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tNDANCY OF THE COW
r'-i. A
Is such a thing as being super-
nt. Those Intellectual Gollaths
laltrect the destinies of the Teutonic
a)-,and aro past musters In the art of
a) camouflage are sometimes ovcr-
F by tho very exuberance of their own
arlty. In their supcrcleverness, for
Prtc, ythcy devised u thoroughly clll-
titchemc for control of the German
r..L.l.. fl-l..... h.iiKkki.:! .k. .IihIk aln.
,LiBTtipjil) lliv ,diiiviru iij viivi. m-
, logeuier wiwi iiiuu it-puiio ui h1"""-
t find what It was likely to stand for,
Plkey poured tho material Into their
machine and out of Its Intelleo
. apout flowed a maximum price. "So
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.can De cnargcu ior imiK, incy saiu.
LlK,more. That pleased tho consumer
ely and he pointed with pride to
gaetness of German science In reach-
iWtcal conclusions.
IF, Iptt. It did not take the producer long to
-laWtWer that ho ran losing money, 'mere
More profit In tho slaughter pen than
ft the milk pall. 80 he marched his herds
I itf tk butcher, keeping only enough cows
.. . - . . . . ... ...
ply his own household with mine, and
ny suddenly woko up to 11 ml that It
1 longer a question of what the price
1 Mttfc should be but of getting mill; at
r, price. Moreover, as butter could not
.aatMOfrom straw or deduced from the
j. M ...
ctual processes or professorial ui-
the prlco of that article soared
St
r7W 1110 nve-uouar mar,:, wun no
4 . ... . . - .
' in sight. A piece 01 imtter in a
Village today Is enough to cause
, and tho Eskimos nrenot In greater
it
t blubber than the Teutons nro of
hd prise of milk In Germany was
the cons"mer but It was death on
.1
R'-0J advantage of our entering tho war
ayt n our ability to profit from tno
J of. our Allies and of our enemies.
'ilmdi have tho milk problem on our
CVrlt, Is a great big problem. Ten
mi 'of tho herds, wo aro Informed,
,'ilready been killed. Meantime, un
Increase In demand has come
Iho condensing factories, lOurope
condensed milk, the only kind thcro
l3Sir"'losslblllty of getting. There aro
m In Franco which have not seen uny
mailk and mighty little condttised
ijliirtng the last eighteen months. Our
''OBV9 10 uu Hiippueu. ;iuk, 111 incc,
' ' - . . .
0 a nuiu King, jn tneie circunv
f-'.lt Is appai cut that It must be
ore promaujc ior me larmer to
vs'than to sell them. He Is not a
tiroplst and would go Into bank-
he was. He must feed his stock.
t compete with tho munition fac
lubpr, ho must pay more foi
ti he buys. Therefore he must
1 than he has heretofore cot for
ct. it is inevitaoie.
vis no satisfaction In It. however.
ordinary man whose salary is sta-
iilt Is not with htm a question of
ppaie.is willing to pay the Increase;
rO'he pay It? On the other hand,
moderate Increase now Is better
wllk at all later, or milk at a pro-
; eost. We do not want to follow
Hclency of Germany and land
famine. We must protect the
production; we must make
ces now to avoid major sacrl-
S,we muct adopt measures that
1 war even If theV Involve tern-'
lflce, (
(rvatlon of Infant life is directly
1 .the milk supply. If the poor
milk their children cannot live.
lie method will have to, fco de-
, this .situation. Much as we
tS..
p.. the cows, It Is still more lm-
keep the. babies. I'osslbly pd-
sropy will meet this new war
tit so. But we are hopeful
ent advance represents a
, d we are confident that It
a.1lJvi . . i . --
, parawttmt iiiuivura iuicr, Alio
ttratlon Is, In fact, applying
M preventive medicine to
1 problem. It is not milk-
l o Induce-the farmer to milk
rtt Ukpikiig the, public to do.
I' Ue fanner to keep hlj
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w v
W"-..
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to prevent profiteering has been tuken nnl
that a change In price, when nllowcd, will
bq nn economic necessity' as well as a war
measure.
ACCIDENTS OU GERMANS?
AOEltMA.V army Is encamped In tho
heart of this country. It matters not
whether It Is numbered In tho thouiuiuls
or the hundreds. It takes only one man to
wreck a munitions shop, and If one man Is
shrewd and determined enough hu cull
make one long tour of the country leaving
destruction In his trail. The huu'und cry
must be raised against tliexe enemies who
after three years and a halt have not been
tamped out. Kvcry cltlr.cn Is nrAmcrlcan
soldier In this service. Kvcry citizen nu''
he on guard nnd wntch for his chance to
put a heel on the neck of thee vipers.
Ilecnuse there has been a lull after each
outbreak of Prussian terrorism tho people
have allowed themselves to slip Into the
easy belief tliat munitions explosions nrc
occidental. Somo of them have been. IJut
It Is a matter of olllclal record that many
have been planned and effected by the
Kaiser's advance guard. Bridges nrc not
bombed lu time of pence, stores of. grain
are not burned In time of peace. There
have been nttacks not only upon muni
tions plants, but upon every sort of factory
nnd warehouse where goods iifcd for war
imrposes Have been made or stored. Tho
Harrlsburg plant which has Just been
ruined by lire wr.s engaged In the manufnc
turo of shells for the United States Gov
ernment. This particular disaster may
have been an accident, but dozens of others
have not been, and tho circumstances nre
suspicious. This reverse Is more disastrous
than If a vast store of shells had been de
stroyed by air bomb within our lines In
Trance, for the greatest loss Is In the ma
chinery. Shells can be quickly replaced,
but not the machinery. The Germans
strike nt the sources of our supplies here
In America. The Zeppelin bombs that fall
on England do not hit the munitions fac
tory; but the spy never misses his mark
when he gets his chance here.
Thero should not bo another day lost In
trilling with this menace.
POLICE!
Mayor urges young men to Join police
force. Headline.
WK KEAIt that before they come foi
ward In large numbers his Honor will
hnve to suppress nil knowledge of the his
tory of the administration of the Institu
tion for the last two years.
I'llOFITEERS' FAT IN THE FIRE
EX-GOVEH.VOIt .1. I'KA.NKI.l.V KOUT.
"of Now Jersey, und Francis J. Hency,
municipal gruft lighter, conducting thu Fed
eral meat probe In this city, appear to have
uncovered evidence showing most reprehens
ible profiteering In pork and other sources
of derivation of tho fats vital to the health
of Americans, particularly lu winter.
l'i'Ices have curved upward out of all rela
tion to the graphs flluhtratlng other ils;s
In Hvlns cdhts. This prollteerlng repre
sents u mo3t despicable, because so subtle,
form of taking vast gains from the nation's
necessity. It was high time for attention
to be directed to the practice. Packers
and Tenderers who have been quietly taking
advantage of the war crisis will have only
themselves to blame If seizure of their
plants Is dee'ded on as the only corrective
of'thelr greed. Consumers are conserving
fats because the food administration haa
told them fats will be a powerful weapon
toward victory. They should not be mado
to bear all tho sacrlllce while profiteers wax
wealthy on Ill-gotten gains.
Apparently nothing short of contlscatlon
will " ml bomo forms of profiteering.
. HUN COLD TO THE SIKH
NOT content with reaping the disastrous
hurvcrt of Intrigue on four continents,
Europe, Africa, North nnd South America,
Germany Is now beforo the bar for foment
ing revolutionary plots In India. With
Asia added to tho list, Australia seems to
be tho only continental expanse outside
tho Influence of Wllhelmhtrnsse. Tho high
commission now sitting at Delhi Is uncov
ering interesting facts of Hindu consplra-
'cles hntcho'l lth In India, the United
States and England through the Incubating
Influence of Teuton gold. Germany's Ideal
has been "the open door" for Germany on
all continents, but apparently the open door
Is Internationally marked "This Way Out."
The Holshevlkl may make more his
tory than peace.
Senator Heed will "Insult" Hoover
Into the presidency If ho Is not careful.
Whoever sal.l that the cold wave
was moving out to sea ought to be ducked
himself. We want no German weather
propaganda.
Why be a quitter? The United
States has not yet begun to fight. We
set out to lick the swashbuckler nnd we're
going to do It.
Marie Corelll has been fined 1350 for
food hoarding. Soma of us have wnltel
long years for vengeance upon the author
of "The Sorrows of Satan."
We do not wish to be too Inquisitive,
but a great many people want to know
how Colonel House got along without any
sleep during that trip to Europe.
General Crowder urges the Imme
diate registration for military service of
all men who have become twenty-o'ne since
the first draft. Thero can be no opposition
to this. If the first selective conscription
law had been delayed until now the men
affected would be summoned along with
those a few months their seniors and who
are at present In camp. The provost mar-shal'-M
request simply amounts to bringing
the first draft law up to date.
The murder of 200 persons by the
brigands that Infest the northern strip of
Mexico Is only another chapter In the long
tale of .outrage, and there will be more
chapters. The only compensating feature
Is that the marauders are as unpopular In
"Mexico City as 'hey are in Washington.
There is but one permanent cure for this
evil'; the development of the section. Has
not the time arrived for two neighboring
peoples to banish the lost trace of their old
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'EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4,
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DIRECT APPROPRIATION GIVEN
TO UNIVERSITY
Governor Pennypacker Revived Status of Common
wealth's Greatest. Educational Establishment
as a State Institution
I'lINNVI'AfKlIB AfloniOdn.M'IIV NO. It
IVovuriuht, 1018, hu Ptibtic ItCtlvr Vomtmny)
T.V MY oplnlor
J- vuluo of civil I
Ion pretty much all of the
service reform consisted In
Ilia principle of permanence of tentlie and,
therefoie, lu no Instance was there .1 re
moval from tho routine unices because of
factional or political differences:. There was
much pleasure for the removal of Frederic
W. Flcltz, Assistant Attorney General, and
Colonel howls E. lleltler, Iho Deputy Secre
tary of State, and o.hers, beeauso of polit
ical disobedience, but they who all ic
tallied, The heads of depa.'tmonU were
called together at stated times tu ron.sult
with each other nnd me about the good of
tho service. Theio had bce.i much, talk
about tho prollts of the printing olllce. Tho
reports of the departments had grown to bo
bulky volumes, nnd as a general thing
they were little read, und for the most part
In a short time thrown away as rubbish.
Ravine; State Funds
The piotlt came from spreading out
tnbles and leaving pagci and half pages
with nothing on them, called by the print
ers "fat." This "fut" was eliminated. For
Instance, the report of tho Factory Inspec
tor was cut down from .1 volume of six
hundred pages .to a pamphlet of forty
Pago. And during my term the acts of
Asswnb'y were bound In . 'iccpskln as the
contract required, Instead ' In "skiver."
In fart the prollts were mi taken out of
the printing that It became' dlillcult to find
a printer willing to undertake the State
printing, and there has been no hcaiu.il In
connection with tlio work since. Much of
this success was due to the rfict that A.
Ncvln l'omeroy, p it at the head of the de
partment, wnsa capable man, hlmpclf the
publisher of u newspaper and skilled In
the ways of the trade.
Cassntt's bill to legitimatize betting upon
horse-racing was Introduced In one of tho
houses, but recalled, as I understood, be
cause of tho fear that It would meet with
a veto.
An incident occurred which c.iupd some
amusement. It was known that I favoied
State aid to the University of Pennsylva
nia, but the pet among the legislators was
tho Medlco-Chlriirglcal College, and a bill
making n large appropriation to the latter
Institution came to me. pasted by both
houses. I sent a mess-ago to the Legisla
ture explaining that the approval of such
a bill depended upon a general examination
of the Hnances; that, therefore. It was nec
essary to have all tho bills relating to such
Institutions before ino at the same time and
asking that the others bo sent tit once.
They complied. A correspondent wrote to
the Philadelphia ltccoril:
No use trying to fool that man on
appropriations or money matters, 011
anything, lu fact, outside of political
scheming or other politics on which he
defers to Quay's Judgment. W'li these
exceptions ho Is too canny for tho boys
here. In the present caso the ferret
staj-tod after the rat, but the rat has
uTfnlhllated the ferret.
For tho first time In recent periods the
University of Pennsylvania received a
direct appropriation apart from that given
to thu hospital. 1 revived tho custom of
having its trustees meet once a year in
tho olllco of the Governor and of having It
report Its finances annually to the I.eglsla
ture, and I had Its report as a State Insti
tution incorporated In Smull's Handbook.
A bill was passed Increasing the salaries
of the Judges of the State. A like bill had
been vetoed by Governor Reaver upon the
RELATION OF SKATING TO LONGEVITY
Here's Abraham Oppenheimer, Ninety-seven Years
Young, and a Number of Others Who
Love the Sport
I
F YOU had skated on the Schuylkill Itlver
for slxty-nlno years let us say. foot-
running and the next car along came a
thaw or something, wouldn't you be sore?
Of course you would I Therefore, pity Mr. A.
Oppenheimer, ninety-seven years young, who
sits In his chair, at 2219 Green street, re
gretting that ho wasn't able to get on the
river that winter to round out his seventieth
year on the steel blades.
Tho river Is prlmo for skating now, but
Abraham Oppenheimer doesn't expect to en
joy It. His skates have been rusty these
many years. Nevertheless, be Is still the
d-an of the Philadelphia Skating Club and
Humane Society, which h'e Joined In 1860.
Under date of February 8, 1915, In reply to
the secretary's call for the annual dinner, he
wrote In a quavering hand upon a postal
card: "I don't go out at night, as I am
ninety-live; but any Information about skat
ing since 183C I will gladly give to the club."
Some day. If we have t'me to do ourselves
the honor to call upon this wonderful young-
ir w nronose to ask him how he missed
being a charter member of the club; which
ho might easily have been, for the club '
n'i formed until. December. 18?,
In very old times the Delaware was the
scene of most of the city's skating, and we
hear tales, that seem wild to us-now, of ox
roasts held upon the Ice. But within the
memory of the oldet Inhabitants the lower
Schuylkill was the favorite spot for winter
foregathering. It wasn't any too easy of
access, because from Broad street to the
Falrmount water works was a vast expanse
of farmland, but when the omnibus lines
began running to Falrmount, and the later
extension of tho horse-car lines Increased Its
accessibility, more skaters were attracted to
the Schuylkill. Then came other troubles.
The Schuylkill Ilangers, or, perhaps, their,
forebears, got Into the habit of lying In wait
for the fashionable folk and stealing their
skates. This means something when you
reallte that solid steel Bkatcs, nrst Intro
duced to Phlladelph'a by K. W. Bushnell In
h '40s, were sold at 130 a pair, a pr cei
which. In view of the worth of money at that
time, would be equivalent to about 150 how,
. was largely for defense against th, '
guerrillas that meeting was called at Stls
man's Hotel.' on Oeoigo street (now Sanom)
above Sixth.
The Skating Club's, Beginning
Colonel James Tage. the most graceful
skater of his day, was called to the chair to
rm the club, whose object, so John V.
Lewis, the club's present head, tells ug In his
Interesting tketch of the organisation, was
"to Improve Its members In the art of skating
and afford them pleasure and safety In mu
tual companionship' The most skillful
skaters of that day, besides Colonel Page,
wore JoatahtKvans, Jacob Snyder, George
W. Paul. Franklin Peate. William F. Van
Ksk n4 felward p. Yale. Aftd only a. lit-
whmi.vwi .v i.'.utiunnasipvrTi
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OF PENNSYLVANIA
ground that, attempting . to add to their
compensation during their existing terms,
It was unconstitutional, My view wns that
It could not possibly bo unconstitutional
for the reason that It could be sustalnel
by 'holding It not to npply to the existing
teiins of the .Fudges then In olllco. I, there
fore, sinned the bill, thus aiding my old
associates of the ! 'dlclary, Including- Hea
ver himself, who w.u then a Judge of the
Superk.r Court. It never came to mv
knowledge, however, that nny of them
icfused tho salary during the then exist
ing terms. While giving them larger com
pensatlon, to encourage more steady ap
plication, there was 110 Increase of the
number of the Judiciary while 1 wns Gov
ernor, lillls were passed to add to the
courts In Philadelphia, Allegheny. Elle,
Cambria, Delawaio and other counties, and
all of them failed. This com so Interfered
with many movements und caused many
disappointments, but my Judgment was tho
Judges were alieady too numerous and
that, besides, negation was not a thing
to be encouraged.
Tho Good Roads Movement
Tho movement for the Improvement of
the loads of tho Commonwealth Interested
me exceedingly. A bill for the purpose was
fostered lu the Senate by Sprout, of Dela
ware, and Huberts, of Montgomery, but
another was Introduced In the IIouso und
the two houses fnllcd to agree. The end
of the session was approaching and I was
Informed the movement had fulled. Then I
sent a message saying:
Throughout tho whole of the session
I have refrained, as you have no doubt
observed, from all attempts to affect leg
Islatlon by personal Influence, pressure
or solicitation exerted upon the members
of your honorablu bodies. The Constitu
tion provides, however, a method for tho
presentation of the views of the Gov
ernor upon that subject, which Is us fol
lows :
"Ho shall reropin-cnd t
their cnnsidei'itlon such measures as he
mav lodge expedient."
I fo"l that the time has como when
my d ity requires me to Indicate my
view upon it measure now ponding before
you. In my opinion, the nuit Impor
tant subject you have had to consider
dining tills session Is that of providing
a system for Improving the roads of the
Coinminwealtli. The measures nffeet
Ing the govei ment of cities nnd extend
ing the privileges of railroads nnd other
corporations, grave as they may seem to
be, are of much less consequence nnd can
much better be deferred. To reach a
conclusion with regard to roads 1 bellevo
to be essential. I have read with great
care the bill which recently passed tho
Senate und failed to meet tho upprovnl
of thu House, und, while not perfect, It
seems to bo u bill which, if It became a
law, would go far toward tho accom
plishment of the purposes Intended and
bo of great benefit to the people. I,
therefore, earnestly recommend Its pas
sage, with assurances that whatever the
Governor can do to have It executed so
ns to bo fair toward all parts of tho State
will be done.
Then I summoned the entire committees
of both houses before me, listened to a full
discussion of their trbubles and dismissed
them with tho statement that I expected
them to como to an agreement. Tho bill
wns passed and this Important step In tho
way of progress taken.
As had been recommended In tho Inau
gural message, an act had been passed and
approved uniting the cities of Allegheny
anil Pittsburgh.
Tomorrow, (Joirnior l'rnnjnnckf r ilUmtarA tho
Snlii-.-1'riiily Hill" ileslcnrd In riintrot nrwa
tmiirr1 of tlir Mstr. In tltr tirKitnirnt hr't-lrir
iMtrrlrrN "ttto ilorlrlnr of th liberty tif tha
lirrsi," us "nn uiiurlironltm."
"Young llrecn" and likened to a swallow for
"swooping grace." .
The tlrst gathering place upon the Schuyl
kill was a stretch below tho dam. and thither
In the early 'Sn.s camo tho first lady skaters,
.Miss Van Dyke, daughter of the United
States Attorney fur Philadelphia; JIIss Weth
rlll. from Geiniantown; JIIss Harvey, JIIss
howls and JIIss KmlMe Schnmbcg, n rieat
beauty, who was ufterward Jlrs. Hughes
llalktt. hater1 the center of the club's activities
moved above the dam, and In tho early '00s
took up Its residence in the present clubhouse
nt the northern end of Hoathouse Itow. The
humane feature of tho club, wlilch orlgblalnd
with William V. Van Hook, resulted In tho
saving of twenty-eight lives durlt.g the win-
IPr OI In",
Worthies of a Later Day
The present writer remembers with w-hat
envious pangs ho watched, us a boy the
graceful mai.cmers of the members, Ir. their
blue pea-jackets, as they skimmed over tho
rivers glassy Held from Glrard avenue to the
dam. Hut Peter P. Preen, ns we remember
him. eschewed tho nea-lacket nmi nn-o-
peared without his shiny silk hat, wh'ch
iliillhmi, M. .M....MI. ,... ..." "
lost Its Jaunty perch Uon his hi-ad. throuch
all the Intrlcscles of "th PhUnrtelr.'iia
""' " ""'' u' me grapevine," which
ns far as we recall, only he and tho venerable
Robert k. Wright were ever able to ex ecu e
with perfect aplomb. .uu.
JIIss Wetherlli was mentioned above ns
one of the first lad'es to achl-ve distinction
Phlhdelphla skater, and her name his
always figured In the annals of the art In
this city. William H. Wetherill who has
been a member since 1860. and who must
v. ,1 CI6 '? 'shty years of age. boaMed
the other day that he has been out upon the
Ice this year. Probably Dr. J. Chester 1 Mor.
rls hasn t donned his runners this winter
but he I still actively Interested In the club!
llut these, and Dorrance Kvans, the "Ice
hawk, and Howard, his brother, and Frank
Wetherill and others among the old Ws
have gracefully given way to thi younger!
more supple, but no more enthuslastlo arl
tlsts of the younger generation W. W Pot.
ter and his brother Henry C, who was' run-ner-up
to Joseph Chapman last year In the
contest for the laurel awarded for most fre.
quent Indulgence In the sport j Curtis U Clav
the acknowledged premier In figure skatine
Hobart A. H. Baker and others. BKaune'
The club has always encouraged the youns
eagls to come forward, and If this cold snell
continues, a particular effort will be made
to bring about the contest provided for sev.
era) years ago when Walter Thayer gave a
cup In memory of his brother lost with the
hurltanla for the best fancy skater under
twenty-one years of age.
But whether they still tempt the slippery
fates, or content themselves with "fireside
rockers," pralsers of times past when they
were mere boys, there will be a great out-
viiu t ui. Miners iniiaar ciuDhouae cm
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ECONOMIC REVOLT
IN THE NORTHWEST
Minnesota Not a Nest of Traitors,
Declares Editor Steel Cor
poration Caused Trouble
To the Kilttor of the livening Public Lttlycr:
Ho (tho lrr,,.nt knnwi that MlnneHotii
lina Itpf-n rnrrupted. that It la one of tho rlta-
IpIh of nnti-Amcrlr.inlftm untl neither he nor
th !t-puhlk-am lntml 10 co'MIg the prnlm-K.-inilli-tH
liy flffhtlnK iiRnlnrt t,uh uthcr vhll
the UolHhcvIk t'lenifnt run awny with tlui
prize. I'Mltorlnl In the ni:MMi I"i 111.1c I.i:iinit.
Sir het tha' be n "text" for tills sermon.
i think that tho Kvunino 1'um.ic Limann
would not have mado such an untrue asser
tion If It had been conversant with the facts.
The main fact l.s that Minnesota Is not a
citadel of untl-Amerlciinlsni, but that It Is 11
hot-bed of rebellion against a gruui of
economic mossiiacks, who baxe gained con
trol of the State and are trying to main
tain that control by blaspheming loyalty ami
Americanism.
I know, for I have Just como from Jllnne
sota, und I spent a year and n half there as
northwest editor of a newspaper In Duluth.
That Job gave 1110 a rhancu to seo what was
going on; particularly because tho news
paper Itself was aiding the "Ilolshevlk" ele
ment by lighting it with obsolete propaganda
weapons.
Undoubtedly, the chief element In Wiscon
sin contributing to clforts to spike Ameri
can war guns Is Geiman; but Minnesota
Is almost an entirely dWcicnt State racially.
Because of tho Irun ore mines In the north.
It Is aiso almost, an entirely different Stale
Industrially.
The foundation for tho present conflict
In Jllnne-ota vs laid several years ago,
when tho Steel Corporation, aided nnd abetted
bv altered frle- ill- heets o' props da.
entered into a light with thu Ullage ofllclals
of Hlbblng, a community with a population
of 18,n00 and deserving of Its nickname of
"the richest village in tho world."
At that time, Victor Power, the Mayor,
was virtually unknown except In his own
bailiwick; but Power beat tho Steel Corpor
ation to a. frazzle, despite tho fact that the
entire set of village olllclals had been In
dicted on various charges of graft. Their
vindication was so essllv obtained that It
nude tho Steel- Corporation ridiculous. It
nlo planted tho seeds of discontent, for It
gavo the Impression that in Older to defeat
any champion of 'tho peop'e, us power called
himself, the Steel Corporation would resort
to anything In Us unscrupulousness.
The Steel Corporation finally uwakencd to
tho fart that what had beaten it was .unfair
tactics, un-American tactics, loo much en
thusiasm among Interested employes who
tried to make a record for themselves. The
generals In the anti-Power flcht were so
positively crudo that tho entire northern part
of the State, while despising the I. W. W.,
equally despised the Steel Corporation and
all of Its friends.
In the presidential election the results
of the conflict wcro to be seen In tho fact
that Woodrow Wilson carried Duluth, rock
ribbed Republican In normal times, by a
majority of 500, whllo the entire State was
carried by Hughes by only nbout 300.
Tho Industrial popu'atlon was now bitter;
It remained only to antagonize the agricul
tural population and Minnesota would be In
relif-lllon. That antagonism came When so
called loyalists began to move ngnlnst the
Nonpartisan League In precisely the same
manner ns they had once moved against
Power. '
The Nonpartisan League tried to get a
footho'd In Minnesota, arid Its platform was
simply an economic one, demanding more
profit for the farmer on his crops. The loyal
lsts were waiting to' Jump on tint economic
program. They wanted to wave the Ameri
can flag and cry pro-Oerman,' for they knew
Minnesota Was patriotic and they were posi
tive lhat the only way to beat the Nonpirtl
san League was to desecrate the American
flag by confiscating It for their own pur
poses. Shortly after America entered the war
nnd while economlo classes were still at
fever heat, the Nonpartisan League held a
convention In the Twin Cities, and outlined
a plan whereby It hoped to obtain political
control of the Middle West. The so-called
loyalists were furious and determined to
wipe out the pest. But the more they tried
to wipe It out, tho more unfair methods they
employed, the more persecution Into which
they entered, the more spread-eagleism they
unfurled, the . more did the Nonoartluvn
League grow, ..The tactics of the. so-called
7
19lS
t san League wee misconstrued on every
occasion mid In the mo.tt unscrupulous man
1 cr. llut the Nonpartisan I.caguo wnxc-d
1 tiling.
The Nonpartisan League has lrtually no
t.uuspnper teprejintntlnn in Minnesota,
rherefoin, nil newspapers of that State nrc
Inteicsted In making out that, with the Non
partisan heagiio growing, Jllnnesota l.s a
nest of traitors. llut the conflict there Is not
a conflict belw -en Herman and Americans:
It Is 11 conflict between the farmers, aided
by the Industrialists, and economic moss
backs. JulIN P.U'h MAV.
Philadelphia, January 1,
A GOOD IRISH POEM
Tn the Htlltor nf the TivcvJnu Public Lvilprr:
Sir I i-annot lefrajn from expressing my
appreciation of "The Jinn nt the Turnpike
liar," which appealed in Tom Daly's Column
a few days ago.
As a refreshing delineation of line old Irish
sentiment, It is warming to the heart of one
whoso forebears camo from the Kmerald Isle.
Mr. Daly lias touched the hearts of thou
sands with the delightful humor and pathos
of bis Italian vcrseV, but tho recent offering
referred to above shows that ho excels in
Irish dialect verso as well, and I hope that
we may be entertained with more of his
exceptional talent In this dliK'tlon.
MAUY 11. GANNON.
Philadelphia, January 1.
RAPS FU.EL ADMINISTRATION '
To lite liilltorof the livcring Public Lalprv:
Sir He jour editorial on coal, "psychol
ogy" bo damned I If any 0110 In authority
will vMt my town and get 11 ton of coal put
In my bin, so that my wlfu and baby can at
least kiep warm. I'll pay him the top mar
ket price, plus a commission.
So far as the mernge ultimate consumer Is
corcerned the so-called fuel administration
has been a cutse. Wo couldn't possibly lie
any worse off than we are; one can't have less
than nothing, und the chances are that If tho
red-tape theorists had been retained In somo
flttlrgly harmless occupation we might at
least have somo coal.
The needed coal l.s In tho country; where
Is It, and who Is responsible for the "hold
up" (both In price and delivery)?
The fuel administration bad best begin
to "administrate" before tho people wake up.
J. T. JIOItKinCAD.
Merchantvllle. N. J., December 22
BLESSING OF A SMILE
Is It not a thing divine to have a smile
which, none know how. has tho power to
"ehteu the weight of that enormous chain
which all tho l'vi-g In common drag behind
them? Victor Hugo. .
HOW LIKE WHISTLER
Some ono asked Whistler If he was
acquainted with King Edward Ho said, "No,
I have not had that pleasure." "Hut tho King
ays ho knows you." "Oh, well," responded
Whistle- "vou know he's always bragging."
rgonaut
I What Do You Know?
QUIZ
I. Who l Mr Cecil Sirln-Blce?
3. What la the rupltul of llulrurlu?
3. What Aniflrun city la referred to aa
tiothain"?
4. Identify the Vlrcln Queep.
3, Who la mentioned for the Federal POht to h
rreatnl to i-orretiHiml to that of Jhe llrllUh
Minister of Munltloila?
A. Who was Adam?
7. Who la the ItrltUh Lord Chief JuatU-e?
8. Vlio was "Old Tlnpecunoe"?
II, What la the acllla?
10, Who la riilllpp Mthehlemaun?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1, Frederick Stock la the conductor of the tin
ea no Wrmnhony Orrhmtrn,
ft. Cam 11 Mrnil Is r.t Admiral, a Martland town
nrur llaltlmore.
3. Captain Andre T.mllfi la the Illrh Com-
n,l.lnn f-ni tha French Ilrpublie to the
United States.
4. Henr llnl'l Thnre;in. of Concord. Maaa..
wrote "IVnM," one- ef the rarlleat of
American work on nature,
5. Itatn i tke cc-i'i'e ' v . f tho nlmrn..'
falling to the earth In .Irnpa lurio rnoudi
tn uttaln aenalble velocity
6. Munulinann, not '!" V- l th nl-i-il nf
Muaaulman. The termination la from an
llreitj r-.nl, lr- not follow the
Saxon analorr of man-men,
7. Ban Frunelaco la called the Golden flat Cllr,
I, "Vent, jUI. Tlel" .old bv Julhu Caranr
In allualn to the, eonqimt of fiant. It
ttaau. fI.futiaa.raaw..l , " .
STAMP IT OUT! iff
Tom Daly's Column
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LITTLE POLLY'S POME
In wintertime there's many need
Our lovinp; care and so
1 always take some crumbs to feed
The sparrows in the snow.
There may not be u one around
At first, but soon they come
And hop about upon the ground
And pick up every crumb.
Some cocktheir head and look at me
Inside the kitchen door
And they're the greedy ones you see
That always look for more.
But pretty soon when all are done
They fly up in the tree
And sit together in the sun ,
And chirp contentedly. '
It docs not cost me anything
To feed them in this way .
But when I hear them chirp and. sing .
I'm most as glad as they.
God loves the smallest birds that fly
About this world and so
I know He claps His hands when I
Hnve fed them in the snow.
A WINDY CONTROVERSY
PUIHTANIC persons who Inveighed agalnSt
the New Year's" mummers In this city,
calling their tribute to King Jlonius wasteful
and overly gay for serious times, would prob
I'bly write scolding letters to the Times It
they were In London. London, saddened by
war, nnno the less Is human enough to Uchtcu
ll.c gloom with s niethlng to bring a smile
that will dispel the lines of care, nt least
temporarily, Ilevues, "pantos" and what not
In the amusement line give nn hour'b surceuso
from "carrying on," ns they say over there
In Idiomatic equivalent for -"business as
usual."
Just now the correspondence columns of
the press uro filled, not wltbjiurnlng commu
nications concerning tho disadvantages of 11
Ilolshevlk peace, but with fervent and amus
ing, perhaps a bit Ironical, epistles concern
ing the pronunciation o'f "wind," ns iMscov
cred In poetry, song nnd prose. A music 'ull
ditty rhymed It unmistakably with "find"
und then the philological pot began bubbling
till recent Journals havo brought It to tho
boiling pohit.
The pronunciation of Kngllsh is anything
but regular, thero being often two ways given
In tho dictionaries of pronouncing a word .
e. g., "tryst." "either," "wind" without
changing tho part of speech by the alteration,
ns in "conduct," "wound." One well-known
Elnger, JIudamc Belle Cole, vdrled her pro
nunciation of "trystlng tree" to suit the local
Ity of her concert tours.
Ono writer states that to mispronounce a
word shows ono to be "Illiterate and Ignor
ant." If rhyming "wind" and "unkind"
makes one so, then he l.s In good company,
as Shakespeare, Pope, Tennyson. Drowning
und Sir Walter Scott all mmlt this terrible
offense. It is only polite to give the word
the poet 1.3 obviously Intended by his rhyme
when there is a choice of pronunciation al
lowed by custom, us In "wind." No poet
worthy the name chooses rhymes which only
appeal to the eye and not to the ear (which
is the final arbiter), or "rough," "dough"
and "plough" would all be admissible as
rhymes, being nearly as good 09 "have" and
"save," as these words have each one fl4
sound only.
As for the pronunciation of "wind" to
twist" or "turn" Is this pronunciation fixed
Windsor takes Its namo from the winding
banks of the river.
Pope rhymes "obey," "tea" (following tho
French pronunciation of "the") and "be-,-ed"
with "obliged." but this Frenchified
pronunciation of the latter word In each case
was used by tho "beau mondo" of his day eo
the ear would be satisfied. W. S. Ollliert lakea
'i'ra i"e ""mm 01 1110 iu the foi- A
lowing famous lines; it
"Every boy and every gal 'At'
That's botn Into this world alive. S
Is either a little Liberal ?m
Or else a little CoiiscrvaTIVE." T
Yet the uuthor of "lolanthe" was neither $
Ignorant nor Illiterate. i .
Another writer refers to the metrical ver- ''J
sion of the Psalms. f
However, on referring to an old Prayer tl
Book coutalniug the Psalms In varan fni.
at tho end of .the volume, what does one Ilmi J '
in Psnlm IT (-. . , 'v , Vl'
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