The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-09-16
Coal Causes Unem-
pl0yment = Headed
Back to Europe
Year Round School
Putting Your Own
Eyes Out-Sergeant
Jack McGOvern on
Bad LIQUOR.

Ford closes his plants and
throws 100000 people out of
work. This means that the con-
Stunning power of 100000 people
is largely withdrawn from the
market, which means again that
the market gets a terrible upper
+, cut. Business as usual in Amer
lea is founded upon the purchas-
ing power as usual of the
American people. When these
10000 drop out of the market.
demand decreases, which causes
others to be laid off. Demand
decreases again. Unemployment
is stone thrown into the in
dustrial pond. The effects are
a widening circle.
Mr.. Ford can't get coal. Or,
IL he can, the price is prohibitive.
It is for the American intelligence
to enquire what ought to be done
with the coal business. If this
basic commodity can be juggled
and fought over every few
months, American business must
pay the price. 1t will be a very
large price. It would be better
to take necessary steps, what
ever they may be. to insure a
stable coal supply at reasonably
stable prices.
The Turk Is facec toward
Europe. He has Russia on his
side, a Russia which seeks the
leadership of the East. with the
purpose ultimately of imposing a
new system of government and
property upon the West. If the
Turk comes into Constantinople,
look out. Then there will be
danger Of that next war, which
in the end would leave Europe
a shattered hulk.
If the malcontents of Bridge
port Teachers Association will
consult the wiser and ADLER
teachers in the Bridgeport sys-
tenn; If they will find time to
read what the educational ex-
perts have said about Bridgeport
school reforms, they will ap-
preciate that high salaries and
slack use of school plant are not
compatible
Upon this page today Is printed
the letter written by the superin-
tendent of schools of Savannah.
Georgia. who says that the Board
of Education Is wise in propos-
ing the IL hour day and the
200 day year. This expert favors
the "year round" school. with
provision for a quarter time off
for teachers and pupils who "for
a good reason" must not perform
their duties for four quarters.
There are children and there are
teachers not physically able at
all times, to work all the time,
The year round system Is elastic,
and gives these also fair chance.
An unidentified man wandered
along the water front ess New
York, yesterday, screaming, I'm
blind! I'm blind!'' He got some
of the same bootleg that killed
u people in Brooklyn. last week.
Moral is. eff you are mad at pro-
hibition. fight to get it repealed.
Don't put your own eyes ca,."
This sort of martyrdom wins no
Iaurels.
Sergeant Jack McGovern, says
privately, but not for publication,
There Isn't an ounce of good
stuff for sale in Bridgeport
PLENTY OF hooch." Hooch is the
stuff that bites worse than a
serpent and makes an adders
sting seem like a love pat. The
sergeant ought to know. He sees
the whole city and knows the life
of the city.
The bishops eliminate the word
obey from the marriage service
and the word worms from the
burial service. Good work. Why
should life be made more dis
agreeable than it need to be.
Even though some wives con-
tinue to obey, and all worms con-
duct themselves as before, why
paint word pictures when there
is no need of it. Many I'M
pleasant things are improved
when the graves fly open, they
are filled with beautiful flowers.
Flowers sink their roots in sub
stances not pretty to describe.
neath may be very beautiful.
What happens to all, cannot be
bad for any.