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FIULADEU'IIIA, rill DAY, JANIM11V 23, 1918.
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Succes is cumulative; the blooest part of It
the failure of yesterdav.
Supremacy of l'hilntlolphia's Port
rr IS a wholesome nlgn when Phllattel
phlanu resent any effort to disparage their
fclty, even though the effort be unconscious
Clio writer of the Intensely Interesting nrtlclo
ton Boston's port development In the Evening
tTjEDOEn on Wednesday was exploiting Boston
and exhibiting; the wonders thnt have been
wrought there within a few years. But his
claim that Boston is tho second port In tho
TJnltcd States Is disputed most emphatically
fcy George F. Sproule, secretary of tho Board
of Commissioners of Navigation, In a lettor
printed clsowhcro on this page. Tho figures
Which he presents show Indubitably that tho
Binnor of being second belongs to this city
and not to Boston. Fully a thousand moro
ocean-going' vessels docked here than In Bos
ton last year and tho total tonnage was much
greater than that of Boston and tho customs
dues collected here exceeded thoso In Boston
Ay $2,600,000.
But Philadelphia need not be Jealous of
Boston and Boston need not bo Jealous of
Philadelphia. Thcro Is foreign trade In sight
enough for all tho sultablo ports of tho coun
try, and If .Philadelphia uses her latent en
terprise and energy sho will got her sharo of
It and that will be sufficient to lift this port
so far abovo Boston that there need bo no
careful analysis of figures to decide tho su
premacy. There aro signs already that Phil
adelphia Is aroused and that the port will
boom.
Good for the Girls of Kensington
THE girls of the elementary schools of
Kensington can now look forward to tho
prospect of going to a high Bchool within a
convenient dlstanco of their homes. Tho
Board of education has at last bought tho
square bounded by Coral, Cumberland, Firth
and Amber streets, and will proceed with tho
plans for the new school building as fast as
may be.
It has already been decided that thoro shall
bo classes In cooltlng, typewriting and ste
nography, as woll as In tho ordinary branches
of learning, on tho theory set forth by Doctor
Brumbaugh In his Inaugural address on
Tuesday that that education is useless which
Is not reflected In tho home. Tho ability of
tho Board of education ,to provide practical
education 'In this new girls' high school will
be tested, for there Is no part of tho city In
Which tho demand for It Is more Insistent.
The Man on the Job
r' IS fortunate for tho Republic that most
of the Jobs were distributed beforo tho
cataclysm broke in Kurope. Otherwise It
would be entirely impossible for tho Secre
tary of Stato to devote his undivided care and
attention to tho great questions of diplomacy
and International relations which come be
foro him dally. Now that most of "tho Boys"
havo been taken caro of, the business of the
Government can bo handled Sagely and with
dispatch.
It is related that Mr. Seward, Mr. Hay and
other Secretaries of State, who In their day
and generation won great reputations for
themselves, gave so much attention to the
duties of their ofllco that thoy had time for lit
tle else, and with such success did thoy work
that tho Ship of Stato never ran aground.
Perhaps statesmen did not havo such great
brains in those days as they now have; or it
may be that they had extravagant Ideas of
the responsibilities of public service. Mr.
Bryan, however, can serve two masters, with
just as much satisfaction to tho one as to the
other.
Time to Modernize Marino Law
THE law of tho sea dates back to ancient
times. It camo Into being when practically
all commerce was bounded by the shores of
the Mediterranean. In its essential principles
It has not been changed. Steam navigation
has revolutionized conditions and tho law of
even BO years ago would bo unsulted to tho
status of today, yot tho rules of conduct re
main what they were and the United States
Is expected to abide by constructions that aro
plainly obsolete. It was recognition of this
fact that led to such conventions as tho Dec
laration of London and repeatedly efforts
havo been made to modernize theory and
practice.
It has been to the advantage of England,
owing to her vast naval power, to maintain
and. keep in force ancient privileges and
rights which are utterly out of sympathy
with the internationalism which prevails in
this era. This war will establish many prec
edents, which will determine for many years
to come maritime law. The United States
must stand, as It has stood since he found
ing of the Government, for a real liberaliza
tion of principles and remain the champion of
freedom on the oceans.
It is admitted freely that transfer of the
merchantman of a belligerent to rifeutral reg
istry is permissible provided the transfer Is
bona fldo and not for the purpose of evading1
the consequences to which an enemy vessel
J exposed. Admission to American registry
abound be prima facia evidence of good faith
and roust be so interpreted by this Go em
inent As to the evasion of consequences, In
the cj of the Pacta, the question is techni
cal. The British poltion rests on an ancient
principle, the acceptance of which would give
Great Britain a monopoly of the carrying1
trade t this time ami give her practical eon
iyal r alt American international trade
" Patted Btstw, &jr a of Cenrs, tn-
4wi fnnniiy t m w m
!. ftJintjHi ttwtf g fey to that
full protection of such vessels. It must, there
fore, either maintain to the uttermost its
vlow or repeal the enactment. It cannot In
vito capital to maKo Investments which It
Intends thereafter to admit nro Illegal. Least
of nil can It Itself venturo to purchaso ships
which thereafter will bo subject to seizure by
British cruisers. For tills reason, considera
tion of tho ship purchase bill Is ridiculous
until It has been decided what protection tho
flag ot tho nation Is nblo to glvo tho Dncln.
Let It bo tho test case, for It comprises
within Itself nil doubtful elements. Wo shnlt
not titlto advantage of England's present
tlllurulllon, but we shall certainly stand up
for ntul vlr.dlcato tho rights of ourselves and
other minimis.
Now for the bhovcls
great step forward has been taken.
qvu
V Cot
Councils hns given effect to tho will of
tho people, as expressed In thn November
election. Money and authorization for tho
relocation and construction of sewers to drain
tho subways of tho delivery loop have been
provided. l)y this action the city li dellnitoly
dedicated to the comprehensive trnnilt plans
of Director Taylor. So elllclently hns tho
Department of City Transit done ItB work
that, Immediately following the npproval of
tho ordinance by tho Mayor, bids will bo
risked. On Match 20 dirt will begin to fly.
, But Councils, on tho other hand, did noth
ing to provldo for tho continuance ot the
work when tho $500,000 It exhausted Fl
nnnco Committee mnde no report on tho oidl
nnncc providing for tho submission of the
$30,000,000 loan to tho people. It took no
Bteps to obey tho mandate of the people, ex
pressed In tho recent mass-meeting. Al
though tho tlmo Is short In which provision
f6r a legal election in March can bo inude,
Councils hesitates and procrastinates. Tho
city Is In no mood for such delay. March 20
should not only mark tho beginning of actual
digging, but should likewise celebrate tho
approval of tho $30,000,000 loan. No piddling,
gontlemcnt It Is n big project and it must
bo provided for in a big way.
Plenty of Money
THE outstanding fact in tho successful
bond salo yesterday 1-3 that there is
money enough awaiting investment In 4 pet
cent, tax-freo city bonds to provldo for all
tho necessities of this community. The sub
scribers for tho present $5,000,000 loan In
cluded Now York bankers, local brokers,
well-to-do Investors, fraternal organizations,
savings banks and savings bank depositors.
When railroads cannot float loans and
when industrial corporations, dogged fiom
pillar to post by Government prosecutors,
find it Impossible to ralHo money, this city,
with its undisputed credit, can ralso all It
needs. Money is hoarding anxious for
work. But it wants a steady Job with sure
pay. The proposed subway development will
glvo work not only to thousands of Idle men
but to millions of Idle dollars It cannot bo
started a moment too soon.
Headed in the Right Direction
THE growing spirit of co-operation among
tho trado bodies and business interests of
tho city is a most promising sign. This is
tho greatest manufacturing centre in tho
United States. Philadelphia products nro
known in all parts of the world, but unfor
tunately thoy aro not all known aB the prod
ucts of Philadelphia Before tho committee
of business men that is arranging for a
campaign to boom tho city completes Its prep
arations It will doubtless decide to recom
mend that every producer hero tlo up his
product with tho name of tho city, so that
when purchasers think of hosiery thoy will
think of Philadelphia, and when they think
of tools, or of fine hats, or of clothing, or of
locomotives, or of the score ot other products,
thoy will think of Philadelphia as Instinc
tively as they Join Independence Hall and
tho City of Penn in their thoughts
The alort leaders of the trade bodies are
headed In the right direction and they will
reach tho goal if they keep going.
Clean Out the "Dope" Dens
THEY exist In this city, in every largo city,
and they form tho lowest possible step In
human degeneration Invariably, thoy are
linked with tho vilest vice and the most
brazen lawlessness. They flourish under po
litical protection, and for years they havo
piled tholr degrading traffic with an Immu
nity that Is the last and deepest shamo of
our civilization. Tho opium and cocaine
Joints do not possess one single extenuating
feature. That the pollco havo made one suc
cessful raid should bo tho signal for cleaning
out tho whole svstem.
Cause and EiTcct
THE national banking law forbids a bank
to lend to ono borrower moro than 10 per
cent, of Its capital nnd surplus. The Union
town National Bank, with a capital and sur
plus of $1,631,000, lent to its president $1,227,
000, It appears, or Plght times as much us
the law allowed.
Tho Comptroller of tho Currency com
pelled tho reduction of tho loans, but the
process required such drastic action that the
bank, tied up in tho enterprises ot one man,
had to go down: and tho general public, that
had trusted It, does not know yet whether it
can get Its money back. It is always safer
to obey tho law.
Tho ministers who call the fall of man an
"Interesting myth" have not inspected the
bread line.
The mother of tho White Houso baby did
not caro what they named him so long as
they called him Francis.
There would havo been nothing surprising
in tho report if it had been that tho Germans,
rather than the Turks, had massed at Beer
sheba, When the leaders were talking about can
didates to suooeed Secretary of the Com
monwealth McAfee, the Governor kept sllunt
and' saw Wood.
Governor Brumbaugh does not object to
any of the notaries and Justices of the peace
appointed by his predecessor. As to the rest
there is a great silence.
The seeratary of the Lieutenant Governor
is a womani but Just wait until there la a
woman Lieutenant Governor who chooses a
man for a secretary!
The foreign commerce of France ha fallen
off $(00,000,003 in the last JO months, but the
German wilt boast of their superiority when
the fiyura show that their fwrelga ciKamtrce
ha ha4 a greater awuae.
EUROPE WHISTLING UP
GHOSTS OF DEAD SEERS
Statesmen Hang on tho "Words of For
tunc Tellers Whilo Half the World
Fights the Other Unlf Prophesies,
and it Seems to Help.
By VANCE THOMPSON
OVER In Europe It would seem that whilo
half tho world Is lighting tho other halt Is
prophesying.
It Is a queer sort of collaboration, but you
can't blamo tho stay-at-homes for holplng
out In tho best way thoy can; and bucking
up tho weary fighters with prophecies of
victory is no bad thing useful In ltd way as
knttlng socks
Even tho Governments look at It In that
tolcrnnt and hopeful way. You may remem
ber n cablegram from Berlin which stated
thnt tho pollco had taken tho ban off tho
fortune-toilers, clairvoyants nnd psychics
and that thoy aro cheering up tho war-sad
dotted population immensely I haven't tho
faintest doubt It Is truo. In Paris, I know, tho
prophets i;o about tho Htrects and their
prophecies fill tho little wartime newspapers.
And in London theio Is oven a new publica
tion, which gives "Telepathic War News,"
price twopence. It Is aB though tho war,
which hns plunged Europo back Into a stato
of bnrbnrlsm, had brought with It a me
dieval sense of mystery. And darkly tho
seers brood "every man In tho chntnbors of
his Imagery," like tho ancients of Israel.
German Kctrcnl Foretold '
What Interests mo most arc tho predictions
which have been dug up out of tho half for
gotten caves of prophecy. Many ot them havo
been cabled to tho American newspapers,
notably the rather vaguo ono of Tolstoi and
tho moro exact perhaps too oxact prophecy
ot Maycncc, which has long been known In
Germany. Ono ot tho most curious was
brought to light by tho Dnlly Chronicle, of
London It Is a prophecy made by Father
Viannoy, tho famous Curo d'Ars. It Is to bo
found In "Volx Prophetlnues on Slgnos, Ap
portions ct Predictions Model no," published
In two volumes in Paris by Victor Palmo In
1872 tho fifth edition. Of course, It had boon
written long before. It predicted tho Invasion
of France in 1870 nnd the success of tho Prus
sians. Then It foretold tho present war and a sec
ond Prussian lnnslon Tho ptcdlctlon goos
on to say "Tho enemy will not go imme
diately. Thoy will return again and destroy
ns they. como. Effective resistance will not
bo made. Thoy will bo allowed to advance,
and after that their communications will
bo cut and thoy will suffer great loss. Thoy
will bo followed and fow will reach their
goal. Then all that thoy havo taken away
will bo restored and moro In addition. 'Much
more terrible things will happon than havo
yot been soen, but a great triumph will bo
witnessed on tho Feast of Our Lady (Septem
ber 8)." ,
Now If you bear in mind that this dato
marked the turning point of tho German
campaign In Franco tho commencement of
tho German retreat you will admtt It Is a
fntrly accurate prediction. And thcro Is an
other queer thing. In the courso of his proph
ecy Father Vlanney predicts that at tho out
break of the war his canonization will havo
begun, but that thero will not be timo to
finish tho ceremonial beforo war Intervenes.
That Is precisely what has happened.
Tho proceedings for tho canonization of tho
Blenhouroux J. M. B. Viannoy were begun
and, after war was declared, were brought
to an abrupt end.
Concerning Belgium and Poland
And there is another you should read.
It was written by Dom Boseo, a Portuguese
priest, who died a dozen years or bo ago. At
that tlmo It was printed in Le Matin in
June, 1D01. So thcro Is no question of this
being a "prediction after tho event." It runs
as follows: "In 1913 a great European war
will break out. Germany will bo completely
torn to pieces, but not beforo tho Germans
havo penetrated Into tho heart of Franco,
whenco they will be forced back to the
further banks of tho Rhino. An arrogant man
will sco his family tree cut In splinters and
trampled upon by all the world Great battles
will tako placo on August IB and September
ID. At Unit timo tho Popo will dlo and llvo
again. Belgium will undergo fearful suffer
ings, but will rlso again and become stronger
than ever. Poland will get back her right."
Thero Is a good deal of remarkable fore
sight packed Into thoso last few lines. Even
.If It dates back no furthor than tho year It
wns published In Lo Matin that was 1901
It Is an extrarodlnary forecast.
The Prophecy of Maycncc
Tho "prophecy of Maycnco" was cabled
over In part; I havo Just seen the full text.
It Is an extraordinary thing especially when
you remember It dates from 1854. First of
all It foretells tho victory of King Wllhelm
over AuBtrla In 1806, and then the defeat and
overthrow of Napoleon III at the "Cheno
populoux," when Alsace-Lorraine shall bo
carried away from France. Finally It comes
to the present war; I quote tho last verses:
"Courage, faithful souls, the reign of dark
ness shall not have time -to execute all its
schemes. A man, the wise, tho Invincible,
shall chaso tho enemy out of France. Flo
shall conquer Germany until It Is completely
destroyed. That day he shall command seven
kinds of soldiers against three, on the field of
Bouleaux near Paderborn In Westphalia
seven allied people against three. Woe to
thee, Prussia, for thy seventh generation
shall answer for tho wars thou host made
upon all the people," t
A generation Is 30 years, which multiplied
by seven makes 210 years', Tho realm of
Prussia dates from 1713. The seventh gener
ation. Is, therefore, that living between 1893
and 1923.
Of this final battle the prophet says It shall
last for three days and that Prussia and
Austria shall be annihilated, and conclude;
"Wllhelm 11 shall be the last King of Prus
sia. Gerpiany and Austria shall form three
realms under tho Kings of Saxony, of Hano
ver and Poland "
If Herr von Jagow is still studying prophe
cies I dare Bay he will do his best to see to it
that the final battle of the war is not fought
near "Paderborn In Westphalia."
Seven Against Three
This ingenious forecast of the prophet of
ISM is curlouB in that It names seven Allies.
Of course there are already five in the Eu
ropean Held France, England, Russia, Bel
glum and Servla, It would be an awe-corn-pelllng
prophecy If Italy and Rumania com
pleted the mystio number. Anyway, here la
a prediction which was fulfilled with rare
exactitude so far as the Austrian and French
defeats by Prussia were concerned It even
foretold the French toramune. Just at what
point it will fall the future will tell
A1J, tLos prophecies ana there are many
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others aro unanimous, you observe, In pre
dicting tho defeat of tho German armies and
tho victory, certain and formidably complete,
of tho Allies.
Aro thero no German prophecies to sot
over against them? I am suro thero must bo
Germany, which has gone ahead In so many
things, has not, I daro say, fallen bohlnd tho
rest of tho world In tho matter of prophecy.
Beforo tho war her magazines and reviews
wcro filled with psychic advontures, Tho lato
Baron du Prel was both scientist and seer.
Unfortunately, none of tho German prophe
cies of success Is printed In tho British
newspapers nor In tho French which does
not seem quite fair. Probably tho German
press rotaliates by refusing to print the vatic
inations of Dom Bosco and tho kindly old
Curo d'Ars. And you can't blamo thorn.
THE GREATNESS OF OUR PORT
It, and Not Boston, Stands Second to New York
in Volume of Water-borne Commerce.
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Tho artlclo appearing in your columns
under dato of January 20, "Bgston a Mlraclo
of Port Development," and concluding with
tho statement, "this makes Boston tho sec
ond port In North and South America nnd
the fifth port in tho world," Is so manifestly
unjust to Philadelphia that I had hoped It
would bo answered by somo ono moro
capablo than I.
Having given 30 years to tho study of tho
question of port development, It having been
my prlvllego to watch tho rapid forward
strides mado by tho port of Philadelphia
during theso years, I challenge the contradic
tion of tho statement that Philadelphia and
not Boston occupies at this tlmo tho distinc
tion of being tho second port of tho United
States with respect to her tonnago from
over-sea points and tho quantity of freight
handled, this statement being based upon a
Just, true and scientific computation of hor
commerce. During tho calondar year Just
closed G62C vessels, with a tonnage of 9,859,
970 tons, arrived hero. Quoting from tho
customs receipts of tho fiscal year ending
June, 1914, after Now York camo Philadel
phia, $18,083,714.92: with Boston following,
her receipts being $10,673,803.90. In a state
ment recontly Issued by tho Harbor Master
of Boston tho total arrivals for tho year
1914 are given as 10,440, striking figures, In
deed, but upon analysis It Is found that of
this number 4944 wore oyster boats and 910
were tugs, neither of which type1 of craft Is
classed by us ns maritime commerce. Tugs
nre merely tho motive power for othor craft,
and oyster boats aro certainly not vessels" of
eommorce. Deducting them from this grand
total would bring down tho arrivals at Bos
ton to 4680 vessels, while during tho cor
responding period there arrived nt the port
of Philadelphia 6026 vessels, and wo stand
ready to produce names and all particulars
to show that this number of craft actually
arrived from points without tho Delawaro
Capes. Now, in theso two instances, Phila
delphia certainly Is not second to Boston.
I personally made nn Investigation of the
mannor ot keeping statistics at the various
ports last year and found Boston one of tho
places where no official or reliable figures
were obtatnablo with reference to coastwise
commerce.
Following aro a fow comparisons from
statements Issued by tho Boston Harbor
Master:
Philadelphia. Boston.
28,490 tons logwood ,, 1410 tans
22,329 tons laths ..,, ,, SIS tons
383,1550 tons lumber 30363 tons
134,625 tons copper ..,..,..,,. 41B0 tons
Boston's Harbor Master claims the total
receipts ot freight for 1914 to havo been
3,026,645 tons, and her largest receipt seems
to have been coal, 2,196,735 tons while our
shipments of that product for that period
totaled 3,907,858 tons. Tho author of the
article In question claims that there are 36
lines of steamships In service between Bos
ton and foreign parts. Now, Philadelphia
pleb not guilty to having thtB number of
llnetrof Bteamshlpa to foreign ports, and
feels Boston should do likewise.
Boston should be commended for the
strides she has made in her port improve
ments up to date, but she has b111 a long
way to go before there can be offered to the
commerce of the world for the handling of
vessels facilities such as exist at the port
of Philadelphia, What our people should do
la study the wonderful resources of the port
of Philadelphia. Only a few days ago, In
answer to a query, one of our leading eve
ning papers made the statement that there
were no direct lines of steamships between
hero and San Francisco via the Panama
Canal As a matter of fact, there are now
in operation out ot this port three, mch
lines. GBOnrJB F SPHQUliE.
Philadelphia, January ft, IMS.
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"WEATHER MAPS" FOR THE JOB SEEKERS
Labor Distribution Through Publicity Outline of Plan for Equi
the Employment Market Information Committees in
Centres of Population.
By WALTER LINCOLN SEARS
SuperlntrDdent Public Employment Bureau, New York Cltf
An efficiently organized nnd Intelligently
managed system of labor bureaus or ex
changes, operated by tho Federal Govern
ment In co-ordination with tho Stato and
municipal employment bureaus, should re
sult In a better distribution of labor. This
Is ono means by which tho labor market
can bo organized.
Public employment bureaus aro agonclon
supported by tho Government out of general
taxes, and designed to bring employe and
employe together for tho purpose of fur
nishing employment to tho former and help
to tho latter. Tho public employment
bureau, to bo successful, should bo organized
and maintained on strictly business lines,
accessibly located, properly equipped, and
tho staff selected from tho civil service.
Sulllclent funds should bo provided by
which to provldo for practical, prudent pub
licity. Tho public employment office acts
only nB tho agont of tho employer and em
ploye, nnd In no cnsoihas the final say-so as
to who will bo employed. Theroforo, tho em
ploying public must bo efficiently servod, If
tho office Is to obtain and retain Its con
fidence. Paternalistic Care of Labor
From tho oxperlonco of the foreign public
employment bureaus, somo of which havo
been In operation for more than a generation,
wo should be able to learn a great deal, and
adopt such Ideas ns may bo applicable to
conditions In this country. American labor
conditions aro obviously different, nnd wo
should chooso only such methods as aro sult
ablo to our needs. Wo should discourago all
plans whlcji might result In making tho indi
vidual dependent. While It is tho duty of tho
Government to assist the unfortunate Indi
vidual In every proper way, wo ought not to
adopt any scheme which would be likely to
mako him dependent upon society for sup
port. I favor the giving of Information relatlvo
to help or employment, but not of any ma
terial thing which savors of charity or tends
to pauporlzo tho individual. Tho methods
and practices of tho foreign bureaus, I fear,
tend to make tho individual dopendent, and
ths should not be permitted to enter into
our scheme of furnishing information as to
whoro help or employment may bo obtained.
Paternalism has its advantages, and also Its
disadvantages, but thero Is a limit which we
should not attempt to reach too rap' lly,
Thero Is no department of tho & ornment
which could be made ns beneficial In Its re
sults as tho Buccessful establishment and
proper management of public employment
bureaus In co-ordination with the Federal
Government. Their establishment and proper
management would, in my Judgment, do
much In normal tlmeB to roduce tho number
of Idle, Bhlftloss, intemperate, Immoral and
criminal, and It would make for a better
citizenship, and a respect for our laws and
clvio Institutions.
A Suggested Solution
Blnco congestion, the result of over-population
In tho larger cities In the United
States, became a menace, those having to do
with labor matters have endeavored to solve
tho problem of labor dlstributlonthe mobi
lization of alien and citizen labor. I have
given much thought to the question, and
offer as a partial solution the following plan
by which the needs of both labor and capl
tal would bo clearly Indicated, and the
chances of misrepresenting opportunities for
employment would be somewhat lessened.
The Division of Information of the Bureau
of Immigration and Naturalization, in the
Department of Labor, was established nearly
eight years ago for tho purpose of providing
a scheme for the distribution of tabor.
The real problem is; How to get the peo
ple away fropi centres where there is great,
est unemployment to places where there is
a genuine scarcity of labor When publicity
Js given to opportunities for employment all
over the country there should be a leveling-, o
to speak, an equalizing of labor conditions,
Buch as does not xlst at the present time.
Publicity the Effective Method
Practical, prudnt publicity U the only
means by which an effective icheme for labor
distribution can be successfully accomplished,
and, as a means toward that end, I recom
mend a bulletin similar to the Wnatlter Bu
reau map. If the pubilQ wtr JudloJouily,
I" ft
promptly and reliably Informed ot "oppotJ
tunttlcs for employment" all over the cw?
try, a long stop toward a solution c! ifct
problem would havo been made. This "bul$
tin of opportunities" for help or tltuttlsi
wanted should bo posted In the postofflces it
tho chief Industrial, geographical and rill.'l
road centres and such other placet dl tsjj
no acemoa aavlsablo,
I would treat of or glvo publicity to ccpW),
tunltlcs only where a considerable numbM-l
of a certain kind or kinds of help were Idle cr
wanted, and havo arbitrarily set tha figure W
500, for tho reason that a similar nuffit
could bo taken caro of locally. It there w$1&
600 or moro persons representing a tiartlcuB
trado or vocation. Idle or needed In any Ict&f:
lty, tho bulletin should show that fact
that thoso who wero Interested might IW
Just what to do.
Collecting Reliable Information
Now tho nuostlon as In how the inttmi-
tlon could bo reliably obtained. I recomm'wl
that tho ohlof executive of each city In the,'
United States, having a population of mer
than 60.000. bo rcouested to sunoly Mtttlafj
InfnrmnHnn n folnnlra tt hft n-nvtrlArl hr 1$
centrnlly located Fedoral bureau. The Ma?6f
or other nvnellflvn tinnrl -anllM nntinltlt ACtUfl.
mtttce. consisting of himself, oresldent ot this
local Board of Trade, president of the Chsgja
lty Board, a representative of tno local "
council, tho postmaster, and, It thee u a
immigration ofllco or a public, employaerl
bureau in tho city, It should be repfawfij
on tho committee. This committee, MtW
under proper rules and regulations to 06 M
tabllshed bv the Federal bureau, ehould Pft"
paro Information relative to tha con4Itlcn ej
tho labor market In tho respective IWMM
and ronort when conditions warrant.
The Federal Government Is manifesto ttj
fpropor party to disseminate this lnformitloB.j
The Mayor should mako the appointing
Each report should be certified to by fl
tary nubile, thereby assuring Its authenlia'I
and truthfulness. Tho committee ehoull U
exceedingly careful not to mlareprwent f4
tunl conditions, and In no case ihouUJ
strike, lockout or other labor trouble
given publicity outside of the locality It
which It may exist.
A n., nf tltM f!iv.rnTnprit
T nm rnrtnln thnt thn IrtflK. Can be WWft
out satisfactorily to both labor and jgj
It should be a graphic Illustration of UW1
conditions In this country. The W&WJL
publishing tho bulletin In certain laMg
together with other pertinent detail, wa
wnceH. hoiirn unit tennre. are Of eCBSi
Mnilit.rillnn n nan hi Wnrltftd OUt tH
result of exnerlence. This plan cu sm
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Department of Labor now has full autha
It Is the duty of the Federal Governs!
formation to those requiring it Sijl
every opportunity for employment ano
dltlons of the same in every part on.
United States
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