y:1 i" K2i Kli i rf,...1 TV". ry iKjrf i "j -. v. J' ' ij 7-"j.iir EVENING LEDGER-PmEADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1917 M vtJSTRA16 asafe 9" PUBLIC LEDQER COMPANY CTRUS JL JC CUnTIS. TiMIPtM Charles If. T.udlnirton, Ve frealdentf John Treatureri i-mnp n. John j, repnraeon, r -. wi'" '- ji, j.u.iina.on. . r ,?lr,ln'.,-ri"ry nJ t t 0,!l.n,..i0v'n "' Williams, ??t ' lt Vl"t',y Directors. P- nniTntitit. tin li ' ' a . n EDiToniAi. ncurtni Otscs It. K. CctTia, Chalrrmn. 1 H. TVHAlItaT . .Kdftor y,e, JOHN C. MAHTIN.. Central rtuslneM lntr , Futillahed dally alK-atio t.iit p-illdinir. jnurrrnurncn nquare. rnuagrjpnm. XtM CrTlt.. ..Tlrnf 1 aed rhmlnut fltrjela Attt'Tin CiTT .Pretn-Vnion HullHlnf r.tn Tnr , , sua ii.trnpnUtan Tower ...... MX Font Tlu Mint inem rullertem Hufl1 n ft B YhBlr .IJTKftT. ST. Lotlll memo .. .1:02 7rltiun UulMinc NFAV3 nUHEAUSt Waaifimi tijf , ,."rs P'liMIn w Yojit Muttiu The Times HulMIn IOsrOS in Rfc&k ., Manual film, ..in. w Pail Umnu 92 nun Louis le (J run j Bl'SSCIPTtON T2nM3 Th ErneiM T.rneirn l served In nihuerlbfru In I'hl'adtlrhlit And surrounding- toivna at th rata of twelve. (121 tenia per week parable to ih larrler. Iiy mall lo point outlil of Philadelphia. In the United Waifs, Canada or United tltates noa esslons, lojl;(t frcr. fifty 1.101 rents jer month. Sli 110) itollara per year, parrble In advance, ' To all forels-i countries one ($1) dollar pt bionlh. Notick Subecrlp-frs whlwr.nddre-s chanse-l Must tire old aa well aa new address. nELL. JOCO TTALMJT KCYSTONH. MAIN 3000 wide open and filled with further con cession, to the cotnimny, It n wicked, hopeless tliltiK. TT IH wicked for II)Ih irnnoii, If m ntlicr: Tlio people voted for inpld transit under n protnlso of flve-ernt fined nnd unlvi-rmil frco ttnnsfcru, certain ofTsclH to conipen .nlo for enrly dcflcltx'. Wlmt Htnltli, Mit ten, TwIiiIiib and lowH propone Ih lo My the wholo hurdon nhvoliitcly frtun tlio he Klnhln on the rider unit make him pny whatever pilro for it tldo It neroHwiry to 1 ny (HvltH'iidH o.n all water and iah now nc avrr nnlil Into tlio milled HVKtcm. In NEGRO AND ALIEN AS FIGHTING MEN Demand That They Tnkc Their J'liico in the Hanks Com plications of the Labor-Problem Tom Daly's Column Nprrlol fmrtitiKiittltnee nt lm i:rutiMi Lrdwr AVASHI.VOTO.V. Aiir 17. A AHUM .Vontli Carolina ncKro writes .mo li wan horn In ?larty and Know for devcnleen yriir "Hi inlaety nnd trlalM " lie rrfrrw I recent northern trntitilPH duo to llin Inlint of f-oiithi'in neRroi-f. and ok i .... .i... .t. ..- .. - . . ..- our opinion, they arc without autlio.lty to ; - - ' '- '-,''," '" -....a,j .(l . I.' ""' ' -alia. ft. i t :y aWrffri-a nit romaivnfcntlon in T!vrnff Ltdotr, IndtptnAtnce BQuarr, Vhtlo trlrhla, z.vtrhbo at Tim rnit ami enii rn'-ornri ai -troMi-ci.iM nail. uaTTtn I'h.ljJdrlili, Siluril.y. Auiu.t II, 1717 THE SMITH-MITTEN GIIAII "L'A KV fe. W & j, tr. ir- J rpo UNDKIISTAND the Infamous char acter of the .Sinlth-Mlttru trannlt len'-o proposed to Councils yesterday It H only necessary to comp.iro it with tlio lenf-c put forward by Mr. Taylor nnd bitterly denounced by the very men who atnnd ponnor now for thin lntest and utterly damnable hukkcsUoii. In simple, frank latiRiiaKO which any body could understand Mr. Taylor pro posed that the company should bo nllowed $1,600,000 a year, or 5 per cent dividends on ltn Htock, out of earnlnss. The one cer tain thing under tho Taylor leano wiib n. flvo-cent fare with universal frco trans fers, as repeatedly promised by tho former Director. Tho condition precedent to an Increased rato was a condition ho re motely likely as to be of academic Im portance only. Hut Smith, Twining and Lewis 'shouted from tho housetops that thero must be no guarantee, and they pro claimed a statement of principles under which any proper lease should bo drawn, Mr. Lewis In particular drawing a ro.seato picture of an agreement In which all past water should be dried up and tho city put In a position unasballably strong. Where upon, theso gentlemen having assumed to draw a lease of their own, and having heralded It duiing tho progress of nego, tlatlons as a master Instrument, the optimistic public anticipated a more or less perfect agreement, protecting the city's Interests throughout nnd giving It forever tho whlphand. warp the people's mandate In thin way. It constitute embezzlement of power, and wo hesltato to designate It by tho tonus that tmtuinlly come to mind, Wo do say to the people of rhlludcl phla that no public utility company In any gtout city In tho wmltl over lf.ul offered lo It n contint-t such as this con tract, that If It Is ratllled they will pay dnlly extra fines for transit, that thero Is Jittong piobablllty of tlio system bring bob- tailed and that our children's children will livo to i-urso us If wo permit this outrage to bo perpetrated. Wo cull on Mr, Taylor lo denounce the propositi us It otujht to Im" denouncod. nnd to lead the ptople In a light ngaln-it II. The public niUMt scotch this thing nnd scolch It now. WAR PSYCHOLOGY ON AIKH'T July S U'H. ono of the most sober Journals In tills country began Its leading editorial miinowhut uk follows: "Of course thcr? will bo no war, for tho simple icason that a great war Is unthinkable." Later tho tunc changed. What bci-amo itblnknblo" was that hos tilities could last longer than a jeai -well, longer than time .vein's at the most. At ono time Mr. 1'i-lloc was willing lluil "of com si-, by December, lillii, (lerinnnv will luno no in mlcs woithy of the name." And now everybody has stopped predlct tlng, even Mr. Wells. IJIstory, pel haps, will 'iccoid that tho war had only fairly begun by the year 191": and thero Is homo contempoiary ovldeneo that this Is tho (.aso. Tor nothing could inako (lor many believe that she was In a serious fight to a finish but the fuct of the wholo world arin)cd against her, nnd It was not until this j car that, with the declara tion of the United States and tho turning of South American sympathy for tho Al lies, who at last i enlisted her peril. Wearying of prophesying a iiulck ro llpf, tho world Is learning to live with its war and to accept the discipline of its long, steady gi hid all tho world ex cept Middle Kurope, which lets no day go by without sending up its wall for peace AND what arc - cent guarant iro wo offered? A 4 per guarantee for tho company, with very probability that lt would amount to 6 per cent! Nay, more, after the sot pay ments aro made, all subsequent profits are to be divided half and half, an ar rangement which In the later years of tho lease would deprive the city of millions. Tho exchango tickets aro not to be abol ished until u political board, dominated by the company, Is ready to have them abol ished. Motcover. piling It on, such a load of fixed charges Is to be put on tho com bined system that six, seven or even eight cent fares would be required to carry It, with all preferred payments cumulative In character and the city's ciedlt ttansferrcd lock, stock nnd barrel to tho books of tho P. R. T. Nay, mote! The Taylor system need not even bo built, for the proposed political and huud-plcked tinnsit board may take the Juilsdlctlon of Councils Into. Its own hands, curtail old plans or make new ones, and assert a complete m.isteiy over the whole situation. PROCKASTINWTION rnilK President urged that the food con--- trol bill should be made law not later than July 1. U became law August in. In a period of time not longer than this delay the, liermans had .swop' through Uclglum and were nt the gates of Paris. Time Is as pi colons In tho conduct of the war now af It was then. It seems to be Impossible tiTcouvlnco Senators that the chief purpose of the nation Is to over whelm KnlerlKm They appear to think that a gabfest Is the oia gicat necessity. I-'oitunntely public opinion was powerful enough to drlvo most of tho war appio- prlatlon bills to prompt enactment. Had tho conscription act been subject to such delays as the food-control bill expe rienced, training of the sclectUes In tlmo for next summer's campaigns would havo been Impossible lt appears, nevertheless, that Mr. Uoovei was not deprived of authority long enough to Jeopard next w Inlet's food supplks. Q" III VUITE aside from the absolute assur ance of six-cent or even higher fares. Bufflclent In Itself to stamp the proposal as utterly Impossible, the public cannot for get'that there lie against lt every one of the roaJor objections made by Mr. Twi ning to tho Taylor lease. Mr Twining then Ea'ldJ "Shorn of complex technicalities, the (Taylor) proposal aims not to lease the city's property to the company, but to lease the company's property to the city, at a fixed rental of M.BOO.OUO per jcar, the company remaining In charge without a proper degree of responsibility." Tet th present lease undertakes to assure full payment on all the stock, watered and unwatered, of the underlying com panies, the city doing the vpry thing Mr. Twining said It ought not to do. . Tim so called board of supervising experts Is handcuffed before It Is ever organized, as suming that the formation of It would be legal. "Tho greatest objection Is In the guarantee Itself not In the amount," ar- cued Mr. Twining. But he proceeds to eanction an arrangement which Is a guar antee, pure and simple, whatever the at tempt to conceal It, and It Is a guarantee that Is a watormelon for the company, A t XtfE CAN understand the position of Mr. f, ' Lewis, If ho Is appearing as tho alinr. M'1 ..... ,- ,L. ,. . .. ' -',. "vf " l" aiayur ana inererore wants r' t preient the Mayor's- plans in the best si BBUV iwbimuic. no nas acicu, However, y Vi an attorney for tho peoplo, bearing on ii hi shoulders the burden of. their protec- t, "tlon. WA nra nt n !n In f-mr.VAl..H .i i L WW -"' oiicuu HOW if; Y'.h'rnai who took the position he did in P IrWIVs" .wmeraault "into, the iH- mswim?mi';Jkim& . Kft &k kfir IVA gp R0 Tin-: WAin'i.MK stack- rpili; pieparatlous feu- a busy musical -- and diamiitic seiisnn now Wslblo In New Voik and undoubtedly soon io have their (oho In I'lillinlelplii.i uiii not ieglti. mutely open to the charge of undue ntv olltv In the midst oi a gu-al win. IJvcn 1'ails, moio inipei lied mice than any gle.il belligerent capital, learned bv es perienco the liiuilv IsTibillty of closing her places nt wholebonie cnteituliimeiit Nat uially all noun, illy inetiopulltaii llfo ceiiifd dining the Mm-nn cilsls When thut had passed, however, Jbe niistako of denMiig her citiens menial mid spliltuul relli-r ftotn Iho war strain was olnious. l-'urtht-rmoro, "dark" llu-aties mid npei.i houses crcateil a class of unemployed uit Ms. many of them untitled for war seiv Ico and neaily all of them uiisulteU to oidluary commetclal pursuits. Tlio pan perizutlou of genlua nerved no patriotic purpose. So, fiom January, 1915, on. Paris him bad Its regular seasons of good drama and good music. Most1 of the cabaiet ab surdities propeily suffered, but tine art was the more enhanced thereby. There can be no offense In our follow ing the Trench example. Insphallon of tho highest soil can be deilved fiom noble music since the war began the German people mo said to have derheit comfott nnd spliltnal betterment fiom beailug works of their great composers of n past ria. Judging fiom llm wmped moral out- iook of our foe. It seems unfortunate that Ids ethics could not have been polished up with mote symphony concerts than eer before, t Peace from peaco resolutions is what Americans most desltr Just now. Tho "big push" on the western fiont Is now operating on n dally sched. Ule. leg conditions. "When I was i,ocu yinis old," lip enjs. "I was put upon the block utiil sold for JTOfi ami landed In hands tli.it protfctrd my person; but fieeduin put us out of the l,i w." Thou In Ms- own way he goes on. "Our best while people, men of wealth and education In the South, are our friends; but wo nro turned loose in the bands of that class of while iiH-n who followed us In slavery time nnd punMicd us nt every clinlico. That was Hie middle class of while men who were very poorly educated and sought to keep envy between the negro and his master. We are having this Fame class of men to encounter now nnd Hie Jmles of our courts and in st of the officers of our Innd lire tmpnyet of these men. and tho Word of n npjfro Is not taken Those m-ii who offer to inn fni oflli-e umliT the primary system. know vety well that If they ate not In ace rd with this cliui of men there ! no chance for their bring elerted So the life itnd properly of n negro In the .South Is in the hands of Ihesn men. We. the older m-ii, ore sorry to see our young men lleelng north. Thev an- running from theso men snd not from our upper clnsi of white men. epeelnlly the old slave holder When all of the older white men iwsr nvvny the negro will hnve to leave Hie South, which he (Ps no! want In do " Figuring ill tho Nation's Problems The alien nnd the negro are both flouring In the nation's war and vvnge problem" The nllen bus nn mlvnntnge, In that If he beliavo himself he Is leasonnbly sure of employment nt good Amei-ii-nn wages Since ho ennnot be consirliited for war sriviee be Is able In make b'gher demnnd for terms and compensation In propoi tioii ns American labor Is reduced by vvnr si rvlee requirements'. Some of the patri otic onlers nie beginning to InUe notice of the nllrns' preferred position nnd mo be sieging Congress with demands for tho pas nge oT laws to lompil the alien to "do Ids bit" of military service, along Willi the native or nnturatlK'd cill.-.i'ii The difficulty confronting the exemption boards In large cities, whole lhv alien population has Iieq rd lo Increase the quota of native or naturalized citizens sublect to Hie draft, has been fairly well cplannd to Congrers nnel thero Is a dlspo. Ition to remedy the alleged Inequalities if it e-an 1 done with out disregarding trealv rel.it'ons with foreign cemntrles. rules mule able ar Inngements i-nn be trade, hem-ever, by which foielgn, (lovermnonts will cemscnt to the- e-niirerlptlon of tlieli s-ubjects by tho I 'tilled fitntes, "the cernp of paper" Is tho foreigners' shield and the sacrlllro of tho American soldier Is his opt ortunlly There Is little complaint nbou! the alien going to w-eirk In tile mines or e,,i the farm, where ho Is sorely reeded, but then Is nn outcry about bin falling heir to the fairly lucrative trades anil ocrni.ntl ; i mad1 vacant by American mechanics nnd liusliie. men who ftie ohllgeil to take up nn-i service at $10 a month And II i 'ii'i to a very largo proportion of the r.i. g i loin lobulation In tlio I'nite-l .Stnt" to .n Hint tlicy too aro In favor of evtnb'l'ih.n,; mue legal basis for holding lo milltar,v seivice equal to that cxpectLil of citizens nlie-.-i vvlin havo liccn enjoying tlie protect ioi -end advantage of our (icrvermnent wli'Ie i mt'iiuing allegiance to tho countiles of their blith The thought vvhleli anlinales tliee tatrioili- foreign Itlzens Is that thoso who ionic here to llvn under tho shield of our Imtltmlons bhoulel Im willing to share eiur responsibil ities. I'nless tlu-y aro brought Into the service. It is contended, they will ho given a piefereneu over native and naturalized e Itlzens who must not only saoilllco their Jobs to them, but their lives and the care of their families as well Lynching Applauded in the House That thero Is much feeling with re-sped to this alleged favoritism is apparent from the tenor of a day's mall It crops out as the aftermath of labor troubles such as have deve-lopcil iecently In llutte. in lllsbee, hi i:a-t St Louis and In nur own neighbor ing city of Chester. It Imlihcd up a few elajs ago when Miss ItanUIn, the "lady from Montana." made her second "maiden speech" 'n the House of Itepre-sentative-s. Miss Itnnkln went after Hie log t upper eiper ators for establishing a "lustlmg system" which makes it dlllicult for the laboiers to organize for mutual advantage, but she did tint get awaj without having thiust at hi i- tho suggestion that she was defending tlio 1. W. W. Although she pnunptly ells claimed this, tho luo has since been framed against her in Montana and who will piohably havo lo meet It In the next compaigii. ir siio talks as cleverly and ns emphatically on the stump as she did In the House tlio oiiliiiuie of her evurslou Into the ti-iilm of lahoi will lie wot Hi watch ing. While the lady fienii Montnnn created a sensation In her flfleen-mlmiln talk, she was also the uiie.onsi-loiit med'uiii of lively unusual peiforinance Sihe had In en heckled about the I W W. nnd aiiHweied that she was nolle comeiued ill,.. ill "tho law Icssne-ss" or Iho llutte Incident. Including the Ijiii-'h-lug of llin agitator IJttle, than she was nboiit Individuals. Then her intei locator a wesleiu republican, by the way. voiun leered the suggi-sllon that Hie lynching was nil right, h II vv-.ih giving the i v v. It dose of theli own niedlchie That lyneli Ing suggcHtiou emked applunsi on the Heinoeratli- side II was not veiy general, but It was sulllclcnt to be recoidril bv the alllvl.it htenngr.ipliers, ulthough nuhse quently stricken from the iei-uiil run vitjtuun: vonr Whenever it's a Saturday about il flwe o' year 1 clsh U naxn't rrlmlnal to look at lager lirrr; I wlili u-c vuulil enjoy nuriclvet the way r wtrrt to do Initcait of tramplm Ohctfnut street to nrr what tieiva .' ncti'. Ilrmr tin- ")o-f..Voio" irgiinc descended on the town An' folks tine- not so full of pe?r, but frt' tjucnllii sat daiui. Our villatjn hunvtrd sundry spots that siintli) people soityht Where certain draught of amber for a trifle inltiht be hoiifjht, An' where, In cool surroundings, on these summer afternoons Untutored Teuton orchestral ttoutd toot Teutonic timet; An' there If je uoiihl sit ye down with wife tin' children near It waw't any crime at all to take, a glass of beer. I tecollcrl a lertaln Throit, whine uardcit used lo itiinil On Itnind slieet south nf Locuit, but alas! the place wai canned, .1 certain Mr. Woklcy, who wai fio?? of the police, llerldliift beer and music couldn't mlr an' ,T";i the peace. An' then llicrc mil a fiaiden colli d the "Marnncrchur" or "Tauil's" tW'hlch, llkrli), jinn ore walchlny now to see mc rhymr with "Jmjs") Where, If jioii mrbcil your appetite nnd culled for notliluij iuccr "OUTSIDE 0' THAT IT'S ALL RIGHT!" ii Wtilalzm, rKOP & j It wasn't an,, crime a, alt to talc a ,,,, AMTSto're mmWM&fA ! mXmmWW f . blood refuses now to boll, as some con ' ?$ZM&0f Vfy g Lm lend It should, ! 4tvMY "A YfS?W83t f! When tlcnnnn folks o, aennan ,, J MW ' 'm&rM4 I' lonu to meet the pcaicful times that .WffiV!-i , T ?F:WWmi8i$ I ? leitaln German n,dcns whne nam- MKfe,. 4 MmAW0Mi-S h , .. ,. fc&i; , -rirn -, ,. mmrnmmmmimmmmmmmm 1 -f r ! .t .-'.'1 i.'j.i'J'if-irr ,' --S-T."T.7.-'-v.vj'i1c.,'r-;' . rri'V.j;i'rfiT' I.-'..- r : r - t' ,-- yr- f .. .as tti . - -, - - - m ' " m 1WL beer; I wish ii'e- could enjoy oursclvei the way we used to do Instead of tramplnu Chestnut street to see icliat news is new. The Negro Coming Noitl Tho conversion of a draft into a spanking breeze of .patriotism w-JII bo gloriously manifested to Phllndelphlans on September 1. Judging from tho unrestful state of Hclslngfors, Premier Kerensky has not only the task of flghtlnu to, hut nlso with, the Klnnlsh on hU capablo hands. James C. Cropsey's preference for 5i?!-i?HK'i'Srii Tlie negro problc.111 is somewhat dllfermt from lint of the alien Tlie negro Is h-hig elrnfte-d for the army along with the wliitn man. Tho negio olilcer Is ulo fcatuilng the war situation The servle-e of the negro leslinents at San Juan have not been for gotten, anil now the uegio's general m-all-ablllty foi war service Is lecognlzed by the aimy and navy oillclali The negro will cut a big figure In this whole wai business He Is giving no e-nucern on that scoie, Hut llm negro ns a laboici Is another proposition Look at II as we may. the South needs Hm negro When It was proposed to u-o the southern negroes for work on the Panama Canal the southern phinleis vvem not en. Iliuslastlc for It It was prefened that tho negro should bo.iuought In fiom Jamaica and Iho West Iinlles lt will ,n leniembered 111.11 111.11 was none aim tnat extra precau tions vvem taken to Bp0 that those West Indian no-sroes did not iwapu into t United States The South vvauteil to handle the negro prtiblem In lis own vvdy H stm wants to do it Hut recently the munition plants, tlie railroads and other largo ir pnratlntm havo been so short of labor that Inducements have been offcreel to southern negroes to come North. Southerners are not enthusiastic over this migration except to say that tho North Is getting a good many "bad" ncgioes that the South Is glad to bo rid of. They point to Kast Kt. Louis to Chester nnd to various murders and hold ups by southern negroes In tho northern States to provo what they say. "v-,n, northerners will know more about thn negro problem," thoy declare, "when ymi get a few mora of theso 'bad eggs' up your way." Hut still they praise tho negro nnel admit thoy could not do without him In the cotton fields and on tho farm. They tnlk of tho old "plantation darky" nlmost In terms of affection, but tho negro who V in... 1nl.w. Kf..l. t.l.. .. . . u IS ..wt, t,v..i.K .iuoii, umuix-ei uy me promlap of high wages and other blandishments-! he'a a horse of another coor, calculated from the average southern vlwni.-' Vt nl uw tbAttiilirf riArn iitali a. .u'aij.t':), t flbatM .ths'Wa.y-7Uui'iML " - 1 .M7L W ".: And thero was Ktvor.sidc Mansion, at tho entrance to Wlssahlckon Drive, tho upper terminus of the lino of tiny steam ers plying on tho Schuylkill a. quarter of a century -ago. We may bo wrong about It, but wo seem to remember that Judge Patterson's, futher was president or general passenger agent or something. At Ktversldo one day wo discovered 11 strange bird. Tho waiters thero had long been tlio common or garden variety of flermnn Kellncr, who Jingled a pocketful of chango In his beer-splashed apron; but at this time, for some reason, tho servitors wero black. One of thcin, who was par ticularly ace-o'-.spndlsh, took our order. There was a youngster In our patty who was clcaily under age nnd the ret of us had warneel him that he wouldn't bo seived, for the headvvaltcr had been look ing him over. Sure enough, this official called our darky to him nnd said n. few words which sent our man back to us. Wo knew what was coming, 'but wo weren't quite prepared for tho ellalect: "Oi'm vcrry soiry, sor, but th' young lad fornlnst tho tree Is unellicr ago an' Ol 1'iin't servo "m." We found out that tho darky was from Juiniilcu nnd had been raised In n neighborhood populous with liish soldleis OX IIIH VACATIOX "Me ticket ft yeioeZ In stop of. Then tell mi," &aid foxy Vihc. Douegnn, "They don't tell vie, though, what I'd like I' kiiou : Is it sure V be good f gll nn aaainf" The si'cielaiy of the countty week char ity I1.-11I piovldcel accoiutnuilalloiis for n 1'e'rtnin poor woman 11111I her children, but wasn't eiiillo prcpari-d fen- this: "How many of von nllngethcr?" -i 11 vo pieces " itAu.Aiw or rim I'MTiiruh nohumii Theirs a jlil In the hem I uf Maiyland, Ind one In the toitu of Milwaukee, too. Theie's a hidp duiin tig the lUo Urande. And a binhfnl maid In lialuniutoo; Theic's nnutlui up in Waterloo, Ana one, tre-s jolle, in diur Puree, And I've suorn to them till that I'd be tine. And 1 hope, that they aie true to me. 1 Kama miss let me hold her hand, In Orleans I kissed a piettg shiew; I confeis I'm fond of the Ba,ton brand, Whose, coldness melts Mien you come to woo; Of Xcio York maids a score or tico Have thiilled nith hive at my passionate pica: .Vn I guess they'ie u ishlng , ,,;,(., it'erp due. And 1 hope that then are tine to me. fie traveled a bit, you understand, And faithful uorne?,, I knoiv, are few- They Jiiui giggle and grin 10lth sm',e that's bland, Hut almost none of them stick like glue They're always after a tetlnue forgetting the lad that's across the sea Yet I hope they remember me, lone and blue, And I hope that they are true to me. h'vxroi Prince, when the. women go back on you Come, around and have a drink or three To my faithful lasses, old and new, And IJiope that they are. true to met ' J WLLior. Some day vhen the weather's coolor we're going to indulge our civic ni-Ci. ...... ourjQveof good ,"wlttW; Brj bragt '. THE VOICE OF THtf PEOPLE The Farmer's Vital Role Jer sey Speed Laws A Free Thinker's Views This Dcpartinnit is Jree to fill rradcis itiu wisl to express their opinion on subjects of turrrnt ntcrtt. lt is nn ojien forum tvul the Kiemno I.etloer nviemra no icsiionslbtlltu for the I'lciui of its correipontlrnts. Letters must he signed by the imme anil address of the urlter, not itcerssartlv for publication, hut as a auaiantee of omul faith. THE INVALUABLE FARMER 7o the lldltor of the Vicnlng Ledger Sir lt seems to mn that some reply must be made lo the accusations made against the fanner Will the people of the cities ever appreciate the value of the farm er and the fi tills of his labor to the world? 1 would like to make referenco to the statement made in the Kvbnino Lnnar.n of Monday, August 13. by iMward S. Wertz, of Heading. Pa. Ho declares th.1t only 5 per cent of the people, (the farmers) are not being considered in tho now- conscription law anil tho 93 per cent (the consum ers) arc being cnnsldeiod n0 must bo aware of the,' fact Hint if the 5 per cent (or the farmers) were to go, the consumers (the. fir. per cent) would be without food and would soon staive The people mtit appreciate the fact that the farmers keep thn world alive livery' ono wants mediation I net eased, but it cannot be ln 1'ieased If thn piodiiceis aie not certain of a price that will give them a profit. If -i leasonabio price Is not fixed the crops will not be sowed, because! the fnimcr will not glut Ids own marked. , Mr Wert. Is in Hie grain qnd milling business and can't be classed among the merchants and speculatois Tin. merchants and speculators could go out ,,r business and thn world would still live, but If the furn.er should go out of business the wen Id would starve Now. which Is more ',. poitnnt to tho woild and to the people'' (liirmany. eiur enemv. ban i,iJi .",. fnr-n,.., a,. 11. it !... i ..... ' lllQ ......... w ..,.,. ,lc IIUH np,u ,, undc great strain, while America has not helped Hie fanner and cannot hold up under -. veiy small strain. Please do , forget H." or. per cent due3 not feed the world ! New Castle, Del.. August 14 J ' " SAFETY FIRStIn NEW JERSEY To ( -;,f(oi- 0 the livening Ledger Sir Pago five of the i:vi:.s-iNa ijEr,,1T, -the 13th lust contain., a leiy mmoroSJ account of automobiles beinc arrestee In this town last Sunday Ai a matter ir fac. there has not be'en mVautomoh.ll, arrested this summer by Audubon nii office. All sort, arrests" l,, &" made by- Rat. or county officers, and m all cases ft which I havo been PeMll, (h , been Jllbtineel l-'uitherineus.. the Ihvvb env crnlng Iheso cases are State and not local laws, and aie enforced In all parts of ,h S ate. Any rmc so ar.e.sted !,, (he rig ,t of appeal "nl Among other matters you Khp vollp readers the Impression that the, young mn from Swatlhmore who slipped Jftvvay vU his car after It was Impounded by the law executed a very brilliant feat If j-o u were that this gentlenian is of , u B ,lffer" opinion. We are not looking for l.lm ; fact, he Is about to return to this Ktate, . i throw himself on the mercy of the court order to avoid serious eonsequoi'ices 'n rusal of tho statutes would possibly con." vlnce you that such an net mi,.i,t i. -Q" strued as larceny from the state, U8 Ca so Impounded become Stnte property iinm any charges levied against then, are paid I regret very much the spirit, you treat these matters with, as it simply encourage others fo follow suit In disregard of C law. This works a hardship on th.m ami Inclines ofllcers to be less len onvh others. Any one willing to bo wasonaBln will have no trouble. Unfortunatel7the.ro are about 2 per cent of those who drive hat have to lecrn by sad experience-that thev must pay a small amount of attention Z ....,..... ueiouio lor mo remal the law. As to the lluc. the "motor volunc and traffic acts," a copy of which you may havo by writing to Trenton, will enlighten you. In these days, when there Is apparent dis regard for law and order on every hand, It would bo well for a medium like tho Hv-kxino Lnneimt to refrain from unjust crit icism of those- 011 whose shoulders fall the duty of enforcing tho statutes. As to tho town being, as you say. Hie storm center, nn examination of the magistrates' dockets In the county will prove the contrary. Hoping you will seo this in tlie manner In which It is Intended, 1 am, C MacMILLAN. Chief of Police. Audubon, N. J., August 1 1. FREE THINKING DEFENDED 7'o the lUlltor of the Kvcning Lcdgn: Sir Were Schwab or some other Ameri can munition maker to donate .a million dol lars to our country and then accept a con tract from Germany, would we not as a na tion despise and condemn him? Yet we glib ly swallow the patriotic outbursts of our too many churches and never stop to ponder that theso same denominations, with branches that were supposed to differ only In geographical location, do Just tlie opposite and Invoke Dlvlno nld against the Cnlteel States Writers galore have, even through your columns, urged religion upon u. I am not speaking of tlie man who through neglect or Indifference drops his religion, hut will no, one defend the many who have not only looked Into but seen through this? Aie all agnostics, many of whom will be In Hie trenches fur us, morally lacking or entirely elepravcd? 1 say no and feel that out o't this war another great good besides the banishment nf autocracy will come when enlightenment teaches us that good and bail, right nnd wrong actions are uot pIC ordulned for us. but are as we will ami Irv a puni: TiiiNKHit. ' Trenton. N J, August II GRANT'S LAST DAYS leneial Cr.int's iapt days !(t iXonul Mc. i.ieanr nso louchlngly desctlbcel In iP,i, eiaieei September. ISS5. printed In llaiper's Magazine: ' "Ho was under penitence of death lB spring." Marie, wrote Ileechei . he. sat think lug. musing, several days nobody knows what about ; then ho pulled himself together and set to work to lli.lsl, .thai book, a co tossal task for a living ion., r.L...i.. ,.T.. blind .gave out: fate seemed to have got him checkmated Dictation was suggested n he never could do that; had never tiled, too old to leain now Hy and In -If he could only do AjipoinattovUwoll to inim ,V ,a f,1e"B'-apher and dictated JOUO woids at a single sitting never paus ing. ne,vei hesitating for a word, never ,1 peatlng-and In the .written-out copy Im made hardlv a coriectioi. He dictated again, every ttvo or three davs-the inter vals weie intervals of exhaustion and "low recuperat lon-and at last he was able to tell me hat he had written more matte? than could be gotten lnm ih 1.....1. , .I1" enlarged the book-had to. Then he lost Us voice He wan not quite done how-ever-there was no end of little phuns and spices to be stuck In heie and ?" atyl his work he patiently continued a few lines a day. with pad and pencil tin u v ,.n, ,(";, at M0Unt McGregor 'on" ti T ""'e,1113 "''"-"" n!,l"S '"1 Mill he was done-there was nothing mote t , o f I had been theie 1 could havo roietoW ateerCk ""J1 Btruck orld tnri d'.y-s What Do You Know? 1 1 11 oinz ' "-niuArzrnt riM "'" ' i . 2. Mow- .11,1 imun.la.nleil mails Ket their nam.f ,,',. Atlantic? h,('-,n"1"" "'"" arrom 'I. Vilio Is Hie present Premier of An.trallat J" u- "'lUiai;!'?,."" V " wl'.!i..,.,.r,.t.,ti!,'Iv,,u:,,:?''on lws"1" c'anadi " - t i...a ....:. liirnl""? ' " 0r,Kln "f '"Joe Jll"' Wt ' . uiio wrote the niiera of "r.iul"? 9. WI1.1t I. a qiiartn veihimc? ,0, "''m'lc.rrd'in1'? '""." frHf THE BUGLES OF THE MARNE mien an inn cniiaies or the sun Are quenched, and the J0B day is done Ami gusts about the highways go ' And twirls the vane on slradowy barn Then dim the bugles blow u,,d blow- The bugles of the Marno. ' Tlie houses standing all so meek. Strain forward, sorrowing cheek e i , The folk within them start and Cl'eeU : Llkestlr of reeds by some vague 1 in' Tho bugles whisper lean and bis". ' The bugles of the Marne. ' There aro great ghosts como maichi.,,. 1 .. Franco listens with her face to kyi y! Franco listens with he.- net 011 k'.,. Tho ghosts of 'them that fought tM,?H. Tho bugles break vvlthNSrh's """"' ' ' The bugles of tho.Jlarno. Archangel Michael fia.. .... .. . t those uslni them7 ,t' ?' Nt .Joan .Ilk. .cloud twlndy TnS; the-' aim otoatL, county ,m'H inS ?.Mt' "'e.dead-In Bwayliur wail- m,mm:m mu.x ", Answers to Yesterday's Quiz C""t!i,e! fi'"'"!,rrl ' p'"'''l herretar of N'flH.I,. .. ..n.lt.t .. .. . .. in ... ","" prescrmea tnat the ra 1 7"ooViV"i'L "'".'.v.'i-.r."-','.". I""' -J Irflm ,1 l... .. . ,"'u, '"""n. requinnx .-a irom thirteen In seientren jpars for ih- fl ,r,'V.,i1V,, n.haH "" Krenlest lon.iV . m,'L'i.v".1"n ,I"'V., T11" '""limine nolM A ri ii.e l,v It resembles Hint from a vlbnt- A ... ...r, , I..,, mrr in .1 hiriim: Dreeze, i',l 1 e',.....ii. .. ,. , '.. ... ' '.I 1. '..1 . ""nnioiives nre tlio-e In whlct .( if lM.hln.rit " iVr hoUer ,n,i"-) '," Tl,?'rre 'linkers were rrlrn.l who fonjhl tor fnieiu.r.ilei. rlnt-inp- .., tm...a Ilevolutlon. "" l fi. TeilioNk, where Hie ex-Car Is tn reside, li , .i"r" " "',"."" Mberla. Its ropolf Hon Is nhoiit S3.0U0. I, J. "e'llinctiin Is Hip rapllal nf New Zealand. A S. I.tldnili.. l...... .. ..u .. ,- .-. ......- ,. ;- ......-.., .,,1 11 ririir.i.ri. ..ana. ine-t. author of "llrliiiHlo rnrlii.o." Hli elates nro 1 i;i-l,-,:u. 9. Noiilli l-iirnllii 1 misseil Hip fnmous nallt- J.1 M.iiinii iiriunnni'p 1.1 is:.;. , 10. A -iminl.iiiif, Is u innsteiil lnriiment. torn- li n itr r..li.uu ..r ..., t'i . 1 '"''"d by A1I0I11I1 Nix, ,.f lirlnlum. I j THE "JAPANESE FEVER" However enthusiastically "A Pacific Port" may have lately iccelved VKcoimt Islill'l l'y e'omnilsslon from our .lannnce. ally, it IJ highly improbable that western fervor l 4 tallied aiivthlug lll.-e the lni..i.itv. nf feel- i.il Ing which Plilladelphia bestowed on a dejU- Vtl gatlon from Htn ImI.kwI 1.'n,,,f,a . Sa Riira Im mer of 1S0 I It is Indeed hard to realize what ','1 amazing curiosity the Japanese people were ; to our I'Ve'.S llflv.rulrl venm n'n. It waS ife only In 1SBI that Commodoio Matthew Cl SI liraitli Perry negotiated his famous trad . fri'sty between Japan and tho t'nited States t'l l-'or several centuiles previous the MHado'J ? icaini had been Justly termed tha "lierm'.i Ml empjip" japan had deliberately preferred tO h0 Self.Btlt l.llnltier ni.rl .iru,,lfllAnl. NO Japanese subject traveled No foreign vis- ( 1101 was peimllted 11 neen nt this inviolate land The change in tlie imperial policy fi Mm. rr.lt.... 1 .1 . ..., ...,. J. It was sweeping Japan's curiosity In the m western World suddenly became no lew t than the Western World's Intetest In her jj ah embassy from the Oilent was dispatcher to the United States Philadelphia was i promised a glimnse of this deleeatlon on :a June 3, isou .tl On tho gteat day of their artlval an im- f iiiense ciowd collectea at the BroatJ ma Ptlme stieets depot lo catch a glimpse of , uie amuassadors Mayor Henry gave mem - Hie fieedom of the city, and by the time, tw L"! splendid military patado was ready to start i u seemeil as If the whole population or w , city had turned out to see the straw "iieniais The throng numbered funy n'w 1, mltllr... ...,.,. -.1.. . Hnll. - "" 'iuiio, Ulliong wnom ivcid -'-- , rands of visitors from the surroundln j country Thmnghn.it nil ih. nnvt day dens t, masses of humanity waited patiently lj i front of the new Continental Hotel to catch $ a sight of the Asiatic dignitaries loa." & mete. ejn June 11 they were escoTlta ' urn cuya notable factories and puduc i- F.tll.llfnna ...... .. .1.- J -..M ehV trit "-- -., H11U. Ull 11IU tliJLV U1LCI H.-J -- j. nessed an elaborate matinee performance j. Of farCP. t-irint,,-,-.!,-.... nn.l nna.l nl IhP tl)Ttt'tt year-Old Academy nf tlmli, then one 0t I America'H show places, Nothing that the J town' was proud of was hidden from tM-fa aimotid-eyed rtsltors. They were "''). asked to marvel at a balloon Bsoenslon.ir- Vl'l-lli'h the... ..,.,.. jf.i n-. t tUr Staj V "v' ""'X UIU, l-HIl Ul """..iiil-i was occupied at the United States. " vieieiu close inspection of our co- ; epniparisons with ahose of Japan f made. I"-Uav::pW'b' craze for the deleBat;,' won tr.: nfct.io of "Japanese fever," ", ministration of the city government f oven interrupted, and five days altera arrival or tho mission Council wan uni 10 get together a quorum. The pri Uistntiuted by the Japanese here and, which they received were valliJ,r.' M..UTaTh '..t.. v h U'th I
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