New Britain herald., 1925-01-10

termined to take steps to end thu
 muddle over salary matters is eyi
 deneed by the most recent steI
 which took the form of an order thai
 all salaries paid by the city, except,
 ing those of day laborers. shall bt
 placed on the salary list and ac. cordingly under the jurisdiction ol
 the common council.
 | For many years, the council m
 been troubled with salary problems
 Each year finds flood of petitions
 for increases. Members of the con-
 mon council have reached the con- clusion that dissatisfaction, general
 ly speaking. has been one of the big elements In producing the continual
 flow of petitions. One of the ele- ments entering into this state of dis-
 satisfaction is the fact that certain city employees are not required to petition the common council, appear before committees and boards and submit to the publicity that attends an increase in wages. Those who must follow this routine argue the injustice of the situation and this condition of facts has not been con- ducive of good feeling and satisfac- tion.
 Members of the common council feel the new order will place all city employees on the same basis. The result will be increased efficiency through increased morale, and will keep the salary situation under the thumbs of the city fathers since there is no possibility of q salary growing out of proportion to the sal aries paid other city employees doing similar work.
 While the new order affects sev- eral departments, the primary ob- ject was to obtain control of the park commission salary lists. This department has a big force which Includes some of the city's highest paid workers, but the common coun- cii has not a word to say in the reg ulation of their salaries.
 Because the labor market wage schedules fluctuate rapidly, 1t was felt the boards employing this type of workmen should have some elas- ticity in the rules regarding their salaries and on that account they will not be placed on the salary lists or regulated by ordinance.
 The cable from Europe brought news this week of the suicide of an inventor a few hours before a manu- featuring firm had mailed an offer of s1o,0o0 for the product Of his brain. For months he had been trying to dispose of his invention, but without success. On New Years day his funds became exhausted and he and his family were notified to vacate their quarters because the rent was overdue. So he ended his earthly existence by drinking a draught of the deadly poison which he had invented.
 It is familiar story. Since time began, men have abandoned hope as they were on the eve of success. With Opportunity walking up to their front door, they have despair ed and have ended their lives.
 Some of the greatest men and oWmen in history, by persevering, have won fame and fortune by push ing ahead in spite of bitter disap- pointments and circumstances which seemed to overwhelm them. Handel, composer of the Messiah" went ragged and hungry in London when producers refused to give him a hearing. It seemed that all doors were shut against him. But he had confidence in himself and he suc- ceeded in getting hearing for his composition in a theater in Dublin with an audience composed of prison inmates. The beauty and all-com- polling force of the Messiah" were recognized. It was brought back to London and success shone on the composer.
 George Washington at Valley Forge must have had depressing thoughts as he saw his soldiers in their threadbare garments and with the wolf of hunger bowling through the camp. But he had an abiding faith in the Almighty 10 pull him through and not once did he speak word which indicated that the idea of surrender entered his mind.
 The Wright brothers were called insane by skeptics who doubted the ability of man to conquer the air. They were the national joke as fail- ure followed close upon failure. But in the face of ridicule they breast ed the tide of disaster and won, giv- ing to the world the airplane which has lessened the distance between continents and confounded their cri- tics.
 Since writing became an art au- thors have failed and failed again, cnly & persevere and win friends running into the millions. To name only one, a woman, Is to give ah eX- of what stick-to-it-ive-ness means. Edna Ferber, one of the highest paid woman writers in the world, walked up and down the streets of New York trying to sell the stories which her brain had ere ated. She was rebuffed at every l turn, but her spirit did not become sour. She persevered. Anyone who reads the short story magazine knows what the answer was.
 Despair is an insult to the AL mighty who guides the destinies of the world. His will is done in His own good time. When that time ar