EVENING LEDGER-PmL'ADELraM!, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 27, 191(,
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Pkll.JJphla. Wedaeidar, Sapltmber IT, H16.
Thl dead of midnight i thm noon ot
thought.
And Wisdom mount her xenith with
tha stars. Air. Barbauld.
There ta no question that (tho Mann
lust hurts ao many tret caught.
The only trouble with the Gover
nor's leadership is the persistency ot the
Vares In pulling the reins.
Mr. Wilson seems to have a re
Euarkable capacity for defining what Is
the matter, and then doing something to
make It 'worse.
Throwing dust In the people's eyes
has been a favorlto diversion of the
politicians for many, many years. Per
haps that explains the dimculty in ob
taining general sprinkling.
Tes, the people of Philadelphia pay
a twenty-flvo per cent tax for the priv
ilege of using gas. Maybe that Is why
some prefer electricity. The company
gets eighty cents for gas, but the people
pay a dollar.
The report that Secretary Daniels
has been buying worthless shells from a
manufacturer In his homo town must be
a mistake. Secretary Daniels would never
have bought shells whllo grape julco bot
tles were on the market.
The more the President explains
the wage-Increase law the deeper into
the mire he gets. The question is not
whether tho eight-hour law Is sanctioned
by society, but whether legislation shall
be enacted at the point of a pistol.
One of the greatest advances ever
made in Philadelphia toward good gov
ernment was the constitution of the
Board of Education as a municipal de
partment entirely Independent of
, Councils and in control of Its own
finances. The Record.
The next "greatest advance" will
be to put the water department In the
same Independent position.
It Is not clear Just when the Penn
sylvanla troops will return from the bor
der, but It Is fairly certain that a rous
ing recepUon will be given them when
they do arrive. It does no harm to fire
the hearts of citizens with patriotlo dem
onstrations now and then, and these men
have offered their lives to their country,
even though the final sacrifice was not
required.
Whenever some obstructionist
finds progress almost certain he gets a
nervous chill and rushes to court in the
vain hope that some legal technicality
may be found which will hogtle enter
prise. Wo take the liberty of suggest
ing that there Is no court decision which
can tear down that network of steel
which presents so satisfactory an appear
ance on the way to Frankford.
One of the great achievements of
the Democracy, according to Mr. Wilson,
is the creation of a Tariff Commission.
Does not the President know that a' Tariff
Board was created under the Taft Ad
ministration and that the Democracy
starved it to death by refusing to jmoke
an appropriation for ltT And does he
not know, also, that In 1882 the Repub
lican Congress created a commission to
assist It in framing a tariff lawT What
credit the Democracy deserves for its re
cenf action the commission was not au
thorized until September 8 Is for Its dis
covery that the Republicans were right
When they Indorsed the commission plan.
Nothing but a pitiable thing ot
shreds and patches was left of Mr. Wil
son's defense of the wage-Increase law
after Mr, Hughes get through with It.
He riddled Mr, Witeea's attempt by clt
ing the action at the Supreme Court In the
New York gas ease to justify congres
sional aetten in Increasing wages with
out previous Investigation. lie declared
that there is a fundamental difference In
the jH-inaipJ whleh guide the court la
interpreting laws and tLose which guide
the LegkriatiH-M in passing them. The
ILeeestatwrea are assumed to have aeted
ia f sU knowledge ef all the facts, and the
NttaMt wfeo seeks to havea law set aside
Must pNrve his ease before the eeurU
Witt aeC It. was ea this risveB.tNt the
eevrteteeMaed to Interfere la the gas rate
ease. 2fcet is no eeeapiag the eenetti-
sssssssssr WseVaV sttrP JsTvPaPsVapfH tssM eTVHVVVVstvQ W visl
laHssesss. Mr. WJteeti was orally un-
New Yet T Sertsastiars dta.not redHiee the
prtos ef aas until there had been a
tho resell teveatieattoa by a Vonsmlttee
ter wktsat atv. Hushes hlwisilf was eeua-
agmtm eutftftaaU to Justify the t4tof that
cms could be produced tar eighty eawts,
anal ta the light of, that lrnw4gs the
saw was sensed Oetagrsaa tnnresseel the
tv $
tlgatlon afterward, thereby reversing the
process which was followed by the New
York Legislature and sustained by the
.courts. Mr. Wilson has been casting
slurs upon the legal mind, but It Is for
tunate Just now that a legal mind Is do
voting Itself to clarifying tho thinking ot
tho voters.
(THE INDIRECT TAXATION
CALLED DREAD
rpiIE easiest way to do It Is to hang a
baker or two now and then. This used
to be done In Turkey, but the relief proi
vlded was only temporary. The six-cent
bread crises como every so often; tho last
one was about twenty months ago, ac
companied by the same talk of $10 flour,
$2 wheat and smaller loaves. Tho news
articles of today are virtually tho same
as thoso ot January, 1&15. The crises die
down, and the net result Is that bread
stays at five cents. Nothing ever seems
to havtrhappenod but talk.
But something has happened and con
tinues to happen. Last month twenty
seven small bakers In this city quit
baking and sought other livelihoods.
Flftoen years ago thcro wcro 1500 small
bakers; there ore only 800 now. Bakery
workers who used to get $8 end $10 a
week win get twice as much now In other
pursuits. Sanitary devices and cheaper
methods of manufacturing and distribut
ing In groafbulk combine to put tho small
baker at a growing disadvantage when
the bread ho. makes Is no better than that
made by tho big manufacturer. When he
makes exceptionally good bread the
small baker holds his place, and always
will hold It. Anybody can beat a trust
who is clover enough to produce better
goods than a trust,
Tho chief factor In tho bread situation
Is not a crude trust invasion. The evi
dence of this is on any restaurant table.
Bread, potatoes and oysters are part of
the samo meal, but there can bo no
French Fried Potato Trust, nor any
Oyster Stow Trust, Bread is "thrown in."
It Is thrown Into tho gross overhead
charges of running the place. It Is called
"cheap," though -lota of other foodstuffs
are cheaper. Many a plate ot soup Is
sold for ten cents and upward which
costs less to put before tho customer than
tho bread he gets ''for nothing. Bread Is
an Indirect tax. It can bo standardized,
and therefore It Is standardized, ltko a
uniform appliance ihat can be fitted to
all sorts of autos. It Is sold as part of
something else, and hardly ever by It
self. The "chain stores" carry out the
principle of the restaurant They sell
meals In paper bags Instead of on plates.
They sell so many other things at an
unchanging (and sometimes 'advancing)
price that it pays them to sell the bread
that Is bought with most orders with a
vanishing margin of profit. They tack
five cents on to the cost of each order
and "throw In" tho loaf of bread.
It will save time, then, In tho investl
gations that ore to be mado with some
permanent result this time, it is to bo
hoped if good anti-trust ammunition Is
saved for real and unlawful combina
tions and not wasted on a normally evolv
ing system. There are signs that at
last tho root of the problem is to be
studied and not merely its leaf. The
big and little baker can be' left reason
ably free to work out their craft. The
sweeping demand for an embargo which
a
would prevent any wheat leaving the
country can hardly have much weight
until the price of bread actually goes up.
A partial embargo, tho limiting of expec
tations to a certain amount for a year or
six months, would be mora, reasonable,
though' even this, 'It must be remem
bered, would stir up a controversy, as
It would be taken as a blow at the Allies,
whom we help to feed.
It Is hardly likely that -the matter
will be settled on International grounds.
The grocery store sales of bread will de
cide the matter. The poor man will de
cide It and not the poor baker, hard
though his lot may be.
THE FALL OP CpMBLES
THE capture of Combles, after ureeks of
Investment by the English on the
north and the French on the south, unties
a hard knot at the point where the two
Allies' lines meet. But the fair of the
pocketed village was inevitable, and Is
far less significant than the steady nib
bling ot the offensive in the last fort
night, which won far moro territory
and yet was comparatively unheralded.
Combles was honeycombed with subter
ranean retreats, and the Allies -swept
past the strongly defended place until
the retreat of Its garrison was cut off.
This Is In line with their policy of "saving
men, no matter how much time Is spent
in doing so.
The latest advance on a line f rorn ten
to fifteen: miles long closes another chap
ter In the' tale of a constant three
months' offensive. Each chapter begins
with a terrific pounding of big guns and
Invariably ends- with the demonstrated
superiority ot the Allies' artillery over
their enemy's, and the consequentvad
vanoe of the infantry. It is the belief
in London that Von Htndenburg is trans
ferring every unit that ean be spared
from the Somas to relieve! the Increasing
strain in the Balkans and In Hungary.
Suoh transfers. If continued, will mean
that the aermans have determined to
abandon by slow degrees their prevent
Uae in France. But military observers
point out that this method of retreat is
a rjky tMwiness, especially as the Allies'
airealf ean keep their armies posted
ahottt the weaJnaea paints in the Car
aeejee' seeoita a thira) Maes, behind tfie
haitlefreat, from tme to Uae the gaps
swtoth ta the reWoroeroanU. Should the
AHtos buret through one of these weak
Mats, the stew retreat Might ho turned
Tom Daly's Column
Scholars All i
Ding I dongt tho tell call
Morning sunlight floods the street.
And the tramp of little feet
Bounds upon the frosty atr.
Here's an earnest Utttt pair,
Bturdv tad and tcinspme lass;
Hand In hand to school they past.
Blessings on vou, scholars wee.
Faring forth to school togetherl
Con your lessons faithfully, '
And the hardest' task urtll be
Pleasant as this sunny xceather.
Ding I dongl the tell peal
There the smiling people wait.
Thronging 'round the chapel gate.
Out Into tho noonday glare
Comes at last the happy pair;
Stalwart youth and blushing bride.
Stepping, proudly side by side.
Blessings on you, scholars twain I
Learn fife's lessons tcell together;
There Is knowledge rich to gain
That irf make your golden chain
Pleasant as this sunny weather.
Dlngt donrt the 'bell tolls
Silently the people pass
Through the khurchyard's tangled grass;
Silent is tho form tHcy bear. "
Wisdom keeps her temple there,
But who toculd her secrets urf;
All alone must enter In.
Blessings on thee, graduate!
School Is out and lessons over.
Here, at last, serene, sedate,
Rest thee In thy high estate!
Peace above thee brood mnd hoverl
Let us pauso hero for a moment, with
bowed heads, out of respect for tho mem
ory of Tom Martlncialc, whoso funoral
yesterday was attended by half the town.
MORRIS M. ISENBERO Is so kind and
thoughtful as to send us a Now Year's
card. It gives us pleasure (at tho same
time crediting tho Jewish World with an
assist) to reply to Mr. Isenbcrg:
PHDJB NN Dm3K 113 UNJ n)H 5t
dj?"j dvt pn main vk iwj'na vx
SNArPT GROWTH
In the ninth but 1
IJttls run bad we.
Yet when nil waa dona
It had grown 23.
Say, friend, I've a proposition to make
to you. You publish cracks at poor, strug
gling guys who can't write signs as they
should bo writ, and Jests on rube news
papers. Will you publish one extract
from tho Ledgers for each ono of the others
you print, provided I cut 'em out and send
'cm to you 7 For instance, when your golf
expert refers to a golfer "calling his balk,"
will you 'put It where It can be seen
next to "female waitresses"? KUAB.
VERY well, go to jit. We may lose
our Job nnd you your reputation for
kindliness, but what's that to either of
us?
WHY bother with tho movies whore
tho senseless censor censes? Let Nature's
poet provo hes tho voice of all her
tenses. Thero's something pretty flne,
sirs, to eco around theso dtggln's; so seek
tho Brandywlne, sirs, and follow D. S.
lllggins:
BANKS OF BRANDYWINE
By D. 8. IIiaaiNS, In Wllmlneton Journal. '
There Is no place upon thla earth.
On which the aun does ahlne; ,
No place no full of happlnesa.
When loving hearts entwine:
No placo where pleasure reigns supreme
Over hills and green ravine.
As that place In little Delaware,
The banks of Xlrandywlne.
Here Is where nature flrat unrobed.
And .made her grand dlaplay:
llere la where Cupid keepa hla dates.
And with them often playaf
Where little rills winding down tba hills.
And through the green ravine.
In that flowery dell at Wilmington,
The banks of Ilrandywlne.
Here from the base ot giant rocks.
Flows atreamleta to the brink.
Where Neptune loves to wander.
To take his nectar drink.
Ills daughters, with their bruah and combs.
On allppery rocks recline:
And daisies dancing oyer the hills.
On the banks of Brandywlne.
.Cloak and Suit Note
Mr. and Mrs. Montague Glass, of New
Rochelle, are being congratulated upon the
birth of a girl, Elizabeth Mary, on Septem
ber 12. Cigars all around, Mawruss, and let
'em be these here now ,Ho Joy de Monty
Roy I
Dear Tom You accuse all my signs of
being "phoney." Now here's one you can
go look for yourself. Atop of the Ford
Building, Broad street and Lehigh avenue.
WATCH THE FORDS OO BY
RUNABOUT 3.45.
I waited till t o'clock and dldnt see any.
J Aa
But, on the other hand, here are a couple
ot his phoney ones;
WE'LL DO THE FAMTT.Y WASH
FIVE CENTS A POUND
Great heaven, I weigh ISO myself, and
there ore four more of us.
Sign In Camden: '
OPHELIA FINN
Manicurist
Mother Says
IT always makes daughter fighting mad
to do. the dishes alone, because then she
has nobody to fight with.
ADV.
Lookeel hare's a thing of merit:
Cheer upl cheer upt boys an' gals,
Lookeel bere comes old Cliff Bterrelt
Leading Polly and her pals.
SIGN
Lettered on window of Tailor Store at
Sixth and Glrard avenue:
Jacob Roth
Ladles Tailor.
Trousers a specialty.
BEWARE THE BUNKIIOUNDt
Serving the City Beautiful, He Bites
All Unlovely Things
We had the hardest time imaginable
yesterday to get the Bunkhound to moke
a flying trip to Qty Line avenue near
Bala to give a
couple ot green
lions the coup de
grace. He seems
to be after big
ger gtune. His
great desire ap
pears to be to
stiek ' artmnd
City ''Halt and
, watehfutly wait
tor efnethaag er emebeety. 'We' wen
Aer what he has oa his miaU Is K
iiiae that any cm hv authority there
has Men tmtim in Ms Autrt tho
aJfc.
-J I
A FINE FAMILY SKELETON, DEAD OE ALIVE
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Opposition to the Transit Plan From a Taxpayer Who Has No Faith
in tho Future Who'll Be the Seth Low
of Philadelphia?
This Department it fret to all readers who
wish to exprrea their opinions on subjects at
current interett. It is an open orttm. and fne
Jveninff Ledger assumes no responsibility for
the views of Its correspondents. Letter must
o stoned ou the name antl address vf the
writer, not necessarily for publication, out as a
ouaranfee of pood faith.
PESSIMISM ON TRANSIT
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir In your esteemed paper of the 19h
Is an article entitled, "The Mayor Stands
Pat" It Is evident the editor never read
Dlreetor Twlnlng's elabprate report from
a thorough business standpoint, going into
the minute details, accompanied with
drawings of the complete Taylor system,
and giving the approximate cost, Bhowlng
that it is absolutely impossible for tho pas
senger receipts on a five-cent basis to cover
the Interest and cost of operation fpr many
years, to say nothing ot a sinking fund,
and ,that there are only two ways that this
system can bo operated, namely, that the
passengers pay a higher rate of fare or the
taxpayers make up the deficiency. A prop
erty owner may live 1000 miles 'away and
never even see this railroad, but as a tax
payer he Is bound to pay his share of my
carfare, which is a piece ot rank injustice.
The Taylor system when pompjeted and
equipped to run the first train from League
Island to Olney avenue, with the Frank
ford, Roxborough and Darby branches and
all connections, will cost at the lowest es
timate J80,000,000. the interest at four per
cent would be $3,200,000 and would require
64,000,000 nickel passengers annually, or
176,342 dally, for the Interest alone. The
cost of operation would bring the entire pas
senger traffic to more than 200,000 dally.
Now, where are they to come from in ad
dition to those carried by the present sys
tem? For If much traffic would be drawn
from the present system both would go
broke with nickel fares. Allow me to tell
that 'writer that it takes more than bom
bastlo talk to run a railroad successfully.
He is mistaken when ho says the Taylor
Bystem can stand by Itself. I will Just cite
one Instance to show how absurd that As
sertion Is. Suppose a man Is at Second and
Snyder avenue and wants to go to Oer
mantown or Chestnut 111)1. He must either
walk twelve squares or pay another fare
on Snyder avenue, and when he gets to
Olnay avenue he Is still miles from the
center of Oermantpwn and more miles from
Chestnut Hill, thus requiring another sur
face carfare to.reach destination. Now does
it not look reasonable that any man with
prdlnary horse sense would promptly ex
change on Spyder avenue with Chestnut
Hilt car, thus reaching destination not only
sooner, but for one-halt the fare, especially
If the surface cars would only stop at al
ternate streets? Hence it s clear that
virtually no one will patronize the Taylor
system except those In the Immediate neigh
borhood, and not even the.n Unless their
destination Is also close by The best proof
that this will not pay on Its investment Is
that I have yet tp hear of the first respon
sible man or set of men anywhere in the
United States willing to finance this stu
pendous job, hence there will be a load on
the taxpayers for a generation.
REAL ESTATE TAXTAYER.
Philadelphia, September 26.
The estimates of cost and earnings of
the Taylor extension of the rapid transit
service In this letter do not agree with
those made by competent engineers. Tho
assumption that the new system would put
a heavy load on the taxpayers tor a gen
eration ii not Justified by the results In
similar extensions of transportation faclli-,
ties elsewhere. Editor of the Evbnino
LZOOBB4
DR. WOODWARD NOMINATED
To tA JJdttor o the Evening Lodger: .
Blr In answer to the question. "Who'JI
be the Seth Low of Philadelphia!" I would
suffgest Dr, George Woodward.
A. A HIRST,
rhlladalphla, September M,
ENGLAND'S EIGHT HOURS
To the Bdttor of the gtuntog Lsdatn
gtrAMetalr MoDeeaid In erlttelelag my
reeaat letter under the above healai
grew watfey beeavM' I attempt! "to
?r,VtaJ,rB4 7 ." is entirely
sketeton ta Jeha Still's eieeat Must be keot
covered. T
I told thai jUthmm' employed
la Usstftf iatafxthre wwiM I
question. Wrong again 1 There will be an
Irish question until Britain clears or is
cleared out of that Island. There is no use
now talking about a campaign conducted
with "tact and friendship." There can
be no friendships until Ireland Is a nation.
Constitutional agitation has broken down,
its leaders prove recreant to their trust,
and England has once more gone on record
as the most perfidious government In the
world.
England does not want Ireland to be an
Industrial country or a competitor in any
way. She wants Ireland to raise cattle
and potatoes for her market and soldiers
to fight her wars In foreign lands while
she manufactures for the world. No
Irish Industry that competes with hers will
be encouraged. And as for so-called pros
perous Ulster, there Is no such a thing.
I havo lived In Ulster long enqugh to take
stock. There is little prosperity in Ulster
outside tho shipyards of Belfast and Derry.
The linen Industry of Belfast would need
another Roger Casement to exposo its In
famies. The conditions under which chil
dren and women work In the Belfast mills
aro worse than the horrors of tho Congo
as administered by the good King Leopold
of saintly memory. Children of twelve,
with not enough rags about them to cover
them, going into those mills at 6 a. m. and
working In a choking atmosphere until
9 p. m, with nothing to eat but dry white
bread and tea, for twenty-live cents a day I
Hunger, poverty. Ignorance, drink, con
sumption, decay and death. Don't tell me
about prosperous Ulster, where the emi
gration for the last ten years far ex
ceeds that from any other of the three
provinces. In the shipyards tho mere Irish
cannot work are not allowed to. Only the
King's Irish have a franchise there.
Thero is Just one possibility of the Irish
question being settled.wlthout Its having to
run Its logical and bloody course. President
Wilson said some time ago "that all peoples
should have the right to select the govern
ment under which they live I" Now the
United States is bound to figure in the
settlement of the present world war, and
Its representative will doubtless sit at tho
peace conference when the new map of
Europe Is being drawn. Granting such, it Is
.e.duty ,.f "J1", county to .insist 7n the
Irish question being considered and settled
whether or not England considers Ireland a
small nationality. Ireland 'and Poland are
flt subjects for vital consideration. Besides
Ireland Is a belligerent and has a perfect
right to have representation of her own.
Let America insist on Ireland having a
representative present It is nothing short
of our dlltv. Th.n I. !.. ....
- -- -,... .,v u,,ic way to a
peaceful settlement of the eternal question.
JAMES SMITH.
Philadelphia, September 2,
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
The big flaw in the President's handling
of the railroad dispute was not In what he
did. but In when anA tirtn, t AtA I. n-.
Record. . '" -" '"""
VJ,tM? ""T40"' tma Progressive,
dislikes "Farmer Jim" Martlne becauso the
wiuimcrcr pi me jersey rarma belongs to
the tirenrealiientlfil nFtm,w anA .- .
plank period, which Is so far in the past
What would Hughes have done? Well,
for one thing, he, would not haye spent
1100,000.000 of the people's money In not
CAttlnt Vllln art A iVian nl.M.a..e.. !. as
nult" to hold a New London conference on
i uv.vw,uuv loan wnue yjua jubilantly
mm tiiwuanua.-jew xorK JSvening MalL
it WntlM TiA n. ifaasianr Infn ttisk. oMlu.1
v ,....,. av . www sat, (w lli a UtWUlUUS
to inquire what .Mr. Wilson has ever done
iur iuur, as . Boiicga preeiaem ne sneered
at labor; as Preeldrnt of the United States
tn luiM t JlaSis-lss.jfi I la linsk akMit a,4 It u.l,i
saw e" eewevw iw mvv?- , wv (i, WJU1
alee hopea and the .ug-ar pluma of deluaive
and lmpoMlhla prornJ. AlUiny Xntokai-.
twntr-jBis TIfadi
We. know that PreeMeet "Wlleon has the'
approval of the mass of the American people
for the eet4o he teek. It was to ha es
peeted that the eMoere of the railway breth
eaheefs sheutd wtgf the wambam U these
orsaatssttiocaj and worktognsen generally to
vetav for .Prestteat Wilson, but we believe
that even those who have ae direct, later et
la labor, but who realise that the Pteai
deat's purpose was to save the oountrjr tram
a ceiasaity, will Indorse hiss slso. real
Worth
What Do You Know?
Queries ot central interest will lis anawered
in this column. Ten Questions, the answer to
which everv loelMnormed person should know,
are asked daily.
QUIZ
1. What proportion of a man's monthly In
come can ea a rule safely be expended on
rent?
2. Does a scolptor carve his own marbles?
3. Itow 1a a potnttnr removed from a dem
and canvas to a new canvas?
4. What is radium?
0. A practice sometimes resorted to at no
tlons Is called by-blddlnr. What la this
practice?
6. After, an early Civil War battle many
aouthern soldiers started to so borne In
sroups. thinking- the war waa over. What
waa that battle?
7. What Is an electrio fish?
8. Was Kins Arthur a real person?
0. What Is a rainbow?
10. What U the subject of pictures entitled
"JSccs IIomo"7
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Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
Jubilee I the Jewish year of emancipation
and restoration, celebrated every fifty
years.
The first Grand Army ot the Repablle poat
"A" "i,?!,J.n Ueestor. IIL. April 0,
I860, by Civil War veterans.
Tl,.?,.foi": Pfa most frequently found In
Philadelphia are Mmlth, Miller, Ilrown
and Jones In that order.
Thw f'fT.of.JI'.",,Into'! does not vote. Tho
District of. Columbia it coverned by Fed-
era I Commission.
Banditti; plural of bandit
Coxswain's duties to steer and In smaller
craft often to direct the actions of the
crew,
Iblst a etork-llke bird found In lakes and
swamps ot warm climates.
Bolllnc point, S1Z decrees Fahrenheit!
freexinr point, 32 detrees. '
A fur cost Is said to be warmer with tit
tar on the outside.
Ice Is not always at the same temperature;
Ita temperature Is often far below freexinr
Point,
Invcntor'g Problem
D. M. If you have invented a gun which
the ynlted States could use, it would be
desirable that the United States should
have It. and If there is a valuable military
secret Involved In Its manufacture. It is
your duty to submit it te the authorities
at Washington before disposing of it to a
foreign government, even though that entail
loss tp yourself. As for the question' of
financing your researches, that problem Is
more difficult You will simply have to
depend upon the sympathy and co-operation
w- w,... ,., u in vmiisucs more lavorably
situated than- yourself.
FARM BANK WRW
SAYS GEORGE W.N(
FilldS Enfrmat -
tedita 8-.W
Farmers. banv .
brokers, especially n th. V
an mnnt n,k....:'..,n the m,
act, acrilnTirarVrn.,;
country with '(he FaM? fl
P."?""?'. tuning wnfe?.
?r".'."fflSFW' the OoEJ '
.Z; rural creQ" banks
""' "u some places In Owl-Ill "".
the rural credit." .iV..n V?nieUe- i
was no opposition anywhere .-TK "Th
musiasm was lacklne? It ..
cuuiusiuBUC. DUt Well ..,., "wi
"In all, the board on this ri v .
nine dlrrrn i..2 i" K'PkMt
States," continued Mr. Norrls? S
lncs were usnnllv v,u i .: . " I
rrr ""SSB
ine rarmers Jn the West ob4.
the crovlslnna nf h "I Hei
prepared to takq advantagT1
soon as arrangements are comDletedu '
them Into operation. """PietMhs
"Even the bankers In the western I
and others who have been mki '
by ending money to farmers eT1
It would mean a loss to them at S
cnuld nen hnw In tli. l ..'
make more profits from other souI-m
Mt -oral ...Jl. 7. "T1
: .v.: .-vv. :"'" " . ww u
... ive avfa tail WllCCmea.
Mr. Norrls eald the, farmere cat
Wo0 uut,u ucuc. vrsanista through I
and similar ortratiiTfttu-,. .'
fnrtnorB nnrl try - . H
......,.-, .. W.J, i.iciciurB, in a l
position to take advantage of the act
Aftltfarf Vim- tVA a.s.taak.l-.l . . .
credits banks would likely affect tha
made by the big life Insurance coram
wnicn aggregate millions ot dollut
..vo.u... ....... uivBaScs wmen arebn
high rates of interest to those coma
Mr. Nnrrln snM It M ,. JT
. -......., ,v ..uu.u ucmi uia eat
nff nt ttintiA mnrtffaiM. I... !.- ,
would borrow from the rural credlli Ut
purpuoc. air. i-vorns saia mat while i
western mortgages were netting iv. i.
nnrn rnmnnnlen flv n, mI .. .
farmer was paying sometimes m Mi '
eiiiL ui icu jior v-cnt, me auierenos ed
to mlddlomen or brokers who acted ui
betweens. ,
In this connection Mr. Norrls pointed i
tnai unaer me rural credits plan a
rnllM nnt nnlv fret mAnaw .
-. - -...., ov ...v..,, uu menu
At ft much lnwer rata nf CitB.. i. ,
provisions of the loan compelled hla"
pay uu a pun oi nis mortgage each w
This provision also made Investment! It
Donas 10 De issued ay mo rural crel
banks much safer, and would be u le
Inventmant fni. trij. hm.II 1..! :
.... ..v... .v. ...w huhii luvcawr us
could only Invest about (100 at a ttaej
Tha TOnrm Tiwn Ttanr, will 1.a14j.u
in Pennsylvania next month, 'ponSyf
, WHY THE COCKS CB0W
"Forty Years at the Bar," by' fta'fvO
uruwno, a uisunguisnea unusa lawyer, J
run or interesting anecaotes, new tad i
Following Is one of the latter that Ii w
reprinting: Thero was a legend la exl
ence at one time that whenever a lie v
told a cock crowed. The derivation ot I
tradition is obvious. Upon ont onu
this legend was being mentioned, anl
one said, "If that Is so, how do you i
count for the fact that co:ks mostly e
about 3 or 4 o'clock In the mornlngT l
mat" ana tne answer is sJCriMJLj
ao not Know whether correctly of nt I
Mr. Chamberlain is owing to the fact t
at that hour the morning papers r
nubllshed."
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CONVALESCING
Political, condlUons in 6alifornla have
Improved to such art extent that the name
of Hiram Johnson may be freely mentioned
in the presence of survivors of the old
guard without starting anything more seri.
ous than a contortion of the facial muscles
Los Angeles Express. .
AMUSEMENTS Photoplay
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LAST WEEK I
TWICE DAILY 2 us and 8ilg
the BIRTH Ap NATION
Arcadia "TO-'asir
Dorothy Dalton
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V lul XVIA ciara Kimball Youno
"THE DARK SILENCE"
Keystone CornsOy 'Tha Wlnnlns Punch
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