Putnam patriot., 1926-06-18

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 Hartford. June s-If Mayor stes ems. who has just begun his seeaH term az chief executive of the tarifa City of She state. is % repeat the ae cess of his first administration he mus turn an unresponsige ear ta suzEes hons that make for sn increase ia fhi expense of the municipality Man of these suggestions have their arvif fa the exaggerated value which. n Of ficialdom. Is attached Co services There was a striking instance of thH exaggeration in the request made q the board of aldermen at its iast meeting for an increase la the salary of the head of a department from ss 600 Co Ss.500 That increase. f granted. would bring the salary of the official within $500 of the salaries paid the associate justices of the supreme court of the state The shaduwg req son given for the increase vas that the operation of the new zoninK law added 70 the offieiais duties If there 3as an iBcrease-and there was uone-the official had been provided with assist ants to do the work I ha z9rHe aH8i- nance iz iu thH experimental Eaga ani already. a great deal af satisfaction 's expressed stsH E. operation I# may be thrown iHto tae ] seaf8 as beng useless and auaf.ed to tts ned aE f## rHaHtF &eH Haven h#s had trlal af #t at Il cost 1f S75.H0a aaI has f1lud lt unavoidable. lts repeal
  Itz requirement. that HI hand t negligible Hartford zauHg E Gem ha tEIs city &fa aua The seaHis sxHeHs.z af Hartford exceed s41aa Haa and eFeH though thH taN rate #f tha ezzF aa= been reduced 6le mil hs Mayor Steven 6heHe are thousand Hi taxpayer who have t4 HFFe them selves af necessities ta HaE their tax hiiis Hartford ls a generous employ er bat H ts generosity aBrareia ted by some sf those who are fh hanafe5at5a= of ite Mayor Stevens should never H== =4#t et lHe important fact that the small taxpagers whose rasauraes are limited are entitled ta tsHsisi. Ea. tiHa. He efveH them NglI far tWa years He should continue the nalIes traf secured for h# $ reelection far another teEm.
 JseAsoaism and Democracy
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 Failure of Strike
 The sane GlnsefEat5 t5saI aE t6e z- unions achieved u0tati, triumph I1 Hartford this week when t sleces fully discouraged the hQd carriers strike The merits af the strike ned not he discussed hcrt- Suf5ce lt ,1 say thaf neither tbg trade uHHH- H9t the builders eo8ld see anything H fht situation to justify The result Was a complete victory without the si eht- est compromise + produced aH la pressive recollection of the fact that employers. who are obliged c. meet the terms of contracts, have a sfHe fH a labor difficulty which should not e ignored The trouble with the bod carriers 0as that they were= =tsa late iu presenting their demand They should have told the contractors month age and before contracts were signed the rate v wages which they expected rhete ls 8 great aHoaHt=at building going on m Hartford st the present time and its interruption would have entailei seriaus loss in the community
 There are indications that the trade school system which is established an. der che auspices af che state depart