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PhtlsJtlpMa, Thandsy, September 7. 116.
Virtue in dlttre.t. and vice In trlumnh
ilakm athtltt. of mankind.
Dryden.
Congressman Scott, of tho Four
teenth Ward, says ho favors clean poli
tics, but tho conditions In his ward Indicate-
that some ono In control thcro prac
tices tho unclean kind.
Representative Dent, of Alabama,
baa been made chairman of tho House
Commltteo on Military Affairs, bufr It Is
not likely that ho will succeed In making
one In the Ignorance of his party about
tho proper way to prepare.
Doctor Akcd, who found that pcaco-
I pinking under tho auspices of Honry Ford
,ras not what It was cracked up to bo.
lias Just discovered that his old church
In San Francisco Is not willing to tako
him back even at a roduced Balary.
Rainbow-chasing pastors do not seem to
be to their taste.
Now that Germany Is planning to
carry mall from Berlin to New York in
72 hours by Zeppelins, it Is not unreason
able to hope that Postmaster Thornton
may get a Zeppelin In order to malto It
certain that mall can be delivered as far
away from the general poatofflco as Sixth
ftnd Chestnut streets In as short a time.
VTe shall not resort to the note
sending plan followed at the Niagara
Falls mediation conference some time
ago. Note-sending has not been a suc
cess. Franklin K. Lane, of tho Mexi
can commission.
This reads very much like a afdo
I (wipe at the President, but, of course, tho
I Secretary of the Interior did not intend to
I bo insubordinate, however great tho temp-'tation.
Bvery ono Is to bo permitted to
peak his mind on pcaco at tho November
session of tho Reichstag, because then
I "it will be recognized that Germany's
military position Is unimpaired," say tho
Berlin dispatches. It remains to bo seen
vrhether this grant of liberty of expres
sion Is like that of tho farmer who told
the man to paint his barn any color ho
darned please so long as it was red.
Wo shall know after tho new
i freight line between this port and South
America has been In operation a while
whether tho seas are free. It is planned
to make monthly Ballings, carrying coffee
from South America and Iron and steel
j from this city. A similar line was started
rrom New Orleans a few years ago, but
a foreign shipping monopoly coerced
South American shippers and prevented
them from using tho same; so, although
cargoes were offered for tho southern trlD
J that overtaxed the capacity of tho ships,
, louuro to ij return cargoes lorceu an
1 abandonment of tho enterprise,
ai r 4 . . n s
Chief qennell's leniency to thoso
iwho break the'jaw which forbids the use
of Improper rubbish receptacles and the
weeping of dust and other dirt from
bo of long endurance. He has refrained
from prosecuting thoso who violate the
law In order to give every one a fair
caancai to learn and respect It. But the
ttusx evil, with Its menace to health. Is
I too serious for the reminders Issued In a
lpint C good-fellowship. The health
flawa are not made to produce a city
, beautiful, but to save human lives.
y,
I The corrupt practices bill fathered
by the Democratic Senator from Okla-
bonia takes the ground that nearly three
times as much money as should have
i been spent was disbursed to elect Mr.
! Wilson to the-presidency. The bill limits
the aggregate disbursements of any party
I In the presidential campaign to $400,000.
The Democratic, expenditure In 1912 was
ill.ltMtS and the Republican $1,071,648.
xoet of this money goes for railroad trips
and the hiring of halls, and such things
k. n a pugo make tremendous Items. The
tfr'jiif lurpone of the bill Is excellent, but Its
t provisions oouw a.? easily cripple a cam-,-
ftdgn of education as one of corruption.
- , Vim tragedy of the Ufa of Ralph
Alfcart,. atoksloak b that recognition of
Jkt Wsajk as a painter has probably como
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maslsrpleoea for; years, but no
1 would buar tkean. Ilia famllv out
iMwr frt be painted on, eosMMt that
'awttatM wotikl mm day amitd on Itbiv
I Mat Om harttahtpn whist) He and hW fare.
1 Ay wtfuraa wr too much for biro and
,4 iMt kte reason. Ma hJ rto be eetv
at t aa aayliwt. Ha was then about
1 M yaaiaj otd. Wbaa be stoppl trying to
all few picture titer began to increase
la value, Tbe ouan4 for tbapa from
, bH-W Mihd tiM prloa up until twa
( (Ua mrtm wirk bW Ur fM.M aaol
em broucbi aaartr tUJM. Tmi
9 W a'B P Mprap
tures was held lost spring, which resulted
In tho creation of a fund largo enough to
maintain him In comfort, and arrange
ments were mado to get him released
from the asylum. This week he was
taken to a prtvato sanatorium in Now
Jersey, where a studio has been fitted up
for him, and It Is hoped that ho will once
more produce something, worth while It
Is a pleasant hopo, but as the man is 70
years old It Is not likely to bo realized.
Tho experiment, however. Is worth whtlo.
It for no other reason than to glvo so
ciety an opportunity to atone for Its past
neglect.
CONSISTENCY IN THE
WRONG PLACE
ALTHOUGH the President has wabbled
.tt.
on almost every question that has
arisen for his decision, ho has consist
ently defended his tariff for competition.
If any bcllover In protection thinks that
American trado and Industry can look to
him for help, It Is because ho Is unablo
to understand tho meaning of words or
tho significance of nets.
Mr. Wilson boasted no longer ago than
last Saturday that hit party had revised
tho tariff for tho purposo of encouraging
foreign trade, that Is, imports from for
eign countries. Ills exact language was:
The tariff has been revised, not on
tho prlnclplo of repelling foreign trade,
but upon the prlnclplo of encouraging
It, upon something like a footing of
equality with our own In respect of tho
terms of competition
To sugar tho bitter bill, which even he
Instinctively know was bitter, ho an
nounced that "American energies aro
now directed toward tho markets of tho
world."
Translated Into plain English, all this
means that the Democracy has opened
tho doora of America to foreign competi
tion in order that goeds of foreign manu
facture may bo sold hero In place of
American goods, so that American pro
ducers may bo compelled to go Into tho
markets of tho world to find sale for tho
goods which liavo been driven from tho
homo market by tho foreign competitor.
Tho only admirable thing about this
program is tho consummate audacity
with which it is proclaimed. It is con
trary to every prlnclplo of sound eco
nomic policy. No man can bellovo thnt It
can benoflt American manufacturers or
American worklngmcn, that 1 tho mass
of American consumers, save ono whoso
believing power has been developed by
long cxcrclso In accepting ns true all tho
Incredibilities foisted on a gulllblo world
from the beginning of time.
The immediate effect of tho Underwood
tariff law has not been forgotten. Its pas
sago was followed by business stagna
tion. Men wero Idlo. The labor depart
ment of tho National Government was
called upon to relievo the increasing
number of unemployed. Tho revenues
fell off. A deficit piled up In tho Trensury,
and tho brilliant statesmen In Washing
ton wore put to it to find money to keep
tho Government going. Such. prosperity
as wo aro now enjoying has como because
wo aro surrounded by a 'nail of protection
built up by tho war, higher than the
highest that kept American markets for
American producers In the McKInley or
the Dlnglcy "tariff. That wall will dis
appear In a night when tho nations stop
fighting. Thero Is no doubt of It. For
eign goods will como hero In a flood.
Foreign governments will do everything
in their power to help their producers get
their goods Into our markets so that tho
debt which they owo us can bo paid.
And Mr. Wilson, who is all that there is
of his party, Bays that tho only remedy
which the Republican party offers Is pro
tection. In the name of common senso,
what better remedy Is there?
iom Daly's Column
TWO WRONGS DONT MAKE A
RIGHT
THE President does not mako the sur
render of Congress to tho trainmen
any better by approving It twice. Unless
human nature has changed, circumstances
are likely to arise which will mako him
sorry that lie surrendered to a hold-up
at all.
GETTING SOMEWHERE BY GOING
SOMEWHERE ELSE
TUB world Is more like that which
Alice found behind the looking glasr
than tho unthinking are wont to imagine.
Whenever Alice started for the place to
which she wanted to go she brought up
somewhere else. That Is what usually
happens to the man who sets out to get
strong. He buys some Indian clubs or
dumbbells and lifts or swings them
about in the privacy of his boudoir till
life palls on him and he Is overcome by
an exhausting ennui. But let him buy
some golf clubs and get interested in
knocking the rubber pill about the sod
and he will be so amused that he will for
get all about exercise and health. Jn
his pursuit of Colonel Bogey he will put
on flesh, his eyes will grow clear, his
muscles will harden and he will not care
a hang whether he gets strong or not,
Statisticians have not yet told us how
many men and women have been saved
from a premature grave by the dancing
craze of recent years. But they could
And out If they would give their mind
to It. Maturo men and women have fox
trotted and tangoed themselves into
health who had thought that they would
never dance again. They did not set out
for the goal of physical vigor, but, like
Atlee, they got there by starting' In the
direction of relaxation and amusement
The American Society of Professors of
Dancing, now holding its thirty-ninth
awaual meeting, U not listed among the
tnaaUeal associations; but If It succeeds
InJMeplag us taUrted In the gentle and
grAeeful art of skipping aeresa the foor
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THE PATMOllAN B. B. 0.
What' the grcatctt I, o. clanf
The Patmorant
What' the prid o every fapt
The Patmoranl
What' the club that' gonna tan'
The X, It. rag, that tame bandan'
It flaunted when thi) fight beganf
The Patmoranl
Where" another on the plan
01 Patmoranf
trfto'JJ faAe no thenantgant
'Tia Patmoranl
Match (tee fMrc youe) 1 youio can
Orover Ctevclan' Alexan'.
There' the guy that holds the van
For Patmoran,
High Cost of Living
Philadelphia, onco no famous for its
abundance, cheapness nnd excellence of
marketing, Is wonderfully changed. For
merly every ono going to market could
havo his choice of nil manner of poultry,
country meats, butter, eggs, etc., but not
bo now. Formerly none but real country
farmers sold their products In our mar
kets: now tho stalls ore ery much held
by hucksterM, many of whom go far Into
tlio country and buy up tho uholo prod
ucts of farms. Housekeepers Teel per
niciously this chnngo for the worse.-
Public Ledger.
All this Is qulto truo, ns tho Public
Ledger says or as It said, slnco wo're In
tho past now for the nbo o Is taken from
tho P. L. of June 8, 1842.
The Philadelphia Rhyme
N'o word yet from that man Dlgnnm In
Chicago, but wo 11 gn ahead with our party
Just the name, ami tho five-dollar gold
piece H hung ut for a prize. Only rhymes
covering ALL tho syllables of Philadelphia
will bo admitted.
all
And
balled up.
Boms other totvna havo Cheatnut Btreeta
Like rhllml-l.hla
And plenty of news that's new you'll
mm win nuu pom ay. aio
Thfre'aV many n alvn thaOa
It TitlMV fniLjia In, rumor
To read our Knullsh aa she's 'rlt
In camden Crcas-thr lther
For Instance, the following vas apled In a
atore window while rl IIiik In uno of tha tamoua
street ears In on fair burr
.MA X illASWI..'
llEKUttLli-.U t
Ubl'AinKr.
cinus s,
CLHAN, nlry, furn rooms, 60c a night up;
J2.50 a v eck up; tho Family Hotel; no
bnr ' ' street; M thoroughly
respectable.
ad In mornlr.it contemp.
Wo suppress tho address, but, as R. 1C
remarks, "for somo neighborhoods U
thoroughly respectablo Is not 4 bad."
From Atlantic City A. B reports this
on Garden Pier 'This Itlnk Will Ilemaln
Open Indcflantaly."
And "Ambassador" Dovlln has busied
himself to notice all theso things for us-
There Is a sign painter onFrankford nve
nuc. who Is exhibiting a campaign banner
of. Hughes and Fairbanks In his window.
Thero aro no names on the banner, but
directly ln front of It Is another smaller
sign with tha words, "No Trespassing."
Last week he showed Wilson and Marshall
with a small sign between them marked
"Snapper Soup."
A colored doctor on South street west
of Ilroail has this on both store windows:
"J Gillian, Herb Manufacturer."
A butcher over on East Glrard avenue'
displays this sign: "Fresh Meat, also Pork
and Licr."
I Just can't help It, boss. Every day I
Just have 'to match up yesterday's an
swers to today's QUls and this bothers
me:
1. What is a marc's tail?
1. Mongolia: tho vast region In the
Chinese Empire north of China proper
and south of Siberia. '
Shouldn't that bo "mare's ne3t"7
PIFFLD.
THY IT AOAIN
I admire the chap
With the smile on his map.
Though Fortune has dealt him a thunderous
rap
And knocked him clean down on the rear
of his lap.
Whoso only remark Is, "Gee whiz! what a
slap!
I'll try It agln."
I'm thero with tho guy
With tho gleam In his eye.
Though F-'e has let loose a stilt kick near
the thigh
And has scattered his pride all over the
sky.
Whose only retort Is, "Doggonlt If I
Don't go ye agln."
I'm strong for the brick
With the courage to stick.
Though Failure has hounded him like the
Old Mck
And has camped on his trail through thin
and through thick.
Whose happy comeback is, "I'm on to the
trie;
Let's do It ngln."
E. R. L.
IT SEEMS this columnar habit of look
ing for funny breaks in the type has
so infected our linatypcrs as to demoralize
tho force. Yesterday Slug 5 suddenly
burst Into hysterical laughter and couldn't
stop or explain. Tho foreman, being
wiser than most, looked at the last line
the poor fellow had set and found this
beginning of a classified ad:
COLORED WOMAN wants cooktne. ,
They throw water in Slug C's face and
pretty soon he came to, "Pretty raw."
he chortled; "pretty raw!"
Hello, Central, How About It?
Tother evening aa the sun was setting
my wife called to me that 'two's a fine night
for n bit of a ride through the country, and
would I call Euphemla Snooks on the phone
and have her come along, maybe, to keep
her company In the back seat. So I called
Phemy, who, being an old family friend, I
talked to her friendly like, telling her that
I still loved her and would she go on a Joy
ride with me, and a lot more of quite ques
tionable wit. which was all right If you
knew Phemy and the Missus.
And the next day did the village gossip
tell a friend, who straightway told MY
WIFK, that, It being her Intention to call
up the second village gossip to Inaulra tha
news, she Took the receiver off the hook and
heard me talking to a woman and such
things as we said; she didn't see how my
wifa could live with r.te; and so on, and
so on.
Party lines, you sayT Not so all three
were Independent wires. H. jj, j
HEItE'S pne to match the fellow who
wrote to Cicero, core of McKay, says a,
prominent Philadelphia literary man. A
man in Woodsfleld, o., ordered of me di
rect, a copy of one of my books. I sent
it to him and In a lew days this postcard
came:
Sir L received the bqok, but the pages
are not cut and there'a no place here that
does that kind of work.. What shall I
dot ,T
i i ji i1""
PQMK day we're, jotag to work up the
courage to go into thai sandwich em
porium at. Eighth and Chestnut and try
oeof those "turner"' sandwiches adver
tised ta the window, although wt fancy
It'a elng to tte V.ke tuaa and nothing
"WHAT CAN YOU DO?"
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Sir Roger Casement's Sister Tells How the Man's Cousin Was Deprived of
Her Livelihood Because of Her Loyalty to Him She Is Coming
to America to Get Work
This Department It frt to all rtadtra who
icih to express th)ir opinions on subjects of
current interest. It is an open forum, and the
Fventna Lrdoer assumes no responsibility for
the vines of its correspondents. Letters must
bo signed bu the tiamr otid address of the
writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a
guarantee of good faith,
CASEMENT AND ENGLAND'S.
TREATMENT OF WOMEN,
To the Editor of the Evening Lrdger:
Sir Tho inclosed Is a copy of a letter
I received only yesterday from my cousin,
Miss Gertrudo Bannister. Knowing that
my ever dear brother had many friends in
Philadelphia, I would wish them to know
how he died in reality.
LONDON, Aug. 2.
'arllng Old Nina We have worked
and worked. Hundreds and thousands
of petitions have gone In. I went my
self to Asqulth. Indeed, I left no stono
unturned, but you know the result
God help ub all. Never was there a
nobler or purer soul He faces death
(a death which they think vainly will
degrade him) calmly and unflinchingly.
He will show them tomorrow how an
Irishman :an die. Hut you, oh, my
dear, how I long to be with you I I
should have como before, but my placo
was with him. When he needs me no
more then I go to you. Elllf and I will
come as soon as we can settle up every
thing here. Queen Anne's, where I have
been for all these many years, has cast
me out, merely, I bcllove, because I am
his cousin nnd stuck to him. Thank
God they have shown their true char
acter and I spurn them! I went last
night nnd tried to see the "King," when
all else failed, but of course be refused
to see me.
Thursday, 11 a. m.
I and Mrs. Green. Elllf and the C
girls spent from before 8 to 10 a. m.
In the Catholic chapel, praying. The
priest, rather Carey, who was with
him, came back at about 9:30 and told
us he walked upright and with his own
dear, glorious smile, to the place, and
said, "For God and Kathleen nl Houli
han," "Into Thy hands I commend my
spirit." and died like the saint and
hero he Is. God reward his persecutors.
He may safely leave them to Him and
His Instruments. Dear old girl, we will
all stick together and In a new land
perhaps I shall be able to get work. You
know how I love ,you, and will do all
within my power to help you.
Your loving annTRUDE.
Miss Gertrude Bannister was head pro
fessor of languages at Queen Anne's Col
lege, Reading, England. Four years ago
she received a testimonial and check for
60 guineas as a token of tho high appre
ciation In which she was held and her ex
cellent method of teaching. Her father
was an Englishman. Her only brother
joined an English regiment In 1914, and
was so badly wounded that he Is now
unfit for active service. Yet she Is tho
target of English venom and spite, After
giving the best years of her life to tho
service of Queen Anne's College she Is
"dismissed" for no fault but because she
stuck to my brother and her cousin.
Often I have asked her to resign, but as
the professors were granted a pension
after some years, she always remarked:
"I know I am overworked and do much
that they have no right to ask me to do,
but I always look forward to the pen
sion." This is Christian England's treat
ment of women. AONES NEWMAN.
Atlantic Cl(y, N, J September 0.
Smith says his Informant Is a telegraph
ODcrator, working 30 jears for a concern at
it salary of about 70 a month a fino
salary for a telegraph operator with 30
j ears' experience. If the position of brake
man Is so easy and pays such nn enormous
salary, why does not Mr Smith's friend try
to'. secure the position at $90 a month,
who haB to walk Into all kinds of danger
an.d weather and at all hours of the night,
and mabs he won't find It so pleasant as
he thinks it is.
So far as the physician Is concerned,
who hns a practice making $800 a year,
whoever he may be, he had better not
spend so much money and hours of hard
study, with the prospect of making $800 a
year, and secure a position as a railroad
conductor at the salary of $1440 a year,
where he would not have any automobile or
medicine to buy and have all tho comforts
of first-class transportation.
We will now take the clergymen, who
study from five to 15 years to acquire their
profession. Allow me to tell Mr. Smith that
he Ih a poor clergyman who spends his pre
cious time Btudylng for the purposo of se
curing a good position in life, and not for
the good he has to do for his people I
might add that It does not npply to a priest,
who receives only 67 cents a day compensa
tion and Is subject to calls at any hour of
tho night, and never kicks.
A. JOSEPH VAN KinK.
Philadelphia, September 6.
HUNTING PARK FLOWERS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir The "Garden Wall," Hunting Tark,
from a passing trolley:
Beautiful the garden wall,
Itouo of Sharon, canna, all
Growing In profusion there,
Itlch and riotous and fair.
Golden glow and purple aster;
Quick! tho car is moving faster;
Catch a gllmpso before wo pass
Of the brilliant, glowing mass,
ailstenlng In tho morning light;
Keep It for a memory bright
Flowers nodding gay and tall.
Waving greetings from the wall.
E. U
Philadelphia, September 1.
RAILROAD MEN'S PAY
t. ...V ...... ww yrf ...v .'....ny M,U(FII .
Blr After reading Mr. Smith's Utter In
the EYBNiNO lidoj-r. i wish to voice my
Kentlment In regard to the railroad men's
exorbitant aalary. I happen to have about
26 relatives who are railroad trainman.
For Instance, an engineer goes to his cabin
In tha early hours of tha morning, when the
fog l aease. He has a scheduled time In
which to make his run at an average of
about (o tniita an hour, and he has it to
make IrreapeoUy of what he U able to
la frost t bias. Wfcta Mmm $ m aooj.
yw UJ the pm mm lt4M was aw
TOO LATE FOR ARBITRATION T
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir As a dally reader of the Evening
Ledger I am surprised, to say the least,
at the attitude of your paper toward the
threatened railroad strike. It Is Inconceiv
able how a paper with such unlimited re
sources as you can be Ignorant of the facta
In an Issue over which the entire country.
If not the entire civilized world. Is seriously
pondering. And It seems Incredible that
your editors, working men, should deliber
ately misrepresent the cause of the broth
erhoods to betray fellow workers In such
distressing moments.
Here Is the Inconceivable and the In
credible: The Evenino LEDoen Is Judge
and Jury, Will It pronounce Its own doom
or acquit Itself with a Just and honorable
explanation?
In your Isaue today, under the title "Too
High a Price," you acouse the brotherhoods
of rejecting "the accepted method of argu
ment and logic" In favor of "a physical
threat. '
Is the Evbnimo Lsdoer Ignorant of the
fact that organized labor has for more
than 10 years been arguing and advocating
an eight-hour day Is your paper Ignorant
Sn?.ina-!i I'"11 wrkl,1K "n have been
organizing labor unions to petition Congress
nnd Presidents for honest treatment for
honest service; that during political cam
palgns candidates have eagerly listened to
their logic, assured them that If elected
J exuy.w c,ianP'n their cuse, and
laughed them to scorn when asked to be
honorable -enough to fulfill their pledges?
Is It possible that the brotherhoods have
been continuously pleading wltn tne raroao,
magnates for the past month without the
knowledge of the Evbk.mq ledobh
i-?newspa.p.r ' ,h rt of the people
In the oapalcty of an educator, and If Igno
rant of these facta has not 'the slightest
pretence of an existence. In the face of
these facts, dare It unjustly accuse the
brotherhoods of foul play
No, organised labor lias not turnad lu
back to reason. It has argued with l.gll
,at0T. W' o btlonal executive,
pleaded with IwartleM employer., and i irtTr
being trloked-by laarlalai.r SLu- 'fl
2jj 'zzjrYs&.E .ir1"'
cause of this they are driven to the most
drastic means to which they may havo ac
cess the strike.
It the Evesino Ledger Is devoted to the
cause of social reform, which It claims It is,
let It make a complete survey of the broth
erhoods' demands, advocate the draining of
the watered stock of the railroads, appraise
railroads at their actual value and it will
find that they can earn a handsome divi
dend and grant the eight-hour day with 10
hours pay without increasing the frelgh
rates. Yours for genuine social reform,
CUOM. H. WILLIAMS,
Allentown, Pa., September 3.
THE PANACEA
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir In your editorial. 'Two Kinds of
Wages," you point out what you consider a
wide difference between the Democratic
plan of "leglslatlr a wage Into the pocket
of one class" and the Republican plan of
legislating wages Into the pockets of many
classes through protective tariff schedules
designed by manufacturers. I fall to per
ceive any fundamental difference In re
sults. Both systems give special advantages
to certain classes to overcharge the ulti
mate consumer or user, and there Is no dif
ference In principle between legislating
wages Into the pockets of railroad employes
or Into tho pockets of American manufac
turers. Let me tell of another plan the single
tax plan to raise wages. This plan con
templates no now legislation, but would
be put largely In operation by the abolish
met of various laws that now fine or tax
the Industrious and enterprising.
Every railroad manager and employe,
every manufacturer and mill operative,
knows that when Jobs are plentiful and
laborers are few, wages rise, and should
the conditions be maintained, high wages
would permanently prevail. They also
know that the opposite of this Is true. All
wealth comes from land with the assist
ance of human labor. If all land wero
ownod nnd held out of use no wealth what
ever would be produced, and humanity
would die. If some of It Is used, however,
In Just to that extent land Is made easy
of access to able and willing workers.
Just so far will Jobs Increase, with their
resultant Increase In wages.
The slnglo tax plan would merely abolish
taxes of'all kinds save a payment for the
use of valuable land. This value, taken In
the form of public revenue, would necessi
tate the placing of a tax so high on valu
able land that It would be no longer prof
itable to hold land out of Its best use.
That's all. OLIVER McKNIGHT.
Philadelphia, September 6.
0a41l
HARD WORDS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir De morifu, nil nlH bonum Is cer
tainly a safe via media In the expression of
our verdict upon any ordinary mortal ca
reer. A memory, however, so unspeakably
vile as that of Casement's will forever stink
In the nostrils of posterity as one of the
worst types of traitors that Ireland has
yet produced. He or she would Indeed be
cowardly and contemptible who would seek
to whitewash such a Judas, or put a halo
around such a recreant head.
Philadelphia. Sept 2, m1LI'AnNEr'
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
The fundamental difference between
Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson
la that Lincoln believed mat nothing was
settled until It was e.ttled right, Troy
..Pi. Pfnal humiliation of the President,
and In that humiliation tne humiliation" of
J,u,.e.al,dn.cy' U 0M of th most un.
pleasant features of labor's holdup of the
Government Chicago lSvenlng Post,
Mr. Wilson Is today a formidable candl.
fw """J" la dn' to be stronger
1 ,W" FarJir' n(1 whenever jhe Dem"
HVfPal.V, " r6nger thl
lRetn;b&r0U'atthe PSnng.
All of President Wilson' recommend.
UM for leglslatkm .Uhar to "wn T
threatened railroad wrlke or 3 u
slt: t...TJ : ""
WtiBIHiSW6
What Do You Knowll
DuaW4 a etmerat In f ( .m .
in tMt column, mm Ten Questions, tkt ,
"2W.flf7iK,M""," "r," "!
QUIZ
1. What Is the fspllal ef Rmnanla iu t
far la It frm the Unitarian nV.1 I
t. Are rallroaaa paid br the OereniBMi i
rarrrins mall """niaMU (
S. What la the neantnz ef ibe BD-.
scotch a anake"T wh i
4. Of what lanznsiea la YldAlth . . I
a. r.mtaln iha altnlncanra nf tfc. iJ7"t I
ace the handwrltlnt en the ilL
8. What Is "packlns a Jon"? I,
1. What are the noman nnmcrala
for 600. for 100. for SO, fo?
and for 1?
g. Who was Mrs, Bidden?
0. th ere "hoi poltol"? I that
1
i
aa it appears here rorrectlr warSSC
10. Who wrote ''Sartor Rcaartus." aaHL
docs the title mean? TC W
Answcr to Ycstcrdav'a Oni.
I. "Mare'a tall"l a apreadtpt clrrns clativl
acmbllnz a hore'a tall, ""l
I, "lUmmn-lofk 'I a wrratllnc hold I. .
nn arm of. one contcatant la held i
and bent behind hla back br hh ,
S. "Darr Jonf"i "Janet" It here ttU fc.i
Inti! the ca. "llarr," In the E
?..!h.' !,.t.he.cfl2 ID;1 " ??.
Till ntiaar va imd reset
4. "nls. lrn"iMhe Rockr Mountain ihcea,
called Mf'horn. """
s. AUijrntor wooai io eaiica because of Ita
fl.l nnitfintiM. a
0. Mantel-trrei the lintel of a Oreplata -.
of wood.
1. Manx cats differ from other eata la .a
only a rudimentary tall. n
D. iTaino ciiicuriiBi arouse. ,
n T.lnnln Hil lArn In tlarln r-M....,- a.-
10. "Greasers"! Ametlcan slant term for Xt
i
National Forests
M. E. Tho chief problems enconnti
In the management or tno national foi
after nro protection, are to secura
removal of mature timber without cm
moro than tho forest Is actually bred.,
and to replace this timber as It Is sold
cut by young growth of valuable tjxeW
uciaucu piano uiu iiicparcu tor eaca la
on the bnnls of careful estimates ef
Dresent stand and Its rate of growth.
specify the amount of timber which on
safely cut each year without Imnalrlnr i
permanent supply. This timber Is thm J
vertisea ior saie a. prices wnich t
to the Government Its full market valut
at the tamo time allow a fair profit to
operator.
Greater London
I. D. P. "Greater London." the
covered by the city and metropolitan i
has an area of about C93 square mllrai
a population by tho census of 1111 ,
7,251,358. This total Is divided between 0
County of London, with 4,521,685. and i
"Outer ning." 2.720,673. Tho populations!
day is cstimatca ni 7,000,000.
Eligibility for Presidency
M. W. C. A naturnl-born citizen Is
born within tho territorial limits of
United States. Under tho Constitution
man born outside that territory Is till
for President. The question was recess)
raised when Secretary Lane of thelnUri
Department was talked of as a presidents)
candidate. Although he has lived In Cat
fornla for many years It was pointed 0
that he was not eligible for the high
as he was born In Prince Edward hla
Canada.
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