New Britain herald., 1923-11-22

Carolina. All of the woolens used by ! West Point and Annapolis are made i in Charlottesville, Virginia. The uni form cloth for the mail carriers of the United States is made at Colum- bia City. Indiana. l could multiply
 examples not only in textiles but in
 ether lines; the metal industries are
 moving to Ohio; the boot and shoe in-
 dustry are moving to St. Louis and
 so on.
 However, as l said in the begin
 ming we arc not a!armists. We have
 every faith in the future of New Eng
 land. But as l have pointed out the
 dangers which confront us are real
 and we must bend every effort toward
 the utilization of our existing re-
 sources and facilities and the over
 coming of our deficiencies.
 We have every opportunity to de
 lelop hydro-eioctric power on both
 the individual unit plan and the su-
 per-powor plan. Our timber resources should and can hc made to supply
 great portion Of our needs. The great
 work which the farmers and agricul- tural colleges Of this state have be- gun should be participated in by ali Our transportation system is capable Of rehabilitation and We should do everything in our power to aid those who are attempting to reach sound conclusions our heavy burdens of taxation should be reduced. Our leg ;slators should understand t',at in dustry must live and prosper if the individual is to prosper,
 "l have said that great measure of the responsibility for New Eng'an future lies with the legislators and the state executives. In the report of the legislative activities of the association which you recently received you found that every bill. with the one exception mentioned, which was opposed by our association. was either killed in committee or rejected on the floor of the house or senate, Your assOcia- ton. however. does not take entire credit. Due credit must be given to the members Of tn" various commit tees Of the legislature 10 the mem hers of the 1923 general assembly and to the state executives who recognized the fundamental principle that d needless law IS a break to economic progress and that vicious law would sap tho very If, uf Connecticut and New England.
 Can any one ot us torrrHSt the dire results had House RH1 No. %t1. which had for its object tho establishment Of the Ai-hour week, passvd' [, for one, do not pretend to know whether or not inc legal hours Of labor should be 4f or 60.
 "I feel that great deal of research work must he done before the matter can he solved with any degree of ac- curacy or fairness do know, how ever, that wc cannot afford to cstah- fish a ii ar AS hour week in Connor- ticut as long as other states permit q co hour wrpk. SAY, thcreforc let us l wal, until the shorter hours Of labor ! have hrcomc more universal After 1. an it is question Of competition. l .ahor cannot afford to force it For l upon cooperation between thc invest nr. management and labor shall hr : decided whether or not New England. 4S an industrial center shall continue To exist. Industrial warfare can mean nothing bnt utter ruin to all parties We or tho lahoring class. vr tho investors and wp tho manage. ncnt cannot follow tho leadership Of hose outside of Nrw England whose interest is not Tn New England but is In promoting personal ambitions. lot Is hear in mind that New England and labor. jointly. arc competing with other sections of thc