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WE'VE GOT THE PORTS; LETS
USE THEM
fTIHE Htandlne Committee on Terminals
appointed at tho September convention
of tho American Association of Port Au.
thoritles has addressed a letter to member
of tho association which Is so Important
that we quota from It liberally as follows:
If ports on the Atlantic and raclflc sea
boards and upon the rivers ever hope to
secure tho opportunity to do the export
and Import business to which they are en
titled by their natural advantages, they
must act decisively and without delay.
The action of the President In putting
the, railroads under Government control
and operation makes It even more neces
sary that this action 1 taken. Unless
tho ports are alive to tho threatened dan
ger, many of them will find themselves
uliut out, not only from Immediate par
ticipation In tho nation's export business,
but from any hopo of Betting their share
of foreign trade In tho reconstruction
period after the war.
Tho existing discrimination against cer
tain ports can be reached In two ways, both
simple, and. with united action, of reason
able certainty of accomplishment. Klrst,
the Government can order a separation of
rait and terminal accounting, which will
expose tho hugo burden now borne by ship
pers, due to tho fact that under normal
conditions the water terminals of all our
railroads, excepting at New York, New
Orleans and San Francisco, were given
frco to alien shipping trusw: the cost of
these terminals being charged back In
local rail rates which were bidden from
public scrutiny.
Second. In virtually every port on the
Atlantic seaboard thero are discrimina
tions of rates and service operating against
tho free and full uwj of these ports. Every
port on the Atlantic Feaboard Is ai much
a, port for every section ot me country as
It Is for Us Immediate surroundings, and
should, therefore, bo allowed .to carry on
all the business which Its natural re
sources, geographical position and facili
ties warrant. The handicaps that now
embarrass the water terminals In virtually
all the ports on tho Atlantic seaboard are
notorious. In the nation's Interest o one
port should be allowed to have a monopoly
of export or Import trade, either In normal
times or In war times.
Tho campaign for proper utilization of
American ports la not an nntl-Ncw York
crusade. It Is a pro-war and a pro-American
agitation, having aa Its objects, first,
the relief of present congestion, and, sec
end, preparedness for postbcllum trade.
Probably becauso wo havo so many of
them wo havo underestimated the Im
portance of ports. They do not make that
mistake In Europe. Witness tho emphasis
on the territorial status of ports in all of
tho proposed peaco terms heretofore stated.
Austria clings to Trieste, Serbia wants a
port and Ilussla, thwarted in Europe,
pushed a railroad to the Pacific In order to
havo an all-year harbor, later fighting a
great war to keep It, We, with a dozen
fine ports, havo permitted the railroads by
discrimination and other practices to
nullify a great national advantage and
overcapitalize Xew York harbor while
undercapitalizing every other harbor In
tho country. Tills was a bad enough
national policy in times o piping peace;
continuance of this policy in time of war Is
suicidal. Had other ports been properly
utilized inBtead of shipping being con
centrated in New York, it Is altogether
probable that no occasion would havo
arisen for the drastic order of the fuel
administrator. Tills attempt to handle tho
nation's Imports and exports through tho
neck of a bottle has precedent, but. nothing
else to recommend it.
The Evenino Public LEDoan no sooner
pointed out the danger inherent In the ex
(sting practice than municipal authorities
and the trade bodies promptly took hold of
tho situation. We may rest assured now
that thero will be an adequate Invcstlgu
tlon by the Government. In tho meantime
different port authorities must continue to
present their case with vigor and insist n
remedial measures. Every worth-while port
from Galveston to Portland must be put to
work. In this way a sensible division of
tho load on railroads can be brought about
nod congestion relieved. The business can
be bandied it It is distributed and It cannot
be handled otherwise.
The times aro too critical to permit wor
ship of old customs and ancient practices.
W must utilize not a part only, but the
wholo machinery of distribution. That
xeeaus we must not overload Xew York
a4 underload tho other ports. Tho Gov
ernment is running the railroads and guar-'
ant-evlng dividends, Iwt the Government,
ilswfore, eliminate discriminations and
iU xhipmenta so that they can be
fcad.
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D0CTO SPELLING'S CHALLENGE
H
OW deeply tho, moral questions In-
vc&ved, In tho world's tragedy havo
permtAlMl vry phase of our life la ex-
is the fact that once raoro two
University of Pennsylvania professors ot
International fame have fallen out over
definitions ot Germany's guilt. Professor
tichelUrg takes issue with Professor Jos-troV-
Ho finds In tho latter's book, "The
War and tho Bagdad Railway," a "fabric
thread after thread of a color dangerously
un-American," and ho is Informed that
"trustees of the University and thinking
men and women in many walks of life
have been dissatisfied with tho easy and
noncommittal reviews of this book."
"I have spoken out," says Doctor Schcll
ing, "because it seemed unlikely that any
one elso would do so nnd I havo paid my
prlco in so doing, but when wo risk our
blood nnd our treasure wo must cast, too,
our friendship into the fire."
Apart from tho question as to where
Doctor Jastrow's subtleties lead, we wel
come Doctor Hchrlllng's assumption that
there Is a high code, a straight and narrow
path of patriotism, nnd that there must
bo a stout challenges for every ono whoso
opinions can bo interpreted in two ways.
Doctor Schelling's quest for truth in this
matter Is the kind of personal patriotism
which is every day making this nation
think straight and think In unity.
LET THE CABINET FACE CONGRESS
TT WOULD havo been a miracle, Elihu
Hoot declared on Saturday, If a great
body of public servants selected In time
of profound peaco had all proved to be
tho right men for war, and
That miracle did not happrti. Krigland
has had to change nnd change again!
Franco has had to chango and chango
again ; Italy has had to change ; Germany
has had to change that Is one of the nec
efcsary Incidents of human nature. It rests
on the Congress of tho United States to
find out what changes It must make If wo'
love our country and will win tho war.
Tho country Is taking stock of Mr. Wil
son and tho members of Congress, for the
time lias definitely como when tho execu
tive nnd 'cglslatlve branches ot tho Gov
ernment will either clash as they have
not clashed In many a year or agree upon a
co-operation sucli as lias rarely been at
tained In our history- It Is not simply a
question of discharging this or that official:
jt is far deeper. It is a question of replacing
the series of bureaus which wo call a "cab
inet" with that united group of leaders
which in England anad Trance leads tho
national legislature. We want no "Com
mittee on tho Conduct of the War" such aa
that which nagged at Lincoln and his gen
erals. Congress Is not really trying to
lead; It It trying to bo led.
No one has seen more clearly than 2Ir.
Wilson In the past the difficulties Inherent
In the lack of responsible leadership in Con
gress. Ho has set down the statement that:-
Without careful reform the national
Legislature will even more dangerously
approach tho pcrlllous model of n mass
meeting. Ministerial responsi
bility supplies tho only conditions which
have yet proved efficacious. In thr political
experience of the world, for vesting recog
nized leadership In men chosen for their
abilities by a natural (election of debate
In a sovereign assembly of whose contests
the whole country is witness.
Wo do not have to change the Constitu
tion to get this at once. Let Mr. Lansing,
Mr. McAdoo, Mr. Ifcikcr, Mr. Daniels meet
the House and enter Its debates with the
wholo country witness of tho contests. Let
tho meetings be "In committee" or in what
ever form a proper procedure may dic
tate. There would be nothing more start
ling In this than was Mr. Wilson's own ap
pearance In Congress and his dcteimlna
tlon to lead to Its fulfillment the legislative
program of his majority.
Then we'd know. Wg would know If
theso members of tho Wilson Cabinet can
prove before the country and its chosen
representatives that they havo tho goods.
As It Is now the Cabinet member
faces a congressional committee. Tho next
day tho chairman makes an ugly insinua
tion about tho testimony, nnd two days
later tho Cabinet member makes a bitter
retort and nobody knows who is blufllng.
Faco to faco before tho nation, tho Cab
inet and tho Congressmen would weed each
other out. Tho unfair attack would col
lapse, the weak defense would mean a
resignation.
Wo are trying to do exactly this thing
now In a roundabout way; It is tlmo t6 do
it in a straightforward way.
THE FAITH WORTH WHILE
WE HAVE received many letters from
laboring men who want to know why
wo object to tho Garfield order when they
do not. "Wo aro satisfied to make sacri
fices," runs ono of tho letters.
Fine! But nobody Is complaining about
the sacrifice. What men are complaining
about Is that conditions should havo
been permitted to arise that would Justify
the "halt" order. Every American Is will
ing to mako any sacrifice whatever that Is
necessary, but no American wants to make
a sacrifice that is unnecessary. It Is not
go much a question of making sacrifices
as it Is of making sacrifices that will win
tho war. Sacrifices which do not work
toward that end may bo meritorious
spiritually, but they are of no practical
benefit.
But tho American, whether he Is a. labor
ing man or a "plutocrat," who Is "satisfied
to make sacrifices" Is nn American very
much worth while. He Is the material out
of which victory la moldxd.
No Iiluo Honda j s nftcr all I Mr. Wilson
Is a theatre "fan" himself.
Eery day we meet citizens who are
whlppad before the fighting begins. Forget it 1
For every trouble we have Germany has two.
The announcmnt of tha arrival of oiir
flrat tranport In Kranc. aran whlla others
wrra atlll In tha danxrraona, en mo from tho
Uridine of a tlra:.h oparator George Creel.
Is he in Jail?
In Bnaland no c.naavar thinks of mo'noy
now. Sir I'. . Smith. Attorney Ocneral o(
Great Britain.
The world Is surely not being mado safe
for plutocracy.
The proprietor of the most famous
"American bar" In Paris has committed
suicide. The liquor Interests have been
attempting it for several years In the United
States.
I can teaeh any Praon. mala or female, to
draw or paint, but Ood alono raa mako an
rtlat out Of htm. Joseph l'ennell.
Who was It said that something to the
effect that "poems are made by you and
me, but only Qod can make a treo"7
Eight thousand masters and mechanics
at the navy yard telegraph the President to
say, "while deeply regretting the neceaslty
yet we loyally and manfully sustain you In
carrying out tho fuel order" Good' VTe
can make up tor mistakes, but there is no
substitute for patriotism.
EVENING PUBLIC LEDOEK
ANOTHER ADDRESS
AT GETTYSBURG
Governor Pcnnypackcr Introduces
tho.Then President
Roosevelt
rK.ssYr.uKnn al'toiiiooiiaphv no. m
co.iirloM. ltJS. lu PxhtUl Uiatt Compai
0:
,N Tccoratlon Day. tho thirtieth, Itoose-
... mt,,U nn nddress ot Gettysburg
from thr platform which had been maao ior
Lincoln. It was tho first tlmo he had ever
ben upon that field. Mrs. llooscvelt and
their llttlo daughter Ethel came with him,
and It becamd my duty to look after and
endeavor to entertain the young lady, a
hearty and agreeable little girl, who after
ward wrote to mo n pretty note. It rained
throughout tho entire ceremonies, but tho
peoplo stood under their umbrellas and
listened. The necessity of Introducing tho
President gave mo the opportunity to ex
press my own thought concerning the
significance of that decisive battle and I
said:
Gettysburg Address
The battle of Gettysburg, momentous
In its exhibition of military force and
skill, tremendous In Its destruction of
human life, had consequences which, in
their effect upon tho race, uro limitless.
As tho fceeds of the cockle are sown with
the wheat, so In the Constitution, adopted
by the fathers in 17S7, lay the germs or
nn incvltuhlo struggle. Two antagonistic
forces grew in vigor and strength, side
by side, in one household, and like Or
muzd mid Ahrlman they mud strl-o for
tho mastery- I"lon this Held the struggle
came to a determination and tho Issue
between them was here decided with can
non and musket. Th rebellion was un
dertaken by tho followers of the doc
trines of Calhoun und D.ivls, with tht
purpose to rend the nation Oiundcr and
break it into fragments. Alas, for tho
futility of the expectations of men! Tho
Lord, who holds the peoples In the hol
low of his hand, nnd who. since the daw n
of history, has taken them up by turns
In the search for oni lit for broad domi
nation, did not forsake us. Tho extraor
dinary powers exerciied for the mainte
nance of tho national lifo In that diro
tlmo of war became fixed as tho princi
ples of the national Government. Tho
flame of strife but tested tho virtue of
the metal. The blows Intended to dis
sever only welded tho t-overelgntlcs to
gether more firmly for future wider ef
fort. Tho nation, as it exists today,
aro&o when Pickett failed to tlrivo tho
Philadelphia Brlgado from the stone wall
on Cemetery Hill. A seer, sitting on that
dread day upon the crests of Big Bound
Top, could have figured in the clouds ot
xmoko rolling over tho Devil's Den and
tho Bloody Angle tho scenes soon to
occur in Manila Bay, at Santiago and
Kan Juan Hill, the beaming of a new
light nt Hawaii and in tho fur Philip'
pines, the Junction of tho two mighty
oceans and tho near disappearance of
English control ot the commerce of tho
world.
Tho presidential office Is fo great .i
Ptatlon among men that those who fill
It are not to be rtraided as personali
ties. Their Individuality Is lost In Its
Immensity. They become the manifes
tations of certain Impulses and htnges
of development of the national life.
Jackson represented its rough, uncouth
and undisciplined strength. Lincoln
looms up above all other Americans,
bearing tho burden of woe and puttering
which fate laid upon his broad shoulders
In its time of stress and trial. Blessed
he his memory forevcrmore! No people
can look forward to tho fulfillment ot
such a destiny as events seem to outline
for us, save one alert und eager with the
enthusiasm and vigor ot youth. No other
President has so stood for that which,
nfter all, typifies our lifo tho hweep of
the winds over broad prairies, tho snow
capped mountains and the rushing riv
ers, the sequoia trees, the exuberance of
youth conscious of red blood, energy and
power, painting our bow of promise as
does Theodore Roosevelt. He has hunted
In our woods, ho has enriched our lit
ctature. he has ridden In the faco of
the enemy, he has maintained our Ideals.
Upon this day, devoted to the memories
of the heroic dead In Pennsjlvanla u
f,ad Decoration Day (Quay lay dead
Ew. note) tho achievements of the pro
lific past and tho promlso of tho teem
ing future confront each other. Today,
for tho first time. Theodore llooscvelt
treads tho field mado Immortal by tho
sword of George Gordon Meade and hal
lowed by tho proso dlrgo of Abraham
Lincoln.
Commendations
Philander C. Knox, then in tho Cabinet,
wrote: "I have heard tho President and
Mrs. llooscvelt both express their ery
high appreciation of the way in which you
presented him at Gettysburg."
John Hay wrote: "I was greatly uruck
with It when I baw It in tho newspapers,
and havo read It again with the greatest
Interest and renewed ndmlratlon."
Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks
wrote: "It was a perfect gem."
General Daniel E. Sickles, who was there,
wrote: "You said a great deul worth re
membering In a short space of time.
a The charm is perfect."
And Edward Everett Hale, who was also
present, published In tho Boston Christian
Register a report, in which ho said: "Tho
occasion was attended by gentlemen and
ladles of distinction from every quarter.
Governor Pennypacker, whom I heard
called, by ono who has a right to speak
tho most sagacious and reliable Governor
ot tho Stato Blnco Benjamin Franklin was
Its President, Introduced tho President In
a speech apt indeed for its memories."
The following day I attended the funeral
of Senator Quay and heard tho services
in tho Presbyterian Church nt Beaver,
where he had lived his homo life and the
people were most able to understand and
appreciate his character. Clergymen of
different denominations participated and
the Rev. J. R. Ramsey delivered the funeral
sermon.
Tomorrow Coternor 1'ennjpatl.er telle of tho
lUKYndanry Into power of henator l'rnroe and
tlitlr Initial tilt oter tlio aucceaaor to hrnator
Quar.
GEN. ALLENBY'S EXTENDED LINE
General Allenby's progress north of Jeru
salem, steady If slow, and now extended by
a mile, shows that tho re-enforced Turkish
army, which a week ago began counter
attacks, has been thrown back on the de
fensive. Resistance, however, seems to be
stiffening, and It Is not to be supposed that
the army based on Egypt will hae nn easy
tlmo In completing the conquest of Palestine.
Every mile of advance brings It nearer- to
tho enemy's bases and puts It to some extent
at a disadvantage, though the army Itself is
not greatly weakened by the advance because
of the aid given by sea transport. Strategi
cally the situation Is Of much interest be
cause of the triangular relation between the
Turks under Oeneral Valkenhayn and the two
British armies In Palestine and Mesopotamia.
That the German strategists are giving studi
ous thought to the problem Is a matter of
course, but It Is made difficult by the fact
that at" present the British have the better
communications In both fields. Springfield
Republican.
IN AXV CAM!'
Ho ira a raw "rrrrullr
Out not for very lous.
For ha waa promptly roasted
Wncaerer bo did irroni,
- PIIILADELPUIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 21,
"POLYGAMY SEQUEL
OF WORLD WAR?"
Will Germany Repeat Practices
After the Thirty Years' War 7
Will World Follow?
"ITTOMEN the civilized world over are pre
' paring to block any suggestion that post
bellum polygamy be retorted to to repeople
tho depopulated nations. The suggestion
comes from a Prussian publicist, who has
written a treatise to prove to German women
that not only economic but religious reasons
Justify the bearing of children fathered by
other men than their husbands.
Statecraft as warrant for polygamy is
nothing new In German history. Former Am
bassador Gerard, In his "My Four Years In
Germany," writes:
To the outsider tho Cemians scent ft
fierce and martial nation. But in realty
the mass of tho Germans, In contenting to
tho great sacrifice entailed by their enor
mous preparations for war, hao been
actuated by fear.
' This fear dates from the Thirty Years'
War. In 1648. when the Treaty of West
philadelphla was concluded, Germany was
almost n desert. Its population had fallen
from 10.000,000 to 4,000,000.
Tho few remaining peoplo were so
starved, that cannibalism was openly prac
ticed. In tho German states polygamy
was legnllzcd and was a recognized Institu
tion for many jeers thereafter.
What Schiller Says
Mr. ilerard's afcscrtlon Is, ot course, con
firmed by the record, both as to cannibalism
and polygamy.
Schiller, in his celebrated "Thirty Years'
War," an nutltorltatlo chronicle ot the ti
tanic struggle Inxolvlng all Europo for a
generation, which was tho nearest prototype
of the present world conflict substantiates
both charges. The nrtlclo on the Thirty
Years' War In the "Historians' History of tho
World," based largely on the work of Schiller,
states: 'in Franconla, whlcSi, owing to Its
central position, had been traversed by cery
party during tho war, tho misery and depopu
lation had leached to such a pitch that the
Franconlan estates (parliament), with the
nssent of tho ecclesiaultal princes, abolished
OGJ0) tho celibacy ot tho clergy and per
mitted each man to marry two wives on ac
count of the numerical superiority of the
women over tho men."
The Fame cyclopedic work, constituted of
the writings of Hip. best contemporary his
torians, chronicles the fact that cannibalism
prevailed particularly during certain of the
notable sieges, such as those of Magdeburg
and Brelsach. One passage, referring to be
leaguerments of 1C38, ten years before the
termination of tho strife that left exhausted
not only Germany, but nil Kurope. from
trance to Itusla and from Turkey to Sweden
so widespread was the radius of the con
flirt though tho scene was mainly In Ger
manymay bo quoted: "When all the pro-
Islons had ben consumed tho unfortunate
nmiPi .!, Ttcou to ho most unnatural
and loathsome articles of diet Hats and m'O
horrid a,C'M ,.f IUXUr' -N'ot "nt th It
horrible extremity wns reached and cannt-
'"' ,''e?mc "P'ated among a populace
driven to hunger and despair" did the com
manders surrender their cities.
On this topic William .Stearns Davis, pro
fessor of h'Mory In tho Un entity of Min
nesota, in his "History of Medieval and Mod
ern Europe," writes: "Famino followed dev
astation. Thero were well-authcntlcatcd
caBto of cannibalism. It Is asserted that the
population of Germany was 17,000,000 when
tho war began and only 4,000,000 when It
ended. In certain districts It was actually
proposed that eery man be required to
marry two wives to care for the unprotected
women."
A quaint sidelight on I'russianlsm nnd can
nibalism Is thrown In nn lntcrlew with
Henry tiuy Walters, tho Sago of Langhorne.
where he conducts the plant research bureau.
This unique personality offers an Interest
ing demonstration of the carnivorouHness of
the Prussian ethnic stock on an evolutionary
basis.
"A sclcntUlc examination of 1000 Prufcslau
German officers' teeth fang teeth may show
that the 'Prussian German Is atavlstlcally
carnivorous, not herbivorous," uays tho presl
hlcnt of the Plant Research Bureau.
In Light of Evolution
' Hence the Prussian-German Is bom a
veiled cannibal und a blood-nnd-flesh lover,
nnd therefore tho causo of war. A Prussian's
'fang' teeth and their enormous size proe
at bight tho terrible dcttructlcnes3 of the
Prussians' brutal nature.
"I am an evolutionist. Anatomy of teetlt
proves to the scientist, eolutlonist and biolo
gist that the Prussian has remained (In his
evolution) more carnivorous vs. Terbivorous
than any other specimen of human being In
history.
"in a general sensn man's teeth prove that
by "hunger" man Is both carnivorous and
herblvlorous. In this sense the Prussian Is
fiercely atavistic, for his "fang'1 teeth are
ghastly in their development. Of course,
tho earliest of the Prussian-German people
were originally cannibalistic, and as such
hunted, killed and ate ono another. These
overwhelming traits of Immoral mania In
the Prussian will forever render tho Prussian
an enemy to man, for the Prussian soldier
becauso of this atavism Is a born mur
derer. "I look nt these questions solely as a scien
tist and philosopher Whero men and women
are not capable of ethical and moral self
evolution they should be confined In Insane
Institutions for the good of tho human spe
cies as a whole."
Advanced feminism may try to alter the
code of moral standards, reared through agec
of sacrifice, suffering and struggle, on tho
basis of suffrage vUtorles. Political econo
mists, callously scientific, may try to abro
gate for the gaining of material national ad
vantages the Ideals won by Christianity, In
making marriage a sacramental as uell as a
political Institution. These two menaces are
even now nlarming American women, who
have already organized to combat any dete.
rloratlon of family conventions and spiritual
standards from the drives of either enemy.
The civilized world after the great war
will not duplicate Germany after the Thlrlr
Years' War, no matter what tampering with
sacred nnd conserving Institutions may occur
In aermany. J. n.
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
Our observation Is that when a simp
bachelor decides to marry- for a home he
usually picks out a wlfei with a delicatessen
tasto and a cabaret temperament Dallas
News. t
The cold wave last week camo from Ari
zona, and the snowstorm of this week Is from
Louisiana. However, the pew orange crop
from the Dakotaa, isn't in yet. St. Louis
Post-Dlcpatch.
Not a slngls member of Congress has been
able to get a contract from the War Depart
ment for a constituent. Not a single mem
ber of Congress has been able to get a com
mission from the War Department or a con.
stltuent. Do these two related facts have
anything to do with tho feeling In Congress
that Secretary Baker Is taking "too rosy"
a view of the conduct of the war? New
York World.
The reports that the Irishmen who have
been trying to arrive at a satisfactory solu
tion of tho affairs of Ireland are far from
agreement and that they may adjourn with
out having formulated a workable plan on
which all parties can stand together are
depressing. No convention Ja over until tho
motion to adjourn has been carried. It wllj
be wise to wait until the last session Is com
pleted before forming any opinions on the
value of this attempt to bring untly out of
the Irlib situation, Boston Globe.
"UNLESS YOU'RE TREATING THE KtJISE R THIS WAY, TOO,
I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!"
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GARFIELD ORDER
IN READERS' VIEWS
Suspension of Industry to Ease
Fuel Crisis Criticized
and Defended
To the VJitur of the 17 veiling Public Ledger:
Sir Where does jour editor acquire all his
wonderful knowledge that enables him, off
hand, to decide that Doctor Garfield's bravo
order to close certain Industries temporarily
to conserve coal is ill advised? You talk
about the rejoicing In Germany over the hews
ot this order! It will not be the order that
causes rejoicing, but It will be such hasty.
Ill-considered opinions ot responsible editorial
writers as aro expressed In your leading
editorial today that causes rejoicing In Ger
many ! Won't you feci foolish Just as many
of you must now feel In your past wild
criticisms of Secretnry of the Navy Daniels
v hen it turns out that Doctor Garfield's
order. Issued when conditions wero most
abnormal and drastic action was absolutely
demanded, was the very thing that the situ
ation required?
I do not know nor do I pretend to know
neither do ou what was the right thing to
do at tills crisis; but I trust absolutely in
the patriotism nnd competency of President
Wilson and his very able advlsore, and I say
that ull this fault-finding and persistent nag
ging of those who are trying to do their
duty is doing far more toward giving com
fort, aid and encouragement to the enemy
than any of the "mistakes" you have so often
charged against President Wilson and his
advisors ! Of course. Doctor Garfield's order
will very greatly Inconvenience the whole
country and many will have to suffer. But
If we Intend to win the war we must expect
to suffer I Those who do the actual fighting
must suffer; why should we not also bear
our share?
Back up the President and his ndvlsers nnd
don't get panicky If things do not nlwayB
run smoothly: Mistakes will be made, of
course! Who Is, or ever was, perfect? Let
us not be too hasty In our Judgment, for In
most cases wo do not know all the facts, and
what may appear to us to ba mistakes may
have been tho very thing that the occasion
demanded. Instead of obstructing Doctor
Garfield in his drastic eftortb to help the
country, glvo" him the valuable assistance
of your Influence by urging the public to ba
patient and that each try to do his bit to
help relieve the tangle!
True patriotism is what Is needed now!
After tho crisis has been passed we can re
sume playing politics 1 1IARHY C. COPE.
Bethlehem, Pa., January 19.
THANKS FROM SONS OF ITALY
To the Editor oj tho Evening I'ullto Ledger:
Slr The Orand Council for the State of
Pennsylvania of the Order of Sons of Italy
In America wishes formally to express Its
thanks and appreciation for the co-operation
and assistance of your newspaper In connec
tion with the grand bazaar recently held by
this fraternal organization for the benefit of
Italian war refugees.
Tho publicity given to this humanitarian
movement both In English and Italian In your
columns has received not only the official
appreciation of the Orand Council of the
State, but also that of every member of the
order, which counts over 30.000 In this Com
monwealth. OIUSEri'B DI SILVESTUO.
Philadelphia, January 19. Grand Master.
SAVING POWER AND LIGHT
To the Editor of the Evening PuUlp Ledger;
Sir I am employed In one of the largest
machine shops In Philadelphia pn night shift.
I noticed electrla lights left burning over
machines while not In use Just through care
lessness or forgetfulness. I also have noticed
the samo waste of pouer In different shops
I have worked for. The employe would be
working at a machine for an hour or so,
leave machine for ten or twenty minutes
and leave electric light burning. I liavo
noticed electric lights burning for ten hours
and nobody working at the machine over
which the light hangs. I have no doubt there
Is an enormous amount of power wasted In
this' manner. It would not surprise me If
this waste of power happened the same way
In other lines ot business.
I would suggest that notices be posted In
conspicuous places In all shops and offices
asking employes to turn oft lights when not
In use, if only away from .machine or desk
for five minutes, thereby saving power and
coal, or, better Btlll, thave tags printed.
These tags could b attached to the guard of
lights or a few Inches above light en M
191S
wire as a constant reminder to turn off light
when not In use. Tags might bo worded:
NOTICB !
Power means coal.
Please turn oft light when not' In use!
or
NOTICB !
It takes coal to make power or electricity.
Please turn off light when not ip use !
FRANK McCANN.
Philadelphia, Jan. 19.
GARFIELD CRITICIZED
To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger:
SirThe drastic order of Doctor Garfield
prescribing a flvo-day "rest-cure" for our
fuel and economic ills appears to be but tho
splenetic "come-back" of a man who, having
been harassed for weeks by criticism, fault
finding and n call for a fuel administration
that would "administrate," and having found
it impossible to please everybody has decided
to "show 'em" by "administrating" In a way
that would please nobody.
As an Illustration of the beauties of cen
tralized governmental control of Industries
and the source of supply, It ought, however,
to set tho most radical Socialist wild with
Joy. C. L. MANNING.
Philadelphia, January ll1.
BAROMETER RECORDS BROKEN
Editor Evm'ng Public Ledger:
Sir So far this month has tnico given
two extraordinarily low barometers:
January IS, nbout 4 a. nt.. It read 28.93
inches.
January 16, about S a. r.i.. It read 28.04
Inches.
These readings were observed on a self
recording barometer. My records, which go
back about eight years, do not show two
such extremely low readings within a few
days of each other. C. DECKER.
Philadelphia, January 1C.
ARNOLD BENNETT'S ENGLISH
To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir In an Interesting essay on the art of
writing which Arnold Bennett contributes to
the February Cosmopolitan there appears the
following sentence:
It any amone you aiaerta that he has no fear
of tba written word merely because It la writ
ten, let him try tne followins experiment.
He says further that It Is easy to write If
a man will only attempt to write as ho talks.
But the sentence quoted Indicates that It Is
easier for Mr. Bennett to write than to write
correct English. Leaving out of account his
abandonment of the subjunctlvo mood In the
first clause of the quoted sentence the sub
Junctlve is falling Into disuse he has made
an unpardonable error In writing about trying
an experiment. He might as well have written
about trying a trial, for on experiment Is only
a trial. I hope that the teaching in the gram
mar schools of Philadelphia Is thorough
enough tor the school children to be able
to tell Mr. Bennett that he should have writ
ten about making an experiment.
G. W. D.
Philadelphia, January 19.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
, Who was Joaeph Pulitzer?
When waa tho balem witchcraft
. Define btolotr.
, Who ta Bernard Daruch?
Name the ntlior' of "Hiawatha."
, Define a guild.
, What Is M 'different between an ambas
sador and a mloltter? " ""
, Who were tho two Dromloe?
Identify "The I'salmltt."
Where and what la Ilamborz?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
ArfltLb"?. ' th,t Wa"td c"n b "'""led
Baran Keailln la Lord Chief Joitlc. of Kna.
Und. lie has been deltnatd na itrlihVh
hlsh romroluloner l the United Mtut!
to autceed tho rrtlrlnr ambaMrdi?, naxl"
, tiealosir la tho aelenre and liletorr of tha
earth a etroctnre and chansea.
, The Keren Illlla of Hornet ("anltvlliie jv,i,i
Jljjj, VluUn.1. ilolrinal.' riuu, AVeSbSi;
, Straterr. la tha aelenea af nllltarr nuliu.
and af tho romblnatlon and .inlirjSJni it?
means on a broad Mala (or tb..llt?l
of adrantaiea In wan '""
. Koti A town In Mesopotamia, on the Tlrrt.
about 100 miles from Uasdad, 'T"e
, Cbarlea T-athrop l'atk'1. a philanthropic and
".hallVrilfl .drr",toa " "'" "
' Tl'&itaml?i,i """ " An,"c -.
, (Hear llamoieraWlu. Inventor and Imnreaari..
noted ftr the balMlns mt tSStmSvnSn.
4b"1,f",4n a" be f lntq (La New
York) and number of theatres.
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Little Polly's Pome
BEARDS
Beards are hairs that grow on men
T-t rllAll'an ,- ..' naiJ lianas
To shave thcirselves and once one grtrwj
TTnnr o VAnl Kirn ln4i 4et B
That style's called Freak and it's to'
strange
It costs ten cents and count your change'
r- or ticketmen aro bad and try
To keep a little on the slv
And then they growl anu swear at you
Ana ask you what you're going to do
And Uncle John said well you'd sec
If I didn't havo this child with me. '
Some animals have beards like men
And even longer too and then
That gives a nickname to the beast
Like "Bruin" for the bear. At least
We hear folks speaking now and then
Of "Beard" the lion in his den.
To raise a beard takes lots of care
To keep it nice and thick with hair
For if you don't it soon gets thin
And when I look at Grandma's chin
I think if I would ask I'd find
She started ono but changed her mind.
T05I DALY, M
COLD OR COAL?
Statistics of the Industry and Hints. on
Conservation
TTIIFTHUN MILLION persons In this court"-
-1- try are shoveling coal every normal day."
of whom 250,000 aro firemen In power planUl
and on railroads. IJy midnight they hivs
converted 2,300,000 tons into ashes. Watf
these ashes are thrown away thousands of
tops of coal, only partly burned. Other thos
sands of tons havo been wasted In careless.
burning, or unnecessary heating of unocca-i
pled rooms; In the making of electric hit".
rhteh flltimtnnfeil amnt- rnnma nnd needles
places. In twelve months we have burnrf
(00.000.000 tons.
Of lata we have Increased our consumption
of coal much faster than It can be delivered;.;
our mines aro adequate with sufflclentU-Jj
bor to produco what we need, but tram
portatlon Is limited. During the last yttr
the steel Industry has used 40,000,000 ton
more than the urevious year: our cotton
mills. 4.000.000 mil- rnltrnada. 40.000.CI?
tons while other Industries bring the ln
crease up to juu.uuu.uuu tons, a sini -
munitions plant alone takes the entire output,
of two large mines. Our own navy and em
allies' constitute a new and large demand m.
fuel. H
Coal has always been so abundant hers 1
have given little thought to saving ". "51
must manare rnma wnv tn save) at least "it
000.000 tons. The damper In your stove, fwa
nace or heater can help win the war! a coorl
in your ashpit which leaks air, ana " "J
flues, pipes and chimney axe all aiding U'.j
enemy. Weather strips, storm sash, ash lftj
era, careful firing, a curtailment of coal fw!
Just as, much as possible are all InstrUnnnj
of flrat' nlil to tha erreat rnuso. i .29
Every owner or manager of a plant wWjj
coal can do a lot. How long, iir. Man,j
since you Inspected your boiler room, and o
you know of your own knowledge whsuM!
the utmost fuel economy exists there, or no'll
It is of very grtat Importance to JJJ
every pound of coal possible.
JUNIOR RED CROSS
Membership on the part ot school chlldnaj
In the Junior department of the Ited Cwl
is not Individual membership, but ! mmbril
ship In a school which becomes a scauvu
auxiliary ot the lied Cross when It h jl
cumulated a Bchool supply fund which fl'J5
twenty-five cents for each pupil enroiwu
that Of-honl. m
Thla Kphnol funrt mnv ttA raised bV CDUtS
talnments given by the children: by rowjj
i.tf hnvA Mfl,nA,t tn,tivMii9iiv r.e tn xrofeo
or classes or grades: by contributions WJJ
interested patrons, No part oi "" "rvLf
fund Is to be turned over to the Itd CJJJ
chapter or the 'Washington headquarter aj
Is the case with adult membership f J
Is all to be spent In buying supplies op WJJ
the children may work. One of the cw
Kinds of service whlcn tne scnooi -"-
may ronder Is td clothe the destituio '
aren aoroad. Anna Hedges Tainei "'
ot the Atlantlo Division. Junior vtv
of the lied Cross, New York, x
oCb mcsic citiTie knowh of cevwut
"Wanlod A. steady, resiKnttauU Jwn WV
look after a sardyn and ear for a fiaf WSS'I
a eooj voice and la aeomomeu to ains";1ri -so
choir." Adrtlitant in New Tort O1!
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