iW 1 T&mV't vA lalhiblicltagec IC LEDGER COMPANY (Mtlt'll. K. CURTIS, PaMtDrxT y,Mriinr vice preeiarni ana irenurtn ,.j iir, Bcninrr; Lnr m 11, i.uamc- M . t-Citlni, t,.K. Vf IVIMItftna Inhn .1. . Jer P. Oeldnmllti. David E. Smllty. tliJ B, yiT.ET Editor C. MArtTlNi.. .general Huttnii Manaeer adtdalhr at PfiaT.in I.umbi RulMlnjr fnthmendtneA Hainan.- PhilMri-inhl. tnttc cirt. ..rr-iHef Building f-TOS,,., , ., ,104 Madlsun Ave. BeiT.i........ ....701 lrnr,1 ItulMtnr XmjU.i,.. CIS aiobt-Dtmecrat tlutMlnir aw,..,.,,, mwa itidum uuuaing vyil'ii iiftntftftui '. US...UIUO. WMffiwa-reM Bciud, -RL'JN. B. L'er., Pennsylvania Ave and Jlth Si. i"er Yerk BerfaUU Thu Sun Hull.lln MlreN Cnuu Trafalgar llulldina irj'M... BUIISCKUTION TKIUIS fMTliO BrllflNd Pcauc Lneu H scrvM In amh- Ltacrlber In Philadelphia nnd aurreutnllnc tnwns fat'ha rata of twelve (12) cents par weak, uajaWe ie ihe carrier. vPk HV mall Ia tielnt nufaM nt XAn In tithe) United Stales. Canada, or United btate pe- Lt K,,i",' KW11 -HW. Slaty IUVI VVllia k'Qi IUWII" HifO) dollars rer J ear, j-ajabla in ad vane. C'.Te nil ferelsn rati n trie nn ill) dollar a month. AMfGTtOaV Subscriber- w U Mng addrcas chanted mt l old as well as new addreie. iflp -1 MOO WALNUT KHYSTONE. MAIN 1601 rrMirc uii c-cmmunicwlieiia ID iictiiji7 i U0110 :jjJsMetr.' tntl'ptndtmcc Square Phlladrlphla t Member of the Associated Press v llflnl In Ihn ,. fnr riihFe,if.H.i rt nil Hiia I etftayatchM crcdllf J le It or tiel eflicrtrljer crrdfttd r fAitnl! jxiper, and also Iht leeul netcs publlshtd anerrn. 411 right 0 rrpuMlcallen 0 spertal ejtapai-efcae - " ..- Philadelphia, WtJnc.il.., Icbnury 8, 19:: MITTEN AND HIS MEN n !" A 'ener ucaring 011 tiic present contest for executive control of tlie 1. It. T., ETwrlttcn by Alfred C. Kellogg, a moterinaii and en empleye committeeman, there are f. Implications of n unique nnd astonishing character for nil people Interested in what Ieplinarlly is called "the Industrial preb- Usually in crises such as that nt which the P. It .T. has arrived the empleyes of Dig corporations are te be found ranged I; solidly against the boss. In this instance She. men and women workers for the transit company virtually repudiate the authority L of the groups heretofore in financial control et the organization and line up te light V. with Mitten as Mitten has been fighting With and for them. This new movement of forces is dramatic, te say the least. It Indicates a trend of I' feeling and tnctlcs which no student of new systems of industrial relations will want te I. Ignore. Moreover, the attitude of the P. H. T. empleyes will hnvc a profound effect ler geed or evil upon the future affairs of the P. JR. T. and the standards of strcct car service in this city. It is te be said for Mitten that he has I" afntlA flit. llin An.!n.. tin ...A..t 1.-1.1.. . ""'iu v hitj Vl pui iiiivji, i piwhiiumvra and the empleyes alike, what few men in similar positions have been able te de. It fa almost certain that the trend of feeling I' among the cmplejcs will Influence the drift Ir of public opinion relative te his contest with J the insurgent directors. Here, in n peculiarly vivid form, U proof f of Mitten's success ns an executive nnd H evidence of his ability te insure continuing .-efficient trolley sen Ice en the I. It. T. J Jincs. It is difficult te sec Lew a man in his iiiii(ue position can lese or, for that matter, why any one should want him te lese. ON THE SKIDS TT WAS encc called the Distillers' Sje--1 curitics Company, but was popularly known as the Whisky Trust. Then came the Velstead act and its name was changed fte the United States Feed Products Cem pany. Aiitf new its creditors have haled It into the Bankruptcy Court. Tills sort of thine is net surnrlsinL. It it part of the economic readjustment grew- j ing out 01 uic new law which ended the business of u larse number of manufacturing corporations. There is no need of wasting 'jmpaiiiy ever tlie MiRcring corporation". ; They had ample warning of what was In ; jirespcct. In Eeme instances the original owners sold out at a profit when thev saw 1, prohibition coining, and the new nurciinsera 'old their product at se hleh n nrlc tlmi- ithey recouped themselves for their invest- -inent with u geed perccntuge of velvet before the blew fell. : PROFESSIONALISM IN SPORTS 'TpitlENDS of amateur sports in the Mid , X; die West are greatly excited ever the ; discovery that students from two colleges I; recently piajcu loetoau ler money en the r teams of two rival cities. A conform. nr IJthletle directors has been called te con- nder ways and means te keep professional prefessional professienal t'lun out of college sports. , It may be explained (lint nn amateur Is '.k' man who nlais for the nlensnrr. l. fe I, at of a game, and a professional is a man fiwne piays ler money. College students who khave played baseball for money in the sum mer at vacation resorts have been disqiiuii- fled as amateurs and kent off the .eiif.n I' Bines. But the temptation te ploy bne- Ii ball for money is continually held before the boys who are working their way through 'j college. The temptation te football plav- ers is net se irequent, uuc tliat It exists is proved, by the surrender of the students whose conduct has aroused the prcieut dls- Itcmislen. The conference of athletic dirc'ters Is h likely te consider mere than the occasional f, pitying of games for money. Alorue A. , Btagg, ntlilctic nirceter et the University ;of Chicago, has just been hijius that the f bidding of colleges for high school nnd academy athletes is a menace te amateur I' aperts. The procure, sas Mr. Stagg, has demoralized hljh school boys and has been carried te such an extreme as te become a LFcanaai. It Is notorious that ways nrc found te Bay the college expenses of a geed uthlcte. JrVhen n premising football player emerges jirorer uic muss 111 urn preparatory schools '"itbe colleges begin te hid for him in one way ftr apuumcr. jiiu uuiicue inrecier.s or the eellcies arc continually. acKlng the alumni JU at en the Ioekouu-Ior athletes and te 4lvtt them te their college. There Is no ca scrainhln for students of outstanding aelarsblp, because there is no incentive' ;athletlc prowess is in demand, and it that which gh'p,s the crcuee for calllii" leges elaborate country clubs In wlild. f atudy js a side issue and sports the main iconaiacraiien. inc cynic might say that "the? present tendency is toward producing ''amateur scholars and professional ntiilrrcT whereas it ought te be in the reverse dirce- ijehj " The whole trouble grows 'out of the fjlaadency te commercialize college sports. TBere Will ee no Dig gate le-eipts If therB la BOt tt, wlnnins team te attract tlie nubile "(Mid there can be no whining team under Hgat, preacut system unli.s all peswibla f ueveicu ie iieveiepnig athletes they enter college and te uttractltu a 'tlstieud supply of geed athletic material the preparatory schools. fat, conditions arc pat se bad as they haft -A.M-M. Tim l.f.tfr.i.utr.i.i.1 I. till .l .. .... aVaijMk warf nllewi.d te erihu1 in1lcfit uml a seclul course in order that be might w V EVE3SiyG- PUBLIC LEDGER-PH1LA.DELPHIA, WJSlDXy, TjlBAftY 2hl sswssr f tevss i fs srtitf j 2S I Fne woman sees it T71 ; (pu disappeared. from the collcce teams every man who falls b'clew n certain grade in his regular college work. But there are practices discussed in whispers which mar college sport prac tices that grew out of n desire te win 're gardless of the rules. ' Until there ii a sentiment strong enough te force the abandonment of nil question able methods in college games amateur sport will suffer. It should be the most chivalrous of all sports, with n willingness te give the opponent the benefit of the doubt In every raie and with ostracism visited en any player or en any coach who attempted or countenanced violation of the rules. ' ' - . .i , HOW THE NAVY ITSELF FEELS ABOUT ARMAMENT LIMITATION And the Service View of the New Tend ency In Congress te Force Naval Disintegration INLAND farmers like these who send Mr. Berah, Mr. Caliper and Mr. La Fellctte te Congress never lme been fend of the navy. They arc safely removed from coast lines. Te them the sea is n sort of myth. The Middle West always means when Naval Appropriation Bills are up for considera tion und Its representatives rise te ask why money spent for Uccts shouldn't be used te buy tractors. New, fired by the news from the Confer ence for the Limitation et Armament, the farmers, who beast that they held the bal ance of power in Congress, seem deter mined te cut the navy personnel te the bone le permit ruthless pruning of appropriation measures. One of our own old friends is a naval officer of high rank new hard at work at a base where aviation and submarine forces ate in training. We wired for his opinions. Here they are. It is a pleasure te let the navy have a word. "All the naval officers I knew," writes this ordinarily reticent spokesman for the nary, "were and are heartily in favor of a limitation of floating armament. Such a program as. Secretary Hughes formulated should be an excellent thing for the coun try and the nnval service alike if it were rationally carried out. But, reading the reports from Washington, I have been wondering out here whether, after all, the work started by Mr. Hughes will be over done in Congress, where there is a disposi tion te greatly reduce, for the sake of economy, the fighting force which we ere authorized by the treaty te maintain. "I refer te the plan under which the navy personnel, new hardly adequate for the efficient handling of the ships needed te maintain the 0-3-0 ratio, may be cut almost iu half. H that scheme is carried through Congress we may wake up some line morning and find that we have handed the ruling sea power of the Pacific ever te etheri". "It should be remembered by any one in terested in the peace and safety of the country that the Hughes plan did net con template any reduction of the number of naval ships new in active service and be longing te the nations that are parties te tlie new agreement. "Our own present personnel is net ade quaeo te efficiently man our evv n active ships. Meanwhile it is very clear that the ether Powers are preparing te keep the llcets allowed them nt the highest point of efficiency. Our enlisted personnel is new about equal in numbers te that of the Britih. But a survey made iu June, 1021, shows that about nine-tenths of our men are serving first enlistments. They cannot be regarded ns able naval seamen. "In the British Navy mere than eight tenths et the enlisted men have served ten or twelve years. 'Men fight, net ships,' said Admiral Fisher. That is a great truth. Any naval officer or sailor will tell jeu that ships de net fight. They arc fought. The Japanese naval organization is patterned afler thnt of the British. Kacli of these two navies 1ms large reserves of seasoned officers and men in the merchant marine. "There Is danger that the people may read t"e much into the new naval agree ments and permit the actual dismantling of the fleets which we arc authorized te main tain under the armanicnt-limitntlen plan, if we arc te have anything like the nnval strength necessary te equalize the new bal ances of power established by the Confer ence between the United States, Britain and Japan no serious cuts can be made iu the present naval personnel. "It seems te me that any newspaper that will try te make this clear te the country will de a public service. De you knew thnt because of a lack of funds the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets had te abandon their usual practice maneuvers this winterV Any navnl man knows that u ship badly or inade quately manned represents wasted effort. It can DC a hindrance rather than a help in a light. Yeu cannot judge naval strength by the number or listed power of ships alone. "It is men who win or lee battles, net ships. Yet it is bind te make Congress understand that it takes time te commission a ship and get her te the point of operating ffliciency at which she may take her place vvilli Mici ess in n battle line. Had the Rus sians understood this they wouldn't have lest te the Japanese. The Disarmament Conference was thinking of the limitation of natal power. I am afraid that Congress isn't thinking of limitation. It is thinking of the disintegration of the navy." The navy talks, you sec, about as straight as it has been accustomed te sheet. DICKENS NO BI:.S1:NTMI:NT is harbored against the memory of Dickens because of the unpleasant tilings he wrote about America after visiting this country. Indeed, it is new admitted that borne of the most un pleasant comments were the truest. We cm leek back en the crudencss of our youth with toleration. Se far arc we from holding a grudge against Dkkens that societies have been formed in Ills liener which celcbrnte his birth date every year We arc grateful te him, for he has added te our pleasure and introduced us te a large group of charac ters who are mere leal te us thin some of our most intimate friends. There are per sons with no rsl-stenee euMi'e of the Dick ens novels who seem te be historical char acters who lived and moved en e.irth and loved and suffered. The dinner of the Dickens TVl'evvshlp last night in celebrating the 110th anni versary of the novelist's birth was i.ppru priately devoted te tlie glorlilratlei of one of the most human ami tender men who wrote in the nineteenth century, the an nual sale of whose novels even nev l, se great as te be the despair of the writers of best sellers in the current year, HARDING AND GENOA IT IS rumored new that President Ha d ing has decided te accept for the United States the Invitation of the ether Pevvcri. le the economic conference at tien.in. The agitation curled en iu some qirirtcrs in opposition te the plan for American par ticipation rit Genea hn net blinded Intelli gent nothing less than another effort te bring peace In Europe nnd economic recon struction throughout (he entire world. Europe Is net new nt pence. It Is dis tressed by wars which, though they arc net being fought with nrms, nre proving almost as destructive n's the conflict between Ccr many and civilization. At Genea an effort will be made te remedy some of the errors of the. Peace Conference. Seme of the fevers of the war years have nbatcd. It ought te be possible new for statesmen te deliberate calmly nnd te be free from obsessions of fear or hnte or blind greed. The peace of the world is and ought te be the first concern of all Governments, and there can be no peace nnd no prosperity until there is an abatement of the economic disorder Inte which almost all nations were thrown nftcr the armistice. The trouble will net settle Itself. "It needs the remedy of constructive reasoning and collective action. The Genea conference is Intended chiefly te remove the obstacles thnt prevent n revival of human energy nnd in dustrial reconstruction. We. tee, arc feel ing ninny of the reactions of the European disorder. We have much te gain by proper participation, under Mr. Hnrdlng's direc tion, In what will be In effect n new Peace Conference. KING GEORGE AND PEACE JUTANY things were left unsettled by the " Washington Conference, much as that assemblage of statesmen accomplished. Some wcre mentioned by King Geerge nt the opening of the British Parliament yesterday. The King expressed his satisfaction and remnrked that for wdint was done "the world will ewe a deep debt of gratitude te the initiative of the President of the United States of America." He referred especially te the fact that the Four-Power Pacific Treaty will supersede the Angle-Japanese Alliance, and said thnt. while the same friendly lclatiens would continue with Japan, the relations between Great Britain nnd the United States "enter a newer and even closer phase of friendship." As te the things that remain te be ac complished he was hopeful. Discussions are In progress with a view te reaching an agreement with Belgium and France for common action in case of an unprovoked nttack by Germany. It has been evident for a long time that nothing would allay the nervousness of the French save some such agreement. The consent of France te the Versailles Treaty in the first place was secured by the assurance of the Amer ican and British delegates that the British and the Americans would go te the relief of France in case of attack by Germany. Treaties were signed te carry out this un derstanding, but the Senate was in no mood te undertake any such obligations as were involved. France is new seeking te bind tlie British Government te come te its defense. The wording of the King's reference J,e the approaching economic conference is bug gestlve. He says that he trusts that "it will be possible te establish peace en u fair basis in Europe and te reach a settlement nf many important questions nrising out of the pressing need for financial and economic reconstruction." The establishment of "pence en a fair basis" would net be discussed unless it were assumed that the present basis was unfair. Can it menu that the King in tends te let the world knew that the repa ration clauses of the Versailles Treaty aic te be discussed at the economic conference nnd that the treaty is te be revised? These reparation clauses are in part responsible for the slowness of the economic recovery of Europe. Various domestic matters were referred te in the speech, such ns the legislation te put into effect the Irish agreement and plans for the reform of the Heuse of Lords, hut they are of less interest outside of Great Britain than the references te inter national questions. it Is tlie unusual that News As Is constitutes neus. It is only iu politics that the fact Is occasionally lest sight of. There is no news, for instnnce. in the dispatch from Washington setting forth that the Demo crats are planning n vigorous campaign te reduce the Republican majority in the loner bianch of Cengicss. That is what the mi nority always docs. The news will come when the knife slips. Then is undeniably news, though, in the New Yerk dispatch of two women calming a panic-stricken crowd in u movie house when lire broke out. There Is significance in the fact that both were cm diitv. One ut the piano continued te play llvclv airs. The ether, n policewoman, kept the 'exits clear despite the obstruction of frightened men. Is woman timid only when nothing Is expected of herV There is an old familiar Reforming the sound about that part Lords of King Geerge of Eng land's) speech concern ing the reform et the Heuse of Lords. The old Heuse has steed u let of renovating, but radicals still insist that there are rats in Its belfry. Gladstone, when Premier, hail a method of his own in reforming the body when It ran counter with his wishes, lie slmplv made enough new, peers te give him a majority. Think hew such a procedure would simplify the problems of a President with a recalcitrant Senate! The proposed Sir Arthur Beeks for Penrsen memeilnl the Blind prompts a blind, woman in New Yerk te note the fact thnt since the war the cost of embossed books for the blind has inci eased se much as te put them out of reach of people of moderate means, and she stiggcsls the en dowment of a printing office! In this country se that the sightless may be benefited. As te the nature of the heln te be given there may be difference of opinion, but the need ii plain. rigures prove that ene of the big pack ing companies made n profit of less than one-fifth of a cent a pound en its beef. But this docs net mean that n coal company could prove anything worth while. Quebec Is te reward ils nuthers with thiec annual cash prizes, the largest .si!.-,oe. Was it Sydney Smith who said that prize sheep were only lit te liinke candles out of and prize poems only fit te light thesu can dles with? It- is the grievance of n Bridgeport, Conn., woman thnt he Is tee big te be lic-itcl. and her husband throws galvanized iron buckets at her. Complaint dismissed. It is credibly reported that Petey privately calls Henrietta "Baby." ' Smile Week boosters were jolted when Woedrovv Wilsen, in i espouse te their qutrv, "Why should the United States smile nt thU time?" replied, "I have no message te send en te silly a subject." Well, that's cause for enu smlle anyhow. Middle West farmers complain that their radio crop reports urn all mixed up with f.:. music and football scores. In the days 'c,f our eulh if we had read that In one of the p.ieks of Jules Verne's we would luive tl.eu?! t the Imaginative French v.rller had excelled himself. I'incer-piiiit experts are wrestling vvitli the wtinrlu In the thumbprint of an aiithro aiithre aiithro lie! I n pn vhlc'i nie net at all different from i ii" t.l a liumaii bring. Carry the news ie Kentucky, where "ghdnleiv, jr d 'baling the wisdom of abolishing the study of evo lution from their educational institutions. Proposal te Move the Bureau of For estry Has Proponents and Oppo nents Equally Competent and Equally 8tncera By SAKA1I U. LOW RIB THERE is n bill fit, present before Con gress which Is causing- seme persons considerable! agitation, it is a. proposal te remove the Bureau of Forestry from the Department of Agriculture and place It under the same department which new pro tects nnd supports the nntlenal park nf the country, namely, the Department of the Interior. j It se happened that some of us in Phila delphia had a clinnce te meet one of the two men probably most vitally-' interested in the su cress or failure of this congressional bill. The man who wants it te succeed is Mr. Stephen Mather, who for two Ad ministrations has been iu the Department of the Interior and Is the well-known nnd enthusiastic Commissioner of National Parks, it stands te reason that in his position of grand protector of our great scenery iu this country he would hnvc nn eager eye out for the protection of our great forests, which nre both teencry in themselves nnd the cause and protection et scenery, for if we ewe our streams and' rivers te one thing mere than another, cer tainly trees nre the great factors In their nll-the-ycitr-reuiid abundance. And consid ering nil things from nn outslde point et view, the department thnt piescvvcs our national parks could, ene would suppose, be intrusted with the preservation of our forests. BUT the Department of Agriculture, under which the forests nrc at present, docs net think there is any just cause for having the trees taken out of the ngrleultiirnl clnss nnd placed under tlie jurisdiction of the In terior, nnd the man who is meat enthusi astic in voicing u feeling of disapproval of the change Is our own Slnte Ferester, Mr. Clifferd Pinchot. The agriculture adherents express a fear that our forests will be mode simply a business preposition by the Depart ment of the Interior, required perhaps le pay for themselves instead of being protected regardless of their timber vnlue because of their stream and river nnd lake value. Tt is. I think, a fight In which the gen eral public cannot take sides with any in telligence. It seems actually te be a ques tion of the character of the men that run the two departments, and If one were te judge by cither of the two secretaries or of the two officials, Pinchot nnd Mather, who were .spokesmen for their departments, betli nnd all arc geed, responsible and trustworthy. Se, although there has been nn nppenl te the women te come out unci take skies, especially the women interested in agriculture and in playgrounds Utile and .big, 1 doubt if they will, In any effective, concerted way that Is. Mr. Pinchot has been tin enthusiast nil his life, and Is new for the Pennsylvania forests n business man. Mr. Mather lins been a business man nil his life, nnd Is new for the national parks an enthusiast. Yeu can tukc your choice whose judgment te go by. NOT that Mr. Mether, in his talk ever here, remotely suggested thaL there was a controversy or that he was for ene side or (mother, but when nsked afterward lie said ;i few decisive words that left one in no doubt where he steed. He came ever here te jalk en national pinks and te show- some of the Government pictures of details of the p.irks, and he did it with a will nnd enthusiasm that were very heartening te his nudience, who hnd been gathered together under the auspices of the Women's Itcpub Iicnn Club of Pennsylvania. I asked one woman who wns there how hew many of the parks the had s-ecn and she astonished nie by say lug she had been through five of them. The nest woman T saw had net seen one, even the new one iiist ncqulrcd en Mount Desert up lu Maine. But then she hnd never been west of Chi cago, and all of the parks but the Mount Desert one arc very fur west of Chicago. WE MUST always remember that wc have State parks as well as national parks, and county parks as well n-. State parks, se that the country Is giving ilsclf breath ing spaces even in the East. Probably mere is spenl en the mere upkeep of such a pari; as the Palisades, near New Yerk City, than en the mere uiikcp of nil national pirks In the West. The total national appropri ation for a year is ? 1. . .00.000. Of this, mere than $400,000 came back last year as rentals for concessions for hotels, camping sites, restaurants, shops, nnd the like. On the ether hand, a geed deal of piivnte money ns well as Government appropriations gees into buying up laud let h for national mid State parkr. Geerge Knstiiiau, Ihe cinncia manufacturer, subscribed SI,"., 000 te till up u sum some ether men Intel started in order te round out some forest land in Glacier Park. And Mr. Mather himself must have given very generously from time te time. Ne salary or perquisites .coming with the office of Park Commissioner could possibly compensate for the traveling and entertain ing tlie present Commissioner lias under taken In order te put sonic of the plans for the enlargement and the opening of (lie pariss before the men and women who can help with appropriations Inter en in Cou Ceu grcis. Last year Stephen Mather traveled .'0.000 miles for (lie purpose of Inspecting the parks, .".000 of that bv car and eOO by horseback and pel haps 200 en feet. TTWOM being n country with the poeicst JL' rural inns nnd hotels In the civilized world we nre, thanks te the enterprise of tlie West and te our Government and te the railroads, beginning te deserve quite Ihe op posite leputntlen. There arc sometimes a' inanv ns S0.000 tourists In the Yellowstone Park in one season, with perhaps 1200 campers n night, nil nunc or less in one region. Tlie Yosemite has perhaps I'.O.OOO visitors a year, two-thirds of them driving their own cars. They go new iu winter te the Yosemite. and the gnnt hotels In ninny enses are kept open le accommodate the lslters who are thine for winter spetlh. Eierv kind of wild life from mountain liens and TJecky Mountain goals te buffalo is being preserved and bred en these grcnt grazing lands, and In the parks where the prehistoric Indlnn towns are siill te be found tlie whole excavation and preserva tion work is carried en under university and Smithsonian archeoleglsts. Tlie wild flowers, tl.e primeval feicsts and the great mineral deposits of nature are all matters of huge interest ami careful study te experts. IT IS a comfort during these months, when we are painfully gcttin': lendv te pay our Income lux, te think Hint nt Icist a frac tion of tlie money we pav Uncle Sam Isn't going te pay for vyars past and present and le come, but Is beitif ue,l te make Evr man's Land a pleasure ground for all thr world. , , , These parks and hotels nnd camps will de a great buslnes., the summer nf the Sesqiil Centennial. m deuhf. for foreigners who lined te make a detour te visit Ninsara will lie swept hither and yen te some of the ether seven wonders of this world of , r. ii'il. Ne win can they see us le gieater mlvnnlnge than out iu the open enjevlng ourselves. There is one picture n Mr. Mather's collection thai cannot he duplicated In spirit, I think, in uuv ceuntrv but thin unceremonious, unieil-tape country of ours. The wife of the Secretary of th'e Interior made awfully geed doughnuts-, nnd after one of their long rides last summer through Unlnirr Purl, i he turned out great panful for the hiingrv nnd niqiieelatlve wranglers nnd guide. There she whs In her riding clothes serving the pleased nnd eager men hv Iht own ipeelal fiimllj icclpe- dough deugh nuts: . Werk for Twe Presidents rrevn I' I'i.-IIiiii'J Juurncil It nlliiesl seems advisable that the people elect two I're.ldcutH every four years: one te shake bunds, talk, meet the public and lay corner-stones; the ether te be President. ; ' J I Ai- - . 3HHHHHaAaHH 1 a2f fda SM--rt C eB "J f Y .jlJiB . TdFTp -BH r1rr r - I . f -t jr S V ErehLBlr1' r(rfaJ in 'tmlfcHIMBHBBHIBas'"" 1 Z & ? m Mfiri' vs- iiT;;'- ..r- jti. -.- lIF ?- .-r . - - NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Knew Best WALTER WOOLMAN On Philadelphia Grain Trade THE equalization of rates is the big prob lem new confronting tlie grain men of Philadelphia, nccerdlng te Walter Wool Weel man, president of the Cemmerclnl Exchange, and it is the etie te the solution of which the exchange is bending its utmost efforts. "Tlie conditions of tlie grain trade," said Mr. Woelmau, "nre entirely different from what they were n year nge. At that time the grain men, like these in almost every ether line of business, were buying up four or five months' supply in advance, then, when tlie crash came, everybody was leaded up with goeils which they hed bought nt peak prices. . . . "But when these conditions developed, in stead of going out nnd hunting business they nil waited for some one le come along who would buv their stuff nt a price which would nt least let thun out even. It seen became net se much n matter of making a pre tit en what they held as of getting out from an almost impossible situation without a less. Thev had bought at war prices nnd, with the bottom gene out of the market, they had nothing te de but te held en or take a heavy less. Present Conditions Opposite "Today the conditions nie almost the opposite et what they were a year age. The grain men almost ns a unit have disposed of their former holdings and nrc ready again te buy. "Fer these leasens I leek for a great revival iu tlie grain trade In Philadelphia before very long. People can and in times of sticss de get along without n great many things, but the time lus net yet arrived when thev can get along without tlie food feed stuffs. Therefore, the commodities in which the Commercial Exchange of Philadelphia deals must make n decided advance within n sliert lime, "We went through n somewhat uncom uncem uncom fertnble expeiience during the time when the Government was iu control of the rail roads. Whether as a mniiifest reward for the levnlty nnd sympathy of the Seuth toward the Democratic Party or net 1 can not sav, but It is nevertheless true that tlie Seuth 'was gicn n great advantage In the matter of the rates of shipment from the Gulf. This advantage was se great that it was impossible for us en the North At lantic seaboard te compcte with it success fully. Business Diverted te Seuth 'Philadelphia fermerlythat is, under the former uites participated te a very large extent in the business which normally came from Omaha. Kansas City and ether points iu tin- .Middle and Far West? and it is net going tee fur te say thnt we obtained nearly, If net fully.' ."0 per cent of this trade. Under the preferential rates which were given te the Gulf ports this commerce was eiitirelv swept away. The advantage in favor c'if the Gulf was from four te six cents a bushel, a very considerable amount when the quantity of grain shipments is consld censld i'. ed. . , "When the foreigner makes his purchases in this country he naturally prefers the Atlantic seaboard, but when the matter of price cnteis into the situation, ns It must with such an advantageous rate for the Southern ports, he gees where he can buy Ihe cheapest, and when we could nel com com eote In rates we naturally lest this trade. It takes longer te ninke the trip fiem the Gulf pert-! and therefore he lAid le pay a little mere interest en Ills money, hut this 1h a relatively small matter when com cem pnied with the prices. "This preferential rate in favor of the Seuth wns net discriminatory against Phila iidelphin; it affected nil the ether North Atlantic pe'-ts, such ns New Yerk und Baltimore-, t we-ll. T de net think that there i uuv just reason for believing that Phila delphia Is being unjustly discriminated against iu this matter thai is, mere thnu Ihe oilier Northern expert points, Tite Montreal Competition "Fer tight months of the year, during the time vvhi'ii Ihn Gieat Lakes are open te navigation, we get tlie stlffest kind of com petition from Montreal, The advance iu c lake rales has put us out of line with Montreal. "We have appealed te the various trunk lines te meet these uites, at leust In a meas $$&& '""Vy cA'6DGfe it i L V '' -a"" ""aw. tVPit $ .,. . , 1 ,. .en MH v xm v - . s. . 1 1 . v eHwr tcvji tf 1 .? I fc VVWW 1 . ure, se that instead of handling only the surplus grain trade whicli Montreal cannot take care of we shall get our share In the regular run of business. During about four months of the year, while the lakes arc closed, Montreal can de little business, but the grain men there have many advantages, such ns free leading, elevator service and ether things, besides their rates which make It hard for us te compete with them. 'The equalization of rates with the Gulf and with Montreal is the most important matter before the Commercial Exchange of tills city nnd the one which wc nrc striving most strenuously te solve this year. Philadelphia's Advantages "Wc have many advantages here which, with rates allowing us te compete for the business, would make us formidable com petitors for any pert In the country or In ( anaila. We have the rails and wc have fair facilities enough te allow us te de far mere business than wC are new doing. Wc have done n let of expert buslncs here in the last few months, but it has been nearly all business that Meutrcal was un able te handle. "The conditions brought nbeut by the war proved te be very 'upsetting te the grain trade, for in a geed innny respects wc had f" lentil hew te de business in an entirely d liferent way. These conditions gave the opportunity for the railrpads, under Federal control, te put into effect it let of restric tions which, from our standpoint, nt least, ''"..i. , 0l,t ln a vcr"' ""satisfactory way. Prier te the war Philadelphia was the greatest feed market in the East. This situation was created by the carriers fur n',s ,,ns d'verting or blind billing points from which shipments- ceulel be made nnd sold te any point in the East. This diverting privilege was se modified, hew ever,, nnd the price of diversion increiiscd te such an extent by war conditions' that it wns made pro pre hlbilivc. In many instances the price was se high that it became impossible for us te handle any business except nt a less. Ecliange Werliing en Problem "This is another problem upon which the Commercial Exchunge is hard at work. Wc have brought the matter lgoreusly te the intention of the carriers, nnd we hope thnt conditions uuiv be se modified that Philadel phia can again take Its place as the largest distributing miirket in the Unst "All that we nsk is a fair field ami no favors. We de net ask or want anything picfercntlal iu our favor, but we de net want anything dlscrlminntnrv against our locality. The grain men of Philadelphia nre net afraid of being unable te get the business w;e formerly had if there can be brought about that equalization of the rates which we think is only fair tb us. We hnd the business before and held it against all legitimate competition, and if the rates nre once, equalized wc can get it again nnd held it for the city." Today's Anniversaries 1.10 Jehn Ituskin, famous art critic author nnd master of English style am 20? 101)6 nIen. Died January i822-Jeseph Albcn Llntner. n noted entomologist, bem nt Schoharie, N. Y. Died in Heme, Italy, May 0, 1808. 1817 Colonel Jehn C. Fremont pro claimed the nnnexntleii of California, nnd assumed the office of Governer 1S72 The German Reichstag took n stand against clerical Interference with the na na tlenal schools. "a 1880-pamage te the extent of a quarter of it million dollars resu ted from n .- the unemployed In Londen. ic unemployed in JentlOll. 1S1I2 Jeseph i Chamberlain succeeded Lord nrllngten as lender of the Liberal llnlnn ts in the British Heuse of Commens P ' Today's Birthdays Huren Rothschild, h'end of the English branch of the great family of financiers, horn in Londen fifty -four years age. t" Dr. Rush Rhces, president of the Uni verslty of Hechester, born in Chicago sixty -two yeurs age. ' Alba Beardinaii Jehnsen, ene of ihe most eminent of Philadelphia's Industrial lead ers, bem in Pittsburgh sixty -four years age Everett J. Lake, Governer of Connecti cut, bem at Woodstock, Cenu., fifty-ens years age, ' ' , mW$$ r: r7K SHORT CUTS Germany new punish herself. seems determined te The Tarkwny site for the fair seems te thrive en opposition. Arbuckle appears te have quit the one reel comedy for the serial thriller. Chronic pessimists nre unable te muster mere than a weak smile for smlle week. Red revolution in Berlin means blue evolution in the Reparations Commission. The mnn who sees nothing but crime in the newspapers is the guy who sklpi everything else. We have net yet turned swords into plowshares, but nt least wc nre ready te turn warships lule junk. Canceling the male A tvvcnty-on-year-eld girl has been appointed postmis tress of Longport, N. J, Come nnd have your backbone adjusted, advertises a healer. Mere would prefer te have their wishbones ratified. The demeanor of the Washington Con ference delegates ut the green baize table was ns chcciful as though they were play ing peel. Descendants of Jehn nnd Priscilla Alden met in this city Inst evening, which, in the matter of pessible comment, speaks for itself k Senater Willis is quoted us saying of legislators thnt they arc intoxicated with the exuberance of their own verbosity. This will Interest the shade of Benjamin Disraeli, Farmers have storied a new political party in Nebraska. Oucc upon a time that might hnvc sounded like n news Item. Nowadays it makes a noise like a weather report. The latest Irish crisis is entitled "Boundaries," It Is n one-act sketch with much dramatic premise, but the performance will doubtless prove te be little else but clever dialogue. The President Is snid te have balked the plans of certain Congressmen te pass a Soldiers' Benus Bill without providing any menps of payment, hoping thus te catch the votes of both soldiers and taxpayers. The President's position is both understandable nnd commendable. It Is the position of the Congressmen who would steep te such methods that merits the scorn of the country. What De Yeu Kneiv? , QUIZ 1. Hew many Democratic Presidents of the United States died iu efllce? I. What are the two plurals of the word gladiolus.? 3. AVlie was Sarah Slddeus? 4. What Is a uapedllta? C. Hew lenz docs It take a vessel te pass through the Panama Canal? 6. What Is the fleche of a chuVcli? 7. Who was the longest lived of American Presidents? 8. Who Ib the Prlmnte of all Ireland? 9. What American State lias Eureka as Its motte: 10. What musical Instrument is named lifter a geese? Answers te Yesterdayja Quiz 1. rthode Island reXused te ratify the prehi bitien amendment le the Constitution. 2, The word, pcstln. should be pronounced "ncsl." ' , - 3. Thercjiwere flfty-slx i signers te the Dec laratien of Independence 4, Mrs. Henry Weed, vvrote the novel "L'ast Lynnc." , G. Catharine of Aragon was the Spanish Princess wlle became, tlie wife of a I'umeus English IiIiib, Henry VIM, 6, The correct form Is Kilss Krlngle, net "Kris Klnglc." 7, The greatest waterfall In Seuth Amcilta Is the Kails of Iguusjii. b, Illraui Jehnsen wan u candltlute for Ihn lce presidency of the United Status ln 1912. 9, The lulQ of Man, lying between Great Britain and Ireland, Is governed by n Legislature called the. IIouue of Keys- 10, Oman 13 a country In Kastcrn Arabia bordering en the Persian Oulf and IMr Uulf of Oman. It Is ruled by a 9l- 1 Ian. The tupltal s Musc.it, m ,Ut&) 't . ll,,, HIM r i r St
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