Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-02
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Shortweighting customers is a con- any time. It hits hardest those who are least able to stand for the out rage. In all conscience coal prices are high enough without any dishon- est addition through the deceit of under-weight. In Massachusetts com plaints have been so numerous that
 the sealer of weights and measures has given notice of intention to prose for the technical offense.-Bristol
 Press.
 President Wilson in applying the veto to the immigration bill did ex- do. He is the third president of the United States to uphold the idea of democracy in this way. He has re-
 fused to close the gates on those de-
 serving citizens of the old land who are ambitious to start life anew on a soil free from the handicaps i'm posed by Europe. The hter-acy test attached to this bill is what fore
 doomed it to the White House veto.
 Because a man cannot read or write
 is no sign he is an unworthy candi- date for admission to this nation against the nation have come from
 Some of the heaviest blows struck men who knew how to read and
 write far too much for the country's good.-New Britain Herald. 8 No better work has ever been done by any fire department than was done by Hartford's in conining the flames to the stores of G. Fox & Co. and F. W. Woolworth> & Co. The de-
 pertinent was prompt to arrive and
 than is usual in big fires. The value of automobile apparatus was never better demonstrated, for 1t enabled companies from all parts of the city to F, fr.frT T1rUfc
 Once there the men worked brave]y and Loyalty, and their officers from Chief Moran down guided their efforts with rare discretion. Heavy though the loss was, Hartford generally and the property owners who suffer at least have the satisfaction of feeling that everything to check the damage made possible by human ingenuity and effort, was done by the men whom the city employees for that purpose. The fire department rendered a ser vice value of which cannot be ca1cu- lated simply in mere dollars and cents. Hartford Post.
 It is an old saying that it is always darkest just before the dawn. The New Haven has been going along fair
 ly well the past year and business has been exacting on the executives in all branches of its service. In some re- spects it has made notable progress toward general improvement and to those close to it's workings its pros poets are not so very gloomy. Per ductive of 8 notable change in public sentiment and support and conse- quently in the movement of prices on the stock market.
 It is the sincere hope of the people of Connecticut that this may be real fzed, for 1t is the widow and the orpd- an holding small blocks Of stock and the old man who once was considered rich hac9nSa he held T1Ich EfncS who are the principal sufferers by such declines in price as the past few days have seen. Certainly the hand ing over Of the road to receiver they have suffered already.-Water- bury Republican.
 The diseases which threaten and af- country are not alone those which en- tail a heavy loss upon 1t. The annual meeting of the American Forestry as- sociation in Washington recently brought up the subject of the diseases which fasten upon trees and which are fatal to the growth and development of many of the national forests. It was the statement of one speaker at white pine blister and other well known diseases cause an annual loss of $500 1000, 900 to the country and oth- CT arborculturists declared that anoth- sects. It is quite probable that these figures are considerably exaggerated, but there is no doubt that the loss from the causes cited Is very great, and that a better knowledge of the proper methods of tree and plant con servation is needed to prevent this loss from becoming continually great CT. It is a part of the work of the American Forestry association to call attention to these conditions, to stirn- ulate study fin the matter of the pre- ventton and care of tree disease and to set in motion any means discovered for the accomplishment of that pur- pose. Speed the work.-Bridgeport Standard