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No pleasure it comparable to the
ttandlng upon the Vantage-ground of
truth. Bacon.
Can "Joe" Call's club move whero
tho police cannot find It?
Mason and Dixon's line receives an
other rub from the eraser of human na
ture through tho' actions of tho lynching
party In Ohio,
Tho price of hogs Is higher today
than at any previous time since the Civil
Wur. And this Is surprising, too, con
sidering the increase) In tho supply of
hogs.of all -kinds.
Tho tentative agieemcnt to put
$5,000,000 for transit In the new bond is
suo indicates that It pays for tho friends
of Improved transportation facilities to
keep everlastingly nt It.
Hall to tho eight months "with an
R" and tho oysters they yield! Aljo to tho
cheering fact that, unllko tho xoailng
beefsteak, tho "small stew" remains with
in one's reach, a treasure of the humble.
Tho Russo-Japancso peace treaty
Was negotiated nt Portsmouth, and that
ts where the American and Mexican
commissioners are to negotlato their
peace but hold! the President has kept
Us out of war!
At least two women can keep a se
creteven tho tremendous secret of the
killing of a man. Miss Sykcs and JIIss
Lyons were evidently capable of with
holding tho manner of Edward Boland's
demise for nn Indefinite period.
We are living In an age of what
I call factionalism, an age in which
classes are disposed to think that tho
happiness of each class Is more Im
portant than tho general sum of
happiness of the entire community;
and that the members of each class,
denied what they wish, may properly
tlolate tho law, destroy property and
even lhes to secure It. Such a sp'rlt Is
dangerous. It Li evidence of a lack of
self-restraint without which tho bonds
of society will necessarily be loosed,
William If, Taft before the Ameri
can Bar Association, October 20, 10U.
Those remarks. In the course of
fcn analysis of the Clayton amendments
to the anti-trust law, are especially per
tinent just now when ono class is plan
ning to hold up the business of the
entire country unless it can get what it
Wants.
3 - ,.
Mr. Garretson admits he has au
thority to call off the strike after several
days of trainmen dogmatics to the effect
that no power In- heaven or earth or the
Waters under the earth could rescind
strike orders once they were given. The
strike will bo "off," according to, the
brqtherhood chiefs, with the passage of
an eight-hour day by Congress. They
glvp little more than two days for the
drawing up, consideration, printing and
passage of this law three times In each
House of Congress, to say nothing of
possible reprinting for typographical mis
takes and amendment, and the presiden
, tlal signature, which doubtless Mr. Wil
son will be glad to provide between
mouthfuls at dinner. Yet this Is an Im
mortal piece of legislation, more lasting
than brass, more qtable and Imposing
than tho pyramids!
If tho Democracy had decided to
punish the Republican States for being
Republican It could not have devised a
more successful plan than is now In op-,
eratfon in tho new revenue law. The
Income tax on Individuals and corpora
tions and the emergency revenue taxes,
hlch have produced about J210.000.000,
bear much more heavily on the wealth of
thei Korth than ot the South or West.
One dollar of theses new taxes Is paid by
every $338 of the wealth of New Tork,
by every 1625 of the wealth of Massachu
setts, $745 of the wealth of Pennsylvania,
$780 of the wealth of Illinois, $1950 of the
Wealth of Georgia, $!7S0 of the wealth of
, Bouth Carolina, 3500 of the wealth of
' Oklahoma, 370Q of the wealth of Alabama
nd 1500 of the wealth of Mississippi,
The Drapcraoy has defended its course
fcy announcing that it is Its purpose to
1x wealth. These, figures Indicate that
it Jws taxed not all wealth, but only those
t, tUB03 of weaitn that arp concentrated In
F " jrths States of the North. This may be
laoa, ppiiuca, dui it ia not very good eco
nomics, '
Infantile paralyste, which la aup
posed to have been- brought into this coun
try from Europe, attracted little, attention
prior to l0t la tha flye pjecedlnsr years
mmly Hyee' hundred cases were reported
la the whole world. In the next flve
y-rfi tight thousand cases were reported,
i irWh, Sve-sventh were ia the United
tatatt. Prior to 1907 it occurred here
Sir jmemitmily, but lne then It has
-, nttiff ib. wools country. It first
fgpawt la Vtvn York and Boston. Thn
mm tffMf MtHifM 1 Minnesota.
ivfcerii it was aHiqiminwf ti tar been, car
m& fgt TwrwiftBjf tf4Mi tauiU-
grants. It became epldtmlo in 1909 and
1910, and then waft quiescent until this
summer. It Is more virulent this year
than ever before. The books say that In
previous years the mortality was not
high. This year the fatalities vary from
twenty to thirty per cent. The disease has
Increased the August death rate of this
city. The death rate for the last week of
the month last year was 13.69. For the
week ending last Friday It had risen td
17.95. The number of children who died
In tho four weeks of August, 1915, was
seven hundred and twelve. In tho same
period this year tho number has been
nine hundred and seventy'twdl And tho
'health authorities, to Uso Doctor Dixon's
words, aro "sleeping with their boots on"
that they may neglect no prefcautlon to
prevent the spread of the disease.
GET A SCIENTIFIC RAILROAD
WAGE SCALE
THE local transit pompany sots aside a
certain proportion of Its receipts for
wnges. Tho men thus Bhnro In tho pros
perity of the company. Good times for it
aro good times for them. Tho wisdom
of this plan was amply vindicated re
cently, when an effort to tn'ko tho men
out on strike met with absolute failure.
Conditions on the steam railroads aro
different. There are many different
classes of employes station agents,
switchmen nnd telegraph operators, be
sides the men who run tho trains. It Is
estimated as a matter of fact that tho
Pennsylvania Railroad actually pays
forty-five per cent of its receipts to lts(
employes of nil kinds, which Is almost
doublo tho proportion the local transit
company Is able to pay. Tho proportion
runs high on nil steam roads.
It Is Just possible that tho Interstate
Commorco Commission could nrrlvo nt a
dcflnito percentage of the revenues of a
railroad which tho trainmen ought to
get, segregating tho four brotherhoods,
owing to tho peculiar naturo of their em
ployment. This would not mean tho
same wngo for the samo work through
out tho country, although tho differences
would not bo great, but it would put tho
whole question of wages on a scientific
basis, .removing many of the causes for
discontent which now exist. It would
.tend to Increase efficiency throughout tho
service, not only because It would bo to
tho advantage of tho brotherhoods to
kce,p to a minimum the number of men
sharing In the distribution of the propor
tion nsslgncd for wages, but also becnuso
better service would mean directly higher
returns for the men.
The present situation is potentially
tragic It leaves the nation at the mercy
of factors over which It has small control.
No sooner Is ono strike settled than an
other may bo on tho way. Each settle
ment Is a compromise and every compro
mise is but a postponement. Scientific!
management means peace, if It means
anything at all. It seems, therefore, that
It Is tho duty of railroad management to
devise some scientific basis for wage
fixing, as has been done locally, a basis
so obviously founded In Justice to tho em
ployes that they would find It acceptable
It is a matter of fact, we Judge, that
among the rank and fllo of the trainmen
themselves there is objection to present
loose methods and to these periodical
strike situations.
Engineers In particular are men on
whom great responsibility rests. They
are a special class of workers and entitled
to correspondingly special wages. They
must be men of more than ordinary intel
ligence, and they would be willing, we
believe, to accept any system of wage-
fixing that was fluid nnd fair. It took
the country years to And anything like an
adequate system of finance, the system
In vogue being utterly unfitted to stand
the tear and stress ot panic or other ex
traordinary conditions. What tho coun
try needs now Is a scientific method of
wage-fixing for the railroads, with suf
ficient elasticity to meet yaryJng demands.
o
It is unlikely that Congress can devise
such a system, nor ts it the business of
Congress to do so. It ts the railroad man
agers themselves who will eventually
have to take the bull by the horns.
OPTIMISM
A CHICAGO business man says Mr, Wil
son has got us out of more trouble
that he has got us Into than any other
President we ever had. His cleverness
at epigram Is only equaled by his opti
mism. THE AUSTMANS1 RETREAT
THE Austrian plan to abandon all south
eastern Transylvania to the invader
to shorten the battle-line betrays'a short
age of men in the Central Powers that
would not have appeared had Rumania
entered the war a year ago. With the
genius of Von Hlndenburg at work this
shortage may not result at once in dis
aster for Imperiled Austria-Hungary.
Germany Is reported to be In. transports
of Joy and restored confidence over tho
elevation to supreme command of the vic
tor of Tannenberg, But genius is not
confined to Berlin headquarters. Joffro
showed the grasp of the. master mind in
thq way he "played" the various succes
sive blows at his enemy, for undoubtedly
the Allied stratagem follows tils leader
ship. The Russian, Anglo-French and
Italian drives followed each other about
a month apart, so as successively to tie up
the) Teutonic forces and give them n
chance for a, careful distribution such aa
would have been possible if all the drives
started at once. The fourth move, the
launching of Rumania's .attack, ia timed
just to the moment when all available
units are placed at points from which
they cannot be removed and the success;
of this tratary is seen in the Hung arian
withdrawal from what would hava been
a year uso ojrj easily defsdsd mountain
nutf.
EVMUtfG TrrP - -
Tom Daly's Column
(JyyyJL4
8E
Whenever h's a Saturday
And rain Is tronplv ralntno V
often hear my mqther say
Thoitph seldom she'f comptalnlno
Oh dear oh dear these summer shoio'rs
Thill bring such ft owning phtaes
And Just behold this house of ours
It's crowded u-lth oec-whizzcrs.
Just what these queer gcc-iohlzzcrs are
Will keep you guessing maybe
Hut six of them our small house mar
That's all except the baby.
She docs not care how hiuch It rains
If she can get the scissors
But all the rest our house contains
Are terrible gcc-whlzzcrs.
It's gee whiz this -and gec whls that
i'ront all my many brothers
Who cannot use their ball or bat
Nor cicn any others.
Oh dear oh dear these summer show'rs
They bring such frotcnlng phlzzcs
And just behold this liousc of ours
It's crowded with gec-whtzzcrs.
THERE aro Kings nnd Kings. One Is
tho crowned pot of the South-East North
Street Business Men's Association; then
again there's Ferdinand of Bulgurla.
YES, Briton (thh In reply to a chirpy
query), wo read Alfred Noycs's defense of
tho realm nnd found It much llko his
verse, Noycsy, but not convincing. If
Casement's diary contained confessions
"filthy beyond all description" nnd "touch
tho lowest depths flint human degrada
tion has ever touched," it would seem to
prove Casement almost as crazy as Connn
Doylo nnd his brother authors bolloved
nnd certainly no more responsible than
tho "emotionally Insane" nrmy officer who
summarily executed Shcchy Skcfllngton.
YESTERDAY wo Bent this message to
our friend, J. M. Brooks, of Chicago:
SERVE NOTICE UPON THAT LEFT
HANDED IRISHMAN, J. B. DIGNAM,
THAT FIVE DOLLARS SAYS OUR
READERS WILL FIND FOR PHILA
DELPHIA A BETTER RHYME THAN
HIS. OUR MONEY IS POSTED HERE.
n the meantime, children, try to de
serve our confidence in you. Go to It.
GHOSTS AM.UCK7
"Many Germans were found dend In tho
muck heaps which wcro onco their trenchei.
Four of them ran forward to surrender so
furiously thnt they scared one of our men.
Our own dear pnper.
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA had tho honor
of meeting our Missus nnd Helen Prlch
nrd, the other evening. Wo went In to tell
him how well ho wears nnd wo mado it
unanimous. John Philip is no slouch nt
tho blarney stuff himself. "The Missus
nnd I," wo said, "are particularly Inter
ested In you. You helped to launch us
upon our honeymoon when wo married
in June " nnd before wo could add 1896
"This Juno?" said he.
But that reminds us that there Is a man
In this town to whom the gods have been
so kind oh, kind lieyond his desserts!
that ho has found It possible to write
enough "Songs of Wedlock" to m.iko a
creditable book, creditable at least In size
Ho has found for his publisher another
happily married man, whoso son, alio hap
pily married, has had charge of details.
As far as the poet Jcnows, the compositor
who set up his Btuff, tho make-up man who
assembled It, the pressman, the binder nnd
all the rest who have had anything to do
with it hae been of, the clan Benedict,
which means b'essed.
Watch for this book "Songs ot Wed
lock" and tell all your married friends
about It. Adv.
SOME one in tho largo and sophisti
cated city of Chicago addressed a letter
recently to Marcus Tulllus Ciceio, care
of David McKay, publisher, Philadelphia.
THE only day-to-day serial story that
ever held our Interest was one by Louis
Tracy, whose "Wings of the Morning"
begin In tho Evknino X.edqkr tomor
row. We like to beat folks to things,
ourself, and so we're starting our own
serial today. It's another of George E.
Lothrop's famous. poems. Here goes for
the first Instalment:
Napoleon's White Boots
(CopyrUht, 1D0T. by Oeo. B. Lothrop. Jr.. 03
Ilronk avenue, Jloaton, Maas.)
Napoleon the Corslcan was soon to bo
crowned a King;
While great ajtlsts and artisans would their
rarest tieasures bring.
Amid scenes of wealth and splendor, amid
revelry and dance.
Great Napoleon Bonaparte was to be
crowned King of France.
At his superb coronation the empires and
world would stare
To see that an Italian pops was brought as
a servant there.
The thrilling scene would ba painted by
David with all his skill ;
And now upon the Paris walls that painting
Is hanging still.
All the nations come to see It, from the old
wprld and the new,
To gaze at the bloody hero who so many
thousands slew. '
David, the painter, was jealous; he was
Jealous ot his art ;
So he designed Napoleon's boots that they
might play well their part.
Made of cream-colored morocco, most tiny
and trim and bold.
They should match the crown on his head,
that romantic crown of gold.
An Alsatian cotbler built them with all the
7 skill he could sway.
Three pairs were buiift to suit the King, but
two pairs thrc&in away.
He was so proud of these gay boots, and
proud of his little feet,
That Moll, the court cobbler, worked hard
his Majesty's taste to meet.
At last the coronation came which made
Josephine a Queen.
The pontiff brought from Italy was there to
adorn the ecene.
The pope hated to crown this King and his
trembling Angora shook.
The warrior maddened at the sight as the
golden orown he took
And placed it on his head himself, as if he
was King, indeed.
A chip fell en the King's shoulder, an omen
, of come bad deed,
Then the consecrated oil ran trickling down
Into his eye,
And Napoleon had to wink as the peso's oil
made him cry
Some say the ftes were kind to him, that
he had a lucky "star."
But his 'handsome wife Josephine seemed
bis kingly luck to mar
The coronation now was past, and painted
the picture grand
The cobbler of the, King's whit boots now
Uesan to shew his hand
He sent In n' bill for labor and called it!
v9 nwuaaiw fm&i
For surely he bad wads sis hoea to hens
afc Kins tius eraak. Mmr
r'ATTOTaPTrTA FRIDAY SEPTEMBER l191
HOW BRIAND BROKE
When the Men Stopped Work as
Them to Run the Trains
Course as Essential
CONDITIONS In tho United States to
day aro closely parallel to those
which prevailed In Franco In 1910, when
Arlstldo Brland, the Socialist Premier,
broko a railroad strlko by summoning to
tho colors tho reservists serving on the
railways.
Tho representatives of tho workers wero
In consultation with tno Government and
tho Government was considering ways
of meeting their demands. Whllo the
negotiations wero still pending the strlko
was ordered. Brland characterized It as
a criminal outbreak and virtually an act
of rebellion. It was civil war. He used
tho power of tho Department of War to
suppress the "rebels."
Tho strike, which was ordered on Oc
tober 11, 1910, had oeen brewing for
many months. In April tho demands of
the men wcie set forth In a congress of
rnllway employes In Paris. A minimum
wago of five francs, or about $1, n day
was demanded. There were other griev
ances besides that of low pay, varying
with tho different railroads. The Furls
congress decided to ask tho Government
to arrange a conference between the men
and tho directors of the companies, and
threatened thnt If the demands of tho
men wero not granted they would attempt
a general strike. Nothing came of this
demand, and the General Confederation
of Labor organized a strike which took
place on the southern railroads at the
end of May, when 10,000 men went out.
The trouble was patched up and the men
returned to work early In June. Tho labor
confederation thereupon attempted to
arrange a strike on the northern lines.
The situation was threatening In July.
The railway companies refused to confer
with the unions, but professed willing
ness to negotiate with their own work
men. The National Union of Railway
Men. not pleased with the situation, au
thorized the strike committee to name a
day for a strike. Nothing was done until
October 11, when a general strike
throughout the whole Northern Railway
was declared, 'after a. preliminary walk
out of the men from the St. Denis sta
tion. Strike Without Justification
The 'Government called out troops to
guard the tracks and to prevent sabotage.
The managers of the railway said that
there was no excuse for the strike, as it
had been paying since July the minimum
wage asked. The men who remained at
work were attacked, and the strikers as
serted that they had a legal right to stop
work, which they exercised because they
had grown weary of waiting for a settle
ment of their grievances. The next day a
general strike on all the railways was
called.
This action was met by the Govern
ment with an order mobilizing 30,000
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
Hughes's big Issue, of course, Is nro.
tect on.Wall Streot correspondence of
Boston News Bureau.
The abandonment of the principle of ar
bitration U not meeting with the temporary
success it promised. Cincinnati Times Star
The President of the United States In the
year 19l Is the first man of Importance
to strike a deathblow to the prlnelpler
arbitration. Albany Knickerbocker Press.
Settlement of the Mexican problem bit
the processes of negotiation. If found prao-
"-"- -" wg American people
far better than Battlement by conauest Wa
2SSL 55fai? "'? .tew at
iSfr peM wnwt, rather
Jtea.3SSPlgfrL Pitul,M-f
"GANGWAY!"
A FRENCH STRIKE
Railway Employes He Forced
as Soldiers Justified His
to-National Defense
employes of tho Northern Railway nnd
commanding them to join tho colors for
threo weeks' service. They wero liable to
military duty, and when this order was
Issued they had to choose between obedi
ence to tho military orders and obedlenco
to the union leaders. Disobedience of mili
tary orders would be jmnlshed by court
martial. Tho men preferred to obey tho
Government, and soon after trains began
to bo run. But tho disarrangement of traf
fic produced n shortage of food In Paris.
Premier Brland wns bitterly attacked
by the Socialists for his revolutionary
methods of settling tho strike. ,He de
fended himself, as already noted, by ex
plaining that ho had to deal not with a
strlko in the ordinary sense of tho word,
but with a criminal outbreak and an act
of rebellion. Ho charged tho men with
breaking faith in quitting work when he
had received their representatives only a
few days before tho strike was ordered
and had promised In the namo of the
Government to examine their claims. He
said further, that In a majority of in
stances the demand for the minimum
wago had been granted nnd that at the
very moment the strike was called the
question of hours of wages was under
consideration by tho tmlon leaders and
the Ministry of Public Works. And he
declared that In splto of the negotiations
the strlko had been declared without
warning and that it had been marked
by acts of criminal violence. The. deter
mined stand of the Government broke the
back of the movement and on October 18,
a week after the men first walked out, tho
strike committee declared that the strike
was nt an end.
Riotous Scenes In Parliament
This manner of settling a strike did not
please the political" opponents of Brland.
When Parliament met they began to
attack him. On October 29, In his de
fense, M. Brland declared that if the
Government had not found law which
enabled It to control the situation, It would
have made public safety tho supreme law
and forced the men to run the trains any
way. This declaration provoked an outbreak
of fury which lasted for an hour, the So
ciallsts making it impossible lor the
Premier to be heard two feet away from
the rostrum. He explained the, next day
that the Government had had no lnten.
tlon of violating the law and on this dec
laration he was austatned by a vote of
32S to 183.
Tho program of legislation to which
the Government committed ItsJf in order
to make similar crises Irr(paslble. in
eluded the creation of a permanent con.
epilation board, the prohibition of a strike
If arbitration is not accepted or while
the negotiations were In progress and the
prohibition of Government employes from
striking under any circumstances.
SUMMER SUN
Great is tho sun, and wide ho goes
Through empty heaven without repose ;
And In tho blue and glowing days
More thick than rain he showers his rays.
Though closer still the blinds we pull
To keep tha ehady parlor cool.
Vet will he find a chink or two
ro slip his golden flngora through.
The dusty attlo spider clad
'.,50Ush..th keyhole, maketh gladi
htS rouhh " edge of 'tilt '
Into tho ladder hayloft smiles,
Meantime bis golden faca around
? .bae f 11 the garden ground.
And sheds a warm and glittering look
Ameng the ivy. lnmot nook,
Abqs the hills, almur th hi.
Bound tha bright atr with footing true.
i?" Please thschlld, to paint tterw
4-lW?;MhTgSa,
What Do You Know?
Queries o oentrat interest ittll be answered
in this column. Tot aueanona, t10 anaiaera to
ichtch every welhinjortned verSon should know,
are aiked daily.
QUIZ
J. What was (lie "Inltw fnTre" doctrine?
8. Hlint h a murtlnet?
What It a trnck-alker?
Kxpluln the plinvi "wnlUInc the rilnnk."
Ilott It "Cholmonileley" prononuceil?
What Is a hanihee?
What are "data"?
What Is n flufal j-far? . t ,
0. AVIin ure thei Walloon?
10. What ilruc la obtained from the poppy?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. There nri about
Hulled HtulfH.
111,000 lanrer In
the
3. Tho lllc Four" N Mir nickname not of a
stoiip of rullrondN, hut of ono named utter
four rltlci. the ( letrlund. Cincinnati, Chi
ciiro itntNt J.onlt Itatlun.
3. WhUtlcr. nn Amcrlrnn painter, conaldered
the irrmtrftt of the nrtUtH thin country
haw produced.
4. Garlbuldh Itnllun patriot and liberator, and
tho military hero of united Ituly.
5. Btlppllnj? h emrnnlnir, palntlnc or drawinc
In dots, not In lines.
0. Klparlan rlchtx: rlshli relating to tho nao
or mvnrrfchln of land adjacent to bodies of
water.
7. PurnusBiis: n mountain In Central Greece,
the "home of the .Munes."
8. Crow'a nent: the pott on n Tesael's mast
where the lookout In heated.
D. A ftjrtnlchtt tno weeks.
10, Demltnstet a "half-cup." nlmnt Invariably
applied to a fcmall cup of coffee.
Naval Militia
B. P. The oftlcer In the Navy Depart
ment having charge of naval militia matters
Is Captain F, B. Bassett, Jr,
Religious Statistics
P. T. At the present time1 it Is esti
mated there are throughout the world about
560,000,000 Christian adherents, including
270,000,000 Catholics and 170,000,000 Pro
estants; nearly 400,000,000 Confucians and
Taolsts, 210,000,000 followers of Hinduism,
220,000,000 Mahommedaps, 140,000,000
Buddhists and 12,000,000 members of the
Jewish faith. Latest available figures and
estimates give the population ot the earth
at 1,628,890,000 people.
Educated Rulers
Editor of "What Do You Knawt" Will
you tell me wo Is the most educated ruler
of Europe? J, s.
One would be Inclined to say offhand
"The Kaiser," seeing that your question
Beems to refer to quantity of education
rather than to quality. He Is a linguist,
being able to speak English and French as
fluently as German. He has had a thorough
training not only In the principles but In
the practice of military affairs, diplomacy,
legislation, administration, certainly supe
rior In quantity to that of other rulers, for
the simple reason that ha has had more
power and more responsibility than any
other ruler except the Czar, who Is not
credited with much Intellectual activity.
In the course of his "long reign he has
kept pace with Germany's great strides In
Industry and the arts, and even essays to
correct the work ot artists engaged bn pub
Ua works. As for quality of education, a
pro-Ally would say tha Kaiser was the
worst educated ruler, because he would say
the Kaiser has acted op wrong principles,
and an education in wrong principles Is
worse than none. A pro-German would
probably say tho opposite.
Canadian Government
H. N. L. The fact that she ts part of
the British Umpire assures Canada of the
protection of the British army apd navy
should she ever need It, On the other hand,
Canada Is under no legal reciprocal obliga
tion whatever to help England, or other
parts of the British Empire, by furnishing
troops or money In case of war. There has
not been, tha slightest compulsion upon
Canada as a whole to participate In tha
present war, and not the slightest coercion
upon any one of the 00,000 Individual
Canadians who have enlisted for tho foreign
service. Canada, and her people hava dona
this principally out of loyalty for the em.
plre of which they are a part, from which
It is reasonable, to Infer that they them
selves sea ample advantage, not obvious
to outsiders, for remaining within It Asjda
f!L0i?.h?ilf,Ilfno.f0.''e'fn relations in Its own
name, the Dominion of Canada Is a com
plete government with virtually no restrto
ttff, P " or "" b. Imposed by the
nlt Crown e Parliament H she likes
Canada can go bo far as to Imposa a dla-
Sun 'frfVl ?a V
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
A Plan figgested for Settling J
Rnitroao Strike where
Transit is Not Rapid
FT 4. naerfH4Hit iet 4m a it m .W
tcUh to rxpreis their opinions pit euDyecti iMl
Bvmtna Lctloer ntsiimca no reapanelMlltv rJl
pm Knci 0 lit correspondents, .ieltera mfill
be stoned iy the name on attdreta nf eill
nrlter, nor necessarily lor pudlleotion, but ot n 5
A PLAN OP SETTLEMENT '
To the Edith? of the Evening Ledger.
Hlr If tho railroad mnn.icer.q nltnn
strike then they beeomo Insolvent auio-jj
mntlcally nnd a receivership must bo apflf
pointed nnd tho employes deputized t1
guard and operate tho roads, or. If It ,
necessary to havo Government ownership,!
then Congress must at onco enact a lawl
of compulsory arbitration and wage afl-t
lustment board, the members to b nn.l
pointed by the President for llfo at n fair!
salary. Inasmuch ns thcro will not be any
private concern to try to bribe tho board,
and Inasmuch as Its members being ap. '
pointed for life, will of courso freo them,
from nit political Interference. I bellcvs
that tho employers will bo better oft than
now. nnd I nm suro the nubile will ha
iettor protected, Of course the civil serv-l
Ice regulation- will beeomo operative at
once, ns each nnd every employe would ,
Immediately beeomo a member of this de
partment. Within 10 years tho Brother
hoods would, of course, become defunct be
cause of no now members. No new employe '
would ho allowed to join n laoor organlza
tlon becauso ho could not servo tho Gov-;
ernment nnd nn outside party without
belnc dishonest to ono or the other, Tha
Government must never bo hampered In,
US ucparimcnis uy siriiicti, eic.
HOBEIIT B. NIXON, JR.
Philadelphia, August 29.
RAPID TRANSIT A MISNOMER
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
gir WJ1IIO you utu umiiuiuiiiis away in
behalf of tho construction of tho new tran
sit llne3 permit me to havo a say about the
manner tho present lines nro operated.
Ilnpld transit Is certainly a misnomer for
our present trolley ByBtcm. Any ono can
be convinced of this If ho will tnko a Fifth
strcefenr at Chestnut Btreet a few minutes
before 5 p, m.
Evcrj thing will go nil right until he
reaches Montgomery avenue. Ho will nr
rlvo there a llltlo before th6 employes of
tho Stetson hat factory nre dismissed. The
street Inspector of tho trolley company will
hold the car up until the Stetson people nro
actually dismissed nnd until they mnko their
way from Fourth nnd Montgomery avenue
to tho car. All this whllo other cars are
arriving nnd before tho first car Is per
mitted to Ieao thero aro from flvo to seven
enrs in tho tie-up. Finally they all get
started, nnd If you aro going to take a Glen
side car on Lehigh nvenuo you will nrrlvo
thero In time to seo one going out tho nve
nuo, nnd you will bo compelled to wait
seven minutes for tho next one. With the
flvo minutes lost at Montgomery avenue
and tho seen nt I.chlgh nvenuo you havo
nearly one-quarter of nn hour wasted. By
this method everybody Is harmed and no
ono Is benefited.
Tho Stetson iTeoplo would loso no time
In getting homo If they wero to take the
cars as thoy mrlvo nt Montgomery avenue
Instpnrl nt rnra hplil un hv thn lnflnfrfnr
Tho people getting on tho cars south of
Jlontgomory ax tnue would get to their des
tination earlier. Tho company would bo In
the nmount of tho wages paid tho man they
haio stationed there. He Is not only use
less, but an actual detriment to transit.
The rulo In other parts of tho city Is that
nn Intending passenger must wait for n car.
At Montgomery avenuo tho rule. Is reversed.
Tho car waits for tho passengers to, tho dis
comfort nnd inconvenience of those who
havo already paid their fares,
I don't believe thero Is another transit
company In the universe tlut pays a salary
to nfman to delay trafllc nnd why the P. It.
T. does is a mystery to all who patronize
tho Fifth street line. D.
Philadelphia, August 28,
IT'S ON THE CROSS
Russia has conferred tho cross of St.
George on Verdun, but it Is doubtful If
that Is Just exactly what It needs under
tho circumstances. Indianapolis News.
AMUSEMENTS
STANLEY
MARKET AT 10T11
11 IIS TO tl tin
LAST a DAYS
SESSUB HAYAKAWA
In tho SCNSATJCWAI. PHOTODUAjM
"The Honorable Friend"
ADDED ATTRACTION
BURTON HOLMES
"Climbing the Austrian Alps"
PALACE
12U MARKET BT.
Marguerite Clark
In "LITTLU LADY EILEEN"
ADELPHI TONIGHT toB&50
rinsT ruuLic performance
Tfie Moat Wonderful ,Tlay In America
EXPERIENCE
Enthusiastically Apnlau'ded Last Night
By More than 800 Cierygmen of Pljlla.
FIRST MATINEE TOMORROW, 50o to 1,80
Labor Day Matinee, Monday, SOo to $1.60
Da renin Mat. Thursday, Best Seats 11.00
LYRIC ISday SEPT. 4
6EAT8 NOW ON BALE
AlE N. Y. WINTER GARDEN'S BIGGEST
MUSICAL TRIUMPH
"ROBINSON CRUSOE, JR."
WITH THE KINO OF FUN
ALJOLSON
B. 'P. KEITH'S THEATER
SHOW TO SUIT EVERYBODYl
Geo. white & Cavanagh LM
Beatrice Morella' , Grand Opera (Sextette)
Wllllo Weston: B JdanUst Thos, Swift & Co.:
Anger t Kins: Bister 1 Others.
Today at 2. Mo & SOc. Tonight at 8. ?5o to t
"TTTJ"n,TT'M' Garmantown, Chelteo
UivrJriii'Uiyi m. w. taylor. un Mr.
OPENS WITH A SPECIAL MATINEE
LABOR DAY. MONDAY. HEPT, 4, WITH
"Little Peggy O'Moore"
MATINEE3iE..ATHURS.,iSAT.,WmI
Box Office Open Now. 'Phone, q'n 300
Olobe Theater "ItSs.
JClJkfy5 VAVDEVII.LB -Continuous II
A. M to l P. JI. 10c, 15o. 25o
MAIDS OP THE MOVIES
in "ALL AT SEA"
INTEBNATipNAL BEAUTIE3 AND OTHEBB
Knickerbocker Jf
REOPENS SU SEPT. 4
Tho
MR.DUUL.UY s:
Fuapy
WalnUt Pop Mat. Tu.,Thu.. 25v?0q
' Regular Matinee Saturday
Beilnnlng Monday Wat . Labor Day. tie. 50a
"Madame Spy" pfeVit'"00
Victoria
MARKET Above OTXI
TODAY A TOMORROW
jh.sii-9 ivoaaer 7ay
Emmy Whelen, "The Pretenders"
AdUd-.LATEBT KEYSTONE COMEDY
TTnA'n TWs N"' Week, Evgs., StlO.
XUXKJjnJJ Matinee Tomorrow. 2;15
L1N.V to tM Operetta "FLORA
AgJL U8 SSa Wednfj
GARRICK Now .'MaW
Matinees, 3o 4 3Sc; Eves. 23c, 3So 4 30a
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