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PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY
CYRUS H, 1C. CimTlB. rerilDf-r
. Oiarlea K. I-urtlnrton. Vtc ITeeldentt
John
..Martin, Secretary end Traaaureri Philip ft.
Collins, jhn B. . Williams, John J. tputnon,
r. H- Whale. Directors,
BDiTOMAL BOARD:
Ctacs II. K. Ccina. Chairman,
TfHALET , ....
P. n.
.Editor
JOHN C. MARTIN, .general Baatneee Himrtr
Imbllehed dallr at PcaLio I. twin TIoMillnr.
Independence Square. Philadelphia,
tanesa Ct-rrsit.. Dread and Cheetnut Streets
ATUSTIO ClTt , , .pr-ea-fnloni RtllMInc
aw Toag ., , Sod Metropolitan Tower
firraoiT , ... ins Kord IlulMln
aw. Loots , ,10oa p-ullerton rtulMlnr
Cntecao ....... . ,. 12i2 Treatise Building
NKWfl nrnsAVHi
WainiTDTOt ntlin , .... Rlrae Tlullnlnt
Nile Tout flcaaac .Th Tli.ic" BulMtne
BaaLl-i Hueaje . . (in rrledrl-hatraaa
lono.v -Retain Marconi House, strand'
Faaia Ilrta.u 12 Itue l,ou' la Grand
st'BscniPTiox terms
The Ketsisa Iapaaa la served to aubecrlbera
tn Philadelphia and eurroun.tlnt lowne at tha
rata of twelve (12) tmli per k parable
ie tha carrier.
Br mall to polnta outalde of Philadelphia In
tha United Statea, Canada or United Hiatal poe
eeaetont, postata free, flftjr 1501 cenie per
month. Six (It) dollara per rear parable In
advance.
To all foreltn countries one (II) dollar per
'Imonth
Notion- Hubecrlbere wlehlnr addreee chancel
Doit lira old aa well aa new addreat.
'JELL. W WALNUT KrySTONE. MAIN IM
R' Address oil rommwstecit'os to Xwning
dorr, Indevtndenes Square, Philadxlrhln.
MTtltD it Tna rsitioalrnn rnsTnrrina i
atcosn-CLiat Mill. HiTTaa,
rhileielaall. Silsfdr, Ie l), 117
AN ECONOMIC REVOLUTION
IS UNDER WAY
nilUS war Is KoinK to be worth evety
thlnir It coits economically. It marks,
indeed, the beginning of n new era In
economic history, comparable In Its ef
fects to the political results achieved by
the Declaration of Independence What
Hoover and the men behind him are
doing In Washington Is of Incalculably
more Importance than all the anti-trust
laws ever paised They are doing what
this and other Governments for genera
tions have been trying to do Thev are
eliminating ruthlessness from the conduct
tf business and laying the ground for
a harvest of fair dealing and fnlr price!
uch as few cltlrens ever dreamed of.
We have information, which we be
lieve to be reliable, to the effect that there
U enough meat In cold storage In
America to feed the nation for six month.
kf not another animal were killed In
the meantime. Whnt Is true of meat
la (true of scores of other commodities.
There Is no scarcity In them. There Is
an artificial poverty of supply, arbitrarily
Induced by speculators who have taken
advantage of a crucial situation In the
world's hlatory to pile tip enormous
profits Mr. Hoover and his Investigators
are well acquainted with the facts. lint
they have no faith In Judicial processes
to cure the evil Why should they. In
deed, turn to methods productive alwajs
of delay, wlien their own experience and
the experience of other nations have com
bined to show them a way out? They
have discovered that all they need Is
governmental authority behind them to
knock the enthusiasm out of tho food
harks and reduce them to comparative
impotence.
For how manv veals have we had the
oal situation on our hands It re
eurred with Insistent, always with
Another advance, nnd Invariably there
waa no ultimate tellef for the consumer.
But when the soft-coal men got to Wash
ington and found thatsome experts, who
knew what It cost to mine coal and what
coal waa really wotth, were getting ready
to have the Government fix a price un
less the coal men did It themselves, they
Jumped to cover In a hurry. There was
some patriotism In their action, too, us
there Is In the action of almost any
American if he Is made to see the situa
tion with even fully open. Theie was
no three-dollar wheat after woid reached
Chicago that the mulcting of the pulillo
must stop or the Government would take
eontrol. There will pbe no flour at twice
the cost In America, that it Is In Eng
land when Mr. Hoover Is able to put his
yardstick on the supply and apply the
methods of Joseph, when necessur, to
the distribution.
The big lesson the war In teaching all
peoples and all Governments Is that
economic robbery of the people Is not
an economic necessity. The world Is
discovering a new principle In tiade, as
It Is In politics, the principle of justice
and fairness. Nor will that principle In
either case be again outraged by any man
or set of men o long aa the memory
ft these times lingera In the human
mind. Socialism some men may call It.
but it Is nothing of the sort. Individuality
and private enterprise are not to be dis
couraged. It Is only when men are greedy
anil unjust that the hand of authority
jvlll fasten on them and lift them back
into the narrow path. We face no Utopia,
but there does stretch before us an era
when honest profit will be the only
profits that I expectable men can win.
The coat of 'living hereafter will rise
When there are natural cauets for an
Increase.
Mr. Hoover Is right. His task Is not
to penalize people. It 1a to reduce the
co.it of food and toi aee that there Is
enough food for ourselves and for our
allies. He will do beth of thee things
ao eoon aa Congress permits htm to go
ahead.
SLAUGHTER WORSE THAN WAR
DUftlNG the first )ear of the war
sOjOaa .British eoldlers were, killed.
JfW wai during the pericxl when they
fajr nc trsltwa aoa ai not nave sv
Infanta under the ace of on rear died,
chiefly from preventable causes. The
dentil rate a thousand In Kngland Is about
tho name as the death rate a thousand
In Philadelphia. More than four thou
sand bablri die here every year before
their firat blithday anniversary.
They die chiefly because of the Insani
tary conditions In which the city permits
their motheis to live. The streets are not
cleaned. The garbage Is allowed to rot
on the curb. The plumbing, when there
Is any. Is allowed to admit miasmatic
odors Into tho houses The newels are de
fective and overflow. And the babies die.
Jf four thousand younic men of Phlla
delphla should be kilted In battle next
ear the clt would be In mourning.
Hut the four thousand babies will con
tinue to ille year after )ear.
Aren't their lUes worth avlng7
HASTILY DAY
rpnnitn weie fn
- tlons of Intloti
for the world two Declnra-
pendencc; ono, of words
Issuing fiom this cltv. wai tmnslatcd bv
deeds Into actualltv nnd Inspired the
other, which was written In the blood
that flowed over the stones of the astlll
when that citadel of tviannv and cruelty
was baptized anew and dedicated forever
as the smhnl of llbeitv tilumphant
In I-'rance and Kngland. even in Italv.
the fourth of .luly this veni will be elc
hinted with solemn nnd sincere thank
giving It is one of the means by which
our Rllles will expiess their grntitmtn Tru
ths magnificent contribution to the cause
of human safety which this nation hns
undei taken to give In this peiiod of un
embellished chivalry, when Justice guides
nations m n common cause, It would be
a delicate tribute to tho France whoae
devotion we cherish If formnl observ
ance of Rastlllft Day, tho nnlnl day of
French Independence nun of European
democrac, were decreed In Independence
Square Xa, mote than that There Is
woik to be done in the Liberated Prov
ince of Krnnce, where whole towns and
villages have been crushed hv the boot
of the Invader. N'atlvea who for many
months have drunk the cup of anguish
iired help to rehabilitate themselves I
Theie Is a committee having no other!
purpnae than the use of funds for thl
icllcf
11 us observe Bastille Dnv In Philadel
phia and make It the occasion to send
to the distressed in the Liberated Prov
luces not nnlj our message of svmpathy
but substantial aid as well
MAKING TRANSIT TUB COAT
T1HK Mnvor's statement In defense of
his getting behind Vaie and McXIchol
to take the padlock off sacred port nnd
transit funds Is Interesting He wants to
put In Jeopatdy hII future tianidt fund
In order to get a few special millions,
which may or mav not be needed. It i
that sort of statesmanship and ImnglliiK
that has thiown the whole transit situ
ation on the locks.
The Mavor avows Ignuriitue nn to the
previous hlstoiy of the amendment which
proposes to undo the work of John G
Johnson In defense nf transit. We tnav
sav for hit Infoimntlon that Vate had
his heart set on these extra millions as
early as 191fi. and McNIchnl spent an aft
ernoon fighting in the same cause un
the nccunlon of a legislative hearing on
transit, held In City Hall In the i-arlv
pail of the same eai Neither then
talked about funds for equipment. Thej
had othei plans for the monev, and they
have them vet
The Mayor's defense Is doubtless not
nn afterthought, although it is a safe
bet that our two political contractors ap
piove It heartily. Hut why make transit
the goaf
Whratful waste brings vvheatles
want.
The fact that the cruiser Ol.wnpla
Is "still fast" wouldn't help her a bit In
a Government speed test.
"After us the deluge" ihant the
multitudinous I.lbertv Bonds as they start
to Hood the Federal Reserve banks.
"Into the trenches b tho Kouith
of Julv" is a cry that will materially help
us to be out of them by Christmas
!tly claims to have Invented u
bomb-proof ship Here Is a chance for
Norwaj to get square with Germany
without going to war.
The slogan of the Southeastern
Pennsylvania Chapter of the Red Cross,
"100 per cent eltlclent unci no wnste,"
will he even more sulking If this uigan
Izatlon condescends to lend It to other
branches of patriotic set vice on eniy
terms
It Is noticeable thst in bin tecent
refeience to Frederick the Great the
Kalsei consigned "Old Friti:'' to the
Elyslan fields a pagan heaven. Has
William II at last lost faith In an nlloged
ally by whose very grace he haa no long
claimed to rule
As CJieece now "consideis" tliut a
state of war exists between herself and
German), and as "consideration" Is the
legal essence of any contract, the Allies
and America seem certainly eutltled to
regard the bond betwen them and modern
Hellas aa finally sealed
The bill passed by Councils lequlr
lng that all bids on municipal contracts
must be accepted or rejected within slxt
days was not opposed by our political
contractors. The bids on transit work for
which the I'ubllo Service Com mi k Ion re
fued certificates of public convenience
were very favorable and woith getting
out of.
The Legislature was prepared to
go the limit in an effoit to alleviate the
narcotic drug cuiae. in addition to the
enactment of the anti-dope law, it appro
priated a quarter of a million dollars for
an Institution In which drug and alcohollo
victims will be civ en such treatment aa Is
likely to restore them to usefulness in the
world.
A hitherto conservative German
historian, Huntre, says: "We Prussians
cannot aland alone in the midst of the
world and teslat liberalization We ate
threatened with dangerous isolation."
These are sentiments which the Reichs
tag should consider when It meets Jul) C,
with the echoes of explosions from an
"old-fashioned Fourth In Franc ringing
In its ears.
EVENING LEDOER-PmLiUDELPHIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1917
COWARDICE
OF CONGRESS
It Unloads the Liquor Question
on the President Republi
cans Cheered by Re
cent Elections '
Kptcint CorraapoiKfrsM Kvtnio ifiloer
WASHINGTON, June 30.
(f-pfTTINO It up to the President" has
1 come to be such a hshlt In Washing
ton that the old southern Idea of States'
rlRhts ha been almost obliterated. So
many laws have been passed In recent
venrs conferring power upon the Federal
Government that one seldom heats a word
nf pioteM now. even from those who were
brought up In the schools of Jefferson and
Calhoun. Political Influence and appro-
prlallnna h.ive hint nmrli lo do with this
condition iiltboiigh such measures as the
child labor Inw and prohibition have figured
In It it Is tn1) when woman suffrage Is
mentioned Hint ' one ocinslonnll) hears
sboiit .States rights The South Is pros
perous and politically happy nnd Its rep
lein'iitatlves nr seldom III the mood to
break bwmv fmni Hie prevailing .rder tend
ing toward Government control Since the
mlvent of Mr VIIon the prnrtlre has been
to ' put It up to the President." a practice
Mint was o elTecllve when the Tariff Com
mission wn bdng I'oneldfrcd ihat most of
Hie leading Pr-moorat who had sworn
eternnl fidelllv to the Constitution, and "the
sovereign rlulits of the States " completely
revetsed themselves III ordct that tho Presi
dent might have his way It Is motly
llepublleans now who talk about conferring
too much power on the President.
President Gets Prohibition
Occasionally the hab't of "putting It up
to tha President' passe up to the Chief
executive a dlscretlonarv responsibility
that Is not quits so acceptable ns the power
of appointment Passing up nn Immigra
tion bill, for Instsnre vvlilih compels the
President to take a stand for or against
the forelgn-horn mil) relieve Congress
to j rertuln extent, hut It btlngs confusion
to the Whit House Po with prohibition
A very large proportion nf the House mem
bers had no desire to vote upon a prohibi
tion measure this session, but the news
papers and the. public Insisted upon the pss
psgs of a food bill giving the President
power to create n food dictatorship and
thev were ready to vote for that Here was
an opening The clever ndvocates of pro
hibition manv of whom nre not total nh
stalners. tucked a prohibition amendment
on to the food bill and thus compelled
ever) body to vole for prohibition or to vote
against the food hill The same problem
confronted the Senile, but the Senate hav
ing no greater desire to deal with the pro
hibition problem than the House had, hut
having no desire to defeat the food bill
pussed the problem. In part at least, up to
the President If. therefore In the Inst
analysis the President becomes the hole
power to determine the prohibition question
he will have to take tn hand what many
Representatives believe to lie "a red-hot
poker" There Is no doubt that the In
jection of the prohibition Issue Into the war
food bill will make n disturbing element
for the Administration throughout the war
and thereafter It will not onlv be a battle
nf the "wets" und -drvs' but u battle of
wblskv and distilled spirits against beer
and light wines
Protecting- the Soldiers
'Ills pioponenl. of piohlbllloii Insist that
It Is neiessaiv at tills time to protect our
soldiers On the othei band It Is contended
lhat If prohibition Is enforced In the 1'nltnd
Mates gmlii will be expoiu-d in larger
quantities for foreign use where prohibition
does not prevail Stories are coming to
Washington fiom the various lamps about
on Increase In the sli kni-ss of enlisted men.
due to excesses not attributable to the use
of liquor The dennnd has become more
and more Insistent for an Im reje In the
medical force of the army and navv and
for medicines to meet nndltlons due lo
the mobilization of laige numbers of men
taken suddenl) fuun their customary oc
cupations lo the na) vards and iirmv
camps There Is slw an Incieaslng demand
for greater facilities for enteitalnment or
worship to keep the men contented and pro
vide them with MiMilent wholesome attrac
tions to counteict Intoxication and the
coarser pursuits The Secretary of the
Navy and the Secrets rv of War are keenly
Interested In these prtiblrme nnd seek to
co-operate with the various public-spirited
nnd tellglous bodies who want to make the.
lot of Hi American soldier ami sailor
healthier and happier The Philadelphia
Navv Yard with Its 10.000 rerull. Is one
of the places now attracting the mention
of good cltiteiit who see,k tn brighten the
lives of the enlisted men b) sultuble
methods of leneation and woishlp and
Secretary Hanlels has given bis vrord to co
operate with them o far as possible
A Touch of Politics
Ths success of the Republicans in ie-
electing a Republican Congrejsinan fr()m
the t'omstock district in Indiana has been
Interpteted as a setbaik for the Administra
tion The Democrats Kent a number of good
peakers Into the district with the view
of reoovrlng it for former Congressman
(ira). who had a letter of indorsement from
the President The Republican majority
was greatl) Increased however and equaled
half the majority In the whole Stat at
the Inst presidential election Following
Hie Republican suciesa in the New llamp
shlru district where an eleitlon was re
cently held to Oil the vacancy occasioned
by the death of Mr riulloway, the result in
Indiana brought cheer to the Republicans
In the House It is already predicted that
the Republicans will probably b In control
of the House In HUH The) are bunking
upon mistaken of the Wilson Administration
notwithstanding their willingness to support
the Administration In the war and point
now to the New Hampshire and Indiana
elections us Indicative of a popular deaire
that Congress shall not be wholly subordi
nated to the Piesldent There are threa
more congressional vutanvic-H, the filling of
which will Ihj watched with Interest. The
death of Mr Helgeaen. of North Dakota
ou-aelon an election In that State In July
Certain peculiar conditions there with re
epect to nonpartisan organiratlons and
farmers' alliances are supposed to favor the
Democratic candidate and the Republican
are not making any loud pre-lectlon claims
They do expect however.' to keep oontroi
of the Osrdner district in Massachusetts
and of the Uleakle) district In Pennsylvania
Notwithstanding the doubt In the North Dal
Koia contest, the Republicans new feel as.
sured of four districts out of the five in
which vacancies have occurred this eeealon.
Postofllce Nonpartitanahlp
While dn tbe subject of politics It la
worth notlug that the Chief Inspector of tha
Postofflce Department has Jviat given nottca
that under an exeoutlve order of the Presi
dent certain vacancies In the force of Post
offlce inspectors are about to be filled and
thst the Postmaster General will apportion
them by States, "and thst the force ahull
also be apportioned fairly between the no
lltlcal parties." This U such a surprising
notice, coming from the department pre
sided over by one who is credited with be
ing "the best politician In the President's
Cabinet," that It has occa-ajoned unfeigned
jurprtse. It is so unusual a proposal thst
Republican leaders Informed about it bav
not yet quite recovered their breath.
J. 11AMFSOM MGOaXB,
Tom Daly's Column I
ahemca, run ynr.F.
IAt up vur head, land mot divinely
blest,
Thr nations wait for liter.
And shall thru wait In valnf
Thou art the homeland of mankind
oppressed:
Thou art the help of people long dis
tressed: Thmt art the hrtald of the truth up
pressed: America, the free!
Hit up pour eyes, land of Ooi'i nlorlous
notr.
The nues dreamed af thee.
And shall their dream he valnt
Thou art the haven of the pilgrim's prow;
Thou art the Canaan of the toller's plow;
Thou art the spirit of the patriot's lowi
America, the free!
IAH up your handi, land of (rod's bounty
fed,
Thr peoples cry for thee.
And shall they cry In valnf
Thou aft the food nf those who starve
for bread;
Thou art thr blood of those whoie life
1 Wirrf;
Thou ait the shine of freedom' holy dead;
America, thr free!
t.lft up your heart, land nf Oo1's age
of gold,
Hli star are iratrhlng titer,
1 iiif iin they natch In mlnf
Thou oi t thr heir of all the days nf old;
Thou art the hero trhom thr hours n
fold;
Thou art the hope nf ayes yet untold;
Ime-ncti, fr free!
V'll.T.lASt iriRAM FOVl.KES,
Tomorrow has been selected to ha
"Patriotic Sunday." whatever that means
When Mother's Day was first Instituted
some vears ago we were naked bv Its
Instltutor to bubble over In verse about
It. We couldn't do it: we bad the old
fashioned notion that overv dnv should
be mother's We feel the same way
about Pn-trlotlsm
Tim M t.V'R MOTMUt
Did ri rr you sre my son, my DnnT
He's a full head taller nor you, young
mini.
An' you tell me your fob is below in
thr toum.
In the noisy big streets where the
money is made;
Then you'll often he seeln' him wnlkin'
maun',
For himself is the leader of all in
his thr ode.
Is my son Dan;
An' I wonder can jou say lhat, young
mant
lie built up hii thr,nde for himself, my
Dan
What they dn hr callin' a "self-made
man"
-4i' himself that MV7t fcorrt vyid tjuare
brain In his head,
W'id tun arms In his body, but lackin'
their strrn'th.
Yrl a will tn be toilin' an' enrnin' his
bread!
Bute, there's, not tnonp lad ttould be
gain' the len'th
(T my son Dan,
1 wonder woutd you be one, young
inanT
He's tell an' o straight as a reed, my
rian;
.iiif the veiv best build for a sandwich
man.
When he walks like n general on
parade,
W'id the signs hung upon him befoie
an' behind,
Nine, it's never another In all of his
thrade
In a long day's icnlkin' that you will
rttirf
hike viy sun Dan,
An' you needn't be curlin' your Up, young
man!
What imp are you betther than my son
Danf
lie's a full head taller nor you, young
man.
Though it may he your btain is a
finer giade, ,
An' you're maybe as sober nn'
maybe not
V)on7 tell you he's lender of all his
thratlef
An' he's maktn' the bist o' the gifts
he's got,
Is my son J)an;
An' I uottder if you do mote, young mnnt
Fourth of July Contest
Come along! Make the eagle scream
eight lines of verse for July f and cap
ture a small bit of gold. This Is the ante
penultimate call.
DREAM aOVSVRY
l'te locked the gate of the dream-country.
Tint to return again;
I'll ride the mud wheie the sunlight lies.
Dust cloud and urttid and rain,
(Yet, ah, the gray and silver shadows
Lying loto . , . loio;)
yon' the gate to the dream-country
Whsie I once toottlrf go!
I'x e lost the key to the dreani-country,
Dreams are a fruitless thing;
Gold's to win whtte the merchants ride,
Fame where the lances ring,
(Yet, ah, the sleepy silver shadows!
I am fain . . , fain;
Who has dwelt in the dream-country
Must return again!
MARGARET W1DDEUKR.
Kute Kid Stuff
"The father's name Is Campbell," said
Varley, over the telephone, "but that's
unimportant. The dry member of tha
family la the Utile girl, who has only
been a Campbell or a matter of four
years or eo. Her mother oaUad her.
'Cant come now.' "Why netT demanded
tha mother. Tm telUng myslf story,"
PKRCY" OBAINOER has given up
ptano recitals at 11000 a throw to take a
job as oboist In the Fifteenth Coast
Artillery Band at ! a month. If we
could afford to chuck our princely wage
W wouldn't mind enlisting Just to be
within ranee of his tooting In addition
to this reduction in pay tha soulless Gor
ernment call him a. "thlrd-clua u
alclan." There's patriotism for jreuj
Mwftm JeW 5.twW
7L f, ",.r aaaaJaaw.W l I". Tlafy
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Guardsmen's Railroad Fare.
Liquor Tyranny Fright
fulness TVlla Jer-atfmest l frtr In nil trrrrfei ho
uiih to rjarets thrir nvlnion on unbircls of
current ivtereil. It in tin open Inrum ntul the
Kiening hedger nfSMinr to rentinnsihiliti for
the vieica of its rotrrpondelt Letter mutt
e stoned bv tbe name and addrtit at (lie
u-rittr. sol necistnnlu lor jiuMicaHoii, (nil na a
evorantee ol good laith.
GUARDSMEN'S RAILROAD FARE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledget :
Sir What kind of spirit animates our
esteemed railroad" All of Its bridge are
being protected bv guardsmen from the dif
ferent regiments nnd In man) cases Ihehe
men are posted far away from home Many
of these men have uncomplainingly given up
good positions to do this work, because they
felt It their duty to do so
Mark the gratitude of these rich and
greedy companies, one detail Is stationed
at Pittsburgh, and when the men get the
favor of a five-da) furlough home It ( okts
them a whole month's pay for their inllrond
fare Gratitude Would not a refund to
these men of this money be only common
Justice? Pay tier month, J15, iniliond faie,
17.50. St S. W.
Philadelphia, June .'6.
LIQUOR TYRANNY
7'o the Editor nf the Et rntng l.edyer
Sir -Senator lodges speech on the pro
hibition clause, of the food bill was a very
notable reflex of public opinion on a most
Important question At least seven-tenths
of the American people are moderate beer
drinkers, and to deprive them of what the)
have come to regard us almost a necessity
of life would be most unfair and unjust
A ban on tbe manufacture and sale nf
whisky would probably be wise at this time,
but lo place such ban on light wines and
beer savors loo much of needless tyranny.
Such a ban was not placed In Kngland
Wh), then, should It be resorted to here?
MODKIIATK DRINKER.
Germantown, June 29.
I -
IS PENNSYLVANIA FREE?
To the Kdlloi of Public Ledger
Sir "A government of the people, by the
people, for the people" is. I take it, about
the esseuce of true democtac) Have we
such a government at Harrlsburg In the
session lust closed a couple of men hm
een able to thwart and did thwait the will
of the whole city of Philadelphia, so far as
rapid transit is concerned As a matter of
fset. a couple of men rule tha whole of
Pennsylvania and these men united on any
single project can defy the will of millions
If such a condition of nffalra a condi
tion which cannot be denied prevails In
Pennsylvania, how then, can the Ke) stone
Slate write Itself down a democracy
Philadelphia, June t PAUL PHY
FR1GHTFULNESS AT HOME
To thr Editor of the Etcning Ledger.
Kir Vou are perfectl) right In condemn
Ing the outrages of the Germans on women.
as disclosed by )our Paris correspondent
but before'you attack again would It not be
well te take a survey of conditions here in
America! When J000 women enter Into a
league to conserve the morality of the
training camp at Newport there surely
must be something radically wrong, and as
for tha white slave trade In New York and
elsewhere It Is simply a tale of almost In.
credible degradation. In
Vice under any gulee la deplorable, but
vice commercialised under the very eyaa of
the police authorities la an abomination
That Is the state of affairs in many cities in
America Hsve you ever read of euch a
condition In any city of the German em-
PrT , A WOMAN.
Darby, Pa.. June SK,
WRITING ON THE WALL
To hs Editor of ihs Bvtnlnf hedgsri
lrHow tbe KaW must have howled
whea he waa told that 1.000,0 of the b7t
fflaelitsifsm In ilia -,) .at m. ii.s- . T""
S"- i 'LI ."V Lw."un.u Teer
If
UI
ii a
-i ttt a -xr tTTTrrvrr TWO 1
P.ArVT Htt (4WT AWAI YVAXXi ui
Amerloa. has vindicated Itself. And now
that our soldiers are nearlng the fighting
line, the War Lord of Truesla must. In
deed, be seeing the handwriting on the wall.
Surely the Germans cannot now expect to
be victorious
They may peak of Germanv as the Em
peior nnd "his" army, of Kngland as the
King nnd 'his' arm), but they must speak
of the I'nlted States as the people and
"their" army May its members help hold
up the light of civilization as well as did
those who have gone before them!
Philadelphia, June 6 A. L. M
WHAT AMERICA CAN DO
"It Is In the power of America to
become as invincible as Impregnable,"
declares George Cteel In Hverybody's.
"The producing capaclt) of the United
States Is more than that of any other
two nations. We supply the world with
three-fourths of its cotton and two-thirds
of Its copper , we are masters of the earth
In lion and steel and crude oil; we have
the largest railroad mileage; we lead all
peoples In invention. Ingenuity and Initia
tive; our financial resources almost equal
the combined wealth of Europe, and within
our borders ars over twenty-one million
men of military age All that we have to do
Is to make such careful and complete In
ventory nf our manhood and materials as
will permit a scientific plan of co-ordination
and utilization
"This Is the preparedness that the United
States has been striving to attain an In
dustrial preparedness that will guard
against confusion. Inefficiency and delay.
And the manner In which America has n.
ready responded proves that beneath all the
froth and spume there are depths of pa
triotism even as In tbe old days"
THE GREAT BELL ROLAND
Toll' Roland, toll'
- High In St. Bavon's tower
At midnight hour.
The great bell Roland spoke
And all who slept in Ghent awoke
-What l, meant by it, lron rol(e,
Wh) caught each man his blade.
J) hy the hot haste he marie"
vihy echoed every street
With tramp of thronging feet
All flying to the city's wall
It was the call
Known well to all.
That Freedom stood In petit of soma W
And even timid heatts ,, ",,M"" fo'
niienever Hoiand tolled.
And every hand a swoid could hold
Kor men
Were patriots then.
Three hundred years ago!
Toll' Roland, toll!
Hell never yet was hunr
Retwe.n whose Up. fher, gwu
ho true and brave a tongue'
--If men be patriots still,
At thy first sound
True hearts will bound
Great hearts will thrill
Then toll! and wake the test
In each man'a breast.
And let him stand confessed:
Toll' Roland, toll!
Not In St. Davon's tower
At midnight hour
Nor byui. Scheldt, nor by f.r.off ZuyUr
But here this aide tbe seal
Toll! Roland, toll! y
Toll! Thy alarm Is not too aoon!
1 "P.. eRlnr out " Letdsr'. call!
Rih0 U trm EMt o West
Till every dauntless breast
Sw,!1LbM"tn D,um and crest!
Toll! ReUud. uill '
Till swords from scabbards l..ni
Toll! Itoland. toll! ,Mpl
--What tears can widows w.
u"' b,,,To,!!"2 tn4.- - S,
Till cottager from oottage wall
Hnatch pouch and powder-horn a
The heritage of sir. and son!" " 8Un
trs half of Freedom's work was done!
Till aou. n memory af his sire
Onee more shall toad Md lira.
Toll! Holan. toiij
What Do. You Know?
QUIZ
I,
n what fVeoah department ta the tawa af
-ena, now aimoet tn lirltian nandaT
3. "Duke of Wellington" was a tlUe. What
was the real name ef the famous ten
eral? S. Vthat la rinnabar?
4. Who waa the ro-ralled "A dm Ira Hie Crbb-
ton"?
A. What la the aUtanee from the eiin te Ike
earth?
A. What la the nalsarlan name of DDlfarla?
?. What Knallah Qneen aala. "I have dona Knj-
land little food, but 1 alionlcl be nerrr ta
o It nnr harm1'?
8. Where are the CrelaaM?
8. Who was Mereater after whom Ike work!
map prejectlen la named?
0. Raw roanr palltlrnl parties nominated prral-
aentlal eendMates darins tha Drat Ua-
coln rampalcn?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. deneral Sibert Is In Immediate command el
Ifaa American troop that bare Jult landed
In Franca,
t. Slrnora RmdIII la the preaent Premier al
Italy.
i. The Uoule la the official name of the Greek
rarltameat.
. The "01 FrlU" allude t. hr the halaer
in hla reeeat apeerh waa Frederick tea
(Ireat of rmaala.
5. The two treat rltrra of Mesopotamia are
the Tbrrls an the Euphrates.
6. The area or rennarlrania la 45,215 lure
miles.
1, The American Independents resolution waa
artaallr pnaaed br C'ontress on J air I,
lit.
S. t.uteUa waa tbe ancient name of l'arla
durinr the Roman empire.
. Silting Hull was n famous Indian chief, lie
commanded tbe redaklns who delesws
uater at the fatal battle ef UUIa Uif
Horn In IR16.
10. Edmund Ilurke. the Kotllah staUamsn, it-
elared tbat "The people never site, eo
their liberties lint under some d"u"?i.
In a speech made to the eounlr rneeiui
of Rucks, Km la ml. In 1784.
THE R0SETTA STONE
A BLAB of black basalt, measuring J ft
9 inches, by I'feet 4, Inches, being 11
Inches, In thickness, revealed the long-lwt
tongue of Egypt
The Rosetta stone was rouna in u
M Rouseard. a French officer of englnetrt.
In the trenches of Kort Saint Jullen, nei
Rosetta, In northern Egypt, and is no la
the British Museum, In London. The uppt'
portion and the lower right hand corstf
have been broken away.
fpon this stone Is inscribed in hlere
rlvnMca In rtAtnHn wrIHnsf nnd 111 Greta
decree of the Egyptian priesthood, ;
sembled at Memphis, in honor of Ptolemjf
Bplphanes (B. C 205-181) It Is W I
March 27. II C. 195, and, after reciting Hit ,
numerous benefits conferred by EpIptasnM ,
upon his country as well as upon the tern- ,
pies snd tha clerg), provides that the Kl .
statue shall be placed In the sanctuary of '
every temple, and that divine honors shU
be paid him It is further provided thst
copy of the decree, lnscilbed upon a stele oi -j
hard stone, shall be placed In every te"
f the first and second rank .
The rjreek version of the decree, conuw- i
ins- flfv.fm,e lint. nf i-vi la well nreservta, I
although the ends of some of tbe lines V
broken away. Of the hieroglyphic inscrip
tion, fourteen partly mutilated lines, con
stituting about half the teat, remain, "
the demotic text (thirty-two lines) Is a!B0
entire. The Rosetta Htone, by placing
tliA feon.4. ne ..k.i. . Iaiic KarVDlias
text, repiesentlng different periods of tM j
language, logeiner wun a urecK n ,";.,
ftlrnlrn,1 tt,n .,an .l,rllV flL kllOWieAae
of the long-loat tongue of ancient Egypt "!
regained, and thus opened the way ior-'-
achlavamentH t mnrfrn f.fl-vrjtolOCy .
either trlllnvnnl lnj-elntfnn containing '
similar decree In honor of Ptolemr KVJi
getM I (B. -C, ttl-ttt) waa foua ;J
Tania ia 11(5 and has served to tonflna IPJJ
metnods and reaulu of the nrat oiuuu r-
ths lAntF-kafnlassas enisranai
A large share of the credit for unrU41Wj
the Egyptian hieroglyphics Is due IfJ:!
rrancois Cbaropolllon, the ceieDraiea '-,,
savant, born is Grenoble tn I70- CluinW
Hon worked upon the theory that tit
sclera uaed for writing roTl propr1jT5
were purely alphabetic By this tnej
was enabled to make out all tbe ajpaTj
characters, and lo read the names, net aw
of the Ptolemaic kings and of norosn tv
perors. but also of the Pharaoh ' TO
Old Empire He published an outline
j"in in ia. etrre ;oarups"""" "
a laiun -Bart af TC-vnll.n kljakarv ha
F
varusun aB9e e
raae much clearer to us tkaa tkat ot
a4 thnUwiM tWlIssstaaT ka-4taii stt