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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
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oS) points In France, where manufacturers
sKMl nd buyers for retailers meet, Is a slg-
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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.
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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
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'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.
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"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
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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.
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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.
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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':
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