New Britain herald., 1921-03-12
THE OBSERVER RANDOM OBSERVATIONS
 ON THE CITY AND ITS PEOPLE.
MAKES
ANDOM OBSERVATIONS
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1t was necessary to ask people ITO other cities to come here and expla what We should do and how we shou do it, and the time has not con when such procedure is necessar
 It would be presumptuous for cit zenS in other communities to Spea on the New Britain tax situatio Each city has it's own peculiar polit cal questions. an understa nding
 which is based on residence and stu Strangers see only the crest; tn are not familiar with the undercu1 rents on which the crest rides. Bring ing in strangers-paid, perhaps not the way to find a solution to tn tax dispute. Their presence only add fuel to the fire. They come herSit opinions fixed through knowle~
 only one side of the question and the words are aimed to agitate. rathe than advise, their audiences.
 While many no doubt favor tn low tax rate, they will resent Simon highhandedness in going to othe cities for speakers. ..... -
 With the time for the adoption daylight saving but a short way of confusion is already well bred Tn tn
 minds of those who are wonderiH what schedule is to be adopted
 Connecticut Thus far small numpe Of communities have voted, thfoug their governments, to adopt daylgf saving schedules late this month. Ih larger cities have yet to act.
 Taking the initiative. the New Tor New Haven and Hartford railroa has decided that it will run It's trail on summer time,'' pushing the hand
 ;~1 ,1o a hour. which action has irritated som of the early-rising folks who live
 the far stretches of the state Whery nothing happens except morning noon and night. They have had thelI morning, noon and night determ1ne4 by the sun and they object to fer1 ference by man. The cows ch> De1H and market truck simply won't DC, Iieve that it's six o'clock, for instance when they know gosh darn well tna' it's only five Our rustic population I'D with the larks, but wha ddya goin3 to do if the larks refuse to believe n daylight saving time, ask they AS ha beerf said, our bucolic population irritated and "jest sets around an9 cusses.' .5 As a counter-irritant the House ol the General Assembly has gone or record as opposed to daylight savinH even though the railroad compaHy has already announced it's decision IT fact the House has gone further, ! would tie the hands of the communit5 which would move the hands on the clocks. It a poll of New Britain were taket it would probably be found that tht majority favor daylight saving. Th1' is a manufacturing community { which thousands earn their living iA the factories. They appreciate an. extra daylight procurable and place high value on the extra hour ln~{ht evening which summer time Yes them.
 Tn view of the general lack or~em ployment and the consequent reduc- tion in the purchasing power Of the workers, it is likely that hom( gardens will be developed on large scale this summer in order to offse' grocery bills. It may be said that fac tory workers have enough i've during slack times to develop h" cen1 to their hearts content. '. is not at all certain that the P or in- dustrial dullness will continl through the summer and it is generally ex- pected that by early fall the factories will be running on schedules that win keep their workers confined for long CT hours. Under those conditions the extra hour of daylight on the flag end of the day could be used to good ad- vantage in harvesting the good things that Mother Earth creates. .-
 Mayor Curtis has denied that he is opposed to daylight saving although he is not to be catalogued as ar ardent advocate of the scheme. Other members of the city government have not expressed themselves. It might be the part of wisdom to go slowly until it is learned what other cit'es intend to do.
 When the legislature passed h buck on the jitney question to tfo Public Utilities Commission it virtual Iv sounded the death knel1 for motor bus transportation The demise may not come imm mediately, but it IS certain to come unless the people make their voices heard, because the Public Util- tiles Commission always has been and is now the chief mourner when the Connecticut company falls i'll: it's entire sympathies seem to be with our electric transportation service If enough people. in the territories served by jitneys can be aroused to action they may be able to continue to enjoy that service. The Connecticut
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