pnOllBUBr" ivjiw.9 ' fPIQlWHMBflipi W uwimiwimiJiiiiij mmimmmimmmimmmmmm 8 hi EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1914. qinmiiPPnpliPlipSPWi-'-'W.'n' Ml' iu jiijii m sjbi : Hi : icuemng sgl mragcr PUBLIC LEDGER COMPLY crnus 11 k. curtis, ritsiDisT. Geo. W. Och, Secretary; John C. Martin, Treasurer; Charles II. Ludlngton, Thlllp S Collins, John B. Wil liams, Director. EDITORIAL BOARD I Ctncs It. K. Ccntis, Chairman. I It. W1IAI.KY Executive Editor JOHN C. MARTtN General Business Manager Published dally at Pintle Lcdoeu Building, Independence Square, Philadelphia. Ltnaiit Cr.NTittt. .Broad nnd Chestnut Streets Atlantic Cur 'rris-t'nlon Building Nin- York I TO- A, Metropolitan Toner Chicago 817 ltomn Insurance Building Loxdo.n a Wnterloo Plaie. Pall Mall, S. W. NEWS BUREAUS : lrABMUBEito BfnrAn The PnlHol Itulldlnir Washington Binrtt The Po't Building New Yobk lilsnu The Times Bulldlnj ItFatiN nnnc r,n Prledrlchstrasoo IjONDOI IIlBRAf 2 1'kII Mall East. . W. 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For much of that time he has been sole master of the Republican Organiza tion In this State, and when ho was not mas ter he was twin Caesar in the direction of tho machine. Not by one scandal and not by two, but by a long succession of infamous raplngs of the public flsc and base betrayals of the public Interest the machine In that time has been distinguished. In every cam paign It has had to meet the charge of some new gTaft, some new robbery of funds, soma novel betrayal of the Stato in tho Interest of Organization satellites, some treason to the masses, some hold-up of corporations. The Organization has been In all that time al ways on the defensive. Always it has been explaining, always apologizing, Always deny ing; and In some few cases Its Instruments have been in Jail or are on their way there. In the State this leadership of Penrose led invincible Republicanism Into trap after trap, until finally the party was overwhelmed in 1912. It has driven thousands upon thou sands of good protectionists into utter repu diation of the party. It has throttled good government, wrecked Republican progress and devitalized by corruption the inspired creature into which Lincoln and a long suc cession of great patriots breathed the breath of life. Under the leadership of Penrose the party has lost even its Identity. The things he has made it seem 10 stand for are de nominated not now Republicanism, but Pen roseism. Just as devastating has been his touch in the nation. Under the Republican tariffs which he had llttlo say in making, the coun try thrived and was content. As the Influ ence of Penrose increased in Washington the revolt against the party increased. His subtls hand bred mischief. His cunning lav ished Itself at last in a final desperate achievement. Insidiously his handiwork made Itself felt in the Aldrich bill. Such schedules as appeared to be indefensible have never been disassociated from Penrose. So wide spread was the feeling that he had betrayed the best interests of his party that not one third of its membership today would acqui esce In his manipulation of a new tariff bill were the party In control in Washington. His Republican associates would be the first to deny him the chairmanship of the Finance Committee. His boast that he would Inherit it Is a bon mot in the clubs. There will be a protective tariff, but never a Penrose tariff. Between the two there is a great gulf, and it Is Penrose who stands e.i tho one great barrier against the quick return to pure and honorable protection. Into th wilderness of defeat he ha led Republicanism In State and nation He Is no gutde now to point the way out. Ttathet let him perish and hi a creaking machine dis integrate, Let th party tave itself, as If can do, and not rely on tho promises of this mm to do what he cannot do. Let him be cast aside, repudiated, stricken down, over whelmed by one rreat and final catastrophe. Let Republicanism be freed of him and ot his name. Let it be relieved of his subter fuges, bis subterranean devices, his inex haustible demands for more and more funds with which to feed his more and more in satiate machine. Let him be thrust from the shoulders of the party; let his grip ba broken from its neck; let it breathe pure air one more that, Invigorated and restored, it may again pick up the fragments of govern ment and begin anew the triumphant guar dianship under which In former times the" nation was rescued from dissolution and lifted out of the morass of despair to the mountain tops of Incomparable, achievement and prosperity Kiddies, Kinder and Les Enfauts A TOY-LADEN Christmas ship arrived in Philadelphia yesterday. She came from Rotterdam, avoided mines in the North Sea and was held up on her voyage by British cruisers. Her cargo is now being distributed, to gladden subsequently, through the pur chases of fond fathers, mothers, uncles and sunts, thousands of little Phltadelphlans With the Atlantic as safe for her as If she flew the Red Cross, another Christmas ship wi'l iresenHy leave for Europe She will t-irry toys, too, some sfick and span and new, some old, with crocking varnish and lntortwined with the memories of old loves nnd old sorrows; nil that the "kiddles" ot England, tho "kinder" of Germany and "les enfants" of France nnd Belgium may feel, on tho holiday of holidays, ft tithe of Phila delphia's proverbially sympathetic spirit, nnd find Christmas. "Weinachten," or "Noel," brighter, and with some cheer, even midst tho horrors of wnr. One ship camo upon a journey to confer pleasure through trade. The other goes on the holler mission of giving happiness freoly to wondering, stricken childhood. "For it is moro blessed to give than to receive." Convincing Testimony PRESIDENT McKINLEY borrowed Doctor Brumbaugh from tho University of Penn sylvania to orgnnize an educational system In Porto Rico. McKlnley had to "borrow" him because the University could not dis pense with his services as ft professor. President Roosevelt telegraphed to Doctor Brumbaugh to etny and contlnuo his great crentlvo and administrative work in Porta Rico. It was Impossible for Brumbaugh to remain, even though President Roosevelt asked him to do so In the name of the Fed eral Government. His time was up and he must return to the University. Louisiana borrowed Doctor Brumbaugh to orgnnize tho Institutes of thnt State, and thus standardize education In tho South. When the tnsk was accomplished, although Louisi ana wanted him to remain, he must perforce turn his face again toward Pennsylvania the Commonwealth wherein his nncestors had done pioneer work, in which he was born nnd which ho knew and loved with a tiuo patriot's devotion. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania now wishes to borrow Doctor Brumbaugh for tho herculean work of wresting the State gov ernment from machine control and booze tyranny. Philadelphia will lend him In spite of tho fact that he is tho best public school superintendent In America. He will succeed In Hnrrisburg as he succeeded in Louisiana, Porto Rico and Philadelphia. Transit for North Philadelphia BOSTON'S 710,000 people are served by 20 miles of elevated and subway railroad. North Philadelphia's population of 717,000 1b provided with surface service only. The North Broad street subway would save passengers moro than four nnd one-half million hours annually, or $689,000 in time alone. Through the abolition of exchange tickets it would save them $572,000 a year. Tho Increase In property values would equal the entire cost of tho undertaking. Thirty annual Instalments of $2,340,000 each would pay the gross cost of the under taking Interest, principal nnd everything. At tho end of that time tho city would own absolutely, without Incumbrance of any kind, this great public utility. North Philadelphia is not in tho mood to put up with unwarranted delay In the achievement of Director Taylor's plans. Slavery DON'T see how I can avoid It," said a clubman, churchman and father of a family, when a friend mentioned Penrose. "That is exactly what tho slaves said when Cleopatra ordered them to take the poison," was the reply. Justice in the United States Senate THERE is little doubt In the minds of the well informed as to the ultimate fate of Penrose even if Pennsylvania on the face of the returns is stupid enough to elect him. The United States Senate Is the court of last resort of the nation. It can Impeach and remove oven Justices of tho Federal Supreme Court. Moreover, there Is nothing technical or carping or pettifogging about the manner in which the Senate administers Justice. In the cases of both Lorlmer and Archbald there was no disposition to restrict the testi mony submitted, and in each case the verdict was based rather on equity than upon a strict and formal construction of the law. If Pennsylvania transfers the Penrose case to the Senate, it will be considered in its entirety. Thero will be no withholding of evidence on merely technical grounds. Every thing pertaining to the eligibility of Penrose to take his seat will be given full considera tion, nnd when his political career, methods, alliances and Intrigues are eTposed to the merciless light of the highest chamber in the land only one verdict will seem possible. Another Victory of Peace THE war-gutted cables at last bring word of something besides slaughter. Indeed, the message Is the very antithesis of all we now hear of man's achievements in Europe. It Is news of one of the victories of peace. It signals the drawing of two peoples closer together. Love and commerce, pleasure and health, all must rejoice In the news that another tunnel has pierced the great hulk of the Alps, uniting France with Switzerland. And the cost of the three years of uninter rupted work that forged this new link In human Intercourse was hardly a tenth of the money eaten up by every day of battle. The Glass House Cure TO CELEBRATE Its three hundredth anni versaryand about three hundred years late at that New Tork has decided to Intro duce glaBs working quarters for some of its officials. There are possibilities in this. It might be extended almost indefinitely. To start with, glass walls for ward rooms; then crystal par titions In all the gang's City Hall offices. Transparent safe deposit boxes for New Haven directors. Or why not do the Job up brown with glass foreheads on all our poli ticians? This sort of glass house would stop a lot of things besides indiscriminate exercise with paving material. "Decency First" In politics, safety next. "Local Option, Good Roads and a Clean gtate" is a platform with neither knotholes ner loopholes. A Pancho by any other name, even Doro. teo Aranjo, would shell as neat and Car ranza knows It, A "Made In America" fete to raise money for war victims is good philanthropy and good business, but Europe is likely to be mueh more Interested in the peace that Is ultimately going to be "Made In America.' A broken sky and a slightly tempered thermometer greeted early risers todaj. The Joy of rising late, however, brought lower ing clouds and nHhire to boast of In the way of warmth. CAPITAL GOSSIP Echoes from a Meeting of the Greatest Organized Body or Lawyers in the World Hampton L. Carson's Remarkable Speech Law Rule Better Than Mob Rule. Thoughts on Treo Planting. Special WatMnoten Oorretpondenee. IT WAS too much to expect that so small an affair as tho American Bar Association would attract much attention from tho press and the genernl public tit a tlmo like this. If It hod been playing ball with the British Association or had been trying Mrs. Carman or had given two or three days to proving that tho Atlanta hero Frank was not guilty, It might havo got on tho front pago ns long as these diversions lasted; but as It was only a body of a thousand or more of tho greatest lawyers In tho country seeking to advance tho ends of Justlco and to pro tect tho Law from the Mob, of courso, It did not appeal to the street. Besides, "Inter nrmn silent leges," which, being freoly translated, means that while "Bob" Honry, of Texas, nnd Hoke Smith, of Georgia, were speaking for cotton currency, and there wero vnrlous other distractions, such as the whisky lobby, In pursuit of which Senator Norrls tried to mako a record for speed, little thought could be given to tho lawyers and their work. THE American Bar Association is the greatest organized body of lawyers in tho world. Its meeting In Washington this year was the largest In the history of the order and the most Impressive, because here it came into Intimate touch with the men who make tho laws, the Court which Interprets the laws and the hand which administers tho laws. For three days the association was In session discussing in sections certain phases or features of the law, nnd In general con vention taking counsel together upon tho fundamentals of this exactcst of tho sciences and tho one in which every man, woman and child Is personally Interested because wo aro living under tho reign of law. THE association was handsomely enter tained. Among the plensantest of its ex periences was tho Journey by steamboat to Mount Vernon to the tomb of Georgo Wash ington. There tho visiting lawyers wero met by the Virginia Bar Association, former Gov ernor Montague speaking for tho Virginia lawyers, and Mr. Taft responding for tho association, and both speaking with wonder ful eloquence of the man who made this country. Mr. Taft planted a trco In the ground around tho tomb, and did not havo to show his union card before ho was suffered to shovel In the earth. The whole place fairly swarmed with lawyers and their ladieH from all parts of the United States and Canada the gardens, the lawns, the historic cham bers, the quarters and tho moro they saw the more they marveled at the human great ness of Washington. Tho reading people of Washington do not know to this day that Taft planted a treo at Washington's tomb; but they do know that he planted a treo at the Chevy Chase Club, a most Important inci dent in the life of the nation, far moro Im portant than the Incident at Mount Vernon. It would have been regarded, probably, of even greater moment If he had planted a tree at the baseball park. THE dinner given at the New Wlllard Hotel Thursday night will go into history as tho most distinguished in the life of this nation In the character of the company, In the addresses that were made, in tho effect that it will have on the public sentiment of these times. The hosts were the members of the association, and the special guests were the Chief Justice and the Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court. The whole Court was present. The former Presi dent of the United States was toastmaster. The principal speech was made by Chief Jus tice White in response to the toast: "The Supreme Court of tho United States," which was offered In behalf of the Bar Association by Hampton L. Carson, of Philadelphia. Tho Chief Justlco spoke to tho lawyers as mem bers of a great big family, all equally inter ested in tho welfare of the country, and In so patriotic a spirit that at least three times during the delivery of his address the cntlro CURIOSITY SHOP It has been commonly said for many years that the walls of Philadelphia. Turkey, nro mado of human bones, This supctstitlon is due to the nature of the stones, which are full of pores and very light, not unlike hu man bones. The word "lobster" ns applied to a human being dates hack to 1G43. when Sir William Waller, according to local history, "received from London a fresh regiment of 500 horses under the command of Sir Arthur Haslerlg, which were so prodigiously armed that they were called by the king's parety 'regiment of lobsters' because of their bright Iron shells." Oliver Wendell Holmes was tho first to call Boston "the Hub of the universe." In the "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table' he says: "Boston statehouse Is the hub of the solar system. You couldn't pry that out of a Bos ton man If you had the tire of all creation straightened out for a crowbar." The phrase. "God bless you." uttered when a person sneezes, was frequently heard In Rome during a plaguo In the time of Popn Pelagius II. the victims of which sneezed themselves to death. Shakespeare is responsible for the phrase "salad dayB." tho days of green youth, whllo the blood Is still cool. It occurs In "Antony and Cleopatra": My salad days I When I was green in Judgment, cold In blood." "The Fury of Antwerp" Is descriptive of an event of 1578, when the Spaniards murdered SO00 Inhabitants without cause and destroyed more than 1000 buildings. THE SULTAN'S VISION The Sultan mused in the rose kiosk, "If It war, as it must be, sooner or later? That the Christians armed themselves for the fray. Marshaled their hosts to go forth and slay Ah. that I might live to see that dayl For great though the God of the Christians be, Allah Is greater "Knowledge and power the Chrlstlsni have, nd Ind is naught to the Christian's treasure; But their God is the God of peace not war, And Allah is lord of the sword, Akbart And the cross must fall when the aelraetar Is once again of the prophet's law The only measure. "Whlli they fly like dogs at each other's thoat, Teuton and Frank, and Rusa, and Angle, Sworn brothers these be In their simple creed; But brothtrs In naught save envy and greed; How will their symbol servo their need? And Allah Is ralght In Asia still, And mightier as they wrangle." Th Sultan smtM in the cool Kiosk While Asia's burning sun was setting over the graj Marmora sea As he thought of the power again to be With the mjrlad hosts of Islam free All piMently waiting the Caliphs nod, And un'orgetUng. Hannibal la Rochester Poit'XxprtJJ- company rose to their feet nnd, with nap kins In tho air and cheering thnt must have attracted tho attention of men In the street 10 stories below, paid him deserved tribute. NEXT to that of tho Chief Justice, the speech of tho occasion was that of Mr. Cnrson. Ho never did better In his life, and will never do better live ho as long as Methu saleh nnd speak he at nil tho dlnnors that will bo given to him. Ills trlbuto to the Supremo Court was superb, his Impromptu to the women hundreds of whom, tho wives nnd daughters of tho members of tho asso ciation, occupied scats on tho floor among tho diners, but, naturally, nftcr tho men had eaten all tho dinner would havo made him tho best man at any suffrage meeting; but tho special thing that ho said was his com ment upon what President Wilson had said In his addresi ot welcome to tho Bsf Asso ciation at Its first meeting on Tuesday. In his speech, ono of tho most happily expiosscd ot his many public utterances, tho President said that "in this time of world change, In this tlmo when wo are going to find out Just how, in what particulars and to what cxtont tho real facts of human llfo nnd the real moral Judgments of tnnnklnd provnll, It is worth whllo looking lnsldo our municipal law and seeing whether the Judgments of tho law aro mnde square with tho moral Judgments of mankind." Tho President further said that "tho opinion of the world Is tho mis tress of tho world," and that "what we should be watchful of Is not so much Jcnlous Interests as sound principles of action." It was In comment upon what tho President said thnt Mr. Carson scored his most effective point when ho spoke as follows: "Thero Is a matter of consequence which hns arisen within the Inst two days which calls for tho gravest consideration. Tho President of tho United States In his nddress of welcomo to this association an address which was one of the most perfoct examples of conversational oratory that I havo over heard suggested, In words fit for tho delecta tion of tho Saints, that tho Judges should extract from tho atmosphero about them a subtlo something, a natural equity, a roving senso of Justice, and breatho It Into their decisions. So far ns tho thought Implies a lofty purposo to promote Justice and prevent the perpetration of wrongs, cither public or private, tho Courts and tho Bar will heartily respond, and tho history of tho Courts Is the best vindication of tho doctrine; but If It Implies that tho Judges are at liberty to dis regard fixed principles and substitute an undefined and intangible popular apprehen sion of what a decision ought to be, which will vary with tho sensitiveness of each In dividual Judge, then tho doctrine is fraught with peril. "It is not Judicially safe that the Constitu tion should be so inflated as to act llko a balloon driven hither and thither by every gust and wind of doctrine, and care should be exercised against tho escape of noxious vapors that might suffocate those restraints and limitations of power which tho peoplo havo ordained for their own protection against themselves." THE President declared that it was not his purposo to "impeach the law"; but his speech, otherwise than ns Mr. Carson Inter preted It, would have been so regarded by many mischievous persons of political ambi tion who aro constantly seeking to do this very thing and who would rejoice In making the President ono of their sort. During the wholo of last week on tho bulletin board of a church In 14th street there stared at the people ns they passed and repassed these words: "If we had more Justice, we should need less charity." That was epigrammatic, but it was awfully foolish; Just tho sort of thing that would appeal to the lawless dis position of tho mob; tho sort of thing that would unsettle the foundations and make so called public opinion take the place of well ordered law. nANDALL. HUM OF HUMAN CITIES Education for prison Inmates has taken even a bigger stop ahead In California than tho night school instituted at the Trenton State prison of New Jersey in 1009. Tho University of California has Joined with tho prison officials of tho Western State in the work. Correspondence courses covering a wide variety of subjects carefully have been prepared, with tho enlightened view of help ing prisoners to render useful service to society and themselves after they shall have discharged the penalties imposed upon them. Classes havo been formed at tho peniten tiary for the purpose of assisting tho stu dents taking the university correspondence courses. Thus there in a cIbrs in English grammar nnd. as well, one In Spanish gtam mar. Thero Is a clahs In commercial arith metic about equivalent to a high school course. A profehsor from tho university gives instruction to two divisions in stenog raphy. Thero Is 11 class In shop arithmetic that cannot fall to prove profitable to pris oners having an inclination toward me chanics. The combined activities of tho university and of the penitential y. looking to the edu cation of these unfortunates who are expiat ing offenses committed by them against so clety. lead on to ncatlonal training. Thus there are 32 courses offered by the agricul tural department dealing with the culture of beans and alfalfa, potatoes and onions, ani mal husbandry, fruit and nut raising nnd olive growing. There are even courses In fig culture and date culture, and a special courso dealing with certain other semltroplcal fruits. Warden Johnson, of tho San Quentin peni tentiary, announces that, nt the present time, there aro 678 enrolments In correspondence courses; that S4 men aro attending night school and 100 the day school, that these grown-up schnlnrs ore diligent and studious and that many of them are making excellent progress. Tho old conception of punishment, con cludes the Los Angeles Express, was bused on tho idea of revenge, manifested no less by men collectively through society than by the primal man as an Individual. The true theory of punishment must he founded on the purpose of reformation in which revenge cnu play no part and In which. Indeed, revenge itself constitutes a crime. Prisons Berye a most useful purpose when they take tho criminal as t.r much humun raw material and deliver him bark unto fellowship at tho expiration of his tprm, not as a more bru talized product that has undergone further degradation, but as a being capable and desirous of serving both himself and society moat usefully. CRISES IN GREAT LIVES Tho two decisive moments of Caenarn ca reer were exactly alike in every detail. Onco when he was struggling with the Nervil, later when he fought the PompelaiiM, his legions faltered. Desperate the occasions must have been, for Caesars strength was lit the power and lidelity of his legion aries. Without them ho was lngt In the battle of tlm Nervn su short was the time that the cohorts had not formed. Confusion was everywhere and the cntlro direction of the battle devolved oi Cac-ai's shoulders, as he himself explains In a memorable rhapter of his commentaries. Coining to ona spot on the right wing, where a whole legion had been massed, whero'tho centurions and stand ard bearers had been slain, where tho Ro mans wero retreating and disaster seemed inevitable, Caesar realized that reinforce ments must ho sent nt once. But thero were no reinforcements. Ho needed a force of pcrlmps a thousand men. What could he done? With the Impudonco of subllmo genius lie mado himself a thousand men. Snatohlng a shield from n shrinking soldier ho strode to tho bnttlo line ns If ho wero a battalion rush ing Invincibly to tho nld of tho weary boI dlors. Calling on them by namo and invok ing tho high gods of his own good fortune ho sounded a charge. At tho sight of their gen eral himself exposed to the very brunt of tho onomy's attack, the ancient vigor of his boI dlcry rensserted Itself. From disaster Caesar plucked victory. Tho Importance of that one moment to fu ture history cannot bo overestimated. Before that time Cacsnr had won but ono lmportnnt battle, that with tho Germans, who had been found surprisingly easy. A victory for the NcrvH would havo meant that Caesar's mill tnry prestige, tho basis for all his political glory, would nover havo been, In that mo ment Caesar made himself the proud, Imperi ous master or tho world, 1'IIE PRESS ON PROSPERITY Calamity Howling Ridiculous in tho Face of Present Conditions and Opportunities. Krom the Springfield rtepubllcan. Besides textiles, ccrtnln other Now England Industries are getting busy. Ammunition and gun factories In Connecticut aro, naturally, very prosperous. Recent rnlns In France, Belgium, Russia and Austria, which affected military operation, have brought heavy ortlors for rub ber boots made In New England. Shoes for ex port trade aro In demand. An automobllo com pany that cannot get war orders must be In a parlous condition. France nlono Is said to havo distributed orders In America for 1760 automo bile trucks, to cost $G,000.000. Perhaps there has been too much pessimism of late regarding business. In New England tho textile Industry Is the basis of manufacturing activity, and If manufacturers aro anticipating 11 capacity production In tho near future on ac count or European demands, Now England should ho able to survive tho winter. A Great Industrial Era Prom ribre and Fabric. It Is the history of war, the Civil War, the Crlmoan, the Franco-Prusslan and others, that Hip flist shock produced dulncss, but, upon re covery, Industry boomed and prices soared. Thero Is every reason to bcllevo thnt history will repeat Itself, and as tho waste nnd demoli tion exceed any provlous demonstration, tho sources of supply must be looked to to meet the Inevitable demand. Wo nre at peace, tho greatest Industrial na tion; ne have tho mills, tho farms; In short, the equipment ulilch is wanted. In spite of fear, wo must bo busy. Busy for ourselves and busy for others. Somo Important materials we may lack, but wo will bo Ingenl6us enough to evolve adequate substitutes. Without exces slvo enthusiasm or optimism we havo reason to expect the greatest Industrial era we havo yet experienced. This Is the opinion of our most enlightened thinkers and economists. A Text for the Times Prom the Atlanta Constitution. The Detroit Tree Press gets at the root of the matter and Fays the best word of all to people depiesacd by the war gloom. It Is a text for the times: "Don't let tho vvnr In Europe kill your nerve nnd It will not kill your business." ' That Is a motto lit to be framed and given conspicuous place over desk nnd counter. It Is n text for tho times. No need to prench a ser mon from It; the sermon Itself is there, In brief compass. It Is time to revise tho old proverb: "All things come to him who waits." It should read: "To him who WORKS" who looks to tho light, who tolls to tho light and will accept no com promise. Taking Care of Business From the Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer-Sun. Let us all adopt. In a conservative way, the fugcestlon mado by the President. Let us "go about business as If nothing were happening" that Is to say, as if nothing were happening to deter us or to cau.-e us to fear calamity, but believing that If we will only do our part In talking care of business, business will, in turn, laKe caio of us. Fortunes of Peace From the New Tork World. While a chorus of detraction and despair pro ceeds from croakers nnd partisans, there' are record exports at New York; there are sales of foodstuffs at Chicago mounting Into the tens ot millions; there are orders In various plnces run ning Into like sums for clothing, blanket and shoes; there aro prodigious demands for motors and other vehicles: there nre day and night Jhlfts at many factories, and there Is not a mine or an oil well In the country that Is not preparing to respond to a world In need. Practically everything that we grow or mako or possess la wunted abroad. Every month that devastation Is prolonged will Increase tho urgency of purchasers. A protracted war In Europe will mean occupation for every Ameri can worker and every American dollar. We must fted and clothe nnd perhaps In time sup ply with munitions most of the peoples now in conflict. Tins markets they have deserted look to us with the 6ame eagerness. Conditions Improving Trom tho ImllanapolU Newt. Tho geneial situation will undoubtedly be aff cited tu vorably by this great foreign de mand for American products. Wo may not all ut once have all tho prosperity that we should like to have, but there certainly will be an Im provement in business conditions. Our Land of Plenty From the Chicago Journal. The 1'i.ited .States has 7 per cent, of the world's habitable area and 6 per rent, of the world's population. Also, thtr United States produces M per cent, each of the wheat and gold grown or mined In the world This country produces D5 per rnt. of the world's tobacco crop, 56 per cent, of the world's cotton crop, C8 per cent, of the world's corn ciop; while 40 per cent, of th coal, II i'er tent, of the Iron. 55 per cent, of the copper and 63 per cent, of the petroleum output of the big, round earth are furnished by lands under the Stars and Stripes. The Turn for the Better From the New Tork Kvenlng- Pot. A series of incidents, at the opening of this week has pointed to decided improvement in the peculiar situation into which this country's financial and business enterprise had been thrown bv the European war. These incidents comprise tho announcement that our new bank ing system will be formally established In a fortnight; England's deihiratiou that tho tsea it. open for export, even to hostile countries, of noucontraband articles, such as cotton; largely increased purchases of materials here by Eu rope; disappearance on Haturday of Hie deficit In New York bank reserves; evldenco that tho biiii(ei' co-operatlvo plan to llnanco the por tion of our cotton crop which the war might make unsalable was progressing satisfactorily. As tu the home banking situation, we have Mill to reckon with the miu of emergency banknote Issues, the outstanding Clearing House loan certificates, the unsettled loans on i-tock Exchange collateral and the unusual burdens assumed In financing, flrn New York clt i. fondpn nehi, net the reqiihements for export gold and finally tho cotton trade's posi tion But we can also ten that. In the face of all theso handicap, the New York banks have restored theli surplus reserve, and that not only they, but the national banks of the coun try as a whole now actually bold In their re serves more gold than they held a year ago. For the Good of tho Party From the N iork Tribune. The Tribune was prompt In urge the Repub licans ot Pennsylvania to vote against their corrup and debasing leader. It it good news that where such an lnuo was clearly raised no falsa notion ot party regularity Is llkly tu prevail Hy removing Botes Penrose from the Senate of tne I'nltod States and from his juirtj leadeishlp the llepubllrans of Pentiiyj. vunta can do more for the good name of their party than a d"zen conventions or a host of orators TIt- have a rare opportunity to free Republican! m from one of Its most menacing barnacle. SCRAPPLE Hank Carelessness '( "Good morning," said the trusting pUr. chaser to tho president of tho seashore lots. A on-easy-payments company. "Have you" 1am ' out any moro streets on tho property?" 1 "No," said tho president, absently. "If frozen over. ' ' A Wooden Joke "Thoyro not on speaking terms?" "No; he asked hor what to use for his hair , nnd sho told him furnlturo polish." "BaiM-l" "How Is It?" asked tho cub reporter, "that nil dltors talk to themselves?" " "Habit," snld tho ofllce grouch, "due to calling copy boys." Omar- on the Coal Situation Tho costly coal men break their backs Upon Turns nshes In the furnace, nnd anon, Ere yet tho bill for it Is nearljt.pald, Heating n little hour or two, Is gone. I sometimes think thnt nover burns to bright Tho coal ns when tho Bouth wind blows at night! Or sun rays make tho atmosphere so warm Thnt there's no need to kcop tho stove alight. Sufficient 1 ''Why do you say you know tho man's poll -tics If you have never met him?" "I know his wife's." , The Old-Timer's Lament I havo sighed for the days of the "ten. twonty-thlrt" When I was a gallery god. When tho villain was dark and the horolni pert And tho first act treated tho hero like dirt. When I was a gallery god. Chorus. . When I was a gallory god. When I was a gallery god. I didn't know Ibsen From C. Dana Gibson. Whon I was a gallery god. I hissed nnd I clapped and I drank ginger ale When I was a gallery gd. Tho buzz-saw camo closo to tho heroine frail And thero wasn't a sceno that was old or stale, When I was a gallery god. Chorus. When I was a gallery god, When I was a gallery god. Our own Owen Davis Was somo rara avis When I was a gallery god. Tho Irato father cried, "Darken no more," When I was a gallery god. Tho Innocent creature went out of the dQor, But virtue would win at tho end of act 4, When I was a gallery Rod. Chorus. When I was a gallery god, When I was a gallery god. Old Chinatown Charley With dopors hold parley. When I was a gallery god. Inside Stuff Possibly you noticed that a quarter-column article In tho Evening Ledger concern ing oysters mnde no mention of "the suc culent bivalve." A Jewel of a reporter. Hard on the Simian "I wonder If It's really true that man de scended from tho ape?" Inquired tho sweet young thing. "Descended, yes," snapped the spinster, "and even that is a terrible arraignment of tho ape." Hoylc Revised If tho Allies are defeated In tho war, won't it bo the first tlmo that a pair of kings beat a full house? General Remarks Said C. J. Caesar to General French: "You cannot mako me despondent; You're better In Hold and better In trench, But I was my solo correspondent." Said General French to C. J. Caesar: "We've both done our bit In Gaul. And I tnko a leaf from your book, old top, 'The Belgians are bravest of all.' " Uncensored Dispatches And speaking, as who shouldn't be, of the war, It seems that tho Germans cling to the old-style game with closo formations, while the Allies arc all for tho open game. Strictly Neutral Wo wouldn't llko to say that Hex Lyon Is positively lnzy. but he always makes one of his kids stand around tho board and move his "men" when ho is playing checkers. Harrisburg, 111., Register. Thoughtful Addition "Yes," acknowledged the counterfeiter to his bosom friend, "I am making all kinds of money." Then ho added, as an afterthought, "Except, of course, good money." What They Missed 4. Botticelli and Cellini Never ate a German wienie. G. Antony and Cleopatra Never visited Sumatra. 6. Solomon and Mrs. Grundy Never smoked a pipe on Sunday. International Football "Indians Beat Germans" War Dispatch. Outside Stuff Reporters Suffer In Zona of Battle Head line, And readers suffer here. Plentiful "Ho talks like a foreigner. Is ho?" , "No; he's simply posing as a war ejpen and that's one of his bluffs." THE BABBLING FOOL "A chacun son vice," said Pascal. To each man his vice. And to each age. We live In a time of reformers and con fidently Imaglno that this is the first age 01 Its kind. Wo talk of "that strange new thing, a social conscience," as if Voltaire nnd tho Encyclopedists had not lived. W speak of "tho new dominance of women, us if the courts of the Louis had not existed. We have no historical sense, and becauw we do not know tho past we cannot foree" the future. Fondly and foolishly we dream that when our great reforms take place tne world will be purged Nonsense and double nonsense. Tho tana-cj In It all is In the conception of vice as some thing eternally apart from virtue; as some thing negative, destructive, abhorrent humanity at its hlgh-sst. Vice is positive, tDt brother' of virtue that works in the aari not the beast In man, but man himself Vice did not exist first, it will not die first. If virtue and vice are not "'? and immutable, and are only figments or ii" mind, moral teddy-bears with which tni foolish world whiles away its foolish tiro. they will die together. They are BImmM twins If they aro co-existent they are co etSonu' is foolish to talk about the P-phI of vice, unless we have ono definite vice i mind. If lying Is a vice, can wo mW that when wo eliminate lying h"WJ tnougnw more m nut . i"'o r- tj : vrhe h energy as fruitful for evil as hpod? V can teltr in me spriuBunw y ""vi,,. lying was considered up art In Its dodder lug fall truth may become a crime. By all means reform This age rauff.1! something to think about since It will noi think seriously of Itself. h ut But end the slipshod nonsense 1 0Jj making the world better The power " creation is not a human attribute. !?WT ' ' "firfirni
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