The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-01

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 which had been given many genera
 tions before.
 Filed Quota Secretly.
 Bridgeport is a city of 150,000 people who were brought here for the purpose of manufacturing The srowth of that manufacturing brought about this situation, the Manufacturers' Association of the city of dgeport-being the leading citizens - em parked on a series of improvements which were necessary for this city to retain business. The practice for great many years was, if the finances of the city required an increase of s1O,000,O0O, for the Manu- facturers' Association under a secret agreement to get together and es- tablish their quota.
 Threw Commissioner Out.
 'NThe city of Bridgeport came to the conclusion, atfer many years, that certain of the manufacturers were not paying their fair quota of the taxes: That agreement was men determined that if they could not control the tax commissioner, the thing to do was to go before the leg 1slature and secure Legislation to throw the tax commissioner out of office.
 Apropos ttArt' Connor.
 T want to say a word or so about Art Connor. MT. Connor was brought into politics by myself and dSd4IaSsl HIS own VIII. lie was a SOOO tool maker and machinist in the Wheeler & Wilson factory. He was given a political position in the sec retary of states office at Hartford Bridgeport. and made tue single headed tax commissioner. Nobody has pointed the finger of suspicion against this man; he has not been accused of islander or calumny. No charges of malfeasance in office have ever been made against him.
 'In the course of his activities in the section of the city where he lived. he had the enterprise to gatlrer and start a bank, the Newfield Bank & Trust Company. They elected him president of this small bank. one of the boys of Bridgeport who was a machiEist and a. toolmaker-- and a good one-at his factory, in the course of few years become the president of a little bank in his neigh borhood. It showed he had the right mettle in him, and the copfi- dence his neighbors had in him.
 COnnor's Bank Presidency.
 ''Some of these gentlemen who did not like th'e way MT. Connor con 1ucted his tax office went out and bought control of his little bank, and they have invited MT. Connor out oI the presidency of the bank: Inese It's of the Chamber of Commerce. They are high-rninded gentlemen, MT. Healy. but because this man would not be their tool; they pougnii a{iii Dresfdent of that bank. He is going 10 remain president of that bank even if. perhaps reluctanG;ly' Fl; people in this city are forced 10 m yoke the state of Connecticut or the redar,I poyer1ment on the matter or collusion. ,,,+
 s'I just want to call your attenuoh 70 the Chamber of Commerce ,isis1a f4s he business e1ement1of any commun- m ty can make is to try to control Hs It is evident in ltselt if conceit and vanity when a. seL oL men array themselves as our leadlns >itizens.' They have put on t@nelI @ ,rows the arrogant assumption tnsa :hey are the only ones fit to run tie ,ity of Bridgeport, and not the ouly elected representatives -of the PeoIp;Is, These gentlemen most Of whom hVe ,,1t of town, want to run the city oL 3rideeport Why don't they So trough the travails and tr1buialtons if politics and put themselves beLore 7ou for your votes! Why uo ,,ntby tly ng else-they happen to be able 10 | -o to the banks and discount thelr totes, because of their accldenIal Pos ession of a few more dollars nIra 4 have, WHY oO l4iSS hev are therefore the cust odlans oI ,o1Ir morals and the censors of your 
 Incidentally how we'll nave all 0h hese gentlemen, who have been ran np for yeards at the nismanaSeihenl f the city. managed their own Dusl- ess There is something besides the conornic condition of the country re- ponsible for the more than p-SSep- eISep ort. Why should these men-nany f then, are crampe6, of course, per ause of the economic cond1lons or he country and the worlo-Wny tandine successes in their own pr1- ate enterprises, dictate as to how tne it1- of Bridgeport should be run pe- ond their right in their own capac- " as private citizens to resls'ei orn1aints and offer objections!
 Refers To Tax Overs
 .eTt always seemed to me the height f arrogance that men should assume nto themselves-three or four or a1f a dozen of then-that they are evond reproach, that they have no ther motives except the highest for ne city of Bridgeport, no interest eX- ept for everybody.
 eff that is true. why don't they pay he taxes they owe to the city or .ridgeport? Why don't they go to ne tax office of the city of Bridge ort and make the same statement as ; their financial standing that they lust make when they go to poTfoW ; honey from a bank.
 '.Some of these high-ninded gen. emen want to sell you their prefer ed stock through your local banking euses. They say-we have been yer their sworn statements, MT. At ; ,rney GeneraI-fWe have one mill i on dollars of quick assets. Out net -orth is one million dollars. Sworn , -a4ements, sworn statements mind , ou Then they come down to the I TX office and say they are worth f 100000. Were the morals? i There are these hignminded men f ho dare to besmirch the character s f other men? '
 On Moral Responsibility z There is a responsibility resting or T le shoulders of any man who makes z success in life a guiding star to le man lower down on the ladder. | here is moral responsibility on the f loulders of these men. of