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Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-04
cRiTHIsING THE LEAGUE.

There can he no question but what
everyone is anxious 30 prevent the
recurrence OF any such w5c az the
world has been through. 1t has been
An experience which calls for The put
ting forth of every effort 10 see that
there shall be no such great eacrifice
o. life and destruction Of property
again as the nations have suffered. A
determined effort in that direction is
being made by the move to establish
2 league of nations. Sue'l an under
taking carries with it q widespread in
terest and intense sympathy, but il IS
highly desirable nevertheless that
when such step is taken that It
should be so we'll done that it will
fully cover the ground and not leave
the Job half done.
Whether the league OF nations as
proposed. under the constitution as it
stands today, will accomplish all that
is desired is question. There are
certain features about which there IS
considerable doubt and the time to
eliminate such q doubt is now and not
after trouble develops. IF as claimed
the constitution of the league 1oes not
do certain things. what is the harm
in having that explicitly stated there
IN? 1t would be safeguard and it is
that very thing that is being sought
by the league.
IL is all right TO accept the inter-
probation which is placed upon differ
ent provisions Of the constitution for
what they are good for today and as
long as those participating in the for
nation Of the league can be called up
on, but who is going TO tell what the
league makers Intended in the years
60 come? n it is set down in black
and white there will be no question
about it. Constructive criticism of the
league is therefore to he welcomed
We want the best possible league when
the league Is established
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-04
YOUR INCOME TAX

Liberal deductions for business are
allowed by the new revenue bill.
Business expenses are the amounts
actually paid or incurred during the
tax year in the conduct of a business,
trade or profession. In computing ret
income merchant may find mis- profits
on the following basis:
First ascertain the gross sales and
the other items of gross income, such
as interest on bank balances and mis-
cellaneous items. Then add together
the inventory at the beginning Of the
year and the cost of goods purcha sed
for resale. From this sum subtract
the inventory at the end OF the year,
and the result is the cost Of goods
sold. This cost, plus necessary bus
mess expense is to be deducted from
the gross sales and other income, and
the result is the net income of the
business.
If the taxpayers accounts are kept
on receipts and payments basis, the
return may be made in accordance
Herewith.
a merchant may claim as deduc-
tons the amount paid for advertising,
hire of clerks and other employees, the
cost of light and fuel water, tele-
phone, etc, used in his place of BUS
mess the cost of operating delivery
wagons motor trucks and incidental
repairs to such vehicles.
Amounts expended in entertaining
an out-of- town customer may be de-
Quoted if the sole purpose is to cultl.
vate the good will of the customer
and obtain an increase in trade.
A physician may claim as deduc-
tions the cost of medicines and 1nedi-
cal supplies used by him in his prac
tee a reasonable proportion Of the ex
penses paid "A the maintenance and
repair of an automobile used in max
ing professional calls, the expenses Of
attending medical conventions. dues to
medical societies and subscriptions to
medical journals, the rent paid for Of
flee rooms and the hire of office as
! sistants. If his office is in rented
home he may claim as a deduction
that proportion of the rent properly
chargeable to the rooms for profess
siOnal purposes. The same deduc-
| lions are allowed a dentist.
| A farmer may deduct all amounts paid
| in preparing his land for a CROP and
/ the cultivation, harvesting and mar
! keting of the crop. The cost of seed
and fertilizer used and amounts spent
in caring for live stock are deductible
items. The cost of minor repairs, to
! farm buildings, other than the dwell
ing, and of fences, farm machinery
and wogans may be claimed also the
cost of farm tools which are used up
! in the course of year or two and of
materials for immediate use, such as
binding Irvine, stock powders, etc.
/ The cost of machinery of a permanent
character, such as threshing machine
/ or tractor is held to be a capital in
vestment and is not allowable deduc-
| ton. Deduction may be made Tor
rent paid for farm.
| This, in a general way, outlines the
ordinary expenses incurred by nler-
chant, professional man or farmer,
and the principal underlying these al
! lowances is equally applicable in the
conduct of any trade, bushes or pro-
fession. In short, all expenses con-
nected directly and solely with the
conduct of an income producing bus
mess, trade, profession or vocation
are allowable.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-04
OUR TRADE WITH CANADA,

When we are giving attention to the
development Of our foreign trade we
are inclined TO think of that which IS
carried on with countries outside of
North America, but IL is well TO re-
alize that while we are dealing heav-
ny with European countries our sec
ond best customer is our neighbor to
the north, Canada
Canada is engaged in the produc-
lion OF much that is produced in this
country but It cannot get along with
out large amount of outside goods
and it is quite natural in view OF the
way in which the two countries join
that there should be big trade be-
tween them. That Canada stands
spc0nd in the list OF countries with
which we do business demonstrates
the way in which development is tax
ing place there and the satisfactio
which is. found in goods from this
country.
The dominjon r. a large self pro-
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-04

Palace of Westminster, but in IT'S,
when the tower was in ruins, instead
Of being taken to the abbey which
was close by, it was sent to st. PauFs
Cathedral.
Great Toms duties are now con-
fined to striking the hours and tolling
for royal and important deaths and
funerals
Letters from our army in Germany
describe the dizziness OF doing NJ
ing, and how our soldiers are finding
occupation after the manner Of tn
Pacific Islanders who lived by taking
in each others washing. No. PIa-
toon, for instance. is told off as fati-
que party to No. s. and has 80 clean
the buttons, the boots, the eqppmens,
rifles, etc, to the nth degree OF per.
lection for that happy platoon. which
| Tolls round, smokes, criticises, and de-
| mands better work.
| The fun begins when No. Platoon
| in turn takes things easy, and has a
| fatigue party to wait Upon it-espec-
tally if it be No. 8. which has to spit
and polish for It's batmen Of yester-
Gay!-London Chronicle.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-04
OTHER VIEW POINTS

The fixing of May Is as the time
limit for the commission on the in
vestigation of the municipal affairs of
Bridgeport to make it's report does not
encourage the hope that the session
of 1919 will be brought to a close at
an earlier date than thai at which its
predecessor Of 1917 finished It's bust
ness. OF course i. does not follow that
the report Of the commission will be
delayed until May Is, but the fixing
of that date makes the delay possible.
Hartford Times.
One of those futile statisiiciars has
figured that an inch of rain falling on
an acre of ground would fill six hun
dred 45-gallon barrels and weigh more
than ITO tons. Thousands of citizens
who know ruthing about the intrica-
cies of statistical computation have
learned by experience that an inch OF
rain falling i'll a half iiOt,g' on a piece
of ground about fifteen faer hy twenty
close to the house will dampen the
cellar enough to make it necessary to
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-04

Queer but it is nevertheless a fact
that two thirds of the goods which it
purchases from outside it's borders are
bought in the United States. What
that means is shown by the report to
the effect that Canada's imports for
the last four years reached the total
of So, $50, C0J,000 and OF that goods TO
the value OF s2.66G. $4,000 came from
this country and this involved the
war trade, for regardless of the speed
ing up of it's industries and the devel-
cpment of every line Of enterprise
Canada took eleven per cent of all
our exports since the war opened.
That we are a good customer of
Canada is also shown by the figures
for practically quarter of it's exports
during the period of the war of 81
go, 0G0, 600, came to the United States.
These figures are enlightening but in
view of the location of the two coun-
tries it would indeed be surprising if
this close trade relation were not so.
BUILDING scHooLHoUsEs.
In connection with the need of
and getting back to a normal basis as
fast as possible the suggestion has
been made by P. p. Claxton, United
States commissioner of education, to
the effect that schoolhouses should be
built, and in relation thereto he points
out that previous to cur entrance into
the war we were spending in this
country a hundred million dollars a
year on new schoolhouses, sum
equal to what we have just appropri-
ated for the relief of distressed and
starving people in Europe. but that
even then the outlay was not in
keeping with the needs. The progress
that was being made was not in
| keeping with what was considered
| necessary to make the conditions what
they should be.
The war has had a serious effect
upon work Like much other building
| new schoolhouses have had to wait
The money. material and labor have
been needed in other directions Now
there is of course chance to not only
! resume the annual outlay for new
schools but to make up Cor the delay
which has been occasioned by the two
years wait. There is an opportunity
to give employment 70 the building
| tradesmen, many Of whon had gone
| into different phases of war work or
into the nations service. There is
! likewise much material in the hands
! of the government which might be
/ sold for such purpose for a fail
/ considerat ton to sill concerned, but
while the suggestion OF engaging II
| such work is a 5000 one it is n ques-
! ton whether those communities which
in the days before the wa failed tt
'nodernize their school buildings be.
cause OF the expense will feel tha
they can provide the funds unde,
present day conditions. Tho easier
way, and the way which is NOR,
often followed, is to let such con.
struction work wait until funds arr
more easily raised. Such, however
does not overcome the need for more
and better schoolhouses.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-04
The FUTURE OF ouR SHIPPING

One Of the great handicans under
which this country found itself at the
opening Of the war was the lack of
ships, There had been steady
dwindling Of merchant vessels for
years and our commerce overseas was
being carried for tho most rart in for
eign bottoms. 50 much 50 that our fag
was seldom seen in many of the ports
of the world.
There was thus n immediate need
for the revival Of shrhuil6i-r with
lr!vate capital and government funds
being used in large amounts for the
purpose Of meeting the requirements,
The result Is that there has been
n large investment in shipvards
and AT the present time the federol
shirninE hoard has undcr its control
~ per cent. Of the ocean going mer-
chant vessels Of this country over 500
tons gross TONNAGE. while there arc
vessels under construction for Il which
when completed win put it in possess
sion Of more than 70 ner cent. of the
ocean shipping.
The shipping board THROUGH the au-
thoritv granted the president will or
can retain control of the merchant
fleet for a period Of six months after
peace is declared. It also has power
70 dispose of the vessels hut accord
ing to the recent statement Of Chair
man Hurley he does not favor the can.
collation. Of existing contracts be-
cause Of the effect II would have upon
Industry and the belief that there will
be no surplus shipping by the time
the programme IS carried out AL
though it has not been set forth ir
detail as yet Chairman Hurley Is in
clined TO favor the operation Of the
merchant marine by the government
rather than disposing of it, Whether
this is for the purpose OF preventing
any sacrifice because of the war time
expense involved Is not disclosed but
It is a step which will require con.
sressional action before such a recon-.
mendation could be put into effect.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-04

When Pe~dita slipped into the back
yard, with her hair in curl papers and
her hands fun OF celery tops, it was
with the intentaion of putting these
tops into the garbage box and of re-
firing Immediately to the house. But
Wheh she saw Some scraps of paper
that the wind had blown up against
the fence her sense of orderliness led
her to pick these up aud put them
where she had deposited the celery
tops.
''Botheration," she said to herself, as
she stopped to gather the bits of paper.
there comes the grocery boy. I never
knew it to fail that if you tried to es-
cape notice some one was sure to ap-
pear on the scene"
However, the grocer's boy remained
but a short time on the scene, only
long enough to deposit his packages On
the kitchen table and close the storm
door with a slam.
He needn't have shut that door,
said Perdita to herself. "It was open
when he went in and why couldn't he
have left it as he found it,"
All. why indeed, for when Perdita
tried to open the door in order to hide
the curl papers as speedily as possible
she could not bulge the thing, and il
appeared 10 be locked from tne lIiStuS
Yet there was not soul inside the
house, at least there was not when
Perdita had paused in her salad max
ing to get rid of the celery tops.
And I must get that salad ready
by II O'clock" she declared to her
self, ''for the girls are coming to lun-
cheon at l, and there are Il hundred
things yet to be DONE
What should she do? Appeal to the
neighbors? With her hair i'll curl pa
pers? Never! Climb through Il win
dow? But how could she reach win
dow. and how could she know that she
could open it if she did?
Perdita recalled a recent experience
in the country when Paul had locked
himself out on the front porch in {
storm and had been obliged TO remain
longer than he wished owing 10 Ii!
inability to arouse Perdita, who SUM
bered above on another porch. Sht
remembered that she had not been
very sympathetic when Paul had re
lated his adventure to fer, and sh'
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-04
THE RESULT OF A SLAM

had thought at the time that he ought
to have been more particular about
the door before veuturng out.
Il shall not tell him of this she
announced to herself, fer he would
think me to blame, though I'm not for
this old door is ncYe:. locked, and |
don't believe there is any lock On it."
But the door must be opened and
the salad finished. Fortunately, there
was one diamond shaped window in
the door, and this Perdita proceeded
to break with a piece of brick, and
then the curl papers We're swallowed
up for a moment. But there was a
lock on the door and it was fastened
and from her present angle Perdita
could not unlock it. But who had
locked it? A burglar who had entered
from the front and had secured himself
against intrusion while he plundered
the house?
I suppose" unused Perdita, that he
will steal my salad, and if I should get
in and meet him he would see these
horrid curl papers"
And then a sudden inspiration came
to Perdita. No doubt the grocer's boy
with that fearful slam that he had
given the door had caused the old lock
to spring, and acting on this conylc-
<4OI L viva IS4IiONSd uIDl VI liC
glass and allowed her whole tiny body
to follow the lead of the curl papers.
And it must have been as she di-
vined, for the salad was just as she
| had left it, and there were no strange
eyes TO 2aZe upon the curl papers.
i;ut Gees anyone suppose she coGid
keep fnpm relating her adventure to
| Paul as he partook of what remained
| OF The salad at the evening meal'
Just tEjrk." she said to MIN, how
| iT?r':;t can happen from the most ~
! significant of actions. If [ hal not
| wanted to get those celery tops out o.
| the way the trouble would not have
occurred
| She thought Paul would refer to his
| own experience with doors, and to hei
lack of sympathy but you never know
how a man is going to take thes'
| things, and what he said was:
! But l thought good hoGsekeepar!
| did not throw away clay tors il
these days of food cCnseyve.loE.' -
l Exchange.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-04
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Premier clemenceau is showing
that he still has a lot of stick to-itive-
ness in his system.
The man On the corner says: A sore
thumb will oftentimes heal quicker
than a sore conscience.
All that is needed is a few good
rains to show that it is impossible to
keep good reservoir down.
The president has said that he is open
to conviction, but that is about the
position the people are in regarding
the league of nations.
President Wilson has said he is
anxious to get to writing history. He
knows that no president has ever had
more than two terms.
When they first begin to talk about
possible presidential candidates many
are always named who would never
get past the distance flag
President Wilson wants SIS ,ooo 900 Ia
meet the expenses of the peace dele
CATION, It would never do of course
unless it outdistanced Henry Ford's
effort.
That man arrested in Chicago who
hadn't taken a bath for % years must
have been thoroughly in sympathy
with the new order of the bath in
Russia put forth by the bolsheviki.
II is nearly four months now since
the armistice was signed and the
fighting stopped, but casualty reports
are just telling of deaths which &C.
cured way hack last September.
When il is announced that not {
single case of flu has been lost a.
Sing Sing il is quite evident that they
are able to exercise better contro
over that than they are some prison,
ers.
That bridegroom in Ohio who ha.
Just paid the clergyman for the cere.
mony performed 40 years ago mus
have reached the conclusion after du,
delIberatlon that the parson did goct
JOB.
Ii doesn't show up the marin,
| workers in New York in a very IA
vorable light when they refuse tn,
award of the war labor board umpir-
after agreeing to submit their griev
ances 70 him.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-04

wear rubber booots on every trip down
TO the furnace for four days -Provi-
dence Bulletin.
Gov Coolidge of Massachusetts is
reqesting congress that The 220-mili-
meter cannon captured ly the 102d
regiment from the Germans be left on
the Boston Common. Gov. Iolcomb
has already gotten into action with a
request that the big gun re given to
Connecticut to be located near the
Capitol at Han tford. There were Mas
SachusettS regiments in the H6th. They
must have captured trophies that Gov.
Coolidge with goood grace can ask to
have located in that state. The best
thing the Massachusetts governor can
do with good grace untisr these cir
cumstances IS to yield and let the 1929
trophy come where it beiongs.-Wa-
terbury Republican.
What a jolt will be handed congress
vyhen the bill proposing million and
4 quarter postof1ice for Bridgeport I
presented
Bridgeport had not had good word
spoken in it's behalf so far as post
offices are concerned since the present
one was built Who knows how many
years ago tnat was? shall we say
hundreds ?'' It loooks that lid at any
rate, although it is only about a gen.
Grafton.
In the meantime Red River. Texas,
Hog Hollow Mississippi. and Cactus
| Junction Arizona, have put in their
bids for half million and million dollar
postof1ices and stand more chance of
getting them Than any city up here.
viii Bridgeparts request be turned
down?
The chance of getting it seems too
good to come true.
A ritz tra' is content To put up with
the type of postoF7ce md customs
house that we have put up with for 50
, many years, deserves Lure cCnsidera-
F; ton.
But now that we have learned how
+hese things are rrocured perhaps we
| will keep at It. The chamber of COM
merce is on the job. And with the
port of Bridgeport plan IA the works
| we have got to have 81 least q GUS
| toms house 20 take care of the clear
F! ngs--Bridgeport Stand 1rdI elegrarn.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-04
Norwich and WiIimantic Automo-
biIists.

Mr.. Editor: Undoubtedly you are as
much interested as the writer in the
main highway between Norwich and
Wi1limantic. had an occasion to go
over the road last Thursday, Feb.
27th and again yesterday, March I'd.
and I consider it an absolute disgrace
to this end of the state to have main
highway which is almost impossible
during the class OF winter we have
had.
l wish to suggest that each and
every one OF us get busy and take
some action towards having that par
ticular highway improved during the
coming summer so that it will be in
excellent passable condition next Win
ter. This may he done by writing
Charles j. Bennett, highway commits
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-04
THE WAR LOSSES.

1t is an impressive statement which
has been given out by General March
IL the effect that the deaths during
the war. including those killed in ac-
ton and those who died Of wounds,
reached the total of 7,354,00o. These
figures have been drawn from avail
able statistics and il is not improba-
lie that they are open to revision up
ward as more complete returns are
made.
According to the figures given Rus
STA was the Creates loser with 9 to-
tai OF 100000, with Germany close
second with only 100000 less and
France third with 1885, 600. The United
States foots the list with $4,000, the
total representing the tremendous
price that humanity was forced TO
pay on the battlefield 10 block Ger
many's determination to conquer the
world.
These figures do not of course rep
resent all of the deaths for there are
those who died from disease in the
various armies to say nothing of those
who died from starvation. mistreat-
ment, atrocities and accident among
the civil population but which never
theless were directly attributable to
the war
It is gratifying that there has been
such progress made in taking care Of
the soldiers that disease has not made
such inroeds during this war as in
some instances. but the story told b.
the report of General March which OF
course does not deal with the frightfuI
( destruction and other losees that have
| Seen caused is sufficient to convince
| tine world that every possible effort
| should he made to avoid anything OF
| the kind in the future War always
| causes a drain or the voune manhood
which can never be replaced and UNI
! less the lessons that war teaches arc
/ fully appreciated the sacrifices are
/ Vactnd
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-04

sioner. Hartford, Conn, and through
your local state representatives and
state senator.
The road is not all bad. There are
two stretches, one between Yantic and
Smiths Corners and the other one
from Cooley's Hill to Williams Cross
ing, which are in the most deplorable
condition possible.
Very truly,
HENRY F. ULMER.
Norwich, March 3, 1919.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-04
Man for Cc7erces,

If we wera in congress we would
now and then rem nd uur colleagues
that many economies are possible
and the schedule of billion and a
half month is net making any hit
among the people.-Houston Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-04
Norwich, March 2. 1919.

Yours truly.