to the period immediately preceding the war, and get better perspective. Here is what several disinterested and competent foreign judges have said about our patriotism within the pres cnt decade previous to war. Pro- lessor Hugo Muenserberg of Harvard, although criticising us bitterly under the influence of war emotion, in a calmer time wrote this about Us in lis American Traits: II believe, sincerely, that no European country knows a patriotism of such fervor. people which loves it's country with such eXuberance must have a heart and mind open to anything for which enthusiasm may be worth while" George von Skal, dis tinguished German author, after spending the years 1907-8 travelling in the United States, wrote a book called "The American People, Inl it he lauded American patriotism, which he found based on "a sense of freedom that makes the American a real free nan, so far as freedom exists any where in human society," He ended with a tribute to the American pub lie school (which not only instructs but trains up Americans inspired by a fiery patriotism In The Land of 1he Future" written by Wilhelm von
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24
Higher Shoes.
Hartford Post. )

The war Is getting ready to take an- other fall out of the American con- sumer. We already know that owing to the amount of cloth going into soldiers uniforms and to the scarcity of dyes, that clothing prices are due for a big boost and we now learn that shoes will be higher-we don't mean altitudinously higher than those battleship grey and royal purple ones the ladies have been wearing, but higher in price, which will interest the male section of the population quite as much.
 The shoe manufacturers crganiza- ton is breaking the news gently by sending a statement broadcast to newspapers. It is announced that the hide shortage, the increase in population, the requirements of armies for shoes and saddlery together with the demands of automobile builders for leather for upholstery combine to make leather scarcer and therefore higher in price.
 The war has unqucstionaby made tremendous demand upon the worlds supply of leather, or leather enters into an army's equipment in many ways, from the sole of the soldiers foot to the top of the avia- tors helmet and from the bayonet scabbard of the infantryman to the saddle of the huzzar. Hence there is no good reason to doubt the shoe manufacturers when they tell it's that the eXegencies of the situation will compel them to tax us about @0 per cent. moro for our foot wear And whether we doubt it or not ven have to pay for that is what is always cx- acted of consumers.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24

Indignant Protest Against the Per- niciouS Practice of Poisoning Dogs.
 New Britain Conn.,,

New Britain, Conn.,,
 March 22, 1916. Editor of The Herald
 Dear Sir:-For the benefit of dog poisoners in general and in particu- lar, for the benefit of the 'neighbor' who poisoned my dog, will you please allow me some space in the valued ''Herald?' Thank you kindly for the privilege.
 The death of a fine dog is my theme-Or at least my inspiration. My letter however, is not to be a well deserved eulogy on the clever, faith full little fellow, to whom the family during 8 possession of nine years had become greatly attached-but a protest against the cruelty that killed him.
 The death of a dog is not mo- mentous matter and although we surely regret the loss of ours, we are not regarding 1t sentimentally. Its circumstances however, certainly justify an indignant protest. The dog bothered no as he was a house pet and his outings were few and far between Yesterday, after fifteen minutes out-Of-doors, he returned, writhing In pain and half dead from a dose of strychnine. A veterinary surgeon was immediately summoned and after five costly visits, during which he tried with excellent skill to alleviate the dogs torture and save it's life-the little thing died.
 A regrettable but relatively unim- portant matter, possibly! The prin- ciple involved, however, is worthy of consideration. The cruelty and cowardice of people. who deliberately place poison in an unoffending brutes way, simply because they cannot bear tc see an animal of any sort around; the utter lack of sense of justice that allows them to disregard the rights of neighbors and destroy the property Cf others-are the qualities of near barbarians. q fear indeed, that I libel barbarians by such a compari- son.) A thin veneer of civilization on the surface, but underneath, dwarfed, brutal, despicable sensibilities and 1 principles!
 Such near -barba rans deserve to suffer the limit of the laws punish l ment. When one thinks of the retri- button that followed the Ancient 1 Mariner, in consequence of his killing , a helpless creature, even after he had repented, one wishes that Coleridge could impose the penalty on these ! SnedkV Ia W-Dreak6rS. w nat d COrk- l ing one it would be, For malicious people, whose fiendish propensity it is l to poison defenseless dogs, have no capacity for repentance on points of 1 such nicety; conscience is not apt to l greatly incommode them. They need l to feel the hand of the law, in the tangible form of jail and court fines. l I sincerely trust that one of them may soon be apprehended and made a fitting example of-not only to avenge a wicked poisoning of a help less little dog-but to act as a deter rent to further similar, uncalled for destruction, by such unnatural human l beings.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24
}. MCMILLAN 199-201- -2O3 MAIN STREET.

still taxes are going up. What has the tariff not to do with that?
 I do not think any concern in this city would hire a man for re- sponsible position on the recommen- dation that the other fellow failed to make good. It seems to me they would want to be sure you would make good. And they would want to know your plans for carrying out your sta tatements. Can Mir. Curtis guarantee the voters that he will carry out any promises he may make a candidate for mayor. Is he ready to tell the voters what his plans are for keeping the taxes down if he can. I noticed he voted for ten more policemen, and I believe, the salary increases also. And if I am not mis- taken he was strong for giving the salary to a policeman who was not on duty. His actions do not seem consistent. He may want to raise the salary of the mayor if he should be elected.
 As I am not boosting any candidate for office I hope I will not be mis- understood And I do hope the dem ocrats will not make political capital of this statement lily ,>- marks are only passing glances of the political situation in New Britain.
 (Signed)
 c. l.. HART
 A Progressive
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24
POLITICAL WAR NEWS. By Wireless From SayS-SO.
(Passed by the Censor.)
PromisetoWn.

PrOmiSetOWn.
 Booths Fort, March "A, 1916.
 Crown Prince Quibblehoff has re- moved prominent officials from lack of sympathy and reports they may ne reinstated if they take the firing lines and furnish their own campaign ra tions, most of them receiving deco-a- tions of any personal happenings pre- vious to their enlistment.
 At the north. where there was se- we're fighting two years ago, most of the Notifications have been rebuilt, and scouts sent out, report enemy ad- vancing and prepared to resist any and all promises.
 Owing to pressure have removed headuuarters due south 200 meters and strengthened Notifications by in- stalling all rapid fires available, in- cluding some which was discarded by the Democrats. Have mined all re-
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24
Walter Malone's Epitaph.
(Capper's Weekly.)

Walter Malone, who leaped to na- tional celebrity a number of years ago with his poem, Opportunity written in answer to the brilliant but cynical lines of Senator J. J. Ingalls,, is dead. Malone published several volumes of verses and wrote numerous short stories but by profession he was on the bench in Mississippi. His epitaph, penned by himself, short time before his death, is worthy to be ranked among the best of its kind: Stranger who passeth my low house
 of clay
 Pause for a moment in a tender
 mood;
 Think not your sigh of pity thrown
 away,
 Because I'd say God Bless you" if
 I could.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24
\ FAVORABLE REPORT.

There are many people in this sountry alarmed over the shortage of s1iIk for the babies of Berlin, and B1stly so. No matter how sympathies un no one could. be brutal enough to \ band by ard gIoat while innocent labies suffer. They are truly. the in 2ocents abroad. They have had noth- 8ng to do with making or keeping up he great war. They do not know Ehat it is all about. Poor little inno- tent babiesi Yet the stories seem to have been exaggerated There is not buch. a shortage =ofesH1ilk as might be fupposed. In support of this welcomed Iiew, Of the situation we can do no better than take the statement made by Mayor von Rser1muth of Greater Berlin, who said to. an American hewspa perman: .s'@-'
 Through we'll organized savings phe difficulties regarding the milk Bupply in winter time have been wiped but through strict city. orders given
 for that part of the population which |s most in need of milk. such as moth-
 Brs. babies, childrenrand- the sick. III
 persons have a full supply. All pro-
 Auction of milk for babies on farms
 has the full attention of the city, and Hwhenr the cattle soon are turned out
 to graze, the milk production will be
 greatly increased throughout Ger many" --.,=.es- a-.
 \ This will go long way to alleviate Ahe fears founded 6n stories that the sbabies were starving because of a shortage of food. Everything in the
 world should be done for the babies
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24

treats and now scattering dangerous explosives along highways.
 Believe our location now impreg nable except from truth bombs dropped by the enemy. 9 a. m. Sunday. -- Received challenge from enemy while in Camp brought by Courant under flag of truce. Must decline owing to old wounds and pcrsonali- ties.
 Your obedient Commander
 PROMISEH OFF
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24
Lost.

Lost. From the Cincinnati Enquirer l may be dumb,
 Likewise a jay, But whats become Of Schedule K? From the Wilkes Barre Leader. I'd like also
 To know what's done With that old til1e 16 to r? From the Washington Post. And what's become Oh, tell me. pray. Of our old friend
 Chancellor Day? From the AshtabuIa Star. It's long since
 Have seen a line About that great
 Big Standard fine. From the Youngstown Telegram And have you heard Pray tell us please, Where is that bird, The dove of peace? From the Houston Post. And we'd know where To point our gat If we knew where Villa is at. And while they're doping Out this thing, Will some one tell us Where is spring?'
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24
Wants to Know What O. F. Curtis Would Do if He Were in the
 Mayors Place.
New Britain, Conn.,,

New Britain, conn.,,
 March A, 1916. Editor New Britain Herald:
 Dear Sir:-Would you be kind enough to give me a little space in your paper for few remarks in re- gard to Mr o. F. Curtis and his criticism of the administration given the people of New Britain by Mayor George A. Quigley, and what he promised the voters when he ran for office As I remember, l don't think the mayor gave any guarantee that he ould accomplish all he said he olIld try to do. It seems to me the voters understood him that way. Will MT. Curtis deny that the mayor has tried to carry out his promises. If he does and can prove them the voters can only believe that the G. o. P. has failed to give the city busi- nesslike administration, as everyone knows the c. o. ?. is in power, and
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24
.IsE ALARMS AND JOKES

X ndards of morality vary among
 mt people. The same rule ap-
 to humor. What one man thinks
 another considers common Psychologists have given much
 ht and time to this subject, and &ao one has offered a good expla-
 en for the clear line of demarka-
 tilat divides the various minds.
 what is funny about turning in Ha alarm of fire is very difficult to And yet there: must be some sg amusing in: such a lark, for it Zone s6 often and with such regu- zfy by individuals of certain men Sty. Last night we had an instance anis in the false alarm turned in at railroaa estatiorr- :, :, When the fire Tatcrs arrived on3 the scene there A nothing there but the depot and ksws stragglers about. the station. No 3s no smoke save from the locomo- about to leave for a long long Rrney. But there must have been abundance of laughter in some |ret hiding place where the perpe- Der of the joke held forth. It was ny to him,-very funny
 Eet we must confess to being un- |e to see any fun, or wit, or humor, |whatever the jokesters would call in this calling out of the fire de- Etn1ent on a wild goose chase. Espe- HIy is our sense of humor lacking len on such an occasion one of the fighting apparatus is disabled, Head of comedy there is too much hnce for tragedy. While these en- les were called to the railroad sta- n on a futile mission @ real confia- Ation might have been raging in an- her and far distant part of the city. cause of the broken axle on the en- le it would have been impossible to Ea there So all the fun would have led away, the smiles turned to tears, q the laughter hushed in the face
 grim sorrow. No, there is nothing
 very funny in calling out the fire partment when there is no fire. Aside from the extra expense the y is put to because of these false errns. and the worry and care to 1ich the firemen are subjected, the e great feature of the habit or prac- e of turning in false alarms shows elf in the possibility of disabling e apparatus. This is wilful damage. le man who turns in such an alarm ou1d be hunted down and sent away r a long period in a place where ere. is no fire alarm box handy. Or, tier still, he should be. sentenced to -e year at hard labor around the fire partment, cleaning the engines and ,se carts after every run they make. 1r his especial benefit the drivers of .ese carriages should be instructed
 drive through all the mud and dirt ley could find on their way home af- IT. 3 fire, When this little job of eaning was given to the fire alarmist ? would soon discover that calling 1t a fire department is no joke.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24

According to information divulged in a discussion at Washington the cost Of sending a cadet through. the four wear term at West Point is S12,000. Slightly more expensive than courses given at various other institutions, but comparatively cheap when it is re- membered a congressman gets almost as much in one year.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24

of Europe. Their lot at best is not too happy. With their fathers tight ing in the trenches and their mothers at home doing the work of men, the babies of Europe have a struggle ahead. At the rate they are killing off people in Europe, the babies must be conserved.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24
Why Do You Have Two Eyes,

Because we have two eyes the things we see seem solid and not fiat with the result that we can judge their distance from us with fair correctness. The Popular Science Monthly informs us. Look through a window at a house across the street with one eye closed and then with the other eye closed. The bars of the window frame will cut across the
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24

Queer, isn't it? Our most pacific senator is named Gore and our most military business man is named Joy. Buffalo Enquirer.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24

Funston's chief regret is doubtless that he cannot cut the wires Wilson may change his mind-Syracuse Post Standard.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24

Much criticism is being leveled at the married men of England because they will not come out and fight. Per- haps they have enough -; but why be cruel?
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24

Bangor, in Maine decides to keep dry during a boys conference in the city. And that's quite a concession for a prohibition town to make Boston Journal.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24

Henry Ford is reported to have be- gun a campaign to reduce the price of gasoline Trying to get the ears out of their garages by Christmas . Brooklyn Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24
FACTS AND RANCHES.
c. l.. HART,
 A Progressive

It is easier to save Carranza's face than to shave it-Brool1lyn Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24

Nsd by carrier to any part of the city
 l5 Cents a Week, 65 Gents Month.
 Mptions for paper to be sent by mail, gable in advance, 50 Cents Month, sFD Year.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24

''DOc' Wlley'S announcement that sixty eight per cent. of Americans are deficients suggests that he prob ably has been polling the membership of congress-New York Herald.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24

f.ally Sunday exceptedl3 at 4: IS D. m. S5 Harald Building, 67 Church St.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24

EnIy profitable advertising medium in le city. Circulation books and press
 om always open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24

One week from today March goes out. Amen.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24

d at the Post Office at New Britain
 Seeond Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24

A baby of nine months was killed in the last German seaplane raid on the English coast Twas a great vic- tory!-Rochester Herald.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24

Herald will be found on sale at sfIota- zng's New Stand, And St. and Broad gay, New York City; Board Walk, &t- sntfc City, and Hartford Depot.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24
Passing the cen

Passing the censor IS an interest," ing experience for newspapers in some of the belligerent countries A journal of Toulouse. France, prob ably may claim the record When a recent issue was distributed every page was blank except for advertise- ments That seems to have been a gentle hint that the censors meant bushes ."-Troy Times.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-24
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New Britain herald., 1916-03-24
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