urn
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Am cost of living. and if laws and resolu-
; tions and public indignation are futile.
as the cynics maintain, we shall see.
_ABIJSHIDBY
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ORROW
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6:10; sets 7:41.
. it, AUGUST 2:, 1919,
J little by little. the various elements of
'Iiving cost drawing nearer to that
average increase, while the average
{figure moves slowly upward or down-
ward. as world-conditions Chm?-
lThus, while food drops, say from 85 to
in. rent is likely to rise from 28 to 71.
But we shall probably see nothing
lot the sort. Real estate and rents will
w
11:19 a' m'; 11:40 I" m“, very likely advance a good deal fur.
then but with pitile'ss publicity and
news published herein.
. of The Associated Press.
tiuociated Press is exclusively.
to the use for publication of}
dispatches credited to it or;
e in this paper and also: a gratifying downward, movement of an 3”"
i
no less pitiless prosecution for those
responsible for the highest figures.
we shall see them fall, and with them
rights of publication of spa—3 the average.
. . tches herein are also re-'
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WHERE LtViNG is CHEAP
PHONE CALLS
’ii Residence—14924.
Manager's Residence—
“—3.
”a Residence—213.2.
M
' neromacmln HISTORY
picture negatives during the
one: There are more than 47,0Wfitill
m of army and navy activities
m and at home. It is estimated
” me pictures will till twelve 400
he is talk of authorizine the
Department to print theSe pic-
»rh book form in order to white
vflaiiahle to the general public.
-: are of interest as one of tho
of modern warfare. There
fiver before a war in which so
m history has been recorded on
the photographic plate. France, Bel-
rgtbrsnd England have photographs
timid and to posterity the crimes
~ ”ed in the early weeks of use
, , . mvas'mn. Many of the new
WJerfected and put into opera-
(“in this War are shown in action
these pictures.
”on school children study the his-
text books should be
ted with actual photographs of
to the piecing together of the
. ‘- his struggle.
{he snapshots brought back to rhi
by soldiers and war workers
’3
e people.
‘ cuts will educate future gen-
.__e———-—-+—- ~——— . _
AVERAGES AND morn-s.
Ms of living expense have!
Wows in the last five years:
$5 ‘per cent. 1
. - 28 per cent.
, 100 per cent.
. a ssmsn runs?
3
a. government took 160 miles of.
:- this is done or not. these‘
.irnim’jngs which will prove to uni
—. _.——- ”a...
10! the world war in future years.
liberally"
and people and places impor-l
fSenate. defending the league of na-
‘clared that "without our concurrence
already provide an education to:
In a bigger way the
I
pictures taken by the various
l
l
l authorities report that the
l
where the east of living has not soar-
ed. it is a county jail, where the;
prisoners have been led at a cost 01"
forty-film cents a day for twenty:
years, and where the cost is still the;
issue fortyéve cents.
The. rate is fixed by law.
after shot-w. therefore, has done the;
Sheriff ,
best he could under the circumstances .
without complaining. When food?
prices We low, perhaps the jail[
fblvds were provided for somewhat‘
§more Luxuriously. But even with!
!prices (1 foodstuffs at their present
Ellmt, there is no evidence that the.
9inmates are sulerihg.
For breakfast they
311th sugar and milk, bread or rolls.
'buttier and coffee. For dinner ‘there
fis meat of some sort. with a vegetable
—-corned beef and cabbage for in-
.staace, or pork and bodns, or susage
have oatmeal
fundrsaierkraut. For supper they get
ices, .2on or milk, with bread and
preserves. it extremely
'varied menu, but the portions are said
’to be plentiful and of good quality.
Iand the men thrive on it.
' Are there any adults outside of a
is not an
Ijail or workllouse being fed for forty-
;flve cents a day?
' The sum in question seems to cover
merely the actual cost of the food
served With no allowance for over-
head expense. ‘ Still. many a house"
wife and many a housewife will niar-
vel at the achievement.
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' AMERICA THE PACK HORSE
, In his “key hole" speech in the
tions covenant, Senator Swanson de-
aml cordial cooperation the canton-
plated league of nations is doomed to
utter failure." And therein he prob-
ably spoke the truth. The nations of
Europe depend upon the United States
to carry the burden. to guarantee thg
national war debts, to pledge and sup
ply armies for settlement of European
disputes, to permit a council of the
league to settle our domestic policies
wherever other nations are interested,
and 10 vield the Monroe Bootrine to
European interpretation. Without our
cordial cooperation in establishhg
7 ‘hent and light. 57 per cent.
s, 63 per cent.
erage increase is about 71
I. If. is evident that, if there:
,hnportant cause of rising;
except "general economic con—j
among them‘ being the eu-‘
~ i
g ‘2': and credit and corn
’ depreciation of currency——'
’ would and! may 11ml,
shit it takes something m‘
1mm» economic
,e. l t {faint dinerence be;
' - ; cost orcmiuzf
cost at shelter. or?
incl-cam cost at reel mi
ve been held down some-
course, by artificial reggae
wartime, and by the an}
estate values, on which they
respond to m a.
sloorly than commodities.
l
I
,. this surprising diner-i
the. aim interest to them, and, of
: some professed canons in-T
Hue air.
.unechanism of the machine was made
‘m net-w zone
the other requirements,” the m that are at
: are; nae-acui- m Mamas”
what Europe wants. the league would
1:
course. it would be dropped.
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COLORED RAINS.
The rain can and does 'wash down
anything that ham to be in the air
.at the time, including dust, polltn,
snail! insects, but we. have no record
of tadpoles being washed down out of ~
The phenomenal at colored
nine, moaned min of blood. 6213., can
banality exnhined by the presence
of dust in the W.
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EARLY semen: sum-nu
.—-——_—
Thomas Saint, an Englishman. ob- 4
mined a patent for the first sewing”
machine in. 1790 in London. The
It find. .
-Prior=to this year no woman ever
told a salaried oflee~ on any state
I one am voila
'Iidley mu was to “stu- all
Icomes obligatory upon the state as a
0m, ”c9. at least. has been found: whole, and upon each and every ‘9” this nation makinz such treaties and
l partment of its government. haul-g i ms. It“. "1 the hysteria 0f the Prefi-
3 complete street.
I legal duty.“
’ treaty cannot be executed without the 3 Me I“ m moons of
Iaid of an act of Conga“, n is the! the Constitution~ ’8 well In by its
{cannkenodflmmtntor
woo-text. The‘splrit and moon of the
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’9
‘ O 9 9 9 9
09,»,«,«.«.o§:o
men -ee’. _.
saliva NATION wouui as onu—
careo.
beneficiary ibr whose beam alone ttl
mustbeexercised. Amnotthetreaty,
making power. the war making cover._
and the power to control migration,
M mn mm mat to this
Gm, to be ex“ ooh br'
the but of the WW1
and Minot Moo-{fieldedmti
*the President and solute gave no so;
ADI-l0 “9.10m . y ‘
the making of treaties? "
‘To the Editor of The South Norwalk
meal-g Sentinel:
Since-tents have been publhbed in
; some of our {tempts to the elect
‘ that this nation mould not be chill“-
ed'by the pending treaties to g'cl tn
twar. unless m m “not
. war.
i m according to international lot.
,. we would be so obligated even if Con-
.gress voted against a declamfion of
ithe war. or refused to make the ne-
cessary appropriations for the war.
A nation is bound to perform a
treaty. even though its legislature re-
“1593 to take measures mm)? re"
quired by its Constitution to enable
performance. That is, as l recollect.
.what vesaid to France in auuln
- which she said she could not perform
a treaty with this nation because her
Chamber of Deputies refused to make
opriation called for by the
treaty. Taylor. in his Treatise on In
temationai Law, says: “Where a con-
vention has been concluded and rati-
fied by the proper authoritiesa-fi-be»
provided that wu- Madge-boner
branches of Congre , it is 3 reasons-
ble deduction that RE"! not their in-
tent or will that one branch—fine one
in which bills for raising revenue
way. commit this nation to wars
whose duration and cost could not.
like that of ordinary wars, be control- -
led by m. fluid the makers.“
more momentous war measure.
voiving taxation. which the House of
Representatives could not. by reason
of Mics of international law. lint-i
it in a-ount? !
the legislature; whose duty it is toi‘9‘ "'3 w ””919 we" dazzled by
enact all laws and to make all appro- ““0“” of permanent peace through-
minions m. ‘0.er it miout the world—"by an his (stuns
“rile ownum. mom that bewitekes and leads men into
null-athm.ndnbmfm"flm’ '
sullciunt meter to another cute. in' it ‘9 said that this mum" '3
the event of a breach of contract. to w" i” m unconstitutional W"
aver that one department of the gov—
crnment has refused to perform itsioih" MW- 3‘“ the W“! 90""
loose. in his “a“ ougmen by the Guam to ‘kev
international LC". ms: 11“." titles. contracts is delimited by the‘
duty of Congress to enact such “3" l 39"“ and m. and “0 m 91"
The authorities add that a treaty is'ms'ed in the ems-us. an a
a contract. iconstruin‘ the Constitution, we must
Is not then a... mu& ”tube to» may: out
by force of international low, visually. "'9 mm milling that power III
a declaration of '1“. against Moms 3 written in the light of international.
that shall attach Tunes? It nonun- l "V ‘m it. “W 0‘ m-
grus must. under the Comma“. .' If this M8? were not so delimited,
concur in themakinxofthe may
The fact that the deduction is a use
tiigent one against. unknown nations
Hort-es of m not: ct the
. States. They amid send/cute
911511101118 the vice of the thing. i “e "mm“ m 0‘ 50
it would Icon. bowwer. that chi-3km initial:between{downswingl
government, is not empowered t.ttbnt in no war concerned this nation;
make either of the tmties. The pre- “d' t“ 3 800‘ or ‘ Md cause. ‘5 :
amle of the Ooostitntion (Marcu- thEy pleased: They want; at
ers on Constitutional law any. in; tbe‘ wili, audios to other “out. “NP
same value for the purpose of can-3 out any consideration moving to this
There consequently could be
stmetion as that given so the “3an Intion.
big of an ordinary statute), states that . excessive taxation without representa-
the Constitution is ordained to pro- tion. tho people’s for
ride for the common dean“, and b, . taxation being primarily in the House
the promotion of the general welnre l of Representatives. To do whatever
of the people or the our“ gmjthty phased. could only require the
plackstone. discussing the construct- making: 5' than. M 0' a
ton of statutnc, can: ”The most nut-I contract with “other nation.
um way to de‘ermine the will of the: The President seems to have ignor-
leiliSlamre (the makers of‘the G-nu- . ed the M £1!“ ‘ treaty “ ‘ contract.
tulion, in this case.) is to incoming to lntemtlmllaw. and
their intention ‘nt the time the hv'mnnot. “More, bahmreted 9“
was made.’ am by the spirit and oept by force of the legal principles
reason, the gums and consequences, of interpretation und conduction of
the subject mather m; the turd: and contracts. Obviously, a palty to a
‘ contract can not Want it
t
to?
Constitution was that of incense pa- (7-3-5-
triotism." The makers of the Conn-g
tution Were patriotic men. who upheld‘
international law, and emit! its! ' kno
principle of neutrality, which. signers: The British admiralty t or nau-
on international MW, “y. u“ 0! the “('3‘ mile ‘6 $.OWM. and file Millie
greatest importance to the well-being knot 6332-“ feet and is generally re-
of the soclety_ of states." The makers’garded as the standard. The number
of the Constitution could not. there- of feet in a statute knot is arrived at
fore. have had any intent or idea 0! -
the United States making. in violation .8 follows: The circumference Of the
of that principle, any such treaties or 5 earth is diVMEd into 360 degrees, each
wars .as. are now proposed. And. for dgrees containing sixty knOtS 0" (35“
the linited States to wage, at great :
coat to its people, wars against -nn-r - ~- ' '
tions that had not given this nation mace: 21'6“, dinded into 13i.389.406.
Just cause fer war, would not be an‘the number of feet in the earth's cir-
CALCULATING FEET IN KNOT.
act mafinfthhebflm‘ Welfaré’ orlcumferenee. gives 6.082.636 feet. "1";ti
e . pe o e ‘lited States. . 5 km .
in the Chinese Exclusion cases. the!loam 0f the statute Laue
United States Supreme court said. as!
l recollect it, that the powers. of gov-g
eminent are delegated .in trust to the‘
United States; and are incapable oft
transfer to any other parties; that1
they cannot be abandoned or surroirf
den-ed, and that the exercise of these'lmld and log. Spitsbergen is a land;
public trusts is not the subject of bnrt- glrnoglit with my cont-iron! poni-
er or contract. The league contract bilitles. The coal is practically all on
transfers or surrenders some of these1
”we”. :the surface. and deep mining is “3‘
i can conceive no trust without emf?-
_—
°°°°°°'°"W°"‘
. w.«.eo.oe,ee,ee.e§ee . .WfiptcefiQWh
COAL IN THE “:5 REGlONS.
Geologists hate discovered immense;
O
- , ”reinvent
55 Sol-1mm '7Skieel W
o
n
l
d
a},
P m ,5 1; ._ _ f
rmutmmm j_‘ '
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-—Au attack
on governmental tendency toward us
I sunled control of business enterprises,
in the miners of the Constitution: vi“! Brectal reference to proposed
‘ legislation for supervision of the pack-
elated wise joint action of bothgipsmry.m-udotodny~by8u-
'ator Femald. of Maine. speaking in
Stamping the Kenyon
and Kendrick bills. vehicles 0! the
packer regulation now under discus-
stifling, throt-é
the
could not originate—should, in anyfsion as examples of “
7t|lngrlegislationf he declared his op—
1 position to them. said they were ex-
tensions of the policy which had fail-'
at! h the transportation and commu—‘ .
the Constitution have intended to re- ! nication industries and predicted that
quire lesser authority for the vastly the public would suffer from higher
in- l costs and poorer service should they,
’be enacted. ‘ _
“i cannot believe the Senate of the 1,
United States feels after the experi-.
ence we have had with Government’ .
in fact no American ever dreamt of i control. 0‘ railroads, WI“! 8‘..
‘ telephone lines. that the policy shod '
be continued." he said.
tainly lead to chaos and comma: . ‘.
bankruptcy. in behalf of the business
men of the country. those who navel
had as much to do with snaking on-
country great as ‘uy other oil. a! “.3
citizens, i want to protest here and V 25c.
now against this proposed legislatkm. '
rwas made in a contract «'3’, m; it is filled with danger to our um- .
tlous and our system of 60m. -
'it is Socialistic. it is ail-America. an
it should be defeated.” ‘
Defending the packers. he said that .
business had to be conducud in largo
units in order to be economcnl. M
development of refrigerator cars and.
ownership of stockyards, like that
utilization of animal byprodueu. coo-
stituted valuable service, be defined. -
He attacked the Federdl Trade-(b.
i mission for "questionable method!“ it
investigation and report on he
the President and Senate would hoof packers, ““1 “m m“ it h“ "'5
tum met over the u,“ and ' largely lost of its function to 33 d t
linked ; guide business. '
its
ation.
investigate it,
of monopoly.
ingtbnt
of the country.
‘Thr re are now
played in the factories of Connecticut,
accordinx to a statement of Factory
. inspector William Duncan made at the
‘ capitol yesterday.\
, SPECIAL‘ ANNOUNCEMENT g
. Jeanne :e _ :
Corseaete and Glov‘ier ,-
mm.mar
With a, film lune, of~ Comets. Gloves.
Senate.
“The commission."
Complaints of wholesale
"It is clam that
on.
362,000 persons on
O
. .
' we,
r
I
a.
all.
grocers
that the packers were entering their
field in the sale of perishable foods.
be classed as Int-tiled, with the re-
mark that the complaint
made against the grocers for handling
idrugs. hardware and other goods out
. of their line.
misbtbe
' , Congress
.br 60) 21.600 knots to the Groomer, timid give the Government power to
_say. he asserted. “what products a
concern may not handle. as it would
. be able to do under pmposed lesbia-
lnstead of attempting to make
;big business little. let us all put! to-
: gether to make little business big. Re-
; move the shackles some are attent-
ing to place on the business interests
Give them a fair field.
Wot coal in Spit-bamJnd Kitten]: workout in hiaovn way the
is now apparent thit. in spite 01,109” great industrial problems before us."
;—
Ala e. All» 4n.
an“. rm“ <
WA? .a a at.
“it would on!»
he assertion.
to 2 “failed to get any evidence of euth-
it is only by unfair In“, ,
by misinterpretation and m“-
ment of facts, that itwas able to“. f . ml. i .....
' to the conclusion that then: h n “ ‘4 pa r
bimtion in restraint of ink. This?
report so far as i have ten able to
l a. suitably info”
that the commission in m instances
actually used only such parts of tale»
grains taken from the files of the
packers as appealed to bear out its
case, omitting item: in. tbe an.
telegrams which were. not new evi- ,
deuce to the committee. The Federal
Trade Commission. in place of cooper
ating and being of em: Wane.
has been and is now. M Mr
tying and heckling American business
mum-u.”
'1! there is any unfair competition
or “:32" 9th mil
an. e , the
Clayton antirTmt law and-the Peder»
al Trade Commission law give ample
power to suppress such illegal om
-'
From 7 to 10 o'clock
Kitchen Crash Towelinu
., Regular 19c.
Special, yard ......
Huck Towels
Blue borders: value
So. Special . . .‘. ........
_ 25c
White Outing Flannel
seamen: . . .. . 25c
Hail Color Calicos
fiestas ........ 15c
Yul 'ide Challies
New .of patterns;
1 90
M Heroerized Sateen
am. ......... .. 46¢
Knack—Ellie Tons
{fifii .‘f‘f‘ff' ..... 79c
. Plaid Blankets ,.
nu an; value $2.98
0. N. TEE-col Cotton
6 “’°°‘” ‘°’ 27c
Kolynos Tooth Paste
(-
t
WW ............ 19c
Curve-Edge Dress Band-
wide: regular
in:
1 L2 and 2 inches
DECISION 'PO HOVE
HAS NOT CHANGED
W n1- Page (he).
C. of C. in Conference.
ers nnd the Chamber of Commerce
were said to be hm Seward 15.
Price, executive anomaly. and Ed-
mund S. Wolfe represented the
chamber. while a M “ed
by Samuel leit muted the
strikers. Asked if more were any rep
Wives of the unusual eecIIIIry.
E. C. Davison mot. Nr. Price'said
be presumed no. In all, there were
more than a dash members of the
strikers' committee present.
The acetic; urns not open to the
press and those present refused to
discuss particulars. it is understood.
harm. that the Chamber of Com-
merce assumes the representation of
the public of Bridgeport and that is
endeavoring to secure concrete
proposition from the strikers which
till later be bid before represent-
me
«net
446‘
e...” ,.
...
M emcee.
nu
mum“
e lZic
The conferences between the strik-V
The United Eye Glass Sh” is an
organization of specialists in the ‘
examination of eyes and the fitting
of eye glasses. ‘l .
No charge is made to: w.
thorough eke-m ' M70“.
require glasses, fleas will be an}
plied at: a w eat than
you could M has. ta pay.
Unit! I” “It Sh. u. W
«W ' thoughout the cool-
try to under a highly valotble
and personal service to fit
Butterfly Talcum Powder:
Regular 25c. 19c
Special ..............
Lingene' Bratd'
With hodkin.
Regular 12c ..........
__ 7c.
6 Inch Fancy Ribbons'
All ooolrs. “ 39c
Regular 59c ..........
“a .I M. I If 8'
m 61.00. 69:
Special .............. .
Galvniuad the
rim w
12 qt. size: Wt a:
500. Special .......... . .
O’Cedur Oil
Large bottle: regular
60c. Special ........... .
No. 6 Parlor Brows
Good quality corn: clo- own-p;
hauler 85c.
Synchl ............... .
:‘lvnnized Iron Oil
1 a. “on size; rota-1hr
604. Special ......... .
~—
Women’s Union Suits
Special
at
Boys’ Wash Suits
as
Plain colors and stripes; rosi-
iar 81.39. i
Special
loaves of the company when the
lure invited into conference with .3
.chamber's representatives.
1 The conference lasted for sevm
lbours. and was adjourned at 63*
last evening. it will be run-ed or
3 tea o'clock this morning. We
lwitb the officials will prob-bl! p,
.oponed early next week '
TEMPERATURE OF LEAVES
reet moms. use of the huqdfiee new
temperature of leaves node in 9:3
deserts and maintains at m amt
in the Santa Lucia mountains at Cit
fornia have i‘t-sulled in the disco—3r
that leaves show a very rapid up
of temperature at times. These .r
tuntions are almost count-fly fit
on. Changes of from one to three 0"
grees centigrsde were W in
from twentv to sixty sects-In, and I :s
moderately strong wind is blowing the
changes may amount to five dam»
in thirty seconds.
at
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