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The Connecticut labor news., 1921-01-28
BRANDEGEE GOT
 LESSON HE'S NOT
 LIKELY TO FORGET
Although Elected Is Shown Labor Cannot Be Ignored, Writes
 Morrison.

Even though Senator Frank B. Bran degee was not defeated, he was taught a lesson that Labor is not to be ignored, says Frank Morrison, secretary of the A. F. of L., i'll a letter to Joseph J. Reilly, secretary of the New Haven Trades Council, in acknowledgement of MT. Reilly's report on the work of labor here in the last election. The campaign generally throughout tine country was a success, MT. Morrison writes, 51 mem bers of the congress unfavorable to La bor being defeated and 1o actual mem bers of Organized Labor elected. MT. Morrison's letter is se1f-explanatory and is as follows:
 Washington, D. C.,
 January 20, 1921. Mir Joseph J. Reilly, Secretary,
 New Haven Trades Council,
 "P. o. Box 1341, New Haven, Conn. Dear Sir and Brother:
 We desire to acknowledge your re- port of December 2oth of the activities of the New Haven Trades Council in the non-partisan political campaign and we assure you that the American Fed eration of Labor appreciates the serv- ice rendered by the workers of your city to the Labor movement, even though no member of organized labor was elected to public office.
 We understand fully the tremendous opposition which the workers of Con- necticut had to face in the campaign, and the tremendous efforts that were set forth by the enemies of labor to elect Senator Brandegee by an overwhelming majority. They failed i'll doing this and we believe that Senator Brandegee now realizes that he is confronted with an aggressive labor movement that must be reckoned with in the future. He knows, as does every other candidate opposed to labor who was swept into office i'll the recent election, that landslides do not occur so frequently that the opponents of the working people can afford to ignore the claims of labor.
 The lesson taught by the election IS that the spirit of the times demands that the workers unite. They alone bear the hardships and the sufferings caused by disunion in their ranks.
 We must educate. We must agltate We must organize. The trade union movement thus invites all men and women who toll to take advantage of its protection in their struggle for justice, in their battle for liberty, in their hope for better life.
 "The trade union movement IS not merely business concern whose pr1n-
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-01-28
BUILDING BOSSES
 IN NEW COMBINE

New York, Jan. 28-Representatives of the various interests engaged III the building and construction industry met here Tuesday and launched a move ment to establish a permanent confer ence in the New York district to pro- mote cooperation and study the prob 1ems that affect the industry.
 The organization of the local group is part of a national movement for a general survey of building needs and resources launched at Atlantic City last August.
 The plan is to establish a permanent organization to be known as the Ma tional Congress of the Building and Construction Industry. Contractors, sub-contractors, manufacturers of and dealers in materials, labor, architects and engineers are represented Groups representative of the whole local in dustry, is was announced, have been or ganized in Pittsburgh, Chicago, Boston and St. Louis.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-01-28
Brandegee and Mclean Vote
 To Support Meat Packers

hat the efforts to regulate the packers were injuring meat export trade and he rapped the Federal Trade Commission for it's efforts.
 British feeling against the American packers was caused by the packers own actions, Senator Kenyon declared, and not by criticisms in. the Federal Trade Commissions report, as asserted by Senator Sehr1nan. Before his nation entered the war, Senator Kenyon said, the packers stirred British feeling by attempting to run the blockade" against Germany and ship meat to England's enemies.
 Reading from the current press re- ports, Senaor Kenyon also said the Chicago packers through banking con nections had sought to block allied loans.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-01-28

By vote of 40 to B the Senate this week passed bill to regulate the meat packers and other livestock market agencies and as usual Connecticut's sen ators were found among thoes listed as opposed to any measure designed to give the general public relief Both Brande- gee and Mclean voted against he measure to regulate, as did 21 other republicans.
 The passage of the bill was made only after a week or more of strenuous and caustic debate in which the packers were assailed fore and aft by some pro- gressiTe senators especially Senator Kenyon, republican, of Iowa, who, coming from the center of the beef industry, knows whereof he talks. Sen ator Sherman of Illinois had charged
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-01-28
HARTFORD WAY AHEAD
 IN BUILDING INDUSTRY

Building figures for 1920 in all lead ing cities in the country, compiled by ''The American Contractor show that Hartford is second to Boston in New comparatively few cities in the country made a better showing.
 Hartford's total is given at $2O,859,- 473, as comparing with $28,278,853 for Boston, the total for Hartford being $1, ,5OOOO0 more than the combined total for New Haven, Bridgeport, New Britain and Springfield.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-01-28
OLD REPRESENTATION
 FIGHT IS AGAIN ON
Bill for 50 Senators and 168 Rep resentatives in State
 Goes In.

A resolution calling for a constitu- tional amendment to redistrict the state into not more than 50 nor less than 5 senatorial district and to cut the house representation down to los or one for each town has been offered in the Legislature by Representative Perry of New Haven. What its chances are IS problematica1 as the country solons will undoubtedly line up en masse to block proper representation in the cities as they have done every time such bill comes up.
 At present the country towns, with about a sixth of the population of the state dominate affairs while the cities and larger towns hang fire in the Sen ate. MT. Perrys bill is undoubtedly a progressive one but in the Hand of steady habits" where farmers like to go to the legislature Ill winter, 1t may not have much of a show.
 By helping others we help ourselves. Always demand the union label. Look for the shop card and working button.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-01-28

Plans the public through the business and anusements the millions of dollars and will millions indicated by the number of bills the legislature finally definitely the works Bills if passed they likely will be- will eectualy increased that
 salary increased department and deficit haunt The and allow o spend on a movie show
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-01-28
SETS OUT BASKET, GETS
 FOUR WAIFS IN WEEK
Dallas Woman's Doorstep Is Cluttered With Aban-
 doned Infants.

Dallas, Tex, Jan. 28-Mrs. M. L. Leonard placed small basket, lined with downy blankets on her doorstep a week ago and announced through Dallas newspapers that the basket would be kept there to receive home less and unwanted babies
 Yesterday morning she took from the basket 10-pound boy-the fourth in fant to find a haven there
 T do not know where they came from and do not want to know" Mrs. Leonard said. But I do know that they will be cared for and that they will go into good homes where they will be appreciated"
 Mrs. Leonard said the basket will re- main on the doorstep.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-01-28
ELM CITY NOTE.

Five Hundred Thousand Dol lar Fire Destroys New Haven Department Store" - Headline What agitates us, as an old New Haven man. more than the de- tails of the confagration is whether the newspapers there, from which the stores withdrew their advertising some months ago, refused to mention the blaze on the ground that the store in volved did not advertise.-New York Globe, January 27, 1921.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-01-28
WAGE INCREASE DENIED
 N. Y. MILK WORKERS

New York, Jan 28.-Twelve thousand employees of milk distributing concerns in the metropolitan district of Greater New York were denied wage increases by the Board of Arbitration appointed last fall to consider their differences with employers.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-01-28
WEAVERS REFUSE TO
 ACCEPT WAGE CUT

Stonington, Jan. 28.-The American Velvet Company announced a cut in wages of from 25 to 40 per cent in its weaving department, Tuesday. The weavers refused to accept the new schedule and went on strike.
 The union label, card and button as sure better living conditions for the children.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-01-28
Schemes To Pass State Deficit Back On Public
 Pocketbook Reach Legislature Ln Tax Proposals
CONGRESS ABOUT TO RAISE ITS OWN
 PAY $2,500 A YEAR

Washington, Jan. 28.-A bill to increase salaries of Senators and Representatives from $7,5O0 to $1O,OOO a year after March 4 next was introduced by Representa- tive Campbell, democrat, Penn sylvania.
 "Economy" is the watchword, SO it would seem at the Capitol.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-01-28
Bills Would Agair, Mulct
 AU Business and An1usen1ents

TAX COMMISSIONER AND ASsEMBLYMEN PLAN TO GO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ONE BETTER AND "LET.No GUILTY MAN ESCAPE'-MEANWHILE APPRO- TAXATION AND SALARY GRABS MOUNT
 MORE MILLIONS
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-01-28
EXTRA!

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there Is one less rascal III the wOrld'-so said Thomas Carlyle.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-01-28

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Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-10
DRAWBACK TO HIGH POSITION
PIaint Of VIE Of Famous Statesman
Was That She Was Deprived
of His Company.

Mrs. Gladstone, wife of William f..
Gladstone, prime minister of late-Vic-
torian days, was, in addition TO being
an unusually tine-looking woman-
always spoken of as 'the handsome
Miss Glynne"-the very essence Of
tact and diplomacy, the typical wife
of statesman, who never said too
much and always enough, and who
guided her distinguished husband with
just the right proportion of tirmness
and gentlencss.
Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone were mar
ricd happily for more than half cen
tury, and at their golden wedding Mi.
Gladstone paid fitting tribute to her
success as Il wife.
"Words fail me-" he said, "in eX-
pressing the debt | owe NY wifs in
relation to all the offices she has
discharged during the long and happy
period of our conjugal union"
The one drawback to Mrs. Glad
stones complete happiness during her
marriage was the enforced frequent
absence of her husband. She used TO
tell her friends that when Mr.. Glad
stone was in office and in London dur
ing the season she considered 1t u
great treat to be invited to Il friends
house to dinner with him. If possi-
bic she would sit next him al dinner.
Then" she said, ruefully, lit is at
least possible for me to have some
conversation with my husband. 9th
erwise | see nothing of him.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-10
Explaining Lunar Bands.

Puiseux, the distinguished selenog,
rapher of the Paris observatory,
some time ago reached the conclusion
that the curious rays or bands eX-
tending in straight lines away from
many lunar craters, such as the cele-
brated tycho, are produced by the
deposition of volcanic ashes carried
to great distances by the winds that
happened to prevail when the erup-
ton occurred. He accounts for the
relative narrowness of these bands
which are never more than 30 miles
broad, although their length is some
times many hundred miles, by sup
posing that only the central axis Of
the deposit has remained, the less
dense borders having been destroyed
by the denuding forces Of the air when
the moon had considerable atmos-
phere.- Washington Star.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-10
MARRIAGE IN THE ANDAMARS
Life Convicts Pick Brides Sight Un-
seen, but Women Are Allowed
Three Choices.

Those of you who talk cynically OF
the lottery of marriage should ponder
awhile on the pleasant little customs
of the And;man isles, that delightful
little colony where offers" from Brit
iSl India are sent. | have just been
r,ading about them. Certainly, by
comparison. Il wedding over here is Il
thoilsand-to-three odds-on chance.
Look on this story:
Every Saturday morning. in those
delightful AndamanS, all women VINO
wish to be married-and you can bet
your life there are always many can
dilateS for matrmony-hre heavily
vciled and paradcd round square.
Then prisoners, qualified by good con
duet for the privilege of getting mar
rird-I know certain cynically minded
folk who would aver that the punish
ment for bad conduct must be too
appalling to contemplate-stand look
ing ON, Judging as best as they can of
the merits of the candidates.
But when once you've made your
,hoice the thing is done. The veil is
removed and. in the words of the an
cicnt song. you've got to have 1t
wi ether you like 1t or not Always,
providing, Of course, that the lady is
equally willing. For to her is ac-
corded the option of two refusals,
though the third time she's got to ac-
cept.-London Mail.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-10
Ancient Weights and Measures.

The earliest mention of weighing is
found in the Bible. and the first re.
corded instance Of weighing is that
mentioned in the Book of Genesis
(XXIII, Is, 1e) when Abraham
weighed to Ephron the Hittite. 400
shekels of silver for the field and cave
of Machpelah. job prayed to be
weighed in an even balance and
".iusr balances, Just weights" are
divine!y commanded in Levitlcus. On
the pictured walls of Egyptian pyra-
mids and sepulchral chambers the gods
are frequently portrayed weighing the
souls of the departed In the balance.
40 that from the earliest dawn Of
civilization scales appear to have been
in use. Weights and measures In the
more modern sense. are attributed to
Pheidon, tyrant Of Argos, 895 b. c.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-10
sprino Shrubs Blooming In Fall.

The fall blooming of trees and
shrubs which ordinarily bloom only In
the spring, is not an uncommon oc-
currence. However, 1t is only after
rather unusual growing seasonal con-
ditons that much Of it is noted. 1t
is most apt to occur after dry sum-
mer followed by fall rains and favor
able growing conditions during Sep.
tember and October. or perhaps after
trees have been defoliated early in
the season by insects or disease at
tacks. Then they start new growth
in the late summer or early fall.
Usually it weakens the trees or shrubs
somewhat, and they do not produce
quite so much bloom the following
spring.-V. II. Gardner, Professor of
Horticulture, University of Missouri.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-10
VARIETIES OF HUMAN FOOD
Decidedly Odd Material Sometimes
Employed for the Purpose Of Pro-
vidino Nourishment

II Is interesting to consider some OF
the more or less odd material which
man has been led to choose for the
purpose of food. Environment, OF
course must be a factor In regard
to this choice, and necessity also 1t
Is hard TO imagine that earth would
be used us food, and yet such has
been the case in many countries dur
ing famine. The Laplanders mix earth
with their bread, the Russian uses a
crock -four" and the poorer classes
in Hungary (where now nearly every
one Is poor) are driven occasionally
10 eat an earth which contains only
a trlfiing proportion Of nourishing
principles.
The use of seaweed as food Is an
example Of the determining factors
Of both necessity and environment.
1t is not II little astonishing to find
that II number of seaweeds are really
edible and nourishng. Perhaps the
best known example Is laver, which
is II kind of stew made from weed,
an algae. The laver made on the De-
vonshire coast of England. and to be
found in some London shops, Is said
to be excellent. The sea algae, in
deed, prove on analysis to contain a
considerable proportion of nitregenous
matter, and as they are usually ten
der, they are digestible. There are
also several sea MOSES which are es-
teemed for their esculent properties.
Agar sugar Is another example of a
sea yielding nutrient jelly. 1t Is
supposed that the edible birds nest
SO highly esteemed when prepared in
the form of soup by the Chinese has
its origin in the birds feeding on
agar sugar. On the other hand, 1t is
said that the substance Of which the
nest is composed is secreted from GER
tain glands which are developed dur
ing the nest building season, but which
lose this function afterward.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-10
When the indian Ruled.

For generations before the white
man came the Mississippi river was
the dividing line between two great
families of Indians. each including
many tribes. The Sioux or Dakotas,
Who included the Missouris, the Otoes.
the Kansas, the Iowas, the Osages,
the Winnebagoes and many others
were settled west Of the Mississippi
river to the Rocky mountains. north
Of the Arkansas river to British Amer
lea and west of Pecos river. The
tribes Of the Algonquins held all New
England, the northern states east Of
the Mississippi and all of Canada.
The AlgOnquins also were called Ojib-
was, Chippewas or Delawares. Among
the hundreds Of tribes included In
this family were the Sacs and Foxes.
the POttawatomies, the Shswnees and
the KlckapOos.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-10
High School Alumni to Present
Memorial

Next Monday evening will witness
the unveiling and dedication of tab
let to the memory of the members of
the Thurmont High School Alumni
Association who surrendered their
lives in defense of the great principles
for which the greatest war of history
was fought and won. The tablet,
which is an artistic work in bronze,
will be given a place in the main hall
of the High School Building where the
dedicatory exercises will be held.
Alumni, everybody is welcome at this
ceremony. Patrons and members of
the School Improvement Association
are especially urged to be present and
to remain for the regular meeting of
the School Improvement Association
which will follow.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-10
Concerninq the Brain.

Whether persons brain becomes
larger after intellectual development
is still disputed question. Smith Ely
Jelille, an authority on the subject,
says: weight of brain, however, has
no direct relationship with intelli-
Sence, as idiots brains are known to
have weighed just as much us those
al the ablest men. Intellectual ca
gacity consists in the great multi
plicity of nerve cell connections. While
ii Is true that nYInEer Of celebrated
men of recognized brain power have
had large brains, there are many more
OF equal capacity whose brain weights
have not been remarkable"
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-10
Figure It Out.

How many apples did Adam and
Eve eat?
Some say Eve eight and Adam two
"a total of ten only.
Now we figure the thing out far diff.
ferently: Eve eight and Adam eight
also-total 16.
We think the above figures are en-.
tirely wrong.
If Eve eight and Adam 80, certainly
. the total will be 90.
Scientific men, however, on the
strength of the theory that the ante
diluvians were giants, reason some
thing like this: Eve 81 and Adam 80
total 1853.
Wrong again. What could be clear
er than If Eve 81 and Adam S12 the
total was S93?
believe the following to be the
true solution: Eve S14 Adam and
Adam 1924 Eve-S93S.
. Still another calculation Is as fol-
lows: If Eve S14 Adam, Adam
S1242 oblige Eve, total S2O56.-Ex-
change.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-10
ON THE MAKING OF MATCHES
Thousands of Tons, to tho Great
Alarm Of Japan.

There is n JOY in considering the old
verse which told of fleas having other
fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, the
process continuing ad infinitum. Be-
cause out Of the Far East comes the
interesting intelligence that the Chi
ing of matchess and are so diligent and
skillful iIf the business, that the jap
anese trade Is becoming fearful of
their progress, as competitors, the
Cincinnati Enquirer states.
Not so long ago the American mar
kets were flooded with cheaper imita-
tions of the cheap Swedish matches,
which compete with the sturdier and
more dependable flame-makers turned
out as profusely In America. 1t was
not thought that there could be made
anything worse than the Scandinavian
product, but when the Japanese fraud
arrived, this view was revised sharp
ly.
If 1t Is possible that the Chinese
have been able to make the matches
at lower cost than their NippOnese
rivals, then indeed they have accom-
plished the miraculous, and the world
will applaud them for the feat. Ap-
parently success has come to them,
four large factories at 4ien=tsin be-
ing needed to supply the demand,
which is measured by the thousands Of
tons. If they are being shipped tn
this country, as undoubtedly they will
be, 1t is to be hoped that the triumph
over the low-grade japanese imitation
Of the erratic and undependable Swed-
ish splint has not been effected
through the sacrifice Of efficiency IN
striking fire and holding 1t, Nothing
could be worse,
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-10
A HIGH SCHOOL PUBLICATION

The press is the channel wherein
flow the main currents of modern
thought. Surprising the pulpit and
platform in influence among men, the
press has become the great forum
in which ideas and ideals, interests
and ambitions strive for ascendency
in our modern world. 1t is the pro-
per work of every school to use such
means as it may have to train its
pupils to write for those who read, to
use the most powerful force in modern
civilization in asserting their claim to
rightful leadership. In pursuit OF
this task some schools make use of
monthly magazines, weekly papers
and even daily printed sheets.
Thurmont High School has elected
to find it's expression in the world of
print through the Catoctin Clarion and
has availed itself of the offer of the
Clarion management to devote por-
ton of a page every two weeks to a
High School publication whose name
and staff will appear in this space
week after next. This School publi-
cation will be edited by the Delta Sig
ma and Philokalean Literary Societies,
the work being done by each Society
for alternate issues. To the greatest
possible extent the material printed
will be the original production of the
students subject only to the supervis-
ion and criticism of the faculty and
rejecting the ability of pupil rather
than teacher. Besides affording the
boys and girls journalistic practice,
this publication will aim to assist in
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-10
quately prepared to assume the re.
sponsihility Of her high estate.

quately prepared to assume the re-
sponsibility Of her high estate.
In 1904, when her hu band was sent
as United States minister to France.
Mrs. Monroe accompanied him OIL this
most important and delicate mis- sion.
and acquitted herself with all the
grace and. tact that such situation
demanded. Again in 1903. VIXEN 1Ir.
Monroe was once more sent TO Paris
as the American representative. and
consummated the Louisiana purchase,
his wife made her gracious and intiu.
entail presence felt In many ways.
And she had power, too, as Is testi-
fed to by her intercession In the cause
of Madame de Lafayette, who was
incarcerated in the prison OF La Force,
hourly awaiting execution. Mrs. Mon
roe, through her tact and diplomacy,
was able to effect the release of the
distinguished FrenchwOman.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-10
FIT MATE FOR GREAT MAN
TWO Continents for Her DpIo-
macy and Tact.

Elizabeth Kortright wife of James
Monroe, fifth President of the United
States, and framer of the Monroe doc
position of Madame President. Digni-
fed, almost courtly, well educated and
accustomed to the society of states
men, Elizabeth Kortright, when she
married Mr.. Monroe in 1856, was ade-
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-10
5,OOO-Year-Old Seeds.

A morning glory seed, reputed 5000
years Old, has been planted in the
garden of Mrs. w. Champlin Robin
son, in a Maryland village. The seed
Is one of twelve found in the hand Of
q mummy of Il young Egyptian girl.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-10

preserving that contact sbetween
school and community, without which
no public school is successful and no
community progressive and enlight-
ened.
We trust that the readers of the
Clarion will find the efforts of our own
boys and girls a not unwelcome addi-
ton to our local periodical literature.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-10
Judge Speaking.

Wife-Where shall we hang this
awful daub the Cheapleys gave us?
Hub-I don't think it deserves hang
ing exactly-wa'l give 1t solitary CON
fnement.-New York Globe.