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New Britain herald., 1930-04-17
25 Fears Ago Today

The first meeting of the new council was held last evening. May or Bassett arrived home from Flor ida in time to preside. The caucus nominations were ratified.
 Several hundred gathered at the Y. M. c. A. last evening to witness the exhibit of the work accomplish ed by the educational classes dur. ing the past winter.
 The Boys club will close a very successful year in May. The rooms will be closed during the summer.
 The annual city meeting will be held this evening at 8 o'clock in Turner's hall. The general impress sion is that there will be no con- tests over the appropriations for the various departments.
 The manufacturers exhibit wil oren on Saturday evening.
 Unless arrangements can be made for another hearing, the pro- posed legislation to secure the reg istrar of voters permission to com- pile the voting list annually is dead. At the previous hearing, Alderman o. F. Curtis opposed the proposed measure.
 Twenty five emisrants arrived ia this city yesterday to make thelr home here. All were heavily clothad and carried numerous bundles.
 Fred Beloin. former owner of the great pacer Shorty" has his horses at Charter Oak.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-17
FRANCE AND OUR AUTOS

The French Chamber of Deputies has voted an increase of from 10 to SO per cent on imported automobiles and parts and this by the significant vote of 4IJ 10 ?. The French Senate is expected to follow suit. The bill is expected 10 become a law.
 Thus France intends to retaliate against the United States for the large increase in the L. S. tariff against French laccs.
 The new American lace tariff threatens 10 undermine 8 large in lustry in France, and in the Bremen cities where the lace industry pre- dominates great loss of business and unemployment threatens. A silent parade was held a few weeks ago in which 4o.00o worhmcn par ticipated.
 The present American tariff duty
New Britain herald., 1930-04-17
WHAT PRICE COPPER

How things are done nowadays can be glimpscd from the copper situation. The law of supply and de- mand was ruthlessly set aside by the copper magnates, who have what is called the Copper Export Associa- ton.
 In November, 1928, copper was selling at around 14 cents a pound. Subsequently the association, need ing more money, or just naturally wanting If, set the domestic and ex- port price at IS cents and over. Being an association of all the copper producers that was easy. The antitrust law apparently does not apply 10 such associations; anyway. it was not invoked.
 The result has by now become ap- parent. The consuming pub lic-including the public utilities, which are the largest single users Of copper-began to quit buying more copper than vas absolutely neces- sary from day to day. Instead of or dering supplies for months at time, the orders were sent in dribets.
 The inventories Of the copper as sociation went to approximately ten times the size of those of the preli- ous year, and virtually five months world supply is above ground
 Thus the copper moguls played into the hands of their chief enemy the consumers who failed to con. sume. Holding a hurried meeting. they decided to cut the price 10 the level of 192S-which means they re- duced the price the exact figure they had raised it previously.
 From now on they expect good business, the public utility concerns and other large copper users know ins very well that the copper indus. try could not indefinitely maintain fictitious monopoly price.
 But there is another point that isn't so easy 10 solve. During the period of srtiticialIy raised prices
New Britain herald., 1930-04-17
"THE POWER TO DESTROY"

The power of taxation is the power to destroy, runs an axiom; and carried out to it's ultimate, a Gov ernment can virtually destroy all in dustry and enterprise if it allows itself 10 tax heavy enough. For tunately q government which went too far in its taxation powers would speedily destroy itself in favor of new administration that taxed less heavily. That is the chief safeguard against excessive taxation.
 The tax argument proceeding in England is at least Illuminating to the remainder of the world. As everyone knows, taxation has been particularly heavy in England since tho war. Now comes Phillip Snow den, chancellor Of the exchequer i'll the Labor Government, who bears down harder than ever before at the same moment severely criticising his predecessor in office, Winston Churchill, who stands charged with not levying enough taxes,
 Naturally Mir. Churchill is keenIy critical of AIr. Snowden. And the Left Wiugcrs, the radicals, join the Conservative leader in the criticism. but from the angle that Mir. Snowdcn doesn't exact enough taxes against the Wcll-to-do.
 Taxation as a convenient means O. rcdlstributing wealth is favored in certain circles of England. It is favored by certain circles elsewhere. In this country, where enterprise is a natural characteristic, there is less of t1is theory and lcss Of it practlced than in Europe. For this most of us will he duly tharkful.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-17
CURBING TICKET BROKERS

Now that Alfred E. Smith has been placed on the board represent ing the public in the new plan to curb extortionate ticket scalping and such like in New York perhaps there will be some definite action taken. It appears that a large ma jority of the theater managers are in on the new deal and that the pub lie is 10 be properly looked after in future.
 Something of the sort, however, has been attempted for years and with very poor success. So long as there remain several hundred thou sand visitors day to New York and many of them are not inclined to watch the dollars while in search of theatrical entertainment, just so long will there be gentlemen eager to take advantage of them.
 The present "crisis" is due to a temporary reduction in the number of profligate visitors; or at least, the visitors are more inclined 10 watch their dollars. Consequently the maintenance Of the theatrical indus try devoltes more heavily upon the local population, which is not on a perpetual money-spending spree.
 Mir. Smith is now going to sec that the native population gets that square deal to which it feels itsel. entitled. The first thing to happen will be the licensing of ticket brok- CTS by June i. and the selling out ot houses 10 brokers weeks in advanca will stop. Which is a good beginning and if the parties to the variou, agreements" hang together better than they have done in the past the plan may yet be successful
New Britain herald., 1930-04-17

The urge to probe the senatorial primary election costs in Illinois is a hard nut for sundry Republican senators. Some of them, sncluding our Mir. Bingham, fortunately will be out of the country or otherwise occupied at the time and thus ean- not serve on the probing committee. That the probe will be productive of interesting details is certain. The fact that a woman, Mrs. Ruth Han na Mccormick. won the nomination will add to the zcst of the perform ance in sense; but 'gallantry does not actuate southern Dem ocrats in this matter. They are out to make a little more trouble for the Repub- lican party. All of the trouble could have been avoided, of course, had the Illinois Republicans spent less money In their campaign, which has become habit in senatorial primaries in some of the larger states.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-17
Observations On The Weather

Washington. April 17.-Forecast for Southern New England: Cloudy, probably showers tonight and Fri day; slowly rising temperature; fresh northeast shifting to south east winds.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Rain tonight and this afternoon, not quite so cold; Friday partly cloudy and warmer with showers in central and north portions; fresh to strong east shifting to southeast and south winds.
 Forecast for New Haven and vicinity: Showers and slightly warmer tonight and Friday.
 Conditions: High pressure covers New England. The disturbance that was central over Kansas yesterday has moved northeastward and is now central near Omaha. Rains were reported from the Missouri, Mississippi and Ohio valleys. the
New Britain herald., 1930-04-17
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New York has many rich and venerable men who are starving fol contact with youth. They are not the watery-eyed old roues with turkey gobbler necks and vulpinG leers who march the avenue hori. zons. but lonely widowers of ra. spectabilitv. I am told of one whc has educated six girls and all Ihe asks is they talk to him over tho telephone weekly.
 From a street car ad: "Chevalier the French actor, is cyclone ot color deep blue shirts with red ties and milk white hats with purple bands. No person else has been SC able to shame the spectrum with noisy apparel" .-
 Yeah? Watch me skip the gutter some day and get load of my sox.
 Copyright, 1880, Mcknight
 Syndicate, Inc.)
New Britain herald., 1930-04-17

appear as mere points of light. The
 reason is that the planets are very
 much nearer the earth than even the closest stars.
 Q. How large is the police force of the City of New York? l A. It consists of chief; depu- ty chief inspectors; 1 commanding officer, detective bureau; 22 deputy inspectors; 24 other inspectors; chief surgeon, l deputy chief sur geon: 22 other surgeons; 1 superin- tendent of telegraph, 1 assistant su- perintendent of telegraph; 100 cap tains: 510 lieutenants; 1,027 ser geants; 15,S53 patrolmen; 95 police women; 30 patrolwomen and I chaplains. Q. What is the ratio of male to female prisoners in the United States? A. According to United States census figures there were 90,047 per sons in prisons and penal institu- tions in the United States in 1926 of whom S6,e63 were males and 3,3S4 were females.
 Q. What is the origin and mean ing of the name Quemada? A. It is a Spanish name meaning place burned over"
 Q. Was King Arthur, the hero of Knights of the Round Table," a real person? A. He was a semi-legendary king of the Britons. supposed to have reigned in the sixth century who was the great national hero of the British Celts, and became the cen- tral figure in one of the principal cycles of mediaeval romance. Noth- ing absolutely is known of his his- tory, and his existence has some times been denied altogether. Q. Why are the edges of some coins milled? A. TO decrease wear. c. When was the ancient light house at Pharos destroyed? How large was it? A. It was lofty tower with a square base measuring about 100 letl Ol d siuS. diIu lHS ll6Hl was lul . nished by a beacon fire on the sum- init. It stood for sixteen centuries. until one side of it was thrown down by an. earthquake, on August :, 1903 and by 1346 it was a com plete ruin.
 e. Can four leafed clovers be raised from seed? A. They are variation in nature, and cannot be raised from seed.
 Q. Was the White House at Washington built by popular sub- scription?
 A. It Wa, built by appropriations made by congress out of ordinary revenues. Q. How many merchant vessels are there under United States regis try:
 A. On June 30, 1929. there were 25,5e6 merchant vessels of all classes. Q. What is the value of a United States silver thrce-cent piece dated 1866?
 A. It is catalogued at c5 to 75 cents.
 Q. How old was Christopher Columbus when he discovered America?
 A. Forty years old.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-17
QUESTIONS ANSWERED

You can get an answer 10 any writing 10 the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1922 New York avenue, Washing ton, D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be under taken. All other questions will re- ceive a personal reply. Unsigned re- quests cannot be answered.. All let ters are dential.-Editor.
 c. Has any president of the United States been removed from the office through impeachment?
 A. No. Andrew Johnson was impcached, and the senate acquitted him.
 c. What is The Peacocl, Throne?
 A.. It is the throne of the Shah Of Persia This gorgeous chair of state is incrusted with thousands of precious stones. rubies, diamonds, emeralds and many others, so that it has an almost binding briliance. Emblazoned on the back is the large peacock from which the throne takes it's name. with it's tail spread in a magnificence no living peacock ever attained. Taken as piece of furniture the Peacock Throne might easily be called the most costly in the world. for it's value is estimated at fifty million dollars,
 X. The difference can be dis tinguished from a starr
 A. The difference can vc dis tinguished by observing that planets appear as sensible discs, while star.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-17
BOOMING TO TERMS WITH ULTIMATE, THINGS"
 Thursday
"HeIp Through Hope"

heip InfOuSn nope SCRIPTURE
 Memory Verse: "They feared as they entered into the cloud and a voice came out of the cloud" Nuke 9:34, S5).
 \ Read: Luke 9:2S-S6. MEDITATION
 The cloud was not as fearful as the disciples thought. A voice came out of it showing that God was in it. Few situations are as dark as they at first ap- pear to be. If we enter the sit uation bravely we find good in it that we had not suspected, and could not sec from outside. Resources come to us in hours of crisis. Peter found the iron gate open when he got to it. Dr. Gunsaulus in his carly days preached memorable sermon on the two words: "Neverthe- ess-afterward.' What seems catastrophe may appear far otherwise in the light of subse- quent events.
 Ye fearful saints, fresh cour-
 age take;
 The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy and shall
 break
 In blessings on your head. PRAYER
 o Thou. who lowest the strength Of men and whose re- wards are for the seeing eye and the path-tindins spirit, inspire us 10 trust Thee greatly and be unafraid. In days Of cloud teach us 10 listen for q voice that is within the cloud. Amen.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-17

The fact that 2o tongues are spok en along one street in New Britain has confronted the census-takers with a problem. The trouble here, as in many another city, is 10 obtain interpreters for some of the lesser known tongues. The Government is understood not to allow anything approaching a tremendous wage for interpreters and in cases where lin- guists must be brought from a dis tance not enough is left to make it worth the linguist's time. Perhaps the easiest way for the enumerators in such cases is 10 have recourse to the sign language.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-17

efforts of both Prohibition and anti Prohibition forces to influence the action of Congress upon the question of Prohibition. Obviously, also, lob bying as thus understood compre- hends legitimate as we'll as unethical activities of organized groups in the national capital. Lobbyists in the broad definition Of the word have been known to render valuable and accurate information to committees Of Congress considering matters out side the field of general knowledge and easily accessible data.
 The U. s. Supreme Court has also had its word 10 say about lobbying. It has recognized that lobbying may be both legitimate and ethical. In the leading case of Marshall V. B. & o. railway company. it held:
 "All persons whose interests may in any way be affected by any pub lie or priv ate act of the legislature have an undoubted right to urge their claims and arguments either in person or by counsel protesting 10 act for them before legisla- tive committees as well as before courts of justice" And in Trist V. Child. the Court held; such services are separated by a broad line of demarcation from personal solicita- ton, and compensation can be recovered for them when they stand alone.' At the same time. the Court decreed, in both cases. that lobbyists should honestly appear in their true characters 10 those before whom they plead or solicit. A hired advocate or agent assuming 10 act in a different character is prac- Using fraud and deception"
 That, we take it, is the crux of the situation. Where fraud and decep- tion' is practiced the advocate of legislation becomes not only 6 lob byist, but somebody who is trying to put something over on the pup lie
 Manifestly many organizations and individuals in Washington, there to advocate legislation, are following an ethical profession provided they do their work open and above board. It is not objectionable lobby ing for an organization or individual, not hiding its or his identity, to ad- vocate certain legislation. The legis- lation may be obnoxious 10 others, but they have the same right to | advocate their side in the same man. ner.
 That leads to the inevitable re- suit, however, that minority causes may appear more important than is actually the case. Any group having lHc iiOlSS, LOT Instance, can set Up an office in Washington and make | itself appear astonishingly import ant. Congressmen sometimes are unable to differentiate between those of importance and those which are merely grinding a private little axe.
 It has been estimated that there are several thousand lobbyists sta toned in Washington; and the num- Der of organizations which engage in some species of lobbying number at least hundred. It remains for Congress not to be deceived as to the value of the causes thus worked" by the hired attorneys. Aboyeboard lobbying is ethical, but Congress should never allow itself to be de- ceived as to the importance of the causes which on occasion cause the loudest noise around the capitol
New Britain herald., 1930-04-17

l New 1Ofk, Aprll i.-1H lie IdllNS | New York is a study in tolerance. 1 Annoyances that whip others into | flurries of rage do not disturb him. ] This self complacency is especially l marked in the theaters. Outlandess will fume and fret when forced 70 | stand many times for seating Of 1 late arrivals.
 The New Yorker is not a whit perturbed and submits to the in- convenience gr1ciously. Neither does | he mind the jostling and shin kick ing along the streets. Those caught | in traffic snarls who bestow black looks and whispered epithets are | invariably strangers.
 The reason, of course, is obvious Natives are attuned to the metro | politan hurly burly of push an1 shove and know nothing else. They | do not tarry to apologize for what seems to be rudeness Neither do l they expect an apology from oth- 1 CTS. It is give and take. The Manhattanite will stanl patiently in line at the box office
 windows at the theater and opera | with never a :nurmur. He takes h;s turn like a good sport. This also applies to the native born who wait at the entrance ropes of cafes for 1 tables.
 The visitor will snap his fingers at the headwaiter, argue. cajole
 and often bluster off in a huff while
 a meropolite is perfectly content to l accept things as they arc. Move
 ushers have no difficulty in herdins | locals behind a tape. but fisticuffs
 have resulted with transients. Perhaps the outstanding example l Of Gotham tolerance is during the 1 subway rush hours. In these hectic | periods thousands are stepped
 upon, yanked from under hats and
 actually manh lndled by bull-neckc
 huskies hired for that particular
 purpose:
 | Yet there are not dozen fist | fights from such scrimmages in c l years time. 1 have seen men, anl
 women, too, come up out of subway
 kiosks with their hats smashed. | buttons torn loose and otherwise | dlsheveled-and usually they are
 smiling. To them it was a superb lark.
 When celebrities are trundled to hospitals, the card of identity on 1 the doors of their rooms bears a pseudonym. Gene Tunney was
 known at his hospital recently as
 MT. Brown" The camouflage is to
 keep off prying interviewers. When Valentino was taken 10 q 1 hospital shortly before his death. l he was known as MT. Jones'" It
 was q fortunate preCaution, fo.'
 shortly after extras proclaimed his
 Illness crowds broke through guards | to prowl about the wards searching
 for his name upon the door. l "Hog latin" a gibberish that was
 
 considered hot stuff in small towns 1 30 years ago, has had revival
 along Broadway. Paul Whitman 1 talks it almost altogether in con- versing with his orchestra. 1 Incidentally, The Society of Latin
 Gentlemen, Inc. is nearing the 20th year of its existence and seems 70 1 be going strong. The members are
 erudite gentlemen who meet every few weeks for dinner and converse entirely in Latin. The list includes
 twenty and each is able fluently to
 give life to a dead tongue
 Mrs. Edward Hutton is rcpute1
 10 buy more clothes than any other
 woman in New York. It is not lln-
 usual for her 10 drop into dress making salon and order 20 frocks
 at a clip.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-17

on faces is 75 to 90 per cent In the pending tariff bill as passed by th' House and presented by the Senate finance committee, this rate was rais- ed to 90 per cent; but the Senate added specific duties which are de. clared to bring the tariff on laces to an average of 127 per cent.
 The French retaliation against American automobiles comes at a time when our automobile industry is turning strongly to foreign markets in which to rid itself of the surplus cars made. In 1929 the ex- port of American cars to France was valued at sl2,o0O,OOO The importa- ton of French laces to the United States that same year totalled 37,- 000.OO
 We expected to increase our ex- ports of automobiles to France nla- terialIy; the French did not expect 10 increase their exports of lace to the United States materially.
 Now who can be expected to get the short end of this tariff war?
 The net result of this tariff jug glery is that the French lace indus try will be virtually ruined, and the American automobile industry will ack a good market, with just that much fewer men employed in the in- dustry in this country.
 Now consider French faces, against which we are endeavoring to place a virtual embargo. They are of high l quality and distinctive. They cannot be duplicated in this country, but substitutes can be made that might serve the same purpose on petticoats and other womanly raiment. The i equivalent of $7,000,00o in French | laces can be turned out in this coun,. l try by machine methods that will employ minimum of people. Busi- ness institutions importing French laces will require fewer clerks and hands to handle the importations, perhaps. in the case Of this virtual I embargo, none at all. In the long run, what do we gain, especially when lessened automobile exporta- tions are also considered.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-17

Judging by the large number of autoists arrested along West Main street lately it would appear that Il way could be found to do away with West Main street half the citys automobile troubles would be solV- ed.
New Britain herald., 1930-04-17

An interest payment on the fourth Liberty loan was due on Tuesday. and Uncle Sam promptly paid the sums due on all coupons presented. By the way, what have you done with that assortment of fourth Liberty loan bonds you bought dur ing the war?
New Britain herald., 1930-04-17
WHAT IS \ LOBBYIST?

The "queen of the lobbyists in Washington-we have forgotten her name-appeared in a news reel talkie at the theater some months ago and gave little speech on loh- bying. It was convincing, talk, too.
 The recited the large number Of historic happenings that had been put over by what is called lobbying nowadays. She began. hy the way. with the Constitution of the United States, against which there was great opposition and which requir- ed the efforts Of a battery of pub lie benefactors, headed by Alexander Hamilton, before headway could be made for the great document.
 The Senate committee investigat- ing lobbying in Washington is con- fronted with the ever recurring problem as to just who is lobbyist.
 The Caraway lobby registration bill, which passed the Senate but not the House in 1928, defines a lobbyist as "one who shall engage for pay to attempt to influence legislation by the national Congress
 Then the bill defined lobbying in more general terms, to wit:
 "Any effort 10 influence inc action of Congress upon any matter com ing before if, whether it be by dis tributing literature. appearing before committees or Congress, or inter viewing or seeking to interview lndi, vidual members of either the House of Representative or the Senate" " This definition obviously covers the