- - -vjr5" EVENING T.ETXETC-PHILADELPHIA, MWSTFXX WA.BU& T. EOTB. Urnm i i 'i i j i i ii Ti i i i n ' i i i ii, 1i .Mi'miH Hi m fln Mi.,. . mn,..,.a,m, .., .n TVfthtG LEDGER COMPANY CrntlS It. K. CURTtfc. riitBXT. CTarii 11. ttrtlntfen. Vice President! John C. Martin, Mretstry and Treasurers Philip 8. Collins, John It. 'William., Director. EDITOniAI, DOAIlDt Ctncs It. K. CtixTtf. Chairman. P. H. TvTtAt.Br ....... . . . . . . .Editor JOHN O. MARTIN .Ofnral Culnni MMttf Published dally at rcattt Ltnnm rtuiidlns;. Independence Square, -Philadelphia. Limn CSTHL.,4......Ilroad and Chestnut Streets Alturtto Ciil...ji..t.,.e.rrr.WHli nulldlnr elirTo.c.. ........ ....... 200 Metropolitan Tower rr6lT. ,. ,.,,,, .,,,.. ...iiii' S2 Ford Hull. lire ST. Iroms.... .,.-,... ,,409 Oloee-Drmocrnt llultdlng Cntcuoo ,...,(....... ,...1202 Trlbuno Building NEWS BUREAUS! WiiHiMfltoNHtnuu... niimi Ilultdlnc Now TOK Benin,,..., The Time Iluildlnn Units nciBjo..., ,....i..0t Frledrlchstrassa IjOXDOM BnutiitM.t. Marconi House, Strand Paxil BrjaxiB. ...... ........ .33 Rus Louis Is Grand SUBSCRIPTION TERMS By earner, atx cents per week. By mall, postpaid inutatde of Philadelphia, eicept thre foreign postage It rwrulred, one month, twenty.flve rer.ts; one year, three dollars. All mall subscriptions payable In advance. Notic Subscribers ttlshtnj address thansed must tire old ai well aa new address. BILL. IMP yALWJT KET3TONE. MAIS 30 VT Aitreti oil eflmmun oflon ro Evening Ltdger, Independence Square, PMtadetpMa. nnnis it TBI rninncrnU nmoirica is sdcond cms um, MiTtn. 1HB AVERAOB NET PAID DAILY CIRCULA TION OF THE EVENLVO LEDOnR FOR FEBRUARY WAS 104,118 PHILADELPHIA. MONDAY, MAnClI 27. 1916. For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. Watts. That regiment of British notors should foel perfectly at homo In nny of tho theatres of war. It was a great week-end here and else where. Tho Easter parado ought to bo quite a success. It Is reported that largo numbers of Finns to enlisting'. , Is tho war to develop Into a Finnish fight? There's nothing new In this liquid flro the Germans are using. Tho mountaineers of Tennessee have been distilling It for years. A German scientist has discovered a process for lowering the specific gravity of gasollno; but nobody seems able to do anything toward lowering tho price. Tho man Ram Singh who brought good news to tho Rev. William A. Sunday was not In appropriately named. Only ho ought to have Bonn to Rodehover. Those Japanese artisans who can cut wood veneer Into sheets one-thousandth of an inch thick would make Ideal ham-sandwich makers for tho average quick-lunch counter. The Houso Ways and Means Committco has decided on an omnibus revenue bill to rnlso money to cover the deficit. It will have to bo a pretty big omnibus, the dcllclt Is so large. Those little Belgian children who aro send ing gifts over hero In remembrance of Ameri can kindnesses of a year ago have no political sense. Bon't they know that "tho United States hasn't a friend In tho world"? Several of tho Councllmen declared that they would rather see the city's money spent in improving Byborry than on an Art Mu seum. From a news story. Several of Pericles counselors, no doubt. Bald they would rather seo tho city's money spent on a market in tho Piraeus than on tho Parthenon, Isn't It possible, with a bit of honesty In finance and building, ti do both? Except for a few great corporations, little advantage has been taken of tho now openings for trade by industrial concerns In tho West. Their sluggishness Is duo to a very simple phenomenon; they can mako money more eas ily at home or In tho normal courses of com merce. Yet when tho rub comes, when mar kets begin to change, the vuluo of these sur plus outlets will be felt. Tho samo reasoning applies to Philadelphia In a number of ways. Ono of them is In tho development of shipping facilities. Not romance, perhaps, hut something of clear vision and enterprise Is In the story of the Republic. It was u French merchantman, sent to the bottom of Tahiti harbor by tho Germans, and bought, "sight unseen" as It lay there by an American Arm. It arrived at San Francisco the other day under Its own steam and tho salvaged cargo h.13 more than paid tho Americans for their work. Now tho Re public Is 'under American registry and profit yielding. Incidentally, she Is a doubly hy phenated ship, for before the war sho was Die "Walkuere. If the propagandists of tho I. W. W. do not Jump at the offer of a silk mill In Paterson they will play themselves a scurvy trick. Tho mill Is offered to the operatives on tho sole condition that the present owner bo given and guaranteed eight per cent, on his investment, the entire management of tho plant being left In the hands of the workers. It 13 n fun damental tenet of tho 1. W. W. that the work ers can do everything, and can tako over every factory in which they aro now working. It will be an interesting experiment and the I. W, W. owes it to tho common good to try It out. Colonel Roosevelt came quietly homo from his tour, slipped In as the old phrase has it. But If there was no demonstration at Madison Square Garden, Bince that place was occupied by the vastly more important struggle for an onor more dear than the Presidency, there ajras at least some note taken here In Phila delphia. Before the Fivo o'clock Club, at the Bellevue-Stratford, the Colonel was "fired" by Uncle Joe Cannon. To be put In the soma class with Mr. Taft, to be told that neither he nor his chosen and unfaithful successor could defeat Wilson, to be blasted and blamed, was Colonel Roosevelt's fate at the hands of this solid Republican. It was humilating, but there was something else behind a serious ques tion for the Republican party. Mr. Cannon is no idle speculator. If Roosevelt can't and Taft can't, who can? Was Uncle Joe back firing toward the Supreme Court bench? Sentimentally there Is something to be said for (he present bridge over the Schuylkill at Sputh street. It Is one of the few structures whlyh on rare occasions swings open for a niustkj vessel to iag. and the annoyance of Koing caught pn a street car is relieved by the interesting' spectacle. Otherwise the bridge is Unsightly, insufficient and possibly dangerous. Certainly the feeling of security Is not to be gaised from the wooden floor of the bridge, Wtta Its constantly appearing imperfection. A Uew structure has been ptaanad. the cost is MTUki4rnbJy 4e3 than an old-time contractor y.xrj'd vMVri4xr'tVtzla'ir. Idc profit aii.l the 4&acM jrJaw$asl Irani are worth at- taii tioa. f&t it la wt AfcMut for South street . that tho bridge must bo built So for tho lower section of Philadelphia .west of tho river Is undeveloped ground. .When one re members what Boston has done with tho backyards of a street) a gas house and a tittle Intelligent treatment of tho Charles, tho black wators and tho flats of tho Schuylkill nro not a very satisfactory subject for gratification. NAME THE SCOUNDRELS The rrelilenl' Metlcnn statement, In tended to nllny suspicion nerosa the border, should be supplemented by nnollirr one tail ing by nnme the Amerlcnn rnpllnllsts whom lie charges with trying to force Intervention. THE President's warning against believing tho alarmist reports fiom Mexico goes too far or It does not go far enough. He says: The object of this traffic In falsehood Is obvious. It Is to create Intolerable friction between the Government of tho United States and tho do facto government of Mexico4 for the purpose of bringing about Intervention In tho Interest of certain Ameri can owners of Mexican properties. This Is tho first ttmo that tho government at Washington has taken formal notico of the rumors that have been In circulation for sev eral years. It has been common report that American interests have financed nil tho re cent revolutions in Mexico. They have been charged, In turn, with supplying money to Iluerta, to Carranra and to Villa. At one time their purposes wero said to be to secure from the factlonlsts they wero supporting a greater degroo of protection for their concessions, and at another time they have been charged with seeking to mnltc conditions across tho border so Intolcrnblo that It would become necessary for tho Washington government to Intervene nnd set up by forco In tho City of Mexico a government which would protect their dollars. Thcso men have been accused of buying mur der and arson, tho outraging of women and tho slaughtor of children for the purpose of Increasing tho amount of their personnl and private fortunes. They have been represented ns being willing that 100.000 American youth, wearing the uniform of tho American soldier, should be killed on tho cactus plains south of tho Rio Grnndo If only their mlnca nnd their oil wells nnd their railroad bonds could be protected. It has been dlfllrult to believe that nny American citizens could bo so lost to all sense of decency nnd so blind to all the obligations of his manhood ns to bo guilty of any such prepostorous plotting. Such things might havo been posslblo In the days of tho buc caneers nnd pirates, but not In this twentieth century of Christian race. But now the President of tho United States in a formal statement Issued from tho Execu tivo Mansion takes cognizance of thcso rumors. He docs more. Ho charges that at tho present moment certain American citizens aro actively engaged In circulating false reports of trouble In Mexico in order to Inflame tho public mind to the point of demanding active Intervention, and lie warns tho peoplo against being misled by "tho sinister and unscru pulous Influences thnt nro afoot." If tho President has no definite proof of the truth of his charges, he should not havo made them. If ho has proof, he should not stop with his warning. Who aro the men guilty of tho high crlmo of which he is accusing them? Glvo ns their names, that they may be pilloried In the pierc ing light of publicity. And give us also proof of their guilt so that If there bo no law under which they can bo punished for their attempt to betray n peaceful nation Into wnr and to stir up strlfo between friendly sovereignties, they may ho scorched by tho blasting scorn of an outraged and Indignant people. The general statement given out for pub lication on Sunday should ho supplemented by definite specifications or it should not have been mado at all. The country will await further disclosures with such patience ns It can muster. It may bo that the President regarded his accusations ngalnst sinister American In fluences as merely Incidental to his main pur poso to assure Mexico of the disinterested ness of tho Government at Washington In Its pursuit of Villa. It is Important that Mexico should havo that assurance. There aro Mexi can politicians who nre willing to attempt to rido into power on tho wavo of hostility to tho United States which Is likely to sweep over tho country If the great mass of the Mexicans can bo porsuaded that wo are attempting conquest. Tho possibility that some of theso men would mako common cause with Villa has been present from the beginning. The State Department has been exerting itself to convince all responsible men In the do fucto government that our purposes aro honorable and that the pursuit of Villa is not a pretext for meddling with the internal affairs of their country. It has sought to persuade them that wo nre co-operating with them in an effort to get rid of n forco which is causing trouble on both sides of tho border. So far as appears, it has succeeded. All trustworthy reports indi cate that Carranza and his soldiers aro work ing harmoniously with General Pershing's ex pedition. So long, however, as "the sinister and un scrupulous Influences" remain unnamed and unbranded there will bo danger of misunder standings, not necessarily among the men in charge of the Mexican Government, but among tho Mexican peoplo themselves, who are sensitive of their Independence and Jealous of their rights. The way to peace Is over the avenue of pitiless publicity. The President is expected to head himself In that direction without needless delay. SATURDAY NIGHT'S DEBATE WHEN red-blooded Americans cease to tako an interest in such n contest as that In tho Madison Square Garden In New York on Saturday night It will be time for us to despair of the republic. There have been some notable exceptions; but the rule has been from tho beginning that tho men who hava achieved great success havo been, first, strong animals. Great physical force Is necessary If great achievements aro to be wrought. There must be tho sound body as well as the sound mind. The physical man, the vigorous human animal. Is interested in displays of physical proweas. He may not care to become a prize fighter, but ho envea and should envy the man who can defend himself with his fists In case of need. Both Wlllard and Moran are fine speci mens of physical development. They are spe cialists, however. The nation dos not need many such; but so long as we value physical training there will be a few men who have more strength titan brains willing and anxious to make the muscles in their arms and legs do for them what the undeveloped muscle In their skulls will not do. The victory went to the strongest and most vigorous muscles. Wlllard outclassed his opponent from the beginning and proved that when brute force Is pitted against brute force the man with the biggest supply wins. If WlUard. carries out his plans to go back West and run a ranch after a few months, he will prove that ho has a brain aa well as brawn. Tom Daly's Column T1TE 80KO OF THE MAROIt WIND. 1 am the minstrct, the maker of mirth, And the forest my harp is: From the fibres asleep in the heart of the earth, Where its ieoof and its carp is, 1 fashion the spring With the soiw thai I slnpl I, that am breathed of the mouth of mil Ood, Am His music in motion; And Ills breath on mp wings shakes the slumbering sod And the floor of the ocean,' And I fashion the spring With the song that I slngl 1 am the breath of your nostrils, O! man, And akin to your spirit; Hut our Ood's voice xcas mine ere jotfr singing began, So rejoice tcien iou hear it, For 1 bring tiou the spring With the song that I sinpt Announcement! WB INAUGURATE herewith and now an Anagram Contest. The prize Is to be an Easter bonnet (main or female) to tho vnluo of five slmolcons or the equivalent in chocolate eggs and tho award will bo made on Maundny Thursday (April 20). That's nil the Information you need. It might he well to remember, howovcr, that timeliness will have some weight In tho mak ing of our decision. Something like that bright transposition of tho letters In tho name of Woodrow Wilson ("W003 Lorn Widow") will bring home tho bncon. Go to Itl Musical Triolets (Most of Them Knoofc-turns) IV This scribe has no time For saiving II. Sandby, Which explains the terse rhyme; (This scribe has no time) His playing (a crime) Should most speedily canned be. This scribe has no flinc For sawing H. Soiufoj. DIFF. Sir This Is from your very own dear paper yestldd'y: EDtTOniAI, POSITION Man. 1R to 21. man unl training Rrnduate preferred or shop ex jwrlnco nnd knowledco of automobile parts ncceeorles essrntlnl: must wrlto Knsllah -well: nniiiln.nl snlnry to begin: Mato nue. education anil exporl-nce. Will you please tell that guy that I will tako the Job. 1 nm hniuly with a mullet nnd planer nnd know full well the uses ot "boilerplate." Can also shuck oysters and play a guitar. The editorial end of an automobile must be the steer ing gear, hut J can't see it. What tho heck la the newspaper business coming to? Answer. CARPENTER. Turtle Out Inlet. N. J. Odd Tears and years nnd years ago, A young lady, fair nnd gay. Just when I commenced to walk. Used to pnt my curls and say: "Mother's great big man." Now when I nm quite grown up. An old Intly that I know. Sometimes when I seem asleep. Tiptoes near and whispers low: "Mother's llttlo boy." H. H. H. Lines SujEfsted by n Picture nf n. neantlfnl Room nnd These Words From nn Ai!iertlement In Magazine The Upson Board went up so easily over the old plaster that I could have done It myself. It took the carpenter one-third of the tlm of plastering-. And there was no litter and dirt for my wlf to cleon up afterwards. THAT a boy, Upson, old top; you'vo got the system working fine. Don't I wish T could work things the way you do $50,000 house, big, beautiful room with $1 0,000 worth of rugs, ditto chairs, ditto other trimmings, and then havo friend wife clean up tho litter and dirt after tho workmen. Tho girls are get ting too darned effeminate some places, but not with you, Upson; not with you. F. Cedar Bluff Anthology I THE MYSTIC I nm a mystic. I like to Hpeak In words That people say Are pregnant. I delight In uttering The obvious In tones that are Mysterious. When T say, "The man walked,' People nre amazed and say: "The man did not run. He did not ride. Ho did not crawl. Ho did not hop, skip or Jump, He walked! How simple and natural. And yet how subtle!" The other day somebody asked me What I thought Of Schopenhauer. I had never heard Of Schopenhauer before, So I simply answered, "Schopenhauer." And I smiled sadly fAs tho I had dissected him long ago. And rejected him And was bored) Somewhat like the Emtio Of Moua Lisa. And everybody thought my answer Was perfect. WILL LOU. A Little Hull About the Old Oaken Bucket Last summer 1 thought I would take a vacation. So I went to the country, I needed a rest. One morning I went to the well for some water; They told me that drinking well water was best. I had a red patch on the seat of my trousers, And when I leaned over exposed It to view. A bull that was grazing at the red patch stood gazing, In a case euch as this, what would any hull do? He decided to buck It; he up and he struck It, And down with the bucket I went In the well! W. Pique. HERE'S our friend the Fireman back again. Says he, in part: Say. listen, bo; I want to say That Joh you got it ain't no dream; To All that column every day Yon got to hop to keep up steam. ' And when you're handed stuff; that "clinks" ily some poor snipe who really thinks That It Is poetry he's wrltin'. I guess you often feel like flglitln'. You got to rake and slice some, too. And dig in with your pencil blue; And never let your pressure drop. Nor let er get so hot she'll "pop." And II. II. II. comes back at us again to say: "I didn't ask 'Why the Etude? but 'Why THE Etude?" To which we reply, "We gotcha the first time, and If somebody else doesn't tell you in the meantime we're going; to get ready to start to Inquire about it right soon now. If we can get Mr. Pressers ear." His Own ilake We'd thank the self-made man if ha Would only sometimes stop. And curb his wild; desire to bo Forever- UlUnic b.op, THE TREE OP MY LIFE When I was yet but ft child, the gardener gave me a tree, A little slim elm, to be set wherever seemed good to me. What a wonderful thing It seemed! with Its lace- edge leaves uncurled, And Its span-long stem, thnt should grow to the grandest tree In tho world 1 So I searthed nil tho garden round, and out over field and hill, But not a Bpot could I And that suited my way ward will. I would havo It bowcrcd In tho grove, In a close and quiet valo; I would rear It aloft on tho height, to wrestle with the gale. Then I said, "t will cover Its roots with a little caith by the door, And there It shall llvo and wait, while I search for a place once more." But still I could never find It. the place for my wonderful tree, And It waited and grow by the door, while the years pased over mo ; Till suddenly, ono flno day, I saw It was grown too tall, And Its roots gono down too deep, to bo over moved nt all. So hero It Is growing still, by tho lowly cottage door; Never so grand nnd tall as I dreamed It would be of yore. But It shelters a tired old man In Its sunshine- dnppled shade, The children's pattering feet round Its knotty knees have played. Dear singing birds In a storm Bomctlmcs take refuge there, And tho stars through Its silent boughs shine gloriously fair. Edward Rowland Sill. IN PRAISE OFCOLWYN Its Chief Burscss Rises to Correct n Misnpprchcnsion To the Editor nf Evening Ledger: Sir My attention has been called to an nrtlclo under "What Do You Know7" In your Issue of tho 22d Inst., wherein tho questions nro nsked: "(I) Maybe you can tell me what clnss of city Darby Is; (2) also, where Is Cclwyn"? In answer to the above you reply: "(1) Darby comes under tho borough form of government, with a Chlof Burgess and n Council of one chnmber; (2) Col wyn Is a nnmo applied to one section of Darby borough." I nm concerned In tho second part of your reply, Innsmuch ns I observe thnt It Is Incor rect. Col wyn Is not a section of Darby borough, but a separate borough maintaining Its own gov ernment, Including Burgess, Council, School Board, Health Hoard, Police Department, sower flushcr. nsh and garbage collection, besides which It maintains nnd supports ono of the leading flro companies In the Stato of Pennsylvania, ono piece of Its equipment ntonc, namely, Its auto mobile combination chemical and hose wagon. Is doubtless ono of tho best pieces of apparatus of Its kind In tho country. While tho town Is small In area, yet what It Incks In size It makes up In progresslvcness. Considerable of Its legislation Is copied by Its sister boroughs, nnd recently even tho larger cities of the United Stntes havo been sending to us for copies of our ordinances nnd regulations. Instead of being n section of Darby borough, we, being so progressive In our borough, some times become so enthusiastic that If we do not' watch ourselves tho feeling comes over us thnt our neighbor whom we Immediately adjoin, Philadelphia, Is part of Colwyn. Tho only Immediate connection wo have with the other Immediate adjoining municipality, Darby, Is Its postofllco delivery . Our town, while having n Colwyn branch of tho Darby post ofllco. Is served by carriers under control at tho Darby postofllce So that your Inquirer may bo properly In formed, I trust that you will bo good enough to correctly stato the facts as given by mo and to further Inform him that should he desire to procure further Information concerning . tho town, that on behalf nf all our 2000 residents, we will bo very glad to havo him pay us n visit, nnd, If ho desires, nny of our officials will bo very glad to show him around and par ticularly have him Inspect our now and modern town ball, which I think cannot be excelled by any other town our size, perhaps not by any town of nny size, at least not In Delaware County. SIDNEY WINDER WATERMAN. Chief Burgess of Colwyn. Colwyn, March 25. PHILADELPHIA'S FLAG SONG To the Editor of Evening Ledger; Sir Tho following lines. "Onward. Philadel phia." arc set to tho nlr of "Onward, Chrlstlnn Soldiers": Onward, Philadelphia, be It peace or war. With your blue-gold bnuner going on before. Birthplace of Old Glory, best In all tho world. Pledge we life and honor, neither shall be furled. Flags of peace and progress and prosperity. Both shall float together till eternity. Chorus Onward, Philadelphia, etc. CHARLES W. ALEXANDER. Philadelphia, March 27. "OLD TIPPECANOE'S" LOG CABIN A movement Is on foot for erecting a monu ment In honor of William Henry Harrison on tho farm at North Bend. Ind where he spent tho greater part of his life and whero bis body lies hurled. After serving In Indians wars in tho 00s of the eighteenth century, ho became Gov ernor of the so-called Indiana Territory, which then comprised the region later embraced In tho States of Indiana. Illinois, Michigan and Wis consin. By peaceful methods he secured favor ablo treaties with tho Indians and on ono of his military campaigns won the Important victory of Tippecanoe. Thus ho won tho title, "Old Tippecanoe," which was used as a slogan In his subsequent political campaigns. In IS to the song about Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too, was sung by Whigs all over tho country. This campaign was the famous "log cabin and hard cider" cam paign, and In this designation the old homo at North Bend figures. A writer In the Columbus DtspaJch says that the building was in part a log cabin. One who was a guest there In 1810 describes it as a long, rambling structure, part two stories in height, but mostly but one story, with the wide front facing the Ohio River, from which It fctood back about 300 yards. There were nine rooms In all on the ground floor, and ono of these a large one- was the log portion, It evidently having been originally a log cabin standing by itself; but the owner had built additions to it as need was felt and means permitted until he had quite a preten tious country residence. The whole of the ex terior had been covered with clapboards sawed boards being too expensive In those days and tho clapboards wero painted white. Seen from the river at the bend, it (s said to have presented a very beautiful aspect, the white building In Its setting of green in summer being particu larly striking. In this log cabin portion of his residence Gen eral Harrison' often entertained companies of friends, and elder was the beverage used at these dinners. This hospitality was famous Just prior to the presidential campaign In which ha led the Whigs, and the contest became known In political history as the log cabin and hard cider campaign. NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW Never In our national history have we ever entered a war, even a llttlo one, with an army of sufficient size or one properly provided for. Cincinnati Times Star. While the reasons against extending the manufacturing activities of the United States Government are impressive, it is somewhat re assuring that the best results have always come when these activities were under the direction of the army and navy. Springfield Republican. If there Is any Justification for national pro hibition, national suffrage control or national con trol of marriage and divorce, then there Is no reason to maintain any form of local ' govern ment whatever. We may us well discard all the local machinery and save the expense. Houston Post. The public Is heartily sick of legislative Injus tice to the railroads of the country. It will be quick to sympathize with the cause represented by the railroad executives now appearing before the Senate Committee on Fostofllces and Post Roads against the Moon scheme. New York Tribune, In Pennsylvania the State police have mad a fine record In apprehending criminals In re mote country districts which, they patrol on horses. And while they ura explosive. It la to be wondered If theydlo not wore titan repay the State in. the reaptct for tbo law which thotr ttrc-a- SICKNESSWHO PAYS THE FREIGHT? How the Pecuniary Burden Would Be Distributed Under Compul sory Health Insurance Les sons From Europe SEVERAL Stntes, notably New Tork, New Jersey nnd Massachusetts, nro consider ing tho ndoptton of compulsory health Insur ance Tho nrtlclo on tho subject In thcso col umns n few days ago called forth a number of letters from' readers of tho Evening LnDOEn, nnd tho purpose of the present nrtlclo Is to answer tho questions nsked by various corre spondents. Sovornl of tho Inquiries related to tho cxponso Of tho proposed legislation. Somo refcrenco to tho Mills bill, now before tho Legislature of Now Tork, will afford a gen eral reply to thoso nnd other Inquiries. A fact that should bo borne. In mind Is that thcro Is llttlo danger of hasty legislative no tion. Health Insurance. Is now to America, though moro than a quarter of a century old In Europe, and now Is tho time of learning nnd teaching tho principles underlying health lustirnnco nnd taking noto of tho experience of European countries. t The Institution of health Insurance. Is nl ready established In tho following countries, namely: Germany, Austria, Hungary, Luxem bourg, Norway, Holland, Groat Britain, Rus sia, Rumania, Serbia, Greece. It Is now to this country In tho samo way that workmen's com pensation, now ndoptod In 33 States of tho Amerlcnn Union, was now on this sldo of tho ocean six or sovon years ago. Not to describe tho systems In forco In Europe, tho Mills bill provides that tho cost of lnsurnnco bo divided betwoen tho cmployo, his employor nnd tho State. Tho Stato would pay 20 per cent, nnd, whero tho employe receives moro than $9 a week, his sharo nnd his employer's would bo equal. Whero lowor wages aro paid, tho em ployer's sharo In tho dues Is mado larger and tho employe's correspondingly less. Tho ln surnnco would .bo ndmlnlstorcd under a social lnsurnnco commission nnd through district associations formed for localities nnd trades nnd under tho Joint management of employers nnd employes. Whero labor unions or Indus trial plants already maintain similar lnsur nnco on a no-profit basis, they may contlnuo to operate ns a part of tho system If approved by tho commission. Thcro will bo no dead lovel of benefits or of premium cost. Trndo health oxperlcnco nnd other conditions will help determine tho premium, nnd owners of Industries which show nbnormally high rates of sickness will bear n greater sharo of tho expense. Workers Help Bear the Burden In nil cases a minimum standard of Insur ance will bo Insisted upon. Medical, surgical and nursing nttendanco must bo mado avail able at once, nnd financial support equal to two-thirds of tho sick person's regular wngo must begin with tho fourth day of hi3 disabil ity and oxtend for not moro than six months. If hospltnl treatment Is provided, tho sufferer's dependents or family must bo given one-third of tho amount of his regular wages. Medical and surgical supplies must bo provided In addi tion, and, in case of death, actual funeral ex ponses up to $50 must be paid. Tho bill ap plies to nil manunl workers in tho State, and all other wngo-earners whoso incomo does not exceed $100 a month, excepting Government employes, inmates of institutions and casual employes whoso status cannot bo determined. Dues may bo deducted by employers from tho pay envelopes, nnd employers will bo held re sponsible for payment. There will bo no pos sibility of a worker getting back in his dues or out of benefit. Tho economic consequences of sickness In this country and the inadequacy of "Indivi dual" lnsurnnco ns a social protection wero discussed in tho previous nrtlclo. Under tho Mills net, if adopted, tho cost of Insurance to tho workman would bo considerably less than It is now in its Ineffective form. A careful student of European laws nnd Amerl cnn conditions says: "Wo estlmato that It will tnko about 1.2 per cent, of his earnings, tho estlfnato being based on tho oxperlcnco in Germany, whero such a measure has been In forco for thirty-three years. This will mean n tax of 12 conts a week for tho man earning $10; but It is a problem in economics ns to whether a compulsory nssessment of this kind actually costs the poorly paid worker anything at all." No new burden will be Imposed on tho employes. Investigators for tho United States Bureau of Labor Statistics and for prl vato institutions ngree that nt least -1 pet cent, of the Incomo of working class families goes for care of sickness or for burial Insur ance. Based on German experience, this would be about tho percentngo of wages re quired for all tho benefits, so that tho re sults of tho lnsurnnco would bo nn actual lowering of tho Item of cost of sickness and burial In the family budget. Moreover, the benefits obtainable In such a subsidized system nro greater than thoso which the workers aided contributions could pur chase. Our Industrial Army Another important aspect of the matter, ac cording to Dr. S. S. Goldwatcr, a well-known medical authority, Is "the economic necessity of maintaining tho great army of industrial workers In a state of physical efficiency. Now, since the wages of many a worker are such that he Is unable, in time, of sickness, to pro vide for his own needs, what Is to be done? Two courses aro open: Either he must be al lowed to suffer, and, perhaps, to die of neg lect, or his own resources must be supple mented by somo form of aid. I assume that the first alternative is so repugnant as to be altogether Inadmissible; the second Involves either charitable relief or health Insurance. In this country, for many years to come, it is mora than probable that we shall have both charitable relief and health insurance, for It will take a long time to develop a compre hensive system of compulsory Insurance." ' Workmen's compensation and health Insur ance differ in many respects, notably In tho distribution of costs, but the underlying prin ciple Is the same; the opposition is the same; the social necessity Is the same. "Workmen's compensation," as Professor Lindsay, of Columbia, observes, "was the ac ceptance of the Insurance principle applied to the risk of industrial accidents. Health insur ance Is the application of the same principle to the far greater and more prevalent risk of Illness. The financial penalty Imposed on the injured workingman was a national scan dal. Driven by one blow to abject helpless ness and dependence, he or his poverty stricken family was compelled to sue In an Individual capacity for damages. Employers, to protect themselves from imposture, were compelled to contest the case; and when casualty companies Insured their risks, they often defended the suits In ways that led to grossest Injustice, By the application of the social Insurance principle, wo have not only done awcty with the most flagrant abuses, but jvo av ,trteJ g ualte4 tafety.flryt cam paign which promises to reduce tho nnmv J of Industrial accident A-..,"0 nit6rS lowor European levels. Universal heaufc suranco should nrnri.i .in .all W-M much wider field. It should not onlytak.V worst agony from Inrtlvfrtnnt ... A . ." ll but result ,. a genera, movement 1 After several vonm nt .ni-,i 3 American Association for Labor Legl,Lu' recently published "A Tentative Draft! H Act," and this draft has been rather rt (3 followed in tho Legislatures now con8.3 ncnun lnsurnnco bills. The standard, .v milled by tho nssoclatlon mn5X.T criticism nnd discussion nro as follow.- Flmt To be effective health Insurant .1, J hn commilnnrv m ii. ,i. """""ice inontft tlons of employer nnd cmployo and the S,!!11! -. .... BU numora earning fan, n,." given nnmial sum, where employed with n- c ent recti nrtv n w,oi, it .. ' "f. ."Ul MB. pute and collect assessments. Casual JA V" workers should, as far as practicable (,'"'? eluded within tho plan nnd scope ol K -1 pulsory system. l & m- -i Third. There should be a voluntary .TO, i montnry system for groups of perso?. ?Wl' workers nnd others) who, for practical V.;!?" i are kopt out of tho compulsory system WM- Fourth. Health Insurance should motm..' a specified period only. pwlMonalt2"i. ' weeks (ono-half year), but a system of InUvi! . lnsurnnco should bo combined with l hiSS M ' suranco. nn thnf nil .tioni.m... V... utll In. .' will bo taken caro of In one law althwrtJl! funds shou d bo sennrntB. ' BunWl Oil Fifth. Health Insurance on the eomrmt. Plan should bo carried bv imV.ni &')' : Jointly managed by cmnlovers nnd X!. "" . der public supervision. In largo cm.. ""t locals may bo organized by trades wlUi ,? atcd bureau for tho medical relief. bi.mi.J" bo permitted to carry the Insurance wh(riw1r. i existence docs not Inlnrn tli. i,i . "." ")' . they must bo under strict Government wpS! Sixth. Invalidity lnsurnnco should be carriM 9 by funds covering a larner ironrnr,i,i. '1 comprising tho districts of a number of Sir, health Insuranco funds. Tho admlnlstrt!or?7J' thn nvnl rlltv fnn,t l,1,l i, i.li "' .r?UOn elated with that of tho local health funds , uZ$ n. renresnnt.it Ivn bnola " on i Sovonth. Both health and Invalidity lniur..-.'a should Includo medical scrvlco, supplies, neSS should hn tllnrnllrrhlv ... V... .T? PTl?l!"1 tlon may bo left to tho local societies X. Eighth. Cash benefits should be provided w both lllV.ltMltv nnd l.nnlll, I.,... .-..--' .1 .." T surcd or his dependents during such dlsabllltr " Ninth. It Is highly desirable that prevention " bo emphasized so that tho Introduction of ii compulsory health and Invalidity Insurance m. ' torn nlinlt lonrt n n nn.nnn ... DB v; ; ,7 - ' ..iii,.iibu ui neann con servation similar to tho safety movements ti. outline, nun, wurmnen s compensation. What Do You Know? Queries of general interest will br. imm,. in this column. Ten Questions, the aiwccri to which every xcelUlnformcd person shouli know, are asked dally. j QUIZ 1, Whnt In local option? 3. Who In Joseph O. Cannon? 3. Where does Theodore IlnoseTelt lire? 4. Who wrote the Divine Oomedv? 6. In Hngilnd north or south of New Orleuif 0. Which Is the JInosler State? 7. Who Is Hans Klndler? 8. Mny n Chinese become a naturalized cltliu nt iltm TTnM.1 C4.I..H - -"- ......w. ... j u. Horn tne Delaware Hlver rise In New Toil or x'ennsylvnnla? - 10. ilovr many cities with more than 1,000,00) liuiiumiion uro mere in j.' ranee. . Answers to Saturday's Quiz 1. Superintendent of Srhooln In FhtUdelpoIt.' 2. William Cutlen Bryant la Hie author,! -jinnaiopsia. ' 3. Three. . July 1 to 3, 1808. 6. Iluffnlo la west of nichmonil. 0. Pennsylvania irsi one of the orlilml II Btntes. ,. inn .-Meiiierianns nnd iter colonies. 8. The rnllrnad mllencr nf the United Statu Is many time greater than that la air oilier country. 0. Ellison ia (10 yenra old. ,n r...,. I... ,,- u. .uiiBBUiiiuaciia. fii,nim,.i4 Inna Cm. T.lfn f!nn,J, ?i .uutiiivH.iutta .u, ..hi. uuuiua 3 Editor of "What Do You Know" Please' glti ns much Information as you can pertaining ta tho llfo guard service at tho seashore resortv particularly Wlldwood. N. J. The hours, com- nensatlon. how it Is tmsslblo to cet an examln tlon. to whom would you nnnlv for same and what it includes. JESSE B. HL'DSON. M Tho pay for llfo guards nt the Jersey resortJ varies from $75"to $100 per month. In Atlantlo, Citv tho llfo cuard servlco Is maintained by cltv. Men Servo from 8 a. m. to 6 n. m., with extrns on ilutv enrlv nnd Lite. The nay Is 110'J per month. Appointments nro made by W. It! Bartlett. Director of Public Safety. Appolntets inuat bo residents and voters In Atlantlo CM-m Examination comprises severe ocean tests ia xu-ImmlriL- nnd liandllnir of Imo VS. boats and lirnlliipo Knr snpphil nunliflcntions relatlnf tr Wlldwood, communicate with the City Clerk. ,S Deorinir Murder 1?,lltn nl I'M'hnt Tin Vnu Knnw" Kindly tell H.H !. ..n...n n. l.n ffl..a. Ml wlin rflntUrfid AO ton Probst, who murdered the Deerlns faml'lfW (S) What Is tho largest building Duilt at one ii ,.. t. ..u- t Trt.. .riu the. nvlntor vrno 111 mo wuimi i- "" ,... ..w . , niml llew from New York to California and was 'm in a Western State? pjiajw 1 Tnn.na nnruv n Pn rlc t-iiard. capturw Probst. Dorsey wa's patrolling his beat at til east end of Mnrket street bridge and reconueo( it... ....irr ft-nm n niisslniT flncer. This TO tho day following the slaughter of several "? bers of the Ueerlng ramiiy, wno ","",, , .... ,v-l. rr-l.K -.sat- W9l i860. . larm in iiih icui,. . .-..- -- ... Possibly somo reader may bo able to WPP1'.1"-! Information. 3. Lincoln Beachey, who was exhibition and not n longdUtanco aviator. . killed In California. There Is no record of anyj continuous flight having been mads from Hfi York to California. n..1. xriin-tiavia nf Snrinl SfnrV Illicit ilUIUUta wv--- ---.. ., ... . .-. ri v.. Wnm" Kindly "l; vise mo as to how I can get the complete snro of "At the liartns uore. y .. ""rv , roughs, the serial which has Just fin'SV" your paper. " "" .: Missing numbers can be purchased from u circulation department oi tne ..-- - HT h .( A ,,ttim.a Ud-.tor of "What Do you Kw -?Mar3 the correct names oi uj uuiuj, w - ".--,,, (3) Sir Henry Irving. ij stir -i ;i ..in T.. IR Tngnutl Miller? A- ' "..! ,1 ."111 .IIP, IVI MW---.... -' ..- k 1. Louise de la Ramee. 2-FfaneIs Harte. 3. John Henry ra- .'rlnda Rowlands. B. Edgar William Nye. . Clnqa natus Heine Miller. -V . ... r iiTr.UolSfnteg til rim renny i.. ...... ---, . ,-.. Editor of "What Do You nthliih6& or. rather, have read somewhere '' f ?m& ZnJnan,r In tha United States was PWgB ".Jfl.TlV " SffiS ailu wiierw um iv wv . ;-u The Cent" was the first ?.Lv,i0.vtl the United States. It was published in ..a Jd and Dock streets. Ways to ucacn uaruy a Editor of "What Do You j"!?" 7' "troll?! ways are there of reaching Darby $& from the centre of the city? SOUTHW"J Taking Broad and Chestnut streets M H tral location, you can reach VoVili surface Route U. at Juniper street. afflJsJ ?nfrrln at 4l6t street to Rout M-' f "-,. ferries from same car tM " R tery to Rout 1?. marfced Darby, M VW xt va E"? " . - -- - i , . -
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