Oil; in the stilly night e'er
number's chains have bound
uswelieandthinhwhatwe
can do to get more 00111
around us. lie smiles nor
can melt the hearts of
those who ought to sell it,
who turn deaf ears to every
pigs—and how can one compel
it
And then we dream of those
who buy who class us as a
pirate, who need a. little fur-
nace heat but haven’t coal to
fire it. They blame us
cause the price is steep, would
lain consign us to the deep,
which fate might be quite
pleasant compared with being
thus, you see, between the
Devil and the sea, which
seems our luck at present.
THE,
FERR'
l
. z fire department's appropriation will her
(gal g greater. but We will have some new
: ‘ equipment. Perhaps the Democrats
#Ewould cut out the new apparatus. and
would try to get along‘ with fewer
I
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New York Market
143 Washington St.
DEALERS IN
BEEF, VEAL, PORK, MUTTON
AND HAM.
FRESH FISH AND VEGE‘
TABLES
I$94,000 lei’t," declared the mayor.
‘ nobody
Eleni! fl the all? debt amounted to
‘04? 325. You acted for the Washing—
ton street bridge, and you are now
;proud of the structure, and you have a
right to be. But you went into debt
i'ior $250, 000 at the time, and $100, 000
'some time later, making in all 3350:.
1000. \‘ow you have got to pay the in-
terest on that debt You can't get
anay from it.’
1"Six months later," continued the
ruray or, ”$100000 was appropriated for
two new schools. Just prior to. the
present administration $450, 000 was
borrow ed and you can’t repudiate it.‘
The mayor continued to cite in-
:
stances in various departments where:
the appropriations are fixed and carr-
utt be cut down under any circum
stances. lie also explained certain
fixed charges of the city, which cannot
be cut down.
l "The sum of $157 000 was approm'r
,art-d last year for the educational tie
partrnent.’ said Mayor Harslronr"
and when the Board of Education says
it wants so much or so much all the
Board of Estimate can do is t
Eup cough and hand over the money}
More Figures.
‘We hare spent $303,226, and have
“and
can change it. Not even thr-
young financier who spoke in front of
' the \‘or'ualk Hotel"
'Thcr'e was but little latitude in the
Fourth District. $26 000 was approprr-
aled for the police department, and
$30,000 for the fire department. Tire
policemen. it you were in the mayor's
office every day as I am. and received
all of the complaints that I do. you
would want nrore policemen than we
,lrar'e now You want these things, and
1 on have got to pay for them.
if you were an employer continued
the HpPakel‘, “and an employee came to
you and told you that prices were
going up and he had to have a raise in
nor to meet them what would you do?
Would Mr. Donovan have granted the
police wage increase? lie has yet to
answer me that. He hasn't answered
rue amtlring so far.
Speaking of higher taxes, the mayor
3snid:
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Tel. 359-12
MAYOR PeINTs ‘
AT “HALF TRUTHS”‘
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(Continued from Eleventh Page)
night that this board is in session, cit-
izens appear before it,:1nd ask for
boosts iii-appropriations. The board
wlrirtln-s and cuts down on these appro-
priations to the lowest possible figure,
and then lays the tax rate. At the last
session of the board. all votes were
either unanimous, or fire to one, or
{our to two. i never had 11 chance to
vote. and i am not even a member of
the board. in case of a tie votc, loan
dissolve the tie, and that is all. Why
‘then do they srv that the mayor will
do or has done this or that?
"Last year the board appropriated
$398, 000 in the Fifth District, exclusive
or the $2.) 000 transfer from the Fifth
to the Fourth ward, and most of this
was mortgaged before we began,’ said
lir.l«l.rrs1ronr.
Quotes Figures.
"There was a sinking turn: or $22,830,
‘wrong of this subject,
.sluting what is a fact."
’ur't-s. and l must vindicate myself.
I is pretty dangerous for those who don‘t
1
“Taxes are going to be higher be-
l‘or'e they are lower, and you can’t help
it. i am not arguing as to the right or
but am only
Accuse Falsehoods.
"'l‘he\lleruot'rrrts. in their advertise».
llar'stmrtr. 1
"'have been submitting some false fig-
meuts." declared Mayor
ll
hrrouglrow to handle. a revolver, to loci
with one. The same l‘_\'/.rg applies to
figures. Either the Democrats are try-
ing to p111 something over on the pop
pic. 01' they don't know what they are
talking about. Personally l ZION-"'1'
that they are trying to iroodwinlt the
citizens of Norwalk. if the Culrrlrrllim
lustml ten days longer, the Democrats
would hang llreruscives."
"They say that the city debt lar-
gone up." said the rrrnyor', “hut the
debt is nearly $00,000 lower iodrty than
I“ was two yours ago."
Use Half the Truth
in speaking oi the D1 rrrocrotrc cum-
paign advertising, Mayor llnr'srrorrr do
clar'ed his opponents have her 11 usint
onlv half the truth. and tree CHIIDL‘,’ 11
the mayor. there is nothing 111 12'
which rs hall the lru'rir
declared that the present debt will br-
and the Democrats couldn't cut it. irr-
r "'= T ‘=
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The most 0
1111 1111
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H.Kneg
Fall Opening of
MILLINERY
sortment of ready to
wear flats in Norwalk.
1318100.
1
l
omplete as-
INVITED.
$32” “(GET
Under present- conditions
Wand plaster. is one way you on
BUHLD NO‘W
‘1'
.. ' Although m2l'l ions of feet of Beaver Board have been re- E
ruined by the Government for the building of army canton- :i‘l
menisci all demands of the building trades are being met. 9
Government demands he re. preference, of course, but busi- 1
ness in general must go cu, too. Beaver Board facilities for
, largoscalo manufacturing have made this possible.
'. .OUR SUPPLY O}? BEAVER BOARDFOR BETTER WALLS
' AND'GEILINGS‘IS ASSURED BYTHEMANUFAUTURERS
1mm ical form of lumber. Us sing Beaver Board instead of lath
} modeling cos-t 11. By a wise selection of material you can easily
.find a way to go ahead with the building, repairing or remodel- .
lug you need. Let us prepare estimates.
The Hatch 6
Beaver Board is the most e‘eo-V
,4 w;
n reduce your building or re-
0 stand 1
'danrrrable or couteurptahlo than 11 IIt‘ .
The may
_._A
3171*"er 451:.
-1..
paid a! when it is mature,
bent in three hears
be higher.
'Whatldid say.’ ’said Mr. Harsh-om they liked by picking out individual
“is that taxes Will be hrgher betore sentences from all parts of a speech,'.
and fixing them together? By skipping
they are lower.”
Ignorance Charged. Too.
1 if the Democratic statements are sentences_ from all ov,er
rnot maliciously false. thin they are
‘trrade through ignorance and I hope
that. some 01‘ Mr Donorans iriends
Echo are in the hall tonight will tell
him \zlrat I say.’
1 “:T1 1' Democrats say that the debt
Ewes gone on 50 per tent, but i myself
ilhink that the city oi Norwalk is in a
'm"ett; good financial position at the
;rt't sen: time We know which way We
i,.fer'1. headed. and we are sure that it is
11m towards the brink of ruin.
I “About the lunnit st thing I haw
vx'e: seen in 1111' life." slated the may
‘or'. “is the war that the Demacr'ats.
hare (irrrt'ged \il‘
TEW ' ( ‘nrru that \11' Hill said that if I
11'. idrr'l redute the taxes in two years,
‘riznr he would vote against mt- 111 the
11:1"(1 election.”
E Tire mayor then produced a type
written copy of Mr. Hill‘s speech which
was delivered two years ago in South
Norwaik and acoor'dina to the manu-
‘1
script it seems that Mr. Hill said that is betause we are paring for the sins;
if Mr.
1 the
llarstrour didn‘t straighten out
against him at the next election.
tiretime‘llre speech was made. Mr.
above statement.
Gar-bled Speech.
e 1
Hill into this figlrl..
tangle in the management of the;
«irri-r financial system. he would rote'
“We“ will Media the Democratic advertise
{merit in the Nornaik Hour" said May—
The speaker then returned to the tax or Harstrom, “was made up by snitch-
uue'stion. and stated that the Demo- sng 1 sentmee here and a sentence
cratic party has only told half’the truth there from the speech, and patching
about. ”19 mayor 533'1‘18 that taxes Win them all together to get the desired re— 1
suit. W ho couldn' t
‘pages of 8 speech,
, prove anything.”
‘ The mayor then explained the pr .‘
ent financial system of the city as iii-1
stalled by Mr Montgomery and Mr."-
;Keisler, and praised the work of the: e
two gentlemen ver
City Clerk Dokus also came in for hisE
share of credit at
mayor.
office. Tire city of
our present system.
ed without a cent ol‘ cost to the city. 1
by its paid employees. 1
The mayor continued to flay the so-
(allid malicious documents published
by the Democratic
that some oi the people trill belin'e
them and will not
1infcrured oi the trur
“'\\t are atcused
liant fiirrarrcit-r"s.'
“They say
money all the time
of the fathers."
For Economy.
"We are all for economy".
At understand me when I say that taxes
will be higher before they are lower»,
Hill was having a hard job in finding it you believe what Mr. Donovan says
out where his tax money had been about taxes, you will soon wake up,
spent. and for this reason he made The much to your sorrow."
The mayor then explained the reduc-
‘tion of the city's debt.
“The garbled statement which by- charter' changes, and endorsed the up
Ice
”and,
IEI FALL
11311111111 India
kid, nblack kid,
m cloth top, brown 1
kid} cloth top;
dark gray, cloth
LADIES, ”91:3'8 Your Opportunity
MILi’I'ARn
'1‘? MODEL“ ’
In steel gray.
Havana brown,
black kid and
white India lrid.
'11 e w ‘“ military
Ir e c I: v e r y
who stated that Mr. Dokus did ,
.the work of four men in the city clerk‘s;
detlared [he ul‘th'l. 1
that we
E E
frame up any tl-\11!1
and grabbing ou'=
i Tristram & HVatt
Norwalk’ 3 Leading Dry Goods Store
\ so could I
.
.
y highly Former"
the hands of the;
Shelton has copied,
which was install—l
I
let tiremseltes beE
h.
of not being lni-E
party, and he said
have to borrow E
Why is this? n1
l
but please
EAII UNDERWEAR EOR WOMEN
Our Stock of Fall and Winter Weight
Underwear is Most Complete
Buy Now! While the Prices Are Compara-
tively Low.
We purchased the bulk of our underwear direct from the manufacturers which allows us
to sell to our patrons at a saving of from 250 to 500 a garment on some grades.
All models of Vests, Pants, Tights, Union Suits, in light, medium and heavy weights.
H,
i marked.
talked on the
, LOWHEEL
; MODEL
In gun
white, g r a y,
brown; English
last, nifty toe.
WORTH $5
metal,
.poinlment of a per rnanent assessor.
in concluding, Mayor ilar'strom re. can ticket.”
‘lt every Republican in this
'city does his duty next Monday, and‘Bur'r' Beach, candidate for the. tax col— icrullers, sweet cider, and coffee mu)
pulls the .RepubliCun lever on the vot-
ting machine you will elect a Republi-
INCH...
. . . brown, white
I11 vrcr' hid, gun 1mm kid. black
metal, dark kid and steel
gray, brown and
patent colt._
ing.
After the meeting
l
3‘-
had adjourned, 1v.
Councilman Edgar G. Murphy and D. ,l'reshments consisting of sandwich. '3.
iector's 'oflice, also addressed the meet- 1 sorted.
Iii—EE—IEEEEil-DB—E—Bl—En-ma—E—E
. WW 1‘.
ONE TO BRIDGEPORT WI T:
SLA TER’S TIIE BIG ECONOMY. STORE Will. SAVE TOO MONEY
I—w—I_m l—mI—dmlmnnwaaua
to Secure Genuine Bench Made
STYLE $5. 00,. FOOTWEAR BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS, tor
ENGLISH : ' ’
9.5
EMPRESS '
MODEL .
In H a 1' an a
t
MODEL‘E
gray. also brown,
black and gray
with cloth tops
to match.
WORTH $5
WORTH $5
l
HIGH ALL 2'00“
cur “P1 SCOLURS 7 [I Sale»?! "'32ng
. Bo -’ 11 cm.» ‘ Isov scoot? strong Boys! seller“ :30?“
3“ 9‘" ”d I“ 3‘0"“ 11111 soles. «'- 1 $3.00 new Fall “Whitle-
‘9'. Mott! ' 893001 Shoe! Very durabie ' . style English G] for d .
, Moi Sim Worth $155 12.50 a. oy' last in sun ' 5 ‘"‘
LA“ 31!". and “$5. Scouts- metal calf.
Sizes to 11 Sale Price—
EXTRA
'“I‘Qilf a M
Now Is Wilt.
"l
. ¥ gulls
um. tor you
absolutely unmatehable.
‘ ' Comfort
:‘Shape
uppers, .
' flexible .
to buy your Winter Footwear. Our values
Look In our Windows. Leomparo our prlcoo.‘
" :1 Young
s for
3,1151% Model
0! tan calf,
,~: English
gun metal ,
and cordo
Men’s
41‘: ,
Cordo tan,
hogany tan
English last, ma-
black or
tan calf.
Men 5 55- W Fall Style Shoes $3 59
Black chrome -
cellent
Special Custom Shoe
leather lined,
heavy double sole, built for wear:
in good or had won anther, :ex-Z,
value; ‘
calf,
quality, $6,513
. Add": Moll Orders Filled 0n
18.3 Advertisement
1
Munson . last, 5
comfort than any
year welt.
This
1
S ARMY SHOES
constructed to give greater
in the world. Brown
chrome calf.
, FILLED.
cicntifically
other shoe
Good-
- All sizes.
ORDER!
Norwalk Chronicler