New Britain herald., 1920-02-07
THE OBSERVER
 MAKES RANDOM OBSERVATIONS THE CITY AND ITS PEOPLE.
MAKES

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 knowledgcd oratoricaI powers. When
 either of these two arose at d local
 political dinner-Which was quite
 often as both were popular in New , Brltain--the audience sat back for q
 smashing good speech on the tariff. Because of his proximity to nation
 al affairs at Wash hington Mir Hill was
 unusGall, we'll informed and he man.
 aged to make out a good case agains st
 the democratic party. On one of his lHSt appea ranCcS in this city under rh 2
 auspices of q ward club in Bardcck' S
 hall he delivered a nlasterly address
 on the subject. He always pursued a
 serious vein. the direct antithesis of
 eN-CongreSsman Thomas l.. Reilly of
 Meriden, who had the faculty of so
 ridicrling the tariff and presenting it
 in such an absurd light that his audi
 ence. tiSGratively speaking. rolled
 about on the floor doubled up with
 laughter.
 Mir. Barber earned the sobrtquet
 Of 'Smokcless Chimney Joe because
 of his utterance on the tariff ques-
 ton. He could draw d drab. sombre
 pic, ure of what would happen in New
 Britain if democratic president and
 congress were elected. with skill and patience he painted the horrors of industrial raraIysis with it's back
 ground of soup kitchens hungry and pallid children, broken earted fath- CTS and the usual characters in such tragedy. He laid it on thick, too and many thought the brush he yielded Was too heavy. Mr. Barber of course did not think down in his heart that any such thing would happen. He would be the last man in the world to want it to happen. And. forum ately, il has not happened since he breWed his cauldron of political herbs and gazed therein.
 The formation of the Universal Realty Developing Corpora ton by flanders, Frary & Clark Manufactur- ing company should stimulate inter- est in the own your own home movement. The corporation pro- poses to dispose of building sites on liberal terms. allowing. in some cases, as long as two years for full pay ment. The New Universal Mirror" the house magazine for E. F.. X C. workers. explains the object Of the corporation as follows
 "rhe corporation has just been or -ctiIEVd anu lS "IlH ct clpIldl ol 5000. The incorporators arc w. F.. Baker, assistant secretary of l.. F. Sc c: A. G. Anderson. in charge of the cost departments: Henry T. Burr. com ptroller. and Edward r. Hall, auditor. While there are many de- tails to he arranged before the cor poration gets on a full working basis, the plan of selling houselots to l.. r. & C. employees at cost is assured and before spring every advantage to prospective house builders will be given.
 The plan. on which the corpora ton will work is to place on the mar kct desirable building lots in resi- dential section of the city and to sell these at cost. Expenses, of developing the building sections will be borne by the corporation and the selling price will be based on the cost of the lots plus the cost of developm mcnt It is proposed further to grant eaSytcrm pawn entS, even covering a period of two years. in order that people who desire to build homes for themselves may not be handicapped by lack of tho entire amount 10 pay for the lot.
 Approximately two hundred house lots are, now controlled by the cor poration and are on Stanley street near Francis street opposite North end park. There are also about sixty five house lots in South Meriden for the Meriden Cutlery people.
 At the Stanley street property Hall & Bacon. engineers. of New Britain will have charge of laying out the land. Early in the spring. as soon as tho weather permits. streets will be laid out. sidewalks will be built and building lots will be staked out. As soon thereafter as possible the land will be placed on sale.
 Building will be restricted to sin family houscs.'
 With the expectation of increasing produ ct ion. l.. F. X C. officials have adopted a new plan under which work is taken from tho percolator de partmcnt to be done at home. The shortage of girl labor is responsible for production below that desired. for home work are in for half a day and then are capable of doing the work which con- sists of attaching electric plugs to cords. By following this arrangement it is hoped that the amount of fin l ished goods will be heavily increased. 1
 Another plan to improve efficiency has resulted in all opera tions of clec- l tric coasters being made at the High i street plant instead of in various i rooms at the main factory as here tofore. All spinning and press work l on aluminium ware has also been ] u1 the Trade Shop, which now turns out aluminium goods | exclusively.