New Britain herald., 1919-09-10

else has seemed willing to face the care and assume the responsibility of standing as sponsor for them. Fifteen years ago J began a campaign for better schools in Berlin. Those who are old enough remember the fight which followed, and the cry which was raised by the opposition that it would cost a great deal of money But is there any one in town who wants to go back to the old system and the old school houses? Our schools are rapidly filling up with the children of foreign born parents. A few years and these children will be the future American citizens. The only way to make them good Am eri- cans is through the public schools, and the only way we can have these schools is to provide sufficient money for them. The only way we can have anything is to pay for it, and town which follows the policy of skimping on schools and roads, and other pub lie utilities for the sake of paying off it's debt is surely storing up a great deal of trouble for the future.
 Based on our grand list the debt of the town is very small, and the cas- fest way to pay what debt we have is to increase our population, increase our industries, increase our assets. Within the last seven years Berlin has lost the opportunity to locate in the town four important industries be- cause we lacked certain public utilities which every town of this size should have. If property went into the lists at a rate which the law calls for, we should have one of the smallest tax rates of any town in Connecticut, and talk that the town 'cannot affor6r to spend money for improvem entsis worse than foolish. I am not advocating a
 policy of extravaganza, but I am looking to the future and trying to provide for it. am not a dreamer but a plain, common business man who be-
 lieves that certain things should be done for the benefit of the town. I know of only one way to get these
 things done, and that is to go after them in plain, straightforward way,
 and I am going after this nomination
 in just this way. l have no slate
 made up, I am not taking part in the
 candidacy of any other party for any
 office no one else is running my cam
 paign am making n personal solici-
 tation for caucus votes, and am spend ing no money to influence the result.
 'I am making no prom ses to any
 one, except that if nominated and
 elected, and if the voters will tell me
 what they want done I will try to see
 that it IS done.
 II am criticizing no one, I am not
 saying that I can do better than any
 one else has done, and I know there
 are many men better capable of doing the work than I can hope to do but, with town, as with an individ- ual, there always comes a time for municipal well as for bodily health, it is we'll to wake up and turn over" Registrars Meet Tomorrow
 The registrars meet tomorrow from in the morning until in the after noon to receive the names of those legally entitled to be made voters.
 Every oe who has resided here for six ] months and who is not a voter should Memorial Committee to Meet.
 The memorial committee will meet ! next Monday evening to take action on the contract which will be present. ! ed by Fox & Becker at that time. At 1 the last III oetlng the contract as pre- 1 sented was unsatisfactory to the com- nlittee being altogether too general. Swedish Republican Club to Meet. l The Swedish Republican club is preparing for the caucas to be held next Mondcy evening and Is calling a meeting of the Swedish clu b for to- morrow evening at s o'clock in the 1 Town hall. It IS rumored that the club has a nominee to be put up at l the meeting next Monday evening and