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FOR JULY WAS DJ.S3J.
riiiiAnu-riiu. itii.iiur, august st, 19U.
There may be too nuch vice In the tcortd, but
, the market tens neter nUitted toith rlrfiic.
Loophole for the Jitneys
rMY on Jltncjn left of nil that cndlcsN
J procession of crowdrd, rnttllnK. Jostllni?
Vehicles which fllleil Hroad street from curb
to curb! ( If Councils had extermination In
mind when It iwbsciI the "Jit" ordinance, It
- did Its work well. If only "rcBiilntton" wns
."" Intended tho ordinance went too fnr.
Tho public demand for cheap nutomobllo
transportation was clearly shown by tho
prosperity of tho Jitneys whllo they cie nl-
lowed to run. Now that prohibitive restric
tions have stopped them, both "Jltncurs" and
tholr erstwhile patrons are castliiB about for
some method of furntehlnR and utilizing mo
tor transportation at rates within the possl
v btlttlcs of tho poor man's purse,
Tho path to repeal or amendment of thu
, Jitney ordinance Is long nnd rocky. A lest
' of the local status of tho ordinance Is at
tended by delay nnd oxpenfe. Small won-
der, then, that the persona most concerned
li'turn to examlno tho IcrqI barriers for a.
'loophole, throiiRli which some remnants of
tho banished service may pass.
Apparently the loophole Is there, for Coun
cils In its enactment exempts from tho bond
and license requirements nbout every soit
pf vehicle for hire, except thnse operating
over fi fixed route. Any driver who can
operate his car from a fixed stand In the
street, or from a ffaragc, permitting his pas
senger or pnssengt-rs alvvajs to fix the
destination, may, under the express termi
, of tho law, do so (Without giving the Jitney
bond or paying the Jllncy license And he
may charge for his services as little as he
. please even five cents. Tho new law has
nothing In It concerning rates of fare.
So. even without resorting to tho "sight
seeing car" dovlce or- the taximeter, tho
"Jitneur" may be nblo to render In part nt
i- leant the service which tho poor man wants:
and If Councils really alms to eliminate en-
tlrely the convenience of cheap motor trans
portation, It will have to try again.
Register
THUHSDAY of next week is the first day of
registration. The Committee of Ono Hun
dred has proved Its alertness by calling tho
attention of the voters to their duty to qual
ify themselves to take part In the election
When a Mayor and Councils nro to bo chosen.
9 It your name is on the assessors' lists you
can register and vote. If It hns been omitted
from the lists you nro disfranchised, unless
you see thnt It Is put there. Tho duty of
every public-spirited citizen is therefore
plain
The men who are In politics for private
ends will qualify themselves nnd their fol-
lowers for voting. They need no urging. If
the grafters win It will bo because the honest
nun let them. But tho honest men are ex
pected to do their duty.
!" Trade for Those Who Want It
! Q St MULL'S remarks about the oppor
tOttunltlcs for Philadelphia business men In
the South American trade are n valuable
contribution to tho success of tho cnrnpnlgn
I of education now In progress. Mr. Drill, how-
ftver, knows that business men cannot be
, educated In the moss. And he knows that
y the volume of foreign trade Is made up of
a the shipments of this hardware merchant,
,lhat clothing manufacturer and the other
maker of agricultural machinery. It Is tho
- result of 4the Individual initiative of alert and
ambitious men.
The? Phlladelphlans who will combine to-r-1ay
In the study of a specific markot In
Argentina or Drazll and In preparation to
upply that market will win the prizes await
ing those who get thero first. Tho problem
r . slrnple. The South Americans need what
we produce, They will buy It if we will con:
suit their tastes and manufacture goods to
flense them, jnd then, If wo make such ar
rangements for soiling the goods ns will
meet the state of their finances, and will put
ehlps on the ocean which can parry the coodj
to the South at reasonable rates.
This means, as Mr. BrlU points out, that
banklns and transportation facilities must
"be provided along with the goods. The bank
ing facilities are already Jn the way of prep
aration, but present conditions are such that
no shipping man will build vessels for use
n tno bouth .American or any other foreign
? W such ships as are now available until
there is In Washington an Administration
which knows more about the way to restore
, ir merchant ships to tho seas.
&i Mtym Climb tho Heights of Aslnlnlty
OKJTAN is stilt a repudiations. The Batne
tjX) lnWIect and the me sense- of moral re-
"fcuoiurtblllty that twenty years ago advo.
'at repudiation of. Just debts through the
r coinage of fifty-cent silver dollars is
jow advocctlng repudiation of naWnal re-
ainiblMty for the protection of the righla
:fat Americana ph (he high seas by keeping
i American citizens from sailing on passenger
phiim b(onng to belligerent notions.
Hy all tho prrcedeurs of international law,
Jfwl by all the agreement amog notions.
d!ir mut respect tho lives of pas.
1ti'i ami crew of merchant ships, Jn
fr In I., k'... u nut of tMUfeta Ur Urvm u-ntiM
'tfP'- u l";t aHMtai avrnait do4e
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B VESTING LED.OER-PHIIiADELPItlA, TUESDAY, 'AUGUST 24, jOj
tho Issue raised by the Lusltanla and tho
Arnblo and permit th Qcrmana to l new
prccedants of wilful slaughter of noncom
bntantn who happen to be traveling on ships
engaged In trade
Buch a precedent would rise up to amlte
us If we should happen to bo engaged in a
foreign war In tho distant future. If we ad
mit by our course in this crisis that the Ocr
mans have a right to sink British merchant
men Wo cannot deny that right to an enemy
of our own In tho future, nnd whoever then
sailed the sens In nn American passenger
ship. If nny are left after tho policy of the
Democracy Is adopted, would do so ftt tho
peril of his Ufa.
It Is fortunato for tho self-respect of all
Americans thnt wo have some real men In
Washington who bollove thnt there nro
things moro Important than keeping out of
trouble.
The World's New Finnnclnl Centre
THR finnnclnl centre of tho world today Is
in New York Instead of in London.
American stocks nnd bonds are the only'
securities for which thero Is a ready mar
ket In London. Tho United Stntcs is tho
only ono of tho great Powers which Is not
piling up n war debt of billions. The other
nntlnnt nre drnlnlng their resources nnd
burning them on the battlefields. It Is eHtl
tun ted that the yenr of war has coat France,
Ilusflln, (Jrent Brltnln, Germany nnd Aus-trln-IIungnry
the Incomprehensible sum of
141.000,000,000 In direct nnd Indirect wnya.
Tho direct cost, ns represented by tho wnr
loonsls $16,700,000,000. It will cost 1480,
000,000 a year to pay tho Interest qn theso
loans nt 3 per cont. This burden will rest
on tho nations for many generations, nnd
If the wnr continues for another cnr It will
bo doubled. Before tho wnr began econ
omists sold thnt threo months' fighting
would bankrupt ISuropo; but thoy nro now
hosltntlng to say thnt threo years will
exhaust the nvallablo resources of tho con
tinent. No ono doubts, however, thnt It will leave
tho nations so poor that thoy will bo do
pendent on America to finance their enter
prises, us they used to flnanco America In
tho yearn when It was developing this vast
territory. Already rntes of exchango have
rlson so thnt nn Kngllshmnn who wants to
send money from Philadelphia to London hns
to pay n premium of nbout C per cent, to
got It. The debt of Europe to us Is In
creasing so rapidly that the British bankers
have Rent n commission over hero to ar
range somo way for paying It. In tho first
six mouths of tho year tho bnlanco of trndo
In our fnvor wns $700,000,000, nnd Sir Ocorgo
Pntsh, ono of tho most distinguished British
financiers, has estimated that it will reach
$1,700,000,000 before tho end of December.
It will bo necessary to lend money to Europe
to pay this debt. Kvery month that tho wnr
continues Increases tho financial obligations
of the belligerents here.
Tho war has mado the world for the
time- being dependont on tho riches of this
continent. Some experts nre convinced
that America has permanently becomo tho
financial centre of tho world. Optimistic
Americans for years hnvo been looking for
this doslrable consummation, but they hoped
it would bo brought about by the natural
processes of evolution instead of by n great
calamity.
A Hotel De Gink for Philadelphia
"TyriORATORY nnd Unemployed Work-
1VX ers," better known as tramps, predict
a hard winter, and say thnt the burden of
'caring for their brethren will fnll on tho
cities of the East. A first Indication Is In
tho establishment In Philadelphia of a lodg
ing house. For threo days any hobo can
find freo lodging and partake of pot luck;
nfter that ho must Join the order and prom
ise to pay ten cents a month to the cause.
The reason tho shelter Is started bo early
Is that the great exodus from San Frani
Cisco hns already begun. Beating back on
the Southern curve, throiiah thn in hit
then up through Chicago, or perhaps still
In the South until a lucky turn brings them i
near Now York and Philadelphia, tho grpat
nrmy of tramps has turned Its face to tho
East. The fair has not been a success for I
them, and, lured by tho prospect of work,
they have taken to the trail again That '
tnoy iook ror work is certain. The comlo
supplement tramp Is no more tho typo than
Is tho highbrow tramp. Tho average tramp
has his reasons for being an outcast, but ho
knows the valuo of work, and spasmodically,
at least, he workB.
The finest fcaturo of tho shelter which
has Just been estnbllshetl hero is that it
purposes to be as nearly self-supporting as
it may. It makes no appeal for outside aid
or direction. Its purposo Is to help mon un
til they get Jobs. It will not coddlo or cor
rupt; it will not waste. And In that respect,
at least, it can teach many moro elaborate
organizations a lesson.
Perhaps not even the Kaiser knows' who
"M. P." Is.
Did the British" win thnt Russian naval
battlo after all?
German publicists are now busily engaged
In making munitions for tho ulibls.
Moro gold can be made by digging hard
t your Job than by mining In Filbert street.
The Governor is off for San Francisco, and
his friends are hoping that la tho only way
ho is off.
Dlplomatlo correspondence on tho recent
German submarine exploit ought to bo In
Arabic notation.
The massing of the Haitian rebela is
trivial compared with the rebelling of tho
Haitian masses.
The release of Abe Ruef from Jail, after
serving only half of his sentence, ought not
to encourage other gratters.
The Bayonne police have put a ban 'on
young women's nttondlng picnics unescorted.
Are they going to supply police escorts7
Dootor Dillon says that tho Allies will be
In Constantinople within a month. Now
make a mark on your calendar and see how
good a prophet ho Is.
There is no difficulty In getting boys to
waah themselves if they can take a swim
whllo doing It. Last week 119,817 of them
patronized the free bathi.
The Mint ha begun Jo coin dlmea to put
in tho Christmas stocking; but does not the
Administration think that the people will b
able to Use any larger coins?
Private Citizen and Editor William Jen
nings Bryan lays tho blame for tho Arablo
disaster on the foolhardy The Government
may go farther and add "German" t0 -f0oU
hardy."
THE TARIFF AS
A MORAL ISSUE
Protection Is Pnrt of America's
Obligation to tho Signers of .tho
Declaration .of Independence.
It's tho Payment of a Debt
By B. K. LITTLE
STAUTLINa ns It will seem to you,, thero
Is ono thing left to say about tho tariff.
This Is It:
A proteatlvo tariff became n necessity to
this country tho moment tot tho Declara
tion of Independence wns signed in this city
on July 4, 1776. This Is why!
Tho men who signed thnt document
ushered In n new era on cntth.
They did enough in drawing up tho polit
ical principles of thl.s freer llto for men.
Thoy did not nctunlly define tho means and
terms by which their now systom was to bo
sustained and maintained. But In creating
a sjstrm so fine they created tho necessity
of Its matntennnre. Giving us what they did,
thoy gave us tho obligation of cnrrylng It
on. Thnt obligation is written botweon every
line they composed. Thoso men did moro
thaa sign n declaration of rights; thoy dedi
cated us to tho preservation of thoso rights'.
Thus fnr we hnvo discharged tho duty
fairly well. Wo hnvo thought nnd wo hnvo
fought for thoso rights. But you cannot
have merely by flnt n new polltlcnl system
nnd tho new llto growing out of It. Other
wise tho Declaration Is nothing but n spoiled
parchment, it Is not enough that tho new
llfo shnll bo loxcd nnd fought for. It has
got to bo paid for in cash. Tho Declaration
wo are so proud of nnd spout so freely Isn't
tho collection of word wo hnvo como to
think It. Wo nro living it ovcry day. And
like every other living thing, It must hnvo
Its sustenance.
In other words, you enn't keep a Declara
tion of Independence going without n tnrlff.
How Nations Succeed
Whllo tho rest of tho world remains ns
It Is, men cannot sot up men to llvo n
larger llfo of free Industry nnd opportunity
without taking mighty good enro to provido
practical means of carrjlng out tho prin
ciple. Wo nil know well enough what a
life has sprung up hero slnco 1770. Wo know
well enough that the working man is tho
bnckbono of It nil. No country over lasted
very long that failed to give Its workers a
chance. Ours has been mnde whnt it Is
by printers' npprentices, by rnll-spllttcrsnnd
cnnnl boys. Its great men and its nvorago
men have nlwnys been workers. This coun
try Is what It Is because Us workers have
always had a chance.
But now their chnnce has to face now
dangers. For a long tlmo our tnrlff con
sisted of tho Atlantic Ocean. It left us to
dovclop our chances without competition
that Is, competition with workers who
yearned for no such chnnCcs ns ours. But
now stenm navigation, the cable, the wholo
business of progress have thrown our work
ers Into competition with nil tho other
workers of the world. In point of brains
thero Is no danger of that. In point of
brains our workers nro removed from com
petition. But that's only why tho competi
tion on other grounds Is so dangerous.
On the day the Declaration was signed
we had to have a tariff. The necessity was
postponed for a time. But on the day tho
first steamboat crossed tho Atlantic the
necessity of a tariff beenme Immediate.
That first steamboat nslccd us n stern ques
tion. It asked Just this Aro we going to hnvo
American workers nnd American homes In
merlca? Or are wo going to hnvo German,
Italian, Japanese workers and homes In
.itnerica?
Whnt does tho Declaration nay on this
point? What aro wo going to make tho
tariff say?
Tho man on the street Is bored by tho
tnrlff. He thinks it is a complicated mathe
matical problem, a far-away business propo
sition. It is that, but it is more. It is n
biting, burning, Immedluto moral Ishuc. On
Its face It Isn't very poetic; undorncnth It is
Jl,st as much n burnlnB lssue M tnc I,rcser
vatlon of tho Union was In 1SC0. We needed
a Lincoln to make us seo that government
of tho pooplo was In danger then, that tear
ing up tho Union was tearing up tho Declara
tion. Government of the people was In
Jeopardy then. Prosperity of tho people,
nnd nil that depends upon it, is in danger
now. And wo need n business Lincoln to
make that clear.
The True Old Sayings
All tho old sayings about tho tariff are
truer than over. It Is ns true as ever that,
on brains, on business orgnnlzntlon, on
scientific economies, Yankee manufactures
can compete with any other- manufactures.
It Is true that a protected manufacturer is
npt to becomo rich. What of It, If tho
American worker nnd all his chances nro
protected, too? Tho tariff Isn't for tho
manufacturer. Too much has been made of
that. The tariff Is for tho worker. Ho
comes first. If American fortunes becomo
swollen, they becomo swollen nt somo point
between the worker and his employer, not
at somo point between tho worker and tho
tariff. The tariff Is no answer to that nrob-
lom. Tho worker Is tho man to protect; and
u is moro important to protect him from
poverty than from riches. Save him from
tho poor, and ho will savo himself from the
rich.
No matter what are tho economic aspects
of tho tariff, they all come down to n, moral
basis. Here Is tho American worker, the
man who has made this country. H0 has
done It because ho has hnd his chance to
do It. Ever since 1776 ho has had the
chance. Is he to go on being an American,
or Is he to go back and bo a Jap? Every
lowering of tho tariff carries him a step In
that direction. It means nothing less than
letting the Jap or the German rewrite the
Declaration.
If this sounds hyperbolical. It sounds so
only because It Is unsupported from a
wealth of available proof and illustration
Every sane American knoWs that it Is true
Every sane American knows that If you
want a Declaration of Independence and all
that goes with it, you've got to have a tariff
to pay for It. We can't have one and not
the other. That's the bottom truth of all
That's the new thing about the tariff. We
want It, don't we?
TRANSVAAL GOLD MINING
How little the war has affected the working
of the Transvaal gold mining Industry Is shown
by the value of the output for the first half
of 1915. That value was 9J.6:i,000. exctedlnir that
for the correnpondlng half of 1914, btfore the
war, by no less than $a,8.000. To date tho
Transvaal hat produc4 gold to the value of
more than K.Tli.m,m. and of this total all
but quarter has twMa Mrllnjt4 !p dividends.
-New York !,
THE PUBLIC MORALS IN CUSTODY
Three Notable Occasions on Which Certain Principles Underly
ing the Limitation of Censorship Have Been Clearly Set
Forth The Siamese Twins of Morality
By ROBERT HILDRETlI
CENSORSHIP had been a subject of con
troversy long before tho Invention of tho
cinematograph and tho widespread popu
larity of the moving pictures, and It Is likely
to continue to divide opinion so long ns thero
Is opinion to divide. With tho Increased
recognition of tho movies ns an educational
force, tho discussion will doubtless lose somo
of Its pettiness and reach a piano where the
real Issues will stand out In a clearer light.
Tho present dltllculfy Is partly due, no doubt,
to tho 'fnct that tho moving plcturo business
Is, ns yet, first and foremost a business, a
now business and a mammoth one, a com
mercial enterprise of sudden growth, tho so
cial function of which hns not yet been fully
established, but, on the other hand, so Is tho
printing of books nnd of newspapers pri
marily a money-making business.
To undertako a comparative consideration
of tho freedom of the press, tho freedom of
speech, tho freedom of tho drama and tho
freedom of tho movies would necessitate In
numerable pros and cons and lfs and buts.
In general, the duty of the censor or licenser
is to suppress all or part of a publication of
nny kind, according ns ho may think his ac
tion necessary for the protection of public
morals or the Integrity of tho Government.
Tho police power is tho source of his author
ity As governmental ofllclal he has been al
most unknown In America. Censorship has
been mostly of tho kind exercised by public
opinion or by coirts, mayors and pollco
chiefs, Another form exists In the safeguards
raised ngalnst the mlsuso of the malls. To
the credit of the movlo business may bo cited
tho voluntary establishment, or, In other
cases, tho voluntary acceptance, of boards
of censorship. It seems, therefore that tho
movie men, as a body, aro not opposed to
regulation as such.
After the Dark Ages
Tho Dark Ages wore tho heydoy of cen
sorship. Then came Gutenberg and the print
ing press and still censorship. From that
tlmo on tho landmarks in tho history of in
tellectual nnd religious nnd artistic liberty
are likewise landmarks in the history of mod
ern democracy. How undemocratic and un
American the censorship was regarded in
this country from tho beginning of tho na
tion Is shown In the Federal and State bills
of rights. Tho term is hero used In tho
broad sense of restriction nnd Interference.
Nearly three centuries ago John Milton
wrote his famous Areopagltlca, "a speech for
the liberty of unlicensed printing, to the Par
liament of England," nnd In It are contained
thoso noblo sentiments nobly expressed which
make tho address one of tho most prized
documents In our literature. From the
proposition that tho licensing statute "will bo
primely to tho dlscourngement of all learn
ing, and tho stop of Truth, not only by dls
oxcrclslng and blunting our sensibilities In
what wo know already, but by hindering and
cropping the discovery that might be yet fur
ther made both In religious and civil wis
dom," Milton proceeds to show what benefit
"may bo had of books promiscuously read."
Thus he writes on tho question of censorship
and morals:
"Good nnd evil we know In the flold of
this world grow up together almost In
separably; and the knowledge of good is so
involved and Interwoven with the knowl
edge of ovll, and In so many cunning re
semblances hardly to be discerned, that
those confused seeds which wero imposed
upon Psyche ns an Incessant lnboijr to cull
out, and sort asunder, were not more Inter
mixed. It was from out the rind of ono
apple tasted, that the knowledge of good and
evil, as two twins cleaving together, leaped
forth Into the world."
The Olga Nethersole Case
That close Interdependence between good
and ovil that Milton saw In life and there,
fore In books, the Judge who presided In
the New York Supreme Court In the caB
of the People against Olga Nethersole et al
saw In the jny of "Sapho." In addressing
the Jury Judge Fursman considered the
question of censorship and public morals.
Spmo of his remarks are applicable beyond
the circumstances of that particular case,
as they touch upon broad principles. He
said in part:
"You are not the custodian of the publlo
mqrals ns you sit here. You are not h.ece
m th promoters of aa? rlmtry move
SLIGHTLY DISFIGtrHED, BUT
IB A
ment In tho city of New York. You aro
hero to decide whether this evidence satis
fies you. under tho rules of law which I
have declared, beyond a reasonablo doubt,
that this play offends public decency rs
acted by these people, nnd whether, there
fore, they nro guilty of this oftenso defined
in this stntute. Mere suggcstlve
ncss and I think It must be said in all fair
ness that thero are things In this play, and
It cannot bo denied and has not been de
nied, thnt nro to a certain extent suggestive
but mero BUggestlveness is not sufficient.
It Is not enough, In order to make a crime
under this statute, that It may offend tho
modesty of young girls. This statute means,
when it declares a play to bo an offense
ngnlnst public decency, that if shall bo of
such a character ns to offend in that man
ner tho great mass of tho people of nil char
acters, of all estates, of nil faiths, of all
denominations, of nil positions In society.
This law was not made for young girls or
young boys alone; it was mado for tho com
munity at large, and tho courts have hold
that in order to constitute a crime under
this statute it must be an offense such as
wouM nnnoy a largo class of people tho
great mass of tho public."
Here, In defining "an offense against pub
lic decency," the Judge Is defining a crime
declared such by statute. It need not bo
pointed out. however, that his remarks have
n far wider application.
In a court of law, under special circum
stances nnd In language suited to the occa
sion, a Judge reasserts tho principle embodied
in the quotation from tho arch-democrat of
English history. Another aspect of the cen
sorship problem Indeed, several aspects
may bo found in clear Illumination in a letter
written In 1910 by Mayor Gaynor. of New
York, In reply to a protest ngnlnst the ex
hibition of moving pictures of the Johnson
Jeffries prize fight:
Autocratic Censorship
"I thank you for your favor of July 6. If u
lay in my power to say whether the pictures
should bo exhibited It would not take me
long to decide It. I do not see how It can do.
any ono nny good to look nt them. But will
you bo so good as to remember that ours Is a
government of laws -nnd not of men? Will
you please get that well into your head?
"I am not ahlo to do as I like as Mayor
I must take tho law Just as It Is, and you may
bo absolutely certain that I shall not take the
law into my own hands.
"You say you aro glad to seo that the
Mayors of many cities have 'ordered' that
these pictures shall not be exhibited. Indeed?
Who set them up ns autocrats? If there be
nT. "Vaw BMne any yor such
power then he can exercise It; otherwise not.
The growing exercise of arbitrary power
in this country by those put In office would be
7 mo" dan6croU8 d Is far more to bo
dreaded than certain other vices that we all
wish to minimize or be rid of. People mS
know what they are doing when they try to
"" ?fflC,alB t0 rMOrt t0 S
THE SNAKE OP SILVER LAKF
To the Editor of the EvcnZrXcr'
a play him & .aytVhH
As I was going to Salt Lake.
as i was going to Silver Lakn
I met a llttu nnn.i-.I;:er LAKe
Who'd e t so much of jelly ck
It made his little belly rh Cake
RSx"Sri"-'
caused the belW vcnL 5lri"r ." that
onie confection t,n o. omTAA."0. ft whole.
on, confection aood for alfmenu lnh. .?
local color from the Jingle WhS "h,? ft!"
speaker headed for Salt Lai. S-1 . ha" the
Lko In' eve?? nlft Jnion '?, ftBB"vfr
every county, and children ,, A " not ,n
heard of the mldcontlnentaiJsuL.0, hav! neve"
with the Sliver U W thffr netehh?iamJ,lar
Lansdowne, August 28. ne,Ghbrhooa.
a n... '
POLITICAL EXPLOITATION
that en,q whom , hey have lookeHyn,0uch
devoted to the IntereJii r " M tru'y
1 a''U WJSWra
creases race prejudice, I want to state that It la
Jilnt because I am acquainted with so high a
typo of Afro-Amerlcon, nnd becauao Mr. Grif
fith, tho author of the play, recognized the type
of men and women who have arisen, by show
ing scenes of Hampton, that I confined my re
marks to what I perceived still exists the ex.
ploltatlon of Ignorant people, both white and
colored, by politicians, who make racial progreta
subordinate to party Interest.
But who can bo better nble to decide what Is
prejudicial to the Interest ot the raco than
thoso who have risen to positions ot social emi
nence, notwithstanding prejudice, and when
theso tell me such pictures as "Gus, tho itone
gacle,'' Intensifies rnco hntrcd nnd embitters the
lives of the large mnjority of negroes, and when
I know that White men take advantage of neftro
girls oftener than negro men pursue white
ones, I feel thfat It Is only a matter of Justice
and wise foresight on the part of those In au
thority to eliminate thoso pictures that serve no
good purpose nnd nre proved by those who
hnvo the interest ot their race deeply at heart
to be productive of bnd effects.
CHAIiLOTTD ABBEY, M. D.
Philadelphia, August Zi.
A FORMIDABLE CORPS
In tho event of war It would be well for the 9
Government to organize and arm a corps of'JH
meuicai specialists. Tney nro ramous for their l
charges nnd spare neither friend nor foe. New
Orleans States
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
The greatest war order will be the one fiat
ends It. Washington Post. u- '
Enthusiasm aroused by tho Liberty Bill -itier-ever
It is seen shows n healthy nnd enduring
patriotic sentiment which Inspires every con
fidence In the future. Washington Star.
We can do a very large foreign business with
groat safety, but It is wise to keep within the '
safety lines during the storm of war and de
struction which Is swecnlng away the assets
of thoso who ore buying from us on credit,
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The strain of the European wnr upon our
neighboring British Dominion has been bravely
borne and handsomely met. None other of the
dependencies of tho mother country hag bten
more prompt or more substantial In Its sup
port. Boston I'ost.
Thero Is no opposition to the development
from our merchant marine. Everybody favors
It, but only In Washington Is countenance given
to the wrong way to go about It The right
way Is to strike prohibitive legislation from the
statute books. Biooklyn Eagle.
Everywhere throughout the United Stalet
business continues to extend and expand, And
there is but one limitation that Is apparent,
and that Is the Illegal action of Great Britain
and Its allies In their interference with our com
mcrce with neutral nations. Cincinnati En
quli er.
In trying to arrive at any estimate of Yuan
Shl-lCal's Intentions for the future, It will be
only fair to take Into account the self-evident
fact that, whatever his fallings, the present
Jctntor of China Is a genuine patriot, has at,
jean me permanent gooa or nis country ana w
likely to travel that road which he honestly
considers the best for the nation. Detroit Frea
rress.
A decided stcn In the direction of better diplo
matic representation is made when a man of
Sullivan's tyDo Is renlaced by one of Bussells-
If the present appointment signifies a change
or policy In the State Department, as surmisea,
so much tho better. The country never took
kindly to the Bryan plan of rewarding the
faithful at the expense of the country's best
Interests abroad. Cleveland Plain Dealer,
HEART-BEATS OF OCEAN
The moon-track streams across the silent seat
Its silvery splendor beams a vision rare
Such as the world of maglo weaves of air.
Yet each pulsating wavelet throbs with glee.
Alive with Joy ot Its white mystery.
Strange mirth of ocean; colling us to share
Its fascination passionately fair.
Sure of response from frail humanity,
Our dally Uvea pulsate with less of cafm.
And less of beauty. This, thy spell of peace
And trembling joyousness, Is none of ours;
Our mUslo Is a penitential psalm
And Joys go darkling, as If glad to cease,
Oh, steady ocean glowl Oh, white foam
flowers 1
Caroline D. Swan, in Springfield Republican.
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