New Britain herald., 1921-01-22
THE OBSERVER
 MAKES RANDOM OBSERVATIONS THE CITY AND ITS PEOPLE.

of Judge klett. Furthermore, it is claimed, public officials will lose all incentive to give their best efforts un- less promotion is assured wherk higher position becomes available. That he was not without his support CTS is shown by his receiving five votes for the position at the caucus of the republican members of the common council.
 In politics, Attorney Woods has had an active role. He is president of the First Ward Republican club and has frequently spoken at banquets and informal occasions held under the auspices of the party.
 Old timers are scratching their heads to recall a time when there were % many changes in office among lawyer folks. Judge Cooper's resig- nation was a pebble thrown into the pool and the nipples have hardly stopped coming to shore.
 One of the most gratifying an nouncements appearing in the press for months is the fact that the Hard ware City Loan company, composed of manufaC CturerS, will decrease the rentals for it's 117 tenementS. The cost of renting ore of these tenements is to be reduced $5 per month.
 Private property owners are not in- clinCd to reduce rentals despite the fact that the demand for living aC- commod dationS is not as intense as it was a few months ago. The Hard ware City Loan company is to be com mended for taking the initiative and setting a good example to the rest Of the community.
 In these attitudes living quarters are indispensable. This fact gives unscrupulous landlords an advantage which many of them have seized upon hungrily with the result that the average man has probably often won dered where he was going to get the price when rent day came. Now that the pace has been set. private prop erty owners should follow suit and case up the pressure. Eventually they will have to readjust their rent als downward, and the time appears not to be far off.
 Authorities on business agree that the bottom of the depression has been reached and that from now on condi- tions will begin to mend. This is re- nocted by improvements in New Brit ain Thesc arc not large. it is true, but their importance lies in their sig nilicance.
 New Britain experienced tho slump later than many other cities and has not been so seriously affected. Most Of tho factories are giving their em- ploycS forty hours a week work and some have not reduced wages or sal aries II was inevitable that wnrkinC forces would be reduced. TnduSt rH. locally was pitched at high key dur ing the war and for a year or more afterwards and ii is now necessary to sing at a lower pitch. Il peace note.
 With readjustmcnt well on it's way. manufa cturerS are said to be looking forward to resumption of greater n activity. This will not happen next week or tho week after next To spread such an optimistic thought would he unfair to employers and em- ployes alike. However. a gradual betterment will he noticed as all look ahead 10 the dawning of a new day.
 Reconstruction in the United States is intimately connected with the prog reSs of reconstruction in foreign coun- tries. Under present conditions, for piCn buyers are limiting their pur- ChaseS to bare necessities because of the difference in the rate of exchange. If our volume of trade with foreign lands increases with the coming of spring business in American should be brisk by summer.
 Advertising contained in the news papers during the past week indicates that prices of nearly all wearing ap- parel have come down to pre-war lev