.,-a U'.i-i'WlA, r ' 4' ftswjpsmas ilU iJ -. .; kfitl? j,-'-.- -- .LEDGER COMPANY nn'riJ-xt cunTi rioir .- t,ihilen, Vl'errealdentlJolm C. fiarj ana ireaaurari mini n. 'B. Williams. John J. Hwraron. r, Dlrectora. . KDlTonlAt, tsoAitm r -fa1" H. X. CctTU. Chairman W)tAlJ:Y.,.......i. i Editor C MARTIN.., Oenera I Dullness Manatee I telly at riial.ia'f,(wir.B nulldlnr. prndmcr. Square, J'hlladalphU, lKTtii.,...Uroad ami Cheitnut Htreeli PHI rref-Voion tlulldlni sou tiairer'oiitan -rower m,',,,i an.t rora uuiiuina ,,' k,ino niiiertnn nuiinina 4tJ?V3 iriPWRf XfUIIUing NKWS HUAEAUHI nnx Bnaciit, rMi Dcav i The n tiiiMInt- Mr RcBIAU..' Marronl llnua. Htraml ,caiu 3: nut l.ogla l (Jranl (fODscmrTioN tewm i CtaKisn I'mun I.tontt In ervd tn nub' m m Miniphia. ami surroun'iina iowm I rtt ot tvrclva (IS) crntt per wfk. raial'le earner. .Ml! to point", outald if Philadelphia, tn rHm rtutea. Canada or UnllM Slatea rna- nny mm renia per month. r. navahla In irlfinr. all forelfn countries on (II) dollar r-er fir Huberrlbera arlehlnc addreaa chanted n.vo oiq as wen aa new aaareaa. tt, KM TAI.NLT KEYSTONE. MAW MM ', " laMrraa oil com m aim I lorn fo rcralso t'tiblttt 1tr. matpenatncr Square, rhllaattphtn. .Tr.n at ma rHiiinrfYnu mar orrur. a .' ,- aicoxn cc.aui wilt, M4Ttra. eeS -, Philadelphia, Saturday, Januarr $, I9tft WOMEN IN THEIR PLACE IN JANUA11V 10, which Is next Thurs- -day. thn House, will vuto cm Hie pio- ;"'. ... ... a BUlirugo umcnnineni. irnqciucn -i jbSX!css" democracy, wlm constitute now, . believe, n great majority of tlio tieoplo g'ajitho United flutes, nro enthusiastically f.epttmlstlc over tho prospects. At ono ttane their great problem mm to convince! Jtke country that wonlan RUlTniso was a l&yajiukt.1. ...1l n .. I,,a 1,IIV t,n' fl,n aaawiniuia un vu un a- jud, itiiip,, ,,w.. ... ument 18 not n8 to the vuhio of tho PUcy Itself, but as to tho method of VMtttlnK It Into effect. Mi WeAvc-ro for somo time Inclined to tho Ejbalief that progrcsH by Hlatett wa the 4". ... ... . ,.. ajner meinoa. a victory once won w fcjay Btatc can never bo lout. It l a move Mnt, therefore, which Iihh to bo forward, Verccano to bo a movement. And wo havo en tho moro convlnceil slnco tho mai;. fiVntflcent victory InNcwYorl that even the rfBOW, uacKwuru uoniiuuinvt'iiiuin iiiufi, in (.JMefense If for no other reason, coon ex- LTftftnil tba francblxe to women. 'On tho other Xvf band, slnen huccpsd In certain In anv event. ,., . - . iwhy object to Incorporation of the prliurlpln yin. the Constitution? That was the method liVieongldered Imperative when It became mi- ..t;.' . .. .. .. yuonai policy to cniruncniMj mc iicrio. x no "kjHTfcedent for franchise extension calls for u"instltutlonaI revision, particularly when extension Is by ncsatlves rather than Rltlves. It Is not proposed to compel Miy Stato to crant tho right to voto to ry woman, but to Inhibit nny State I Dm denying the right to vote to a person ply because that person is a woman. proposed amendment. It appears. Is rely nn extension of tho Hill of Rights. ft.YlA fnlfft llttln utr.nl. f tin n ,'rr ,, n,, I f;T' ..." ...t.u n.wv.k ,i, uiu uihuintn, L.tlift this Is no tlmo to bring the matter pifore Congress. It has been brought erja and It takes no more tlmo to record a IfU-matory voto than it does onu of .1. We doubt If there are any women are neclectlnir their dntv In tiin Iswitlon In order to light for the amend- KWtenf, but wo nro convinced that many KUiouaaiuls ot women will be a little prouder t . . . ... m doing ineir wnr woric and a iitiic moro Kflthuslastlc, t-ay, when they Icpovv that fft.e.r own l.ovcrnnieut has taken one more lM-ttt Crt ,irrniil 4lin, tl.n , .el ! UnA .. 1. 1.. I. -n.- .. (lw., ,i(,i, uiv liUMahC tXlllll rait Is waging u great war to accord to the iSyiopIe of other nations. SjfVXIt:. Hughes In his candidacy for I'rcsl- ray--' vaaviiv ut.-uii.uieu mu iiriiuuucun iiariy co ort of tho amendment. Tho women I 'the country havo a right to anticipate, ifore, that virtually a unanimous Ite- Scan voto will bo cast favorably. As the Democrats', their clamorous appro- Hon of the Prohibition amendment still hoes through tho capital, and we believe k? men wIk wero Incited by a great al Issue to go the length of unnrovlnc le.-ncorporutlon In tho Constitution of so plent an Innovation will not bo deaf to lit prayer of millions of people who go re tliem to asK only that tho protec- n afforded the blark race bv i-nnutitn. k. flalaknMl rtinn tiv a nvlntif.n.l t .. !.-.. .. & ' - - - 41-ajt. iiaIIah Ikiii fnA---i-.l..-a a ..- ,awi, iitu iin.iuu ii. in urit;riiiii-.-a, SUOUia -no one from the franchise; let sex ' no one. liwpniun sits in the House now. .Shall $, said that thoi(gh women mo com- jji'to rcprcactit men In national conn- kthey uro not competent to vote for ilaV;OWn rcnrc8cntatlves' in tlm uim,. Hi? Wo think not, and the very Hce of ails Jbtnkin on tlio (loor bo un urgumcut in favor of tho sent so eloiiuent as to ussiuo con. 1 " A . Itry action. w. . vwai. acmocracy is a -ec.les" demoo f. neither tho brldo' of man nor tho , "ot, woman, but tlio crcuture and of both, nerving both because both I : &' ROUGH STUtT IK iMATS tha Hermans am. far H,ji.gmer man mo Turks and nd far Inferior to the ikjIIus and .They certain havo to "hand i.Jtusslaii envpys at Brest. B,s.they started for tho train , jeereo m mo uern.au rc- '($H weatern 'Itila.Ia. I tM QermaBK, MfiklnaT. whether .MM', mnmy.i "L tnonthai ago ilnt the proposed nnnexa t Ion of t'oland and Lithuania. Then comes tho master slroko of Irony In this remarkable scene: The ilrman-i asked tln fnr considera tion and hrtgni that this stnue of the nego tin I Ions should not be published. Wo ask III all seriousness mid solemnity, Can you beat 117 Only the rich suggestive ness of slang can gauge tho "rough ttuff' which Merlin Hiwnyn falli Into In diplo macy. The only thing which Is to bo kept secret In tho public discussion of "no annexation" terms' Is tho proposed annexa tion of two or three bundled thousand p(uarc miles of teirllory! I.KTS KEKP OUR SHOES ON ABIOK from what wo may term tho "grand" purpose of tho President's bovcral addresses to Congicss, Ibeio Is usually found In each ono of then some Incidental declaration of supreme Impor tance. We llnd In his address of yesterday, for Instance, the statement that "it is clearly In the public. Interest also that tho ordinary activities and the iinrinnl In dustrial and commercial llfo of the country should be Interfered with and dislocated us llltln as possible; and the public tn.iy rest assured that the Interest and conven ience of the private shipper shall bo as carefully son oil ami safeguarded ns It Is possible to serve and safeguard It In tho present rxtraordlimiy clrcumslnnces." In the present circumstances (hero Is nothing more; extraordinary than the MraiiRQ belief that bulness Hhntild i-cnuo tn function because their Is n war nn our hands. When a man has a great sickness In his family, with cnoimoiis bills and fees o pay, ho works tlm harder to enhance his Income and meet the strain. Thn busi ness that gets lu the way of the belligerent piocess we shall outlaw and sweep out of existence. Hut wo must put a drive behind all business that does not get lu tho way of the belligerent process. Tho whole machinery of tho nation must go nt top speed, not the war pan of It only, for t lu nation Is a titanic workshop and general business may bo thought of as tho part of tho works that goneiiites the power that is, tho infiuoy. We've got to havo that and plenty of It to win through. Wn do not unnl I,. ,.-. ... it.. .. , ... ..... " " " s."" in a lainting con union; wo want to get there Willi shoes on. our WIIERK'S THE KI'KU.INc. HOOK? jyniK f.i.ici:, of iho n,,ie ,-( svi.ooi League, charges that the public educa tion system of tho city Is dominated by one man, "who thinks In terms of fifty years ago." If that Is the case, it Is natural for tho New Century flub to protest. It ap pears, howevrr, that u school system predi cated on methods In vogue fifty rars ago would set great store by the old-fashioned spelling book and insist on rigorous Incul cation of the principles of ordinary arith metic. There Is a gulf homeuheic between the charge and the fact. UP-TO-THK-MINUTrTmi'LOMACV T7"Ii'MJ'lS, poet of empire, lyrically de--L- manded to be told "what does ho know of Kugland uho only Kngland knows?" Hut now tho query Is reversed. What docs ho know of England who knows only foreign lands? It has been at least seventeen years slnco Sir Cecil Spring Rico has seen much of England. Slnco 1D0O lie has been lu Persia, ICgypt, Hursla, Sweden and HiIb country. In those years something tike a revolution has taken place lu Hrltlsh political, social and industrial affnirH. It Is only tho distant icflectlon of those changes that professional diplomats have been able to see. Trained and specialized though his staff must be, the ambassador should bo a great amateur rather than a professional, lie has to be more distinctly u home product than any ono else. A cosmopolite who understands every nation may not bu rep resentative of his own. It wuh because .Mr. Herald Was American to the. marrow pud could not understand rrub&laulsni, except to know where to give the viper the fatal blow, that ho was able to Intel pret us so clearly h( llcrlln. There can bo no lu ternatloualUm If nil diplomats nro to be Internationalists, any moro than thcro can be a mixture made of only ono Ingredient. The theory of embassy Is that each chief executive. If frco to travel, would be his own ambassador, as tho Queen of Hheba was to Holomon. The Hrltlsh ambassador Is the nearest substitute for Lloyd George that Washington can get, and tho Alliance will bo greatly strengthened by tlio arrival here of a man who is a part of up-to-the-minute Hritlbh thought and purpose and who can voice both with authority. "Woman's place is lu th'o home." Well, next Thursday she'll be lu tlio House. The Kaiser Is asking the Holshcvlki for a new deal, but It will bu noticed that he docs the shunting. Tho Lufayetto Kscadrllle shows tho true homing Instinct by Hying Into tho United fitutcs air service. Thcbo burnings of u'rmy tiucks and Hog Island trucka may bo accidental, but a bird In tho bush Is suspicious. Htlll, tho nation bicathes a trifle easier because thu President did It Hist unrt told Congress about it aftcrwaid. This newspaper Is ranked us some thing of an authority on the "uulz," but we cheerfully accord tho palm to Mr, Hcney. , The btatement may be right that 47 per cent of tho coal comes from Pennsyl vania, but our own belief Id that 100 per cent of It goes out. The I'ope,, It la said, charges the Cen tral Powers with breach of faith In having bombed Padua, Maybe iwhen they made tho pledge they did not know there were any children there. Wn are Interested, of courco. In the argument as; to whether or not those directing tlio public scbpols (enow any thing, but tho real test is thl; Do those in tho schools know anything? Wo trusfthat Sir. Ferris will not bet heavily on Ills theory that Hog Island will not deliver any'shlps during IMS. Ah th JAM Wn nhptographlng.the. work aaafcaaaaaaaaaaaaatM' at Ilia nusrnl n.1 ... . GOVERNOR PENNYPACKER DEFENDS . SALUS-GRADY "PRESS MUZZLER" Tells How He Fought to Exercise Control Over Newspapers unci How Pie Won Verbal Tilt With Charles Emory Smith rr.NMr.U'KMt At'inniniiit.triiv no, is frttpurioht. ia, oy ruMIr htilo'r c'ompnail AND now the session of tlio Leglslatillo .ended and that ordeal had been passed with general approval and with much of Im portance accomplished. Tho newspapers be gan to make suggestions that I would be tho next llopubllcan candidate for the Presi dency of tho United Slates. Tho situation, however, lasted for a very short time. Tho effort to better the. conditions of llfo. so long as It only Interfered with the plans of corporations and politicians, was much to bo commended, but when tho same care and thought were directed toward the Im provement of Journalism it was dreadful to contemplate. A bill had been passed called thn "Salus (irady Hill." which made newspapers icsponslble for tho want of reasonable care, and required them to pub lish on the editorial page, Willi each' Issue, Ibo'nanies of those responsible for tho man agement. In other word.". It made them subject to the legal principles which gov crn Iho oilier business lelatlons of men. It was a slight slip In the right direction, that was all. It had been i ocommended In my Inaugural iiddiess anil had been care fully diawn. Carson mill myself taking pains to sec that II cotnn icsull In no Injury to legitimate newspaper enterprise. It wan not the sucgestlnn of tjuay. Pen tose or any other politician, but was the outcome of my experience upon thn bench, where 1 had known many an unfm tiinalo to bo convicted, and many n criminal to bo acquitted, because of Impressions tnadn upon tho minds of Juinrs by the lockless and Inaccurate publication of the facts, and because of the Irresponsible Interference of the press In all sensational trials to tho disadvantage of tho administration of jus tice. In fact, the doctrine of the liberty or tho press Is an anachronism which has become harmful and tho time lias come when It ought to be discarded from our Constitution mid laws. I.tko monarchy ami priestcraft, It once answered 11 good purpose. When kings secretly imprisoned and beheaded men who thwarted their purposes It was an agency for the wclfaio of tho people. Those times have gone. The newspaper Is now a veiitine to mako n profit, and everywhcie It shows the lesulls of the temptation to sell those wares that llnd 11 market - tilth, scandal and ciliue. The teciccy which was once a weapon ror kings is now its weapon, since It prints attacks and destioys, and whoso was the brain that conceived, or the hand that struck, no man knows. The privileges once helpful now- serve the purposes of gain. The proprietors nnd editors of news papers are no worse than the rest of us, but they require the same kind of vvatolilng and ought to have no greater facilities. Reputation at StaTcu Tho bill before me was to bo treated like all other bills and to be determined ac cording to Its meilts. Ot course, I was well nwaro of tho capacity of tho press to do personal mischief. When 1 vetoed the bill authorizing tho Pennsylvania Itallroad Company and other railroad companies to take homesteads In the exercise of tho light of eminent domain, no doubt they wcic pained, but they were noiseless. I did not need to be told that the stopping of the sab ot scandal would not bo noiseless, but 1 was anxious that Pennsylvania should make tho tlrst real effort to correct what thoughtful men regard as the most far reaching of the evils of modern life. Hefore any disposition of the bill should bo made, tho newspaper men asked for a public hearing. It was to be made a great occa sion, to which the attention of the country should be attracted. They piepared fcA It by pioclalmlng that the bill, which no one of them printed so that what It con tained could bo seen, bad been devised by the "gang" lu order to bo n "gag" upon the press, which was only eager to expose iniquity for the good ot the public. Jly reputation was lit stake, and now It was to bo llnally determined whether I should take my placo ns the creature of a corrupt gang or beconio tho glorious champion of tho rights of tho people. On such nn Issue who could be In doubt? The Press had 11 cartoon representing a beautiful and chaste maiden (the newspaper press) proudly erect, pleading for Justice before me, a .fudge In robes, while a brutal and hideous fellow, with a cigar In his mouth and wearing prison stripes (the Legislature of the Stntc) was whispering lu my car and tendering 1110 n chain to fasten around her beautiful limbs. I granted tho request for 11 hearing nnd fixed It for the 21st of April In tho hall of the House of Representatives. Al that tlmo flcorge Nox McCain wrote I faced tho most Imposing array of Jour nalistic talent and ability that any Coventor of Pennsylvania ever greeted. Tlio bill was supported by Hlchard C. Dale iind Alexander Simpson, dr., able law. crs, nnd Charles Ktnory Smith had been THE PACIFISTS OF 1864 CIOMH pcoplo cherish tlio notion that con-s- temporary wartime diplomacy and in trigue are brand-new things. They speak of pacifists" as though there had never been such compromisers In former wars. The policy of buoying up home sentiment by promis ing 11 split III tho ranks of opponents Is as old as the hills, What false dawn of hope kept the Mouth lighting through tho winter nf 1864? Tho belief that the North could ba divided, that the Copperheads (or pacifists, as wo would call them) would divert Lincoln from h'.s course. On October "I, 1861, Iho Mucou (On.) Confederacy said editorially: Ti, retreat of General JoluiBton, aban donment of a Urge area of territory und thn loss of Atlanta have occasioned a, great deal of dlbcusslon among the people of certain (lectlonu In reference lo the i-ourae that Bbould be adopted for tljo purporo of bringing the war to n close. It Is dangerous, In times llko these, for men to contemplate any course of action short of tho entire discharge of their duty. a We lay down the proposition that no man should dare even think of ending this war In any other event than the recog nition of our Independence, for just as cor- tain as wn begin to say that In such and such eVfr.TS UUP, mat ur ion uuirfc lumjuuiiiirn could bo effected and lead the public mind In this channel, just so certain will some of thn measures be adopted, As an evidence of this fact, there are men 'In this country the South today who are speaking and writing in favor of a convention of nil .the States f North and South, co-take Ir.to consideration the Jaime luvolyod.ln this war, and lo adopt UaimtncwRo selected to leprcsenl tho newspapers. Smith was a man of commonplace ability, with a round, goodlooklng face, dark eyes und 11 pleasing voice, which could make tho most ordinary nnd conventional utterances sound as though they hud some inclining. To evolve nn Idea was beyond him und ho never undertook the. task. p had gone In nuth from Connecticut to New York, nnd later had come, from New York to Philadelphia, and like many others" whom 1 shall not undertake to mention, ho wus forever seeking to make Pennsylvania tako on tho aspects of the place of his Ml tit. which ho hail abandoned because It af forded him no opportunities. If Smith had been at all a wise man ho would have said that the bill had no tenors for newspapers' llko the Press, ho would have welcomed nn effort nt improv -uncut, beneficial to leal Journals, and would have left the odium to bo homo by such shecta nn the Noith American, whoso standing was such that If ever nny decent poison was caught read Ing It ho excused himself by saslng that lie had picked it up on the cars. Hut theio was an appeul to his vanity, lie was made to believe that ho would stand forth here after as the defender of tho liberty of the press alongside of those heroes In U10 past who had confronted real dangers. Slnco the danger had disappeared all of this was opein bouffc; but Smith was 11 serious minded man, with little sense nf humor, and ho fulled to catch this aspect of the situation. He committed his speeches to memory. I havo heatd him many times and his orations and stutiip speeches often wound tip with the description of tho pathos with which a born American In far away oppressed China beheld the Stars nnd Stripes, the I-1ag of tu. .-rfP, rp 1(1 ol gone very far In his address mi this oeca. slon before ho lefcrrcd to the Insolence of the Logisl.ituie I stopped hill! at once nnd I a Id: They may bo mistaken but cannot be insolent, because they nro vested with iiuthorll.v. Therefore, nothing that thev do can bo Insolence. Hosldes. they are. llko in.vsilf. 11 liraii.ii of thn Government anil It would not become mo to llnton to iiiiv olfenslvo terms applied to them Wo must nil treat them with respect. I think. Iheieforo, Mr. Smith, you had better eonllno your leninrks to argu ments upon tho meilts or demerits of the bill. "KmititiK" iho Knrniy I had done the siimo kind of thing many II time In court, 'but doubtless It was nn unusual expeiionro for Smith. In all prob ability he hail committed to memory nn oration In which there was much denun ciation Intended for wide distribution. My Inlcrrulitlnn had disturbed his mental processes, lie was unfitted for extempora neous discussion, was very much over weighted by his opponents, and even In the opinion of his newspaper friends who weio present .he made a failure. Smith had given these friends to understand, as' I was told, that his Influence with mo was such ns to prevent the hill from becoming n law. Ills oration was printed, not as It was delivered, but as It was Intended to have been delivered. A cunning man, look Ing to what ho thought to be his own In terest, would have gratified him, and, veto. Ing the bill, would have earned the praise, If not the approval, of a set of men whose voices extend far and are to some extent potent. A timid man, signing It, would havo said nothing and left the Legislature, and tho party leaders to -Mm re with him the- buffets. I made the bill a law and gave my lcasnns, published with the stat ute. Inking tlio full responsibility nd there-' by drew upon myself nil ot the Javelins that could ho hurled. No more was I a persona grata in the tditorlnls. The rea sons given In support of the act weie never answered; they could not be. Hut the pub lic was made familiar with the fact that I vvoio boots, that my hair, of which It may bo Incidentally noted there is 11 full sup pl, was often hrowsy, and that I hunted bugs lu Wetzel Swamp nnd other places. Artists were employed to exercise their Ingenuity and prostitute their talents In making ugly pictures, nnd the newspapers, as tho children nro wont to say, mado "snooth" at me. In ono sense Iho attacks were n tribute, since, after raking tho field with tho aid of money and research, as I have no doubt occurred, they wero unable to find that I had ever taken money which did not belong to me, that I had ever be trayed anybody to his disadvantage, or that I had over led any hut tho decent llfo of a gentleman, liesldes, they overdid tho mat ter. They made mo known nil over the United States, and people felt that thero must bo some character In a man who did not fear the united power of tho press and could come unscathed out of a contest with It. i.!n",')fr.,,'",".!,.',ofcr '' ""'tlni... hi, di.r,,.. .!vKiV!,':,,;u;:r!If.hll, " '""""' much less have spoken themselves to nny suggestions f n mt.ctnc wi,ct, promises. If anything at all. tlm adoption of A settlement which would deprive, us of the very rights for vhlrh we baVe been battling for nearly four eais. ai.d n defense of which we have expended so much blood and treasure. 'This policy Is calculated to weaken our friends North, who. If they are not a gned with us directly, are exerting every jtoislblo effort to overthrow the same power th, being used for the purpose of subjugating u, TJ' J?p,e r "out""!! Illinois. Indiana ami ho Ohio Valley and thn western portion o Kentucky to say hothlf.tr of Missouri, ar as certainly Identified with us sentiment as they are descendants of Virginia Ten nessee and Kentucky parentage; n(1 ,f )h,, sentiment of sympathy And the tM 0f c'0nr! sansulnlty do not Influence them In our favor he homogeneity of Interest existing 1?,. t wren the two sections will at length force them Into a union with us. Ou.. Trade , has furnished markets for the productions of thrlnsoll. We have bought their rorn. flour cattle, and hogs. . Thete States are as certain to come with us as they now ex 1st ( I). All we have to do Is to .u.taln our selves a lltlla longer. If we do thla and Lin coin should be re-elected, we are aaaurrd that assistance wilf yet Vome In the shape of armrd and organized troops from tbr States. Let no man say he la tired of the war; he may feel It. as all of us do. but every time this sentiment H rxprrssrd ft has u trndency to discourage those (northern pacifists who are compelled to act for us under the most rigid surveillance." Note ha this was written in a town about euthtv aallaa aauUMaai ! AlUnt. 1.1.1. .... lit Lm JMtatib. V " " .' -"TcT " "VAIT, u S. CLERKS DAILY GROW IN NUMBER Government Ownership of Public Utilities Suggested by Accu mulating Commissions ZpTlril rnrmpnntifiie'' Ilrtvlna I'lih'lr Ledger WASHINGTON, I. ('.. Jan. I. B CltKACS and commissions havo Increased so rapidly during the Wilson Administra tion that It Is difficult to keep track of them nil. With the Influx of these new- governing and oversight bodies the number of b'edernl employes has aNo greatly Increased There are now so many new clerks In Washington that c tov eminent assistance to house them Is being discussed. Jt Is nn longer a question of "What shall we do with our ex-l'resl-dents?" but "How shall we accommodate our ilerks?" So set Ions Is this problem, dun partly to the crowding of apartment houses nnd hotels by new army and nav.v ouiiials. Hint a-first step has been taken through the Shipping Hoard In build homes for Us employes. Tn the man who ban woiked on the Panama Cinnl, where Cnveriuneiit ownership and con. trol made living inniparntlvely eay for tho r'edoral dnplo) e. tills housing proposition seems quite proper ami natural; but to tho old-tlmo clerk, who has been plodding away on $1000 or $i:0n per annum, bearing his domestic expenses up tn the limit of his sal ary for the last twenty-live years, It Is llttlo short of amazing. Hut Government control Is coming In more ways than by the appointment of Mr. Mcdoo as Director General of Hallroads. It Is com ing so rapidly us to suggest Government ow nershlp of public utilities nnd such-Govern-ment Inspection ond control of private busi ness as to make mere agents of the Govern ment of many of our business men, who have hitherto believed themselves to bo Independ. ent factors hi the world's affairs. It N no uncommon thing now to see men who have been presidents ami general managers of large Industrial Institutions working for thn Government nnd Inviting otlieru to come In on the same basis. Some of them are In chars nf the contractual relations between the Gov ernment and Individual manufacturers, who by reason of contracts undertaken are sub sidised to extend their plants and then to a certain extent become the agents of the Cnlted States on a percentage basis. Whether these establishments which are now deriving help from the Government will bo nhld to keep up the pace set fnr them hy the Government, qr will unload on the Gov ernment before or after the closc'of the war, remains to be seen. It Is by no means cer tain that many of the railroad officials who have been absolute In their own Jurisdiction heretofore, and who now figuratively "take off their hats" tn Mr. McAdoo, Director Gen rral, are not belter satisfied to have thn Gov ern assure them that their salaries and dlvi dends will be paid than they were us Inde pendent operators. Commissions on Commissions A cursory review ot the new commissions established under President Wilson Is sulh clent to show the tendency. The Federal Farm Loan Bureau and the Bureau of War Risk Insurance are two new bureaus of the Treasury Department which have figured In largo appropriations and the addition of thou sands of employes. One Is pretty close to the farmers of the country and tho other to the soldiers and sailors. Both come under the, Immediate direction of Secretary McAdoo. who In addition to his other duties now takes charge of the country's railroads. In the Interior' Department, under Mr. Lane, the Alaskan Engineering Commission has been r.rrated', a body charged with' the superin tendence of the affairs of the Alaska Itallroad, which employs a great many men In Alatka and makes large purchases In tho United States. Tho Bureau of Markets Is one of several new bureaus added to the Department of Agriculture. The Children's Bureau, which has a wide field of Inspection, has ulso been added to the Department of Labor. The In spection laws of the Departments of Com tncrce and Lubor have both been considerably extended, as have those of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the powers of which, for. ,the. present, may be somewhat neutral- MISTER, I'LL DEAL 'EM ,f v. lJ v.1- oversight of business, have not failed to pro vide for and admit of the appointment or thousands of new onipln.vos whose services and lamlllcatlnns extend lntb every State and Territory of the Union. Apart from these departmental bureaus are a number of n'ew hoards and onnimlsMins, "floating kidneys." they are sometimes called, which a ia aii'wer.ible to the President fllieet or tn Congress. They Include the l'erteial Iteserve Hoard, of which Mr. MoAdnn is chairman. This board has aheady made Its Influence felt In banking circles. Then thorn Is the Kedeinl Trade Commission, an Inquis itorial body which Is now Investigating the meat packers, and the fulled States Shipping Board and the Cnlteil States Shipping Hoard Hmergeney Fleet Corporation, to which up ward of $1,0011,(1011.000 has been appropriated. They are under Inquiry themselves at the present time, but they have the power to com mandeer ships and shipping, and they stand for both Government owner-dilp and control They make mntinrts to pav salaries and give employment to labor at rates which may mnptc with pilvate yards, If need be New Creations Come Hich The Committee on Public Information (Ibe Creel cnmmlttee) Is another of the new crea tions, as am Mr. Gomel's Fond Contml Commission m,d the Cnlted States Fuel Ad Miinlstiatlon. .Mr. Garfield, aitmlul'-trntin-. The Cnlted States Tariff Comniisslnn Is new, us Is the F.lKht-llniit' Commission, the Coun cil nf National Defense, the National Ad visory Ciniinilltco for Aeronautics nnd the Committee on Priority of Transportation, which has been taken over by Mr McAdoo. lu nddltlnii may be mentioned the Federal Jinnid for Vocational Hducatlon, Iho Allen Property Custodian, the Air Craft Hoard, the War Trade Board and tho Cnlted States Compensation Commission. If nny ono wants tn know- what becomes of tho money which Congress raises by loans and taxes, the answer as to part of It may be found In these new bureaus, boards nnd commissions. Some of them were created befpro tho war and were supposed to ahavo been advantageous politically. Many of them were mado necessary because of tho war, hut the facts as they have appeared to Individual members of Congress and as developed in congrerslnnal Investigations tend to show that innny nf these new bodies are over lapping each other and that they are building up a tel rifle paro!l which the Government must meet. It Is common gossip that snnie nf the departments are crowded with super numeraries, that swivel chairs are more nu merous than eflltlent. ar.d that so long ns nppioprlatlons come easy "easy berths" will continue. Occasionally one hears nf a determination nf some of the bli? chiefs tn Inaugurate a weedlng-out process for the sake of economy and efficiency, but thus far the vvholo drift has been tn Increase the number nf nlllcelinlders rather than to reduce I hem. With some of the Inquisitorial commissions the desire tn "prove tip" has resulted In Inspections more or less exasperating to tho nftielnls nf navy yards, arsenals nnd ntber Government Institutions. Until recently this sort nf Inspection was con lined chiefly to manufacturing and business establishments. J. HAMPTON MOOIlli What Do You Know? QUIZ I, Mho la t'ortlcn Mlnlafrr In Hie, HrllWi Cnl- InrlT :!, NHine the author of "The Man Willi I lie llor," 3. Vtlinl la Turirtli Dur and when? 4. Identify "The I.nml or Hie Mldnltiit Sun," .1. VVbut la a tiphoon? II. Where la Ho laland? 7. Who l rranrla J. Ilrnr;? 5. What l n vtiandlfre? II, What la volapuk? ' ' 10. (live the meaning of idnrliliri I.. Answers to Yesterday's Quiz I, Sir (fell Hirlnr-IIIrr liai lirrn Amhaailfir from the Court of St. 4iimp In the IHIi-il Matra for anrral irara. n i ,),, etc of rrrall to oilier dlnlomatle na.ltn mrnt, , i V W--, .'i VS?WBSr i Vjiff.iSfiffi tim i. v .rri' L'-r.skuiHvTrjaniB . srrn.rrnit.-M.TM.H' -VC.... ... -.' : . .BFn-."-IOKaK. M .-Srt,-jSnSCaj?r-,aTaK-5 I!, bona, la Ihr capital nf Hulfurlu. :l. Navy York la aomellmra rafrrrrd lo aa liotlum, 4, F.lbatielh Tndnr of Kntlund la railed 'III Vlfltn Queen." B, Ilanlrl Wlllnnl. nrraldrnl nf I ha lUltlmorr and Ohio llallrnad. la mentioned for a I'nlted Malea lioal lorrrapondlnc lo lhat of V the llrltla.h MlnMer of Munlllona. It. Adam uaan rablnrtmaVrr of Ilia rlahleenlli rrnturr Khoar ork r-lubll.hed ll lltht and , crairful I1" of furniture. 7, l,ord Krudlnc la Ihr Hrltlali Inird liilrf .lua. Ilrr. 3. I'rraldenl William Henry ItnrrUon wiiskiinii aa Old Tlpnrriilior. In allnalon lo his ilr lorjr over Hie Indiana hi the buttle of lite name. B. Tho aellla la it .vrrjr rarlr bloomlnt aurlni isJmL Hrl&'rllr lh atjaiU,, ; ; U IlltlaillaHllll 1 l atwk - - -J'-T".-- - ,. AGAIN 1" - V . Jr- -'.l"..V - ''' .'.il ':! !,: .7 flr.f till M Tom Daly's Column j i THE VILLAGE POET ' Whenever I Ret thinkinp; of our awkward situation ' In this matter of the senrcitv of coal. An' observe the inclination to the strictest conservation In these parlous days of Government control, ' I crow fearful of the fate that waits' some future Reiteration An I wonder how it's jroinp: to warm its soul. It has pained me much to notice how our people have been itchin' I'or the use of electricity cr gas. An I very greatly fear mc that the red , heart of the kitchen, Which our fathers; know nn loved, is iwuim-u io pass. How I haile.i that, iitunhlo haven when ( the liiRlUs were cold an' stormy An what waves of cheery comfort it would lirinir! Oh, the thouKht o' that dominion brings f ole .Mummy's" form hefore mo An I hear tho simple sonp; she used to suit:: "Ain't berry many people w'nt'll listen to a niRRah, u.w'i. w lov's any s.onsp in w'at ho say, ut Ise cwmc to give do 'sperienco oh mail feelin's an' I fiRRah Dnt dey'.s quite it smart ob people ttnks mah wav. wen a man begins a shoutin' 'bout de ... .Kood tniRs dat he's missin. . Kick-in' kase dey ain't a fo'tune in his job, Let him ro home to his kitchen an' set . down a while an' listen ' To do MnRin' ob do kettle on de hob. "Oh, do rich 'man kin inhabcrtate a Palace ef he wishes Wif chiny-warc an' pixtuahs on de wall, An kin lay on velvet sofers an' eat off'n Roldcn dishes, Hut I- wouldn't swap muh kitchen fo' it all! IV it wouldn't scorn laik home to me, but .,,. .,ce't,nlI could listen. While I puffed upon do 'baccy in mah cob, An' de -Rood Law! seemed a-spcakin' ti i" "omc-Iiko kind o' blessin' Toll " sl"K,n' ob (, kcttIe on- do That is why, when I Kct thinkinB of our awkward situation In this matter of the scarcity of coal. An observe tho inclination to the III these parlous day of Government control, I Krow fearful of the fate that waits some future Rcncration..' An I wonder how if8 Roinj; to warm its soul, NATIONAL POINT 01-' VIEW Not a bad bleu of the Knlser that all th sovereigns of i:ro,,e meet in peace confe-- ".. u,",aH 'l0l,e """.' Napoleonic1 wars. But he seems to have forgotten that' Napoleon was not there. .New Yorl Herald. These ar wnr davs. when the fraternity of pontics should rifle and no one know e Is a Democrat or a Republican, but let his yo ing go for the, truest mn. the man not held down by party chains or directed by ny oigunlziitlon Ohio Ktale Journal. Archenloglsls am already predicting that ,,: "" uiiiuiiTu uy me Tur is. hlXtV ft?t Of fUhfU J.AC... ., 1. a. . ' .r.r," ' . "':.'" i.Dl ". "eI? "p " ",,nui-iiii. iirooKiyu Kaijle. WIihi Hi i.-.,.. I.. ... - . ,, ' '" ""' " morn tractable JB iern.a.iy will l, seeking , riulld I er "ha . $8 ercd fortunes and economic r.re.r. Z 'Xi bo necessary to make l,cr aiinit ,a. id Su" LiT ." VtaSe "."M Nnver' alb"; 3 inter... i, .?."..'..? """"'y muicatrd nii : " ""-iriiin vvoriiia Jt may biousht to lu.r,;,ll..ll.. ...... .'" can, o..,,..,.- ;;; ,::.: . ?' w;ini- i uamLk rruiiiLii; -IS, "'. "A,--' l, " fZrr.b:amfV . .J 'r KiV Tr'.l Tlaaaa -z-- .. .lZ'K.xXlfTLT, UfLK, W LI i
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