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ritlLADELPIItA, WEDNESDAY, JULY SI, 1918.
The trouble with manu men la that thev or
not equipped with a aclf-slartcr.
$10,G10 for Housing
PHILADELPHIA lino tt Division of Hous
ing and Sanitation. That much Is cer
tain. But what kind of a division la nnothcr
matter.
Tho bill for lis creation was passed by tho
General Assembly; tho Mayor has Just signed
tho ordlnanco of Councils providing funds;
but what Is tho amount that our city legls-
la jatora navo mougnt suincicni to carry on u.
f S much-neglected and absolutely essential pub
lic work? It Is $10,C10. It is about a third of
what Councils thinks necessary to tho hous
ing of Its littlo expedition to San Francisco.
It Is $3610 less than tho total of tho modest
ualary list of tho division's first year. And,
at that, It is merely money transferred from
tho appropriations of other departments.
Thcro aro a host of vital interests served
In tho administration of a great city. Many
aro bo fundamental that proper enro was
provided for them far back In tho days when
the corporato body was littlo moro than a
policeman. Others as vital aro not so easily
recognized. Housing Is ono.of these. So long
as a man had a roof ho was thought well off.
It took bitter experience with dlscaso and
crime to mnko mon realize that tho sort of
roof mattered qulto ns much, and that it
mattered to tho well-roofed as much ns to
tho HI. Philadelphia has slowly learned that
lesson. Even ilioro slowly has sho been ablo
to Impress It on Councils. And now sho must
learn still a new one: It is tho blundering,
tho p' tlfogglng and, in tho last analysis, tho
eclf-c .tred callousness of tho men sho has
elected to legislative office But sho Is
learning!
Not a Time for Strikes
I AST winter Philadelphia and tho rest of
J tho country wcro called on for contri
butions of thousands, oven millions, of dol
lars to assist tho unemployed. Tho country
Is not yot through tho era of hard times. It
will not bo until tho war in Europo ends and
sound economy dominates tho conduct of
government at Washington.
It Is true, however, that demand for muni
tions has offered employment to thousands.
It Is tho first employment many of these
thousands have had in months. They need
the money, their families need It, and It
would bo a positive tragedy wcro they to
bo led at this tlmo Into tho desert by de
signing or other leadership.
Thoro was no irreconcilable difference at
Bridgeport and thero Is no lssuo elsowhero
that cannot bo met fairly and squarely by
arbitration. If employes aro entitled to moro
than they aro getting, arbitration would
essuro their getting It If, on tho other hand,
tho temporary prosperity of tho factories Is
not of such a character as to warrant higher
production cost, arbitration would so dccldo.
Bo much an Industry can stand and no
moro.
But this Is ,the important point. Let It bo
understood now that no labor troublo will
be permitted to cause tho shutdown of plants
and general Idleness. Tho workmen of Phil
adelphia, for Instance, the most prosperous In
tho world, aro not easily led astray. They
liavo much at etako and they know how to
protect their interests. A deliberate attempt
to embitter and envenom them Is not likely,
We imagine, to meet with much success.
Investigate!
THERE Is only one word for the Oklahoma
affair Investigate!
Tho Are beneath number one turret on tho
Alabama may have been due to defective
wiring. Tha fire beneath numbor one turret
on tho New Jersey may have had tho samo
beginning. But tho stubborn flres beneath
number ono turret on tho Oklahoma, flres
starting at a stage of building when defeotlvo
wiring seems an absurd supposition, and pro
ceeding with a fury that could hardly be ac
counted for by wooden shoring or cork calk
ing, suoh a trlplo clincher to a chain of acci
dents is a little outside easy-going explana
tion. Immediate Investigation and thorough In
vestigation Is the only safe course In suoh
days as these. It Is due the public mind as.
much as the nation's safety.
"Love Us While We Are Dirty"
GILBERT K. CHE8TBUTON one wrote
entertainingly concerning the great game
of "fooling the prophets." The game Is
played by the peoples of the world.. They
listen to the prophets, who Indicate that ao
contlng to nil precedent and of absolute ne
cessity one thing must happen. Then they
go and do precisely the opposite.
It rnakw prediction about Russia, a, par
tlcularly dangerous matter; but the hwwrd
w a splendid one. The history of social prog
itmt in Russia is the history of disastrous
wars. After the terrible Crimean War came
the emancipation of the serfs) la 1861. After
the humiliating fiasco with Japan tarns the
Iuu b. failure in many ways, but a con
caesion. a "' tbe K.-.B, watch has broken the
hack of 4i.ui.Mi-a. In contrast the success
ful ware t Knsn have been followed by
opprcawUn 1j ''" baud of war lay heavily
on those vi:j r.t.l Mde it prosperous.
So it would Mem that Russia must be U-
t..jMed bvfof it rasy be saved, that it must
iiiju the 1..31 tort art's of tbe body befurs
. tv-nt tiui u united Jt fcs fee said
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EVENING T;TCnfTTCtt-PTTTT;ABTCLlHIA:t WEDNESDAY, iwrji, IQTgi
that whosoover will savg his life shall loso
it. Tho opposlto Is no less true.
And yet those who think of Russia, ns tho
monstrous Bear, who remember only Its
harshness and tho bitter injuries of Us dally
life, cannot so dlsposo of Its power and its
grandeur. They forget that In nil Us traglo
centuries thoso hnvo loved It most who have
Buffered most, Who had least ennso to love.
"Lovo us whllo wo aro dirty," erica Nikolai
Gogol, "for nil will lovo Us when Wo are
Clean." So tho Russian loves Russia!
The Fit Survive
HIDDEN amonK Mr. Roosovclt's oxcorl
atory terms mny bo found tho thrend of
nn old Idea, nnmoly, that tho fit "survive.
What becomes of tho unlit Is not of extraor
dinary importnnco historically. Tho fit mnko
progress and progress makes llfo worth liv
ing. Tho pnp which certnln distinguished citi
zens hnvo been feeding this country lor
years, whether calling It pacifism or some
thing else, Is nmuslng to students of affairs.
It Is tho kind o'f stuff that was crammed
down England's throat, tho false reasoning
that mndo a Cassandra of Lord Roberts and
sent tho emplro Into tho crucial strugglo of
Us history unprepared. Englishmen mny
thank Providence that tho glory of tho navy
rendered lmposalblo tho entlro devitalization
of It, for thoso stool walla hnvo served at
leaBt to glvo n chanco to repair tho blunders
of other unprcparcdncss.
But it Is amazing that after England's ex
perience thero should bo found In tho United
States nny sympathy whatever for tho fal
lacies which led that empire Into tho deep
pits. It Is rcmnrknblo that men can gazo
on "tho lnconcelvablo conflict" which hns
becomo an nctunl conflict nnd yet talk nbout
tho Impossibility of nny nation over attack
ing us, of our lncomparabla Isolation, of our
ability to muddlo through. Mr. Roosovclt
says they aro cowards. Not so, but they nro
moro dangerous to tho nation than cownrds
could over be, for thoy nro plauslblo and en
snnro thousands by their sophistry.
It Is a frco country. Lot thoso who will,
bcllcvo that their dreams aro facts. But lot
tho millions of others, who can tell a spado
when thoy sco It, demand by voice and voto
that a defenso adequate to tho needs of this
great nation bo provided. Let them Insist
that tho Government bo prepared to defend
national rights. Lot them Insist that thero
bo naval and military efficiency. Wo want
no militarism; wo do want preparedness.
Tho dlffcrenco between tho two Is vast,
whether tho pacifists can sco It or not.
General Jlornn's Busy Berthas
PAT MORAN'S distinguished leadership
carries our Phillies steadily forward.
Even Sir Roger Bresnahan's Chicago Cubs
havo been unablo to stay their victorious
progress, but havo been sadly mangled In
their clashes hero. To bo sure, tho path to
tho pennant stretches far ahead, with Brook
lyn running neck and neck with Chicago
and Now York, Pittsburgh and St. Louis
thundering thrco abreast at their heels. It
Is tho keenest race tho National Lcaguo has
over known.
That clghth-lnnlng rally which literally
snatched victory out of tho Jaws of defeat
yesterday was merely an Indication of tho
Phillies' fighting qualities. Chicago Is a gamo
rival, but when two oveply matched teams
meet it doesn't take much to furnish tho bal
ance of power. Tho Phillies' aggressiveness
is furnishing It now. Thoy aro showing tho
samo qualities that tho lata Miko Murphy,
tho peer of America's trainers, referred to
in explaining the victory of ono of his teams:
"Thero's no way to lick a team that won't
bo licked."
No National League pennant has ever
waved In a Philadelphia breeze, but If good
generalship,' clean baseball and aggressive
ness can accomplish It, wo may bo treated to
that sight next October.
The Hand of Venizelos
VARIOUS strategists havo thrown tho
Balkans Into tho Great War, week In nnd
week out, slnco Turkoy first became Involved.
Tho falluro of their prophecies so far Is all
that deters even tho soberest of newspaper
readers from seeing tho Imminent entry of
Rumania, Bulgaria and Greece foreshadowed
In this week's nows.
Tho significance of Rumania's action In
barring tho transshipment of nrms to Turkoy
cannot be overestimated; whllo the open
declaration of Bulgaria's Premier that his
country's neutrality will not contlnuo Indef
initely, that Bulgaria only awaltB tho promlso
of Macedonia, suggests that tho war spirit
In tho Balkans Is crystallizing at last. The
hand of Venizelos Is busy, J
"Berlin Calls Orduna
Story.' " Sword fish?
Attack
Fish
Master Mollycoddle will please move over
and let brother Saphead sit down.
"Austrian Capital Admits Reverses."
Headline. Vienna rolls backward, as it were.
Strange that a Chautauqua tent should fall
before so .accustomed a strain aa a great
wind. J
Germany' has a new Incentive to Increase
har army of Russian captives; They make
good harvest hands. ,
'
It seems rather shortsighted of a man to
divorce a wlfo for desertion who made him
move fqur times a year for 10 years. Sho
might come back.
Russia Is tho champion optimist of all time.
Every mile of territory Germany takes Is
merely "loading up the Teutons with 1m
rnjnse areas of space."
There never was a transatlantic) voyager
who wasn't sure that he bad seen one or
more whales in passage. Now they are
awing submarines.
What an opportunity tbe Panama Exposi
tion managers missed! What would be bet
ter advertising than a Joint debate between
Roosevelt and BryanT
, -. , -
In US' desire to be our next Mayor Director
PtHrter Is emulating Mayor Thompson, of Chi
cago. II has ended two strikes In a single
day and Jm hasn't been nominated yet.
Liahsaln struck twice is tbe same place
when Taesdays storm visited Maryland.
Next taio sons archeologist will uuesrtb a
companion pic to teat spear that knows bo
brother.
DOGS ARE THE SAME
IN ALL NATIONS
But the Feeling of tho Nations
Toward tho Doga Differs Their
Attitude Revealed in Their Pro
verbial Wisdom.
A .m. p.. i -
By JOHN LUM
mTHttwtt AMffl. tint Mm revolutionary hero,
J: but ono of his descendants, oilco remarked
to mo thnt a dog Is a better friend than a
human being. "For," said he. "tho dog wilt
llo at your feet, ready at nny montont to
respond to your mood, whllo a human being
will go oft In a hurt If you do not respond to
his mood."
Ames bred Airedale terriers nnd exhibited
them In Phllndelphln, Now York nnd Boston,
uhtll ho won n championship for ono of them,
nnd then ho lost Interest In tho subject. His
mood for docs nnssed. but whcilovcr It re
turns tho dogs will respond ns though ho
had not neglected them for other amuso
ments. Tho Esquimaux havo put Ames' remark
Into a proverb based on a long cxperlenco In
tho Arctic wilds. Thoy Bay thot "A man's
best friend Is his dog, oven better than his
wife." Tho Brahmin blood of Now England
nnd tho bltibbcr-cntlng scnl hunter of tho
North renct in tho samo wny when brought
up ngulnst tho fncts of life. Men seem to
bo tho snmo In nil cllmntcs, nnd wo havo tho
authority of tho Spnnlsh for snylng that dogs
nro tho snmo also, for their proverb -makers
havo concluded that "Dogs havo tcoth In nil
countries."
As ono traces tho proverbial comments on
dogs through tho concentrated wisdom of tho
nations, their similarity is most impressive.
For example, tho Lutlns told ono nnothcr to
"Bowaro of a silent dog nnd still waters,"
concluded thnt "Dumb dogs nnd still waters
nro dangerous," and characterized an In
sidious trnduccr as "A dog that bites si
lently." Tho Russians, who wero slightly In
fluenced by tho Latin races, say that "Dogs
bark nnd tho wind carries It nwny," but tho
French, Spanish, Germans nnd English, who
havo inherited moro than thoy wish to ac
knowledge from ancient Rome, nil ngrco that
"Barking dogs don't bite," and wo havo also
In English tho warning to "Havo n caro of
n silent dog nnd stilt water," which Is clearly
a froo translation of tho Latin original.
When Dogs Aro Friends
Thoro Is n world of friendliness for animals
In tho English saying that "You cannot
teach an old dog now tricks." It calls up
tho plcturo of a youth making a companion
"of his dog nnd trcntlng him ns ho would a.
youngor brother whom ho was Instructing In
nrchory or showing how to uso a sling. Tho
early English pup must havo learned how to
beg for his dinner and must havo delighted
his master by retrieving a stick thrown in
tho brook beforo ho learned to hunt with tho
Intelligence of n thorough training. Tho
Italians put tho snmo Idea in tho saying that
"An old dog docs not grow used to tho col
lar," whllo tho English havo nnothcr version
of It In "An old dog ennnot alter hl3 way of
barking."
Tho French tell us that "Thoro aro good
dogs of all sizes," but this has not prevented
them from discovering that thero aro dog
haters who will Btop at no villainy to sat
isfy their grudgo. Thus, "A man who wants
to drown his dog says it Is mad." Franco Is
bo noar England that this saying crossed tho
channel and becamo acclimated In splto of
tho fondness of a nation of animal lovers for
ono of their best friends. But tho saying did
not orlglnato in Franco. It goes back to
tho Romans, who said that "Whoso Is de
sirous of beating a dog will readily find a
stick." .Tho Italians Inherited It from tho
Romans. When It got to Denmnrk It took
this form: "Ho thnt wants to hang a, dog
Is suro to And a rope," or to say that tho
dog bites tho sheep. And tho Germans toll
us that "When a man will throw at a dog
ho soon flnds a stone."
German Viow of Bashful Dogs
And tho Germans also, with what tho Al
lies would say Is characteristic assurance,
havo observed that "A bashful dog never
fattens." And tho Allies would also say that
tho Germans havo dono their utmost to dls
courago bashfulncss in themsolves and In
their dachshunds.
As you get Into Asia you find conflicting
views about dogs. Tho Tamils, of southern
India, whoso shins nro an easy mark for
sharp teeth, say that "On finding a stono wo
seo no dog and on seeing a dog wo find no
stone." as though a dog exists only to bo
stoned. A littlo farther east, In China, we
discover that "Dogs have moro good In them
than men think they have," a saying that
could not havo bocomo embedded In tho pro
verbial wisdom of any but a kindly raco with
a friendly feeling for all created things. And
tho democracy of tho dog is recognized by
tho Chinese when they say that ho "has no
aversion to a poor family," "and his faithful
Intelligence Is admitted In tho saying that
"The dog understands his master's nod."
Tho Orientals of Palestine, however, havo
always looked with contempt on dogs, or wo
should not havo had that famous question:
"Is thy Bervant a dog that he should do this
great thing?" Father Tabb has turned tho
phrase Jn a way that only a man could do
who had watched with affectionato Interest
tho effort of a beast to find his master. The
gentlo priest repeats Hazael's question: "Is
thy servant a dog?" and answers It:
so muse ne oe, wno in tiia crowaea street,
,, isc wtntiwcDa w,it aim ' .ttuuillIJi ICaSUfO
meet.
Amid the nolsomo footprints flnds the sweet
Faint vestige of Thy feet.
GETTING THE LAWN MOWED
From tha Cleveland Plain Deajer.
"There's no fixed rule for mowing a lawn,"
deelares the Marlon Star, but our own.observa.
tlon is that three days' unremitting' effprt dl
reeled toward one's young son brinks' the best
results.
1 ,,...
THE GRAND JURY REPORTS
Yes, now the July Grand Jurors have, finished
thlr labors,
Searching and probing along- whlje the weather;
was 'hot;
Turning the light on their somewhat unfor
tunate neighbors;
And now tbsy are through, they've reported;
SHBomed up, it la "8wat."
Solemn and1 short la the Jurors' report,
And this is the giet of "Its nwanfnsi
The Bureau of Health 1 la ntad of a wealth.
At Btockleyof nice mstftl sarsaalQaT.
For, behold, tbe cmoiaU of health have the pub
lic admonished
To kill off the fly jieatllautlal In whleh they
were wise;
But alas, in tbe kitchep sf kwkley the Jurors,
astonished
Saw thousands and thousands and thousands
ami tbousaads of 111!
Bather polite was the Juws lavtte
And yet, it could aa have been hotter;
Fei ibis is their U t Ue bosrd uU a rtp
"Go et jour w m wttli a swatter."
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;::?S - '41
t'i'"-,5 -"-'-S " t- vM
HUGHES AND THE PRESIDENCY
Although the Justice Has Declined to Allow the Use of His Name,
Men Are Still Tallying About Him as They Did Before the
Last Campaign, When He Withdrew in Favor of Taf t.
By GEORGE
CAN a man bo nominated for tho presi
dency against his will? No ono has over
declined tho nomination tvhon It hns been
mnde, though Alton B. Pnrker refused to ac
cept a nomination savo on a platforn? with
a monoy plank of his own drafting,
And tho vlco prcsl-
d o ntlal nomination
has been declined
only once.
Tho question Is In
teresting today be
causo men of all Re
publican factions nro
talking of Justlco
Hughes na a candi
date on whom they
could ngrco and be
cause Justlco Hughes
has said that ho dis
approves of tho uso
of his name, not
only for tho reason
justice HUGHES. that ho has no do-
slro to ro-cntcr politics, but becauso "as a
member of tho Supremo Court ho Is not
available."
ThW protest was Issued on May 4. At about
tho samo date In 1912 ho issued a similar
refusal to havo his namo considered. Presi
dent Taft, who had appointed him to tho Su
premo Court, was a candldato for renoml
natlon, and Justice Hughes, with the delicacy
befitting a gentleman and a Judge, declined
to enter tho raco against him. '
Ho was In tho running, however, all' tho
previous winter. In tho autumn of 1911 thero
was a conference of Republican leaders at
tho Union League Club in New York for tho
purpose of discussing possible candidates. It
was admitted that Mr. Taft could not be re
elected. Whatover his genius may be. It is
not political. Ho had mado so many political
enemies that ho was ono of tho weakest can
didates who could bo nominated. Ho had
scarcely a friend among tho big leaders. So
It was important thnt something should bo
dono If tho Republicans wero to win. Tho
conferees at the Uplon League Club talked
about the qualifications and strength of a
number of men. When they hud all had their
say, William Barnes, who had listened In
silence, arose In his place and spoke substan
tially as follows:
Barnes Favored Hughes in 1911
"It may surprise you gentlemen," said he,
"but my candidate Is Justice Hughes. Wo
want to nominate a man who can win, and
Hughes has a better chanco of winning than
any other. You know I do not like him and
that I fought him when ho was Governor;
but wo aro not seeking to gratify personal
grudges. Wo want victory."
During tho succeeding months there wero
many other conferences. Colonel Roosevelt
was active, and It was understood that ho
favored Hughes, President Taft was con
sulted, and an effort was mado to get him to
let It bo known that he was willing to Btand
aside for a stronger man. The negotiations
wero proceeding so satisfactorily that a mem
ber of Justice Hughes' family Is said to havo
told his friends that the Justice would bo the
candidate of tho party. Then Taft actively
entered tho race with tho determination that
he should not be tho only Republican Presi
dent to whom a nomination was refused. It
was not refused to Hayes, for he declined to
become a candidate for a Becond term bo
long before, the . plans for his successor
were made that there were no compilations
growing out of his olalms. When tho position
of Taft became definitely known Justice
Hughes Issued his historical withdrawal and
the light was on.
Hughe3 Never a Candidate for Anything
The muntaj attitude of Hughes toward po
litical offlce Js unique. He has never been a
candidate tot any office, in the sense that he
sought it. When he was conducting the in
sutsBce Investigation, In New York and
astonishing the lawyers by the thoroughness
of his knowledge and delighting the people by
his fearless puwult of crookedness, wherever
the trail led there was an attempt to capl
talize his popularity ay making him a oandj.
date far the mayoralty; but he quhskly
stopped it. He said that there was nothing
polttlcal In the investigation In which he was
engaged and that any attempt to make it
appear that it was a Republican attack upon
graft would destroy whatever value it had
He was so positive about It that there was
no more talk shout nominating him for any
oSee at that time. Bat he was soon drafted
iato the service of hla party to run fW tiu
THE SPIRIT IS WILLING BUT-
W. DOUGLAS
governorship.' Ho was elected, nnd served
with such fair-mindedness that tho practical
politicians had no uso for him and they wero
anxious to turn him down. Tho convention
met to nomlnato his successor, Hughes was
not represented by a slnglo dclegato who had
any authority to speak for him. The con
vention remained In session two1 or throe
days trying to work up courago enough to
nomlnato somo ono clso. But tho longer it
waited tho moro certain It appeared that
Hughes must bo Indorsed If tho party was
to bo saved from defeat. Then Hughes en
tered tho campaign for ro-electlon, or, rather,
ho stumped tho State.
Ho did not campaign for rc-clccttnn In the
ordinary meaning of thoso words. Ho was
tho most Indifferent man in the wholo party.
If tho Stato wished him to contlnuo to servo
It ns Governor, ho would respond to tho call
of duty. If It did not wish him to remain In
Albany, ho would return to his law practice
In perfect content. Old campaigners said
thoy had nover beforo seen a candidate bo
indifferent to his personal fortunes. Thoy
had seen mon enter a campaign without much
enthusiasm, but as it progressed tho man
grow Interested and becamo as eager to win
as any young collcgo student In n 100-yard
dash on the athletic field.
Believes the People Rule
But tho fundamental principle In tho po
litical philosophy of this man wns evidently
that tho peoplo rulo and that their verdict
must bo accepted, regardless of Its effect upon
the promotion or demotion of any man. He
put it up to tho voters In this way nnd mado
them understand that they, and not he, werei
on trial. Thoy could have what they wanted.
If thoy wanted tho kind of an administra
tion which ho had given to them, ho was
willing tp contlnuo It; but If thoy wanted an
other kind, they must assumo nil tho respon
sibility. Of course, ho was re-olected, and
ho served out his term and returned to his
law office.
Of such stuff la tho man mado whom Col
onel Roosovolt said In Portland, Ore., on
Monday tho Progressives could support for
tho presidency. Ho has riot been connected
with any factions.- Ho was in the safe seclu
sion of tho. courtroom during tho bitter fac
tional fight of 1912 which resulted In tho most
disastrous defeat the Republican .party has
known In Its whole history, and slnco then
ho has been attending to his Judicial duties.
When he was summoned to political office
in Now York against his will ho obeyed;.
Whother he would respond next year to tho
call of the Republican national convention Is
nn open question. There aro men who main
tain that ho would do what no man has ever
dono before and decline the nomination after
It was made, and thero nro others who be
lieve that his sense of duty Is so acuto that
he would turn his back on the Judicial career
which is to his liking and strive to serve his
country as President If It should so will But
Justice Hughes himself probably does not
know at this time what ho would do If. he
should bo nominated for the presidency with
any degree of unanimity,
GIBES AT VOTES FOR WOMEN
To tht Editor 0 the Uvenbifl Ledger; '
,.,B1Tl, n?t,'wltn ntHt the conversion ot
MUs Minnie C. Lavln, once an ontl-euffraslst,
to the cause of suffrage within a very short time
on the poatofnea plaza; in fact, it took but a
few minutes to effect tho change, and "she was
carried away with what the speaker said and
remained spellbound for one whole hour." Far
be it from me to criticise the fair sex, but It is
really ludicrous, and only goes to prove how
readily and how easily women may be infill,
enced. Now this is not generally tho case with
one woman addressing another, but as it has
proved to be so in this Instance, hqw long
would she hold any opinions of her own when
addressed by the other sex? I feel sure Miss
Lavln will not lose her femininity and. as she
says the ballot will raise women's wages and
thus the wherewithal to marry, I trust ahe will
ft "P 'he history of suffrage' In Colora&Wor
the last 40 years and give us some faets about
the raising of wanes put there. RIBNZI.
Philadelphia, July SO. . "la1-
THINKS WILSON IS NOT BIG ENOUGH
Te the Editor of the Bvtntna Ledger:
Sir No one will deny ,that it is our duty to
support the President In this crisis, but this
can apply only so long as he shows himself
capable of upholding the prlnelplis on whtsh
our Government is founded. The United Mates
was a signatory to The Hague conventloM
which the Germans have violated wtateto
without oae official protest from uT Tffey hava
sunk our vessels and murdered our oUJzTns
atuTwe have spent two months wnding dh
tomafio notes endeavoring to obtain a pfomiie
MS'., U " w again, tmSZ
oblivious of the utter wortblessaess oxTurom
1m, vo should w nuccesd i oktsinln it
from thoM who have openly avowed t&eu uJ
ressect for premises or treaties which eeaflut
with what they aro pleased to call their prog. JB
rcss. J. no .t'rosiaent snoweu jub inaDiiuy to J
grasp tho situation in its broader sense when'
ho told Americans it was their duty to bs neu-,
tral In n case where the question was ono of
right and wrong. llau tho united States taken '
a fearless arid decisive Btand nt tho beginning i
of tho war against tno violation or international j
law and, human rights many lives would havej
been saved and wo would not now bo In th6
humiliating position of trying to coax Prussian'
nutocracy to npologlzo for murdering our cIl-Tl
Izcns. Mr. wllson Is a learned man. with thel
best Intentions, but ho lo not nnd never hasiM
Philadelphia, July 19. ' ' tfm
WPIY EUROPE NEEDS COTTON'
Big Guns Consume Ten or Twelve Bales JB
in a Minute,
From Fearion'a Weekly.
Thero is no bullet or shell propelled In modern
warfare unless thero Is a supply of cotton for
the explosive which sends It from tho gun.
It .Is tho big guns that eat up guncotton. For
Instance, a 12-lnch gun uses up 300 pounds o(
guncotton every tlmo It Js fired. Thnt Is aa'
much ns Is employed In the firing of 42,000 shots
from tho .ordinary rifle. It Is equal to the
amodnt that would bo used In tho firing of
noia gun iso times.
Guncotton is also burned at a great rate In:
nny coninct Between oatuesnips. jv single oat-;,
tlcshlp can use from COOO to C000 pounds a minute, ,
or from 10 to 12 bales of cotton a minute, in fir-'
lng all its guns. In fact, it hns been calculated
during tho wnr thnt every Innocent snipioad ot
American cotton crossing tho Atlantic to Ger
many Is the cause of killing or wounding 500 of
our men. ,il
Another estimate shows that every IN yirdsilffK
of trenches require for their' defenmJ5,000''-fc'
rounds of small arms ammunition. Now,,aa-... --,-,
sumo that the lines of trenches along both '.i
fronts at the present war In tho East and West
should cover D00 or 600 miles. For their defense. ,yf
a dally expenditure of -w, WO, 000 cartridges
would be required. That ,1s equivalent to 340,
tons of guncotton.
This guncotton has entered so thoroughly
Into ammunition of all nations that It Is difficult
to realize that trife.compound was only discovered .
in JMS By the awiss clicmist, acnoDem. no
Invented it by treating cotton wool with a mix
ture of nitric and sulphuric acids. He then
had It washed, with -water and dried, and even
(today Its appearance hardly differs from that,
UL illV CUUUII WUUL irUIU WJ1IUU l iO IlirtllUiwv
tured.
The effect of guncotton Is not obtained by set
ting It on fire, ns Is the esse with ordinary'.
gunpowder, in ract. when a ngnt is pui to n
It simply burns with a rapid flare and does not
exDlode.
To make It disintegrate suddenly It hns to be $
"detonated." This can be' done by hitting It ay
hnrd blow on an Iron base, but, it is usually ex-,
ploded by tho use of n "detonator," composed
of fulmlqate of mercury made by dissolving
mercury In n mixture of nitric acid nnd aiconoi,
It s a graylsh-whtte powder, discovered by'anj
I3ngll8hmnn nnmed Howard, and Is used for'
percussion caps, for the slightest blow or rlae of
tpmnprntiirn will ntiun It in eynlnrlf. '
It should also be remembered that 10 tons of
cotton furnish about 18 tons of cuncotton, ana
the eminent chemist, "Sir William Ramsey, cal-,
culates that Germany started this war with s
reserve of 900 tons of guncotton.
SUMMER PIAZZA REPARTEE
From tha Grand Haplcls Press
"I think I'll buy a tub frock."
"That ought to be Just the thing for yourl
ngurp, my oear."
HOW BERLIN CONQUERS LONDON
From London Opinion.
Now that an aerial rnlder linn actuallv EOt
to London, It Is proposed to rename the prln-jj
cipai morougnfare of a certain "outlying diM
incr- unter aet zeppelinden.
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THE NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
The death of Frank would be a pitiful cllrowu
to such a record of cruel persecution as cioj
narmy do paralleled in history, New Jjfi
nmes.
Fighting a war by science has this advan
tage over tha old way, that a man of 83 yeaMJ
of age, like Sir William Crookes, who heads tbn
iiriusn invention Board, may still be of gre
military use to his country. New York Woti
It was a happy thought on the part of Yl
glnlans and a good ruling of tho BattleniK
uornmission which will result in the erectly
and dedication next October of a statue of Gen
eral Ie on the Held of Gettysburg.-New YorJC
ITCEH,
If there Is anything certain about the w
anything which cannot ba altered. It Is UO
stand which this country has taken on the qufj
tlon of. supplying arms and munitions iof wH
to any and all nations that choose to buy-'
Cleveland . Leader.
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