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New Britain herald., 1930-12-19
Crjticilrs semi Annual Taxes. folice
 Pensions As Too Expensive.

Dear Elltor;
 Permit me 10 take up Q part af column lu your worthy paper ln IT, gard to someone looking ahead al the puhic'S expense.
 X reyieion charter committee, for ehich nobody asked, has been ap- pointed and what are they trying 10 accomplish? Instead Of aaHln5 tho taxes during the month Of JuiE they will make you pay one-hal m May and the other half ill the early part Of September. I do not see any relief 10 the taxpayer in this a. rangcmnnt: on the contrary, it will bo a hardship as the taxpayer vii have 10 pay half Of it three or four months ahead of time. To put '9 this system will he q great eHpen9- for which th4 taxpayer will have to suffer-
 Then comes tho proposition Of the annexation of the nearby Townships and villages. What benefit will tn" Nvw Britain taxpayer derive from this, with the exception of proIld- ing them with sewerage and expen. sle schools. such as We have, at our eNpense2
 noticed in your last Saturdays edition of the paper that the police mon and Iremen recommend amendments 10 the charter revision 10 provide them with pension after 25 years Of service; but that wasn't enough, they also &sk d pen sion for their parents, wives and children. How abOUt their uuCles and coueinea Why leave them out? Now lots look into the matNr. How much of pension do the factories, banking houses, department stores, etc. pay 10 their employees and their families after 25 years Of eerFice' Why should the city government b. di5rareatt
 Conditions and times have changed. The largo majority Of the population are not earning on"-ha.t Of vhat they did but tho city Ofi- Cials arc getting tho same salary and still they are not satisfied. AS Il matter Of fairness. a few years aeo when things were booming and the property owner was able 10 pay taxes assessed him and the ire de- partmaut asked for q two platoon system. 10 have somebody 10 relieve them because il was too much for one man to sit and play cards for i 1n or 12 hours. We had to give them somebody 10 release them part Of ! the time; but today when 5D per cent Of the property which was built in the last six or seven years has heen forecIosed and taken away and the other 50 per cent IS not far from it because of the burden of high taxation, they certainly have q nerve to ask for pensions for their families,
 If the city fathers will not hc ! careful and consider what they ar" doing they will place the taxpayer under 8 great disability,
 i ECONOMIST.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19
BCg~ "iTuc Believer tO
 show Tolerance

New Brian. Conn.
 Dee. Ia. 1sS0 Editor New Britain Herald,
 Lear Sir
 r True Believer cau spare the tune from his stcreosaope, and tEc boauum pictures O. Niagara Falls, long enough 10 listen 10 q little sound common scnsc, l ould like t0 address a few remarks 10 him. His .Ieas ot observance o' the Sabbath are as auli4uut"d as a b,gycI" built tor two. His remarks on lack ol Go1hue4s in this city sound like something written n tho midIIc ageS. Perhaps he'd it into a nice 'tronz,.4 "holy rolIor' meeting, but he certainly doesn't it into modern civilization,
 Calm study Of "Truo Believers letter leads the intelligent. fair mlndod person to believe that the Vri,vr is something ot fanatic. ] suggest that "Truy Believer, if he wants 10 be lsir about this qucs- tjom. consider thai there may be othur people in rhc city ~Lo do not believe just us he doos, some Of them luay no, even observe tho same day as Sabbath that La does, and yet il is their privilege 10 believe as they please. lie a~suIncs that the world has got to slow down simply because lis ideas Of religion Indl. cate that J. is sunday. H. fails to rganz. that someone else may be oh serving sunday when h. is ot "or> or at whatever play he allows him. a..E and. n turn. mIant readily coll l.G, t.at he is d l,4jaeu.
 Because l believe in religious tol- .raucg and h~gau-a | tauA 1t is "UrDa E,ue}ers' privilege 10 hold any ld,u Of r"HgIous "orshIp he phases, do not intend 10 mock his u.'I,.s. What ao object 10 IS his -a.e- I.4 tnat N. Is la. only person t,1o ls n-.t-',. r.tOr. everyone r-. I- rroa-. ! -"a!v believe that au a-nO-tI., O. j., most ignorant neat.eu ID duj.--t Afrta. has as good d clare. c. getting HtO heaven q, "Trua HsIl.y. has. providing they both uyo tao bcsL lives they know nof.
 TOLERANCE.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19
25 Fears Ago Today

Another coal strike is threatened in tbe Pennsylvania district If ii occurs it will create H shortage of coal in this city,
 Benjamin W. Alling ot Berlin Wlll take the bar examinations at Hart ford on December 29 and 30. He has filed notice with the clerk Of superior court
 William Schacfer WAS elected financial secr.tary Of New Britain lodge, x. F.. A. r., last evening.
 Building Inspector Bergstrom re- ported today that the building oper- ations during the month of Novem- Der amount to $33,555.
 The annual sale of seats was he'd at the South Congregational church last evening. w. L. Hatch acted as auctioneer.
 The railroad company refuses 10 install gates at the Myrtle street crossing put has promised to place d flagInan on duty there.
 w. J. Rawlings was elected secre- tary of Harmony lodge, A. r. and A. M. at the annual election held last evening.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19

of extracting power and heat from sunlight.
 Consider the following stirring an- nouncement, d blow to coal deal CTS and the oil industry:
 There is enough energy sent to us each day by the sun for all our needs, those present now and those reasonably in prospect, and without calling upon stored-up supplies of any kind. Two modern counties in our latitude receive from the sun in q day as much heat as is produced by all the coal burned in 24 hours throughout the world"
 It takes quite a mind to figure that out, but 1t seemingly has been done. True, no account is taken Of cloudy days, or weeks when there is an abundance of rain and no sunshine. But perhaps these are mere details that can be worked out later.
 For the past century mankind has been using bottled sunlight-heat stored by Mother Nature in coal millions of years ago. From d more recent date they have been tapping oil deposits, which Mother Nature also provided millions of years ago, The coal supply underground con- unues immense and will doubless last for many centuries; but nobody is sure about the oil supply. which probably will not last as long as the coal supply.
 Something will have 10 be done by and for the human race iu the years 10 come, and it is comforting to realize that sunlight is ready 10 help Us 10 procure enough warmth and power to suit our needs when the time comes. And by that time, 100, somebody may have in- vented a cheap substitute for gaso- line to be used in fliyvers. Or maybe some way will he found to harness the fItyvers 10 rhe sun also.
 Meanwhile mankind Is doing it's best 10 exhaust the resources Of nature as rapidly ;4s possible. Postority wln have 10 take care of itself the best 1t knows how.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19
RETAIL PRICES N HEN COMMODITIES COST LESS

Just how fast does good food get cheaper when the price Of I'd" material grows cheaper? It is a fair question, and many letters. it is reported, have been received by the Department of Commerce hy way of inquiry.
 The Department can show that it takes a little time for decline m retail prices to correspond to a de- cline in wholesale prices, as what the consumer buys today may have been produced last week, last mon1h. last year or even further back. In some commodities raw materials represent considerable of the total cost, while in other commodities raw materials represent little Of the cost.
 Commerce statistics at hand show in which way retail price changes lag behind wholesale prices:
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19
MASTERING 50 LANGUAGES

The Herald tine other day carried an unusual story regarding d man who had mastered 5o laug1a@e-. and who WAS 50 Iaagu4Ee-mtndeI that he had spsnl h years o1 his spare tune mvent.ag Q new language which was supposed 10 he superior to any of the 39 he lad mastered
 Wllt~ad Stevens. who is chef translator of lae |. s. Department or Srstc. must be q .ery remarkable man. lie cauno, resign from the Governments employ because his resignation IS not accepted. Incl deutaIIy, h. did not obtain his mastery of 3O languages in any col legas, but has evolved his own sys- tam Of taking hold O. n4~ Language and mastering jt Tn the shortest possible time. Our college presidents ought, at least, to be mildly interested.
 Woodrow Wilson is said to have mastered the meanings of to.noo words n tHe English and other languages. N~. Stevens has far bet tered The racorI Of inc late Dr. Wilson, having mastered more than loo.Hag words. On a straight aver age for 3o languages this results in %,33$ words per language-a yo- cabuIary for each that is much big ger than the average mans ,ocabu- lary Of English.
 Here Is d man whose kingdom is his mind. Instead Of driving an auto mobile he pedals a bicycle. Instead of playing golf, bridge and the other popular sports. he operates a 1&%- acre farm and is an expert horti- cuturist. He lives on food which costs -a cents pdN. AIu LII tH' . ouietness of evening. when the house on the Maryland farm is bathed in moonlight and solitude, he reads magazines and newspapers in for cisn tongues in the search for more words 10 conquer.
 Some might claim that this man is not getting much out of life. Such q view. however, is what Dr.. Einstoin would call relative. The mind is q wonderful instrument. Oc- cupied in the right manner it pro- vides more satisfaction than mary other methods of enjoyment that one might mention Whats the use of having a mind if it is not fre- quently used asked a writer recently.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19
Observations On fife Weather

Washington, Dec. 19.-Forecast for Southern New England: Cloudy tonight and Saturday. Probably light rains Saturday; not quite so cold tonight in western Massachu- sets; moderate to fresh southwest winds.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Cloudy, with rain or snow in north and light rain in south portion to- night and possibly Saturday morn- ing; not much change in tempera- ture; moderate to fresh southwest winds.
 Conditions: Areas Of low pressure are central this morning over MiChi- gan and Mississippi. They are caus- ing unsettled rainy weather in the central sections and cloudy weather as far east as the coast. The tem- perature continues mild along the northern border. Some snow was reported from the upper Mississippi valley and the northern portion of the Lake region.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity: Cloudy weather followed by light rain with slightly higher tempera- ture.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19
Dr. klmgberg Thanks Public For
 Radio
New Britain. Conn.

New Britain. Conn.
 December k. I93". Editor. New Britain Daily Herald: In behalf Of the Chjldren's home or New Britain. permit me to eX- press 10 your readers and to the public in general our sincere appre . ca,jon for q new radio donated through them. The radio will be of the greatest help 10 Us and give unlimited pleasure 10 our boys and girls We shall take good care Of 1t that Ii may last d long time. Sincerely youre.
 J. F.. kLINGBEEG
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19

was spent as an olio man with a rep show-doing feats of magic, a monologue or soft shoe dancing. He played in almost every small town in America but never New York. Past 60, he came several months ago looking for a Broadway break. Every day he visits the agency. New York!
 "If you had not" writes r. c. C., "been~brought up in the pig-rooting thickets you would never associate culture of any sort with New York. Anyone who has seen the world knows it is the most uncouth. vulgar spot on the globe.'
 o. yeah ?-Ce sont des barbares, les New Yorkais. And We hope that spurt of French sends you spinning into what old time burlesque called q pratt fall.
 Copyright, 1880, Mcknight
 Syndicate, Inc)
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19
|. 5. ". V. Auxiliary
 Elects New Officers

Mrs. Carrie Schu'z was elected president O. A. C. Hammond camp auxiliary, United Spanish War Yet orans, at tho annual meeting held this week. Orhcr officers elected Were: senior vice president Lillian Becyar; junior vice president, Ther- esa StropPs. chaplain Jennie An derson, conductor, Mary Srhleirhcr: assistant conductor, Jennie Weir; secretary. Jennie Morcy; treasurer, Katherine Hills; pianist, Violet Norton
 The auxiliary and camp will in stall officers at the state armory on the evening of January !, following d supper at $50 o'clock
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19
"TALhIIS" FOR SPORTSMEN

Arrangements were made today for talking picture 10 be present. d before the members Of the New Britain Fish and Game club, follow ing the monthly business meeting tonight in Junior Mechanics hall. Several committees will have some interesting reports 10 make tonight and proposed legislative measures will be discussed,
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19
Movie Theaters Abroad
 Buy Much Talkie Film

Washington, Dec. 19 P-Actions may speak louder than words but the worlds moving picture theaters have gone talkie.
 With the exception Of few countries, America's foreign film customers took in more noisy film than silent during the fist nine months of 1880. The commerce de- partment set the total exports to- day at 210.037.969 feet, 0f which 137.348.391 were vocal.
 Latfn-America as q whole took slightly more silent 1lm than sound Austria. Belgium. Latvia and Els thonia also preferred their tiickers in silence. All the rest, including Japan and China. took up noise in big way.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19
POWER FROM SUNLIGHT

The world of physics do move. There is Dr. Robert A. Millikan, for instance, who has told the world that when the worlds re- sources of oil, coal and gas play out. physicists will come forward with d method-already prepared
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19
TROUBLESOME GAS STATIONS


 Planning 10 rule out ugly gaso- line stations IS nothing new; It Is merely ono oC those things which crop up occasionally As any one with eyes to see can determine, gasoline stations or the average are better appearing than they once were. Some ot them brighten up what would be otherwise dark spots.
 Of course. gasoline stations arc unpopular with contiguous property owners; but a large percentage Of the property owners need gasoline stations,
 Several years ago We cnunciated the opinion that there appeared 10 be d pleniuda os gasoline stations in the city, but since that time ~e have noted fhe consuucrlon ot many more. Judging by petitions filed al- most monthly. the saturadon point does not seem 10 have been reach ed; at least, not in the opinion Of those wishing 10 open Up new sla- tions.
 The oil industry should be given at least little credit for the self evident desire to meet public oppo- sltion aaIt way by erecting superior types Of stations. Most of the sta tons erected during recent years are not terrible 10 look al They may still. as the Mayor says, tend to irure neighborius property
 although there are douoters
 .tm that reduced property
 have not been due solely 10 ur stations.
 The distribution O. gasoline IS large industry employing many hundreds Of thousands of persons the country over, and adding ma terially to taxation values considrr- ing that most such stations arc to- cated on what formerly were emp ty lots
 When gasoline stations are pro- iected in districts zoned for resi- dences. or bordering on such dis- tricts, other issues naturally arise, which result in much acrimonors discussion. One such issue is be- fore the city, it appears, and the Mayor has taken d hand to insure prettier filling stations and 10 pre- vent them from being placed on spots injurious 10 other property, This is man. sized job.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19
Defends sunday Recreation Against
 ''True Believers" Attack
Dear Editor.

Dear Editor.
 Read in last nights paper, Daily Herald, q communication from a True Believer" as it Were. That may be all 0. k. about keeping the Sabbath, no one wants to disrespect our Lords memory Intentionally But as for closing movies down on Sunday. lots of people are tied down all week. especially mothers, and when the man of the house is at home on Sunday it gives her . chance to go to see the movies. When the South Congregational church will put on nice clean movie, which it does, why should
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19

How does the which agriculture carried on in Connecticut today compare with farming 70 ago?
 S1@co all the land in the state and 7$Ca improved By 1925. it had decreased to o95,Ca which 34.gga improved
 Q. For what is Bethlehem, Conn., noted historically?
 A.. theological America established there l745.
 e. he scale Connecticut adopted? A middle seventeenth within few a the colonial settlement.
 How justices the there ln Connectlcut sculptor?
 Is the loss caused by forest increasing? be published Mondays paper)
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19

In 1926. wholesale prices of all i foods averaged 5.7 per cent above
 the 1923-25 average, while retail prices averaged 6.6 per cent higher.
 Tn 1927. wholesale food prices went 35 per cent lower than in 1926, while retail prices went only 2,2 per cent lower.
 i In 1928, there was a A per cent increase in wholesale food prices over 1927, while retail prices fell 1.9 per cent during the year.
 In 1929, wholesale food prices fell Is per cent during the year, and retail prices increased IA per cent. From August, 1929, to August, 195o. the wholesale price Of meats ! fell 2Q per cent. The retail price of meats fell 13 per cent. The con- bined wholesale price or grains ] tNheat, corn, rye, oats, harey) fell , 1 3 per cent. and the combined retail price or cereals (bread, flour, corn meal, rice, rolled oats, corn flakes, wheat cereal and macaronD fell only 3 per cent The wholesale price ot dairy products fell $ per cent and lho retail price, I per cent Just now the price Of bread IS q frequent object Of discussion. Peo- pie have read that the price Of wheat has sagged to the lowest price In q generation and they naturally expect the price Of bread 10 follow closely
 Il so happens that ln 1928 the Federal Trade Commission publish cd the results ot an inquiry made several years previously into the cost Of manufacturing bread. The Commission found that;
 TWerty-seveu per cent o: the cost went 10 flour. If per cent to other ingredients lmIlh, sugar, salt. etc). 25 l-2 per cent to manufacturing costs, and 5 1-2 per cent 10 selling, distributing, and manufacturing costs. Similar findings are obtained in d recently published analysis Of the cost of baking one hundred pounds ot bread by General Mills, Inc. inc largest milling combine III the counrry.-Flour, $2.0&; other iu- gredjencs $-5a; productlon costs, $Lg5: eelIjug-deliyery cost. Sl.75; overhead, &.6p; total, S6.25. or G.23 cents per pound
 These figures have been used by General Mills to claim that a re- ducton Of one-third in the cost ot flour (thc cost Of which itself is dt-
 pendent upon other costs than nheat) would reduce the manufac-
 turing cost ot bread only 10 5.J6 cents q pound, and that bread would still cost 4.2e cents q pound 10 manufacture If Hour cost nothing. and other costs remained the same.
 Fto" accurate these ttGGFes arc We have no way ol knowing giving them for what they are worth.
 Obviously tho price ot manulac- ,uro must 1sry acooraing 10 the ofi- clency Of the mnufacturer, as is the case in other commodities; aud what the product IS sold at deponls considerably upon the overhead Of the maker and the ingredients
 utilized. But it is well for all Of
 Us to realize that to trace retail costs or a basis of wholesale costs
 exclusively IS not easy.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19
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New Britain herald., 1930-12-19
Facts andFancies
By Robert Quillcn

Pedestrian: One who bit of more than he could chew. Jobless men may restore normal industry by disposing of apples. That's the way Eve got the race started to work. 1ndia's caste systetm isn't like Amcricas. A bear market doesn't t get it all balled up,
 Mr. Doak will be an unusual sec retary of labor. He doesn't brag about his lowly origin. Good times are timed. They all ways sneak up on you when your nose IS pressed on a grindstOne. If he boasts that he doesn't love money perhaps it's because he never had enough to inspire love.
 or course you can mention the famous guys you know. but only a buck private boasts of dining with d top sergeant.
 T. you think the average man isn't conservative, note the bald area he calls spot. Tariff wall: An American inven- tion that transforms raw deals into 1 retaliation.
 Americanism: Feeling superior to Europe: feeling proud when an American wins European prize for shaming his country in a book. Mussolini is finding il hard job 10 suppress the natives Of Sicily. Chicago can sympathize.
 Tess thinks the Grand old Party may split. There's always that dan ger if d fellow straddles too much. The most remarkable endurance record is that established by states mon. Think Of squatting eleven years OH fence.
 Heroes. Youngsters who break collar bones and jaws so their trainer can get another job at q better salary.
 q do not question your veracity. sir. but I doubt the authenticity of your source Of information" Mod ern translation; "Oh, yeah?"
 Whats tho use" When we recouciled ourselves to sandwiches and learned to send Christmas cards instead of presents, they began to make fancy ones al six bits.
 E1s-ia knows how 10 warm up pa trioijsm. Just get some peasant to confess that he and Hoover and King George plotted to bomb the uew factories
 Correct this sentence. "My en- ga@emcnt ring was cheap ouc,' said the woman, "but I never feel cheated when l see d finer onr.'
 tCopyrisht 193U, Publishers
 SyndicatpJ
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19
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New Britain herald., 1930-12-19

1ndia's caste systetm isn't like Americas. A bear market doesn't get it all balled up.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19

The Herald ,s on So e daily in New York at H5-alrgs Newsstand. Times Square; ScAuItzs Newsstand, Entrance Grand Central. And Street
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19

Mr. Doak will be an unusual sec retary of labor. He doesn't brag about his loWly origin.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19

The only profitable advertising medium In the City. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19
IN THE EDITORS MAIL

Two Writers Take Issue With True Believer On
 Sunday Observance-City Projects Criticized
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19

Good times are timed. They all ways sneak up on you when your nose is pressed on a grindstone.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19

Tariff wall: An American inven- tion that transforms raw deals into retaliation.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19

T. you think the average man isn't conservative, note the bald area he calls a spot.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19

While in the booking office an old timer drifted in. He wore a flowing giddy vest watch chain carved Of hickory nut shells. Most of his life
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19

Jobless men may restore normal industry by disposing of apples. That's the way Eve got the race started to work.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19

Pedestrians: One who bit off more than he could chew.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19

If he boasts that he doesn't love had enough to inspire love.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19

or course you can mention the famous guys you know, but only a buck private boasts of dining with q top sergeant.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-19

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