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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-10
The Road To Automobile Safety

It is to be hoped that during the rest of l93l more states will go in for Save-a-Life" motor vehicle inspection campaigns such as those conducted in ten states in l930. This movement IS something more than an appeal to automobile owners to see that their ma chimes are in good condition. Usually the campaign is backed up by law making inspections of brakes. headlights. steering mechanism and horns obligatory. During lo3O, in the ten states. 3.5O0.000 cars were examined and over million had defective brakes, 100000 had unsafe headlights and 2l9.000 had defective steering.
 The ill-con.itioned car causes accidents. The newspapers are filled with stories of cars which suddenly swerve from their or to leave the road; of drivers being blind ed by glaring headlights and running into disaster, and SO on. There is no room on our highways for cars which are not me- courses to collide with other cars or trees chaneally safe, or for reckless and rrespons- ible drivers.
 Last year the Save Life campaigns produced splendid results in the ten states where they were conducted, Making the movement nation wide would be fine way of beginning real fight against highway accidents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-10
Al Smith On Power

Recently Alfred Smith-who is an almost unequaled authority on the subject of prac- tical polties-said that he doubted that pow CT could be successfully turned into major political issue He said further that he was never able to get far with it in his own state of New York.
 The ex-Governor's candor is refreshing- and it is likewise important. due to his po- siton as the best known and most powerful member of the democratic party. What he says is borne out by his own record-in New York his personal popularity and his stand on other issues far overshadowed any position he may have taken on the subject of power. In some cases. where men opposed to the power industry have been elected to high of- flee, it will be found that very great part of the vote they received was given them by persons to whom power is not of the slight est importance as a political issue
 The entire power issue has been con- fused by idle talk. To the average citizen this talk is not only pointless-it is dull. He knows that he lights his home and oper- ates any number of electric d%iees he wishes for few dollars a month. He knows that an extremely small part of his income goes to the utility company that serves him. lie knows that the electric industry is of great value as an employer. taxpayer and pur- chaser. directly and indirectly. of supplies and commodities of all kinds.
 At the present time the United States Treasury is facing a gigantic deficit and talk is going the rounds of tax increases of various kinds Many states are in a sim- lar position. This fact alone is an almost over to political control at additional public inmrmountabe barrier to the ambitions of those who would give the power industry expense.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-10
Where the Strength Lies

American government is based on the theory that those who govern shall have the minimum of power and authority so that the people can keep their individual liber- ties. said Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt in a recent address in New York city.
 Reviewing the functions of both the state and federal governments, Governor Roose- welt maintained that back of the national and state constitutions was the one thought that the governing authorities be not given broad power. He complained that there was an awful lot of transformation" about government and that some persons even as- sumed that the governor was great white father
 he government does not have omnipo- tent power, said Governor Roosevelt The federal constitution, after listing the powers of the national government, speef- ically gives all other powers to the state The state must not be given broad powers to regulate your life and mine. That is our own task. The strength of the nation lies not in statutes and governments, but in individuals and families
 It is encouraging to see high public of fcial assert this American fundamental which is entirely dsregarded by too many of our public servants in their eagerness to extend the functions of government. thereby increasing their own powers over the people.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-10

The price of commodities and the ex- pense of doing business. depend very much upon the speed with which business capital is turned over. If store which has previ- ously taken six months to produce total sales equal to its capital can sell that amount of stuff in three months its overhead charge for capital lyin gidle is cut in half. It can afford to sell for less, and it does That quicker movement of capital is obtained through advertising. It starts up business. The goods that had been gathering dust on the shelves. are moved out to the public be- fore the dust has time to settle. It is one of the chief factors in cutting down distri- button costs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-10

The greatest barrier business faces in re- turning to normal is the threat of higher taxes, It is all very we'll to advocate tax ing the big fellow to help the little fellow. But it is the big fellow who gives that lit- tie fellow his job - who keeps him em- ployed at good wages. and enjoying ex- ceptional living standards. Too. in the United States, the little fellow has been purchasing for himself interests in our great industries. so that it IS often hard to tell where capital leaves off and labor be- gins Prosperity - which is principally a matter of employment - can only return with increased industrial activity. which, in turn, results from an influx of new money. Tax raising schemes that discourage indus trialists and investors alike are depression s best friends.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-10
At 7he National Capitol
A Digest of Who's Who and What's What
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
By RODNEY BUTCHER

I liquor in transit through the canal or on the railroad, 50 the railroad construes that to apply to its trucks. The seller or the buyer can't carry the stuff across that brief strip of Canal Zone; 1t would be violation of the law.
 | But just let 8 Panamanian try to sneak home to the interior from Colon with bottle or two and he is arrested, charged with posses sion. He cant reach any other point in the republic without pass- ing through a piece of zone.
 Similarly, hundreds of foreigners are nabbed every year as they head back to their ships with quart or two. They have to pass the length of about three blocks through zone territory and usually are unaware that they aren't still on the soil of Panama. The stranger puts up bail which he forfeits into Uncle Sam's pocket because he usually has just about time to get back to his ship and be off for New York, Europe. the South American west coast or the Orient.
 Rounsevell has kicked up a nice little sensation with his story of Uncle Same as a landlord for sa- looms and disorderly houses and 1t seems likely that considerable squawk will be made about the sit uation in the next congress.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-10
ALBANY'S CLAIM TO ANTIQUITY.
(New York Herald -Tribune)

(NeW York Herald-TrlDune)
 Albanys 245th birthday. an- nounced last week (July 22). like many grown-up lady's. made a more modest claim on the years than might have been put forward.
 The birthday dates from the granting of Albany's city charter, which, to be sure, was received in a silver tube from the Royal Gov ernor of New York in 1688. At this time, however, the present site of the state capital had been oc- cupied continuously by European colonHts for more than sixty years and before the colonists by fur traders off and on since 1540.
 As 8 matter of fact, Albany has an excellent claim to rank as the oldest settlement in the United States if cities within the boun- daries of the thirteen colonies only are counted. Jamestown Va. must be disqualified because its original site was deserted in 1876. Albany may fairly be called the oldest with continuous life.
 Plymouth title is based on the ground that the serious thinkers on the Mayfower came to stay, whereas the first residents of AL bany's unbroken history, relatively trifers, were Dutch traders who hoped to get back to the old coun- try with their scalps in place and plenty of beaver skins.
 These traders established their post on Castle Island, in 1914, or six years before the Mayfiower landing, and moved 1t to the main land to avoid Hudson river freshet. three years later. The first bona fide settlers were eighteen Walloon families, who clustered about Fort Orange, near where the night boat leaves, in 1923, when Plymouth was a three-year-old. Prove that some of the fur traders, who mov- ed to the present side of Albany from Castle Island in 1917, be- came permanent settlers with the Walloons, and Albany win by three years on all counts.
 In any case the announcement, of 245th birthday is an under. statement of Albany's antiquity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-10
ROUTE OF THE MERRITT
 HIGHWAY
lBridgeport. Telegram,

Voters of the town of Trumbull at recent meeting passed a reso- lution unanimously opposing the routing of the Merritt highway through any of the built-up cen- ters of the town. The resolution was induced by the fact that sur- veyors working for the highway department had been laying out q route close to the center of the town.
 Trumbull has three distinct wills lages--Trumbull itself, Long Hill and character and 1t is the de- sire of the residents that the ex- press highway which the state Is now planning. shall be kept away from their homes. A committee was appointed to make known Trumbulrs feeling to Highway Commissioner Macdonald.
 There is probably no public is- sue which is procvoking more discussion and producing more guesswork than the probable To- cation of the Merritt highway through Fairfield county. While numerous surveys have been made Commissioner Macdonald has persistently refused to reveal the probable course of the road. He has let 1t be known that he has at least three alternative sur veys so that he cannot be tiled down" to any one route by those who might like to sell their pro- perty at a high price.
 Probably good many of the guessers are badly misinformed as to the ultimate location of the Merritt highway. In any case, Trumbull's point is well taken. It is the understanding that this highway should go through open country. and not through built-up town or village centers. Indeed its primary purpose Is to keep the through traffic away from such centers.
 The Merritt highway will be To- cated in Fairfield county and somewhere inside of a strip rum ming ten miles north from Strat- ford lighthouse, and proceeding due westward to the Now York state line. Within that territory the highway commissioner is free to find his own route.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-10
THE ORINOCO'S SOURCE.
(New York Times)

NNeW OIh lhhCo|
 It is q pleasure to record Dr Dickeys discovery of the true source of the Orinoco in the Par ina Mountains between Venezuela and Brazil, because he Is modest explorer and makes light of the perils of the jungle. He does not paint the Indians as savages turk ing in ambush to kill white men. On four previous attempts to reach the headwaters he found them easily assured of the goodwill of his small unarmed party, and their confidence was soon gained. On one occasion he left Mrs Dickey in present expedition pr Dickey. making his base at Esmeralda. in Amazonas Territory, pushed on for more than 300 miles through forest never before penetrated by white men, enduring "every imag- inable privation except thirst How difficult the struggle with tropical nature was may be judged from the time required to scale Q peak from which the actual source of the Orinico could be surveyed. At the end of five weeks victory was achieved by "very slight margin" The great river and its 436 tributayies drain 364,000 square miles, and the water poured in mighty volume to the sea comes from the highlands of remote Co., lorahia as wall s4 frosn the noun
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-10

Thirty years ago the population of the United States was 81,00O.000. and the average person contributed $l9.39 in taxes to support government. In 1928. the last year for which complete official statistics are available, the population was l20.000.- 900 and the per capita tax had increased to Sl05.2O. And now senators are figuring how to raise income tax rates to cover the $500. 100000 treasury deficit that followed the last congress Here is the tax situation in nutshell. It should give the public something to think about
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-10
NEA Service Writer)

Washington.-Down in the Isth- Sam
 Is landlord to 300 or 400 saloons and a couple of blocks of brothels. Transports liquor from place to place at a profit and holds mon- lopoly on that business. Builds houses for his employees in the republic of Panama where it is legal to buy and drink liquor in- stead of in the Canal Zone, where lit isn't.
 Arrests Panamanians who buy liquor legally in Colon and try to take 1t to their home in the in- terior.
 Arrests steamship passengers who buy liquor legally and try to take 1t aboard ship where its possession is legal.
 Nelson Rounsevell, publisher of the Panama American, has split this story here with the assertion that the situation stirs up bitterness and should be solved by the sale of U. $. government property in Colon, profits of the sale to be used to build 23 miles of highway between the east and west coasts of Panama.
 Big Tourist Trade Colon is cosmopolitan city made up of all colors and nationalities, created virtually since 1904 from a swamp developed by the Panama railroad, which is owned by the IU. s. government and itself owns nearly all land in Colon. Many Am erican canal employees have left government service and entered business there. Business is prin- cipally that of catering to about 100000 tourists or travellers, most
 of them Americans. who stop off
 there annually. Saloons and cab
 arets thrive. The rent they pay
 goes into the U. s. treasury via the
 railroad.
 l Many novelty stores on the main
 pike sell oriental knicknacks.
 Spanish shawls and Panama hats. U. s. commissaries in the Canal
 Zone furnish necessities to most
 Americans in the region and
 novelty and grocery stores of Colon
 are nearly all in the hands of Hin-
 dus or Chinese. Nearly every Colon
 grocery store has bar. The red light district, Rounsevell says, is
 well organized and is supervised by
 the Panama government It is
 largely segregated.
 | This country owns a 10-mile
 strip across the isthmus, but the
 Panama Canal authorities have
 built several hundred cement houses in the wet territory of Colon to house employees. To reach
 the Canal Zone on the other side
 of Colon. with its commissaries
 postoffice. courts, clubhouse and
 movie theater, they must pass through or around the saloon-red
 light districts. The canal employees
 formerly lived in the old Cristobal
 region on American soil where the
 prohibition laws apply. Thanks to
 the canal administration they may
 now legally possess liquor in their homes.
 Liquor Monopoly Uncle Sam's Panama railroad has
 n monopoly on transporting liquor from the republic of Panama to docks in the Canal Zone and car
 ries the stuff at profit whenever
 a liquor dealer in Colon sells a sup
 ply to ship. Federal law against
 transportation specifically exempts
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-10
TODAY IS THEA
 ANNIVERSARY S lgAXA
HOOVER WAR APPOINTMENT

On August 10. 1917. Herbert Hoover was appointed by Presi- dent Wilson United States food administrator under the terms of the Lever act.
 Hoover at once developed an organization for stimulating pro- duction, checking hoarding and speculation and conserving food supplies. Because he had com-' paratively little power in his hands, he called on the people for cooperation. He received almost universal backing for his requests. Among the food limitations he called for were meatless and wheatless days. By enrolling thou. sands of volunteer workers and local committee members he was able to extend the food adminis- tration to every state, city and village. During his food adminis- tration work Hoover established the U. s. Grain Corporation, sugar | Equalization Board, and Food Pur- chase Board, all tor the purpose of a more centralized handling of food supplies during the emer-. gency. - He was thus able to meet the large food demands of the allies who were hard pressed to main- ! tain the morale of their people be- cause of food shortage due to re- duced production and to cargoes ! lost by submarine destruction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-10

According to committee report made to national commission on Child Health. the consumption of fluid milk in the United States IS too low for proper and economical human nutrition. Every ed ueatonal facility should be used to acquaint both adults and children with the desira- bility of consuming milk and dairy pro- ducts Tn adequate amounts. - Here is a hint for parents and teachers. It is said that consumption of substitute milk pro- ducts is high - but. according to Anna Stapler fthe Dairymen's League of New York, though they taste the same they are lacking in vtamin content Milk and its by-produets are cheap and their con- sumption is one of the ways of improving the health of the race.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-10

In the opinion of many experts sound world economic conditions depend largely on restoring fair balance between the value of gold and silver. Tt is only by eheapen- ing gold. i.e. endearing silver - that we can bring to an end the disastrous deflation which is holding our commodity and se- curity markets in it's grip" says Rene Leon, an authority on banking and ex- change. Here is problem that can well engage the best financial and governmental intelligence of all the great nations. Chaos in world coinage acts as barrier to sta- bility and progress.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-10
Here, There And EveryDhere
tain systems of Southern venezue-

toih cJ oeSAiS SA 0S~sAASAAA la.
 The first explorer of the Orinoco
 was the Spaninrd Ordaz, who found
 his way to its junction with the
 Meta, 15O miles from the present
 Colombian boundary. In 400 years
 no one had traced the OrinocO
 to it's source. That 1t was somc- where in the Parima Mountains. the geographers assumed. An
 American physician who had prac- ticed in South America and turned explorer put the matter beyond
 doubt and fixed the exact spot. According of George K. Church of
 Massachusetts, who explored the
 Amazon in 1S6S-79, the carto- graphers were indicted to Indians for information about the source | of the Orinoco. By going among
 the Indians themselves Dr Dickey
 has laid the geographical societies under an obligation. More Is to be heard from him. He remains in the region of his success to
 survey the Ventuari. and to look up and study 8 trible of Indians that is "unrecorded." In his "Vene-
 zuela," Dalton says: "The Ventuari
 is the largest Venezuelan tributary of the Upper Orinoco, yet the 300
 miles or So of its course are prac- | tically unknown to Europeans"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-10

The United States Tariff Commission. through it's chairman. recently stated that 1t contemplated preparation of detailed re- port showing cost of copper production. The report, which will be ready in December will be eagerly awaited by states in which mining is leading industry. Only an un- biased investigation can produce facts in which the public will have confidence. Re- viva of the copper industry is necessary to retrn of pruosperity in many states.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-10
Tea and Politics

Our respects and congratulations to Madame Chiang Kai Shek who has won an important victory for her husband. the head of the Nationalist government of China. This ornental lady IS graduate of Well lssley College in Massachusetts. But she
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-10
Quotations

There are many days when I would gladly exchange places with my laundress.
 Mary Roberts Rinehart. An actress Is not a lady; at least when she is, she is not an actress.
 George Bernard Shaw. After II years in the house of representatives I am prepared to state that the so-called Legion lobby is myth and that it's in fiuence is infinitesimal. Representative Hamilton Fish, Jr.
 The citizens of the United States are not republican at all; least of all the republicans.
 -Gilbert K. Chesterton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-10
We intend to have children.
 Mrs Rudy Valee.

Kissing is the result of two sets of emotional cellular vibrations which attract each other and be- come tremendously merged into a rich chord of contact.
 --Dr Josiah Oldfield.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-10
Personal Health Seruice (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or
 treatment, will be answered by Dr brady. Address him, care of the Democrat sendihs stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-10
Good evening.
 o-O-o MONDAYS WASH
"A SMILES THE THING"

 o-O-o MONDAYS WASH After the weekend holiday, Gray matter works quite slow. Looking here and looking there, For things of the long ago. A bit of verse. a joke or two. A wise crack in between, It's what chap would fain declare,
 Judicious use of bean. And SO we start with brave intent, As the fan drones on apaee, Cutting the lead" to two shorl
 rhymes,
 Eager to run the race. Mondays wash is Mondays wash As we type along the way, And now we'll start our bit of
 prose.
 As We do. folks. Day by Day..
 O-O-O Marlene Dietrich is named as the woman in the case" with Won Sternberg. I wonder if she will "luff' such publicity?
 o-O-O
 Marlene's gutteral "I Huff you," may be reproduced in court as we'll as on the mov- ing picture screen.
 O-O-o Life in Hollywood is just one scent-satoin after another. Sex tangles always smell rather heavy.
 O--O-O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-10

Widows in Korea do not he- marry. no matter how young they may be. Even though they have been married only month. tney