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The President's Great Victory
NOTHING can be sold of President Wil
son's magnlflccnt victory In his contro
versy with Germany which vvlll atld In tho
sHghtcst degree to Its elTect on the people
srf Ihls country. Thoy trusted him In the
Ktavcst of crises with a confidence and una
nimity thnt woro Inspiring. At the very mo
ment when old nntagonisms might well have
. sprung to new life, the President found him
self supported by an overwhelming number
ot his fellow citizens. The United States
found Itself In thnt crisis.
Uy tho privilege of democracy it found Its
detractors at the same time. Those who
would' have ruMhod to war, who spoko with
sardonic words of noto writing, of national
cowardice and of national betrayal have now
,to rejoice at tho failure of their worst hopes.
Without the Slightest force to make good
his words In blood and desolation, the Presi
dent has wrung from a belligerent, and ruth
leesly bel'lgcrent, country a complete dis
avowal ot its acts. Ho has, In the simplest
(term, reasserted tho rights of humanity.
He has accomplished this ustoundtng thing
Ithout preaching or prating, without hypoc
,rify and without condescension. He has
saved his own country from war and saved
all olher countries from a new barbarity.
With an instinctive precision he has read tho
hearts and minds of his people
Getting Ready for Its New Life
THE removal of the headquarters of the
Chamber of Commerco from the Bourse
to the new Widencr Uuildlng Is likely to be
coincident With tho beginning of a larger
activity of thu organization. Its oftlccrs and
oacrabcrli tiro, alert and have perceived the
Kfgt J)fOkthat such a body can do In boom-
.,1 inu .ny ooruau ana in improving con
ditions at home. When 6000 business men
j4l pull together Something has to move.
An Opportunity for the Alumni
THE election of a member of tho Hoard of
Trustees of the University of Pennsylva
nia alTordii a splendid opportunity for the
beat sort of criticism on the Dart of tho
talumnl. The varancy la to bo filled by the
oard front a list of four presented by tho
'Alumni Association, and even Bhould no ono
pf the four be found available. It would still
.remain w Ith the alumni to Buggest the proper
man.
The University was the object of a very
kovcre attack this summer. The attack wai
led not by Us enemies, but by lts.Xrifnds by
those who lpved it too muph to see it do what
.they fejt was wrong. The same spirit will
Move them to nominate for trustee an
alumnus able and competent to spealt fur
then In the councils of the University.
hi 'i Border Outbreaks In TexnR
THE repeated ravages of Mexican guer
rillas across the border pf the United
mates onouiu not cause violent surprluo
'Thslr- leaders nre logical men, If nothing
pjef nor is their' logic obscure.
"t our godd Americans have placed these
xcellent guns In our hands," they nrgue,
'IW the purpose of shooting each other," ors
tM. they put It, of restoring orderly govern
ment, "why ahould wo not go n au-u fur
jfher? Jf we cart loot American homes In
j.laVsIco, why should we not ciosa the rlverf
urely no good American would put ii loaded
fun in our hands und then proteit If we
HocV'
The Americans defending tho Texan border
re oeing snot uy American guns, loaded with
American ammunition.
N Politics in National Defense Today
NATIONAL defento can become u par
tisan issue only by the failure of ope
$4 IhO parties to pcrculve its Importance.
j!ien nuve oren nomuacKs in both parties
the pant A little navy procrom has been
ltfd by Congress time after time be-
of the PPPOsltlOn of both IlcDubtloan
Democratic Congressmen to a big navy.
w.to wro uemwrais as well as llcpub-
who fnvnr hnth nn nmu anl ,. nUv.
f- ttiaugh to meet all tho -needs of the
as they are understood -by exoerta
;bsuU defense.
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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, IMS:
than advsnee the caune for which they are
working. It In understood that the Presi
dent favors a standing army of iO.OOO men.
and Is considering the ontnnlMlluii of som
kind of a reservo forco for a second line of
defense He needs no urging And there Is
an undoubted, disposition In the Navy De
partment and In Congress to build as many
ships ns cAn bo manned at the present time,
with such Increase In tho personnel of the
navy an conditions Justify.
Hut nftrr all, the duty of acting In the
present emeigency Is up to tho Democratic
party. It It falls. Its Incapacity will,
of course, become n political Issue.
Deceit, Infamy, Humiliation!
THE ICvr.vi.vo LcDoun published last Sat
urday a statement to the offcet that Gov
ernor nrumbaugh and tho Vnrcs hnd per
fected nn alliance, the object of which was
the elimination of Senator Penroso from con
trol of the Republican State Organisation,
and that "Bill" Vara would run for Mayor.
Thc.informatlon camo from rellablo sources,
oloso to the Eecutlve Mansion In Harris
burg. It appears now thnt tho Governor
was hog-ttrd and delivered over n living sac
rifice to his bctrnycrs. He tried to play poli
tics, ho put the Varcs closest political ad
viser Into his Cabinet for tlut purpose, and
he has had his reputation tut from him nt
one blow. Ho has been a. child In the hands
of wily polltlclann, thin man who was elected
bceauvc of his Independence.
His Innocence Is no excuse for the foul In
famy heaped on Philadelphia by his con
nivance and assistance. If the bult r.rfcrcd
him was the Ptesldoncy, from thnt gnl ho
has been removed so fur that he will never
oven gllmpM: It. The Vnrcs, tricked Into
tricking him, perhaps, have also taken tho
count nnd kiscfd the hands that bctiaycd
them. They desorvo whut Is In store for
them, and none need doubt that thoy will
get It. Treachery, when once given a start,
Is not easy to stop.
A ruined reputation for the Governor, an
Insulted and humiliated city, nnd "har
mony"! Truly there has been enough
tragedy for one day, and men mny hide
their heads In shame.
They mny do that or they mny gnash their
teeth and gird their loins, and resolve that
at any cost they will prevent tho achieve
ment of this Infamy and preserve the city
unharmed from the claws that aro ready for
their prey.
Kentucky Democrats Perceive the Olnious
THE Indorsement of President Wilson by
tho Democratic State Convention In Ken
tucky seems to have given the delegates a
great deal of satisfaction. But they have
not doile either a wonderful or a heiolc
thing. Thcro is nothing else for the sane
Democrats to do. They must tie thcmselyes
up to tho President, under whoso leadership
alono there Is any chance for them even to
hope for success next year.
The Kentucky Democrats, may claim
credit, however, for assuming the nttltudo
of a drum major prepared to lead the pro
cession which is already forming In the side
streets.
The Colonel's Weak Spot
THE German Krlegcrbund o. Worth Amer
ica must have thought that it was saying
something nasty when it charactcilzed Colo
nel ltoosevelt as a "monumental egotist."
Such a charge does not hurt. Tho Colonel
himself admits it.
If tho German war veterans wanted to say
something "real mean." they might have de
clared that when the Colonel discusses the
Belgian situation he does not know what h
Is talking about and does not know that he
doeB not know.
Best Thing to Raise on City Farms
THE fourth annua1! Uyberry fair Is more
Interesting ns an outdoor entertainment
than as an agricultural exhibition. There
uie furms still within the city limits, nnd
when they nre cut up Into building lots the
city limits will be extended to include other
farms. In tho meantime, potatoes and
chickens, corn and pigs, cows and cucum
bers flourish whero in u few years Intensive
development of real estate hereabouts will
produce two-story hou.es Inhabited by In
dustrious working men. There may be
profit In tho crops rnlscd out of tho ground
of tho farms within the city, but there will
be a greater proHt when a crop of houses is
raloed where rows of celery and beans aic
now growing.
Those clty-bred folk who have never
attended a country fair ought not- to all
to go to Uyberry this week In order thnt
they may see what a country fair Is not
llko.
CuMhroat Competition
A COHUESPONDENT of the New York
xXSun Informs the editor of thnt paper that
s rooster has been discovered which cannot
crow. It-or he-can hies, hut the bright
chantlclerlcsl call Is not for him.
Huch are the marvels of scionce! Each day
it conserves a new strength, cuts out waste,
diverts energies into useful channels. Tho
mntutlnal salute of tho rooster has long been
an example of .criminal waste and Inelll
clency. It announced, at great expense of
energy, a perfectly obvious tlilng-thut the
sun had risen. Itoosters. besides, have been
in the habit of trying to "scoop" each other,
to score a beat on the sunrise as If any on9
were passionately interested In tho mntter
and the result has been a distressing series
Pf "Extras" called at 2 a. m. Cut-throat com
petition has killed the rooster.
Kate is trying to conceal "Harmony" by
naming It Smith.
What would Matthias Baldwin think of
the "locomotives" that the works he founded
ar now raakfngT
The International PItryTales Company
Is not ihe only company that has Called to
make money raising chickens.
Thomas Molt Osborpe, warden of sing
in, Is not the first mB to .be boomed for
a governorship by a tt of crooks.
Only the chf knew whether It was a reed,
bjnt that you got served hot with a cold
bpttle last ntht. It may have been a
nmrrow,
i ' 1 1 ,
German merchants hv offered to pay J5
cants a foU4 for l,m,6W bales tit Amer,
taw cptao delivered In a German harbor
Tly wlat U wUlter t fy n cents
any wU M n way to wak th.
MuuHftde ind kp it lrvky.
HENRY GEORGE'S
TWO UNIVERSITIES
One Was His Varied Experience in
California; the Other, the Uni
versity of Books His Boy
hood in Philadelphia
By ELLIS RANDALL
WITHOUT question "Progress and Pdv
crty" Is one of the world's great books,
You don't have to oak a slnRle-tnxer about
that You don't hnve to believe In Henry
Goorge's economic philosophy, or a tenth
part of It, or a hundredth part. It Is the
book of a downright thinker. No economist
knows his .subject unless he has read
"Progress nnd Poverty," and every econo
mist, from Herbert Spencer and Thomns
Huxley down to the present day, has taken
u stand for or ngalnst Its teachings, It Is a
book to be recommended to young men as
patt of their reading, whether Its teachings
be approved or not. Tho effect of Its pub
lication which was not so Immediate in
America as In Europe was to stir the con
servatism of the world, It took ecnnomlc
literature nut of the pessimistic mood Into
the optlmlAtlc. It hns been translated into
almost every living tongue, Including the
Chinese and the Japanese. Such u bonk Is
n landmark, however fallacious Its premises
or Its conclusions. "
The author of "Progress nnd Poverty" was
born In Philadelphia rcenty-ls years ngo
today. The anniversary will be celebrated
by Hlngle-tnxors of Philadelphia and other
parts of the country. A pilgrimage will bo
mndo to tho house on 10th street, south of
Pine, where their prophet flist saw tlio
light of day. Henry George's father In 1839
was In the book publishing business In this
city. His grandfather had been ono nf the
best known shipmasters of Philadelphia.
, Around the Horn
At the age of 14 Henry left school for
good. The financial condition of the fam
ily had changed and Henry resolved to
go to work. Ho obtained employment In a
china nnd glass Importing house on South
Front Btrcct nt $2 n week. His duties
wcro to copy, to tlo up bundles nnd to
run errands. Afterward he did clerical
work In the office of a marine adjuster. At
the age of If! his Inherited yearning for
the sea proved Irresistible, and after some
difficulty he obtained his parents' permission
to sail as foremast boy on an East India
mnn bound for Melbourne, Australia, nnd
Calcutta. On his return he learned to set
type In the oirice of King & Iinlril; but In
ISfiT. nt the uge of IS, ho ct out to seek his
fortune In California, working his passage
on n ship that rounded the Horn nnd reached
Snn Francisco In the spring of the next yenr
The career of no other American Is more
Impressive than that of Henry George, un
favored as he was by accident or tho help
of others. Neither schools, nor votes, nor
money contributed to his success, but only
his genius. Much of his education was ob
tained In what Is popularly called "the
school of hard knocks." During tho years
he spent on tho Pacific const he experi
enced many ups nnd downs of fortune. Ho
drifted from one employment to another,
usually in financial straits In tho early years,
but through no lack of effort on his pnrt
Ho was a clerk In a store in tho Frascr
Itiver gold fields of British Columbia. Re
turning to California, he was weigher In a
rlco mill, a farmhand, a printer, a peddler
.of clothes wringers, an Inspector of gas
meters. Finally ho began to write for the
press. In tho courae of a few years ho be- "
enmo one of the best known Journalists on
the qoast, and the story of his newspaper ex
periences Is ono of tho most Interesting
chapters In his life, As correspondent for
the New York Tribune he wrote an article
on the Chinese question which 'gained the
warm commendation of John Stuart Mill.
Tho long, hard, bitter struggle in Cali
fornia, often humiliating, often Incensing,
often discouraging, but never crushing nor
dishonoring, was, as a filend once wrote,
"Henry George's university."
Preparing a Masterpiece
But another large part of his education
was obtained In the university of books. His
son writes, In tho "Life of Henry Genrge,"
of his boyhood days: "Though ho had left
school, his real education suffered no in
terruption. In school or out of It, ho had
acquired a fondness for reading. Or per
haps It was thut nt his birth, while tho
Fairies of Gain, Fashion nnd Pleasure
passed him by, one came and sat beside his
cradle nnd toftly sang
Mine U tho world of thought, the world of .
dream;
Mine ull the past, und all the future mine.
"First, ho had a grounding In the Bible;
nnd tho Puritanical familiarity with book,
chnptcr nnd verso, which In tho elders
molded speech, established habit and guided
the steps of life, filled tho young mind with
a myrlod of living pictures."
The boy lead omnlvorously of the books
in the old Quaker Apprentices' Library and
the Franklin Institute Library. He attended
the popular scientific lectures at the Frank
lin Institute. Bomnnce, adventure, poetry
nnd science were his early loves, in later
life George ascribed to this ' fondness for
reading his real education and tho com
mencoment of his career. When at the age
of 38 he began woik on "Progress and
Poverty" he had accumulated, despite the
thinness of his purse at that time und the
hardships he had undergone in his vurled
career, a private library of S00 volumes
They related to political economy, history
and biography, poetry, philosophy, the
sciences In popular form and travels nnd
discovery, with but few works of fiction,
though ho wob an ndmror of George Eliot's
novels. These bookB were his chief pos
sessions In the world. Indeed, for a while
in the house on 1st street, San Francisco,
where the main work on "Progress and Pov.
erty" was done, thcro was no carpet on the
parlor floor, ns the family could, not afford
to buy one. In addition to his own library
George made use of various publlo libraries
in the preparation of his most famous book.
"It amazes me," said his wife ot one time
fresh from rending proofs of a new edition'
"how the rnnn ever' found tho time to da
the reading and the thinking bound in that
book. I'm not speaking of the intellectual
ability jieede ,0 dQ n alli byt JuBt he wofk
It stands for. He was a busy man, punier
than anybody knew, In soiling for us yet
he read endlessly, und must have thought
about these things wth one part of his head
while he used another part every day to
muke a living." ' , y l
, THE SOm7gV0RK '
1V!he.WPrk that mJhassJKa great and trut
Or the true ol taaiTwi ; T It eii 'T
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SETTING IDLE DOLLARS TO WORK
Wlliam A. Law, a Philadelphia Banker, Is Taking a Leading Part
in Solving the Financial Problems Raised by the Euro
pean War A Bankers' Banker
By WILLIAM
APHILADELPHIAN will play a large, per
haps the largest, part In shaping the
financial policies of the American Hankers'
Association at the an
nual convention, which
begins next Monday
nt Seattle. The man is
William A. Law, pres
ident of tho First
National Bank, of this
city, and president
also of tho associa
tion. The policies aro
part of the enterprise
of preparing tho
United Stutes for tho
Job of world banker.
This year the bank
ers wilt seek to find a
solution of the great
problem of putting to
work millions of good
WILLIAM A LAW
American dollars, mado idle by the war in
Europe, Until a few years ago these con
ventions, nnd, in fact, tho workings of tho as
sociation, wcro more or less perfunctory, but
this year tho eyes of tho world will be on
Seattle. Financial questions raised by tho
war give to tho convention an international
importance.
That the bankers recognize what Mr. Law
has donefor the association was proved two
years ago, when tho delegates threw aside
tho precedent of having the chairman of the
Executive Council automatically succeed to
tho vlco presidency and elected him from the
iloor. Last year, at Richmond, It was proved
again, when ho was made president.
Curiously, Mr. Law Is only the second
Phlladelphlan who has been president of the
American Bankers' Association, although it
was founded in this city In the Centennial
year, holding its first sessions in the Cen
tennial buildings, In Futrmount Park. The
other Philadelphia president of tho associa
tion was Morton McMlchael, cashier of the
bank which Mr. Law now heads. The latter
has been devoting much of his time in the
last two or threo months to tho preparation
of tho program at tho convention, What he
considers the greatest problems tho bankers
will have to face is best told In his own
brief statement:
The Convention's Task
"The American Bankers' Association," he
says, "will face tho greatest plethora of un
used funds in Its history. The problem of
unused money is the great ono today. Then,
too, tho Federal reserve act will have been
in operation Just about a yenr when the
convention starts, and reports and discus
sions of its operation will be of great Im
portance. That is the subject the bankers
are interested In more than any other."
Tho success this Phlladelphlan has had In
his avowed effort to widen the scope and in
crease the efficiency of the association, mak
ing the service more valuable to members
and especially to the smaller banks, is prob
ably due to tho experience ho has had in
bankers' organizations. He organized the
South Carolina Bankers' Association in 1901
and became its first president. Nine years
later he was made president of the Penn
sylvania Bankers' Association, ond t, ik
.r" .1' .WU.8. a mmber ot the Executive
Council of
ne American Bankers' Asso-
elation.
Mr. Law is a Phlladelphlan by choice He
well that ho has resisted the lure of Wall
rfEf! .L1 !" co,nmon ""owledge in financial
circles that he could have haJ nn executive
position in one of the big banks of that
famous thoroughfare years ago had he been
willing o leavo this city. The rpethpd of
I. tt0T,uer Und thB Bteps ' " eer
In- , ?I" a" "-''ns a story as
that of his apd rise In the dozen years he
has spent here.
Colled Up From tho South
inMn,.,uVVaS,,b0rn n ft cotton Nation
In Darlington County, Bouth Carolina. His
father was the Hey. Thomas h. Law D D
pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, of
Spartanburg, who later succeeded the father
of President Wilson a. stated eleVk or the
Southern Presbyterian denomination Mi
Law graduated from Wofford College He
tautht school for two years In Wilmington,
N. C,, and then became oWplat stenographer
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perience. In two years he had become presi
dent of the Central National Bank of Spar
tanburg. Some Insight into tho character
of the man is given by the story of what he
did after graduating from college. He had
received free tuition as the son of a minis
ter, but after getting his diploma he imme
diately went to work to earn enough money
to reimburse the Institution.
Before tho Civil War relations between
Philadelphia and the South were more close
than they aro today. It was through an
effort by tho old Merchants' National Bank
of this city to restore these relations that,
Mr. Law was brought to this city, and it Is
interesting to note that a continuance pf
this effort has been one of his hobbles since
his residence here. Tho Merchants' National
sent one of Its officers Into the South to And
a man to build up Its interests. He found
William A. Law In Spartanburg, and ho was
so deeply Impressed by the ability of tho
young Southerner that shortly afterward the
Merchants' National made Mr. Law an offer
to come to this city. A writer describing
Mr. Law has noted that it took nerve to give
up tho presidency of a successful bank In a
small city to become an assistant caBhler In J
a large bank in a great city. Probably it
did, but Mr. Law had the nerve. He also
had ability, for in BeVen years ho advanced
through tho office of cashier and vice presi
dent to the presidency.
The First National Bank of Philadelphia
took over the Merchants' National in 1910
and Mr. Law became vlco president, and
early this year ho succeeded to the presi
dency. From court stenographer to presi
dent of tho bank holding the first charter
issued by the United States Government is
somewhat of a record for 25 years,
A School of Banking
Bank clerks have found Mr. Law exceed
ingly helpful. Ono of tho largest activities
of the American Bankers' Association is the
American Instltuto, of Banking, an allied or
ganization of between 16,000 and 17,000
bank clerks who study, through the means
provided by tho association, the problems
of banking. Perhaps it Is the teaching in
stinct acquired in his younger days, but the
welfare of tho Institute and tho Buccess of
Its members Is one of Mr. Law's particular
interests.
As to the American Bankers' Association
Itself, it is a much moro Important (Organi
zation thnn many think. For instance, its
membership Is given as 15,000 banks; but
these institutions average from three to
twenty officers each, and this means that
moro than 75,000 banking ofllclnls are inter
ested in the association nnd active In its
wprk.
Mr. Law married Miss Lucy Lathrop
Goode, of Savannah, in 1889. They have
two children. Their home ' is In German
town, where Mr. Law has a library moro
like that of a literary man1 than a banker.
He has given some tlmo to charitable work
In between his other duties he likes to play
golf. Some of the young men he has quietly
helped Into better Jobs nre now executives
n large banks. Mr. Law is a member of
the Philadelphia Itucquet Club, the German
town Cricket Club, tho Huntingdon Valley
iU..nn?. tt tru8tea of tne F,ro Association
of this city and of the Central National Bonk
of Spartanburg. 8. c.
PENNY LUNCHES FOR SCHOOLS
Considered in tho Weekly Bulletin of the
Bureau of Municipal Research
As the expenditures for governmental m.r.
poses rapidly increase year by X It mK
tLUrfKtd SerhP1' thttt Bovernmenu, L tw
too far flung, too deeply ramified and toS
deeply extended Into the life of the oeoolA
Whenever, therefore, government a,.Um..P
en.U,nnotte , vS57"
when they open onVpptSSbJ t "W"
1-mu. as, a ,w. d ArHaflSS
JOHN!"
which originated in England about five years
ago. New York and other cities In the United
States have also experimented with serving
nourishing food In schools.
Each of tho 25 schools, all of which are in
the southern section of tho city, will have a
kitchen and a lunch counter where, for 3 or
4 cents, a wholcsomennd nourishing luncheon
may bo secured dufihg the morning recess
hour. Thcro will bo no expenso to tho school
district beyond tho original outlay for equip
ment. Tho lunch counter Itself will bo self
eupportlng. even to tho extent of tho super
vision. With the extension of the setem to
the other schools. It will be possible to give
larger portions at the same I flees.
The wholo scheme, then, Is to bolster up
the educational system by making children,
otherwise "dull" nnd unreceptlve, able to take
advantage of the opportunities afforded them,
so that they may become efficient citizens and
productive members of the community. By
further extending "the function of the schools
In this manner, tho tremendous annual ex
penditure for education will be more effective
and productive of tho best results,
Whnt may at first Jjlueh appear to be n new
Item ot expense may be an economy In the
best sense of the word. '
THE NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
A sensible State would have a State constabu
lary as a police force Chicago Tribune.
The hope for a better and cheaper food sup
Ply rests with tho agricultural schools. Chi
cago Journal.
The campaign In behalf of the ship-purchase
bill should be dropped. Then the way will be
rleared for the possible enactment of soinu
really sound piovlslous relative to our ship
ping needs. Springfield Union.
If we cnuld only get rid of the women-and-chlldran-destroying
Zeppelins and the fighting
In trenches, along with tho expulsion of the
eubmailne, wo would be making war right re
spectable again. Ohio State Journal.
Ellhu Boot in his speech on invlsibfe gov
ernment has made to American political litera
ture a contribution of permanent value, and at
the same tlmo won the respect of nil advo
cates of more decent and less costly govern
ment. Hnrtford Post.
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