Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-17
A Portending Reaction That is Not Cheerful

written Specially For The Bulletin.)
Just exactly what we of mis- coun-
try are facing in the immediate future
nobody knows.
When the pessin1ist warts US that
there is trouble ahead for us. he dis
plays no gift of prophecy For there
always has been "troubla ahead" al
ways has been and doubtless always
viii be. We can set that down as in
evitable.
The only question which is of real
interest and import is what sort of
trouble is it going to he? That is the
! stickelt If we knew from which
quarter the storm was going to burst
we might. perhaps, get ar anchor to
| windward TO help hold against the
| blast
We don't know. however. and are not
| likely to know, for sure. till the tenn
pest breaks. Heaven from all crea-
| lures hides the book of fate" and
doubtless it IS best SO.
1.-THE lamb my riot doonls to bleed
today.
Had he thy knowledge would he frisk
and play
|
! to live through the year live Sos days
| of the ycar-yvho have been doing it in
| the past and expect to d it for some
! reasonable time in the future-all of
us are compelled. by the very nature
| of the case. to attempt some fore
| cast for the sake of our svn plans. It
! is impossible to live fro:1 hand to
mouth, in strict literalness. No one
( does It Even the hobo often looks
! far enough ahead TO amdss an old
! tomato can for coming contingencies.
! Those who, like us farmers, have
! to plan work six or eight months in
| advance are simply compelled to make
i some sort of guess at what's coming
| our way. We have tc assume that
| there viii he Il growing season follow
| ing sred-time. and harvest season
! following that Of growth We have
! TO form some sort Of idei wnat crops
are likely to 10 best and prove most
| profitable. i. e.. most in demand a.
| hest prices. We have 10 take. before
| nand, some EDrt Of precautions against
| excessive damage from brought OF
over humidity. Or bugs and blight Our
! usireSS requires us to know some
| thing Of the siens OF the weather. Can
! we not then. form some SurInise from
| the signs Of the times?
otraws are said TO tell which way
| the wind blows. but one needn't resort
! 10 etr2Wa when he can see +he clouds
| moving overhead or gathering on tho
] horE21. Consider briefly y few Of
these now visible clouds.
! There are the milk disru-bers o.
| New York city. Though il is alleged
! that Sono Of Them are clearing IN 201
! ner cent. they refuse TO pay the dairy-
/ farmers Of lie vicinity even the act
nal production nost for milk. and de
ruand that TIE sai6k farir cre turn ii
! over to them a. forty cents a hun
| arod less than il has COS. to nut in
the can. Not only do they demand
This but hE their influence on th@
/ city press. nv their clos, rouch with
he individual consumers ard by Their
rco0tr0l Of Il large number Of utterly
'o"rinciDlcd professional politicians
tFey are deliberately attempting t.
SET consU0"c against producer. 10 stir
M class haired: 70 nr0vol,a disturb
'ncr and. not illo"icallv assumed. to
Go''"ut riot md niIlagn.
Then consider the strike Of the ma
r'no elrc)ovee along the vvutor front Of
. that same civ They ask for hiph-
az wages 7 believe. IN order to Sc
cure these. or as a neans towards
compelling them thew refuse TO trans
port across either Of the rivers which
iNclose New York civ ary, OF the nee
cssities Of life for the population Of
that metropolis. While trainloads Of
| food, reachin~ the Jersey shore o.
the Hudson, instead Of Jeirg terriet
! across the Ealfmile Of water. are
Isent up the West Shora railroad a
hundred and fifty miles IN Albany.
| transferred there to the New York
Central and toted back j,n0ther hun
| dTed and fifty miles to New York
! Illustrating quite another phase o.
! the matter, has been I. recent hap
( penin@ on rhe railroads o. which +
! chance to have cogniza1.ce A week
| or so age q certain class OF railroad
| employees were surprised 20 receive
| from the paymasters chcrHs for verr
| considerable sums Of money. IabeIlef
as back-pay. They had already re-
! ceived their full wages, AMI were not
dissatisfied with them. hive heard
Of six. however who received ''bacf
pay" ranging FROM 81 100 down tc
S40h in each case, not one OF which six
had asked for it, or even knew it was
coming. So far as hey were CON
cerned, it was, apparently a free gift
from the exceedingly generous govern
mental railroad administration.
II I don't suppose anybody in this
/ United States has read the full re-
port of the Investigation into Hog Is
/ land 1t is not document raIc11lat