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New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

Washington, D. C., Feb. 19.-''War- bound Switzerland has been confront ed, probably, with the most discour- aging economic difficulties brought about by the world war for any ncu- tral country; for it depends upon other National Geographic society, which for much of it's supply of wares for home consumption, and for the hand ling of all it's over-sea business" be- gins a bulletin given out today by the National eGographic society, which describes how war geography has hurt the small republics prosperity.
 Although not quite one-third US large as New York state, without any important coal and iron deposits, and unable to produce enough food to GOV CT the demands of it's people, Switztr- land, nevertheless, has, due to several great advantages which balance un- favorable conditions, progressed in wealth and comforts on even terms with it's powerful neigh bors. It has become an industrial country of first rank, and, d the outbreak of inc war. 1t possessed an important and groWlng commerce with many countries
 Like Holland the remarkable prog ress of Switzerland must be credited to the character of the people and to the encouragement of their free institu- 'lonS. Nearly half of the country is largely unproductiVe. All of that part ol SNllzcrland which lies toward Italy lh the south IS d bare, snoW-and-ice crowned mOuntaln-land, including un- tAplOled forest and a few high pas 'ures In the north, around Lake Con stance, arc found rich vineyards, Whiie dpoVe the vineyards on the middle @iopes ol the Juras, are pasture lands, where the COWS are kept from whose milk the famous Swiss cheeses, and equally famous milk chocolates arc made.
 industrial Switzerland forms a wide belt, which stretches from, the AustrO- Hungarian border around to central France. Here cotton, laccs, en1broider- les, machines, silks, sJraw-plaiting. ribbons, locomotives, watches clocks and leather wares are manufactured for export; while in the hills and flat lands of the central plain arc situat- ed the Swiss farms many of the m- portart dairics, straw plating, wood carving and chemical industries. The straw plating is made by the peasan- try. It is q home industry, as is that of the Swiss Wood-CarVing. Despite us 1SOlatlOn m the midst or great H. dustrial competitors and it's lack of al- most all of the important raw mater ials, it is to it's mills and factories that Switzerland mainly owes it's wealth.
 The mountain republic derives Jess support from it's agriculture than any country in Europe except Norway; t"r only about one-siXth of it can be tiled. Many of it's farms have been coaNCd into being on the abrupt mountain sides, and, Literally, it is as dangerous a task as that of the structural iron worker on sky scraper to till them Fully half of the country lies above the zone of agriculture, and much ot the soil that could be made productive IS used as nasture land. Switzerland grows hemp, flax, CaraWay. 1rullS- citrOn. lemon, mulberry, orange, olive and pOmgranate. corn, malse, oats, pOppieS, potatoes, barley, rye, spelt, saffron, tobacco and wheat. In nor mal times, it had to import from Rus
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19
National Defense.
Rockville Leader. l

Archbishop John Ireland has good rich blood in his veins and is a loyal American. No one ever questioned this. He looks on national defense as a religious as we'll as a patriotic duty and severely criticises peacc-at~ any-price advocates.
 A aragraph from Archbishop Ire lands funeral oration over the body of Colonel Josiah R. King, said by Minnesotas historians to be the first man to answer Presid ent Lincoln for 75, 900 volunteers in 1861, to put down the rebellion, is worthy of repetition.
 My prayer is that our country may have social and commercial peace, that we may have the prosperity to make us great in all things good and may have a quick response to patriotic duty. We hear much of peace-at- any-saCrifce. Peace with honor, yes Peace to the glory of our country, yes. But if it means that we are to be the prey of international ambition: if it means that we are to do the bidding of every other nation on earth and that our flag must dip in disgrace. then we must not have peace. No
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19
\ Glorious Winter Day.
(NeW Haven Register.

An earth blanketed with pure white walked at the touch of an unclouded sun. It drab spots were garlandcd; it's scars were covered. The coVeret was unspoiled in its whiteness, virgin in it's purity Nor was the dust and smoke imm ediately able to sully it. An undimmed sun looked down and brought out the beauty of the pie ture. From a million points flashed back it's rays in diamonds. It brought out, for eyes that could bear it, the spotless beauty of the scene. It was earth in bridal array ,coldly perfect. The air was crisp and dry and cold, yet the bitter wind that beat upon and disturbed the coverlet was lack ing. It was cold, but bracing rather than unendurable. It was not such a depth of snow as the upper regions of New England know There was Q lack of the most tedious drifts. Thcrc was not that disorder and wreck aud general stagnation which some lesser snowstorms have brought this winter. It was, if such a term can be applied, an ideal storm. And the glory which followed it was almost without par alIel.
 Yes, 1t was in truth a glorious win ter day. Yet the chorus of apprecia- tion was not perfectly unanimous.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19
An Excuse for Killing. Bridgeport Telegram ]

We have maintained from the start that the present deer law in tho state of Connecticut, which is re- sulting in the slaughter and probable extinction of deer in the state, was hypocritically passed under the guse of protecting the crops" when no such protection was necessary, and that the real object was merely greedy desire on the part of hunters to kill deer.
 This view of the subject is upheld by the expert testimony of Isaac Platt, a farmer, of Southbury. MT. Platt states that when deer were plentiful before the present law ret suited in their eXtermination, he had seen as many as. IT deer on his farm at one time, and had often found their tracks going through his gar den. But he has never suffered what, in his opinion, amounts to five dol lars worth of damage from them. On the other hand, he says, wood, chucks and coons do Q great deal more mischief than deer, and he in inclined to think that some of the trouble made by the smaller animals has been charged up to deer.
 Bearing this i'll mind, and also re- membering that the state of Con- necticut had an arrangement whereby any farmer who suffered damage from deer was compensated by the state, how much is left of the plea that the deer-klling law passed by the last legislature was passed ''to protect the crops?"
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19
Help! Help!
(UtiCa. GlOoc.)

Help to make the city better, Help to mako the city clean: Don't be just a constant fretter
 Add some beauty to the scene; You may not indeed, be able
 To erect a gleaming dome, But clean up around your stable,
 Bcautify your little home. Help to make the town attractive.
 Help to stop the ones who sheer: II will pay you to be active,
 Since your interests are here. Would your backyard stand inspec.
 tion?
 What about the vacant lot? Rubbish helps to spread dejcction, Neatness brings the cheerful
 thought. Help to make the city faircr.
 You can do it if you try, And you'H be profit sharcr Tn the splendid bye and bye: Don't forget while you are grumbling That you might do something more; Let there be no future stumbling Der Instructions at your door. Help to make the town more splendid. DO the part you have to do: There is much that may be mended Through a little aid from you: Help decrease the dirt that's blowing, Help to purify the breeze; When 1t happens to be showing Clean your sidewalk, if you please.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19
AN ECHO FROM THE PAST.

After the free for all fight between democrats and Republicans yesterday sn the floor of the Oklahoma House Representatives many tales may bc
 Rcalfed of the old days in the political History of the wild and woolIy West. let it was not the wildness nor the fooliness of the West that precipitatcd Ihis tumultuuos scene so much as it bAs partisan politics in all it's ig+ Luminous coIorings. The same thing |ould happen in Hartford if men grow |o narrow minded as to put party |boye everything in life, as many do. |Nho was right in the fight at Okla Boma City is a matter that will never become known. Because it all took klace over an election law intended to |ake the place of the famous grand
 ather clause" recently declared un- by the United States supreme court, there will be differ ,nces of opinion in the North and the south The Southern politicians will agebably hold, if they do harbor re-
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19
BcIIigcrcnt Musicians.
{ Waterbury Democrat.j

The Damrosch Symphony orches- tra of New York is going to visit Canada--if the Canadians don't sta ton territorial troops along the bor- der to keep the m musicians out. Just now our northern neighbors are much excited about it, seeing in the projected invasion dark conspiracy and menace to the empire. For there are German players in that or chestra, To be precise, there are nine Germans, four of them natural ized Americans citizens. Whether or not those nine--or fVe-aTe likely to turn the orchestra into a maraud- ing expedition, blowing up govern ment buildings and railroad bridges
 and slaughtering the natives in their beds, may be determined, perhaps, from tho racial character of the rest Nineteen of them are plain Americans, fifteen Russians, four Belgians, two Frenchmen, two Ital- ians, three Hollanders, one English man and one Swiss. We rather guess
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

Announcement has been made that the Republican Big Four of Mas sachusetts stands absolutely un- pledged either for or against any can didate." Governor Mccall, Senators Lodge and Weeks and eX-Senator Murray Crane, are candidates for dele gates t-large to the national conven- tion These men will constitute the straight Republican Big Four" as opposed to the self constituted quartet under Gardner. who recently pledged themselves for Roosevelt Whether there is to be harmony among the Massa chusetts Republicans will be de- termined by which of these groups is sent on to Chicago. ;.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19
FOrCctfuI,

As I go plodding down the lane Of life. I find It daily harder to retain Mems names in mind. Somebody stops me on the street, We stand and chat. And after parting l repeat: Now who was that?' "Howdy!' somebody cries to me. "Howdy.' is my reply, And then | mutter Wondcrmgy, "Who is that guy? Somewhere I've seen his face before, My memory's lame. We've met a dozen times or more, But what's his name?' Thus | am forced to bluff my way, And make a show Taking with men. from day to day I ought to know, Sometimes I run against a case That stops my game. And then I say: q know your face, But not your namc.' And" when st. Peter welcomes me At this ife's end, Calls out my name and tries to be A gentle friend, I'll stand upon that heavenly shore And say in shame, 'I know I've seen your face before, But what's you name?''
 Edgar A. Guest,
 in Detroit Free Press
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19
THE HERO or ANSONIA.

When the strikers of Ansonia had xached the full zenith of their wrath, 3aen they were ready to surge into Rboiling. mass of humanity and wreak at came their way, tIere stepped be- 1fe them a young man of twenty-five Immers and applied the necessary 1olinS ointment. This youncSter, Toe" Grohol, faced the surging strik- Is, threw the main agitator off a Eatform into the audience. and then. fdressing the gathering successfully seven different languages. brought out Ean agreement. whereby the Emous committee of ''thirty-three,' 8mprisins three men from each of
 kven various nationaIities, met and |cided upon some form of action. 1'evious. to that the strikers of An Inia had no idea of why they were Fixing Now, under tho leadership Grohol who is absolutely. neutral. |e men and their employers have |me chance of getting together and Busting the difficulty.
 The Tower of Babel could have |esented no more disorder and con
 sion than Ansonia when these strik-
 s, speaking many and divers tongues, 1 |ddenfy walked out of the shops and | ter attempted to frame their de
 ands' 1NItft'is believed they went 1t at the instigation of an I. w. W.
 Won't Work) agitator, the same an whom Joe" Grohol put out of
 and who soon disap- .ared from the scene of action.
 hatever benefit this agitator hoped
 derive from the strike has passed him forever. In the long run, the en will be the losers for time mis-
 ent. whereas had they remained at ork and presented their demands ir' gular order they might have fared
 tter. It is not recorded they were { u IetACh' 1ASS " VI v hICSlly uH- filed laborers and as such, drawing irIy good wages.
 If what promised to be bad situa | ,n has been mastered the credit l ust go. to, ."Joe" Grohol, the man of
 e hours His work breaches the ,ct1'ine~of preparedness in all it's ofy Had he not spent his earlier Lys gIeaning a knowledge of some ven languages. he would never have 'en able to cope with such a situa- )n. Had he not reserved all his lysical energy. in his adolescence sitator and throw him bodily off a atform Grohol would not have com
 anded the respect of the strikers. is mentality and physical prowess 5pealed equally to the strikers and ieir employers. The mastery of ven languages is no mean task. rohol immediately caught the at
 ntion of the majority when he dem his physical strength and 'llowed up this advantage when he
 splayed his power of language trough this medium the entire ouble may be wiped away; order ought out of chaos; might over
 rown by right and Ansonia brought tck to a state of normal conditions. 'ith the great influx of foreigners ter the European War there may be sed for many men of the Grohol pc.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19
RACE HATRED.


 Perhaps the people of the United
 States who have learned to rub
 shoulders with the tribes of the world,
 with the wardcacvH of the four cor
 ners of the globe, have suffered a seri-
 ous expansion of mind. have grown
 out of the habit of seeing things only through narrow little slits. perha ps they have become accustomed to see ing many strangers within their | gates and have learned to see so much good in the worst specimens of hu- 1 manity that they are not prone to look i for the bad that turks in the so-called 1 good peoples. At any rate. one way or another America comes nearer to ] the approach of tolerance for all races, | creeds. and nationalities than any l other camping ground in the world. l And when Germans insist upon vent ing their spleen upon their English brothers. Americans can show no great warmth of sympathy. Neither can we take kindly to anything that the tnE1Sn mig nt nave to say 3ga1n:'t their Teutonic brothers. For America has seen much good in each of these people she is not prone to be- heve the bad until it is brought di- When the German propagandists in. advertently. or deliberately, step on American toes, the case is different. So it would be if Great Britain en- shores.
 Take into consideration the anti German league which has been started in England and which is now cam one million. Read the manifesto put forth by these promoters of racial hatred and it is easily seen how the average American has no sympathy not directly be..r upon him. This league would have stringent anti German immigra tion laws, high pro- tective tariff to bar German and Aus
  dom. and would elect to parliament only members who take the anti-Gcr- man pledge offered to all members of the league. They would further exploit German inventions and ask the government to subsidize all manufac- tories putting out goods hitherto made in Germany. This indeed, if il i were carried out. would be the last word in engenderinc race hatrcd,- as if there is not already enough | hatred in those countries at war. Yet l it is easily seen that this particular 1 brand is attemped for the main pur- ] pose of fostering commercial ambi- l tions. The manifesto specifically states | that as regard to Germany the people I of Great Britain have come to the 1 parting of the ways, that on one side 1 is drift and apathy while on the other l is prosperity and empire. Yet pros | perity and empire may all diminish at the end of the war, depending on who wins and one of the best ways to | wage warfare is to go out and fight l the enemy on the field, not by fran- | ing manifestoes of hate. It is doubt ful if the people of Great Britain | will readily acquiescc in such pro- l gram doubtful because they must i realize that soldiers in the trenches | accomplish more than thoughts of hate running rampant through minds bent on commercial prosperity. There are tried men and true in the trenches and we never hear of them harboring hate even against those they are fight l ing And these arc the men who bear the burden of the war
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

Hill argues. It was powerful speecn which he made on Monday, and his facts are stubborn things, even for his free trade opponents. If he can secure legislation to effect the end he showed so desirable he will have accomplished perhaps the greatest task before the siXty-fOurth congress.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19
FITTING OUT A WIFE.
This Little Matter of Buying Fine
 Feathers as Seen fin the "MOvies."

(By the Commentator In the New
 London Day)
 One of the odd incongruities that habitually mark the mak- ing of photoplays is the size of the dressmakers' and milliners' bills that the frequently featured extravagant wives spring upon their harassed hus- bands. I wonder if there is anybody who hasn't been partly amused and partly fretted by the utterly nonsensi cal figures that the producers use in their efforts to make the fact of ex- traVagance obvious
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

that if any German in that orchestra ventures even to sound a belligerent note on a trombone or beat a bass drum with undue vehemenCe, the al lied players will take care of him.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

For once we agree with the Berlin dispatches: the Germany reply is cer- tainly the limit.-BostOn Evening Transcript.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

When man is lazy we say he is lazy, but who ever thought a pretty girl 1azN--unless it vas another cirl? -AlDany knic>erbocker- Press
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

What has become of the old ia sh = toned drug store that was known os an apothecary's shop and sold nothin s but drugs ?-Macon News
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

Personally I'm prepared to chip in 8 quarter toward a s10O0O bonus for the scenario writer or producer or whoever is responsible, who will ex- hlb1t for our entertainment and moral ed1hCation just one extra va gant wife who is extra Va gant within so per cent say of the prOha bilities My heart would go out to such d person in the deepest gratitude for being credited with even a slight sense of the fitness of things. It owes no gratitude to the boobs who persist in supposing that we haven't sense enough to know even an extrava gant wife doesn't usually try to use up twice her husbands total income in clothes-or that the average of the kind of peaple dealt with in this particular kind of photoplay could get credit for the dubs in the first place in any swell shop on earth.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

If the knockers would only use their hammers to nail lies everybody would be happy-St. Paul Dispatch
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

nation can be weak today in prepared ness and strong tomorrow in cfTi- ciency."
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

There was some talk at the meeting of the Connecticut State Fair assOcia- tiOn at Hartford over the activities of 'fnllirs' at the various county fairs held in Cpnnct tcut. Those present included the managers and directors of the fairs and the cOncensus of opin- the fairs and the consensus of opinion was that While some of the. COnSCn sionists may be rought in their wtys Of doing business they are an indis- pensable addition to any fair. "as few person go for the sole nurDose Of studying the agricultural exhibits" Waterbury Republican.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

The man who laughs at the ostrich when the fool hides it's head and imagines that you can't sec it's body is usually the same fellow who feels safe because he cleVs a clove every time he takes a drink En- Quirer
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

A woman is as old as the man she wishes were her husband thinks she is.-Peru, Ind, Journal.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

The question is asked. Gan Colonel Roosevelt come back "'' Of course he can. He is onlN going to the West Indies.--Dcsrrct News (San Lake CitND
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

Girls should be able to support hus- ,ands," says Governor Ferris. Some f 'em have tO.--Grand Rapids Her
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

ie Herald will be found on sale at Hota- iings News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad
 way, New York City; Board Walk
 Atlantic City, and Hartford depot.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

The fact that there was less than five miles, of new railroad construct ed in Texas last year ought to be very gratifying to all those senior and junior statesmen who have proceed ed on he theory that railways are public enemies and OK carts the sal vation of the state-Dal1as News.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

There is some practical advantage in living on a corner where the street cars pass. For instance while Waitine, for the car one could be sweeping the snow off the sidewalk. SnOwfa Ills are so frequent that this is an almost perpetual job--Milwauke News.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

It was kind of the weather bureau, to be sure. to send the snow to pro tect the wheat crop before it sent the cold wave, but 1t would have been still kinder if it had not sent the cold wave at all-especally to the man who is heating an eight-room house all winter with six tons of News
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

le only profita bla advertising medium in the city. Circulation books and press
 room always open to advertisers
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

About the only easy thing to figure out from these millinery bills is that the wife is trying to doll up at a rate that would use up all of her husbands income and then some and leave them a vacuum minus to supply the eats and various expenses in which the dressma kers' accounts cut no figure. As for the servants, it's as plain as the nose on your face that they not only aren't likely to get any money in the future, but that it is quite inn possible for them to have had any in the past.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

The massing of thousands of Ger man guns on the western front, as reported from Amsterdam. is not probably so much for a new offensive as to get ready for the allies spring offensive. Germany is putting the winter product of her great arnln- ment factories into the task of pre- venting a smash on the western frOnt-TOrOntO Mail and Empire
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

The owners of the Pacific railroa cls arc about the only ones who are not dis2pp0l0ted over the delay in reopen ing the Panama clnal.--Scranton Re publican.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

And when MT. Younggoat gets about the fourth of these bills inside of three months he merely ventures to suggest that if the girlie keeps on at that rate she will get him in a hole by and bye. Why as d matter of fact, Just one such assault as that, on the purse of the grade of man depicted would bust him higher than Giroy's Kite and send the two of them to iv- Ing in the tenemen apartment with Ou any more ado.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

X professor in London says the war is hlesslnc in disguise. Ii must be admitted thc tho disguise, in that event. is most pcrfect.--Portland FN- press.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

Judging from Major General Wood s report tO the weakness of the United States army, we are inclined to believe that ii must have the grip Nashville Tennesscan.