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A LETTER FROM MR. LEWIS
DEPARTMENT OK C1TV TRANSIT
PHILADELPHIA, September 17. 1917.
Mr. P. II. Whalcy, Editor,
The Evening Ledger,
Philadelphia.
Dear Sir Your letter of September 12
was forwarded to me at Northeast Har
bor, Me. As on Its receipt I was leaving
for Philadelphia, I delayed my answer
until my artival this afternoon.
In the first place. I desire to thank you
for your courtesy In offering me the use
of your columns to discuss the lease
which has been submitted to Councils by j
Director Twining and which 1 assisted In
preparing.
The lease It now bctoie a Joint com
mittee of both branches of Councils.
The committee has announced Its deter
mination to give every citizen who desliea
to do so an opportunity at the public
healings now being held to ask questions
concerning tho lease, make criticisms and
submit suggestions.
Tho chairman. Mr. Uaffney. has In
formed me that jou have been sent a
special Invitation to bo present ut these
hearings and submit questions, criticisms
and suggestions. Assuming thst you are
sincere In jour, desire to promote a full
and fair discussion of the proposed lease.
Instead of answering your questions In a
letter to you, which would confine the
discussion to the columns of jour paper,
I suggest that you attend the public
heating next Friday and ask the questions
which you have asked me in jour letter.
Director Twining or I will .submit for pub
lication In till newspapers a written reply.
By this method, which Is the samo as
that which has been uccepted by the
ex-Director, public uttcntlon will be kept
centered on the discussion at the public
hearings before the councllmanlc com
mittee, while nt the same time your
questions and objections, as well as my
answers, will be given the widest possible
publicity.
I think on consideration you will agree
with me that It is Important that the at
tention of the public be focused on the
discussions taklns p!ace before the com
mitter of Councils titid not dissipated by
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paper.
Yours ciy trulj,
WAI. DKAPUIt LEWIS
TT IS unfortunate that Mr. Lewis is un-
able to differentiate befween a citizen
appearing In opposition to the lease and
a responsible newspaper publicly stating
its views. The editorial policy of the
UVEXlNa Ledoer Is not a proper subject
for review by a councllmanlc committee.
The editor as an Individual has made no
public statement relative to the lease.
He cannot undertake to devitalize the
Evening Lnuonn's opposition to the pto
posed contract by reducing such opposi
tion to the status of an Individual
objection. To do so would be to be a
party to the surrender of Journalistic
prerogatives and to Jeopardize the vigor
of Journalistic endeavor In the public In
x teresL The Evening Ledger's, opinions
are not the opinions' of an Individual, but
are the conclusions of a large staff which
is burdened with the duty ot Investigating
public questions and determining policies
III detente of the general Interest.
We cannot believe 'that Mr. Lewis pto-
. poses to quibble In a matter ot such vast
Importance. The questions are before
him In written form, addressed to him
In his capacity us special transit advisor
to the Mayor, Ills reply need not be
addressed to thU newspaper in particular,
but can be a public statement offered to
all newspapers. Ho can Introduce the
manuscript Into the proceedings on Fri
day If he sees fit. The statement, how-
,'ever, was not Intended to be presented
before the Finance Committee of Coun
cils. The Jury to which we appeal is the
public of Philadelphia. We doubt If It l(
sSBs
V- within the moral right of Council to de
cide the matter at all, because the very
basts of the proposed lease Is an open and
; overt endeavor to repudiate the promises
Aa hmda the people when they sanctioned
-n i jeo Kru.its for rapid t snslt Certainly It
p u tot be.'uie that body that the Kvkninw
Lkpu-R wage IU right for fair and. frank
tJ MWtaT 9f th Jewrf-
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of lu acceptance. It Is before tha whole
citizenship that tie lay our argument
which Is specific and direct If It Is In
accurate, Mr. Lewis can confute It In
writing. If It is accutatc, he cannot.
When he attempts to hide behind proceed
ings before a councllmanlc committee and
tie the hands ot a Journal devoted to an
exposition of the true meaning of tho
lease by making the condition of his
answer to Its statements k prostitution of
accented Journalistic and democratic
methods and standards, he appears, we
regiet to suy. lather as the advocate
maneuvering for advantage than as the
public servant intent only on Infotming
the people as to the meaning of the con
tract they are asked to consummate.
This becomes the more evident In view
of the following statement ot Mr. Lewis,
made at the hearing on September 7.
"However, as I have said. I do not think
that town-meetings ot this kind are ex
nctly the place to straighten out language
in an Instrument ot this Impoitance."
The text of the Instiument Is Its soul, and
the courts must tely on the language
emplojed for their Interpretation of the
contract. A town-meeting, which Is the
description given by Mr. Lewis of the
hearings before the l-'Inance Committee,
thetefore, is not the place to straighten
out the points made by the Uvbni.no
Lkdukii. We do not want an oral reply,
for It would be worthless. It It dllllcult
for the public, at best, to undei stand the
Intricate Isjues Involved, and the diffi
culty is not alleviated by verbal gym
nastics. The questions raised by this
newspaper are officially before Mr. Lewis,
in written form, and they have been
given wide publication. If it please Mr.
Lewis, he may consider the statement to
be olllcl.tlly befoie the committee, just
as at the last healing he took cognizance
of the public statements by Mr. Taylor
w hlch had appeared In the press. Whether
he wishes to pursue that method or some
other, we trust that Sir. Lewis, either at
the meeting on 1'ilday or later, will "ub
mtt for publication in nil uew&papcis a
written leplj."
A
SUBSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC
LAW
TTiS true, as stated Sj Picsldent Ilhett,
of the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, that "business has been
groping In the dark because It tlnds the
very foundations of commerce have been
upturned, tnd demand' and supply can
no longer be permitted to control pi Ices,
because the exttaordlnary demands of the
Government have completely unbalanced
the scales."'
With tlie ordinal y laws of commerce
suspended, the bcnrch for a substitute has
necessarily been difficult. Such price
fixing as had occurred Is largely e
pcrimcntal. Tho great meeting of farm
ers In Chicago avers that the price fixed
for wheat is so low as to discourage pro
duction, although a few years ago half
the price would have meant an eia of
nbnormal prosperltj-. The buying power
of a dollar changes tapldly In these days.
There Is a readjustment in teims rather
than In the exchange value of commodi
ties. If six pounds of cotton still buy a
bushel of wheat, there Is little change in
basic; relations so far as the cotton-producer
and tho wheat-grower are con
cerned. Hut It takes time for the te
adjustment to spread through the whole
ludur'.rlal establishment of the nation, and
in the meantime many suffer. The Gov
ernment Is attempting to equalize con
ditions as fast as possible. Too much
should not be expected. It Is right nnd
proper, however, to expect from leaders
of business help and guidance, and the
Government l. getting botl
We are thing Indeed In -an age of
American miracles, the half of which
have not been told; and not the least of
these miracles will bo the employment of
fair and equitable artificial administra
tion ns a substitute for natural laws
which have been shaken into numbness
by the world catastrophe.
MELANCHOLIA
CULLED from a day's output ot fact
and comment are these Illuminating
verbal gestures:
General Alexleff's suicide It another
melancholy proof of Russian demoraliza
tion. New York Tribune.
The most encouraging feature of the
Russian situation Is the news that the
military situation has been gicatly
strengthened by steps taken by Ueneral
Alexleff, the new comni.inder-lu-clilef.
The Hum I all forces have advanced seven
miles on a rather wide front in the direc
tion of Riga. Russian embassy's account
of official dispatches.
Russia, according to an official report.
Is not unlikely to conclude a separate
peace with Germany and quit the war,
selling to Germany all military eupolies
as welt as foodstuffs and raw materials.
Washington correspondent of the Chi
cago Tribune.
The report that Alexleff has committed
suicide is discredited. Russian embassy
announcement.
In the eastern theatte there were no
essential events German General Staff
official statement.
"No essential events," remarks the Ger
man staff, and for one day we prefer to
take Berlin's view of the Russian situa
tion as the right one.
At any rate, the "Woody Fifth" is
thoroughly policed.
Kornlllff's Fate Hangs in Balance.
Headline.
Something like Russia's.
The report of Kerensky's marriage
was greatly exaggerated. He might have
been, but he wasn't.
We do not know when the world
Is coming to an end. but we can tell with
fair accuracy when Kalserism is,
It is peculiar that Germany never
thought of expressing regreta to either
Sweden or Argentina until caught with
the goods. Kultiir only makes apologies
when found out
We suspect that the Government
will solve the strike problem and get
ships into tha water. The only way
Africans ought to strike 1 to strike
Mlutrlkt.li tareM
mmma LTSDgjsii-PHiLABigLHU, wiafty&y, spmijek 4
HARMONIZING
' . THE TAX BILL
Tnsk of Congrctjaionnl Conferees
Is an Honorable but
Onerous One
Surciat fort tti'Ondtnct of the f-.'ienlno Ledger
WASHINGTON. Sept. 18.
LONO service In Congress carries with It
I certain honors, but with these honors
come Increased responsibility and hard
work This is being Illustrated In these war
time's by 1 lie practical working out'ot the
prloilty system which has long prevailed In
t'ongrcss, and which Is likely to continue If
experience in shaping legislation Is to count
over Inexperience. The great war measures
are dltcutsed by appropriate committees
und on the lloor of the Senate and the
House, but whenever differences arise be
tween the two houses they are thrown Into
a legislative crucible known ns ths "con
ference." where the points of differences ate
ndjusted under conditions which, when an
agreement Is reached, are, lu effect, final.
Tho greatest American tax bill. In fact
the giestest lax bill of all history. Is now
In conference lu the restricted quarters
of tho Finance I'oinnilllee of the Senate, be
hind closed doors, the conferees of the
House ami Senate have been Ironing out
the differences between the two great legis
lative bodies since Friday last. It Is a
great task, Involving the closest scrutiny of
the graveet problems ever confronting the
business interests of the countrj-.
IJcgliinlng early In the morning and sit
ting until late In the evening. leaving the
long night houis for continued study, ot
some of the vexed questions ot the da the
five Penalots nnd the five members of the
House have been summing up, jury-like,
the great bill which passed the House in
Slay, and which was under lire In the Sen
ate for more than three months. As Sena
tors and Representatives, urged on by in
terested constituents, are generally con
cerned, knowing alfo that the passage of
the tix bill will probably settle tho ques
tion of adjournment, the ten conferees
nie subject to a veritable bombardment of
telegrams, letters and Interviews as to
their probable course ot action with te
rpen to Hie many Items of taxation In the
bill. And as In these, being the conllden
tlal agents and liimiionlzeis ot the two
houses, due caution nitit be cxeiclcil
against premature announcements.
Who the Conferees Are
Slaking up the conference committee arc
some ot the most experienced and best
known members of the Senate and the
House. The chairman of the Senate con
ferees Is the chairman ot tho Finance
I'onimlttee, Senator Simmons, of Noith
Carolina, anil associated with him on the
Democratic side nie Senator Stone, former
Oovcrnoi of SIIsourl, nnd Senator John
Shaip Williams, of Mississippi, former
leader of the IIouso of Representatives.
The House corfeiees on the Democratic
side are Cluuile itcliln. of North Caro
lina, the pre.-s.mt House leader, who has
associated with lilin Sir. Ralney of Illinois,
ard Sir. Dlx in. of Indiana, two active und
nb'p member cf the House Ways and
Sleans Comini-tej. Tho Republicans, of
ciurse, are In Hie minority of the commit
tee, and niiii-t ait largely In an advisory
i-apacltj. since tliej could lie outvoted at
any time on pntlj lines
iln the Sena; side thcie ate Senator
Tides Penrose, 'if Pcnnsjlvanla, who by
virtue of his ranVIng position on the Finance
Committee Is nominal Republican lender
of the Scnatt. ami the distinguished und
scholarly Semtoi- from Massachusetts,
Henry Cabot Lodge. Tho House Republi
cans co-operating with Senators Penrose
aid Lodge are Joiph W. Fordnev-, of
Sllchlgan. tho tanking Republican on the
Wi.j-s and St.j.iim Committee, nnd Sir. Sloore,
of Pennsylvania, who is next In rnnk.
In the selection of conference committees
It Ik the universal practice of both Senate
and House to recognize the ranklns men
on both sides nnd to relj- upon them, by
reason of th;lr knowledge and experience,
to bring the two houses into accord. This
common practice has been pursued through
out the war seiolon with much success
am has facilitated legislation, notwlth
htai ding sever.it Instances In which the Sen
nti or the Houro hisirtcd upon discussion as
to matters in dispute
Public Interest in the Bill
Public Inteiest In the woik of the
conferees Is attested not only by the anxiety
of Senators anil Representatives whose con
stituents are fearful of the effects of cer
tain provisions of the bill, but by the
pretence of many allornejs and lobbj Ists
who have been endeavoring to obtain
changes in phraseology and terms which
would affect the Interests they represent
Since the conference committee is something
like a "court In chambers," It Is not sur
prising that so many persons In Interest
nre on the anxious bench. There has never
been a case like the present ono before any
court or before any Legislature.
War business has been going on with a
whoop and evcrj'bodj- for the moment has
been so prosperdus that the first day of
reckoning, which Is the enforcement of
this tax bill, lias been momentarily over
looked. It Is not surprising that men in
small business who have not been making
unusual profits should want to know If they
nre to be dealt with equitably and without
being forced to pay an unfair propoitlon
of the tax contrasted with big business
whose war profits have been abnormal.
Nor Is it unreasonable that thousands of
business men. who have been reaping the
harvest during the period of war prosperity,
should be concerned about that proportion
of It which they will be expected to leld
up to the Government to make good our
own war expenses ami to help our Allies,
whom wo have agreed to asslt with tie
mendous loans.
Slanufacturers In every part of the coun
try have been waking up to these stern
conditions, which to a large degree were
relegated to the future while war business
was good. Even the colleges, whose con
tributors will be under heavy pressure In
the matter of income taxes, excess profits
and the like, have been unusually con
spicuous lu tha tax ditcusslons of the last
week. '
Hut the conferees have been pursuing
their work with the feeling that the two
great houses they represented were waiting
to receive their report and to act upon It
After the long discussion of every phase of
the bill in Senate and House. It lias seemed
that further hearings would now be useless.
That the bill will be oppressive to many
lines of Industry U understood by every
body All tax bills are more or less a hard
ship upon somebody, llut the feeling In
Washington Is that the conferees have been
tailoring to make as equitable a Uill ns the
exigencies of the Government and a due
regard for the rights of business will war
rant. It is not tlie purpose of Congress to op
press business. The desire Is to enable busi
ness to continue and to prosper, but the
financial requirements of the Government
nro now imperative, and no man can tell
whether In the ramifications of the new bill
In operation some one In business wII or
will not be hurt.
At to the work ot the conferees, there Is
a certain public misconception. Uetng tlie
chosen representatives ot the two houses,
the conferees cannot Introduce Into a bill
entrusted to their harmonizing Influences
material lliav wan nut miruuui-cu uy one or I
the other Of the two houses. It the House I
fixed a C per cent tax on gross rales,
for instance.' and the Senate fixed a 2 per)
tnt ta the conferees could agree to re,.
port' a a ler crni lax jiihi wouia oe
permissible under the rute : but If the con.
ferees were, to agree to a, (ax on cotton,
which the Senate and House refused to
M-notlon they would be excetalnr their
jw.we.ra, S 'MAMsvm, ;"wnjr.
j Tom Daly's Column
rAor. DltYDVBT OS' SEPTEMBER
September
Altcaw did disturb
Old Drydust't equanimity.
It somehow sorter seemed to curb
Ills reaching Jor sublimity.
So once he viarshalcd noun and rei 6
.And clothed his mind tntdlmltv
.tin, o'er his Ingle's ember,
Wrofc this upon September:
"September,
Month of grass and trees,
With slngtng bugs pediculous.
Of logs and storms upon the seat
That render them perlcttlous.
How ran we live iclf't you at easef
i'oit make us so mcttculom
In every nerve and mcmoei;
You really do, September,
"September,
There Is in your trind
A quality chlmrglcat.
It cuts the song-bird's throat, tee find,
And checks his chants liturgical.
Hut aht you rannot touch my mind,
J'or I, telth skill thcurglcal,
WW calmly dlsrcmcmber
Your entity, September,
"September,
When your tains transpire.
The, toads grow so lutaiious
1 crouch befote my study fire
In mood atrabllarlous. ,
u-ouldti't walk abtoad for hire,
I'm not so temerarious.
I much prefer December;
I really do, September."
If jou had been soaking yourself In
Idleness for two weeks and were just
back on the job once more, cleaning up
the accumulations on the old desk,
wouldn't tills ad squce.e a laugh out of
you?
Mop nelnf n Drudcr. Oct Into newaptper
work and draw blj pa v. set free tlckots to
eeIythlnc. Kipert of twenty-three er
eiperlemo will teath ou by mall la be re
iwrter and editor mil help au get eil
uonltlon. Aleo show jou how to earn while
jou lrn lt' practical. faclmtlnc My
free booklet tells the tory. It I' Weller.
DeU 14. Illnthamton. New Turk
At the nineteenth hole at Whltcmaish
they are still talking about it. although it
happened three weeks ago. No foursome
ever made before and none ever again is,
likely to make the sixteenth hole with sr
low an aggregate score as Charlie Mar
shall nnd Bill Huilburt accomplished In
their match against Fred Hurlburt and
Wallace Turnbull. The latter pair laid
their second shots dead to the pin for
sure threes, Marshall holed out from the
edge of a trap for two, while Bill Hurl
burt was looking for his ball. No won
der he couldn't find It. It was In the cup,
for a one'
John Biovmi's body lies a-tnoldciing In
tho grave, but here's the opening para
graph of n letter '-.e wrote to his wife in
1S57:
I have only to say ,as icgatds the
resolution of tho bo.vs to "learn 'o prac
tice war no more." that it was not at m.v
solicitation that they engaged In it at
first, and that while I may perhaps feel
no moi e love of the business than they
do. still I think there may be possibly In
their day that which Is more to be
dreaded: if audi things do not now exist.
Though we strum our lyie and sing
the charms of Ocean City we'd like to
see Lafco Chateaugay. as described by
the Plattsburg Press, and solvo the mys
tery of the fireplaces:
On Indian Point wo cabins stood away
in the dim and' distant p est, wlndovvless,
of logs unheaved, but of course they
were too crude to last. And yet, from
far and near they came leaving their
homes to rest awhile, also, to fish and
hunt for game, comfort taking without
the stjle. Dick Shutts holds forth on the
same s.lc. with every convenience for the
guests of which he has inanj-.
At either end are two fireplaces, one
nbove and one below, and in tlie center
of the long, open room Is a large lire
place, tho chimney extending up 3 feet
through the court above
One thing that wasn't cleared up be
fore ye cd, went upon vacation and that
we nnd loafing around our desk upon our
return Is a matter with which we are
concerned only In so far as to keep our
promise to give the belligerents a square
deal. Here's the square again:
Dear Sir Sir, Aaron K. Brandt, of
the Christian Science Publication Com
mittee, stated through your column In
answer to the queitlon as to why Archi
bald SIcLellan, late editor of the Chris
tian Science Stonltor. died, "the things
which nre seen are temporal."
On August 29 you publlahid my ques
tion asking Sir. Drandt to ;'say plainly
whether Christian Science claims or does
not claim to heal the 'seen ' or visible,
human body "
Fndoubted.y many people rre waiting
to hear the answer, in plain language,
"It docs" or "It does not," and you are
respectfully requested to publish Mr.
Brandt's reply or to announce that he
declines to answer. HUGH SIERR.
There Was an argument on the Balti
more boat, so Bob Dawson reports, and
a man whose akin was white announced
that "draft, or no draft. Uncle Sam
couldn't make him light." "Well, salt,"
spoke up a chocolate philosopher, "dis
hyar Is how Ah flggah it out: Uncle Sam
ain't gwlne to make no man fight! No,
sah! Uncle Sam he Jes' gwlne to take
a man to whar de tiglitii.' J, an aftah dat
he kin use his own Jedgment."
i .
Cail Shanfelter writes from some
whete: Dear Boss Here's a Fiench back-to-nature
note; Salle I In a' certain nospltal
contains a number of Americans and this:
"Laying upon bed with garments adorn
ing their persons Is not permlssable."
So man' things happen when one Is
away. Arthur Crabb, one of our charter
contrlbs, who used to sjgu himself plain
Krab, has had two stories published In
the S. E. P., a head writer on a morn,
contemp. has created the Forty-ninth
Ward, a popular cigar haa been offering
Itself (see advertising columns) for "Ten
cents straight, or two for a quarter,"
Scoop Oerea, ot our own composing room,
Is on the point ot being admitted to the
Naval Academy and a confiding adver
tiser in an eve. contemp. offers amnlav.
ment to "two flMk-carrlere, mut have
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Americanization of Immigrants.
Campaign Issues Colored
Workers' Union
This Department in fier to all itaiUrs u.o
iisf to erpiess their opinions on subject of
cvrtent interest. It (t an open Jorum antl tha
Evening Ledger assumes no responsibility for
the xtetcs of it correspondents, Letters must
be kigntd by the name and addrtv of the
writer, not tifcuarii for publication, but as a
guarantee of good faith t ,
THE REAL ISSUES
To the Editor of the Evening Ledge):
Sir Five men who seek election as Com
mon Councilmon have sent a Joint circular
to tho Republicans of the Forty-sixth Ward,
In which they say
"Wo are all taxpajcrs ot this ward. Wo
arc all street-car riders We ate all parents
and pat.'ons of our public schools. We aro
all consumers of gas. We are all business
and professional men Therefore. It goes
without saying that when the time comes to
voto on these questions we will protect the
best Interests of our citizens."
I don't know a single man of the flv.
but 1 shall vote against them for the simple
reason that they have dodged the vital ques
tions of the hour the transit lease", ninety-five-cent
gas and a trolley line on Fifty
sixth street. REPUBLICAN VOTER.
Philadelphia, September 18.
AMERICANIZED IMMIGRANTS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir One of tho startling effects of the
war has been the bringing out In cleaily
defined outlines just how far our immi
grant people have become Americanized.
It has been made quite apparent" that to
many of our foreign citizens the Idea of tho
war has not been clear. It would be well
to remember, though, that for most of them
our language is a strange tongue; that,
living In crowded groups of their own
people, they Beldom hear It. Our news
papers do not bring the nation's message,
to them. What is needed for them Is In
telligent explanations and no relaxation of
education In night schools.
Tlie newspapers have made much of the
foreign groups opposed to war and the
nation's plan.
It Is unfortunate that they have not
given equal space to tho other group, which,
though of foreign birth or parentage, Is
yet as keenly American as any one born
here with centuries of American tradition
behtnd him. Indeed, often the privilege of
American life is even more precious to
them, as Is shown In "Witte Arrives," In
Mary Antln'a book, in Jacob Rlls's books
and In the beautiful little Idyl of American
Immigrant life. "Sly srother and T."
These men and women sbeak for a group
of Immigrants of whom America may well
be proud. A SOCIAL WORKER.
Philadelphia. September 18.
ASSOCIATED COLORED EMPLOYES
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
gir Your publication is most certainly
doing Its share In aiding the United States
In Its present war with Germanj. Your In
terest In these matters leads me to think
that- J'ou Would perhaps be Interested In
the Associated Colored Employes,
Our object Is to bring about a more
equitable and harmonious relation between
the races. Especially is this desirable In
view of the present crisis which confronts
the countrj". The efficient organization of
all the nation's forces, their proper co
ordination and effective employment In the
vigorous prosecution of this fight for
democracy which has been forced upon us
are absolutely essential If victory Is to be
ours. The greatest of these forces Is labor,
and an Important factor In the labor supply
Is negro labor
The Associated Colored Emplojes ,ot
America are endeavoring to help the na
tion by Increasing the efficiency of negro
labor and by distributing such labor where
It can be most effectively employed.
Its New York branch Is conducting a
survey and census of all negro workers In
the city of New York and vicinity. It has
already collected a mass of Information
regarding the trades In which negroes are
to be found and In what numbers. These
facts It will use as a first-hand source of
Information for colored workers eager to
come here from the South. In this work
tt Is functioning a an employment bureau,
making no charges to Its members, who pay
tl to enter the union, and advising the
members where their particular work is to
be found.
Although the survey is yet far 'rom com.
pleted. the association lias found an amaz
ing number of Instances of mUflt workers
It has found graduate engineers and elec
tricians and experienced carpenters,
painters and shipbuilders doing the work of
nartara. elevator men and Janitors. T flnd
Ui worts which menjftwiMl mtjy be
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its war with Germaiij-, is ono ot the alms
of the cmplojment bureau of the union.
Branches ot tho association are to he
established in all cities with a negro popu
lation of SOOO. We have recently established a
branch In j-our city located at 1508 Lom
bard street, and wo believe that a Blmllar
survey In Philadelphia will reveal a propor
tionate amount of misfit workers, whom
tlie manufacturers now engaged in munition
and other war work would bo glad to get
in touch with. Tho association Is able to
furnish colored men and women In any
quantltj- to those Ip need of labor. No
charge Is made for this service, as the em
ployers are lequested to lehnburse us only
fur actual expenditures Incurred In their
behalf.
The New York Evening Slall after an Interview-
Willi our president wroto an article
on .Inly 20 legnrdlng tho work of the as
horlallon. At the request of Hon. George
SIcAncny an artlclo will soon bo published
In tho Sunday section of the New York
Times relative to tho work the association
Is endeavoring to accomplish Tho New
York Globe and other newspapers have
published nrtlclca concerning the alms of
the association. Tho Slorchants' Associa
tion of New York, at the Instance of tho
t'nlted States Chamber of Commerco in
Washington, has Investigated us and
rendered a favorable report. We nro mem
bers of the Federation of Noncommercial
employment Agencies. Tho United States
Labor Department, New York State Labor
Department nnd tho Public Employment
Bureaus of New York city aro co-operating
with the association.
Members of j-our large family of readers
will look to you In tho future as they have
alwaj-s done In tho past for aid In the
solution of their problems.
JOHN A. ROSS.
New York, September 14.
FIREMEN'S SPEEDY WORK
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:,
Sir Slay I call your attention and that
of readers to tho splendid work ac
complished by tho Cheltenham Volunteer
Fire Department in connection with tho ex.
plosion and fire at the Frankford Arsenal
last Saturday? Residents of 'Cheltenham
naturally feel some slight resentment that
the newspapers overlooked what to them, of
course, is an Important Institution nnd one
that has fulfilled its duties In such a strik
ing manner. The Cheltenham company,
which Is known widely for Its fine appara
tus and expert firemen, In this caso ren
dered a vital service to the community,
Tho arsenal Is four miles distant from Chel
tenham. Nevertheless, the firemen were at
tho fire twenty-five minutes after the first
explosion, making the run In ten minutes.
As chief of tho company, I am glad to give
my men their due In your correspondence
columns. OWEN ADASIS.
Cheltenham, Pa., September 17.
COMMENT ON' REFORM METHODS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir The methods of reformers In Phila
delphia for the last fifteen or twenty years
have been honorablj conceived and some
times excellently handled with brief re
sulting triumphs. But the central problem
of reform politics here, 1 take it. is that of
getting together a permanent reform party,
In which all the elements opposed to the
.Organization can fuse. For come reason
It has been Impossible to fuse them. There
are extempore parties quickly tossed to
gether for each campaign, a "City party "
a "Lincoln partj-," a "Washington party"
and a "Franklin party"
This eternal changeability of party names
is In Itself suggestive of deep-seated Inability
on, the' part of the reformers to organize
and keep organized There is no coherent
bodj-, no permanent flag, to attract new re
cruits to letorm ranks
Now, the suggestion I should like to make
will sound absurd enough to many, but I
make It because I believe all these Inde
pendent movements aro doomed to failure
always, and we should, therefore, build for
the future. I suggest that the Democratic
party be made tlie vehicle foi reform in
Philadelphia. I would not have said tills
five years ago, but since 181.1 we have had
Wilson. And until 1921 we shall have Wil
son. And for flfty years thereafter we will
have the Wilson Influence dominating our
national life, just as Lincoln dominated
his nation for fifty j-ears. The "Wilson
men" In every city will be the real men
most good Republicans are Wilson men
now, and there are reasons to believe that
the clilef distinguishing Issue between the
Republican and Democratic, parties the tas
iff will not be an Important Issue In the fu
ture regime of International readjustments.
Would not a PJilladelohta reform party
of Wilson men drive the Organization out
of existence? Hasn't Wilson taken the
curBe off the name "DemQcraf'T Hasn't he
raised a Btandard that good citizens can
flock around, so they may become terrible
as an army with banners? CiTHSENr,
Philadelphia, September II.
EASY TO SUPPLY
"What shall we do to the spies? ' ask
a newspaper headline. There Is no answer
erlvAti. but tnoitt of the, neonl mum ..
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ
I. Who I Cadornn?
J. In what part of flermanr ani In itkat G.
man Hlate U StutUart? " "
iuTtlona'lU?? ,bMn'" P,W, WhM wuUi
,n"Y.B5y 8E3.1' "lJr'r "" ,l,r,'H
5- srttirJiffisigitjM "
0. What eltr la (he capital of Lonlilaaii
7. What Is n Inma? What li a llama?
. What nae the Wltenatemot?
0. What Is "bakeheeeh"?
10. Name tlie three tinea of thermemeter.
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
I. "iani.ee" ha been need, to mean (!) as la.
habitant of New Knilandi m a rJml M,
HOlfller ar Inhnlilfant a V-l.L... i?:i t
ilurlnr the AmerlAm Civil War, anJS) 1
n Inhabitant of the United Stain. Iii 4
,n,rr uhko , uriiisii ana fturopeaa. Si
3. ".NoldlerN heart" Is nn ailment In Mitk .
,.,,,, i.. iiuu I, nisornrreo. nilloes na. a
iiu he sens of vnlvolar.dlseaie. Antl- U
Kmokera lime attributed li, peielW Kill-
uui came, 10 ino titdiiii nie of tetaece. Jj
. .-i. iiiua wna n martrr or me period ef IM i
Roman Kmperor Diocletian. Ifli nine U 'i
nmiiiunir iinniiea to nie nerroos lrSM.
chores, probably become In the MlUb
i-ej iiuiierers rrom danrlnx mania were I
-' .ii.it mo t-uuuri 01 m lam! la
nnnbla and eleenhere for relief.
4. The l're-Raphaelltee, a troop ef Eititlie
palntera, hunetl thetr "eetieol" an the be.
lief that art lute muit return to lutertV
.sue uieinoa existent oerore napBMt
li. The new eorkarretr torvedo. mentleael
4M
having- been directed acalnut an Anerli
an AmerfMe
liner
- iw u-uoai. in a retrieving.
A IJ.Imat. ! n rtrlvln mlift&i
mat, on comma to the eurlare, emrll
an arc, no that If It mince the pert i
ii f Ita Intended tletim It can tore ac
tft fttnrhnurH.
6: Mrinxii Ivlolllia,
'cellos, etch weelirial '
(oboee, (luted, etch braeiwiad (Frana
horns, trumntli. etr.l. and tMreniilen u
atrmnente (drump. etc), form the fee
principal Instrumental ehelrt of ae-
,rn ivmnlinnv n,,h..t...
Homeopathy la Hahnemann's intra tt
treatment of disease br drnts. ntoall li
minute dosea, that In heallhr psrseu
would produce eimptomt like those ef Ml
disease. , ,
"Tnntum erso" are the first tire wsres ef ;
the next lo the last etania of the Litis
limn 'Tnnre Unroo." The last t (
etnnran of the hjmn are eonr at tie
benediction of the blessed sacrataeatHa
It onian Catholic churches. II Is niile- i
mnry among; Catholic to call the BJH :
"The Tantum lro." , . , r
DIonTsos, or Ilacchus, was tha Greek less!
w Ine. ...
, The Kiel Canal nnd Ileliioland Will art '
the twn chief pieces In vchlch the iraM .
fleet of Ureat llrltaln has kept Genua ;
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arearwouznts nottiea np.
MORE ABOUT THE LIBERTY BELL
IN SADNESS and in Joy the folce of '
Liberty Bell has been equally ImincznL
In its tones, heard when ths newi or
closing of the port of Boston reachtl W'
delphla on Juno 1, 177L It was tuyUP
ternret tha sotemn toll of grief. On April i
25, the following year, the triumphant qt
It-, nf Ho -tnncrni- n'l III it aa strUMt I
Paul Itevere had made his famous rloe. TO 1
great bell rang out Its clear notes '" i
tory and 8000 persons asiembled In tMi
State House yard thrilled to Id voice Mj
agreed to defend their native Una wiis
On June 7, 1776, the bell summoned till
Congress In which Richard Henry un
offered his famous resolution for tnMM
nnri tnri,innitnne nt the rolOnteS. I0fl tyli ,
in the ifternoon of July 4 the bell pf
claimed the new liberty of the Aminaj
The' Assembly that witnessed the wlo
proprietary government in rBB,."'y-j5
nraitea tne Den inio pamuui. -- --.jj
on September 26. 1776. A year 'M"t'J
... . . ... liKarttf -Wil TV'S
vue illustrious eniuiem ui ""',;. il!
erently removed from Phl''Dn'tA,ls1
!....,.., . ,.,.. it. eniiinr into tne MrJ
of the British, who were materi l "J
Delaware after the battles of OtrmM'l
and Brandywlne When Wa.hlntton ra?rJ
unuuj- out oi tuuc) i-uii....- -- - ,.1M.a
became no longer a safe place of .', I
lor iving ueorgem ioiwo"
restored to lis nomo. .... ....us a
. ""'"P. da,0' 0,d.h. w-t'I
the bell commemorated fevy 'J"Ml
America's valiant, labors, but the '' , !
for exultation in tne nmioiiu -- -.m, i
when word of the surrender of corn t
"to the confederate arms of the Uy"DLl.
ana France" reacnea xno . - ..j ,r-
then Joined In the ringing chorus J u. J
in...... .otiiten .ueiieii the pean f...i
tud and natrlotlc ecstasy. The preo- j
lion of peace on April t. "' ? m..!
another opportunity for t uM he-1
linn t. th heii. nv this time ft "i.!
come famous throughout the land ana .
thing pf' the reverence In which n ( K
. -j... ..... .i-.-rtv h,i Innlnr to ' ,
It no longer rang save on Pf''; rJaiyJ
Among these were every Fourth of l7 v
every Washington'. Birthday , 4il
On September 28. Ui. I aM , .,
rapturous welcome accoraaa w
Lafayette, and, two years WW pUffl
rourtu oi juiy ii wi. "- idimj, "1
for Thomas Jefferson and Jf f
DOtn passed away on -""-- ,h,i jtma
k. -!. m. .v.nt vli which tntf -J
i. iiv,Jh ie -.Lhroted the ceritannui p .,
day of Waahlngton on February fifi
and at the same time w V" TMcUWii
of tiie last surviving : signer of ' JVS3TC
lion ai jnaepenuciwr, ',, fa
.i.i.'e T...H,... Marshall,
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