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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19,1931
Practicing Economy
Despite the diverse charges that are now
‘ being heaped upon the Hayes administration
• it continues to show by its regular financial
• reports that it is living well within its
• means. And that is all that can be asked
• of any civic body. The report for the first
• six months of 1931 compares favorably
with those issued in the past by Mayor
• Frank Hayes and only goes to show that he
' has steadily continued to live up to the
] promises he made almost two years ago rel
• ative to cutting expenses to the bone and
making economy the watchword of his ad
! ministration.
I he six-months report, coming as it aoes
in the height of a primary battle, affords
both sides plenty of ammunition. I he
Kennedy forces have continually charged
that these report* are meaningless, while
the administration has taken a great deal of
pride in preparing them and in showing the
public that it has remained within its bud
get and at the same time paid off back
debts as best as it could. Under the exist
ing business conditions any municipality is
bound to suffer. That Waterbury has not
had more trouble in collecting taxes is cer
tainly a compliment to its Citizenry. It has
responded nobly.
During the eighteen months that the
Hayes administration has been in office there
has been considerable change in the material
welfare of most of us. It was just about
October, 1929, that the stock market crash
occurred. Events of these eighteen months
have certainly upheld Mayor Hayes' stated
intentions of paring expenses and running
the city government at a minimum. All of
ui should follow the city’s example and con
duct our own affairs along similar lines, it
is a period of retrenchment. By that we
do not mean that people should retire in
seclusion to their homes, living from hand
to mouth. But the extravagance of the
post-war period must be replaced by better
standards of home living and home pur
chasing. The city has shown the way. All
should follow its example.
Filipino Independence
The Hartford Courant is of the opinion
that U. S. Senator Vandenberg of Michi
gan pursued the right course in his per
sonal study of the situation in the Philip
pines as contrasted with the methods
taken by Senator Harry B. Hawes of Mis
souri. To say that the latter has been sub
jected to considerable criticism since his
arrival in the Philippines is putting it lightly.
We find ourselves agreeing with the Cour
ant that of the two Senator Vandenberg
chose the right course and arrived at the
proper conclusion. He believes that imme
diate independence for the islands is out of
the question. That is an opinion to which
many Americans are subscribing today as
they become more familiar with economic
I conditions in our insular possession.
■ Senator Vandenberg believes that within
- 90 days of the granting of Philippine in
Z dependence the islands would suffer a com
* plctc economic collapse. That seems to be
- the opinion of a number of i ■ i 11 pi nos. too.
Z We recall the talk of Vicente Vilamin, well
; known Filipino lawyer and economist, in
this city late in the spring. He stressed the
Z point that if the United States should allow
the islands to go on their own right away
- it would mean their financial ruin. With
the aid of the American tariff Aral! they
. are making fair progress just now. They
" can t be cast adrift until they have achieved
*• first economic independence. This will
. come only when the islands have developed
\Z the production of such staples as will rc
" main on the American free list.
. What chance would the Philippines have
” of competing with American-grown sugar
* if they were forced to pay the duties that
- are levied on foreign-grown cane;’ How
' ever, should the islands develop the produc
“ tion of quinine, camphor. Manila hemp,
and the like, which cannot be raised in this
Z country, they certainly would be in a posi
" tion to establish themselves in the world of
commerce. We must confess, though, that
Z until their economic stability is established
* the thoughts of independence should not
appeal to the average Filipino who realizes
Z the extent of the term, independence. In
" this respect Senator Vandenberg certainly
showed a clean pair of heels to the senator
Z from Missouri. Conservation seems to be
more in Senator Hawes’ line. He should
■ have stuck to it, rather than meddle in
Z Filipino affairs.
Beaches Disappearing
Lovers of salt water bathing that can be
indulged in along our Connecticut shore
should hearken to the advice of Health
Commissioner Wynne of New York where
pollution evils are threatening the metropol
itan district. There should be considerable
alarm in this state over the encroachment
of pollution on our beaches and stretches of
chore frontage. Every Slate is confronted
with a similar problem, but those who must
meet in both inland and upon the ocean are
double beset. Just recently New York.
. Near Jersey, and Connecticut formed a tri
union to resist pollution evils insofar
( ocean and tidal rivers were concerned
irn state commission has made ad
• - great odds of late
yurt in checking pollution evils in ouc
streams and lakes. Cities are gradually com
ing to the point where they think twice be
fore emptying raw sewage into nearby riv
ers or ponds. Sewage plants where refuse
will be treated and neutralized before being
dumped into the stream to pollute its wat
ers are being authorized by our city fathers
who have the needs of the future clearly in
mind. Long Island Sound has suffered
just as much as our streams and lakes frotp
pollution, perhaps more, although Connec
ticut shore resorts have not had the same
experiences as have many in Jersey, where
garbage collected in New York city and
emptied far out at sea was washed up on the
coast.
To return to Commissioner Wynne's ad
vice he remarks that "Though we have
found no instances of infection from New
York waters unquestionably, with our grow
ing population, it will be only a question
of time, unless facilities for disposing of
sewage are provided, before all the beaches
will have to be proscribed. However, week
ly tests of the waters of the important New
York beaches show them to be entirely safe
for bathing at this time. . . . We have never
found epidemics caused by polluted water,
though bathing in stagnant waters up-state
has led to outbreaks of typhoid and other
gastroid infections. ..." A list of approved
bathing beaches follows the commissioner’s
brief counsel.
Connecticut’s situation is quite similar
to New York’s. Most of our bathing
beaches are still being patronized without
harmful results, though it must be ad
mitted that the waters adjacent to them is
not what it was years ago before pollution
had reached its present stage. However, we
do recall that a beach near New Haven was
closed some years ago and concern was felt
for many others that were being polluted by
sewage and other wastage from both city
sewer systems and factories. If ever the pub
lic should rally to the support of a cause
it is now. Not only is our own health en
dangered but that of the generations to
come. In time we may be forced to depend
upon the very water supplies that we pol
lute so readily. That and many other con
siderations encourage a strong front against
water pollution.
The Hole in the Treasury
A sharp reminder of the dangers of gov
ernment extravagance is given to the world
by the present state of the treasury of Great
Britain. Here is the country which some
years ago was called the richest in the world.
Yet its present government by the Labor
party has just been warned that it is likely
to have a deficit of $600,000,000, due
mostly to extravagant doles to people who
claim to be unemployed. While many of
these folks no doubt are genuinely unable
to find work, yet the dole scheme has had
the effect to encourage people to be idle,
and to be fussy about the kind of work
they do. Some better way of taking care of
the worthy unemployed must be found.
The Lnglish government has been warned
by the financial experts that it must find
some means for making its expenditure and
income meet. Governments cannot go on
indefinitely running into debt. 7'he politi
cians may think they can keep borrowing
and borrowing, and that they can pass the
buck to future years. But the borrowing
power is a limited thing. When countries
or cities pile up too heavy burdens, taxpay
ers and business go elsewhere or fail.
Through times of depression, people who
can’t find work must be taken care of. Our
civilization fails if it allows worthy people
to starve. But it is also true that the first
essential of public and private business is to
keep within its income, pay its debts, and
maintain its credit. Credit is the foundation
of all business, public and private. If a
community or a country loses its credit, its
life is paralyzed. It cannot obtain the capital
on which to do business. And a country or
a city that fails to keep its expenses within
its income, is one the way to the loss of its
credit.
Prohibition agents in pursuit of a rum
boat on Lake Champlain this week saw one
of their companions swept to his death at
the height of the chase. He fell overboard
in 190 feet of water, but when the patrol
boat had finally captured the rum runners
and returned to the spot his body had dis
appeared. The spot was one of the most
treacherous in Lake Champlain, nearly op
posite Cumberland Head. Of course, the
patrol boat had its duty to perform, namely
to capture the rum boat, but a man's life
does seem a high price for the confiscated
liquor and rum-runners. However, it's just
one more link in the chain of evidence that
is slowly accumulating against the 18th
amendment and its subsequent liquor en
forcement laws. Maybe some day it will
dawn upon the die-hards that there are other
things besides prohibition. And what i
silly farce the whole procedure is anyway.
A former prohibition department aide, Mrs
Mabel Walker Willebrandt becomes counsel
for a large fruit-growing California con
cern and its product is legally manufactured
and sold although everybody knows in time
it will ferment and become wine of a high
alcoholic content. Other concerns try the
same experiment, such as selling wine bricks.
They meet with instant action upon the
part of federal agents And yet people actu
ally believed that prohibition is a success.
Mark Sullivan doesn’t find the republican
party very rich in presidential candidates
as 1932 nears and Mr Hoover looms as the
sole reliance of his party. Other than him,
TO-DAY’S SELECTED POEM
•to youth
(By Bert Cookaloy In The New York Time*)
Do an you will and ko where you will. Be cruel
Or compaaalonate, Ignorant or wine.
Still you remain the one eaaential fuel
That life needa for hla flaming wlzurdrlea.
Be arrogant an only foola can be,
Cockuure and ruthleaa, hoaatlng an a prince.
Htlll you remain the honeyed aavory
Life needa within Ita cup of lime and quince.
Beauty la youra, paaalon la youra, and you
The rain and Heed for llfe'n eternal duat.
All Arplt’s glory la your own, and through
Your magtc our old rnetala cannot runt.
Do aa you will and go where you will, life's aure
Contract with Clod la Ul your ala nature,
h
Mr Sullivan believes that Ex-President
Coolidge is the only man to command any
respect from the delegates to the national
convention. Of course. Senator Dwight
Morrow of New Jersey is mentioned, but if
we aren't mistaken he has definitely sub
merged all his higher ambitions until Mr
Hoover has had a chance to run again. The
situation in the democratic ranks is quite
different. Offhand any casual observer of
thei political news of the day could name
off almost twenty possibilities. The two
New York stalwarts, Roosevelt and Smith,
would head any list. Then there is the
ever-recurring name of Owen D. Young, not
to mention Governor- Ritchie, Senator Rob
inson, former Senator Reed, Newton D.
Baker, Governor White, and Senator
Bulkley, the last three Ohio's contribution.
Opposition to the plan of the Rockefellers
to create a federal park out in the famous
Jackson Hole country of Wyoming is on the
increase as the plans for the park are coming
to the fore. The Snake River Land Com
pany, owned by the Rockefellers, is gradu
ally acquiring land in Jackson Hole. Ulti
mate! ythis will be turned over to Uncle
Sam for purely park purposes. It will
mean, of course, that the state will lose many
valuable acres of land which are not tax
free now but which will be when govern
ment owned. This would probably put a
heavier tax burden on other sections of the
state. It looks as if the Rockefellers would
have to adjust these differences if they in
tend to carry through their plans.
Steamship companies are quick to recog
nize the need of cutting their rates. Thirty
six ships are now available with much lower
rates in effect. They range from 10 to 30
per cent reductions for first class. In the
third class they arc 13 per cent. Never
before in shipping history have such splen
did cruises and ocean voyages been available
than just at present and at extremely at
tractive prices for those who have the ready
cash.
If George Bernard Shaw likes Russian
Communism so well, Igt him try writing a
play for the Moscow Theater and see what
happens.
Real philanthropy — give a job if you
can.
High tide at Milford, Thursday, August
20, 5:26 p. m. (daylight time): low tide,
12:32 p. m. (daylight time).
All vehicles must be lighted not later than
8:17 o'clock (daylight saving time) tonight.
Personal Health Service
(By William Brady, M. D.)
Signed letters pertaining to personal
lieultli and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or
l treatment, will be answered by Dr Hrady.
Address him, care of tlie Democrat, sending
stamp and addressed envelope.
THE SHEEP AND THE GOATS
Recently we were kind enough to divide
mankind into two types or classes according to
the predominance of tissues derived from dif
ferent embryonal layers. By this test some of
us are hypers and some are hypos. But our
customers were not satisfied with this, so we
had another trv »t it later and divided every
body according to the predominance of the
sympathetic or the vagus portions of the auton
omic nervous system into vags and synips, and
even that failed to satisfy everybody. So to-day
I'm going to try once more and see If wo can’t
effect a final separation of the sheep from the
goats, or vice versa. This split Is determined by
the functional behavior of the ductless glands,
namely, thyroid, adrenal, pituitary, parathyroid,
thymus, islands of Rangcrhans in the pancreas
(which secrete Insulin), and the socalled "in
terstitial" cells of tho male sex gland and cor
pora lutea of the female sex gland. All these
glands of internal secretion (hormones) are in
timately if not. wholly under the Influence of
the sympathetic portion- of the autonomic or
involuntary nervous system- The functions of
these glands of Internal secretion are important
factors in general nutrition, growth stature and
development of body and mind. Not only Indi
vidual but racial charactcrtlstlcs depend on the
ductless glands.
For instance, oversecretlon of the pituitary
Bland at baso of the brain produces giantism or
acromegaly, in which state the brow ridges and
lower Jaw are particularly prominent, and the
nose large. Some such characteristics distin
guish the Caucasian from the Mongol. Typical
Americans have prominent or positive chins,
almost prognathous, and fairly largo stature.
We’re a pituitary race.
lMtuitary, thymus and thyroid are concerned
In the growth of the young. Functional defici
encies of these endocrine secretions are ac
countable for most deficiencies In growth. In
some cases remarkable Increase in the growth
of a child have been brought about bv the pro
hinged administration of suitable hormones.
This Is a question which only the physician can
consider in a given case. (It is a waste of good
postage to ask the author for further particu
lars about this.)
Fat folks are proverbially good natured. Tt. Is
just as true that a hibernating bear seldom
plokH a quarrel with a hyena. Fat folks don’t
bite because they lack the ambition or internal
stimulus to work tile temporal and masseter
muscles for any unnecessary purpose. In many
ruses 'lot name thing that makes them accumu
late superfluous flesh also makes them, compla
cent and dull or drowsy—hypothyroidism.
As yet we know very little about the physi
ological or normal correlation of these ductless
gland functions, but wi! do know that the thy
roid secretion exerts some regulation on the
adrenal glands, and the adrenal secretion In
turn has some influence on the pituitary
glands. At any rate no one to-day can diagnose
with any degree of exactness which ductless
gland hormone or extract or which combina
tion of them a given patient may need. Tills
question demands all the skill and personal
study of the case a good doctor cun offer,
yi FSTlONH AND ANHWICHS
The l!lg Clinic Itacket
I wrote my symptoms some time ugo to the
-clinic, and l>r- wrote in reply say
ing he thought I hail vasomotor rhinitis and
said my dcotor should try 20 per cent silver
idtrate. It did not. help at 12 per cent and so
prostrated me that my doctor refused to use It
any stronger. ( Mrs It. A. 10.)
Answer—The fact that the doctor works for
the big clinic doesn’t make him any better at
long distance diagnosis. You should have a
proper nose and throat examination, and let the
physician treat you according to the condition
the examination reveals. If you prefer to go It
blind, It will at least do you no harm to take a
course of calcium lactate—say 10 grains two or
three times a day, preferably an hour ufter
meals and with a good drink of water, for u
period of eight or 10 weeks, twice each year.
Along with this It Is well to expose your body
to direct sunlight as much as possible, short ot
sunburn.
Dentist Admires Nuturc’s Work
Kcccntly 1 Imd my teeth examined by the
family dentist. He told me they urc In excellent
condition, mid complimented me on how well
cared for they urc. He said they showed the
benefit of persistent and regular use of tlie
toothbrush. As u mutter of fact I had not used
a toothbrush hi two years, (H, TO
Answer—Oh, well, even a dentist slips occa
sionally. But don’t cheer, boys, A lot of easy
going old fossils will go on brushing their teeth
religiously to ths bitter end.
The TRUTH with MALLETS
toward none, SFARITY to
ward All and BRICK
BATS toward the
Rest.
"A SMILE’S THE THING"
Good evening.
OH, HELLO, THERE
Gee, Ed, I’m back, now are you
glad?
Don’t pout and think that Lily’s
bad,
I've been down south, a month-or
more,
To see the folks and the general
store.
Times are better, that’s what they
say.
Cotton is selling great today,
And Ed, the fields I used to roam.
Are as white just now, as Unde
Eb’s dome.
It was mighty hot for a week or
two,
But then there was little for Lil
to do,
I just sat 'round on the front
porch, Ed,
it was early up and early to bed,
[ picked some cotton, I'm sending
down.
You'll notice the leaves are
turning brown,
Just keep it, Ed, as a souvenir,
O Lily's trip, down south, oh,
dear.
I'm doing my best to copy your
style,
But it's quite a job, like the last
long mile,
Have you been away this summer,
Ed,
Or do you wait till the fall
instead,
And now I'll close, the hour
grows late,
• And the moon rides high o'er
the garden gate,
I'll try and write again some time,
That’s all for now, this ends
the rhyme.
• —Lonely Lily,
o—o—o
A rainbow doesn't last very
long, but what a rnlghly thrill it
gives rnllllonH. Which proves It’s
not the length of service that
counts, but whut you produce in
the shortest possible time,
o—O—o
The bath tub burglar is
about as easy to catch ns a
cake of soap, flouting in a
bath tub.
o—O—o
The fact that he’s always taking
a bath probably explains why ho
manages to get away so clean,
o—O—o
If the scare persists, people
In order to avoid the bath
tub burglar will have the land
lords take oub their bath tubs,
o—O—o
You'll never encounter a wash
tub burglar, that’s too much work,
even for a burglar.
i o—O—o
TI1E HATH Ti ll IllTMlbAll
If you hour a iioIho In the hath
* room.
Don’t whisper or even stir.
Allay your fears and merely Ninilc
U'h the famed huth tub burglur.
o—O—o
If all the vacation postcards
happened to bo placed end to end,
they’d roach from here to the hot
spot, and that's the boot place for
'em.
o—O—o
Dove, Kiys Kate Demineon,
1h merely a chain of eye*. And
I Huppose, no stronger than
Ihe weakest wink. ’;
o—O—o
Many a gal becomes chesty
when given a handsome mahogany
hope chest.
o—O—o
OH DKAH ME
Polities, oli polities.
They mukc my poor heart moan,
But then there's Eddie L'dclowltz,
He's u party of Ids own.
o—O—o
The man who tulks of his golf
score must first have a sympathetic
gallery.
o—O—o
After you BI’END your
vacation there's little else left.
o—O—o
They say Free Air started In
Mcotlnnd. How about It, Bill Me
Leu n ?
o—O—o
Women are said to bn
smoking more cigarettes than
men. That's a Lucky Strike
for the tobacco companies.
o—O—o
Business in booze Is so bad that
soon the bootleggers won't have
boots and will go uround In their
bare feet, writes In a West Bide
Hill reader of the column. And J
suppose he considers that the bare
facts of the case.
o—O—o
TKE, HKK.
Dear Little June Bride,
Don't you sigh,
Tou’ll be dyeing for autumn styles,
Bye und bye.
o—O—o
Many a girl takes up nursing,
thinking she'll marry a millionaire
patient, only to wake up and find
that marriages are made In heuv
en, not hospitals.’
o—O—o
A rose Is the flower of love.
And like love, It gives you a
sticking once In a while. i
o—O—o
The bath tub burglar Is said to
be a considerate cuss. He uses
the ordinary towels and not the
funcy embroidered affairs kept for
guests.
This completes our regular
midweek program. It wus broad
cast by DBD und came to you
through the courtesy of the Wu
terbury Evening Democrat, pio
neer In this type of newspaper
work. We are signing off at
this time, to be back on the air
again to-morrow evening at the
usual hour.
o—O—o
Good Bight.
It Isn’t The Heat—It’s The “Humidity!”
At The National Capitol
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
A Digest of Who’s Who and What’s What
By RODNEY DUTCHER
Washington. — Miss Josephine
Roche, the little lady who hue
been urging John D. Rockefeller,
Jr, to cancel the 20 per cent wage
cut order In his Colorado coal
mines, Is all set to allow him why
high wuges and liberal lubor poli
cies In coal mines are sound busi
ness practice.
Rockefeller controls the Colora
do Fuel & Iron Co, producing more
coal than anyne else in the state.
The C. F. & I. proposes to cut Its
dally wage rate from $6.25 to
$5.25. Miss Roche Is president of
the Rocky Mountain Fuel Co. sec
ond largest coal prodcer In Color
ado, and pays her miners a basic
wage of $7 a day.
Resides paying the high wage
scale for the last three years Miss
Roche's company has been beset
by price wars, discrimination and
other tactics employed by business
and industrial groups out of sym
pathy with her policy.
But within two years Miss
Roche's miners, with their average
annual Income raised about $500,
had Increased their production per
man per day by one and one-quar
ter tons and are now producing
nearly two tons per man per day
more than the average for all
Colorado coal mines.
The achievement In the face of a
constantly declining Colorado coal
production. Miss Roche says, can
hurdly be attributed to anything
other than the company's labor
policy.
• * •
“For three years we have not
only had efficient union labor and
our present wages ratcs,( but also
have gone ulong without secret re
bates, discriminations and other
unfair practices • prevalent In the
coal Industry," Miss Roche says.
"We have had no labor waste. No
turnover and none of the abuses In
the hiring and firing of men who
have no union to protect them. Our
men work with confidence that
grievances will bo promptly ad
justed, that they won’t be cheat
ed on the weight of their coal, that
they won't be discharged and
blacklisted by other mines. We
don’t have worry about the econo
mic wuste and the waste of life
and property which always follows
strikes in Colorado. Nor do we
have to Inflict expense on the tax
payers by calling for the militia to
protect private property rather
»hnn the nubile Interest.
"Men work better wnen mey
realize that their employers con
sider them ns Important us any
other part of the business. Our
union group is more skilled and
e lllclent than the employes of
mines which appear willing to hire
anyone who will work for a dollar
or two less ft day. We have many
splendid, upstanding, Intellitgent
men who were brave and Inde
pendent enough to protest unfair
treatment In other mines and con
sequently were fired and black
llttted."
Union men outside the mines
have also come to the aid of Miss
Itoche In meeting the tactics of
competitors. "Union-mined coal In
every union coal bin" is one of the
slogans wnlon locals have used In
organizing labor purchasing power
and lately the local lodges of the
railroad brotherhoods have joined
the movement. This assistance In
the marketing war waged against
her company, Miss rtoche says, has
been an important factor in plan
Ing It In a stronger position than
ever before.
• • •
A graduate of Vassar. Denver’s
first policewoman and a former of
ficial of Judge Hen Lindsay’s Ju
venile court, Miss lloehe Is prac
tical as well as a devotee of en
lightened Industrial Justice. When
she Inherited much Rocky Moun
tain stock she at once bought con
trol, dlsctarded reactionary meth
ocIh and offlclalH, Hiiid whe would
Quotations
Motives of honesty and Integrity
led Alexander of Jug.vlavlu to de
ctarc his dictatorship In 19H» —
but Its creation und continued ex
istence may have retarded the na
tion's development for decades.
—Count Carlo Bforza, former
minister of foreign affairs
for Italy.
• • *
Human relations today are beset
with all sorts of Intricate theories.
—Benito Mussolini.
• • •
Small towns give us our best
knowledge of the strange and dev
ious ways of life. Big cities give
us bright, brief glimpses of the
human pageant — of an hour ■
comedy, melodrama, tragedy,
—Princess Alexandra Kropotkin.
• • a
Be discontented; It's another
name for ambition.
—Dooms Taylor, composer.
'•■iijLt'Ui.', A,I- .. ■ :
run the business in cooperation
with union labor and contracted to
pay the basic daily scale of $7,
which means an average of $8 u
day for her employes.
"This Is a day in which an anti
social Industry can't go on profit
ing,” she says. “The whole bad
situation In the coal Industry has
been characterized by a failure to
take the rights of labor or the In
terests of the public into consid
eration. Generally, the industry has
had a policy of greed—a purely ln
dlvidullstlc attltupde In which re
serves and human beings have
been wusted in the effort to get all
that could be got out of It. Nut
urally, there has been a serious
over-development and there are
thousands and thousands of train
ed miners long out of work.
More than a year ago Miss
Hpche’s miners asked that when
the slack time came In spring and
summer a system of rotating work
be Installed Instead of the usual
TODAY IS THE*,
ARM MERCHANT SHIPS
On August IS, 1917, orders wfr*
Issued from Washington that ull
merchant ships sailing across tin
Atlantic were required to bo armed
and painted to reduce visibility.
With this order camouflaging
of ships started In earnest. Hun
dreds of ships started In earnest.
Hundreds of ships were striped
and zig-zagged with paint.
Orders were likewise Issued on
this day that all merchant shfps
must be provided with smokeless
fuel and equipped with appliances
to produce smoke clouds to escape
submarine torpedo attack.
Army authorities In Spokane.
Wash, arrested local officials of
the Industrial Workers of the
World on this date, charging them
with ordering strikes In the lum
ber and fruit Industries and
preaching sedition.
system of laying off men complete
ly. The management gladly re
sponded. Now everyone gets some
work. Nobody starves.
Here, There And Everywhere
TRISECTION AT LAST?
(New Haven Times.)
It comes as rather a shock to
realize that a college professor has
Just achieved solution of a problem
In geometry which has puzzled
mathematicians down through the
ages. We are accustomed to think
ing of the last half-century as the
goldfen uge of scientific develop
ment- Vet the foundations of
arithmetic und geometry were laid
centuries ago. .
Father Callahan of Duquesne
university Is not the first to claim
thut he trisected the angle. This
buffllng endeavor of the geometri
cians has occupied many fine
minds for some centuries and It
has fooled many Into thinking they
have done the trick. The prob
ability that any one elaimunt hus
reuched a solution is extremely
small.
Hut Father Callahan Is u mathe
matician of high repute. He
must know the history of the
problem und of Its pitfalls. He
believes thut he has worked out
a new method, dependent on the
construction of a geometrical fig
ure not hitherto treuted. This ele
ment of originality in his treat
ment of the subject, combined with
his reputed proficiency, Is favor
able to the possibility that he has
succeeded.
Mathematics Is. a progressing
study. It affords fresh discoveries
from time to time. Einstein's ap
plications of i)on-Euclideun con
cepts In quite recent years remind
us to keep an open mind to new
cluims affecting supposed Insol
uble problems.
If Father Cullahan should turn
out really to have succeeded, his
formula should have practical
value In application to divers sorts
of useful calculations. Its value
would presumably exceed that of u
solution of that funious but sterile
problem, the squaring of the circle.
WORTHY OF All)
t Hart ford Times)
In an admirably prepared and
Illustrated pamphlet, "Connecticut
College In the Yearn Ahead,’’ the
truHteea of that institution have
sent from New London a mo») ap
pealing story of Its progress and
accomplishments until the present
time and a clear statement of Its
sharp need of increased endow
ment to maintain Its purposes and
reasonable plans for the near fu
ture.
For Increase of scholarships, so
that students at Connecticut may
have the proportion of benefit In
this respect enjoyed by other
standard women's colleges, funds
of $1,512,000 are sought. To
provide fur a child development
course with proper housing and
curriculum, such as, for example,
Is enjoyed ut Vassur, Columbia,
und the University of Chlcugo,
$254,000 will be needed. New
dormitory units are Imperative.
Their cost Is approximately $260,
000 each A good new gymnasium
should be built which an endow
ment fund of $300,000 would
make possible. The college lacks
a suitable auditorium with seating
capacity of 1,600, and adequate for
assembly room, theater or chapel.
The department of music and fine
arts Is now cramped for physical
room und facility. Faculty hous
ing Is now Insufficient. A $76,000
observatory should be provided.
There Is great want for an addi
tional science building and for a
larger college hospital. Most Im
portantly of all, the financial re
quirement for propef faculty sal
aries and educational equipment to
meet the expense of prudent and
natural growt hot Conneetieut col
lege in the next few years Is not
less than $2,400,000.
Altogether, the trustees face the
difficult problem of raising, if it
can be done, a total sum of almost
$6,000,000 to promote properly the
enterprise in their charge, an im
mensely valuable one for our state
and for the nation. The college
thus far has had a remarkable suc
cess, considering the relative slen
derness of its means, the Inevitable
vicissitudes of beginnings, and the
fact that its endowment support
was received from a relative few.
whose generosity has been impres
sive and In many Instances self
sacrificing to an unusual degree.
It is already among the leading
women’s colleges of the United
States, having established splendid
ideals and traditions. Its presi
dent, Katherina Blunt, has the
confidence and admiration of the
American educational world.
The public opinion and philan
thropic means of our state should
turn with enthusiasm and in* a
deserved acknowledgment of duty
and privilege to the ample support
of Connecticut college.
ARGENTINA IIAI/fS RUSSIA
(New Haven Register)
Argentina has taken definite
steps to atop the dumping of So
viet-made goods on ite markets.
A decree was Issued Sunday au
thorizing the government to In
crease customs duties on foreign
products which were made under
what may ho termed unfair prac
tices such as subsidies, monopolies
or by forced labor of any sort, or
labor that is underpaid according
to Argentine standards.
The government recently staged
a raid on a Soviet Russian com
mercial agency and secured evi
dence that direct war on Argentin
ian manufactures was on foot, pre
sumably to help Russian agitators
engaged In securing converts to
communism. Under the powers
granted by this decree the govern
ment can now go uhead and put
up the tariff on all Russian pro
ducts to points that will effectually
exclude commodities manufactured
under such terrible conditions of
living as exist to-day In Russian
Industries.
This Is exactly the step that
Former Ambassador James W.
Gerard asked the United Htates to
take in a recent radio address, fie
urged that it was a just reprisal
and a necessary step in defense
of American Industry and' the
American laboring man, as well as
his standard of life. Mr Gerard
declared that If this nation took
the lead in an attack of this sort
other powerful countries would
follow suit without delay. He In
sisted that all that was needed was
that some strong government
should unfurl the banner and now
we see Argentina coming out Into
the open unafraid of consequences.
That this may be the leader In this
war is devoutly to be hoped. It lp
certainly high time that we stopped
dllly dallying with the problem
and definitely barred Russian
goods until such time as they
could be shown to be manufactured
under conditions in which we
would be willing to see the Ameri
can laborer work.
Mosqult .es can be killed In their
arly stages by plants that emit
small quantities of oxygen in water
In whlah the insects breed, recent
experiments at Cornell university
show.
British builders have delivered
to the Japanese navy a flylngeboet
designed 'n carry 200 persona. It
Is supposed td be the largest boat
in the world.
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