Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-01
THE MAN WHO TALKS

making capital out Of necessity, may
skin the public to his momentarys pecuni-
airy advantage possibly the public
may remember it, and his over-reacl1ine
may cause his ultimate undoing. AS
fair sample, Of square dealing" take
the four pact treaty relating to China
1t provides: National integrity to be re-
spected; foreign spheres of influence
to be surrendered; her rights as a fleu-
trail to be recognized in future wars
every opportunity given to develop a
stable governments Chinese customs to
be increased; International commission
appointed to investigate her judicial sys-
tenn, with a view to the abolition of ex-
tra-territorial rights conference for the
withdrawal of foreign troops foreign
control of post offices to be withdrawn
January 1, 1923, If China maintains an
efficient postal service unauthorized for
eign radio stations to be relinquished !;
China to reduce her military forces. Was
any nation ever treated more Justly in
an International treaty?
Last week read in some paper, the
following suggestive sentence: To-day
Is a time Of intensified contrasts" This
corresponds exactly with what was said
some weeks ago in this column that
progress in civilization accentuates DIFF
ferences." The more finely organized
society becomes the wider are its separa-
tons. To illustrate: Early In 1917, three
hundred and fifty men were working IN
a certain plant. They were receiving
about the same in wages; living on the
same plane; moving in the same social
circles: interested in the same grade of
aiiusements and pieasu Tie war
comes, and the patfiotie-if unerne1rnber-
ed-enlisted, Some of them to die In
Flanders, all of them to receive q. mere
pittanee in wages. some to come back
to fnd their old Jobs takAn, some sick
and so disabled as to be unfit to sup
port themselves. They all return to And
patriotism cold, their services forgotten,
and, automatically, of course, neglect
ed and allowed to suffer. While those
who remained at home and in safety
found a premium put on their wages,
some Of them getting an advance of 200
per cent. and living on easy street.
To say the least. today is a time of in
tensifed contrasts
In other directions We can sec most
clearly that advancing civilization is
marked by wider separations. Never
was there a time when the United
States was the reservoir of so much of
the WORLDS gold as today; and never
was there time when the rest of the
world had so little. OF course there
are sound economic reasons why this
should be so, but it does not mitigate
| the sharpness of the contrast. Never
was there a time when there were wider
areas of extreme suffering and poverty
| in the Old World than today. We re-
| ioice that there is no connection between
| American gold and European suffering
the only relation is that of remarkable
| generosity in noble relief work. Thrift
| industry, ability lies back OF American
prosperity; the awful sequence Of Grim.
] inal wars lies back of starving Europe
| Never were SO many elaTfi6ring for col
| lege education so as to lead honorable
| lives; never so many engaged in hold.
| ups and bootlegging. Never was the
struggle between capital and labor, OF
between the races more bitter than to
day. Certainly it is the time of "intensi
| fed contrasts"
To many persons the high winds O
March are disagreeable, If not positive
ly irritating And yet if measured il
| terms of hygiene and natural phileso
ply they have their value. It is we'll
known fact that the clustering gales o
March act unfavorably on the unbalanc
| ed mind the insane are always wors
IN March That is due to the fact tina
| they offer an overdose of stimulus t,
| diseased nerves which produces irrita
ton But to healthy nerves they &C
as a tonic producing IMMIGRATION. Oh
the principle that fresh air which is TIL
/ greatest friend of living tissue Is TIL
| bitterest enemy of the dead body. TIL
air is usually very clear in a high gal
and gives to the lungs an unusua
amount Of oxygen. For observation pur
poses the average March stands seconr
in the calendar year. For the wides
range of vision from mountain top TAX
a frosty morning in october; the. mex
best is a clear, windy day in Marcf
Such things redeem March from its n1u
and slush. Most things in life hav
some redeerning qualities
The benefit of observation comes bot
| from seeing things and seeing into then
especially the latter Without seem
J into things no lasting Impressions can b
made He is like a man "beholding hi
, natural face in glass An
straightway forgotten what manner c
man he was" The other day I saw
rocky, hil1y pasture literally ablaze.
was easy enough to see It. but saw in
to 1t which was much better. Merely I
have seen it would have been only a
unpleasant sight. Most OF its area
blackened mass. the bouders looidn
: bigger and more of them in sight. ii
: mere appearance spelled ruin But looE
f ing into the burnt field one saw dea
grass and stubble cleared UP. and til
. ground soon to become green-nothin
had been injured but what Injuries tn
field SO It is in human life. if we onl
look at trouble, sorrow, -privation an
t misfortune we will only see blacllene
3 surface, but If we look into these thine
Y we viii see only the dross removed. p
+ smelling gold loses only the dross. th
y residue is a finer quality of gold.
f Visiting small city I was impress,
ed with the excellent sidewalks. e.
pressing the same to my host, he TOT
me that thew were the work of refori
mayor. Smilingly I asked him if he wa
I reelected and his reply was, mot c
n your sweet lifer' And then he PR
ceeded to pour forth the walls of h
wrath. DO you know he said, 9Th.
h the one thing we, free and indepent
: ent people, won't stand is reforms?
reformer is a political suicide. We wi
tolerate incompetAncy, crookednes
+ hypocrisy, nreanness, intenperanc
: | gambling and licentiousness in offieia
and often re-elect them to office, bl
If an official is rash enough to tell u
!. the sovereign people, that we must li1
: up to the laws then-good night !" W;
e my good friend giving fact Or actor
= No one will claim that it was all fl
ton I am inclined to think that II
very last thing we will excuse In {
q administration IS an administr
:, ton that attacks some remis
= ness on our part. Let him fire avs
at something that doesn't cost money.
Years ago the writer returning fro
a. trip to Europe made the aequaintan