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PHILADELPHIA, TUE8DAY. MAY 4. 1018.
Only the idle havo time for repining.
Now for the Shovels I
TE1E official count of tho voto In tho
transit election has been certified.
There Is now no obstaclo In tho way
of Councils. It can at onco begin tho
procedure necessary to mako Thurs
day's verdict effective. This It proba
bly will do, for apparently thero re
mains no organized opposition to tran
sit. Leaders of tho Organization, as
well ns tho .Blankcnburg Administra
tion, aro committed to tho projoct. But
thero must bo no wbbIo of llmo It
actual construction Is to bo begun this
summer.
It Is Important, too, that tho Houso
this week pass tho loan amendment to
bo submitted to tho voters next No
vember. That will assuro ample finan
cial provision for the entire transit
undertaking.
Pennsylvania Joins the Procession
PENNSYLVANIA has put Itself In
lino with tho most progressive hu
mane spirit of tho times. If tho child
labor bill before tho General Assembly
had failed to pass every citizen of tho
Commonwealth, who thinks more of
tho protection of tho coming genera
tion than ho docs of a dollar, would
have been deeply disappointed. Tho
voto in tho Senate by which tho bill
was passed fairly represents the stato
of popular opinion. Thero aro 44 peo
ple, out of tho Senate as well as in It,
who favor tho measure, to every six
who oppose it.
Tho Governor, of course, will sign tho
bill and -then tho employers will have
all the time between Its approval and
the last of December to adjust their
business to meet tho new conditions.
Before tho law rocs' Into effect It Is
likely that tho manufacturers who are
now protesting against It will have
, decided that it Is not half so had as
It seems at first sight, and that they
can continue to operate their mills and
at tho same tlmo respect enlightened
public sentiment regarding the proper
treatment of child workers. Indeed, no
one should bo surprised to hear the
objecting manufacturers say that their
mills had really become more efficient
after the enforcement of tho new law,
Begging for a Chance to Buy
ADMIRAL DE GRACIA, of Brazil.
.tXnow In this city, Ih saying what
many Americans said heforo him,
namely, that tho war has opened tho
door for a monopoly by tho United
States of South American trade In cer
tain articles. Brazil needs steel, Iron,
wheat and oil, according to tho Ad
miral, and It has not ships enough to
carry the cargoes from nur ports. The
Admiral would be pleased to And both
American ship nnd American pro
ducers of goods ready to go into tho
market which eagerly awaits their
coming. Indeed, ho is hero for the ex
press purpose of persuading our busi
ness men to embrace the opportunity
for expanding their trade.
All Things to All Men
"piLLX" SUNDAY and "Ma" had
XJ lunch with the manager of the
Steel Trust nt his Fifth avenue resi
dence In New York yesterday, nnd
after eating he talked to a company
of rich people In English as elegant ns
the clothes he woro to the feast.
"Billy" Is a consistent Imitator of St.
Paul, -who said that he was willing to
all things to all men, If thereby he
Ight win a few. Only the hypercrltt
i il will And fault with the evangelist
jj -om Winona Lake when he adjusts his
J nanner and his message to his audi
fence. If ho can increase the momen
'tum toward human brotherhood, which
eorne of tho great employers of labor
are beginning to acquire, he will de
serve all the good meals that they may
give him.
Philadelphia Knits for the World
PERHAPS you are not aware that
Philadelphia la one of the greatest.
It not the greatest, hosiery manufac
turing city on the continent, but the
delegates to the National Convention
'vt Knit Goods Manufacturers, now In
evasion here, are aware of the primacy
of this city.
It hug a reputation for the character
and, quality of the output of Its mills
that other communities have vainly
equght to rival. Philadelphia-made
hosiery and knit goods, under what
ever name they may be sold, are ad
mlttedly of the first quality. Some of
them are known as Philadelphia-produced,
and other home brands are not
connected In popular thinking with this
city at oil
But the knit goods men, who know
the standing of this city In their trade,
are alsp familiar with the product of
All the mills here. When they come to
the convention to discuss the problems
of their trade they come also to see
the roll:, to study the processes em
ployed in them and to learn whether
the machinery used can be successfully
installed in their m!U& also The city
! really a great industrial museum for
the instruction of those Interested.
Tha delegate are welcome, nnd the
CommllUca In charge of tho cohveh
tlon will do their best to make them
feel at home, to Impress upon them the
fact that there Is a new spirit Inspiring
the business community. And that all
men In nit trades nre working together
to make the city and Its products more
widely known.
We can hold out to them tho hope
that when tho convention comes here
again It can meet In n hall built and
arranged for the special accommoda
tion of such great Industrial gatherings.
Patient and Tnclful
"TEVER In tlmo of national peaco
- ' has tho Department of Stato been
burdened with so mnny nnd dellcato
situations as now confront It. For
partisans thero Is no neutrality save
in nsslstanco to their cause. It Is
possible to steer n neutral course, but
It Is not poislblo to avoid raustlc crit
icism.
It Is peculiarly n. tlmo when Insist
ence on technical rights would bo su
premo folly. Allies and Germans alike
havo disregarded our neutral status on
tho high seas. Our lawful commcrco
has been Interfered with by both, our
ships seized or destroyed and many
outrages perpetrated. Tho commcrco
of neutrals with neutrals has been In
terrupted. Yet wisdom has counseled
patience With all Europe at war, It
Is no tlmo for this nation to lose Its
head 'and rush Into tho conflict.
It would bo ldlo to deny that tho
sinking of the Gutfllght Introduces a
serious factor Into our relations with
Germany, assuming that aho was sunk
by a German submarine It was nn
outrago which thin Government earn
estly sought to avoid, by pointing out
to Berlin ahead of tlmo tho serious
consequences likely to follow. Nor can
the United States withdraw from tho
principles then nsscrtcd by It. The
(lag must bo protected nt any cost.
Wo are, however, dedicated to tho
principle of arbitration, and during tho
last year tho folly of plunging Into war
before exhausting tho last resources of
diplomacy has been emphasized. It be
hooves tho nation to give to tho Presi
dent its sincere support, to strengthen
him In his efforts to keep tho ship of
stato on an even keel, to bo us patient
as ho Is in the consideration of events,
however wanton and ruthless the acts
of belligerents may have been or may
bo. Tho nation has no chip on Its
shoulder. It lb not looking for trouble.
It is seeking to avoid It.
Washington cannot afford to bo weak
in its demands for reparation when the
responsibility for tho sinking of tho
Gulfllght la established. It can afford
to bo tactful and patient. That Is what
It will bo If tho polioy heretofore fol
lowed slnco tho war began It ad
hered to now.
Tragedy of the Doctor's Wife
" rpHE Tragedy of tho Doctor's
i-Wlfe" Is tho title which should bo
put over the story of tho murder trial
now In progress at Mlncola, L. I. ) Tho
wifo of Doctor Carman was Jealous,
and set up a dictograph In his ofllco
connecting with her own room. A few
weeks or months later a woman pa
tient was shot dead In the ofllce, nnd
tho wife, connected with the caso by
tho electric wires between her room
and tho place where tho crime wns
done, was charged with the murder.
She may be Innocent ns tho newest
babo which her husband has assisted
into the world, yet tho caso remains
tho tragedy of the doctor's wife, how
deep a tragedy only tho sensltlvo wives
of other docMts can understand.
Not a Member of the Family
WIEN tho Interstate Commerce
Commission decided that a son-in-law
is not a. member of his father-in-law's
family to the extent of being en
titled to ride on a family commutation
ticket, It Illustrated the extent to
which Government regulation has been
carried. Tho decision grew out of the
ejection from the train of the son-in-law
of Wesley W. Gage, of Rldgewood,
N. J., who had refused to pay his faro
after Mr. Gago had vainly offered his
family ticket to the conductor. The
dispute was carried to Washington,
with the Interesting result Indicated.
Teddy seems to be able to make peo
ple think that Barnes Is the defendant
In the libel suit.
The High School ball players decided
that "Billy" Sunday was not Judicial
enough to be an umpire.
Twenty-four Councilman are going to
San Francisco to guard the Liberty
Bell; but who will guard the guards?
Woman suffrage la indorsed by the
Baptist ministers. They know with
what success the women engage In re
ligious work.
It has been suggested that If we wait
until the war Is over we can throw
Into the Bubwaya plenty of men who
know all about digging trenches.
When Joe Cannon says he has house
maid's knee does he mean the country
to understand that he acquired it
cleaning house In tibr own district?
There seem to be a widespread Im
pression that Huerta Is planning to
edge up to the Mexican situation, with
the Intention of becoming part of It.
They planted a walnut tree at the
christening Sunday so that It might
be understood that the baby Is a de
scendant of a man who would like to
be called the uccess'or of "Old Hick
ory," The Governor's victory in his fight
for u child labor law is. a tribute to
his fearless leadership. The people
are not so much afraid of executive
usurpation of power as they are of con
trot of the Legislature by outsiders.
FAGGED-OUT
PHILAftELPHlANS
There Aro Many in tho Con
gested Sections of the City.
Children Who Have No Place
to Play.
Hy EDWARD YATES HILL
THE duties connected with my pas
torate of tho "Old First" Prcsbyte
rlnn Church, on Washington Square,
during tho last ten years, havo taken
mo Into almost every strcot nnd byway
of downtown Philadelphia. Thore IS
no kind of home, lodging house, board
ing house, boarding place, hotel or
den with which I havo not become
more or less familiar.
A minister who obeys conscientiously
tho legitimate calls upon him to visit
tho sick, help thoso In trotlblo and
servo where death has coma will gain
a flrst-hand knowlcdgo of the social
conditions In his field. It was to sys
tematize and mako accurato for use
tho general Information gained in this
way that I undertook to Investigate
moro scientifically tho groat section ly
ing botween Broad street and tho Dcla
waro River nnd from Poplar street (000
north) to Oregon street (200 south).
It wns unnecessary to make any tab
ulation of tho places of evil found
among these pooplc. They aro ovcry
wlicro and may bo taken for granted.
Go where you will, tho saloon lo nt
hand, and cany of access aro all tho
other ovlls which tho saloon suggests.
As Sad as War
Thero aro certain causes of evil,
however, which no ono who would un
derstand theso pcoplo daro overlook.
Wholesomo llfo cannot exist whero tho
physical structuro of tho part of tho
city whore theso peoplo llvo Is rotting
down. Philadelphia, has on her comely
hotly Romo dreadfully ugly, putrid
sores. Thero la nothing In modern his
tory quite ho Bad, savo tho butchery
and agony of war, as tho way in which
leprosy spots tho old parts of great
cities.
Tnlco tho caso of tho four northern
wards of this district under reviow,
tho 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Wards.
Tho population of thoso wnrds Is to
day only about 2000 less than It was 30
years ago. Thoy havo been growing
In population slnco 1500. In 1880 the
population was 08,818; 1890, 05,793; 1900,
6L',J27; 1910, GG.017. Thirty years ago
theso wards were covered with tho
choice, clean, lovely homes for single
families. Slnco that tlmo factories nnd
all sorts of Industrial establishments
have spread out over perhaps one
third to one-half of tho territory, and
yet the population remains substan
tially the same. Think what a pack
ing In of people! It means that tho
nice homes havo first become npart-
mn. hnticnq Minn rlpHPpnrtert thrnuirli i
all degrees of tho rooming, hnll bed- I magnitude and Its mighty destructive
room, cheap lodging varieties until ncss would speedily bring tho fighting
now hundreds of them aro tenements J nations, or at least somo of them, to
needing every Sort of fumlgntlon which
a people bent on decency should glvo
them. Tho most congested rooming
house section abovo tho business sec
tion runs along for thrco squnres on
cither side of Vine streot. In nnd
around this Tenderloin aro tho home
less, shiftless, unambitious nnd de
feated. For tho most part they nro
fagged-out Americans, who have gone
deeper nnd deeper Into hopelessness.
Trolley Dodgers
Now the sad part of It is that many
good, earnest people, especially work
ing people, feel that they muBt llvo In
this district because of Jtho easy access
to their places of employment. There
aro over 8000 Bchool children In tho
four wards above mentioned. The Vlco
Commission found 1642 children be
tween the ages of 6 and 1G living In a
district four blocks square In the very
heart of tho Tenderloin. In tho same
16 blocks thero wero in all 2500 minors.
Think of the ncqualntnnce, tho Intl
mato dally familiarity, with tho worst
phases of humnnlty thrust upon these
children through their entlro forma
tive perlodl Theso children when not
In school, when not In tho houses such
as they aro, must bo In the streets.
And it almost paralyzes belief that In
these four wards, with their 66,000 peo
ple, thero Is not ono open square, no
place to play, not a chanco anywhere
for an uninterrupted game. These chil
dren must dodge trolleys all tho days,
look to tho police for their monitors
when out of sight of their mothers and
find their only quiet retreats in
noisome alleys and blind courts nnd
otlier dark, unventllated holes bordered
by cheerless nnd oozy brick walls.
Overcrowded Acre3
Below South street In this district Is
a population of at least 200,000 (190,704
In 1910). The greatest density Is In
the 3d Ward, where there are 129,282
people to the square mile. Compare
this with Germantown, with 14,000, or
with Swarthmore, having 2000 to the
square mile, and the contrasts In the
conditions under which people live In
this urban world will be felt keenly.
How pitiful Is the life of the children!
Below South street there are only four
open spaces, and In the whole district
from Poplar pouthward there are only
eight open spaces for publlo use, even
Including Independence and Washing
ton Squares.
The multitudinous children! Think
of It: 9815 babies were born In these 11
wards lying entirely within the district
in the year 1918.
A high percentage of Infant deaths
would be expected, and It Is no sur
prise that tuberculosis, every year ex
cept one since 1904, has headed the list
of the mortality tables prepared by the
city's Bureau of Health.
The chief question, the one, big.
burning question running through all
the investigations I have been able to
make n this old part of Philadelphia, Is
this: What are the Protestant churches
doing to meet the needs of this vast
field? The answer la another story,
A MAN ,
Was Christ a man like usT-Ahl let us try
If e then, too, can be such men aa Hel
Matthew Arnold.
THE MOTTO OP QUARRELS
Weakness on both sides 4. we know,
the motto et all quarrtlf. Voltaire,
,fr, jafigjflflp
THE COST OF EUROPE'S WAR
i
Is "the Economic Waste of War" a Fallacy? The Answer
Can Be Obtained by Mixing Sense
With Optimism.
THE prophecy was made In tho early war Is economically wasteful has gone
weeks of tho present strife that Its so far as to assert that tho cost of
J the end of their economic ropes, and
that they would be forced, accordingly,
to an early peace. Thus far the courso
of events has not given tho strongest
support to this expectation. Tho sev
eral governments havo nover found It
easier to raise money. In Germany co
operative credit had been developed be
foro the war to such a point that It
constituted ono of tho chief distinctions
of German cfilclency, and it has since
been utilized with startling success by
a government whoso second war loan
reached a total of $2,225,000,000, the
world's record.
It Is quite as remarkable a fact that
tho quantity of money lying ldlo In
tho market enabled Great Britain to
negotiate huge loans in London with
out disturbing rates. Of conditions in
England a well-known financial writer
says: "Tho shipbuilding Industry was
nover fo prosperous, thero is relatively
little unemployment In London, tho
woolen mills are working doublo time,
tho Iron works aro busy, and tho de
mand for coal exceeds the output of
tho mines." Tho same writer adds,
and his belief seems to be well based
on Information which has recently be
come publlo through several reliable
sources, that "even In Germany" busi
ness conditions In general are good.
Capital and Gumption
Ab for the neutral countries, the
United States has begun a new era of
piosperlty such as It has never known
before, and In considering the late hesi
tation and calamity howling we have
to consider also the characteristics of
domestic politics. Argentina Is worse
off. Argentina Is taming a wilderness,
ns America had to do, and Is still ex
ceedingly dependent on foreign capital,
Her situation is by no means Inevita
bly hopeless, for there Is plenty of
loose capital for all her needs If only
Its owners can be Inoculated with suffi
cient gumption to lend her assistance,
American gumption, perhaps, would be
Just ns etllcaclous In Argentina as the
end of the European war. If capital
Is liquid In Europe It looks like Im
posture for the American business man
to blame the war for whatever he falls
to do. But there aro certain psycholog
ical elements In the situation which
are plain as a pikestaff.
History contains some Interesting
suggestions concerning the relation of
war and business. It was predicted
that the Napoleonlo wars would leave
Europe bankrupt, but Europe, while
paying off Its debts, grew rich so fast
that in Macaulay"a words, 'the growth
could almost be discerned by the eye."
After the Franco-Prussian War, the
world believed that France would be
overwhelmed by the Immense indem
nity Imposed upon the nation, but the
country So easily paid off and so rap
Idly advanced In prosperity that only
the strategy of Emperor William I,
who on this occasion accomplished Bis
marck's severest defeat, prevented the
Iron Chancellor from sending his
armies forth again to crush completely
the fortunes of France. Our Civil War
and he Spanish-American War were
each followed In this" country by an
almost miraculous business expansion
It is dangerously easy to rest argu
ments on historical chronology, and
one pi those critics of the theory that
SAFETY FIRST; THEN SETTLEMENT
w-ar Is negligible because war has oc
curred in, spite of tho cost. Ho falls to
weigh tho causes of war. Ho forgets
tho difference botween offensive and
dcfonslvo war. Ho ignores his favor
Ito authority history. Our Civil War,
for Instance, was not materialistic, but
It certainly was costly.
Earthquake a Mixed Blessing
In tho caso of the present conflict
what does It signify that thero Is lit
tlo unemployment In London? There
nro so many Jobs In tho army that It
would be strango If the Jobs left at
homo went begging. What does It
signify that the shipyards, the woolen
mills, tho Iron works and the coal
mines aro busy? The market for their
products is only answering the demand
of a carnival of destruction. To cre
ate prosperity should Philadelphia
pray for an earthquake or n fire?
Either would result in great Industrial
activity, but either would bo decidedly
a mixed blessing! What does it sig
nify that the governments of Europe
aro finding it easy to negotiate loans?
For ono thing, It signifies that while
tho gun and ammunition manufactur
ers contributed heavily they who nre
as far from the firing lino as they nre
from the poverty line the tradesmen
and clerks and laborers nnd skilled
artisans gnvo of their scant substanco
and then marched out to do the na
tion's fighting and dying. It signifies
that financial patriotism may b8 a
very different thing from financial
prosperity.
Cannon and Dress Suits
The promulgators of the theory that
war helps business, who assert that
"the fallacy of economlo waste Is re
futed by all modern history," Inform
us that the expenses of war are not
much greater than the totnl expendi
ture made through myriad agencies In
tlmo of peace for Impermanent and un
productive things and that the en
forced economies of war time balance
the ledger. "In an economic sense, Is
the purchase and maintenance of an
expensive automobile any less waste
ful than the purchase and maintenance
of an artillery gun carriage, provided
the cannon Is not used to destroy life
or property? Is a military uniform a
less productive Investment than a
dress suit? Is the movement of troops
on umaau mom wnsieiui or wealth than
the annual hegtra of the working mil
lions of this country for their summer
holiday?"
Can you beat It, this narrow delimi
tation "In an economic sense?" Pre.
sumably the uses of Industrial products
are not to be reckoned, We make a
distinction between life and the use of
life why not make a similar dlstlnc.
tlon when we come to compare the cost
of war activities and th cost of peace
activities? Presumably, however, a
war Is Justified by the economies it
necessitates! q, p
THIS YEAR'S HOME TRAVEL
From th Nw York Ttrau.
First and foremo.t the agreg.te expen
diture of American money for pleiuurabl.
living and traveling In Europe hai Prob!
ably been between U00.fl00.v00 nnd 0.
000,000 a year of recent times. The effeet
economically and financially la the Vam.
MJM!lt.tn,wml '.; were ,m!
ported In the way of trade. This year
for the first time, that vast sun wfil be
spent la this country, or what Is not pnt
will be saved, which may be even better
And euch of It a, U spent, up to ih.
whole of t. will be a very fin, investment
People will see America who were never
wet of the Oranges beferej many will see
the Pnm Canal who but foT the neces
ity of twella thi year i th2 owo
oountry might never havo seen it at all.
And many in the future will be "bullish"
on the United 'States, not in torms of
stock exchnugo values, but becauso they
havo Been with their own eyes those
sources of wealth which make this tho
wonderful country It is. Also, It Is a
great Btroko of luck for the Pacific coast
expositions. Many will go thero becauso
"there Is no place elso," nnd will after
ward go less to Europe.
ONWARD
Beneath this starry arch,
Nought restetli or Is still;
But all things hold their march
Ah if by one great will,
Moves one, move all;
Hark to the footfall!
On, on, forever.
Yon sheave3 wore once but Beed;
Will ripens Into deed;
As cavo-drops swell tho streams.
Day-thoughts feed mighty dreams;
And sorrow tracketh wrong
As echo follows song.
On. on, forever.
By night, like stars on high.
Tho hours rovenl their train;
They whisper and go by;
I never watch in vain.
Moves one, move all;
Hark to the footfall!
On. on, forever.
They pass tho cradle head,
And there a promise shed;
They paBS a moist new grave.
And hid rank verdure wave;
They hear through every clime
The harvest of all time.
On. on, forever.
Harriet Martlneau.
THE VIGIL
Have patience; It Is fit that In this wise
The spirit purge away Its proper dross.
No endless feor doth thy watches toss,
For by excess of evil, evil does.
Soon Bhall tho faint world melt before
thine eyes,
And, all life's losses cancelled by life's
loss.
Thou shalt lay down all urdens on
thy crojs
And be that day with God In Paradise.
Have patlencej for a long eternity
No summons woke thee from thy lianoy
sleep; '
For lovo of God one vigil thou canst
keep
And add thy drop of Borrow to the sea
Having known grief, all will be well with
thee
Ay, and thy second slumber will be
deep.
, Otort Bantayana.
KINDNESS
What then Is a benefit? It Is the art
of doing a kindness which bestows pleas
ure and gains pleasure by bestowlntr It
and which does its ofllce by natural and
spontaneous Impulse. It Is not the thine
J If f n 0r Blven' but tho spirit "n
hlCiH lt J8 on8 or B,ven' th"t must be
considered, because a benefit exists not
m.ndmLWthH,Ch,,' dnft r " "t to th.
mind of th. donor or Blver.-Seneca,
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HEADERS' VIEWS
What tho People Think
Ofi
War, a Convention Hall, thl
Governor and Cleaning up.
To th Kdilor of h Eventno ttiatr!
Hlr Philadelphia has nt last sent afJoa!
fearing Governor to Harrlsburgj one thtlf
knows his duty and has the backbone le
do It. How it must thrill tho heart of
every Independent man nnd woman all
over tho great Btnlo of Pennsylvania la'
hive a man the rulor of tho Stale that1
knows no boss but God nnd his duty to
his fellowmcn. Such Is the Hon. Martin'
li. uruiuuuuuiii
JOHN B. MlDDLBrON,
Philadelphia, April 39.
WAR AND EVOLUTION
To the r.dUor et tht Kvtnlno Lettaer!
Sir There Is n disposition lo connect
ino jeuo Oi me plenum i-iuropean con
flict with the supposed factors of aval,
tlon. The theory of tho survival of tW
ntteBt though no one Is cognizant of th
true criterion of fitness has made tuft
a strong appeal to the popular Imaglnt
tlon that It lingers ns n fnct when It It
no longer tennoio cvrn ns n. ineory.
Tho Insolvency of the theory of otoIo,
tlon. of which tho survival of the nttett
nrucie is a principal ingrcuiciu, ih now 3
manifest that It M upheld by the mer
weight of Ill-concealed scientific nophlstrr,;
Evolution 1b ono letter only In the alphiT
bet or creation, aiore ana moro as re
search and experiment advance are lu
limitations made evident and Its thorU
comings emphasized.
The theory holds today only a shacW
of Its former authority, and Is maintain!
to avert a confession of Ignorance moit
(talllnir to tho modern Intellect.
Its natural offspring, the mechanlitij'!t'
conception, in Biowiy ano ociopui-me
Bunking the life-blood from religion, r
vealB how far nn attractive theory can j
In undermining tho spiritual teaching el
centuries. WAI..TER 50NNEBEna.
Philadelphia, April SO.
SITE OF CONVENTION HALL
To tin itrflfor of the Evening Ledocrt
Sir Aa thero Is at the present time aultil
a dlsousslon as to tho location of the 3
Convention Hall for which I understand
Councils havo appropriated a certain;
amount of money to bo expended, this
Northwestern Business Men b Association, '
and doubtless other prominent cltlxesai
request of Councils that tho hall shall be-j
built on the first Bite which was original!?
suggested, to wit, Bnydors woods. A
I attended tho meeting In tho City Hill J
on Monday nnd listened attentively to
the arguments pro and con as to loca-
tlon, etc. Some three years ago when fj
tho building of tho hall wns advocatejw
by our late Mayor Beyburn, Snydir'iH
Woods was tho site which was almoitj)
decided on, but there wero some flnan-j
dally big 'business Interests centrallr j
located who strenuously opposed the site j
referred to nnd pointed out to the Mayor1?
and both Common nnd Seleot Councils the
feasibility of a moro central location for'
the hnll. Our house co-operntlng with
other bustneBB Interests got hundreds of
thmiRnnrln nf IndnraAtYlpntR from hint-
ncss houses Including Walnut, Market,','
Chestnut and Arch streets business minj
The Snyder's Woods proposition waai
dropped nnd a temporary hall erected at J
Broad street and Allegheny avenue,
which seemed Inadequate nnd unattrac
tive nnd not the kind thnt would Induce
conventions to visit our city Now that
the Greater Chamber of Commerce seemi
to bo a certainty, which nlso requires a
central location, nnd having In the city
a building exchango dovoted to tho build
ing and allied trades and n permanent
machinery exhibition In the Bourse which
serves a like purpose and leading as m
do in many lines, Including textile,
hosiery, carpets, leather goods, etc., It
seems to mo that a building devoted ex-
cluelvcly to tho peimanent exhibition ol a
these and many other "Made In Phlla-J
delphla" products could be logically.?
undertaken ns n pnrt of tho proposed 3
convention hnll scheme. Whether this
convention hall shall be located In
Snyder's Woods, Parker's Bun or Jlthy
nnd Chestnut streets seems to be a mat-"3
ter of grave concern and debate, but to J
my mind there Is but ono logical location,!
VI OUU1, it UU1IU1IIH IlltU lllill. WUU1U UO
the city proper, within eaBy reach of the .
railroad stations, big business centre,j
hotels, etc P. J. CUNNINGHAM. I
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CHARACTER BUILDING
To the Editor of tho Evening Ledger:
Sir: "Clean-up Week" is fine, but there
is a good old adage which says. "Sweeo
clean before your own door." With this a
thought in mind, I would earnestly, fori
"what Is best for tho boy," urge upon our f
nuthorlties to begin first with City HallJ
Keep out all tobacco smoking, profanltyi'3
obscene stories, and, secondly, In our De-a
kciiuun xiuuse, loruiu looncco smoKing- ai
any lime in or about the building. We
nre In the work for building up the boy
Into good Christian citizenship as well ai
the girl to be the mother of the home,
Character building is tho best profession,
u man or a city can be Interested In and
the cheapest nnd best way Is by the ex
amplo of our lives. We are sponsors fof,
each and all younger than ourselvei,
iei us do in tnougnt, in word, in deea.
DAVID L. WITMER.
Wayne, April SO.
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