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Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-24
SOBER THOUGHT ABOUT THE TREATY

Perhaps it is just we'll that the Senate ditch
e the peace eaty at the close of this session. Par
tisan passions had beclouded the judgment of SEN
ators and h44d confused the public Everybody will
sse the matter more clearly after quiet interval
Private citizens and lawmakers alike are now
ii position te stand off and look at the treaty and
If problems ebjectiyely, dsPassionatey, calmly.
Judgment wiling mere trustworthy after little.
Everybody will EhanSBettsa Mat IS really in that
tseaty, and what undue mutlation or final rejection
oF it might mean to this country and the world.
The League of Nations will be reality. The
attitude of the other big powers insures that Great
Hritain, France and Italy are determined to inaus-
urafe TIC league as tF@ orTy f@@syETe n5ssTs ~
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-24
COST OF A CUP OF COFFEE

What is the cost of a cup of cofee9 The joint
coffee trade committee of the United States says:
Even at present prices cup of coffee with
sugar and dash of cream costs only one and one
6alf cents"
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-24
HIGH CREDIT.

IF you We kept your credit spotless, ills may trail
you in a bunch but bad luck is rendered swat
less, evil fate has lost its punch F or the help
full merchant princes will not answer you Nay,
nay! when you call to buy ounces a
luscious bale of hay. You can buy all things
you re needing from a cookstove to a cheese,
without argument or pleading, without falling
on your knees; for the watchfu merchant princes
have your record, writ in black and each one
of them evinces confidence that you'll come
back. You feel clipper as a colt is when it eats
the first June hay you can buy a Aaxseed poul-
tice, and when ready you can pay. If you wish
to buy an anchor or house to call your own,
you can go and ask the banker for little time
ly loan; and the banker will embrace you and
caress you o er and er, and around block he'll
chase you, asking you to borrow more. But if
you are slow and needless in the paying of your
bills you will find your children feedless when
arrives the day of ills. And your wife, who
proudly minces, in her new and modish gown,
will approach the merchant princes, and they'll
snarl and turn her down.
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enforcing the peace terms imposed on Germany
and establishing better order in the world They
will be greatly handicapped by the absence of the
United States, but still they can set up some sort
of machinery and get to work on the big Job of re-
building Europe.
The United States itself will suffer dsadvant-
ages from not being in at the start The organiza-
ton of the League will be accomplished by Britain
France, Italy and Japan. They will name the Off
GERS and commissions, and establish League poll
cies according to their own interpretation Many
OF their interests at variance with those of the
United States. Many things will not be done as
Americans want them done. America will have to
stand that-for a while
1t is inconceivable that this country should re-
main permanently outside of the League. Even if
the American people OPPOSED it's fundamen-
tai principles it would be suicidal national policy
to permit all the other great powers of the world
to form virtual alliance against us-which is
what the League would amount to, without Amer
ca in it.
Very likely the Senate, in its next session, will
find some solution acceptable to two-thirds of its
members. If SO, the President will undoubtedly
acquiesce. Otherwise the matter will have to be
deferred for while. The saving fact in the situa-
ton is that it will still be possible for the United
States at any time to join the League by applying
for membership.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-06
RENT PRoFirEERs.

At the present time New York is in the midst of a hot fight with the rent profiteers. Many families are being driven from their tenements and forced to get shelter where they can. Churches are being opened for them and tents put up to give them tempor- ary accommodation, while efforts are being made to secure legislation that will permit of dealing properly with the situation.
 The landlord is Of course obliged to pay taxes. he must meetA' the in creasedgcost of living. he must be given proper return on his invest ments All Of that will be granted in these times when everything is on the upward instead of the downward trend, but there is Cuch a thing as ex- acting too much. There are landlords whos are dealing with the situation justly but there are others who are taking advantage of the existing sit uation to reap unwarranted profits. to get mere than they are entitled to and to make the problem of living exceed ingly difficult for those who are the least able to meet it. Building activity has been at a standstill and in view of the inclina- ton to wait for more favorable prices. of building material there is g 1 Shortage of rental property. This is l true in Great Britain as it is here and across the water it is estimated that a half million homes are now i needed to make up for what would have been constructed during the pc
 riod of the war under normal condi-
 tions. With the demand exceeding | the supply prices are bound to ad
 vance but it is unjust that the!
 should be pushed way out of sigh
 and occupants thrown cut into tn street. The rent profiteer is no differ
 ent than others engaged in similar work, though he may be more easil!
 detected, but that should not entitl' i him to free rein.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-06
A BAD POLICY OF WASTE.

The effort which was set in motion some time ago in behalf of sinking the German warships continues to be pushed Secretary Daniels Of the navy department has but recently de- clsred that the fleet should be sent to the bottom ofsthe sea and in support of it quotes American and British technical experts and believes himself that it would be the greatest moral lesson of the war.
 The time to have sunlls tlie German warships was before the armistice was signed. That is when there would 1 have been the greatest effect upon the nations of the world. Look at the idea from any angle now and it sim l ply means tremendous waste of ma terial' What can any cabinet mem Der be thinking Of to be urging such proposition when another cabinet member is pleading with the people ot fShis country to loan. the government money for the meeting of the war. .ex penses? Hundreds Of millions of. dol lars would be deliberately sent to the botton of the midatlantic by any such | plan.
 Secretary Daniels even admits, that while the vessels were built for fight ing in the North seq and not for long cruises, that their armor is better than the American or the British ant ' they are magnificent craft Yet he wants to destroy them because in cer.
 tain details they do not correspond with Our warship plans. though this
 country and the other countries vii
 continue to build warships calling fol
 much larger expenditures than these
 ships are worth. France and Italy will not agree to the wasteful policy
 and this country never should, I would be far better to see that the!
 are widely distributed among smalle nations which will continue to build O. buy warships than to resort to an, such plan as Daniels advocates.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-06
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Are We Awake to Our opportunities


 MT. Editor: I believe that the citi- zens of Norwich are not awake enough to the proposition regarding the road between Norwich and Westerly over Fox hill via Hallville. That particular piece of highway, as understand, was to have been completed in the year 1918, but was deferred on account of the Military Highway. I understood that upon the completion off the Mili- tary Highway the so-called Westerly road would be immediately started. cannot ascertain that any contract has been let for the work. and inasmuch as there is about four to five miles of road, it strikes me that unless matters are started (and by starting I do not mean merely the placing of the con- tract, l mean the actual starting of the work on the road) the highway will not be completed during the year 1919 and possibly not started until the year 1920. l Let all hands get together and make such noise that it will not only be heard in the Thayer building, but vii I be heard in Hartford as we'll Surely with a good highway between Norwich and Westerly, Norwich should receive quite a share of Watch Hill business. 1 Let us wake up and realize what oul real opportunities are.
 {, Very truly. f
 HENRY F. ULMER. i Norwich, May ,, 1919.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-06
STORIES OF THE WAR
Sarajevo Today.

Correspondence of the Associated Press)-The little Bosnian city of Sarajevo, famous as the scene of the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which was the precursor of the great world war. is now the headquarters of the United States Food Adminis- tfation and of the American Red Cross,( which is extending its activ- ities to every part of the Balkans. American officers, soldiers, physicians and surgeons are numerous in the streets.
 Four and d half years of war have made little change in the ancient cap- ital. With the exception of small district near the Serbian frontier, Bosnia and Herzegovina were not a battle-ground and there was no de- struction of property. Indeed except for the wouned and sick Bosnian soldiers returning from Austria and Germanp, and the presence of Allied officers an troops one would scarce ly know the country had ever been at war. The streets are
 throhgeJ with people of all na- tionalities and of all manner of dress CroatiC1s. Serbs, Austrians, Germans Turks Italians, F'renchmen British CT and Americans rub elbows with one another. The cafes are always
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-06
ECONOMY IN KEEPING HENS

\ #
 During the third summer of their so- journ in a suburb Perdita announced to Paul one day that she intended to keep chickens.
 T know there's money nthe poul- try. business" she declared, and, all though 1 hayeno ambition to get rich off hens, I mean to show you and my friends that it is possible to supply my own table,, and at least one neighbor with eggs, and at the end of the season be able to show a profit"
 And Paul, believing that hens offered about asA.harmless an interest as it was possible for a woman to have, told her to go ahead, and indeed he offered to the farm of friend who would let him have them for little or nothing.
 Paul was as good asa his word, and Perdita was better than hers; for the first three months eggs fairly rolled out of her little chicken house, and neighbors were seen constantly at the door with egg baskets on their arms. She sold her eggs far below the price that the regular dealers were getting for them, and in fact, while 50 cents was the accepted price, she was ask ing but 35 cents g. dozen.
 Ought you not to put some ,downP questioned Paul, who was getting little weary of .custards, and omelets
 and who would have been quite will
 ing to renounce these delicacies for g time nj order that the eggs might be fstored away for winter use. ,"Oh, no" declared Perdita; Tn sure that these hens are the kinds thal lay all winter, and we can take then back to town with us and build a lit tie coop in the back yard. ,.z,f But long before the time for migra
 tion arrived the hens stopped laying 1 though unfortunately they did not stoI eating. ea
 "Still," declared Perdita, atd'm wal I ahead, for besides supplying my owr table I have over sS saved, and this
 will buy grain enough to carry th'
 hens over, to the time when they vii lay again. ''"-e
 But that time did not seem to ar
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the relief of child labor was attempt ed through the passage of a federal taxation law that imposed a tax of ten per cent. on all goods. for interstate commerce in the manufacture of which children under certain ages have a hand. It was to be expected that whatever opposition was manifested thereto would come from the south. if there was any. Such move has been made and the same district court
 judge who declared the previous law unconstitutional has so decreed rela- tive to, the taxation, amendment and
 this matter has been started on it's tway through the courts. It's another instance of the south's determination to deny opportunities to those who are to be the future citizens.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-06

Beware of counterfeits Only re- gently a Brooklyn manufacturer was sent to the penitentiary for flooding the country with talcum powder tab lets, which he claimed to be Aspir- in. -
 Don't buy Aspirin Tablets in 8 pill box. Insist on getting the Bayer pack age with the safety "Bayer Cross on both package, and on tablets. No other way!
 You must say "Bayer" Never ask for merely Aspirin tablets. The name "Bayer' means you are getting the genuine "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin , proven safe by millions of people. In the Bayer package are proper di- reetions and the dose for Headache, Toothache, Earache, Neuralgia, Rheu- matism Lumbago, Sciatica, Colds, Grippe, Inf1uenzal- Colds, Neuralgia and pain generally.
 "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" Ameri- can made and owned, are sold in vest 1 pocket boxes of F tablets, which cost i'onIy a few cents, also in bottles of 100-a1so capsules. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacturer of 1 Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacid.
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crowded The moving picture the atres are full at all hours and danc | ing is'@ ever popular. Public and semipublic balls are frequently held. and gayety runs to all extremes. The slender minarets of more than a hundred Turkish mosques give a very picturesque appearance to the i city. Nearly one-half of Sarajevo's ] 5000 people are of the Mohammedan ! faith The scores of Turkish ba
 zaars are well patronized, particu- larly by. Americans. who seem to be keen for Oriental things of all sorts. The Turkish" people here really iiare S1avs who embraced the Moham- medan religion. They are noted for 1 their indolence and dirtiness. The
 women never work Many of the
 older ones adopt begging for a pro- i fession. The Serbians, on the other
 hand, are industrious and tidy. The 1 homes of the Serbian peasonts are ! models of cleanliness.
 i The people of Bosnia and Herzegov- l vina have great native intelligence i Many speak several. languages. The ] educated classes are students of po1i ! ties nd economics. The words liberty land freedom are constantly on their ! lips They say that all their hopes
 
 'i While there is an abundance oi food in the. larger cities, some of the ! villages are suffering severely. There
 is complete lack of food suitable fol
 children and the sick. Most of the
 hospitals are badly in need of blan.
 kets, linen, surgical dressings ana
 medicine. There has been an alarm.
 ing increase. in the number of typhu: cases. particularly among the poor
 many of whom have only one outfit O
 clothing which they never change ol . wash until worn out. They are there fore good subjects for the typhu' house. [ The American Red Cross Commis
 sion to the Balkans has sent a nu1nbe l of physicians and nurses to help tft local authorities and has also givel the hospitals supplies of clothing urgical dressings and edicines. It ha eel relief stations at Ragua, Spaiato, ri ume, Mostor and Sarajevo. Tn } United States Food Administration i sending large quantities of flour an, l fats into the interior regions wher -destitution is worse.
 ! The people and government ar . profoundly grateful for this help iron t America. On every hand the core Hspondent heard expressions of admf ration and gratitude among the Bos nians and =Serbians for this tinael : assistance. rr- II It is no exaggeration to say tha 3 America stands first in the affection : of the people, not only because Amer . ica has helped them with food an , Ecltthing, but because they feel tha : the great nation overseas has cham 9 pioned their struggle for natioss s unity and, independence.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-06
THE SOUTH AND CHILD LABOR.

How thoroughly the south is op- posed to reforms which have to do with child labor has been frequently demonstrated. Look through the coun- stry and it will be found that it is the ksouthern state that still clings to the scompetition which it has depended kupon so long for the carrying on of it's sbusiness by making slaves of children, sdepriving them of a chance to get a sproper education and working against ythe best interests of the nation.
 ' It was because of the unwillingness fof southern states to adopt laws which kwould give the children the chance tthey are entitled to that efforts were .made to put into effect federal child Hlabor Jaw. The opposition to such a Flaw came from the representatives of lthose states, and when it was passed lover their heads. it was the south that Wed the legal battle against the con.
 stitutionality1 of the legislation and
 whose standw was upheld by majority
 of one in the supreme court of the eUnited States.
 Realizing that there is more thar ,one way of reaching a given point
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-06
HOW TO GROW
TU RNIPS.

In the northern states it is an old saying that you plans turnips the 18th of July, whether wet or dry" While this is not literally true, it is custo- mary to plant turnips in July and on land that has produced a crop Of early vegetables.
 Turnips, however, may be grown to perfection during the early springtime, and throughout the south they furnish one of the main sources of early greens, in addition to the use of their roots. Fall sown turnips produce winter and carly spring greensse throughout | the southern states without any pretec- tien or special cultivation.
 Where they are planted in the spring
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rive, and the day for the departure of these two suburbanites was set.
 I'm not going to build coop in our city yard to hold hens that will do nothing all winter but eat their heads off, announced Paul
 But, I'll never give them up to the butcher walled Perdita. He has been asking me about them, and I know he wants to kill them all, but he shall not have them, and, besides, next summer when we come out we would have to , buy new lot, and where would be the economy in that?''
 Paul didn't know where the economy was; he never did know where it was when it came to a question of Perdita's s affairs, but at last this lady said she had a bright.idea2
 wen board them out for the win 1 ter" she suggested. Pm sure that Mrs. Stayfield would take them; you know she has little farm the other side of the track, and then when we come out next summer they will be all ready for us.'' And few days later Perdita an Hounced that Mrs. Stayfield said she would take them, though, of course as food was so high and the hens were l ilOI lay lHS. SIi0 COuId. uOr hSSP lAOHl for less than $5 month.
 And so Perdita and Paul departed for their city quarters with theil minds at peace about the welfare oi the hens. And each month they sent a check to Mrs. Stayfield, and eacf time that Perdita purchased eggs ot her grocer she paid not less than 7( cents a dozen for them.+
 And where. asked Paul, "is th' economy in that? Have you kept al account of what the hens have already cost us up to the present month O. Janaary?"
 "Oh, no" replied Perdita, 70 course' I stopped keeping an aceoun when the hens stopped laying. Wha would be the use of keeping an ac- count of eggs that never carne?" And Paul answered dreamily: Why yes, what would be the ?'-Esx. change.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-06
FINISH TIE JOB.

Some time ago the demand was made that we win the war. that it must be won at any cost and that the world menace must be checked It was pointed out that we had the men, we had the ships and the money too. Now the war has been won and it should not be long before the peace terms are signed. In the meantime there is a clamor for the return of the men who are in Europe. The number is large but they are coming home as rapidly as transportation can be fur nished and the fact should not be overlooked that until they are home and discharged there is large ex- pense which the government must meet
 Thus there is not only the expense Of winning the war out the expense : of Rehabilitation that must be met. Having proceeded in accord with the demands of the people of the country it is important that the people should stand back of the bill of expense un- til 1t has been wiped out. and at the present time that responsibility lies in lending the government the money which it requires to meet the situa- p ton through the issue of Victory notes that is now being offered at a high rate of interest.
 There is the honor of the nation snd state to be upheld, record in the past to live up to and a reputation to maintain. To refuse to do our par, now, after the soldiers and sailors have accomplished so much would not De creditable to the people of this country.
 No better security could be sought than that which is offered and every one should do his part. though it be small, in seeing that victory crowns the financial efforts as well as those on the battlefield. Finish the job.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-06
WAR RISK INSURANCE.

Advice which should get careful consideration from all who are inter- csted therein is that which is given bv government authorities to the effect that all the discharged soldiers and sailors should keep up the premium payments on their war risk insurance taken out during their military ser vice.
 It is perhaps natural to think that inasmuch as the fighting is over and , discharges have been received that the war insurance should not be kept up, and it is not improbable that many will carry the idea that such insur- ance would terminate with their dis . charge. But such is not the fact. It is true that the war hazard is over for those out of the service but there is nevertheless a chance for carrying the protection which they have been receiving under decidedly favorable terms in the future and their, policy is an asset of value which should not be discarded
 . Insurance is advisable at all times The government looked upon it as al excellent thing to put in operation during the war and certainly it's value should appeal to the men now thaf their service is ended and the uncer- tainties of life must still be faced. Bu what is of especial importance jus now is the fact that many who would like to maintain this insurance ma, not understand that it can be contin. ued. or that those whc nave been dis charged and permitted their insur ance to lapse can yet be reinstated i they act at once and get in toucl with the proper bureau, since afte .- the first of July the policies can b. converted into permanent policies a prices which will be of great advan tage to the holders. It is thus a mat ter which should be attended to befor it is too late,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-06

most Exclusive and the ost complete autocraoy ill the world. Self elected. it yet yields absolute powers in the British racing world. Had this des- potism not been benevolent and above suspicion it could not have. remained unchallenged through the 169 years of it's existence. ..
 There are only some 50 ordinary members apart from the representa- : tives of Foreign and Overseas Jockey Clubs; the ajority are peers or wealthy owners; and the doyen is the Earl of Coventry, who was elected 59 years ago.-The London Chronicle.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-06

time. the seeds are generally sown. in rows about fourteen inches apart and the plants tbinned to about two inches in the row, the thinning being used as greens. For fall planting the seed is generally gown broadcast. and slightly raked into the soil.--United States De- pertinent of Agriculture.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-06
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The man on the corner says: Slip ping>back into old habits is one of the things that doesn't call for much ener- gy. aE H9
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-06

Don't fail to be numbered among those who are purchasers of the Vic tory notes. Victory has been secured and should be paid for.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-06

From the opposition that is being shown to the decisions of the peace council, it becomes quite evident that everyone is not being, satisfied.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-06

The indications are that the Italian delegates. will go back to Paris to sign the peace treaty. And such action will be only what was expected