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capital affects every business, every Job,
every mans livelihood and opportunities.
We can damn capital all we like we
can harasS and chain it. But 1t Is capital
which makes Our factories hum and
builds our homes and provides the wages
which pay butcher, baker and candle
stick maker. And 1t is lack Of active
capital which makes and prolongs de-
preston.
We talk about capital being on strike
in this nation today. No description
could be less exact. What has happened
is that capital has been forced into chan
nels mot Immediately remunerative."
Government policy has required untold
billions of bank deposits - the normal
source of capital for industry and CON-
MERGE to be tied up in government Sc
curitieS, and to be used for non-produc-
tive purposes. Risk capital" has been
made practically extinct by suicidal tax
and regulatory laws which take most of
the profit incentive out of legitimate
speculation And don't forget that all
enterprises in their early stages are spec
ulative - out of the speculations of the
past came the great employing "con-
sentative" industries of today.
Until artificial and dangerous restraints
on capital are removed, and man who
risks his money is allowed to earn a good
profit if he can, capital is going to stay
in the storm cellar
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Capital in the Storm Cellar

Some forty years ago Senator Burton
wrote little book entitled, "Crises and
DepresSions. In that book he said: 1.-THE
central fact in all depressicns, as we'll as
in those crises which are followed by
depressions, is the condition of capital.
These disturbances are due to derange-
ments in its condition which, for the most
part, assume the form of waste or Excess
sive loss of capital, or its absorption, to
an exceptional degree, in enterprises not
Immediately remunerative"
That is as sound as on the day it was
written. And, if anything, is OF more
vital significance to us now than 1t was
two generations ago. The condition of
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-28
A Thought for Today
DAYS of Old

To the older and native residents OF
Manhattan it must have come somewhat
as shock recently to read that officials
were going to tap wells in order to assure
the consumers of an adequate supply. Wa
ter is a vital problem in a city as big as
New York, particularly so when the city is
an island and must stretch great distances
for it's supply of potable water This past
summer raised havoc with the municipal
water supplies, so much so that now rare
ly-used water supplies in Brooklyn and
Queens must be used.
New York's water supply is tremen-
dous one. 1t reaches all the way north
from the Bronx to the Catskill mountains.
And when the city's new aqueduct is fin
ished in 1914 it Will go even further than
that. 1t will 60 up the Hudson River Val
ley, then west to the upper reaches of the
Delaware river This added supply is
hoped to be more than sufficient for years
to come. 1t will provide a greater margin
of safety than the city now enjoys. Ac
cording to official estimates the aqueduct
will increase New York's supply by so per
cent
Harvesting water supplies for COM
munities has rapidly become a serious
and expensive problem in this nation.
Once upon a time the individual family
cared for this need as best it could; there
were few public supplies on which all
could draw. But with increased demand
for water for domestic purposes came big
ger wells and storage cisterns; then fol-
lowed piping of water to homes; finally
storage in large reservoirs. OF recent
years cities have stretched hundreds of
miles for good water supplies and employ
s'eat aqueducts to bring them to the con-
sumption point. Rich, indeed, is the COM
rnunity whose supply is adequate and
unending.
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month over the cost of private
line.
Rex is Washington represent
tative for New York City's Plan
ring Board. Ed McGrady, whose
name was daily news until Two
years Ego, works Obscurely in the
Translux Building In Washing
ton, where, he says, I'm so un-
important that nobody pays any
attention to me-"
Still with the Radio Corporation
Of America, which took him from
Washington to New York, Nc
Grady is coordinating various
phases Of RCA activity-manufac-
turing, radio marine, radio COM
municatiors, and the National
Broadcasting Company.
JUSTICE McREYNOLDS
Biggest judicial speculation in
Washington today revolves round
the question, "Will Justice Nc
Reynolds soon retire from the SUI
prCme Court?"
SeVenty-elgnt years OLD, NC.
Reynolds Is now the Oldest MEM
Der of the court. During the
Hoover Administration he asked
his secretary to remain with him
one more year because after that
he expected to retire. Next year,
however, saw Franklin Roosevelt
elected president, and ever since,
James Clark McReynolds has
made no secret Of his perverse de-
termination TO remain on the
bench in order to thwart the men,
ace of the New Deal.
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. HlGHLlGHTS FROM
LATEST BOOKS
A Typewriter
Slave Speaks

Slave Speaks
Christopher Morley has barred the
soul Of modern woman In
his life story Of kitty Foyle'
(Lippincott; $2.50, the in
tensevly true-to-life history Of
a girl who held love above
everything else. Not particu-
larry new Is the story of a girl
Of the middle working class fall
ing In love with a blue blood
But Kitty's recounting Of IL Is
so vibrant the book seems a
long and intimate conversation
with an old and cOnfiding
friend. Kitty analyses herself and
the girls she works with In the
following excerpt:
Molly and me had a talk one
time about the White Collar
Woman. There's Millions of them,
getting maybe Is to 80 a week
they've got to dress themselves
right up to the hilt, naturally they
have yen for social pleasure,
need to be complete woman with
al womans satisfactions and
they need a chance to be creating
and doing. And the men their
own age can't do much for them,
also the girls grow UP too damn
fast because they absorb the point
Of view of older people they work
for. Their own private life gets
to be rat race.
I read about the CUTS of the pio-
neer woman and the woman of the
dustbowl and the Bingham goddess
of the covered wagon. What about
the woman of the covered type
writer? What has she got, poor
kid, when she leaves the office?
Molly and I certainly had most
of the breaks. but I remember
when Molly got past her first en-
thusiasm and said about her and
Pat: do you know what we are?
We're sharecroppers. We work like
niger hands in a cotton field and
give Palmer's more brainwork thai
they'd know what to do with and
what do we get for 1t? Eight hours
sleep, 1 guess. because that's about
al we're fit for"
] guess nobody minds so much
being a sharecropper If he's damn
sure the crops worth raising. But
1t must be nice to feel some of that
ground you sweat on belongs to
yourself.
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PUBLIC ILLS SHOULD NOT
MAKE US CHANGE ALL
OUR LAWS
November "a, 1899,

November "a, 1899.
Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
When children are hurt they run
to mother and cry for solace. Like
children we are apt to run to our
Legislatures and cry for relief from
every public i'll. Not until laws react
In unequal and unexpected ways, or
are badly administered or interpret
ed, do we turn back in confusion to
a study Of the basic causes. Then we
begin to realize that 1t Is not only
the direct effects of the laws that
are at fault, but the indirect results
which are worse than the ills we
cried over.
So 1t Is with the indirect effects
of restraints on free enterprise. 1t
was not realized that relief from
the burden can only be secured by
making more work possible and that
the mere shifting of the burden does
not tighten the load to be carried.
Among the indirect burdens which
have been laid upon free enterprise
may be listed the following:
The raising Of agricultural prices
through loans to producers and by
means of devices restricting produc-
ton and marketing has resulted In
the establishing Of arbitrarily high
prices for consumers. These in some
cases have artificially expanded pro-
duction In spite OF restrictions, and
ultimately they will lead to coll
lapse, leaving the farmer worse off
than If he had not tempors rily en-
joyed the higher prices. Also, 1t has
deprived the FARMER In part Of his
independence In raising what he
would, while all Of us as consumers
have been forced to pay higher
prices.
Price raising has also resulted In q
serious reduction of our foreign mar
ket, which the government is now
anxiously seeking to recover by the
payment of various forms OF SUBJ
sides at the expense of the tax
payers.
Equality Of opportunity has been
limited by the very forces which have
been mistakenly put into operation
to relieve unemployment. Instead OF
reducing unemployment they have
increased 1t. Also, in seeking to limit
the power of employers, equality OF
opportunity has peen reduced by
the denial of the rights of the min
GRITTY to bargain and by the building
up monopoly in labor harmful %
labor itself.
A most serious limitation OF free
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At first he was successful. How
ever, with the gradual death or
retirement of his old colleagues,
McReynolds finds himself almost
alone. The death Of Butler leaves
him the one sure solid bulwark OF
conservatism.
However, Roosevelt now has a
clear majority on the court, and
McReynolds' dissents cannot stop
the stream Of New Deal opinions
So 1t would not surprise his
friends II Mc1Seynolds stepped
down from the Supreme Court at
the end Of the present session.
BUMBLEBEE DOUGLAS
Here is the official explanation
Of how Supreme Court Justice
william o. Douglass son came to
be called Rumble" Mrs. Douglas
is speaking:
when Bundle was a little fel-
low, crawling around on the floor.
he was about as broad as he was
long and he had a lot Of golden
hair. His sister Mildred said he
looked like a humble bee. and
that has been his name ever
SINCE"
1--WE call him BUNDLE at
home, and leave off the bee.
except when we have 70 be very
stern; then It's 'Bumblebee'."
BUNDLES" real name is Will
liam, named for his father.
Copyright. 1899, by United
Feature Syndicate, IncD
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In Today's Mail

enterprise has come about through
the destructive burden Of public debt
increased from 81 billion dollars In
1892 to an estimated total of AZ bill
lion dollars by the end OF the fiscal
year. This debt constantly threatens
us which the evils of imitation. repu-
diation and oppressive taxation,
which are alike destructive Of free
enterprise and full employment.
Furthermore, this increase does not
represent a corresponding growth In
our productive capacity to support
1t. On the contrary, monies borrow
ed for the maintenance Of public
works means increased taxes.
Unequal legislation and arbitrary
regulation have produced class aritag-
onisms. These have redtced Our
ability to secure cooperative action
between the many sections OF our
community. They have nagnified
the power of pressure groups to
legislate for their own benefit and
have been destructive Of the demo-
cratic spirit.
A planned economy, which has
been the constant objective OF the
new theory Of government, can only
be similar in Its results to the state
socialism OF Germany, Italy or
Russia. It seeks to relieve the In
dividual of responsibility for the
products of his industry and TO
make 1t q collective or communistic
activity Of the totalitarian state. A
planned economy does not differ In
Its ultimate results from the ideo-
logy Of Stain, Hitler or Musso-
lini.
Vast expenditures for relief have
undermined individual initiative and
responsibility. Even when not poll
tically motivateo they have taught
the people to look to the govern
ment instead of to their own efforts
for support in adversely. Trust in
a legal cure for every human Ill
leads to blindness to causes. Hence,
depressions feed upon themselves
because the resources spent do not
lead to reproduction. Having failed
10 realize that government projects
do not add to productive wealth
and that all taxes come out Of the
people, new and heavier burdens are
laid upon us to pay on the old ones.
The cure for unemployment can
only be found in more production,
not in Its limitation.
The strength Of q democracy
rests ultimately in achieving justice
for the individual and the minority
This purpose has distinguished our
founders from he builders Of other
governments. The undermining OF
the independence Of the judiciary
has done much TO weaken our faith
In the federal courts. Their charac-
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ter Of single-minded devotion TO
upholding the principles Of the
Constitution and the independence
Of. the Judiciary has been injured
by the insidious hand Of politics.
We are brought back again TO the
truth, hard to enforce upon every
generation, that no government is
better than the will Of the people
makes 1t.
Loss of faith In q government OF
laws and q turning in weakness
and confusion to government OF
men inevitably leads to surrender
of vital powers to that one leader
who can command the votes. The
unusual powers granted and the
vast sums put ct his disposal are
satisfaction from our civil rights
and responsibilities and o source
Of uncomfortable political corrup-
ton. They ifnperil both democracy
and free enterprise.
We have reviewed the accumula-
ton of indirect pressures which
have discouraged and limited free
enterprise. Taken all together they
have produced q condition OF Tin
certainty of the future that has dis
couraged the creation of new en-
terprise and the extension Of OLD
ones, upon which fuller and wider
employment must rest.
The basic methods used rest upon
the plan that the purchasing power
of the country could be increased
b. the simple expedient OF redis-
tributing the wealth of the country
with a view to increasing iis press
ing consumption needs. without re-
gard to its effects upon increased
production. The resulting Ills all
point the way toward tighten
ing Of the burden by directly In
creaging production and by expand
ing industry and increasing employ
E1ent.
Connecticut Economic Oounci
BY: Howell Cheney. Treasurer
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such klondikes either.
And the shows continue to ar
rive with nightly precision, big
shows, little ones, musical extrav-
aganzas, songless and danceless
ones.
Among the new ones is Sidney
Kingsley,s drama 1.-THE World We
Make" which the author of Men
in White" and Dead End" wove
into a play from Millen Brands
famous novel, 1.-THE Outward
Room"
This is the story Of the mentally
unbalanced girl who leaves a
sanitorium to work in q steam
laundry and who learns to live on
he fringe Of sanity in the warm,
human companionship of tene-
ment folk. On the whole, 1t is not
the most colorful theatrical eve
ming of the year.
On the contrary, 1t is, like the
two other well-known Kingsley
dramas, a depressing saga that is
told on the stage Of the Theater
Guild. Noteworthy Is the scenery
such realistic replicas of a steam
laundry and a tenement as are
only rivalled by the breath taking
scenery that decorated Dead End.
But the critics were divided in
their salutes, some going over the
brink In their enthusiasm, others
greeting it with cool reserve. But
1.-THE World We Make" Is dolor-
Gus and public temper nowadays
doesn't seem to be in rhythm with
the Kingsley theme. A year ago
1t might ha e gone over the top
on first nigft.
PUBLIC WARNS
TO WARM FOR May
However the critics handled
Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammer
STEMS newest musical Every Warm
for May"-and some handled 1t
roughly-the playgoers are taking
JOY in the light-hearted romp and
the lifting music of this song and =
dance festival that Max Gordon
put on with a prodigal budget.
True enough, the critics were
not complaining about Kern's mu-
sic, which always Is above the
carping of hapless reviewer. but
their protests were directed at the
story, which hasn't such defense
after the prosecution rests.
And yet the public is warming
up to very Warm for May" and
the chances are that 1t will be
around Manhattan for q fairly
long while.
SOMETIME
THEY'LL CLICK
In lieu of a new Clifford Odets
drama, the Group Theater gave
us Robert Ardrey's Thunder
Rock" the story of a lighthouse
keeper who communes with ghosts
over long evening.
In this case, both the critics and
paying public agreed 1t was a long
evening, and I wouldn't bring up
the subject if there were not sad
story in the fact that this is Ard
rey's fourth attempt at a Broad
way hit with tragic lack of success
and probably the thirtieth time
that the critics have praised the
performance of young, able My
ron Mccormick in flop.
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shall be delivered to the minor, or In
accordance with his instructions" II
the postmaster refuses TO deliver
mail to you, write to the U. 8. Post
once Department, Washington, D.
G., giving all the facts in the case.
q. What Is the origin Of the
stanza:
"Music's the cordial Of q troubled
breast
The softest remdy that grief can
find,
The gentle spell that charms our
care to rest
And Gains the ruffled passion Of the
mind"
A. John oldhams lode on 81. De-
celia's day"
q. Who played the leading female
role In the talking picture version OF
seventh Heaven" and who starred
In the original stage version?
A. Simone Simon appeared In the
picture in 1887, and Helen Menkeh
first played the role on the stage IN
New York in 1922.
q. Why do honeybees die after
singing?
A Because their barbed singer lie
torn from them with such force Is
to cause fatal injury. The stinger
of queen bees Is Tess barbed and they
seldom sting. but when they do, 1t
is not torn from the body. Drore
bees (males) have no singer.
@. In what important battles did
the American air force participate
during the world war?
A. Chateau.Thierry. st. Mihiel
and the Meuse- Argonne.
@. Does the phrase "100% Pure
Pennsylvania Oil" have any particu-
lar significance?
A. 1t is a slogan used by the Penn
sylvania Crude Oil Association, Oil
City, Pa, and actually has no mean
ing, except as a trade mark.
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such q rush on
a show as the
public Is max
ing on the Kauf-
man-Hart lam
pooh, 1.-THE Man
Who Came to
Dinner" where o
lac comic gent
stands before
the box Office
and drones mo
More Standing
Rooml" My eld-
ers on this cleo
trio n e az
they can't recall
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Selected Poem
DEER IN THE BARNARD

(By Louise Darcy in the Boston POST
Deer were in the barnyard early this morning;
Silently they came and they went without warning
Sometimes before the rooster gave his clarion call
And COWS began to move each In her fragrant STALL
Here came buck and doe and slender fawn
Stepping lightly by the henhouse, then they were
gone
Along dark forest trails whose ways do not know
Leaving only pointed tracks in the first light snow
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/. Into what body Of water does
the Columbia River flow?
2. With which Major League base.
ball team does Joe Gordon play?
3. Name the chairman Of the
American Red Gross.
4. In which sea Is the island OF
Jamaica?
8. For which State is Solder
State" a nickname?
9. Name the flagship Of Perry's
fleet at the Battle Of Lake Erie.
z. Name the horse that recently
established worlds record for one
and 3-16 miles.
8. Which State Is represented In
the U. s. Senate by William e. Bo-
rah and D. Worth Clark?
0. Which countries compose the
Iberiail peninsula2
10. What Is the correct pronun-
citation Of the word consonant?
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In New York
by CEORCE ROSS

New York, Nov. 20 = FIRST
NIGHTS - No temporary boom,
the Theater is basking in q flnan-
cial and artistic renaissance land
who on Broadway cares II the cash
or art comes first2 I don't recall
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Daily Almanac
rises 6.25 d. m.

Moon rises 625 p. m.
Sun rises 1858 a. M; sets 4:26 p. m
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset
Ice is beginning to form on the ponds.
Some OF the small ones are completely frog
EN- over; only the edges show ice ON the large
ones Skating at Thanksgiving Is not I'M
known IN northern New England, but rarely
m Connecticut any more.
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BUSINESS BETTER IN ALBERTA

Edmonton, Alta. CUP Alberta
BUSINESS men have reported that
business in all parts or the p:av-
ince Is on the uptrend and that
the outlook is brighter In spite Of
the war.
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a. I am sixteen years old and am
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ToDAY's COMMON ERROR
Do not use comma when the
conjunction connects all
words In q series; as, Men
and women and children were
all saved.
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Copyright. 1899. by United
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The Omaha guide., 1939-12-02

te order at the usual time.
Order of business:
Roll Call
Read ng of minut 5
Paying of dues
The PRES dent made a few time
~ remarks about the Christmas
party of which was discussed by
tho members and tentative plans
wers made. Mrs. Claude McFall
offered her home fer this festi-
val affair of which we are very
grateful. Dec. 18th has been chos-
en-. The president AT quesl all
members to be present at the
next meeting so we can further
the plans for the party. The hos
tess served a GLlicious re9ast.
Members present were: Mrs.
Claude McFall; Mrs. Jasper Cole;
Mrs. Vida Jawers; Mrs. H. l..
Pr. ston; Mrs. L. c. Clark and
Mrs. r. C. Price. The club ad-
journed to meet Monday Deem
Ter 4fh az 8 Pm. with Mrs. w.
l.. Myers as hostess. Mrs. Cozy
Nicholas, president.