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Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-30
SHOULD BE PROTECTED.

Dye manufacturers in this country appear to be q bit worried over the situation that they face. Business has to a certain extent been resumed W.th Gernany by this and other allied countries. Just as soon the peace treaty is ratified it is to be expected that the business will show a marked increase and in connection herewith even as was the case before the war it can be expected that there will be much trade in the German made dyes
 When the war opened we were to a large extent dependent upon Germany for dyes and many of our chemicals. It was apparent that this source of supply would be cut off and there wa a healthy scramble to set in motion the machinery that would provide home made dyes in sufficient quantity and in the proper quality to meet the domestic demand. There was no ques- tion but what it could be done. We had the brains, the money and the in cIination, but it was tife time in which to meet the situation that bothered, for the industry had been frightfully neglected It was considered that German goods were so good and cheap that 1t would not pay to try to compete with them.
 Necessity, however, changed the situation and after large expenditures and diligent experiments we have got ten to the point where we can pro- duce practically all the dyes that we need of satisfactory quality and are at the same time able to export a cer- tain amount. After the struggle to build up the industry which will. if encouraged, be an important one. it is quite natural that those who have met the nations needs in time of stress should seek legislation that will pro- tect them from the foreign product The situation has been so apparent that it ought to have been taken care of long ago but thus far the protec- tion that is needed has not been pro- vided
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CIRCULATION : WEEK ENDING OCT. 25th, 1919
 1O,3O0
THE COAL STRIKE.

From early indications it does not appear that the meeting of the min CTS executive board at Indianapolis is inclined to give favorable considera- ton to the proposition put forth by President Wilson or that it will call the officials of the miners union have been called for Saturday of this week. There can be no question but what the officials of the miners union has the authority to stop the strike just as much as they have to start it for it does not appear that the strike has been called as the result of the vote of the miners themselves. And the fact that the leaders are not favorable 10 calling the strike off does not nec- essarily mean that such would be dis closed if the miners had a chance to ballot thereon.
 The session of the executives is young yet. Secretary of Labor Will son. who was at one time an official in the miners union. has stated that it is probable that any action on the presidents communication and warn ing will be delayed until the last minute.
 But even if there is a refusal to re- scind, q defiance of president and country, the government authorities should, as the result of their meet ings, have their plan of action so well mapped out by this time that they can face such a situation as develops Naturally the cabinet meeting was unwilling to divulge it's intended ac- ton otherwise than to say that the mines will be kept open and operating if the strike is carried out. and in it's determination there is no question but what the government has the backing Of public sentiment We have gotten to the point where it is time to put an end to such unjustifiable and unlaw- full hOldups. And if there has got to be 9 showdown it might just as well come now as any other time
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railroads will be obbliged to adapt their train schedules to the delivery of the passengers in New York city on New York time. With local aGitators in the various centers. backed up by the pressure of New York's action, 1t looks as though the daylight saving schedule will be adopted in all the big cities of the East before next year has rolled around.-Bridgeport Stand ard Telegram.
 It is entirely in harmony with sound democratic doctrines that the people of New Haven should have been given an opportunity to express their opinion upon the proposed in troduction of the trolley zone fare sys- tenn. From every pQrl of view it is wiser to thresh the matter out before the scheme is installed than after. Post mortems of this character are not enlightening.
 We hold no brief for the Connecticut trolley company. We pretend to hold one for the general community and the nearby towns and boroughs We do not like the zone system, and we are not overstocked with faith in it's outcome but we are at loss to suggest a substi- tute remedy which has not already been stupidly rejected by the general assembly. We shall always listen with great respect to a substitute plan that will work out the community. problem
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-30
FROM LUcHE'S DIARY

~.Pm glad to help you out" she rs- l piled sirnpiy. saw her again Una evening al the Overseas ciup. Whore we were both staying.
 Did you enjoy your afternoOn?'' she inquired ac4diy as was about to pass her in the pah with a cheery good night.
 Yes, thank you. hope you had a pleasant time at the canteen.
 Tt was all r.gnu, except that we were so busy 1 couldn't get away in time to dress for the dlnner, and had to telepnone my regrets and eX- cuses- It was certainty rather late to leave a place at the table thrilled. I'm sure your hostess would quite understand as you were doing such good work" 1 sd assAringIy. .'in these days society cannot claim our first attention, can l hope, .aowever, that you haven't had lone ly evening, l .luueu kindIy. Tor l saw that she looked very distratt. What have you been doing :" "Wondering how you enjoyed hear ing MT. Sothern this afternoon"
 .Whyy gasped and then quickly decided to make 2 joke of the matter and laughted His talk was inte- resting, of course. but, well, don't think those who didn't go, missed great deal after all.'
 T should like to have decided that for myself" she replied rather jelly. T am a great admirer of MT. Sotherns and I feel awfully disappointed that l did not hear him speak, especially as it was to welfare workers about his tour.''
 Why didn't you say this morning that you wished to go?''
 Because I hadn't heard of the lec- ture at that time. and you didn't tell me why you wished me to substitute for you. I would have chosen the talk rather than the canteen. I just learn ed this evening where you went.
 "Oh I'm sorry," exclaimed. T sup posed of course that you had read the invitation on the bulletin board. You must watch the board every morning. or you may miss some other little event.
 'T most certainly shall watch it. she replied crisply.
 As it happened, we never had any more conversation after that evening. When we met in the club she merely bowed and. although we sailed on the same ship, we were never together.
 I fear I was sadly mistaken in her, for when she left me this morning at the bargain counter it was with a cold air of finality. Although I was disap- pointed in her because I expected a girl of her family and position to have more boise and graciousness. I did not allow it to bother me.-Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-30
STORIES OF THE WAR
Atrocities in Minsk. (The Associated Press

The Polish government is compil- ing the story of the atrocities commit ted under the bolsheyik reign in the city of Minsk. now occupied by the Poles. The latest. brought by an American Red Cross worker who has just returned from a relief assignment in that newly occupied city. concerns the murder of a woman hospital aS- sistant who was rash enough to ex- press the hope that conditions would improve when the town fell to the Poles.
 The director of the hospital in ques- tion, smarting under an ill-deServed rebuke administered to him by surly official of the Red regime warned the latter that the arrival of the Poles would bring a change for the better. For this he was depotred to Smolensk. His woman assistant, who ventured a little further in expressing her opin- ion, was shot into grave on the dawn before the taking of the city by the Polish army.
 When visited by workers of the American Red Cross Commission to Poland. the hospitals and orphan ages of the city were found in such pressing need of food that many of them had been obliged to close One home for war orphans had been with out so much as a crust of bread for more than a week. Many others had suffered similar Drivations. According 10 reports of investigations, only out side aid can rescue these people from the chaos of terror and suffering in which they are submerged.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-30
THE PROPER MOVE.

As long as they were determined not to compix with the demands of the striking longshoremen. whose unjusti- fled strike has caused stagnation in water transportation in New York for | the past three weeks. there remained nothing else for the ship owners and the shipping board of the United States to do but to. declare that any labor that could be hired would be used henceforth for the purpose of unloading and loading ships and over coming the deplorable situation, which already involves large losses.
 Every reasonable means has been used to bring about an adjustment Many of the union workers have al
 ready returned to their duties and are
 aiding in relieving the situation, but
 there is fight amongst the 1ongshore-
 men themselves in which the red in-
 fiuenee is manifested to such an ex-
 tent that those who are refusing to
 work under the new rate. because 1t
 did not amount to what they expected,
 are a s ready to fight and assault their
 union brothers who are working as
 they would be to tackle strikebreak-
 CTS
 Patience enough has been manifest ed in endeavoring to straighten out the tangle. Business cannot be allowed to go to pieces. ships cannot be kept tied at their piers, foodstuffs cannot be allowed to rot and mail cannot be per mitted to go undslivered just be- cause q certain number of piernen have decided to take a vacation until they can get what they demand. The strikers are gradually returning but there are still enough out to handicap transportation badly. Such being the case and they refuse to work there is certainly justification for employing any who are willing to do so at the same pay that the others have re- fused And workers under such condi- tions are entitled to the adequate pro- lection which they are promised.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-30
Try Making Your OtUfa Cough Remedy You can eave about S2, and have better remedy than the ready
 made kind.N Easily done.
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If you combined the curative proper ties of every known "ready-made" cough remedy, you probably could not get as much real curative power as there is in this simple homemade cough syrup, which is easily prepared in few minutes.
 Get from any druggist 2K ounces of Pinex, pour it into pint bottle and fill the bottle with syrup, using either plain granulated sugar syrup, clarified molasses, honey, or corn syrup, as de- sired. The result is a full pint of really better cough syrup than you could buy ready-made for three times the money. Tastes pleasant and never spells.
 This Pinex and Syrup preparation gets right at the cause of a cough and gives almost immediate relief. It loosens the phlegm, stops the nasty throat tickle and heals the sore, irritated membranes so. gently and easily that it is really astonishing.
 A days use will usually overcome ths ordinary cough and for bronchitis, croup, hoarseness and bronchial asthma, there is nothing better.
 Pinex is a most valuable concentrated compound of genuine Norway pine ex- tract, and has been used for generations to break up severe coughs.
 To avoid disappointment. ask your druggist for @2Ea ounces of Pinex" with full directions, and don't accept any, thing. else. Guaranteed to give absolute satisfaction or money promptly re- funded. The Pinex O., Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-30
OTHER VIEW POINTS

There is talk in New London abou' the amount of harm the city will ferry, when the new bridge across the Thames is in use. The Courant venturers to say that the loss will be more than balanced by the gain in volved in tceasing to be condemned and disliked by the whole great body of travellers by automobile.
 It seems that the ferry carries foot passengers across for three cents each and the toll by the bridge will be five cents for foot passengers The idea is a half mile out of their way to pay two extra cents. This is very likely in the case of those who are not run oves. at the deadly grade crossing which all must use to reach the ferry boats. {.
 It is safe to assume that every au- tomobile will take the bridge. This will avoid the crossing and the delay and the risk. It is assumed by The Day that the automobiles pay about a third of the receipts of the boats and the profits can stand that decline and still be worth having. Nobody be- grudges New London all the profits it can get, provided the contribution to them is optional and not compulsory. Hartford Courant.
 The Boston Chamber of Commerce has begun a campaign for the contin- uation of Daylight Saving in Boston, despite the failure of the national law. Similar campaigns are in progress in cities all along the line, from New York, right through New England.
 New York City, through it's board of aldermen, has already passed a daylight saving law which will as sure the continuance of the present schedule when the national law has passed out of effect.
 With New York in line there will be a consequent pressure brought to bear on all cities within communica- tion of the big metropolis. Bridgeport, for instance, will find it very difficult to adjust it's time on any other basis than that of New York city. The
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-30
SURPLUS CLERKS.

A matter to which due attention should be given py the administration is that which concerns the large num- Der of clerks that are maintained in WaShin Ston where they were called ln order to handle the business in con-
 nection with the war but which has undergone a decided decline without greatly affecting the number Of em- ployes.
 It is pointed out that since the signing of the armistice nearly a year ago the war department has dis charged 92 per cent. of the enlisted men. These were the men who were called to fight and who were paid $50 q month, but i1 the same time only 32 per cent. of the army of clerks in Washington have been discharged, these clerks being the ones who stay ed at home and received in all proba- bility in a week more than the sol diers did in a month. But even that percentage of discharges doesn't tell the whole story for it is declared that almost as fast as the clerks are dis charged from one bureau they are placed by the civil service commission with another.
 Such might excite no comnGnt if the fighting was going on and it was nee essity to fill shortages in various bu- reaus in order to take care of war work, but that isn't the case for the same force of clerks is being main tained to take care of mailing 10000 allowances a month to soldiers as did the work of getting out 2,000 900 monthly, and a trip through the bu- reaus shows that a large number of the clerks being kept have nothing to do.
 Whatever help is needed in carrying on the governments business should be provided, but where the objection comes in is where the help required during ar emergency is being retain ed after the emergency is over and there is no work for them to do. With the frequent calls for economy in ap- propriations attention ought to be turned in this direction long enough to overcome the apparent waste.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-30
SLACK FILLED PACKAGES,

Many are there who will be inter ested in the outcome of the move for an amendment to the pure food law that would prohibit the use of what are called slack filed packages and those of deceptive appearance. This is apparently aimed at the practice of placing goods before the public in large containers for the purpose of selling that paiticular brand or giving the purchaser the impression that the package is full and contains more than others when as a matter of fact such is not the case and the buyer doesn't
 find it out until some time later There are of course certain dealers who provide containers that hold more than is placed therein. the idea being that as conditions changed larger or smaller quantities of the goods would be placed therein for the same amount of money. By such a practice there was a variation in the amount of goods obtained rather than a f1uctua- ton in the price of stipulated amount But it is evident, however, that it is grossly unfair to the buyer to be confronted with a package that might hold a pound and a quarter to pound and half when as a matter of fact it only contains a pound
 Such cases may not be swindIe, provided there is furnished in the package all that it is claimed, but it nevertheless is deceiving from the standpoint of appearances and leans toward unfair pfactices- Those who are dealing straightforwar1ly with the consumer have good reason to sup port legislation that is aimed at those who are engaged in in unfair compe-
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-30

This morning whan I was down town in search of a wedding present for Georgette Rue I met Nancy Rob- bins at a counter where they were some remarkable bargains in slightly shopworn oriental scarfs and table covers. I think with prices as they are now it is only right to shop pru- dently.
 Why, Miss Robbins" l exclaimed, how glad am to see you When did you get back?"
 About a month ago." she answer ed casually.
 And you've been home ali this time without letting me know. Just think, we haven't seen each other since we landed last autumn in Francen NO, but recall you very distinct Iy, especially in New York; T was always hoping to run across you over there, for l think we Chicago welfare workers who served overseas should be good friends, don't you?"
 Really, 1 haven't thought about it at all You'll excuse me if I hurry on, won't you. l am extremely busy" she said leaving me before I had time to
 1 am rather glad now that I didn't ask her, because she was snippy in her manner, and the icy quality of her voice reminded me af the last time she spoke to me in New York a year ago when we were both waiting to sail.
 
 erness of soul that leads to remem- bering and magniying small griev- anceS. After all the world has Suff-- cred in these late years, I can't understand how any one can have so little breadth as to dwell on or har- Dor some fancied personal injury.
 I feel sue that when she spoke of New York she was thinking of the day asked her if she would serve that afternoon in the Eagle Hut canteen in my place.
 What is it?" she asked.
 'Oh, it's great fun,'' I said. "and just as interesting as it can be-" and then I explained about the work. and told her where to report Tt will be a real kindness if you will go in my stead" I said to her, flor I have something extremely important to do this afteroon."
 T had intended to try on my uni- form" she said a little doubtfully, and perhaps I can get fitting tomor row and I suppose can leave in time to dress for the dinner"
 "Of course you can, and I'm sure it should make you very happy to do me such a tremendous favor. From now on our slogan should be sacrifice and service, and it's lovely of you to manifest that spirit toward me"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-30
Looking for Parents of Unclaimed
 Children,

Names and faces of streams of re- turning refugees are being eagerly scanned by Red Cross workers in every city in Poland each day in search for the parents of ten thousand unclaimed children, lost in the chaos of the Ger man drive of 1918.
 Every day. from among the starved ranks of the wanderers, some worn woman or broken father clasps the thin waffle from whom they were mercileSSly torn almost three years ago-a reunion that takes place as often as not in some Red Cross refugee never be claimed, for their parents, driven away when the Germans came, found only temporary safety in Rus sia where they were caught in the we bof anarchy and suffered death in the days of Russian terror.
 All of the children are now under the care of the American Red Cross and such supplies as are available have been devoted to their needs. But for the thousands who will never again be united with their parents. more than temporary aid is needed. Some permanent institutional scheme will have to be devised, but this must wait more normal times than the present.
 Unless rescued from actual starva- ton and nakedness and mothered by strong again, these children will bear the marks of war for the rest of their lives. Anaemias rickets. tuberculosis chronic, will forever handicap them.
 If a woman can't get her way any other waY she nrOceedS to faint
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tition. and certainly the opposition that comes from those who are en- deavoring to pull the wool over the eyes of the buyer is not entitled to very much consideration. The public is entitled to all the protection that it can get in matters of this kind.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-30

With 50,000 less women registering to vote at the coming electicn in New York than did at the previous election, 1t looks as if interest was waning as quickly even as i. did amongs. those who arc allowed to vote on school matters in this state.
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colds. and constipation so gently you're never even inconyenienced. There is no gripping and none fof the explosive after effects of cathartics
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President Wilson

President Wilson has been very fond of telling about responding to the sentiments of the people, but he evil dent1y didn't give national sentiment a thought in vetoing the prohibition bill. He was apparently more intent on try ing to straighten out past eTrors
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like Calomel, Salts, sickening oil o. cramping Pills. Tonight take Chs carets and get rid of the bowel and liver poison which is keeping you mls- erable and sick. Cascarets cost lit- tie and work while you sleep. a
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-30

Having just bought the biggest di- rigible in the world from England for two and a half millions we ought to have the pleasure of seeing 1t come sailing across the Atlantic.
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The allied nations are beginning to realize that the United States cannot be inveigled into taking the Armenian mandate. but it required a long time to convince them.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-30

The cigarettes must go next. says a reformer. And they seem to be going most of the time.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-30

Two women in New Jersey are dead after drinking home made whiskey. But how many do you suppose that will deter from having their own little experience?
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-30

What a grand time this would be fo. someone to bob up with a cheap sub stitute for coal.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-30

If getting back to the good old nor nal times was as easy as turning bacl the clock everybody would be doing it
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-30

All the miners. one statement says, will not strike if the strike is insisted upon. Surely not. all of them have not gone mad.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-30

Now that the prohibition enforce ment bill has been passed over the presidents veto, the cellar supplies are going to be more valuable than ever
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-30

In view of the present wages of la borers more people will have to be on
 | the lookout for the counterfeit $50 bill that is in circulation.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-30

The record of the allies in sinking 200 of the 370 German U-bcats wa. highly creditable in view of the han. dicaps under which they had to work
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

From all accounts Lenine must be having as much fun being captured as Villa.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-30

If a. woman can't get her way any
 other way, she proceeds to faint.