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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY. JULY 7, 191S,
llonetty It the bctt policy, out the policy of
honesty it not belt.
$6,000,000 Is Only a Start
WHAT aro the sensations of a gang
Councilman who reads a paragraph
such as this In the New York Evening Sun:
Philadelphia thinks It Is waking up be
cause It Is spending 16,000,000 (or "real
rapid transit." New York city l now spend
ing 1300,000,000 for the same thing.
Docs hla hoart rcjotco with tho glee of the
rascally valet of picturesque romance who
succeeds In holding his master up to public
rldtculo whllo ho pretends faithful scrvlco7
Is tho Mr. Hydo of his dual political per
sonality leering with Joy while Dr. Jekyl pro
tests undying devotion to the people? Or
does ho think ho has done hla city a good
turn by trying to keep It back in tho "eco
nomical" ways of vlllago life?
Tho only difficulty with the views of such
gentlemen Is that Philadelphia insists on
bclnr a city up In tho two-mllllon class, on
developing great problems In transportation
and ultimately on solving those problems.
The Way to Dcforcignlzc Is to Americanize
THOMAS R. MARSHALL expressed a
feeling common In this country when ho
denounced thoso hyphenated citizens who
swear to support tho Constitution of the
United States and yet yield allegiance to a
foreign nation. Then ho added: "After tho
European war Is over will be tho time to en
act laws which will be a safeguard against
such a citizenship." Not even after the war
will be the time to roturn to even a mild
form of tho alien and sedition acta of a. cen
tury ago. The Vlco President has appar
ently misconceived not only tho 'Americani
zation Idea, but also tho whole American
Idea.
Repressive measures such as he seems to
have In mind ore Ill-advised and dangerous,
as past history has shown. Immediately
there arises a contest of accusation and
counter-accusation, and every man whose
expression of opinion makes trouble for him
becomes at once a martyr to free speech.
The best we can do in America Is to continue
our faith In our "experiment in democracy."
Wo liavo in our Constitution, along with the
definition of treason, a guarantee of liberty
of speech, and laws are never going to make
clear the difficult distinction between freo
speech and license.
Lot us have faith In democracy for a
while longer, and let us put our emphasis, In
our treatment of our citizens from foreign
lands, not on deforelgnlzatlon, where Mr.
Marshall put It, but on Americanization. To
deforelgnlzo, Americanize. ,
Drawbacks to Virtue
CHICAGO faces a situation, Indeed. It has
a young lady on Its hands. Incidentally,
Philadelphia Is responsible for It all.
Tho person In question arrived In tho
Windy City from Milwaukee, She was eight
een years old, and she had been supported by
her Philadelphia brother until he married.
When sho made hcrsolf known in Chicago,
the city was "up agalnat It." It had plenty
of institutions for stray young ladles In need
of assistance. But the present one couldn't
qualify; sho wasn't the right sort, or, as
moralists would put It. sho wasn't tho
"wrong sort."
This Is what the policewoman In charge of
the case says: "I have been to all the asso
ciations, societies, homes, bureaus and 'de
partments, but as soon as It was learned tho
girl didn't need reforming, I was told It was
a case 'out of their line. I can't -afford to
keep her on my salary. If I turn her out
well, I hate to think of It."
What would Philadelphia do If It was up to
her. Instead of Chicago?
Country Too Dusy to Reform City
'TTNDOUBTEDLY the war on Ilnuor will
4F3? S I affttllt nallnnal nnllllna u. .... l... .
Bjj,- --. ,.h'"" j-mniuo no! grnnr, out nai
Hi bucji uit uieni as some oi (no gpeaxers at
Atlantlo City predict. This Is not solely be
oauia of the view that prohibition la a mat
ter of local choice rather than national leg
islation. It Is largely because politics In
volves so many Interests.
Something like elghty-fiv per cent, of the
area of the American nation, .It Is claimed,
will be prohibition territory wi?n Ulfl llw
liquor laws of sevwal States have gone .Into
effect. One-fourth of all the people who live
In saloon territory are In six oltles. The
ftllfluor strength Is in the cities. It Is In the
B gttle because It Is hand in glove with gang
pMticB of the city variety. It will mike its
feet stand in the eltles. The people of the
ret ol the country have too niaay concerns
at their own to try to reform tb eiUes.
JltHeys Will Survive
. rt,TNBY41EN do their cause oo good by
y feetuAlng that If they are Ut alona the
jaWlU company will be compelled to reduce
tQfti within a few weak, with a strike as
UuivlUble result. The Jitnymtt need
HOW tbe best advice obtainable, not the coun-
Mtp of childish persons who are unable U
appreciate the OMgpjrude of ibv problem oo
ettjBbtMMl by this new mode of transporta-
TU srutiroent ol tbe public u pronounced
Id lnor of the Jitneys It will nut du to
ADM! this suwurt The JiUtey industry
EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA; WEDNESDAY,
can survive only if tho people want It to
survive. It U unfortunate that Councils, In
I In usual blundering fashion, neglected to
consider the Interests Of tho people," but ap
pftrently devoted Its effort entirely to pro
tectlng the transit company and the taxi
cabs. ThU In up Its of the fact that the taxi
cabs really deserved little consideration,
mce their charges have been notoriously
high. Regulation seems to have been the one
thing Councils forgot all about. It was so
anxious to put the Jitneys entirely out of
business that It overlooked everything else.
The transit company Is guided by men of
brains, who are too well acquainted with
the history of human progress 'to Imagine
that they can prevent the Introduction of
public conveniences. Horse cars gave way
to the trolley. The trolley must meet the
new compelltlon of the Jitneys, not try to
destroy the Industry. It cannot be done. The
Vast cnpltnt Invested In automobile construc
tion Is a guarantee of that.
Get the Convention
THE Republican National Convention next
, year will be held In Philadelphia, If Phil
adelphia makes up Its mind to get It. Chi
cago has no hnlf-Nclson on the gathering.
There are, In fact, scores of reasons why
tho convention should go elsewhere. Publlo
spirit, publlo enterprise, tho contribution of
sufficient money will win for Philadelphia.
Tho Poor Itlchard Club would take hold of
a problem of this nort and rush It to a suc
cessful conclusion. Thero must bo somo
other body In the city on which tho task
of securing tho convention logically falls.
Thero seems to bo a general feeling that
that body Is tho Chamber of Commerce.
Frenzy Versus Facts.
THERE aro two or three fucts which may
be especially recommended to tho con
sideration of those misguided and misin
formed persons who ore crying out so loudly
against the exportation of arms and am
munition from this country.
Tho amount of exportation Is actually too
small In comparison with tho requirements
of bo vast a war to havo an appreciable
effect on the outcome. Tho figures for the
exportation of shrnpncl aro difficult to sccuro
and verify, but It must bo borne In mind
that tho huge money totals quoted In con
nection with ordcrB and suborders do not
signify Immediate delivery of the goods. As
to rifle ammunition It would tako all our
Government and private plants, working at
full capacity, ten years to meet the require
ments of n campaigning army of a million
men for a single month. Thero nre perhaps
ten million men In tho armies of the Triple
Entente. But tho greatest demand abroad
is for artillery ammunition. At a conserva
tive estimate tho armies of tho Triple En
tente are expending at least 50,000,000 rounds
of nrttllery ammunition a month. Tho pres
ent monthly output of producers In America
certainly does not total over 25,000 artillery
rounds. That 1b less than one-twentieth of
1 per cent, of the expenditure of on army of
ten million men. Yet artillery ammunition Is
undoubtedly furnished to tho Allies In
greater proportion than any other kind of
war munitions.
A second fact worth noting In connection
with the silly agitation for an embargo on
arms and ammunition is that Germany has
made no official protest against their expor
tation, for It realizes fully that thero are ab
solutely no grounds in International law for
such a protest. Miss Jane Addams, on her
return from Europe, reports that Von Jagow
himself told her that the United States has
both a legal and a moral right to sell such
goods to any buyer In the market.
Tho frenzied. Ill-reasoned plea for on em
bargo hasn't a leg to stand on.
Society Must Help tho Doctors
THE State added Immeasurably to Its al
ready great distinctions in medicine, when
recently the Philadelphia General Hospital
announced that tho narcotic ward hud
successfully treated 250 drug fiends since tho
first of March. On the heels of tho Harrison
act to limit the sale of habit-forming drugs
comes a definite and practicable, treatment by
which victims nre cured within an average
period of four or five weeks, It Is hard to
overestimate the Importance of such an an
nouncement. All honor to medicine!
But, as with bo many diseases and their
cure, it is not medicine alone that Is neces
sary. The patient must bring a desire for
freedom, and society must supply conditions
under which continued health. Is possible.
Debased as the will becomes under drugs, It
can still be expected to harbor that spark of
hope and faith without which cure Is Impos
sible; but society must do Its part by abol
ishing the old associations of disease, drink
and destitution in which the craving bred
and through contact with which the "cured"
may relapse.
Society has done much In the Harrison act,
but it must do more. It must give the doc
tors a clean and decent city In which their
labors may bear fruit.
The hyphen Isn't bothering Sir Cecil Spring
nice. Everybody Is In favor of a merchant ma
rine except the Government.
Between submarines and private war econ
omy It's a "tight little isle" all rlghtl
The Austrlans evidently Intend to drive
the Italians Into Trieste If It takes all sum
mer. There Is some reason- to believe that If
Hilerta. were back in tho City of Mexico
he would never recognize the old place.
John h. Sullivan has found an eloquent
hand 'o write his letters for him. Why, ln
deed, should General Miles be Jealous uf
him?
Did Holt hope t end the war by one
murder when the killing of millions has
been able to settle; nothing o far? And,
as It happens, It Is HpU, not Morgan, who
Uj dead.
1SPI-l"'l'i I II I ll , .11 i
"Georgia Hgb, lynches two negrse by tnls,
take-" PoMfibly this tend to shew that there
If Mfoty In first degree eofivletWn, but jw
hajM U oaly mean that Prank's State is vin
dicating itseir
It is Indeed refreshing to Imm that Rus
sia's allies can count on tb Wave keeping
the bulk of the German army occupied on the
polish front for several mooths to come. Oc
cupied occupying territory T
Press reports are obviously a trlfU too
optimistic In regard to the German reply.
A satisfactory answer could be gives In a
dosu words, but (root the time It U taking
utrmui must be writing a book.
NO DAY WILL BE
SUNDAY BY AND BY
If Workmen Cease to Use nn Hour
of the Sabbath to Pray Employers
Are Likely to Stop Giving Them
Rest of the Day for Play.
By tho REV. DAVID M. STEELE, D. D.
nctor of the Church ot fit. Luke And the Bplphnnjn
THE Infliction of a fine upon the manage
ment of Woodsldn Park for allowing peo
ple to get by pnylng for Itrecreation there
on Sunday hns brought to the fore tho sub
ject of the proper or Improper use of Bun-
day at public resorts.
This whole question Is n most vexatious
one! but to myriads of people It Is nn ab
sorbing one. The timo still waits for some
one to spenk all tho words of wisdom that
one or tho other party to n controversy here
have thought of Is there any common
ground upon which both could meet In com
promise and both be right? Until they can
do thlfl both will be right.
For example, could Sunday conceivably be
both In religion a hb,ly dny nnd In other
things a holiday? THo answer ought to be
slmplo enough, for It Is In tho facts. Tho
simple truth Is that Sunday Is already this
very thing; that Is, It Is these two things.
Moro than that, It Is to a large extent "both
things for the samo people. And It ought
to be.
What then Is tho line of distinction be
tween two forms of the samo thing, namely,
Sunday recreation? Wheroln Is It right to
ride through Fnlrniount Park In n cnrrlnge
and wrong to ride on a merry-go-round at
n public resort? Wherein Is It right to eat
Ice cream In a hotel dining room or at n
club, served by paid wnlters, nnd wrong to
havo people buy It from n vender on n board
walk and devour It out of penny cones? What
Is tho 'dlffcrcnco between a sacred and a
secular concert, between playing a piano at
homo nnd listening to blaring bands and
hurdygurdles on an ocean plor? Is It right
for mo to do tho thing I merely happen to
enjoy nnd wrong for somo one, with somo
other choice, to do the peculiar thing ho has
a relish for?
Tho answer is that cither may bo right
or wrong, depending upon why, but still
more upon how It Is done. If this Is tho
case then tho very motive and mood
prompted by which nnd controlled In which
ono dl"cussei thla whole Sunday problem nre
tho things of Importance. I can think of a
whole crowd of people Indulging In every
conceivable form of Innocent amusement be
ing much more righteous, hoth In motive nnd
in mood, than n certain type of sanctimoni
ous reformer who would repress them out of
somo regard for that sacrosanct Institution
Known as tho Holy Sabbnth.
What Kind of nn Animal Is Man?
Now, merely to hint nt such a thing as
this, let alone to say it, In to ho misunder
stood. And that Is why tho peoplo who be
lieve It seldom say It. Every one knows nt
least if thoy hnvo read their Bible they
should know that the Sabbath was made for
man and not man for tho Snbbnth. Which
Is to say that Sunday 1b something that ex
ists not for Its own sako, but for a purpose
Man has been called many things', many dif
ferent klndB of nn anlmn', hut he hns never
been called and he Is never called upon to
be a Sabbath-keeping animal, merely as
such or merely for the Sabhath's sake.
Furthermore, If ho ubbs tho day at nil he
will nevor uso It rightly from compulsion,
but only from choice. Not to sco this Is the
mistake of so many members of the typical
average Sabbath Reform Associations. There
is, as n matter of fact, no such thing ns
"breaking the Sabbath" In tho senBo thoy
speak of. Men cannot break it; they can
break themselves against it; but that Is a
very different matter. Incidentally it Is a
much more Important one. If a man doe3
not use the day then he dons the day no
Injury; he Injures only himself; nnd to urgo
him, with any profit, to uso it ono must
never coerce or compel, but may only per
suade and constrain. These are two funda
mental, elemental principles.
Disrespect for All Holidays
Notice, I am not dlRCUBslng tho subject of
church-going. That Is an Important subject,
one well worthy of consideration In itself.
The unfortunate thing Is that tho subject of
Sunday rest nnd recreation Is practically
never discussed apart from this other sub
ject of Sunday church-going. That Is why
ihe discussion so often ends in confusion.
Tho two things are no wise Identical. At
best the second Is only a phnse or aspect of
tho first. Thore Is one point of importance
In this connection, howover; that Is that
people do use Sunday as a day for going to
church about as generally ns they uso any
other holiday for the purpose for which It
is appointed- I am thinking of July , set
aside for patriotic practices nnd used solely
for picnics; of May 30, given as a holiday for
purposes of patriotic memories nnd used al
most entirely for athletic field days: of Labor
Day, on which employes havo mircease from
labor that they may foregather for purposes
of ennobling their trades and then Instead
go fishing.
Hero 1b where so many people, the vast
multitudes, aro blind to their own highest
Interest lit ilia way thoy aro now treating
Sunday. For this Is primarily a holy day
and only secondarily a holiday. If every
body went to church on Sunday forenoon I,
for one, would be content to see and to help
them do any conceivable thing on Sunday
afternoon that In itself would be legitimate
any other day. But I submit that thoy only
merit the uso of the day as a holiday from
their labor by first using It as a holy day for
worship. And speak my apprehension that
the daywlll hot continue to be given to work
ng people by employers as a day of prayer
primarily If It goes on becoming only one of
play entirely. He would be a mean employer
who would not allow his people time to pray;
but they are as mean employes if, aeceptlng
one day out of seven for one purpose, they
put It wholly to another. If this holiday ob
seiunen goes on to its logical conclusion there
will cease entirely to bo a holy day even fictitiously-
No day will be Sunday by and by-
TO THE MARCHING WQMSN
Ok, ye sturdy marching wastes, wllfe your tol-
raaee and seora.
My mother would fcv fared with you, awl I
af Sr am born:
I tv you and I thrill to youbut. pmy you,
let h stay
A KjMHMT Of tba Vision on the hills above the
fray I
Oh, Meters, 1st m iag to you. who trudge tfee
dusty wayl
I wtH make the vision glow attain that needs
must flicker gray!
Yrom my peaceful hills ef taney I will send my
fighting Sonr,
A. tripling with a Aery sword to beckon you
along'
K W Veker, In SouUuru umut lfmtiiu.
"TAKE A CHAIR,
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MEXICO'S ONLY INTERVAL OF PEACE
It Was During the Long Reign of Diaz, Who Ran a Government
That Governed How the Son of An Humble
Innkeeper Rose to Power.
By GEORGE
PORFIRIO DIAZ died too lato to bo fairly
Judged by the present generation and too
early to discover what tho Judgment of pos
terity concerning him was to be. If ho had
died In 1908, when
President Roosevelt
characterized him no
tho greatest states
man living and de
clared that ho had
dono for his country
what no other living
man had done, thero
would havo been
general agree
ment with tho ac
curacy of thla esti
mate, o v o n from
thoso who wero loath
to concede to Roose
velt tho possession
of a single Judicial
quality.
But Dlnz lived to
find a revolt against
him too strong for
his aging military
powers to suppress
nnd too widespread
for his weakonlng
diplomatic skill to
conciliate. He re
signed on May 5,
POHFIIUO DIAZ
1911, and Immediately went Into exile In
Europe. The four years of chaos that havo
succeeded, however, lad many observers to
conclude that tho famo of tho man- who
ruled Mexico for moro than thirty years
Is secure, nfter all. Tho fundamental article
of his faith was that tho primary business
of government Is to govern. Ho proved his
faith by his work. Under Diaz Mexico was
governed.
Tho Mexico That Cortes Found
Tho task was not an easy one. The Mexico
which Cortes conquered was a nation of Idol
worshipers. Human sacrifices wero custom
ary. Cortes found the temples with tho hu
man hearts freshly torn from the victims
offered ns burnt sacrifices to tho gods, and he
found the priests eating human flesh. There
may have been a civilization there, but It
was not such a civilization as that which
finds expression In tho orderly democracy of
a New England town meeting. Christianity
was Imposed upon the people by the con
querors, a slnglo prleBt, In ono recordod In
stance, baptizing S000 In a day.
Tho Immediate effect of the conversion of
the country was to change tho form of tho
Idolatrous observance, but not Its substance.
The old gods were worshiped In tho ritual
of the Church of Rome. The centuries havo
accomplished what force could not, and
Mexico Is now a Christian country ns the
Philippines aro Christian.
Three hundred years of Spanish misrule
followed the abolition of priestly cannibalism
and burnt offerings of human hearts to
horrid gods of evil, Spanish colonial rule has
nevor been conducive to the development of
democratic government. The Mexicans re
volted ngalnst the Spanish early In tho last
century and succeeded In setting up a gov
ernment ,of their own In 1821, From this
date until 1868, when Diaz became tho most
powerful man in the country, the form of
government was changed ten times, thero
were 300 successful or unsuccessful revolts
and B0 different persons ruled either as presi
dent, emperor, dictator or regent, Such was
the country of which Diaz became President
In 18T.
Loss Politics and More Administration
la was a dlfforent type of man from any
that had oome to the front In the troubled
years of Mexican Independence, In that he
believed that the primary purpose of war
was not loot, and held that government owed
some obligation to tho governed. The Diaz
form of Cleveland's dictum that publlo office
Is a publlo trust ivas "Less politics and more
administration."
The story of the life of this man Justifies
the hope of demooraay. Hit father was a
small Innkeeper In Oaxaoa, tho capital of one
of tbt southern Mexican States. He had been
a farmer, miner and veterinary surgoon. He
died when Porflrlo was 3 years old. His
widow kept the Inn for four years longer,
when aba had to give tt up- The by was
set BWrt for the priesthood, but ha had to
assist In the support of bis mother while he
studied. He wanted a gun for hunting, and
he made one from the musket of an old rifle
and the oock or a discarded pistol It was
sucb a good one that the Indians- hired him
to make guns for them But the first money
ttuu be earned was in learning Latin for t
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JULY 7, 191S;
ED, WE MUST HAVE YOUR ADVICE ON THISI"!
W. DOUGLAS
n month to other boys. Ho was then IB
years old. Ho studied In the seminary in
preparation for tho priesthood. Tho subjects
Included In tho courso wero scholastla
theology, moral and natural philosophy and
advanced Latin. When ho was IB he con
cluded that the priesthood did not appeal to
him, and ho decided to become a lawyer.
Ho had already spent four years In prepara
tion for ono profession. He opent five years
in preparation for tho law In tho law school
In Oaxaca. He earned his wny part of tho
time by acting as an Instructor. He was nn
educated man at 21, with a knowledge of tho
elements of International, civil and canon
law, as well as general law, and with n
clearly doflncd political creed.
Dared to Voto Against Santa Anna
This young man was among the professors
of tho Oaxaca Law School who were sum
moned to voto at tho election which Santa
Anna hnd ordered in 1851 to give to himself
a constitutional title to the Presidency. Word
had been sent 'around thnt whoever voted
against Santa Anna did so at his peril, so
"freo" were elections In Mexico even In those
days. Tho professors went to the City
Hnll, where the election Inspectors' sat on a
platform with a book spread open before
them. Tho electors marched up on the plat
form and wrote their names In tho book with
the name of their candidate following. Diaz
stood to one side and did not vote. Ono of
his colleague's called him up, but ho replied
that a man had tho right to decline to vote.
"Not if he Is afraid!" taunted tho other.
Diaz accepted tho challenge- and wroto his
name In the book, and nfter It tho name of
an Insurgent leader who was even then
under arms fighting Santa Anna. Tho young
man immediately left the hall and fled to tho
mountains that night. He organized n band
of Indians to resist tho forces of Santa Anna
sent after him, and succeeded In repulsing
them. Thus began tho political and military
career of tho man who died Friday In Paris
at the age of 81 years.
Hia Rapid Rise to Power
The story of his life for tho Intervening 60
years Is tho story of Mexico. Ho fought with
the Liberals for orderly government, and
was rapidly promoted through various grades
In 'tho army till ho reached the rank of
brigadier general. He was Governor of
Tehuantepeo when he was only 28, a member
of Congress nt 30 and a general of division
in tho army at 33. He fought with the pa
triots against tho French and captured Mex
ico City from tho forces of Maximilian.
There was nothing sudden or spectacular In
his rl.se to the position of leader In Mexico.
Ho was the man of all men to be elected to
the Presidency In 1878. Ho served a term,
then for an Interval of four years was In
retirement, only to be called to tho helm
again In 1881. From then until he fled to
France in 1911 ho was Mexico. Ha estab
lished orderly government. He restored the
credit of his country at homo and abroad.
Ha built railroads and developed tho mineral
resources. He laid the foundations' of a sys
tem of education, and nil tho time he used
the tools at his hand with the conscious
purpose of having his Government govern.
Benito Juarez, next to Diaz tho greatest
man of modern Mexico, occupied himself
with theories of democracy, but Diaz recog
nized that his country was confronted by
conditions to meet which theories must bo
wreBted out of shape If government could not
be maintained otherwise.
Madero, who succeeded him In 1011, was
a theorist of the Juarez type. His dreams
were not fitted to cope with the realities,
Huerta Js the only realist In government
who has appeared In Mexico since Diaz fled.
But Washington will havo none of him.
A USE FOR FUTURISTS
from the Kw York Bvtnlnr Mell.
To tli query, "What Good Are Futurl.t
Poets Anyway?" we venture the reply that
they might bo put to work naming Piilman
CIVILIZATION AN OLD DRUNKARD
Vrora the Ntw JUpuWU. "
Civilization often soema like an eld drunkard
Wi' 'iv?r Uk,B on mu drink toTSJk
off the effects of a previous drink, or ilE?T
ehronlo debtor who Is always bon-oJhV'SLS
the future to refund the past It neT
to eateh up with JUelf. to st.rt as frf,t?m
It would like to. Because thiu Vther. Xm
children are taught to 'hateand i wh.th.v
grow up they atao fight, leaving To &" ohil
dren a new heritage 0f hate. Because their
plolUtlon, the new generation aaA. T. S !?
tangled tn a network ol law and traJitTIw
vt.d rijht from which ,t wnnof'rit
exceot by tnlurln thn.. k.T " "W
tnlurln thou .h. Z::.."5 "
wrong
,, .. ,, oone no
Because our ancestor u, u Huddled m
wo go on building upon narrow and terffl
streets, sinking our capital In mistakes y
ago makes it more and moro difficult lo5'
trleve. The original cowpaths of Boston hi
h..nn.a !.( t. has..,, j. ..It1,..n ...nlnn ....u.. 15 I
uciuiiiu ibiuiuaiuu otuiu. nttivii oui'yuri IQQf
cent ladles and stifle tho health and ths hi.
plness of other pcoplo's children. Attack thu'
slums and you attack helplessness Itselffffe
to widen and ventllato and you will And lit
you have struck at the security of the lis.
cent. This Is tho real strength of ths Sj
and the overwhelming grip It has tiponftel
lives. It lives on, not because Intelllgencjjm
defend It, but because It hns become so lntli&u
a part of us that to cut It out seems a 1IUV
too cruel. '
NEED OF WOMEN ON THE JUR$
To ths Editor of Evening Ledger: f
Sir The women of Pennsylvania in UAt
congratulated if, upon a favorable vote iipe5
tho woman surlrago amendment, they IworiS
ellglblo for jury duty without furthrhjfi!a."
tlon. Women have voted in CallforeliijncjL
1911, and though they have tried pmlffwtJrA
they havo not succeeded In securing s?iotow
Jurors law. Tho women voters of CeWifoHj
decided that woman Jurors would be an tliu.
tago In all cases where n girl or womwSu
cither plalntltT or defendant. The womeito
California decided not to elect any womMjs,
the Legislature. Only men havo been tlerfki
nnd thoy have not enacted Into law tho wofi-j
Jurors bill. After tho close of the last Lri
lature the women decided they no longer tsk!
adhero to their rule of no womnn In tho htin
lature," nnd nt the next legislative election tW
will be women candidates, when the Legislate)
convenes thero will be women leglsIatorsTw
when the next Legislature adjourns theriW
be a law upon the statutes of California stsfcj
that In every trial where a girl or womm
plaintiff or defendant thero shall be wad
Jurors. CALIFORNIA WOMAN VOTEE
Philadelphia. July 4.
SOME BOOKS TO READ
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir I am desirous of advancing my lang
nnd would like to take up a readinc com
Would you please furnish me with a list cf
books I should rend? NAT FLEISHEH!
Philadelphia, July 5. jj,
You ennnot do hotter than to follow th3
ample of Abraham Lincoln. He was a illllii:
student of tho Bible, tho plays of Bhakep(t?i
and Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress." ThrouJ
the study of them he acquired an Kngllrtijjtji
that Is unrivaled for Its compactness,relici
ness and beauty. Therefore, It wouM.be ln
to read Lincoln nlso, especially his two Inau
gural addresses, his Cooper Union speech tol
his letters. Editor EvenJno Lepoeh.
THE NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
Thus far It has not been shown that InEJ
case of the Armenian either side "dellbertM
violated international law." Springfield RepjH
llcan. m
Tt tnnlm act If iliA ATatIpati rAvnliitlnnflrv ItlE
era had about decided they would ratherSj
a foolish chance than a friendly hint. Chigjj
Herald.
The wounding of J. P. Morgan by a'fn
sumed "crank" has no significance exciptl''
arouse sympathy everywhere for a victlaTij
Irresponsibility. St. Louis Post-Dlspatchffl
When the LaFollette law drives out theW
vessels now flying tho American flag therejU
bs new incentive to take up this questlon'vlB
the hope of a long-delayed but lasting solutBi
racoma Trioune,
Th nerslstent acltatlon In thla country ar
aruca
tho sale and export of munitions of war,TSi
had very little effect oxcept to drive a btda
disordered mind Into deeds of outrage andM
iciupicu murucr. opnngneia iiepuoiican.
Events that have occurred since the do
fall or the Diaz regime show Quito plainly
Mexico was unDreDarrd for nnv kind of;
better government than that which she'.S
been living under in peace and prosperity
a generation. Buffalo Commercial. II
When sublects of the kaiser demand ofM
American Congress to forbid American ciujjj
to engage in the manufacture and export!
ammunition, they ore undertaking a forcible.
lerierence with American rights, with Amen
commerce, with American property. Louiij
evening roat.
To support a merchant marine by Go;
ment operation Is only another way of :
ing It by subsidy, against which there!
tremendous obsession tn the Democratlo !
and such laws ab the seamen's net cana
add to the expense of that support and
lenance, unarieBion t'ost.
If Germany wants to continue on fr'J
terms with the United States she will
seek to prolong the controversy, becau
fresiaenvs note requires a definite rose
to whether the Qerman Government lnt
continue to violate the rules for maritime
fare in ner eunmarine nctlvHiea. Cava.
News.
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