mnr iJffi H,9!dKffil wftd-. ' V. .? U "' ' lEVNING EDGER-PHILADBLPHIA, 1 FRIDAY, SfePTHBER C, 1017 u "uv- V JF j. " '1 ' . . ! i I- i Ceiigcr Mll.i -j. (, am. fvinvaiu . vuniiO) s aaaiVBUT .Cbarlee IT. T.udlngton. Vic President! John xanin. Herrtiary ana Treasurer) rnmp b. iJohn H. willlsm, John J. Spurgeon, i nnaiejr, uirectors. ' t. editomax do Ann i ' ' . Choi It. IC CciTlt, Chairman, .- TT. WHALKT Editor fOHH C. MAnTTN.. general Business Manager "fc.. .. w..-...i.t J... . i v.;..... ' r" 7 Independence Sature. Philadelphia. -VMtxitg Cists1.,,,, Broad and Chestnut 8treU - ATM5TID U1TT.. ......... I'ftlf- UniON UU1 Q ni 00 Metropolitan Tower 4ii3 foil iiunaing TI.AKTIO ClTI EW TOgK DSTKOIT. . i PT. hooti inns Fullrrton Building Catcaoo i . 1202 Tribune Uulldlnc ew ntmcAtist V '.Wahiiixotos llLDIUtl Illsrs Building 4.pn MumiK uluuu .. I iia j irnr. iiuituiuK AH.I.H 111'..! H llb H I 1,...B (,...... a ,-..., I,., - ., i nmt v . . . ,.,,n,vuill liuuac. c.iaiut ASlvIjaia nnur.. .1! Iciim ftula Im Clrsnri E? suDscnirnoN tebms r",V The Kfgstsa I.IHOIK la fiervct fa auhsrrthsra V ' in Philadelphia and surrounding towns at tha ,4,11 ,ti, tho carrier, K ' VtV Mull lA nrtlnls ntltsl. nt ThlU.tlnSU . In 'tha Cnlted Htatea, Canada or Urlt-nl Matra po arailona, po.xiro trra, fifty (IW) rfnt i"r month. Six (IUI dollars ptr year, payabla In advance. . To all foreign countries one (ll dollar per aiiml s. i1'' .Notice Subscribers vltrinjr address changed aff- Bnuat Blvo old as veil as new addrers. BELL, 3000 WALNUT KEVbTONF, MAIN 3005 MTVtffaYesj alt rommutitcaffops to Evenlno Ltdctr, Independence Square, I'Mladelphia. "Vr xxtcrkd at TnR rnii.icrtrpu rosTornci At HCOMI-CUH Hilt, MATT Philidrlptia, rrlJij, Srplrmtirr T. 1917 A TALE OF TWO CITIES Pi Yc COL'I.K sometimes wonder why New k'ork lea.w ahead of Its American com petitors and has become, In fact, the lead ing metropolis of the world. There li a reason for the fuel, which Is not due, as some people suppose, solely to natural advantages. When Clinton built the l.rle Canal ho established n theoty which ever elnce, subject to temporary exceptions, has dominated tho public policy of New York city, If not of the State, and has exercised a sympathetic Influence on prlvato corpoiatlons engaged In semi public cnterpilbcs. New York has asked Uhelf what was needed and lias then pioceeded to set It, whatever the cost, on tho theory that business and people ko wheie servico Is, nnd that good service Is bound to be so Kttractlve that it will eventually be ie muneratlve flnanclall.v. no matter whut tearly deficits uie Incurred. Kor yeais i tho railroads, for Instance, hae beet, SlvinK free to Nrtv Yotk a barge fi eight ervlee. They hao built such tallwsy stations as the Cliuml Centtal and tPe rennsylvanla Station, and we can ImuKlne Mr. C.watt laughlnK In the face of any " timid Individual who had ventuied to afk for proof, In tabulated llstiies f dollais and costs, that the aforesaid l'enns. vnnla Station would straightway pay ItH own way. He did not cupect it to pay its own way. but ho had a mind big enough to see nnd undei stand that the Pennsyl vania system aB a whole would benefit sulllclurtly fiom 'hat enterprise tu Justify the Investment In full. ' was pr the first subway In New York imposed In 1890, nt an estimated cost of $:15,000,000, It was criticized ns being a wild dream, and the beginning of consttuctlon was delayed three cats. Since then the city has dedicated Itself to the expenditure of more than $450,000,oin for high-speed construction. As to the method of financing, wo quote In detail from the comprehensive 191(1 teport of the Chicago Traction and Subway Com mission: In order th.it the companies In New YorkJ may bo In n position to finance their share of the now capital, and In order that the burden of the new construction shall not impair the earnings and consequently the ci edit which they enjoyed befom the additional but den of construction and equipment was imposed, the city agreed that the companies should ie eclvo their fixed charges and pie vlously existing net earnings beforo the city received any leturn. The city will then leceivo a similar return on its invested capital, the balance. If any, to bo divided equally between the com panies and tho city It tens recognized 1U those eictinu or the city in the pre liminary negotiation that It icoutd he tome years before the city traiild e cefre a full return or. its invested cap ital. It is probablo that this period will bo somewhat extended on account of the Increased cost above the estl mates. Any deficit caused by the fall, uie of tho city's share in the net earn ings to equal the interest on the city's bonds mubt bo supplied by the taxpayers. irk, which we publish elsewhere today. T .1 1 w w'.Ai ji- aKttf an (ft lnr1lunHFnlla nJlii ,,. MU4.w.-w. uiita 'vMivj(i'vtiatiu.p UUIlUUlOn, s IS -uri KiR A ttS I V It H'lll l,n ..nn . . l.t.. .1 .. . ?v2fc net ".., j.uti, una, uitu irimi mo Ri fJieP011 ot our special investigator in New EM Jt tfx f VvT . ; i ; moii.i, tlwt ,lve mt n.u.iv ufc juuio in auvaiiwo, xciiilica ailte-i 'JJ n the candy store at noon can undo all the KT Kood of tho nourishment taken under watch- ful eyes in the morning and at night, and a tllc lunch is ths veer best rival rtf a nunnv IfiJ' eandy otore. It' : Here are ome bills of fare that can be RaA'nTSfcrifiilA tin frnw rllnna) 1afiaM Jta.T Criro roll hollowed nut anrl f11tr1 wth : charmed meat or flnh immti with mti Jftil4 dressing ; a peach and an apple. ftf1. Cold alices of meat Joaf, nda crackers, LjTliuttered ; atewed trult pyt In a Uttle candy A r ". - v-w.. wW u m ac.u hi ginger Wm' J Baked-beans sandwiches, orana-a. and m. IcoUDle of Dleces of candv. C. .. .xIIaid.bolled ttartL rvA hreari inA ei,H v'A' ." -Mlnced-beef sandwiches. RDDla aauca Tin Ari.awndy Jars) and cake. 'J y ptrong-Smelllnir Vegetables its' 4o f Ztlter of TTomon' ram; fe Ji'-'Dear Madam la 'thera any way to rrersnt ." k. tjuk map of atMHir-amalllnv vvtakta .w.. otnr through tha house whllo thr ara cooklngf r y ... M. a, i. l'iII you wrap a Mice of stale bread in a Jnelean cloth and place It la the pot with the I,.,. .vegetables that are cooking It will prevent -an tna strong oaors irom pertneatmr the house. rtfCfiu .''tfr Iji a1wvfi wnlt in w that th tUhAM 'J'aUyor la closed when anrthlnr of thla aart ! KwOOklnr. rTtf-'!, &-: , ... .. , J. , eioTinij vnowinu uum rrum uoai ' 9 t Sdttor of TVomtm't Font: iTMar Madam.! always mad your answers In nktnr you in Vajxn. FIXmENCB you can remove tne cnewing cum from coat Ly taking a piece of Ice and hold : Jt tlhlly over the gum for a few mln av mils hardens the gum and will causa 'i'Wb to cnnnbl, 'You ran then brush .It. oft fitMi no Injury to, the cloth. It might be well PfiruaVtWe apot'wlth a little ether to give a jSwlelaantnaT. !, r aa arwv I-- C" . a v fgssy XtMut tha Kxcnange. j nopa tt will aAutiOA ,4ttai ueto be.pf aeryjea to you. -. a1 fc-.. mm.... mm . . AMU Mtm:rm YYJiite raiat tail i bow to. mora than thy ought to pay for govern 'menu If the Organization can get mil lions more yearly from the people In the form of carfares, It boasts that It can borrow additional millions, which It Is prepared to spend liberally, provided the peoplo Indorso Us constitutional amend ment throwing open the extra 3 per cent borrowing capacity to purposes other than port and transit, while having avail able also all the abnormal tax receipts to come from Increased valuations. Verily thoro would be a rich treasury In which to dip greedy Angers. Wo say to the people of Philadelphia that If they accept this lease and agree to pay higher fares, thereby Increasing the borrowing capacity many millions, they will llnd themselves saddled suro enough with an Increased tax rato and no' hope of a reduction. There Is but one thing to do with this lease, and that Is to kill It as If It wcie n rattlesnake. If adopted, when tho day comes that its onerous fare Increases go into effect there wilt bo riot and civic commotion and grievous disorder. It U a time, we believe, when tht people should be given n square deal, and they are going to Insist on getting It. THE ENEMY OF UNIONISM SOME few years ago the Idea still pre vailed that it trade union was organ ized to stilkc; that Is, to make men los-e their Jobs. Now It Is gencially lecognbed thnt a trade union Is not Intended to lose Jobs but to keep them. And when em ployes combine, to keep Jobs, It Is to be assumed that they deem themselves to have much In common with employers In co-operating with them, The I. V. V. Is not n leal trade union It has little Interest in special crafts or btotheihood within a craft. It would hasp u bookbinder tu Hoston and a boiler maker lu I.ns Angeles associated In a closer union than two men working slob by side. "Tho working class and the employing class have nothing In com limn," sas the pieamblo of the I. W. W constitution. It nlllt tally announces that "it seeks to build it new union on i evo lutionary lines inthei than to attempt to chango the present icartlomiry and out-of-date ci aft unions." Talk to a typical 1. V'. V. and you will hear a mom bitter arraignment of the unions than tho mot unfah cinplojcr In the country would make. Naturallv an oigunlsutliun which f lankly comes as close to open 1 evolution as Is legall, possible does not uttiuet family men who want secuitty and lu creases In pay. The gieatcst lubor victor1, li, modem times, the lalhoad workeis' accomplishment of last summer, .seemed to many to he i evolutionary enough; but it didn't suit the I. W. W. These tarn unionists actually recognized tho Picsl dent of tlie l.'nlted States! The total membership of tills Inter national i evolutionary body Is o.,u(Hi. The total Ameiloan population engaged li. ngilculttiic, mining, manufacturing and transput tntlon Is 26,9:o,K73. So it will be some time bcfoie tho revolution can tait. XT J. I, KETAU.EK VS. KETAI1.EK HUOVKH Is going nfler tho te- tailcrs now, and we other retalleis hope he gets them. We piotest that the giocers and small coal dealeis ale en titled to no monopoly of the wind "ie taller." The man who sells so much energy a week In business for a wage Is as much a retailer as the man who .ells his weekly energy from u shop or office of his own. It Is Just ns impoitnnt to keep the man who letalls himself fiom going to the wall as to .save the man who retulls eggs. It's more Important, for we i etallers-In general outnumber the ie-talleis-In-partlculnr about twenty to one. We have always wished we might be a fly on the wall to listen to the heated conversation between two of these pai tlcular retailers, a grocer and a coal man, for Instance. Does the giocer try to get the better of ills customer? If he does, the coal mall may cty out, "Swindling retailer!" And then the grocer would reply, "Retailer yourself!" And then, per haps, they say, "Let's be friend and cheat all tho other letalleis." "More reductions and I'll have to cloie my shop," says tho selling ictaller. "Higher ptlees and I can't pay my lent," saja the buying ictuilci. Well, let's all remember that we ate all retailers, and then perhaps we can strike a bargain. THE FIFTH GUESS TT'NGLANt) wont sue for peace until DearSUie end of this year. The (lermans ited,cS!2 .having for tho fifth tlmo nn- Jm!11-"-1 I ."lew staivlng date. This time thla part of the CO .... ... what sort of clothTCst which has suved old Ave ahould take to at. ., Wear a good.look'i.e,ns tUo "' neTer pepper-and-salt sack'!"1-- thc needed a new take a couple of paUi'oats' limitations. Of el?.iS "' wl,h. a h" I"' f v ships otlier dark sack coat you have. Take your tuxedo " ,n"re ""vests, coats are worn very often V excuses nre trousers for evenlnr at this tlmno dream of You will want good-looklnr negll ., r.nr-man and ties, some stiff collars and e "-'e"""" ones for morning. White shoes slia,ve(' mt worn with tho white trousers. Yottive self socks may match your cravats If youti,Pv tn to go into tha little extravagance. , " - II nnd Bride's Family Gives Reception To tilt Bittor of TVomos'j rage: , . Dear Madam Will you Wndly tell ms wli. tlvea the. wedding; raceptlon the bride or brldeit,lB uroom'i family? FUTURE WUUB. , Tha bride's family Is always supposed to civ the -wedding recentlon unleu th.r. , exceptional reasons why they cannot, us an lor instance, the bride may be a stranser In lle the city and her family unable to come on fs. ror uie weoainr. In that cass the bride groom's parents may give the reception. "PITTSBURGH'S EVILS POLITICAL," SAYS MARY ROBERTS RINEHART Famous' Woman Not Proud of Her City's Public Spirit Sees No Hope in Present Conditions IV A WOMAN'S VIEW OF PITTSBURGH This Is the fourth of a scries of five ailiclci hy a staff rcpicscntallvc of the Hvcntnp Ledger who has made a srrtom study of political conditions In Pitts burgh, which arc almott without precedent in the hlitoiy of the Cdmmonwcalth. WHEN I went I expected lu Hy SAMUEL McCOY to Pittsburgh last week ipected to run Into some ono of Its citizens who would, as a matter of course, ho a booster for his own homo town. Philadelphia would like to believe thut Pittsburgh is u city tn lung about, no matter how little occasion there mnv bo to wa. enthuiilaitlc about Philadel phia. It would be discouraging 1o think that your sister Is no better than you are. Hut of nil the Pltt.shurghers I talked to, Influential citizens all, not one came across with tho optimistic picture that f was exporting to see painted They all "knocked" their own homo town. I present an Interview with tho best known woman in Pittsbtugh as typical of nil their views Mrs. Mary Itoheits P.liiehait, whose personal Interviews with tho great men who are conducting tho business ot the 'l1 Ghoea and Suit for Young; Mother To Ms Editor of Woman's Pagoi It- , Dear Madam Wilt yoa ktndlr print th fol lowing for mai Dear Readers I am a married woman. fvm r.lB vtin nA. anil t.a- II, 1. .4....1...1" elothest Will soma on Blcae. halD ma to et l. aoma shoes, site or 4. and a suit, alie 10? fw I would appreciate help of any sort. -. Thanking rou kindly r. n es "I B.'a" address Is held here and will be',"0 giren u any one wno would irka to help. Somewhere in Philadelphia there Is prob ably a pair of shoes, alio 3H or i. and a suit, site 16, that could be spared for this younr mother. . nclt Send Preieat to the Bride .nl" To tho BiUor of TVtman'o Pogt: a" l0 Dear MadamI , bar bean Invited i ubout (wedding; and reception of one or my bus) associates nd feel that I ahould aend hi nresent. What would you suggest? Tha i tatlons cams (row the paranta of tho brldei . 1 d nof knojs y a.ioctat.'s borne adt)K - I mWJZStt VohU orlA Oer wwMAmakeM jryu lay r nt ' the aKtSKBlaWlliPyHnPtieM. M- MARY ROBERTS RINEHART Allied (internments against (criiiaii liate been lead nil ner the I'ulted States; who has tepoitcd the national political nominating conontlons with an insight which no masculiuo political re poiter has equaled; who has exerted na tional Influence on our military prepaied ness and who has described for millions of Ameilcaus tbe woilc undertaken nt our aimy tiainlng camps Mis. Itlnehnit, li, her otllce In n tall building In down town Pittsbiiigh, seated behind a desk that was heaped with moie documents than that of the Sccietary af War, shot out vigorous comment on her native city to me while she dictated to her secretary between sentences. "I have talked to all three of the can didates for the maoralty," I said to her. "Is It true, from the viewpoint of an tin piejudlced observer, that there Is any thing wrong with littsbuigh?" Need of a Kightinp; Idealist "Pittsburgh is today suffering from the accumulated gross neglect of past admiu istiallons. from nn inefficient present one and n very real apathy as to civic condi tions among the mas of tho people," said Mis. Jtlnehart decisively. "Taxes aro extremely high, housing conditions poor and the condition of the streets a disgrace. "The only way to have a Greater Pitts burgh is to sec uie for the Pittsburgh of toda a business administration instead of a ptitely political one. If wo could .secure for this city nn administration which would take care of the city rather than nf the adminlstintlon's fi lends, there would be some hope of n (Ji eater Pittsburgh. Thete Is no hope of It now." "No hope? Does none of tho candidates meet tho need?" "Pittsbuigli today needs a Mayor ns fearless as the Mayor of New York, a practical idealist and it fighter," Mrs. Rtnchurl said, thoughtfully. "I do not know wheio we shall find such n man. "Former Maor Mageo lias had certain Ideals and has clung to them. He has shown u desire to keep faith with tho community, also, lie is certainly the best of the candidates, lint no one of them seems to combine all tho qualities that Pittsburgh requires now to prevent that inevitablo slipping back which must come with iuetllclent city management." "Uovv.nlglit Pittsburgh go forward?" "Nearly all of Pittsburgh's evils nre political," she answered. "Wo want a cleat city, morally and physically. We want to cct what we are uavlnir fur. Wo rare not getting It now. City Doesn't Have to Be Ugly "For some time there has been an agitation to make Pittsburgh one of the largest cities In the country by taking in tho surrounding boroughs. These bor oughs will only be willing to come into the city when the city offers them some thing, better than Jt offers now. On their lower rate of taxation most of these boroughs havo good streets and cfllcient fire and police piotecllou, "Masses of money are coming Into the Pittsburgh district Just now. The city' revenues nro very large nnd should be properly used for the? abatement of the smoke nuisance, for cleaning up, for paving and for Improving tho water front. It has always been said that Pitts burgh Is an ugly city. It is not neces es.rlly an ugly city.. Its location Is both beautiful and impressive. It Is ugly be cause it Js dirty and unkempt, It Is neither more smoky nor more crowded than London. Hut London, with all Its cloud of smoke, Is exquisitely neat, "I was born In Pittsburgh. I have lived to see Jts industrial growth and It political, failure.. The fcrrawn-ahaded I gaaaaaaaaaaHaV lAE aataE, i HlaraftasJtgaaaal ----W aaaaaaal FLaVBsaU ji aia mt -flaaT i glrtitrtBal J with tenements, Our lailioads, burning soft coal, havo cut great' black scars through tho city nnd far out Into tho countryside, Tho Penusltaul,t Itnlhoad, which enters Philadelphia injil other eastern cities lu a neat, orderly nnd smokeless fnshlon, In Pittsburgh shows neither order nor decoium. Its right-of-way Is slovenly. It brings prosperity, but It nlso brings destruction. Our mills hevo been permitted to send out clouds of i.ro dust, which havo ruined whole residential districts. Our factories still scud out clouds of smoke. "In other words. Pittsburgh has bo come anathema to the home seeker. And It Is the home-seeker not the Job-seeker who builds up the permanent popula tion of the city. "The WesL is building up great com munities clean, beautiful and ably ad ministered. Tho tlmo has gono by when all n city needed to offer was n Job. It must today offer the best of living con ditions. It must offer an ndequato return for tnxation. For a man labors only eight bouts a day, hut lie lives twenty four. Not n Really Wicked City "It Is ttue that wo nic growing nut our growth Is not entirely of a delrabln sort Much of It consists of imported labor for tho mills, who bring with them their own pioblems to be solved and who nre not permanent members of the com munity AVe offer little to home-seekers save high taxes or exorbitant rents, dirt, tho woiht streets In the country and n congestion of tinllic that Is Increasing dally. Wo aio slipping back. Other cities, better administered, are crawling past us. No wonder the cities on th west coast of this country nre growing. Civic prldo Is n leal thing out theie. Cleanliness nnd order, clean politics, good sticcts, excellent living conditions these nio what the Western cities can offer to tho homc-seeltcr. In Pittsburgh wo offer him little except nn outrageous rent and the highest cost of living In the country. "Pittsburgh Is getting tho unenviable and totally unnecessary reputation of being a bad place l-n which to live. Yet It Is not ti tie that It Is a fast city, given to liotous living. On the contrary, it Is a quiet, haid-worklng community, accept ing with n shrug Its maltteatment at the hands of Its political governors and en tirely hopeless of refoim. "In two ways, and those forced upon tho politicians of the city by the liti.ens. we have made a step forward. AVe have taken our public schools away from the old local school bujids. which weie a Jest and a inockeiy, nnd havo provided something better. And we have done away with our bribe-taking City Council nnd have substituted a commission form of government, which, though It has failed In many ways, is at least an advance over the old method. "Probably a city manager, could he be given u fice hand, would solve many of our troubles. Hut, nfter nil, the troubles are fundamental; thev are of the people themselves, "Too Busy Industrially" "V are too busy Industrially to be willing to take any political responsi bilities. AVe nte not money -seekers so much as we ale hard workers. (Treat fortunes ate made in Pittsburgh, nut when, ns now nnd then happen", the owner of such a fortune enters the politi cal life of a city " Her woids lnstantlv biought to mind the peisiiuallty of K. A', r'iabcock. million aire lumberman, the Pentose candidate for the majoralty, but ns Mrs. Itinehait had lefused in express an unqualified opinion of nny of tho candidates I did not interrupt her Kho went on- "AA'hen the owner of such a fortune enters tho political life of the city it is to fui titer his own ends and not with any altruistic motives. AVe hnve men in this city, big men, who could step for ward and put the community on a busi ness basis If they would. Hut they will not. They aro slothful citizens." "Mrs. ninehart, that sounds pretty cynical, Haven't you nny hopo for a civic awakening?" "It not only sounds cynical, It Is cynical," she lepllcd. "It is tho truth. I know of nothing which can wake tho decent citizens of Pittsburgh to action; which can sccuto clean municipal gov ernment for them, AVo are at the part ing of tho ways today, but I have no hope that the community will realize this. Klther we will go ahead or wo will fall back. Cities do not stand still. And tho tlmo has gono by when a city will flourish against tho handicap of mlsman. ngement, broken promises, graft and in efficiency. An efficient executive In the mayoralty chair can today either make or break tho city Hut, us I have suld. no one of the candidates seems to meas uie up to tho stundards which Pittsburgh should set today. And I do not know wheie such a man Is to be found." To "Take It Lying: Down" I spoke of the constantly recurring as. sertlon, which had been made to me while In Pittsburgh, that there exists an enormously powerful underworld of police-protected vice, whose tribute to the bipartisan machine organization was bo great that neither Mr. Babcock nor Mr. Magee would attempt to disturb It. And 'I asked If the attacks of the third candidate, Doctor Keir, would serve, In Mrs. ntnehart's opinion, to arouse decent pien and women of Pittsburgh to action "No," she said, as one states a com monplace: "I cannot Imagine anything which will awaken Pittsburgh polltl cally," That was alb Evidently Pittsburgh will "take It lying down." Mrl, McCoy's tflhiand-lajit Wrii.i.., . $" rrW'H'lli lHlgl MitmLrU. tM a- Jim. , km---.- 'P-.AJJhl ,. ,'.Jk.T, -!wl I i-ii-tk. AN OLD, OLD STORY VIEWS OF THE PRESS ON PROPOSED LEASE Vigorous Denunciations of Its Basic Principles Character ize Comment TODAY'S TRANSIT HEARING After the Inng-ranKe lioinh.iTilnieilt to which tly (him nf the tiansit lease has been subjected duilug the last llitoe weeks, the subject Is to be brought under elo-.e-latige consldeiatlon todav at the hearing ,u taiiKed by the Joint Councils1 Committees on Finance and Mieet ltalhHs i lie .sub ject matter of the lease Is of such vastuin poitanee, to tho people of Philadelphia and the consequent ex of any misstep It this stage of ti.tnsit development are so setlous that It is to be hoped that theie will lie the latgest possible attendance, and that the atgunieuts pin and con shall he followed dosely by the taxp.ijeis nt the city upon whom will full the initial buiilen of an Improvement wImlIi will foi uiauv ,uns to eonie fall to he i-Uf-Mippoi ting Ktiough has alreadv been said to leveal thp bitterness and vigor ot the opposition to man.v of Its features, as well as the complexity and subtletv of the ltal points lu tonlioveisy And tho analvsls of the leasa tnutle h.v Messrs Fold. 11. icon & Davis, the lonsultlng ennliicer!', who have been closely identified with the high-speed transit movement since Its Inception under Mr. Taylor, as well as under Mi Twinlng's administration of the iJep.utnient of Cllj Transit. In lugs Into Instant tellef the changes which must be made befoie the proposal can he brought within mensur able distance of acieplamv. AVIiat is needed befolo all else, however, is constructive criticism Philadelphia will never arrive at a satisfactory settlement of this problem If the debate is allowed to deteriorate to paitisnnsblp ami lusslon There havo been tluee sepaiale piopnsals for an operating agreement, tu f which were rejected under UicuiiiM.uucs which gave color to the. suspicion that treachery and chicanery had had n pait at least In determining the outcome Tlmt Is why, in tho present debate the public should de mand the fullest light on eveiy phase of the questions ot ssue, and should insist that no binding decision shall be reached without all tho cards on the table.- Public Ledger. THK TRANSIT BETRAYAL The agreement which the Major has sub mltted to the Itapld Transit Company ns the citj's offer is a flagrant hetra.val of tiusl, hi that it is flamed in violation of spei elt1o pledges nude, to and undei vvilttcn b the people of Philadelphia. Tin to specific piovlslon weie promised by DIrcc. tor Taylor, the newspapers and citizens pro moting the plan. First, a five-cent faie and universal trans fers Second, discard of the. elght-cent exchange ticket Immediately upon execution of the contract Third, that the system to be constructed should comprise the lines named In the Taylor plan tho city thereby decreeing what lines should and should not be built. All three of these stipulations the Smith proposition ruthlessly casts aside. it provides for a six-cent fare, to be cor. tluued Indefinitely It continues the elRht cent exchange ticket for at least four years, perhaps In perpetuity And the au thoilty to determine which of the Taylor lines shall be built and which rejected It delivers to a new board of control which. In the last analysis, will be dominated by politics. North American, A SNARE, A DELUSION, A BETRAYAL The Twining plan for the Itapld Transit lease Is a snare. So far ns five-cent fares and free transfers are concerned It Is a de lusion, Broadly speaking, the people are betrayed. The Inquirer. ' AN EXPERT OPINION ON TRANSIT Of the three "fundamental and control- liner advantage" wfileh the firm of Sew York street railway, experts have fouhd in the latest draft of an agreement between the city and the Itapld Transit Company, two are practically identical, ana the third I without substance. The "a voldatioa ,e-f ,ltyf guarantee of Its stock, cumulative as under the 190 (untiact. subject only to the condition that the exchange ticket system Fhall be "modi tied" befoie the f per cent dividend shall lie available. It Is true that tho liability of an Increase In the tax rato for tho support of the new municipal transit enterprise is avoided by this plan, but the escape is only by means of continuing the elght-cent exchange ticket and tho almost certain Imposition of a general six-cent fare on the trolley riders all over the city. And the personal prop erty tax which was transfeired by tbe State to the cltv for the express purpose of supporting these transit undertakings during their period of development, and the luci eased tax revenuo from real estate de velopment due to these investments, go Into the general fund of the city to bo dis tributed by the contractor-bund in control of Council" The New York experts recommend the abolition of tho exchange tickets, and Dl icttor Twining, himself, In his comment nn the 10lii proposal, phrased one count In his Indictment on Its failure to provide "unequivocally for that which the people have been promised and led to expect, namely, a flat live-cent fare with universal free ti.insfeis between any two points of the uullled system within the city limits." That fault s confirmed and exaggerated in the present lease In short, the financial scheme of the pending agreement Is based on continued elght-cent exchange tickets for at least four jears, subject to modification theieafter only as the Public Service Commission may decree, and on higher general fares, and Includes the promise of cumulative C per cent dividends nn Itapld Transit stock and the continued payment ot all the exoi bltant dividends on the stock of the Union Tiartlun and the underlying companies, liven though there ate seeming advantages accruing tn the city, they are offset by tbee fatal defects The Bulletin. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Name nt least one litttle In which IjifiretH lousiit on .lmencun soil. n 11-1... ..... ,,.- ., .!, a --. .. ,, iiui ;in ,,,r fuiuuii.iiii? m .iinrie ill- tolnrtte. the lll-fnted tluern of Lotti j 8. Allien was folk President? , $1 1. the tlrst registration day ns e.tntu. Other will he September II and IS. tu wnat elections noes registration qnswr i voter nnd when lire these election! hiU? ,1. It Is stild tlmt the French populate dtj sat ; err "Summee" In greeting to our trwn,: hut "Its, nuils," nnd thut that fiprailM mis iukfii ror "sanimcf." vtnat sM, (1le limit," nlt iinrf uliat n,il!aH ' in French proniinclntloti made the tsijl epre.lon Miund alike'. J-m . Vtho was "Tom" Heed? " .Name ( liristopher ("oliimbu' flanhlp. . What are the leea of wine? I. AMiat Is a premier nerfffrmnnra ' fj 10. Vthut Is the meaning of the theatrical si iri-u-. man in ini a week and rakes (Irrus slang In the eipresilon "I get w A LEASE TO BE KILLED Tho ..Mayor's tianslt lease mav please the Ilapld Transit people, but so far as we rati see "it pleases nobody else It guatantees that company R and possibly 6 per cent dividends. This ought to gratify tho transit people, for llielrs has not been until very recently a dividend-paying prop el t. If the business of the Itapld Transit Company and that of its new high-speed lines do not earn such dividends It Is pro posed that tho peoplo make It up by paying; increased fares If we aio not mistaken the people will not stand this and ought not to stand it. or a generation or inme they have been habituated to flve-cent fates for single sheet car rides. In the years succeeding the l Ml War street car fares In Phila delphia at first weio seven and then six cents, lu other cities the fare was five cents j ears before it was reduced to that Pi ice In this city. The period of six and seven lent fares were rich times for Phil adelphia sheet car lines. it the Board of Supervising Engineers ,Js ii fine piece of maYhlnery as proposed, but Is not In tho nubile Interest una ...in, .t other grave defects in this Mclous and- Th p ll,vre snouiu serve to kill it. THE RAPID TRANSIT LEASE It Is a disagreeable duty to preface com ment upon the new- Itapld Transit lease with the statement that any agreement ba tvveen tho company and the city govern ment as nt present constituted must be examined with suspicion as well as with care. The lease Is lu form a contract between the Rapid Transit Company and the peoplo of Philadelphia. It Is In fact a contract between the company and the Smith Administration. It must be ron sldered with that fact ever In mind. The Ilecord. CHARGES ARE DIRECT Mr, Taylor's condemnation of the Itanld Transit lease Is specific, direct and open He charges that certain concrete defects exist In It, which will cost the people of Philadelphia many millions of dolliirs Mr. Taylor Is a highly responsibly eft I. zen, nnd he Is the father of this IwhnU service. What he Bays will comma Jd the Instant attention and respect of thlst com- munlty, The Telegraph. 5 com- atW- THTi-aaFEBlaE !vi5KE IN A CLASS BY HIMSELF Anyhow few people In the word hive wo,. rnany.n.e4a. and bo jriany' teWrama i "L Answers to Yesterday's Quiz t. The Attorney, (irnernl Is In direct antherfuB ' the t'nlted States District AtteraijJj 1. Kltwl,. I.l.n.l ....J V..b,I. ... .. . - ,L.St w..of. "'.e original thirteen Mates whlcktl ruiinen me constitution utter It west. Into effect. , - 3. The Hell finte Ilrldge permits (rattle throiii Nf.w lork to go Mtrnltht through th dU without change of trains between Jim Kngland and points weet and sooth H means of continuous tunnels under belt rivers nnd the bridge. i. . Ihere are abont 335.000 Indians 1a tki,( United Mutes. ; .1. Cambridge nnd Oxford Universities xters as 'I ..,ru in me iinneeniii rentur), . Two per rent Interest Is allowed on noital' 7. ,SuUrle i of letter-carriers range between Well '.'H?.?..130? ",ri ,he "el" itj s. llie four greatest nrta nf T-'n,.i,i wi respect to Imports nnd exports ara Lew i, ii.,loni'r W,?r?0'j ,,u,l and Mtinrheiter. IKKI.OOO to foreign dorernments stgee ti, -iur,ni inc. wnr, -i III. I lie great orrnslou on which (he dikes ipriied to oppose nn linailer In the lsr., lands uaa In lha .l.l...,i. .-..,.... k.a ii,i.hl","I"r.dl! .""" ,hu 'oail't -' ll .... nitu riBIHII. L MORE J1ISCHIANZA DETAILS iu.nti.M'I.nu with the outrageous Ml J Instructive follies of tbe M I schlansa, j u is written mat when thn arsemtilNN multitude, surroundod by the 21,000 Brit-; Ish soldiers, were nil seated on the iwm, at Fifth and AVashlngton avenue, the Brll-i ish ofllcers dressed as knights of old j StfirrHf? ! lnlirnniAt .tal. ...... .a, J J '. ,... iuui nuiiiciil nil II HI HUM "4fl lances. Then they saluted the PhlUod-1 phla society girls nnd the. guests all tvM tercd a beautiful flower garden, with cH ,......., an ,wu,iii!K m .ur, v nacivs'.i nouse, Tea, coffee, lemonade and c were provided. The "knlelits" stooned i bended knee before the young Tory ladlti or 1'iiiiaueipiiia. ffil In a magnificent ballroom lu the olfl mansion there was n dance amidst ribb and flowers, and the candlelight was ni fleeted In eighty-five mirrors. It was tM son or tiling mat certain Philadelphia of those clays feated the Revolution mil sweep uway. If It were successful. arches in hoiftir of Ucneral Howe w beautifully Illuminated, while from Fame appealed blowing a trumpet, fri which Issued these words In letters light: "Tcs Iaurlers sont lmmortehV "I'ny laurels are deathless" that General Howe's. He had been a hopskj faliuie. but bis officers liked hhn. About 11 o'clock on this night of W 18, ms, a pyrotcchnlcal display occur which was not on the program. CapU Jlchane, a scout of the American gathered his camp kettles filled with wi uustlbles, and with 100 men in four sqiuM! backed bjva relay of cavalry, crept un tne reoouDts ana nred the whole Kn ot the British abatis. A lone line of flan shot, up on the north side of the cltg Thero was a cry "To arms! The f 'lory Belles' cheeks grew pale, rebel la blushed to think what their brothers f A'alley Forge would think of them fel Ing their country's enemies, while offloj and redcoats rushed to the scene of.(( attack. Some of the British offlceri urea tne ladies taat tt was nart of program. Tho excitement was soon or ana the Americans a-ot away. At midnight concealed folding , A oncned. and a magnificent anion was I voaled, with floor like marble, S 1 0 f J long aim 40 reel wide. Tho wall, painted to represent vines and flo Fifty-six mtrrois twinkled back the cw names. a Hundred branches tn with lights hung from the celling. T ty-four black slaves (real claves) un entai dress with sliver collars and M lets were arranged In two lines and 10 me grouno. as ueneral How an onuaar . a Fproacaeq. ,, ) t- 1 , 1 ., . , - f. ?, '-,-.- 1 -WBX nfmOtm -m A"nff
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