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Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-09
THE PEACE PRIZE

Even though this country hasn't got ten out of the technical state of war it has not deterred the commission charged with the responsibility of de- ciding where it should go from award ing the Nobel peace prize to President Wilson. But it is te be realized that the award has nothing to do with the pres ent situation. or the fact that he Kept us out of war;" but concerns the part which the president has played in his | endeavors to end strife and to establish peace when decidedly different condi- tions prevails
 President Wilson has unquestionably been ., strong peace advocate. He was worker for peace without victory He put forth the appeal which Germany welcomed as basis for securing an ar mistice. He took a leading part in the peace deliberations in Paris and he has been a ceaseless worker in behalf of the league of nations as he brought it from Europe. Thus even though he is the head of a nation that was concerned in the great war it was not until we were forced to defend our rights that we en- tered. President Wilson's efforts have been for peace wherever possible. He has made many endeavors in that direc- | tion and has always been regarded as one whose services could be depended upon in that direction. So inclined and at the head of this country his efforts carried much wieght, even though they were not alw avs fruitful
 In selecting the president as the prize winner this year it will be the third time the honor has come to this coun- try and the second time to president. Theodore Roosevelt was the first to get such recognition because of the services he performed as mediator in the war between Russia and Japan, while Elihu Root was the second to receive the award ia 1912, six years following the Roosevelt award, that being in recogni- | ton of his work for international peace end justice both at The Hague and at hon,s New recognition comes to Wood row Wilson for his efforts in behalf of a permanent peace for the world.
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which figures are available at less av- craze valuation than In any month since April, 1919, in which the average import price of the coffee brought into this coun- try was exactly that of September, 1920, 16.6c per pound
 Ray silk, which comes to us from a half dozen countries, shows e similar de- cline in the average world price. the av- craze Import price of raw silk entering the United States in September 1920 having been but S6.56 per pound against l S1O.67 in May and $12.2s in March. 1920. when it stood at the highest point in our import record.
 That the world prices of most of the | principal articles which we buy from abroad have fallen is evidenced by the fact that more than two-thirds of those Tor which import prices are stated by the ! government show lower valuation in The official reports of September than in the immediately preceding month. and nearly
 all of them are at lower rates than those or certain earlier months., Clothing wool, for example, dra--1 from Australia, South America, South A,rica, Asia and certain European countries. averaged only s3Tc per pound in the imports of September, 1 1920, against 60.5c in July and s6.5c per ] pound in March of Ire current year. rice, ] coming to us especially from Japan | China, India, Siam and French Indo China, averaged in the import valuation and therefore the average value in the country from which drawn-only S.ec per pound in September, 1920, against 109e in May and 11.1c in February of the cur ! rent year. Cocoa imports of September. 1920, averaged 11.6c per pound agains.
 17Ic in July. 1920. and 2o2c in August. 1919. The festive banana yields slightly
 to the world movement for lower prices.
 the average import price per bunch in September 1920. having been 4s7c
 against 5O.4c in June and 50.sc in Febr,i- ary of the current year. The humble i 'goober." which held it's head aloft at a
 price of 9.4c Der pound only last June
 averaged in the September imports only
 7.6c per pound, and its product. peanut
 oil. for which an average of s1.52 per
 gallon was boldly demanded in the peanut
 areas of the Orient, is down in Septen,ber
 to 7S.2c per gallon. Potatoes, of whici
 the average import price only the othe,
 day-in June. 1920-was s3.O2 per bushel were in September S1o4 per busheL In materials for manufacturing, espe
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WORLDWIDE FALL IN PRICES.

The wave of price reduction has ex- tended to every part of the world. Two thirds of the principal articles now being imported into the United States, says statement by the National City bank of New York, were sold in the country of production at a less price than the same class of articles sold 30, 60' or 90 days earlier
 Measurement of the prices at which the various articles which we import are sold
 in the country of production is, continues the banks statement, quite feasible under our import laws which require the official valuation of the articles entering our ports to be the wholesaie-yalue in the country from which exported to the Unit ed States-the price at which the articles were actually sold, or the average whole l sale market price for such articles at the port from which exported to the United States. Thus. if we see that the govern | mental reports of the import price of any given article in the month of September, 1920, is less than that of earlier months | in the year. we may assume that the n.y. l craze price at which that class of mer- chandise was sold in the couptry of its
 production was less at the date at which
 it started to us than in the corresponding | date of earlier months
 Take coffee as an illustration it comes to us from more than scoro of coun tries, representing South America, Cen I tral America Asia, Africa, Oceania ant the West Indian islands; when We fnt
 that the average valuation of the coffe, i imported in the month of September 1920, was stated by the government a
 only 16.6c per pound against 1S.4e il
 August, 20.4c in July, 21, 6c in May, 22S
 ill February and 23ec in October of las year, we know that the average wholesel IL
 price of coffee in the various countrie
 from which the billion pounds imported il
 the last year was drawn has steadily fall
 en, and stands at this latest date fo
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-09
TIE NATIONAL PARKS.

That there is a growing desire on the rar. ot the people of this country to l-l and know more about the beauties Cf their own native land is evidenced lT Gre report of the secretary of the Interior Co the effect that there were wen over a million people who visited tft natioaal parks and monuments dur ing Che past year in comparison with a ltIo over a third of a million three years ago. Conditions were of course much different in the past year than they were three years ago. There were many more 10 60 sightseeing and much u1re Of a desire for pleasure and travel lut the growing interest manifested in- f.catcs that the idea of seeing America first hasn't by any means lost it's ap- real
 It was Of course for the preservation or come Of the best natural, beauty inots of -he country that the national Iars1 Were acquired It Is therefore Cltc ir Erering with expectations that e should be visited and admired. There may not have been so much a lack oi interest in the last as a lack e knowledge concerning them, a lack of means oi getting 10 and through them fn5 lack of facilities for those who vgrtai 90 get more than a passing Tllu-c
 Much has been done in the way of i-rr1Frd roads and hotel accommoda- t9nE By such means and an increased am'unt of publicity which has been given Co them, those who are able and eager to visit these attractive places have had their interest kindlrd, and it E not improbable that where they have been ie,ishted they will through the telling oi their experiences to others alrend tho good news and bring about a EI cltsr attendance in succeeding years.
 That is what they are for and the Ercl-,r the number to visit them the srllter the satisfaction. And likewise -oes it strengthen tire argument for the fsht that Is being made to prevent the c1mmercialization of the national parks rhey were not acquired for the purpose fl establishing power or irrigation pro- fects. Just as soon as they are utilized for that purpose they are bound to lose the.r natural attractiveness.
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ister's home and again the doctor went home to his family with the news from the parsonage His little son listened. att tentively. Then he grew excited. You did get paid for helping raise his sal- ary' he exclaimed admiringly to his father. "If you hadn't got that extra imeney the preacher never could have bought that baby of you"
 A New version
 Seven year old Joseph had been going to Sunday school for almost three months and during that time had heard several Bible stories. His mother was boastine about his ability to relate them. while his grandfather waited rather impatiently. He was ready to start on d trip down. town and Joseph was going with him.
 Then all at once Joseph, too, grew inn patient. He was in, grandfathsr's car and could not discover the reason for grandfathers lingering. So out he shout ed, Hurry up, grandpa, or we'll be too late to go. You're as slow as Moses when he built the ark"
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NoFWieh. fhursday, Dee. ., 1890.
CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING DEC. 4th, 1920
 11,050
mn cHmDREN's AID SOCIETY.

County by county the Connecticut Clilren's Aid society is making an ap- pcu io tho people Of this state for the purpose of giving adequate support to One orslnization that it may be possible to clrry on the purposes of the organi- -aNan and contribute the much needed aas'stance 10 the helpless and crippled children of the commonwealth.
 There isn't any more worthy cause thcn administering to the unfortunate children. who need and too often fail to -t One attention which will give them ire chance to be what they should. There is with reason much opposition to iastlutanal life provided it is possible fa rs. something better. There is lack Ing the home influence and attention tlat means SO much in the life of any cnlL
 Tia organization through its New irgt1n home has for years been doing a wonderful work for the dependent crip- riol children. It has. however, more tlan lt can properly take care of in it's present quarters. The importance of giving an who need its help the benefit af ttc home can be appreciated, and it a wth That in view that efforts are be- iu- made CO raise the necessary funds in order Co enlarge it's accommodations.
 Viewed from that angle alone the Carea .s most worthy one. It means help for those right here at horne, but Ia rs welfare work the society gives moro th1n a helping hand to other than crippled children. In dealing with chill dren who are normal it has long follow cl tre commendable policy of placing tarm out in families and when 1t is re- rlaol Chat nearly 25O0 have received thc a.d Of the society through such su- fsre lon. as well as the benefits of good Influences in their foster homes it can te appreciated that a big service has not only been rendered to those chill 1ran lut Co the state.
 ls Che twig Is bent so grows the tree is an old saying that is well illustrated tr the future years of children who trr1 rotten valuable inspirations and help through the efforts of this organi- zlt11. Connecticut must therefore E,anf i1yaiiy back of the society that is lha1ing the futures of coming citizens
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-09
THE HOPELESS PROTEST

ef my left eye was going, Mrs. Gollyway would cry out that I certainly should have been there in the afternoon when Chester, the Persian ~cat, was acting cute. Chester had climbed up beside the bowl of goldfish and looked at them in the most solemn manner, exactly as though he were a iI3ge-flad ever seen cat as smart as Chester?
 'The Gollyways paid not the slightest attention to anything either one of them said. The top button is off my coat GeIiway would say. T wish you would remember to bring home some bird seed, bis wife would retort sweetly, adding .Oh, did you know that Sister Emma is arriving tomorrow"
 "1 think that Methuselar (the dog, needs some of that medicine Gollwa! would frown. He has queer look anC must be coming down with something The firm told me today that I should have fine raise in salary-isn't tha grand. What do you suppose Chester did today" Mrs. Gollway would ask il reply. He jumped clear from the top O the bookcase to the piano By the way Temnly's teacher says Tommy has to b, put down whole grade at school isn't that awfulg'
 'Methuselah was watching for me al the window when I came down the street tonight" her huiband would retort
 And thus it went. Why, the com munity wanted to have a Thanksgiving meeting and an open session of rejoicing when Chester the, Persian cat ate the canary and in the afternoon MethuselaE ate Chester, and then the parrot. Omar put Methuselah out of commission bS scratching his violently with his claws The Gollyways were so dazed by the re current and sudden tragedies that the, were sDeechless and the rest of us got { chance to converse about what was what with no geological bulletins busting int the middle of our happy thoughts na' wrecking who knows how many menta gems. No Magenta, I really canne consent to your becoming the owner of kitten"
 Well. said the pretty little wife wit the revealed ears, "all right. I'd just a soon compromise on Russian wolfhoun and a couple of marmoset monkeys, any l how. When shall we go to pick thei l out t?"-Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-09

T saw the cutest kittens today" be- gan the pretty little wife with the new coiffure showing her ears. And when they are big enough Eugenia is going to give me one-
 Not while I have life and health to defend my hearthstone!' P the husband with the riotious tie informed her If you get a kitten, the next thing you'll want a parrot and pretty soon you'll be enlivening the dinner table with the news that the sweetest little hippopot- anus that you bought at a bargain sale for $14.sS is being sent out collect!
 T tell you it grows on me People will shun us just as they did the Golly- ways. who once were acauaintances of mine before they began acquiring pets.
 Why, used to gove over to the Gelly- ways primed to spend pleasant evening explaining to Gollyway why the present administration was running this fair country on the reefs of failure and Col lyway would meet me at the door with a wrinkled brow and in his shirt sleeves, because he had been administering first aid to the prunehound which had been taken with canv1ulsions just before din- ner time. Only his prerkot and intelli- gent action had saved the hound from extinction and Gollyway was still weak from the shock, coming so soon as it did dIC6I IUo QdITOlS DfQheH tVC GuQ Iuc time they had finding the Persian cat when it ran away.
 After expressing my sympathy and considering the subject now closed would perhaps say that it certainly was a pleasant evening out, whereupen Mrs. Gollyway would chime in that it cer. tainly was the queerest thing-but when anything happened to any of their as sorted pets it invariably happened on a pleasant evening and she was getting simply superstitions about it. If came back with the information that all my relatives had suddenly died and my bank had failed, Gollyway would respond b~ making dash for the fish food, cry ing that it was a wonder Finny and Lily and Tinney were not starved te death the way he neglected them-had ever noticed the silver moon on Tinny'i left side and the odd curve he made 1T the water?
 If I added that the doctor had told mt i ,hat I had serious heart trouble and tha | my arteries were hardening and the sign
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-09

protecting the public relative to correct weights and measures. It calls not only for seeing that scales are properly ad- justej, that measures haven't false bot toms and that value is given according to established standards but it calls for careful scrutiny of those who guess at quantities when they figure on being the gainer through such operations.
 Fourteen pounds in ton of coal would have been so insignificant as to be disregarded but it was nearly one seventh of what was paid for and it is thoroughly understood that pound for pound those whe buy coal by small quantities pay a much higher price for 1t so much 70 that they should get what they pay for.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-09

clally those for clothing. the decline Is equally striking; calf skins. of which the average import price last February was e6c per pound, stand in September al 3S.7c; hides of cattle fall from 3sc per pound in November of last year to 25.sc in September of the current year: India
 rubber. of which the average import price
 in April was 4s.4c per pound. averages
 39ySe in September. raw cotton. chiefly
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-09
Stories That Recall Other.
Gratitude

The minister's salary was very low in- deed and the village doctor who was on the church board, hy hard work. finally had it raised. He went home much elated over the accomplishment and boasted tc his wife and children over it. Not once
 but for many days did he do this thing
 Then one day the stork visited the min
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-09

slavery publications. and the national legislature went so far as to recommend a severe penalty upon the circulation ir the south of literature whose purpose was to instigate the slaves to insurrec' tion.
 (Temorrow-The First Lady of the
 White House.)
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-09

from Egyps. Hhlch slood al ssc per pcune in August Of the earrent year. drops ir 5L5e in september- haekled nax. which stood at s2.e4s per ton in August. drorf to 3l.e5s in September: sisai rrass iron s22s per ton in February to tl5n ger tcn
 n September. and 5uie from SiSe per ion in December. 1913. to s52 per ton in Sep tember. isee.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-09
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
An Inquir,

MT. Editor: Just to inquire if the Bal tic diphtheria eases are well under con- trol and quarantined when the members and school children of those quarantined families go to their work and to school?
 A FATHER
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-09

Bill Hohenzollern will be the first to send congratulations to Constantine, and probably he will call Gerrnany's at- tention to wi,t the Greeks cid
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-09

Up in New Hampshire tho complaint Is that motor trucks spoil the early sea- Eon rleighing. There are other places where they spoil the roadbed not only for sleighing but for all travel.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-09

Having blockaded the harbor of Plume Ho5son is now waiting to see whether the young ladies insist on kissing DAn- nunzio
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-09

President Wilson did wise thing in respecting his doctors orders in not de- hvering his address to congress. There was nothing ealing fer the taking of any chances of bringing on relapse.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-09

North Dakota is finding out that there are other ways than holdups by which to bust the banks
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-09

The man on the corner says: You can te a good scout by making it possible for others to be.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-09

Even after warning has been given, the police are showing that they know where liquor could be found.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-09

When the creditors of Ponzi receive their 30 cents on the dollar those who still have faith in him and his methods will begin to see light.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-09

One great trouble with all the unem- rloyed is that they are probably not yen inclined to make gsod farmers
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-09

Nothing so far as can be recalled has been said about Governor Cox's hunting trip. He must miss being out of the limeIbyht.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-09

When President-elect Harding talks to the senate again he will talk in a different way.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-09
EDITORIAL NOTES,

Argentina doesn't intcnd that all shall be harmony in the concert of na- tions.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21
SHRIlVERS DANCE
At CELEBRATION p,
MONDAY NIGHT

Washington's birthday will be observed
by the Murat Shriners on Monday night
with dance program.
This dance will be the first OF series
of special dances exclusively for the
Shriners The presentation of the 1925
membership card will be sufficient.
The decorations for the Monday night
dance will be in keeping with the oc-
casion. Entertaining features will be in
troduced during the evening.
The announcement also states that
members are not expected to bring theil
children, as special children's parties
will be given for them at other times.
A ''jazz" dance will be given by the
Shriners on the night OF March II, while
the browning event of the dance season
will be given on April 1. 1t will be an
april Fool" party and all the dancers
will be in masquerade.
The following committee has beer
named to direct the dance entertainments
John T. Saulter, chairman; r. Eggleston
E. ]. Gausepohl, Frank E. Floyd, Fl. H
Sargent, J. w. Lilly, Ford e. Hoop, w
Fl. Brown and Frank G. Laird.
On March l the Shriners will give an
other one of their exclusive theater par
ties at the Murat. The Shriners have
taken over the entire house for "Oh, My
Dear" on that evening.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-21

because she adores Certeis and all of
his ancestors, and she would have killed
me rather than let me wear single
Spanish jewell
1T a tangled skein che fates have
handed you. my dear"
at is. And while 1 looked on the
wretched human life which seethed
close to me in the howell, 1 decided 20
cut some of the hard knots in my own
existence"
'Why, Chrys. nobody can do that It's
the one impossibility. / know that pee
pie often try it-geniuses and radicals
and poets. And they always knot their
troubles harder"
''Not so fast, Jane. I am not poet
and I am ut going to abandon my.
friends nor live In Greenwich village nor
kill myself ] am not going to shirk
any of my duties, but I am going TO
shape them TO suit myself, hereafter, as
far as I can Then I feel sure | Will
come pretty close to suitlng other people.
The first thing l am going to do is to
get a divorce from the man I married
in haste"
Are you sure that you were actually
married, Chrys?" I ventured.
my dear-I wonder. There was moth
ing more than the ceremony, You know.
Certies was in danger of his life, he
said He wanted the daughter OF his
best friend-as Daddy was at the time
to inherit his title and property. You
know the story. never imagined for
moment that he would impose upon
me and upon Daddy by mock cere-
mony."
But now-you hope-maybe he did?
You hope-because-"
GO on, Jane"
Because the real prince has arrived :"
I concluded in my most confident tone.
Chrystobel threw a little kiss and a
wistful smile to me.
"A prince with a perfectly grand
democratic occupation" she said. He
would keep all the children of the world
from suffering, He has dedicated his