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.. Bt.r!,,l 'n point otitttda ef rhlMiltlrhln, In
in DnltM fltatee, Canada or United Statea pee
toMtcae,, poetac free, thlrtr-llre (US) nml
per month One (il) dollar for three nwnthe
r fetir (M) dollar per year, parable In ad
ranco. To all ercltn eounlrlt on (H) dollar per
Rkontli.
None" Sabecrlbere within addrtie hanT
mutt (Ira old a well aa new addreee.
BKU
U two WALmrr xmroTOMr, main jw
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l.t&9tr, IntUnndenc ffauorr, rnlMdilpnla
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TUB AVKHAaB NKT PAH) I)A1I,T CIH
CUfcATION OF TUB KVltNINO t.KDdKn
rort NOVKJiniai wah m.ou
rklltJilplt, Ttiarxiir, D.fimk.r ?, ni.
r!f-ri 7
If thou wilhttt to gtt rid of thy
avil propentltUi, thou mutt http far
from mvil companion!, 5ncca.
tet the flrampn do tlio work mill
the tiintaven draw the luilnrluii.
Ib tha Mayor hln brotliarn' kcopar?
Alaytio not, but lio Is tho fnnilly Job
provliler. "VVo do not know what Inm not Into
ihe drlnUlnff water, but wo do know that
the drinking water hax not not Into tho
meters,
,
Ksery "victory" that puts a. kiiIooii
.in it residence section asalnnt thu wlxhen
f the peoplo In a nail In thu cuilln of
tho liquor tnduntry.
How much dilit nnd dirt can a
Fhtladelphlan carry In hln moho, throat
and lung without succumbliiK? Mnjlio
the hoapltaln know.
On a former occasion Lord Nortli
cllffe referred to the Germans ns "a na
tion of house nervants." Tho refcrenoo
was not at that tlmo, however, to their
sweeping lctorieH.
Apparently, Mr. Wood, of tho Pen
sion Mutual I.lfij Iifnuranco Company,
Trould never have dlscovcied that "phil
anthropic" llfo Insurance was a IosIiir
Aenturo had publicity not dhectvd his
attention to tho fact.
Pittsburgh, millions mid million
Hires have become almost synonymous,
nnd ihe fact that tho Kmoky City Is to
spend 116,000,000 during tho holidays will
help (o sustain Its reputation for nnother
yar nnyhoy.
With Mr. Hay out of tha way,
there seems, to bo no good reuson for
wfurtlicr trifling with tho national defense,
.Mr."" liar succeeded In giving no thu
shadow without. the substance. Now let's
have the substance. Ronator Tlorah may
not know Just how to get it, but hu knows
what It Is.
It Is possible that tho First Hegl
inent will not bo hard on Deny, football
star, for neglecting to drill. Hut IiIm nttl
tude toward military duties Is not so
healthy a symptom as his lino-plunging
It Is not enough to say lightly, "I want to
do the right thing, but really, how can I
And the tlmeT" The whole dlftlculty with
our preparedness has been this sumo atti
tude of taking soldiering as u lark.
According to the exchuho dis
patches from Carl W. Ackerman, nt tho
frpnt with tha German army In Ilu
mania, troops of that distressed country,
armed only with sporting rllles, were
captured. This not only Indicates tha
desperation of the defense, hut It casta
some light on tho reasons underlying tha
Cabinet crisis In London. Apparently,
tho diplomats of tho Allies let Itumaula
enter the war without proper prepara
tion. It Is bad not to be prepared; It Is
worse to think you are when jou nro not.
However burdensome motorists
from other States may think tho New
Jersey automobile license laws urn, tho
Hupreme Court has decided that tho
State has acted within Its rights In paus
ing them. It has dismissed tho appeal
Qt New Yorker convicted of their vio
lation. The State Insisted that nonresl
dntfl have no legal right to uso tha
tftats highways, It denied that the local
license regulations were burdensome on
Interstate commerce, and it Insisted on
Ha power to compel motoilsts to con
tribute, through the license tax, to the
ctfst of maintaining the highways. The
Svprem Court has sustained the Mary.
Jnd motor license laws also. These twq
decision are most discouraging' to those
who have been hoping that u Federal
jjtourins llcenso might ba issued by the
. National Government which wmiM mi.
, -jpejaade tho State licenses. If ye should
, eyer hay ft system of national highways,
jaktd for and maintained by the central
4jYitmeiit. the right to use them could
'lj.mfrre4 by u, national license. At
t)ment, howwer. the highest court Is
HMiistentJy sustaining the right of tho
mmlm to control their o,wn highways.
Thr ssems to be no viy out of the
Bf-ssent dlrtculty save by a system of
afjBommodatlon amonjr the State?.
Oaa of the most moving e,vents in
t tdtnr, the Children's Crusade, U called
U mind by the appeal of Pppo Benedict
JKV that the chlWren of America oo-
(SftHtte la the relief of tho needy Belgian
ssiMw. boTTcver djfferent the conditions
X. t & tWrjMnth century from, those of
y TfmM tn a daik hor for Europe
tlvu it turned to lt children Foui
rrt BTitad bad tM4 (S "t P'
their elders have failed to accompli"
tjpo IJenedlct believes thst "the happy
Children of America, without distinction
of faith or clM, at this approach of an
other winter which, It Is announced, will
be even moro snvero nnd painful than
the two preceding jenrs, will vie, In their
Innocent pride, with ntclH other to he
able to extent) to their llltls brothers nnd
sisters of the llelglnn nation, even
though nrofl the Immcnnb ocean, tho
helping Imnd and Ihe orferlnffs of that
charily which knonelh no distance."
THE LION AT HAY
TlircilK Is to be no appeal to the eleo
tornto In litiRlnnd'A, crisis becnuno par
llsmentary majorities n"nd tho personnel
of the six hundred odd members of the
Commons do not matter now. It Is not
tho man that parliament cun trust who
Is now In demand, hut the man the nation
can trust,
Hlnce tho wac started niixlnnd Iias been
groping- In the dark for n Moses to trail
her out of the wilderness of outworn
methods nnd dusty formalls.ni. AsiUlth
was not the man to lead I.lko Mr Itobcrt
Peel, hn has been a srent nlmoibcr of
other men's Ideas and nn administrator
nnd agent to carry out thn purposes of
others, Hut tlig times tenulio no n fol
lower and nn adaptor, hut ouo to Initiate
and concelvo swiftly nnd ene rgotlciillj,
Tho voiy word "coalition" suggests the
dexterity of tho politician In adjusting
pcinonal Jealousies and ambitions, nnd
AsiUlth's coalition did not nruli do that.
The rlso of Lloyd Ucorgn has been
synonymous with tho latest chapter In thu
rlso of thn Ilrlllsh ilimioerncy. That
democracy hns been striving to nvolvo n
hador ever slnte tho franchise oxtenslons
of 1807 nnd 18S5 I.od niorK" showed
n slnrtllng cnpnclty foi Inltlatlvo In
originating taxation of iini-arntd Incro
tnvnt ami In Incruiislng taxes on Incomes
and InherltnnceH which mado him tho
hatod foo of tho Conservntlvi s Hut thoso
burdens wero as nothing to thoso tho
wealthy classes have willingly hot no slnco
tho war nindo necessary not only n fear
less "orKimlrei of victory," but also a
great llnnuclcr nnd handler of labor. It
was this versatility which biought Con
servatives, wild their everlasting demand
for ellltloncy, as well as labor, Into l.lojd
George's tamp Kitchener, In spltn of nil
his prejudlcis against the little Welsh
man, camo to tely on him I,onl North
cllffe, forgetting past bitternesses, halls
him ns tho man who "has giitm thn
knockout to tho gnng of aged or Inept
mndlocilllcs who have, provented tho Ilrlt
Ish nmplro from exulting Its full power
in tho war"
Hut Is It only In It contempoiniy
significance that tho evolution of u Irnder
Is to bo considered? Has not tho restless
turning from ono man to nnother, fiom
Glndstono to Dlsrnell and back to Glad
stone again, been of tho very cssencu of
Kngland'H changing pollty7 Whetlior
Woyd Ooorgo Is tho man or not, tho
democracy behind him will mou now
and after tho war toward thu cinsuio of
a system that too often has meant
muddling at homo nnd abroad
MTCRATURB GltUATCK THAN
DIPLOMACY
TTENItY VAN DYKI3 resigns iih Mln-J-Mstor
to The Iingun that ho may
havo tlmo to wrltu. Wo hao many men
who could aorvo us acceptably In imi
Innd, but thero aiu too fuw with tho
ability to produce a story lll 'Tho
Other AVIso Man "
Ono such story as this Is woith mom
to tho wot Id than n dozen diplomatic
tilumphs. AVhon this great war, tho
outbreak of which ileprhed Mr. nu
Djko of tho Iclsuio which ho Papected to
enjoy. Is forgotten or lemcmhoied onl
us n honlblo nlghtnuue. "Tlui Othvi
Wise Man" will bo on tho reading table
of thu deout nnd In tho llhiarlvs of
those who llko lltcnituia for Us own
sake.
Tho whilom Princeton piofessor of
Hngllsh proves by hln icslgimtlon that
ho has a proper nppreclntlon of thu
relativity of nines,
KflOS
DAMNING WetA thu Chicago "egg
kllll?." will nnt In Ittir ilnuf. ,1... ...i...
" "" -...o ..w.,., .nil fl.v
of eggs. Coaxing thu hens to lay In the
off seusan would bo moio leasonablo, but
equally InufTectual, Two stubborn fiutx,
which cannot bo explained uwoy, uro
boosting tho prices Tho first Is that In
December of last year thero wero 3,886,
S33 casus of eggs In cold storugo In tho
chief distributing centers. Thu second Is
that this j ear theio am only 2,70 1,285
cases In storage. Tho decienso In the
vlilblu supply Is twenty-four per cent.
MR. WILSON'S OMISSIONS
vw .until mill.' i maiuresi wueii n
J President delivers a short message or
nddress to Congress Instead of n long,
turgid one, thut Mr, Wilson's omissions
have caused less comment than would
bo ordinarily remarked, lie omitted men
tion of
The food situation.
Foreign affairs.
The submarine controversy.
Muxlco
They are evidently not merely nega
tive omissions, but more probably repre
sent hi positive lew qn the subjects.
Tho last three named aio thus to bo left
In the administrative field of action, al
though In tho past most presidential
messages havo begun with a summary
of foreign relations
There Is little doubt (hat tho President
has no sympathy wlttrfood-embargo pro-
posals. Ills statement to tho National
Grange ono week after election appears
to be his last word on foodstuff supplies:
We ought to raise such big crops
that olrouinstances like, the presant pan
never reeur, when men uin make as
If the supply was no (hurt that the
middleman can charge far It wlRt lie
plaased It will not do to be niggardly
with the rest of the world In raspeet
to Its food supply
This remark caused muoh adveise
comment, even In some western States,
Without whoso support Mr. Wilson could
not have been re-fleeted. Some newspapers-
have gone so far as to say the
expression would reverberate as unhap
pily as "too proud to fight " That seems
exaggerated. It do sound rather ora
igal to command the crops as Canute
tfHt Sfa Prsi4ea(
ruiy me me,
.,juwgedJ&lfHS
hwusk mmm
Tom Daly's Column
avs-t tiETar
Aunt tlclfu nppcnr fa the paper each
tiloht
A prnllfi nnd motherlu tout,
Who tenrlim tiou how to Krrp sllt'cruxire
bright
And hoin to pel rid of a molr,
Wla dtlnk In the td.trfom nlonj; ctth
her ten .
And murmur, "Hhe trcmn Uhe n ililer
to mtf ,
Atinf nrtnyr'
It uou iiwnf fo trtrtfcc owp from the bones
that oi( m e,
Aunt llrtu M chnrmed to nitltt;
Aunt ttrtV ullltrlt you Jutt hoio to
hrhave,
If uou are xlrtcrn nnd unkhitcd.
Rhtrr rrlct, "If you ny to, I iron't
ktm my lenii, f
'or toii trrtr o titrl oner, nnd you ought
to Ammo
Aunt Hrs"
,limt Ilflny tnkri brer when he enn't
ufford rye,
Aunt Hetty hot uliltkert to trim;
Hlie't Urnoirn to the bnyt nt "it iryulnr
ouy"
In prlmte tlr nntnrrt In "Jim,"
Hhr tpmln l'.nulth ilrrrdi mid n No n
thin;
Hut nil the plrli hie lirrour hnlt off
to ynu -
'Aunt llrlty'
i.irn.i: nui.i,.
It was hail enough for us lo miss n
liinrht-nu jesterdny with Will Irwin, ono
of the world's finest fellows nnil elrxerest
handlers of good Hngllsh, hut why should
our own dear pnpei that very nn inn iln
permit the I,nlu Theatie to say In Its
ad that "Thomas II. luce's '(.'Ivlllwitlon'
was the most powerful plea for imh crn.il
peace tho ejes of tho world 1ms ocr
seen"f
HUCIIAHMtr T'AtJ.S
How the Utile nation i ro!
Hello, Hi Hint Ilrlt hello!
AHKH PAftTOIt TO IIHI.P CUT
NtT.MUnit Ol" 1)HY ADDICTS
I'rom this head In tho North Amer
ican, over nn article dialing with the
(tin Dr Crdmau's iippuit to his hrotlur
ministers to help In I educing tho niiiu
her of peoplo addicted lo drugs. It would
seem tho boozo Interests are urehlng
help from an unexpected ipiarler.
iiugiii:y.
There whn a iiiiiii In our tonn.
And he was wondrous win
He prnlsid 111" l It T. Iih did,
Awn up to Hie rkles
He got Into a llrlilesblirg ear
Ilu tried lo brciitlio In Milu
The bullied lihn out nnd lnld lilin down
He'll not go In ngnln
CIQTI1A MITP.
Tom A nasty New li-reei liewspapir
printed n fnirful thing the otlur ilit The)
said Unit Mr and Mrs George W Tlltoii.
Hillsdale, reputed cliuri h workers, had
Kheu a lirlilgn purl) Among the gin-sts
wero seven preachers, ilrscenilnuls and nl
atlvrs of thu aged lull Tlicro wns n
sweep of gossip over Nw leise) (tint bent
iiti)lhliig that ever hit It polltliall) ' Wh)
to think of thu 'nitons giving a brlilgi
party' That was wursn limn fnlllng to pi)
lie preudier his siilui) "
This explnlus It Mr nnil Mrs Tlltun
on iilewliiy of this week lelilirated the
fiftieth aiitilvirsurv of their married lift
'I he men folks thought (hu lirlilge leailliiK
to tho homestead, where .Ml 'I Hum had
lived suvi'iity nine )inis, might lo hn le
palreil The) hud a little lirlilgn bee Just
like those stoun lues wu used to liuvn and
some fellow wrote It up In the paper and
got IIih ilnirch people In wrong
sconp
'riia Mum nrlKlimtril In ilm I ollnrrimm
urhtAwrlslila lioo vl Wllllum Itwkhlll n lo
fkntiujuU
)lorn runlcnip
Tho poro full). If his peg leg j,ot burnt
up. how will hO get nlonir Without IiIh
hop"' Or miblK It wits somo spiehil nort
of private Ilia. PI.
Not content with iidoinlug his column's
lop with ouo or thu takiiigi'tt ballades
wo'vo stun In many a da, I'. V. A. lit
yesterday's New York Tilbuno hii)h
"Tho Heimblliaii part),' observes
Ilooth Tnrklnglon, 'neeilid it Ifkkuii and
It got II' 'Hint was onu dllflciilly
vlh the I'rugresslvo partv It never
took a lesson In its life, depending
wholly on Its ear On which, alas' It
mane its exit
Harmon) in the Homo
(from 'Knllioll ami Ui'umlurt mi on lifilrn "
In Ilm CoiilrlbiiliirK' f'luli uf the lifirinbcr
Aimntie -vtoiiihl) I
When two people lonihut an orthertrn
there Is lpt malerhil If the two are knit
by imirrluKH ties, the plot thickens. Hiull
colt mid I laiidiict a funilly orcheilru, he
at thu pluno, I pl.i)lng second violin I
know mora about musk than does Ihullmtt ,
he Is more musical than I I keep the time ,
he has the lempeiameut Temperament Is
inure noble than time but time, I slinll
ultvnys Insist, bus Its pluie, perhups nn
wheru moro appropriate!) than In-nii or
chestru He, at thn piano tun dominate
the situation more neatly than I In in)
position umoiig thn strings, however. I tun
more readily oiganlzu n strike
The rest of the "pieces" are presided over
by our children young people of Indexible
spirit and thromatlo mood (Sometimes we
doubt whether we have our troupe under
thu rigid lontrol which, ns parents, we
might expect to command The conductivity
uf an orchestra, as our nan (leoffrey,
varies with Ihe dlstuute of the blood rela
tlonshlp between artlets and conductor
When the children were Utile, we held tha
pleasant theory that a family orchestra
would draw us all close together, standing
always ss a symbol of perfect harmony
That would ba all right If (he harmony
would only go to suit us all equally at the
same tune as u is, our little band. In
which observers Hint so touching a picture
of hearthstde unity, suggests sometimes all
tha elemsnts of guerrilla warfare
The question most likaly to strain diplo
matic relations is the choice of what to
play I in) self uilmlru extremes.
My tastes are catholic, and mv choices
rang nil the way fron the f'njtiifiAfd
Synipnoiii to The Hwing, by Sudd. The
one thing In all the world that 1 really wl
not play is Schumann's It'oruin, a favorite
with the first lolln This worthy tompoat-
lion leavoa mo unuonu lor ua)S. its In
sant. Insistent question slides through my
mind over and over I will net play it.
I will not think of It. I (J not eten ex
plain my antipathy I have hidden the
musie-
y Is Um ta, reprint Yercas premature
anagram:
ASQUITU
HAS QUIT
The name selected by Mr Ilryau for his
Carolina, mountain retreat. "Mt Cairo." U
singularly pedestrian. Why not AraratT
Or Plfflst II T T. In Chicago Tribuu.
Na, brother. Ararat tnauarue popular
only after the superabundance of wntsi
4uh) subsWed A re 1L MfWcw wtJettgt
t Mt- csaiw.- u Ww mm IMC
?ssanp isjsipar e1 vpw BBlRarsiujaH asmjbb
What Do You Know?
VucrfM o ventral tAterrnt tefft In nnnwtrtd
in (ilt catumu. Ten quetUotn, the tuwtr to
xuUirh rvtrif wtll .nurmni person thoutJ knout,
art (MrUti iiilfy.
QUIZ
I VVImi I lluimr lain?
i. i lirUlk-n. our of Oil- ltlut fiimim nrum In
Ilm wiirlil U mo yriir iiltl. VMuit hihI
itlirre U II?
I. Wlitit U niiuantirrail.'
I. Wlnit U it lorimt?
A. VVIki lire Hie Mrliincei-M?
II. Vli) riiiiimt ii lilril III If Irl full from il
Imlliiun llirri inllr IiUIi?
?. Wlmt in it wlmltirruk?
S ttlmU nr- illllilnl lllln. tlif-o !"''"
"Ililil." "rrs.li." "Iirl.k," "lilili.''
"i:iilf.M 'luirrlrniie." VVliuC lire Ilu
trliirllk-H, In inllrH prr limir, uf t!re
rl ike?
II Wliiil urlliin ii ro I hi- I iillnl Nlulrit iiiitluir-
lllr. Iiikluc In ".nil" liiiinliiiiii
III Wlo lire iirlmlim lirll nu rilllnl?
Answers to Yestcre!.)'H Qui.
I llrurr n llle l MlnNIrr In tlir Nrlhrr
IuiiiIm i riii- nrilliml number tor nny C iniirr tail lie
ilrlrnullinl lir tiikliiR llir rur III wlilrll It
l In au out uf nnli-er nulilriirlliia friiiu It
17HU (tin rttr Ihe llml t uiiKrrsf iik-i-riiililrill
nnd illiMlns Ihe rrult li lun
Inr ruiiilr, nun from 11)17 Irutr I -'Hi
illilile Id li nnil e Imvr Oil ku Hit
lirrrnt niiare) In the nUci-foiirlh
.1 Tlip ICilllril VtoiintHlni ut whlrli Tor trnlr
nrr iieur thn t nlvrrslll nt Vlnllilu In
Mlipiuiirle oinily llirlr rutiiril iimllle
In reNiMiliNlhln lur llirlr ntilne
I Th illole it its it Kiilil rntn nf hiMiiUli orlihi
nurlli slmul 0 Iher ttrre liinrh In
ii. In this rountry Mfnre our riiliiute huh
rMlitlilUhrtl
li Tin- "(iruiiil Olil Mini of the Oulitoon," l
Julia llurrotixlii
II thi (tolilrn (Isle Is u !h.huka one mile ttlUn
unit tuur iiillrn lime nortli uf Sun Irmi
lrn unit roniirrllnv Sun IrunrUi-u lUr
ttllli the nrrilii. The llnlili-n Horn U it
tunc, nurrott Inlrl on nut side uf ( ou
ktitnllnoitle 7. Tlii n tine uf Ihe riinl x-tuii tirnnounreit
"lie t kuiirkle" U sprllril "iiIiiikIiIp "
S. I'run'n limine, before II wu motet! to the
Turk uiih mi Irllllu utrrrl, thn Hun
Itioriiushfiiri runuliiK frnni M trkrt tu
( liculuul lirttttt-it I rant nnil Srroml
0. Tin "t" lit "nlroiiiiirsiirlnr" l iirouaiinrnl
III.I the "l" III "KnillV uml nut llkr llir
a" In "xrni " The urrrnt It on Ihe
"mar." ,
10 Three illflTrrrnt kinds iif suturi liuinlr, rune
uml best.
When Century llegan
A 1) it The question whether the cen
tor) begun January 1, 1900, or Jnmmr I,
I'JOI lias been it matter of unusually bitter
tonti nversy Tho "sell nt Ilk" view hns been
thut it began with I'Jill. but we li.nu III.
lalrn Ilelloc'H word for It Unit tho Catholic
Pluirch has decided that January 1 IP 00
began ttin new cenlur As it matter of
fact there Is no bisls for the so-cnlleil
"wientlllc" contention, heiause, as every
one knows, tho actual date of the birth of
Christ Is uncertain Ko thut, as our era.
Is measured according to u ihurch con-'
vcntlon. It Is ns well to leave the decision
with the church whoso tradition has come
down to us from thn beginning of the era
Tha manner In whhh the 1901 theory was
put forth was In line with tho notion that
presumstil) C'irlst was born about January
1. of the ear 1, und thut as a century U
100 scars, the first century was not com
pleted until December dl. too nut there
s no reason why this figuring should be
applied to this Inatunee Andrews gives
Ihe date uf Christ's birth as probably In
December of the Human year 749, or 6
It C ; some authorities ur 7 H C At
any rate, the whole controversy about the
s-Hitury's beginning eeeiiiB) uselssn. as either
theory accepted or rejected, would have
no appreciable effect, good or bad
Labor and Wealth
INQUlftHH (u) II is a mlstako to sup.
pose that shareholders have been tha sole
bemtllclarle) of the wo.v of prosperity If
you have a. particular corporation In mind
It would be Interesting to dlttaover from Its
records If the declaration of large itlvl
dends havu not ben aeownpanled by uag
litcreaseo A general InersAfe In wages in
the various industries, as you have par.
Iup4 noted has ban the rule. (Ii) Many
volumes netting forth views at variance
li4V been riltsn on Ine ulJct of wealth
llotll capital and labor play parts in mod
ern production of wealth "Labor pro
due wealth but that labor mutt Include
Inventors, discoverers, adnibiistrators and
many men angaged In the science and pro
fessions who are not usually classified as
part of the army of labor," 'the great
proletariat "etc
Mortgages
ft, J, O. A tUst mortgage ee a property
my 5 paid off. wtellf ur ut pjut, befgre
tu w im mm
4t
ME niKHVlPinV mmmmm swip. mm spa, aajaiss- ., JJtsaaaaaP MsK
sa at-rnintiiiui nr rua rsumi clt ikiis tiiauiM. . . f j
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JasaasHfiMrr S jSKSSBsPtiW-SsWIPt JtE&MmfUt H- SafaWUIIlaassMfiC
AND BAIT'S GETTING SCARCE
1
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
The Embargo Idea and the High
Coat Defense of Oleo
margarine Tax
7if trpntfin'tif l frr tn nil iratlrrt who
!(' tn rrnrcH their opinion on nubjtctv nf
current intrmt. It in tin oven forum, nnd tn
.tfiifm i rdoer nMiimr nn responsibility for
tha xiUun of it cormnunulent, t rltrr tiuil
le nlgnrtl l thr it ami otnl n Mm of th
v rltcrt tint neminrilu for piitiNrndoti. but nn u
tuutaitfio of oo(nt faith
DKFENSK OK OLKOMAKOAHINK
TAX
7o thr Killlar of tha Hicnlnu l.riluer
Kir I have Juv finished leading )our
edilorlitl on the "colored" oleomargarine
t tx, and I mint confess that I am "at n
loss to unilerstanil how jou have arrived at
)oui conclusions
In the first place the ten-cent lax Is only
nn colored oleomargarine, which Is onl)
colon d so that it can be mistaken for but
ter Oleo Is never )cllotv naturally ns butter
Is so that tho contention that butter Is col
on d part of the time Is n weak one If
the people wpnlil have oleo let them buy
the uncolored product nnd ndd the tolorlng
themselves, which Is etslly done Tho Na
tional Housewives' I.tngun Is ncttng most
lll-advlsedly If It Is seeking to repeal the tax
on inlored oleo, for the pure-food agents are
kept on tho 'qui vivo" now by dealers sell
Ing yellow oleo as butter ,
The agricultural experiment stations
have proved be)ond it doubt thut oleo Is
not lo be compared with butter, except per
haps In Its chemical nnnl)sls which has
nothing to da with the effect on the )stcm
oi inn inoiviuuni
To a tertaln degree II ii umiislng to see
tho housewife accept as Inevitable, the rise
In price of chiffons, laces or silks but let
an) thing which owes Its origin to the farm
ndvnnce a penny und every Consumers'
League howls Did )ou ever stop to think
thut over) thing that a cow consumes has
more than doubled In price In the last ten
)ears, except water, of course?
litior Is almost impossible to get and
then onl) at a high price Truly the way
of nn editor's reasoning Is peculiar He
enn urgue for the protection of every In
dustry Hint can oxlst In tills country, but
farming is nlwu)s looked on ns something
for the )okel tn slave nway at nnd be thank
ful that the ell) consumer will ever take
his products
our likening the "oleo" law to the
Admusou eight-hour law Is unfortunate for
thn farmers did not threaten to stop 'pro
ducing butter or to slaughter their- live
stock
Why not study thn price of live stock,
feed and farm labor for a few minutes be
fore writing editorials nnd try to get the
other Mewpoint? Until now only the large
packers were against this law, and I know
"'lil00 we" u,at """ Paner ' not allied
with (hem. '"
Your paper Is always so fair that I was
most disappointed to see that for onri you
gave tha farmer n rather hasty blow
Philadelphia. Decemr"nVKUN(iN'
WHAT LAW CANT DO
To rhc Editor of the Evening Ltitgtr-
.Sir t agree with you that an embargo
on the export of food la not a solution of
tha absotbhig question of high living Hart
are not exported, and ye the prices ar.
Inordinately high r'ann products, such as
cabbages, onion and so forth, are not sent
abroad, as a rule, and'yet tha market rates
for these are simply oppressive.
In almost everything that enters Into tha
economy of the household prices are uo
and yet In Ihe majority of cases these
product, or articles, are not smong the
recognlxed exports of the United states!
The fact Is that present high prices of
everything are du to a combination ot clr.
cumstanctw whloh simply defies legislators.
Philadelphia, December . a
BEFORE AND. AFTER' ELECTION
To the Bditor of the Evening Ledger. .
,Sr Tlia question of the high cost 0e
living Is today the most Important that
confronts the UnltM States. Why, thsa
was U Ignored so completely by President
WilsouT Before -election ha , 1
tended to b, most solicitous for the wtl
fam of; ifg,a rauway men with vales.
zs?if w wm wiiw
ifWF JHm &9G9&mxmmfo&fi4ir ibt
MLU ---- s-ftU, Ji. .. . M - i -i
wry -- mgwpm ,
PRICES FIFTY YEARS AGO
The present widespread discussion of the
high cost of almost all contmodltlis, espe
clsll) foodstuffs, served to mall the fact
that high its prencnt prices are. the) have
been exceeded at various times in the past
III the earl) part of Ma), 1SG7, iprlng wheat
flour sold nt wholesale In the Chicago mar
ket nt Jl.'SI) tn JIG u tiarrel and white
winter wheat flour ut 1 to J1S 50 Itctnll
prices wero about 1 00 m J J a barrel
higher Winter wheit Hour from Nashville,
Tenu, sold ut 118 50 During tho first ten
nii)s of .Ma) 1867 .prlng vvhi.it sold In
round Inls In ( hlcngo nt J 2 75 to 13 One
inr nn track sold nt Jit 05 anil one tar In
bags ut 13 10 delivered A Chicago miller
sold 20,000 bushels choice milling wheat to
nn Interior Illinois miller, for which he re
vived u check for B0 000 Hold nl that
limit was worth $1 35 In $1 38 in "green
backs." which would make the relative
price nn a gold basis about ti 20
In November, ISiil, corn sold up tu
Jill '4 a bushel, nnd In .Mu) 187, oats
sold nt 90 cents a bushel Hams were
salable at 10 to 25 cents a pound Live
bogs nt times readied $11 60 to 13 per 100
pounds nnil dressed hogs In season nt
1 1 - 50 to (15 50 n hundred pounds
On the other hand, there were times vvhon
prices ruled decldedl) In favor of the con
sumer when farm products were nn tin.
bargain counter," nnd running was mi
piofltable In August 1858. good cattle ut
Chicago sold nt J tn $2 25 a hundred
pounds A ear later spring wheat sold nt
18 to 53 rents, white corn sold lit -' to i.J
cents, and oats nt .'8 tents In October.
1861. corn sold nt 17 to -!0"4 cents n bushel,
according to qualll) In unc. 1801, onto
sold ut 13 cents
In 1895. regarded ns the e.ir of general
depiesslon, good brands of spring wheat
Hour sold nt 13 to 13 50 a bnrrcl unit winter
wheal flour ut J.' -'5 lo J 05 Wheat sold
as low as 13 cents n bushel, and the
range for Ihe year was I8J to 85, cents
Corn sold as low ns 19', cents a bushel,
while oals touched a low price of l.
cents
In 1896 mess pork declined to 15 50 u
V?!'.""'1 "" ra,IKe r,lr "" '' wus S5 60
to 110.85 Ijtrd declined lo 3 05 u hundred
pounds At the present time the freight on
Hour from Chicago to New York Is about
one-eighth Jhnt reported )cnrs ago New
iiv . iciiing- i-uiu
trnm
UAHKBT AH, ISTIl
CONTINUOUS 11 lis A it ta J, ,,3 p
urAXLEV COXCKRT QllCllhirritj
LENORE ULRICH
IN KIH8T 1'HESE.STATION OK
"THE ROAD TO LOVE"
PALACE "I4"" STREET
hT Mareuorite Clark
in "Miss George Washington"
ARCADIA cioWLM. T
"A GAMBLE IN SOULS"
ALU NEXT WEEK
Douglas Fairbanks in the Mutrlmnniac
Charlie Chaplin T'K Rik
"purity" all this
ta,TeVictoriaeek
AUDREV affiftoVAlWllT'lC POSP.
rKATUHLsq TUB ARTISTS MODE,1,8
Cantlnuoiu. t A M to 11 15 ii V. '
CHARLIE .CHAPLIN " nT
"THE RINIv'""0,ma
C11ARLE8RAY la JIONOHAULE AUIV
GLOBE Tfefe--D
EMPIRE CITY FOUR
TATE'S MOTORING and Othya
Cross Keys "Wio 5"
Bvf T 0 10 Jo -ic
"THE BROKEN SCARAB"
ay positive mit
Keith's
JNan Halperin
Y.iricitta kia
tmiSW k.w& tue aaVaBp7lK.
iTftartT-TTaBT1T laTTT.. TTnff- ..MmHnmn
The Northeast Corner
Casuals of Ihe Day'n Work
IX
ONK may be pardoned perhsp, if
Helens to nn Insistent, reour-.f r. ..
republication of some veres which nm....J
In the lall Mall Oaxetle Wn HuaVT"
writer wns living In tandon In lso J
ninj- nc iitiieti nun tney were a pirt e.f IkwH
Very few written by nn American thai .I
broke Into the editorial page of tlint netnaat
paper. In reprinting them here not itfS
lenst of the Joyousnws nf recolleitlon liiM
In rcnlllng Kugeno Kleldn ilellgMfHiB
.ii i'U'iiii r m-mb i.-.c i , , . sH
tho fall of '89 For when one Is li-n. La
lodgings In Montague street, flusselt Bqu.-iJa
Hloomsbury, 15 V, Iindon over si51l
Crosta Illnckwclrs pickle foundry i
tineii tine nuns nnss sen in the MaJam
which Ihe beloved 'flene described as behwst
"normal but chronic," nnd when one tum
n rheck for tvvo guineas for a set of v-rri!V
Illa lli.n IhMi sukoiu . .... .'"Ljl
feel n certain sitlsfnctlon In recalling tilS
Incident by singing some of the v erses sgalajfl
However, hero they are!
Thus of the Prince who went forlh In seafrt1
of Happiness: Tj
Qod! Iiut hn hnd missed her nnd ha
mourned her grievously,
Hut with purplo cloak n-shouldr (hert'1
never wall n bolder j
Or a better or a wiser or n sadder Trlnei
Manned be his shlpt, nnd he sought hrr II
nu Uceanptncc.
lnltlng tn nn Island where tho Happy prJ
cesfl reigned : i
Hut she'd gono nnd left behind her not im
word whero ha might find her, j
O tilinrA Ilm itiinal .. . m k.-.I.I . H
.. ..i..v ...v- -..i..v .....j nucii nnil itcit
mid 1'enco hi gained 1
Strong still his heart "I ma) surely tlii
her otherwhere
Out bejond tlio spaces where the rltlng V
the sun j
Turna the early morning Inxo into blue atuf
Kuiuc'ii uan,
Ihnt nro glorified nnd sanctified by prescnei'
of tho One." ,
CHESTNUT ST. . M,
OPERA HOUSE - mi
iiovn: or kh.m HtfccKSHr.8
Evgs. & Sat. Mat., 25c to $1
Other Mnts., 25c, 50c, 75c
ONLY 9 MORE DAYS
miHKitv i:t sr.viH now hi:i.mn-
ion vt i. i't:iiroiuiAM'i
WILLIAM FOX
runs i:th
"A Daughter
of the Gods"i
with ANNETTE
Kellermann;
Till. I'KTt t: PCAI TIKI f.
j IIVIIIMi ST VltTI I.Stl
Appcaliii"; irresistibly to tho
eternal heart of childhood.
Dreams of .Fairyland Outdone
- - Ol It SUT ATTItACTIOS-
"The Honor System"
' The lirrntrrt Human hlort Etery ToM
THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL
CHARITY BALL
Thursday, December 7, 'J o'Clock
ACADEMY OP MUSIC
WIIC-IUIIK 1'C'IllUIC-
RPKirPArill.AI) PACHANT nAMPP! S
The Reception of tho Horocs and 9
llnatiH,,. T V..tI.r..U. TT..U-U.. a. Ike
Court of Old Kini? Colo
, V gruupn ot "i ouplfs ucn ur J-tH dncfrt
in an in tirllllant toituint-N will rprn
In iirllllant toitumfH will rpprtitnlM'
. InI111.1 Invlun.l Anil.l.n S.lvlit aBltB
rronnur Islniul loyluml ArubUri SUht an
ma C'nurl nr Ulil Klnc I ule Thrra wilt tx
('untalu I.I Kla ii ii J I'liiulma Toy Holcll.m asil
Iliilta Alatlt Lit, ami AlurclimuH Hnrlaulna ami
tuiuiiimiii.it i-iim nun ii'iwi iit-arera jettcr. A
Ilprnlild ninl niHiiv nlh.r, I irii.,Miii, arnv 3
llciicllclarlra urn ih nltcrally ItoiclUI 3
(Uoinvn'a Mwllcnl Waril). JalTrraon lloapiul W
If hll.lr. n h It.. ..I tlnl.l-l 1. I. ..I tl-l. !! Si
: '.. ...... .. .- ..niu, iiiiiiipa iiimiuiiti ( ujjviiui.
Ilnmiltnl uml thn VUltlnic Nuran Huclrty
Unora opm ut N nu tonorl 8 VI until D-OOj
nprnlntc faturi- nt D 00. ktiwnl Uanclns about
in'"', aupprr from tlio until tlio
. Tlrkrta ImluJInir danrlna" ami aupixr, art
i Oil for null ptrion ami arti on mile at ct
I Jiartty Hall Offlce. Wil C'heatnut St tlclptionv
limbant 17701
Hprrtatora' tlckrti Ml ronla erh for tbt
Aitiphlthmlra, n well na rruulnr 00 tlclHti,
will Iw on nli a the Acailemy 'Ihuraday tVtn t
E KltVIIELlUVElt 1N
PEACE
ROSPERITY
REPAREDNESS
OHKH IT TO THE OltCAT c'Al'SE Off
' IIL'MAMrV TO HEB
CIVILIZATION
THOMAS II I.SCirS WuiuUrful I'hotoplar
SticcUielo
NOW AT THE LYRIC
Till'. HOST IUIU.SO AN1J MTUPENDOcIi
CINEJIA SENSATION OP THE AOB
MVT1.NKEH UA1IA S .'U EVUS . S
fitHI CHOICE BEATS AT 5Uo
ADELPHI Tonight at 8:15 j
TOI-ULAU tl MATINEE TOPAY
Tht Joil lVonuVrul I'lag In Avytrlca
"EXPRRT-RNT.-R"
nrmiTIVIft .V MOT tHMiCAiitrimiji rvt ttj-ai
. w . . . h.i . u MlirvlttJA41l.l. afab
Garrick Last 3 Evgs. 1J&A
IIIT-TIIE-TRAir, HOTJ.TnAY ,
With rilEO NIUIX) and Entire K V Cut
NEXT WEE1C SEATS TODAY
FRITZISCHEFF'.lcaJpu,
IIL'SUANOa GUARANTEED
With Jttttruoa D A nielli
TJTr A r Mil 2 WmU. Etc. at g 15
iVjv.Xfi. Matinee, cl a; Sat at 2 If i
FRANCES STARR i4"8 "W :
Ti,rnitool Wmllatl Rncaxemenl
ti. Ke 8115 Mala Wed A Sat.!
WUXNI'UUMISUY " STONJ3
to CHIN-CHIN"
AM ATO
3d Monday Morning Musicale
l rOVUA PlllSCII-DAN L MAQt ARBB
IIAI.UtOOM IIEI.U3VUE STRATFORD
DBCU. 11 00 A U rnOMPTIT
Tkkfla. 13, at ltepnta, Ryan-a and at daert !
LITTLE
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tonioiit. a to
"YOU NEVfeR CAN
TELL"
By G. Bernard Shav
THBATRK
17th & Da Lancey
Pbone Lac will
Walnut Slats. Today & Tomor ,25, B0
"The Little Girl God Forgot"
Naat Week Mutt un1 Jtffa Vein
Tuunu Eva .g IL TROVAT0RB
,m.". Jit"9 ln'? XV?"U ""' Hoo H.
MarllnelU Aniaeo. upthler (unL lit PeUe
Beau. IJM CbeatmuX Walnut1 43l Rft
ACADEMY OF MUSIC Phlia. Orao4 Opera Co.
Opu)5rp 18 tu. Dec W RilTBlMl
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