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New Britain herald., 1929-10-26

next to his religion" He has been fighting and propagandizins for higher and higher tariffs ever since 1897, he admits. He has been sue cessful. He has been the most out standing proponent of higher tariff rates in the entire United States, not even anyone identified with the Con- necticut Manufacturers Association being his equal.
 The system is simple, too. In or der to attain the higher tariff rates g. sad picture must be painted or what would happen to the country II the tariff were let alone or possibly lowered. The picture is easy to paint: Closed factories, the empty dinner pail.
 Then, when fellow manufacturers have been sufficiently alarmed, the stockholders thrown into a frenzy, and employees convinced of the im- minence of disaster, 1t is mere routine to follow up the technic with requests for campaign distributions to prevent the reign of terror from materializing.
 Mir. Grundy himself told the sen- ate lobby probers that he assisted in raising Republican campaign funds to the tune of ssoo,ooo in Pennsyl- vania in 1924: and in 1928 he and his fellow alarmists shook down s7O0, 900 from the eastern part of the | state alone.
 The returns? Well, in the Shoot Hawley bill, which MT. Grundy help ed to propagdndize in Washington and his home state, Pennsylvania was assured of gain totalling 35O4,- ooO,ooO
 Who pays the ofo0o,000?
 Mir. Grndy says the consumers are also voters. and that they were evidently willing to enjoy the finan- aal privileges of the change.
 The type of mind that runs ram. pant in Grundyism is indicated in c few paragraphs of MT. Grundy's evi' dence.
 If there had been 70 fellowl such as Eyanson available I would have liked to have had them here, he said. (Later he raised the number to 1o0.)
 T look upon Mir. Eyanron 2" '-' of the brightest young men hav' ever known and I'm darn near [. years old"
New Britain herald., 1929-10-26
THE FEMININE WAR

IL used to be that prohibition was the chief topic of conversation. The old subject is still going strong, but it threatens to be engulfed under the discussion regarding whether wom- on will or will not wear long skirts
 IL appears that sundry women are beginning to have will of their own about fashions, Those in the city want to know how they can manage the crush in street cars and suhways with long skirts; and those almost everywhere want to be shown how they can get in and out Of automo- piles with such encumbrances.
 Meanwhile the Paris fashion mak- CTS are doing their best, in cooper alton with American fashion poten- | tates to put over the long skirts. And also meanwhile the public prints are printing indignant protests from women who have gone on the war path
 The skirts probably will be worn to some extent but will not be q per- manent vogue Not even the men like them.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-26
TOO MUCH WHEAT

Elevators in the United States and Canada bulging with surplus wheat, accompanied by what is described as buyers strike in Europe, presents a problem to North American wheat interests such as has not faced the nation for many decades. Mean- while prices of the product reflect the untoward conditions and farm- CTS in the wide spaces who rely upon the growing of this staple for their livelihoods are faced with the probability Of receiving scarcely enough to pay for the cost of pro- duction, and In many cases where land represents a heavy investment they will lose. The carry-over from last year, added to the surplus of this year, has already taken up all available space in the elevators of the two North American wheat pro- ducing countries.
 Not only in the case of wheat, but the exports of all grains to Europe show falling off.
 The Federal Farm Board is sup posed to grapple with such a prob lem and bring about a square deal for the wheat growers. It will be in terestlng to watch how it succeeds, if success be achieved.
 With modern farm machinery more widely utilized fewer hands are needed on virtually every west ern farm. In other words, we are growing more wheat with less hu. man labor. The displaced farm laborers ultimately obtain other em. ] ployment and no. doubt a large per. centage go to the towns and cities where industries also are using few. CT workmen due to the more extend
 ed use of labor-saving machinery ] The problem therefore is not on, affecting the farmers alone, but is O
 social significance.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-26
THE BUSINESS OF FOOTBALL

Nothing that the Carnegie Toun- dation has reported regarding the financial importance Of football 10 the institutions of learning is cs- pecially new except that the report has gone into greater detail. men, tioning institutions by name.
 Revenue from football is not to be idly set aside merely because the Foundation happened along with its report. One can verify this by asking the college trustees about it. The game has developed into a vast reservoir of wealth. The sport may be commcrcialized, as the Founda- ton claims, but 1t remains football. When it's followers get together they still talk about the game, not the money The only money the average fan is interested in is the cost oi tickets and what he happens tc wager.
 But the game would remain ( good vehicle for discussion and in terest without the subsidizing o players, of which there is just com plaint. Spurred on by false standard of competition, the colleges have al lowed football practices to get out 0 bounds if not out Of hand. It is tn ei duty to forego the methods com plained of. That 1t can be done l shown by the report that 2S out 0
New Britain herald., 1929-10-26
Justice in D. A. V. Request On Distributing of Funds


 The woes of distributing the Con- necticut state fund to needy world war veterans will no doubt be car ried to Legion national headquarters by Committeeman Harry C. Jack son the next time he goes to h. dianapolis. Well it should for there's meat in the claim of the state Dis- abled American War Veterans when they urge that the distributor be wounded man himself and thereby, having a more clear understanding Of conditions than q soldier who was not wounded.
 The other battle won by the Le- zion was very simple due to the pressure of public opinion behind the fighting slogan keep the fund out of politics. The state G. o. r. machinery wanted to have the dis tribution of the fund under the su- pervision of a paid state administra- tor. The possibilities of such con- dition of affairs were foreseen, and -s time went on, the one who sought aid would have to be with" the powers in office. One soldier said that an aid seeker would be asked his political affiliations, and good ness help him if he happened to Ilve been Bull Moose"
 That's water over the dam, and he new flood of publicity is what should concern every Legionnaire in the state. The very men the Legion wishes to help are making a logical request that wounded man be the distributor around the state. Not a Legionnaire in the state had dare overlook the demand, it is a thrust from within, fighting fire with fire and public opinion is for once lined up against the Legion in favor of the D. A. V.
 Arguments can be advanced from now until the crack of doom, the D. A. V. claims can't be overlooked Numerically, they are not as strong as the Legion but sentimentally ths D, A. V. has place in everybody's heart tucked away which is bound to crop out when logical reques | is made. If the D. A. V. does ge the distribution of the state func and another trick bill in introduce, l to get it away from the, the wound cd men find the Legoinnaires linet up behind them fighting for thu right.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-26
Perhaps It's Roraback's Turn in the Road

It's the history of any political machine that when it gets too pow eriul, a downfall is in the offing. let the Rorapacl1 Connecticut ma chine take a hint from past history after viewing events for the past few months. The blocking of John G. Tilson for the nomination of the yice-presidency of the United States is sometimes blamed on Roraback. The dogged determination to stick to Calvin Coolidge was interpreted by scme to be a direct slap at the boom for Hoover for president That all happened out at the Republican na- tional convention and so much for that.
 Now look what Rorabacks right hand bower in the senat, js doing on the tariff matter. Even in New Haven, Senator Bingham is criti- cized.
 About ten years ago tue three "B's" of New Haven werc neck and neck in the political -icl3 Butter worth, Bakewell, and Bingham were all very we'll thought of by the rnl- ing powers. Butterworth hntagcn- i%ed by his stand on the state fund distribution, and signed his own po- litcal death knell. Professor Bakn- well, as a state senator and chair man of the committee on education, | demonstrated that he had ideas Of 1 his own, thing which would never do if things were to be we'll oiled legislatively. AS for Bingham, it is understood that he realized the value of political expediency and plays tag. He's down in Washington now a poor attempt at eclipsing the | Tilson star which has shown bright ly for years among first class poli- l ticians.
 One of the qualifications for Bing. hams future for a senator was that he is fighter-If that's the case, why doesn't Roraback get behind Kid Kaplan and send him down there. Another was he discovered buried cities down in Peru or some place in South America. If that's the case why not send a contractor down there. If aviation is a qualification, we've got flying governors Detective work for inside stuff helps some too. Why not pick on county detective to try his hand at the nations capitol?
 J. Henry Roraback has shown signs of overstepping and is apt to be spanked at the polls via the re- tiring of the favorite sons route.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-26
I the stock market

reporter idea in the stock market slump.
 Running out of the Herald office, the first man he encountere was . truck driver from New York. Que'- tion--"Why has the stock mark't slumped and will holdings go up?'
 Truck driver Confidence in quasi-speculative stocks Is at a low ebb, due. no doubt, to the sluggish action of the reparations commis- sion. and the failure to meet obli- cations for the essentials of life. To my mind, a place in the sun for favorite issues is in the offing for fully a fortnight"
 Chief Noble-"I'm used to seeing things go up into smoke anyway, and I hadn't dare ventura an opin- ion without the consent of the fire board"
 Mayor Paonessa-'I told you so. but there's silver linins-now $ the time to join the watch and wait society,""
 Salvation army work-"Stocks may be down but they are not out
 Street car conductor-"Certan parties show a tendency to liquidate, due to the action of ovcIvaluation on the certain stocks which are apt to flaw down and go boom. I look for aviation stocks to soar by next Yule tide"
 Young men about to be married ITO heck with paper stock. l sold it to get live stock"
 One of the boys working holding up the corner of Church and Main streets-"I have given untold thought to the proposition of declin~ ations of so called gilt edged securi- ties, even going 50 far as to seek ] ing the advice of statisticians of merit. The ramifications involved hark back to the haicyon days of unlimited credit for all. back to the l days when bankers would loan with, a smile. and back to the days when | money was a matter of good hon. est credit given on a name, not a scrap of paper It seems to me that stocks should be retired from the. bargain counter and introduced once again to the investment class which does not react to the frenzied fever of fayorite finances. That's alt good day, sir"
 An elevator man-"Ups and downs are no novelty to me-but the drop was like bolt from the blue. Only | yesterday, a fellow says, Don't take any stock in Wall street."
 Prominent lawyer--"Td say, off hand, by glance at the big board. drops were in order, but, as to a recovery, there Is no law, to my knowledge. requiring a rise. You could pass laws from now until the crack of doom, and they would not check a sinking spell, unfortunately for the modest investor. I'll charge
 no retainer fee for that, you may toke it for what 1t is worth"
New Britain herald., 1929-10-26
New Britain Yale Men
 Proud of Uniyersity's Growth

Yale graduates in New Britain are watching with interest the financial advances made by the New Haven university. To the uninitiated it would seem that Yale is fast becom- ing one of the richest institutions in the country. Actually of course. the figures will show that it is making remarkable progress, although It probably hardly rates in the J. P Morgan & Co. class quite yet. Every Yale man in the city haA observed this progress with justifiable pride, and now. undoubtedly, is pleased at the latest announcement, made with in the last week of a new sort of gift.
 The recent donation is in the form of an endowment fund to fur nish a yearly gift to the member of the faculty who, through unusual circumstances, most needs financial assistance. Sickness and other dis aster are the basis for the award. If no member of the teaching staff | qualities on this ground, 1t may be awarded for general merit in work This fund undoubtedly offers more | thorough intangible results than it does in immediate returns. The work of almost any instructor ia likely to | improve if he realizes that his worK l Is appreciated
 In addition to this recent dona- | tion. there have been innumerablc gifts from the Harknesses and oth- CT philanthropists, and, of course, as the result of campaigns for funds. The new law institute is under way. the institute of human relations ts to be built, and other work is pro- jected. All in all it looks like a definite era of progress for Yale.
 Yale, of course, is an institution Of vast importance to Connecticut. It offers, within easy distances, edu- catlonal advantages to Connecticut boys that are probably unsurpassed anywhere in the United States Gradually, also, it's standards of scholarship and it's requirements for entrance are being raised. Eventual ly Yale will probably become a yer itable American Oxford, if it main- tains it's present pace. And Con- necticut, watching these strides, has something to be proud of,
New Britain herald., 1929-10-26
THE TREND TOWARD THOMAS

AS we understand 1t, the New York World doesn't care plugged nickel for the tenets of the So- cialist party, but it is vigorously ad- vocating the election of Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate, for mayor of New York City. The World urges all independent voters and those many thousands of Repub- licans and Democrats who gain no comfort in estimating the lack of ability in Messrs. Walker and La Guardia to vote for MT. Thomas. It is an election of individuals, the World holds. and the individuals at the heads of the tickets are vastly more important than the party labels MT. Thomas, the World finds after due investigation is head and shoulders above either MT. Walker or MT. LaGuardia.
 This stand, taken by the nations leading Democratic newspaper, is creditable. The World not only has convictions but is willing to express them regardless where the chips fall. Its reasons for opposing MT. Walker would fill several columns, and those it has printed are convincing. Commenting MT. LaGuardia for pointing out some of the weaknesses in the Walker regime, it also points out the inherent weaknesses In the LaGuardia campaign and in the mans record. LaGuardia, the World opines, is merely another HylaA- The vote for MT. Thomas is ex- pected to be heavy and for the req sons given by the Democratic news paper oracle. He is indeed an in- telligent, estimable character, with oohhctHih6 III Hio IiIdkeup dhll u Ramsay Macdonald. The fact tha. l he is running on the Socialist ticket 1 the World holds. is merely an incl, i dent. Perhaps MT. LaGuardia could run on that ticket equally we'll If nc thought there was an opportunity .ot getting elected by so doing.
 The present mayoralty campaign Tn New York has nationwide interest The odds on MT. Walker as opposed to MT. LaGuardia are Around to But nobody is certain how heavy the vote for Mr.. Thomas will be ol which of the two old-line parties ht will draw from most. Curious, too, f.
 the revelation that Mir. Thomas i
 receiving heavy support from well
 to-do sections of the great city
 where people are quite disguste,
 with the Brand of politics played b
 Messrs. Walker and LaGuardia.
 The World appears to hold that
 heavy vote for MT. Thomas will siv
 the others something to worry abou
 In the future. and that this would b
 good thing for the city. It probab bl
 Is right.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-26
RADIO!
By Mary J. Cuts


 The text for today's sermon ts from the sayings of Al Smith. Said eA-Gov. Smith: T cannot afford to repeat myself on the radio. If l do. people won't listen to me. They'll turn to band concert"
 After listening to the radio for six years, here are a few things I know which I don't ever want to hear about again. which everyone who has listened even to one eve- ning's entertainment on the radio knows:
 That Johann Strauss is called the Waltz King.
 That late in the last half of a football game it invariably gets chilly. That the announcer cannot see who is carrying the ball. That Franz Schubert was very poor man who died young but who wrote a great many beautiful songs. many of which will live forever. That all the night club damsels
 
 microphone are ivory, very lovely girls"
 That Babe Ruth always swings 1 hard at the ball and is just as im- pressive when he strikes out as when he makes home run. That mothers, moonlight nights and fried chicken are better down South than they are up North.
 That the quarters over-no, it's a penalty-no, the quarters over. no, they are penalized five yards for offside.
 That Western crowds take their football harder than Eastern crowds
 That football scores have not vel been received and therefore will be | an0nnnca1 1atar
New Britain herald., 1929-10-26
DIRECT-BY-MAIL

Of the s1,5Oo,o00,0OO spent an- nnally In the United States for ad- vertising of all sorts, approximately s300,oOO,00O goes into direct-b by-mail advertising. This is the most ex- pensivc type extant and firms which have been experimenting with it have accumulated much costly ex- perience.
 AS an aid to regular advertising, of course. the mails are important ad- juncts. But this is not direct by mail advertising Only the wholesale dis tribution of circular letters on the hit-and-miss principle is genuine direct by-mail advertising.
 vertising per reader Is exceedingly high. It is possible to place a half page ad in every English newspaper in the United States-numbering D. 0OO-this reaching 3S,0OO,O0O read CTS, at a cost of $12O,0OO. If a post al card, exclusive of all other costs, were sent to this number of people the cost in postage alone would amount to s3SO,000, AS a matter of fact most such advertising is by sealed letters at the letter rate, and by circulars and pamphlets, so that the postage cost is at least doubled.
 A great deal of direct mail ad. vertising forms a nuisance to the average individual. To open the en. velopes is considered as much of { nuisance as to read the contents which is rarely done. Such forms o
New Britain herald., 1929-10-26
BOTH BLOW HORNS AND CRASH

Slight damage was done to the cars of Nelson E. Mann, 100 Rob- bins avenue, Maple Hill and Rem wick Griswold, 760 Arch street, when they crashed at the corner of High and Lake streets yesterday afternoon.
 Mann was driving south on High street and Griswold was coming west on Lake street. Although both drivers say that they blew their horns, they crashed at the corner. Officer Thomas Dolan. who lnvesti- gated the accident, reported no cause for arrest
New Britain herald., 1929-10-26

the 112 investigated have not un- duly subsidized the game.
 The public has been following collegiate football because it is con- sidered a good game. Let the knowl- edge become more general that money dominates success at football and public interest is certain to de- crease, What is needed Is a return to first principles.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-26
Observations On The Weather

Washington, Oct. 26.-Forecast for Southern New England: Partly cloudy and warmer Saturday; Sun- day fair.
 Conditions: The northwestern disturbance is advancing rapidly eastward, being central southeast of Hudso Bay.
 The outlook is for fair weather Saturday in the New England and the north portion of the middle At lantic states and during Saturd y and Sunday in the south portion of the Middle Atlantic states
New Britain herald., 1929-10-26
Modern Child AmaZeS Us In This ComDaniOnntc Age

Twenty years have brought in numerable changes in the daily lives of New Britain adults. Twenty years, also, have changed much of the whole system of play of the average boy, although some of us seldom stop to think of 1t. In 1909 the av craze boy of was lucky if he had a small cart. top, a couple Of hoops to roll, and perhaps a few miscel- laneous toys. And if he possessed a steam engine" he was the envy of every youth in the neighborhood.
 Nowadays the boy of eight, in most instances, has far more to amuse himself with. An1 his lingo has naturally changed to keep up with the times Here is 8 cross sec tion of the youth of New Britain, culled In one hours observation of boys, that proves that the young stcrs of the city are lair minded' and up to date:
 Two boys on Glen street the other day, neither of them more than five years old, were struggling quite valiantly to attach opposite ends of dog leach to two velocipedes. The hitch was finally made. One lad eX- plained very seriously tha. the ma | chine behind" has been in a wreck 1 when a reckless driver ran it down at an intersection.
 I'm going to give hin! @ tow to a garage he declared, quite naively.
 Further down the street three youngsters about six or seven were fashioning a crude model arplane out of orange crates. Inquiry proved that the ship was the " fellow Bird' and that it was to hop off" very shortly for the North Pole. Surprise being expressed at such remote destination. the kids all hastened to explain that they chose some place different"
 Gee, anybuddy can go flying over to Europe" one young me- chanic announced. Were going tc the North Pole and we ain't going l lU lOOh lOl E)dlltd tluuS, IltllCl, DC- cause there ain't none."
 But best of all was the scene nearer town, on the steps of ar apartment house, where three little girls and two small boys. still neal the baby stage, were playing house Apparently that is one good ole game that still is in vogue. At an. rate they were very earnest about i and were arranging everything 1T detail-but somewhat startling de tail.
 Now you be the mother, Alice and Jimmie here will be your littl' boy, and Sylvia will be your littl' girl. And you must be getting you children ready to go to school. Ant then your husband will come in fo his breakfast"-no explanation o where the head of the household ha been so early in the morning-an' : you will get his breakfast etc, etc.
 who's going to be the papa?" tn
 girl called Sylvia asked.
 Billie will be the papa" said tn
 young lady who seemed to be boss ing the rehearsal.
 'I don't want to be tn mamma, if Billie is going to be tn
 papa" interrupted Alice quite firm ly. T don't like him and" "Aw, your full prunes," chime , in Billie, somewhat rudely.
 The director of the little dram
 waved all objections aside.
 That's all right. Alice" she an
 nounced. Ut Is perfectly all righ Il for him to be the papa, because h