Wiiin v- . lyv lDMtriln T.w !'&-. JmSaJ'".rJffTi ' .K a ftJlLtC LIDCllCOMfANY tfnttn . k cvktt, PHtiMin a W. T.Mtto-tefi. Vie Fraalosntl 6. 0rrrtTr .and Trniuntl PblilB 8, wn n. 'itiiwai, jonn j. Mly. Director. ,'& Jona J. Bpurreon, EDITORIAL BOARD: Ctci X. X. CCITII, Chairman. WRALST.i .Editor i, C. MARTIN. .0nral Business Manater Wished Ullr at Pcilio Limii BuHdlnc iMenndtnc Bauare. Philadelphia. I & CWftili., Broad and Chestnut Htrssta A-rl.iriTlO Citt ...... rrs-l7nlo Hulldlnl Itav Teas ....t.SOa Metropolitan Towsr PsnoiT ,,..r..........0S Jj-ord llulldins t. Irfms, ,,..,.. ...,. 100 Pullerton Dulldlnr CaiOAOo MAn a.". ..-.... ..... .... Avtf 2 nouns uuuuins; .' . NEWS BUREAUS! 'yiiMimron Uciaiu .....nitre nulMInc Rnr Ton Heine...,,.,,. Ths Time Bulldlna Lokdox Bcauu. ....... Marconi House, Strand "raits Snug.,. .,.82 no Lout la Grand '.' ' subscription terms f ".! A Philadelphia and surroundlor towns at th ,. Jak(A , faalva tl mmsi au Batatl aiA i.1 - wa. tnu '' vwi yvi n7fa, VRjavi . ,1 th eaniAr. ,( vfW?". . rJv-f "'?". r -ljf To all forturn countries on (ll dollar per $W (K M U t mm ntourta-to KrrMt ft man from commtttlrit- nolltloal suicide. , Wo have developed nome fine asylums fop peoplo who will not uso their minds, but none for peoplo who will not uso their votes, and Mr. Apathy walks among us spreading his subtle Insanity unhindered. Borne say, "But to set out a bigger vote would only mean a bigger gang vote." Lot them not fool themselves. Tho gang already votes every single citi zen it can control and then some. X mall to polnta outsld of Philadelphia, In ad Statu. Canada or United State po- poster sres, mty touj cents per Six (Is) dollar per rear, payabl In , aimlh None Subscribers vliMnr addroa chanced Must (tr old aa wUaenw address. UX, !M0 WALNUT KEYSTONE, MAIN SMI fjoyvtddresa oil rommuflfcattont to Fvrnina IMare, Juitftndtnet Stuart, Philodilphia. M fc&f :m muD xr tbs rmiiMinti rosTorncs as HC0WD-CL1I3 MAIL MATT la ftJIWttpkU, H.nJ.7. S.pt.mb.r 10, 11T ! f d fcn.T " 'l w ftp ' se. ) rev 'V AFTER THE WAR, WHAT? ' fPHBRE appeared in a recent adver-hi-, Atlsement bv Olmbel Brothers tho fol lowing- editorial: "AFTnn THE WAR, TVHAT7" That was the question anked a month It. It Is still unanswered. What for. Philadelphia? "What for Philadelphia manufacturers? The answer, to bo a real and aluabls answer, must be worked out on a bast f profit to the manufacturer and of nat ' Isfylng returns to the capital that must be employed In making this a city that hall market Its own goods. Today, outside merchants cannot come to Philadelphia to buy textiles. " That Is the plain, cold, deplorable fact. Fabrics made In Philadelphia travel this circuitous route even to reach the helves of Philadelphia itores Hauled from Philadelphia mill to freight cars : by rail to Jersey City ; by lighter to New Tork; by team to ware house; from warehouse to lighter; to train; to Philadelphia; to the store that isn't really five miles from the mill. And the railroads are congested t Tb banks and bankers and the Manu lecturers' Club and the Bourse can e'ige things. Nothing else, and no other yower, pan. The waste to the nation, the useless taxation of shipping facilities and the loss of business to Philadelphia call aloud for a change. Philadelphia resembles a woodsman who gives his life to cutting and hauling logs for more progressive onsmcnltles to work Into largo money values. What Is true of textiles Is true of other Commodities. They have In Grand Itaplds yearly a great furniture exhibition, to which re tort buyers from all tho largo stores of America and from some foreign countries. Furniture made In Grand Rapids Is not the only furniture shown, i' Whoever makes good furniture of any ort, no matter where the place of manu facture, shows his samples In Grand f Rapids. That city has made Itself tho enter of furniture standards. One docs not havo to go to New York to buy Grand Rapids furniture; ho buys It to tho best ' advantage In Grand Rapids. Nor does any dealer In Grand Rapids, If he wants to sell furniture made In Grand Rapids, kave to buy it from a distributor In New VYorlc It Is hauled from the factory direct to his store. A new era In trade Is dawning. Old 'Ighways are being deserted for new and rooro economical ones. Wasteful methods are being abandoned. Unnecessary cost In the handling of any product Is Justly ' regarded as an eponomlo crime, because the needs of the consumer must be sup , filed at the lowest possible coat consistent with reasonable profit. And no profit Is reasonable if bad management and waste fill administration are computed as a ; proper charge on the cost of production. VM A middleman's profit that adds to the VMS i . . )ps, ost of a FMiaaeipma product, nauiage to i'T ,'" ew zone, storage tnera ana nauiago " kacfc again, is the kind of middleman's 4j.t profit that 13 an economlo crime, and an .!'? aeonomlc crime in these days Is a social m V t , $Pf ' tm. vH(HH a fat.. ntA oS) points In France, where manufacturers sKMl nd buyers for retailers meet, Is a slg- fel'?J , 4 ..,,., . 4. . J .. A ?., VMUVUllb 1I1U1WAVIUU Ul fclld L1CMU UL IliUUCWI f merchandising. Wo suggested more than. fcr-M' a year ago a similar textile' exposition 7 In this town. Philadelphia can ,4'.ai to the textllo trade what Grand Rapids ?S-! til in tiA fnrnltlirM traAtk Tfr wnn nnt av. it.-ihl-. ... .. . .. . . L.vw ; Mctea tnat me suggesuon wouiu meet "... .,..., .,. -rrr ,. I Jil?1 VUU tiuibiv c(imiivo iig ivfcab ii. PiW,1) however, because the world has moved j&KlW, forward half a century in the last year, pV'i" Ud the vision of men has correspond- t.Wj'pjagiy oroaaenea. xet us assert our su- .,;reinacy In textiles. Let us also by ;--' ' ! means becln inaulrles at oncn tr do. svtormlne how best Philadelphia consumers -"Vay b Blven tho advantage of Fhlladel ',';hla productldn, whether by direct price oocesslons or otherwise. Certainly the 'Viv. .. . . . 'ft . Vroondltlon now so emphatically exposed Mudes the possibility of our commer 4"- . . . ..1. - . 'interests silting still ana doing noth- er the war, What7 THE "CAUDINAL FEATURE' TN TIIC report submitted by Director -1- Twining to City Councils under date of Mnrch 29, 1916, pago 3, occurs the following: An analysis of these and former rec ommendations shows that the 'Taylor plans" really consist of four elements: First. A comprehensive program of construction calling for tho expenditure within tho nex threo jenrs of a sum es timated now to be in excess of 103, G00, 000 for the, construction of tho so-callea delivery loop and lines radiating from tho center of tho city Into five outlying dis tricts of tle city. Second. A financial plan using the city's credit upon which to borrow fundi for construction nnd drawing upon the city's general nnd tax revenue for payment of annual dellcltn In Interest and sinking-fund requirements. Third. Tho preparation and execution o! a lease of thli system to an operating company, which It Is expected will bo mo rnnacieipiiia impia Transit Com pany. The lines recommended are de signed with that enl in view, with the Idea of operating tho surface lines nnd the city-built lines as a merged sys tem, nnd providing for a free Interchange between tho sj stems nt all points of In tersection Fourth. A modification of the "1007 contract" with a view of eliminating the elKht-cent exchange tickets, which hnve been In use since 1805, nnd the substitu tion therefor of practically a universal sys tem of free transfers on a five-cent fare. This lust element mny bo considered to be somewhat dependent on, or a factor in, the third clement, and Is fully discussed In the I01G report of this department. It is unfortunato that in tho minds of many peoplo this Inst element, the ques tion of transfers, cxphances and far re. vision, Is the cardinal fenturo of the "Taylor plans." The purposo of this re port is to suggest what are loclcal Im provements In certain features of the first and second elements, namely, the construction and financial programs, but not to discuss the third nnd fourth ele ments excepting In so far as they may bo Involved In the modification of the con struction nnd financial programs Director Twining himself, since taking ofTlce, has been a consistent advocate of higher fares. Elsewhcro In the aforesaid report ho took tho view that tho full cost of tho service should bo paid by tho rider. Tho Important point, however, Is that not only "many people" but virtually nil citizens considered tho question of trans fers, exchanges and faro revision to bo a "cardinal feature" of tho Taylor plans. They would not have indorsed tham other wlso. By what right, then, do tho pro ponents of tho present leaso take the ground that they aro authorized to nego tiate a lease based on a icpudlatton of this "cardinal fenture"? 4k BENEDICTXV A GREAT !&ATESftAif IN SUPREME TEST, MANY BELIEVE Pontiff's Training in International Affairs Ex- ceptional Expected to Hold Unswervingly to True Middle Course By EDWARD J. GALBALLY Managing Editor of tha Kcclaalaatlcal Ttlvltw SWEDEN OX THE BLACK LIST l& REGISTRATION DAYS B&, days for registering something aaaore tangible than "kicks" about the eost of living- aro upon us. New of the public schools have been ing and tho children havo shown apathy than tho grown-ups. - auiny of whom are, aa usual, "nut- j'lt off." There aro two more days li to qualify as a real, live citizen yrowana aaturaay. i.'Vi.L wi THE Government of Sweden stands accused of a crime against Interna tional honor which in tho years to come may provo almost as hard to forgive as tho offenses of tho Germans. Denuncia tion of Berlin's duplicity is laid squarely tit tho door of an Irresponsible autocracy; but there Is no such excu'so as that In the case of tho Swedes, who control their own Government. It Is difficult to imag ine a moro dismal treachery than that of a neutral Government using Its embassy's cipher code to direct a belligerent's mili tary and naval movements. Tho only course the Swedes can take to regain tho world's confidence Is the lm modlnto repudiation of their Cabinet. PARLIAMENTARY REVOLUTION KARL. KRAMERZ. Czech leader In tho Hungarian Parliament and traitor to Teutonlsm, was sentenced to death two years ago. But It was expedient to par don him, because otherwise the Bohe mians would havo risen In rovolt. Ho was sentenced to Jail for fifteen years. But still tho Ilapsburg throne kept tottering, wherefore ho Is now released, amid tho plaudits of his followers. So It is in Ger many, too. Speeches that would have meant death two years ago aro now commonplaces in the Reichstag. All that these parliamentarians need is practice at free speech and a little courage. Pres ently they should ba ready to tako a "Tennis-court Oath," lmo that of the French Revolution, when the deputies re fused to adjourn tilt they had n, new con stitution. Revolutions do not always start among tho peoples. Two of them started in parliaments, the French Rovolutlon and the English rovolt against Charles I, which originated In tho defiance which the people's representatives handed to their King. Erzberger, Scheldcmann and others of the Reichstag may not get up tho courago to follow suit, but you nover can tell. Revolutionists 'are always slow about making up their minds, even the bravest of them. If this were not so wo would havo revolutions every day. Tho peoplo cannot bo expected to know much about intent; they can only Inspect the goods. No doubt the politicians want tho borrowing capacity of tho city materially Increased "for strategic reasons." Tho Germans told It to the Swedes nnd the Swedes told it to tho Germans in Berlin, nnd now Argentina will tell it to both of them. It Is a pity that while the leaders are at peace the factions should fight. Besides, It the city were not absolutely satiated with good order, the police Lwbuld not have time to tako part in buch trivlul affairs as factional rows. Ilerr Bollln, head of the Hamburg American Line, is "in bad" with tho Kaiser for criticizing the Government. Big Business has all along been favorable to Kalserlsm, but even it loses heart when it can bo neither big nor business. It appears that the Kaiser's efforts a decade ago to begin a war with Russia on his side aro praised in Germany aa an evidence of his foresight. Wo suppose he hnd Americans invent the alrolano nnd f tM thbags our ancestors did J tho oubmarlne for similar reasons of pro- m.MVH. . ' sj "pOPH BENEDICT XV, according to the news dispatches from Rome, is tired to the point of exhaustion from his hard striving to brlnr back peace to the nations at war. This human touch Is. apt to re mind us that the voice that speaks from the Chair of Peter Is that of a living per sonality still, and not of a dead traditional forco, call it the Vatican, or Rome, or the Holy See, or by any of the other Imper sonal terms one sees so often used to denote tho spiritual head of the Cathollo Church. War was raging all over Europe during thoBO days In the beginning of September, 1914, when the Cardinals met in conclave for the election of a successor to Pope Plus X. Fifty-seven of the sixty-three members of tho Sacred College managed to get to Rome In tlmo for the election. They repre sented nil nations and were assomblcd in tho ory heart of embattled Europe to choose the spiritual leader of the 300,000, 000 members, of what has been called the greatest democracy In the universe. Doth sides of tho bolllgerents had guaranteed afo-conduct of the members of this august body. The Italian Government took every precaution for their safety. Never was conclave held under such tragic circumstances. Armageddon, dreaded for a generation, was come, and the destinies nt the greatest society on earth, whoo millions of members are to b reck oned among the citizens and eoldlers of every country, so that brother now was ar rayed against brother In grim battle for their respective causes, were to bo placed In the keeping of a new guide After threo days of the utmost seclusion nnd anxious deliberation these select Internationals an nounced to tho waiting world that their choice had fallen upon Cardinal James delta Chleta, Archbishop of Bologna. He wns to be the war Pop, for amid the awful upheaval of affairs at that time the fifty-seven Cardinal electors, thoroughly cognisant of tho various national Interests nt ptake, would naturally lean in their choice of the sovorelgn pontlrt to one who, beside? his other qualifications, was known to them to be a man versed In International questions nnd highly trained In the large nffalrs of State. Accordingly, they singled out for tho Fisherman's throne Pope Bene dict XV. Cardinal delta Chlcsa's name had been hardly mentioned among those whom tho newspapers had picked as likely to succeed Piux X. He was and still remains little known to the English-speaking world. For that very reason his recent tender of peace terms to tho rulers of tho countries at war labored under a certain handicap. Of course, the mediation of the Pope of Roma, no matter what his Individuality or known characteristics and (ability, carries with it International prestige and commands serious and benevolent consideration In every quarter. But it is easy to understand that, over and above the strong and widespread In fluence that resides in the papacy Itself, by reason of its recognized principles and high achievements, there Is the attraction that la felt toward the personality of Oils or that particular pontiff. If Leo XIII, for ex ample, had addressed the messago of peace to the warring nations hla words would have rung around the world more compel lingly than-did tho forceful utterance of Pope Benedict XV, for all men knew and admired Leo XIII. Leo's Strong Personality They recognized In that venerablo prelate not only tho great churchman, but nlso tho seasoned scholar and the statesman ot wide vision and courage. It Is no wonder that non-Catholics as well as Catholics, ap preciating Leo's personal merits for his high office, should havo been nil tho more willllng to listen with deep respect to his pronouncements. Theso had not only the hallmark of the Vatican's moral authority, but as well tho Impress of Leo's personality and intellectual force. In the same way, too, Pope Plus X was known of nil men His traits and charac teristics, according to the flock of anecdotes that kept appearing In the papers con cerning him, stamped him as a man of benign charm above everything else. In many ways he was very different from his predecessor Whereas Leo XIII was a patrician by birth. Plus X was a lowly peasant. Leo, from tho beginning to the end of his career, was engaged In the grund affairs of State, In his capacity of ecclesiastical agent at the various chan celleries of the Continent. Plus X, on the other hand, was the country curate, the parish priest, the bishop of a diocese and later archbishop, but busy always with pastoral functions; until, to his own sur prise, and the world's likewise, ho was ele vated to the papal throno. Thus, Leo XIII challenged tho admiration of the world for his brilliant intellectual endowments mainly, while his successor's chief appeal to the good will of men lay in his transparent honesty nnd goodness of heart In the fewest words, that is tha Impres sion tho world formed of tho Immediate predecessors of Pope Benedict XV, who, however, Is unknown to the generality of men, for their attention during tho three years of his pontificate has been absorbed with thoughts of war. And so the world does not yet npproclato his personal aptl tudo and the long experience in Interna tional transactions that has equipped hlrn for the role a man In his position Is called on to play In these troublous days. When we consider Pope Benedict's ante cedents, however, and hla training In the arena of world Interests and political his tory, not to mention the superior considera tions of his merits In churchmanshlp, we see the wisdom ot tho Cardinals' 'choice In calling him to the helm In such a stormy sea. It is of passing Interest to note that genealogists find that in the veins of the Pope's family runs both Frank Ish and Enr ltih blood; that ha himself Is Italian through a long line of forebears, and that he descends from a stock which has given both Its Dukes to Brabant and its Em perors to Austria, In view of all this cos mopolitanism, and not forgetting his presi dency of a vast International and super national Institution, one may fairly expect him to hold the scales of Justice pretty evenly balanced between nation ana nation. 1154, and received hla early education In the same city. He was originally Intended for the bar, and In 1876 took his doctor's degree In both civil and canon law. Hla two brothers hold high rank In the royal Italian navy, the elder being Vice Admiral aiovannl Antonio, and the other, Qlullo, a retired captain. When the future Pope decided to dedicate himself to the service of the Church, he took up his ecclesiastical studies at the Coltegto pontlflclo Capranlca, one of the molt famous and venerable edu cational foundations In Rome. Later he made a brilliant course of studios at the Academy of Noble Ecclesi astics, the world-renowned training school for the otergy who conduct the International concerns of the universal Catholic Church. He was ordained priest on May 28, 1878, nnd In 1883 Leo XIII named him Privy Chamberlain, with tho title of monetgnor. In 1887 ho was appointed Secretary to the Nuncio nt Madrid, Cardinal Rampolla, who was well known as the right hand of Leo XIII, when that Pontiff summoned htm to Rome to bo his Secretary of State, At Uils same time tha young monslgnor was also brought baok to Rome by his own chief, who thought so highly of tils Intel lectual gifts that he had the young man appointed Under Secretary of State. It was a rare acknowledgment of his ability. From 1303 to 1007 Monslgnor dells. Chlesa was also canon of the rtaslllcs of the Vati can and member of man; Roman congre gations. Meanttmn Tope Leo had gone to his re ward, and Pope Plus K had begun to call on tho services of tho distinguished prel ate. When It wns proponed to send him as nuncio, or papal ambaseador, to Vienna, Mgr. della Chlesa begged the Pope to let htm remain a tlmpla prelate. Plus X, however, could not lose thus so valuable an agent, and when the btshoprlo ot Bo logna fell vacint, the monslgnor became archbishop of that Important and difficult see In 1907. Seven jenrs later he was mad F$F$T Bv4rn a rrw.7 "t 'npwvwmnm'Sfflwm s ' -v i ..a'-i s Trf " 5r I, (- . V T , - r -' "' " -- , " -'", """,J-nBMMBTN!w a 7W fRiBa&iiMiS ' BBfflf PHnrrMis . - .. iu mj mBm isb n m tim Am" . r m ml imm i I ' 1 ,' LI. x mm rWMM M i ; i t . .-.! 'fitimmw: l m $ jmmm i ' lift !, msip a ,!i SSsr-" Mm IKmw ' ! yiliir if ipi cardinal, nnd within the next three months fflMTM"S";ffcl? 'r'OT itfRfT-s--. aK I ho was elected Pope. .&fc. Jf S Shortly after Pope Benedict's election hie .fcfrwOT Jffl l personal characteristics were described by '' WSmSlWSkHA i Vs'!? -A1 T,'s vilOT'll J a writer In tho Westminster Gazette, who ,.:'"JwW T" jmfflM '1 .lp.edhtaMmmn.catlon-'On.oI ,!' I Him'' The writer first made the .'. . --: ' V,t, V f '''SMWi Popo's acquaintance somo twenty-thne ,.'" '.' ', !,-" .r- ''C ft' ??- -r .'!. i'1 ItM 1 xSSSWftW'J t A years ago and afterward had many con, J'gSi'':Mn fi 3 j l) i WwMff 1 vcrsatlons with him when ho was secretary tt'-ttWFtt7Sr-'i: "p" -A V-Ji -i V1 W MX e i artar- jr.UL , ,ir- d ,I -" "'at.. - : i jw tt Mi's' a t: '- H to Cardinal Rampolla. After pointing out that tho Collego of Cardinals had made a choice "entirely In acoordance with Its best and most honorable traditions," the writer said that Cardinal Rampolla placed in him "implicit confidence and evidently regarded his Judgment as absolutely sound and reliable." The present Pope la described ns "dark-complexioned, with a firm mouth, square forehead, keen, lustrous brown eyes which miss nothing, about the ordinary standard in height and moves and walks with great dignity." Thero Is nothing slipshod about him In stylo or dress or work. Ho Is first and foremost a thoughtful and lilrhly rifted man of affairs, without prejudices, but a man who knows his own mind. His mar velous memory and rare gift of sifting chaff from grain, his charm of manner and melodious voice, his powers of literary ex pression and of marshaling facts and ar ranging them In order of relative value havo always Impressed thoae who have had dealings with him in Madrid, Rome or Bologna. To these must ba added a dis like of vulgar display or publicity, a love of art and musio, a genuine simplicity of life, a devotion to the Interests and work of the Church which Is untiring. He is a keen student of human nature and a constructive statesman of power. During his atx years of work nt Bologna h won tho hearts of his clergy and people by hie ready sympathy with the poor and suffer ing, by his Judicial fairness and by his constant ana perpetual wish to Improve the social conditions of his flock. If theso features are not generally known to us for his recommendation, it Is be cause the regular channels of Information have been blocked by the war and Its compelling interests and travelers havo not been going to and from Rome u In the piping times of peace. Not Working in tho Dark Back of his own brilliant capacity for affairs and his scholarship and exceptional apprenticeship under Loo XIII and Cardi nal Rampolla, It Is well to note how he is served by the ploked Intellect and trained diplomatists of the worldwide society he rulea His agents aro accredited to the courts and Government circles of the va rious nations, and with the exception of Italy, Prance and tho United States, every nation has Its official representative in the diplomatic corps connected with tha Holy See. With such direct avenues of Informa tion it Is to be expected that Pope Bene dict Is not In the dark about the Inner mind ot the rulers of the nations at war, that he is In somewhat intimate touch with the actual conditions in the various coun tries, and knows the temper of the peoples, their attitudes toward peace or toward the continuation of the war. Some publicists believe that Benedict XV Is tho greatest statesman who has occupied the see of Pefsr for generations They have not hesitated to pronounce his peace terms as the most important diplomatic event of the war thus far. Be that as lr may, it Is proper to add that the critics who sagaciously pooh-pooh and dismiss his mes sage aa un,tlmtly and impractical are as. sumtng alra that make them very ridic ulous. Thero are some others who see the dictation of the Central Powers In the Pope's letter, while still others profess to see the fine hand ot the Entente Allies, it Is pretty good evidence that the Pope is swayed by neither side, but keeps tho true middle course and will keep it through out the peace negotiation. LABOR HOPES TO PREVENT STRIFE LATEST REQUIREMENT "Continentals" Is the nickname suggested In a New York newspaper for the American soldiers now In France, but It will never do. The American headline writers will kill that suggestion before It gets well started. Think of their difficulty In crowd ing a word Ilk "continental" In big type In one newspaper columnl And no mot. name can live and be adopted unless It la Union Men Seek Political Repre sentation Comment on Current Topics To the Editor of tha Evening f.eilyei. Sir Organized labor In the United States has proved Its worth. The action of the American Alliance of Labor and Democracy demonstrated tho basic loyalty nnd pa triotism of the worMngmen ot this countiy affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. Naturally we labor men feel that such an attitude ot mind entitles us to the friend ship, support, co-operation and appreciation of the other forces which constitute the foundations of this Government Closer contact brings about mutual under standing. It there la a kindlier feeling en gendered between capital and labor. It both sides develop patience enough to hear the pro and con arguments of the Involved propositions which nre inherent in the prop aganda ot each institution, a harmony could probably bo established that would con duce to permanent stability In tho opera tion of Industry. Labor wants this understanding. It means much to labor. It means the saving of strife, money, tlmo and ofttimes violence. Labor Is determined to get its standing In court. It wants Its ideals and policies bet ter understood. This move ia partially expressed In tho at tempt now being made by several promi nent labor men to get elective positions In the magistracy and City Councils. These men are Magistrate William J. Tracy, up for re-election to tha minor Judiciary as labor's spokesman; Frank J. Schneider, International secretary-treasurer of the Ele vator Constructors of America and Canada, ot the Forty-third Ward, who aspires to a seat In Common Council; J. Wenceslas) Woller and Robert Smith, of tho Thirty third Ward, who HkewIo are battling to enter the same chambers. There are many others in tho union movement out for a chance to state their cose In our clvlo life. The voice of labor raised in the Legisla ture. City Councils, the minor Judiciary and other pivot positions would be of inestima ble value to the general understanding of social, political and economlo questions. as matters now stand, organised labor. the spokesman for worklngmen In general, lias mm direct representation in the polit ical arena. Let us rub shoulders a llttlo more. Let us swap Ideas. Let us get to sea that the other fellow Is not really as bad a hot Impulse and quickened pas sion betray us into believing. Tho Eventnq LiDarn Is a publication with high purpose and fair motives, and If it were to give publlolty to euch humble points of view perhaps some degree of mu tual advantage could be obtained. Organized capital and organized labor have done their bit in the part our country Is playing In the world crisis, and sad would It be if after the war clouds vanish the old prejudices of our times were to be revived In the great camps of labor and capital. Let us get together and reason out our difficulties. FRANK McKOSKY, Secretary Central Labor Union. Philadelphia, September 8. yes- ? .J ;, f tJmtg.tjlS A PLEA FOR PICKETING To the EdUor o tha Bvrning Ledger: Sir Tour temperate editorial In terday's Issue, "Picketing Should Stop." Is In marked contrast to Bom ot the un reasonable arraignments of the Woman's party made by other newspapers whose Interest In woman suffrage has not been a conspicuous virtue. Suffragists know that the EvnmNd Ledobr has always been friendly to their cause and feel a deep debt of grati tude for Its splendid support of their cam paign. Because ot your fairness In the past,, I ask the liberty to comment on yesterday's editorial and to ask you to reconsider the policy of the Woman's party, You say, "American and othtr women havo won, tho right to suffrage," I. ask. Are they wrong to claim what they have won? Again, you say, "The right to sac rifice one's self in the nation's' Interest confers the right to vote." If the right io oib ibis uucuujr oeen conferred upon women, should the Government withhold It? If it is true, as you say 7you bellava wuinsn nuarago u "an abac- government In this Commonwealth," can it bo granted too soon? In referring to this week's arrest of thirteen women for carrying a banner which read, "Mr. President, it Is unjust to deny women a voice In their Govern ment when the Government conscripts their sons," jou say, "It ia humiliating to good citizens to see nuch a woman ob Mary Wlnsor sontenced to a term in Jail. Where Is there a better citizen than she Is, or ono moro interested In good government and democracy? Jail Is not the placo for her." You nre right. She and tho other splendid women who have made a fear less protest against Injustice nnd who, for tho sake of a principle havo suffered humiliation nnd Imprisonment are Just tho typo of human being that these trying times need. Finally, you say, "Surely, In an era so momentous as tho present one, respect for authority Is a virtue nnd not a crlmo." Do you mean that respect for authority, whether It be right or wrong, Is a vlrtuo? Might not tho great mass of the German peoplo Justify their Indorsement of tho Prussian military regime through Just such loglo as jours? We of the Woman's pirty maintain that women have tho right, under a democratlo form of government, to a3 free an expres sion of opinion on public questions ns have men. To deny them that right at any time Is a monstrous injustice; to deny It in time of war Is an almost unthinkable wrong. To ask of woman every concelv ! ,0a if.1"": to demand that she give up the life that ia dearer to her than her own; to say to her that her service in food conservation and in tho varied fields of work that wcro formerly considered men's JniV.un lndlPnsAblo asset in tho ?,! .1'm;' and then t0 humiliate a TaLi wdB0 "l dls"anchlsement. is a record that any Government should blush to face. To sum up the situation, we are eager to serve our country, but demand the right to servo ns free women. Try. Mr. Editor to put yourself In our place. Imagine If you can, how disfranchisement would fee" it ,. W,U d "ot resent u wlth 'vcry fiber of jour being, you aro not worthy of the namo American. ii ,. , CAROLINE KATZENSTEIN. Philadelphia, September 7. PRAISE FOR CROSSER'S BILL To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Congressman Moore's letter appear ing In your Issue of September C 'g v-es a very fair and Interesting account of the li.n l'-as it appears to the bus! ness men and farmers. Most of tho complaints expressed In the article are against tho tax bill rather than the Issuing of bonds; but neither tho com plainants nor the Congressman offer "any thing elso Just as good" for tho raising of tho necessary war revenue "!, By,mpat.hles bo out to these men. The pulpit, the press and the promptings of elr,W? I,atrltl hearts encouraged" em to a higher production nnd they went forth Into the "marts ot trade" and The tilling of the soil, and now the Government step! ?n V?n ""l1 .em a IarC PWtlon what they honestly believe belongs to them. If theso farmers and business men would stop complaining for a while and dovoto their spare tlmo In doing something to remedy the conditions which aflllct them they would write hopeful and Inspiring loT- SSsi.ConBrIsman Mo" to member of tho Ways and Means Committee of Con gress urging him to use all his Influence for the passago of Congressman Crosser's ," " No 4024)-a bill to rals. two billions of dollars annually by a 2 ne? cent tax on the land values of the natlom Should enough of such letters be received by Congressman Moore I feel sure. Judging bysTormer utterances of his. that ho would become intensely interested in Its nas sage. v Tho passage ot tho bill would enrich tho Government to the extent of two bllllonS of dollars annually, without taxing a si",", person for being industrious and enternrla. Ing or for doing his patrlotio bit; but. b yond and above even thl. much-to-ba-de-sired result. It would mean that the Govern ment was starting to collect the on. ! only fund which the GovernmenTl. ?$ and moral right to collect the rentof linS The business men and farmers can (If thev will) put an end' to taxation methods which fine and hamper the Industrious and re ward the IdH wT.o demand a price for merely tttlns out of the way of industrv. ana mey can no u now or at least h..: What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Who Is Dudler Field Malone? 3. What continent Is In both the Orient sal mo ucciueniT 3. "ItalnllaTa" rrealls at floriona mllltarr I sode. What happened there? 4. Th ward "Ich dim" are on th Frist t Maleo'a eoat-of-rms. What do vt uninf 3. In what country ars the provincial dirk-hat Known a camonsf 6. Nnmr the European coantrsr which rontrtU thu African reslona known aa Erltna, Homnllland and Tripoli. 7. Where Is tho Metropolitan Museum ot Art? 5. Describe tho statu which crowns th tn of th Capitol at WaahlDrton. 0. What la bullion? 10. Nan a rcruibllo in which elUiens oi tltta ot iioblUtr. Answers to Saturday's Quiz 1. About three-flftha of the German popalatlai ' iv composed or j'ruaaiaBB. I. "Old retime" mean Utendlr "oM nlrt nor tr1r. 'I1ia Aid nitv Af dan tliluia." 1U raoit frequently applies 1 rtlln uae la In reference to the old npM 1 n trance oerore tn revolution or hi. 3. Stnten Inland constitutes Richmond Count nno. since lavs, tne Domain or Hicuasp, New York rltr. It la about Ato joules Of-, h of RlchanM. at fie ollesof , , olnt of Manbsi-1 tnnt from the southern poh tan Island. Frealdent Wilson' position on aufTran ll that the Democrat! party la ptaUMt tire sMTraae to women br action of tM individual State, not nationally br 'st erol amendment. "When In the course of human mnW neruis me Declaration or inoepenosae. . "We. the people. of .the United States,' uriina tne constitution rchbtshopa rfsld k. It....... hl . Milwaukee, Isew Orleans, f i'ortland. Ore I Philadelphia. M, ', it. Paul. San Francisco, Santa rs. 0. Cathollo nrchbtahopa reside In these cltlsti i iiaitimore, itosion. cnicaao. uncinnsH. Dubuauo lOIk. 1' Uuls, St 7. The lord Chancellor of England la fcpeakw or the House of Lords. 8. The census I taken every ttn yearn tM first was In 17UO. 0. Tha ancient athlete who far.oaUunpeJ aw Jiodem In the broad Jump endeaur umped down hill. slon monarch who tried to conquer OrJeat 2 and whose Invasion was repelled at saw mis in 480 It. V. ft i. ini present congress, explreB. will they W TJfcwN nmSnVSSSSSSi. -.' Vvt. i; t -" v j" avOT, LAFAYETTE'S VISIT THE great public event of 18!4 was thi visit of Lafayette. On July 29 tho Phil- i4.1nl.l. r.......M t.AA im (rvllltlnn afif udhuhk lUU(IVUB CAICIIUCU M.I .... . a began to make preparation. Brigadier Gen- t eral Itobert Patterson called a meeting of -H the officers of tho First Drlgade nnd an tensive military program was planned. Three days after Lafayette's arrival to New Tork, on August 13, there was a cltl zcnV meeting in Philadelphia, presided ovT by Thomas Lelper and a reception com- ', mlttee was appointed. Persons In all bull- y nesses and trades adopted resolutions ot welcome, and no one class or type o' citizens was moro prominent In this affair than any other. Mayor Watson Issued a proclamation permitting an lllumlnatlos of tho city, and It was resolved td have clvlo ball during the time that the great itmrquin was a guest ot tne corpora.".- v Lafayette, who forty-seven years before hM t bled nt the Brandywlno and starved at VI , ley Forge whllo the Philadelphia TorW i feasted the enemies of their country, wJ y to find a different city than was that of $'; Mlschlanza days. All those proud dsraM i who had thought to marry their daughter! R to redcoat officers. were In their graves, and f many of the fair daughters were dead, toe, i or In their old age. But the friend of Wash' u Ington was still alive, though he must have t felt somewhat like a revengeful ghost come to visit the scene of his old enemies' revala On September 20 the First City Troop 4 went to Morrisvllle, where the Governor d, J livered an address of welcome to the vU- Itor, who was then escorted to Frankfort i by the troop. They slept that night at thl i arsenal. The people of Frankford were , very Inuch disappointed because the party arrived when It was too light' for tha prf pared Illumination and yet too dark for a good view of the procession. Lafayette yl" J Ited the village nex.t morning and was re- celved by Isaao Worrell, town clerk, and the whole enthusiastic population, as every- ,i where. ' A Six cream-colored horses drew tko '! barouche In which tho Morquio sat wttt. Jg the venerable Judge Peters, of the Unit, s Slates District .Court. On reachlnr tho State House there were Impressive cert monies, and Lafayette was then escorted to his headquartera at tho Franklin House, oft, ,4) the corner of Walnut street and Washlp 4 ton Square. In Independence Hall he r- a celved the Slate Society of the Cincinnati J on neptemDer as. Major William Jadwta uciiyeniig un aaaress. The children ot ui i nuuiio cnoois were received next day in i tiovouaenco Bauar. nnn- in . art MWBn was uto truest of tho': .. v"
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