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Philadelphia, Friday. October 19. 1917
ON WHAT MEAT DOES
SOCIALISM FEED?
TN TUESDAY'S primary election In
Buffalo the Socialist candidate for
Mayor received 26 per cent of the total
vote cast. The Republican vote was
18,414, the Democratic 14.695 and the
Socialist 14,341. In the wards with a
heavy foreign population the Socialist
candidate polled more votes than his two
opponents combined.
In New York city tho Herald Is con
ducting one of Its polls of straw votes,
and the result Induces that newspaper to
make the following editorial comment:
"Whatever the explanation, tho fact Is
that every poll of straw votes shows
Mr. HUlqult with greater strength than
the political leaders have been disposed
;' to concede to him. That he is drawing
from the vote cast for Mr. Mltchcl four
'' I years ago Is shown by tho testimony of
many of his supporters concerning their
P 1913 preferences." Mr. HUlqult Is the
Socialist candidate for Mayor.
Philadelphia has been tho ark of the
covenant of protection these many years.
Philadelphia represents sturdy conserva
tism, the triumph of Industry over mere
legislation, the value of skill and work
as promoters of prosperity, the keeping
faith with capital and honest Investment;
and the city offers to labor unparalleled
opportunities In the skilled trades. The
..community Is one to which Socialism
does not appeal, for Socialism Is an out
growth of dissatisfaction, of poverty and
of discontent. It Is a doctrine which
sprouts chiefly from ground rich In
rottenness and disintegration. It con
templates the overthrow of the intricate
machinery under which the society and
business of the world are now organized
and have been organized for centuries.
It seeks to offer other Incentives than
that of profit to human effort and out
lines a sort of leveling process, it Is
not reformative doctrine, but revolu
tionary doctrine, proposing governmental
experimentation so radical that no man
could prophesy its results with accuracy,
although It Is apparent that almost per
fect administration would be requisite
to avoid virtual anarchy. Many of the
k- Incidental alms of Socialism, however,
are being adopted by the nations of the
world. The method Is a gradual one,
hastened by war, under conditions that
do not Imperil the structure of society
and are subject to change.
What, then, makes Socialists? Those
street orators on soap boxes have to have
something to talk about. They never
make much of a hit unless they are
denouncing something. They have to
have some truth on which to build their
pictures. Where do they get it? Ob
viously from political conditions such as
have humiliated Philadelphia for years
past. It does not require many murders
to change a Fifth Ward from a Repub
lican to a Socialist camp. It does not
. take many decades of contractor gov
ernment and robbery of the public to
put a La Follette In the Senate or some
body worse than La Follette In the White
House. Business men do not have
'tb acquiesce In governmental masquer
ades very long before "discovering that
business as well as rotten government
la a target for extreme radicalism. De-
, '-. basing government may be a very profit-
able pastime for a period, but It leads
Inevitably to revolutionary programs.
We have pointed out repeatedly that
politics In Philadelphia has become a
'lness Issue. 'Every day of continued
' Cad government further imperils the
tabllity of enterprises and values. There
could not Ae bad government unless busi
ness men permitted It. The people under
stand and know that fact. We can
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r .' ""uvu lu IOet mcuonuusm ana put the
rr?',-rv,5ent aebi where It belongs on a
aruBinnsB uuu, a no sou is dangerously
Mr ripe for Socialism of the advanced
- wart, We may-its well take warning from
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BACHELORS ON STRIKE
tAjJOR nd capital are too often In
i. articulate in their controversies.
' Wbart We the general public learn of the
urattalytaw cause of strikes and lockouts?
Waxes, hmr. conditions, recognition of
teuton, ttHDH-MW MMi'Wtw term, which
fetWHttwi tat re-
ports of strike after strike. It ifi only
when dissatisfied workers define what
they mean by "conditions" thnt they
gain intelligent sympathy.
Complaint of 600 striking grocery
clerks In NeW York that they havo to
board with their employers, and therefore
cannot get married, Is a reminder that
human beings and not mere pay envelopes
are the factors in nil labor ferment. In
our great Industrial rush forward in the
last few decades have wo forgotten the
next generation? "Bachelors on strike,"
as a headline, usually means tho refusal
of men to get married. When men strike
to get married surely it Is time to look
deep Into tho matter.
Mr. H. O. Wells has warned us that
our birth rate Is far behind what It ought
to be. He believes that we have depended
too much on Immigration for our new
workmen, Instead of begetting them our
selves. That Americans do not marry
young Is well established by the ease with
which we could raise an army of unmarried
men between twenty-one and thirty-one
exempting the benedicts, without dipping
very deoply Into the 10,030.000. If Indus
trial conditions are to bjame, our sociolo
gists should lose no chance to bring the
fact sharply to tho fore for discussion
and study.
MONEY OR LIVES?
IS MONEY more valuable than life?
One would think so In turning from re
ports of the Liberty Loan campaign to
read of the fine spirit shown nt tho train
ing camps. Writes a brand-new soldier
after Ave days at Camp Meade: "Before
I came hero I used to dream of getting
stuck with bayonets and all sorts of
horrors. But now I'm too busy nnd In
terested to do anything but work hard
and sleep like a top." If people thought
as llttlo of their dollars as that young
man thinks of his Hfo wo would havo
had the whole second loan subscribed by
this time.
Our present imperative duty, as plain
as the nose on a face, is for thoso of us
who do not actually offer our lives to
the cause to offer everything of vnlue
except our lives money, as a matter of
course; time, economy, loyal support. If
the man who stays at homo gavo his
money to tho Government Instead of
lending It he would be in infinitely bet
ter case than tho man who goes out to
get maimed for life. But what shall we
think of him who realizes that speedy
lending will save lives and still will not
even lend?
GETTING TOGETHER FOR THE
COMMON GOOD
CANADA Just missed a political crisis
over tho conscription Issue. But real
patriots In Canada, as In the United
States, came to the conclusion that tho
thing to do is first to win the war nnd
fight homo battles afterward. So the
parties got together and formed a coali
tion Cabinet. This means that tho entire
resources of the Dominion will continue
to be dedicated to the one great object
in view.
There Is not a great deal of difference
In principle between getting together
nationally for the common good and
getting together locally for the common
good. If democracy throughout tho
world is threatened we unite to repeal the
aggressor. If good government at homo
Is threatened we should unite to drive
back tho aggressor. The Town Meeting
party simply represents a union of good
citizens, without regard to their partisan
affiliations, to drive the prostltutors of
Government out of the high offices which
they occupy.
IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO
LITERATURE OF THE WAR
THE Evening. Ledger feels that It has
performed a real service to Its readers
and to tho country in publishing Carl
W. Ackerman's notable series of articles
entitled "Germany, the Next Republic?"
Mr. Ackerman's intimate knowledge of
conditions In the Central Empires and
his ability to analyze situations so clearly
that no reader could fall to grasp the
essential points combined to mako his
contribution to war literature one of the
most important which has yet appeared.
By arrangement with the Evening
LEDOEn, the articles have also appeared
In the London Telegraph and In a num
ber of other newspapers throughout the
United States and tho world.
Tomorrow Mr. Ackerman's articles will
be concluded. Tomorrow also will ap
pear the first installment of the Prin
cess Catharine RadzlwlU's notable study
of Rasputin, the Russian monk, whose
activities weie Instrumental In bringing
about the downfall of the Czar and the
establishment of the Republic. The
career of this Siberian peasant rivaled
fiction In Its amazing intrigue, plot and
counter-plot. He played a masterly
game, building his structure on the
superstition of the Russian people. As
a picture of recent conditions In Russia
not always a pleasant picture this con
tribution is of real Importance. It will
not appear In book form until after publi
cation in the Evening Ledger has been
completed.
"Why haven't the Allies any naval
vessels in the Baltic?
Reports of the sugar shortage ap.
pear to be somewhat exaggerated.
We suggest to Mr. Rotan that he
find out It the other side is also keeping
the "gentlemen s agreement."
The President has set aside a day
next week as Liberty Day. We trust the
Governor and Mayor will hear of it
shortly.
The Government Printing Office
has been working day and night to turn
out 300,000 copies of La Follette speeches,
which are being sent all over the Union
under his frank. Really Important work
has been seriously interfered with.
Senators refuse to tax their own salaries,
but they will tax the malls.
Within two and one-half months
the new tax of 33 1-3 per cent on gas
will go into, effect, according to present
plans. Why should anybody in Phlladel
phla complain about excess-profit taxes
and other things of the kind? We smile
and endure here in our pwn community
'"WWr "t of tar known to
DOGS TRAINED
TO HELP SPIES
Enemy Aliens at Largo in
France, Many Disguised
as Women
M
ATI-HARI, the dancer, who has been
many who havo sought nnd still seek to
use the prerogatives that usually go with
feminine attire to nld them In spying upon
the Allies. German spies, both men nnd
women, still Infest the Allied armies, but
many of tho "women" are no women nt
nil, but men In skirts. Many spies find
their way nbout the territory Just back of
the fighting line nnd they even get to the
trenches In no Bmall numbers, according to
the testimony of a British officer who was
In Philadelphia recently.
Investigations are under way to weed sus
picious characters out of the American
forces in France nnd In America. Not long
ago Major General J. Franklin Bell and
other high nrmy officials received Informa
tion that n German nrmy officer, a member
of the German Intelligence Service, had
spent four days nt Fort D. A. Russell last
August. Ills Identity was not discovered
until nftcr he had disappeared.
Commanding otTlcers at some of the re
cent camps also received Instruction from
the War Department to be on the lookout
for a German spy. William Dunbar was
arrested recently nnd turned over to tho
Department of Justice, accused of being
n "dangerous nllcn enemy." He had suc
ceeded In having himself enrolled In tho
United States Naval Reserve and hnd
served as an ensign. He will be tried on
tho charge of treason. These are facts, nnd
the truth evidently Is being brought very
close to home.
Dogs Used as Spies
Needless to ray, the watch for spies In
Europe Is unceasing. The same may be
true In tho United States, though It Is
doubtful If America ns yet has realized to
a full extent the daring of the enemy's
spies.
The role of the German spy In America,
of course, might be said to have hardly
started when compared to tho part tho spy
had played behind, In between and among
the armies of tho Allies In Europe. There
Information Is of the most vital Importance.
Spies, of course, will take any risk to ob
tain It. There are countless numbers of
spy stories which will linger long In the
memories of the "pollus." ,
The Germans have spy dogs. It would
seem.
In a little town "somewhere In France,
a town which had been ravaged by shell
fire from both sides and not far from the
French front-line trenches, most of the In
habitants had packed their few belongings
and Joined the long procession of refugees
to the rear.
Some of the townpeople, however, refused
to leave their homes and evidently pre
ferred living in their cellars more or less
unmolested.
One was an aged woman. She was hardly
able to walk, hobbled about with a stick
and seemed to be guided by her pet dog, a
nondescript mongrel with woolly hair. The
dog was devoted to his mistress. The pair,
dog and woman, became somewhat favor
ites with the French soldiers. They gave
her the latest news. She always seemed
Intensely Interested, and soldiers vied with
each other In gratifying her curiosity.
It happened, however, that the dog was
seen running one day In the direction of
the German trenches. The soldiers noticed
It. One smarter, perhaps, than the rest
stored that Insignificant fact In his mind
and reported It to a superior officer.
An investigation was made. The dog
was caught running In the same direction
some days later. A ciphered message was
found concealed In the dog's hair, having
been attached to an elastic band.
The "woman" was arrested, tried by
court-martial, convicted and Bhot as a spy.
The "woman," it developed, was a man in
dlf-guite.
Because dogs are used to carry messages
for the spies, the Allied soldiers In the
trenches are not allowed to keep any dogs
as pets. The officers regret the necessity
for such a rule, but theyvmforce It rigidly.
Spies Stole an Auto
On another occasion several French of
ficers left In it high-powered motor to make
an inspection of lines in the rear- The
machine had not left Its starting point
more than half an hour before the riddled
bodies of tho officers were found In a
ditch. Not a sign of the motor could be
seen anywhere near, although It was re
ported on several occasions In various sec
tions of the rear lines that same day. It
was still manned by "French" officers, evi
dently Germans in disguise.
It was found that the officers had been
waylaid, killed, that Germans in tho uni
forms of French officers had used the auto
mobile, obtained valuable Information and
escaped In safety to their own lines.
At one of the field hospitals near the
trenches a doctor in an English service
uniform presented hlfnself one day and said
he had become separated from his command.
That Is not uncommon. He offered his serv
ices, and as doctors were badly needed, they
were accepted without question. The doc
tor spoke perfect English and knew England
like a book. Those In charge went so far
as to say that he was one of the most ef
ficient doctors at the station.
It developed that the doctor In question
also spoke perfect German. He talked
somewhat too freely with some of the Ger
man wounded prisoners who were brought
in, and suspicion was aroused. Investiga
tion followed. It developed that he was a,
German officer. He was executed.
On another occasion an old peasant
woman was seen walking rather too near
tho firing trenches for her own safety.
A soldier started over to warn the woman
after yelling at her. Suddenly "she" was
seen to pick up her skirts, exhibit a strong
pair of masculine legs and run at top speed
to a nearby woods. Several shots were
fired at the spy, but the man escaped.
German spies almost Jnvarlably try to
conceal themselves In the disguise of peas
ants among the small army of refugees from
a bombarded town. This was noticed espe
cially In the recent retreat of the Russians.
Most of the disguises are marvels of Inge
nuity. F. R. G. F.
TEUTONIC LOGIC
At the time of the destruction of Louvaln
by the German troops In August, 1914,
Hugh Gibson, first secretary of the Amer
ican Legation In Brussels, In company with
some other dlplomatlo officials, was con
ducted about Louvaln by a German officer.
"Just to see what would happen," says
Mr. Gibson In' World's Work, "I Inquired
about the provision of The Hague Conven
tions prescribing that no collective penalty
can be Imposed for lawless acts of In
dividuals. He (the German officer) dls
missed that to his own satisfaction by re
marking: " 'All Belgians are dogs and all would
do these things unless they are taught
what will happen to them,'
"Convincing logic!
With a hard glint In his eye he told
us the purpose of his work: he came back
to It over and over, but the burden of what
he had to ray was something like this:
" 'We shall make this place a desert. We
shall wipe it out so that It will be hard to
find where Louvaln used to stand. For
generations people will come here to see
;,h.i -are, have done and it will teach them
to respect Germany and to think twice be
fore they resist ner. nm. una none on an
other, I tell you Nle tin BUM quf elnou
der.' "I agreed with him when he remarked
that people would come here for genera
tions to sea -what Germany had done-but
he did not seem to follow my 11m of
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Tom Daly's Column
Sausage nnd Such
The moist breath of earliest spring has
always been tinctured at least, for us
with tho pungent, leathery odor of a
new baseball. It's beon that way as long
as we can remember. For nearly a life
time, too, tho first spice of frost tingling
In the October nlr has put tho aroma of
country sausage in our noso nnd pro
voked a watering of our nether Up.
This imagined odor costs us nothing,
but tho actuality is 45 cents a pound this
year! Some of us will buckle our belts
tighter and dream of the post when lux
uries wero within our reach, although we
are suro wo wero poorer. Downtown
folks will recall, with a sigh, how It was
onco possible to carry home two pounds
of the famous Gregory sausage for a
paltry quarter of a dollar and the same
brand of scrapple for as little as four
cents a pound.
In thoso days, too, In tho Spring Gar
den Market, which was housed in long
sheds in tho middle of that broad thor
oughfare, extending from Sixth street to
Rldgo avenue, thero were many farmers
whose home-made links of lusclousness
won enthusiastic following, and tho chief
of these was Twining. Folks traveled
from all parts of town, gladly paying
tho twelve cents carfare, to get Twlnlng's
sausage or scrapple. Not far from his
stall, on tho market days, tho old hominy
man, who had no permanent abode, was
In tho habit of pausing long, nnd ho sang
a llttlo song for the special benefit of
Twlnlng's customers. It went something
like this:
Here's de finest food dey is
Good hom-I-nee!
Cook It with yo' sasslges.
Buy some from me.
This quaint fellow, tho original hominy
man, was a tall, thin darky, with bushy
white hair, who always wore a blue army
overcoat and a. coonskln cap. Ho carried
a cane and a great double pouch of hom
iny slung over his shoulder.
Of late years October has always con
jured up before us tho portly figure of
Maggie, a Mennoqlte cook, and that, In
turn, awakens affectionate memories of
her employer, who, besides being much
elso that makes men great, was tho kind
liest host and most open-handedcountry
gentleman it was over our pleasure to
know. The lato William Uhler Hensel, so
long tho first citizen of Lancaster County,
will never be forgotten when tho quality
of Pennsylvania hospitality is under dis
cussion. Thoso who wero privileged to
know Bill Hensel well and he was on
speaking terms with nearly every man,
woman nnd child in tho county held for
him a feeling that was very closo to
Idolatry. Since his death tho affections
of his neighbors havo been transferred to
his only daughter, who was long his
tireless housekeeper nnd careful guard
ian. Sho is now tho Lady Bountiful of
Bleak House, which belle3 Its name with
hospitable looks, peering through the
autumn foliage upon all who Journey Into
Lancaster City by way of the turnpike.
BLEAK HOUSE
"Bleak House" they call the four-square
manse.
The name was born of Folly,
For never could a traveler chance
On house or host more Jolly,
Joy lodges there, though overhead
The skies be gray nnd dreary ;
But when the hunter's moon Is red,
O ! then the place Is cheery.
I cannot take a map and trace
Its "locus" more's the pity!
For crowds would storm the quiet place
And make of It a city.
Yet here's one hint your search to aid:
Take any road, until it
Conducts you to a kitchen-maid
Who wields a maglo skillet,
The Jolly host of Bleak House bears
Your bedroom light before you;
The only shaf w on those stairs
Is his that flickers o'er you.
For: "Here," he says, "I bid you shed
Your clothes and cares together.
Here's warmth and comfort in your bed
And windows to the weather.
Here Night's your hostess, happy guest!
Ope wide your windows to her.
Ale, better than my cellar's best,
October breezes brew her.
Taste now her hospitality.
For healthful slumbers fill It:
But morn will bring you back to me
When Maggie wields the skillet!"
The Jolly host of Bleak House needs
No 'iarum-bells his clocks in,
For something in his kitchen breeds
A most effective tocsin.
A lyric lisping starting there
Grows gradually crlsper,
Becoming, on the sunlit stair,
An appetizing whisper.
And gaining volume as it goes,
Yet gently still, and sweetly,
It comes and takes you by the nose
And wakens you completely,
O I sleep Is good, I love it well
When Bleak House is my billet;
But glvo me morning and the smell
Of sausage In the skillet!
HENSEL'S MAGGIE was taken into
Wanamaker's tea-room for luncheon one
day when the family had motored into
town. After the food had been ordered
Maggie was asked If she'd like a cup of
coffee. "YeB," she said, "itjt's on the
fire, but don't make it Just for me."
you doubtless believe from the things
that tre tcrlfe
That there's nothing out gluttony
strongly .Imbued in us,
That all tee can see in the tvay of delight
Is the prospect of constantly piling the
food ill us.
But, reader, you're wrong; though admit
ting tfe might
Be a trifle axunglous, we're not ptngul.
tudinous. ,
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TUB IW3H 1IORBE
Prancing horses sometimes win,
Pacers are by far the wiser
' Thus to gain a world-wide peace
We must harness up the Kaiser!
II. a. WHITE.
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Just three questions asked by a small
child, whtch Borne reader may take time
from the contemplation of his own wor
ries to find answers for;
1. How did God make Himself?
2. What -will this world look like when
we'r Sill ead?
3. What' tit color of Mttle -rajf
-'Sl it
lIPl - : I
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Teachers Underpaid Beejless
Days Lloyd George's
Libel Suit
TEACHERS UNDERPAID
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Tho insistent demand that the citi
zens of Philadelphia assist the public school
teachers in their fight for Increased salaries
will never be answered until two things
are made clear: First, that the teachers
do not receive a proper living wage ; second,
that the teachers deserve a fair and ade
quate salary.
Because the teacher puts up a fairly
decent appearance, and because In the past
his pride has kept him from complilnlng,
the Impression is nDroaa mat no is wen
paid. This Is not eo. Men who havo seen
In the scnooi system lor tnree or mm ji
and whose average age la twenty-five re
ceive $18 or $19 per week.
In tho case of women the pay Is consid
erably less. How any one who has even
only himself to tako care of cm live on
such starvation wages Is more than I can
see. In these days when commodities have
gone up 40 to 50 per cent It is impossible to
get along on an nnte-bellum salary, which
was Insufficient even In peace times.
Let the reader compare the wage he
would expect an ordinary laborer to get
with the miserable stipend handed out to
the teachers and he will understand their
clamor for an Increase,
But It may be said that the teacher Is
not worth a good salary. That, while It Is
true that he is not paid well. It Is because
he does not deserve more. Let us see
whether there Is any truth In such an
argument.
Th'e school teacher is In school at half
past 8 o'clock and works on Incessantly,
with nn hour and a quarter for lunch, until
3-30 o'clock. There are very few who leave
school at thit hour. Tapers havo to be
marked, records compiled and reports made.
Aside from these there are numerous extra
scholastlo activities (athletics, orchestra,
etc.), which engage the attention of teachers
for hours after class Is dismissed.
But we should have advanced beyond the
time when we Judge the utility and value of
in employe by the number of hours he puts
in "on the Job." The important element is
not time, but intensity; not length, but
rather depth. To control and discipline
flftv youngsters with fifty different per
sonallties and widely divergent desires; to
nlace before them subjects of various kinds
and see to It that the children grasp and
.assimilate them Is no easy matter. Teaching
Is far more delicate and far more difficult
than most people can Imagine, no matter
how sympathetic they may be.
Little wonder then that the average
teacher Is high-strung and nervous as a re
sult of the continual mental tension. At
the end of seven and a half hours in school
ha Is onysicaiiy unu iiiciiiaujr a..uvu,
No salary would be sufficient to pay for
the sacrifice the teachers lay upon the altar
of future generations, but they may expect
at least a living wage and that they do
not get.
An increase In Balary will benefit the
teacher primarily, but Uf a larger sense the
community will have the greater gain. For
a faUsfted worker is far more efficient than
agSmgone. LOUIS FISCHEa
Philadelphia, October 18.
BEEFLESS DAYS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir At the risk of being called a carping
crltlo I trespass again upon your space to
call attention to the farce of "beefless"
Tuesday Yesterday our first "beefless"
Tuesday presented the first opportunity to
the rleople of Philadelphia to make good
their co-operatlon in the matter of abstain
ing from eating beef In accordance wUi
the refiuest for uch abstinence as an
eminently sane war1 measure. Yet the re,
lult as observed in my case, was that a
"-,..... ma not faint when a man ordered
a roast beef sandwich In the restaurant
where J aie iuuf .- "t"u"v " to
w.': . matter-of-fact way. it belnr on
the menu, and he ate it in a matter-of-fact
wav This. then, is one restaurant where
"bee'ness" Tuesday was not observed. This
Mitlnc house Is one Of several operated by
the same company, so that it is ssfe to as.
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for tho day.
This Is, Indeed, n sad commentary upon
that willing spirit of coheslvo obedience
that Is so prominently absent in tho gen
eral character of our nation. Perhaps we'll
do better next Tuesday.
FRANCIS LUDWIG.
Philadelphia, October 17.
MR. GEORGE'S LIBEL SUIT
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir It Is a pleasure to read that Lloyd
George has won a libel suit against news
papers which had said he ran away from
London to avoid Zeppelin bombs. Entirely
too much license Is taken In the warfare
of politics, and a public man, even a Premier
or a President, should feel It a duty to
trace every false assertion made about him
to Its source.
Tho English law of libel Is raid to be the
most severe In the world. People even sue
novelists for Inadvertently putting their
names in their books. Perhaps this sort
of thing has its bad effects. But It cer
tainly Is an excellent tonlo for those who
suffer from the malady of Inaccurate and
Irresponsible assertion. J. TYSON.
Philadelphia, October 18.
SOCIALISTIC TENDENCIES
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Under a Washington date the fol
lowing appeared In the Evenino Ledger :
"The United States Is moving toward
'somplete public ownership and operation
of public utilities, especially railroads, tele
phones and telegraphs,' according to a spe
cial investigating committee's report to the
National Association of Railway Commis
sioners today."
Whether this be true or untrue, whether
wise or unwise, it Is socialism pure and
simple. I am not a Socialist yet, but it
seems to me that day after day the tenets
of socialism are coming to the front more
and more. Is this a blessing or a curse? I
really don't know. O, J.
Philadelphia, October 18.
A LIBERTY LOAN APPEAL
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Now Is the time for every red
blooded American to show his loyalty to
his country by subscribing to the second
Liberty Loan.
let your dollars go to the firing line antri
help your brothers and fellow comrades win
this great war for democracy.
Every bond that you buy, whether a $50
or $1000 bond, means that you are re-enforcing
the boys at tho front and helping
them win their battles against the ruthless
enemy.
War time Is always a time of peril. Only
by a united stand against the enemy can
the safety of the people be Insured.
Not only must the soldiers In the field
be united and determined to win, but the
people behind them must be equally united
and determined to win this great war for
humanity.
This war depends on you, citizen! It Is
your duty to help win It.
RALPH S. MATZ.
Reading, Pa., October 18.
THE AMERICAN FACE
The chief thjng that struck you was the
American soldiers' faces. They looked grim
end set, and however loud the cheering by
the way and however racy the London
greetings, there was never -a smile to be
seen. The Americans seemed to be tre
mendously conscious of being on show so
different from the British soldier on a march
out, who always gives the crowd as good
as he gets in the way of repartee and never
allows himself to be betrayed Into solemnity.
This unyielding appearance seemed espe
cially to Impress the volatile French and
Belgian .soldiers among the spectators
Every one said they looked Jlke business
these men with set, rather hard faces,
strong-Jawed and close-lipped Manchester
Guardian.
THE WONDERS OF SCIENCE
A. camera man working for the educa.
tlonal department of a film company met -an
old farmer coming out of a house in the
town where he was working and explained
his presence In these words:
"I have Just been taking some moving
pictures of jlfe out on your farm,"
Did you catch any of m,y laborers In
motion?" asked the old man curiously.
"Sure. I did."
-yr farmer shook his head .reflectively,
tHotence it wsufrrful thln.'C-
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. rranklln K. Lane delivered a 'Liberty Ian
appeal here seaterilay. Who la her
2. Wlint Is the mnt utrlklnr achtereant ( t
nip rHiiruuus in iiio rum wora oi wlr.
time?
3. What Power lionesses the Ynkon terrltorr!
4. Denmnrk liaa a crudtr agalntt Geraiur,
What Is the rraaon for It?
B. What na the purport of the nlUHitU
nioiement In Russia?
0. What mm the orliln of the term "drVf
7. what la a ajrophant?
8. Define "laiis ayne."
P. Name the Oreat Lakes.
10. What Is the Ilecalosne?
Answers to Yesterday's Qui
1. rive billion N the maximum, three blnlrl
the minimum, required from toe euoj
Liberty Loan.
2. "Jerked tenlaon": cured deer meat. Tit
meat la cut In Ionic slices and drlea la
the, Min. Front Ihe American-Sputa
"chanjuenr."
3 Th. lIllorum, market, place or any ogea
public place In nnelent Italy partleaUrty
,h? ,f or.Vm of. ancient Home, the pliti if
public discussion, and assembly.
4. Famous waterfalls: Gavarnle, France, HU
feet hlehi tirnnd, Labrador, 2000) M.
orara. i64i victoria, Africa, 4001 I'wof
loscmlte, Cal., 1130. ' '
8. Alliance Francalse: Association far til
study of Trench literature.
0. Helicon! mountnln In Oreeco (Boeetlt)
aacretl to the Muses and source of poetM
Inspiration.
7. Macna Chartat sranted In 12IS.
5. I'ortculllsi slronr. heavy tratlni sttdlnc n
2i'.d dc"v1 ln ,'ertlcal grooves at sWei at
Kateirjy in old-time fortress.
0, Sorcerer: a nliard, ueaier of mark snetli.
0. .Marcus Aiirellus: a Itoman Kmperor. on f
the best, who wrote famous bools tt
(Stole philosophy.
RAILROADS ON THE JOB
TN THE month of July the railways of til
J- United States handled 48 per cent-mort
freight trafflc than in July, 1915, and O
per cent more than in July, 1914. The rail
roads' war board has Just Issued statistic
showing that the ton mileage of freliM
handled in July, 1917, was 20.3 per cent
more than It was in the same month of
1916. This increase in the traffic handle!
reflects a remarkable performance in vie
of tho fact that the traffic of 1916 far eur
passed all records up to that time. Be
cause 1916 was a record year, It Is new
sary to compare tho results being obtained
now with those of years prior to 19U la
order to realize fully the magnitude of the
achievements of the railways ln handllnf
the present volume of business as well
they are. The Increase ln frelcht traffic In
July, 1917. over July, 1915, exceeded the j
annual freight business of the railways of j
Japan, Spain, Sweden, New South Walei, -Switzerland
and Brazil combined.
It should be borne In mind that there rui i
been almost no Increase In railway facilities J
wituin the last two years. There was M j
actual decrease In the number of loconio j
tlves and freight cars In service on June
1916. as compared with the number In j
rv!cA nn Jims an iat.1 The, number 01 ..(
locomotives and freight cau has Increased j
wuntn tne last year, dui me jiumuci -In
service certainly Is not more than lli
per cent more than It was two years ai
In other words, the roads are nanauns
per cent more traffic than they were t
years ago with perhaps 1 H per cent more
locomotives nnd cars.
Of course, business was comparatives
dull at this time two years ago. Tne'
were 265,000 Burplus freight cars on Au
gust 1, 1915: on the other hand, there, U
car shortage now, but there would, to
. ,i.. i.-. iml.., nt unfilled reoullluons
vastly .aw ,,..., wv. w - -- . .w.
for cars if there had not been within j
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mot two jtnio i c, ,,,. - --- . .. a
efficiency with which railway equipment i
operated. ,
We note that the coal mine operators
the country have a friend In official wo
at Washington. The United States QeoloP'
cal Survey has Issued a statement to w
press, dated October 11, which br ,?.'
caption, "Coal Mines Doing Their W.
"Dally Output of Coal Breaks All
to Meet This Year's Demands." ' 1W Ton
nage Promises to Exceed 1915 RKortjW
bir.no.put.
cent as comparea mm ". "ili1et
said for the railways, which are 1J
50 per cent more traffic than In 1WT JJ,
recoVd being mad. by the mine, to
deaerves all the commendation wJiicn p
Sw.J upon It. We could wWufco
ever that there was some uoverom.n. -SIrtmSt
which would show ; much , prl
Ugaraing wnai m ..,,- -" . ,n0
the Geological Survey very VS&'
regarding wnai in muira .r ".""Jii,
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