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New Britain herald., 1922-11-04

ness men spent more energy lobby ing in congress than developing their own business, The government must mix into buslness m war time; 1t is hard to get out of 1t after the war is over. Eventually people will realize that you can't take out of the govern ment more than you put into it. For the present, however, the situation presents serious danger--not to those who fail 10 get assistance. but to those who succeed,
 Any growth founded upon so fickle basis as government favor must be precarious. The industries and the individual companies which are real ly good investments will be able to fight their way through without hav- ing to depend upon exorbitant tar ifs or government capital. They may have hard sledding for while. but when the depression is over they will control the field While others are Building up influence at Washington, they are building organizations at home. At the time 1t may seem as if the concerns which get the most pro- | lection or assistance from Washing ton are the winners, but their advan- tage is only temporary. Instead of trying to pick the companies which get the most assistance from the gov- ernment, investors should look for the 7, companies which can get along with the least!
 "This factor marks a sharp distinc- | ton between the railroads today Un- der the Esch- Cummings law the roads have the privilege of calling upon the government for assistance in their fi- nancing. Many investors have looked upon this as favorable argument. You will notice, however, that the railroads which stand best on the quo- tation board have very few govern ment obligations in their balance sheets. The only kind of a keg to put your money into is one that will stand on its own bottom. Perhaps the others will come out all right. but the railroads in which am interested are now adopting efficient business meth- 1 ods instead of depending upon gov ernment aid. In choosing railroad se- curities,. my advice is to let someone else speculate as to what the govern ment will or won't do.
 The same applies to industrial se-
New Britain herald., 1922-11-04

U. S. Treasury-Balance. sio5,41L7s7.
New Britain herald., 1922-11-04
WALL STREET STOCK
 EXCHANGE REPORTS

Wall street--Selling orders largely predominated in today's stock market with heaviness displayed by equip ments. oils. motors, steets and tobac- cos which declined 1 to { points, Mex ican Pet. showing the largest loss. Ad- vantage was taken Of the bidding up of the coppers to unload other stocks and a large volume of profit taking sales and some short selling followed. Subsequent short. covering together with rise in Standard oil shares fur ther accumulation of coppers and fair demand for some of the special ties, notably May Dept. Stores which went to a new high, resulted in some recovery in the final dealings, The closing was irregular. Sales npproxi- mated b00.00o shares.
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New Britain herald., 1922-11-04
PROMISE FAIR TRIALS

Greek Revolumionaries Pledge to U.
 S. That Accused Will Get Square
 Deal.
 Athens, Nov. 1. (By Associated Press) )--The revolutionary committee has officially informed the United States government that the Greek political leaders who are under arrest will be given fair trial.
 Col. Plastiras. leader of the revolu- tionists. called on Jefferson Caffery. Americas charge d'affaires, yesterday and after thanking him for America's generous relief work. said he wished 10 dispel doubts concerning court mar tial of the various former civil and military leaders charged with respon- sibility for the defeat of Greek forces in Asia Minor. He said the good opin- ion of the people of the United States was desired fin everything affecting the revolution and the efforts Of the Greeks to bring back to their country
New Britain herald., 1922-11-04
INVITED. TO BANQUET.

Members of the Business and Fro fessional women's club, the Lions clubs and Rotary clubs, as well as the American Society of Mechanical En- rineers. which is affiliated with the Chamber of Commerce, have been sent snecia, invitations to attend the an- nual banquet of the Chamber of Com morce to be held next Wednesday eve ming in the old St. Marks church. The ticket committee consists Of E. w.. pelton. J. R. Andrews, M. D. saxe and B. S. Lewis. with w. H. Ratten- bury as chairman. The Tempo quar- let of Hartford has been engaged 10 furnish music.
 The Herald has placed many used article at a reasonable price Into 'nc hands of it's classified readers.
New Britain herald., 1922-11-04
DANAHER TO SPEAK.

Lawyer c. J. Danaher of Meriden will be the republican speaker at . noon-day rally to be held at the facs tory gates at P. & F. Corbin Go. at, 12:30 o'clock on Monday. The address will be made at the Orchard street entrance to the plant.
New Britain herald., 1922-11-04
its previous property.

Notwithstanding reports to the con. trary the revolutionary committees wished America to know that they were determined that the politicians now in prison would be given an i'm. partial trial and every opportunity to defend themselves, Col. Plastiras said. Critics have been alleging that tho government was resorting to the per- secution of political enemies
The New York herald., 1922-02-15
Safeguarding Picture Theaters.

Senator GIBBS of Buffalo and AS
semblyman MCKEE Of The Bronx
have introduced in the Legislature a
bill providing that all operators of
motion picture projecting machines
in theaters or places of public as
semblage shall be licensed, and that
licenses shall be issued only to per-
sons who have served an apprentice
ship of six months. At present no
apprenticeship is required of appli-
cants for licenses as operators.
The measure now before the Legis-
lature has the Endorsement of the
Alliance OF Theatrical Stage EN-
ployees and Motion Picture Machine
Operators of the United States and
Canada. A similar proposal was in
troduced in the Legislature of 1921,
but was defeated because no pro-
vision was made for applicants who
had experience but had served no
apprenticeship. This defect is cured
in the present bill.
The man in the projection booth
of a motion picture theater is a GUS
todian of public safety. At each
performance he handles approxi-
mately 10000 feet of infammable
film running at high speed. He
should be competent and experienced,
fully familiar not only with the rou-
tine of the picture display, but able
to meet the situations likely to arise
from accidents in the booth. The
importance Of this is plain when the
enormous number of persons who at
tend picture shows is considered.
Laws similar to the proposed act
are in effect in twelve States and the
District of Columbia. In some of
these States they were enacted after
fires in motion picture houses had
directed attention to the need for
greater precaution than had previ-
ously been taken. The proposed law
embodies sensible exercise of the
police power and New York should
enact it before n disaster attributable
to the presence of an unframed pro-
lection operator occurs.
The New York herald., 1922-02-15

ing public money" said Senator
BoRAH-and the warning ought TO be
needed by every service man-"it
will grow worse for him as well as
for his fellow citizens. 1t will be-
come a competition, as in Europe, of
one class invading the Treasury one
day and another class invading the
Treasury the next day. The hour Of
sacrifice is now"
Yes, the hour is now! And let
those members of Congress who see
in the bonus way of buying votes
with the public's money take heed Of
the hour! They cannot plead that
they did not understand what they
were doing. WILLIAM K. BoRAH, in
his great speech in the United States
Senate on Monday, pointed the way
of truth and duty.
The New York herald., 1922-02-15
Not a Business Proposal.

HENRY FORD sticks to his Muscle
Shoals proposal that the Government
shall put another $50,000,000 into the
plant under a one hundred year lease
to him without any guaranty I'm the
contract that he will produce ferti-
lizer for the benefit of American
farmers. This being FoRD's position
the deal should be called off.
What sound business man would
think of going into an arrangement
to get certain product with no pro-
vision made in the contract to assure
the delivery of the product? There is
not a shadow of excuse for the Gov
ernment to shovel $50,000,000 more
of the taxpayers money into the
Muscle Shoal scheme unless it makes
sure of getting plenty Of fertilizer and
reasonably cheap fertilizer for the
American farmer. 1t is not good
business; it is not good sense.
If Mr.. FoRD wants to take over the
Muscle Shoals plant outright as a
buyer at the highest bid the Gov
ernment can obtain for it, putting
his own money into thee venture, let
him have it, and good luck to him!
But without the assurance of the
fertilizer, not another cent OF the
american taxpayers money should
SO in.
This utterance is in no sense in op-
position to Mr.. FORD, but is just
straight business sense.
The New York herald., 1922-02-15
Darwin in the Schools.
Evolution as Related to the Making
of Good Citizens.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: was
indeed surprised when read Charles
r. SINNERS letter entitled Darwin in
the Schools
Darwin did not teach that man de-
scended from the monkey nor that the
monkey descended from man, but that
they are each the result of evolutionary
development. He claimed that all
forms of life had common origin and
arc but different ramfications of the
great tree of life, that there is core
latonship in all manifest life, that all
life is the inevitable result of natures
laws that these laws are fixed and un-
alterabe and consequently there never
has been and never can be such thing
as separate creation of species con-
doctrine that natural selection explains
the origin of species.
The hysterical act which recently
occurred in Kentucky by which some
fanatics sought to secure legislation de-
barring from the public schools OF that
State the teachings OF Darwinism is only
part of a propaganda to smother
scientific teaching by legislative enact
ment, an act which would be in direct
violation of the Constitution OF the
United States. Mr.. Skinner says the
sole purpose of education is to produce
thinking, loyal citizens, who will revere
and obey our laws" How are we to
produce thinking citizens If they are to
be deprived by legislative enactment of
the privilege of gaining knowledge of
scientific facts? The teaching of un-
truths and the practice of deception arc
not conducive to good morals nor better
citizenship and for that reason / be-
lieve that I am voicing the sentiments
of many fair minded individuals by re-
cording this vote of protest and by ac-
knowledging my regret. that one occu-
pying the position of Mr.. Skinner should
not only entertain but publicly voice
the sentiments he has expressed.
GEORGE CoNDERMAN, M. d.
HoRNELL, February IA.
The New York herald., 1922-02-15
Flivvering Around the Circle.

Let three young men sally forth
from New York, as they did last
July, for trip to the Pacific coast
and back with flivver as a trans
port, conscience as a guide, and only
a limited supply of ready cash, and
there will be fair test of the stuff
they are made of. The three young
men, OLDRiCH MAsIN of New York,
and JOSEPH MEIER and HAIoLD
RHODES of New Jersey. were deter
mined to see America on the Install
ment plan. BY dropping into city
here, town there and hamlet
further on, to regale the inhabitants
with the lore OF the road, or by
bending their backs to actual labor
where necessary, they garnered con-
tributions in cash and kind to send
them along on the many legs of
their journey.
The nation is not outgrowing its
food supply when twelve cents can
DTONlut IL Iledl W SdllSly tuItS tlltu
and hungry wanderers, whether the
shades OF night and the pangs of
hunger overtake them in the busy in
dustrial East, the agricultural Middle
West, the bustling Pacific slope coun.
try, or the languid South. But at
that, overhauling adventure is easier
even than acquiring sustenance on
such trip. What latent possibilities
MARK TWAIN could have conceived
in raiding potato patches, orchards
and fields OF roasting ears along the
way: in adventures with village
maidens, in schemes to escape siren
uous exercise with pick and shovel,
welded reluctantly on occasion to
gain the price of square meal.
TO add melodrama to adventure
there was the grand roundup in Los
Angeles where the members of the
trio, engaged in easing saddle sores
and ministefing to the fundamental
needs of connecting rods and main
bearings, we're unceremoniously in.
The New York herald., 1922-02-15
The Lockwood Committee.

The Lockwood committee should
not be put out of business. The Lock
wood committee has done great
service to New York city, great
service to the rest of the State and a
great service to neighboring commu-
mites in other States. There is yet
much work for the Lockwood COM
mittee to do. Collusion in the build
ing trade, rugged for mulcting the
people, has not been stopped. 1t
should be stopped.
The Lockwood committee says that
it has already saved New York
city third of billion dollars. Be
this as it may, If the Lockwood
committee, or some other force en-
powered to deal with the problem
of graft and plunder in the building
field, doesn't ga on with the work
the Lockwood committee has been
doing the mulcting will soon amount
to billion dollars and then some.
This rascally toll must be stopped.
The Lockwood committee, because of
it's experience, is a good deaf better
equipped to proceed with the work
of stopping it than a new commit
tee would be.
AS for the criticism directed
against the committee for trying or
craving to pry into quarters and mat
ters which are not it's proper bust
ness, the answer is simple. Let its
life be extended so that it cap do
what still needs to be done and what
the public demands shall be done, but
let it's authority remain restricted
to the fields and activities where it
properly belongs.
The Lockwood committee cannot
be put out of existence or cannot have
it's powers tnduly curbed without
exciting public suspicion and public
condemnation.
The New York herald., 1922-02-15
Blindness Is Decreasing.
Nevertheless the Census Figures
May Be Too Low.

To The New YORK HERALD: Great in
terest is being shown all over the world
| IN the figures of the United States Bu-
reau of the Census OF the blind for 1920
52,617 blind persons as against 57,272
in 1910. The National Committee for
the Prevention of Blindness is naturally
kecnly appreciative of the comment of
the report which suggests that a de-
crease in preventable blindness is indi-
Gated as a result of improvement in
medical knowledge and of the education
of the public.
The committee is confident that blind
ness from preventable causes, especially
blindness from babies sore eyes, has de-
creased perceptibly in proportion to the
increase in population during the last
decade. It cannot, however, accept the
figures of the Census Bureau as even
approximating the actual number of the
blind. 1t has always contended that the
census figures of 1910 were altogether
too conservative.
! In the United States census of 1920
New York State is reported as having
blind population of 1905 persons. The
New York State Commission for the
tion OF all blind persons in the State.
To date 1882 have been registered
with one county still TO be heard from.
The commission does not consider this
figure final. since yerifcation of every
name on the list by the field agent has
not yet been made. The commission
has, however, verified the lists for the
counties of New York. The Bronx,
Kings, Queens and Richmond, compris-
ing Greater New York. and finds total
of 5,556 blind persons. Thus in New
York city alone there are 1,351 more
blind than shown by the United States
census for tho entire State.
Judging from the verncation already
made and allowing for all possible dis
crepancies, such as duplication of names.
erroneous listing of one-cyed persons as
blind, &c, the commission is confident
that the final lists will total well over
1000 blind persons in the state that Is.
more than double the United States Gen.
sus figures. Should the same proportion
hold in other States the list of the blind
will more nearly approximate 10000
than 52.617.
In considering these figures several
items must be taken into account; first.
that the figures Of the 1910 census were
evidently quite as conservative as those
OF 1920 hence, though the actual num-
ber Of blind in the United States at the
present time does reach the lamentable
total of 10000. this doubtless repre-
sents not only an actual decrease in
number, but an even greater decrease in
proportion to the increase In population;
second, that there was a great increase
in the number Of industrial workers en-
ployed in hazardous occupations in the
decade, especially during the war third.
that the war blind constitute group
the cause of whose blindness Is, we
trust, confined to the decade.
The united efforts of national, state
and local safety organizations and OF
the National Committee for the Prcven-
The New York herald., 1922-02-15
BY w. j. HENDERSON.

"L'Amour des Trofs Oranges" 1t Is
called in French on the title page of the
libretto. 'The Love OF Three Oranges
1t is denominated In the official prints OF
the Chicago Opera Company, which in
troduced 1t to New York at the Mar
haitian Opera House last evening. What
is It? An opera in prologue and three
acts, the book and the music both by
Sergei Prokofieff, Russian composer and
pianist, now visiting this country. The
opera was first performed on any stage
In Chicago on December so. 1t was
written by order OF the late CIeofonre
Csmpanini, who did not live to prepare
it. and was inherited by Miss Mary
Garden. A-3
The chronicler of operatic doiuss
shrinks from the task of giving a
synopsis of the story OF this extraordt-
nary creation. II Is fantastic fairy
tale taken from Gozzi and transmitted to
us through the mind of a Russian. 1t Is
said that the author believes his libretto
to be satirical. But since there is no
real human personality in 1t and no
action based on the common motives Of
human frailty it is difficult to guess what
is satirized. SM
A doddering old king has a son VINO
is afflicted with noble complication o.
diseases. Only one thing seems clear.
namely, that if he does not laugh he
will die All sorts OF efforts to move
him to laughter fail. But fortunately
magical and supernatural powers are
warning with one another over the case,
and the witch Fata Morgqnd, having
come toa the court to look after her In
terests, has ludicrous faQ and this
makes the prince laugh. The exasperated
sorceress uses her powers to send the
prince in search of three oranges which
he is to adore. Each of them contains
an enchanted princess, two offwhom~dic
of thirst as soon as the prince cuts them
out of their Juicy imprisonment. The
third would die, but sort of burlesq'ls
Greek chorus of Absurdities, who have
been bustling about and doing nothing OF
significance, promptly produces a pail
of water and the princess is saved to
marry the prince. One of the warning
powers turns her into rat. Another
turns her back The warning powers
have thunder and lightning due..
the Abs1trdittes and other outsiders
variously express their opinions Of the
whole affair, and after considerable coz
fusion the opera finally succeeds in
reaching a conclusion.
1t might be instructive to show how
closely related Prokofieffs book is to
Gozzi. and to point out just where 1T
shows traces of originality, but the re-
suit would be nothing more valuable
than that obtained by the suggestion
that this is not the stuff that operate
dreams are made of. Nor is Mr.. Pro-
kofieff incontestably an opera composer.
The New York herald., 1922-02-15

tion Of Blindness together with the Inn
proved conditions under which accident
compensation is administered are tend
ing to reduce eye accidents in the indus
tries heretofore one of the chief sources
of preventable blindness. Many public
health agencies are directing their ener-
gies to the elimination of social diseases,
another Of the leading causes of pre-
ventable blindness and deterioration OF
sight: efforts being made along other
lines are too numerous to give here.
Recognition of the fact that blindness
from preventable causes has decreased
during the past decade despite the un-
usual consequences. direct. or indirect, Of
a great war. should encourage not only
to continued effort but to an even
greater output OF energy to eliminate
every possible cause of needless dep
rivation of the power to see.
WINITRED HATHAWAY,
Secretary. National Committee for the
Prevention Of Blindness.
NEW YORK, February IA.
The New York herald., 1922-02-15
made by housewives from the rind

made by housewives from the rind
of the watermelon. This confection
is much the same as the citron in
flavor, and supper of hot biscuits
with watermelon or citron preserves
is something worth talking about.
Every boy, young or old, from New
England or Canada knows all about
such winter feasts.
The sugared peel of the water
melon is good. The seeds are con-
sidered delicacy by Orientals. and
there is a regular market for them
in the Chinese districts of New York,
San Francisco and other great Amer.
lean cities. A vinegar is distilled
from the pulp Of the watermelon in
parts of the South. Russians have
been employing concentrated melon
juice to sweeten their coffee.
Seven thousand acres should pro-
duce a lot of watermelons. This
area in single county in Florida
is used for raising watermelon seed.
The seed for practically all the United
States is grown there. Naturally
some of it is sent abroad and we are
told that the fruit is known in Africa,
where the members of one Of the
native tribes sharpen their teeth in
order to dissect the seeds the more
expeditiously.
Interest in the watermelon seems
to be worldwide. Therefore it is to
be hoped that means will be discov-
cred to protect the crop from the
pests which now threaten to reduce
its size. st
The New York herald., 1922-02-15

terrupted and hailed before court OF
justice on no less charge than that
of having murdered two policemen.
But the three heroes could not prove,
as MARK TWAIN might have done to
conform to the necessities of the oc-
casion, that they were even likely
suspects, and so there were no boun-
tiful meals at the expense of the
commonwealth.
Coming back the wanderers put
themselves in the way of the ira
ditional hospitality Of the southland,
as the winter route lay through that
country. The major resorts of the
tourist became for these three
only instrumentalities for acquiring
ways and means; no srubberneck
curiosity, but sheer fiscal despera.
tion is behind the naive. statement
that from California they "cut across
the Grand Canyon and dropped off
there few days to pick up little
cash."
There is a moral to this hilarious
jaunt. AS did these crusaders with
their bucking fiivver, so can any man
with any kind of equipment sur
mount almost any difficulty against
heavy odds If he steels himself with
the determination to see 1t through
and be cheerful even when the gas
runs low.