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OUR FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE
TN QUEPN'S HAUj Baturtjay Lloyd
Qeorge In opo nontcnco swept nil lncl
dentals asldo and showed beyond peratl
Venture why tho United States 1b nnd
iad to be a belligerent. "If EnBland had
not gono into tho war with her wholo
trcngth," ho said, "tho Monroe Doctrlno
would have been treated as a 'scrap of
paper' by Germany."
The revelations of German purpose and
German ambition now being made by
Ambassador Gerard through the columns
of tho Public Ledger remove all doubt.
A mania had seized on tho war lords. By
brute forco they had robbed Denmark,
Austria and Prance In turn of fair pos
sessions. Tho mailed fist had proved lt
elf the greatest of all territory-grabbers.
Bismarck and the men associated with
him In the organization of modern Ger
many did not dare go further. They had
expanded Prussian Influence beyond their
wildest hopes and they doubted if tho
World would enduro further aggression.
But the present Kaiser had a greater
vision. Ho subsidized German Industries
p.nd revolutionized the industrial status of
the country. He Bent Gorman propa
gandists into all parts of tho world. IIo
read Mahan's book disclosing tho Influ
ence of sea power on history, so ho had a
naval league formed and began the crea
tion of a great navy. Ho tried by every
conceivable device to prevent England
from keeping paco with this construction
program, hoping to fool her as ho had
fooled his neighbors in a military way,
for they did not keep paco with his war
preparations, being lulled Into a feeling
of security, ''Then at last, believing that
England had been persuaded to pursue a
policy of neutrality, he throw his legions
across Belgium and began tho brazen pro
gram whldh ho believed would leave the
Whole world hclpleis at his feet.
The German war lords are far-seeing,
Paris was 'but a way-station In their plans.
yith It taken, they could cross the Chan
nel and dump their veteran armies on de
fenseless London. And after London!
Ah, all South America under tho German
yoke,' and, If tho United States objected,
New York itself should bo a Teuton out
post and tho Atlantic from pole to pole
It German sea.
Americans hoped that the program of
devilry hod been definitely stopped at the
Marne. They expected that the British
army, growing In might, would overwhelm
t In the second year. Not until this
February did it finally dawn on all men
that the attack on free Institutions was
rooted deeper, that It dared challenge the
Whole world and that already it Insisted
on bringing the United States Into the
conflict. The unrestricted U-boat cam
paign ttos not merely a notlco to the
United States to get off the seas; it was
a notice also that forever after the United
States should formulate Its foreign pol
icy, according to German dictation. Had
we yielded to German presumption In
February, In another February a vic
torious Germany would have announced
her refusal to abide by the Monroe
Poctrlne and militarism would havo
established Its bases in the Western
Hcmlaphere.
We fight a .defepslye battje, even
plough the scene of it Js in France.
Civilization has annihilated distance; by
so doing f has tipped overboard the
natural defenses of America. A necessary
complement for our' protection Is annlhlla
( tlon of militarism. Our first line of de
fense has moved from t) Atlantic coast
o the frontiers of France. This amazing
fact is tha sober trutn. The nation would
doubt It to Its perl.
PROGRESS SQUEEZES OUT
INCOMPETENTS
fe
;, j PHILADELPHIA'S politicians and vot-K-
era are no batter 'and no worse than
( ; prjtw York's brand. Human nature being
ri T'fepictly the same in the two cities, it
( pwuld be' foolish, to say that the clean-up
$1 political life in Manhattan meant tnat
bad made great strides there
r J; ; ?, ""
Terk'haa In recent .years corns to realize
that a vast municipal organism aim
ply cannot bo run by men who would
not be competent to run a business estab
lishment employing several thousand
men.
The Tahimany Mayors havo been
squeezed out of existence by tho mere
growth and selftconsclous progress of a
city whose business had become too inv
portant to be trifled v'tti. Wo nro about
to Bee the samn process here. Just as tt
would bo Impossible to hand tho Baldwin
Locomotive Works over in childish men
who would np'polnt their relatlvps to Im
portant posts n tho management, or
change their minds i,pvnn tlrnps n week,
so it will be Impossible In hand Philadel
phia over to a new set of Iwnmpptcnts.
not hlep wiirrn c
Tim legend of French pxhaiiRtlnn, told
with blustering giro by tho German
Junker and with sympathetic pathos by
not a few misinformed Americans, is shat
tered to ncgllgthlo fragments by tho mag
nificent phalanx of farts inarshalnd by
High Commissioner Andro Tnidluii In his
explicit and iiuthoiltnllvo letter to Sccrc
tary Baker. Doubtless the Teuton mllltuty
cIIiiub will tako siiltoblo tare tlint this
complete expose of Its fuvoilte faliy talo
does not reach tho deluded German pen.
pie. Victorious glum alone will inaKo tho
refutation convincing to tho Knisui's btib
jeets.
But In America It Is Instantly and hap
pily inovltoblo that tho Ntory tint "Kinnce
Is bled whlto"bu licntruffii til unheard Wo
havo long thrilled nt French t mirage Wo
havo tingled ut tho gloilous spctttirlo of
Fronch prldo and Fiench devotion It
Heomed, Imleid.all but Impossible that any
nation could make such heroic Kaeiltlces
without marked diminution of strength. M.
Tardleu's letter, accurate, xpeolflc, brlst
ling with mighty flguiiH almost dlnp.18
slonatcly assembled, shows that with it
cur deep lovo for our first Ally wo had
forgotten how to reckon with Fiance.
Tho French lino today Is held by 3,000,.
000 men, a million more than weio main,
talncd in tho field by the Republic at tho
beginning of the war. On the western
front Gencrul Petuln's aimles hold E71
kilometers, British troops hold 13S and
Belgian twenty-beven. Since the battle of
the Marne, tho percentage of Fiench
casualties In proportion to the total num
ber of men mobilized has decicaied from
6.41 to 1.28. In heavy nitlllciy In August,
1914, Franco had 300 guns. She now has
CO00. Three years ugo tho capacity of
tho "76's" was 13,000 shots a day Now It
is 2C0.000. Bather incidentally M. Tar
rtleu adds that Franco has completely re
equipped and reaimed tho Belgian,
Serbian and Greek armies.
Wo havo uhvays known that Fianco
was brulo. Wo Itain now through it re
futable olllcfal sources that aftei three
ycais of supei human btrlfo she is still mi
perbly strong. Altogether Imincjbuubla
l? now tho tribute which civilization must
pay to a mliacle wot king nation thiough
countlcsE ages.
TAKING LIQUOIt OUT OF POLITICS
WG ARK apparently about to see a na
tional party which har maintained or
ganization since 1872 go out of existence.
The Prohibition amendment, passed by tho
Senate and doubtless to bo passed by the
House, when once reforrcd to tho States
wll relieve ubout 250,000 "conbdence
voters" of tho necessity of nominating
presidential and congressional candidates.
There can bo no excuse for demanding a
Prohibition administration when tho Gov.
eminent has granted tho supreme icquest
of the Prohibition party tho submlbsion
of tho "Eighteenth Amendment," Prohlbi
tiqnlets will thus bo enabled to havo
effectual opinions on great national Issues,
as members of the Republican and Demo
cratic parties, an Invigorating gain for
responsible citizenship in geneial, nota
bly clarifying tho political thought of tho
nation.
Congress was never the proper place
for the Prohibition propaganda. Noth
ing that was ever said In either chamber
about temperance or abstlnenco could
affect tho moral tone of the nation. If
tho amendment had been passed foity
flvo years ago, with nn lndeflnlto tlmo for
ratification, we would be no nearer or
farther from national prohibition than
we are as things turned out. Tho Prohibi
tionists simply used politics as a form ol
advertisement. They put the nvetage
voter in tho position of voting for liquor,
and, while most men continued to voto
for liquor, they could not go on doing so
without considering whether or not they
should drink as much of It nu before.
Prohibition arguments awoke employers
to tho realization that sober employes
were the best kind to have. Thus tho
"drys" were gaining social victories while
suffering political defeats tho victories
that count most.
No friend of temperance can regret,
however, that this tempting form of ad
vertisement has been frustrated by Its
own success, Tho Prohibitionists are
driving themselves out of congressional
affairs, ond must now put their whole
effort whero it should always havo been
exerted, In social education and local
democratic legislation to give naturally
"dry" communities the right to bo really
"dry." Already there arc signs that they
pee the change, as, for example, the
$t,000,000 advertising campaign proposed
by the Federal Council of tho Churches
of Christ In America. Wo can expect to
see much better work done for temper
once, nopr that Prohibitionists need no
longer be the allies of politicians who
don't care a snap of their fingers about
the mon questions nvolyed, and whose
"yorjt for tie drys" has often done more
to becloud and delay tho settlement of
the Issue than to advance It.
The surest auguries of peace are
the guns of Hatg,
The' Aufltrlana are making great
progress In conquering Austria.
The ways of diplomacy are mys
terious. It made war on forty eight
hours' notice. It may proyo as neat a
juggler In unmaking it.
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Th'tre is one thing a man should
guard above all others, and that' is his
health. Less work on a hot day means
better work on a cool one.
Down In South Carolina "Cole"
pease is preaching that this Is an un-
war-, avery ihm he' saakM a
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"SIZjENCE of god.
IS IMPRESSIVE"
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A Priest's Rebuke to a Bereaved
Father nnd the Reflections of y
a Man Who Knows War
Ily HENRI HAZIN
Blair Correspond! ol the Evening ledger
in France.
PA11I8, July IB.
I STUNT a recent ovenlng In the company
of a dozen tnfti if havo Fomcthlng of
reputation In the arts and professions they
follow. Tlioy ttcro painters, litterateurs,
Journalists of International reputation, and
a priest of tlin Ilomnn ruthollc Church,
pnslor of ono of tlio most Important
churches In Paris Home, with hlm, were
devout Otliprs were of liberal vliiw. Ilul
hey all knew each other, and, what Is more,
Iked each other for the man In rsch of
them respecting where dlfn'- rlnn with
opinions.
Tho war wns, of coiirfe, the nu'ii topic
of convcraatlon, Its horrors, Its duration,
Its heroisms, Its countless examples nf de
votion nnd wicrlfloe, Its pretent phnse of
union wlmrcln tlio Issuo Is narrowed down
to a conflict between the human ruro with
right on ono side. ng.ilnRt tlio Herman raco
with wrong upon tho other.
Ono man, who had lobt thrro sons, tlio
last within a month tit r, my, suddenly re-
pro tchid Providence for permitting rontlii
ti.uico of a thrco jeani' mussacro with tlm
IhBiio so clear, forte ihtlng that over tho
bca wiro thousands of fntlieni nnd niothtis
doomed, through this vurv rontltiunnre, to
sorrowB tiny could not now fully undir
Ktiind, and unking why tho triumph of
right nnd JiiHtlre should tiitnll now grief
and unborn mourning.
Tho prleht, who had been silent lit Ilia
main, sutlcluilj spake ns If lomlng out of
ii reverie ialiig Jiift thcro words:
'The sllcnco of God Is hnprcsMvc and be
yond our understanding"
No rcpty was made, and presently the lit
tle company illhperbed.
"But God Has Spoken"
On my way homo I thought of his words,
trjlng to dissect llieli meaning, to fathom
tho thought that gavo birth to them And
suddenly It Hushed across my mind that If
Ood was, or seemed to us who ieo In be
fogged vision, apparently blltnt ns to Ills
Almighty nlms, It wns becauso Ho had al
ready i-pnken, and thnt wo had not or per
haps would not understand
Tor nre wo not dally unworthy of listen
ing to Hlm7 Are wo silent enough, sincere
ly prayerful enoqgh7 Are we. of sufficient
faith Do wo not flippantly protest too
much, unliumlily dlscourbe too much, llko
too well tho sound of our own voices, wast
ing our energy In bonorous nnd us-tless
phra&e? Aro wo given enough to soli
tude? Are wo sclf-didaetlc enough?
Wo Ubten eagerly for tho echo of battle,
and tho nearer echoes upon tho highways
about us The least rumor, the flimsiest
new pronunclamento, tho latest huo apd
cry, mivliap hair Invented, occupies and
agitates us Wo llvo In too Ilttlo Intimacy
with ourselves, strangers to our medltntlons
and our thoughts And thus, most of us
have but a vaguo Idea of even tho stupen
dous present In which wo aro living. Wo
Ignore or condemn It as It mars nnd bruises
our hopes and our desires. We have In
ability to comprehend, Impotence hi taking
sufllclcnt p ilns at breadth of understanding
So that which conies haphazard to our
dlbcernment wo note but In Its passing,
superficially, as would a curious child In
capable of reflection, a child nmuseJ nt a
new toy, frightened at u new fear, without
the capacity of probing as to tho why, tlio
imans, the aim, tho end.
Wo do not dlagnoso nor do wo suspect,
perhaps, tho relations of things and events
to each other, relations often obscurely and
lengthily distant, jet In some measure trae'o
ablo In reason or logic through effort and
meditation. Hut tho facet satisfies us; tho
outer crust spelling appearances s the sum
nnd subbtunce of our dajs; wo nto mildly
Interested or slightly diverted or offended;
wo do not grasp Montaigne's meaning when
ho spoke of "beallng himself within his
library"; wo do not, In other words, "take
tho tlmo born of desire ' to philosophize
upon events, to traco their caubes as
we can, to understand In part their Intents
and consequences. Wo do not lntcnogato
ourselves, nor truly obbervo Wo do not
genuinely look about us, beneath us, nbovo
us, nor In substanro ccerclbo the God-glvcn
gift of thought to humans, tho highest of
tho Almighty's blessings.
How We Can Hear God's Voice
Tor It is In our power at least to live in
something of a twilight Instead of darkness.
It is ours to choose. And most of us aro
content w lth plalntlxonrralginiciit of this or
that, suiting our fantasies nnd our desires,
remaining In great proportion tho butts of
error and Illusion. Out of tho latter at any
rate we build Idols, as have tald ancient
philosophers, we build In hope for good, a
mirage created by ourbelves, a. mirage with
nothing of logic or reason in its foundation,
unsolld In Its construction nnd architecture,
becauto It Is founded upon tho sands of ap
pearances or hypothesis alone,
Others do likewise, tell us of their dreams
and wo add them to our own, because they
aro pleaidng, or because they embody tho
bum and substance of our hopes Wo lack
tho humility or the sentiment or tho under
standing of our own Inadequacy. Wo substi
tute our petty alms and desires, our little
combinations for and efforts for an under
standing, however vague, of tho Inscrutable
ways of God In Itself a lack of humility.
I feel that In this partial diagnosis of
tho priestly sentence Inciting this writing
perhaps I lay clear something of tho
unspoken thought behind It. For when
this priest spoke of God's silence, tt waa
neither In Intent of complaint nor aston
ishment. Ho merely opened the gate
through which Invitation to thought comet
at the abklng, and rebuked those among
us who. llko tho 'mass of our fellows, talk
aloud, saying nothing. Ho but counseled
a little reserve, a silence of meditation
that would better fit us for Interpreting
and comprehending tho silence of God, that;
thus wo might be permitted approach Jo
tho outer ridge of His meaning.
Would the world bo better If this view
of earthly things were common Instead of
being most rar7 I think so; nnd 'In the
thinking am reminded of liaclne's "Atha
Ile," of Ahnor's complaint to Joab, tho
high priest, upon the silence of the qod of
Israel and of Josh's reply.
We cannot all partake or smypathlzo
with tho fath and the certitude of Jpab.
Justice, liberty, conscience have their be
lievers, too, and their faith Is as stable as
that of the Christian. Let us combine them
In one and keep them over green and bright
before us, o supporting column for our
patience, a staff to lean upon in these times
that try men's souls.
Ood's sllencaVJs only becauso we have not
truly listened. God's triumph Is as sure as
tomorrow's sun. We are but wealfllpgs,
unable to understand. If we who know whjat
this war s, and you who read, having it
till to learn In personal eocrlflce, wll Jean
upon Him, He will Jaad us to the end In
volving victory and triumph for our pause
of right, of Justice, of honor. If the path
seems dark, if the way is full of thorns, It
Is because His holy ways have bo prer
scr)bpd. And we will see Its distant light
beyond us, If, ear to tho ground, we llstep as
He speaks, as He speaks constantly, as He
nAB.Mnu id j'vcwtijij tu mi i.oi.ut wfl)
luw; given iua uuru ana uut pw. Ml jr.
Tom Daly's Column
' Tim VILLAGE rPEf
(Continued from Saturday)
Whenever it's a (Saturday an' half your
u-orff to through
An' some one call to tace lot out, pray
uiat are you. to dot
An' tf the caller has a car tvith only seats
for tfto
i'no wouldn't jump to ride In fo see
what news Is newt
Ohl Colonel Kolb's n baker man, W Colo
nel Kolh's no loafer
When thcr&s a decent road ahead an' h&
his only "showfer,"
An' far across the shining hills his caun-
tty home an' dinner
Aro calltna him to speed It up. Who
ti.uuhln't be a slnnert
Who wouldn't say that holding on with
fingertips prehensile
it'ne tnora exhilarating than the frel of
lllalsdcll pencltt
An' If the thrill of riding ictlh the tempter
overcame me
An' made me chuck the work In hand, I
unndcr who couVl blame ?ite.
Tiin III on
Out of tho heat
Of tho brlck-wallPd street,
To tho country toad
And Home tho goad!
i'olsrd on thn hill.
With her heart n-thrlll,
Awaiting her wings,
The motor sings.
Spread her wings vvldel
And nlort, clear-eyed,
Take tho vvas you know
And let her got
Dip to tho vnlo,
Past the hedge-rows fail;
'Twlxt the fields of corn.
Lift up your horn.
This hill, tho next,
Are of ruts unvoxed;
Tnko thorn both on high '
And fly, man, fly!
Slow down the paco
For this awkward place.
Now ahead; full play
Avvnyl away!
Sunset's to spill
On tho highest hill
But ii purer gold
Its shadows hold.
For thero wo turn
Where the home lights burn,
And our wild ride ends
As night descends.
If you'll ncnll last Saturday and think of
It thii minute
You'll readily agree with me the smile of
Ood was in it.
An' granting that you must admit, what
logically follows,
tt was a day to be abroad on happy hills
an' hallows
An' not to cat your heart out in an office
close an' musty,
Like grouches old an' crusty when you
should be young an' lusty.
Ohl better far to seek the beauty Nature
Is i dealing
Than try to pull a poem from the cob
webs on the celling I
IN THE AUGUST NIGHT
The day Is done, with all the heat
That swathed tho swooning city.
Tho dusk that falls no cool and sweet
Is doubly sweet with pity.
To thoso the blazing sun oppressed,
What tlmo ho played the hector,
The night-wind comes from out tho west,
A Ilebo bearing nectar.
Impartially she gives to all
A blessed draught ecstatic;
The ennuyo in pleasure's hall,
Tho sick child In the attic.
She seeks the squalid haunts of sin,
With gentle self abasement,
Sho steals with inspiration In
The poet's open casement.
I watch tho pensive poet there,
Beside his window dreaming.
To him the night, bo calm and fair,
With rhapsodies Is teeming.
Up through tho fields of twinkling spheres
His raptured soul Is winging,
And In his fancy's flight ho hears
The very heavens singing.
Sing, poet! Sing the night-wind's song,
And weave your fancies through It;
Some heart, world-weary, In the throng
Will beat responsive to It.
Bo, when on such a Saturday but half
yotr work is through
An' soma ono calls to take you out, pray
what arc you to dot
An' tf the caller has a car with only seats
for two,
Who wouldn't jump to ride In It to see
tchat news is newt
mMm&V
ssssssMratnTJ
THE after-dinner or luncheon speaker
who Bpouts geysers of statistics nnd of
efllclency formulae for tho benefit of clvlo
and commercial bodies might bo sur
prised and shocked if some other statisti
cian could lay before him figures showing
what percentage of his hearers vvero
helped n the least by his message. Tho
business man who has learned a new
cross-lots path to success doesn't go
nround erecting finger-posts to any grout
extent. But the bwt, collector we eyer
knew 'put us wise to this trick sevetul
days ago:
'A man who owed me a bunch of money
would let me talk to him over the tele
phone, hut when I went to his office he
was ulways out. One day J telephoned to
him from an offlco next door to his. He
answered and I told him I was glad to
catch hrn Jn his ofl)ce apd would he wait
a minute? Then I hurried Into his build
ing and when the attendant tried to bar
my way I assured hm Mr, Slopay wca
waiting to tak to mp. We'll go n to
gether,' I said, 'and we'll 'find him with
his ear to the phone.' I collected my
money."
THE LADY WITH THE GINGHAM
APHON
Says: "Days, d'ye mind, I don't speak to
the neighbor woman next door bekase I'm
too busyin' other days rm top good na,
a....J tl A. J MMMa SesV.J.. . .
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THE INSECT
THE VOICE OP
THE PEOPLE
Teuton "Kultur" Philosophy and
the Power of Prayer Amer
ica's Potash Resources
This Department Ii tree to all readers viho
lolslt to express thilr opinions on subjects of
current Interest. It is an open orum and the
Evening Lcdair assumes no responsibility tor
the tlcua ol Its eorrcspondents. Litters must
be algiud by the name and addnss ol the
turllcV, not niccsiartlv lor publication, but o a
puaremtee 0 good Jaith.
GERMAN MATERIALISM
To the Editor of tha Evening Ledger:
Sir In your Inspiring editorial on Satur
day, entitled "In Prajer Is the Power of
Many Army Corps," ou speak of the
greedy materialism of tho alchemists who,
catching a glimpse of tho wonders of
chemistry, thought they could create untold
wealth If only they could find the philos
opher's stone, which would transmute all
baser substances Into gold
They made tho simo blunder that 'tho
Germans aro now making, for they misin
terpreted what I havo long believed to In
a profound spiritual messago delivered by
somo unidentified religious teacher of the
early centuiles .This prophet, doubtlcs,
dcclind that there was a formula wheh,
If applied to the lllng of men, would trans
form all those things which seem unwoithy
Into the most precious nnd most-to-be-de-slrcd
possessions of men IIo was using a
metaphor In speaking of a spiritual con
cept of life, a concept whuui raises tho
humblest duties to tho rank of thoso which
seem highest, becauso all alll'e aie neces
sary to be done. George Herbert sensed
tho snmo truth when, 300 jears ago, ho
prayed that God would teach him to teo
that whatever he did "to do it as for Thee."
He continued:
A servant with this clauee
Mikea drudgery dllnc
Wlui sweeps a room nu for Thy laws
Mukca that un) th' action fine.
This la the- fnmniia atonn
'that turnelli all In cold
For thit which (Joti iloth touch and own
Cannot for lees bo Bold,
Hut the alchcmlstB sought for a mnterlal
substance and to chango other materials
Into something better. They missed tho
spiritual significance of llfo and wcro un
able to comprehend tho power of spiritual
forces In llko manner, tho Germans of to
day seem to think that 'kultur" Is a sort
of phllotopher's stone that will chango tho
world Into n acrmnn planet. Their God Is
a German God nnd they are puffed up with
the conceit of men who know ns littln
of the forces that rulo tho world as the
alchemists knew of tho constitution of
matter. The permanent things nre lofty
Ideals, nnd faith In them will transform
this world In tlmo into a better plnco where
such materialistic dreams as fill the German
mind wl have no place. Tho Alllos are
workers together -with God to hasten the
day when faith shall triumph and tho pray,
ers of the .righteous shall avail over the
powers of darkness. G. W, D.
Philadelphia, August 6,
POTASH SUPPLY GUARANTEED
To ie Editor of ths Evening Ledger:
Sir In muklng this broad statement the
writer is mindful of the apprehension and
timidity of capital Investing In what s
virtually an untried field, one over
which has hovered tho scepter of German
mopopoly of this Important salt slnco the
famous mfnes at Strassfort were discovered
In 1660. So deeply and adroitly has the
German potash propaganda Inculcated on to
the very fiber of our mapufacturfera and cap
tallsts the futility of any other source, of
poash that what little has been done to
prove the absurdity of bucii erroneous state
ments has been at a tremendous cost and
sacrifice.
But light Is breaking; our natural re
sources, tremendous as they are, are, ever
ready to band over to scientists, capital and
husbands of industry not only great wealth
to the pioneers, bu( a continuous and per
manent flow Into tho wealth of our country
through the ages to pome, and what Is in
finitely greater to every true American, na
tional Independence from the dictation of m
raaMVifngwi
Bpeaks of the exaggerated Idea of the value
of potnh ns an e'-'-entlnl clement in artificial
feitlllzer. The answer to this Is that Ger
many used before tho war and her area
Is less than tho State of Texas twice
as much potash ns we did, and her average
of wheat per acre was 31 2 bubhcls against
14 7 bushels per acre In America. And Ger
man) 's Inciease In bushels per aero In ten
jeais previous to the war was 47.8 per cent
nnd Ameilca 15 7 p?r cent in ten years pre
vloui to the war. The same conditions held
good, nnd even more so regarding ro, oats,
barley and pitatocs; In fact, the average
Vleld of potatoes In Get many per aero pre
vious to the war was J10 bushels. Hvery
faimer knows that nn average of 100 bush
els per aero Is tremendous on our broad
acres
Tho sam conditions held good In Hol
land With an nrca cnual to that of New
Jersey nnd Connecticut, sho used three
times as much potash per aqo as these
States and a total amount of one-seventh
our entire consumption previous to tho war
hhe produced crops tvvlco or thrlco as laige
as tho nverago jleld of our farmers
Thero Is no substitute for potash; It Is as
Btaplo ns gold ; a component of animal, min
eral and vegetable existence. Aa u plant
food thero Is nothing to take Its place; It
has a value In the way of nutrition to vege
table llfo that Is Just as essential and Just
ns Important as a well-balanced diet Is to
tho sustcnanco of the human body.
This article proceeds to deal with the
"disappointing progress toward discovering
new sources ot potash." Men of the highest
scientific nttalnment, engineers of nblllty
and success, havo given as their opinion that
deposits of such magnltudp In one of our
country's natural resources alone contains
sufficient potash to Bupply America for
generations anil commercially compete with
German even in normal times without a
tariff protection.
However, If our statesmen would take
tlio broad, sens ble view of tho Immense Im
portance of potash as one of tho essentials
to our national life and place a tariff on tho
Importation of potash salts, it would bo but
a llttjo while until our different national re
sources would yield all the potash we could
use And the great Increase of food from
our broad acres Cauld feed tho world.
And we, too, oiuld glvo employement to
an army of laborers, as Germany does, to
moro than 36,000 laborers In normal times
In her potash Industry.
This article further Implies that no mate
rial success has" been obtained In thn pro
duction of potash from alunlto.
If any ono will tnko the troublo or oppor
tunity to look up the reports filed with the
State of Utah for 1916, which reports are
under oath, nnd at the sanio time tho net
profits are subjected to a State tax, will
find tho report of n company that Is manu
facturing potash from aluntte. Which re
port is herein shovyn:
Net proceeds for tho year 1916.. $70, 484.76
Gross Income 610,266.45
Cost of operation 539,781.V
Net Income being J70.484.7C, arising from
production of 2772 1-3 tons of potash. This
report nhowB tho entire cost of Installation
of plant and expenditures, and beyond ths
(25 per ton profit, nnd without the separa
tion of any by-product and Its added or
prospective value.
Therefore, nature onco aealn at I ho rail
nnd behest of man s unlocking from hr
bountiful resources another of her rich off
springs, of which our broad land mothers
more than any other apd on earth,
Time will develop and conclusively dem.
onstruto that It Is ttue In America, as U has
been In Europe, that a large consumption
ot fertilizer goes hand In hand with a highly
developed and Intensive system of agricul.
ture. . HOMr.lt C. BLOOM," M. p,
Philadelphia, August 5.
WANTS DATA DN MEDALS
To f is Editor of the Evening Ledgtr;
Sir I am obliged to you for your court
eous reply to my Inquiry about the inscrip
tion pn the Washington medal, but it leaves
the original Inscription still a mystery. Your
suggested explanation of the faulty Inscrip.
tlon, poor Latin ty among Americans of a
century ago, Is Just and pertlnppt, witness
the motto ef the order of the Clnclnnntl,
conspicuous on the notable Civil War mem
prlal at the head of Boston Commons under
the very nose of the sacred cpdftih. Bui
that motto contains a somewhat pardonable
solecism; this on the Washington medal
contains with some good Latin Some words
not only from Latin, but from any Intelllal,
ble form. As soon as my health permits it
t ever dpes, I shall be Interested In conralt
"jZr'l.srJ "rrj moiiad. i won.
SmaHIV " - i . -d.1-
- rr-w i m ipueiu in rMorfl..
Alt AiflSei a..i.i ' . .."'?
What Do You Knowt'-jg
UU1Z. Sl
Cltiiens of what State 1ib.t made tie ss
Tlnlent resistance to the draft Uw ll
dote? l
What city la the capital of Bidcowtsat
Who wns General Krdelll?
What notion lm the natlonnl Itotueefl
renenmiH cs taken on tne rood-e
ouir
What la the significance of the en
--miiinKiKaie"T - fj
nat is the ratlnr of a National i
iiiuiH'iniir
What is nn natrolnbe?
What part of France Is called the MUtte
Mho wrote "The Ancient Mariner"! 1
Who.salil "Ulille there Is life tlftnM
boiio".' " )
Answers to Saturday's Qulx jl
nr i luieci -Miner nnii i,rc ii nmiii I
iiwwi to nuiitiite u Joint inptrm l t
Four hundred and tnent nlrpIanH '
nt In battle on the "extern fra
July.
James R. Carllelil. former Secretary tf.
iiirr.or, in urn i ri)s illrerior 0 i
Indiana anil part of I(eiituck,
Tlio river 7lrorz la on the Buio-flHi
frontier.
An ace limit of forty-five ! fviref
Major (icnerul I'rrililnK for, ,
iiuuru loninianner rr' nerviie in n
Detection of , niinffrf!t!ni? ;-nif rrotM
of ti iHTMin of (ho I're-hU-'-t art
no thief duties of the I :iHtd It
ceiret service in times or peice.
Ethel n.irrvmnrn -ml Vtirl VI aim
eminent nclrexles, vvcre Lorn In fl
M!-Illll,
Tlif. treaty for the purchnee of tl'f Pi
Wrrt. Indie Id the t'nltrd r-fatM
Klcneil a jt-nr into InM Snt'irli'.
llenJHinln 1'rniiMln mid ''Thno li 1
ClVM til, PMHfMittnl Hlir4i fnr tie tt
n ;, little IriniHirnn .ifft deserve Bel
Illiertj nor muetj."
10. The. chief lilstorlenl Minree of Illckeni'l
Tnlo of ro titles" wux Cnrlile's 'f
xrnicii Jif!oiition."
A TRIUMPH OF NEPOTISMfl
TiruuuiiN oxtcutlvii n Pennsyliamas
Philadelphia havo never done Ml
for their relatives aa Xhomas McKean, '
was elected Governor of tho Cornm
wealth In 1802 McKean appointed j
relative after another to lucrative P"''
else prevnlled upon his party to elect th
At last, In 1800, t'lla nepotism bocaimf I
chief political Issue of the pommunltJ
In tho July of that year the florin
appointed Dr George Buchanan, hli PPj
clan, ns Hill s.claii at tho Lazaretto. Dn
Buchanan had for seventeen year bMM
ruiicn anu resident of Maryland, not an
Ing In Pennsylvania until after the W
ment was made. This was IntolerM
The Aurora, under tho title. 'Trie H
Famllv." unvH tha rnllnurln,? Hat of Pin
connected by blood or marriage wl'H I
famllv Of thrt Hntcrnni'uhn lipid OlflCf
thft KtAtf Willi thn calarlntt nttAChlAI
their positions; 1
Thomas McKean, Govcrpnr, ?5MJJ
josepn u. "McKean (Bon). Attorney
era, $5000; 'Tlminas McKeap. Jr. '3
private secretary, fpu; Tnomas iv
Thompson (nenliew). Secretary of tin) S
monwenlth, 25p; Andrew Pettlt im
law), flour inspector, I6000; Andrew II
ard (brother-ln-lavy of Pctttt), auctlOi
82E00' Dr. Dnnrira ItilnVinnan nf UllUH
fson-ln-law), Lazaretto physlclap, t
Wlllam McKonuan (brother-ln-UVfj
Thompson), prothonotary of Wa'W'1'!
COUntV. S1000- Andrnu. TTenderSOn (OeS
of the Governor), prothonotary of lliuttj
aon county, 1800; William maw
(cousin of the Governor), brigadier b
tor of Huntingdon County. (160!
Huested rfnthnr.ln.lnw nl ThomP
clerk In the Comptroller's offiCe. fl
Joseph Heed (a nr relative of PttHJ
Bayard), prothonotary of the PHP"
Court, $2509, jifj
Even before thin list was nubllshea, 1
Aurora was being sued by the Governofj
inree nuei casep, and by Marquie ir
T.pfnr ftiA ftlnBo A Titf th tiiihllsher 1
- i-ap wa- tfuj .fis I'ttrM-n sal
the defendant In sixty or beventy wj
BUltfl. and Wan lfAnlnir Hi. Mtv In A .64
rtant state of turnol wonderlnff wJilJ
wQiua puu-iiim net. But w naa nii r
frtf thft nnvaamnn a.eaa i. c-sii a-Arl InirV Ulll
uuyPMUI WfB tlaPrf fill "'Jj
out all the "frferfds pf the pw .1
office, as f,ar as possible, To eopolllMjJ
vpiionems, ne appointed wiilism tpai;
a PederflllRt. nhiar lutitli-a
McKean added tn h'i unpopHttrH"!
snemjing tpe annual dinner ' "
Ceorge Society In Philadelphia, it WHi
;,p"v. .1" ,r'p Mng ' was urup. iw j
Ilepubllcans." a fw days llf 'tiJ
annum meeting, Bunpiea ins ,
toast: "WlllLam lHlt tha mmnun !
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