Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-07
PUTNAM

Jan 16, at midnight. is the new time
lirndt set by the state motor vehicle de-
| partment for the use of 1921 markers on
motor vehicles registered in this state
| misunderstanding of the requirements in
filling out applications for registrations
! on the part of great numbers of car
owners of the state is chiefly responsible
for the series of delays being encountered
in issuing registration plates at the de
| partment headquarters in Hartford.
| Capt. j. H. Bulger received a telegram
Friday morning notifying him of the lat
! est extension, experimenting the original
| extension thai expired at midnight Fri
| day.
| Permission to use the old markers ex-
tends it is understood, only to those
who have actually filed applications for
! new registration. All of the 1921 licenses
! expired at midnight, Dec. 81 Any mo-
| torist who has not made application for
new registration plates has no legitimate
excuse under which to continue operation
| of his car or other motor vehicle.
The delay and difficulties being expert
enced at Hartford has affected numbers
! of local car owners. A case in point is
that of a Putnam man who sent in his
| application and check in November and
has not as vet received his 1922 markers,
4, although his Cancelled check has been re-
| turned through the bank on which it was
drawn
The local police department is not in
| terfering with machines being operated
under the old markers, but any motorist
| who has not made Application for new
markers and becomes involved in any
| difficulties with his machine will find
| himself with an unusually bad situation
to face.
A discOuraging bit of at the
Opening of the new year is the announce
ment that two mills of the Morse-Night-
ingale group are closing for an indefinite
period. These plants are engaged in the
manufacture of cotton fabrics and have
been a mainstay of Putnams industrial
life for many years. At Mechanicsville
the big plant Of the French River Textile
cmopany is in operation on a reduced
schedule of hours. The Mechauicsvllt
plant manufactures worsteds.
Against this is the good news that af
fairs seem to be Frightening in the tire
fabric field. as indicated by the fact tha'
the Manhasset company sent out IS car
loads of fabric in one shipment thi;
week
An almost inactive market for sucl
varieties of cotton fabrics as are manu-
featured by the majority of mills in tn
Quinebaug valley is said TO be causin;
e the present depression There are prac
tically no buyers al present for tn
products of various eastern Connection
mills.
One of the hest known cotton manu-
facturers in eastern Connecticut asserte
within the past few days that his pric
for a certain standard line of cotton
was rejected by a New York commissio
house the head of which declared tina
southern cotton mills were delivering tn
same goods in New York for less tina
the production cost of the eastern Wind
ham county plant referred to. The ar
swer to this is said to be that when de
preston hit the cotton manufacturer
industry IN 1920 many southern mil
closed and remained closed for man
months. not turning wheel Whe
these mills did resume operations the
wage scales had been reduced almost t
a pre-war level basis a fact that allow
the southern manufacturer to produC
goods at a lower figure than they can /
made in New England, where the tot;
wage cut in the majority of mills espt
cially in this and immediate surroundin
territory, has been % IL per cent.
Men in the wooden and worsted indu!
try in this territory are watching Wasl
ington with anxious eyes Fixing of
safe protective tariff against foods
foreign-made goods is what is going
give these American industries the 'gua1
antees they require before there is re;
old-time activity on steady and settle
basis. The tariff enactment is locke
for in the near future, and an indicatio
that good business is expected was Ii
activity of the Boston wool market q
certain days this week
This Saturday evening there will /
a powwow for members Of Wapauuass
tribe of Red Med and their friends, fl
there Is to be a public installation Of IL
officers and an entertainment, followt
by dancing, Members of Iroquois cour
Gil Degree of Pocahontas, have especial
been invited to attend an deach Red Ma