7—7 ,
THE EVENING GAZETTE
NTIBED AT run-Posr Orrron rN Norman-K
As A NEWSPAPER.
p pram SUBSCRIPTIONS
Dams. onefyear. $3; sixfmonths. $1.75: three
months. 51.00: one month. 30c.
WEEKLY. one year. in iadvance. $1.00; six
months. 600.: three months. 350.
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1897.
Trrn ‘WEATHER—TO- day, fair to
cloudy, with rising temperature. To-
morrow fair to partly cloudy and warm-
er.
Use and Abuse of Wealth.
Au agitation has recently been start-
ed in New York that seems likely to
convulse the country from centre to
circumference. It was begun by the
Rev. Dr. William D. ‘ Rainsford, a
prominent and highly respected clergy-
man of New York, strongly protesting
against the vulgar exhibition of extrav-
agance by the rich of that city. It was
an admonition against a social enter-
tainment known as a costume ball, then
to-be given by one of the rich families
of New York, and it led to a very gen-
eral discussion of the subject by inter-
views from leading ministers and citi-
zens. '
The second contribution to this agita-
tion came from James A. Roberts,
Comptroller of the State of New York
who in his annual report just delivered
to the Legislature, presents most pro-
nounced views on the subject of the
inequality of taxation by which the rich
escape their just share of the burdens
of the government. An official paper
coming from the officer of— the State
charged with the review of the tax laws
of the Commonwealth, would attract
attention under any. circumstances,
' but this report of Comptroller Roberts
presents in the plainest English the
exactions forced upon the middle and
poorer classes of facilities with which
the rich escape a jist share of
taxation, and it cannot fail to make an
impression, not only upon the State of
New York, but upon the ciuntry gen-
erally.
The present conditions of the country
also force the general attention of the
people to the use and abuses of wealth.
The ostentatious display of fortune by
'_‘many who have acquired it in question-
- -. able ways and often by the aid of un-
' just laws, has created profound unrest
throughout the industrial classes of the
nation, and the time has come when
those who look to the common welfare
of the rich and poor alike must give
pointed admonition to those who flaunt
their wealth in the face of penury. and
want.
The theory of our government is to
give equal opportunities to all classes
and conditions in the race for distinc-
tion and fortune, but the conviction
has become very general in recent years
that this theory has been largely de- p
parted from, and that the concentration
of wealth has been aided by oppressing
those who do most to create it. It is
equally the theory of this government
that those who possess property have
the right to use it in their own way.
They may use it generously in social
entertainments or otherwise, and may
thereby largely benefit industrial
classes and difi'ise it freely among those
who most need it, but those who are
believed to have acquired wealth, disf
vhonestly, or by laws protecting them at
the cost of the great mass of the people,
create profound distrust and resent-
ment when they fliunt it in vulgar dis-
play before the multitud2. Especially
its this true when it is known that the
rich are evading their just proportion
of taxation, for their own as well as the
public protection and welfare.
The Republic is now confronted with
:he gravest problem of its history, not
even excepting that of secesiion and
3IYll war. It is the problem of restor-
ing to proper relations, on an entirely
jist basis, the now widely and deeply
antagonized interests of capital and
labor. Platitudes will not accomplish
it; political professions have lost their
3' Weight with the great massiof the peo-
ple, and there must be some remedial
measure that will command the confi-
dence of the considerate judgment of
the whole peOph. Tnere musit be en-
tire equality of rights, and that means
the diffusion of political power among
the'people rather than within the circles
of concentrated wealth. It is a ques-
tion so grave at this time that the
government and the statesmen that fail
to realize its imperious demands must
disappoint the country and invite po-
. _ litical failure.
‘ Ever since the war the tendency of
,Jlegislation has been to aid the concen-
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'tration of wealth, the enrichmdnt of
the few and the impoverishment of the
many, and we have reached a point
when this policy must notonly be halt-
ed, but it must be reversed. It must
be done to assure the fidelity of all
classes and conditions of the American
people to their'free institutions. The
issue confronts us; it must be met, and
I the tranquillity and prosperity of the
Nation depends upon meeting it
promptly and patriotically on the lines
of justice to all the people of the coun-
try.
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Quick Relief from Rheumatism.
Mr. ElishaBerry, of this place says he
never had anything do him so much good,
and give such quick relief from rheumatism
as Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. He was
bothered greatly with shooting pains from
hip to knee until he used this liiiiinent,
which afforded prompt relief.——B. F. BAKER,
druggist, St. Paris, Ohio. For sale by E. P.
Weed, Druggist.
NOTICE. _
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. Notice is hereby given, that at an Ad-
Journed Regular Meeting of the Mayor
and Council of the City Of Norwalk, to I
be held in the Council Room, in said
City, February 15th, 1897, at 8 o’clock
evening, a resolution will be offered to
appropriate from the City Treasury the
further sum of $250, to be used in paying
the necessary expenses of the Lights
Department of said City.
Dated at the City of N orwalk, February
10th, 1897.
By order of the Council of said City.
Attest:
E. M. LQGKWOOD, ;
City Clerk.
THIS
SPAGE
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BY
GARDNER & MITCHELL.
NOW GOING- ON:
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7 Wall Street.
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Mail orders receive
prompt attention.
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Job Printing
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‘UNHEARD or BARGAEES.
CHANCE or .4 LIFETIME.
350 pairs of Lounsbury, Mathewson 6: Co.’s Ladies’ Eine Shoes at half price.
500 pairs sample 3, 3t and 4, C, D and E, from 7 50 to $125; worth from $1.25 to $3.
150 pairs Ladies’ Calf, Lace and Button, worth $2.50, at $1.25. -
400 pairs Ladies” nice fine Kid Button and Lace, $2.50 and $3, at $1.50.
300 pairs Ladies” Goodyear Welt, Button, patent leather tip, 3 styles, worth $3, at $2.
75 pairs Misses’ Patent Leather Spring Heels, at 7 5c.
80 pairs Misses’ Patent Leather Spring Heels, at 55c.
250 pairs Men’s Calf, Square Toe, Double Sole, Lace, regular $3 shoe, at $2.
60 pairs Men’s Calf. Square Toe, Single Sole, Lace, regular $1. 50 shoe, at $1.
50 pairs Men’s Police Bals Tap, Lace, regular $2 shoe. .at $1. 50. '
50 pairs Boys’ Tap Sole, Lace, regular $1.25 shoe, at 7 5c.
100 pairs Boys’ and Youth’s, a good one, Lace, regular 850.
180 pairs Men’s High Boots, same as a year ago 2.85. '
100 pairs Men’s Storm King, same as a year ago, $2.7 5.
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Assets, January 1, 1897.
Liabilities to Policy Holders, reserve and all other claims,
Payments to Pelicy Holders, in 1896,
Surplus as to Policy Holders, January 1, 1897,
Premium receipts in 1896, ‘
Interest receipts in 1896,
Total receipts in 18316,
Life, Endowment, and Term Policies issued and
1896, 10,928, insuring
Life, Endowment, and Term Insurance in force Jan. 1, 1897, 145,635,94094
Accident Insurance in force January 1, 1897,
Paid Policy Holders since organization, a;
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J. C. W EBSTER, Vice President.
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MORGAN G. BULKELEY, President.
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$45,557,272.15
38,845,769.90
4,498,657.44
6,711,502.25
5,664,829.94
2,317,319 44
7,982,149.38
revived in
22,322,94800
ti 79,083 850 00
99,697.808.01
The following gains were made by the ZETNA LIFE in 1896 :
In income, $1,057,816.28; in assets, $1,997,234.42 ; in surplus, $198,816.81 ; in
new life business, $1,598,668.00 ; in life insurance in force, $5,608,680.00 ; in acci-
dent business in force, $21,736,500.00 ; in accident premiums, $175,086.72 (or 62
per cent); in new business in Connecticut, $310,642,00; in total life business‘in’
Connecticut, $472,569.00.
The dividend to the insured for 1897 is the 25th regular annual increase—a record
unparalleled in the history of life insurance. Notwithstanding the advance made
by the ZETNA LIFE in 1896, its expenses to income in the Life Department were a- .
little lower than in the previous year, and 23 per cent. less than the average ex- '
penses of the ten leading “purely mutual” companies for the year 1895. (We have -
not: their figures for 1896). ,
W. C. FAXON. Assistant Secretary.
. ‘ GURDON W RUSSELL, M.D., Medical Director.
E. GILBERT, Asst. Secretary, JAMES CAMPBELL, M. D., Medical Examiner.
81 WASHINGTON . STREET SOUTH: NOR WALK. E' “Til?tttf.t't.%°e“:éfleggs:,':li°.?..°.°.:'32:::im...._
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