New Britain herald., 1917-11-27

business hopes to turn over his capi-
 tai many, many times. Even men
 with the smallest coal yards are en-
 abled to do this. Surely one with @
 reputation, one that has standing in
 the community and who possesses
 the trust of the jobbers can make
 the initial investment go a long way.
 As to the suggestion of cheating the
 the Government out of war taxes.
 those two items, not the methods sug-
 gested. were mentioned in these
 columns in separate and distinct
 treatment having no connection what
 soever with the cost of coal at the
 mines.
 To get the coal dealers to agree
 with tho facts Is almost as hopeless
 task as trying to fill the furnace
 with coal when the door is closed.
 It requires no special knowledge to
 know that the figures given out by some of the men in the coal business. the figures which purport to present 1T true cost of doing business, are too high. Granted they are not too high, we merely ask this question: Why were they not presented to the local coal committee when the public hearings on the case were in order? Ihat committee was not charged with the duty of lowering coal prices in New Britain. It could have made the prices for coal even higher than they were last month if the facts warranted such action. Seemingly, the coal deal- CTS did not have the facts to present Otherwise we would now be paying more for coal.
 As to our mathematical proclivities, we cannot forego the pleasure of this:-
 Ut seems, says MT. Johnson. using the old method of personal abuse rather than confining himself to the subject at hand, that you are not very good at figures. We got in New Britain very good evening schools, few months spent there would do you ] lot of good"
 We might add, too, that there are some excellent day schools here, each of which offers an attractive curri- ,ulum. By combining classes in these schools and selecting such courses as would Keep an attentive and retentive mind busy night and day many things night be learned. and to advantage. Among these desirable possessions of <nowledge might be placed the simple act: Coal dealers need not go out of business merely because they adhere % government rules and regulations.
 There is really no need for anxiety on the part of any man selling coal 'oday what though the new prices. set by committee authorized by thr Federal Government, tend to lessen his profits. There have been profits n the past. There will be profits in he future. There are profits now for he man who does business with a evel head and who directs all his energies toward the one great end,-l 'erving the public. The coal dealer who today starts out to fill his bins l with good clean coal for the winter. md who does not use the present 1 necessary action of Uncle Sam as a petty reason for refusing to prevent | l coal shortage, or for actually helping l o bring about a coal famine, is the l man to whom this community will lock with business when better days come. We are now at war. Condi- ions are bad enough as they are, without trying to make them worse If the coal dealers here fail to exert heir influence they can make ali artificial shortage of coal,-unless the steps in an commanders heir plants; which the government hen would probably do. And this if some men are forced out of the coal business never to return. There are misfits there as in other businesses.