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tBpmt action wsi taken bj City Coun
eH and the Ptiblle Bervlee Commission.
n contlntiwi:
"iiV carefnl ferethftlmht iltirt .,...,..(.
laptelaUon the city has been placed in a
Ji""!.' Proreea wait the transit de-
2?',5W unjustifiable to proceed
.?'" veiopmeiH Wltnout due regard
tile Imnt'itnneft of tn.nnr.rltnn h.
,Wtl tUS city and the existing; company,
':ti thft end that thu nntlrn lrmiihnrl.ilMi
ttem of the city may be operated a
ne great unit In n manner best calcu
lated to serve the nubile nH tn nirnt-rl
-'frfotfcellon to capital already Invested
In the business.
"Therefore, after tedious negotiation, a
Urogram for transit development With
Wee transfers has been arranged bV the
BebAttment of Cltv Transit and the ofn.
toffttt of tho Philadelphia rtapld Transit
vwmpany.
"There In no aUeatlon wnatavtr ns tn
Hie city's ability to do Its Part In this
Qprosrant.
"There Is no question whatever as to
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company-
ability to raise the U2.000.000 re
quired to equip the elty-owned high-speed
llnts, for most attractive collateral Is
furnished by a first mortgage on that
.'equipment and also upon the SO-year
leaaehoid of the municipal facilities and
the earnings produced thereby.
"The progress further provides for free
transfers between the surface lines and
for the elimination of 8-cent exchange
tickets, with reasonable compensation to
'.the company for loss of revenue there
from. It also provides for free transfers
to passengers uslrig both the surface and
h-spced lines In a forward direction
making n complete Journey for one
cent fare. It provides for the raising
by tho union Traction Company or only
much funds n wilt be required for the
normal extension of the existing surface
system under proper restrictions when
and as necessary upon which funds ln
tereat will bo nllowcd at 6 per cent,"
JUKPAKTMBN'T HAS "GON1! LIMIT."
Tho Director averred emphatically that
the Department of City Transit had
'gone the limit" to afford reasonabla
protection to tho existing, system In con
sideration of Its co-operation In' estab
lishing and operating the new transit
facilities In a manner to best serve the
public. Along this line he added:
"If the program bo not accepted by
tho Union Traction Company, tho urgent
tiled will still exist ror trie cstaDiisnment
of the new high-speed lines and for tho
other advantages arranged for the pub
lic, j and they will have to be secured
Without Union Traction co-operation.
' "If this second alternative bo adopted,
both the Philadelphia- Rapid Transit
Company and the Union Traction Com
pany will forfeit that protection which
Im nprtiTiXort ihr.m hv thn transit nrocrara
''against tho loss of net Income diverted
- to the high-speed lines and against tho
(loss of exchange ticket revenue.
"In this event, tho city, In establish
ing the high-speed system, will be com
pelled to secure on Independent operator
. to equip and operate the city-owned sys
,. tern Independently of-and In competition
With tho existing company. The action
of tho city in first proffering protection
to the existing system In return for Its
co-operation thoroughly Justifies this
course."
EVENING LKlHiKR-PHILADKLrillA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1914.
PERSONS Am IMPRESSIONS AT MEETING WHERE FIHST GUN WAS FIRED IN TRANSIT CAMPAIGN
TATsrawaHirowia
UNCLE SAM PLANS
6REATTURKEYFEAST
FOR THANKSGIVING
Department of Agriculture
Seeking to Insure Ample
Supply Rhode Island
Myth Exploded.
13,000,000 TTJHKEYS DOOMED
TO THANKSGIVING TABLE
Turkey-producing centres! ml"0)8'
Texas, Arkanses, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio,
Missouri and Pennsylvania.
Shipping centres! Cuero, Tex,, Mor
rlstown, Tcnn., ahd Chicago.
Estimated number to bo eaten this
Thanksgiving In this country, 2,000,000.
crrr can do wpnic itself.
In view of these considerations, said
the Director emphatically. It was un
thlnkablo that the people, of Philadel
phia will await the pleasure of tho stock
holders of tho Unloli Traction Company'
in this matter or tolerate any Influence
that may be brought to delay the estab
lishment of rapid transit. The city .will
ho fully warranted lu beginning con
struction before an operating contract Is
let. This course was pursued In" New
York. The Director went on:
. "As a very last resort, and only as
a, very last resort, the city Is entirely
cnpable of equipping and operating the
high-speed system Itself. I wish, how
ever, to say that I am utterly opposed
to munlciDRl oiiprat!on if nrlvnto onra.
tlon can be secured on any fait- terms.
.Corporate operation by trained and
,'sklllcd management, under proper reg
ulation, will produce by far the best re
sults for tho city and the traveling pub
lic. "The peoplo demand rapid transit, and
.they are going to have rapid transit.
, "They realize that they can have the
new city-owned lines equipped and op
erated by an Independent company If
necessary.
"If the Union Traction stockholders
should ratify tho program, advertisement
forbids for tho constructlonof the Frank
ford elevated railway can bo made as
soon as the plans have been approved by
the Public Service Commission and a loan
la authorized by the city.
"If the Union Traction Company should
fall to ratify the program, the commence
ment of work pn the Frankford elevated
will have to be delayed until provision Is
made to connect It with the Woodland
avenue elevated railway. This connection
may bo made by a subway In Chestnut
treet or by securing legislation which will
permit of the use of the present Market
street subway-elevated line on a fair
basis.
"Tha first step is the sewer work.
; "The next contract to be awarded will
depend upon the action of the Union Trac
f tlon Company stockholders. If their action
. be favorable, the Frankford elevated rail
way can be well under way during 1915.
Otherwise the beginning should be made
en the 8th street section of the delivery
loop, because the construction of the de
livery loop will tako about year longer
than that of the Broad street subway.
"I shall speak at a later meeting of
each and every specific step which will be
necessary for the citizens and City Coun
cils to take In order to promptly estab-
ixn the rapid transit lines.
WHAT FRANKFORD NEEDS.
- "Now I have come to Frankford's local
ulrements.
"For wore than 20 years the citizens of
J9eankford have endeavored to secure a
Well-speed Una to the centre of the city.
As far back as 1S31 an effort waa made
clay August Belmont to comply with their
wisn oy Dunning a, northeastern elevated
railway from Front and Market streets to
Frankford.
'ifawy of you remember that he sei
cuied an ordinance and actually begart
rjmnstruotlon on Front atreet, betweerl
Arch and Market streets, but his efforts
Wr thwarted by legal obstructions and
(In was forced to abandon the project.
mow you are in a very different posj-
way In the morning, which Is now prac
tically Idle, will furnish capacity for tho
delivery of Frankford passengers, and
the eastbound Bide of the subway, which
Is now practlcnlly Idle In tho ovcnlng, will
furnish adequate capacity for tho collec
tion of Frankford passengers.
"In other words, both sides of the sub
way will be loaded In the morning and
In the evening, and will thus bo enabled
to perform double duty, without any addi
tional capital expenditure for delivery
laciimes.
"All the legal difficulties which Mr.
Bolmont encountered In building the
Frankford elevated railway have now
been cleared nway by legislation, and
there Is no legal or financial obstacle
whatever to prevent tho city from pro
ceeding with Its construction.
"The Importance of the traffic In your
part of the city Is demonstrated by tho
ugures ODtalnea by the traffic survey.
This showed that en an average 125.000
passengers travel out of. Into and within
the northeast section of Philadelphia
every day on tho street cars.
"Of these passongers 30.000 ride between
tho northeast section and tho central
business district.
"Seven thousand botween the northeast
section and South Philadelphia.
"Three thousand between tho northeast
section and West Philadelphia.
Forty-eight thousand between the north
east section and North Philadelphia.
"Ten thousand between tho northeast
section and tho northern and north
suburban districts.
"Twenty-soven thousand ride locally In
tiortlieast Philadelphia,
"Every resident or tho northeast sec-
tlon and every one traveling to or from
the northeast section of tho city should
know the , personal advantages which
Will resUlt to him o? to her. as the case
.may bo;, by the adoption of the transit
program:
"First. The discriminatory S-cent ex
change ticket will be eliminated as ar
ranged In the transit program or otherwise.
"Second. Tho residents of Frankford
who live off the line of the Frankford
elevated railway will bo enabled to take
surface cars to the high-speed line, there
transfer to tho high-speed line nnd Jour
ney either directly or by nnother trans
fer. If necessary, to any other section of
the city, and upon leaving the high-speed
system, take an additional surface car
ride from the station in a forward direc
tion to point of destination, all for one
E-cent fare.
acres. This Is a density or 23.9 peoplo
an acre. Ten years ago this was largely
vacant land.
"Tho assessed valuation of taxable real
estate In the 23d Ward Is J19,H2,$59, or
tiMSO an acre.
"J n tno 46tn ward it Is 163,190,615, or
$35,263 an acre. This Illustrates tho ef
fect of rapid transit lines on realty
values.
"Tho great 35th Ward, north of Frank
ford, contains 2I.2S7 acres, and the as
sessed valuation of taxable real cstato In
that ward averages only J5S2 on acre.
"The 41st Ward, adjoining the 35th
Ward on tho cast, contains 4000 acres,
and the assessed valuation of taxable
real estate averages only ?2SH nn ncro.
"Theso two wards have a Wonderful
future, and we have-In mind plans which
will mako their resources available.
"Today Frankford Is Isolated from
many of the most Important sections of
the city in point of time, cost of travel,
and by the congestion of tho existing
lines.
"Tho construction of the recommended
transit system will remove this Isola
tion In every resnect and will make
every important section of the city nvafl
able to Frankford, quickly, cheaply and
comfortably, for ono B-cont faro.
"People will be able to establish homes
or to continue to live in Frankford and
to accept employment In any other sec
tion of tho city and reach their place of
employment conveniently In every re
spect, "Likewise, great Industrial plants can
be established In the northeastern section
of the city and draw upoh every section
of the city for help.
Faces of Frankford folk interested
in high-speed transit seen at last
night's meeting and an impression
of the crowd trying to get in the
hall.
tu.
"A subway has ben built under Mar-
Mreet, which Is loaded On the east-
' tda In the moxniug conveying pas-
l la uun Busuieu auiriot, wiiue cars
OK rHilns to West Philadelphia on the
recJ9UHa etae practically empty. The
rfitie eewdition obtains during the even-
rush Hours.
"TNrtfere. if tlm Frankford elevated
rJtwy be conneetad with the Market
'MMt subway, the crowded trains Which
into It from West Phlladelohla. In
?Hst ttornlit? will dUcbarga their pa-
i ana uenunu directly on to Frank-
JBI up and bring the Frankford pas
bh lata the dMvVrv district. dl.
PWhrw tfcent said paw on to West Phlla
: "ftuw the wectbouHd side of the sub-
HOW TIME CAN BE SAVED.
"The time required to travel from.
Frankford to City Hall, which at present
Is 43 minutes, will be reduced to 25 min
utes a saving of 45 minutes on the round
trip.
"The time required to travel from
Frankford to League Island, which at
present is 75 minutes, will be reduced to
45 minutes, a saving of one hour on the
round trip.
"The time required to travel from
Frankford to 66th and Woodland avenue,
which at present Is 78 minutes, will be
reduced to 43 minutes a saving of 70
minutes on the round trip,
"You are now able to reach Market
street In Ubs than 30 minutes by steam
railroad, but this costs you from 9 to
16 cents, and you have only about 33
trains each way per diem. A consid
erable walk or a surface-car Journey at
additional cost Is necessary to and from
tne Biation at each end of the ride.
When the advantages of raDld transit
are recited In comparison with steam or
surface service they Beem too good to
be possible. Here are fiBt, frequent
trains, running with few stops, on
schedules that are unaffected by street
congestion or weather, with comfortable
waiting stations,
"Although the Frankford elevated rail
way will only cost 16,500,000, and, under
existing legislation, will Impose an
nually on the city a fixed charge of only
1U3.E0O to pay the Interest and to pay
back the principal In 30 years, this an
nual payment win be offset:
"By the net earnings of the Frankford
elevated railway In excens of the reason
able payments allowed the operator.
"By the saving of more than 1,800.000
hours a year to the traveling public, the
value of which at 15 cents per hour would
amount to 1170.000. a year.
"By increase Jn tar return to the city,,
resulting from the Increase in taxable)
values, and
"By the saving of 91.000 a year, which
will result to people traveling wlthjn and
to and from the northeast section of the
city by tho elimination of tho exchange
tickets.
isHpP
TRANSITS EFFECT ON PROPHRTT,
The 33d Ward has a population of
36.000 and an area of 20ft acres. This
Is a density of 17.1 people an aoro.
"In the 46th Ward, which lies west
of 45th street and south of Market street, f
ana wmen is servea uy tne Market street
elevated railway, the population la 42,
SOD. The ares, of the th Ward Is 1793
UM8RELU
SPECrAL
rutWlk-tor Mm
r Womer. 1J.7S.
to f.ee.
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BARMAN'S
IIS
Smrtk 13tk St.
Mail or 'Phone and Get
COAL that gives (he most heat.
COAL with the lastlne duality.
COAL with a small amount of ash.
LETTER'S
Best Coal
Eg $7, Store J7.25, Chestnut $7.50
Large Bound Pea Coal, $5.50
Largeit Coal Yard in Philadslphia
"ONE GftEAT MACHINE."
"I arn.' striving-most earnestly,; to brlnpl
about a condition which "w"lir enable' the,
people or Frankford; 'as wolj-.ns the pco,
pie of the whole city, to enjoy,, tiio bound
less advantages of ono great transporta
tlon machine operated fft'roughout the
city, so that Its advantages' will "be avaif-
ablo to all and discriminatory against
none. ' ' '
"This is Frankford's 'golden i oppor
tunity," nnd to seize it you must march
shoulder to shoulder with the great army
of citizens of all other parts of the city. '
"This will mean large and live meet
ings, emphatic expressions of your wishes'
and opinions and. If It proves .necessary,,
a monster demonstration, to show the'
overwhelming command of tho citizens of
Philadelphia for action In this matter.
"In reviewing tho progress made thus
far, we should be mindful of the co
operation which has been accorded by
City Councils In making the neccssnrv'
appropriations ror tne study and Invest!
gallon or tho city's requirements, .and for.
me preparation or plans and specifica
tions for tho recommended facilities.
"Wo should also deeply appreciate the
loyalty and public spirit shown by the
great dally newspapers which are en
thusiastically devoting their efTorts In a
painstaking manner, to clearly present
the transit facts to the public as they nre
developed.
"The successful conclusion of the-'cltl-zens'
undertaking In this matter-will b&
largely due to newspaper co-operation In
keeping you fully Informed as to all rele
vant facts, and to these newspapers you
owe a great debt of gratitude.
"Tonight marks the beginning of an
Irresistible movement on the nrt r,r th
citizens of Phlladelphla-tlm real owners,
. wm btcnk mumtipui curpornuon wnicn
will determine the policy of the city with
relation to transit development with free
transfers.
"I earnestly request your most active
and persistent co-operation In the great
effort which I am making In your behalf.
"May I count on you to Join, If neces
sary, with the citizens of all sections of
Philadelphia In publicly demonstrating
the will of the people that the rapid
transit lines shall be built by the city
forthwith." y
It. h. Hheppard, presldont of the Frank
ford Business Men's Taxpayers' Associa
tion, ureslded.
Among those who took a keen Interest
In tho meeting was a delegation of mem
bers from the North Kensington Business
Men's Association and other organizations
In the Northeast, The residents of Ken
sington realised the necessity for an ele
vated line In that nelshblrhood long ago,
but former agitations in this direction
never took definite form.
Among those In the Kensington delega
tion worn Andrew .1. Whson, picsidctit of
the North Kensington Business Men's As
sociation; Edwin Ii. Hoffman, George
Murdock, William Hagan and John
Moore,
TRANSIT MASS-MEETING
IN GERMANTOWN TONIGHT
Director .Taylor Will Address Citi
zens ih yernon Park Library.
A masSrmceMllK to urce, the necessity
for high Spqe4;'jlifie:(vlll -bo'hcfd tonight
under the auspleeS-of the Germantown
and Chestnut Hill. Improvement Associa
tion and otner. organizations of that com
munity in. the Free Library lecture room
lu Vernon Park.
With figures and facts. Director Tnvlnr
win. snow me panetlts wnicn will come
to this, neighborhood through tho estab
lishment of tho high speed tranolt system
jo'ebnnect tho section more directly with
the .-centre of the city.
In; view of the. contemplated Increase
In fares by the Pennsylvania and Bead
ing Ttallroads, tonight's meeting Is con
sidered especially timely. Business men
of Germantown ray that the last raise
in railroad rates was the means of
emptying at least lOOOhpuses In a thriv
ing district. The Increase, qccordlng to
real estate dealers, also caused a reduc
tion of about 33 1-3 per ceut. In rents. To
add to this depression tho number of
tra-Jns to and from Germantown was
greatly reduced.
Director Taylor will address the resl
"dents of the AVoodland avenue section on
Monday night at a mass meeting which
will be held at Odd Fellows' Hall. 71st
street and Woodland avenue, under tho
pusplces of the Woodland Avenue Busi
ness Men's Association. At this meeting
Director Taylor 'will demonstrate that
the city s fully capable of proceeding
with the construction of the high speed
Hues, .
Tho director has been urged to address
numerous other meetings In every sec
tion of tho city. .
UNCLE SAM PROFITS EVERY
. TIME YOU TAKE A DRINK
TENEMENT OWNERS
WANT COUNCILS TO
BLOCK HOUSING ACT
Seger Calls Law to Enforce
Sanitary Conditions Too
Drastic Ransley Declines
to Comment.
Government Now Collects Tax on All
Splritous Beverages.
There Is not a spirituous beverage in
town now that Is not taxed In some
manner. To keep saloonkeepers on the
right side of the law, the National
Liquor Dealers of America today sent
letters to them, advising that the new
tax must be paid.
Two cents a quart Is being paid be.
cause of the war on the following bever
ages; Champagne, llquuors, Swedish
punch, klmmel, chartreuse, benedlctlne,
apricot brandy, cream de menthe, maras
chlno cherries, as well as cordial. Ver
mouth, Buchu and eloe gins, ccfcktalls
by the quart, bitters, all wines Includ.
lng red, white, moselle sherry, nort ami
.Madeira.
Still wines have to nay a. tax nlsn nf
S cents a quart. Liquors are listed for a
war tax ft $ cents. Carbonated waters
are the worst hit of all for some reason.
Their tax Is a centa a quart.
Petty politics nnd real estate interests
controlling houses In tho slums, which
nolcd sociologists call "death vaults," arc
behind the. movement to have repealed
the act creating a Division' of Housing
and Sanitation, In the opinion expressed
today of several well-informed persons.
The act was passed by the Legislature
a year ago. It was signed by Governor
Tener. Tho appropriations required to
conduct the new department have not
been provided by Councils.
Tho International Tenomcnt Owners'
Association Is opposed to the act.
For months the fate of the act has
been In the hands of the Finance Com
mittee of Councils, of which John P.
Connelly is chairman. He is now spend
ing nis vacation at Hot Springs.
To determine the attitude of members
of the Subcommittee on Finance of Coun
cils toward the new net, and whether
they would vote In favor of appropria
tions, several members of that body were
interviewed yesterday.
Pictures of the Interior of rickety tene
ments, located In different parts of the
city, were shown to members of the Sub
committee on Finance of Councils, shortly
before they went Into session at the City
Hall. All refused to say whether they
would vote for tho 3213,710 appropriation
which Director Harte, of the Bureau of
Health, seeks.
SEGEH CALLS ACT TOO DIIASTIC.
Select Councilman Charles Seger, who
Is chairman of the subcommittee, said the
act was ton drastic and ought to be modi
fied. When photographs of two scenes
of typical tenements In the slum quarter
were shown to him, ho said:
"I am too busy now to look at those
pictures."
'Will you vote In favor of an appro
priation so that the act passed by the
Legislature can bo enforced properly?"
"I refuse to answer that question."
"Why?"
"I am , too busy now to discuss this
question."
Harry Ransley, who Is president of Se
lect Council and also a member of the
Subcommittee on Finance, refused to sav
whether ho would vote in favor of the ap
propriation. "1 refuse to bo drawn Into print nnd
must be excused from muklng any state
ment," ho replied.
Mr. Rnnslcy looked at two pictures, but
refused to make comment.
Common Councilman George C, Mc
Curdy, president of Common Council, also
viewed flip photographs while scntcd In
his chair In tho Councllmanlc chamber.
Ho refused to discuss the pictures or say
what his attitude was In legard to hous
ing problems.
TENEMENT OWNERS TO FIGHT.
John H. Fow, who represents the Tene
ment Owners' Association, has already
prepared his argument for the repealing
of tho act. He declares that ho will prove
that the net Is so drastic In Its treatment
of health and sanitation that It will be
physically impossible to enforce many of
Its provisions. ' '
Mr. Fow dented that a fund had been
raised by tho tenement owners to conduct
a legal battle against tho act. Ho stated
that ho had -been retained by Harry
Levin, of 501 South 11th street, who Is
said to be tho president of the Interna
tional Tenement Owners' Association.
The Rev. Clinton Baltzclt Adams, pas
tor of the Park, Congregational Church,
32d street and Montgomery avenue, who
accompanied Bishop Suffragan Garland to
tho slum section to view tho insanitary
houses some time ago, said:
"It Is an unpardonable crime for Phila
delphia to maintnln such houses as we
viewed In tho slum section. In tho opin
ion of those who saw the poor families
in tnose aaru and dlmly-Ilghted houses.
It Is also an unpardonablo crime- to hold
up the appropriations.
VI havo been trying to find out for a
long while the responsibility for this in
difference, but I can't. There are two
members of Councils In my congregation.
Councils ought to visit the slum sec
tion or Just live for a tew days In some
of th houses we saw, nnd I feel certain
that for the sake of humanity the mem
bers would grant the necessary appro
priations." Another member of the committee who
inspected the houses Is tho Rev. Dr
Elliott White, pastor of St. Mark's Epis
copal Church. He denounced the con
ditions as a disgrace to the city.
"Just have some of the members of
councils in wuose power it is to grant
the appropriations which would give re
lief to thousands of poor families spend
a few days and nights Inside of the houses
in tho alumsthey will quickly change
their minds," said Doctor White.
"Conditions here are tho worst that I
have ever seen."
WASHINGTON, Nov. M. Uncle Sam,
through the Department of Agriculture,
was taking every possible precaution to
day to insure fresh fat turkeys for
Thnnksglvlng. One step wns to send
an expert with the first tralnload of
turkeys now en route from Morrlstown,
Tenn., to New York today. Another was
lo warn every raiser of turkeys how to
kill, clean and pack tho fowl for market.
Last Thanksgiving thousands of tur
keys spoiled because of poor handling
by formers nnd shippers. In several
cities commission merchants were ruined
and farmers suffered great losses.
Rhode Island ns a turkey centro Is al
most n myth, according to department
Information today. Statistics show that
not moro than 3000 turkeys aro grown
In the State, although many thousands
aro put on the market as "Rhode Island
turkeys." An investigation by a de
partment expert showed that most of the
"Rhodo Island" turkeys nt market were
raised In southern Vermont, Massachu
setts and even In tho Middle West,
Tho department also has an expert at
Cuero, Tox tho centro of a great turkey
raising area. At this place turkeys aro
already being driven over the country
roads to tho railroad centres.
Tho department has been Investigating
reports that there are a largo number of
turkeys In cold storage, kept ovcr from
last year, but no cvldenco lui3 been fnund
as yet.'
MAYOR REFUSES
ROOM FOR PROTEST
Continued from rage One
of the advanco proposed lies In the fact
that the present rates aro based on
charges for greatly Inferior service and
that they were fixed some -10 years ago,
when In nomo Instances they were made
particularly low for the purposo of boost
ing suburban development. Tho Improved
service which Is now being given, thor
company claims. Is Its basis for an in
crease. NEW TROLLEY SERVICE.
In New Jersey the hardships to the
commuters, which tho action of the rail
road foreshadows, promises to be offset
by the establishment of fast trolley serv
ice. Such service will bo put Into opera
tion between Camden and Trenton by
the Public Servlco Corporation of Now
Jersey as soon as It obtains amended
-franchises. -s,.- . , .
Among tho othr protest meetings
planned are the Palmyra Improvement
Association, of Palmyra, N. J., Wednes
day night-, the ColllngswOod Civic As-
soclatlon, of Colllngswood, N. J., Tues
day night; the Trenton Chamber of Com
merce, Tuesday night; Lansdalc Board
of Trade, Monday night, and tho Bristol
Chamber of Commerce, tonight.
Resolutions of protest were adopted
last night by the City Business Plub at
a meeting In the Colonnade Hotel and the
Pitman Board of Trade, Pitman, N. J,
M. S. Helms. 410 Hermit lano n-
borough, sent a letter to President Rans
ley. of Select Council, urging the legis
lative bodies of the city to take some
action on the faro increase.
Although 25 formal protests have now
been filed with the Public Service Com
mission at Hnrrlsburg, that body has not
as yet announced any date for n pub-
)l ???"'. V ls. eIectd. however,
that this will be dono within the next
few days.
Ruling on "War Tax on Wires
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-Robert Wil
liams, Jr., Acting Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue, has Issued regulations gov
erning tho payment of war taxes on tele
phone and telegraph messages. Messages
transmitted over private leased wire cir
cuits and relating exclusively to the bus!
ness for which the wires were leased will
be exempt.
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any business which must know
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910 Chestnut St., Philadelphiu
Perry's
Ready
to Serve
YOU,
No Matter
What
GOOD
Clothes
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Thousands and thousands
of Suits and Overcoats at
$15, $18 $20! Going out
quickly and steadily.' Pat
terns here today that won't
be here next week; just as
many that we started the
season with have long ago
disappeared .
At Perry's
Our $15, $18, 20 Suits
and Overcoats are Just that
much better than most at
those priqes, because
they're made by the same
organization whitjh makes
ui" highest-priced clothes
At Perry
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