New Britain herald., 1922-03-11

- - States of Alibi-land." And he reached into space and turned out few stars which were shining in his windows and went to sleep.
 While the foregoing is purely imaginative, doesn't it reflect true business conditions to some extent?
 There are more alibis than orders Some Hame it on the farmer. Some on foreign exchange. Some just say Business is away off" and let 1t ge at that. Half an alibi is better than none.
 Two-fisted salesmanship is strange ly absent. Any man cnn invent an alibi; it takes a real, d-blooded he salesman to sell goods. It is so much more comfortable sitting in the hotel window watching the rain than it is out in the rain peddling something and selling 1t.
 The Observer would like to suggest a slogan for the business world for the remainder of 1922. It is two listed stuff even if it is composed of only four words. It Is this:
 SAY IT WITH SWEAT"
 Under the caption, "A Tribute tc Go-Getters," the Penn-A American Re fining company has published the fol- lowing poem which ought to stir the blood of every salesman, on the road or behind a counter. who reads it Here it is:
 There isn't place for sized
 In front of the selling line.
 It's place for grit and tact and wit Pluck that knows not when to quit, And smile that sticks through the
 worst of it
 Out on the selling line.
 There isn't a place for half-sized
 brain
 In the front of the selling line. For the buyers aware when you spout
 hot air
 And clutch for a fact that isn't there Unless you've thought or two tc
 spare
 DOH SO Oll LuC 6ClllI6 lluC. There's plenty of room for men-rea1
 Out on the selling line. Men with vision of things to do, Who set mark to which to hew, And then drive in and carry through
 To the front of the selling line
 It is now settled fact that the big political fight of the year will be be- tween George A. Quigley and the regular republican organization. In opening his campaign this week at Lithuanian hall, MT. Quigley referred disparagingly to J. Henry Roraback who has firm grip on the party ma chine throughout the state. It was the challenge direct and it is not ex- pected that the organization will at- tempt to sidestep.
 From now on, MT. Quigley will have a fight on his hands. It is not con- sidered polite to flick your cigar ashes on the ermine of the ruler and, no doubt, MT. Roraback will bend every effort to punish the rebel in the ranks. The local wheels of the G. O. P. ma- chine fit in snugly with those of the state organization. Consequently Mir. Quigley can expect to receive thun- der bolt from Mars any of these pleas ant days, when he is opening his mail. Twealling the nose is a nice indoor sport but one must be careful when one decides to become Q tweaker to select a tweakee who will not hit back.
 There seems to be considerable talk that the republican party leaders will trot a dark horse out of the stable at the last moment and enter it in the Stakes. Mayor Curtis dif- fdence about announcing his can- didacy is thought in some quarters to be due to the fact that he is not en- tirely confident of securing the sup port of the organization. It is be- lieved that he would not hesitate so long if lie were certain that the infu- ential men in the party would back him. If the leaders cannot find a strong, dark horse to make the run Mir. Curtis is likely to find the ma- chine working with him to defeat Mr. Quigley's ambitions. In a contest be- tween Mir. Quigley and MT. Curtis the former would probably enjoy mar gin of advantage, but if a third can- didate who could control a large bloc of the voters were to enter the field, there is no telling what would occur.
 MT. Quigley is more radical in his search of the G. o. P. mayoralty nom- ination than any candidate who has preceded him. Twice this week he has gratuitously offended two power- full factions. At the city meeting he paid his respects to local manufac-