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Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-03
RAILROAD WAGE REDUCTION.

Relief which has long been called for by the railroads promises to be extended in part at least by the action which has been taken by the railroad labor board in the reduction of the wages of the railroad employees. The railroads have not secured as great reduction in their operating expenses as they desired or asked for. The railroad employees op- posed any reduction so that the decision of the board must be regarded as be- ing based upon the conditions which were revealed to it in the hearings
 Cutting the war time wages shows an inclination to meet the drop in the cost of living and in addition thereto there will come to the roads the advantages due to the ending of the national agree ments. The decrease is not as large as has been made in other lines of employ ment, and inasmuch as it fails to give the roads what they believed necessary ! in order to insure them a proper re- | turn for service rendered it will depend to large extent upon the roads as to how near the changed conditions will come to solving some of their big prob ] lens. It is nevertheless a beginning in the right direction even though it doesn't end the railroad troubles.
 1 In view of the fact that the wage re- duction was less than the roads asked for it certainly doesn't lend much hope to the belief that the roads will be put
 in any position to bring down the rates to such points as desired. The labor has taken action that will help the roads to make ends meet. A return of business would do much towards overcoming the present situation and furnish good reason ;fo "a cutting of freight tariffs The | roads however. are not in 8 position to apply the wage reduction to offset lower rates, although there is satisfae- tion to be gained from the fact that roads have themselves undertaken to re.
 duce rates where t Is believed it can
 be done and where 1t ought to serve
 as business stimulant
 If, however, rates can be cut without
 putting the roads right back where they
 were before wage reductions, let us by
 all means have them. The earlier thu
 better.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Increase of Wealth.

MT. Editor: Just few words to the point if you please. The world today is filled with wealth and pFincely splendor.
 This condition is fitly described by the prophet in the words, Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures" Isa. 2:7. And this, he said, was to pass in the last days" In striking manner this has been fulfilled. as may be seen from the following statement of facts: In 1900 the worlds gold supply was valued at one billion two hundred and firty million dollars. In 1890, only ninety years la ter, it had increased to five billions sev- en hundred millions. The increase, therefore, during the ninety years. gives nearly five times the amount possessed at the beginning of the century. This phenomenal increase of gold has been made possible by the discovery of rich mines in different parts of the world. William E. Gladstone, in speaking on this subject few years ago, said, There are gentlemen before me who have wit messed a greater accumulation of wealth within the period of their lives than has been seen in all preceding times since the days of Julius Caesar" few years ago a millionaire, a woman of New York city, gave a fancy dress ball at the Wal dorf-Astoria which cost five hundred i thousand dOllarS. Peope came thouSaDH' 1 of miles to attend it. The ball beg . at midnight, and ended at five o'clock T 1 the morning. Its pleasure, therefore, cost at the rate of one hundred thous and dollars an hour. If you go to New York city and see the Madison avenue cars any day, rain or shine, between thu hours of 10 o'clock in the morning anf l5 or 6 in the afternoon, you vii find ear after car closely packed witt ladies in whose ears are diamonds worti from five hundred to five thousand dol lars each.
 The rich trust in their money malkin. gold their defense; but the Bible say lthat neither their silver nor their gol shall be able to deliver them in the da, of the Lords wrath, and that "the! shall cast their silver in the streets and their gold shall be removed" Eze I7:1s.
 Riches profit not in the day of wrath but righteousness delivereth from death. Prov. 11:4. We are not to covet tn possessions of the rich "A little that righteous man hath is better than tn riches of many wicked" Ps. 37:16. Bet ter is little with the fear of the Lort than great treasure and trouble there with" Prov. 16:S; 15:1s. 'I have bee
 young, and now am old; yet have nc
 seen the righteous forsaken, nor his see
 begging bread" Ps. 37:25,f
 Respectfully,
 FRANK J. WENISCH. Willimantic, June 1, 1921.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-03
srrPoRr GOOD CITY GOVERNMENT.

In recognition of the importance of supporting good government the voters ot Norwich cannot fail to be impressed w.,h the advsability of getting to the polls on Monday and making the best use of their ballots.
 Norwich has seen things accomplished during the past year that are decided benefit to the municipality. When prob lems have arisen they have been given prompt and effective attention. There has been brought about that much de- sired and long sought understanding be- tween thu mayor and council and the gas and electrical commissioners. It isn't an understanding that has been worked out politically. Politics have played no part iu it r has simply been a matter of sound business and not only has much tHat was desired been ascertained re- -ardi1- our municipal gas and electric plant but there is assurance that the city Is .H a position 10 get similar infor- nation whenever t is desired.
 This like other problems has been tackled in courageous and conscien- ti0us manner. The interests of the city have been kept uppermost. Public hui
 
 mess has been denounced and corrected lasting improvements that are bound tc show large saving in the end have been put through or started. There has been a wholesome stand taken in be- half of law enforcement and in every department results show that the affairs of the city have been conducted on a business basis.
 There are on the republican ticket rner who have had a part in supporting the 1oiiciss of the administration during the 7ast year. They can be relied upon tc work as faithfully for the city's inter ~sts for another term. and with therr have been named men who are commit ted 10 similar service
 A meritorious administration deserves concentration and support. That car 71f should be given by getting to thu polls next Monday and pulling the re publican lever Norwich not only wants tut should have, good city government.
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the Brook Farm Institute of Agriculture and Education. It was declared in one of the articles of incorporation that the object of the association was ito pur- chase such estates as may be required for the establishment and continuance of an agricultural literary and scientific school or college, to provide such lands and houses, animals libraries and appar- atUs, as may be found expedient or ad- vantageous to the main purpose of the association"
 By Article six of this incorporation the association guarantees to each share holder the interest of per cent. annual ly on the amount of stock held by him." and by Article seven "the shareholders on their part, for themselves, do renounce all claim on any profits accuring to the association for the use of their capital invested in the stock of the association except per cent. on the amount of stock held by them" and by Article eight it was provided every subscriber may eceive the tuition of one pupil for every share held by him, instead of 5 per cent. interest,"
 The subscribers to these articles, for shares ranging in amount from $500 to $500, were such eminents as Nathaniel i Hawthorne, Charles A. Dana, George Ripley, Mipot Pratt, Sarah F. Stearns, | etc. The association was put in motion ] in the spring of 1S41. There were no difficulties in collecting a company of men and women large enough to make a
 beginning.
 With the subscriptions a farm of less
 than two hundred acres was bought for $10,5O0 in West Roxbury, about nine
 miles from Boston. The site was a pleas ant one, not far from Theodore Par
 ker's meeting house in Spring street, ant in close vicinity to some of the mos
 wealthy, capable and jealous friends o- the enterprise It was found later, how ever, that the ground was not fit for lu crative tillage, but for an institute O
 education, nothing could be better.
 Brook Farm was not community in the strict sense of the term, but wa
 enthusiastically religious in spirit ant purpose. There was no theological creed, no ecclesiastical form, and no in iquisition into opinions. The thoughts o
 all were heartily respected.
 The association had bought a farm i
 order to make agriculture the basis o
 their life, it being the most direful an ) simple in relation to nature. The mem ! bers were allowed to keep house, or t board as they saw fit the cost of provis
Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-03
CONGRESSMAN AT LARGE.

Action in the state legislature favor able to the election of a congressman at 'arge in the state in case under the re- apportonment Connecticut should be en- titled to another representative in the .ower houss unquestionably best meeAs The situation as 1t is today.
 Efforts have already been made to nave a sixth district fixed by the present general assembly. Such a move Is un- called for at the present time and might be unvise until it can be better detar- mined what the readtusted population sf the centsrs of the state Is going te be.
 Connecticut has had congressman at large before and it is certain that the interests of the state would not suffer if k were to have another until such a time as action can be taken on the es- ta6lishment of q sixth congressional dis trict- Such work ought not to be done D haphazsrd manner. The idea of congressman at large is in accord with the recommendations of all but one member of the Connecticut delegation in congress and 1t is not surprising that if has appealed to the state senate as the eeSt temporary solution.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-03
THE TULsA RIoY.

Regardless as to where 1t breaks out, )here cannot fall to be regret whenever h ely Is made to suffer as Tulaa, Okla. has from racs riot Conditions there have warranted ehe deelaaFtion of mar hai law and tho exercise of rigid disc;- pfns in order to curb the unruIy ele- nent which has been aroused to such violence and which has no regard for what the effect of their acts may be.
 NOOs too soon. however. were the mill zry forces called Vpon to prevent the Etv4ng out of that community by the nGnzted mob. There Is no battle that Waeed with greater determination ham one in which race feeling Is in- Etved. Larger communities thaa Tulsa
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You needn't worry at all" repeatedl the young man with the beetling brow who had been giving advice. T tell you that it will turn out all right!"
 sBut it's taking so confoundedly longI to turn!" objected his roommate, whoE was in love. Its been a month nowI since I began following the plan youl laid out for me, and there hasn't al thing happened yet! Margery still rel fuses to speak to me OF talk over theI phone or read my letters!"
 My boy" patiently said the youngI man with the beetling brow, T tell you that am five years elder than you ano' it is natural to suppose that 1 have had more experience. I understand women. Fundamentally they are utterly alike, Set rules apply to them. Blond or brunette, they have the same mental processes. And they go by centraries, so it stands to reason that if 8 girl is mad at you, she really wants to be friends again. And if you let her alone instead of tearing your hair out on her front doorstep, she will make the first move and come to time lots quick CT"
 That may be all right for an ordi- nary girl,p insisted the disconsolate lover "but Margery has such a raft of men who are crazy about her!
  me with a dozen others requesting hel to make doormats of them!" he ampi- fled. She'll just forget I'm on earth and that'll be the end of everything SC far as I am concerned. If I could just see her five minutes to explain"
 Never explain to a woman" inter rupted the young man with the beetlins brow, in horror. "The surest way tt rouse a woman's interest is to be abso- lutely indifferent to her"
 But" interrupted the anxious lover "how in the nation is she ever to know that you particularly like her if yol don't let her see that you do?" You want to keep her guessing" ex plained the sage kindly. Keep he worried and wondering. The more sh loses sleep trying to figure out wheth CT she has the ghost of a show witt you the deeper will her infatuation be | come.
 Here is a perfectly good young man her intellect tells her. who knows hoy to dress and spend money, and belon to clubs and has a car and everything running around loose and merely con temptuous of women. It is an econo
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ions to be at wholesale prices. or raised on the farm. All who labored in the community were to be paid so much an hour choosing their own number or hours and their own kind of work. With the results of this labor they were to pay their board, and also purchase what ever else they required at cost sk the warehouse of the community.
 Naturally the daily life at Brook Farm was extremely simple. There wa at no time too much room for the one hundred and fifty inmates. The highest moral refinement prevailed in all departments. In the morning every specie of industrial activity went on. In the afternoon the laborers changed their garments and be- came teachers, often of the abstruse branches of knowledge. The evenings were devoted to such recreatlons as suit ed the taste of the individual. The f. n was never thoroughly titled for the want of sufficient hands.
 The most serious difficulties of Brook Farm were financial. As early as 1SiS the wisdom of making changes in the direction of scientific arrangement was agitated In the first months of 1S44 the reformation was seriously begun and the model of the new organization wae Fourier's "PhaIanx" The most pow eTlul instrument Tn the eonFefsfoh oi Brook Farm was Albert Brisbane. He had studied Fourier's system In France and made it his business to introduce il there. In March, 1s45, the Brook Farm Phalanx was incorporated The constitu. ton breathed the spirit of hope which fl pathetic at this distance of time.
 | In March, 1S45, appeared the commu nity's paper, The Harbinger, to whicf eminent men from all parts of the coun try contributed. It's list was about tn most remarkable ever presented Thil journal lived four years, two at Brool Farm and two in New York. The las number was issued February 10, i84s Finally, Brook Farm failed. Ther
 was every reason why it should fail |
 August, 1847, meeting of stockho1der and creditors authorized the transfer c
 the property of the Brook Farm Phalan
 to a board of three trustees, for th
 purpose and the power of disposing c
 it to the best advantage of all concern cerned.' And so the most attractive (
 all social experiments in this countr
 came to an end.
 , (Tomorrow-Washing and the Key
 to the Bastille.)
Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-03
SmAPPTNG wARsHne.

Just at the present time when SC much attention ia being brought to bear upon or the halting of naval construction 1t is interesting to ncke that there has been sold by the British admiralty to dealers in old metal to- tai of III warshtps for junk. This ts what many countries would look upon as a grand navy but to the British 1t means the discarding of vessels that are considered obsolete. Included in the number are five battIeships, twelve crui- sers and 70 destroyers of various types and conditions ranging from those that were obsolete before the war to those which were completed about 15 years ago of which the much discussed and copied Ddeadnought is included, And out of all this array of warships the British will realize but about three mil lion dollars, or sum based on the rate of about $10 a ton.
 This shows how soon the mighty are fallen and how rapidly others must be constructed if the los sof such vessels Is going to be made up. And when new warships are built to replace those scrapped different types are invariably constructed and at the present time it means 6 tremendous outlay of money.
 The policy of scrapping warships va ries with different nations. Culling the inefficient may be expensive but it keeps the navy up to the mark and just as fast as one nation plunges ahead. in such outlays it is felt necessary by oth- CTS to maintain their relative strength The result is that there IS a tremendous outlay involved in carrying on the com petition. It simply amounts to a ract in building and discarding to such ar extent that there is no wonder that there | is a demand for an understanding tha
 would make possible holdup. No na tion is desirous of making the ster
 alone but through agreement it ought tt
 be possible to put an end 10 the endless
 expenditures without affecting the rela
 tive standing of the respective navies o | the big nations
 Such would not overcome the necessit, of serapping vessels in one way or an
 other but 1t would make possible a bi
 reduction in naval expenditures.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-03
TURNING OUT RIGHT

mic waste and besides can't stand it to have an eligible man not observe that I am on earth Whereupon she begins to lay snares and all the man has to do is to walk into them.
 'sMargery Billhatchet is no different from all the rest in this respect, and have no doubt that beneath her smiling face these days she carries a. load of woe. She probably cries herself to sleep at night thinking that she has lost you forever by her stiffness, Just what did Margery do, anyhow,
 How did you know she did any thing?" asked his friend, with some respect. 'fWhy didn't you think it was I who made the trouble?"
 Its always women who make the trouble" argued the young man, with the beetling brow. And the guiltier they are the madder they always are at you"
 "She broke a date with me and when I got mad she got mad, too, and said I was disagreeable and impossible" '" confused the lover.
 'Fine!p cried his friend. Without doubt she is thoroughly ashamed of herself by this time. If you can manage apparently to meet her by ac- cidentI should say the time is ripe to smile tolerantly at her as though she was nice enough girl, but nobody who ! would particularly attract you. She'll phone you and ask you up to dinner" q wish I were as sure as you are, " sighed his roommate. with deep gloom, ''It seems to me I ought to be more persistent and on the job every min ute."
 "Nonsense!" scoffed the young man with beetling brow. You just stick to my line of philesophy-what the 1 dickens ?"
 The disconsolate lover who had beer i glancing at the newspaper had sprung to his feet and was glaring wildly ''Margery!" he stammered. Miss Mar. | gery Billhatchet and William Noodle! their engagement is announced
 That's what I get for supposing yol knew what you were talking about"
 T can't believe it." stuttered tn
 young man with the beetling brow. q is simply impossible, l tell you! N, theories are entirely correct and tn
 only explanation must be that Marger, Binhatchet is not running true to forn
 and is what is known as an excep tion ! Don't blame me !"-Exchange.
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have had their experiences with similar affairs and 1t requires the strenuous head of the military to bring those involved to reason.
 That community has every reason to put on foot an investigation that will determine where the responsibility lies for the riet and take effective means to punish those who can be reached and to make all possible efforts to guard against a similar outbreak in the fu- fura
Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-03
CHARTER REVISION.

Inadvertently in connection with refer ence 10 the advisability of those who are in doubt about any feature of the rotins machine going to the city hall afternoons and evenings for the remain der Of the week and get an explanation and demonstration of the machines, at teHtion was called to the vote that will he taken upon tax revisN8n.
 The question is upon charter revision 7s tne voters are undoubtedly well aware and not tax revision. That 1t may cause no confusion. howevUr. attention is -a''ed 10 what must have been regard ed as an apparent error.
 if you are not as familiar as you think r7u ought 10 be with the machines don't fail Co take advantage of the opportunity to be informed
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Knowing the valne of good local gov- ernment and appreciating the part the people must pay in 1t, don't fail to go to the polls next Monday and stand by the businessiike and efficient city gov
 ernment we have had for the past year.
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Unless Mime. curie cuts loose from the exhaustive entertainment she is reeeiv- Ing in this country she will never be able to carry out her life aim Of. radfum ex- ploradon.
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The railroad executives may be disap- pointed at the wage cnt but every little bit helps even the reduction isn't enough to warrant much of a cut in rates.
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The benefits of a clean and progress sive city government cannot fail to ap- peal to the voters of Ncrwoeh. What is worth having Is worth keeping.
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Perhaps no one is ready to stake his reputation In support of the claim that there will be less mosquitoes this sum- mer, but no one will be disappointed if it is true.
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Evidence grows apAcs that the legis- iature believes that this Is certainly not the time fer induigiAg in salary raises, The tendency is in the other direction.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-03

Counting steel steamers alone. there are now under construction, in tho pared with 2,796,154 tons building in the United Kingdom.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-03
An Appeal For Mt. Calvary Baptist

An Appeal For Mt Calvary Baptist
 Church.
 MT. Editor: I am making my last ap- peal preceding the first rally of Mt Calvary Baptist church toward the four thousand dollars needed to remodel their church house.
 May the public accept this plea and contribute more generously toward our fund. Can I find three persons of this grand old historic city that will contribute one hundred dollars each? If this is done the results will be very grat- flying to the church and the public Our aim at this, our first rally, is to raise two thousand dollars. Thanking all in advance
 E. E. JACKSON,
 Pastor. Norwieh J1InA 9 1q21
Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-03

The man on the corner says: The beauties of the dandelion were never fully appreciated until its alcoholic DOS Sibflities were brought out
Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-03

If you are not sure just how to use the machine to vote on the charter re- vision question step up to the city hall and get a demonstration.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-03

Whether the death list at Tulsa, Okla, has been exaggerated or not race riots are not what can be regarded as cred itable to any community
Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-03
EDITORIAL NOTES,

After what Bill Haywood is telling the bolsheviki there's no wonder he ran away to Russia.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-03

Obregon wants recognition but he is loath to give assurance that American rights and property will get proper pro- lection.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-03

If a woman's watch stops every time she looks at 1t she is foolish to waste money on cosmetics.
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ODE INCIDENTS IN AMERICAN
 HISTORY
THE BROOK FARM COLONY.

On the 20th of September, 1s41, a num-
 Der of eminent men of New England formed themselves into an association which they named The Subscribers to
Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-03
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.

REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
 Aldermen, CLAUDIUS V. PENDLETON, CHARLES F. WELLS.
 couneilnen,
 EDWARD CROOKS, MARTIN ROZYCKI, ARTHUR G. JENKINS, WILLIAM R. FRISBIE
 City Clerk. WESTON c. PULLEN. City Treasurer. STEPHEN H. REEVE& City Tax Collector. HAROLD T. ROBINSON.
 City sheriffs. rHARLES H. HAYNES, EARLE H. CHRISTIAN Water Commissioner, REUBEN s. BARTLETT.
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Put down leng black mark A new policy is abroad in the Balkans, Serbia has decided not to invade Bulgaria.