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la required, mn.T O-ar, en numth, twentr.flve cental
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TUB AVERAGE NET PAID DAILY CIRCULA
TION OF THE EVENINO LEDOEn
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nillADFLTHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1915.
The Evening Ledger will not bo
published Monday, July 5, which
will be generally observed as Inde
pendence Day.
One trouble with tclf-advcrtiscmcnt It that It
often leads to neglect of the real
business of life.
Reinterpreted Fourth
PEOPLE are apt to forgot that tho forces
behind political revolutions and political
reform are as old as the immutable hills.
One hundred and thirty-nine years ago our
fathers brought forth on this continent a new
nation. Tho Fourth of July Is the natal, day
of American Independence. Thereforo wo cele
brate It as Independence Day. But what,
after all, Is Its real meaning?
The early history of this country has been
misread and misinterpreted In several partic
ulars, but no more unfortunately than In ro
gard to the lsue which evoked the Declara
tion of Independence. Tho founders of tho
new nation sought, not Independence of Great
Britain, but Independence; not Independence
of the British Government, but Independence
of bad government.
Kven nfter Lexington and Bunker Hill their
cry of "Liberty and Union" signified liberty
under continued union with Oreat Britain.
,When finally they gave up hopo of securing
the blessings of good government without es
tablishing a now government, they enumer
ated In their charter of freedom the reasons
which impelled them to sever the old bonds,
describing King George In language applica
ble today to a political boss, tho head of a
gang: i
"He has refused his assent to laws, tho
most wholesome and necesaary to the
public good."
And so on a perfect picture of all enemies
of the rights of the people.
Good government is today, as it was then,
the goal toward which wo are striving.
Five Millions for Philadelphia
TJIIVE millions saved by efficiency!
-JL There is nothing indefinite about that!
It Is a hard, concrete fate. Let men prate that
: tho Blankenburg Administration has accom
plished nothing. Figures cannot bo laughed
out of court. No sophistry can outargua
them.
Soberly and efficiently, with no other mo
tive than public service, Mayor Blankenburg
and his associates have gone about their ap
pointed tasks. They havo accomplished
things; they havo achieved results worth
achieving.
Tho directors of any corporation in tho
world would reward such faithful steward-
t ship with a vote of confidence. The citizens,
who are the directors of tho munclpal cor-
; poratlon, must see to It that the standards
of efficiency set during the last four years be
h come guide posts In tho future conduct of the
city,
Still Cutting Its Wisdom Teeth
,mHE final triumph of "equal rights" will
X be the disappearance of the double stand
ard in Judgment of the moral conduct of men
and women It Is not a woman's privilege to
be accounted a more "horrible example" than
a man when she falls a victim to evil. It
Is ht-r right to stand equal with-him at the
bar of public opinion.
That Is tho negative way of puttlns It, but
Injustice itself Is negative. That is Its ugli
ness'. The determination of the new morals
court to deal without favor with men and
women is h token of the fact that civiliza
tion Is still at the business of cutting Its wis-
dojn teeth.
"The Hamlet of Nations"
f ''AMERICA Is the Hamlet of nations," says
,Xi James M. Beck; "it is too deliberative."
?pthng is easier than to turn a. virtue Into
-vice or a vice Into a virtue. There is good
treason to be thankful that America is delib
erative enough to escape the peril of rash
ness. It Is hard to see any folly in the course
of action which has saved the United States
from precipitate entrance into the present
world war-
It is on the virtue of national deliberation
that the worth of "sober second-thought
treaties" and of "leagues of peace" depends.
Nothing is lost If, in deliberative Hamlet's
words, "conscience doth make cowards
jm Jl" That kind of cowardice Is strength.
pawjaver, mo economic iqrces ueem to
14$ In world affairs more effectively than
mural forces, the effect of deliberation Is
tin ami It Is normal for a war to start sud-
4nly, Abnormal for a war to cour after
- avsrwierclal and financial interests have had
p oi'fHirtunUy ta tpmtt themselves.
Yiwjr Wealth Has Doubled
8AM Pleasantly surprised hj
nJMiwr yesterday with, the news that
1fltliha4 ? than doubltd luthejast
y- Hi pjjttadelpWa relatives, however,
2er coASIAejra. wore terastd In th& 9J-
of the rnsntJily report from ttte Fed
Beaerve Bearg and the Inability at ths
ritmstu'ii Lbor Distribution Bureau
fwre tii flod noih mea to fill the Jobs on Us
lt
Pmrttf&m if t& Cesau? Buru wasn't offi
EVENING
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cially attesting to this swollen state of our
fortunes we shouldn't take much stock In it
It may be true that If the wealth of America
were divided per capita that pathetic de
lusion of statisticians we should each have
almost the proverbial $2000 necessary to stock
and run a farm after it is purchased; but tho
announcement Is not Inducing a "nouveau
rlche" feeling about the regions of etiquette
and good manners.
Tho key to troubles over wealth Is, of course,
distribution A noma crammed with tho
riches of tribute enn go to smash. Even in
our own country there can be considerable
difficulty in making such an Increase of
wealth felt. It takes time for tho overplus
to soak down from the employing class and
tho skilled artisan to the body of middle class
and proletarian life. Tho nation with a strong
and happy ruture Is the nation that can
achieve such readjustments of wealth most
smoothly and most swiftly.
Democratic Deficits Make Republican
Majorities
TUB Administration cut tho bottom out of
our revenue system. It then built new
pipes from tho pockets of citizens to the na
tional till. Through one, carrying tho Income
tax, It was expected that tho exchequer could
bo kept filled. But the experiment was a dis
mal failure. So tho second was constructed,
and through It (low tho war taxes. Tet still
tho Intake Is not equal to tho outgo. There is
a deficiency, a really colossal deficit.
That deficit appears In cold figures in tho
Government's reports. Tho other deficit, far
more vast and awful In Its effects, Is the un
measured deficit in tho, pockots of citizens
throughout tho whole country, a deficit occa
sioned by tho repudiation of tho fiscal policy
on which tho prosperity of many of our
greatest Industries was based. Tho Govern
ment's Incomo has been unequal to Its out
lay. That reflects the eltuation in which
thousands, even millions, of citizens havo
found themselves. Congress legislated tho
national treasury Into a stringency; it forced
that same stringency into the pockets of
mora than half tho population.
It Is curront gossip that tho war will carry
President Wilson Into another term. On tho
contrary, free trado will carry him Into a de
feat as emphatic as was his success In 1012.
Prosperity Is something tho American peoplo
must have. They are not enjoying It, al
though millions and millions of foreign gold
has been poured into tho country. This indi
cates how horrible conditions were, how hope
Ices of actual betterment without a roturn to
the wise policy under which the national
wealth had doubled and redoubled.
For the one lesson that he who runB may
read, the ono euro conclusion to be reached
frpm the experimentation of tho last three
years is that of all our economic policies pro
tection Is tho most essential and Important.
It will bo years before the nation will ever
again vote against It or the people fall to
mass themselves In Its support.
Democratic deficits make Republican ma
jorities. Market Price of Cquncilmcn
THIS Liberty Bell affair Is teaching us a
lot about our Councllmen. Tho latest
thing is. their Innate caution and sound busi
ness sense.
"While 11 out of tho bell's 16 Junketeer
guardsmen take out accident policies, tho
committee announces that It will not insure
the relia against fire, derailment, theft or
vandalism. This Is no mere caso of Councils'
wll-known economy with QUbllc funds It
goes deeper. Our Councllmen may Imperil
America's finest historic symbol by a trip
which they themselves won't risk without in
surance; but they know the futility of esti
mating the value of their free pass to the
Panama exposition in dollars and cents. Sen
timental and historic associations aro not to
be measured in terms of commerce.
Tho price of a Councilman, on tho other
hand, is another matter. The loss of a city
legislator or two could be roughly adjusted
on a cash basis. Such, at least, Is the general
Impression abroad.
Officers for the Army
RUSSIA has plenty of men for Its armies,
but lacks trained officers. That is one
of Its most serious difficulties at present.
If America should be forced to go to war
there would not bo great difficulty In as
sembling multitudes of citizens, but where
would the trained officers come from?
A glance at the advertising pages of the
magazines discovers a source of supply of
considerable Importance. In one of the cur
rent periodicals appear advertisements of'
forty-one boys' schools which glvo military
training a place of prominence In the cur
riculum, some of them making it their chief
system of discipline. In an emergency the
military knowledge and experience acquired
in theBe institutions would be of great value
to the country.
Some shell-game at the front!
Germany Is clrcumvallated, not circum
vented. The Jitney Industry begins to look like six
Jitneys, In the vernacular.
Last year's accident-children are Exhibit A
for safety and sanity next Monday,
How unerringly the Anti-Saloon Leagua
picked out Atlantic. City for a conference!
Putting salt on the tall of the Dardanelles
does no good, What Is needed Is more salt
petre. ii i i nwwwi 'I
Tho new axiom from Soranton; Those who
sell stock make more money than those who
buy it.
PWfp.iimiii-.iiiiaiiia. .
It would be more to the point If Huerta
should renounce Mexico Instead of denounc
ing the United States,
Ah! Senator McNIeftpl, If 9nly "midsummer
fiction," even when U Involves political retire
ments, might grow up Into "fall faats."
Jf the Freneh shell produotlon has been
IOOjW a day" in excess of consumption, tho
parts of Franco behind the German line ought
to make a nrst-olass mining dUtrJet when the
war Is over.
There ta certain taint of healthiness in the
PrusslanUm which st prisoner Rothschild
out haying at 4 in the morning following the
Spanish BmbaswUs' plea for ipeelal treatment
of the rleh Frwisluaan.
CBDG18tt - PHIEADBtlPHlA SATTmD'AY, JITBY
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FORD DARED THE
LIONS IN THE WAY
Michigan Farm Boy, With Income
of $14,500,000, Is Fourth of July
Example of What an American
Can Do With Opportunities.
By JOHN LUM
a WERE Is no better time than tho Fourth
.of July to consider Henry Ford $id tho
opportunities before every other American
to duplicate the success of the Detroit manu
facturer. Mr. Ford Is In town today and
while ho Is hero ho
will visit Independ
ence Hatl.
One hundred and
thirty-nine years ago
a Virginian sat in a
modost house at tho
corner of 7th and
Market streets and
wrotot "Wo hold these
truths to bo Belf-ovl-dent,
that all men nro
created equal," mean
ing with a right to
equal opportunities.
This sentiment wob
adopted in Independ
ence Hall nnd pro-
HENRY FonD claimed to tho world
as "the unanimous declaration of tho Thir
teen United States of America." It opened
tho doors of opportunity to every American
wherever ho was born Thnt door has not
been closed to this day, although there aro
some agitators who would have us bellevo
that tho aggregations of great wealth havo
blocked tho way of advancement to tho
many.
Tried to Make n Former of Him
Honry Fnrd, If ho thought of the subject
at all In his youth, as he probably did not,
decided that tho door was open to him, Ho
was born on a farm about half a century
ago, gifted with an interest in mechanics.
His father wanted him to bo a farmer. Tho
boy wanted to bo a machinist. Ho got a Job
In n shop In Detroit and later was employed
by tho Edison Company. Ho married him a
wlfo and his father bought a farm for him
and put him on it. The young man worked
tho farm for a while, but had a llttlo ma
chine shop in his barn. Ho becamo inter
ested in tho gasoline cnglno and decided to
build ono that would propel a carriage. Ho
had no capital, but was Just an ordinary
American citizen with an Idea. Peoplo
laughed at his first horseless carriage, but
the carriage would move under its own
power provided by an cnglno which ho built
with his own hands. Ho left tho farm and
opened n machlno shop in Detroit and kept
working at his automobile. A trained grad
uate of a technical school was offered a part
nership In tho shop, but tho man of training
went back homo and spoko contemptuously
of the Detroit mechanic who was doing a llt
tlo business with no prospect of making it
any bigger.
Hq was employed in an automobile, factory
controlled by others and worked In it for
soma time but ho did not seo tho opportunity
thcro for carrying out his Ideas. Ho wanted
to build a motorcar at a low price to be sold
In large quantities. This was at a period
when a workable car cost several thousand
dollars. Ho said he could build a runabout
to sell for J500. Other automobile makers
ridiculed him, and thq man of small means
who wanted a car regarded tho promise as
ono of those things too good to bo true.
In 1903 he decided to set up for himself
nnd ho organized his present company and
began to manufacture cars in largo quan
tities and to make progressive reductions In
the price. Tho J500 car has long been on the
market and there is a promise of a car
for somewhere near $400 Tho factory where
tho rnrs are made occupies more than 60
acres, It turned out about 300,000 cars last
year, for which tho company received about
$90,000,000 with a profit of $25,000,000 to be
added to surplus and distributed In dividends,
Mr. Ford owns 68 per cont. of the capital
stock of his company, and his share of the
profits, therefore, amounted to $14,600,000.
This is what has happened In 12 years to a
Michigan machinist, who followed his natural
taste and did not let any obstacles block his
way.
He Fought the Selden Patents
There were lions in his path which fright
ened the timorous who started on the way
with him. The biggest was the Selden patents
on the fundamental principle of the gasoline
motor. Other automobile makers paid roy
alties to the holders of the Setdcn patents.
They told people that If they bought a Ford
they bought a lawsuit. But Ford promised to
defend any law suits brought against pur
chasers of his cars. He maintained that his
motor did not infringe any patent and fought
the case to the highest court and won, Just
as Christian discovered when he reached the
lions, that although they looked threatening
from a distance, they were really chained so
they could not harm the determined pilgrim.
The most remarkable characteristic of this
remarkable product of America Is that ho
haB kept his head and his democratic sym
pathies and has not been carried away by
any of the sociological fads of the theorists.
He Is planning a new factory for making
tractors for use on the farms. Some one asked
him if he Intended to build a model town for
his employes.
"I do not bellevo In this model town busi
ness," he replied. "Do you know what makes
the model town? The living wage makes the
model town. Let tho employer pay his help
what his help earns, and there will be no
need to speak of model towns. The model
town will make Itself by a process of natural
adjustment."
There spoke the American of the Declara
tion of Independence who believed In equality
of opportunity and was opposed to every form
of coddling paternalism. He defends his eys
tern of high wages as a form of dividends
paid weekly Instead of in a lump sum and
Justifies It by declaring that the men who
have served the company faithfully should be
treated really as partners in the business.
Edison says that Ford Is one of the greatest
Americans and Ford Insists that Edison "is
the top man of the world."
ECONOMIZE AND GET A NAVY
Krom In Cleveland Plln rr
Hudson Maxim ! quoted s saying that
nourh money Is spent for ehewlog gym every
year to build three battleships, Yea, and enough
liquids are paid for to neat em,
MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY
from tiia Clsclonatl Enqulrar
Man wants but little hue below,
A wive old pot tells u so.
But you will And It a sJ bet
That ram wants nws thaa he will get
A MAN'S VIEWS
He Maintains That Women Do
Servants, and Cites
That He
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By PERRY
CONCERNING tho ideal hired girl, how to
get her, how to hold her, how to increase
her efficiency and dependability, how to hu
manize or dehumanize her, and how to flro
her in periods of stress. Tinkering with tho
fourth dimension Is like making a dent in
soft soap by comparison with the above how-to-do-its.
A multitude of housewives will say hero
comes another fool with a bunch of silly
theories. "We have tho practical achievement
to accomplish and men simply don't know."
This is Just a femlnlno habit of mind, or as
ono of Gcorgo Ade's slick heroes might say,
"Some of Sister Sue's because stuff." Granted
that men do not stick around tho house all
day and keep tabs on every last lagging min
ute of the hired Imperfection, It cannot be de
nied that they are occasionally in the houso
and havo ample opportunity for psychologiz
ing tho situation.
Tho reason so many men butt In with fool
notions is that they do not study the subject
or subjects'. As a relief from business care3
they seek to concentrate upon golf, tennis,
Jitneys, bridge, war maps, politics and all
sorts of abstractions Irrelevant to domestto
happiness When the domestic gears are slip
ping or Jamming they get peeved ovor It, ex
press their annoyance in sarcasm and offer
suggestions that are undoubtedly the rankest
piffle.
Both interest and humor may be obtained
from a close study of the hired girl, both as
a single general housework institution or in
pairs that Is, an upstairs and downstairs
bracket. When you get beyond pairs you
approach retinues and wade Into intricacies
that demand the skill of the post-graduate
sociologist to unravel,
Certes, He Picks a Lemon
How to get one is the first step, and here
the head of the houso rarely butts In. If he
has been commanded to wash dishes for a
few weeks he may rashly offer to go to town
and get one. He will get a few agency ad
dresses, go to the first one on the list and
tako tho first one thrust In his way by tho
employment agent. Certes, he picks a lemon.
When an employment agent sees a man
coming In he rubs his hands together, licks
his chops and rumbles to himself, "Here's
where I get rid of Big Ellen, or Cross-eyed
Fanny, or All-thumbs Dora." A multitude of
housewives have looked these hopeless pros
pects over and turned them down. Tho agent
puts the "hopeless prospects" down at the foot
of the line and waits for a bride or a man.
Men of violent tendencies have been known
to go back and wreck employment agencies,
but very rarely all too rarely.
Well, let us say we have got one, one of
the worst possible sort viewed from the angle
of perfection. Not tho hopeless prospect the
man has brought home, for that Is doomed
from the Jump-off, No cagy housewlfo would
ever let husband put it over on the household
by bringing home a paragon and getting
away with it. Of course, thero is only one
chance In a thousand that he might hook a
parngpn, but If he did he would never
know It.
It Is only a question of time anyway before
.Class A paragons show that they are Just
mero human beings They are great starters
but almost Invariably poor finishers. We are
discussing general houseworkers who carry
the heaviest burdens. If they are superfine
laundresses they will not shine as cooks. Vice
versa. If the family has a large wash some
slack wll be allowed for the cooking end of
it. Faulty culinary craft will be overlooked.
A Triumph in Diplomacy
As a case in point I recall a relative who
somehow obtained a G. H, that was a wizard
at laundry work. She was a shine coolf.
Worse than that, she Imagined she was an
artist and could specialize In puddings. She
bore in her first pudding proudly and beamed
while It was helped all round. She went back
to her den Just as the family began to dip
In- The head of the houso took one mouthful
and bit off the prong of his fork. The ohlt
drn began to make loud adverse comments.
The pudding was a complete horror. But the
bad tidings must be kept frgm Sadie. It
would hurt her feelings. She'd up and quit,
and there was that terrine wash that she Just
ate up with unbelievable art. The housewife
thought swiftly and silenced the family In
a whisper she commanded the burial of the
pudding The platea were sflrapM back Into
I tlia main dUh aM little Johosy was eajointd
"SAFE AND SANE IS RIGHT!"
ON HIRED GIRLS
Not Know How to Treat Their
a Case, Proving
Is Wrong.
i i i i . 9
BALSAM
to slip out and bury tho pudding under tho
hedge. Little Johnny worked swiftly and was
bactf with the empty dUh beforo Sadlo
showed up again from tho kitchen. When she
saw all the empty plates she was enraptured.
She stayed.
By means of somo finesse she was pro
vented from perpetrating any more puddings
and in the course of time tho "missus" taught
her to make other and moro simple desserts,
or else ordered in pastry and Ices.
Too Much Expected of Them
In the family whero Sadlo still dwells she
is listed as a paragon. But first sho had to
bo analyzed as a human being. All house
wives will toll you how they humor and put
up with their domestics. But as a matter of
fact thej; do not. They may try to, but in
going about it they trust too much to their
instinct and fall utterly to make a competent
study of tho subject. Undeveloped reasoning
powers aro not carefully reckoned with. For
getfulness is a common human fallibility, but
in a hired girl It amounts to a cardinal sin.
It has taken some wives a decade to learn to
cook, yet they expect a greenhorn who has
novor tackled anything more complicated
than ham and eggs to qualify for a blue rib
bon in a fortnight. If Bhe is a small eater,
dislikes butter and does not put cream in her
coffee sho Is a gem. Sho may havo brought
overseas with her a husky peasant appetite,
but that does not matter. She may have in
grained In her tho customs of her tribe and
henco be alow In building up a new train of
consciousness. Inexcusable!
Breakage is also unforgivable and should
be corrected by a series of fines. And then
the nolso they make with their dishwashing.
Possibly this noise is sweet music to them.
If they have no one to talk to the crashing
of china and hardware may offer the solace
of companionship.
Tho great trouble is, s it seems to a man
who thinks ho observes closely, that wives
do not check up sufficiently on themselves
when they do their own housework. If thoy
would keep close tabs on their own errors
and shortcomings they would soon be Infinite
ly better equipped to deal with human aver
ages. Thero are ardent champions of the hired
girl who would go to Impossible extremes to
Improve her lot, turn over tho parlor nnd
vlctrola to her on set evenings for tho enter
tainment of her friends, cook and carry up
her breakfast when she is Indisposed, furnish
her room In blrdseye maple, give her a pri
vate telephone extension and ad lib. for calls.
But thera is undoubtedly a middle-of-the-road
course that should mako smoother go
ing than the roads of tradition now traveled.
The head of the houBe can assist mightily If
ho will by looking round him keenly nnd slz
ing up the situation. He need not butt in
roughly, but Intervene tactfully and offer
shrewd suggestions that may not meet with
immediate response but are sure to sink In
and In the end bear fruit. Thero may be no
general housework paragon, but the hired
girl is a member of the human family and
should be handled on that basis, at least until
we reach that stage of Teutonlo Uultur when
we may reduce everything to a card Index
Byatem and autocratic control.
WAS "JOHN BULL" SARCASTIC?
To the Bdttor of Evening Ledger:
Sir As Artemus Ward would have said,
"John Bull's" letter "wrote sarcastic," and as
a naturalized Englishman I shall pot believe
the writer is a fellow countryman of mine
unless I see his certificate of birth.
It was probably written by some ultra-Ke-publlcan
who is merely slurring the Democratic
party and has ai much right to call Himself
English as the man had who wrote to the
British Ambassador during the Cleveland Ad.
ministration asking for advice as to how ha
should vote. ji
Philadelphia, July 1.
THE ARGUMENT FROM HISTORY
To the Editor of Evening Lixlgtr;
Bir-Iieently l read In your columns that a
oaln "John Bull" of Palmyra, has been suf.
ferlng from blissful hallucinations ever tine.
?,U..,!n,goraTy "1,1ne us hop.) the
United Slates. Can anything be done to r
lleve hlmt I shoubl IHce to a, -John Lifi
why he don't return to his native, land to loin
the colomr Obviously, that I, ygj ftJg"
., wit-iwi ivt flXiq.
Bear wltntM, that his are strong, sajural ies.
" ;' mamuwnw mat me estates are revert.
Vtf. H...r ""v."" ?"?'. "W. that
...H nVMWV.UB wu-.ev iiixiut
to over-
take our country la proven Mooluslvtlv I
ljuly because Engltah capltalteti rI2
of owm m, targe wpcrUea of iObjUi i2S I
nnd bonds, are in a position to aid material!?!
In bringing this great event to pass. It Is, Itajl
deed, a new thought, tnat wo are almost eta
trely dependent upon England for HtersiurtS
music, shows and even fasmons. I tnmit use'
TTr.lfn.1 R,'i mnrn llltflv to become a dtnlnJ.
ency of France, Germany or Italy, If miiileS
literature or fasmons naa anyming o oo
It. I consider it as sensible or ridlculoui j51
Bay tnat ureat uruain is as nuum iu oroya.
a dependency of tne states, wnyi .tnintiiv
under Egbert, began a form of centralized ioj
ernment, In 800 A. D., and certainly fltie ,
a firmly established kingdom at the tliwrtfj
hor overthrow by William tno vjonquerwsj;
hn memorable Battle of Hastings, in 1066,'ttr.
Inir nil theaa centuries, what has she lea
building? A little Island, exclusive-of here.
ntrtn nosacaslons. about the size of our Poim
vnnle. The United States began a central!)
form of eovernment with tho Articles of Con
federation In 1781, about 131 years ago. WW
has she been building? A country, excluilft
nf Iiat outside rjossesslons. many of them larrer
than the little Isle of Britain. Look at htt
achievements in this brief time, -jonn urna
and dare to say our United states will ever;
VinAmn i ilAn,n1infv tit OrflfLt Urtt&itt. KftjV
nay, "John," you are laboring under a deluslpM
that often attacks your countrymen, wnen tn
Declaration of Independence was signed In 1TI
thft nnvnrnm.nl underwent a COmDlete met.
nrhorohosls. It can never return to its olfl
form. EVELYN R. HAMERTOK
Philadelphia. June 30. '
MAINE'S DISTINCTION
11 ' iii j
The First Part of tho United States Seen
by White Men.
From the Portland Argua.
The State of Maine can lay claim to the
distinction of being the first part of the Unite!
States discovered by white men. This is trui(
whether we tako Into account the hypothetical
visit of Lief Erlcson to this reslon in about w
year 1000 or not. There are marks on MohegsS
Island and the nearby mainland which In
cato that tho Icelanders at least called th
at that time and also later. But those eveS
are nrehlstorlc. as no other record of thta,
was left to posterity by Erlcson and his c
nnnlons. fl
Hut thn vovaee of John Cabot, the EntSlH
explorer. In H97, Is a well authentic!?
chapter In the annals of early American 99
coverles This adventurer, wun nis son, mj
hnntlnn. sailed nlonc- this coast in the summit
of that year and took possession in the namejotl
the English sovereign. It wob not until a yHl
later that Columbus, on his third voyage, it!
last reached the mainland, his previous ais-J
pnvrIH hftvlnir heen the West. Tndin. TslAndi?
far from the American coast. "3
So it is a well-established fact that Malnt
was the first territory In what Is now the
United States that was seen by European travs
elers. She has the rlchta of precedence over sH
other States always accorded to places ySDl
persons oi me greatest antiquity, ner prj
tensions to the oldest and highest respeotij.
blllty cannot be disputed even by Massachu;
setts. Englishmen sailed through Casco Bit,
and rounded Cape Elizabeth weeks before th7
navigated Massachusetts Bay and weathered
(jnpo uoa.
Among nil her other attractions and honertl
this Is surely something for old Maine tew
proudly Doner, or, to nave been tne spot wneri
the English language wns first heard, snl
where tho English flag was first planted makes
her noted above all other localities In this grew
country. It seems as thouch same nubile cere'
mony should be held, or a monument be reared!
to commemorate the Cabot expedition to,
Maine In the summer of H07.
THE NATIONAL POINT OF. VIEW
The educational route Is the shortest one t
the Mexican problem. Pes Moines Capital-.
If our Government should stOD the ehloroent
of ammunition It would do an unneutral acta
Savannah News.
Wonder If Mr. Taggart considers Indictment!
a good advertisement for a senatorial boom!3
Milwaukee Journal.
Teaching extreme pacifism to school children
is apt to result In a race of mollycoddles B
Dirmingnam Age-weram.
Mr. Bryan Is merely campaigning aea!nl
iiouooy una pieaamg against a sentiment tag
nas no existence.-rKouston Post.
It is not unlikely that General Huerta hM
learned to admire the man in the 'White House:
the Genera) is no mollycoddle and he h nj
use ior one. unauanooga Times.
The chief argument against the propo'lffl
jeuerai snipping company is the lacK or lOia
centtve In a Government-owned concern t9j
make profits and reduce expenses. Galveston
trioune.
If this nation wants a merchant marine Oil
the high seas, It must choose between subsldlfM
When that alternative is presented clearly gl
the peoplo of the United States we do nSil
apprenenu inai aeclslon will be difficult
long delayed.Rlchmond Timea-Plspatch.
SONG FOR YOUTH
Gather alt the sweet of May,
Leek it tenderly away.
Precious night and perfect day.
Make a trova. of shining things.
Roses, raindrops, dreams and wings.
Catch a skylark while he slugs!
Gather aji tho. summer's sweet
Hush of kevreji, sqns of street.
Stars that dane en silver feet!
WWle thy breath is young and warm,
"w wt ntstiea n my arm, .g
Tak thy trove and weave a ebarml -M
Thau grow old with gallant esse. 1
For I'm told such wealths a these J
Mak4 tho fat?st memorUs1 ti
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