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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
Your Credit Structure

Financial authorities. practical business ment and all the rest of us have been agree ing tbat what the country needs most just now is more credit There is no reason for changing opinion about that New forms and volumes of credit must be provided The National Credit Corporation and the home mortgage rediscounting plan are moves in the right direction. At the same time, a statement from R. c. Dun 6 Company on credit in general is rather stunning
 Credit is an endless chain" it says. In one year $60.000,000.00 worth of goods are retaed to hte American people. and two-thirds of this business is on credit. These same commodities have been passed along from the wholesaler or manufacturer on credit. They were manufactured on credit and, for the most part, produced on the farm in the mine, in the forest, on bor- rowed money.
 The total involved in this credit se- quence runs into a sum that would stagger the imagination Add to this the public debt of the national government, of states cities and countless add fgurther the mort gageS on real estate, corporate issues of stocks "Id DSiiin aHu IoiSlSH 'oalot |ou VIII have just a fait conception of the credit structure
 What I structure it isl An immense pyr- amid. Or something less stable than that, becoming in times of uncertainty and fear more like leaning tower. Most of this credit is delensibe. Much of it desirable, providing as it does l series of financial cushions for industry and trade, for public and private business alike. But surely a great deal of it is unnecessary and mischev. ous in the long run. We are developing credit system inflated normally to perilous extent Through it we make more money in prosperous time and lose more in times of depression; and the pains of contraction, as we have discovered lately, are likely to surpasse the joys of expansion.
 It is possible even for big business to get along without this pufled-up and top-heavy credit structure. The Ford Motor Company does it. Wouldn't it be we'll for business in general and likewise for families and ndi- viduals' in general, to restrict their credit structure more than they have been doing in recent years'
 How' It's fairly simple when once you get started. Build up and keep cash re- serve, then buy less on trust.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
Price and Production

The copper industry plans to restrict production to little over one fourth of it's capacity. and the price of copper imme- diately begins rising. It becomes known that winter wheat acreage has been reduced about 20 per cent, and there follows a definite rise in the price of that eommod- ity
 This IS the natural and logical procedure in both cases, It is of little use for govern ment agencies, or any other to buy wheat and withdraw it from the market if farm CTS thereby are encouraged to plant more wheat, One move counteracts the other. and government and farmers both lose. Efforts to peg prices of staple commodities inevitably fail in the end, because they stim- ulate production. Market prices act as a natural regulator of production. increasing it when they are high and diminishing it when they are low.
 From the experiences of recent years with rubber, coffee. sugar, wheat and cotton 1t IS fair inference that even the most pow erful governments are not able to repeal this economic law. If they seem to for season or two, there soon comes loss and disillu- sionment for everybody.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
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 the Editor o the Waterbury
SHADOWS ON THE HEARTH
Editor of the Democrat:

Editor of the Democrat:
 Maybe I'm right, maybe I'm wrong, us the pust summers re- frain went, but upon a recent visit to the city of my birth and boy hood days, a walk up and down and around Waterbury's main streets left mo Just about as be- wildered as one might in kala. ma2oo, Mich, or any other foreign land for that matter. Store after store met my gaze with name after name US strange to one us those oi any city of similar size in any part of the country.
 Not so muny yCurs back ] could call every merchant the length of Bank and South Main street by his first name. To-day 1 doubt if there Is anyone who knows the majority of merchants last names, lot alone their first. l indeed felt like q stranger Tn n strange land.
 Who Is there of at least two score and ten that has not al least once in his younger days heard that salutation: Have you been properly waited upon?" if he were only taking Q short cut from East to North Main streets through C.. l.. Dexter's drug store. Tho, might not have been high pressure salesmanship, but 1t was. music to the cars. Then there Was a tea store further east, l think Phelan'g where with every purchase, a cou. pon was given away until n certain number got one rare piece of brlc q brac--another thrill you don't ppt to.day
 Around the corner on South Main was Finn's shoe store, where a man felt 1t Q pleasure to buy and the proprietor 0 pleasure fol you to come in, even If you. didn'' buy. Conlon brothers, further down; Leach's rubber store, where l equipped many a sling-shot; J E. Mullings on Bank street; Fred Oakes Smoke shop; Filley ano Crane; Driggs and Smith and, com Ing back to the center, Cones drug store, another gentleman o: the old school, gone but not for. gotten. Scores of others missed In my ramble round and have not time or space to mention. The few saw looked like lone sentinels IT n forest of new sprung up timber q reminder of days gone by, bu yet sturdy and solid enough tt have weathered the shiftin. changes of cold. marching, hard caluating progress. May theli shadows never grow less.
 OLD TIMER.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
QUOTATIONS

If at the age of 50 you are look ing really girlish, the chances are you are looking all wrong. Emily Post, etiquette authority.
 
 4 man whistles not because of vacuity, but because he wants to sing without words. -Itev J. S. Durkee, pastor, Ply mouth church, Brooklyn, W. Y.
 
 Prohibition at It's worst would bs immeasureably better than Ii' eenss ever was at its best. Daniel A. Polling, author and clergyman.
 When competition becomes in- tense. then business runs to the Merle Thorpe. magazine editor Of Washington: T. C.. My radio audience in Europe and the Americas is hearing my voice yesterday. --.u. C. Butte, vice governor of phiiIppinea. speaking from Ma. nlIa over raaies
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
THE RURAL PATROL
(New Haven Journal-courier)

(New Haven Journal-Courier)
 Danbury's Anthony Sunderland is doing well with the state police. As superintendent under the Cross regime, he has developed a new system of patrolling which is rapid iy proving its efficiency. Those state troopers whose territory duplicat- ed that of local constables have been shifted to new beats. Hunt ing In pairs in their state cars. they arc now patrolling the back roads which formerly lacked adequate surveillance. This means that the main highways are less infested with speed cops. while the actual territory protected Is increased. Undoubtedly q few more speed demons will escape being dragged into court, but the property dwell CT on less travelled roads ts safer than heretofore.
 Superintendent sunderland's new ruling went Into effect early in Nos vember. In the first month Of prae- tee its efficiency was ably eemon- strated. To mention but ono branch Of illegal activity, there were, we believe, eighteen chicken thieves captured. And Co nearly every ease, the fowls were returned to their owners. The many chicken farmers Of Connecticut who have feared that the late epidemic of feather. anatehing might spread 10 their
 rocsis. are sleeping . bit more This new system seems admir-. able The ayeraeu motorint who
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04

A bit gray-haired but still philosophical and human, Jacob S. Coxey. Sr. was sworn in as mayor of Massilon, Ohio. his home town New Years day. It was the same Coxey who led an army of unemployed to Washington back in 1894 who took the oath of office and swore to uphold the Con- stitution. General Coxey is still as full of ideas for aiding the masses as he was in 1894. Moreover. he has more means now 10 carry out his plans. And as mayor of city he should be able to get working knowledge of how they can be accom- plshed. He says, 'I am determined that the Bill of Rights of the American people shall be revived and that the rights and privileges taken from them by the fanatieal zeal of liquor and other law enforcement offices and agencies shall be restored.' We should get an idea of how the Coxey bond issue plan will succeed in practice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04

Better town aid and rural roads are an- ticipated in l932 by L. c. Tollen of Southington, president of the Connecticut Rural Road Improvement Association. In lo3l he states, there were 500 miles of highway built under the town aid act. He has reference to the act of 1891 which guar antees an equal distribution among the l6o towns of the state of share in an annual appropriation of S3,00000. This money is to be used primarily for construction or improvement of roads that will never be in- euded in the state highway system. The re- suits to date have been satisfying. It will take few more years, though. for the fund to prove of real practical value. as the $17000 apportionment to individual towns doesn't cover multitude of ruts or thank you-mamS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
LIITTEIs POSTAGE
OIartford Courant)

It has been noted that the post master general will ask that q threc-cent rate be made for let- ter mall. His first suggestion for q rate of two and one-half cents has been withdrawn. On the whole, if q raise In rate is to be made, the three-cent figure will be far preferable to that in which q frac- ton of cent Is considered.
 We wonder if q corporation, fnd- ing that some of It's products were being sold at a loss, would raise the price of those that brought in a profit in order to make good the deficit? That is what the post of flee department plans to do. At two cents the ounce, first class mall Is handled at profit; the other three classes of mail fail to pay expenses. Private enterprise, fac- ing such a situation, would increase the rates on the red inch classes and, if possible, reduce the volume of matter carried free.
 As the postmaster general was only sixteen years old in 1885, he may not have taken much interest in postal matters unless he chance ed to be a youthful stamp collector. If he followed the affairs Of the de. partment he must have noted that, at the suggestion of the postmaster general of that time, congress re- duced the letter rate from three cents to two and also increased the base weight.
 That should have increased the deficit of the post office depart ment, which was then 20 per cent of it's revenue. Instead of that, 1t led to greater volume of first class mail. The deficit is now 1b per cent of the total revenue of the department. and the postmaster general will advocate a raise in rate for the only class of mall now being handled at a profit. In 1885, the postmaster general sought to
 stimulate patronage by reducing prices. His plan was successful. Why should not the postal au- thorities strive to reduce the vol- ume of matter carried free? II might not appeal to members of
 congress. but the vote if taken
 would enlighten the public and q
 would tend to shift responsibility
 from tho post office department
 Certainly the department should
 think twice before 1t raises rate,
 on first class mall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
WEATHER'S WITH US
Editor of the Democrat:

Eultof or tHe DemOCFat'
 With everything else breaking against the Inhabitants of this lit- tie old terrestrial sphere, the weather so far this winter--and according to calendar authority, it is two weeks old--ls about the only thing that has not added to It's countless woes. Even this kind of weather doctors tell us Is not good, perhaps they mean for their busi- ness. Yet think almost everyone this year welcomes the slower shrinkago in tho coal bin along with that of the contents of his pocketbook. So 1t brings one to ponder that ngc-old remark about
 the world being all wrong, when what Is really meant Is the people in 1t. Mankind has nothing to do with the weather, yet 1t Is favorlng him at q time when his fellow be- ings are deserting him or proving themselves unable. It is, indeed, one thing to be thankful for, name-
 ly, that man has nothing to do with the weather, or that, too, like everything else, would be dissi. pated or frittod away like most of the earthly goods he has come in contact with. That there Is n di. vino dispenser of some things is the one substantial tie to which man can hitch his hopes when all else
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
A WASHINGTON YEAR
(New York Herald -Tribunc)


 The year 1932, now so close at hand, as a time unit of historical and patriotic significance will be entirely dominated for Americans by the observance of the George Washington Bicentennial. For eight years plans have been under con. sideratlon for tho celebration or this notable anniversary by the George Washington Bicentennial Commission in Washington, with the objective "that future genera tions of Americant citizens may live according to the example and pre- cepts of his exalted life and charac- ter and thus perpetuate the Am- erican Republic"
 Every aspect of the life and ca reer of the Father of His Country will. be treated and observed in some fitting manner during the course of the Jew year. The federal commission alone has been respon- sible for plans for the restoration of the patriots home at Wakefield. Va; for the construction of a great memorial highway from Mount Vernon to the national capital, for the CTedLlOu ol w dSHAHRtSh hAS morial parkway along the Potomac, for the publication of a Washington Atlas showing the routes of the first presidents travels and the To- cation of his homes, and for the is- suing of more than twenty-five volumes treating the life of the im- mortal George. Thousands of other observances of the occasion by CIVIC groups are being planned.
 The urgent request of the Bicen- tennial Commission that every citi- zen in the land participate in this program will, of course, be needed The transcendent importance of George Washington to America is recognized to-day even more clear ly than when he himself was alive and the year 1892 should be in every way an outstanding memorial observance of the greatest figure in our national history.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
WILSON AND RAILWAYS

On Jan. 4, 1918, President VII. son addressing joint session Of the houses of congress, urged leg islation to put into complete effect the new system of railroads under governmental control.
 The president recommended as a basis for compensation the av- craze net income of the three years ending June 30, 1917. which computed from the return of the interstate commerce commission, was $1,049,974,977.
 The shipping board asked for the power to contract for $2,00O'- 900, ,00O worth of ships.
 The British hospital ship Rewa was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel.
 German troops forced back four British advanced positions in the Cambrai region.
 British ayiators dropped bombs on Domain, Ledeghm, and the Menin- Roulers railway station.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
Reorganization At Washington

It IS nearly 20 years since an eastern sena- tor astonished the country with the state ment that the government could save S300,- 000 900 year by businesske reorganza- ton of it's departments and bureaus in Washington. There has been much talk and some sporadic effort in that direction in the intervening years but apparently never any serious attempt, and certainly never any effective reform.
 Our federal bureaucracy has grown not only bigger from administration 10 admin lstratlon, but more complex awkward and wasted. It is always getting in its own way and stepping on it's own feet. There arc almost countless overlapping bureaus and duplicating functions. There are branches never properly organized whose work spreads through other branches instead of being organlcaly centered in one place. There are doubtless thousands of superflu- ous employes hundreds of superfuous off ees. and on all sides enormous waste. Every body knows this At last. with dollars taking on new value, with federal income shrinking and taxpayers imperatiyely de- manding economy, there IS prospect of action,
 All al once many officials are interested, Senator Harrison reyiyes lhe ancient estimate of a $500 000 900 cut Viee-Presdent Curtis suggests a possible saving of $500. 100000 d year. without lmparIng the led' eral service, President Hoover has sounded . call for reorganization and efficiency Soon Congress, itself largely responsible for ihe situation, will be roaring about it And ii lbe executive and legislative branches of gov. ernmenl are both serious about ibe matter something may be accomplished,
 Taxpayers can be depended on 10 help get pp steam for this proposal and keep fire m. der lhe boiler IIsrassed as they are, they are in no mood 10 tolerate farther needless wssis Every dollar lhs government can save in opsraiion Is dollar ibe taxpayer can kssp for his own needs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04

We don't know what satisfaction Harry M. Daugherty, former Attorney General un- der Harding and Coolidge is going to get from bis printed memoirs which he entities The Inside Story of the Harding Trag- edy' but he certainly is creating tempest
 in republican circles and right at moment
 when that party would like to appear as righteous as possible. With the aid of
 Thomas Dixon, well known novelist, Mir Daugherty has gone into the numerous scan dals that made the Harding administration a criterion for all such and which gave the late president himself a worse name prob ably than he actually should have received
 Al any rate Daugheny is uneoyering all the old sores and he certainly is doing SO in ruthless fashion, or course it's all good publicity for ibe book and will undoubtedly mean heavy sale For example. Mr Dix. on has revealed that in one chapter Albert B. Fall, former secretary of lbe interior who is now serving a penlenliary sentence in New Mexico forged telegram to Harding which virtually assured him (laIl) of his Cabinet appointment Fall is charged with signing Daugbeny's name lo ibe telegram demanding ibai Fall be named to ihe interior post. Unfortunately for Mr Dsugbsny. everybody will probably smmise ibst ths author as we'll as ibs characters of which he writes were sll dsubed with ibe same bfusb.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
Tuberculosis and Taxes

While we have the utmost sympathy for the Connecticut League of Municipalities ot which Mayor George Quigley of New Britain is the president, we are afraid that the League is defeating it's very purpose in attacking the states program of relief for tuberculosis sufferers. Last week at meet ing of the League in New Britain Mayor Ougley criticized in no uncertain terms the proposed million dollar tuberculosis sana- tcria building program on the ground that it was too extravagant. In its place Mayor Ouigley would substitute one whereby for every modern sanatorium would be subSti- tuted twenty shaeks-" buildings with near ly all veranda space ..
 While Mayor Qugley may be competent to speak on municipal matters we are not so sure that he is qualified to direct tubercu- losis relief program. Especially are we sure of that when we read the outburst he deliv- cred before Connecticut town and city exec utives last week We were glad to note that Dr Stephen J. Maher of New Haven, chair man of the state tuberculosis commission, was prompt to resent this attack and to point out the error of Mayor Quigley's way. Modern treatment of the disease tuberculosis does not permit the erection of more shacks for patients. Sunlight and air arc not sui fcient to cure them of their ills. Expert at tention, good food, ard the proper medical and surgical equipment are required Shaeks do not and never will be adequate for sueh purposes.
 As Dr Maher puts it, The saving ot liges is imperative and to attain thIs goal substantial equipment is indispensable. We are not spending money extravaganlly' - If anybody cares to go into the rec ords of the state tuberculosis commission he might ascertain that only in recent years has republican Legislature been prevailed upon to make provision for senatofia expansion and improvement. At the last two sessions of the General Assembly the pleas for better sanatoria were finally heard. As result, Connecticut is keeping pace with other states in tuberculosis relief. This state IS pioneer in such work It cannot afford to return to the primitive stage which Mayor Quigey suggests.
 Each man to his own particular field, say we. Mayor Quigley may be regarded as an expert in municipal matters. If so, let him and his associates endeavor to relieve the bur den of taxation that the property owner now bears. If we are not mistaken that was the primary purpose for forming the Con neeticut League of Municipalities Once before Mayor Quigley touched upon tuberc- ulosis sanatoria Why not concentrate on ways and means of lowering governmental operation or discover some new source of tax revenue. That would be god-send to most of US. We feel quite sure that Dr Maher and his fellow commissioners are capable of handling the tuberculosis situation in Connecticut without punging the state into debt. And SO long as the Legislature remains republican there won't be huge ap- propriations for institutions unless the old ones are actually crumbling. That was just the situation with regard to the tuberculosis Sanatora,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
THIRTEEN TOO MANY
Editor of tho Democrat:

Perhaps you are superstltlouS' and if so, you have your own feel. ing concerning the number "13", That number has always heen con.- sidered the unluckiest omen or them all. I nm blaming the year 1881, which ended without regrets from anyone, as the unlucky year in our history, because 1t happens to be the thirteenth year since pro. hibition came into being as q law. If l am not mistaken, prohibition was passed by Congress in 1915 and went into effect in 1919. That explains everything doesn't 1t? We are now In q new year and according to economists and lead. CTS in all kinds of business and industry in this country, 1t VII! mean the start of the upward trend. The first upward move- ment should be 0 change in pro- hibitlon 50 that the government by an excise tax, can wipe out the huge deficit that Secretary Mellon Is talking about.
 UPERSTfT1OUS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
Here, There And Everywhere

travels much along the important Connecticut highways begins to be- lieve that a pollceman's sole duty Is to spoil his driving pleasure. There are more serious crimes than an occasional slip over the speed limit. To be sure, the speeder should be promptly tagged whenever possible. But the man on the back road also pays taxes; he Is entitled to his share of state protection.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
ANT IT so, MABEL?

My wife reminds mo of July" Said Jonathan McGcc, "Thc year around that woman
 makes
 It hot enough for me-"
 O-O-o We are at the dawn of a new era. But most of us don't get up that early.
 O-O--O
 Descendants of proud old families are decadent We'll, they've been descending for several hundred years.
 O-O-O Dr Alfred Sze, Chinese repre- sentative in the League of Nations, objects to Japan in Manchuria. The Japs should geto ut, says Sze.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
MUST BE LOVE

Denver.--Just how concentrated are young lovers In themselves7 2 Paul l.. Taylor, 90, borrowed the ear of B. H. Rhodes to take hts girl friend home. Before the young lady reached home Taylor had driven the machine Into the rear of q parked car, and into q big plate glass window across from the damaged machine. When caught half an hour after the crash, Taylor was stiii travsIine. ct a high rate of speed and weaving from side te sIds on the road.