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CUBA and BAHAMAS
ATTRACT TOURISTS
Islands Noted for Points Of
Historic Interest and
Mild Climate.

\ great many people who annually
paid - visit to Europe during winter
until the war began are now journey
ing 10 points In Havana, Cuba. Mas.
sau and the Bahamas.
In Havana can be found many things
Of interest. There are forts n cathe-
drals, parks and gardens. interesting
shops loaded with all sorts Of quaint
and unique trinkets and many interest
ing sights.
"f old and new" said a traveller who
spent considerable time there. ~ ike
medieval forts and sixteenth century
cathedrals as well as anybody. but when
night comes around 4, is awfully pleas
ant 10 return to a cool. up to date hotel.
enjoy u well cooked supper and spend
the evening walking on tho electrically
lighted Trado. dancing at the Plaza or
Miramar or watching the roof garden
movies.
Havana IS no small town. II num-
hcrs IT, population az about 3io.Oo0 and
It's shipping movements in larger num-
beers than New orleans. But YOU do not
think Of such things as these. So many
strange sights and new impressions
crowd upou your senses that you are
literally bewildcred.
AN people do no, cave f- history.
But everybody likes to- hear about the
al. .t,,, - I.,a lAa,,., ,.,,, %
the things talked about are before Nour
very eyes. In Havana they take YOU to- a
medieval fortress and say In this
stronghold fernando de- soto once lived
as the ruler Of cuba and from II he set
sail on the Journey which ended with
the discovery II the Mississippi and his
death From the same ramparts Ponce
lie Leon searched the horizon IN vain
FOR his Fountain OF Eternal Youth or
they take you to the palace of the Span
ish nptains-genera, and say: Within
III. shadow of this building has occurred
practically every o~fficial Cuban act OF
major importance Of the last 400 years.
one undred and thirty-siX successive
vicero,s governed the island of & "a
from these rooms. Here the Eu.,--a
! standard once hoated. Here the reins OF
power passed from Spanish to American
hands. Here the frs; Cuban President
was inaugurated. the second American
Government Of Intervention again
placed In power and finally the present
republic established on a firm and sub.
stantia, basis 4 very restricted area
in the old part OF the city Is the pivota
point around which all Of Cuban history
revolves.
1T is along the Frado and the Malecoi
and about the lower beds of Contra
Park that Havana and its visitors froli,
every evening during the tourist season
The municipal band plays alternately II
both places. causing the crowd to shit
its interest accordingly. These centres
Of If. are never without their prone
nading throngs. Although many succuml
Ia the enticements Of the glittering res
,aurants and theatres hundreds Of Others
ind sufficient enjoyment In s~'roll'ni
through the balmy. flower scented air o
Havana's perpetual June,
Everybody visits the columbus Ga
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HARTFORD COUNTY HAS.
500 MANUFACTURERS
81. 900 Workers Produce Goods
to Value Of S13O. 600. 600
Annually.

Hartford county il the heart - Con-
uecticu, g~cographically. II has a p"pu-
latinn Of 2s0.o"o. ~ which about $4,000
are engaged in manufacturing pursuits
II u markedly diversified nature. There
are approximately jun mdnufacturins
establishment in the county having a
total annual payroll Of $4,000. 600 and
goods ~ an stimat" value
IF $4,000 600 annually. In these plants
thousands Of the hest mechanics in he
world are employed In the making 81
,ypeuriters. tools, chucks, special and
automatic machinery. rubber tires
screws. elc, tricll accessories. valves.
horseshoe nails. hardware, rules and
levels leather goods. ball bearings. silks
carpets. organs and innumcrahle novel
ties Of \ mechanical nature, all If winch
cxcmplify Yankee ingenuity Of the
wizard brand. .
DESPITE the drawbacks which many ~
Hartford's Industries had ia encounter
throughout 1918 the volume If business
was large and profitable. Factories cN-
banded materially aud the demands for
skilled men increased the total working
force by approximately 5000. Ry req
son Of this demand WAGES we're ad-
yanced in many lines. the average in
crease being 20 per cent. Some con-
Germs in the county shared their proiits
with employees In the form or a bonus
besides increasing wageS
All present sigus Indicate that l'lh
will h. a very prosperous year for Hart
fnrd's factories. provided TIA" supply 81
raw material holds out. that Transports
tinn facilities are equal to tho denand
and That the supply OF specialized labor
requisite for business expansion can he
obtained.
"a sudden cnding ~ tho great Euro
mean conflict would have hut slight i'm
! mediate effect ON our Industries for rea-
sons already outlined. hut a quick re-
SUMPTION Of European competition viii
our products under the existing tlrif
| would in the opinion "f experts prove
extremely serious says Thomas i
Kelly. manager II the Manufactured
Association of hartford county. II
the machine tool and the machine build
in. shops the wage scale I'm his terri
tory is prahahly the highest IN tn" "ouu'
try. Ina other lines II * equal 10 the
average. To meet European competition
| after TN, war and maintain Tn" "Nistinl
wage standards Will he out of the auoS
tinu unless there is effective Federal i'm.
t%crycntion I'm the form Of protection A.
| sumiug that his competition cannot
come during the present year, mauufic,
turing will undOuhtedly reach a higi
! mark Of prosperity There VIII he re
muuerative employ ment In Hartford
county for fully l,500 more skilled me.
| chaniCs. DUR shops are already in tn
| market for n third ~ this quota. n the
| demand will increase AS new buildings
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would of course he contrary to all prece-
dent. The effect VI the war on the Amer
lean wnmen's wear trades has been 10
compel greater initiative in designing.
Development in this direction will un-
doubtcdly continue during 1918. This
does not mean that America is inde-
pendent Of Paris IN originating new
modes. The significance Is rather that
American manufacturers. while still
gladly utilizing whatever fashions are
procurable from Paris and whatever ma
terials and trimmings war torn Europe
still manages to make n sell. are com
ing to realize all the time more con-
s~ciously their own power. "a rcaliza-
ton IL still hesltant. sporadic. even apol-
ogctir. yet We have youth and II always
accomplishes what IT seeks. We are the
great young nation ~ the world and the
United States is the worlds play ground.
The greatest obstacle to any full re-
nlization Of the designing ability of
American manufacturing organizations
H. the lack OF n identity for these
trades in the minds of American women.
In other words tho great American pub
lie knows nothing ahou, the American
women's wear manufacturing trades.
! And the policy OF the most exclusive
! American retailers IL to use a Paris
name rs reason quite sufficient for high
price.
Ina conclusion. the American womcn's
wear trades face the most - omiSing.
| most interesting and most trying year
I'm their experience. Their profits must
dcpcnd on the ability Of the individual
manufacturer or merchant to anaiyzc
new conditions. adapt organizations and
equipment and policy to suit these con-
Gitious and thus turn promise INTO re-
ality.
''to busincss ia NOT only coming IL is
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MANY BUYERS IN NEW YORK.
Come From Al Pnrts os country
and Merchants Are Busy.

There il no better barometer for the
prospc-i,y % tho country, asdc FROM
,r,ual REPORTS n figures. than the
huy.rs from out Of town coming daily to
New York to purchase stock. when taken
In tho aggregate. Business mon VINO
come In contact with them daily by the
scor. or moro are unanimous In their
npiniou. gagged 10y these buyers. that
business in all sections Of the country Is
I'm better condition than II has been since
the prosperity period ending In 1907.
Conditions were unsettled before the he
ginning of the war. and during the hrst
yCar, when merchants had not vet been
able To- rcadiust their business To cope"
VIII changed conditions, buyers bought
.iugrsl iu TN" fer 81 ovciload'ug
a. advanced rates. i'm small lots. Con-
,cqu-utlv the dry goods merchant now
iuls himself sold out Of all old stock
and ready for heavier huyirg on a more
substantial basis-that is. he now knows
the situatlon-and - giving his spring
orders earlier thar usual in tn" fear Of
higher prices and sclrcer goods II he
waits. Some houses, IL is reported, have
even bought M on plushes for delivery
ucNt fail. fearing n shortage and ad-
vanccd prices. what has happened Is
really In the nature Of a scvcn-yoar
dry goods house cleaning. perhaps, "a \
few cases. actuated 10y a sovcn-year luck
superstition prevalent among dry
goods merchants and manufacturers, IN
addition to war conditions.
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thedral. Its real name IL Cathedral de
la Nirgen Maria de la Conception. and
II was erected by the Jesuits between
1855 and 1924. II IL a very substantial
building, constructed Of massive coral
rock. 1t contains many interesting YES
sells. vestments and other artistic works.
which the sacristan will exhibit II prop
crly approached. According to the pco-
pie of Havana the remains Of Columbus
lay buried here from 1896 to isas. ut
which time the evacuating Spaniards
took them with them to Seville. The
Santo Dominicans deny this, claiming
that later discoveries show that the re-
mains transferred to Havana In 1896
were enormously supposed to- he those
Of columbus. but that the real ashes
now rcpose in tho cathedral at Santo
Domingo city.
9TH person who stays for any length
Of time in Havana should arrange to
take some sort Of a short excursion into
| the country II If only in that way that
| you can gain "a true idea ~ the wonders
of the West Indian tropics. TIT inter
esting city OF Matanzas is not very
far from Havana and offers a very re-
warding objective point for q short ex-
\ cursion.
The climate Of Nassau is very un-
usual. The thermometer stays close To
~ degrees Fahrenheit. from December
to May. lower are exceptionally
prolific and number roses, lilies and vio-
lets among their prominent specimens.
The roses are particularly beautiful aud
adorn the best tables and the humblest
cottages with equal grace.
Nassau's principal landing place Is
called Rawson Square. Up from tho
shore line run various streets to tn,
higher IA Il Of the town. where the hotels
and public buildings are located Many
of these structures are Of considerable
historic interest and dat from early
colonial days. The fish and sponge mar
kets are very interesting and always
attract their quota Of ton SITS. Spunging
is one Of the most important industries
of the Bahamas. and IL Is said that the
market devoted G. trade In this com
| modify is the largest Of its kind In the
world. The colonial and tho Royal Vie
toria are the principal hotels. They
are operated by the Florida East Coast
Hotels Company, which keeps them a.
attractive and M To- the minute as they
do i's other hostelries.
Bathing NJ the Eastern Port and Hog
Island In exceptionally alluring because
OF the remarkable transparency of the
water surrounding Nassau. one can
scarcely believe that any liquid could
10 go clear and crystalline until "A visit
To- the marine gardens is made. I'm
glass hnttomed boats or through water
glasses the visitor can gaze down into
s~tupendous depths at beautiful CoralS
and other marine Splcndors or watch such
nsh as aipberjacks. groupers, ~rnargat".
ycllowtails. kingfsh. muttonfish and
sharks swimming far beneath.
"Three hallowed relics OF Nassau's
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The Outlook in textiles

Ovcrshndowing all the gains that
have heen made in most branches of the
textile industry during the year just
paSt i. the menace from the shortage
I'm dyc-StuffS.
Manufacturers have urged in vain
upon the government to take some
action for the protection Of their i'll
forests. As the situation grows more
acute, more determined will grow the
protests to Washington.
II Is a fact that no large ship
mrnts have come to this country since
the end of last March. Many mills
already have come to the end of their
supplies and wen those most for
tunately conditioned are beginning
t. feel the pinch.
But. apart from the dyc-stufS
shortage, which prompt government
action or inventive genius only can
remedy. the year in textiles has been
one Of marked progress. The gains
have been slow, but steady.
This progress must very largely bo
credited IN the war. TIL" European
conflict has brought about new con-
ditions; il has created new demands;
II has brought employment NJ to a
high level,
As a general proposition, the tex
tile industry In this country Is flour
fishing. Many plants have been nm
able to take are Of their orders aud
have been employing outside ma
chinory, Ia fact, in many instances
orders looking n long way ahead
have actually been refused. Manu-
factnrers have been willing Ia meet
- demands ~ the day and Of the
immediate future. But they have
felt that further than that they
would not 20 because they could not
speculate with any degree Of conf.
d"nce upon the future az affecting
raw materials.
The market conditions are sound.
Ssfore the beginning Of the yeaz
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has been dcluCcd with orders fo'
blankets, ove~rcoatings and >uitinGs.
Wool piece goods and knitted fabrics
have been in great demand. Orders
have been reported here Ia provide"
underwear equipment for who'll" ar
mics-and the armies "f To-day are
not the armies Of ever the last great
Il Their units are in millions
sometimes.
Surgical supplies have hccn In
great demand also. Absorbent cotton
and handages have totallcd imposing
figures.
Taking the conditions Of the whole
country, the outlook is for another
year of great prosperity-a prosperity
that will be heightened If something
can he done to relieve the dyc-stuf
shortage.
II Is certain that something will
he done. Necessity is the mother of
lIlNtIlIIbH anu W" AIl'I1'Uu Hllll
leans towards invention anyway. So
out Of this war there will rom" II
discovery, or invention. that will
make the American market less de-
pendent than ever before upon III"
German monopoly. Already Am"ri-
cans have begun Ia reproach them
selves that they did not attempt tr
solve the dy"Stutfs problem before.
But they ARE arguing In sclf-cXtcnua-
tion that they little knew the extent
# the German monopoly.
ont Of this situation. il is expected.
will rUmr n closer cooperation he.
tween the government and commerce,
especially the manufacturers. \
cirntihc study ny n government
bureau "f u problem such as that "f
dye-stmffs might have anticipated the
conditions which confront the tex
tile manufacturers Of to-day.
Some months ago an attempt was
made to arrange for a shipment of
two cargoes Of .Aes from Germany.
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stocks had been reduced To n low obh.
And there has been no large pur-
chasing Ia replace the stocks, but
rather the consistent small pnrrhas-
lnc-small in individual orders. hut
larg" when reviewed rs n wholc-to
meet already existing demands.
An important factor in the textile
situation has lacn that Of the actual
war orders"
Conditions in III" war
stopped many imports. And the
closing down If the mills within the
war zones created a new demand. So
the manufacturers Of this country
were twice favored.
During the year Their" were heavy
demands for shipments Ia the bcllig-
erents. Most of thrs" orders hav"
been executed. But new orders are
awaited, for while n demand has
gone mp from England that the Eng
lI~U InlllS !" IiNiT'l WIFI bTtltTS OF
this kind. the demand is So large that
II is expected that the mills here will
coniinu" Ia profit,
Tn" h%"lligercnt countries cStah-
lishrd well organized purchasing
agencies in this country and bought
intcllic"ntly.
The r"ady-mal" garment industry
fionriSlrd aS n result of war orders,
but lately there has been an indica-
tion Of n chang" IN method. for large
orders ha," com" from the nrllig.
crents for goods In ia" piece.
The figures cited in the matter of
III" war orders ar" astounding. II
has been stated with authority that
the principal wool manufacturing
business factor has received contracts
a%ggregating $3O,0OO,O 900. Another
report about the same factor SAYS the
figures will exceed 10000, 900.
other branches Of the textile In
dustry have prOftcd accordingly. The
Pittsfield district OF MASSACHUSETTS,
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The were 10 he consigned To-
the Secretary of Commerce, Mr..
William &. Redheld, and he was To
arrange for their distribution. The
German Government would not agre.
I" this plan. saying II had commercial
agents in this country to arrange for
just such distribution as would have
been involved.
The consent If tho British Govern.
mcnt to the shipment Of dyes from
Germany has been received. But
Germany stands upon her contention
that she must. I'm return. receive
cargorS Of cotton. As England has
declared n strict %contrahand upon
cotton. which il has never lifted, the
situation shows no prospect of being
relieved.
Meantime there Is no delay in the
efforts to establish n dyc-stuff indus
try in this country. II is recognized
that II is n herculran task.
The shortage In dyc-stuffs has in
iiu"nrcd prices to no small degree.
TN" developments Of the export
trad" have not been rs large as were
antiripatod-that *, Of course, when
III" war orders proper are left out Of
the reckoning. South America was
hailed as II great outlet for American
manufacturers and the trade with
III" nclghbor republics has been fos-
tered. But 1t has not grown to any
hing like the extent that was fore
Swallowed.
In the cotton trade there has been
marked development In spccialties
and the trade has progressed steadily.
But M feature Of this trade IL
li>appointing--the outlook in China.
The Chinese mt II time were great
consumers of American cotton goods,
hut American trade there has de-
creased with . steady rapidly.
japan In taking Americas place IN
the Oriental Republic.
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Inc manufacture "i 'Ip'hiht anu iu'-
hisnlngs mas '"ni' 10 w oh' vi Nv
major industries 81 IN" ,h1'eu H'ateS,
WIN annual "u'pu' amounting 10 seNera'
hundrcd h'II"hS - uoI''rs' but 'n,S
great aser'sa'' OF 'act"'N h'aue hte"''
merchandise y divided among several
Thousand manufacturers Oh wnoin none
save wv" or 'hree. mas any 'oeh'.,y
dItohs NV N'"''" WV ""s """ wal '"'
product
None among th'se tnouSahnS "t 'hnnu,
ia'lur''S - ""'hehs M'"' Ccu',."
Win 80 inu'h ds S''"o"'""" vi SAFES ou-
huallN. NOT more thah three OF iour
nrhls are "'I''Nt' '" SCH ~ "'u'" az
SJ.""o.""" - year. 'h" can hummer on
ones fingers the hrins with an annual
output "i s-'"n"'n"" 10 s''""''"u'' nu.
there are hundreds al mihuta'turers vi
the former class "h" sell an annual pro-
ducti"n "f from s'"o'o"" 10 Nl'o""'oV"'
ana thousands Nhosc proH'S must 'o"'e
from an annual production "i less WA"
$5uO.oo",
BY far the larger part or TINS annual
production of several hundred miiiion
dollars worth oi wo'ne $ wear ~ pass'"
on to- consumers through sales from the
factories direct to retail merchants.
Mail order houses have developed In
creasing sales of these sto ks and job
beers dispose each year Of "A considerable
volume Of the cheaper and more staple
tens. Hut the total annual outlet
through both mail order firms and job
hers H. "A small item az compared with
sal.s direct from manufacturer To re-
taller Jusi how many retail merchants
in IN. United states will handle woincu's
roar .,nrLs in 1915 n, is impossible t.
- I'm , - ,,,rv All the time new
Snor,,I,y husiu.sses nr. established
u,hi,h ,,rrv SOM, of these stocks. Hardly
y nonr,ry .,u,, nnwadays I'm the most
,..r,,', ,n,uer I'm, can show n, leas,
ann .hir,v,t s,s and skirts. and prob
atIu ia. yiwrl., dresses. Ia say nothing
%, .,,.h .,,ries ,s cors,,s. underwear.
~ ~, t,1.,,.s .l,.sscs If tx ,
..,t,,,,. :, az ina, thcre
,h,, 4; nn, ,.t,iI stores for
..lo,. .,,,o av. thousand manu-
~" .,,, ,,,,r nv. acr,s.
'"'h'" ,n,.iodsc
NV" ,an, -, ,hts yroa,
tha' more WA" ~ ~ m sa,as
volume OF annual prou"I''o" d" ".sI
III M""'u "v"i rt - u,ar,f,c-
w "" ~ w. ~ in,or
'urH'S '"'I W ,"',ht, rut
''n'' q" 1n,n,tn R,l,i.
c"s"' ''"s,."' - ,,.,o, -,
more anu : !, ,a, "'n ,.',h !, crny-
!eSen'','o" o"ato,m,an -,
ing ''l'h'h'H '"""'u tne %
nahu'"'lu'unS em, ,ni,,1
Gi.S more W'nelH ,"'o'.n @nna 90
e'a''S hu' "''"N ,',' n ~,
sssuIt 'n' V""'"',n ~" ant,;n, a,d
&c" '"ln ,"! -, ~ nn,,o,,s
the MANUFACTURING centre" Nv ''' :
"cmr ''nu'S. a.. vo.L c,,, l.,
rms 'etuerS"hP ~ HN" -,
the Prouu,to" y" , ra,,ii
val - i'A ~ h"'N ''N
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warlike past exist In Forts Mon
tague. Ffncastle and Charlotte. which
guard the eastern. central and western
portions Of the city respectively. Despite
their protected positions history records
that all three lave changed hands at
least three times. and that the American,
British and Spanish flags. as well as the
black emblem II a pirate, have at DIFF
ferent times waved over Nassau. Fort
charlotte, at the western extremity OF
the city, was built in 1888. The sur
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rounding grounds are now given oyo.
tho royal hut peaceful game ~ r,ls 4,
caddies and n we'll equipped clubb,u., n
Tho comfortable American s,ca,,
Of the Ward Line maintain a w.
week service 10 Havana throurhon, 4
winter. To Nassau there arc ~
sailings, which become more frcuuo,. i,
the height OF the season. TNs w..
to either Nassau or Havana sorr,
delightful and restful preface 10 a via
outing"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-11-06
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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-11-06
It's what the tariff does for me-.
And to think I've been voting FREE TRADE

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Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-12-07
URGES ABOLATION OF
ELECTORAL CALLEGE
Federal Constitution Amendment 10
Have President Chosen by Popular
Vote Planned.

Carrying a proposed amendment to
the Federal Constitution, abolishing
the electoral college, Senator George
Chamberlain, Democrat, Of Oregon, is
en- route to Washington. He believes the
electoral college is obsolete and that
the President should be chosen by d.
rect popular vote
In explaining that the electoral col.
lege system might furstate the will Of
the majority, Chamberlain pointed out
that in the presidential election 5000
votes In California might have swung
that State to Hughes and elected him,
whereas Wilson had a popular lead Of
4OO,OOO votes throughout the country.
Chamberlain said his amendment
would be proposed so 1t could become
effective ut the 1920 election.