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New Britain herald., 1919-06-17
Personal Liberty.
CNov Haven Journal-Courier)


 We quite understand the monkey wrench that has been 4ossed into the leSislativo machinery at Washington by way of the reComm endatlon that the wartime prohibition act be re- pealed, but it is Creditahle to neither party that the situation that has arisen should have arisen. The fear to do the honorable thing appears to have taken a strangle- e-hOld upon both parties We say the honorable thing because the war prohibition act has from it's inception been a falsehOOd. It was not a vast crowd of rum mics ! who appeared at the national capitol Saturday to demand the repeal of the objectionable law. 1t was not q crowd
 interested in the commercial phase of the question. It was a crowd de- manding that they be permitted to live their own lives in their own way without rest rictive legislation unWar-
 rantcd in public necessity. They deny tho right of the congress to take from them their personal liberty and inn 7 pose upon them laws for their re-ula- ton which spring from the intoler- ance of a small min Ority of the people and have not been subjected to a pop i u1ar yotc It is none the less a big
 question because it relates to a form ; of abuse that has caused great suffer- ] ing and produced corresponding evils. , It would be the same serious question ; if it was proposed to interfere in some
 way, not in itself distasteful, with the ] personal liberty as if was recognized ] at the time the republic was formed ] and constitution adopted. It is the
 act of interference that has provoked ! this mighty protest and the conse- l quences to which it is likely to lead i if it is not repealed. II is a mere in : cidcnt that it is liquor. distilled or
 hreved. that has been seized upon to
 write into the laws of the republic an unwarranted restriction upon the per , sonal liberty of citizens l The object of the prohihitionists has
 been and is to make men righteous as ] they conceive righteousness. They l forget that it is not the function of ! the law and the constitution to make
 men righteous against their will The ! law never made man good and it l will never possess such q. power, nor 1 is it it's purpose to do so. The pro-
 hibitionists stand alarmingly indiffer- l cnt to the evils that will arise and are i arising from their determination that l men shall be made righteous by 1egis- lation or COnstitutiOnal mandate. They
 arc doing today more than their full
 share in adding 10 popular restlessn ess ! and growing discontent with govern 1 ment regulation. The Archbishop of England. great and good man. ssv l more clearly when he declared that
 he preferred England free to England l sober.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17
\ SOLDIERS, MEMORIAL.

N Mayor Quigley, several weeks ago, voiced a general demand when he Suggested that the city purchase the Russwin Lyceum and dedicate it to the veterans of the World War. The demand swas for q fitting memorial, not neeessarily for the purchase of the Lyseum, or the erection of an auditorium but for some tangible re- hinder of the service given by New Britain boys with the American troops. The plan to make the me- morial something useful and some thing that will be in evidence, al all ! times is back of the Lyceum scheme, New Britain is in need of public gathering place but it is doubtful if the Lyceum would fill the bill. It is also a question whether a building would be the most fitting for it's in tended purpose.
 There will be erected. in New Brit ain, during the next few years some thing to commemorate the soldiers dSi-ic'''SA it. What is it to be? The Herald ventures a suggestion that a fountain of appropriate design be placed in the pool at the top of Walnut Hill park There is a beauty spot in the heart of the city that may not be omitted in summing up New Brit aims attra ctions. The park is visited by a great many people daily. In ad- dition to it's adult visitors the chil- dren get a great deal of enjoym ent out of the shallow water in the old reservoir. It's height tends to make it an appropriate place for a memorial statue. At the present time the water is fed into the pool through a supply tube mounted in rocks. 1t IS not an eyesore but there is great chance for improvement there. An V artistic fountain, of height sufficient to attract attention from the city it. K self would prove a welcome addition ss to the park. It would be far more useful than a pile of masonry placed
 in the park at the center or in
 Franklin Square park neither of a@vhich places are capable of display ing a monument owing to their pres
 ent crowded conditions.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17
LETTERS OF AN ALTRUIST
 To His Lady-Love
By Edmund Vance Cooke.

Dear Heart:
 lis not mere adoration Which makes me sing vour high
 laudatiOn, t or, 1 protest, no paneEyric, NO power of prose, or Tilt of lyric NO homage of. or chorus to you Can tell the plain praise which is
 due you. Of all transCendant forms and faces Yours wears the gifts of all the
 graCes: or all sweet manners and capriccs, Yours bears the charm which never Of all wit written, heard, or men Yours sparkles first and bcot-inten-
 toned. ! our beauty. virtue and devotion. ) our humOr. wisdom and emotion, All tongues com bined have no in
 7cction
 To tell the sweets of your perfection, Nor any tell how much I prize you, And so I simply idolize you. So, as my praise mounts high and
 higher, Or else you are so much above me It's inadvisah!e to love me. In either case eff you'U excuse mel l would advise you to refuse me.
 Copyright, 1919, x. l.. A)
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17

have more nearly accurate knowl- edge of facts of drug addiction than is possessed by the officials of conl- munities in which no intensive study of the subject is made. Credible de- auctions cannot be drawn from such answers as the committee received to this query.
 Consum ption of narcotics is de- clared to have risen from one pound 2 year for about ST Americans in 1860. 1869 to one pound a year for about POS in 1910-191S. But we do not know what proportion of narcotics was consumed III the '60s i'll the mans ner now described as illicit while we do know that there has been a Hreat increase in the use of narcotics Tn medicine, surgery and dentistry since ! the Civil war.
 It is of the utmost importance that , the facts concerning the use of nar- cottc drugs should be made available, because with the enforcement Of pro hibition the traffic is likely to require stricter regulation than has hiteerto 1 been imposed on it.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17

all things, patient. AS Rome was not built in a day, so fish arc not always caught in minute. One of the most famous and successful of American fishermen was Grover Cleveland, who used in his practice of the art some Of the qualities that were exhibited in his statesmanship. His public speeches, his state papers and his official con- duct generally were marked by a cer- tain ponderosity quite the opposite of the habitual temper and methods of the "smart' and "Clever" man. Yet Mir Cleveland left large impress on the political history Of his timc-and caught a good many fish.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17
Batting the 1~i.mc Minister.
(NeW York Times)

(NeW York Times)
 Tn Great Britain, as in the United States, the peace conference and the treaty, the league of nations, all the great International settlements and adjustments 10 be arrived at, aLe made the football of domestic politics. Par tisan and personal animosities and hopes do what they can to obscure and bemuddle the cardinal questions at issue in Paris. X good many republ- can senators seem much more inter- ested in making war on Mir. Wilson than in the peace of the world. If Alr. Lloyd George, one of the ulcrtcst and auhtlcSt of politicians, is now said to have been drawn by the supposed CHiSCnCieS of home politics into a dis position 10 make to the Germans con- ccsGlOnS that seem strangely remot c from the extreme ~Germanjsm of 1 his electoral campaign last Decem hcr We in this country, remembering what 1 politics is and does, are able to mako 1 allowances for his position.
 On the other hand, Americans may ! not be too much impressed by the re- 1 neWed attacks upon Mr. Lloyd George of that busting newspaper propriet tor 1 who deems it his pleasure and duty to
 
 i tisate, to make and break public men ! and governments. The prime minister l denies that he has been in rommuni- l cation with those pacif&ts, those | plead ders for tenderness 10 Germany, l Arthur Henderson and Ramsay Mac l Donald That is one of the charges | hostile newspapers which accuse him ] of "WaNerng and wabbling" about the peace terms bring against him. 1 Meanwhile the labor press is be- 1 WhaCking him for his ruthlessn esS to l poor, suffering Germany, is lamenting the "Cruelty and Wickedness" of the i peace terms. Thus the extreme right 1 and the extreme Jeff are pouring out 1 the vials of wrath simultaneously on his head. His policy is too strong His policy is too weak.
 hi short, on any pretexts and on di- 1 reCtly contrary preteNts, Nr. Lloyd Georges personal and political enc mics want to drive hum out Of office
 But why should he be disturbed by them Can it be supposed that the English electorate, so hot against the 1 Germans and the paci1ists. he ra dica
 and socialist lahorites. the electorate that reduced the .tsquth libera Is to sc scanty remnant in the house of com 1 i coalition. 90 surprisingly strong at the 1 polls and in the house suddenly he l come infected with that curious pity 1 or love of pitileSs Germany that the Il Henuersont and MaCDoralds ant
 Snowdens nourish?
 Tn this country Mir. Wilson's poll.
 tical adversarics like to picture him a,
 under Brit ssh influence. In Great Brit
 ain Mir. Lloyd Georges adversarie,
 like to picture him as a meek victim
 Of merican influences, as wholly un
 der Mr. Wilson's thumb. There art l people in both countries who woulc like to stir up trouble between them Mr. Lloyd Georgc'c enemies in Grea
 Britain would be equal to any misrep 1 resentation and careless of any con
 sequence if they could only brn;
 about his fall. They have said nlucl , about his mercurial temperament ant yolatility of opinion, but on this sid T.,
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17
Watch the Fugitive Kaiser!
(\eU York Herald)

As Napoleon at Elba was advised or the progress of the 1915 peace con- ference at Vienna, so the former kaiser is fully cognizant of the lsle proceedings at Versailles. Napoleon broke loose, entered Paris at the heaQ of an army and surprised the peace makers.
 The former kaiser probably does not contemplate such a dramatic strohs' but it is clear that he does intend to return to Germany and, if possipie' v restored to power or at least to portion of his former power. a
 The Ebert government, sustaneu the socialist convention in Welmat probably will sign the treaty An men at the head of that govern hlsne conceal their real feelings and tpsll unconquera ble love of Prussiah..eef .e1 beneath cloak of conservative sociai ism and are prepared 10 weico.n0 Wilhelm with open arms. Scheiup mann voted for war and supporteo '' kaiser. Noske, minister of natlohal defense in the present governments an impcralist, not "democrat'S ready monarChial demonstrations ha taken place in different parts of Is many. \ Watch the fugitive kaiser! In1Ss all signs fail he soon will be oacN Bcrlin-as president" of the
 "rcpublic" with the iunkers anq mperialist5 in the saddle.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17
The testin Onv Of H. \

controls the ice supply in this state, before a committee of aldermen in New Haven, to the effect that he is making 25 per cent. profit on his wares and that he doesn't care who knows it, brings to mind the old say ing, How would you like to be the ice man." MT Walker seems atis- fled that he is having his own way and will continue to have if. We have to have the ice and Walker has it for sale.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17
Unsatisfactory Statistics Of Narcotic
 Drugs.
{ x CIV I Ork Sun)


 The difficulties surrounding any seri- ous attempt to collect data on the use of habit forming drugs are well illustrated i'll the report. just pub 1shed, of the committee appointed by the secretary of the treasury 10 inves- tigate the traffic in narcotic drugs. This committee consisted of Represent tative Henry T. Rainey, Professor Reid Hunt of Harvard, pr. X. c. Du- Meg of the United States public health service and B. C. Keith, formerly a deputy com mmiSsioner of internal rev enue. They assert that the annual per capita consumption of opium in the United States is 36 grains, against grains in Germany, 3 grains in France, i grain in Italy, ? 1-2 grains in Portu- gal, 3 1-2 grains in Holland and less than three-ffths of grain in Austria The cocoa leaves imported into the United States each year would yield 150.000 ounces of cocaine, of which 25 per cent, is said to be used in "1egi- innate medical or dental practice"
 But there is 8 smugglers trade in narcotic drugs, says the committee, ''estimated to be equal to the lcgitS mate traffic. Consequently. if the committees s Conjectures are correct,
 
 opium in the United States of = grains a day and the annual illicit consumption of cocaine is 262.50O ounces, allowance being made for the $500 ounces of this drug legitimately consumed.
 The committee asked 3,02S health officers and 1,263 chiefs of police Has 1 drug addiction increased or decreased In the last few years''' Out of 962 officials who answered this inquiry fortN-eight reported increases and 914 decrea ses. But:
 In virtually every instance the in- creases were in the largest cities. and i m particular in those cities where more than the usual attention is bcine ] directed to the era adication of dru2 ad dctjon ."
 In towns where more than the usual attention is being directed to the eradication of drug addiction the | aulhorltles should and presumably do
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17

that ne would be more COnsiderate to Germany than the colleagues with whom he has been in substantial har- morA for months, that in less than SIX months he should have reversed or have softcned so marTelOusly his opln- ions. The accusations against him are so contrary. political bias or malice IS so evident in them, that impartial 1or- cign observers have seen in them only a British example ot the well known American diversion called 'plaNlng politics.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17
The Government Advcrtiscs.
(Sprin gfield RepubliCan)

(SpF11 StelO t(SpuDllLdn)
 An inn mportant departure is taken by the publicity bureau of the United States Army recruiting service. That bureau will place, this week and next, in daily newspapers published where there are recruiting stations, large dis play advertiSem ents to stimulate re- crUiting. The first of these advertise ments appears today in The Repub liCan and other papers The de- parture consists in the fact that the goNernme ent has not in the past spent money for such advertising. There are arguments both for and against the practice. On the one hand, the practical commercial value of adVer- tsing stands today upon Q fully at tested basis advertising has becomc a business science, both in this cOun- try and in Great Britain; the expert enceS of the war have furnished new evidence of the degree to which the interest of the public may be enlisted to great practical effect through the medium of newspaper advertising. On the other hand, it is obvious that if the government is to become an ad- VCrtiser on a large scale and to exer- else the right of selection which would properly be exercised by any private concern, there must be diff1- culties unless the. governments busi- ness should be turned over to some recognized agency with instructions to proceed as in an ordinary transaction In the present instance it is stated that the intention is to advertise in all papers published in the recruiting s
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17
Sn1artnesS and Fishing.
Providence Journan

A country editor says: "A smart We tried it ourselves"
 There may he something in this. A smart man. in the ordinary meaning of the term. is eager. impatient. inn petuous. His mental processes. work nuickly. He will not brook postpone noent and delay. His forte is swift action. He gets ahead in the world bv constant use of what steam boat me, call the jingle bell. ..- .....
 D. tbc fisherman rnust be above
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17
THE GOVERNMENT AND ITS
 FOODSTUFFS.

Stating that the government has on and clothing, bought for war purposes and useless now, Representatives Daniel Read, of New York, and J. Hampton Moore, of Pennsylvanla, are preparing to submit legislation in Congress which will call for the dis a1osal of the supplies to the general spublic at cost prices. The parcels lpost would be used for delivery, and Advertisements as salesmen. According to the argument of these m en, the present high prices would be lowered somewhat by the selling of the supplies. The stock on hand of frozen beef for instance. is said to be half a million pounds over one hun dred and sixty-seven million pounds. Other foodstuffs available, as reported by the Bureau of Markets of the Department of Agriculture are:
 Tomatoes (cans) ..... 64,70o,000 Corn (CanS) ........ 4l,OoG.OoO . Peas (Gans) 52, 2,SO0,UOO. Beans tcans) ........ O,OOO,OO0 Fish Qbs) .......... 66. Jc,O0O Poultry Ohs.) ....... 70.0O0,0OO Butter Obs.) ....... l2,o0o.O00 Cheese Qbs.) ....... 1o, o,o0O,0OO Eggs (cases) ........ 4.500.QO0 Cured Beef Cbs.) .... 27,238,895 Lamb. Mutton (bsD.. 7.421,69O Pork (lbs.) .....128,2 233,414 Salt Pork Obs) .....412.5441S4 Pickled Pork Qbs) ..427,oo9,799 Miscellaneous Obs.) ..113,21t,256 The clothing supplies are:
 75, 900 sets of harness.
 1,00O,0 600 yards No. duck.
 3,000.000 pairs cotton socks.
 2,0O0, 900 pairs woolen socks.
 12,000,000 cotton undershirts 8,000.00O cotton drawers.
 627.000 woolen undershirts.
 2,500.000 Woolen drawers.
 100000 pairs of jersey knit ~ gloves.
 1,50o, 900 pairs of cotton flannel gloves. 10000 black raincoats,
 1000 oyeralls.
 1000 moleskn brooches and
 coats. @ Undoubtedly the general public would gain greatly if it were able to % obtain these goods at the wholesale price to the governm ent plus the ship ment via parcels post. The price tc the consumer on corned beef has been figured at 33 cents per pound in six pound cans: on bacon in tins at 4
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17

Congress now feels hurt that the American troops were ordered into Mexico without first consulting that body and receiving it's full permission 1t is discussing whether the act was an act of war or not. If the military Congress before taking action against the border raiders, the soldiers would be in greater danger of dying from old age than from hot lead. And the raiders would be able to walk off N tn the State of Texas by piecemcal.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17

kronstadt, Fetrograd's naval forti- fication, is about to fall. say news re- ports, and the city of PetroErad is being evacuated. We had the impress sion that Petrograd had fallen many times.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17

State suffragettes have called upon Governor HolComb to "demand' q special session of the Legislature to ratify the Anthony amendment. Their words must sound familiar to a mar ried man. They do know what they want now at any rate.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17
RIOTING E

Switzerland is sufferIZ from an in- oculation of the BolAhepik germ, judging from the reports of recent uprisings and riots in that commun- ity. Labor leaders, belonging to a union made up in part of extremists have been arrested and are in jail During a memorial service TOT Rosa Luxemburg who was killed in Ger many after her arrest for radical ac- tions the union received word that it's secretary was held by the Zurich po- lice. This news kindled the fire and turned the memorial meeting into q riot. The Prefecture was stormcd and the Hall of Justice was footed, many public documents being destroyed
 Berne reports that two persons were killed and states that many German anarchists were among the rioters.
 Germany in passing on her breed of just what might hc expected and what has been looked for in other nations. In this instance the whole trouble was directly traceable to the Hun. Rosa. LuXenburgs S admirers must have been Germans or German sympathizers. There are few outside of that land who would have bothered to attend 8 memorial to her and it is sure that they were extreme radicals if they admired her 10 any extent. The slight ..neUs which turned the mourning Of the mob into frenzy is indicative of the character of the individuals in it. Only a fanatic and semi-crazed per son would resort to force upon such an occasion. Doubtless there are many in the United States who are at tempting to sway and influence a mob by tactics used in the Zurich riot. They have not attained any success.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17

The names of thirty seven New foundlandeTs appeared in the king's birthday honors civil lists. In propor- ton to populat tiOn Canada has been spared over HOO honors--Toronto Globe.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17

Berlin is said to be feeling more cheerful these days in the belief that the Paris conference may consent to hear Count Non Brockdorff- Rant "a u verbally.-kansa City Star.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17
FACTS AND RANCHES

During the past year 100000 acres .of woods in England were felled for war poseG.--Baltimore American.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17

+ribu+ion of the foodstuffs and cloth ing is not possible, but ae cannot see how it is to be done and maintain the
 low prices The cost of getting the information regarding the supplies before the public is bound to be large and the cost of handling it in small parcels is also going to be great Ad- yertisem ents will add s2 selling
 price very naterialb ali the maintenance of thAS@ elerks S
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17
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New Britain herald., 1919-06-17

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New Britain herald., 1919-06-17

llCity in connection with the treaty. Washington Star.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17

Italy is back again at the peace ta- ble conference but she insists on sit ting near the door, so that she can get out readily on the le&St prCVoCation.-- Boston Transcript
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17

There isn't much prospect of the WAT in Mexico becoming cXcltjng until the experienced correspondents arrive from, F,urore.--DallaS News.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17

Perhaps when the Huns, they're that contrary, find out that we want 'en to join our league of natons they'll decide they won't come in just yet-Portland Press.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17

ntersd at the Post .Office at New Britain
 as Second Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17

Jupiter Pluvius is still pouring wa ter on the troubled oil Wells.-Dallas News.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17

Farmers are not yet satisfied with the tariff Fair enough Quite 8 numbe of the population of Canada are not satisfied with the farm ers.-- Toronto Telegram.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17

If the Italian peace delegation would take an undergraduatc course in the Japanese school of diplc macy it might get away with the Fiume affair after l1.--Mnneapolis Tribune.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17

Some congratulations are due c.aarr,, c.r.eal op the fact that h was
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17

The ocean has been conquered by way of the air and it was a Detroit motor that did it. We are first every where, eyrept in the American league. -~-DetrOit News
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17

The only profitable advertising medium in the city. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17

The democratic papers throughout the country are giving generous pub licity to that California, effort to boom Hi Johnson for the republican nOmin- ation.--Indianapo News.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-17

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