.' S3 '''""n f .,. i-f - . ' r'. ,,; : . - 1 - -! . -. ,-r-iT-k t Ue-tyer rUBLTC LEDCER COMPANY SCTRUS X. X CURTIS, PtMtoixT trmi M. feuainston. vie rreaiaenti jona artln. Secretary d Vraoureri rhlllp 8. .John B, Wllliajn, John J. Bpurseon, Whaler, Director. EDITORIAL BOARD I Crttra & X. Cvsni, Chairman. WHALCT Editor C. MArtTIN.. General Bualnen Manarer iltahed dallr t Pobuo l.lKlin nulldlnl, jaaepeaeance square, rnuaaeipnia. in Cixtsal... Broad; and Chutnut BtrMte autio Cut. . ,..... .Te-tion Uulldlnr r Toe.... ........ .209 Metropolitan Tower "'- tut as. ? " w " f ' "?. IStxuas 1202 Tritun$ iiuiiaittM .-it NEWS 8t7RBATJ8l Wi ?Jfw Toic Buuto The nnn Dulldlaf t .' 'XoSDON ilUMMAU MAftOill Itbufet. Mil... STf-FAiis Bcumo ...82 nue Louli le Urana V w Tha Etikiko I.1MI1 It rvnl to ubscrlbtr i.m PhH.daitiht. and .urrounaina- town, at the '"tato of twelve 12) cente par week parable .'. 't tBr mall to' points cutelde of Philadelphia. In V awalonsj poetaca free, fifty (60) cente jr A ausnih. HI lis) dollar Mr year, parable In .VI jMtum. to. tui Bontn. rorebm countrlea on (It) dollar per MAvtrm Mnberlhra wlihln addreea chanfeu '. anat lra old ai wall at new addreai. BILL, WW TAUWT XEYSTOXI. MAIN IMO i ' . IfiUmi all communis lloiu to JSrtMng htigwr, iMfeymtfenca S Quart, FMtiyUltMa, " KrriBSo at th rstt.inat.rnii rojTorncs ai OOXD-CLAU Milt MATTBB r ' ntedelp.le, Wedaeidar, Ant U, 191T ,THE CITY MOVES WHILE ITS OFFICIALS SLEEP ;$ QINCB tho Etknino Ledoer brought . forth th gna lsu although th pro total tht tho five-cent reduction In the prlc vr thouiand feet should be passed en to the ptople hu been Indorsed by rerjr newspaper whloh has given the ubjeot attention no expression of opinion ha been pried loose from tho Mayor or any of his advisers. Controller Walton. Who la Interested chiefly In seeing that there la enough money on hand to meet demands, has enough backbeno to declare where he stands, but the Mayor does not know. He Is somewhat amazed, wo sur mise, to discover that there Is to be a five-cent reduction In the company's prlco. Ordinarily, In vlow of the fact that every previous reduction has boen greedily wallowed by the city troasury, and slnco the peoplo voted In 1911 for elghty-cont gas but wero prevented by tho Organiza tion from getting It, It would appear that a public official would ho In no doubt whatever as to the proper courso to pur sue In the Instant case. But tho Issuo prang Into being too fas. Thcro was no time for a gang conference on It, and how Is a gang politician going to know what to do beforo ho has an opportunity to find out what the leaders want htm to do? We are not worried about the pooplo getting the nickel that belongs to them. The Mayor and his advisers aro not play ing with buzz sawB. In duo tlmo they will be explaining that they never had any Idea other than to 'pass the rcductlen along to the publlo and will bo patting themselves on tho back for their philan thropy. There Is not nerve enough In City Hall to back another gas grab. But what very citizen should be worried about Is the stupid, dull Inertia that characterizes the conduct of municipal affaire. Thero hasn't been any reform or Improvement Initiated In City Hall for so long that the mere birth of an Idea would cause an ox plosion. To be sure, private Individuals now and then suggest an obvious pro cedure, and City Hall grabs It If there Is a tacit understanding that the administra tion will be given the credit, but the pov erty of constructive statesmanship Is so acute that famine conditions prevail. Months ago the U. a. I. let It be under stood that a reduction In the final price of gas to consumers would be gratifying to It, atnoe a stimulation of use was de sirable. That constituted an Invitation, If ottx officials had cared to see It that way, for conferences looking toward mutual tsonoesslons by, the city and the company, to the very, great relief of every dttaen who uses gas, and to the greater ultimate profit, by a paradox of eoonomloa, to both company and city. But old the Mayor Initiate negotiations? He Aid not la fact, he did nothing at all, as usual, but pursued his accustomed policy of watchful waiting.. Why should he bother with gas? Didn't everybody know that a reduction of rates for electricity had come during his administration? In deed, the Organization has even permitted the city to reimburse Mr. Cooke for his expenses In winning that fight, after Councils had refused to aid In Its prosecu tion In any way, manner, shape or form. A leadership vigilant In protecting the' people's rights, earnest In looking for opportunities to relieve the burden of the poor, watchful to prevent extortion, sin cere In administration of municipal affairs would have been fighting months ago for eighty-cent, not ninety-flve-cent gas. But the administration has been too busy with ether things. It is not even suro of ninety, flye-cent gas. We venture to assert, nevertheless, that there will be few Coun dlmen elected in November who have not pledged themselves absolutely in favor of rTKtving the publlo the nickel that belongs Mjato It, If not two or three other nickels that ' .-, also belong to It ' ' , iptHTEN BY HIS OWN HAND v '(TUTR. OBRARD would be In the Ananias , club if he had not taken precautions. .'The, Kaiser never said It," begins to runibj out of Qermany before the publl- aalslaBaM af lkat ewnanrewl amr.tr Yibva h.j F&- 3217-21 " .t .-.- .rili Z . , ipP tw m.,uv w vuu"b forxu- &fc. '- - i mi :-. . . - c, w. uerara waa.net ten- r saasVvtta was mug few a4 everything . It floes not require an army of handwriting experts to identify the chlrography. It is the Kaiser's own. Ho can't repudiate his own writing, and tho Germans won't repudiate him. so tho fact will havo to Btand. ' If the world, had more samples of Im porinj intelligence, unadorned by court editing, wo suspect that the Germans themselves would begin to unaorstanu that tho Kalsbr, Instead of attempting to cram "Kultur"' down the throat of tho world, ought to bo taking spoiling lessons in a little red schoolliousc. CRADE-CROSSING DEATHTRAPS EIGHTY-EIGHT PEH CENT of tho pedestrians klllod and Injured nt Pennsylvania grndo crossings during the yoar ended Juno 30, 1017, crawled under the protecting gates, after they had been shut" down. Tho strict moralist may say that theso rockloss person courted death on their own Initiative. But tho truo humanitarian must fool that tho hlnmo lies farther back. No grndo crosslnB Is "fool-proof." No amount of precaution ary contrivances can check tho traglo heedlessness of tho American In a hurry. Tho only good grado crossing Is ono that Is extinct. England loarnod that years ago. Lovol rnllroad crossings aro ns nrchalc thcro as Btngo coaches. Until wo can say the sorao thing of our own Commonwoalth tho Btructuro of our mothods for safeguarding human llfo will bo rickety and Jerry-built. According to tho latest nnnunt report of tho Bureau of Accidents of tho I'ubllc Scrvlco Commission, 201 persons wero killed at grade crossings and 305 Injured during tho yoar that ended with tho last day of June. This Is a grim record. Moroovcr, tho number of accidents Is alarmingly Incrcasod over thoso of tho previous year. Automobllo catastrophon wero tho most numerous, and facts phow that most of tho rash motorists had full knowlodgo of the dangers of grado crossings. Bcllanco on good Judgment to Insplro cautiousness Is theroforo Insufficient. The abolition of tho deathtrap Itself Is tho only suro means to prevent recurrence of such useless tragedies. feiPECT DELAY OF PROHIBITION Considered Unlikely Thnt House Will Pass Amendment This Session MR. GLASGOW DECLINES IT IS unfortunate that Mr. Glasgow finds himself unnblo to bo a candklato for District Attorney. Tho community, wo bcllovp. has a right nt this tlmo to draft Its ablest citizens for service. It Is truo thnt tho typo of men peculiarly fitted for public ofllco aro usually no successful In prlvuto llfo that ronl sacrlflco Is Involved In tholr nccoptanco of tho peoplo's com mission. It Is equally truo that municipal govornment In America hns boen a dis grace to tho nation for tho very reason that bo fow of thoso men dedicate thorn selves to tho publlo servico, lrrospectlvo of tho cost. Mr. Glasgow would havo faced tho op position of the Organization, and It would havo required superb skill and wonderful efficiency to havo won the fight; but his moro candidacy unquestionably would havo raised tho political standards of tho com munity, Just as his success would havo been a promlso of rich returns In good govornment and fearless administration of tho law. DRIVING THROUGn IN THE early days only by lavish expen diture of flesh and blood could tho Allies hold back the Teutonic machine, com plete In all Its parts and armed with guns of Batanio magnitude. It seemed nlmost madness to attempt to resist tho hurri canes of death which tho Germans wero ablo to turn loose. Thoy had convertod every invention of tho human mind to tho dlnbollc purpose of destruction. They did not dream that any human bravery or any human skill could meet this mennco they had contrived. But toddy, along tho western front, they find themselves op posed by artillery oh devastating as their own. All accounts agreo that in volume, accuracy and elToct tho allied artillery at last has tho upper hand. This is an achievement which is one of tho miracles of tho war, not to bo ostlmnted proporly until tho full history of tho conflict is written and tho herculean work dono by Franco and England, aided by America, behind tho linos, Is made perfectly clear. Tho Allies may not win through to tho submarine bases this summer and recover the Belgian coast; but they are demon stratlng day by day that German invlncl' bllity Is a myth, that tho Teutonlo armies can be driven back and that Ger many no longer asserts a supremacy In military efficiency. Tho warlords are being whipped at their own gnmo, and every cry for peace Is an evidence of It, even though a secondary purposo of tho peace talk is to fool America Into listless prepo-ration. Who put tho case In lease? La Follotto reminds us of DemoB thencs he's so different. With drafted men . fighting the battles of democracy, democracy can fight tho battles of the drafted men's dependents. It Is good to have a Japanese fleot operating in tho North Sea, but a Japanese army operating in Russia wouldo still more satisfactory. In tho conservation loxicon of tho housekeepor thero should bo no such word as can't. The affirmative form of tho word Is alone admissible Special Corriipoiutenc' of the Evtrtno Ltdotr WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. WHILE national prohltilllon was glvrn an nlrlng In tho Semite, where It wns agreed to submit a constitutional amend ment to the various Stntes for ratification within six years from tho date of tho sub mission thereto by Congress, It Is unlikely that the Houso of Ilcprescntntlvcs will con cur In the action of the Henato during the present cession. Tho Democratic caucus has undertaken to confine tho business of tlio House this session to war business ex clusively, and whllo thcro Is no disposition to postpone action Indefinitely upon tho question of submitting a national prohibi tion amendment, thcro Is a decided objec tion in tho Houso to tho Introduction of tho prohibition controversy nt this tlmo. Tho Houso had this question thrust upon It unexpectedly during tho dlxcusslon of tho food bill and, belnK taken by surprise, pasHed, by a kind of legislative fluko. n prohibition paragraph which anticipated tho so'cnlltd Slicppard Kcnato amendment to tho Constitution. This nctlon of tho IIuuc, howewr, was modified by Scnuto food bill amendments, and by the action of tho con ferees, who virtually put tho prohibition problem, ns It relates to foodstuffs, up to tho l'resldcnt. Unless tho President cxcrclpcs to tho limit tho prohibitory power which Is con fencd upon him, national prohibition as contemplated by tho Senate constitutional amendment Is six years IT. Threo-fourths of tho Stnto Legislatures muit ratify tho nmendment within that period. It will fall If, within six years, thlity-flx Stato Legis latures do not ratify it. At Its best, national prohibition cannot win without a light Tho prohibitionists are particularly Insistent in their demands, but tho other sldo Is alert and hns vast property Interests at staUn. Kow members of tho Senato or Houso oaro to be known ns champions of the liquor c.ii'ie Sut ninny of them aro firmly convinced ....it tho legnl iccogtiltion of tho liquor trnlllo entltlun thoso who hao their money Invested !n it to compensation for tho destruction of tholr property. It Is also bruited about In every prohibition quarter, and this causes much Irritation, that prohibition Is not Intended to dcprlvo the Individual of his personal rights; Hint peoplo who can afford It aro to bnvo liquor If they want It, nnd that It Is tho sale of liquor only which Is sought to bo prohibited. Hut whether or not prohibition Is ranking such Inronds ns Its champions aver, It Is evident that a good long fight between tho rival forces Is Inevitable It Is this fight lit this war session of Congress which tho House la likely to avoid I.ltcrnturo on both sides of the quostlon flows into Wash ington In copious doses. The anti-saloon lobbyists nro denouncing tho liquor peoplo for maintaining lobbies, and vice versa. District to Go Dry Whether tho nation goes dry within tho next h years Is not a matter of great worry Just now with tho peoplo of tho Dis trict of Columbia. They nro moro concerned about tho District, which Is going "dry" on nnd after Novomber 1 next. Tho Dis trict of Columbia law Is not what might bo colled a "bone-dry law," such as applies in Alnska, where tho odor of liquor on one's breath Is perilously near a prison offense, but It Is mighty close to It. In that It makes It unlawful to "manufacture for sale or gift, Import for salo or gift, soil, offer for talo, keep for sale, traltlo In, barter, oxport, ship out of tho D'strlct of Columbia, or ex change for goodk. or merchandise, or solicit or recelvo orders for tho purchase of, any alcoholic or prohibited liquors for hoverago purposes or for nny other thnn scientific, modlclnnl, pharmaceutical, mechanical, sac ramental, or other nonboyerago purposes." Itallroads, steamboat companies, express nnd transportation companies inro to keep a record of shipments of Intoxicating liquors, and their books nro to bo admlssiblo as evldonco against any ono bringing liquor Into tho District, or taking It out. About tho only way left to get It In after Novem ber 1 will bo by alrplano or private jacht. Theso moans of conveyance nro not speci fied In tho act. This law, as previously observed, goes Into effect November 1 next, so that thoso who havo liquor In stock for sale, es pecially tho hotels and licensed places, arc putting a good prlco on what they have, and nro making fow purchases, knowing they must bo rid of tho liquor In their possession when the last horn blows. Even tho fashionable clubs of Washington must glvo up their "Scotch nnd soda" nfter the first of November. Thoy will have no moro right to dispense It than will tho spenk easles or tho bootleggers. Tho latter tribe Is expected to Increase nfter tho first of Novcmbor, but tho pollco department Is looking forward hopefully to Its ability to execute the law. Mcnnwhllo foreign diplomats nro pre paring to suffer tho shock of nbstlnoncc. and the rank und lllo nro beginning to look for comfort to Baltimore, Norfolk and other points beyond tho confines of tho District. It Is worth mentioning ulsu, If only as n suggestion of natlonnl conslFtency, that, whllo tho Senate hns voted for a prohibition amendment to tho Constitution, tho Senate Finance Committee hns replaced tho liquor tax In tho revenuo bill and Increased It. finding it necessary to supply tho fundi required by tho Administration for tho prosecution of the vvnr. It Is dllllcult to dissociate tho financial from tho moral view of tho prohibition question. Progress Made by Prohibition Tom Daly's Column RQ$A BATTACLIA The gleam of common Benso exhib ited by tho Crown Princess in trying to Jeavo Germany is of relatively dazzling brightness in a land of mental darkness. Splitting hairs over the reprisals question evidently has no appeal for France. She prefers cracking a few in dustrial plants In Frankfort from a point of aerial vantage. That very few cooks havo volun teered for servico is no surprlso to the American housewife. Volunteering to do anything but leave has been pretty well out of their line for many a day. The announcement by tho British Government of a total of B748 submarine murders since the war began gives Nero and Heliogabalus the rating of mere ama teurs at the trade of inhumanity. The presidential, smile which the Wbtt House pickets got yesterday when wiuwn passea oyineir nanasrs must 'mmn. wip. fsmm Apart from making the national capital dry, prohibition, though far from being nation-wide, should bo given credit for con siderable legislative progress. In 1800 an net was passed bringing Interstate ship ments of liquor under tho pollco powers of tho .-itntcs concerned, even ns to original or unbroken packages. In 1003 intoxicating liquor was banished from tho limits of tho Capitol. In 100D a further penal htatuto was onactid relating to Interstate shipments of liquor and requiring the goods to bo labeled so that tho consignee and tho quan tity being shipped might be known. Then camo tho Webb-Kcnyon law, passed over President Taft's veto In February, iiii, which pronioitca tno shipment of liquor into any Stato in violation of tho laws thereof. This law, subsequently sus tained by tho Supremo Court, was supposed to bo the most effective prohibition law put upon tho statute books up to that time, but tho first real "bone-dry" law, now known as tho "Alaska prohibition law."' camo along In February of the present year. This law virtually prohibits the admission of liquor into Alaska or the having of It In possession whllo In Alaska. It makes it a misdemeanor to be seen in toxicated or to bo caught "associating with others" who sell liquor, or who have It In possession or who give It away. The Alaska law is tho most drastic liquor law over passed by Congress, but It was .enacted be cause the people of Alaska voted to have It that way. The act providing a civil government for Porto Itlco, passed March 2, 1917, two weeks after tho passage of the Alaska law contained a section prohibiting the manu' facture, sale or gift of intoxicating drlnkB or drugs', but permitted their uso for medici nal, sacramental. Industrial or scientific pur. poses. On March 3, 1917, when prohibition waB still ''going pretty strong," a rider was attached to the postofflco appropriation bill making it a prison offense to send letters newspapers or other matter through the malls soliciting liquor orders or containing liquor advertisements, If forbidden by tha laws of any State Into which sucli mall mat ter was carried, but this law was so sumn tuary and threatened such disorder that many of the prohlbrtlqnlsts who voted for It promptly voted for a resolution postDon. ing the operation of it until July i ,jMi when it becamo effective. The District of Columbia prohibition law was the next oni naiied. -, - t , Washinrt .'Warn'. TMisriaV si .,.1- . . , -;. ,, at. 1..: IMJT-f-w ON HER WAV I gona oat atvav from hero Bo soon dot I am able, But Oncla Joo ho sau :"Mu dear, Com ufllt for me on table." Me ecu Italia restaurant, You, mabbc, thecnk ccs funnv, But how J gona reach da front Except 1 mak' aom' moncyt So, "Itavtoll, atcid, Coffee; mak' vet Uco; Macaront, puddtn', corna starchl" Dat'sa vfat I cm Alia time dat I Ecu among da tables forward march I wanta be weeth wij OIcpp' Bo .toon dat I am able, I don'ta like decs goosa-stcp Aroun' da deenner table. Ml uniform ccs ccn decsgraco Among da mararonl, But how I gona leave decs place Except I mak' aom' moncyt Bo, "Balad, fish, apaghat' Beef an' playnta fat Watermelon, pcacha, corna atarch," Dat'sa tea u I fight, Morna, noona, night Ecnamongdatablcsl'orwardmarchl Ono of our lads up at Fprt Nlngara is nursing a lamo foot that shouldn't bo. Ills girl knitted n pair of socks for him and ho put them on tho very day tltoy nrrlvod, and wore them upon n hlko. One of his feet bothered him from tho start, nnd It wasn't long before ho was too lamo to walk. Tho company doo looked him over nnd couldn't diagnose the trouble at all. Tho socks looked all right, but, qutto by accident, thoy found a pleco of paper, now worked Into a hard ball, In tho too. They unraveled It nnd read; "God blcso your poor tired feet. Mabel." THE LADT WITH THE GINGHAM APIION Says: "Mrs. Clancy tolls me Mugglo Doognn is 'near,' un' Mngglo sez Mrs. Clancy hasn't a thing in her house but what's borrled. Ain't thoy terrlblo? Still It's better nor tellln' lies about each other," Here, Tho Germans havo killed nnother poet, Francis Lodwldgc, Just as his genius was flowering. Wo don't know whether Joseph Campbell Is within gunshot of tho Huns, hut wo do know that ills now book, "Irlsluy," Is full of raro beauty take this: THE GOMBEEN Behind a web of bottles, bales. Tobacco, sugar, coffin nails Tho gombeen llko a i-pldor sits. Surfeited ; and, for all his wits, Ah meager as tho tally-board On which his usuries nro scored. Tho mountnln peoplo como and go For wool to wcavo or seed to sow, White flour to bako a wedding cake, lltd spirits for a stranger's wake. No man can call his soul his own Who hns tho Devil's spoon on lonn. And so behind his web of bales, Horso halters, barrels, pucaun sails Tho gombeen llko n spider sits, Surfeited; and, for all his wits, As poor as ono who never knew Tho treasure of the early dow. Sir Will you let me erect a small memorial shaft in your yard? Thank you so much. You see, tho best sorvant I over had is dead, and I want to pay my respects to her not that you're conduct ing a gravoyard but you understand mo, don't you? Thank you! Well. Margaret served me for twenty jears and only once In that time for a period of threo months was she out of my employ, Tho fault for this was mine; I admit it now. Wo had had a llttio difference nnd while wo wero estranged Margaret permitted some one to tempt her 'way 'way out to Mil vvaukco on tho promise of easy work nnd largo pay. Sho was tlioro two months, und they woro two months of hurdshlp. Sho was badly treated and her pay was constantly in arrears. She told her mis tress ono day that sho wanted her wages and her fare back to Philadelphia. Tho woman laughed at her. Margaret waited, and when her mistress wont out sho tele phoned to mo back hero In Philadelphia. 1 told her her old place was open for her! Sho started East tho very noxt day. Some weeks afterward sho said to me: "I do wish I could seo that woman's telephone hill for last month. Because the day I telephoned to you I called a lot of other friends In Philadelphia, and I think it will take nil sho owed mo and tho prlco of my faro to pay that bill." If this Is a sin, it's tho only ono I ever knew Mar garet to be guilty of. Let It bo engraved upon her tombstono. Thank you for let ting mo erect It In your yard. HOUSEWIFE. WHAT WAS it Caesar said about tho advantages of a small puddle whero ono could bo the whole frog or something? Well, Just look at tho corner the Tarrs seem to have on Tnrr'a Corners. Tho correspondence is lifted entire from tho Franklin (Pa.) News: TAftn'S COnNCKB Reported by Mrf. J. M Tarr Mlcheal Tarr the Jidrer.? relFeVc?1 A. place and who has been very poorly fir Wl van four montha, wua able fit, ,?,rihe day laat week. ' "' ou' one Frlendt of Mlcheal Tarr moinr. . Greenville on Sunday to call on him .,r9m attend tb funeral of Mr" ItuSnlnr "d ttl Tha rwjueet of the ofltcera In tfii T... . union la for every famllv in h.i-i'V.T.". ' baeketa. also knife, fork, epoon and "A ;nllM they Intend to furnleh tha plate. cup' U,;..J M- Tfrr cfille1 n MrJ. Fannv Tor, on Friday evening of un week" Bnny Tar' 'YEABS AGO, when Mr. Chllds was tho papa of our morning alster, obituary poetry was all the rago In the columns of the P. L. Walmsley, an ancient proof reader, had a collection of rare specimens which would make a column conductor's work one long Joke, If the book could be found. But It's very likely, lost. The only bit we remember ran like this Father could not hold his food For his digestion worked not wall But he now la done for good ' And we trust he Is In Heaven. The Missus was trying to tell us about tho dog that ran away with the ,.. dolly. "What kind of a dog was it M L asked, ''a blr oner "Oh,, no," said' she- 1 - 4 "jflr ' . A 'Aft 'ffi $mi , i,'J rrmr-V AMArlTTOrtRl" ' ?! 1 "UAH 1 1 rjf, UJJ " ' - - . v; tv . i rusMiiKLatA . 'ivr.-iJrv-r;tSHWM a i rWJ raWSL;l 1 i " ' rlfi lifwfflH lis !t 1.1 ' I I &m.,.$imm r. :sn m n r ' ; 'm v, e iy 'i' till dikwm -h i a MM. l&YYf'kinMi- - ' j? ' i k I i . . : I? i.wn!lfcSiMf?1fl...,i , I 1 , i I' . i . tf THE VOICE OP The Hour for Ireland's Inde pendence Taxing Progress. Mangled Latin men from Joining with unemployed land, and the operation of bomo of our laws has rnTJTT' "DTTrMDT TT' I rcsu"d in making some men rich by hold i. JlIJIi "MA l rl 'I'i I Ing land out of use. Law enactments can J bo found which deliberately discourage the production of wealth by placing heavy fines and penalties on the products of tho land and labor combination. Theso fines and penalties eventually fall on tho consumer of tho products nnd he does not use as many as ho might If they wero cheaper, making all around a decrcasod demand on the part of the consumer and a corresponding decreaso of supply on tho part of land and lab.or. If tho world was ono great big homo for tho feeble-minded or an Institution for tha, caro of persistent lunatics or was ono so ciety for tho suppression of useful human effort and Increased production of wealth ono would not bo surprised at some of the laws found on our statuto books, but OLIVEIt McKNIOHT. Philadelphia, August 12. TIME FOR IRELAND'S FREEDOM To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir A correspondent recently stated In a letter to your pnpor that "Ireland will get Justlco In God'B own good time, but etc." Now, I wish to Inquire: Must Ireland wait until tho merciful Kngland de cides It Is "God's own tlmo"? Ireland has suffered 700 years of oppression nnd frlghtfulness. Tho correspondent referred to would havo hor wait 700 moro and suffer similar, If not greater wrongs, rather than to strike thojilow which will give her free dom. Ireland's opportunity comes always In Britain's neces-slty. Just as America's did. That Is "God's own time' the time for oppressed Irishmen to Join tho great faintly of nations blessed with God's free dom Woro the correspondent's assertions rea sonable, I would nnswer thorn. As It Is, however, any schoolgirl can perceive tho Haws nnd misrepresentations of his letter. I regret, however, that such good news paper spaco was used for his effusions, especially In thoso days of high prices. It Is too bad that tho Individual went out of his way to InBUlt tho American Govern ment, and at a time when tho Government has a Just right to demand Bupport from every citizen. To say that Atnorlcans nro thrust Into Jail for exercising the right of freedom of speech Is a slander upon the United States Government which every true American will resent. Mr. Terence (?) O'B. (7) Rcllly (?) should remember that war time Is not the tlmo to Insult nnd hamper the Govornment. B may bo well enough for nn Kngllshman to lovo and pralso Kngland, if ho so chooses th.it Is his prlvilego, but he must not do so to tho detriment of the United States Americans aro not yet so anglicized that nny slur or Insult can bo heaped upon us and wo will toko It as deserved. When we find, day after day, subjects of Groat Britain not only nsklng us to sacrifice our all In blood nnd money while she safe guards herself, but also going beyond or dinary bounds to slandor and abuso our Covet nment nnd the little nation from which so many of our nncestors came, Is it any wonder It we aro led to say with Thomas Jefferson, "In spite of treaties, Kngland is still our enemy"? "AMEniCAN." Philadelphia, August 11. i. J' ?" ."? a" rt tty; u aJ together, Kf'lfjT' .' - mSStxfkv IssMlluiMin "bMii LAWS THAT TAX PROGRESS To tho Editor of the Evcntng Ledger: Sir Some ono has said that "twice two aro four" Is a proposition to gamble on, that It admits of no argument, looks uj well In tho morning as it does at night, and that all intelligent persons can and do agree upon It, and that our whole structure of mathe matics Is founded on It. There Is another proposition which Is Just as full of meaty truth, looks Just ns well at all times, and is agreed to by all intelligent men, but on which the majority of men, do not base their structure of economic science. This proposition Is that all wealth comes from the natural element of land assisted by tho human element of physical and mental labor, It should be evident, If all the wealth we now have, or ever have had has been produced by this combination1 and that land is still plentiful and human labor Is able and willing, that all we neea to do Is to put more land and labor to work and Inversely, if more land Is held away from labor, less labor will bo employed und less wealth will be produced. Having this before us, to which all think ing men will agree, one might think that all the publlo and private agencies which men employ, all the professional, mercantile and laboring classes, would bo unanimous for any and all measures which would make easy the procurement of land by labor and that would encourage, rather than dlscour. age, the production of wealth. The fact that Involuntary poverty exists In this era of machinery and invention Is proof posltiv. that the various agencies and classes of humanity have not been zealous In heinini nrnAnotlnn tiv hnlnlno 1-r. .... ... "fin together '' P"U Mr t0 l .wrij MANGLED INSCRIPTIONS To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Referring to your Issue of today and tho lettor therein of my good friend and former colleague, Thomas Flint, one of his guesses In deciphering the mangled Inscriptions on tho Washington medal "adscrtorl" for "adserton" Is quite correct ; tho others miss the mark. His most In genious nnd plausible suggestion of "ex cquo" for "exergue" Is met by tho fact that this word Is no part of, tho Inscription, merely a technical term "exergue," orig inally French, familiar to all numismatists in the phrase "In exergue," Indicating the position on tho medal of some part 6f Its legend. In a volume by C. Wyllls Bctts, Amer ican Colonial History, Illustrated by con temporary medals, this Washington medal Is described and Its Inscription given ns follows: "Georglo Washington supremo duel cxercltuum ndsertorl libertatls .comltla Americana," which, thus amended, would mean: "Tho American Congress to George Washington, Commander-in-chief of Its armies, defender of liberty." Tho reverse bears the Inscription "Hostlbus prlmo fu gatls" Bostonlum rccuperatum. the last two words being marked "In exergue," tho trans lation of this sldo being appropriate to the device described In your original article, "Boston recovered with tho enemy first driven off." That Mr. Flint In spite of his Intimate acquaintance with French failed to recog nize cxerguo In Us blundering substltuto exergne Is probably duo to the fact that In tho original article tho word appears to be a part of the I.atln Inscription, FRANK W, FRBBUORN. Colllngswood, N. J August 9. "IF" WITH APOLOGIES TO KIPLING If you can hold your tongue when German backers Aro loosing theirs and damning Uncle Sam; If you can ktep from cussing out tho slackers And flaying smug hypocrisy and sham ; If you can wait and not be tired by wnltlng While reptile papers keep us on the rack ' If you can Btand the pacifists prating, ' And never have a yearning to atrlko back If you can see your country's cities plastered With sycophantic warnings against war If you can watch a yellow-livered dastard ' Refusing to confront things as the are If you can see a swarm of crawling lizards ' Squirming through the marriage license door Men with atom souls and smaller gizzards Disgracing those whose honored names they bore; If you can hear an orator denouncing The liberty for which our nation bM-' If you can let him go without a troun. ln Or punching in the bally traUortft'aa: If you can smile when lying- propaganda UtCrlStrn U8ht ,0 the If you can tolerate their rbttnn elf. And bear it with an idle tu" tonoothV " y0Ukhaki. B"eer " men wh0 r 't"e Or Jeer at 'those who wear the n,v. m. If you can whisper like a skulklnsM?, U ' About the men who have the nei.018' If vanqulshment of brutal 1 foe, amTnV.0 d: If you can't prove your right to,-i y0U' You mayU mrythVyofto&SSS?. But, believe ma. M -. . I Bdwin Cmm i.."." "0l Amrl, 'VssW TTraVtf WCeWM ...jn,v ' j. . t ? Hf j. i .1 . - -, jr HSV . .,.i..JS jLiim,$ I What Do You Know? j QUIZ J' "',.,.',lLl.:..t1i,nP.1,rCo,fUIl.0o7aSd?,he mttMt' " " " "Z.XKSntXl? .".btS.Si,t J? "Vt'lle, , ,,.,,n'np" submarine. slnX the war bViuT 3. W nit .Mute doe. Henntor flore reprewntT ' ",i,!".K '" Resident darln fStvi ad. . ...mlnldtratlon? " i'i,f.r"il'l,i"l'nr,;.l".,hrJ,a B?e of ronttu n i!!fJ' '" O'r.Joutliof nld are?'p "' S- i!ur .'" n '"I'Wlng? to ! !;!'i'N ,"" orllim ?f word ''Umo?" lO. V, IIO I. the Irf,nt iui.. I... .- yj - bind? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz ""riinih10;;,.!" r'a'.,n for ""' now." la SeFen. 'ArW!i,r' ', JS WSU "Iter, which fkms Into tlm AtUntlc the town or ht..I.oula. Dakar, near enle. U the chief sen port. near Can ThojettcrV -'Cd rXSEPV., In,.,.,.,- A i.!,niW. tomnil.Hlon. ' f?iHS o;f,"yajira",dh " O. The iiiirt nf the present territory of rhlla. heor1,? ?fi'Tl,y J?d""fle Swede! 8 Jo !iirf;ffyMI,,r.hrt ,9 i'1" Antl-Tammanr 7 Ti,ia n,,i,l"t" for Major of New York. Vila!-" 5'e"r '" " of " '"'" "' 8" 011.7i,5Kl!wl "olmea WTote the novel ef 0 IJW,,?'ti7.K ',. L" President of the lit ti i.V "" ii JOio-i-i. urniy. tllA Wll n I bomb-proof Shelter. "W 1 tlT. "f,,';;! m HISTORIC "NINTH AND GREEN" Thero aro many Phlladelphlans still un touched by gray hnlrs who can recall with feelings of mingled affection and irritation what wai long probably the most Incon venient railroad terminal station In tha World. NOW that It hns imMuorl nuiv In ho bentlmental about tho old Ninth an4 &, Oroen Streets "Depot." as it was called, j j c.my enougn. That venerable structure marked tho spot whence the flrrt bteam train ever beheld .In this city de V?roCd n the afternoon of November 8J, 1832, lor the "village" of Germantown, ero tho old station, which was burned down more tluin twenty years ago, In exig ence today, It would be one of tho oldeit buildings of Its kind in America. Until tho early nineties and indeed rlgnt up to tlio opening of tho Reading Terminal, tho Green Street Depot was the point of depart ure for many of the best, trains of tha Reading system. But so completely had tho road outgrown Its terminal resource! that, on returning to Philadelphia, the pa senger coaches wero discharged not In tha station, but In the midst of a dangeroui network or tracks that had grown up with out tho walls in Ninth street. Only the Now York expresses wero permitted to enter tho station on tho trip home. "Inconven lenco" seemed a mild word for such s station during the progressive eighteen eighties. I-Ike many things that outlive their time, however, the Green Street Depot war onco far ahead of Its period. In 183J th Philadelphia. Germantown and NorrlstowS Railway represented th oulntcssence of modernism. In England the steel road fronj H -Manchester to Liverpool was intoperstwn and In our own countrv tha rtaltlmore and Ohio was running trains on Us thirteen X mue3 of track to EUlcotfs Mills. Dut rut roads In general wero brand-new and thoM operated by steam a veritable sensation. At tho outsot, indeed, horse power was en)t ployed for the Journey from Green street to Germantown. On June 6, 1832, the roai waa forpially opened. The great proces sion of nine cars, built in the style of the mnll coaches of the day, each drawn bX horse, left tho terminus at quarter-pet 12 and arrived in Germantown in three quarters of an hour. Refreshments were then provided for the expedition at Mr, Heft's tavern and glowing speeches on the advancement of science were pronounced. A regular timetable was put in fore the next day. T .1. . .. w ... . ..l..wltf? in mo meantime oiaumas n.n ,y founder of the great locomotive works thlt j uvui ma name, was at worn upon tno aua- y that was to leave horse power for rallroM i , in tne aiecara. on the memorable ioy"T , cor aay of the same year the new se"'j propelled contrivance made an cxDerlmenttl 1 trlp.tp Qerraantown and for brief pac5. aitainea a. speed of twenty-eight mue ;' hour. On the twenty-fourth passengers rreB t taken and Germantown was reached, iwenty-eigut minutes. Even today some me -way trains take almost that tw time for the Journey, Embarkation' .Mtun ana ureon streets, soon Dec) swiar feature, of , a Ylstt itcvFhJti 'H"WHmwu -jok.' iaa.i a m
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