? WRjr-' '.U wrfKmW PUBLIC LEDGER-PH1IADELPHIA, ATUKDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1917 I , r 55 JV IV ISDCSK COMPANY I tT.,K. CCRTM. JNHmsaxT. , Hngion, vie irtftcnujonn u. J"aa ArvMvrvri in Philip H. wtaraa. John J sj 04roctora. , BorroniAit board: ; K. Cimi, Chairman I, !..,... .Editor MAXTlN...Clnra! Dullness Vfanasar dollr at Ptmio t.ii nulldlne. aenco nquor, I'mmtieipniA, l...,roaa ana v.nesinui Biri ITT Press. Union nulldlne oo M-irooiuan-Twrer ,....ni Ford Hunmne i.4..,. ions aiurton Muihiinr .,.., .....r.-oj rntu uunuins; Ktm nUnExrap BcaAP. rvff. Tannavltanla AA. aftA lllh fit. tscasic ,Th Sun lluldlna iaaD.......tT.rroni nous, tiirtivi 10..... 33 Ru Louis la Urand mrnftrntPTioM Tratiiirt vMiwi ptmiio Lang si la aarved to rub- m Pnlladstphta and aurro-indlns town ftjta of twalre (12) canta per wee, parable mrrivr. ..... h to Mint eutkid or rhiianeipnia. in maica. uanafia or uniieti mate po. W3B ta fr. fifty (RO) rents rr month. an, fortlfn eountrlea one (II) dollar far jars ner war. nviDa in invinrf. Buherlbr wlihlnn- nnMreea chanted old an wn nn vw auress. tttt. Ma WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIN 3000 2? t alt communications to Kvenino PullUj inatprnarnfe srjwtre, i'Mtaar'onta, at Tni rmtiDELrntaV rrT orrics xf ftKCOID CLlM MAIL WATTS I li SaatartUr, Drtembtr 29. 1917 tG0D OR GATLING GUNS? t, j awfulness of wot Is not all on tho tMitleflelds. Diseases follow In tlio wako FaFBnl Vrrei hrnmrhl anmn WI1 llltTi .' 1 . I tho East to Grcce and tho selenco of and America lias not been ablo i to eradicate them. It Is boasted In Bor that 10 per cent of tho wartlmo Pros- births are illegitimate, and a Berlin Councilor solemnly avers that "this HWHt number (200.000) of Illegitimate chll- ri . .,- ... . . . .... . . is evidence ci me mora neaiuuncss iJsf .the German race." It Is German doc-' that patriotic women must sacrifice ' motherhood to the exigencies of raco and paternalism takes tho accepted i of utilizing females for mere breeding poses, as If Prussia wero a human stock But In Trance, too, tho accepted axds of morality have suffered vous setbacks. It Is Invariably the When war la epidemic Immorality iM , epidemic. The human templo appar- pittly cannot be desecrated by shot and 11 without hardening of tho conscience loosening of restraint. !$ It seems probable, on tho other hand. jftlfcat never has there been In this country a religious awakening as Is now In resB. The succcssivo shocks humanity suffered In tho lost three yearn have toned the minds of thosa at homo to snec- tstit'.ve pursuits. Men announce lectures ,-w IVSR .tho Second Coming of Christ and pack r assembling places to tho doors. Others i tho Scriptures on their own account, ng to find the prophecies fulfilled In i,'mnta of today. Bven agnostics en. L must be a God, a Supremo Being to lv- - -. . . . us rrom our misery." jxevertncicss, L 'increasing recklessness in religious ace is reported from tho countries immediate military urcssure. The jpfSrlHch, at the time of the Revolution, wore : content merely to abolish kings. They patctlahed God also. When they attempted ,'oto that, they pulled the temple down lit their heads. Napoleon shot respect Pi. aillthnrttv KlnV lnn 1,1a ntnnntrlnM :z - l artillery. Tho matter military genius f,tbe world in his day cropped the prin- that if order is to bo maintained "It (aether God or gatllng guns." . Vala-la m eYillnwnc- 4I.a tmn1n rnt . Mnwwu, AV..U.....b ...u VAU.U1..U nvw J i countrj'. has decreed a day of national ror. The dlscipllno of religion and the ' ot God ore essential to civilization as ?iw jnow It. In Cicero's day educated men 'Jeacer had faith in tho mythology to t their forebears had given allegiance. Ehay became frank doubters, and their ' was doomed. The old religion was land It was to bo three rundred years AV ... . . i ine ruins 01 unnouanuy coum una i"; . . . loagment in uurope. Tnero is no aent on earth that could retain its ity a month and prestrve order by the enactment of laws. k.afeey the statutes and corn them f.T. ... . . nuy because tnero is tngrainea i a belief in immortality and a long. 4 weasure up to tho standards religion it. When those standards are no , sought and life is viewed merely Hjaeriod between birth and death, chaos . 10 enguu me race ana suDmergo it. . .... . 'Kaiser's intlmato references to God .hie impious definition of Divinity as i iiHr of his own is tho moro disgraceful It is In fact a denial of Divinity p assertion of the principle that the of importance is the bullet, an (.worship of which .i directly as iJaMrectly the causo and source of As between God and gatllng Bjfce -Kaiser has selected gatllng guns. tho first time kings have made s sbolce, but the churches they pll- in raised their spires and the tts prayed in them. ; true that civilization as we know ! on God .or gatllng guns and the tinned his faith to the latter. f Mt worry1 about his military vie- fcalr or anywhere eUe. There was : belore there were gatllng guns i will bo a God tea after gmtling -T " . . , 9mr m muwuru montr MWrWm. v if ' ' CAJCNOT MAKE STEEL ships are "the great ( our whole' program," OUVMW plration. What the country wants to know now is, not that happy Inspiration is at work, but that foresight is, and that un foreseen difficulties which upset one pro gram will not upset another. Thcro Is an "If' In the promised 1918 shipping output. Tho total for tho year will be 7,100,000 tons, If enough steel is available As the success of our war effort depends on tho quality of output, tho steel must bo available. Admiral Bowles de clares it may be necessary to commandeer steel plants and that this idea has not met with opposition from steel men in Informal talks with them. No steps have been taken toward commandeering; tho matter has merely been discussed informally. Tho dis cussion should bo most formal nnd widely considered. Wo cannot movo leisurely toward so momentous a decision. Speed is moro important th this than It was In putting through selective conscription. He sp'onslbltlty for tho use of steel for non essentials should bo fixed now on tho proper Individuals and not left wandering vaguely about between magnates and Gov ernment officials until a suddenly discov ered shortage dislocates the progrnm. ONE BIG RAILROAD; ONK 111(5 COUNTRY TllH railroads havo beconio ono big rail road. That means that forty-.'lght States must becomo ono big country. Tho stroke of tho pen that erased artificial bar riers on tho railroad map erased also Stato lines for tho duration of tho war Tho orders of tho Director General "chall have paramount authority" over tho orders of tho lriter3tato Commerce Commission and all tho Stato commissions. Tho forty-eight-headed hydra of uncoordinated late-flxlnc Is beheaded, but receives ono big head; It will Indeed havo to bo a big one. With tho anlshlng of Stato and railwa frontiers go the lines of demarcation be tween tho many hundred thousands of men nnd women who own tho railroads and their employes. These two great groups nro now equally tho servants of tho Gov ernment. Capital, llko labor, Is to rccclvo fixed wages. Tho natural corollary of this Is the lopping off of fancy salnrlcs. Sinco Mr. McAdoo, heat of tho greatest railway establishment In tho world, with hla sen Ices as Secretary of tho Tiensury thrown In for good measure, rcceles only $12,000 a ear, thcro can bo no objection to tho reduction of fabulous presidential salaries and of pajments to claboiato staffs of freight solicitors. Genius must have Its reward. But genius started last fcprlng to work for tho Government on a "dollar-a-j ear" basis, and that path of servlco Is still opon. Men who have been compelled to conccntrato on financial problem?, and who wero paid high to make railroads pay, aro set free from rate worries. The Gov ernment has tal.cn oer their responsibility to tho stockholder. Tho United States Is now in command of tho railroad employes as much as It Is of soldiers and salloig. Tnero aio no stilkes on the railroads which aro built under flro light up to tho battle line to carry ammunition and food to the men In tho trenches. Tho American railway sys tem has becomo an Integral part of the huge war transportation hi stem. Just as the Director General can curtail passenger traffic for a time, If need be, on any given lino, thereby wiping out a railroad trado asset in excursions, special rates, etc, which required laborious years of advertis ing and other planning to build up, so he can mako demands of tho unions which may seem for a time to rob them of hard won privileges. Arbitration must bo com pulsory because war is compulsory. Econ omy resulting from tho removal of the competition which so often duplicates ex penditures should provide Mr. McAdoo with sufficient funds to mako what wngo adjust ments Justlco may dictate. Some students of the situation are optimistic enough to predict that the Government will mako profits on the operation of tho roads, a sur plus over tho three year averago earnings guaranteed tho roads. But It Is too early to count on that. Tho spirit of conciliation is vabtly ex tended by Government operation. A man works for tho United States In nn entirely different mood from that In which ho works for a privnto interest. We can count on that now spirit to straighten out many tangled problems that now seem difficult. WAR GARDENS ON BASEBALL DIAMONDS THE small boys who sign up with tho back-lots leaguo will groan at tho tidings that baseballs aro now economically as well ns "sportlntically" among the things "going up." Sporting goods manu facturers forecast a considerable rlso in price for the coming season. There'll havo to bo fewer teams nnd tho players will havo to tap tho pill lightly but efficiently, it is plain, If tho back lots are to contlnuo as the great prep school of the national game. Possibly the increase in tho price of baseballs may not be a calamity viewed with close scrutiny. Maybe the national game will be retired during the period of the war from tho constant preoccupation of Young America. Wo rather fancy that most red-blooded lada will be engaged In the engrossing pastlmo of drilling and that tho diamonds will be honeycombed with trench systems. This Is an Interesting war game, but ono just oh interesting and de cidedly more profitable would be to turn the back lots into war gardens. Every boy can help to victory by substituting tho hoo for the bat. Food will win the war and young patriots by producing food can aid the nation at no sacrlflco of exercise and recreation. "Work ns usual" was President Wil son's ce'ebratlon of his sixty-first birthday. And his "work as usual" is the unusual work o In unusual man. v Camden Judgo Hard on Qun-toters Headline. , Men eager to carry a gun can tote it in a good cause by seeking tho nearest re cruiting ofllce, a In formally refusing to play with the heavily .loaded dice of Germany's latest peace game, three days after they were offered, France has set a new record for wartime diplomacy. Wisconsin Democrats, ItepuUllcans and Progressives are forming a fusion party against the Socialists to make the election of a pacifist to any ofllce lmpos- TW praam, Jf .'foUowed elsewhere, Ma sir MP- BvT 'Mat MaaaaWattft-r, . PENNYPACKER Governor Assented to Some of Quay's and Penrose's Nominees, but Held Out for Hampton L. Carson's Appointment (Copvriotit, 111?, tu TlItRTV-SlXTH INSTALLMENT AT Pittsburgh thcro had leen much dls satisfaction with a recent net which de prived tho Mayor, who had been elected, of his olllco and changed tho form of gov ernment, In popular parlance called "the ripper bill." On the train from Erlo to Pittsburgh to attend a grout meeting thcro Senator Penroso said to me: "I hopo you will not say anything about tho ripper bib." "Senator," I answered, "that Is tho crj' subject about which I proposo to talk to them." Penrose vs. Penny-packer And I did. denouncing its policy, and I won what ho conceded to bo a success. I made not a single promiso of any kind, either to an indUldual or to tho public, and told tho pcoplo whcrcNcr I went tliat I did not know whether I would mako a good Governor oi not, that they would hae to run tho rlslc and tako tho responsibility, but that If elected I should endeavor alua.s to look solely to tho welfare of tho State. Quny made to me only ono huggestlon w Ith tcgard to tho future. Alexander J. Cussatt, president of tho Pennjl.inla Itallroad Company, was very much Interested In horso racing nnd Improving tho breed of horses. Virtually a racetrack could onb bo maintained If betting upon tho horses should bo permitted. Tho Senator asked mo for Cnssatt whether I would faor tho passage of such a law. I leplled: "Senator, I am not suio that gambling Is essentially a. crime, if jou chooso to Introduce an act which abolishes our laws against gambling I will carefully consider tho question. But, remember, that permits tho negio to shoot craps. I think It would bo a mistake to allow betting on horses and not on craps." 1 heard no moro of tho KUliJett Thoxo who accompanied mo during the gicatcr part of the time were William M Brown, of New Castle, the candldato for Lieutenant Governor; William I, SchatTer, a leading lawjer of Chester and State re porter, and Colonel Ned Arden Flood, of MendWllc. Brown, a short man with In tenso tjes, had all tho look of a pirate, especially after ho had examined tho bot tom of a glas, as he sometimes did; but ho had many merits and I grew to bo qulto fond of him. Ho could hold his own In a scrap with groat quickness and peitlnaclty. It Is told of him that onco In caily youth, with no prospects btforo him, ho went into n gambling house, cntuud his stakes and won $3000. Tms sum was said to hao been tho foundation of his fmtune and he ncvci' went near a gambling houeo again, which shows his good sense. He now had money and lived in a largo and well appointed house, and I am told he has sinco becomo cry rich. Schaffer and I'lood wero both orators of much power, but using very different methods. Among my literary friends Dr. S. Weir Mitchell favored my election, and Henry C. Lea thought that It would only bo a prolongation of existing Iniquity. Ono of tho last speeches was at Norrls town, October 30, In which I said: "I have never sought tho offlco of Gov ernor of Pennsylvania. I do not seek It now; I havo asked no man In this Stato to oto for me. I do not ask ou to voto for me. The responsibility of this election rests upon ou. Should I bo elected next Tues day, then without" any senso of elation, with nn appreciation of tho great confi dence jou hao reposed in me, I shall ac rept that high ofllce, which I regard as ono of tho highest upon the faco of tho earth because it Is the highest executive ofllco in tho greatest of tho American Common wealths, and 1 shall go forward to tho per formanco of my duties with a sense of re sponsibility and with a determination to perform those duties to tho very utmost of my abilities." Republican "Line-Up" Koosevelt announced from Washington that my defeat would bo "a national calamity." . , Charles Emory Smithy followed suit with tho statement that I was "the ablest, truest and bravest candldato for Governor that has been nominated In Pennsylvania In a quarter of a century." The day before election Quay, who had himself been State chairman and conducted tho contest, gave out to tho public his cal culation that I would havo a majority in tho Stato of 163,435 votes. The official re turns, later tabulated, showed that my majority over Pattlson was 142,350 and that I had polled C93.238 votes, tho largest PHOENIXVILLE'S DEBT Isaac R. Pcnnypacker Replies to Borough Clerk Keeley To the Vtlttor of the Eve) 4ny Public Ledger: Fir In the first paragraph of the letter of C. II. Keeley, clerk of tho borough of Phoe nlxvllle, printed In tho Eveni.no Pudlio Ledger of December 2t, he twice inter polates In OoTernor rennypacker's Autobi ography a statement which Is not to be found anywhere In thqt narrative. In Mr. Keeley's concluding paragraphs are amplifications and gratuitous interpolations for which no warrant whatever Is to be found In the auto biography. What Governor Pcnnypacker wrote with brevity and cntlro' accuracy was that his father, Dr. Isaao A. Pennypacker, gave his Individual note to provide for the expenses of obtaining the charter of the borough of Phoenlxvllle In the year 1849 and that this note he was compelled to pay himself when it fell due, becauee the Town Council, at the Instigation of one of its members, declined to assume the debt. The Governor's statement was exactly In accordance with the facts of the transaction, which were well known to the people of tho town at the time, and were frequently dis cussed by leading citizens for years after ward. t should be glad to learn that the Town Council In a later tar, acting undei more honest advice, and with perhaps different Influences at work, paid this debt of honor, as Mr. Keelay'a letter says it did. Unfor tunately, of this tie presents no proof beiond an order to pay of the year 1160, If the debt was paid no doubt the town records will how tat payment Mr. Keeley so far has set shewn tiui t efar, referred to by Mm WMW' AUTOBIOGRAPHY 11MiC Ltiotr Companu) number ever given to a candldato for Gov ernor In this Stato down to the present tlmo (1914). Thcro was much Jubilation and somo serious thought over tho result within tho State, nnd It may bo added, In cidentally, that It gratllled Own Paul Km gcr, who spoke warmly upon tho subject, and many people In Ireland and Holland,' in which countries tnero was considerable comment. At my houso for tho next two months I held nn niiiost continuous reception of persons who wanted to fill tho places under tho control of tho Administration and tht'ir friends. Among tho very first was Charles Emory Smith, who came to urge that I appoint his filcnd, Captain John C. Delano, factory Inspector. James M. Shumuker came with a delegation from Johnstown asking to bo appointed super intendent of grounds and buildings, and tho result of a long and sifting cross examination was that ho pleased mo very much, and I never saw any reason later to change tho impression ho then gave. A young man named It. A. Surface camo to st'e mo every few days-. Ho had no po litical support whatever, but ho made up for It In zeal. How Surface Got His Job There was nn ofllco on "tho Hill" which had tho imposing designation of "economic zoologist." It was filled by Georgo Hutch inson, u hale, stout, agieeablo fi'ilovv from the western part of the Stato, who could hardly tell a cricket from a grasshopper, but who knew right well eveiy voter In his township and how to bring him along. Surface wanted his place. Surface had edited an entomological magartno and was teaching In ono of tho colleges, but ho had tho Idea that a great work could bo dono to help tho farmc'is and fruit growers nnd bee culturists of th State. Later I ap pointed him, nnd ho certainly made a suc cess of his bureau Llko all enthusiasts, however, ho could set? nothing else, nnd during my wholo term he kept mo bus getting him out of tho scrapes Into which his zeal had led him and preventing the politicians from eating him up. At ono tlmo the North American newspaper got a number of other papers to help nnd set a trap to ruin him, but I succeeded In thwarting It. Ho is still in his placo and has dono much to advance a scientific Knowledge of insects nnd to prevent their dcpiedatlons. Hutchinson, who was of little use as a clerk, floated from one de partment to another and was finally handed back to Surface One night when Surfaco was preparing for tho St. Louis Exposition a filcnd met l'lutchlmon about 11 o'clock looking very doleful. "What Is tin? matter" inquired the friend "Do you know what that damned man has mo at?" ho replied; "I havo been down theie skinning skunks." Making- the Appointments I listened to Quay about tho heads of departments and ever found him sensible, roncillatory nnd anxious for my comfort and success as well ns liU own. After talking tho matter over with Peniose. Durham and probably others, his sugges tions to mo were to appoint W. W. Grlest. of Lancaster, Secretary of tho Common wealth; .William V. Rogers, of Pittsburgh, Attorney Gcneial; Robert McAfee, of Al legheny, Banking Commissioner, and to retain Israel W. Durham a Insurance Commissioner and Thomas J. Stewart as Adjutant General. I told him I had thought canVully ov cr tho matter and had concluded to nsk Hampton I,. Carson to bo the Attorney General, and I told him frankly tho leason, among others, that such an appointment would give color to tho whole Administration. "Do ou know that ho was counsel against mo In 'tho United States StViatoV" "Yes, I do. Rut, nfter nil, he was only counsel. Ho Is a ti tie hearted man and will be as faithful as bteel. You and T can both depend upon him. and that means much." Penrose', Durham and Georgo T. Oliver all camo to me to protest, tho last named leaving mo with tho statement that ho felt sure I would ngreo with them and select Roge'rs. Tlnally Quay said to me: "Do you feel that you nri ablo to give assurunco for Carson?" "Entirely." "Well, then, that will mako other changes necessary. Fuller ought to bo Secretaiy of tho Commonwealth. I as tented. Then I said: "Theio was a man hero tho other day from Johnstown named Shumaker who ple'ased me." "He will do veiy well." And so were tho chief appointments de tcrmlned. (CONTINUED MONDAY) payment of the order, which he calls authen. tic proof of payment, was made at all. Mpreover. his letter. Instead of glvl'nir the phraseology of tho belated order, gives his own or somebody's else Interpretation of it nnd there In u possibility that tho inter prefer Is as Inaccurato as his construction of Governor Pennypacker's exact statement of tho matter. l ISAAC It PENNVPACKnn. Philadelphia, December 28. "v-lw'"- MORE ABOUT PHOENIXVILLE To the Editor of the Eventtiff Publto Ledger; Sir In your Issuo of December 21 thar appeared a letter from C. H. Keeley cleric of the borough of Phoenlxvllle. wherein tho writer refers to the autobiography of the late' Govern-r Pennypacker. Mr. Keeley attempts to prov from t" borough renrd that "nr gess Pennypacker, tho Governor's father was pild his bill for the charier which tho burgess had secured. From the data which Mr. Keeley presents It appears that the Bor ough Council authorized the drawing of an order to pay the cost of procuring the char ter; but Mr. Keeley must know very well that this Is not proof that the bill was ac tually paid. He falls to refer us to the order nnd we do not know whether or not It was drawn; he also falls to refer us to a receipt or to a canceled check. Under the circum stances I prefer to believe the statement of the Governor, who had a most marveloiij memory for details and had probably dis cussed tho matter with his father many times. I cannot cloee without observing that Mr. Keeley's acidulous remarks reflect no credit on him nor on the borough of Phoenlxvllle. Governor Pennypacker is not telling a stpry wherein anybody Is a hero, but certainly an autoblographer may be pardoned for re- tarring to mmaeir, ma reiauvM and his .v . !. -: 4. . rwrnar. tx-rBtuiR. , '.". - ..- t "L. ' " a . r m.3tf- m,gMML '.'.. ?T .'.l'sf:V:.-,c " 'vSN:"3m:5zifc .'Uvt'A$m.M?a1 KssRmw&'am- Ii.v&iysYT'Vrl-SWWVSES; V t.3KMV JZaBSB.,' Ttlrfar ;i&4? ,uimBmm&? Mti'ilt !vr, .', . , ui'lirTfVSV.f'-' 'f"'.Ti.rfr:.Tf JLT. r.-i ..i- i' .- ". L.'Br- 1 aLalaW llMlilllllllllllllVW.aar . aj?a4;s:i i. ys&mmam :-it2i3tM-t.j:-.r-fvsv s-s3mammw9tMwz t3&483im83& I ' I If -s. t' ....- -.'.--....,i,j', i " -pf -s&HskSiiSiiiiiiiiiBflP JlMBB9l, lae.w"'tJ FARM LOANS GO TO WEST AND SOUTH Congress Has Tens of Millions for Land Development, but Lit tle for Waterways special Correspondence 0 the Evening PuVUo Ledger WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. 0111 old Philadelphia friend George W. Norrl3, former Director of 'Wharves, Docks and rcrr'es and now head of tho IVd ernl Farm Loan Hoard, is the author of an unusual financiering proposition now before Congress, which Is expected to havo the right of way In tho House when it reconvenes on January .3. In amended form CommIs!oner Norrls'3 plan went through the Senate Just before tho recess, and If the Hanking and Currency Committee, Bpurrcd on by Secretary McAdoo, could have had Its way It would havo passed the House under a special rule and now bo law. But at the last moment trouble started In the House nnd tho pro ponents of the measure, rather than stand an all-night session and tho posslblo loss of a quorum, capitulated and let the matter go over. What Mr. Norrls wanted waa $200,000,000. In a letter to the Secretary of tho Treasury ho explained that the farm-loan act, which was one of President Wilson's pet measures, being approved by him July 17, 13IC, prior to tho last presidential election, was Intended to "furnish capital for agricultural develop ment"; that under It loans had been made by Federal land banks to farmers to tho amount of $30,000,000; that prior to November lost the demands of Investors for farm-loan bonds, which wero to supply tho capital for tho operations of tho beard', were In excess of tho suppli; but that thereafter, duo potslbly to tho second Liberty Loan agitation, a radi cal chango set In, leaving to the board tho alternative of going to tho United States Treasury for sufficient money to make ap proved loans for which tho proceeds of bond sales wero Insufficient. Tho commissioner suggested to Mr. McAdoo and Mr. McAdoo passed It on to the Ranking and Currency Committee and to Congress, that whereas "tho twelve Federal land banks have ap proved loans, which havo not yet been closed, to an amount approximating "170,000,000, awaiting completion of title and other for malities, and had applications pending on November 30 for further loans to an amount ftxceodlng J6C000.00O," therefore to relieve the situation an act should bo uassed au thorizing the Secretary of tho Tit-asury. "in his discretion," to "purchase at par nnd ac crued Interest, with any funds In the Treas ury not otherwise appropriated, from any Federal land bank farm-loan bonds issued by such bank." It was submitted that the Sec retary's discretion to buy these Federal land bank bonds should not exceed $100,000,000 a year for two year a mere matter of $200, 000,000 as originally laid down, The com mittee reporting tho bill said It was "strirtly a war-emergency measure," and quoted Commissioner Norrls in proof of that state ment. States Favored by the Measure While the House had no opportunity to discuss the suggested loan on Its merits and under the rule will doubtless have little chance when It does come up next week, there was some discussion of It In the 'Senate, a discussion, however, confined almost exclu sively to that-'nformatlve but limited publi cation, the Congressional Record. In this debate It appeared that tho sponsors of the Farm-Loan Hoard idea were not altogether satisfied that the board was likely to bo a self-sustaining arm of the Federal Govern ment ; but now that Congress had given It $9,000,000 to start its machinery, and It had Issued bonds and made loans to the extent of $30,000,000, they did pot see how they could turn back, even if the Treasury of the United Slates had to come to the rescue. Asked if tho New England States were taking any Interest in the Farm-Loan Board, the .supporters of the bill promptly responded that many farmers of New England and the coastal States had applied for loans; that they hod faith In the enterDrlta eaual to that of their southern and western brethren, Figures were proauceu to snow how the loans were going. From Pennsylvania, for In sane,, there' were Mvaty-fur pplloaau; who- toawawwy '' r iT-STM WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD :drea55sSla JfliiiHahiiiiiiiiiiiiiiBv i" ' iff i f.'iS&NrVm lv cultural Stato and Ins no woman Reiirescn tutlvo In Congress jet. Montana, which has two Representatives In Congress, ono of whom Is a woman, is also an agricultural State, but not In the same class with Penn sylvania. It produced C13 applleuntP. upon whoso farms loans were mailo to the amount of $1,032,020. Of tho rlosed loans the eight States Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts. Rhode Island, Connecticut, Now York and New Jersey received iv total of $708,155. Tho pcpaiate States that exceed ed that aggngate wero: Virginia, $1,100, 750: Mississippi, $1,102,015; North Dakota, $1,825,600; Minnesota, $1,03S,500; Michigan, $880,700; Nebraska, $033,090; Kansar, $3, 591,000; Oklahoma, $1,717,200; Colorado, $1,170,200; jjevv Mevlco, $S7S',500: Tea, $1,14,34S : California, $1,452,600; Idaho, S7C2.D45; Montana. $1,032,020; Oregon, $1, lSI'.SOO, and Washington. $1,781,830. More for the Farms So much for the loans made. Tho loans npplled for but not jet made are another and far moro Interesting proposition. They ex plain the pressure upon Commls'stoner Norrls nnd tho Secretnry of tho Treasury. That group of States. Including Maine, New Hamp shire. Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhodo Is'and, Connecticut, New York nnd New Jersej, which aro attached to the Springfield, Mas?, district, ask for $G,080,CS3 nnd have been ap proved for $3,012.SS(. That Is the amount they will receive If tho loan bill passes. Tho Haltlmore dlntr'ct. including Pennsjlvanla, Virginia, West Virginia, Marvjand, belawure and the District of Columbia, nslcs for $S,23tS, 534 and has been approved for $1,731,234 Pennsjlvanla's request, by tho way, being for $1,253,543 and Virginia's $5,524,5l!i. Hut Pennsjlvanlans who pay so heavily in taxes nnd whose farmers are so modest about asking for loans will note that other sections of tho country do not hesitate to put In their claims. The States of North Caro lina, South Carolina, Georgia and Floilda nsk for $20,002,550 nnd are approved for $3,594, 714, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio ask for $14,548,567 (Ohio asking for $703,040 onl) and ore approved for $8,317,100. Ala bama, Louisiana and Miss sslppl ask for $15. 293,177 and are approved for $8,555,305. Ill nols, Missouri and Arkansas (Illinois ask ing for $1,697,060 only) asked for $10,752,715 and aro appiovcd for $5,915,450. Then como the other southern and western States In this order: North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan asked for $24,694,300, ap proved for $16,419,700: Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming and South Dakota nsked for $18, 381,395, approved for $7,528,030; Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado and New- Mexico asked for $24,891,949, approved for $12,335,845; Texas (the Lone Star State nnd constituting a district by Itself) nsked for $22,113,972, approved for $11,488,511; California, Utah, Novada and Arizona asked for $20,548,839, approved for $5,991,960; Idaho, Montana, Oregon und Washington asked for $33,560, 053, approved to the extent of $15,239,120. The total amount thus asked for to dato Is $219,760,740 and the approvals which Com missioner Norrls and tho Secretary cf the Treasury will mako good If Congress promptly passes tho desired loan bills aggre gate $105,136,529. J. HAMPTON MOORE. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1, Wlifre la "lent-I-lto'tak and what conference la now In iirosrvaa there? 2. Who wrote th "UnBnltlinl Rnnphoa"T 3, What North American potseaalon Ii atlll owned br ITrancaT 4. Chlnna nnd R'uilin troopa aro said to hare rlathad at Harbin, ManeburU. Where la Manchuria? IS. What l tho oldxt aoclotr of learnlnr In tho United ritatea? 0. What la a ana? 7. What la the Ladln lanfnato? 8. Who waa Henrr llndnon. nnd whr waa ho ,omottmca called Ilendrlck? 0. What la tho Herman namo of Vienna? 10. What la beraldnr? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Water freexea at S3 decree Fahrenheit. 1 2. SorrotaJT.of tho Trfsaurr McAdoo Is Director General of tho Railroads. 3. A booklet recruit In tho United Rtatea armr. 4. "Coiiion"i pronounced "koo-pon." not '"coe- pon." 0, Keema ahooid bo kept at a tomporstore not oxetodlna o desraea Fahrenheit, accord- Ins to Uo tl- ii'lna at Ike United Slatoa fuel administration. ' . Eoram the sacred book of the Mohammedans. 7, Th tp-orlt piece In tho atandard coin ot tb Netherlands, t, AHchlerli tho name of the poet senerallr known aa, Danta was Danto AllthlerL, 0, Tho proline of Qeobe Is tho Frvneh.Ca- irHlah aOT.fW.M of Ireae enlav la .-fl'""7Vi Xj&t. .t:! ' ""; '' BraiA '.-rFjtXtt&l .s- & -fjr-j Mm .j ..-n-.rv. ... .. l&J&SL. irr??r Iv'VWa- Tom Daly's Column THE VILLAGE POET Whenever I strike the main street of our town In my Saturday peregrination I nm seldom at loss for some news to set down That 13 worthy nt least of relation; Through fifty-one weeks of the year I have found Xo trouble in spenrinf? somo item ' To serve to our readers, to teach or astound Or moro or less mildly delight 'cm. Some talc of the vvnr or some gossip I hear Connected with Mars or with Cupid But I'm floundering now in the dregs 0' the ear, Tor tho week before New Year's Is stupid. Through tho heats of July an' the splash ings of spring An' tho rigors of autumn md winter I've contrived to find suitable subjects to sing Thnt were fit to ttansmit to tho printer. Xo matter how gray or how stormy the sky, Through those fifty-one weeks that I mention There was nlways some beauty appealed to my eye An' excited my lyric attention; Just n word or a smile or Eomc sight would nppear That would conjure up visions de lightful, But I'm floundering now in tho dregs o' the year, For tho week before New Year's is frightful. Here's tho Saturday crowd, but they're , solemn n3 owls. An' they're most o' them frowning or yawning, An' there isn't the hint of a smile on their jowls On this eve of another year's dawning. For it's dull us Gehenna, an' nothing's worth while For a man to bo catching a sight of; When there's never a faco on the street wears a smile Thera is certainly nothing to write of. Why, I just couldn't picture this Satur day here, At least not in language that's lawful I am floundering now in tho dregs o' the year, For tho week before New Year's is awful I BLENDING OI5ANGE AND GREEN Tho death a few dj ago of the venerable Rev. Michael A. O'Kane, S.'J.; re calls n spr.ghtly Inctuent of a quarterly din ner ot thb l'rlendly Sons of St, Tatrlck. In this city, In December. 1910. Rdward J. Oooner, who presided on that occasion, had at his right hand tne Rev, Father O'Kane, born In Ii eland on the twelfth of July (Orangemen's Dav), and on his left tho equally venerable Rev. J. Gray Bolton, pastvr of Uopo rresbyterlan Church, b6rn In Ireland on the seventeenth of March. Each, when Introduced, arose and made a pleasant speech In praise of tho other, and thus wero the orange and green happily blended. A NEW GRAIN ROUTE . A British ship of $800 tons left Vancouver, B. C, recently with a cargo of Canadian wheat for Oreat Britain. Tho vessel will use tho Panama canal. The Panama-Pacific route Is better than the Hudson bay route, on which the Canadian Government seemed willing to rpend much money for railways, docks and elevators 011 tho baro chance that It would be successful. The tratflo through the canal vvlH grow, doubtless, but not enough to cause Buffalo or other Lake ports to worry nboiit Ihelr rres-1 tigc. uurraio repress. SHE'S A DAISY There's a brlghl young woman In elmreo oi, uiu icifcijiuu c-AuuutiKu at me Mniveri blty of Pennsylvania. A reporter, whaV was busy, upon oomo natronomleah Mff. '. "- -A"V - v,-p 'flL -j !i v IB1T nry ni r rW ' fllBaJU.' .- W vv i &l jl, , .'a
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