Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-02
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 Automobile drivers who are convict 1 ed on charges of ifltoxication probably will oriticise the new ruling of the highway commissioner Of Massachu- setts. Hereafter such offenders must present certificates from responsible employers showing that total hbsti- hence from alcoholic drinks has be sT pracueed a year. Licenses will not be restored without cofiVineing ir1d6rse- nents of conduct. The rule is not too severe-the driver who mixes rum and gasoline can well be spared from the public roads.-Previdence Bulletin. One Of the great alievlations of camp life is reading matter of an interesting sort. Magazine literature as it is writ ten and illustrated today furnishes perhaps the best type of that pabulufn cent stamp on each regardless of weight, and drop it into a letter or package box and the United States will do the rest The post office people will forward it to the distributing cen ter, where it will be gathered with oth- CTS and then sent to the camp where it is assigned with the quota of tn whole that belongs to that particular or your old novel which would ordi- narily go into the waste and be lost for all further use may be made to do some soldier a heap of good when he | 1 is Postmaster General Burleson's plan and 1t seems a good one.-Bridgepo Standard American.
 A study of wages and prices since 1850 is very interesting at this time. Prices declined steadily from the close of the civil war until 1897 since which time they have steadily advanced. The necessities of life which could be purchased for s1 in 1850 cost s2.50 at the close of the civil war: dropped down s1 again in 1897, and now sells at about s2.
 During this time wages in dollars have shown a gradual but continual upward movement. The man who got S1 day in 1850 now gets s3.50 a day When. however. these money wages are turned into commodities, we find that the masses get no more today than they did twenty-five years ago
 The wages in commodities like the wages in money. gradually increased from 1850 to 1890. Since 1890. although wages in money have increased largo ly. yet when turned into commodities these wages show no increase what ever.-New Haven Times Leader. Emotions ran high with many Of our jeople Saturday as with mingled sentiments of pride sadness apprecia- tion. patriotism and affection they wit messed the departure of several units of New Haven and Connecticut boys
  the stern duties of ver-seas warfare These young men have youth and health strength and high spirit pos sessions that alone make life Joyous, snd these they have pledged to the service of their country and to that far greater and more noble thing the advancement of democracy in all the world. As they marched out Saturday there was scene none of us will ever forget.
 We rejoice with these young men in their enthusias sm for service. It Is one of the highest and finest emo it of ready sacrifice ana our hearts and hopes go with them We are proud because we know that men from other parts of this country and from other lands will find them Amer jeans always, worthy heirs to those who have gone before. fighting to establish and maintain in this land what they go to make impresnablc in all the world.-New Haven Union.
 There is no satisfactory way In which rejected men who have offered their services to Uncle Sam can he labelled. That Is, there is no safe way of decorating these men with buttons or flags or any other insignia which cannot be copied by those slackers l who might wish to use bogus dupli- cates.
 Suggestions are now going the |
 
 States government should provide 1 some sort of badge to be worn by ev- | cry man who has been rejected by the i exemption boards. This would be a badge of honor. a badge of faith. IL | would show that the man had perform ed his duty under the law and present ed himself for examinations It would | prove to his friends and compatriots that he had not been guilty of the slackers sin.
 There is one big obstacle in the way. If such buttons or badges were handed l out by the federal government they would at first be given only to those called in the first draft. Thousands even millions. of other men registered but not called would have no mark to distinguish them from the slackers | Common sense. as usual will have to perform it's duty in all such cases. There is no need of badges or buttons to determine patriotic American citi- Britain Herald