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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27
Beginning Must Be Made

We are confident that if the General Assembly of 1885 does not reduce the reg istration fees and the operators license costs this action will not be forthcoming for many year. This was supposed to be the year that the Legislature would ac- cede to the demands of the motorists and to the recommendations of the Motor Ve- hicle Department and make the present annual charges more within reason than they are at present. The motor vehicle owner is as heavily taxed as is the man un- fortunate enough to be burdened with property in considerable amounts.
 Yet at the hearing in Hartford recently there was a well-defined thread of opposi- tion to lowering of the existing rates. It was based on the plea that such reduc- tion would cut the revenue of the depart ment between $2,000,000 and $3,OOO,O0O annually. Opponents of the reductions pointed out that to cut down revenue by such high figure as this would surely result in decreased activities in road building. We presume this statement does not take into allowance the fact that de- creased registrations would result in more year-round licenses and probably greater operating miles by every car owner.
 
 hilities we see no real reason to get alarmed at the situation. Nor does the Hartford Times warning, that in the coming years motor vehicle receipts may be used to finance general expenses of the state, cause any undue worry If it should come to such condition of affairs as this the motorist won't actually pay any more for such diversion than he will if the re- duced rates are put into effect. The Times says: "There is also to be considered the possible use of motor vehicle receipts to reduce the state deficit for year or two. If that is to be done as means of escap- ing increased taxes, which would fall on automobile owners also, this is hardly the time to reduce the automobile department revenues.
 Whats the difference whether you pay it in one way or another? The deficit that now faces the state will never be paid off by state motor vehicle money unless all road-building operations cease immediate ly. And if they do then there is certainly less necessity of the departments bringing in such huge amounts of revenue as they now do. The whole trouble with the situa- tion lies in the fact that we want to main tain our present high standard of spend ing, yet we would like to do something about. the overburdened taxpayer. It can only be done by lowering his taxes. And this can be i'll turn eased by lowering the cost of government. A few hardships, even in bad roads, won't hurt us. We need to be toughened up a bit We're get ting soft and that's sign of degeneration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27
Always the Hardest Way

Why is it that the hardest way out of difficulty is always preferred or pointed out? Take the depression, for example It has worked untold hardships on the in- dividual and the society to which he be- longs. Our several forms of government have fared just as badly. They are natur- ally dependent on the welfare of the indi- vidual, for it is upon his participation that government rests. Ways and means of providing relief for the unemployed millions still perplex. Connecticut is no different in this respect
 In the past it has been the local govern ment and not the state that has borne the burden of relief work. However, the state coffers reflect the result of this in steadily increasing deficit. We have un- der scrutiny plans that will smooth out difficulties and show us way to better days. Prominent among them is revision of the tax statutes of Connecticut. It is something that should not have awaited upon any depression, economical or moral.
 Tax revision has been urgent in this state for many years. 1t is certainly in- dicated now by every financial report sub mitted by any public agency. The way out of our difficulties lies along these lines of revising our methods of governing and assessing the members of the civil society. We could take issue with many submitted ideas of revision. We could on the other hand praise whole-heartedly a like num- ber But right at this juncture we make no bones in voicing, as does general busi- ness in the state, the proposal to levy sales tax We say this regardless of how well the sales tax has worked out in states where it is now in effect.
 Every critic should have something to offer in place of what he dislikes. We are no exception. We offer substitutes for sales taxes that are just as controversial In fact they'r re probably more so. yet we'll wager that if the moral objections to the same could be taken one by one they could
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27
Cobblers and Thinkers

It is discouraging, to those who love the English language, to read communica- tion from the Master Shoe Rebuilders As- socation condemning the use of the word "cobbler" The name of this association reveals the sad fact that cobblers have become "sFoe rebuilders." At least they are trying to get the term established Tn American usage.
 "This is incredible" laments a news paper man who goes in for etymology. About the names of the old skilled crafts - cobblers, coopers carpenters, smiths, etc - there is dignity, a flavor, an hon est and philosophical significance, that we can i'll spare from our vocabulary" He calls this case of "bad taste and lack of historical feeling or traditional pride"
 It is all of that. Cobblers have been cobblers for at least a thousand years. It's a rich, ripe word. Why change now? And if the cobblers can get away with this, we'll soon have the tinkers calling them- selves "renovizers of kitchen utensils" and tailors will be master clothing artificers :" That would be too much.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27
So They Say

The last I saw of the ship (the Macon) was the nose sticking up like Il conc above the water.
 --Ljeut-COn Herbert V Wiley
  Every woman who does thing Is blazing Q trail. If woman falls in conspicuous posi- lion, she sets all women back.
 Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt.
 Mary McElroy of Kansas City. Japan does not fear competition, since sheS is closer to the China market than her pctitOrs and her labor costs less. -Chollro kuryama Osaka newspaper HpOndcnt.
 After many many years, accidents still happen on land and sca, but we don't quit because of that. --Dr Hugo Eckcncr, commander of the Graf Zeppelin.
 Few major lcngucrs Inst over Ave years, while Il good golfer lasts fifty.
 Walter Hagen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27
IN .TO-DAY'S MAIL
This responsible facts opinions From communications accompanied with and acceuled
VIGOROUS. APPLAUSE ALSO AC. CONTAINED LOCAL MANS
 SPEECH.

Editor, Waterbury oemocrat:-
 While listening to the news over WATR this pre-noon hour the news report of the liquor hearing at the Capitol which was well attended yesterday gave u decidedly interest ing account.
 Tho account was In part cor rect. However, as one who attend cd the hearing in support of tho temperance, interests of youth in the Stdtc, I ask the privilege of correcting the biased report con corning the unfavorabie reception of Herbert Smiths well-stated sup port of the changes to which the Council of Twelve is committed. Ii is true that MT Smiths speech was
 booed emphatlcaliy by the liquor interests represented, but no men, ton was made of the hearty np- pl0tise' which interwove among the boos, nB the strains of organ music often beautifully supports the voice of the reader, then the applause grew stronger and more determin- ed and steady until the boos died and the final vibratory sounds were tho hRnd-clapping of those who would at ali times and in all places stand for nll measures which will protect, safeguard, and strength on the bodies, minds, and morals of youths. As one who has been enjoying the news reports and whc | believes In your desire to represent all the people and their interests in a just manner, wish to Inform the radio listeners and the Dcmo. crat readers that Mir Smiths parI in the hearing was meritoriouSly appiauded by tho large group oi appreciatiye attendants who were there to restrain and curb thoyt who would ever ifcrease the free
 dom of the iiquor laws.
 Yours In the interest of Justice
 REV H. 6DRTRuDE COZ. F. s,-Isy virtue Of sense oi humor, ms the b0Os died, t seemed
 as though Booze also will sooner
 or later pass away and rest if peace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27

be overthrown or disproved. We may be wrong, but we still stick to the conviction Connecticut is too blue-law minded in speaking in shocked tones of pari-mutuel betting, lotteries, etc. Sure, l know, it's going to bring a bad element into the state. It's not helping those it's designed to help. Maybe so, but in it's day the lot- tery pulled many state and many coun- try out of bad financial fix. We're in one now. The end may not justify the means, but certainly any port in storm is safe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27
Press Comment
THE SMALL COIN
(IIartford Courant)

Ohio has n sales tax and, as n result, the Federal Reserve Bank | of CleNcland has sent to Washing ton for supply of pennies. Tbe bank does things in the grand manner, for 1t has ordered ten tons of the coins, which means three millions of them or $30,000 in cop per. one wonders If the bank will accept the count as accurate or pour tho pennies into the hopper of a counting machine and permit 1t to do tho work. Even if thissia done, 1t will require some time to complete the task, after which, one assumes, the coins will bc herded in rolls of one hundred each. The pennies will be offered to those who require them and the process of saturating part of Ohio with
 them will go forward. .I It Is fortunate for Ohio that me. chanical devices will mako m ac- curate count of the smallest coin put out by the, mint. Otherwise, fl host of employees would spend days In the work, and one feels sure that 1t would soon pail upon the workers, for one can think of noth. ing more tiresome than that ti counting pennies from nine t0 three daily. And then what would one do if, at tho end of the task
 the bank found itself nine cents short? The shade of Moses Cleve- land must be amazed at the sight
 especially if the other large cities of Ohio have ordered pennies in . generous manner.
 There must be young children in Ohio who will be pleased nt the flood of copper coins now inundat' ing the state. Certainly sixty ycars ago their hearts would have ieaped up as did Mir Wordsworth's when
 he bcheld. a rainbow in the sky
 but that there would bc three mil. lion pennies in single city would be tho most irnpro bable fairy tale that childhood over heard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27

Representative John J. Cochran of Missouri strikes responsive chord when he proposes that the Army and Navy foot ball teams play four games each season Tn different parts of the country so that every taxpayer will have an opportunity to see in action the service teams that his tax dollars aid in sponsoring. After all the upkeep of the military and naval acade- mics is dependent upon the ability of the man in the street to settle his tax bills with promptness and dispatch Of course, there is bit of selfish interest in the con gressman's proposal. What he is vitally interested in is securing either Army or Navy for games in St Louis. It would be physically impossible to arrange games for every state in the Union, but eight states could be so favored, if neither team crossed the others schedule.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSC. LII IN ARMS OVER HEALTH
 c INSURANCE.
Waterbury. Conn.
 Feb, 20. 1935.

WutcTUuTy, COlu'
 Feb. 20. 193I.
 Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 The American Medical Assc. Is up in arms over the proposed leg islatl0n for Health Insurance. IL condems nll proposals whether ad- ministered by Federal. State or lo- cal government or even that of private industry. The American Medical Assc. has tried time after time to get strange hold on the healing art. They fought against the entrance to tho profession, the Homopaths, Osteopaths, Chiroprac- tors. Nnturophths and all otherh who advanced the art of healing since the days of the A1lopath.
 The advance progress ip the art of healing K not duo to the Amer lean Medical Assc. - though they are quick to grab the credit. Sick people are not going 10 be denied n chance for n, return t0 health. If they can't progress toward that end because of the high costs in- y0ived they will insist on State and National Health Insurance.
 Former members Of the Ameri- can Medical Assc., some of whom are outstanding specialists and res search authorities, were expelled from tho association because of their activities in promoting eff. cient low cost health examinations and treatment for the general pub. | lie. If the American Medical AsAc will not, itself, promote or allow its individual members to promote q system of low cost medical ex- animation and treatment for those who are sick then the Association might just as well resign itself tc corporate control over medical
 Chicago As the headauarters oi the American Medical Asgc. ant Illinois Is not under. itB contro thanks to the vigilance of the III. inois Tax Payers and Votcri league. If any reader desires tt obtain inside information about thu activities of the American Medi. cill Assc. they can obtain iitera' ture from the ieak khe for the price l of postage. The nddFosg is s1 No Btate st, ChicaBO. lil.
 ptjpfiC WDLEAfsIl.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27
A Book a Day
Another Conspiracy Against Consumer
By BRUCE CAPTION

The country is hell-bcnt for Fascism, and one of the great est influences in that direction Is n partnership between the govern mcnt ard business to exploit the consumer.
 That is tho thesis developed i1 Partners in Plunder." latest Of the series of books devoted to the problems of the consumer by Con- sumers' Research. that doughty organization seeking to enllghtcn the Great American Sucker. and give him an even break.
 You may not be able to follow the reasoning of the authors. ]. E. Matthews and R. T.. ShaIlcross. lh concluding that sales campaigns based on dubious scientific tests, and "snob-appenl" or testimonial advertising. are all part of decp-loid plot to Hitlerizc America.
 But you can't fail 10 be diverted and instructed by this repetition of the same sort of an indictment of sucker appeals to tho consumcr as have previously appeared from allied sources under the titles of 100 .00C 900 Guinea Pigs" and "skin Deep.~
 With it's thesis that what this country needs is 100000, 0,00O smarter as well as wealthier con- sumers, few can quarrel. As to its humoriess and grimly dialectic tone, that is q matter of taste, both as regards effectiveness and personal appeal. But iio effort in the near-Virgin field Of Smattening up the cont sumer js quite lost, and therefore it is hard to see how any con- spmer tand that's ali of us) can fail to profit by reading books like this and picking up It's salient "Partncys 10 Piunder' is pub. lisbo1 by coyici, bricdc, and sella flor e2,G0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27
Selected Poem
NO OTHER LOVE

norI Petri in tho New York Sun) No other love can span.
 or all tho hcartstrings comb. The love knitting q man
 Unto accustomed loam. Ancient earth-nurtured veins.
 Pinched if his plot be noored, Run full when hills and lanes own him their hourly lord. Ife drives down roots that pry Beneath the toes of trees: He spins n pact with sky,
 Lcss0ncd by leaves, by bees. Easier it were, than tear
 A man from wonted dirt, To take his heart out bare
 And leave him without hurt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27

Cutting will not forget that speech. On q lot of things he does not agree with Huey Long. He loathes much of what Huey stands for. But in Bronson Cut ting, Huey now has n friend whom he can count on.
 ON THE WAGON
 All-ln-all. Hucy Long has be- come q force to be reckoncd with. There are two main reas- ons for this. one is absurd on the surface, but actually im- portant.
 First Is the fact that Hucy Inns taken advantage of ROOsc. velt's recent more conservative trend by launching Il radical appeal to the old Forgotten Man.
 Second Is the fact that Huey has gone .On the wagon. This is not q joke. IIucy Long sober Is n complete transformation of Hucy Long drunk. For despite hls veneer of cIOwnish- ness - frequently deliberate Hucy has brains. When they arc not bcfOggcd with alcohol Ic Knows how tO use them.
 The result Is that a lot Of ad- ministration democrats are hop Ing against hope that Huey will fall off the wagon. so far this hope has been in vain. For Huey not only has decrced ha his staff in Louisiana follow his ex. ample. but he has started to re- form Washington. Hl DOCTOR LONG A
 The other day he turned up at tho apartment of friend. ao- companied by three Louisiana state troopers each carrying sawed off shotgun. .s.
 "Wcll. arc you on the wagon yct?" asked Hucy. nl
 "Oh, l still take little gln with my corn flakes," replied the friend.
 "WelI. my boy, you've got to bon?"
 Whcreur,On the senator from Louisiana went ont into the kitchen, chased out the cook and produced a drink which brought gasDs of ecstatsy from his friend. Hucy, however, stuck to icc.watcr. r.
 "How did you make this, sem ntor?" his friend asked.
 You wouldn't know. It's an art"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27

Washington. Feb. 27--A little over year ago 1t was proclaim cd that Huey r. Long politically was dead. A brawl in q Long Ia- land clubs washroom was the cause of his "demise."
 There Is no weapon like ridi- culc, and Huey was subjected to a dose large enough 3o have killed n political party. Medals suggestive of the washroom were struck off and passed around the country. Huey's' col leagues in the senate gave him the absent treatment. Whenever he made q speech hey rattled newspapers, talked in whispers. or stared blankly at the ceiling.
 It is doubtful if any legislator Tn American legislative history has been subjected to such sc- were haZing.
 Today nll that has changed. "LITTLE CONGRESS-
 Today when Huey harangues. the galleries are crowded. A hundred sIgf,tseerB a day nsk of Capitol guards: When will Huey Long take tho fioor?"
 This might be chalked off as mere curiosity -- the same ih- stinct which impels crowds at circus. But now Huey also gets attention from his colleagues. And most indicative of all. he gets 1t from the "Littlc Con. gress."
 "Little Congress" is the organ. izntiOn of clerks, stenOgraphcrs, dOOrkecpcrs, and other Junction. aries who innke' the wheels go round on Capitol Hill. 1O them senators arc no treat. Thcy have to hunor them. nurse them, slave, for tbcIn.. until they arc sick Of seeing thefn.,
 But the other night these sen ate functionaries h ung around tho Capitol long past working hours until D. m. in order to listen to Hucy r. Long.
 CLUB MEMBER
 The most notable achievement of the Kingilsh at this session Of congress has been his final ad- mission into tho progressive bloc. Last year It's members ig- nored him. Huey made speech after speech supporting their causes. but they turned the cold shoulder.
 This year it is different.
 One progressive senator, ask nd whv Hupvi had gnined the inner circle, expIained:
 "Whcn a guy just persists in working for the things you are working for. you can't ignore him forever"
 Also the Kingfish show shrewd strategy in making friends. When Senator Bronson Cutting returned from his bitter clash with Roosevelt forces for recollection in New Mexico. Huey Long was tho only senator to take the floor and denounce the president.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1885
A Thought for Today

For he maIscth sore, and bindcth up: he wOundcth, and his hands make wholc.-Job 5:1B.
 God sometimes washes the eyes of his chh- dren with tears that they may read alright His providence and His commandments--T. l.. Cuyler.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27

My boy" he continued. You've got to get on the wagon. It's great place. You know what we do to n man down our way who won't get on the wag- on? We stew up so m e gourd handles mixed with red pepper. and then about five infthe morn. ing when he hasn't much on his stomach. we wake. him up and pour 1t down." t .s
 What happens after that?"
 "Ncll, Inc last time VIC gave that treatment was about three weeks ago, and by thlS time the patient can take little hot l,O- tatO water and the white of nn egg.
 That" concluded Huey, lis what I'm going to do to. youA DEMOCRATIC SPLIT &
 What ,Hucy Long is doing is splitting tho democratic party. He Is using the same "borc- from-within" tactics which Hit Ter used back in the days when everyone laughed at him. He has set up tho rich against the poor. He has no basic Idea as to how to distribute wealth, but as long as there is unemployment and starvation his oratbry will have q following. M
 As result, Roosevelt Is wOr. rled. iha fS
 More than one, White H,o u $ e conference has boen held recent ly to consider the all too possible evGntuallty that Huey Long. by capturing Louisiana. Arkansas. Mississippi and one or two other states, may take enough votes away from Roosevelt in 1036 to let q republican slip back into the White House.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27
Daily Washington Merry Go Round
-BY DREW PEARSON and ROBicNI $.

- Huy komss Political Rerec Brings Feas r 1886 Rooseue Knh Dvide His Man "ON WGgon 8 BIainy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27

@. How many acres in Cali fornia are. planted in garlic and what is tho annual production?
 A. In 1894 the acreage was 210O, nnd production amounted to 101, ,O00 sacks of 100 lbs each.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27
Test Your Knowledge

Can you answer seven W these test questions? Turn to page co for tIe answers. @
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27

Rumanta and Russia, have united to restore q bridge across the river pnelscr, where 1t forms bound ary between the two countries, the structure having been destroyed during tho World war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27

O. Where and when did the Dutch physicist, Heike Kamer- lingh Onnes, die?
 A. At Leyden, Holland, Febru- ary 21, 1928.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27

1. What Is meant by the bour- geoisie?
 2. Which area has lower tenn peratures, the South or the North Foley 3. Who was the chief conspira- tor in the Conway CabaT against George Washington during the American Revolution? {. Who wrote the novel Vanity Fair?"
 s. Which state does Carter Glass represent in the U. s. senate? 6. What is e ''jinx?" 2. Name the oldest seat of learning in the state of Maine. 6. To what circus did the fam ous elephant Jumbo belong? 9. Who was Captain James 10. Who was John Dryden9
 Q. Was George H. Dern. sec- retary of War. ever governor of Utah?
 A. He was governor for two terms.
 
 Q. When was the last time that February had i've Sundays. and when will this occur again? A. Last time. 1920, and next time, 1948. tt
 Q. When did Mary Pickford ap- pear in silent version of Tess of the Storm Country?' 4. 1922.
 e. Can Japanese and Chinese women be naturalized in the Uni- ted States? A. No.
 Q. What is the melting point of copper?
 A. About 1oso degrees centi- grade. -
 If yOu want . copy of our bullc. tin THE PRESIDENT, write to The Waterbury Democrats Wasl,- ingtOn Bureau, enclosing five cents In postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27

q. Where is the University oi Michigan?
 A. Ann Arbor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27

A. One hundred thousand pounds. equivalent to $510,000 at the rate of exchange at the time, December, 1883.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27

.TODAY's COMMON ERROR Never say, ''lt is tcn years ago
 since l saw him"; omit. ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-27

O. What is the method of cap. ital punishment in Alaska? A. Hanging.