Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-11
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Albert Mcclellan MathewSon makes a plea for the abolition of the county system. MT. Mathewson is a republi- can, a lawyer, a resident of New Ha- ven, and familiar with administration in Connecticut. It needs little fanil- iarity with any but business methods, however, to realize that the county commissioner system is costly, cum bersome and inefficient. Eight coun- ty sheriffS and 24 county commission CTS for little state like Connecticut are very much too many. The sys- tenn got itself instituted in 1S41, has become a part of the party mechan- ism, a purely political arrangement chiefly useful for whipping the liquor interest into line for the party in pow CT, whatever that party's name may be-Bridgeport Farmer.
 Dietary standards differ, of course, in every country, in every cline. But those who make a study of dietetics a readjustment of the food scale the world over. The experiments that are going on in Europe on such gigantic proportions will serve as a measure ment for the rest of the nations. One of the radical changes may be a re- duction in the number of meals eaten during the course of the working day. Where now in most countries people partake of collationS three times a day, this number may be reduced to two. Habit, more than anything else, has brought about the three -meal-a- day system. Those who have tried the simpler method, breakfast and dinner claim to have benefited there by. Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little Iong.-New Brit ain Herald.
 If Manchester cannot get it's ap- propriation for the federal building at the Center without the passage of the pork" bill, linking with deserving enterprises like this hundreds of un- called for buildings of a monumental character for southern and western villages and cross roads. then the Herald for one would prefer to wait until we get a congress which will use more discrimination. The congress- man who thinks he must get for Sf1is constituents all the government favors he can acquire by hook or crook, whether the expenditure is justified or not, has a wrong conception of his duty. But we know that in the past it has been impossible to get the votes for meritorious appropriations with out conceding to those congressman who hold the balance of power appro- priations for sections where they are not needed.-Manchester Herald.
 In it's biennial report just made to Governor HoIcomb, the state board of charities recommends the women's reformatory so often proposed and in
 
 sage to the legislature, the chief ex- ecutive proposing that a commission be raised to continue discussion of the matter. But why continue to talk? Why not start the reforrnatory2 What is the use in raising a commission to go all over this matter again and re- port two years hence. Here is a state commission of ability, the board of charities. recommending the reform atory after years of careful study of the subject Governor Holcomb pro- poses that the legislature duck the problem of building the institution by raising a commission to talk it all over again. Why not build it and end several years of were talk? Nobody denies the need-New Haven Union.
 The fremen have already been shown by the voters of Meriden that they are in~favor of the pension fund. What is needed is a clarifying act by the present session of the legislature so that there may be no question about the commissioners or the se lectmen being instructed to turn over the percentage of the license money. That ought to be easy, as the assem- bly has once passed the act The town counsel declares that it would not be legal for the town to give the money, because of the fact that the money from the licenses Is collected by the county commissioners and then portions of it turned back to the town. according to the statute provisions. If the statutes are not clear about fire mems pensions a town meeting would