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Cor, renmylvtnta A-, f',l I In S" Kcw TetK UcifiC Thu Hun Ilulldlrg to.ireN Iiuintr Trrlrr uuIUIiik Hunsciumex tkkms Th Etskise Pcblie I.ircra l t-rved te tub erlbtra In rhlladtlphl nnd nurreundlns tawnt t th rat et twtlve (12) cents par weak, rayabla te tha carrier. 'By wall te relnta outside of riilladelphla In tha United SUU. Canmliv, or United !;tal I'os I'es I'os rtajlena, restata free, fifty (ort) canti par month. U (16) dollar per year, paxtble In advance. Te all feralcn reuntrlea one (11) dollar a month, i Notiei) Subcrllra wlihlnr addrct chaniJ must tlv old as well a new ad.lim. BELL. aOOQ UMLNIT KKVSTONf. MUN HOt KTXddrtta oil commnnicadenj te t.r-nlny Public Irtxlgtr. Indryendtnt-f Reuare, rUtirtljMii. Member of the Associated Preai ' THE ASSO( aTZD PltHStt txciuHmtlv rn tllUd te the tit; for republication of all nic tfttpefehej crrdlttd te (I or het effteru-ue crfdlteJ , (Ms paper, and alie ("if local newt published thtrein. All riehti c rfpitlHeatfeii of ipertal dUratehet herein are alie metxed. VUltddpMa, TuiJr, Jtnu.rj 17, 19:2 GETTING AHEAD TOTE Mitten -Weglcin petition te the Pub- lie Service Commission for if i views en the proposed operating agreement for the l'rankferd elevated line was intended te prevent unnecessary delay in getting the new read in opcratler. Whatever agreement may be reached be tween tbe city and the Philadelphia ltapid Transit Company must he approved by the commission. Its approval Informally of one phase of thu agreement paves the way for approval of ether phases en which ne gotiations nre still in progress. Time is nn important clement jnrt new. Tbe sooner the line is in operation the sooner will the city begin te get some re turn en Its Investment. If agreement en operation conditions could have been reached at any time within the last three years, the cars could have begun te run within a com paratively few months of the settlement of the terms. The delay has cost tbe city at least $1,500,000 in Interest en the cost of the line, and it has inconvenienced tens of thousands of persons who would have used the high-speed cars every day. New that the Public Service Commission has approached the matter In the bame spirit of accommodation that is being dis played by City Council and th" P. It. T.. It ia net likely te be many months before cars nre in operation between Sixty-ninth street and the Frankford terminue of the new ele vated line. MR. HAYS NEW JOB THE country will wait with conid'rub!e Interest that fiat old phrase from po litical stump t.pccchcs of the elder fashion presses tbe situation exaelly te see what Will II. Hays intends te de for the movies and what the emperors and princes of movie finance hope te de with and te Mr. Hajs. Tentative reports from the thrones of Tilmland say that the present Postmaster General will be expected te devote his time nnd talents te "the better organization of the mevlnj-plcture Industry and te a mere complete co-ordination of the forces underly ing the producing and distributing busi ness." Te a layman that announcement may mean little enough. Te nny one ac customed te translating flip lingo of indus trial promotion it means that the tendency toward centralized control of American films, is te be quickened and. perhaps, continued toward something like a limited monopoly. New, the movies, nest te newspapers and books, are the most powerful and effective agencies through which thought in this country may be directed and colored. They .have been recegulzcd for years as a me dium for the manufacture of opinion. There can be no criticism of the purpose fA investors te organize with a view te bet ter economy and efficiency in any line of ,hutd,ncss. But what would tbe country say t It were te wake up some morning aud )iind that all the newspapers have been brought under the control of a single small KTOup of owners or If it learned suddenly that a fcniall company of ambitious magnatcn lhad obtained complete control of the book- jpublishing business Including thu ceneerii" I ;ngagcu in me iri'imrmiun unu printing in .school textbooks? It would feel, naturally enough, that there might be danger in any monopoly of the mechanism by which the in formation and impressions necessary te pro pre pro 'gressive public opinion are presented day after day te the people. Children learn much in the movie nowa days. The films, tee, are the only means by which n ery large part of the popula tion acquires lasting impressions of con temporary life and current events. It muy be assumed that the moving aplrits of the 111m Industry are net moved by uny sirUter juetlva when thej express a de.-drc for a tighter grouping of the organizations new engaged In th production of moving pic tures. It may be supposed that they ".eek nothing but tbe ndvautnges that emue from centralized control of nny industry. If there is 'te be anything like a great central monopoly of thu American movies it 'will assure te Its promoters mere than property or trade advantages. It will be an organization with power te make a di rect nnd peculiarly intimate appeal te the collective nnd unsuspecting mind of the country, day after day, without challenge or competition, with whatever ort i,f piopu piepu ganda It may desire new or '.u the future te iret in inotieu. The movie men have objected Atrenueuaiy te the whole theory of ceri'.ui-suip. Thee are opposed te nny sort of legal regulation. Much of this tort of objection reeu upon geed grounds. Hut by tee zealous effort t te exploit a hlghl sueeeseful and profitable in dustry they are drifting toward a stute of mind that may make mere rigorous and vtn disastrous regulation inevitable. VARE'S SOCIAL DILEMMA SEKATOIl VAttE, who had planned te go te Pittsburgh te attend a dinner in honor of former Mayer Babcock tonight. changed his mind tit the last moment and decided te go te Washington te attend the dinner his brother is giving te Senater Ppper. A man with se varied political experience r the Seuth Philadelphia leader had no difficulty in gutting out of the social compli cations Involved in two such Important coti ceti fflctlnK dinner engagements. Why he decided In favor of Washington in proference te Pittsburgh is subject for conjecture, as he) has net taken the public Inte lib) confidence. Tha Pittsburgh dinner would bare given him an opportunity te talk with Mayer Magce, nlth whom he has been trying te make an eIi'ciihIvp and de fetiilrs alliance, nnd he might have been aialtted te Senater Crew'a kick-room. The WasAlflk'ten dinner will glve him, an op ep op yertttsHy te TrewrUmi'Bt Senater Pepper and also bring him In touch with the whele Pennsylvania congressional delegation. Perhaps he decided In frtTer of Washing Washing ten because it would onnble hltn te talk politics with men from nil pnrts of the Stnle Instead of with the leadcra of Alle gheny County. But whatever mny have been his reasons, he Is going te exhibit him self In Washington as n willing recipient of tlie State leadership mantle of ti lnrgcr man In the confident hope that, even though he may net be regarded as big enough te fill it, the impression mny.be erented that If he should share it with his brother the Con gressmen might be convinced that It would net drug loe much of Its length ou the fleer. THE RICHEST GOVERNMENT BREAKS DOWN AT ITS MINT Half-Time Layoff of Expert CrafUmen at the Coinage Plant In This City Constitutes a National Disgrace TIMES arc unpropltIeii8 for Federal ag gravation of the unemployment piob pieb lem. Aside from the special obligations of the cap n lamentable latk of self lespect is revealed in governmental policies grounded in penny-foolishness nnd penurious pedantry. It is the popular impression that offenses of this description can be randy useribed te any Administration of a republic notorious for Its extiavngnnce. On the whele this opinion is valid. But this view serves te emphasize such Instances of retrenchment ns tire traceable te nothing mero Inspiring than unperceptive bureaucracy. A particularly flagrant specimen of this sort of false economy Is new visible in the operation of the me-t famous und best equipped mint in the Western Hemisphere. Thcre is Irony in the hpcctnelc of the rich eft of (.levcrumcnts entering a pica of pov erty in defense of the management of Us own coinage mill. Net humor, however, but ingratitude is the main factor of a dis graceful bltuatlen. The Philadelphia Mint cinplejcs. skilled craftsmen who could have commanded bulg ing pay envelopes in many lines of pioduc pieduc pioduc tien during the war Inflation period, were patriotically proof against Mich temptation in most case. Their fidelity Is new re warded with tbe installation of a half-time f-ystem te endure until June 30. The Federal appropriation, it i1? said, has been exhausted. The bookkeepers of thu capital are primed with documentary evi dence. Official arms are folded nnd the sufferers are expected te take the conse quences meekly. As a matter of fact, the.-e faithful artisans, financially straitened in a far from genial season, are, as Federal servants, barred from organizing spectacular pretcsl. Theoretically the Government is Interested in tbe welfare of its empleyes. It 1- un fortunate if the cashbox happens te be empty. Thus, it will be ndiuitted, runs the theory. The facts are otherwise and they saver most significantly of outrage. In departmental circle it is alleged that the piping times of production at the mini last year depleted the pajtnll re-crvc. But what if thev did? It is conceivable that officials net infatuated with Huersfrlng methods might lmve recognized abnormal circumstance! and have reckoned te same rational extent with the future. Congress, however, was net pressed te piepare for nn inevitable falling off of demands upon the mint. ,,. Business was net conducted en intelligent principles, nnd high-type specialists, who would find it difficult today te obtain posi tions in fields akin te that one in which they have been arduously trained, aie con fronted with possibilities of acute distrcs.-?. It is cold consolation te suggest te these shabbily treated I-Vderal servitors that tbey once received a slight mcrenec in unge anl tasted the menetaiy delights et overtime. It is impossible te t-ipe fie disnal logic of the yc.tr 10'J2. Aid net charity, but jus.Ice- ! n.e im perative duty of the red-tapist and the i leg islators. In this connection it is. grntiiying te note the zeal of Congressman Dai row. who has announced his intention of securing an extra appropriation te tide ever a painful nnd undue emergency., Sena'.or lepper whose f-ense of justice is keen, should be serviceable in winnlug co-operation by the " The casTcalls for prompt and open -bended action. Morally the indifference of the Government lias been culpable, i rem the economic standpoint the Veucral admluL admluL tratien of the mint amounts te an exhibition or' bureaucratic absurdity. The only decent rcmedv remmeii-.uvnte with 'the digni'y of the Beimblle H the res toration of the men te the full time and full pay- SORE ON "BIG BILL" WHEN "Big Bill" Haywood jumped his bail and fled te Kussta s premise was made te the men who went en his bend that tbey would lie reimb-ir-ed. The De fense Committee of the I. W. AA . has new announced that no one Inn ben reimbuyseU and that several ether men jumped tlie.v bail because of Ha weeds example arid as a result the defence fund has lest Jj.W.OOi). The committee is grieved at this breach of faith by the Communist friend of the Hussien Soviet. It admits that it would have beea a serious blew te tbe I. . v if Haywood had becu Imprisoned, but the financial less which it has iuftered U also a blew which the I. W. W. feels in its pocket nerve. But however mnj be looked at. the whole affair i- a blew te the pretensions of !! i .en who wre Soing te reteim the world en the principles of geed faith of man te man. If tb- reformers cannot keep faith with one another, hew cull they be expected te keep fault with the vct of us? A PACT WITHOUT SENSATIONS THE Inconsplfuetisness e me present treaty negotiations between Great Britain and Belg.uin i- by no mean" .iniin dex of their importance. Ne pact In i mil European diplomacy ras been se quietly con summated as the convention guaranteeing te tbe Brussels Government defensive sup port by all the Ilritinli for es in the item of aggression by a ferelgu power. "'Hie instrument already signed by ;.' slum taker, the lean of a pioiisieiml proieei.'. It will be presented in expanded tieatv form te the Belgian and liiltinb Cibinet today. Then; nic ti alw..rthy lndiculi.u.rf that the pact will find approval In betl. nations. The nppaienl ea-e with which the pic liminarles have been accomplished i r a ay n significant comment upon tee highly sensitized condition of French politics Ex cessive punctilio. Incrcnsed by demesll..' nnrtlsan wrangles, has darkened a situation which English statr-mm are unqucMiennb cnirer te bi-e rhtrifid. The proposed Anglo Angle rrencb treaty would mark u en-inuilve , .. in liurepe. could tin blight of agitated lien is te ipiue (Xtcilt be dispelled. THE BLOC COMING AROUND fTlUE farmers' bloc is proving amenable te I i.. !., fnrmiilntien of tllnns te I secure agricultural representation en the Federal Ileiorve Beard. It 1ms been de manding Miatibe law be amended!" te EVENING JUJdl'id.O LJfiDG-EK compel the President te appoint a rcpre scntatlve of agriculture te the benrd. Werd new comes from Washington that It is willing te nccept cither of two amend ments te the law. One amendment would direct the President te appoint representa tives of the various phases of Industrial and commercial business te the benrd and the ether would remove frem1 the. law the prevision thnt nt least twoef'tho members should be men "experienced in banking or finance." The second amendment would leave the President free te exercise, his own discre tion In making tip the beard. It Is pos sible te mnke n colerablo charge of class legislation ugninsl the law as it stands, for It contains rf special prevision favoring representation by n specific class. Se long as this prevision remains In force objection te requirements for the representation of agriculture en the beard Is weakened, In splte of the fact that nearly every oue admits that there should be men with bank ing experlsnce in the group of directors of the bank. An amendment te the law which would give the President nbselute discretion in making up the beard would apparently satisfy the farmers' bloc, while it would leave the President free te appoint as many bankers ns he saw fit. Tim members of the bloc could then go back home nnd tell their constituents they had eliminated from the law nil discrimination In favor of the banking class nnd hed put the Itcscrve Beard en a "democratic" basis. MORE AIR CASTLES TUMBLE UPWARD and downward flights of stocks through which wise or lucky Individuals made fortunes during the wnr period stimu lated the habit of reckless Investment In the United Stntcs. That is why another let of dreamers will suffer through the collapse of another brekerage concern, with branches in this city and in all important neighboring communities, which came without warning yesterday. Here again the processes of "in tensive promotion" were employed te tempt amateurs into tbe. speculative market". The individuals and organizations that de a necessary and beneficial work In the circulation of geed securities among the Investors whose money keeps the business of the country going cannot continue te ignere the outlaws and adventurers who eperate en the outskirts of their field. Many millions nrc lest annually by unfor tunate people who knew little of the rules of safe investment nnd have no way of knowing them. It will net de te say that they should consult their bankers. Many of them t have no bankers. The snides operate with success largely because they arc per mitted te occupy offices in great buildings and beeaue no authoritative agency is operated for the easy work of exposing them and driving them out of business or into jail. There is n large field of opportunity here for the reputable houses and the Sleck Exchange beards at least, if net the State Department of Banking. VOLSTEAD FIREWORKS THE second anniversary of the Velstead act did net go off without fireworks, though there was no apparent disposition anywhere in the country te devote the day te praise and the music of rejoicing. A four-slerj factory building near Second and Seuth .trcets went up in smoke, three alnrms were sounded, fumilies lied from neighboring dwellings and the Fire Depart ment toiled harder than usual because of n blaze said te have been started by an ex ploding whisky still. This display of Velstead fireworks was significant. It reminded sophisticated and impartial observers once again of a new und extremely troublesome aspect of the general prohibition problem. The history of bone-dryness ns it was written yearn age in Norway is being icpcated explicitly In the United States. While the Fedeial enforcement officers have been learning te cope with the Illicit traders by putting a elicl; upon the pro duction nnd sale of authentic,' whisky, the people who want strong drink have been learning te make their own, and in every city amateur distillers are plentiful, nnd some of them are turning out white light ning "for the trade." We are in seme danger of bee'eming a nation of moenshiners if the enforcement officers cannot find n way te deal with the problem of the kitchen still. "A BIT OF AN OPTIMIST" Slit PHILIP OIIJISS, whose retrespects of the wnr were umeng thu most de pressing and at the same time the most curnet of any penned, confesses te having beceme "a bit of an optimist." Citing the ratification or" the Angle-Irish treaty and the frulti of the Arms Conference a" the sources of his cheer, the distinguished jonrnalist-philesopher beholds a future net entirely ebon-hued. His new perspective' i intcrcbtlng, his present mood weitliy of imitation. It was Hamlet who tefii;e,i le conceive of an honest world without the imminent ap proach of doomsday. In a highly cosmie tense perhaps he wbm right. Nevertheless, it is te be noted that a pie pio pie fusien of melancholy ptepbecies have been wrecked since the World War caused human ity te tvmble for its very existence. Sev eral of the gloeuibenrers niiv alculatcd. espe cially these who pletuied Japan and America tlying nt each ether's threats. If fulminating CaBsandras have cone wrong, what prophets can be Irusted? Per haps noue. Forecasting cither geed or evil for man kind Is at best a dubious business. Some thing Is te be snld, or at least ought te nu tald, for contemporary happenings. Epidemics of hlbylllt-in such as luue lately afflicted the glebe aie a sign of unsteady nen !". It It. a rcliff te ebservu that se titlmritatlre a irilb' of human institutions us Sir Philip i ileuwng his lenewed spirit-) from in taalities. Manifestation of n bit of eptiinir.ni new nnd thin need net nix eerily proclaim Ihu finite mind as foolish or incapable of fighting le redress boine formidable wrongs. But persistent despair is by no means an indis indis indis ponsnble attribute of sophistication. ABUSE OF SICK SOLDIERS UNTIE new lew people had heard of the National Subslstcnce Company. That title has an ellurlng and novel round. It belongs te a noel organization. The N'u N'u tieual Subblsteine Company, it seems, is an tigemy In which the pity, gratitude and concern which the country Is buppescd te fcel for Its dif-abled soldiers of the World War have been Incorporated lit stceud hund and denatured. The Subsistence Company takes contracts for tiie feeding of soldiers under Govern ment care. An investigation conducted by the American Legien In a sanatorium at I'ncone shows tlml fieiu tin) allowance granted te each soldier thu company takes .$10 u month for meals alone. It maintains wnr prices in the cemuilsjiiry. Itaxer blades and cigarettes and such itiu bold nt sl:v-liigh priien. And tin Government payi for the housing. The public should be permitted te knew mera about the National Subsistence Com pany. It appears at this distance te be an unusually well protected infant Industry. lJJdILADELJfiLA 'lUJiJfcJDAy, JAxNUAKl 11, A PRESIDENT'S CAR Officials and Directors of the Reading Railway Had 8teel Cars They Were Safe The Forejettan Exeter Horrer Repeated at Bryn Athyn By OEOROK NOX MeCAIN HAIHUSON MORBIS, nnent my refer ence te Jehn P. Doheney's official dec dec larntlen against wooden cars en nil rail roads in Pennsylvania, writes me a very Interesting letter. His text, of course, is the Bryn Athyn horror, still vivid in the public mind. Tbe moral is apparent. Mr. Merris says : "In n reminiscent mood I venture le re peat te you nn cplsode in comment en the avoidable' disaster at Bryn Athyn. On a certain day a few years .age I recall the Interior, dreary and Inrgc, of the otllce of Mr. Geerge .P. finer in the Bending Termi nal, where he and I wcre bcatcd In con- YUl MtllOtl. "He was dwelling en a beautiful new private car which thu company had author ized te be built nt perhaps $.'10,000, and which was then standing In the station, where he would like me te have tbe pleasure of seeing it. "He relntcd thnt en n recent Tuesday trip te New Yerk, which he made weekly with Mr. Stotesbury, they had becu much shaken up in n near accident. "It was thus that the banking represen tative of the Beard of Directors desired te have constructed n new and expcnslve pri vate car for such future servlce ns these weekly trips, and J suppose ethers. "Mr. Bncr said te me lti the geniality of bl conversation that he would have been quite well satisfied with n less costly car of wooden construction, but the banking repre sentative demanded the safer conveyance of u steel cur." SOME of the worst wrecks in the history of railroading in Pennsylvania occurred en the Reading lines. The Bryn Athyn 'holocaust was, the jury said, the result of the carelessness of oper atives nnd lack of adequate signals en that particular branch line. It was for this same cause that thirty ether passengers lest their lives nnd nearly fifty were Injured In what for years after ward wns known ns the Exeter crash. It occurred twenty-two years nge. It shocked tbe Stale bocauee of the number of victims. Exeter Station, en the Beading read, was the scene. The "Cannen Ball" Express from Wll Wll Hamspert for Philadelphia was run Inte by a special from Harrlsburg for Philadelphia en Muy 111, 1S00. Tbnd. S. Adle, district deputy grand mas ter of Masens, who htlll Hies, was almost hopelessly crippled In that accident. Thcre nrc ethers, well known, whom I might also mention. There were no steel coaches of nny account then. There were, however, adequate signal systems. But the Beading Bnllread didn't have them just ns it didn't have slccl coaches en the Newtown line or automatic block signals, cither. TIE corener'H jury rendered a verdict en the Exeter catastrophe that had long been forgotten when the Bryn Athyn crash occurred last month. It found, as Corener Grant II. McGlath erv reported, that . "The Beading Hallway Company is pri marily responsible for this accident for the reason that it has never established u mod ern nnd adequate pystcin of communlcalien by telegraph or telephone between all slgual stations and the main office. "Had this system been in vogue the nc eddent. In our judgment, could have been n voided." A STARTLING' parallel te the above and what fellows In the findlnga of the jury and the Public Service experts in the Bryn Athvn wreck is noted in the verdict of the jury of 1SIH. '.We further find thnt mistakes were made by empleyes of the railway company con cerned in' the running of the two sections of train Ne. 12 en the said night." If one year's dividend en Beading stock in the twenty-two years that elapsed be tween these catastrophes had been devoted te equipping the read with steel passenger enrs the railroad managers would net have bad such costly damage blllB te pay, nor be responsible for the less of se ninny human lives. Passengers en the Doylestown, Perklomen, Pickering Valley. Colebrookdale, Frackvllle nnd ether branches still ride In tinder boxes under this snir.c menace of accidental death. Practically all the branch lines of the Rending lend are today equipped with In Damuiable out-ef-dnte wooden passenger eai s. although fifty or mero new steel cars lme been ordered. FROM the offices of the Pennsylvania Railroad, while we arc still en tbe bub ject of passenger enrs, comes thu following interesting oeinniunleatlon : "The management of the Pennsylvania Railroad System will in the near future place orders for the construction of twenty addi tional all-steel dining cars of the largest slc mid most modern type and equipment. "The new cars will net only make it pos sible te meet the public demand for increased dining service, but will. Immediately upon their completion, permit thu retirement of nil remaining wooden dining rars in use ou the Pennsylvania Railroad. "Thev will, therefore, constitute another important step toward all-steel passenger train equipment. "Arrangements will be mudc te push the construction of the lew urs ns mpldly as possible, and it is expected te have them in servlce b) spring." IN SOME icspcets the Reading Railroad is net enlv up te date, but tihcad. Take its forest-fire safety-first work! The greatest menace te property lying beside railroad tracks is that of fire. It is omnipresent. It particularly threat ens In the Inte fall and winter, when every thing is dry. ,,,i,i Then terest and farm (ires nre kindled by cinders poured iretn the itinncis et locomo tive engines that run into millions of dam ages nnnunll.i . I'uiler (.tiflenl Piiicher. huilc 1 erentcr, nn effort has been niiiile te prevent fhese con flagrations and protect property adjacent t railroads. THE railienUs lunu co-operated splendidly. If strelehfd out across the State dl dl iigeually from Erin te Chester, railroad fire prevention would represent a safety strip l!00 feet wide between the points named. v ..hC-It Htrirt is land denied 100 feet wldn en both sides of it railroad track. It steps fires from spreading te timber lands adjoining. . . , There were 1-UO miles of these safety strips made in 1121. In some places they were net only ilenred, hut "burned ever" the entire distance. THE Pennsylvania Raihejid and the Phil adelphia and Reading Railway led in thlt, safety-strip work. It Involved the removal of brush, forest litter, twigs, dry legs and ether inflammable materials within n measured distance each side the rails, The railroads spent !0;5,000 in the work. I'll venture te say It saved thorn a million dollars Jn damages. In Luzerne, Carben. Schuylkill nnd parts of Nertliqmbeiland. Dauphin nnd Lebanon f'nuntles alone there were constructed 50(1 miles of these strips. It was the largeut amount in any part of the Stale in 1021. And Beth Will Try Again Frem th Columbia, fi. C .. Rtcerd, An old lever who lest tells us the best fish ure Htlll In the river, and nfter fishing for hours recently we are In full agreement with him. "OH, LAND . ' '- 1 4 v ;3 : ;? i 4 v ' rf S . . ts ' a t ." -p - Jm) T'i ' ' ; ; r-vsiBiiH .Jjz. vweft.i - . NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians en Subjects They Knew Best ARTHUR M. EAST Talks of National Thrift Week THRIFT WEEK, which begins nil ever the country today, was started with tbe Idea of Inculcating into American citizens, especially the younger generation, the sound business Ideas upon which all national und personal piespeiitj, in the end, must rest, according te Arthur M. East, one of Un original movers in the project and for three years the national director. , , "Thrift Week begins today. Benjamin Franklin's birthday anniversary." said Mr. East, "and the business principles te be promoted during the next seven days nppl te practically every one, for the very Mmple but extremely prnctlcal reason that virtu ally every one Is engaged in .the business of making a living. Theory of Success "Every successful business has been built up en the basis of coming out ahead net breaking even or coming out with a less -and thus every one, whether or net associ ated with such business concerns, must ex pect te mnnagc his own purseuul affairs en the same coming-out-ahead basis If he would make geed for himself. "Whatever makes for cumulative success aud promotes happiness, both in business and in the home relations. Is of profitable interest te the business oigaiilzatlen and te the Indlridunl. "National Thrift Week was organized in order te bring forcibly te the attention of the American public the csscntinl principles for the financial life of the individual, und tbe programs for the various days of the week lmve been arranged te bring out In the strongest maimer possible these ten bteps te economic success. "The first, and In some ways perhaps the most important, of thchc principles may be entitled 'Weilt und 'Earn.' riveiy one should be a producer and every one should realize the importance of his particular share of the labor which keeps the wheels of society turning. Thcre is a deep satisfac tion In the consciousness that one is adding te the world's steru of wealth, knowledge nnd comfort. This feeling bwectens work and does much te make life worth while. "Make a budget. Plan In advance hew te get the fullebt return for every dollar that is spent and hew te get the greatest amount of satisfaction out of every hour of work. Meney It simply a medium of exchange what one buys with his savings determines what be uciuall gets for his berviccs. In every cube these who make a budget and live up le it us rlifidly as rhey can get far mere than these who spend tit haphazard. "Keep a record of cxpenditurm, A per son cnunet expect te mnke it uiccpss of the business of living if he keeps track only of whiu conies lit and merely guesses tit what gees out and what It gees for. Every hiub business keeps u careful record, even down te thu little expenditures termed 'petty cash.' Without keeping such u record of personal expenditures no one can actually knew for what he is working. 'Goodness only knew where thu money gees, never yet helped any one te get ahead. llunli Account Important "Have u bank account. Most financially solid perbeus pay their bills by check, thus niukinz the record of the payment and thu ueelpt a ningln one. It is safer and mere emu cnli ut te transmit than cah. Hut this is nut Us only merit. A bank ncceunt at Interest guards money and helps it te grew. "Anether Important duly te one's depend ents as well as te lilnibedf is the currying of a ren IIBUIII1U1U Hllli'ili'l " 'v tiinitttitiiv. )i ipiHK t worry as te 'what will happen te them1 ou will Increase u person s prebcnt-dii.v efll clcncy and earning power. The protection of oue's family nsulnst the pobslble less of the bread-winner in au essential clement of modern life. "Mnl.q a will. A properly drawn will in mnes that what one leaves will go te theso whom he chouses, it is, as It were, ihe final deed te all I hut a man peMbesscs. A will saves court proceedings, delays ami expense for small as well ns for Inrgc estates. "Owning u home. A home la fur II101,Q than a heiibc. It makes one an active part ner In the community, increases, his nelf respect und iimkes for fumlly ttablllty. Owning n home adds te pretent-day savings aud comfort and secures old age. It supplies a motive which makcH saving easier and 1M2 OF THE BRAVE AND THE FREE" , , , : mere pleasant. Of course, there are some circumstances which mnke home owning Im possible or impracticable, but for these who can de se it is nn excellent plan te fellow. 'Fay bills, promptly. Every one should pay his bills en pajdny. or when they nre due. If n person Is paid every week, It is net fuir te ask the grocer or ether retail dealers te wait thirty days or mere for their money. When one gets goods mi credit be obligates himself te pay the bill when it Is due. livery unpaid bill is a mortgage against future time and work. Meney spent in nd yaiipn simply means thnt tie debtor will lmve te work ter something that is in the past, i.vcrv one bheuld work for today and for the future. Therefore one of the soundest prineiplcH of Thrift Week la pay and save as you go. Government Securities "Invest in Government securities. Every person should own something, and what Dener tlilnir can he mvn tl,,, ci, t i,i Government'.' Wur-saring stamps, Trciibur.v C'UrtUlClltCH Mllf I.llli.rtiT lir..,,!., .. , ..V . ''.J u,,u-, UU1MU mil i "...j i-uiivtiuciii means of saving, but pro pre Ji'r'c'1 c,l.1"'"",tf!'l security, pajiiiB geed in terest. I be very postusMen of remc of the Government securities is an incentive te uim-is, ie oecemu investors! nnd net mere nini" 0r8n?is welln? !l (lll'ect ,li(l le lhc " i i'. """?" Vf l1.'1' I'crh0 biuiKclf. These f,ern .1, " " "' l,, '"'Pt "' "Ot Sold or traded without the advice of a banker renllJ .IJS.m'w .0lh7s' A,,y ' whleli is entfet i'l .' V'",? ls !l matrer of Veirnl n U J cIeh ,or "" "! service as well ns et feed and shelter. Ne normal human abelfr M?n,C0T,e,fIjP haW 1"S neither 1 S n HlS lini',,y' Tlle "'"" who lei! community nor Is helped by u might us well be en u desert Island Therefore every one should invest son Je 111 g et himself ns well ,ial.t of hu ,vlm; community welfare und knew the joy an the sa Ufnclien of supporting werth-w le institutions ami movements. "ue uvl11"0 "rc.tne Principles for which Thrift Week was iimugtirnted. Thu w desuren.l Inculcation of them into tl.r T present ; Sncr. ut en and the teaching of thcn te the co, Im them",0 a ma! mrl "r Ume they "I'KTlew est in the word as well fi, m into .contact." "' "hem be co"ca ! What De Yeu Kmm? ' QUIZ .'. J'1.1'1' . h'TJIng - vt no is the new Premier r t... a. JCaine four livlne- riii 1 ' ra,lc? 4. What Is the werlifi nla'7aw' beat speed? " lecera 'of meter- & V'ietm,i7t,w ,nean,nf " . name Okla- Impeached? Isl,t -nuew Jehnsen ,?!' '!leV'n,.1 whnt ' Belirravla? 10. .,,, the nieunimr oVverd cupre- Answers te Yesterday's Quit 1. Twe famous palntlnc i, -, , ., "Uattersea r ldg"?'H and latl"r ar6 of his mother. "d tll Peitralf 2. The two chief rellilenH ( m.i . T, CwirucinnlBii, n. BuMhliin ,Ilna Rr9 -. Tim Inrsest triumphal arch in',,,. , ., Is the Arcli of Trlunii, "r A.erl(l the atar (Are de l'Ft,, i.?ri A,Sh et 4. The easternmost proWtien'oVn n ,ra1rH; .Statm. hi Weat Quoddy Iil1a,,U"ltcU Kastpert, Me. ' 1UaJ. near C. ThomeH Hardy wrete "The Dvnasts." if l?n?.dRl,naUe eP' 0f th" Weenie v. .,u...uua Niivu irein liles, en th of .Spain, te the Gulf et ' "Vr1"6, cef th rtr-seven duvn. el J'elce In T. The fasteit titp around th ni,, . maela by Jehn II. jur' tV101I?,,,T"!!, S8 days 21 hours no I minute. :9t3 ln 3. MaKneblutn 1m tli lightest known m . twe-thlrda lighter t an a mninmeUli 9 The middle name of Cnew A Pfu.UP was Alan. 'A "tliur 10. Pcre Maruuetts v aa a famous LYeenh es.p lerer und .missionary, noted r,J' dully for his descent of the- MImiP.?T lllver from WUcenin te T he Vne un'ef y si m SHORT CUTS Advice of beer nnd light wlue adve cates te legislaters: Set cm up again. New Yerk combines In a state of fcrf. i'h excitement ever the discovery of thctaittl et water. New that Irishmen nre governing IJ land, nrc the malceutcuts going te hate their I leuews : Every pellticnl lookout en the ship oil srntc seems te ue climbing te crew's nest I thete dnja. Did or de the Chicago business men wkl drr.uk in water a toast te beer and wlml ioe tiie-ir tipple Dr. Tope bays the country is 70 per I cent dry. Enough te maku the wets feci 1 like thirty cents. Ineemi! tax blanks for incomes of It! I than $5000 ready tomorrow. A blank lock for mnall balances. It must be confessed for W. Ii. Geerge's opinion of women that they haul goeu uuvcrtihing qualities. Thrift Week Harts today. There artl indications thnt ir will be scrupulously eb-j served Ly empleyes nt the mint. If It. Franklin were living today tLe I chances are that he'd he putting in a let oil ins tunc nt the automobile iihew. Montreal bun opened n wlne shen e:- clusively for women. Wine, woman nnd tit I song, "Hew dry 1 am," for the man Icltl out. Consideration of Pennsylvania peliticil evokes the thought that the virtue of IiatJ-l boiled eggs lies in the fuct that they cun'tl ue scrambled. "Wine Cabinet lli,l in N'ew AulO Bedy." remarked the bciidliners an! thoughtfully added. "Moter Shew I'xhibiW Few Majer Changes, but Trend Is Toward comieri. Peughkeepble, N. Y., steps le the front I with n story of the flrht robin of the 3 ear, I Hew'timu .slips en! First thing we IwtI wn'il be advised te de our Christmas sw ping early. Once In n whlln fhem dnwns en tl" inner consciousness thu possibility that th' may (we speak cautiously) bu a Blight dif ference (we speak carefully) between a N Verk American statesman and a uuwj American statesman. Columbia has a student beginning J forty-first jear there. While be remain! M reboot he gets tin annuity. When he quIU he'll Imve te work for n living. (Jrcnt ' the ruwards of study ! TS..n rJ l,n C,r,r nn lln VlTill mOD'11 ment, New Yerk, have recently suuerert .' tbe hands of the cleaucra. Each has w" two lingers. Perhaps wome old Boute r venired himself for the less of his daw three. Effert ie being mnde te have the ferejf? fcitIce transferred from the Department Agnculture te the Depurtmant of the l terler. That, it will be remembered. preclsidy the transfer tbe fox designed l the cuici.cn. Friends of the nlr mnil have set out prevu that the Government can reap a "t sum by continuing tbe planes In service, j" which may be added that continued W will euonneus'y develop tne uwuuius. safety of the planes. nettls will have te be built te occea modate the crowds that will attend I B' Sesqul-Ccntennlal. Seme of them, at Hheuld eurvlve. Te eurvlve they should .7 near the heart of the city. Dees this W te be an argument for any particular p A hundred miners working in relays ia " V.,lnnl mines W' This Drama Would Please j annuel i"i", l, u ... ir. nran '. reach the bodies of the three men ente-J by a cave-in. The "bodies" is the way J phrase It; but what n dramatic teuch9 be glyen te the adventure underground wen eheuld at last be rescued allreJ V KftlflfrfR !M&-''. ; i, ... , w - i , - U-"W. ,, rtAj.' jWJjjfM1 VnJ; i.s-. 'rH.lVIr'","'
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