i i ' .". . 10 USTRATe itngcft WeDger rUDLIC LEDGER COMPANY crnvs ii. k. cvntw. pitiiDtxr karle. II. Ludlnaton. Vlea rreal4ar.tr John Martin. nratarv anil Tr,i i PMIlit K. f .til.. .i. n 'ill. . .,V . .-!. viiiiib, vnn n. ninimi iionn Ji Jipura-on, s; H. whaler, Dlraetora, KDiTonixti noxnDi Crass II. K. Ccitii. Chairman. P,.K. TOULET Editor OKN C. JIATITIN Cfnral Bualnraa Manager "MI.)itd dally at Pcilio T.tMs nulldln-, '-.' . Independence Squara, rhllldHphla. sib CtimL, Broad and Chestnut Streets ..rrtts-union nutictinc .209 Metropolitan Towar 403 Ford IttilMlna ,.100 Fullarton nulMinr ,..1303 Trlbun, nulldlng Teax . . Koit Loun iaa . . . J NEWS BUREAUS! yABljOTO! nraric nissa nulldlnr g" r uiicAvufiiini vimpj ouiiqina . ...Th vwki i.iWBAUi Loxpftw ficmc hill Bcasil- , ....AO P-rlerlrlchstrMsas .Marconi House strand .22 rtllA f.ntits la fl-tniS ' BUnSCRIPTION TEnMS Th Zrttiiit l.rMl Is aerved to eubaerlbera In Philadelphia and aurroundlng towne at the. rata of twclva (121 centa per week, payable U the carrier? Br mall to points outside of Philadelphia. In tha United Statu. Canada or Cnlted Stat, poa- reaalona. poatara free, flftr (Sri centa per , month. 8lx (16) dollara pr rar. parable In adranc. To all forelin c6untrl on (II) dollar per nentk. Nones Subeerlbera wlshlnr address rhan-ed Biaat rive old aa wall as new address. BELL. 3000 WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIN 3000 R1 Addreat all communication- l Kvnlng deer. Independence Square. Philadelphia. 2trtro at ma. rnmnsirnu rnirorrirs it aiCOMvrLitl HAIL JUTTSB. rhlM.lphli, t rdntidar. June ST. PI? AN UGLY STORY WITH A PRETTY SEQUEL A GENTLEMAN living nt Twcnty-nrst and Walnut streets recently wan In formed by one of his scrnnts that for twenty-four hours a can of kitchen refuss had been allowed to stand uncollected In the back alley. He leaped to the phono and, because he had an important namo and position, he received humble apologies and the collector was told ho would be "flred" at once If It ever happened again. Yesterday an KvnNixu Lkwi:ii Investi gator went through nn nllcy between Jackson and Winton streets, off Fourth, within a stone's throw of the Vnres' old ' homestead, and found that a pile of filth Jiad not been collected for two weeks. ;A woman, however, hail poured carbolic fLCld on It In the hope that the odor would be mitigated and that a dead animal which lay therein would not spread dis ease. She said that the girhago collector, had laughed ut her when she complained. This was not a pictty story, anij deli cately nurtured folk may not have liked - it, But there is a pretty scnucl to It .to day. Because he lead ll the chief of fhe Highway Department has ordered a clean-up of the alley. The alley need hot Invest its pemi'os In any more car bolic acid for the present; not until City Hall forgets. The reporter does not live at Twenty Aipt and Walnut, has not a great name In the community, but. temporarily iep resenting the whole city of Philadelphia and acting as its spokesman, ho accom plished the difficult (cat of niovtns Fouitli street and Snyder avenue about two miles across the city In a north- westerly direction nnd giving It all the privileges of those whose childien play In Klttenhouse Squat e. However, more than one child who played In nittenhouse Squat c was stricken with infantile paralysis last Rummer Being rich-and piominent does nut save A person from the common lot of those Who live in a dirty city. Cleanliness is rjot expensive. There oie little houses in , newly built-up sertions of Philadelphia, renting for (10 and $12 a month. A child (s safer In one of these clean, cheap homes than he would be In some of the ponderous mansions in the city's center. There are reeking alleys not 100 yards from the nostrils of the children of some of our "best families." The odors are Just far enough away not to be car ried to the nursery windows. But germs have no odor. Somebody got paid for keeping that nlley clean near the Vares' former home. But the work wasn't done. We are speak tntc of no Utopian dream of spending huge txtra sums to get a clean city. We aie spending enough money to get a clean city Some of that money goeo to people who do not do their work. , EXTORTION WINS NO WARS rr IS often said that all we have to do to win the war Is to distribute enough food, fuel, men and munitions where they will do the most good at the fighting fronts on sea and land. But this is' only half the battle. The other half is to distribute food and fuel at fair prices among the civilian population to keep them fit in body, mind and soul to continue the war to the end. The Russian revolution was a food riot, and it was, perhaps, a lucky thing that a food riot came at the psychological moment to overthrow the Czar. But It is . tKjsalblo for bad distribution of the neces sities of life to make itself felt in a demo cratic country, aa well as In a country tfuled by a czar. There Is only one thing ''under heaven that could make this coun. ik'rX quit before It had gained a complete vidtory. and that one thing would be growing discontentment among the ' jHRtnea over the price of food and fuel. With food control assured, fuel control must now be made equally certain. The enthusiastic response which 400 blturri tnous coal operators gave Secretary line's appeal for voluntary price-fixing end agreement on operation of the mines by co-operation with a Government p-gency la encouraging. Said Air. Lane: Th country will not stand for any thing but big things from big man In this war You will ne the opportunity you face the challanga to show whethar ycti r succtsfful men or little men. whether ou tbtn'-t of tomorrow or merely aftoaty atlon yesterday an operator told a Senate committee that th. average 'ncreade In the price of coal to the consumer had been from 7J to 100 per cent, ami he added that 'coal operators are Just as human as anybody else and take advan tage of conditions." This Is a strange perversion of the word "human." Are operators who keep up excessive prices "Just ns human" fts doctors who give up their practice to go abroad without pay In order to slave for the wounded? Are they "Just as human" as young men who are volunteering to charge machine guns? There la a very high standard for really "human" conduct In these heroic days of self-sacrifice. To be human today one must also be humane. HONOR FOR LIBERTY NOT SLAUGHTER IMMEDIATELY after the pasiage of the Independence resolution by the Continental Congress, John Adami. In a letter to his wife. Indited thli recipe for observing the great day of liberty: "It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other, from this time f m ward forevcrmore " All this seems a harmless and nppio prlato program, but it has been tragically misinterpreted. Advocacy of hell-ringing has been extended to mean Indorsement of any variety of fiendish din. Tasteful Illuminations and countrysldo bonfires have largely given way to the reckless use of firearms and dangerous explosives. Surely such a murderous perversion of the festival spirit was far from tho thoughts of the lugged, clear-thinking New England pan lot. In this epoch-making year on the scroll of freedom th" shame of our Inde pendence Pay Rhnmbles must hotly man tle the check of e rry true American. Brit ain Is contemplating Fourth of July ob servances. Fiance has elaborately planned for them Tho conviction that In foreign lands these iUcr will be both artistic and sane can hut intensify our consciousness of guilt. There Is something ipemhllng mocking In Kuropp teaching America by example how to honor liberty. Governor Brumbaugh's admirable ptoc lamatlon counsels Immediate reform of our July madness. Philadelphia above all can afford to omit no act that this year will make her tributes to Liberty worthy of its birthplace. THE DATE'S RIGHT TT IS hard to reMst the magic of dates. - History herself seems to delight In re echoing the same chronological themes July t brought America's Independence and Vlcksburg's surrender: Julv 1, 2 and 3. Gettysburg; July 1 and 2, Santiago's fiay. July 3, the destruction of Cervera's fleet; July 1. a year ago. the victorious Fomme offensive. France and Britain, now tightening their respective grips about Laon and Lens, seem preparing to honor precedents Glorious July Is near. A cup of hope Isn't a bad tonic once In a while The date, at least, Is ripe for a good draught. STATESMAN IN CONGRESS THE cut ODom; ROOSEVELT has had some tting words to say concerning the type of man who hates another country -meaning specifically England more than he loves his own. The Colonel's trenchantly expressed scorn might be le gitimately extended to those who seem ingly hate a political paity more, than they love their native land. A number of such pitiful human speci mens hold office. Their Influence, however, is getting weaker eery day, nnd If Phil nnder C. Knox. Republican, sustains his present gait of logical, clean-cut, construc ts e patriotism, he will make the nation leallze the Immense value of the kind of representatives who are as unafraid to sup port nn Administration not of their party because they sincerely believe it to be in the right as the are to differ with it in cases of obvious error. Such aie the finest kind of safety valves In a republic. Every phrase of Senator Knox's speech indorsing the food bill yesterday rang clear with nonpartisan Americanism. Every stand he has taken since the war began has been similarly sound and force ful. Mr. Knox, seasoned by his valuable experience as Secretary of State, pro vides the all-too-iaro spectacle of a states man in Congiess. His exhibitions of sheer ability nre knife thrusts In the spleens of puny muddlers. Mr. Root's very name ought to con vince the moat Interne Russian Uberaiists how radical he Is. The volunteering of the young Roosevelts bars Teddy from the dignity of being a "conscript father." Proper pronunciation of Bohemia's Czechs aa "checks" makes their opposition to Austrian tyranny all the more fittingly undertaken The sinking of ' an Argentine freighter off Gibraltar shows that Ger many's desire to Increase her enemies is still frantically unabated. Venlzellsts rejoicing over the down fall of ex-Premler Zalmls nre probably amending It to read: "When Greek meets Greek, then comes a resignation." The "accumulated deficiency of tem perature" during these delightful June days is about the only shortage of any thing that wins American gratitude. The virtuous horror of crookedness expressed by Senator Penrose In his op position to certain aspects of the food bill seems very like a betrayal of his own Organization. Bestowal by the Kaiser of the Order "Pour le Merlte" on the air raider whoso bombs recently slaughtered Lon don school children Indicates that the German language Ic aa weak as German morals. In narrating why a Kentucky uni versity's diploma, which he has Just re ceived, was withheld for fifty years. Champ Clark explains that, although he was expelled from th Institution for an attempted shooting, he missed his mark. History Jean attest that this early In- accuracy! of aim h ta rather con- aUat'r awilaUliif i EVENING LEDGER-PHILADLfHIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 191? LIQUOR AND FOOD CONTROL The Senate Is Struggling With the Bills Sent to It by the House of Representatives Special Corretpondnt KytMno Ltdoer WASHINGTON. June 27 o: WINO to the differences thai have arlten over the war tax and food control bills. It Is now- doubtful whether Conrress will he nlilc to adjourn until August or September Members of the House, despairing of early action because of the Senatf deliberation!, are anticipating three-day adjournments under the terms of the Constitution during the remainder of the summer Some of them are leaving this week with no etrec tnllon of returning to Washington until after the Fourth of July. As a rule, the members of the House nre tired of their Job and find little comfort In the prospect of a hot-weather session In Washington. They are congratulating themselves, however, upin having put through most of the war legislation so far In ndvance of the Senate. If the country grows restless and the Presi dent begins to find fault, the members of the ltousi are In a position to rny that their work Is up to date, and the tejponslblllty for the delay In the enactment of necessary war measures ictr with another body The Senate, on the other hand. Is proceeding cautiously, and so far aa the tax bill Is con cerned Is going over the ground with great thoroughness. As to the food bill. It began to discuss that hefore the House took up tho measure, and was still discussing it after tho House bill had been parsed. House Debate Lively The Houo debate on the food bill occu pied one full week. It was by no means a complete triumph for the Administration, or for Mr. Hoover, who Is to be the food dirtntor In some respects the House so changed the Administration bill as to let It be known thai "absolutism" Is not written In tho Congressional directory Not that the Lever bill, as pased. did not confer extraordinary powers upon the President, for It certainly did that Rut In conferring them rnough limitation.) were nddvj to the bill to make It Hear titat those whom tho President might appoint could not exercise such unusual functions without accounting to t'ongress and the people The bill car ried an appropriation of $2,500,000, which the Government - controlled establishment was to have at Its dlrposal for expenses immediately and until expended." Thete words were stricken out and "until June 30. 1918." was Inserted, so that If the money was not exp'ndsrt. or more money was needed Mr. Hoover or th" Prsrldent would have to come hack to Congress. As to the total appropriation of $160,000,000 to carry out the purposes of the act. Including the commandeering of mines, warehouse", stocks, etc., and thetuaranteelng of farm ers' prices, that was allowed to stand, hut with an amendment requiring the Prosldont to make a detailed report to Congress on January 1 of each year as to the prop, erty purchtsed the persons employed and the salaries paid A gen-nil statement of receipts and expenditures Incident to Mr. Hoover's operations was also required. An other notable amendment provided for the employment of all persons under the pro vision of the civil service law it has been a standing charge on the Republican side that the Wilson Administration has not been fully bervant of the civil service regulations As t" war measures. Memo rials contended there was no special rea son why theie should he. and they resisted a civil service amendment when offered to the food bill It passed, after a fight, only by a majority of one. on the first count. A call for tellers, demanded by the Democrats, Increased the llrpuhllcan majority on this proposition to 175 yeas and 135 nays. The Civil Service Commission estimates that three or .our thousand employes may be re quired by the Hoover food directorate The Prohibition Amendment Uy far the most intorc."tlng fight of all was Hit the so-called nation-wide prohibition amendment It wan undeislond that neither the liesldent tmr Mr Hoover expected a "bone-dry ' amendment to go Into the bill. All they' nsled fn wa that whenever the President found It necessary to prohibit the uie of ceitaln foods In the production of alcoholic beverages he might limit or prohibit them. The hill vent so far as to give the President this discretion as to "alcoholic or nonalcoholic beverages." Car ried to extremes, that would have meant that sugar and molasses might be pro hibited as syrups In soft drinks In drug stores. It was on this paragraph the pro. hlhitlnntsts Kot In their work Afler a num ber of amendments had been offered and fougnt over, they succeeded In having passed an amendment which struck out the dlscie. tlonary power conferred upon the President and left standing only that part of the paragraph whh-h provided as follows "No person shall use any food, food materials or feeds 1" the production of alcohol or of alcoholic bevetages" This Is what thb papers reported as "the bone-dry amend ment" It was Interpreted by the chairman of the Agricultural Commit! -e in his closing speech to be "a good thing for the Stat of Kentucky." which haB a large stock of distilled spirits on hand, but a had thltui for the brewers of malt liquor, who would probably be put out of business if tha amendment became law In fact, it was charged In the debate that more than 200. 000,000 gallons of whisky now In bond would be "put on Easy street" at good prices for the period of the war when pro hlbitlon prevailed as to all other beverages. This argument was subsequently met by another amendment providing that the President should commandeer all alcohol and distilled spirits which he might find necessary In the manufacture of munitions, or for hospital supplies There amend ments passed In short older, because the prohibitionists had the greater number of voles on the "botu-dry" amendment the yeas were 130 nnd the nayQ 111 Liquor Problem Foreboding Although the prohibition! Us obtained the upper hand In the Hos.se fight It Is not cer tain that their victory Is exactly what the Administration desired to have tnke place Thousands of men and women who have their money Invested In the liquor business have been bltteily complaining to Congress of what Ihey term an act of confiscation. They comment upon the fact that Greal Britain Increased Its supply of beer on the very day the House passed the "bone dry" amendment They Insist that the foreign governments at war are furnishing their soldiers wilh beer and light wlnea and that the effect of prohibition In the United States will not have the moral effect Its pro ponents hope for The probability of the closing oul of beer and the tolerance of whisky Is also commented upon The whole question, aa many Congressman view It forebodes trouble for Ihe Administration politically and as affecting war revenues The Ways and Means Committee Is alto somewhat concerned to the outcome, for If prohibition is made nation-wide, the new tax will have to be revised and new meth ods of taxation will have to be found to take the place of the Internal revenue hith erto accruing frOm tha liquor business In normal times tha Internal revenue on llqubr and tobacco Is nbovt pnt-thlnJ of tha enttra revnua of tha Government ' ji- J. pufjrnvx v5diu I Tom Daly's Column UoryULtf THE ICE CUE AM PLACE It't a little entry unu To a private home Where you hnvc to loill and stay Tilt Aomebody'tl come When tou ring the little bell Then you hand iour dtih And your money In nnd tell Whnt's the kind you iihh. lee crenm making now Is clean For It ft nn nrf .Wen Mfjf make It by machine Tiring It in n cart All the denier has to do Is to put on Ice So that when It comes to you It ullt still be nice.' Still you ought to chaoic with care Who yourc dealing with Dealers are not everywhere Like our Mrs. Smith And to know beyond n doubt All It clean nnd neat Is a joy to think about When you start to cat. Oh It is n )oy Indeed ' When the summer's come II on fond like this yon feed In your happy home May thli blessing you befall 1'or Its good for you For your parents one nnd all And the bnhy too. IS.VT IT astonishing how far afield a mere man may wander when he fiilempts to master tho feminine modes? In our own dear paper yesterday we read the description of a bathing suit and came upon-this: An Interesting point Is the length nf th blouse, reaching, as It does, slightly below the regu'ntlon placement nnd vet missing by several lnohe the moyen ige line. Letting everything else pass, we tried to get a grasp upon "the moyen age line." using for that purpose a runco-finder, with which wc were also unfamiliar a French dictionary. There we located this: "Moyrn age the time between the fall of tho Roman Empire (305) and the capture of Constantinople by Mahomet II 11453)" The French appear to be ns frivolous ns ever. Again, though this, of courfe, has noth ing to do with the mntter In hand, on the next page, we icad: "Mule female of mulet." Tiutiu: c nossns The list, n crois of shame; ttnghastly head Enrobed In blackest pall of guilty nrccd. The next n sacrificial crow, decreed Ey deity to hear the load, btnod-rcd With pourcd-out life, Its healing arms outspicad O'er all the weary world, bound In its need; lrhrii In! n third appears, the world Is frcrd. A crosi of lustrous white! Life from the dead! u Innd I laic, upon thnt cross of shnmc Let perish nil thy sordldncss of soul: Upon the cioss of red pour out thy life, A ficc-will gift In mcicy's gracious name. When lo! thy class of vhttc, wor'-i freedom's gonl, Thy pledge of victory, the end of strife! WILLIAM HUIAM I'OULKES, Chnrles Kcllncr (German for "waiter," by the way) runs n delicatessen shop at C32S Woodland avenue, lie's n good clt'zen, but It pained him when his ndoptetl countrv broke with the Father land. Possibly the tears blinded him while he was lettering this sign. At any rate, this is the way It looks upon his counter: ALL sadwishes S Ct. Fourth o' July Contest We'll be wanting a short, snappy poem in this column on July 6; a patriotic pick-me-up for the morning after. It must not exceed eight lines. Come, then, nil ye rhyming scholars! lie u-hasc eagle loudest hollers (lathers two-and'one-half dollars In pure soM. THE ONLY THING left In Philadel phia today to recall the most widely fcnnwn Philadelphia!! of his time is the word Dyottvllle attnehed to the name of the firm which succeeded to the manage ment of his Kensington Glass Works. T. W. Dyott, the nostrum man, to whom we referred the other day, was druggist, glascmakcr, banker nnd some other things during the 30s, and although he spent three years in Jail as a result of his failure, which was nn outgrowth of the suspension of the United States Bank In 1837. hi probably did nothing thnt might not now pass for "high finance." After his release fiom Jail he "staged a come back" and lived honorably ever after. Add War News Butler, ugly man, hugged nurse, Mary Ann! Sure, she was a lady and, of course, the couldn't curee, But, with checks aflame, she at once became What do you suppose, my dears? a red, cross nurse: A White Rose of York Yonner Kottcamp. arrested by Motorcycle Officer Riley for drunkenness and disor derly conduct, was yesterday' sentenced by Mayor Hugentugler to attend church four consecutive Sundays and to report each time to the Mayor It was Kottcamp's twenty-fifth appearance, and the Mayor, looking him over, said: "Yonner. I'm a son of a gun If I know what to do with you. It Is no good to put you to Jail and I don't want to fine you. I'm going to try another plan I want you to go to church each Sunday for the next four Sundays And, mind you go sober, too." "What do you think I, am?" replied Kott camp. "I'm not quite that crazy that I'd go to church drunk." lpon hla promise to obey the sentence. Kottcamp was given his freedom. If he falls, his sentence is 5 fln or thirty days In Jail "Tork Oaiatta, IN THE SAME issue of Colller'a Weekly which contains a dandy bit of verse by Christopher Morley the eon of jlh Governor of Florida Is called "Cattle.." !V,jr! vwra may be. (host fji Klorlc1 W"Mp T Wits'! aflava&lfvr ritm aa rottU GETTING THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE The Stockholm Conference. Prisoners' Relief Treatment of Workers THE SOCIALIST CONFERENCE 7"o the Editor nf Evening Ledger; Sir Philip Scheldemann. leader of the majority (now rapidly becoming the minority) of the German Socialists, returns from Stockholm to Rerlln with the declara tion that he has become convinced as a re sult of his consultation with the leaders of International Socialism at the Swedish cap ital that nothing but a "sweeping democrati zation of Germany" will bring peace and end the world slaughter Strange. Is It not. that the Stockholm confeience which has been stigmatized as a pro-German trap to enable the Kaiser "to cash In his military victories." should prove the school that finally convinced Herr Scheldemann of the necessity of "a new Internal orientation In Germany ' "A here are those fears and bugaboos raised In bigoted circles In this country and else where, the prejudices which prompted our State Department to withhold passports from the delegates of the American Socialist party to the Stockholm conference? The action of the State Department be comes all the more unjustified when we read the peace program presented to the Stockholm conference by the American So cialist party through its messenger, Dr. Max Goldfarb, for many years a prominent leader In the Russian revolutionary move ment Thnt peace program Is not the pro gram of the Kaiser It Is the peace pro gram of the revolutionary Government of Russia, the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Deputies, the revolutionary minority (now rapidly becoming the ma jority) of the German Social Democracy and the enlightened public opinion of European democracy The best answer to the decision of our State Department not to permit American Socialists to go to Stockholm Is contained In Scheldemann's declaration of the necessity of the democratization of Germany. It was the Russian revolution and the Stockholm conference that taught Herr Scheldemann this most valuable lesson. In view- of this fact, it Is hoped that the International Socialist Congress summoned at Stockholm for June IS. at the initiative of the Russian Council of Workmen and Soldiers, will serve to Impress this lesson still stronger not only upon Scheldemann's mind, but upon the mind of the Prussian autocracy as well. Under these circumstances, don't you think that It Is about time for our State De partment to revise Its decision In the mat ter of granting passports to the American Socialist delegates? Don't you think that In view of the fact that the British and French. Governments have finally decided to grant passports to their Socialists, the United States cannot ifford to stand alone among the nations of the world In continuing the Injustice of Mr. Lansing's "ukase"' Mr. Lansing has been the victim of mis Information supplied to him by those who desire to see this war continue for Im perialist ends solely and a baker's dozen of Benedict Arnolds In the Socialist movement, repudiated by the 115.000 dues-paylng mem bers of the Eoclallst party and Socialist public opinion ui general, both here and abroad. It Is time for Mr. Lansing to correct this mistake. I suspect that it Is In no small measure responsible for the fact that not only Ellhu Root, special American envoy to Russia, but even Charles Edward RusmII ex-Soclallst, have not as yet received an In vltatlon to address the All-Russlan Council of Workmen and Soldiers at Patrograd JOSEPH SHAPLEN. Philadelphia. June !6, PRISONERS' RELIEF To ihe EAltor of the Evening Ledger Sir The Prisoners' Relief Society o'f Hun. tlngton, W V... has the reputation of being the foremoat organization of Its kind In he country It has developed a wonderful ays. tern for aiding tx-convicu and their, faml leav who a,r rendered hornaUts and deal . tut, robbed of support and force to o htt.MfTyrrtMlaV,lsr.yWeh w.j,ei E SOME "POINTERS" ON I , -YS : ' pitiable than any pen could describe. The society Is a nation-wide organization and Is In touch with every penitentiary in the United States, both State and Federal Last year they secured positions for 5000 ex prlsoners Just think of the blackest night the world ever saw, then you will know the hardships nf an ex-convict Ihe Increasing demands being made upon the society are so great that It i necessary for It to secure additional funds Imme dlately or neglect the work It is so sue cesfully conducting, and which haa proved uch a great blessing to society nnd the public In" general. The Rotary Club, of Huntington. W ,Va , has recently made a thorough Investigation of the society and will be glad to answer an,- questions any Interested person desires to ask, and with out a doubt there are many persons Intel -ested In this society nnd are willing to co operate with It and help In a financial wny. There are some persons in the world who seem to be burdened with money and are afraid to contribute to the many needed cauFes for fear their money will not be put to a good use, but It Is an understood thing that when anything Is given to the Prison ers' Relief Society it Is used for the most needy cause that any one could give to "To help the downfallen and friendless of the country " We appeal for help ; not by flattery or In timidation or external force but in the name of humanity and In the spirit of the Master. LETHA WATTS. Treasurer Prisoners' Relief Society. Huntington, W. Va., June 25. TREATMENT OF WORKERS To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir In your Issue of June IS there I a communication signed "Worker." In which he draws nttentlon to the state of discon tent among the workers. That this discontent Is general the most casual observer must be aware I have Just left the employ of a large corporation, where It seemed to be the settled and studied policy of the company to Impress upon the men that they were Just so many cogs In a wheel a mere piece of machinery, to he relegated to tho Junk pile as soon as they outlive their usefulness To this end they never let slip any opportunity to Inflict any Indignity which would have a tendency to keep the men in a proper and humble frame of mlnrt. Long and faithful service counted for nothing, and a great many of their skilled employes left to accept positions with other companies, where Ihiy were treated more In accordance with the dictates of common decency and common sense. The net re sult of the policy purrued by this company was that dissatisfaction and discontent were rampant, and the comapny, of course, was the loser What some of our large em ployers cannot or will not learn is the fact that the good will of an employe is a dis tinct asset, and that the boneheaded policy of antagonizing employes makes for neither efficiency nor progress. The relations obtain ing between employer nnd worker should be of utmost cordiality and good will not from any matter of sentiment, but as a cold blooJed business proposition Corporations are usually credited with possessing no rouls but the Inability of some of them to leccgnlze this well-known principle would seem to argue that thev are alro lacking in bvalits, ' . ANOTHER WORKER Camden, N. J., June 24. RELIGIONS IN CHINA .hT,!le.S,tateJrS"tlon ls not Confucianism, though founded on it. To the worship of Heaven It adds the worship of natur in Its chief material form.. sSch V th. earth sun, moon and stars, mountains and rivers To the cult of ancestors It not only adds that of heroes, but expands so as to take in many of the divinities of Taoism anS Buddhism, thua forming a compound of the three religions. Logically, the three ar. jr. reconcilable, the Taolst being materialism the Buddhl.tMIUm and "thJ ConfueUn essentially ethical. Yet the people, like he Sta e, make of them a unity by awalow ng portions of each. In ordinary their m. are regulated by Confucian forms. In sick! mm they call n Taolst priests to exorcl,; evil spirits and at funerals they hav! Buddhist priest, tc say mas.ea for the re! pose of the soul Besides the women and the prie.thood the two .ecu la.t named hav. very few professed adherenta. though tha whole nayion It mora or leg. tin3 bythem. Tha man (at jaaat IhoaVVfi il$ raavall , a-bttoat without .,(.. I i,n .a'. .a -" -' " - '.'.Tvvs . ": SCRAPPIN G What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. What of Ore does Count Terauchl hold In Japan? 2. In what play of Shakespeare's Is Joan of Are one of the characters? 3. What American statesman aald. "Sink or swim, Ihe or die, sorvlTe or perlvh. I (lie mj- hand and my heart to this vote"? I. Uhat the capital of nobemla, in which protevts against Austrian rule are con stantly voiced? 3. Vthst Is the Chinese name for China? 0. What nre Icpltloptera? 7 What ancient code of law. I. the b-la of Justice In Louisiana? 8. Vtho was Sir Christopher Wren? 0. What wok the Tlchborne case? 10. What la the capital of Alaska? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Mexlo' valuable oil wells are near tha rlt of Tamplco. 3. Jenn-Fcanrols Champolllon, famous French Kpptolualat. deciphered the lilero.bphlca of the Kosetta Stone. Ilia datea are' 101-1833. ' 3. John Adams was the American President who first atronslr lined relebratlnc the loiirth nf July In noisy fashion. 4. Pierre Lotl la the pen name of Jullen Maud, the noted French author. 5. l.n Navldnd. on the Island of Santo Oo- mln-o, wna the first settlement etab llilieii by the Spaniard. In the ew World. The little community, founded there hy Columbu. In 1402, vra. later totally destroyed by tho Indian. 6. Jupiter I. the lancet planet la the tolar .'.tern, 7. The two ireat eeeta of Mohammedan, are the Nnnnltea. who are atrontrat In the Turkish Kmvlre. and the Hhlltes, who are mostly Persians. Tho orlstnal .onrre of quarrel between the two faction, con cerned the rlcht of .ucreaalon to tha t'allphnte after tho death of Mohammed. 8. Von Serdlcr la the new rremler of Austria. 0. "Panem et clreenaea" I. Latin for "bread and same.." Jn-enat, tho Itoman aa tirint, bitterly accused hla decadent fel low citizens of desiring only free food distributed In tho Forum and trataltoua pectacles In the arena. 10. General Calllenl. who Ailed laat -ear, haa been i ailed the "SaTlnr of Tarls" be cause of treat services at the time when Ihe capital ho. threatened by the Ger man In 1014. MAKING OUR CONSTITUTION rpHB Articles of Confederation, by which -i- the Ill-jointed union of the thirteen origi nal states was held together from 1779 to 17S9. were more In the nature of a treaty of alliance than of a constitution. The In conveniences and dangers of the arrange ment became pressing, and In February, I7S7. Congress adopted a resolution sug gesting that a convention o'f delegates from tho States be held at Philadelphia on the second Monday of May following to revise the articles. Delegates from twelve of the thirteen States (Rhode Island alone being unrepre sented) accordingly assembled at Philadel phia, the convention opening Its sessions In IndependenceHall on May 14. 1787. under the presidency of George Washington. These results were not achieved without difficulty In the face of profound differences of opinion. In moat of the States ratifica tion was secured by narrow majorities and after prolonged discussion, and In none of the States was It approved with anything approaching unanimity. These differences of opinion were primarily due to what have been called the "compromises of the Con Btltutlon," These were three In number The first dealt with the fundamental con fllct between those who desired a strong central authority and thoae who feared the extension of executive power. This wa compromised by Investing the President with great powers, but for a limited term only, and by a system of "cheeks and balances" whereby the exercise of his power was In various ways subjected to the con trol of Congress or of the- Senate, The second compromise waa of tha conflict of the great and smatl SUies. This was ef fected by the equal repreientatlon In tha Senate, by which the amall States could overcome the advantage held by tha largt States through tha proportional rapra.enta Hon In the House. The third compromise was of tha ee" troversy between the upholders of alavary and those who believed slavery should t restricted or abolished This waa adjust by the proviso forbidding Congress to pW" hlblt the Importation nf alavca bafore 14 ; ,ya- I'M and. the rOU(rmit that rtj l ') - . - 'T '- '- t",.. p-eyMtw-Kr M"i a pir,t U wmtp i-i.-mrli7T- vf --evawBva, efca&ti4w. jaWaWjrt' ', i f . ' i) a-s-aaiiw art "lo
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