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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14
Here, There And Everywhere

makes 1t the only handspring of human en.eavor. Consequently, he says the ills that greed brings can- not be removed until the system is changed. Right now the most re- markable .hing in American life is the way "a which people who have no use for either socialism or con- munism are beginning to accept at least part of this viewpoint.
 Senator CouZens-who with thir- ty millions. Is not apt to turn "red" on us vernight-excriates the moving force of greed. Henry Ford, ca ld;ly far removed from the isms says that one of the chief contests in industry to-day is be- tween ownership and management; between t!.ose whose first interest Is in makit things. We are going to hear | great deal more about this as the months go on. The most encouraging thing about the whole situation tC day is the fact that 1t Is stimulating men to question things that nev:i before were doubted Greed-or to put 1t more simply, the desire 10 make big profits does not st em to be quite as bene- hcient force in human affairs as 1t used to appear. Senator Couzcns' complaint is going to be repeated very often in the near future.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14

Prussia is the most important political division of Germany. with 38.000. 900 in- habitants to only 24.o00.000 for all the rest of Germany. That is one reason why the recent plebiseite in Prussia was of such vital importance and why the victory at the polls of the Hitlerites and Communists would probably have meant disaster to the German Reich and trouble for all of Europe. The vote was rout for the Nationalist Fascist group and constituted an expression of faith in Chancellor Bruening's s leadership for the whole country as well as an endorsement of Premier Braun of Prus- sia. The result will help the economic s't- uation. as an opposite result would have thrown Europe. and possibly America. into deeper confusion. It is a relief to the civil ized world that Prussia voted SO saney.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14
GREED AND DEPRESSION
(New Eaven Journal l-Courier.n

(New Eaven Journal Courier.l
 Senator James Couzens perhaps comes much closer to the Out-and- out radical position than he real izes in assigning the cause for the present business depression. Asked who was "eponsible for the de- presslon, he remarked that while he did not know who the guilty individuals might be. he knew very well what the underlying cause was--unrestrained { greed. And" he added. 'all those who are actuated ty unrestrained greed share in The responsibility" It is refreshing to find leader in poll ties gettine away from the old hab- It Of blaming cataclysms on indi- viduals. The senator insists that 1t Is not a question of whom" to blame. but a question of what" lin other words. that the trouble does not spring from the wicked ness of perverted individuals, but from a tasic force that finds ex- pression 'L many lives and in many ways.
 This is coming close to stepping over the line into the field of the socialists and the communists. It Is one of The basic tenets of their creed. And we can agree with 1t without " any way adopting so- cialism or communism. The whole business 's worth looking into. The radical dsr.ares that We shall never De happy Gntil we change our eco homie system. The present system, he asserts. was buiK for the benefit of private profit. It serves only the greedv: if uronofAs Sr~AA.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14
The Road Budget

The people of the United States, accord ing to the American Farm Bureau Federa- ton. have realized that the construction and maintenance of roads is an essential part of their economic development The taxpay- CTS of the nation spend about $l .290, l0,- 892 annually for building roads During 1929. 25,97l miles of road were built and surfaced by state highway departments, and 26,324 miles by other agencies.
 Perhaps no other public expenditure brings greater blessings and returns both and financial prosperity. and the intangible form of greater comfort and convenience -- than money spent for roads. In times like the present road work is of particular value. in that it not only benefits the communities where developments are underway. but in that it is sound way of relieving unem ployment. stimulating business. and putting money into circulation.
 However. it must be remembered that no road work should be undertaken without the greatest care and study There have been too many miles of political road built in this country. Those entrusted with the spending of highway funds should give every effort to bringing their territories the greatest possible mileage of improved road that the budget will allow. They should work to keep fair relation between mileage of high-type main highway and inexpens- i've, but serviceable. secondary. tarmto- market roads Otherwise waste will be the inevitable result.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14
THE "THIRD DEGREE"
(Hartford Courant.)

NAidilioIu SOuTuHl.)
 The studies of the Wickershan. commission would not have been complete without consideration of the third degree" for its con- stitutes an outstanding example of the lawlessness in the enforcement of the law which the commission was especially charged to investi- gate. It's report is at once encour. aging and depressing, encouraging because 1t gives reason for believ. ing that the practice of torturing individuals In order to wiring a con. fession from them Is tending to disappear, depressing because Of the evidence which 1t brings that the practice still prevails widely among the police.
 No one can read even the ex. cerpts of the report without shud- dering at the horrors which are revealed. The capacity of the hu- man mind for devising means of torture Is apparently limitless and all of the measures invented since the days of the Inquisition and before have apparently been used at one time or another by the police in efforts to make a suspect ed criminal speak. No less dis turbing is the realization that all that the report reveals is a matter of common knowledge, for the ugly truth Is that the use of the third degree" by the police has in large measure cen condoned by public opinion in the past, in the belief, apparently, that such measures are necessary in enforcing the law.
 The contrary is true. Instead of assisting enforcement. the use of the third degree" actually ham, pers 1t. for prosecutors and judges alike are becoming increasingly unwilling to use confessions which have obviously been extorted by methods not merely unlawful, but brutal. Such an attitude is prom ising, for nothing else vii so dis courage police from using the third degree" as the realization that evidence obtained by 1t will prejudice their case. While the commission recognizes that in few instances the third degree" may be Justified, no doubt can be entertained that in the majority of cases It's use is unwarranted, wrong and perhaps itself criminal. Its utter abolition should be only matter of time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14
Think It Over

Recently bill was introduced in the Cal iforna Legislature for the purpose of amending the Constitution of that state so as 10 tax publicly owned utilities on the same basis as privately owned utilities The bill IS state that freedom from taxation in cities adds to the tax burden of rural areas, where the so called benefits of government largely supported by farm groups who owned utilities are not enjoyed.
 The opposition, of course, comes from the advocates of government ownership of business. They claim there is no more reason for taxing government utility than fo- taxing the army and navy. But the fact that the army and navy in no way compete with private citizens IS comfortably overlooked Government is taxfree because its services are for ALL the people. When it steps out of it's proper sphere of govern ina. and enters business that can be pa tronized by only portion of the taxpayers, there is not a single valid argument why that business should not pay exactly the same taxes as d private concern
 Those who denounce the effort to tax government utilities virtually admit that government business cannot show profit unless it is given. directly or indirectly. publis subsidy. This rather destroys the force of their statements about the need for power at cost and the excessive profits the private electric compnies are supposed to be taking from the pockets of their custo- mers. when those private companies are pouring over $20O, 100000 year in taxes into the pubc trpasuries about l Q per cent of their gross income and 25 per cent of their net income. If these same plants were publicly owned and tax-free, the general taxpayer would have paid $2OO.- 100000 more in taxes last year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14
A Logical Attitude

Recently the legislature of Minnesota was considering bill to forbid the purchase or ownership of concealahle weapons by per sons not licensed by judge or chief of police Under it. according to the Mnne- apolis Journal. an honest man could not get license 10 own gun for the protection of his home except at considerable trouble.
 including the solicitation of his home ex- cept at con siderable trouble. including the solicitation of affidavits of good character.
 Tt is human experience" says the Jour- nal that most honest men will not go to this trouble. though ehmisals will go to ny lengts to own pistols, with or without licenses. The honest man thinks he may
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14
At The National Capitol
A Digest of Who's Who and What's Wha
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
By RODNEY BUTCHER

Washington.--A. railroad strike is about the last thing anyone would want now, and there prob- ably will not be any. The railroad labor unions believe the railroads intend to cut their wages, and if they do the possibility of a strike will become 6 threat.
 Both sides are stirred by the ef- fects the depression has had upon them-the railroads by their great loss of revenue and the unions by the unemployment of 350,000 rail- road workers, the failure of the railroad executives' organization to cooperate with them in solving that problem and the belief that wage cuts are contemplated.
 The woe of the railroads has been told the Interstate Commerce commission with their demand for a blanket 15 per cent freight rate increase--a story of serious finan- cial straits and threatened bank ruptcy. Railroad witnesses charac- terized their petition as only a desperate Hast resort" to save the credit structure of the carriers.
 The railroad executives have de- clined to confer about the unem- ployment problem with the heads of the 21 standard railway labor unions, declaring that the question must be taken up with individual roads. This refusal appears to have headed off what might have been a tremendously important experi- ment toward solution of unemploy- ment problems. For the railroad unions seek a six-hour working day and a five-day week. The snort day and the short week are orten advanced by the most distinguish ed authorities as the most effec" tive methods of absorbing large labor surpluses. It remains TOT some large industry and It's em- ployes to try out the plan. The hVe- day week is now operating In many individual plants.
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 If appears that the railroad workers are not going to get their req d iustment of work and it is also widely believed that the l. c. C. will not grant the roads their rate increase. The latter opinion Is held especially by union executives some of whom go So far as to as- sert privately that the whole rate increase petition was only camou- fiage preliminary to wage reduce tions.
 So when the labor union execu- tiyes met here recently they issued a strong statement promising to meet any wage cut attempt 'witn every power at their command And among themselves they dis cussed the possibility that the in- dustry was headed toward some- thing like the Plumb plan Of gov ernment ownership, which was widely advocated 10 years ago or more.
 Their theory. based on the I. C.. c. rate hearings, is that the men who operate the railroads are not anxious to increase rates at this time, but that the financial inter ests behind the roads are insisting on either such an increase or wage cnts. Savings banks and insurance companies which hold railroad se- curities will remove those secur- ities from their lists of eligible bonds if the roads do not get more revenue, according to arguments presented to the I. c. C.
 The railroad workers also point to a widely circulated Cleveland Chamber of Commerce puiietin
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14

, which says "reduced labor costs" are the alternative to rate in- creases.
 Requests for rate decreases by railroads within the last year have also contributed to the suspicious of the union heads. Among com modities on which the carriers have asked and received reduc- tions from the I. c. c. have been oil, automobiles, fresh fruit and vegetables, non-ferrous metals, lumber and cotton. They had to compete, they said. with trucks, barges and other rival transporta- ton facilities.
 The situation presumably will hang fire until the l. C. C. makes It's decision on the rate petition early in the fall. Outside union ranks there is some belief that the roads will be granted part but not all of what they ask.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14
DING, DING!
Here lies the body,
 Of Bridegroom Blake, He ate the ring

hcTe IIcS tuC UOuy, or Bridegroom Blake, He ate the ring
 In the wedding cake. o-O-o suppose free wheeling wheel chairs will be next. o--O--o
 The flappers around town,
 referring to the new uniforms
 of the cops, call them the Boys in Blue" o-O-a
 With some clocks on standard time. others on daylight time and the shops on rag time. we're cer- tainly having one heluvatime. O-O-o Who can remember the
 good old days when they
 brought kitchen chairs out
 on the veranda at night. in
 stead of canvas affairs such
 as now?
 Only three more weeks of sum mer and lot of gals haven't had seashore romance.
 o-O-o
 Unemployment has hit Hol-
 land, so another nation seems
 to be in Dutch.
 o--O--o
 The book that enjoys the wid- est circulation isn't always the book that should be widely circu- dated. A noted woman, lecturer says love comes knocking at the door of every girl. l sup pose the old maids thought the knocks were made by landlords, anxious to get rid of their cats. The way some women knock in- to you on dollar day, you'd appre- ciate their being equipped with bumpers
 Murder by the Clock" played here this week bu the press agent didn't tell us whether 1t was day light or standard time. o-O-o Now they want to open the breweries to aid the unemployed. The poor unemployed are stagger- ing enough now without doing that.
 O-O-o This completes our regular Fri day evening program. It came to you over DBD and was broad cast through the courtesy of the Waterbury Evening Democrat, pioneer in this type of newspaper work. We are signing off at this time to be back on the air again tomorrow at the regular hour for a Saturday broadcast. o-O--o Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14
A WORD WITH THE NEIGHBORS OF
 CHILD WITH THE GROUP

Two teaspoonsfuls of syrup of ipecac Tor the child with an attack of croup Is an old reliable emergency remedy. This is emetic. which acts in perhaps 10 minutes The vomiting re. taxes the spasm of the throat or laryngeal muscles, and that's equivalent to reheVihs 'h' crOup. - The management of case of croup IS so simple that 1t scarcely requires the doctor presence. But the management Of the bystand- ers is not so easy, and on that account thnk 1t would be well to summon the pohce patToi along with the doctor, or call the cops ana le, them fight off the uncles, aunts, parents ana neighbors, and perhaps it won't be necessary to disturb the family doctors rest at all.
 In the hacyon days when 1 was far poorer than most of the rifraf who seek what they call birth control" information on the ground of poverty the baby staged an attack or croup
 one cold night when l was away giving my blood to a deadbeat She was pretty sick when arrived home. I asked mother to wrap her Tn a blanket, and then I sat with the baby In my
 arms, in the open window It was only rev minutes before the best of all sedatives TOT irritation in the larynx, clear cold moist night air, had brought complete relief, and the baDy fell off to sleep the rest of the night. But you see we had unclcs and aunts milling round. the babys was q trained nurse and - at that time-she always did what the doctor or dered without question. As for our neiBhbors, you may be they had learned to let our household emergencies severely alone.
 What is q poor patient going to do when a child throws a spell of croup and there Is no nice cold night air available?
 The second beSt emergency measure, in my judgement and in this give you only my own experience, is q cold moist compress upon the whole front surface of the neck. Wiring out q few yards of gauge (cheesecloth) in ice water or the coldest water you can get ana apply IL in many folds to the neck and cover with any dry cloth. oiled silk, rubber dam Change the compress putting a fresh cold one. every five or ten minutes If you have a suitable ice bag and ice, that as d cover for the moist compress but don't omit the wctting of the compress in any case. If the child vigorously
 rcsists this cold compress treatment, then you'll have to the alternative method, hot or at least very warm moist compress Moist heat is scdatlve and relaxing, though not so effective as cold on the surface
 I'll gladly mall any reader who asks for 1t , and incloses stamped envelope bearing his ad- | dreas, a special monograph on the home man agement of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14
TODAY IS THEA ANNIVERSARY, G9H 9HlgkXA
CHINA DECLARES WAR

On Aug. 14, 1917, China declared war on Germany and Austria.
 Six months previous, the United States invited China to follow it's example nj protesting against Ger many's submarine campaign. The Chinese foreign office soon there- after sent warning to Germany. and on March IA broke off dip lomatic relations.
 Premier Tuan Chi-jue wished China to go to war against Ger many but members of the parlia- ment, aroused at rumors of secret agreements between Tuan's group and Japan. held back. The pre- mier was later busted.
 Tuan later resumed the premier ship with enhanced prestige and power by leading an army to Picking, ostensibly to defend the re- public. Yuan and his supporters, now being in control of the North, carried through their purpose, and formally declared war on Germany.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14
Personal Health Seruice (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, pot disease diagnosis or treatment. will be answered by Dr bradS. Address him, care Of the Democrat. schdihg stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Thanks many times for your booklet "Guidc to Right Eating" It has been a great help to me in overcoming hypcracidity due to gall -bIad- dcr trouble and'impropcr food. GIT. B)
 AnSWer--l'm glad to know you got your 10 cents worth out of the booklet--or are you of Scotch extraction? For Scotch and Con- necticut readers we have FREE routine for hyperacidity. heartburn, etc. Even the Scotch and Yankees, however, have to furnish a stamped envelope properly addressed to carry the routine back to them. We're sorry about this, but the Dostoffce authorities strict about being paid in advance for every little thing. you know.
 This Lady Is Rolling Tn Health
 I wish to thank you for the benefit have de- rived from your advice to turn sOmcrsaults when walking cannot bc indulgcd in. l feel cannot guagc the benefit they have been to me. And recently the belly breathing has made me wake mp In the morning with my "inards' fccl- ing more normal than in long time.
 (NIiss W. F.. S.) Answer--Makes mine feel better too to know 1t. lot of old grumples. crabs bears and chronic grouches might view the world with d chuckle If they'd only hang their dig nity on hook and roll themselves a few som ersaults every night and every morning This Is no joke. l am glad to mail any body the By Laws of the Somersaultauqun, and you can try 1t for yourself and Inclose with your re- dress If you try to say 1t with clipping 1 shall not hear you.
 Twenty Pounds to the Good
 I am woman aacd' 31 and want to thank undcrweight and started to take InsuIin 1 1.2 years ago. I have gained 20 pounds. The only thing ! can say against this treatment for un- dcrScight Is that it is-wclI, 1t intcrfcres SO often with ones bridge or even more niport- ant dates. (F. NJ Answer-Ah but consider how many more and better dates you have now!
 (CoDyright John k. Dille Cp
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14

The truth about Russia seems to be that if Stalin and his fellow bosses can keep the Russians hard at work on starvation diet for generation. without a new revolution, the country may be ready industraly to give us some real competition.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14
Good evening.
 o-O-o OXEYED DAISIES
"A SMILES THE THING"

Cupid one day. in an impish' mood, While strolling alone through shady wood In an open space in the woodland spied. A daisy and buttereup, side by side. He paused for a moment in quick debate, As to what would happen, should these two mate. Then an impish smile OCT his
 features spread,
 And swiftly fatal shaft he
 sped. Then Cupid strolled on his careless
 way
 Nor cared for the deed he did
 that day. While there in the nook in the
 woodland dell.
 The daisy promised she'd never
 tell, How the buttercup's kiss and
 ardent love.
 Had brought her gift from
 heaven above. In the following spring, in the aIn
 and dew A beautiful oxeyed daisy grew.
 M. J. McDonough,
 o. K. Cottage.
 Island Path.
 Hampton Beach, N. H. I'm sure my readers enjoyed the clever poem adorning the head of the column this evening. It came all the way from Hampton BeacE, Wncfe M. J. MCDOnOuRn or Waterville and Mrs McDonough are vacationing. Mr McDonough has been a contributor to this column for years his work be- speaking the master mind in com bination with the master hand. He also sends a short verse along, that smacks of vacation -stoma oh" now that we have athletes foot, ash tray breath, B. 0. and kinderd ills. Here's the way he puts 1t:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14

The Scotch Canadian raneher who says Hungarian neighbors think he's beating his wife when he plays the bagppe ought to get saxophone. Then theyd d only think he was killing calf.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14

A girl who's been reading Shakespeare s "Tempest' wishes somebody would start a radio station with Prospero in charge and Ariel furnishing the music.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14

Dr Francis c. Pease. of Mt Will son Observatory. and Dr Fred Peadson will finish the light ex. periments conducted by the late pr Albert A. Nicholson at the tiwss of hia AAAth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14

Prohibition Lacks Luster' says head line Maybe we're not drinking enough shellac
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14

Business. pumping along the bottom shows the need of shock -absorbers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14
Quotations
Romance and adventure! A bust. ness man lives 1t from morning tiii night. Merle Thorpe.

Romance ana duVcntuTe! A puoi ness man lives 1t from morning till night.-Merle Thorpe. Immigration no longer Is an eco- homie menace.-Secretary of Labor
 Doak.
 There is such a thing as over
 staying a depression just as there is of over-staying boom.-- Rome c. Stephenson. I think we have got to the point where we are ready for na- tional planning.-Govern Frank
 lin D. Roosevelt. The time has come when stu
 dents should participate fully in training. education and develop
 ment of themselves.-Will A.
 Sutton, president National Educa- ton association. Tn my opinion the Monroe doc
 urine is no danger to Latin Am
 erica.-Dr. Miguel C. Torcorcial. , Chilean jurist and statesman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14

After 16 years q package of menu cards, some still partly legi- ble, has been washed ashore al Campbelltown. England. with part of the wreckage of the Lusitania, the liner which was torpedoed and sunk of the coast of Ireland in May. 1918.