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OMu the rich can affoid to be amateur sports
men, for U is cheaper to buy venison
in the market than to shoot
; it in the forest.
Put Big Business Behind Local Option
THEItE Is not mucli "personal liberty" to
drink lltiuor anions employes ot great
corporations. Modern Industry luia pro
hibited "boozo" and thcro Is no uoubt about
enforcement. To bo sure, there aie men
who drink moderately and miuingo to hold
their jobs, but Biff Business, much maligned
yet generally cdlclont, is moro harsh In Us
treatment or 'boozers" than of Its competi
tors. Why, then, do not the men who have out
lawed liquor In their own business cot be
hind the Governor In tho fight for local op
tion? Thcro are men In this State bigger
than any political organization. Why are
they holding back and keeping their mouths
shut when tho battle Is on? They do not
liavo to bo moralists to bo ngalnst liquor;
tho problem Is economic. They should have
their coats off and bo In tho centre of the
fight. He who I3 not for local option Is
against it. Every passlvo citizen is an ally
of tho men who contracted to protect tho
liquor ring. Every good citizen must fight
to prevent tho politicians from delivering
tho goods.
Tho political immorality which has shamed
,wiil humiliated tho Commonwealth for years
was born In saloons and has been nurtured
In them ever since. They aro tho breeding
places of foul politics. Thero aro counties
which havo been betrayed nnd want a fight
ing chanco to win back their political good
standing. They aro tho counties In which
the great battles will bo fouglit when local
option Is an established fact. Tho liquor
problem can bo soberly settled and at tho
Bamo tlmo tho way bo opened to political
redemption.
More Trouble for Mexico
JCTORIANO IIUEUTA Is apparently imi
tating President Wilson and is pursuing
n policy of watchful waiting.. Ho has been
In Spain, which Is a long way from Mexico,
and he lui3 Just sailed on a ship bound forx
Buenos Aires. Reports do not indicate
iniT Whether the ship stops at West Indian norts
isieva. ... , . -
BH5. " wj. ijul 1110 lormer uictntor can
r wntch In South America ns patiently as ho
can wait in Spain.
It may be that Porfirlo Diaz, who trained
him 1ft tho arts of war and statecraft, as
they are understood across the Rio Grande,
has been giving him post-graduate Instruc
tion whllo they wero both taking their easo
In Europe. Not only Is Huerta waiting for
nn opportune moment for returning to his
native country, but Mexico Itself is waiting
for tho appearance of a Btrong man who can
6eizo tho petty revolutionary leaders by tho
BcrufT of tho neck and shako them Into
docility.
And It is not likely that the Washington
Government will bo so bqueamlsh about rec
ognizing tho strong man when ho appears
as It was two years ago.
What the Jitney Can Do
THERE Is a place for tho Jitney bus In
Philadelphia and In every other Amerl-
m can city as a supplementary cab sen-Ice. As
a complement to tho electric car service It
is so Inadequate that It does not deserve
consideration for a moment In any largo
t community. It would break down in tho
thrush hours when relief is most needed. But
hit 1r notorious that cab charges are unrea
sonably high. In London, for cxamole. tho
F charges start at elghtpence, and for that In-
plgnlficant sum a man can bo carried farther
.than 50 cents will carry him in any Ameri
can city.
When the cost of operation and deprecia
tion are considered It is doubtful whether an
.automobile can be operated which charges
Sonly five cents for abort rides. But If tho
Ware were made 10 cents to any point within
a mile of the Broad Street Station It Is likely
that automobiles could be operated at a
profit. If a lady could get in a Jitney bus at
tho corner cf 8th and Market streets and
ride to the Bellevue-Stratford or to the Ritz
Carlton for 10 cents she would not hesitate a
rino.Ttent. If a man and his wlfo from the
.Buliurps wished to get to the Opera House
from tho Reading Terminal or the Broad
ifitrttft Station they would gladly take the
kJltney ftt 10 centB a passenger. And If there
icould be a general headquarters from which
Ftbs cheap busses could be sent on call there
siyoulcT be little else to be desired In the way
fcot cheap and. convenient transportation.
A Man Without a Country
IE THK Duke of Orleans were worthy of his
, Jtlngly ancestry his present plight would
fbf most pathetic. He haM eought admission,
th Wiimca army, but his request has been
tni&l because he Is under sentence of exile
n France aa a member of a former reign
family. The English would not accept
nlm aword, either out of respect for their
JIy or because tho support of the Duke
fotlld Jft worthlesa; and the Russians, who
payft a- member of the Napoleonic dynasty In
ijefr arroyi are refused to admit the Bour-
tln preternier to their ranks.
It I pwrhapa just aa well that tbla de-
i"mmAt-n f a ! J&" of kings should re-
ta mim and fee deprived of the oppor-
w .nr a sojawra oeath, if ha
iWh h opportunity the Allied might
trmimt J ftut wittt greater ui.
,MtoraiK et b 1 mmmg to rehabilitate
jjinlf ad bm. Mmm bg wrtng oatftvin.
t,r jjptfc a Wa m WW ts mix Jam f
Roliller. Tlio Duko Is not of kingly flbro or
lio would And a way to IIkIiI ami to prove
that tin la worthy to bo mentioned In tlio
Bamo breath with Albert of fiolRlum. Ho la
a nan without a country becauso ho hna not
tried to mako himself worthy of any coun
try's respect.
Wntch the Chnmbcr of Commerce Grow
A Mi bIrhs favor tho success ot tho niove
ment to cnlargo nnd vitalize tho Cham
ber of Commerce, it necdi no argument to
establish the wisdom of building UP a single,
strong commercial body through which tho
business community can speak nnd by aid
of which It ran get all tho Information
needed for tho Intelligent management of
great enterprises.
Tho promise of success lies In the realiza
tion of tho need. Philadelphia Is awako and
is searching for ways and means for devel
oping Its great resources. Tho enlarged
Chamber of Commerce will bo a product of
this now spirit nnd not tho cnuso of It. All
that la needed today Is an Intelligent organ
ization of sentiment already existing. Every
body admits that there has been too much
duplication of effort and too much rivalry
among commeiclal organizations, and nearly
every one takes the view e.prcsscd by Wil
liam T. Tlldcn, at tho Ucllovue-Stratford
luncheon yestcrdoy, that tho only way to
boost Philadelphia Ifl for every ono to boost
in tho samo direction. Tho .Merchants nnd
Manufacturers' Association has already
committed itself to the new plan, nnd nt tho
opportune moment will merge with tho en
larged Chamber of Commerce. Whether the
Board of Trade co-operates Is of less Im
portance to the movement Itself than to tho
board, for the movement is going to suc
ceed. When tho canvass of 12,000 business men
begins next week, tho committees' aro likely
to discover such a willingness to Join In tho
general boosting movement that their labors
will bo lightened beyond their present ex
pectations, for Philadelphia business men
havo decided that tho city has been loiter
ing long enough, nnd that It will toko its
placo at tho head of tho pi occasion or they
will know whv not.
Early Presidential Booms
IT WAS not necessary for former Senator
Thoodoro E, Burton to go down to Pan
ama to find a safo iplaco from which to lot
It bo known that ho Is willing to run for tho
Presidency next year. Ho la from Ohio and
Ohio is doubtful enough to make Its sons
think that their chances for winning tho
nomination are good. But Mr. Burton Is not
tho only Ohloan who has been "mentioned"
for tho Presidency. Myron T. Hcrrick nnd
William II. Taft nro also from Ohio. Neither
of thorn would rofuso a nomination, nnd it
is doubtful If either would dodge If ho saw
It coming his way.
But tho hopes which aro buoyant in tlio
spring of 191D may havo disappeared alto
gether beforo tho spring of 1916. Tho party
leadora may lay their plans, but the' great
body of tho Republican voters will decide on
tho nomination. Besides the threo Ohio men
thero are Senator Borah and Justlco Hughes
and Governor Brumbaugh. And no political
speculator should loso sight of tho fact that
Colonel Roosevelt has apparently recovered
from the Junglo fever which ho contracted
in South America and is talking and writ
ing with all his old-tlmo punch. Ho will havo
something to say about what Is to bo done.
Senator Burton hns planned well to spend
tho next fow months studying conditions in
foreign lands, preparatory to a return nnd
a triumphal tour of tho country In tho lato
fall or early winter when Presidential senti
ment is crystallizing. When wo seo how ho
Is welcomed then It will bo possible to form
a definite Idea about his availability.
Secret of Efficiency
ONE of the best things said on cfllclcncy
appears In a letter from Bishop Brent, of
tho Philippines, to tho Independent. Tho
Bishop writes:
The truly efficient man Is &o much of a
unit, so absorbed In his vocation, thut tho
self-consclousnevi duo to self-analysis,
which eats up strength, is unknown to him.
If a fellow does a thing well he Is caught
In the arms of a Joy that takes his mind
away from himself: if badly, he becomes
corroded by anxiety.
And right there Is tho secret of ofllclency;
it lies in tho Joy of accomplishment. With
out thlH Joy thero is no success, and with It
ovcry plan and dovlco and schema for getting
better results from labor becomes worse than
useless. This does not mean that labor-saving
devices aro worthless, but It does mean
that they will save no labor unless tho man
who uses them is moro Intent upon results
than upon tho kind ot tools ho employs.
llaldane Admits It, Too
VISCOUNT IIALDANE Is the latest dis
tinguished Englishman to admit that his
Government is disregarding the old princi
ples of International law, now that It is con
fronted by new and unprecedented condi
tions. He Justifies It, aa Mr. Balfour Justi
fied It beforo him, by tho rule of necessity.
Oreat Britain, according to him, Is fighting
for her life and she must use extraordinary
means.
The admission from Lord Haldane is pe
culiarly significant, for at tho beginning ot
the war ho was distrusted jby his country
men because of his known admiration for
aermany and the Germans, He cannot af
ford to take any position which will Justify
their suspicion. So his interpretation may
he regarded as a conservative statement of
the views of the leading English authorities.
But their own admission that they have to
make new precedents has not yet prevented
the Englishmen from denouncing the Ger
mans for pursuing the same course. That is
too much to expect, but Americans ought to
fee sufficiently impartial to recognize that
all the belligerents are tarred with the same
stick.
"Oliver" Osborne had 11 suits of clothes,
but he is still in hiding to cover, his naked
villainy.
The suffragists who went to Troy to watch
the casting of the "liberty Bell" are con
vinced that it will be rung in November.
No recognized moralists yet admit that
euthanasia, even though Induce4 In an aged
grarjaniQther by a devoted grandson. Is ever
Justifiable.
One totwdrwl years ago today Bismarck
vaa ttwn in Bast Prussia and the Oerpian
Kinplce was fcia twin Ua die a long tlim
Ago, tout no on kMw how mmih laager tta
CREATOR OF THE
GERMAN EMPIRE
Bisninrck Wns Born One Hundred
Years Ago Today His Work for
"Social Legislation" Gentle
Traits of-the Iron Chancellor.
By ROBERT HILDRETH
ONE bundled ycals ngo today was born
Prlnco Karl Otto Eduard Leopold on Bis
mol ck-Schocnhnuscn, Drat Chancellor of tho
German Emphe, although nl that time, ot
course, ho did not bnvo so much of a namo.
"Tho pilot" wns dropped by tho Emperor
William It in 1800. Ho died In 1S08. Tho
creator of tlio eniplro and engineer of tho
Triple Alliance, ho wafl, for a quarter of a
century, the most Important figure In Euro
pean affairs. True it is Mint "tho history of
tho world Is tho biography of great men."
Bismarck, "tlio man of blood nnd Iron,"
disliked war, yet he suw It ns nn Indispensa
ble means to an end. Thrlco ho deliberately
brought on wnr for tho attainment of that
end. Denmark, Austria nnd Franco estab
lished tho German Empire, nnd then tho
Chancellor's policy nnd task was penco nnd
the development of a Foelnl nnd Industrial
order which should insure German Inde
pendence nnd supremacy among tho na
tions. Hn kept tho pence of Europe It not
for Km oio's sake, then for Germany's. Ho
picached: "Wo Germans fear God and
naught beside," nnd thus, ns has been ic
mnrked, "ho rend Into German history his
own character."
A Fisherman n Politics
Ills phwlcul qualities combined to give
him Titanic furcn. Ills was 11 huge body,
nnd lilt hMiiit on pi'st-moi tent esntnlimtlon
una found to bo gi enter than that of liny
known contemporary. Ills intellectual quali
ties, too. wero massive, though his Insight
nnd foresight wero acute. Many of his po
litical nets have been called cruel and ruth
less. In his utteiances ho was often start
llngly, oven brutally, frank. Ho was alwaj'3
courageous. Never did statesman moro thor
oughly dlidnln falsehood. Ho himself
proudly declared, "Lying I havo never
learned, not even ns a diplomat." His op
portunism wns n mlNturo of caution with
boldness. Ho said: "I began very early to
bo a hunter and fisher, nnd, in both pur
suits, waiting for tlio right moment Is tho
rule, which I havo applied to politics."
Triumphant though his dealings usually
wero with men and nations, ho know defeat
In ono iiotnblc Instance nt the hands of Em
peror William I, to whom ho was devotedly
attached. Within a decade nfter tho Frnnco
PrURSinn War of 1870-71 thero would havq
been another if Bismarck had had his way.
Bismarck, firmly believing In monarchical
government, promoted French republicanism
by whatever means he could. Ho frankly
acknowledged that ho did this in older to
keep Franco weak divided between fac
tions and unfit for wnr. Tho wonderful re
covery of Franco from her reverses, the easo
with which sho paid tho enormous Indem
nity, tlio skill and efficiency with which sho
remodeled and increased her army, all theso
facts, Joined with tho evidences of French
desire for revenge, caused him to think that
after all Franco might In future be ablo to
do somo mischief to the new Germany.
Europo fcpeedily became convinced that Bis
marck wns planning another war to cripple
France. No ruler of a European Stato was
moro earnestly opposed to this schemo thnn
Emperor William himself. William and his
nephew, Alexander It of Russia, reached an
agreement fn conference which circumvented
tho eager Chancellor, who yielded In anger.
It wns tho greatest check ho ever received
in his long career.
Bismarck's popular fam rests in consid
erable part upon his domination of tho
Congress of Berlin, tho most Important
European conference since tho Congress of
Vienna, which closed tho Napoleonic wars.
In that body sat tho most eminent states
men of tho time, nnd tho German Chancellor
wns both Its president and Its master spirit.
Out ot that event of 1878, among other con
sequences, grew the Triple Alliance Ger
many, Austria and Italy.
Service to American Union
From an oxtrcmo absolutist Bismarck bo
camo tolerant of democratic institutions and
beliefs. In tho period of this development a
strong Influence wns exerted on hi3 mind by
George Bnncioft, then the American Minis
ter nt Beilln. It is interesting to Amei leans,
also, that history records that "whllo Ger
many was In strong and effective sympathy
with the American Union during the Civil
Wnr, the Prussian reactionaries wero bit
terly ngalnst us; they longed for tho down
fall nnd dlsgiace of American republican
ism: they gloried In tho antJ-Amerlcnn
utterances of Gladstone and Carlyle; they
besought the King to recognize tho South
ern Confederacy but all thl3 Bismarck
brought to naught he felt that no alliance
between Germany and a nation based on
slavery was possible."
One result of his conservatism was mo
mentous. To check the growing power of
tho Socialists he made many features of
their program his own and laid the founda
tion of the Stato socialism ot tho present
Germany. Tho motive of repression, how
ever, was not all, The "lalssez-falre"
theories to which he had once subscribed be
came more and more offensive. The argu
ments or the Socialists for the centraliza
tion of all power In the State took fresh hold
on him. So his governmental humanltarlan
lsm was paternalistic.
Ho urged and secured the adoption of the
most daring socialistic pleasure which had
then been adopted by any modern nation.
Compulsory Stato insurance for worklngmen
was one of the great achievements of Bis
marck. Like Gaul, it was divided Into three'
parts; insurance against sickness, accident
insurance and old age pensions. Thus the
great statesrnan's namo Is linked Impor
tantly with "social legislation." From his
conception of the State's duty to the work
lngmen have arisen other forms of protec
tion, notably the system of labor exchanges.
Parable of the Flannel Shirt
In a speech In the Reichstag In '884 Bis
marck said; "Give the worklngman a right
to work as long as he has health, assure him
care when he is slok, assure him mainte
nance when he is old." At another time he
said: "Yes, I acknowledge unconditionally
the right to work and I will stand up for it
as Jong as I am In this place. The
healthy workman desirous of work Is en
titled to say to the State, 'Give me work.' "
Again, as Chancellor; 'I do not think that
doctrines like thosiyo? 'lalssez falre, Iaissez
alter, 'pure Manchesterdom in politics, 'He
who is not strong enough roust be knocked
down and trodden to the ground, To him
that hath shall be given, and from htm that
hath not shall b taken away even that
which ha baib-that doetriaea HW the
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State. On tho other hand, I bellovo that
thoso who profess horror at tho Intervention
ot tho State for the protection of tho weak
lay themselves open to tho suspicion that
they aro desirous of using their strength for
tho benefit of a portion, for tho oppression
of tho rest, and that they will be chagrined
aa soon as1 this design is disturbed by any
action of tho Government."
Bismarck was something of a humorist,
and many nro tho cxnmpics of his quaint
humor. Ho onco said, "Prussian Govern
ment la like a flannel shirt unplcnsant at
first, but very comfortable afterward."
Valiant trencherman, Bismarck was nlso
a voracious reader of history, philosophy
and poetry; a lover of music, especially of
Beethoven nnd his wifo's playing; a lover,
too, of trnvel and of country life. Former
Ambassador White, who know him, writes:
"For tho finest trees ho had a personal
affection, nnd for the birds among them ho
had an eyo llko Luther' speaking qunlntly
regarding them, as did Luther. Coming in
ono day, at Frledrichsruhe, he said: 'Tho
starlings held a public meeting today, prob
ably In connection with tho coming ot
spring, and then ho described whimsically
their doings and probablo sayings. Another
day, at Varzln, ho chronicled tho doings of
the rooks in tho tree lops how they teach
their children to fly take them to the sea
side for change of nlr and diet and, 'as pco
plo of position, take a winter town iesl
dence' In tho neighboring church toweis.
Comical was It that ono morning nt Gnstein,
sauntering In tho park, ho became so In
terested In tho household economy of sundry
birds which nested thero that he utterly
forgot and entirely missed nn Interview be
tween tlio Emperors of Germany and Aus
tria, at which his presence was especially
Important."
THE EIGHTH PSALM
O Lord our Lord, how excellent is Thy name
In all the earth! who has set Thy glory above
the Heavens. Out of tho mouth of babes and
sucklings hast Thou onlnlned strength because
of Thlno enemies, that Thou mlghtest still the
enemy and the nvenger. When I consider Thy
Heavens, the work of Thy fingers, tho moon
and tho stars, which Thou hast ordained; what
is man, that Thou art mindful of him? nnd
the son of man, that Thou visltest him? For
Thou hast made him a little lower than the
angels, nnd hast crowned htm with glory nnd
honor. Thou msulestlilni to have dominion over
tho works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all
tilings under his feet; all sheep and oxen, yea,
nyd the beasts of the field; the fowl of the
nlr, nnd tho fish of tho sea, nnd whatsoever
passeth through tho paths of the seas. O Lord
our Lord, how excellent is Thy name In all the
earth.
HAIL, MOTHER ENGLAND !
We hall thee. Mother England, from our homes
across the sea,
In the struggle of the worjd, all we have we
pledge to thee
To crush the Scythian spirit, to banish the
book of blood.
And lift again to statehood the land where the
Vandals stood.
We hail thee. Mother England, In the struggle
of the free,
For the countless years to come may your
colors deck the sea,
From the frozen Polar mountains to the deserts
of burning sand.
While floats the nation's ensign, we are safe
In every land.
Far over seas, where freemen dwell, can ba
heard the world-wide call.
The mighty host Is moving and the watch
word sounds for alt.
Cheering as pipes at Lucknow, yet a thousand
times more grand,
Awake your sons to duty, guided by the unseen
hand, aa-
From the cradle of the race, where the sacred
Ganges flow,
From Australasia young and strong, to the
land where the maples grow,
All hall thee. Mother England,, as their hope
and guiding star, m ,
To lead n paths of progress and defend In
time of war, ,. " J
Tears wjll come and pass away and tablets
grow dim with age.
But done In the heart of man will survive the
noble rage '
"Not all for your own you strove., but the
world's eternal right
To UVe In peace and freedom, secure from a
despot's blight."
Wo ball thee. Mother England, from New Eng
land's rockbeund shore,
Where rose the Western Empire, from the
seeds your children bore; .
We feel the racial Impulse, and our hearts are
warm for thee.
Land of our Pilgrim Fathers, their old home
across the sea.
We ball the promised dawn, when shall pass
the plglit of war,
When one great racial union may extend to
every shore, I
When swords shall cut the furrows In the
land where strifes abound,
And shall bloom tbe grain and olive, God's ban
ner on sacred ground.
forget thee, Mother England, white your altars
are aflame?
While millions of your sons are battling to save
your name?
May the hand forget its cunning, and the
toiiKUu forsret to apeak.
If w tor fit that alt 1 on have ts pledged jo.
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BISMARCK'S BIRTHDAY
WHAT CAN BE
Readers Respond to a Recent Editorial "With a Variety of SugJ
gestions As to How the SumJMight Be Used to Establish
a Fitting Memorial to Friends of the Donor.
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Wo wero very much interested In read
ing the editorial In Saturday's Evbnino LcooEn
concerning the person who has $30,000 to contrib
ute to some good cause, and we aro taking tho
liberty ot presenting tho Northeastern Hospital
ns a channel through which this money could
bo spent to tho lasting benefit to this com
munity. This hospital is located in tho north
eastern part of tho city, in a strictly industrial
community Wo endeavor to servo a popula
tion of 148,950, living III a territory covering 0.32
squaro miles.
Our supremo need is a modest, modern, fully
equipped hospital building, sufficiently large to
meet all requirements of this rapidly growing
community. In addition wo hope to establish
a day nursery, In connection with nn enlarged
Boclal service department that wo may rcduco
tho unusually heavy infant mortality now ex
isting. Wo stand ready to establish such an In
stitution ns a memorial Xp any person who will
supply the funds, nnd it Is hoped that after
a careful Investigation of the requirements ot
this community and the splendid work we aro
doing our hospital may receive favorable con
sideration. F. W. EICKHOFF, Financial Secretary.
Philadelphia, March 29.
FOR THE WORTHY POOR
To the Editor of the Eventng Ledger:
Sir J wish to offer the following plan to the
gentleman who wishes to establish a suitable
monument to the memory of his friends:
To create nn establishment for the sale of
food, clothes, coal and nil necessaries of llfo
to worthy poor people at a price within their
means. My idea would be to sell to the gen
eral public nt a small profit, thus not trying
to undermine tho small dealer. To those who
ure really needy and apply for aid, I would
sell nt cost. Of course, I would do this only
where an investigation proved the statement
of such applicant to bo correct.
The profit that would be made from sales to
general public I would use as follows: After
setting aside whatever surplus was needed, I
would aid destitute peoplo deserving such aid
for any purpose, but especially for medicine and
food. I would suggest a committee to decide
on any worthy person or project to help, tlio
idea being to aid humanity in any way and
every way.
On the stationery and literature of tho estab
lishment T would havo a suitable Inscription
showing its purposes and with names of the
persons to whoso memory the establishment
would be a monument I would erect a tablet
In tho building used also Btatlng Us purpose
and also with the names of theso same persons;
In fact I would make tho memory of these peo
ple prominent in every advertisement, act or
deed of this establishment.
This plan would not Interfere with the smnll
tradesmen, because I believe It would only
take away from them the poorest people, who
sometimes havo to eat and cannot always pay
for It. It would be a blow to the lnterest
ginbblng money lender and also the high-priced
Instalment men, who bore poor people to death
and charge them f0 per cent, to 100 per cent,
more than an article Is worth.
C. B. NEWCOMB.
Tacony, March 27;
A'CHAIR OP FLORAL NECROLOGY
To tfie Editor of tho Evening Ledger:
Sir Memorial suggestion: Establish a chair
ot floral necrology as a part of our educational
course at our Plant Research and Botanical In
stitute here at Langhorne, The educational puri
pose to develop loftier classic ideals, particularly
in the North Atlantic climate group.
PROF. HENHY G. WALTERS, President.
Langhorne, Bucks County.vPa., Maclt 28.
FOR A CIVIC CAMPAIGN
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger;
Sir One of the peculiarities of Journalism Is
that it Is quite Impossible to determine when a
paper Is serious and when humorous.
To ask for suggestions as to ways of using
$50,000 for the good ot mankind Is so unusual
a request that t Is hardly conceivable that It
Is merely newspaper humor. I shall take
you seriously and suggest that you use It to
keep Philadelphia politically clean, to' hold the
present Independent government in power until
we can haVe a commission government that will
do away nlth Councils, boss rule, bad men in
power and reduce taxes ana tne city debt.
This talk of giving this $50,000 "to uplift the
youths," "for charity" or for "animals" ts not
consistent with the great need of "uplifting"
tlio average citizen, who has not the courage ot
a woodpecker. It is not money that Is needed
for such a crusade, but a moral crusade organ
ized Just a little better than the almost perfect
conspiracy of "the sane."
WILBUR FORCE.
Philadelphia. March 28.
FOR THE COSMOPOLITAN LEAGUE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger;
Sir Having read with Interest your editorial
relative to the reader of the Evening Lkdomi
who has $50,000 to invest as a memorial to some
dead friends In a most flttins manner, and In
vites suggestions anent the same, I, beg to sug
gest the following:
There was organized ono year ago In this
city an organization known as the Cosmopolitan
Literary and Liberal League. The organizers
were plain, Well-meaning Negroes and white
men unknown to tho prest!g8 of fame who
united ta a new emancipation moiEiK.m ,-,.
lag an effort along practical lines, and 'unlike
for a laiiftsatlon of interest amn. w,i. ..! '
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suggest that tho EvnNiNO'LEDacn render In
question could find no worthier way to per
petuate the memories of departed friends than
to devoto the $50,000 to the erection of a central
bUlldlni? ns n. nirmnnpnt tinmn fnp 1Un Pnemn.'
polltnn Literary and Liberal League and sottlrjr'?''
npnrt a fund for tho purpose ot gathering, cor- .
piling, circulating literature, tracts, pamphlei, A
etc. UAESAH A. A. P. TAYLOJ7- j
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A FUND FOR CHARITY
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir In Saturday's Issue you ask what
be done with $30,000?
Would suggest as follows: Dlvlilo It into fit
equal trust funds, tho income of each trust fujl
iu uo nunaea over semi-annually to a If
clergymen to expend for the needs of nersd
worthy of charity. Not to bo used for tho bA:
ellt of his family or any relative. Select flT.y
clergymen from five denominations. No ndl
vcrtlslng of tho matter. No accounting to bii
required of the clergymen, except to have them!
Binto vcruatiy that tho money has been dls-
Durseti. READERS)
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"THE BIG BROTHER"
To the Editor of the Eventng Ledger:
Sir- The late Judge G. Harry Davis "j
put It very well when he said in own rnnrt: m
"The saving of a boy is not only tho saving of Jk
his Immortal soul, but dollars In the pockets ot '
our taxpayers." No work can be better none
more needed. In asking for an organization to -be
called tho "Big Brother" wo request an an- '. .
iiuiu ouering irom our churches, our banks,
trust companies, fraternal organizations, Sunday
schools and business houses generally, nr well
asfrom nil who lovo their younger brother.
No memorial could bo moro appropriate or
lasting than a homo to be called "Tho Big
Brother Homo." like to that of tho Bernardo ,
Home, of London, which since Its organization J
nas xounu homes for moro than 38,000 boys. "Am
j. ny iirotners Keeper?"
L DAVID L. WITMER.
Philadelphia, March 27.
SCHOOL FOR COLORED BOYS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: 1
Sir Tour announcement of n friend who de-j
sires suggestions of what best to do with $50,000,8
so aa to honor and perpetuate tho memory of!
SOm( Of his decenserl nnrl nMnterl frlnnrlct riAi.!
mlt me to suggest that a splendid nnd lasting f fl
monument would be lifted to their memory byr
tne "niters institute," of Warren, Ark , d.
Christian nml Industrial trnlnlm. aM,nit fn. .nl.i
ored boys and girls. These people would never j
iorget the sourco from which they were, blessed.
HEV, J. M. COIWELL.
Philadelphia, March 27.
A FREE CLINIC ,
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: jHs
pir In your Issue of last Saturday jou.as&tdi
suggestions as to what could be done with $30J(M
What can be dope with $60,000? I vyoulfl Burt, ,
gest that It bo spent In the foundation of
fiee clinjo for the treatment ot Injuries by an
tisepas and a research laboratory to standard.
Izo the technique of antisepsis, A small
amount invested In the practice of antisepsis
would do more good than much greater expen
ditures In the old methods of treating disease.
,,. . . p. A. MAIQNEN,
Philadelphia, Marcli 30.
SUGGESTION FOR A MEMORIAL ..
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger;
blr I would recommend in answer to your
Inquiry an industrial or manual training!
rrliool for the mountain whites of our South. 1
' r 7"V ... "'" " " "uuiesi ana most J
needed charities of our day and country. For
.U..E. luiunuauuii appiy to airs, m, 8, GleloWi
'ncnim jioiei, rsew York, who Is the.
iuuimer tu uiu -aoutuern industrial Associate
for Mountain Whites." I linn hi m,i
for doing good" may have your earnest cod
sideratlon, as there could not be a more "uie
" silts, w, W. WILSONa
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A BQY SCOUT BANK
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Peunlt me to glvo my humble suggestion
regarding the memorial: Boy Scout Trust
Company, deposits $1 and upward.
., . , ... WILLIAM H, SHORT.
Philadelphia, March 27,
EDUCATION FOR NEGROES
To the Editor of the Evening ledger:
Sir I notice that you ask for suggestions a
to the spending of $50,000 w,hich one of your
readers wlphes to use In providing a suitable
memorial of some dead friends. I venture to
suggest thJ erection of aJhall of science at
Lincoln University and thli for the following
reasons; ! f
First: Thj country as A. whole cannot ad
vance unless all the chsses ot society com
posing it ae glyen eqflal educational oppor
tunitles. 9 J
Second. Tie Instltuflons for the advanced
education of the nerfo race lack exceedingly
adequate eulpmen for higher sclenUflo
training.
Third; For tha Ack of such equipment the
work ja sgrlJlor?, Industry, raedtcin and
allied profepWns Is greatly hindered.
Fourth t this science hall were added to
tbe vpnjent of Lincoln University, the
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Insure Its maintenanea
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