Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-29

| NOrWlCn ROLdrlanS, nOmDeflQS dDOUL thirty with several guests, heard two interesting talks, one by Rev. Peter c.
 Wright and the other by Joseph Mayo,
 president of the Ironsides Board Corp oration, at the weekly noon-day lun-
 cheon at the Wauregan hotel on We'd nesday. Following the luncheon the
 members of the club were the guests of Dr. Franklin s. Wilcox on a tour Of inspection of the Norwich State hos pital at Brewsters Neck which proved
 of great interest to those who took the
 opportunity of visiting New England's s best insane retreat.
 Joseph c. Worth presided at the
 meeting which opened with the sing ing of America. James L. Case, as a penalty for being late, sang a solo which was so well rendered that he Twas forced to respond to an encore. | A communication from the republi-
 can state committee as to the attitude I of the Rotary club regarding Harding
 and Coolidge was read and Mayor Le- rou asked to give an opinion. MT. Le- rou was of the opinion that the matter was not for the club to take action on
 being non-partisan organization but said he had always been for these two candidates but was opposed to this way of canvassing the nation.
 I sent a request for straw vote. Alder man Charles F. Wells was asked for an
 opinion on this matter. Alderman Wells said I'm agin 'em" and express | ed the same opinion regarding acton | by the club. The labor party also sent communication of the same na-
 ture regarding their candidates.
 President Worth called on Joseph
 Mayo to say something regarding his views of the present coal shortage in
 New England. MT. Mayo said:
 It was my privilege recently to at- | tend a meeting of the purchasing agents association and the traffic man. agers of New Haven and l learned many facts regarding this situation. The chief cause for the high price of
 coal in my opinion. is the stampeding of the small manufacturers in an eff
 fort to get coal. By the small manu-
 facturer I mean the one who uses less ! than 5000 tons . year. He has gone
 to the mines to buy coal and there they | told him a price of $10 to SIP, he had
 to have the coal so he bought it. It
 would have been the same if they had
 asked S20 and so the price has jumped because the coal can be sold to the small man at more than the big buyer
 is willing to pay. The small dealer would do well to buy from his local 1 dealer rather than take the matter into | his own hands.
 | It appears that New England is now
 to have coal and it is up to- all the manufacturers to get it. We want a
 100 per cent. coal supply to run our plants. The cities on the coast can i get it by tidewater and they should do l it and see that they get it.
 | After MT. Mayos talk the meeting
 was turned over to James L. Case who ] introduced Rev. Peter c. Wright, a former pastor of the Central Baptist
 church, as the next speaker. Dr. Wright's subject was The Relation of
 America to the Rest of the World, 3 topic which the speaker dis scussed | thoroughly in the few minutes in which
 he spoke. Dr. Wright said in part:
 l do not believe the relation of Am
 erica to other nations should be a po- litical issue and the danger that con fronts the country today is that it may
 be drawn into the maelstrom of politics
 About 500 years ago the Atlantic
 ocean was practically an impossible barrier, but today we talk with the rest of the world both under the sea l and over it, under by the cable and over by the wireless. We can trave
 across this water in a week and we 1 are linked to the other nations through Jour commercial interests. Then agair
 we are held to the other nations by even stronger ties, those of blood. We
 have held our doors wide open to the people of the world and they have come
 to our shores. Now practically every nation has some of it's sons in oul homes. They look to us as their bene- factors. These reasons tie us up witt the rest of the world by strong bonds 1 When the world war broke out Vt stayed out as long as our honor anC
 ideals would let us, then we went in tC defend. them. Once in it we saw i through. We have thousands of boy. over there who gave their lives fol ideals. We are linked to the other na-
 tions of the world by invention, ideals and other reasons and we simply can
 not cut loose. America can not sit by and see the Christian Armenians mas sacred by the Turks any more than Wt could watch Spain oppress Cuba.
 believe that all men believe in ar
 association of nations, whether it be { league of nations or other form of as. Isociations where international difficult ties can be settled without legally and without war. Americans want tC prevent future wars, whether by tht present proposed league or otherwise but we want some sort of internationa relationship. I would like to speak of the condi- tions in China, Japan and Russia anG
 also some of the other nations of tho world and how they feel toward Ameri- ca. Russia is in a state of chaos now but she will come out all right in time when the people become educated 1T the powers Of governing themselves iTheV all look fO America as the pPnai
 nation of the world.
 America has a responsibility to the
 world that no other nation has. Oui intitutions are the light of the world
 Every. American should get to think 1 ing on this question of relations with 1 the world and think in an unprejudiced
 manner.
 Dr. Wright was given rising vote
 of thanks at the conclusion of his ad- | dress. After the meeting the members
 went by automobile to the state hos | pital where they were met by Dr. Will | cox who showed them through the in- stitution.
 The Rotarians were met at the hos
 pital by ,Dr. Wilcox and the tour of in- ! spection started with the executive building where are located the offices telephone exchange, waiting room and l other rooms and offices. The party then l went to the women's ward where the 1 convalescent patients are quartered This is large room With dormitory and rest 1 room all immediately kept and airy From here the Rotarians were taken to the ward where the more violent patients are kept Dr. Wilcox explaining the causes of insanity and the treatment The sights in the wards were at times laugh