Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-10
THE MAN WHO TALKS

t4ld bCQIICoHOll4S u t1lE " cL A1clt t4 Q4l1Oh in nature2 There is a line invisible to the eye because imaginary. but fixed ! by law as serving a definite purpose of 1 marking the boundaries of the seasons. We, cannot see either latitude or lon l I gitude but they are very valuable in i measuring distance north and south, east and west. It is true that in no l single year can we say with accuracy
 that on such a day winter actually
 ends and spring begins. But when l the years are averaged it will be found l that there is absolutely no variation. l The same law holds good in human life, It is. never all winter to any never all trouble. As the landscape is mottled with sunlight and shadow, it will be found when lives are averaged I there is a pretty fair distribution of grief and happiness.
 a It is very hard in these days to keep Il ones mind away from the economic problem The one outstanding ques- I ton of practical life today is: What shall we eat, or what shall we drink, i or whereWithal shall we gclothed?' I orsrather how shall we scrape enough I dollars together to buy food, drink and 4 fclothing Our income may. be larger st than ever before, but it has not ir- T creased at such a ratio as the price of ! these commodities. Now the men on Il whom we depend most are hit the. ' hardest, and that Is the farmers. Of I ctlilse, the farmer is getting more for This produce than ever before, but his ffics- income is small compared with < ttt wages paid iii our workshops. The age is calling loudly for larger land cultivation 5but this Injustice is going Il to drive the small farmer out of busi- T ness. A certain farmer has two sons hotiasof whom have left the farm be- cause they were offered $750 dav each in shop. That farmer is going 2 to curtail. Unless these wrongs are righted we shall have to face an eco l] homie It vclution.
 s Apart from advancement along ma q terial lines, is civilization making much : progress these days? Science has
 neiped the doctors very much in treat bnlg diseases far ~ more intelligently. : lney are using more brains and less t lpccac than formerly. By the use of machinery in all lines of production i more work and perhaps better work f IS being done than aever. There never was so g1ea 9. demand for all things t that contribute tes our pleasure. com z 1crt ana necessity as now. But there t was never such "a 4yawnines gulf be- s tween the producer and consurler as : we are feeling these days. The coun- 1t tryS railroads seem to have the St.
 Vittgs. dance. Lack of fuel. strikes
 and extcss of ice and snow will moi : explain their, chronic nervousness Y " tt1 more work to do than ever be- Y s2re and with higher rates, they are Il doing t the poorest. within the rnen : ory. of man. Let, us. have a thanks g glvlng service in benor of their return
 to Hrivate ownership.
 Responsibility whether in things bic
 II T. makes of character. If a person~tr j. responsibility lightly he is not trust re worthy, and if he is not nobody want. nj; him for positions that appeal tC . ability and command respect ant = large financial gain. The greatest en, eIny to responsibility. is selfishness 4 Has any man any moral. right to d, Id things purely for self that will. 1nak, ct the innocent suffer? Doubtless ther, to hare times when strikes are justified lef Have milkmen 8 right to strike for wi paltry raise in wages when by so do or ing they are virtually assassinatiny ' !heIpfess and Innocent babies? Re fcently the long gshorernen of New Yorl iei' have quit work, in consequence tn IFS lwharEes of the. city are glutted wit ut perishable merchandise. New Fnglan D. yearns for goods that are inexcusa bl st rotting. When will men learn tha ig they have no right to live for sel = alone?
 he3 To the scientific Botanist the sprin ', time is chiefly remarkable for tn .e Evigor of its new life. good illustra II ton of this is the action of this qllie no force on, the dead leaves of the oak
 is a marvel how much rough 11sae en oak leaves twill stand and still re1nai .inE on the tree. Twenty degrees zbelo- ,e zero seems to have no effect upo a them, neither does ice, snow, nor tI ,ra torrential fury of the winds. But tf ,,I,st quiet flow of sap along the trunl Fly branches and twigs gently touche IS them and they fall off. We have see nut the heavy Tagging stone in sidewall fer disledged. by lfvi1lg, growing roots bt it -neath.- We see the same thing in hJ on man, lifes Dr.. Chalmers has a gre; Ike sermon on the Expulsiye Force of asr New Idea. When new idea talk, possession of a mans mind it throv
 the deadwood right and left and hell .dy him to- see clearly. You can't legi err late a bad man into deceney and goot to ness sbut-y you can get him into Il icy sunshine that will warm his heart in red the newness of life.
 nd We are not justified in advocatil the, Ia new idea simply because it is ne . nor in rejecting an old one on t = bare ground of age. Novelty is
 
 inc age. is the final test of worth. Sor 'S4 new ideas like new things spring ss~ in. single night after the manner
 mushrooms, only to- die the next ds
 ;+ because they are worthless. Many ( ~. ideas, manners and customs decei up several. generations before their hc
 lowness is found out. But the testi
 time comes sooner or later when re :, at worth, not age. is the determining ia the tor, There are surely old things
 SFevery sphere of human thought a Faction. that will live forever. It " IS an old Spanish writer who said ve eye1 wisely: "Old wood to burn, old wi ame eo drink, old books to read and ( < friends to keep" Let us not tu 5 worthy things. down merely becar hey they are old.
 on It is, getting to. be something m, heir than an economic question to kn
 just what to keep and what to thr
 away in that holy calling known lers spring housekeeping. One is son ythei times appalled, when he looks over the amount of truck he has hoarded
 from time to time with the idea u
 he will need it some day" Heretoft As it has been the. bonfire, the junk pe ping eisrz59r. tne Iumnage sale that I < af helped him out. But this year he ha
 dlAs very lovingly those old sh,
 which ardinaEily would feed <. flames. Their replacement means : III less for church expenses and the wet come tax-which makes him aln t. is wild That old threadbare coat does