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fact that the middleman takes care of the
bulk of trade. It would simply become im
possible If every purchaser tried to And a
producer; Rtid even If the average lnte-cdmer
located the farmer with the proper goods still
unsold he would meet a condition of comJc
titlon such as boosts the middleman's prices
today.
In general, the necessity for the middleman
must be admitted and faced. On close In
spection his drawbacks aro principally those
of degree. On the one hand, his organisa
tion isn't fluid or comprehensive enough to
make quick adjustments in prices for new
sources of supply. On the other hand, any
Impulse toward such beneficent efflclency Is
apt to be negatived by a hankering after big
profits. Human disabilities make the middle
man 'the evil that he often is.
Organization Is naturally the only cure.
It may be organisation of tho present mid
dlemen, the large commission merchants, for
Instance, Into an association rigidly super
vised by tho municipality, as In many Kuro
pcan cities. It may be tho Institution of
municipal markets and cold storage plants,
as In Cleveland. Or It may bo tho creation of
such co-operative stores and distributors as
finnlnnd has lone known and BUch as aro
now establishing themselves in various East
ern cities. The now co-operative socloty in
West Philadelphia wilt bo watched with
much Interest nnd possible profit.
The Slogan t
THE rtepubiican party next year will not
need much more of a platform and slogan
iffid wealth of this countrv depends upon the
labor of the average man. Jt also da
pendi upon tho aMIIti' of the excep
tional man to multiply the value
of the product of the labor of
, the average man, and both t
, are entitled to their
I reward.
Position of Untied States Can Do Vindicated
t Diplomatically
rTTIUE British notes are diplomatically weak
J. In two particulars. It Is plainly a mis
take to urgo Germany's violation of Interna
tional law as an excuse for British aggres
sion on the high seas, for It parallels the pica
of Berlin that German high-handed methods
aro excusable on account of English meth
ods. On this point tho last American note to
Germany was emphatic. It declared that tho
Illegal actions of one nation could not be
recognised by tho United States as a reason
for similar Illegality on the part of another
nation, so far as American Interests were
concerned. Secondly, tho British claim 'that
n&w conditions warrant arbitrary changes In"
International law, for Britain's benefit, Is ex
actly the brief submitted by Bcrjln In sup
port of murderous submarine activity. It is
of extreme Importance to England at this
tlmo to ertforco the sanctity of international
layW as It oxlsted before the war began, for
to throw pft Its shackles is to invito Germany
to do likewise. '
For a blockade to bo legal two things are
necessary it must bo effective and it must
be Impartial. The blockado of Germany Is
neither. There Is not oven a nominal effort
to blockado the Baltic ports. Trade between
Sweden nnd Germany Is unobstructed. Tho
blockade. In other words, works against tho
United States, but docs not work against
SWedon. It Is, therefore, not applied lmpar-
tlally against tho ships of 'all nations.
The doctrine of continuous voyage is
American doctrine, enunciated by the Su
preme Court. The United States declared
Ha right to provent irado between England
and Bermuda, where It was clear that a par
ticular cargo was not really Intended for
Bermuda at all, but was to bo transshipped
thero and sent Into the Confederacy. That
is good law now. But England goes further.
She Is holding up practically our ontlro trade
with purely neutral countries, even when It
Is non-contraband and thero Is merely a sus
picion that Germany is tho ultimate destina
tion. She la also holding up cargoes of
American-owned goods, bound not to, but
from, Europe,
Our losses Incidental to the blockade are
not irremediable, however, The national
honor Is no't affected. We can cling to our
pojjtloa tenaciously and support it before an
Impartial tribunal wlthput loss of dignity or
prestige. That undoubtedly Washington In
tends to do, for "the Government of the
United States wl continue to contend for
that freedom (of the seas), from whatever
quarter violated, without compromise, and at
any cost."
Tbere are fire-eaters who wish an ultl-
!g"ntum sent to England and others who want
& to send our armies Into Germany, Thero Is
V'ii Maanti tn t.1lttrA linwAVAi, Hint a 1...11 ..
&& ., nv, ., .wtiuv,, t,b is mjfiit ug
nuiB u puoiain uui ,voiuuii, crummy Willi
England, by diplomatic means; and It is
mtjre thin probable that Germany will con
tinue the policy of the lost few weeks, which
br(ngs submarine warfare within the letter
of the law.
than this:
Protection for
Our Shores.
Our Industries,
That Is a creed of good Republicanism and
of good Americanism, It carries the note of
safety and prosperity.
The Committee of One Hundred Swings
Into Line
THE Commlttco of One Hundred will bo
feady for action. Once tho cnt of the Or
ganization Is out of tho bag and Jumping,
tho committee will bo prepared to take tho
proper action to safeguard public Interest,
At tho meeting of Its Executive Committee
last night, it showed its very evident ln
tontion of getting into the mayoralty fight
In the way that will mean another Adminis
tration of tho calibre of Mayor Blnnkon
burg's. Meanwhile the commlttco Is doing two
fundamentally necessary things. It Is urging
every Independent voter to go out and
register for tho coming primary. Further,
It Is mulling over tho advisability of creat
ing a wholly now party, on strictly local
lines, with good city government as its one
object and no entangling alliances to rebuff
tho adherents of any national party. Tho
Issue may never coma to that, but If It does
the Committee of One Hundred will bo pre
pared, And meanwhile the Organization will
grow aa nervous over such talk as over tho
names of possible Independent candidates.
A nervous organization Is a boon to any
city.'
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g- la Councils Afraid of Business Methods? '
"f nflHE farce-comedy which Council nniu
in .. ..... ..:. :
.w.i 41.IU..V.B .a nnii uumiib. xne Muni
cipal. Quarter Sessions and Common Pjeas
Courts are still Issuing writs of mandamus
Which will bear Interest till Councils gets
' back at work nnd nnnmnrlAina tnA a
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meej lomumain expenses, u'nat Is economy!
Tiiat is roreaignt! That Is civic annlty!
The prise puxzle of America life Is, Why
ea't a city conduct itself on the lines of
legitimate business 7 No firm, capitalized
jm. jne minions mat it would take to erect
and maintain Philadelphia's municipal or
ganMatlon, would think of managing Its
finances la this haphazard, dilatory way,
-eVep If Hs creditors were foolish enough to
permit It, Why should a city?
The alternative has been pointed out end
lessly. Tlrae, nd again Mayor Blankenbur
"has urge4 toe adoption of the bqdget system
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tmvn taw noministrotion abroad. What
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The Middleman Neither Safnt Nor Devil
CTTTHAI la a middleman, anvwav? .Tnt
f H ow, of wwr,, bounteous nature
feSrajn'1'''"""'" ne farmer ana Wjh oip te-
w. ,..- ut w fnnie nawiieaa 6ln t
"" " iMnntx at ajwt&or, tt jM.
dhwian la a. larg-sts4 rd devil with hsrna.
that t a picture t&st has tws'justj
ttgjttgptority, and it ewialaiy am fc
Pi Jteman to ttwi last analysis. j
tpmmt Ww tonveyor He take
Jif vqSutt fecpt tto farrow and puts it in
rt,iM f tba eosuwr That work of
pirUK. traapwtaUoi, dtswibHMoa and
mi tmsfoi to X dotvi.
m, Mltd &stm common orr4r Ilk
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pyt tfce rmr od kouMWlr in diraci
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God of the Fields as Well as Churches
NCE upon a tlmo It was sacrilege to
pray to God In nny building but a con
secrated church. No,w it 1b "doing Satan's
and not Christ's work" to pray in the open
fields. The unfortunate part of this attack
on Sabbath services In tho parks, ns of that
upon the "meeting house," is that It suggests
tho rancor of commdrcial competition. Such
open-air services Induce many to "leave their
churches nnd Sabbath schools.1' Tho de
population of tho church grows apace.
Thero are two answers to such narrow
talk. Tho peoplp who feel religion as a
solemn sacrament requiring a fabric nnd a
ritual of worship, demanding tho separation
of the body from the ordinary things of life,
will go to the churches no matter what
temptations "picnic services" offer; theirs
Is a conviction from within, not a compul
sion from without. On tha other hand, there
is not only the soul that can worship God
Jn'HIs own sky-domed cathedral; there Is
the average well-meaning person who must
be wooed to worship. Better fields of Buch
people at "picnic worship" than one or two
sitting rebelllously In church for respecta
bility's sake.
Colorado Takes Another Step Backward
CONFESSIONS to a priest are privileged.
Confessions to a lawyer aro privileged.
But confessions to a Judge, confessions to a
Juvenile Judge, who has that most difficult
of tasks, winning truth by winning confi
dence, such outpourings of youth are com
mon property, That Is the verdict In Colo
rado. But Colorado, we must remember, Is
principally noted, if we put Judge Llndsey's
famp aside, as place of Industrial war and
legal brigandage.
The illoglc of the decision against Judge
Llndsey Is enough to try any one's patience
with Amerjcan-made law, ItB results, If up
held, will be far worse, It means making tho
work of the Juvenile Judge Infinitely more
difficult than It already la. Judge Llndsey's
fine personality and his straight fight In this
case may still preserve the children's confi
dence in htm. But what about bis neighbor
Judges and his successors?
CIVILIZATION STILL
ALIVE AND KICKING
The World Remains Faithful to the
Bathtub and What It Represents
Despite All Wars and Rumors of
Wars.
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By B. K.' LITTLE
BECAUSE a man puis on overall to do a
dirty pleoe of work does "that signify
that ho has lost all taste, for whlto gldvea,
a lop hftt nnd evening clothes? If some one
sets fire to his house will he, therefore, wave
a sad gopd-by to his bathtub, to his stbam
heat, to his evening paper arid the Inherited
nnd Ingrained habits of n thousand years,
and go off In a pet to pass the rest of his
llfo In a cayo? If the fire of a great war
breaks out in the world doeB that mean that
we have kissed our old friend Civilization an
everlasting gobd.by?
No, Not necessarily,
Did you ever look at a bathtub In tho
proper light? Ever think what It really Is
nnd means? It's the cornerstone of human
socloty. Do you suppose tho mere matter of
a world war Is going to make a man give
up his bathtub nnd nil that goes with It?
A year ago, when this row broke out In
the human family, people with chattering
teeth warned us as solomnly ns they could j
in incir nysieria tnat 2i nours or sucn a wnr
would send 21 centuries of civilization back
to dcmnltlon barbarism, Thoy saldt
"Millions of men will bo killed. The an
cient slumbering lust of slaughter will rise
again In men and make them beasts, Cul
ture will drop away from us all like a
cracked veneer!"
Forgot to Shiver
Tea, but wait a minute. Thus far some
thing over 300,000 Englishmen havo died In
battle, they sny. It la very sad, very mlserr
able and lnoxcusable. It Is almost as many
as die of consumption every year In peaco
nnd civilization In England alone. Thnt, too,
Is very sad and Inexcusable, It Is all the
more lnexcusablo because the leisure of
peace should glvo us plenty of time and
overy opportunity to end such a sorry waste.
All the same, year after year, that wasto
has gone on, and wo never shivered for the
fa to of dear old civilization until tho lesser
but moro spectacular wnsto of war shook us
In our laziness. We havo never permitted
mine disasters that kill their hundreds,
Eastlands that kill their thousands, in
dustrial accidents that yearly kill their hun
dreds of thousands, to shako our faith in
civilization nnd our love of tho bathtub.
"Oh," the alarmists grunted, "there may be
survivors of this war. Even Noah survived
tho flood. But the Arts will be dead, and
Science nnd Philosophy. There may be peo
ple left allvo when this Is over, but what
will they bo 'like? Wo Bhall all havo to go
back and begin again where Noah left off."
i Well, a hundred years ago this year, thoy
thought things had come to an end when
Napoleon broke loose again and got tho
world by tho cars. For nn excellent reason
ho was a far more terrible menace than
nnythlng nfoot today. He was a man of
genius and perhaps tho greatest captain of
all time Yet since ho lived and shook tho
world steam navigation has come In. With
It came tho stationary engine and the fac
tory system that brought us a greater revo
lution forward than forty Napoleons could
take us backward. Ho never stopped a man
nnmed Morse from Inventing tho telegraph.
Ho never held up for a second tho telegraph,
tho electric light, and wireless, and the aero
planesaye, and the bathtub. Every Sat
urday night Simon Smith gets a better bath
than Napoleon ever had, In spite- of all Na
poleon's genius to prevent It.
Do you know that nt the very tlmo Napo
leon was persundlng the timid thnt the world
had come to nn end, nnd with It the Arts
and Science nnd Philosophy, another person
of genius named Jane Austen wns quietly
composing humorous novels that never In a
single line or word refer to tho convulsion
thnt was then shaking the world?
Today you probably lod Httlo Willie to
tho photographer's to have his picture taken
while he is young and beautiful, so that if
tha dog bit him or an automobile ran him
down rou might still havo something" to re
mind you of hbw ho looked But do you
know that you might never have had that
picture of Willie, that the mdving- picture
which entertains you every night, that the
whble art and business of photography which
(fives you Instantaneous picture") of the
Eastland" and mementoes of John Drew
would never have been had not a man
named Dagucrre discovered and developed
the wohders of photography while German
guns we're thundering during the siege of
Paris In tho wnr of 1870?
"Welt, but," the alarmist said, "think of
tho financial wreckage. Even If men con
tlnue to havo a taste for the arts and the
sciences the money to carry them forward
will be lacking. Think of the immediate
ruin, Business is done on credit and this
war will snap apart Ih a month tho great
fabric of credits that It has taken several
cehlurles to construct. And think of the
enormous debts saddled on posterity. They'll
clog civilization surely!"
Lot's think of that, too. Most men will
agree that with a house, a motor and an In
come of five or six thousand a year they
could ralsa. ahd clotho A family, have a rea
sonable amount of golf and theatre and be
happy. The fact Is thnt the world would be
n good deal happier and healthier, saner and
moro contented if nobody had much moro
than that. It Is a further fact that England
nlono could settle her whole war debt with
the money that her peoplo habitually spend
every year above lhat reasonable competenco
on diamonds, on yachts and horses, on su
perfluous finery that bores them and ruins
their digestions and causes poorer people to
strlko nnd riot In envious protest. Every
year England wastes on extravagance nn
amount fairly comparable with the huge
sum spent now to kill oft Germans. This has
gone on for years and civilization has never
felt its dying pulse In nlarm,
"Well, anyway," says tho cheerful alarm
ist, "look at the Germans. They've taken us
straight back to barbarism, with their gas
tiombs, their treatment of Belgium, their
sinking of the I.utrltnnla and nil tho rest
of It."
Back to Barbarism? Not Yet
WHAT OF MAYOR THOMPSON NOW?
a raUnntfni "Possibility" Assists in an "Intimate IntervifJ
Mvth bf the Car Strike Settlementr-Lorimerism Redivivus
A Remarkable unapter m mumm xvuuva,
By WILLIAM L. CHfNERY
iH .(ntr.T.lt rntTrtMPHON Was dIS
They might havo had us back In barbar
ism already If we had felt no Indignation at
nil these things. But our old friend civiliza
tion Is not quite dead bo long as there Is
ono country left to protest against such
things ns wo havo protested. No, this coun
try Is on higher ground than It was oven In
1776. Then we were lofty nnd Independent
and strong for tho rights of man, chiefly for
the benefit such a stand might bring to our
own sweet selves. In the Civil War, whllo
we wero fighting slavery on general humani
tarian principles, we were also fighting for
tho material good of remaining a solid
country. Today there Is nothing In our
stand but huhnanlty, pure and simple. We
are standing up not for ourselves, but
for the rights of man anywhere In the world.
If you want to be sure that civilization is
still alive look about you.
No, sir, come what may, you can't get man
to renounce his bathtub, and all that goes
with It.
"A CHIP OF THE OLD BOCK"
The Shelblna Torchlight prints n note re
ceived by n public school teacher there: "fiear
Mis Tou rite me nbout whlppln Sammy. I
hereby give you permission to bent, him up any
time It Is neecBBary, to learn his lesson. Ho Is
Just like his father you have to learn him
with a club. Found nolego into him. I want
him to get tt and dont nay no attention what
his father says I'll handle him." Kansas City
Times.
TO 'A DEAD POET
Tou who heard the softest singing of the shyest
flowers,
How we wonder what the ringing of the Un
imagined Hours
Tells you In your listening!
Is It wholly new?
Does a dewdrop glistening
Still sing clear to you?
Tou who, roamed the sun-swept places gath
ering each song.
Need we wonder Wider Spaces called you
Forth, where you belong?
As you sang to us the glories
Of the flowers of the sod,
Are you singing now our stories?
Who 1b hearing God?
O. C Allen, In Southern Woman's Magazine.
From King to Kaiser
IT HAS been the unhappy fa'te of Kaiser
Wllhelm of Germany that, with a reputa
tion for originality, he is constantly being
anticipated In his major activities. Before
Wllhelm barred Richard Strauss, a Bavarian
monarch patronized Richard Wagner; be
fore Wllhelm entered Russia, Napoleon took
Moscow.
But a more serious case comes to light
in a reading of German history. In 1847
Frledrlch Wllhelm IV, King of Prussia, cried
out when the question of constitutional
government came up: "No written sheet
fit nnnAi. ahall AtfAw ihmtl !., .....
ST !!.!J! -! XZXZ
ana tuisjand!"
There you have the phraseology of the
"sorap of paper" and the Insldtpus thought
of "Oott mlt una." So 1847 speaks to I9lti.
And in 1848 there was a revolution In
Germany.
The Jitneys appear to have fllad that bond
down to the quick,
'l"l 1 . 111 I .
Like the leaning t$wr af PUa, Waytw Is
a long time falling.
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"Nobpdjr hooie" protects nithsr houaea
nor humans from x plosions of suh.
y ma " ii j i,i.
Thl A1U doa't swm to be pro0siy gi.
loping aerosf tb flaUlpU peninsula.
The ly lwwH jart of PMladelphi.a at
njtht J ilia .toseta. The berat aren't com
rtalalnif. Tw Ukmm4 u tuuuiiea daw u t
f1" f Jy flw,,, m w(wt te
ft itm ui Inderal
VIEWS OF READERS ON TIMELY TOPICS
Pedestrians and Carriage Drivers Who Enjoy the "Forbidden Road" Along
the Wissahickon More American Opinions on Aspects
of the European War.
of carriages, horsemen and pedestrians, but
to the nutomoblllsts themselves.
In the first place, the roadbed Is entirely un
fit for automobiles, as It la now as the Park
roads were before the special automobile road
'JLiUIp "S.. ntwen 'he entrance to "The
of about three miles, the road la In fine con
dltlon for carriage driving; beyond Valley
Gr,en o the Andorra Nurrles the road In
"J" Ba.1dy nnd, - Automobiles would
ruin the entire roadbed within n short time.
,Ji,he 8.con1 .pIace' "The forbidden Itoad" is
tortuous along Its entire five miles, with some
ThFrdlvrnt3hBmnf ut"""'lllng dangerous?
Jnitiut?' Vhe "f. ,a now t0 narrow for auto-moblling-the
entire roadbed would have to be
widened. This would necessitate considerable
blasting and revision, and the expenditure of
largo sum of money, and eve then It would be
mZY.0"" T carr,aSM' horsemen and pedeV.
Lastly, the Upper Wissahickon Drive is a ma
nlflcent spot. The air 1, pure and InvlgoraTlnl"
It l so peaceful and beautiful, with larBe evef-
which should be permitted to wtota (,n.,wS
beauty and for the benefit of tho whf. n
IrfJP'.. Park .Commissioner &Q &
Phtlad,.ph,a, August ,.WALTER a Q0LD'
LET EUROPE GO ITS OWN WAY
To the gdttor of thv Bptnlng ledger-
trl!r7td,?na7.n7wtr1e,',;0a7 aT CU";
In Washington. D. c called . -w "
proclamation. On the first davnf SaHly
173. the French RepSbll" aec?areSfwe,bn,arr
against Qreat Britain, and btgtn JFJSnK
fraught with danger to the Unfted-vlt.?'Uot
well as to the neonle of m,,-. a 8,ate"'
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir In your Issue of the 2d Instant you pub
lish an article on what you term "The For
bidden Iload," with tho heading, "Five miles
of beautiful drive closed to automobiles In order
to give carriages and horseback riders a safe
path,"
I have known the Upper- Wissahickon for
many ye,ars and have talked with many persons
about It, and have never before heard It called
"The Forbidden1 Road," a designation evidently
designedly used to create prejudice and In entire
harmony with the somewhat disingenuous char
acter of the whole article.
The Impression is sought to bo given that this
lovely bit of nature In the Upper Wissahickon
Is preserved for the use of carriages and horse
back riders. It Is true that horsemen use It,
because It is scarcely possible for them to
uee any other roads anywhere; but for one
horseman who travels along the Upper Wissa
hickon, COO pedestrians And pleasure there, and
these pedestrians are not an exclusive Class for
which luxury has been provided, but they are
the plain, sometimes the very plain, people of
Manayunk, Roxborough, Manatawna, and Bar
ren Hill on the one side, and tho people of
Chestnut Hill, Mt. Airy and Qermantown on
the other side. They are not crowding there
at every hour of the day, sometimes there
are few there, but at times, particularly on
holidays, Saturday afternoons, Sundays and at
certain seasons of the year when picnicking Is
engaged In, they are there In great numbers)
children, fathers and mothers, and grand
parents. There are no footpaths, the drive Is
narrow, winding, precipitous, full of unexpected
turns and declivities. These family parties and
young people who go there walk stretched along
the road from side to aide. Conceive the dan.
ger.to such parties If even a single automobile
should come suddenly plunging around the cor
ner, gtvlng no time for escap.e.
Your writer grieves over bU Inability to drive
up to Indian Rock Perhaps It may help him to
know that hs may find a perfectly good road In
Springfield avenue leading down to the bridge
near Valley Green Inn where he may leave his
automobile e
The automobtllst doing this may then walk s
few yard along the WUfahickon and seme to
the dMlred Indian Rock.' He will see it then
to bttr advantage and with a elear wnlne.
fwllns that be has not poUed the pleasure of
oihjr BWU nor made Impossible the use of the
dr(ve to the large number of people who do
not own automobiles and who are now dally
usjRf it. PSDB5TOIAN.
Philadelphia, Aygust 4,
ON TUB WISSAHICKON
To f he Editor of the Evening Ittiger
Sir I was much intemtad In your photogranh
of "The rorbldden Rd" ftnd the ! V
omp4Mylng It in yesterday Issue. Tbs upper
WfoMMeMtM Drive la my favorite rsndeivou
to eawtip drirtng. irtul fcre driven over
m twA a good many Hpjj, my unfelawd
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autaiybH M It m Mists, m&w ml-
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MAYOR, "BIIiL" THUAiraun " ",
tlnctiy pleased when he learned that the
peoplo of Philadelphia were Interested in his
career. For Chicago's sportsman chieftain
has lately been spoken of as ft presidential
possibility, and to
'possibilities'' tho
sound of humming
bees Is melodious.
As soon ns ho con
veniently could Ihe
Interruptions wore
many his Honor
settled down In a
comfortable chair
and began chewing
WILLIAM H. Thompson a huge cigar by way
of preparation for nn
"Intimate interview." It was an interesting
figure he made, tall, bulky, bronzed from
much snlllng on the treacherous Lako Mlchl
irnn. where ho has earned the title of "com-
modpre" among yachtsmen. His shoulders
are Immense, his Chest Is deep nnd In the
twenty odd years since ho was n football
player his girth has widened to tho extent
of n number of round fat Inchesi But withal
thero was about him tho feeling of great
physlcnl power.
With celebrities, it Is said, preliminaries
should bo brief, and accordingly Mayor
Thompson was asked how first ho became
Interested in politics. He was silent for a
minute or two and then left tho small office
where he is nccustomod to meet reporters
nnd entered his formal chamber. Soon ho
emerged with a husky young man whom ho
announced as "Eugene Pike, City Comp
troller." Starting in Politics
"Pike, he wants to know how I got Inter
ested In politics. You got me Btartcd. You
tell him." And Pike narrated how, back in
1899, William Halo Thompson was persunded
to run us Alderman of the old 2d Ward and
how Thompson had won. Then Pike was
called out and his Honor took up tho story,
detailing his fight for a municipal playground
for children. It was a pretty chronlclo of -an
apathetic city being aroused to see tho needs
of childhood and finally of being Inspired to
provide for those needs.
William Halo Thompson was elected
Mayor of Chicago, because through him
as a weapon the people of tho city
thought they wero punishing those who
had Injected religious issues Into politics,
those who had raised tho German Issuo,
those who had attacked the public school
system and those who seemed bent on de
livering the government of the municipality
to a handful of great corporations.
Tho consequence was that William Halo
Thompson did come Into office with few
strings. As ho says, ho is free In the sense
that few executives of great American cities
have ever been able to boast. But at this
point, to understand the man, It la only Just
to hear his enemies and to recall the Incident
of "Eugene Pike, City Comptroller." A sig
nificant card pretending to be humorous is
in circulation. It reads: "William Halo
Thompson, representing Fred Lundln, Mayor
of Chicago,"
Fred Lundln, the shrewdest of the old
Lorlmer leaders who survived tho storm, Is
the recognized political adviser of the Mayor
of Chicago. The City Hall reporters tell tho
story that on a recent occasion Mayor
Thompson was asked for a list of the ap
pointments he Intended sending to tho Coun
cil that night.
According to tho yarn, it was then 4 o'clock
and the Council meeting was hardly three
hours away. "I haven't received them yet,"
the Mayor Is alleged to have said.
"When aro they coming?" a reporter
asked.
"I expect them any time from the Sherman
House," is tho reputed reply. The Sherman
House was the political headquarters of the
Thompson campaign.
Thompson called In Pike to explain his
Initial interest In politics. That touches the
heart of the situation. Thompson came Into
contact with social and political forces of
whose meaning he had not tho slightest glim
mer, say his enemies, and these forces made
him. "A fool for luck" Is their way of stating
It, but ono must always remember as salt
for this charge that ambition and Jealousy
are the strongest instlhcts In politicians.
The Legend of the Strike
Mayor Thompson hardly had assumed of
fice when he was confronted with the street
car strike. A legend has gone abroad con
cerning the settlement of that strike which
pictures his honor as a superman forcing the
angry managers and union leaders toward
mediation despite everything. Chicago knows
thnt tlln iMtV tvnA tied lltl Itvn ,1... ii
street car strlko. Chicago knows, XoJ,M
mediation was ontamea in. the Mnyqpgjjs
flee at the end of nn all-night session. ' h
Chicago gives "Bill Thompson" credit, j
The progressives fall to concur Ih (1
opinion, tfhey say that a progressive !
socialistic leadership In tho City CouiS
gave afTalrs such a turn that the eompalifi
had to surrender. Thompson's first atrij
program was a thousand extra pollcemtt
fifty thousand rounds of ammunition tmSf
large special appropriation. The AldernS
blocked that program. When tho fempefff
the city wns seen, an about-face was uir
and arbitration had won. Later the men 1$
their Increase in wages. That Is a geifuli
gain which can't bo explained awav h ."
system 01 political logic.
T had honed Mnvnr Thnrnmnn ..., .
of the street car strike and of tho snM.wS
sues which tho strlko reflected. He dfdintS
I do ;iot think ho is aware of tho compliJi
tlons of a great city. I asked hint to tell
what he hoped to accomplish In the.comi
four years. He said: "I was elected by nf
people. I am responsible to the pcopje, J
Mayor" his honor is fond of referring ff
himself In tho third person "Is surround!
by people put there to work for the peopill
"I havo laid Btress on tho splendid co-opw!
atlon between our departments. 1 ,
stressed tho revival of tho old 'Wo will' ghffl
of Chicago of what I call team work forft
sake of Chicago. Si
"I want to do everything to bring blgbul
ness herd. To bring tho greatest number's
visitors here to spend money. m
"I havo Instituted what Is known as fie
Mayor's Council, which Is made up of effl
cago business men, with Mr. Simpson -mj
of tho dominating spirits in Marshall FleljT
Co., as chairman. It Is mado up of rallrotj
presidents, of bankors and of merchants mfi
of largo affairs in almost all walks of liff
During my absence, on thd 'Pacific coast tfij
commltteo mot and started tho fund for tS
Eastland survivors."
That Is William Hale Thompson's slncel
ambition to give the city a business nmi
lstration. Yet a business administration?
a hollow cry In municipal politics torfav w
business ndmlnlstratlon Is common honesty?
h" .uuLuuuyii, uu ussermai oasis, and tH
Is all. Despite the tradition- which SJ
cumulating about him, the radicals In CI?
cago think that ho cannot glvo even a roe?!
"ualm uuimniairauon. Tho characters? I
his appointments, they say, -will prove Mjj
UllUUllI,
The Unforgotten Lorimer
For there Is no doubt that Fred Lunif
successor to tho vanquished Lorlmer, Is tM
guiding spirit In tho appointments, ctftt
service In Chicago Is In worso plight tharif
has been in a decade. In manv branch.', 3
municipal work men who have held Jobs fj
years havo been "laid oft on account'tf
scarcity 01 iunas."
The Health Department and tho Bureau el
Public Welfare have been especially if.
tacked. Sixty-day men, temporary t3
polntees, haye been obviously frequetT
Thompson was elected, ns a protest mrafnfl
misuse of the school system, andi his first 13
feat at thn h.inrla nf fh. '..li ;
he attempted to block an aldermanlo lnquirj
"' " allium .aoara.
Without the heroic mist a prqduct ofitt
settlement of the street car strike, WIlllS
Hale Thompson would doubtless already H
at the end of his honeymoon season. t3
tradition saves him. Behind him stand sona
of the shrewdest politicians In the State, all
by his side now stand the ablest busing
men in the city. Besides that, for six monSi
and more he has been in tho hands of wcS
derfully skilled publicity men. The piiw
licity picture which is created from day If
day is a miracle of success. j
Mayor Thompson Victor Yet J
In the midst of It all sits "BUI" TbompiS
still the popular sportsman, the lover S
clean athletics. Well-to-do, ambitious, wljl
uv idol in nis aavisers, he presents the fig
ure of n man of whom Amnrin m9 ,?
much. His simplicity may be his strensi?
As contrasted with men BUch ns Charles E
Merrlam among the Progressive Repuw!
cans, unanes S, Deneen among the old-lEf
Republicans, or even Carter H. HarrlsS
among the Democrats, William Hale ThQisif'
son moves as slowly as an old-fashloel
sailing vessel among high-powered steinj
snips. His opponents think around hlroif
circles, jX
But in ancient times we learned that W
vn i ..,. , . .. ... .. . ?ft
.-vu nut mwuys to ine awirt nor the na
tie to the strong, nor riches to men of undjs;
Rtnnritnf Anl ....- Tar,... m.- 9
. ... .,u muojr wmiam siaie 4.no
son is the victor of them all.
THE COMING OP THE STORK
When a new baby comes to a family in this
country It Is customary to say, as in Holland.
the stork has arrived," though as a matter
of fact we have no true stork. We have tho
lb.b Wli1.c,i belona, t0 the " family; This
bird, which breeds In the far Southern State"
often cornea as far north as Indiana, for It
1 a b'rd of long and easy flight, standing SO
to 3 Inches high, with about S3 inchea In Its
length of body. Ita plumage is white but
bl'rdfnt,"'1 ttre biMk- " l8 considered a
-fl Qi 8ntlene" and good nature, associating
with ducks and geese and other water fowl
migrates to Africa In winter. It comes and
goes In great flocks, returning year after year
to occupy Its old nests In Belgium. Holland
nenmark, Germany and other parU oi ; SiSi
SSL,Whe" the blrd welcomed apd
prottted on account of their value as scav
engers. Tha war in Blrium . a.IcavT
man) of their old nesting places on house ehlm
Ko&a" InAl?w"a means ",h Wringer of
good, and In that country as well n i W.
mark th n,ni. u-.i-". 'Un wel s In Den
NOTE FOR 10 CENTS ' t
A promissory note tnr in n tv.. in,m,:
being dated February 6, 1888, was founaM
the owner the other day In an old pocketl
i '. i"n ""er or tne note Is alive
solvent, but the holder ilarlnu. k. -,.,.,!..
.keep the security as a curio than to pre
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i!Lat ??':lp,?, nnd 'ntrest arnQunt to aomettM
..v Tv .,, .luuaas wity Times,
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take side, In the stou,8tconfl0th not
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