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Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-10

Kew York city has population of
5.s2l15L This Is smaller than was ex-
pected. but if is enough. The rate OF in
erase is only 17.9 per cent. the smallest
IN the citys history except in the decade
ending with 1870. The numerical in
crease. S54,26s, is smaller than in either
OF the two decades preceding 1919. In
IRE borough of Manhattan there was an
actual loss, amounting to 47354 or .
per cent The borough Of Bronx on the
other hand, experienced a very large
growth. It's population increased by
1i2.0f6. or 69.s per cent Brooklyn now
has a population of 2.092. 262-aImost as
large as the old New York. The Brook
lyE increase is 3O1,O36, or 23.7 per cent
The other boroughs. Richmond and
Queens also showed increases.
The census authorities attribute the
comparatively small increase to the
checking Of immigration. and the stimu-
latioh given by the war to emigration
But there Is another reason, namely the
moving of people to the outlying dis
tricts. Manhattan has undoubtedly lost
70 Brooklyn and the Bronx, and also,
TO doubt 10 the Jersey suburbs. these
latter, Of course, not being counted in
the New York census. Other people have
found homes in Connecticut. OF course,
this shifting of population within the
boundaries Of the greater city would not
explain the small increase of the popu-
iation included within those boundaries.
But it does in part account for the loss
In Manhattan. And many people have
no doubt moved beyond the limits Of the
census district.
Manhattan is each year becoming less
q residence and more a business city
This de1 elopment is perhaps more notice
able to the occasional visitor than to the
New Yorker. 1t is probable. too, that
other cities are increasingly drawing
from New York, which is getting too big
and crowded for comfort. Yet Boston in
creased only Ills per cent as against
11.9 for New York, and Buffalo only 1874
per cent. Perhaps cities may grow toe
large, and then cease to grow rapidly
II would be good to know that this was
true. For men are needed today on tbs
farms as never before. New York, al
least is quite big enough.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-10

Chauncey NJ. Depew Of New York, vet.
eran Of many convention battles. il
cheered Justify as Mr.. Depew turned his
oratorical weapons on President Wilson
and especially when he declared tina;
in the old days when Washington found
it necessary to deal close hand with for
eign powers, he stayed on the job at
home and sent the chief justice as his
emisary.
There were scattering cries from the
floor for other speakers, but Chairman
Lodge, TO give the convention a sensa-
ton, presented Mrs Margaret Hin Nc
Carter Of Kansas. the first woman ever
accorded the privilege Of addressing ii.
She was thrilled by the warth OF the
greeting. and in a brief address pledged
the loyal support Of millions OF women
voters TO the republican cause.
Calls for other men high in the ranks
Of the party, including Former Speaker
Cannon. who was not present. were end
ed QUICKLY as the convention adopted
Senator wadswortlh's motion to adjourn
until tomorrow eleven o'clock.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-10

Rough Riders ambassadors and bad
men, poets and journalists, prize fight
ers and explorers mingled. In the midst
of them, the president bounded about in
his overlooking energy, discussing men
and nations, senate, house and courts
with a freedom that took away the
breath of the cautious.
Besides having more callers, Roosevelt
had more correspondents than any other
president, and it is estimated that he
wrote 150.00n letters In his seven years
and a half IN the presidency. He was
also a great traveller travelling $4,000
miles and visiting every state in his first
term. Wherever he went he was equally
at home, with a knack of getting in
close touch with the spirits of the crowd.
No other president had lived the life
of America so completely as Roosevelt
He was an Easterner in the East
Westerner in the West and he was, in
fact, half Southerner, with two uncles in
| the Confederate navy and a md her
who remained to her death an unrecon-
| structed rebel" Take that man out of
Texas" a Texan democrat exclaimed
He'll win every vote. in the state. He
campaigns next to the ground" When
| the election ~f '1"f "4->S". ia was elected
by an immense popular plurality three
| tines large a. ii ever been given
to any candidate. the first vice president
to receive the presidency from the peo-
pie after receiving it from the hand of
death.
| The statutes that were enacted ia
Roosevelt's administration were expert
ments, and most of them are of doubt
| full effect He was a greater preacher
than a law-giver. With the presidency
l liz Int la oil
ton and. indeed. the world. higher stan
dards of moral duties, of sociNl obliga-
! lions in business as well as in politics.
in the home as well as in public life.
Only the lesser half of his influence and
his record will be found on the parch-
ments of congress. The larger half he
wrote on the conscience of the country.
Tomorrow-The Big Stick
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-10

One Of the phases of the labor prob
lem Of today getting considerable at
tention has to do with the interest the
worker takes in his task. The general
trend Of opinion is that modern methods
of production have been so changed that
the man no longer has the interest in his
task that once was an accompaniment of
labor This is inevitable.
In the days of hand work, or when
handieraft yet was predominant in in
dustria1 processes, the artisan was es-
sentially creator. He took the raw ma
terial and fashioned 1t into something
useful The cooper, as an illustration,
rived his slaves from the bolt. shaved
them into form. split the pole and dress
cd his hoops, cut and shaped his heads.
and set up the whole, producing key,
barrel fierce or cask. the work of his
own hands, skillfully directed by brain
that could vision the completed article
before the first touch Of the tool. Sc
with the carpenter. in all the divisions
of his trade. and all down through the
long list of mechanics who were true
masters of their craft Machinery did
away with all of this, and skill sand
training was diverted from the hand OPP
Ell ated tools TO those driven by steam Oh
other power.
In modern factories the only skill now
called for is manual experiences in car
rying on a single process, and often one
of such tedium that the mind is dead
ened rather than inspired by the toll
What joy can the worker in great fac
tory derive from carrying on a steadily
repeated operation Of short duration
throughout eight or ten hours of unre
! hitting toll Picture to yourself how
! much of exultation attends the run
ming down of taps on bolts all day
long. several werkmen employed in {
"chain each giving specified numbel
of turns to the tap, till finally one set
| it home With a wrench?
Productive work should have in i
Some element Of the creative. In TIL
efficient modern factory this is lacking
| almost entirely That is why the 10y
| has been taken out Of the work The
happy solution will be found in a factor!
where the hand and brain of man ar,
used in a way that will employ The
natural faculties of man for doing
things. and give the workman chanc,
to create as well as merely to manu-
facture
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-10
CIRCULATION
WEEK ENDING JUNE 9Th, 1920
1852
ON THE WAY TO MAKE HISTORY.

The republican national convention
now in session at Chicago has a history
making event in its hands. Out of the
strife of supporters of favorite sons will
come the nomination of candidates for
the offices of president and vice presi-
dent Of the United States, with a good
chance of their election against their OPP
ponents to be chosen two weeks later at
San Francisco by the democratic conven-
ton.
There is bound to be the log rolling
and wire pulling for this or that candi-
date. and who will be nominated it is
impossible yet for anyone to say, nor
can anyone tell yet how the action Of
The convention may affect the future pol
icy of the government, or the history of
the world, for that matter The fate of
nations can depend on seemingly trivial
matters. just as II has been said q straw
may sometimes turn the course of a
stream
Il takes no great stretch of the mem
Org TO recall how small matter may
have worldwide results. for no longer
ago than the last national election, it
vas an apparently trivial circumstances
that swung the vote of California to the
democratic side in the electoral college
and thus elected Mr. Wilson over MIR,
Hughes. Through some misunderstand-
ing or mismanagement Mir Hughes
sighted the friends of Mr. Johnson
which wa senough to ALLEVIATE the Cali
sornia vote that would hSve elected re-
publican president
changed the history of the United States
and the history of the world Had Mr.
hughes been elected, we do not know
what his policy in reference to the war
would have : sen. but it would at least
have meant a congress in harmony with
the president Mr.. Hughes would prob
ably not have elected to go abroad as
Eir. Wilson did and we know that the
treaty for the peace of the world would
have been written under different cir
numstances. Re-making the map of Eu
rope would undoubtedly have been con-
ducted along different lines. and a peace
treaty would have been presented for
ratification before congress sytnpa
thetic with the president Legislation
for domestic purposes would have stood
n much better prospect Of being accom-
plished along constructive lines, instead
Of having many important measures fail
10 the ground in the turmoil of fractional
fights to furnish political capital
i is still fresh in the memory that
both Garfield and Bryan won nomina-
tons from their conventions because Of
their own dramatic orations. Who car
say then what man may not rise up tc
sway the gathering at Chicago or wha
incident may not turn the scales in a d.
rection now unforeseen?
The country is looking for man o.
nasterful ability of approved American
ism. and Of nationwide availability t.
whom they can give unqualified supper
and against whom no strident clamoi
can be raised. He is the man to b,
nominated if the best interests of on
country are to be kept in view
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-10

"Janet's club met this afternoon said
Mrs. Crabtree 1T was quite fashion
able affair 1 am perfectiy appalled, at
the modern girl, james,"
WHO snubbed your" demanded Crab
treet with interest And what did they
do with the remains?''
.'Oh, they were perfectly lovely to me-"
reported Mrs. Crabtree. Il was supposed
to be confined to the sitting room be-
cause they didn't want me to go to any
bother. You see it's the sort of club
that attends to its own refreshments.
All they want is the use of the kitchen
and free, untrafnmeled air, But 1 gath
cred quite a COOL deal of what was go
ing on from the eddies that flowed in
and out of my secluded spot.
1.-THE queerest thing was whenever
went into my room for anything | hap
pefied to need 1 always found two or
three girls doing their hair over. OF
course, they had come right from col
iege but that would make no difference
Any time Janet has party SOMEBODY or
other has to do her hair over Janet
came in three times for more hairpins
and Ethel tore her hair net and please
id l have an extra one?
.'Of course, eac one of the thirty had
to dash upstairs several times during the
afternoon to view anXiously the state OF
powder and tint on her fair young coun-
.anance lIved in the
.ys when that wasn't one of my wor-
ries'
why does ain. their complex
ior?" asked Crabtree.
at will said Mrs. Crab
zee, ''but as they live entirely in the
present it uoes. nyAy mem. Thirty
| i've years is al age which is absolutely
Impossible ever to happen to them. Ii
they ever do admit it may be one OF
their Affections they think they'll be so
Did that they will be thinking about
harps and clouds instead of compilations.
Il don't think I ever in my life saw
Quite so much style. l went in haste
once at their cries to remove our family
cat that had carefully selected the most
expensive sealH in and marten coat on
the bed to go to sleep upon. He had
perfect riot of sable and mole, raeoon.
seal and chinchilla to choose from, too.
Nothing like it when my club meets
the women haven't any money left after
buying fur coats for their daughters and
| they wear cloth and glad to get it. And
| hats-well, there was one hat that never
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-10

prise The capitalists in control domi-
nate many Of this cguntryis shipping
lines and several ship building plants
and announce as their plan the resump-
ton of service on what they regard as
the more essential routes. Additions
will be made to the feet By building
more ships and with more ships viii
come extension Of the service
This is a niomertous merger that
seems to signify that the shipping bill
justifies its titie--an act TO provide for
the promotion and maintenance Of the
American merchant marine
Proof that II really 50 provides Is fur
nished not only BY the merger Of what
are called the Hartman interests but
by the fact that desperate efforts were
made to prevent the passage Of the bill.
alien propaganda being mustered into
service. There was lobbying against the
measure until the final roilcall, and it
would have been successful had the de-
bate been prolonged.
We have Admiral Benson's word for
1t that the new law is statesmanlike.
From other competent sources have come
such encomitins as render negligible the
objections of the secretary of state who
opposed the bill because Of his convic-
ton that some Of it's provisions are vio-
iative Of existing treaties and because
of his fear that the provisions relating to
the disposition Of the steamers formerly
owned by Germany will cause litigation
He has the modification of knowing that
in the face Of these contentious the pres
ident signed the bill without moment s
hesitation. and Senator Jones has the
satisfaction Of knowing that the alien
propagandists have their labor for their
pains.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-10
{ i've Minutes a Day
With Our Presidents
Copyright 1s2o-6y James Morgan
LxXVI-THE SQUARE DE

LAANl-TAE SUI ARE DEAL
I9O1-Sept. IA, Theodore Roosevelt
took the oath in Buffalo as
the 25th President, aged AZ.
19O2-Oct Is, Settled the Coal
Strike.
19O4-November. elected by a plu-
raIity of 2;545,5t5.
I9O6-RailrOad rate regulation
Meat Inspection Law.
Pure Food Act.
19OS-Roosevelt opened first confer
ence on National conservation
of natural resources.
At the cracking of twig in the still
depths of the Adirondack Mountains
Roosevelt turned to see a guide coming
out of the woods with the unexpected
news that McKinley's condition was
worse. Although he fastened to Buffalo,
the president had died IS hours before
the vice president arrived.
The new president requested all the
members of the cabinet to remain in Of
fee, and he pledged himself to continue
unchanged the policies of his predecessor
He did not mean to be either a Tyler
or johnson. Neither could he be 4
Mckinley. He was Roosevelt, and his
administration became his own
The money magnates and the grea
corporations had financed republican sue
cess in the gold and silver campaign Of
1895 and for four years they had di
rected the policies of the party without
tions, trusts and mergers were swiftly
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-10

bringing into the control of a small group
of men the banks, the factories, the
mines, the forests the railroads, the whole
economic life of the country.
Theodore Roosevelt owed nothing to
the men and interests tina thad been rum
ming the administration and congress by
long distanced telephone from New York
Nor had he any selfish, personal gain to
make by challenging this powerful i'm
visible government. The instant popular
ity that he won in the White House as
sured his election TO the presidency, if
he would only keep quiet and not dis
turb business"
But he foresaw the time coming
when the people would reassert their
sovereign ascendency and that they
would wreck the republican party if it
stood in the way. To guard against its
meeting that fate and to avert radical
uprising, he proceeded to unshacllle his
party.
bare catalogue of the measures of
Roosevelt's crowded administration. the
first constructive administration since the
Civil war, must suffice here; the smash
ing of the Northern Securities company,
which stopped the plans for all other
railroad mergers; the interstate COM
under government control the meat in
spection act; the pure food law; the
establishment of the department of COM
merce, with power to investigate and
report on the books and business of cor
porations; the rescue of lands, forests
and water power from the further en-
croachments by private interests and
their conservation in the National inte-
rest
Each act of legislation was pushed
through balky reluctant congress,
against the desperate resistance of the
lobby. by the pressure which was almost
cruel in the force that Roosevelt could
summon from it. With it he overwhelrn-
ed the coal barons of Pennsylvania who
lightly defied him when he called upon
them to arbitrate strike which was
causing a fuel famine on the edge of
winter.
The exploiting interests could not
alarm the country with the cry that this
wealthiest man in the presidential line
-wealthiest both at birth and at DEATH
the inventory of his estate totaling
$SS1.0S2-was the enemy of honest
wealth and of private property. They
spread instead, in ominous whispers the
story that he was going insane and fin
nally that this absten1ious man, who
was always in trainings as if for prize
| fight drank too freely. At the first
appearance III print of this latter yarn
| he Jumped on it With libel suit and
| killed it forever.
| The people of both parties knew thai
Roosevelt was trying to start a square
DEAL" as he declared. They liked his
plain way of saying what he had to say
ari they seldom missed the point of any.
thing he said.
| And he knew better than any othel
president what the people themselve!
were saying, all kind of people. Th'
| doors of the White House were wide opel
and there never was any telling WHIT
might be there, where senator's ant
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-10
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The Courthouse Damage anu tine Tlnmen.
Mr.. Editor: The writer of Mr.. Fox's
letter of today still adheres to the show
ing that this is d question of veracity be-
tween himself and me. This won't do.
l quoted the exact language and dates of
the submitted papers, and if not correct
let them produce the documents as proof.
l have no brief for the other master
plumbers of this city, yet 1 do not think
any one of them would falsify in mat
ter so vitality public as the present one.
My notes and dates were exact and no
amount of pen or pencil gymnastics can
make them different.
The strike is still on, and the BLANK
space" for the signatures of the master
plumbers conserving to one dollar per
hour is yet untitled, and likely to be so.
AS mentioned in the Fox disclaimer,
we would be sorry to create any discord
between the plumbers and the tfnmen, but
the facts are these.
The plumbers have an agreement with
their employers that does not terminate
until July /, 1920. This agreement covers
the hours, the wages and service of the
plumbers. fixed by mutual consent. The
tinfnen, who had no union tip to recently,
and no agreement with u.s. have received
just the same wage and hours as the
plumbers, yet the tinfnen launch strike
for 81 1-2 cents per hour more than the
plumbers, to start from Nav /. 1920. To
make their strike effective, they forbid
the plumbers to do any work touching
the sheet-metal line. This is what led us
to the conclusion that they think them
selves better men. and had right to die
tate.
If the plumbers agreed to this subordi-
nate place, they have themselves to blame
and not their employers This is the milk
in the cocoanut, which requires SO much
churring. and has produced not any but
ter as yet.
Respectfully
AN EMPLOYING PLUMBER
Norwich, June 8, 1920
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-10
CONVENTION BUSINESS ROUTINE
AKIN ENTIREIv HaRMONI0Ife


Chicago. June 9.-Second day proceed
ings of the republican national conven-
ton, lasting barely an hour and deal
ing entirely with routine, moved as
smoothly and swiftly today as a hoop
rolling down hill
There was a shout Of approval from
the delegates as they adopted the re-
port of the committee on permanent or
ganization by which Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts was made permanent
chairman, which considerably shortened
the work and cut out a lot Of speech
making The convention gave its pre-
siding officer a big demonstration.
The report OF the committee on ere
dentials. over which some delegates had
expected a fight, was presented and
adopted without a fiutter as was the re-
port of the rules committee, which gives
women representation on the national
executive committee.
With no report from the makers of a
platform. the crowd was ready - hear
few speeches and called first for
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-10
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Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-10
THOSE YOUTHFUL DESPoTS

cost a cent under $40"
Maybe it was her mothers and she
lifted it, suggested Crabtree. 4 hope
Janet DIDN'T see 1T"
Don't worry! e said his wife. She
spoke of it especially and said Rosamuna
wore it too school ever yday OF Il , NE.
That was wnen she brought in l4stner
to show ire platinum and dhl-
lond wrist watch"
II dol. this crowd sounds
said Janet's ott.cr parent. Don't they
all try to live up 10 each other?"
"Oh, my, YES said hisaWife. Janet,
no doubt, will be asking for watch SCI.
with three carat stones oget ahead of
Esther And most ow them drove up in
their own personal limousines and acrs.
You see, the families nowaal , usually
| have to hand over the big - to the
| sons and daughters and use a little fiv-
! yer to get around in themselves"
| 'Grhen Janet came dasfing in for
shears and needle and thread because
Hortense had decided to cut off the
sleeves of her dress right away. 1t
seems she couldn't stand them long an
other minute, since every one else was
wearing them short. If L cut off sleeves
l should take half lay to it, but Hor-
tense blithely chopped them off, tucked
| them UP with stitch or TWO and looked
perfectly all right, with no trouble at
all, to my intense amazement. There
| should have been threads and strings
hanging from her dimpled elbows, but
there weren't. Somehow they get away
with all their atrocities. They were to
be gone by S 80 naturally it was 80 be-
fore the powdered, perfumed, fur coated,
satin, gold trimmed mob Of fair young
beauties finally surged out after manag-
ing to tear themselves away from each
other. So that is why there isn't any
Idinner cooked"
Say cried Crabtree in great alarm,
do you mean to say"
/ I'm saying it, Mrs. Crabtree assured
him brightly. Let us climb into our 8
year old coats, put on our last years
hats AMI treading where beauty and
fashion recently have trod, depart around
the corner to the rs cent restaurant
Come on %
Anyhow said Crabtree as he start
ed, they're darned cute girls, if l do
have to starve to death for EN-! 1 guess
l might as well get that car-Janet goes
out SO much she really does need it p
Exchange.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-10

motion Of the famous bitter ender"
Vallandigham Of Ohio.
Two ballots settled the vice presi-
idency. James Guthrie of Kibentcl1y
(wlio had been Douglas chief opponent
for the presidential nomination in the
regular convention of 1900 led on the
first ballot in a field of eight candidates.
On the second ballot, however, Guthrie's
name was withdrawn. and this habit i'm
mediate'y became so contagious that
George H. Pendleton of Ohio Cwho had
been a runner Up en- the first ballot was
unanimously chosen.
Mcclellan and Pendleton were later de-
feated at the polls by Lincoln and john
SON.
To be continued tomorrow with the story
of the Convention of 1865.