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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-18
A Book a Day
 by BRUCE CATION
An Argument For Imitation

'Infiation," by Donald B. Wood- ward and Marc A. Rose. is time ly little book on very live subject and it presents the inflationist's arr gument briehy and without undue | heat-despite the fact that. as the authors remark, no one can dis cuss either imitation or. def1ation Tn the light of cold and passionless logic. l After tracing the history of in-- l fiationary moves in the past, ana
 explaining just what imitation Is and what it is apt to mean in the life of the ordinary man, the | authors calmly remark that under our traditional. monetary system There is no logical end to a defa-
 tion. 1 Most of our money, they point
 out, is credit money. When prices
 fall they simply destroy money.
 Every time a man finds himself
 unable to pay debt, every time
 a bank has to call loan. cer-
 tain amount of money is destroyed. Defiation, in other words, Is self-acce1erating, to degree pre- yiously unheard of. Shall we
 scale down debts to adjust our l prive levels? That is simply Q
 .euphemism for destroying them,
 and if we do that we reduce our
 supply of money stul further,
 which forces prices down anew, 1 which destroys more debts-and so on, without end.
 Imitation, they say. is the only 1 conceivable way out. Further
 more, the new money must be
 put into circulation. either l through a vast dole. a subsidy to industry or a great public works program. Someone must get huge sums into the consumers hands, and no. one but Uncle Sam can do 1t.
 Published by Whittlesey House, ] 'Tnfiation" sells for $150.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-18
What's All the Shouting For?

We are inclined to believe that the recent
 interchange of letters between Governor
 Wilbur L. Cross and State Fish and Game | lGdmmissioner Thomas L. Beck is serving a
 distinct purpose in calling attention to the
 people of this state that in ordering salary
 reductions for the employees of the state the i. hoard of finance and control might have !, done even more than it did. Naturally no
 political sub division, whether 1t be state or
 town. desires to pay its employees less today
 than they were getting year ago. Salary slashes are nothing that the average man passes out willingly. However. the times
 decreed that many had to come to pass.
 Connecticut state employees were fortun- ate that they did not have to be subjected to them long before 1933. We cannot let the subject drop. though. without mention . ing the fact that there are doubtless any number of political positions in this state that can easily be dropped without an &C., . eompanying loss of efficiency in state gov
 ernment. In fact we are sure of it when the governor specifically says the same thing. In view of this We wonder if perhaps the gov- . ernor and the fish and game commissioner are not calling attention to the fact that re- publican concern for economy isn't as deep seated as it is made to appear.
 : Certainly if there are political jobs now . being dished out that are merely handouts. .. now is the time to get rid of them. Repub- : licans have been anxious to get rid of lot .. of jobs that democrats hold, not to mention . removing salaries from the budget that dem- ocrats might receive. so why not now just . check down the long list of state employees . and remove every name that is merely there to draw down pay and perform no active . service in the interest of the state? Unfortu- !, nately few men in the state are qualified to wield the knife. but the finance and control l, board has been willing to prune salaries. so z why not employees?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-18
BANDITS OF SPECULATION
(springfield Republican,

When, as and if prosperity re- turns, may the country be spared some of the most demoralizing vicious features of the old prosper ity. This is equivalent to saying that. the old prosperity ought never to return; 1t was meretricous hussy that should be long time dead. Stock speculation not only, but the entire problem of invest ments needs new Orientation, of purging may be the better word. The Better Business Bureau oi New York city is concerned about the revival of the sale of doubtful or fraudulent securities. The stock market bandits are ready to spring again. The bureau issues a report which says:--
 A number of these racketeers
 of the financial world are appar-
 ently testing out their sucker.
 lists and are laying, their plans
 once more to yictimize the pulp
 lie. It is necessary for the invest
 or in this period of transition to.
 exert extreme caution and obtain
 reliable information about pros
 pective investments before mak-
 ing his commitments.
 Security frauds are rising al ready, says the Bureau, especially in the fioatation of the stock of breweries which have little chance of business success. An old story!
 The Federal securities bill cannot be enacted quickly enough if the market boom is to continue. Of this salutary measure, which is based on the principle that the seller should beware as well as the buyer the report of the bureau observes: "The proposed federal securities act is new departure in fraud pre- vention by government in the Uni ted States and it is to be hoped It may prove of strong added value in public protection by legislation..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-18
A Dream Come True

The development of Muscle Shoals seems to- be engulfed in the far-reaching plans
 evolved by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
 in his plan for creation of the Tennessee Valley authority now awaiting his sigma
 ture. Nevertheless credit for ultimate passage
 of the bill will rest .to considerable extent
 on the capable shoulders of Senator George
 w. Norris of Nebraska. It has been Norris . who through long years kept Muscle Shoals
 . before Congress and the public in his re- peated measures for government operation. !. Undoubtedly it was Norris who fired Pres !. ident Roosevelts imagination with what could be done In the valley of one of the nations greatest rivers.
 !. Over one hundred years ago the possibil- :. ities of the Tennessee river were visualiZed. {. Yet in all that time little was actually done towards harnessing the Tennessee river or ! bringing 1t under such control as to make i. the land through which it flowed of im- mense value. Now the nation is assured of !. action. The river will be harnessed Electric . power will be produced. Flood will be minimized. Navigation will be improved z Soil erosion will be checked. The industrial !. and agricultural life of the valley will be boomed. All that is possible because one . chief executive has confidence in government !. operation of an electric power plant.
 . That has been the hinge on which Mus . cle Shoals has been swayed back and forth i. for the last decade. Senator Norris IS one . of the foremost opponents of government ownership of public utilities in the nation We don't hold that against him, although . we may differ occasionally from this view point. However. we never believed that the mere fact that Uncle Sam would generate : and sell electric power produced at Muscle ! Shoals or at Cove Creek on the Tennessee . river should hold up project with as many potentialities, That is just what has hap . pened. But the power lobby has met it's . Waterloo. We now go on to new fields and new experiments. We can vision only sue cess.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-18
Our Daily Washington Letter
 Farm Relief Head Waited Opportunity
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

1 York U and Minnesota. He was statistician for the Harding confer ence on unemployment and has been a production engineer. For several years he has been engaged in the trade commissions public utilities investigation and is re- garded as an excellent digger with a flair for penetrating the intrica-
 cies of financial operations.
 No one ever did get any very clear idea of just how many persons would be re-employed by a federal 30-hour week bill, although that naturally was one of the most l important factors involved. The American Federation of Labor once estimated the number at $500, 900 | and the House labor committee members usually referred to "six l million" during their hearings.
 But unofficial estimates by experts
 in the department of commerce placed the maximum probable re-
 employment figure at around D.
 25O,000 and President Alfred F.
 Sloan of the General Motors Cor poration said .'the bill might af- ford employment for about 75O,- 900 persons"
 American Indians, who .rejoiced 1 when their friend and foremost champion, John Collier, was ap- pointed Indian commissioner in 1.-the department of the, interior, l must be rolling with glee as they contemplate the rest of the new | administrative set-up in the de- | partment.s Secretary Harold Iickes has been an active crusader for In- dian rights in Washington and elsewhere for 10 years. Oil, lum- Der and other commercial inter- ests which have. victimized In- dians have tried but failed to land
 their candidates in top jobs of the l Interior Department,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-18

Shelton townspeople are somewhat dis appointed that they cannot elect judge of probate at the special election to be held June 20 to name delegates to the state repeal convention. Recently ruling on this sub jeet was asked of Attorney General Burrows. He has just announced that the two elections cannot be combined unless separate voting machines are used for the judge of probate and the repeal candidates. Of course, s't would be an economical plan to hold the elections on the same day, but it's hard to see how probate judge could be elected at special election called to take action on the prohibition repeal question.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-18
p1, TIT EVER so DINKY ITS FINE PLACE
 TO HAVE A BABY.

Writing for advice on prenatal care reao-
 CT says she expects her baby in Octo1er: is.e lthat she enter the hospital for connne men.,
 Rmt her first baby was born at home five years ago. she was attended there by the same Fooo- tor, and everything was quite noriha.' fuse. to attend her at home if she insists on re-
 maining at home But he does refuse 10 nave
 nurse if the patient is connned at nonie. ns ,s
 says he can manage better without the nurse
 ,ssista nee. He assures her everything is nor-
 nal this time.
 "I don't want to go to the hospital - but l
 don't want to do anything 1oonsh s,.ner a,ress s he perplexed prospective mother, who express
 es doubt that assails thousands or her sis'efS
 every & day. yosn,t,, ,s the place if there is any
 reason to expect difficulty or if there is any |complication The physician, of course, should |be engaged as as the woman knows or believes she is to become mother. In every
 instance there should be an examination to determine whether there is any complication, for the management of the case depends on the individual circumstances. All this, clearly is up to the judgment of the physician. There is nevertheless a factor which pre1u- dices the physician in favor of hospltanzatlon' and that is expediency. With the special equlp- ment, nurses internes and all, 1t is easier for the physician and takes less of his tune 10 at- tend obstetric cases in hospital
 But so far as that Is concerned the phy- sician's time and service is his stock in trade If a patient is able to pay fair fee then the ioctor should be willing to attend the patleht
  physician for the additional care instead or oaying for the gratuitous services of divers missionaries in the hospital, or more often half paying, for most hospitals do not charge enough to cover their running expenses Another factor, which prejudices some pny- sicians in favor of confinement at home, is the greater hazard of infection in the hospital = simply because a greater number of persons enter the equation of asepsis in the hospltaL The human factor. I am thinking now of the acme of the moderately well-to-do, folks who
 ,an and do have every modern convenience in he home.
 still another factor is the occasional (be- ieve it or not) presence in the home of older children. If the parents have made bad start or none, which is worse even in the education of such children, there is never better time pr opportunity to teach them the wholesome
 ruth than this Cut the myth and mystery and your children will bless your heart. The doctor said he could manage better without nurse if the patient is confined at home. That's odd Probably the poor man has to take that tack to<avoid some practical nurse the patient likes. Not that some of them are undesirable; some; of them are thoroughly capable. But the nurse assisting in a labor
 case must understand and practice obstetric
 asepsis, and the nurse learns that only by in
 structon in regular training school in the
 lying-in room.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-18
Waterbury Democrat Washington
 COrreSDOn1ent

Correspondent
 Washington.-Mr George Nelson Peek of Illinois, the veteran farm relief champion and manufacturer of farm machinery who will ad- minister the drastic emergency ag- ricultural act, has been waiting a. long time for the chance.
 He was chairman of commit tee at at President Harding's na- tional agricultural conference in 1922 which put through this reso- lution:
 Whereas the prices of agricul- tural products are far below the cost of production--so far below that relatively they are the low est in the history of our country it is the sense of this committee that the congress and the president of the United States should take such steps as will immediately re- establish fair exchange value for all farm products with that of all other commodities"
 That, of course, is exactly what the present congress and present president declared as their specific objective in the new act, which seeks to restore the farmers buy- ing power as it existed before the war. Since 1924 Peek has been devoting all his time to the farn- CTS cause. He fought the nomina- ton of Hoover in 1928, took charge of heavily financed democratic campaign to carry the west in 1928, later tried to get congress to Investigate Hoover, and worked for Roosevelt in 1892 when the farmers finally did revolt against the g. o. p.
 Thomas W Mitchell, the exam iner who patiently dug up the evi- dence on the sensational stock market operations of Henry L. Doherty & Co in stock <. of the Cities Service company which it manages, is another of those nu- merous university professors who have come, into the government service-th6ugh not member of the Roosevelt "brain trust" A distinguished appearing, heavy-s set, medium height, slow and ponder ous man in his early fifties, Mitch ell has taught accounts and finan- ces. economies or business ad- ministration at Pennsylvania, New
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-18
THE MEANS JUSTIFIED
(New Haven Registerl

The appointment by the state senate of Judge Charles B. Waller to another term on the New Lon- don county common pleas court bench brought out the old remark of sharp practices" and the coun- ter remark of ''the end justifies the means" In this case the latter seems to be the better of the two. It happened that with one mem- Der of the democratic majority in the senate absent, the appointing resolution. republican favored, was brought up for action. On account of the slim democratic majority, g party vote carried the republican resolution and put through the re- consideration move which locked the matter up for good. This was sharp" for one party to capitalize on the absence of a member of the other. There is different ap- pearance when the sharp prac- tice" is looked at in another light
 When man has served in the state courts for a score or more of years, 1t seem that he deserves being kept there, unless he is tc be removed because of old age oi for misperformance Of duties. It is too bad that it has to be necessary to work . legislative trick play tt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-18
So They Say

German eductation has been purged of smut and dishonesty. Leader Guitar, after German book burning spectacle.
 .. e.t -lts will not wear knee brooches. Robert Worth Bingham. U. $.
 ambassador to Britain.
 The government can produce ev- idence Martinove has been distri- outing radical literature. John Northup, immigration in-
 spector, at deportation hearing.
 Prohibition officials have. esti- mated that the annual consump- tion of bootleg whisky as a bever- age. has been about 1,o00,Q00.o00 gallons.
 Jacoby, distiller.
 In modern industrial develop ment we have largely lost sight of the fact that the primary rea- son for industrial enterprise is to furnish a livelihood to workers. R. Richberg, counsel for
 railroad labor organizations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-18

We can't quite understand GermanY's idea in banning the works of authors whose writ ings displease the authorities over there. How many, authors would have been banned by this nation if such an ediet was ever issued? We don't know an author living (slightly exaggerated, of course) who hasn' t at some time or another written something to offend the ruling powers. Yet we re- gard this more or less as common occur renee and think no more of it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-18
TOLL ROAD AND FREE ROAD

| rNoIAu8GPOAt 4OSC5 ahiJ John J. Egan, speaking for the connecticut Federation of Labor, appeared at the Merritt Highway hearing in Hartford last week and went on record as being opposed to a toll road, stating that the Fed eration opposes toll roads as q
 matter of general principle.
 We have no quarrel with that principle. It. Is q good one, es- pecially as applied to privately
 owned toll roads or bridges, which
 are an apachrOnism under condi- tions of modern transportation.
 However the objection IS certain
 ly not so outstanding in the case of public projects, in which the tolls are used to finance the. pro- jects; and certainly there should be some latitude in considering a special case such as that of the
 Merritt highway.
 Suppose we say that, we will not accept any but a free Merritt high
 way, and that it will take ten years
 to get it. Then for ten years we shall be without the use Of the highway, suffering all kinds of economic loss because of lack of facilities and (what is more im- mediately. important to the Federa- ton Of Labor) depriving ourselves of great deal of works at time
 when 1t Is badly needed.
 Now let us suppose that as an
 alternative we build the road at once and charge tolls for ten years,
 throwing the highway open to the public at the end of that time. Those who insist upon a free road will not have been injured. They will have their free road just about as soon as they would get 1t in any case. But in the meantime. those who see the immense advantage of carrying out this project now. and who are willing to pay something | for the use of tho highway to get l 1t now, will not be held up:
 Our Information from Hartford 1 Is that 1t is possible to finance this road as a toll proposition and te
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-18
Here, There And EOeruOhere

The crowning feature will be the county jail. with aTpenthouse on the roof to be Known aA the exc cution chamber. Init will be the county's gall0wg. on which will be hanged those. condemned to death.
 in front of the main. entrance will be 17-foot equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson. for whom the county was named"
 Bronxscounty, willsno be able to rival Jackson county in the use to which. it's penthouse is put. The death penalty is not inflicted in county jails in this state. Because of this New York is not likely to have opportunity to parallel the delicate symbolism inherent in sta- tioning at the foot of the tower as guardian of its gallows tree that fearless soldier Old Hickory, who never hesitated to do some hanging when he thought 1t desirable.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-18

build it now on that basis; but it is not possible to finance it as a cash proposition out of the state treas ury, and the state will not depart from its policy of not issuing bonds.
 The choice Is not between toll road and free road, but between toll road and no road. It seems sensible to look upon the toll charge as an expedient to get the road built; the free road will come later. q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-18
To-day's Selected Poem
SIGNATURE OF SPRING

New Spring with sudden gusty wind and rain Half-sadly moves across the sorre1 hills, Touching the rigid alder brush to red, Bending above the narrow brook that spills
 its throaty syllables among the rocks. Wistfully. on stumbling mountain ways, -. Spring turns to green the pussy willow stalks
 And sets her signature upon the days That darken to April twilights filled and ravaged By the frogs first crying. silver-sweet and savage.
 FRANCES FROST (ln the Christian Science Monitor)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-18
GALLONS DE LUXE
(NeW York Sun

Jackson county, Missouri, plans a $3.50O, 900 court house and jail in Kansas City. its principal urban ornament. The architects sketch of the proposed structure ie strongly reminiscent of the Bronx county court house as that edifce presents itself to patrons of the Yankee stadium. The Iron Noun tain State creation will have one distinguishing subdivision that the Bronx county fabric lacks. The Kansas City Star includes mention of it in a paragraph describing the building generality:
 Rising 300 feet above the street the new structure will be com parable to 2s-story building
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-18
Personal Health SerUice
 (By William Brady, NJ. D.

Signed ietters pertaining to personal heaitl, and hygicne. nOt disease dtasnos's o' treatnent win be answered by Or brauS
 Address hinl care of the Democrat senh"s stamp md addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-18

All vehicles must be lighted not later than S:35, daylight saving time, tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-18

How about little slum elimination in the back yard?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-18

The Kidnapping hoax was too much even for hardened politicians.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-18

keep him there. But. since it is, the chapces are that there will not be much public Indignation over the working of 1t.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-02-09
NOON DAY BLAZE

Fire was discovered about 1890
today in the b.. Hackney home in
East Kennewick, which was thot
to have started from thawing
frozen water pipes, which were be-
ing thawed with blow torch.
Household goods and furniture
and fruit were saved, with the
house a five-room bungalow being
completely destroyed. The loss was
estimated at about $1,000, partial
ly covered by insurance. The fire
department was called and many
neighbors responded but on ac-
count of the frozen water supply
the hose was useless. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hackney and baby and Mr.. Hack
ney's parents who are spending the
winter with them, will stay at the
Sands-Van Patten home for the
present. ....a
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-02-09

OPENS DOOR
FOR TAX DEAL
Settlement Between County
and N. p. Made Possible /;
Expect Road to Pay Back
Taxes this Month

County officials are jubilant
over the apparent possibility Of re-
ceiving from the railroads the
compromise settlement offered re-
Gently. A bill was recently passed
by the Legislature which enables
the county commissioners to COM
plete the dickers with the rail-
roads, Individually.
The controversial sum which the
county and the railroads propose
to settle by compromise was built
up over a period of five years in
which the railroads refused to pay,
or paid under protest, assessments
which they claimed were exces-
sive. The Milwaukee, Northern Pa
cific and S. p. & S. roads were in
volved in the dispute, the Union
Pacific having paid without pro-
test.
The county commissioners took
the matter up at their meeting this
week and unless other legal fact
ors intervene the board expects
payment Immediately after enter
ing the final decree in the federal
court February Is.