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PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY. MAY i. 1916.
For those that fly may fight again.
Which he cai never do that's slain.
Samuel Butler.
Homer 11. Hacker Is confident that ho can
chop down tho Vai o plum tree.
The Rtttman chenp gasoline process Is a
good thins In Itself, but most people would
prefer cheap gasoline.
It Is less than six weeks to tho Republican
convention, nnd the favorite sons aro enjoy
ing their promtnenco whllo they may.
We would suggest as a motto for tho new
pacifist party tho famous old saying, "Millions
for tribute, but not ono cent for defense."
Tho real point at Issuo In tho discussion be
tween Obregon and General Scott Is whether
the Vllla-ls-tas havo become Vllla-was-tas.
Whatever the pollca may bo doing, tho
Mayor seems to bo persuaded that Gcorgo D.
Porter Is engaged In pernicious political
activity.
The United States has tho contempt of othor
nations, according to Roosevelt, and he does
not conceal his own contempt for Its present
Government.
The May Grand Jury has been sworn In
and Is now ready to find out whether It Is
legal for a public official to bond the men who
work under him.
Mr. Roosovolt need not worry. In this
period of hesitation diplomacy, It will bo his
grandsons, not his sons, who will havo a
chance to go to war.
If there Is a Can Trust It ought to bo dis
solved. It has been Inefficient. Just think of
the officeholders who ought to have been
canned and haven't been!
Colonel Harvey Is out for Hughes, but the
friends of tho Justlco should not bo down
hearted. Tho Colonel's support of "Wilson did
not prevent his nomination.
Philadelphia Is so slow that pethap3 somo
other city. If it hustles, may bo able almost to
catch up with her. Thero Is always some
thing doing In tho Workshop of tho World.
The Democratic House by a unanimous vote
yesterday seated a Republican against whom
a contest had been entered. When thore Is
little at stake Justlco reigns even In politics.
Mr. Knox is a candidate for the Senator
ship, but Senator Penroso knows! that no
man has ever declined to accept a com
plimentary vote for tho presidential nomina
tion. V
Dernburg knows more than ho did before he
left these hospitable shores. What a fine
thing it would be if the Kaiser himself could
have an opportunity to study American pub
'flc opinion in person!
Obregon says wo can havo peace if we quit.
There Is a political party to be formed, we
are told, on the proposition that we ought all
to be quitters, since thus we can preserve our
skins, it not our reputation.
The Socialists have nominated Allan Ben
son, of New York, for tho Presidency, and the
Socialist Labor party has named Arthur R.
Reltner, of Massachusetts, but only the mem
bers of the two parties can tell the difference
between them.
Theodore Roosevelt Is bo eternally right
about eo many things and bo eternally wrong
In his advocacy of so many other things that
before the Jury can get through applauding
It Is clenching its fists to fight back. But the
man has a spine in hl3 back, and at this
pariod in our history that covers a multitude
of sins, eo to say.
The Kaiser Is obviously anxious to avoid an
open rupture with the United States, but here
tofore he has endeavored to achieve hl3 object
without .yielding in any Important detail.
Friendly relations can be maintained only if
German actions are friendly, and even in this
day of pure sophistry murder cannot be de
fined as a kindly and humane thing. Our
neutrality is not guaranteed, as Belgium's was,
but the jingling in Uncle Sam's pocket when
ever he puts his hand in is as awe-inspiring
as the thunder of a hundred guns.
The General Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, which is meeting in Sara
toga, dqes not represent all the Methodists by
any means. There are 4,000,000 communi
cants affiliated with it, of which 3,600,000 are
In the continental United States. The reli
gious handbooks, however, show that there
are 7,30(1,000 Methodists in America, divided
amontr 16 different grodps. The Methodist
Episcopal Church South' has 2.000,000 memr
pers. and there are four African Methodist
churches with a total membership of about
1,600.000. The conference will devote the
greater part of Its time to a consideration of a
reunion between the northern and southern
branches of the Church. The division came
oyer the relation of the Church to slavery. It
was" precipitated In the forties by the mar
riage, of Bishop James O. Andrew, pf South
Carolina, to a slave-holding wife. The gen
v eni conference of 1S44 declared that this
Spwd4 freatly embarrass him in tbe exercise
' ' f Uto ?ffccc. Miut rssol vjd that It was the sense
At lit ! Uttt toe iJM84 "dutsrom.
EVJGNTKG
tho exercise of this office so long as this Im
pediment remains." The Southern delegates
protested in vain, and the Southern churches
withdrew and formed a conference of their
own. This happened more than 70 years ago,
but for ono reason nnd another tho division
has persisted to the present.
"BLIND MOUTHS"
Strikes nnd enormous Increases In wna-ea
nre two side of the lnbor problem. Moth
nre symptoms of lack of foresight. Bead
Jnstment after tho wnr Is rv problem that
ought to he considered now.
THE labor situation in the United Stales
today Is both patadoxlcal nnd dangerous.
Tho paradox Is that In a tlmo of extraordi
nary prosperity thero should be Industrial
unrest. The danger Is that the situation will
bo relieved by mothods which will lead to
moro violent economic pnindoxes In tho end.
Tho gcim of the situation lies In tho war,
of com sc, because tho pressing necessities of
capital enmo originally from tho manufac
turers of munitions nnd war supplies. Deeper
than that Is tho effect of war In shutting off
Immigration nnd taking from the employer's
hand his great threat tho unemployed, I'or
once tho necessities of tho employer nro
equaled by tho power of tho employe. And
both nro blind mouths seeking to be fed nt
once, with no vision of tho future.
Two results have developed fiom a slnglo
causo, nnd neither Is wholly satisfactory. The
Steel Corporation nnd tho Bethlehem Steel
Company, cotton works In Massachusetts,
powder works and Industries totally uncon
nected with war supplies have adjusted their
needs to tho laborers power by granting vol
untary Increases of wage, mnklng the worker
a fair participant In their prosperity. Bethle
hem has raised Its wnges .10 per cent In nine
months, the Steel Corporation 20 per cent. In
less time. Yet May Day camo with tho em
phasis all on tho other side. Hundreds of
thousands of workers nre striking, In garment
factories, nlong the docks, In tho Westing
houso works. In the railroads, tho vital In
dustry, four hundred thousand men aro ready
to strike for nn eight-hour day.
Obviously the situation Is Illogical, but It Is
too easy to say that ono sido Is all right nnd
tho other nil wrong. The demands of labor
for reasonably safe conditions, reasonably cer
tain tenure nnd reasonably profitable wages
aro recognized by this tlmo, nnd are being
granted with only the normal delays of a very
faulty human system of economics. The
present strikes havo another basis. They
take advantage of a tempoiary situation and
purpose to make their gains permanent.
Tho result of alt this, whether It comes
through voluntary grant or through bitter
strife, may bo a benefit to certnln laboring
men, but It cannot bo of ndvantago to labor
because It Is bad economics. Tho vicious
circle of higher wages higher prices will bo
completed, and only In tho brief time before
tho adjustment Is made will any gain bo
apparent. Tho mlno worker wilt receive nn
abnormally fat pay envelope "but once the
conditions of world-Industry nro settled again,
his wife will pay an abnormally heavy coal
bill. Tho superstition that labor can bo
prosporous without any relation to tho pros
perity of tho country persists, no doubt, be
cause there have been times when tho wenlth
of tho 'few bore no relation to tho comfort of
the many. But It will not work out In prac
tice. The entire difficulty Is that labor tends to
be rigid In Its relations with capital. No sys
tem has been devised to make tho prlco of
labor ns fluid as the price of money. Tho
into of Interest on a loan depends on the con
dition of tho money market today. Tho prlco
of labor today may depend on a contract made
five years ago. Just as no ono could have
foieseen the war and the peculiar conditions
of employment It was destined to bring about,
so no ono can foretell what labor will be worth
when peace Is declared. Proportionately It
will be worth what It Is now, but our system
of money-payment does not keep to propor
tions. An agi cement to work at (5 a day made In
January, 1914, would put the laborer at a dis
advantage today. An agreement made today
at $10 might be ruinous to the employer In
January, 1017. Yet both the employers who
ariS raising wages by 20 or 30 per cent, and
the strikers who ate demanding such wages
are preparing for this disaster.
Specialists and theorists have nrgued loudly
concerning the changes In America when tho
war Is over. Some have threatened disaster,
others have piophesled unexampled prosper
ity. What we know is that thore is bound to
be a period of transition, when labor is shifted
from the Industry which happens to pay now
to the Industry which pays always because It
it productive of something always necessary.
That time of transition will be wofully hard
to bear If the standard of living allowed by
war prices becomes a fixed habit. It will be
harder still because prices will have gone up
in the meantime, and will not recede half so
fast as the rate of wage will fall. While muni
tion works are being subtly transformed Into
breakfast food factories thousands of men will
be idle. Whether immigration sets In again
or does not there must be a vast amount of
friction before normal industrial life begins
again.
There must be no panic then, and to prevent
it there should be no inflation now.
HEALTH ACCOUNTS
THE ledger of every business man shows
him once a month whether he hay made
any money or not. If the balance is on the
wrong side he will strain every nerve to in
crease his profits that he may be saved from
the bankruptcy which will come if profits
disappear for any great length of time.
How many business men look at their health
balance once a month? Those who do not find
themselves bankrupt In nerves and digestion
before they know It. When their creditors
press for payment of money they are forced
Into Involuntary bankruptcy, but few men
become Involuntary bankrupts In health.
This Is the season when the prudent man
looks over his balance sheet for the year, and
examines every item. Has he been troubled
with insomnia? Is he smoking so much that
his nerves are shaky? Can he not do his
day's work without taking a "bracer"? Has
his digestion gone back on him? Doe3 it tire
him to walk three or four squares, to say
nothing of three or four miles?
If he Is compelled to answer these ques
tions In the affirmative he knows what to do.
He goes to a health efficiency expert some
times called a physician lays the case before
him and then follows his adyice. But having
to go to a doctor Is an 'evidence of failure. It
means that health has been neglected. It Is
more delightful to be a live poor man than a
dead rich one. The Imprudent are not so, but
are like the chaff which the wind driveth away
and for the sake of a little more "dust they
hasten the day when they shall turn to dust
themselves:
LEDGER PHI&APELPHIA, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 19l6.
Tom Daly's Column
THE morning's mall brought us a letter
from Mr. John D. Moore, secretary of the
Provisional Committee of the Irish Race Con
entlon. Ho says In part:
On April 11, In Philadelphia, I clipped your
quotation from George Bernard Shaw, writ
ing In the Ne.w York Times on the Irish Race
Convention.
O. B. S. tries to create the Impression that
he got hold of n very secret document. As a
matter of fact, there was no "quarter It was
not meant to reach."
The New York Times of February 9, a
month before the convention, gave our Ad
dress nineteen and one-hnlf lines of space.
They gave the convention Itself four columns
and a hostile editorial.
A month later they gave Shaw two pages,
which, though belated, was mighty good pub
licity My only wish Is that they would get
Kipling to write a poem nbout It and Frnnk
Brangwyn to paint a picture of It.
We hold no brief for G. B. S., who Is his own
revenge upon all who tako him too seriously,
but the committee's worthy secretary seems
to us very much In tho position of that man,
long, long ngo, who, when called a "black
guardly, yellow, lying, thieving, cockeyed this-nnd-that,"
retorted vehemently that ho was
not cockeyed. And, speaking of painting pic
tures. Is thero not somo red pigment upon
certain hands In this country that neither
bcn7lno nor pumlco will eradicate? Who will
claim full credit for what has been lately
painted in Dublin?
Mr. Kipling, ns a poet, Is not to be com
pared with Mr. Shaw's friend, Mr. Gilbert
Chesterton, who wrote these I'nes somo tlmo
ago:
The great Gaels of Ireland
Are the men that God made mad;
For nil their wnrs nre merry
And all their songs are sad.
LET'S change nil that. If wo must havo a
X song, let It be a merry one. Here's a sim
ple Ilttlcfono of our own, Just as true now as
when It was written ten yenrB ngo:
OUI.D rttKLIM McKEONE
Wni there ever a man,
Since creation began,
Wld such lack of a daclnt respect for his own,
So conthrary of mind,
Wld a tongue so unkind,
As the plaguo of our parish, ould Phellm Mc
Keone? We'd a meetln' last night fur "Home Rule an"
the Right."
To discuss ways an' means ah' to hit on a plan
That'll make for success In the glorious fight,
An' to name for our leader the logical man.
Now, of course, we' were blessed wl' the gift
o' the gab,
And we gave our opinions for this an' for
that.
There was orators there like O'Knne nn' McNab,
Who were wlllln' to fight at the drop o' the
lint.
An' so fixed In their notions that nayther would
give.
For they'd have no opinion was right but their
own.
Whin "Hurrah for the British, an' long may
they live"'
At the top of his voice yelled ould Phellm
McKoone.
"Aye! an' long may they live," yelled ould Phel
lm McKeone.
"For If British heads failed ye, when lookln'
for fight.
Yc'd havo notliln' to do but be whackln' yer own.
An' whoever ye choose for yer leader th' night,
Sure, he hns mo condolence on winnin' the place,
For there's little o' Joy or o" pence that he'll
know,
Wld the Jealous designs o' the rest of the racp,
Who the minute he's up will bo pullln' him
low.
Aye! 'tis jealousy's streak In the red o' yer
blood
That has checked us an' kept us from knowln'
the Joy
An' the hlessln' of Ireland free, as we Bhould.
Oh, I've waited these seventy year, man an'
boy, i
But I've waited In vain, to be greetln' the day
Whin the land that I love should come Into
Its own
So 'Hurrah for the British that scorn ye!" I say.
An' I bid ye good night!" cried ould Phellm
McKeone. ,.
Was there ever a man,
Since creation began,
Wld such lack of a daclnt respect for his own,
So conthrary of mind,
Wld a tongu so unkind,
As the plague of our parish, ould Phellm Mc
Keone? Bean Boundaries
III
MARQUIS DC PRAT
Salute the late
Marquis de Pratt
"t" non-silent, aa in cat i
'(The
Because his name must rhyme
with hat)
He was a Spanish diplomat,
And in this space, "ere his '
decease, .
Kept Spanish secrets hid,
in Greecu.
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The first of the Pop Concerts effervesced
last evening. The music-lovers present had
a perfectly corking time. At least that was
the report heard on the street this morning.
IJOUBE-CLEAXIXO TIME
Cupid's cleaning house to-day
In Miranda's heart.
Here it Is the first of May!
Cupid's cleaning house to-day.
Bummer guests are on their way;
Winter beaux depart,
Cupid's cleaning house to-day
In Miranda's heart.
IN A letter to the Editor of the P. L., Mr.
John Frederick Lewis defends the "art
institutions of Philadelphia against the
criticism of Mr. Huger Klliott of Boston,
whoever he may be," Mr. Lewis, after boost
ing some of the best, says:
There are a number of other art Institu
tions; each of which Is doing splendid work,
such as the Philadelphia Sketch Club, the
Plastic Club, the T-Square Club, the Pen
and Pencil Club, eta, and, lastly, I speak
wth some hesitation of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts because of my
personal connection with it.
To this we cry "bravo!" and, yet again,
"bravo!" We ourself once saw a member of
the Pen and Pencil Club, working late into
the wee sma hours, draw four kings. All Iq
a group nd If that's not art or something,
we'd like to know!
The Ogontz
Optimist
Says
I see Mayor Smith Is
going to Investigate
the charge that police
and firemen have been
Improperly engaged In
politics. We may hope
they will he properly
engaged In the future.
Sir
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PUBLIC THOUGHT ON
PUBLIC QUESTIONS
Views of Readers on the Menace of
Roosevelt, the Responsibility of
the Republicans for Panics and
Other Questions
To the Editor of Evening Lcilgcr:
Sir I was greatly pleated when I rend tho
editorial In this evening's Issuo on Itooscxelt
nnd particularly the lost paragraph What Mr
Roosevelt needs Is a steady Job. He reminds
me of Pear's sonp baby. He won't shut up
until he gets It. Ho docs imt closerve nny further
honors nt the hands of the Republican party.
When he failed to secure theVlast nomination
in the convention he nnd his friend-? cried
"Frnurt!" and ho became their candidate for
tho Presidency, defeated Mr Tnft and turned
the country over to tho Democratic party.
Why can't ho take IiIh defeat llko a man
and not do the baby act. prove loyal to the
party that gave him all the political honors he
hns eer had and not turn traitor nnd stab
hh best friend to ilenth? lie Is too impetuous
He Is too self-opinionated. The reckless mnnner
In which he uses the personal pronoun "I" is
simply nppnlllng. Some ono ought to send him
tho same kind of n telegram that Quay sent
n candidate somo years ngo who waw running
for Governor of Pennsylvania: "Dear Roosevelt,
don't tnlk " Ho would be a very dangerous
man to put In tho White Houso ns the next
President Ho would involvo us In a foreign
war sure. That wo cannot afford to havo
happen. This cruel war that Is being waged
now across the water should satisfy oveiy one
for tho next 100 years Ho Is a candidate for
President, sure. That Is his highest ambition,
nnd should he succeed In getting the nomina
tion my dally prayer will be "God Save the na
tion." HOWARD S. McKCEVBR.
Chester, Pa., April 26.
TALK PEACE, NOT WAR
To the Editor of Evening Ledger.
Sir With a momentous Issue hanging
be-
tween two mighty nations, Germany nnd
the
United States, would It not be good policy
for
us all at this critical time, Instead of talking
war the first thing nt tho breakfast table, then
nt dinner nnd supper and the last thing before
going to bed, to talk nbout everything but war?
Upon arising let us greet the rest of tho house
hold upon the weather, or upon our business,
or let us plan what we expect to do during tho
day; in" fact, anything so wo don't hear this
everlasting war talk. If some curbstone diplo
mat wants to talk war, leave him nt once, go
on about your business and let him hae it out
with himself; class him ns one who belongs to
the r.ut army, because our sidewalks at this
present critical stage are full of nuts for fair,
so he had better move on. Let us be neutral
as we claim to be. It Is time enough to talk
war when It comes. II. It,
Philadelphia, April 28.
RILEY'S HYMN OF FAITH
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir The "unnamed" and "new poem" referred
to In the Inclosed bit of Information from your
Cleveland correspondent can be found In Riley's
"Neighborly Poems," published In 1801. Tho
stanzas quoted are taken from "A Hymn of
Faith." JESSIE K. RODGERS.
Germantown, April 26, 1916.
(The poem referred to was sent In a letter by
James Whltcomb Riley to a Cleveland lady, who
read It at a meeting of a literary club under the
impression that it was new. The correspondent
made no Investigation, but sent on the report as
It was given to him. Editor of Eveni.no
LEDOEn.
. A DEMOCRAT DISAGREES
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir In the Issue of your paper of the 25th
Inst, appeared an editorial entitled "Wake Up."
This article would have done credit to the pen
of the Ignorant and narrow-minded editor of
an obscure country weekly. It certainly seemed
out of place In the columns of a great metro
politan dally.
In this effusion the writer, pointing out the
Importance to the Interests of the country of a
return to power of the great Republican Party,
mentions "free trade and soup houses," in
timating that these two bugaboos of a partisan
press naturally follow In the wake of a Demo,
cratlo victory.
Now, as a matter of fact, we have never In
the history of"the United States had free trade
with any foreign country, At the present time
no prominent member 'of the Democratic party
advocates (hat doctrine. The nearest approach
to free trade ever known in this country was
under what Is known as the Walker Tariff Law
enacted in 1816,
Instead of hard times following the enact
ment of this very moderate and sensible law,
for years thereafter business in this country
flourished as it had never done before. The
panlo of 18ST was brought on by an era of
wild speculation induced by the flush times
Immediately preceding that year.
Respecting the subject of "soup houses.'
In North Bth street, Philadelphia, Is a building
upon the front of which appear these words:
"Public Soup House. Established. A. D 1874 "
As the Republican party had been In power for
a period of 14 years Immediately preceding that
year and remained In power for 10 years there
after, it Is evident it was neither tbe Democrats
nor yet free trade that caused the panic of 1873
nor the dull times that prevailed in this country
from that year until 1879. During all that
time a tariff law enacted Joy Republicans and
distinctly protective was in force.
Again, comes the Pnlo of 188, during which
time the soup housf flourished a it never had,
before. . We had no free trade at that rtod,
far from 181ft until AususL 1891. the well.
J known MKln1cy 14w waf In lore. It, was
WAY TO GUARANTEE A HATCHING
4 'rMi..'i''ti'r.;
superseded by the Wilson tnrlff law In 1801.
This latter law so ;fnr from being n frco trade
menMUro carried InMts schedules a higher aver
ago rnto of duties thnn any previous tariff law
with the single exception of Us Immediate prede
cessor, the unlnmcntrd MrKlnley law. Again
In 1907, when occurred the most secrc panic
this country eer experienced, no frco trade law
was on thi" statute hooks.
At that tlmo tho country was, under tho pro
tection of tho grent Dlngley tnrirf law, of
which n distinguished Republican "said, "Many
of tho Fchediilcs of this law nre so high as to bo
Indefensible"
So. Mr Editor, tho writer of the aforesaid
nrtlclo Is giving n wmng Impression by linking
fiio trnde nnd Koup houses, nnd as for Dem
ocratic rule we Democrnts point with pride
to th unenmplrd proipcilty prevailing through
out tho land today under n Democratic Admin
istration nnd under n tariff law enacted by a
Democratic Congress.
Loose statements nnd ambiguous allusions
cannot stand ngalnst the logic of facts I hope
that hereafter you will not tiy to Impose upon
nn Intolllgcnt, reading public by using the stnlo
nnd worn-out arguments of the hide-bound
standpatter. E. L. LEIGH.
Bristol, la April 27.
PUTS THE CAP ON ROOSEVELT
To the Editor of Evening Ledger: '
Sir I havo read with Interest your rocent edi
torial, "Dumb as an Oyster." I ngree with you
that It Is unfortunate, to put It mildly, that tho
patilotln citizens of the Vnltcd States who aro
disgusted with tho pusillanimous policy of the
Wilson Administration nro not nrouscd to tho
necessity of early and organized action. "Wo
are drifting and trusting to luck," you say, nnd
so we nre. You conclude ns follows:
It Is tlmo that the best men In the coun
try began to make their views known.
Sure enough It Is, and why do you not mako
your views known? Tho New York Tribune
has nnd why not tho Eveni.vo Lcnocn?
You Indicate -very clearly the sort of man who
should be chosen ns the Republican nominee
when you say:
What wo need Is not a politician nor a
business man, but a statesman with vision
to see and cnurago to net and driving power
to force his views upon others.
Unfortunately thero seems to bo only one
such man In America. If we had n score, thero
would bo no problem confronting tho Repub
1 leans at Chicago. This great emergency, this
great crisis, Instrad of developing, expanding
our so-called statesmen, seems to have dazed
them to such nn extent that any abilities they
were thought to possess hao-become a negli
gible quantity. Such men i as Cummins and
Bprah seem to havo dwarfed Into nothingness
or to havo become almost ns pacific as llrynn
As for Hughes, who would havo been nn avail
able candidate four years ago, when totally
different Issues' were at otnke, the mention of
him Is woise than ildlculous. He may turn
out to be een moro of n pacifist than thoso
Indicated.
Surely you know that only Theodore Ronse elt
measures up to the full standard of availability
that ho Is the only man who comes within a
thousand miles of filling the requirements ns
laid down In your editorial. Then why don't
you say so, nnd thus aid In the shaping of their
Judgments and the crystallizing of public opinion
generally?
Instead of this, now and then you permit some
Idiotic Item to appear In your paper, such as
was printed a few evenings since, in the form
of a Washington dispatch, Betting forth that tho
Massachusetts, New Jersey and Ohio primary
elections had eliminated Colonel Roosevelt.
What a grotesque proposition! In Massachu
setts the machine Legislature passed, an act a
few days before the primaries whereby Rooso
velt's name was kept oft tho ballot Neerthe
less, the four delegates-at-large known to favor
Roosevelt p&lled nearly 50.000 votes, as against
a little more than 50.000 for the four most
prominent and powerful men In the State
United States Senators Lodge and Weeks, Gov
ernor McCall and National Committeeman
Crane. Furthermore, It was a case of Roose
velt against the field, pot agalpst a single can
didate, Besides that, two of the "Illg Four"
Weeks and McCall, were themselves looked upon
ns possible dark horses. Indeed, Weeks had
been an avowed candidate for months.
Under the circumstances, it was a big moral
victory for Roosevelt. Had he declared himself
a candidate In Massachusetts and taken the
stump hje would have carried the 'State over.
whelmlngly. '
In New Jersey, where Roosevelt had a solid
delegation four years ago, he is Just as stroiiK
now; stronger. In fact. But his Trinidad state
ment Prevented his friends from making an open
fleht for him Both ex-Governor Stokes and ex"
Oovernor Fort are strongly n favor of Roose.
velt's nomination, but It was deemed inexpedient
!,K.mHka a ,CQn!M! ,or, debates because of the
objections he had raised.
In only two districts was Roosevelt's nam.
used In one of them, the 9th. mill 1 K,
an announced Roosevelt supporter, was succlss!
ful, while In the other, the 2d. William F Cozart
a negro hotel waiter,' of Atlantic CUy, who del
Clare himself for RooseVelt. defeated a Uading
tiridgeton manufacturer. i-uing
Fi1Mth.ermore' Whlla fhere was no eKort at all
to obtain an expression of sentiment at th.
polls, a considerable majority of those who did
RoltheraSe'VeS S'Knlfled theip P"M
Under the circumstances It seems to me that
your editorial. "Dunib as an Oyster' vy
excellent one. as your leading editorials gener
ally are, would be much more to the poinl 2nd
much more effective In the development of uubHa
opinion if you would recognize the i jSeWtaMe
and declare what is a fact. thatln this 'crisia
a the nation's history Theodore Roosevelt ta
the wncrete essence of the abstract pViriini
enunciated by you ana the only man to lead
victory tboM forces who are nauseated I with thi
namby-paniby program oi the WUrT AdSlnta!
i SL
What Do You Knof
Queries of general Interest tUII be MriaJ
in this column. Ten questions, the ainJ
to which every wcll-ln forme person ikj
MA
know, arc asked dally.
QUIZ
1. Whnt Ik mennt by n "gng-rule" In CnrmJ
S. IVhnt Is the no-cnlled "ilajrllfht-nJ
movement. 3tJ
n - ,.., , ... .1 - .i7'J
x,iiiiii in iii,i iimhp iiiui, u woru i
principle of the prrlsrnpe, the dolcTi
l.v Kiihnmrlne rrewn to keep InlJ
when Mitiincrgpil. 'jH
4. l rom lriint pnrt nt toe worm do watttlt
word "tmznnr," nnd what doti thin
ulunlfy there? ij
S. Whnt Is the hnnlc dogma of Ihe Tht0!sta
Society? 'ft
0, The nrlclnal meaning nf "khnUl" wti U
military uniform. What Ii th,rl
mrnnlnic of the word?
7, tVlio wrote tho poem beclnnlnr, "A'Dtl
of benuty Is ii Joy forever"?
8, If a clock were (mining would you lisdl
or shorten the pendulum?
n. Wlmt Is "The Old Dominion State"? -JM
10. What Is the maximum wciim omt
parcels post?
' Answers to Yesterday's Qui '
'.trtn lVIn" l nrniinllnr,! ns. If It
1.
upellrd "Shin Fnno." H
2. Tho unlnry nf n memlier or. tho IlrltlU
llnmrnt Is 100 (about $3000) ft Till.
3. Pronto Is the prntlnlonM I'reildnHTin
nntod nn executlte of tho "Irlih trfi
lie" by tho rebels. 3
4. Tho plctntl was tho emblem of tukmtit
to the power of the Manchn djtuitr
China. 13
5. 5Iny 1 has eomo to be the day chMMl
lnbor demnnntrntlons nnd strike! tfi
rloiis countries. tH
6. Silk Is rnniptmrd of n thread ipsn br f
Ilk worm. - M
7. "Further" refers rntlirr to the literal Bit
Ing, "further" to the llnuratUe. Omi
"further" nl-t.ic tho rond, liut "'"
nn InvcHllEntlon. "!'
8. Jean Jnurra, 1'rrnch Snclnllut leadnW
nssniislnatrd Jul:- 31, 1914. :3l
0. Hulibrr Is nhtnlnod from tho mllkj Jotoj
T.rnl tt,.l nt riiMier (reel. -sal
10, (ioethe wrote "Fnust."
Alfred Noves' Lectures Here
Editor of "What Do Von A"iioto" IteryJ
tho Inquiry In Saturday's Kvenino LidWJ
to the public nppearancea of Alfred 'm
would add that besides his appearanciU
Academy of .Music on May 12 he will '
liver a lecture on Shakespeare before tlf
leal Culture Society at the Broad StrecttT
tre next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
H. C WlLWi
Production of Kelp
r-,JM Tirj,i iTin Von Know"
-Wllir
4.,4,t, . ....... - --- .
please let me know how kelp Is oMalneor
what It Is used for? aJt
Kelp is the ash obtained by Incineratlnl "
seaweeds on the British coasts. It Is
In alkali than soda nsh andeven than MT
and Is employed by alkali manufacture
!
mix off strong soua aim.
The Calibre of a Gun
rjit. nwhitt tlr Ynu rfrtou;"- CD T?'
plain to me the meaning of tbe calibre or p
such as field and naval guns? It Ktraiuj
that there Is considerable confusion Wl
ferent units are used in the dlfferentUM"
Confusion aa to the meaning ' lhfE
arises chiefly from its use as in
Indicate length, as when wo say a so
Cinch gun" v The word calibre as appi"
nrtillery signifies the diameter of the PO".'
gun measured diametrically from face 1
of the bore, the diameter measured m
rilling being, of course, somewhat al
gun. then, of 6-inch calibre Is a gun wbU
is Just six Inches. For confidence andK?
the power of a gun when once Its ; WW
been decided upon depends so greatly (ff
length, artillerists are In the habit of fl
the length of the gun In terms of the &
Thus the 12-Inch Uplted States naval guru
Is 10 feet In length, is tpoken of as
12-lncli, the length being Just 10 times m,
The 6-inch rapid-fire gun Is a trifle us
feet In length and Is therefore known Jjj
calibre gun, In the case of small i?a
calibre Is expressed In hundredths of m.
as when we say a .22-callbre ; revolver wfi?
one with a bore that has a diameter of J2j
two hundredths of an men.
0..nlln nf ihn Revolution
' .Stllter of "What Do You Know" KHS
. .hm, what was the size of the canno.;
In tha American Revolution? "'
The heaviest cannon used at the tlri
American Revolution were o-iw-
"The Twilicht Hours"
-.,. utfjint nn You. Knoe" V
inform me through your column concerSW
author and tne line ot me ucu.
the following is a quoiaiiun -j
Tbe twilight hours ttew swiftly t
Ten thousand stars were In the J
And every wave with dimpled caJ
That uaivceu upon me mr :
Had caught a star in Us inbra:L
And held It trembling there. J
Also, please aama a. collection or egj
which It can be found. & AppW
Perhaps some reader will be able toSS?
the taa$i and furnish the tofernjaUfSr
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