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Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20

means that the proper consideration is at last being given to water trans portation as most valuable auxiliary to the railroads of the country.
 Millions of tons of material going In both directions can be handled by boat through the canal and the lakes which under ordinary conditions might be thrown upon the railroads. It can be readily understood what relief this is going to be to the latter. They will be not only able to give better service in handling freight to their capacity but the delays which are now experienced and the congestion which has resulted from the enormous war business should be greatly decreased. There are also reasons to expect that the taking over of the ccastwise lines will bring about a similar result. II is time when we have got to make the best use of every facility which Is available.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20
JUSTIFIED CRITICISM.

Not little criticism has been in- dulged in regarding the unsatisfactory results which have attended the pro- duction of airplanes in this country. Some has also been advanced regard ing the Liberty motor for the driving of the machines and which is an American product, designed after a thorough study of all other airplane motors and put forth with the idea of overcoming what were looked upon as defects or shortcomings.
 There are already reasons to be- lieve that the criticisms have done just what was intended, which was to overcome the trouble that was pre- venting the production and to get the work On such a basis that the pro- gramme which had become so badly upset might be carried out though late.
 It is therefore gratifying to read about the successful flight which has been made from the Langley field near Norfolk, Va, to Mineola field on Long Island. a distance of 325 miles which was accomplished in 495 min- utes. or mile every 45 seconds by an airplane driven by a Liberty mo tor. It is such accomplishments that the country likes to hear about. That shows not only what can be done but what ought to have been done in the way of airplane construction months ago so that by this time the large number of flying machines which was promised would be available, in part at least. for our troops in France The l criticisms may not get all the credit for the improved conditions regarding airplane production but as long as
 they have helped by bringing in creased attention to the matter they
 have been fully justified.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20
The Memorial of Monumental Deeds.

Mr Editor: Today-and the days to
 come-for us is a day of tribute It is fitting that We come with garlandS of memorial for an avalanche of he
 roes, brave, brown. brawny men, men
 who became supermen through the
 Great Adventure. and who died to
 make men free. It is not only part of
 good morals; but also religious com
 mand that there ever be kept green in
 the minds of the living the sacrifices
 Of the dead. Upbuilded stones, carved
 marble and granite, buildings erected
 have from the beginning of recorded
 annals told the story of live sof valor,
 usefulness and devotion. Memorial
 days call to memory and refreshen our
 devotion to our departed ones. Our
 erected monuments, however, crumhle
 back to earth. Many are but ruins,
 many of them have been forgotten.
 But today let Us recall 8 more lasting
 memorial than these One destined to of monumental deeds. When we call the roll of our honored dead: how many will fail to answer? As these names are read we may not recall much of their history. Perhaps but dim outline of their appearance, their physical form. But their deeds oS- love, of benevolence, the promptings of their faith and sacrifices will never
 be erased from our memory And just as they lived unselfsh lives and wrought generous deeds of love. just | so did they build monumental deeds. and just so do our hearts go out in | tender recollection and memorial The 1 only enduring memorial is that of 1 Fife that made the world better, hap ] pier. holier more easy to live right | to act nobly. to build a pathway over which humanity may pass more cas- 1 fly. So, today-yes,, tomorrow, We pay :! tribute not to inventors and the gen l iGs of men whose activity outreaches l the rest of humanity as the mountain peaks outreach the foothills We pay d memorial tribute to men who learn ed to laugh in dark hours, whose ener- tgy was spent. whose lives went out 1 under the burden of making possible 1 this higher achievement. We are now
 ill the testing time in American his- tory. Thousands Of our noblest sons are being called to defend the prin- iciples for which our flag stands. We'll
 may We offer applause to those who are willing to lay down their lives for democracy and civilization. God and native land We are the keepers of athe nation. If the veins and the ar
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20

teries of this union of states become clog2ed for a single day the universe fdlters and life is threatened. Life it. self is fight. Our enemies are iner- tia, selfishness, and the love of ease and pleasure. To overcome these enc mics requires the fighting attitude When man ceases to fight he is a dead one We need to make an un- teasing fight against a dangerous foe. He cares nothing for our success, our life. our homes. our future, our souls. He has no sense of honor, he hears no tries of misery and answers no call of mercy. He would enter your hum bie homes but to strike the roses from the cheeks of mother and child The world calls today for manhood Man lence of true hearts of true manhood that builds memorials of monumental deeds in hours like this "The great men of the world are shadowy men, who, having lived and died, now live again and forever, through their un- dying thoughts" Shall we not say deeds? For while their voices may he stilled. the silver cord be loosed. and the golden bowl broken. yet in deeds monumental and lovely they still live. Would you be remembered ? Would you, when in future years your name is called and you fail to answer. live in the heart of mans perpetual memory?
 J. H. CUMMINGS. Norwich, April 19, 1918.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20
Suggestions Offered Regarding Nor
 wich Fire Department.

MT. Editor: A gentleman. who is an occasional caller, has given me a copy of the Norwich Bulletin of April 3rd. and with much emphasis, called my attention to your fine leading ar tieie. and also to the story of the deciination of a government position by Chief Stanton, and the whole sub iect matter has interested me so much, that I'm writing to tell you about 1t, and to offer you some suggestions which. as your good Judgment may di- gest them. may be of assistance in forcing home upon the real apprecia- ton of your people the correctness of the position you have taken.
 The Rose of New England' is fa- nous throughout the entire country as a city of large industries. of great foresight, and of such intellectual ac- Inducements. as well as social culture, that it is looked up to and regarded as an examplar, and it's money wealth is attested by the fact that its banks have on deposit nearly ss3,00o.O0o.
 But, Connecticut has won the so- briquet of ''The land of steady habits and most steadily through the years Norwich has seemed not to understand or to appreciate the value to itself and it's state of it's own fire depart ment
 Also your people have the virtue oi
 steady fidelity to their home and its traditions. which fact is exemplifie6 in the story told in The Bulletin Chief Stanton declining widely sought service with the government which demonstrating his loyalty to hi, people is not particularly creditabl. to his instinct of self.
 | Like many other cities. some smaller
 and some larger, Norwich extends {
 big lot of hospitable wooden-shingl
 roofs to the always eager gaze 0
 the fire fiend. and in accordance witt i the steady habits. accepts the fact 0 1 it's small fire loss quite as a. matter o
 course, without inquiring as to hoy
 or why that loss is so small.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20
SETTLE THE WHOLE MATTER
 NOW.

While the country has been experi- encing a shortage of coal for num- Der of months and has been told that the outlook for the next winter is none too good. although every effort should be made on the part of the consumer to lay in his supply of winters coal at the earliest possible moment. there has been a disagreement between the fuel administration and the railroad ad- ministration.
 The fuel administration has. claimed that the railroads should pay the same price for their fuel as the other consumers and that there should be no favoritism shown to certain mines by providing them with sufficient cars because of the price arrangements. It has further been contended that enough cars are not being furnished the bituminous coal mining section to keep up with the production and the failure 10 get as large an output as IS expected or as is possible is due to that reason.
 This first matter was taken up with President Wilson. There was pres- entation of the facts in the case and the president has decided that the railroads must in the future pay the same price for their coal as other users and tha. the keeping of certain mines supplied with cars because of the favorable prices offered must stop. All mines must be served alike as to cars. That is sensible de-
 rision even though some new adjust
 aent in another direction has to be
 made because of this increase in ex-
 penses. But now that half of the dis agreement has been settled, why not dispose of the other in the same way If there is anything the railroads car do to increase the number of cars through improved service or new ! equipment it is time for the admins tration to bring It about. This con | troversy ought not to be allowed tc | drag on when it is known that thf
 country is going to be the sufferer.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20
SHOWING THE ALLIED STRENGTH

IL was only a day or two ago that Field Marshal Haig declared in con- nection with the situation on the western front that the French were rapidly coming to the aid of the Brit ish. This was interpreted as mean ing that the work of General Foch as commander in chief of all the forces was beginning to be felt and the sub sequent information from the battle fields gives evidence that the reserves are being thrown into the fray.
 In order to counteract the effect of this added assistance the Germans made desperate effort at different points on the northern part of the line to get added points of advantage by throwing new and fresh forces into the fight at the rate of a division to a mile. Stiffened and braced. the all lied forces were not only able to re- pulse these determined attacks but they were able to regain some ground.
 Fighting as they have been for sev- crsl days with their backs to the wall and determined that no more ground would be yielded, it has been neces- sary to retire in certain localities but nothing vital has been lost and the Germans have been prevented from securing their objectives.
 The position of the allies is there fore growing better each day, and having been unable to carry out their programme the tremendous losses which the Germans have suffered leaves them badly weakened for the battering of the wall of resistance which is being reinforced in front of them every day. The allies are ap- parently preparing for the heavy coun. Ter thrusts which are expected from them and their tactics must te giv. Ing the enemy serious concern.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20
SPEED UP THE LOAN.

lt Is now two weeks since the third Liberty loan campaign was opened. The goal this time is sS.OO0.O00, 600 and uil the oyersubscription. Thus far the subscriptions cannot be looked upon otherwise than disappointing It is not 10 be supposed that the rate at which the purchases have been made thus far can be regarded as rep resentative- Of the response during the next two weeks for there can be no such thing as failure when it comes to providing this money for the gov srnment's use in the conduct of the war.
 With half of the allotted time gone, including the special drive that was made at the opening the amount thus far pledged is not half of the minimum desired. The country has not come mp 70 the average daily amount neces- sary to put the loan over the top. That this can be attributed largely to pro- crastination rather than a lack of in- terest is highly probable. Great num- bers are delaying their duty hut for the encouragement which it gives to oth- CTS Nho are oeDatfn2 the matter It be- nooves them 10 get busy and come to the front with their dollars.
 lt should be remembered in this connection that it is not a gift which the government is asking for Uncle Sam isn't asking you to hand over your dollars. He is simply asking for ;he Joan of them and at a rate of in terest in view of the security given which makes the investment a decid- ediy attractive one.
 The Liberty loan bonds are going to represent a saving which the people are going to be able to point to with pride. No one should neglect the chance 10 be included in this great service to his country. Speed up the oan.
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the stable"
 Many people in America today fmag- inc that, with no effort on their part. the general government can furnish our soldiers and sailors with every thing they need. They seem to think that all the boys have to do is to go to the stable and get what they want. They, like my boy friend, forget that back of barrel of salt is a hayd weeks work, load of wheat, or a couple of shoats; that these have been transmitted into salt.
 All of us want our soldiers and sailors well taken care of. We want their salt barrel to be full all the while. To keep it full. we must have money. It is up to us to furnish the money.
 All that man hath will he give for his life Is your life worth more than that of the republic or that. of any of your fellow Americans? The life of the republic, as the lives of your fellow Americans, is worth all your surplus cash. Let your country have 1t in return for your country s bonds. Some time you vii find that what you thought was sacrifice was really salvation.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20

 many fools in the world is the fact that so many knaves are able to ex- ist. It is recognized fact that in- tellectuality promotes foolishness as often as it does wisdom. An Arabian proverb classifies the fools thus "A fool may be known by six things: Anger without cause; speech without profit; changee without progress; in> quiry without object; putting trust in stranger, and mistaking foes for friendsi The people who oppose their own interest and stand in their own light, who are blinded by prejudice and increase their own peril belong to the throng. It requires con stant attention for one to escape the condemning evidences of foolishness or foolhardiness. Wisdom provided that a fool should not see his own folly as it did that an ass should not see his own ears. No wonder the sages warned man to know himself.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
WHEN SALT ISN'T SALT.


 By Thomas R. Marshall, Vice Presi-
 dent of the United States.
 In the early days in Indiana salt was salt. The supply for cattle, horses, sheep and human beings was kept in the same barrel. and the bar rel was kept in the stable. When the housewife wanted salt. she went to the stable for it.
 As we advanced toward the civiIiza- ton of the effete east, salt for table use became purchaseable in small sacks. None but the aristocracy knew this, however. My father being a physician, I was both democrat and an aristocrat. Once I was accosted by neighbours boy as to where I was going 'rTo the grocery to buy a sack of salt l replied. His surprise was genuine. You don't buy salt, do you?' he asked. "We don't; we get ours in
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20
aLIBERFY .THEATREsr

a1IBERTY THEATRES" Have Been Built in All National Guard
 and National Army Camps
 in America. "Smileage Books" issued by Federal Military Entertainment Council, pro- vide free admission to, these theatres. Send one to YOUR soldier or to
 ANY soldier.
 Price $1. For sale at the following places: The Porteous & Mitchell Co., =. The Reid & Hughes Co. (Boston Store).
 Ralhbone's Drug Store. Ricker's Drug Store. The Lee X Osgood Co. The Wauregan Hotel Office. Mara & Eggieton. George Madden (Cigar Storel. Engler's Pharmacy. K. of c. Rooms. Ring x Sisk, Druggists. The Y. M. c. A. Office. IT. M. Lerou. J. C. Macpherson.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20
FOR BETTER TRANSPORTATION,

Where the state of New York fen down the government has found it necessary to take hand and while it is to be regretted that it did not move before in the taking over of the barge canal in New York state that the work of providing the necessary number of barges might have been speeded up, it cannot help being realized that the right move has been made in central izing the control of this waterway so that the whole transportation prob lem can be better met.
 With the government directing this waterway it ought to be possible to work it to it's capacity if the canal boats can be secured. and in connec- tion herewith the decision to take over a portion at least of the traffic on the lakes for the same purpose
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20

What have not done to preserve the world from these horrors?" the kaiser is quoted as saying after a visit to the battlefield east of Cam hrai. What, indeed, hasn't he done 10 bring those and equally horrible con- ditions about?
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20

A New York judge has ruled that any citizen may arrest person rnak- ing seditious statement And if he cannot do it alone he ought to be able to get plenty to help him.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20

The question now is. How long can Germany continue to lose men the way it is doing on the western front and continue to keep up it's massed attaeks2
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20

Everyone should be anxious to tell the house to house canvassers that though subscriptions have been made to the Liberty loan the willingness to buy more still prevails.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20

The young woman who has deserted her husband who gave up all his sal ary and never drank nor smoked prob ably was dissatisfied because he didn't beat her often enough.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20

For man of the ability of Charles M. Schwab it took the government a long time to reach a decision on the necessity of getting his services.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20

The man on the corner says: It takes war to stimulate the cultivation of a backyard garden where the lawn used to be.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20

You are expecting "the boys" to fight valiantly in France. Are you do- ing your part to help them by buy ing Liberty bonds?
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20

The prisoners who are able to carry out a tar and feather party ought not to complain about restrictions.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20
Sunday Morning Talk
ARRIVING BY TIE STUFF.

The man in khaki holds the center of the stage today. and is likely to do so for an indefinite period. We salute the soldier of any rank. The time has come when every American of military age not in one of Uncle Sam's uniforms of some variety or other must give a reason why. When peace is finally declared, we shall con- tinue to give due respect to those who fought it out in arms in the world $ supreme crisis. The celebration when "the boys come home" will be worth seeing. As the soldier had things much his own way in the years fol- lowing our Civil War so 1t is likely to prove after the present crisis.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20

Get your Liberty bonds Help not cnly to push the loan over the top but to swell the number of supporters.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20

More aviators. or those training to be aviators, are being killed in this country than on the battlefieids of France, in proportion to the danger involved
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20

What does all this talk about thrift and thrift stamps amount to-. We occasionally hear people ask who lack information; and they should be told plainly that it has quiSkened economy, or to put it another way. has stopped waste to an amount equal to the fullS annual cost of the war to America, as tremendous as that is. The tangible proof of this lies in the statement of increased savings during the year 1917 which are truly amazing. It is estimated that the savings of the whole people of the
 United States before we entered the war were s, 100000 to $6,000, ,o00,- 900; but in 1917 these savings grew
 by leaps and bounds reaching from
 s14,00o, GOO, 900 to 5,0oo, ,eoo,oo Here is an increase of ten billion dollars,
 and the total economy of the nation represents three billion more than the total cash of the war by billion of dollars every six months; and this is due to the lift the school children and the working people are giving to Uncle Sam. Have you lent a hand yet !? This is the army which supports the l army at the front, and it is a dis tinctive honor, to have war stamps war certificates or liberty bonds as
 evidence of your ardor and your loyalty.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20
EDITORIAL NOTES.

It is well to remember that no one will get stuck by licking war savings or thrift stamps.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20

The German politician tells any representative of democracy that his country Ifs not ruled from the gutter" and he cannot be made to believe it's preservation is due to the people. He believes in the revolver and the strap for the common laborer and seven shiilings day for skilled labor, or about five marks in their money. The one thing not believed in the FAderland is the American German who believed in democracy, and if he goes to Germany and talks of the rule of the people for the people he has got to sneak into secret places and whisper the sentiments of Wash ington and Lincoln A good many Germans let their enthusiasm for their race overwhelm their nationality, and we find them antagonistic to their best interests. They have gotten wealth in this country and attained positions impossible to them in any other country: and those who are to- day playing the part of ingrates will have ample time to regret it.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20

Arrogance in power gone mad. There is no saving grace in any power save that of love and truth. Bring ing the nations of the earth to the verge of famine is a crime. Renaak- ing the geography of earth is villiany the remaking of the manhood of the earth is virtue. It needs no argu- ment to prove that Chapin was right when he said: Not armies, not ra- tions, have advanced the race; but here and there in the course of ages, an individual has stood up and cast his shadow over the world" The greatest individuals are not com manders of men but commanders of self. It is the virtue and honesty of the individual which lends strength and luster to the state. It is strange that "the men of convictions whose very faces will light up an era and the believing women in whose eyes one may read the. whole plan of sal vation, have no place in history like that we give to the butchers of the ages. Our professions are Christian but too many of our cystems are dew ilish.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20

Princessan Ingieborg, the Spanisl steamer which was recently seized b! the Germans, is reported to have beer released.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20

The proof that shere. arc great
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20

The man who does not know how to enjoy wealth is simply a slave to it. Many man of means lives in an at mosphere of misery. There is no poverty like that of man who never feels rich however great his material holdings. The urge of the miser has never ceased to be a torment. It is good to have money, it is better to know how to spend it and get from it the greatest possible joy while doing the greatest amount of good with it. To use wealth to make others envious is to increase the perils of life; and to use it for excessive pleasure is to in- vite broken health and continuous mis- cry. It is not the bank account which reveals whether a. man is rich or poor, but the joy found in life Millionaires become bereft of reason and weep because of their poverty, which is not as imaginary as it seems to be- and men of means suicide be- cause their whole lives to them have become meaningless. The richest man is said to be the one who is content with the least.