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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.
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Ri fJieP011 ot our special investigator in New
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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.
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, 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.
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XtMut tha Kxcnange. j nopa tt will
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AMU Mtm:rm YYJiite raiat
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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
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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."
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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
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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-
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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 ,
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