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New Britain herald., 1917-11-15

arc tremendous, but not boundless. How long will they last if we throw 14 times as many gold pieces away as the kaiser does?
 Of course, the increased expense is not all net loss. Our private soldiers draw $3O a month, and out of their pay are able to contribute to the sup port of dependent relatives and to pay for life insuranccs which are expect ed to make pensions largely unneces- sary. Out of their savings they are beginning already to buy Liberty bonds by tho millions. The German soldier receives only few cents day as wages and the money orders he used to send home from the front at the beginning of the war represented the proceeds of loot.
 But allowing for the social insur- ance and the higher standard of com fort and equipment which is repre- sented in what the United States pro- posed. to spend on it's soldiers and sailors, we are still under handicap in a money contest with Germany be- cause of our high costs.
 Scrupulous economy among civil ians at home is the best answer to that. We can win this war out of
New Britain herald., 1917-11-15
FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY
Diriigibles.
BY LIEUT.. FITZHUGH GREEN U. 8. N.

high priced silk cord. The outside is painted yellow, not as is commonly supposed for looks, but to prevent de- terioration from light.
 The endurance of this vehicle Is designed to exceed 3 hours at 80 miles per hour, not counting the wind. It can carry seven men with food for several days. A light diet is pre- scribed. Besides food, fuel and pas sengers, the burden includes a full set of instruments. Barometers and barographS measure air pressure: standard pressure gauges measure gas and gasoline and water pressure Statoscopes, inclinometers, psychro- nometers, and can-openers are in frequent use-whether for meat or communing with your Webster's Un- abridged.
 For naval work the dirigible has several advantages over heavier than air aeroplane. It can hover, And hovering-waiting is one of the best little things a good spy does. An aeroplane must buzz around like a hungry mosquito and use up all its fuel and die; or else sting the sleep ing enemy into enraged and prema- ture fury of wakefulness. It is said that the lowering Zeppelins saved the German Fleet at Jutland. An aeroplane must land on the water. A dirigible may clear the toughest seas and settle easily upon warship's deck. To embark it sim ply lets go and floats up. Two vital disadvantages doom the dirigible to military nonentity. It presents such a magnificent target, and 1t can't maneuver any faster than a COW with hookworm-with odds on the COW.
 But why should it maneuver. when 1t can sit in the air with great and grim complacency and train it's heavy guns whithersoever it darf ,pleases to train them.
 And so on. through arguments enough to fill a book and yet not de- terrnine which Is the better weapon. Such simple little questions of mlli- tary policy these are-and they will soon be settled too-at the trif1ing expense of but four or five million lives-of men, clever, loving, human men.
 Fight fire with f1re-and save
New Britain herald., 1917-11-15
GET ON THE BAND WAGON.

If Now Britain were half as bad as ve have heard some of the natives" sav 1t is, why is 1t there are close on 10 sixty thousand people living here?
 We have always figured 1t this way. f . town is good enough to live in. .nd earn a. living in, and raise 8 fam ly in. and build a home in, and do other things init is surely goodiy lnouRh> to die in, and even die for.
 If Now Britain Is not just what the beople of New Britain would have 1t. there is something wrong with the waneral makeup of the town. why do not the chronic "kickers" they are khat,-point out the way in which khe town can be improved?
 We have generally found this to De rue. Criticism that Is not construc- tive criticism is no criticism at au' t is merely complaint. The old town need. some one to step forward ana ell it how it can become a better own. Those who merely stand around hnd point out the bad points with but showing how these can or could he made better are of no use what pver.
 If we love to hold up some other city as the ideal city in which to live f when we meet strangers, we are ashamed of New Britain. if we have not q good word for our own town how. in the name of all that is good hnd holy, can we expect others to say a good word for it?
 We have always noticed this: Il he man from home has nothing gooo to say for his own home town there are few outsiders who will take his place as booster" It is true 1T every sphere of hfe,-in every phase of human activity. If man insists upon telling you how thoroughly bat he is, there will come time wher you will agree with him.
 k, If the stores in New Britain are a. kerrible as they are painted,-not bN the brush, but by the tongue.-hoV a 1t there are any sales made over the Dounters? Why is there any trading
New Britain herald., 1917-11-15
ECONOMY Is THE ANSWER.
Must Not Be Throwing Twenty Dollar
 Gold Pieces Into Golden Gate.
Waterbury Republican,

Waterbury Republican,
 When a government statisticicn dis covered that it cost 14 times as much to feed. equip, supply and pay an American soldier as if does the l1ai- ser for one of his Germans he gave this country something to think over.
 There is a classic story in San Fran cisco about two Forty-niners. one of whom accused the other of being stingy The one accused challenger the other to go to the water front with him and throw 20-dollar gold pieces into the harbor alternately until one of them quit. It was the man who was challenged, by the way. who was the first to quit.
 In sense, this war of the nations is just that kind of a contest. Lloyd George asserted at the very begin ming that the side which had the last hundred million pounds would win. We have brought to the side of the allies our national resources, which
New Britain herald., 1917-11-15
THB POOR COAL DEALERS.

And so 1t came to pass. as they say
 in the Scripturea. that the price of
 coal for tho city of New Britain was
 reduced. Instead of paying the ex-
 horbitant prices charged by the re-
 tail dealers here, and without which
 they swore they could not do busl-
 ness, we shall hereafter have coal St
 g. fairly reasonable price. And. what
 is more, the retailers will still be do ing business at the same old stands. For, what they say to the contrary notwithstanding. they will continue to thrive and prosper. They are not as badly abused as they would have us
 believe. If the truth were known,
 pected. To this date we have heard of few coal dealers going into
 bankruptcy. Some may retire: but the vast majority of them go> on as
 long as they so elect.
 When the Herald waged it's can- paign for cheaper coal.-some months ago.-the coal dealers. through their spokesman, told of the oppression un- der which they suffered. They were very badly abused. As they put it, they were selling coal at g. loss. And this in order that the people of New Britain might not suffer from the pangs of zero weather during the ap- preaching winter. The coal men are ! nothing if not sympathetic. Rather than see a populace of some 6o.000 people freeze to death they: would lose all the years profits. We have always admired this spirit of the coal
 dealers. They would suffer loss at | any time in order that their old line ! customers might reap the benefit of | good warm houses. It Is 8 cruel pub lie that does not recognize this altruis- tic trait in the men who furnish the necessaries of life,--and coal Is q l necessary, especially in New England Now the price of coal in this city
New Britain herald., 1917-11-15
America Faces a Penny Famine
(Thomas F. Logan in Leslie'sl


 Every mint in the United States is working at top speed twenty-four hours day to meet the demand for one-cent pieces. but even these heroic measures will not prevent a shortage in pennies. The famine is a logical result of the new war-tax bill which has raised prices of popular commodi- ties from even sums to fractional parts of dimes and quarters. The treasury department foresaw an ex- traordinary demand for the small coin, but did not succeed in discount ing the enormity of that demand. The hints of the country turned out 1O7,191.15S pennies between January first and October first of this year. During the corresponding months of 1916 only 83.509,397 "coppers' were coined. On the first day of last Sep tember all hints began working night
New Britain herald., 1917-11-15

and day to avert famine. Conse- quently. the output for the last three months of 1917 will show big gain over the same months last year. but not a great enough gain to offset the new need for pennies. The treasury department stock of one-cent pieces Is completey exhausted and is now "overdraWn" by the various sub treasuries. The real famine will de- Velop on the first day of December when the tax on theater admissions goes Into effect. Film houses that are charging ten, fifteen and twenty five cents for admission must be pre- pared to collect, eleven, seventeen and tWenty-e1ght cents from their patrons.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-15

News item: "The price of saul sages has gone up." Naturally. for there are not so many regular native born sausage eaters now as there used to be. And most of Us don't like to exhibit even such obscure sympathy as this for the enemy.
 Then like bomb comes the news that the government has just pur- chased the largest sausage in the country, an air sausage-the first dirigible the Navy has ever owned, (and it may be the last). Fortu- nately 1t bears no taint in the Yankee crispness of it's name "DN-1." Off, cially these letters stand for Dirig- ible Naval. Number One. Unofh- cially they arc said to mean Damn Nuisance. The latter designation Is claimed to be irrefutable-except on a perfectly calm day when air work is easy, and the deflated dirigible is packed neatly in its case waiting to be bai1ed out of the express office.
 Official published report describes this War Baby as non-rigid gas bag, 175 feet long, 50 feet deep and S5 feet at its greatest beam. Internal volume is 115,OOO cubic feet, which when filled with hydrogen gas gives total lift of 1000 pounds.
 Suspended from tho balloon-why deceive ourselves?-is oAr built up of light open framework. Sus- pending lines are rigged in the form of a net in order to distribute weight equally over the big bags surface. In the car rests the power plant--rest Is the word: it works only when it wants to, and not al- ways then. Maine engine is a 14O- horsepower Sturtevant gossiping away at the late of 2.1o0 revolutions per minute. Through suitable gearing what sins are committed in thy name-power Is transmitted to two 4 bladed propellers. These ten-foot fans spin up to 1000 RPM. at which spied they have more push than a campaign manager and at one-tenth the price.
 Of course details of construction arc dry but every good citizen should know that our American Zeppelin is built not of tubular aluminium but of two-ply rubberized cotton fabric sewed in a double diagonal ilayer, the inner one being waterproof. The Gotterdammer-rungs in its ladders are
New Britain herald., 1917-11-15
THE TALE OF A DOG.

(Tom Daly in Phil. Public Ledger.l
 This is the tale of a dog brought here by Edward Corbett, San Francis co. It concerned Alaska Jack, pioneer of Fairbanks, Alaska, and thorough Irish terrier in strain and character. Corbett was bringing him to New i. York to his master Dr. James E. Fuller, San Francisco, who is waiting to go abroad with a Red Cross unit.
 Just out of Albany. Alaska Jack. who had been lying quietly on the deck watching with tense eyes tho nickering rays of the searchlight that played about for the passengers amusement 'suddenly rose and sniffed eagerly.
 Then over the deck rail he went into the river.
 MT. Corbett and other passengers begged the captain to send a boat off to pick up the dog, but the captain would only slow down the engines and follow the dog with the searchlight. The terrier sWam a straight course through the still water toward launch whose lights gleamed on tho port bow about 200 feet away.
 Then MT. Corbett says, he realized that all was well. Dr. Fuller is all enthusiastic yachtsman.
 "Ahoy, Jim Fuller!" he yelled A voice from the launch answered back in amazement:
 Yes; what is it??"
 II thought so." Corbett said Then cried: Hey, Jim, that's your dog, Alaska Jack swimming to you; pick him up" And the passengers lining the rails saw Alaska Jacks bedraggled form lifted to safety by his master so MT. Corbett and others say
 -Milwaukee Journal
 A good story that, and it may be true. Here's another one that's as true as gospel for a tablet at Haines' Falls, in the, Catsllills attests it and Sives the names of master and dog, which have slipped our memory. For our present purposes let's call the dog
 Call him Jack the Lionheart,
 Or call him Jack the Fool" Who may tell the twain apart?
 There is no certain rule. Not for me to judge the brute
 Or analyze his acts; Human sages may dispute
 l merely tell the facts. Jack upon the torrents rim
 A hundred feet or so- Saw his master watching him
 From the rocks below. 'Jack'' The master spoke the word To bring him to his side; The brute upon the high ledge heard And straightway leaped and died! Call him Jack the Lionheart'
 Or call him Jack the Fool" Who may tell the twain anart?
 There is no certain rule
New Britain herald., 1917-11-15
PROBLEMS OF INITIATION.
Per Capita Circulation of Money Hay. ing Risen to Highest Known Mark,
 Many Idle Dreapas Are Indulged.

ing Risen to Highest Known Mark, Many Idle Dre4.pas Are Indulsed. (Boston Post).
 A deal of loose talk Is being in- { dulged in regarding the possibilities of imitation in this country developing 1 through the financing of the govern ment to carry on the war. A con- ; temporary commenting upon the fact | that the per capita circulation of money has risen to $48, the highest l on record, compares the present situa- ton with Civil war conditions; when through the issuing of greenbacks, a dollar in gold came to be worth $2.80 in paper money. The doleful view is therefore adopted that today we are at the same game" only disguising it through the mechanism of the federal reserve system.
 Now while it is true that possibili- ties of imitation do exist, unless checked by governmental regulation, it is not sound reasoning to infer that the increase in our supply of money has been due to the operations of the government printing presses To draw such an inference would ig- nore entirely the fact that this coun- try imported more than $1,0O0, ,00O,- 900 In gold before we entered the war.
 As matter of fact, instead of the imitation in the currency being due to the emissions of the government print ing presses, the ratio of gold to total money in circulation on Oct 1, 1917, was somewhat larger than it was, for instance, in 1912, a normal pre-war year. Owing partly to the underwrit- ing of the 9arnn6 T,}hovfv " "a banks during the past month, the ra- tlo of gold dropped slightly in No- vember; fuctuation, however, which may be the other way in the next 30 days.
 Imitation, which in the fundar ental sense means an increase in the de- mand for labor and materials. and consequent rise in prices. will develop if, after lending their credit to the government the people attempt to maintain their normal spending power. It becomes necessary, therefore, while the government remains in the labor and commodities market on a tre- mendous scale, for the people to do two things if they wish to prevent @ ? further rise in prices that have al- ready become almost intolera ble. They must first eliminate al unnecessary ex- penditure, forego all new construction enterprises and in every way put off new ventures until the war Is over. Secondly, they must save every possi- ble cent so that new income may be put at the disposal of the government instead of being injected into the al- ready intense demand for commodi- ties.
 Some imitation, even with all re- strictions of activity will be unavoid- able; but it will not be due to printing an unlimited amount of paper money.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-15
IN THE U. g. A.

He wouldn't be a soldier. nd he
 wouldn't go to sea. With rules of naval warfare he could
 never quite agree. So when his country sought him he
 just turned his deafer ear Nd in his mind bethought him, "Oh.
 Pm much more safer here. Lot others seek the f1rin' line, if
 fghtin' there must be- What though some mon may like it.
 1t Is not the life for me-. Then through the peaceful marts o1
 trade he gaily went his way, For he was safe from air raids in the
 U. s. A.
 It caused him some annoyance when
 the volunteers were lax And other men enlisted under ban
 ners labelled Pax. For there were possibilities he never
 saw before, And Congress drew a measure called - "Selective Service Law',- A bill which simply stated. Every man not thirty-one, If it Is so elected, must get out and
 pack a gum. It then occurred to someone that he
 might be sent away Where he'd not be safe from air raids
 in the U. s. A. Some men are born unlucky. some are
 rich and others poor; Some never have to work at all, for
 wherewith to endure; Forsooth this peaceful poltroon wasn't
 caught out in the storm, Nd he wears the tailored multi, not
 the khaki uniform. He reads the daily papers nd he
 knows there is a war; But he doesn't yet quite understand
 just what they're f1ghtin' for. He never will, no never, unless
 Pershing's men give way Nd the Huns perform their air raids
 on the U. s. A. Yet, nfe's not all of skittles. and it
 is not milk and jam For this young stacker to the cause
 that worries Uncle Sam; The while he shirked the service and
 the fighting OCT the foam He's frequently reminded of the
 Llb'tv bonds at home. Nd though he fails to purchase, md
 no button on his coat Can flash the information which the
 patriots denote, He sees in simple measure some few
 errors of his way, Although he's safe from air raids in the U. s. A. Some day the powers that be may
 help to make him realize That men are something more than
 beetles, beasts. or butterflies; That each one owes debt to God
 which cannot be repaid. And after that another to the land
 whereon they trade; Nd that a traitor to the cause which
 fires the loyal soul Must get in step with others. or es-
 say the outcast's role. For he who lives while others die has
 something yet to pay Fen though he's safe from air raids
 in the U. S. A. The time has come when stay-at
 homes must learn to sacrifice. Nd thank their stars for living in an
 earthly Paradise. Nd ev'ry man md woman, ev'ry girl
 nd every boy, Must do their Dlt 10 win the war, nO
 do 1t all with joy. Those men who fight our battles
 where the hero-blood Is poured Must have support of loved ones while
 they're yielding Freedoms sword So we'll save the food with Hoover.
 and do Red Cross work each day Nd we'll all be safe from air raids in
 the U. $. A. JOHN J. DAILY.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-15

here at all, If the various houses of
 commerce in other cities so far excel
 our own?
 We have. after long years, found this
 to be the case: If people go to the
 same store twice and inquire for the
 same articles without having theJu
 produced, the proprietor of that store
 will very soon find some way of get
 ting the desired merchandise. It Is
 the old law, of supply and demand.
 Wherever there is the demand, there
 must ever be the supply,-if the goods
 are made.
 If New Britain people can sec no
 good in any of the public services ren-
 dered by the officials of New Britain:
 if New Britain people fail to foster or nourish a public spirit, whom, may
 we ask, do they think will do 1t?
 We have also seen this: No one from any other town is going to come in and tout the horn of town not his own; that Is, as a permanent proposi- ton. There might be certain amount of camoutiage; but in the long run 1t remains for the home town folk to say the good words,-it remains for them to cultivate the public spirit.
 If we, as people of New Britain, do not boost New Britain, who do we imagine will perform the work? Do we expect the people of Hartford to go around bragging about the greatest we think that the men and women of Waterbury are going to forget the Brass City in order to act as advertis- ing agents for New Britaln7
 We have always found this as the regular working order: The man from Hartford will talk Hartford. The man from Waterbury will sing Waterbury. The man from Bristol will tell you about Bristol and its rapid growth, and it's mayor, and all that. The e\man from Meriden will re- cite the praises of Mer1den. The man from Bridgeport will have something to say of Bridgeport. The man from New Haven might mention Yale Uni- but he will aways say some- thing about New Haven. The man from Torrington will say Torrington and repeat it. The man from Middle town will have a word or two about Even the man from A~ al n- quent about Plalnville.
 Now, why Is it that the man from New Britain, and we speak here of the average man,-why is 1t he gets out his hammer and begins to play or re- produce something that sounds like the Anvil Chorus the moment the name of this town Is mentioned. Why is it? Has New Britain bad name throughout the state? Is it in disre- pute among the New England states? Is it convicted by the bigger cities the nation?
 No, there is nothing the matter with New Britain that we can see. It is a good town, very good town. Yet 1t does not get the moral support from 1 it's populace it should get. When 1 come to town they are told l 1t once the bad features of New Brit ain. They are not appraised of its good points. This is wrong. The time has come when we must think these l things over, when we must hold a diff ferent view of the situation. The 1 time has come when each and every l man and woman in this town must ] become a boom town" man and wo- man. Let them know where New Brit 1 ain stands, and let them also know we ! stand behind 1t.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-15

what the United States is in the habit Of wasting and throwing away. In- stead of waiting for Edison to invent something, the United States must go to work and win this war with the ash sitter.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-15
The Union.

The Union. The union of lakes, the union of
 lands, The union of States none can sever,- The union of hearts, the union of hands, And the flag of our Union for
 ever!
 GEORGE POPE MORRIS.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-15
An Idea For Him

(Kansas City JournaD
 I've spent six days running around trying to get man to pick up my ap pies."
 How much work have YOU? How many days would it take?" About six, I guess'
 Has it ever occurred to you that 1t might save time to whirl in and do the job yourself? ?"
New Britain herald., 1917-11-15

William J. Delaney is one of the New Britain boys who offered his services to Uncle Sam before the United States became embroiled in the war with Germany. He enlisted in 1916 with the regular army De- laney. who is 22 years of age is the son of Mrs. Rose Delaney of 321 Elm street.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-15
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Every politician in the state Is will ling to give the newly enfranchised sex anything 1t wants that will not in- terfere with his present methods of doing buslness.-New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-15

If men wouldn't talk nobody would discover that they had noth- ing to say.-Toledo Blade.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-15

One thing that even the best wife cannot understand is why her hus- band thinks that the women he used to dance with when they were girls are still good looklng.-Columb (S. O. Blade.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-15

The march of progress has caused many a man to lose his usefulness There's sthe chimney sweep. He's lost his job and nothing else scots him.-Philadelphia Record
New Britain herald., 1917-11-15

Uncle Sam may turn out Broad ways lights at II o'clock, but he can't make Broadway go to bed at that unearthly hour.-New York World.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-15
Rights.

Washington Star)
 What we want is freedom of speech!' shouted the man on a soap- box.
 'Yes!' answered the woman who was leaning out of the window. "But haven't we members Of the Anti-Noise Association any rights at all?"
New Britain herald., 1917-11-15

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