Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-12
Cwritt-u speeaany For The Bunsttn.)

CWr4ttsn spsesAI1y Fog The BuIlettn-) l. doesn't always pay to be 2 hog Not even in money. which is the least valuable form of payment anyone can rscsfvs.
 Ths ltttse-apprecaated truth has late Y had fresh confirmation Tn 1919 and 1920. a big European importer of coal recently told the Associated Press rep ressatativs. the coal dealers of America had tho Eu-opean market at their mer- sy. They took what they considered advsntzgs of this power 10 send Europe a lot Of exceptionally poor coal and to charge an exorbitant price for it.
 As a result they will sell no more coal In Europe till, in the language of our own bureau of mines American coal can regain the reputation 1t has lost h European markets which won't be done till it is accomnanied by "an eff fsctive official guarantee of it's quality based on analysis" The fanish com nerc!al adviser at New York tells the sans story of deplorable. conditions ex- sting in the American export coal trade conditions for which America will pay by cae loss of a market Of great import anos to the nations coal industry"
 It ss also recalled that, during the re- cent British coal-strike when no coal vas allowed 10 leave Great Britain hardly any Scandinavian orders for coal came to America despite the fact that stocks on hand were peTilousIy near ex- nzustior. Importers preferred the risk of running short to taking their chances 7f ordering from America and receiving coal Of an inferior quality Etc, etc. Now. don't get it into your head that -1e coal dealers of America are excert ioraiiv hosEish. Or unusually shortI sghtce- Or specially deserving of cas- sation Those eighteen upon whom he tower in Sloan fell and killed ther. think re that they were sinners above all the men that dwell in Jeru- saiem-
 We started oH with the thesis that heinz a hog doesn't always" pay, even ia money. Please don't ignore that al- ways-' When even so unimportant a critter as John Farmer makes an as- scrt.on, be far 10 him and pin him cown only 10 the assertion he makes Don't add to it or subtract from it. There is no possible way n which being human hog can pay except in money Now, tf it can be shown that it doesn't "aiways' pay. even in that coin. we shall have established at least a stand i7E-piar~ from which we can, perhaps make fir-thrr advances. later on.
 
 =ocs a long way towards proving that 'r enc case, anyway, hoggishness didn't pay.
 10 s far from my thought to deny hat sometimes it seems to pay. Heavor forbid that T should so far ccntravcn, Inc 1renonderant opinion of the bust ness world How on any other suppo s..ou but that it does sometimes - can ve account for the hundreds of new -sifiionaircs who owe their bank ac -7unts to the fact that. when millions 7f better men were patriots during tho -ouUtry's stress. they were simply bj. two-lc=-cd ho-se T-sn- their country, need 70 drive hard bargains with if taking advantage of the otherwise uni rsrsal glow of self-sscrifca to increas fr-.- own gains. l-vviu= unearncd fol CT every form of production and dis t-ihution they could reach seizinE th opportunity when better men were grim l~ defending their front doors s=airs t-vszion to sneak in bv the back va and loot the kitchens. Oh we'll. what r-r use rt going oua Most of Us eitr- t-oT -- Enow Of so-czlisd men who ca r-- us ont boots and hrseches wit --re- They obtained in these and siri lar ways during the treat World War.
 "Abs Martin" the western newspape philosopher. recently remarked. "T' ou way % t1.akln' the most rema rka5l thing these days is how Datiently tn people Cubmi, z bein' sandhazSe5."
 Well we got used 10 it during tha war. and haven't yet recovered enoug os our oid soirit 10 resent it effectivel- That's the on7y explanation I can offe
 N0t but that there arc protest s=aiust it. The 'crine-wave" abol which sociologiSts are debating is sin ply one form of protest. IL is an UT