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SHOPWORN EXCUSES FOR DULL
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llv IVlilVlVJ-iA VI 1 .UIVLU Ji JV.-Vk cnted by A. S. Mnrtin. of - u,i u i cu. . .... " --Mawl-aueh that only .about -b, .".,..
l ! ' ' l-iiiui-i-l LU .llil OLUlilKU OIJclCC 101 vr cent of ttie nmount purcuaee- m jni mium is CmO.ailZCCI,
W Tonn'ePnvf in li1ipvinn SiMnntinn and Amer-' Natural Product .meue. mo con..mer- doorstep." &nj losecutor
tW Japan sraiu in biueiian situation anu aiuu ( . i A EUnej. of ,,,,, ,.,roU(.-hout mo .
K ica's Attitude Among Many Reasons Cited. irdSim'i , u, s..m. m.coy . rri&W
,hf r ' x 4.1 Cii.,.4. t0 Put Ihrounh many ; the reforms ' f " lm 'f- with concern thai (nsr on this opinion from tho Attorney conclude ,, . " out ' Ian" ,r hlrc Vthalo detce-
II GOSSIP Ot tllC Street ndxocei, liy A. MrlIn mveTZ. tf$gl Tll'Z'Trl"'"- ,. ,,le '""' nuttn. -Opators throughout tho cotu.try rr- lc ,t0 '"" -30"" " "m.to tlitef ld.
MI ont of fcho0l V.,h1 im ' .ulrVnS ,.m nn 1 ',, lu.'.l?11 "' ,,1,roUth lls coun,,1' ,,a"'- ud-' Port i IlKht demand from lc nmnuftc te" that I, alleged to bo operating In
St rnm: l chouses na t., .,, .,Bucnt, a. to .. the ' V n .' Z gMrWCW j,Wl tSrfSa1 K .rr S "r6"
II. TaImoH mIjEllmmer dullne of th0 Block marlct tcnuy ,. KUS-'ofSoM! H'
't' . l- nintil .,- ....-.. . ....in .i-i ... I"..., "iniiuiflriurrr HErDCl TniVT IS 11 lUWHWIO WVIU MVWHii i.. -j .... - .....-... .. .
brousht out as.iln In tho broker ofllcc ami dusted off to sen o for nt least
another occasion TlRht monej, tho opposition to nnd uncertainty Acr
the rallroid and tho War l'lnanco Corporation bill", tho fnlluro of nny
statements from Washington at to the terms and uindltloni of tho nct
Liberty l.oin; tho tinccrluint of Japan's part In the Siberian situation,
ll thefo wcio presented with n regularity that vai almost stereotyped.
As to Japan, there h n gcuctal opinion pre. ailing on tho hit cot that
In le.v of some ot the recent public htatcments of Japan's most noted
public men this iountr should put as much dependence on thu Integrltj
of these statements ns we cpcct Japan to placo upon the reciprocal state
ments of out own public men and cspci tally tho-e of President Wllon.
Dut there Is n largo group who my that Japa.i M.ould bo allowed to
"ado right in" and settle matteis In her own way and they mal.o tho
point that ns Japan has applauded and fccondcd all tho alms in this
uar ns propounded by President Wilson and said the wero alto her
lms, necessarily nnythlni,' Japan would do would bo in nccotd with tho
alma of tho Allies.
Thoro arc not many to bo found In tho financial dltsrlct who would
plc much credit to tertain statements which wtro 'madu in Clcrmani"
t.i- the Colocne VolltRzeltung regarding an understanding between Japan
F
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and German) on tho Siberian situation
Third Liberty Loan Chief Topic
In am discussion of the coming issue ot Ubeity bonds ami mojt dl.
cussions In the llnanclal dlstilcts In this city foi 'evtral das past have
' reohcd around tho not Liberty issue thcio is litually a. unanimous
cplnion that there must bo no ambiguity In that chuo In thojiond
referring to coincrtlbllltj.
As It Is there arc ciy few people ouUUlo the peinonncl of the
hrokers' oniccs and llinnclal institutions who do not belleo that any
bond ot tho llrst two issues Is cotnerllble into tny vubsec;uent bsuo
tearing a hlghei interest rate.
Much of this misunderstanding is due to the cmplojmcnt of other
thin trained bond salesmen In the tlrst two campaigns. Purchasers
of the flist two Usuci, and especially of tho fceond Issue, were told
that If ccr tho tlocrnment would Issue a bettcr-pajlng bond than tho
one offered, all thev had to do was to demand that it be changed to tho
better one nnd It would be changed
No bad faith could be charged to the teller, ho was merelj ignoiant
of the coneis!on terms himself. In most easts tho xalesmon who nude
gucli t.tcments had heard ino one whom they considered qualified
make a slmllir statement and they simply repeated parrot like what
they had heard
There are some who adotatc a 4a per rent IHejcat bond con
vertible at maturity Into o twenty iar 1 per cent bond. This would be
a considerable stung to tho lioo.inmcnt ns compared with a twenty
or twcntj-fUo M.ir4i per cent bond, which seems to be tho popular
form for tho next lsue: but It 1 not luokul upon with tcr much
enthusiasm by bankers and Investment houses generall on account of
tho lack ot simplicity In tho conversion feature.
Kvcry one seems to favor simplicity as tho prime factor, o that
there may be no possibility ot tho slightest misunderstanding on the pirt
of the purchase!, no matter how- ignorant or lllltcrato lie m.iv be
Meantime, bankers and brokers aro marking t!mo waltim: for the
final terms .of the third Liberty Loan.
Calls Garfield Shutdown a "Godsend"
Coal Administrator Garfleld had at least ono champion In tho finan
cial district jestcrday. He was a banker who had Just returned from a
trip which took In Heading, Coatcsville and the anthracite region.
There wero many mills and plants ot various kinds shut down all
over that section of tho State, he said, but they were all sttrtlng up
again. When asked if it was through lack of fuel, he teplled: "So, It
yras just overproduction "
'Where's the ufo ot going on producing, and producing" he re
marked, "choking up Ualns nnd warehouse', when we haven't tho ships
to take the btuff out of tho countij. Whj, It was ,i golsenl for nuny
plants when Garfield gave that 'wliutdovvn' order, ns no other icmcdy
could have lelleved tho situation. :ovv eveiy ono feels better, but tho
. public should remember that overreduction lather than scarcity of fuel
for the plants was tho real cause I understand," he continued, 'that
the Red Cros3 Is up against the same problem rlsht now."
Busy Days in Liberty Loan Headquarters
Any ono who thinks tho committee at the headquarters of tho
Liberty Loan Campaign are having a picnic these daa while waiting
for the "llrst gun" on the morning of April C, should drop In and see
the organization work what lias been accomplished, what Is bslng accom
plished and what remains to bo accomplished heforo that opening day.
Thero aro two distinct committees at wotk, ono In charge of tho
city that report says has dono wonders and ono which covers all tho
remaining part of tho State Included In tho Philadelphia rederal He-
L aerve district.
This latter committee has gono over this terrltoiy with n, fine-tooth
comb, and a man who has a dollar In any community, bo lie farmer or
mechanic or banker has as much chance of escaping aa a man drafted
' for the army under present arrangements.
' Not ono of the committee has tho least doubt of tho success of
the third Liberty Loan campaign, ulthough they admit that there aro
many disappointing moments In carrjlng out their orgar.zaatlon plans.
Treasury Decision's Leyality to Be Tested
Tho Treasury decision permitting firms dealing In securities to In
' ventory their holdings of December 31, nt cost or at market price, which
ever Is lower, the legality of -vhlch l.as teen disputed, Is to bo argued
before the United States Supreme Court by LMlhu Root for tho Now
York Stock pxchango Partners' Association, The assoclatli. has sent
out the following i itcment on tho subject.
'This Is to ndvlso members of tho association thu their commlttc.
" en legislation l.as ntcred Into an arrangement with tho Hon. Ellhu
Root for tho purpose ot hiving him represent the Interests of Stock
Exchange firms In the su'ts now pen ing In tho United States Court
upon the question of legality of Treasury decision No 2G09, this ruling
permitting firms dealing In securities to Inventoij their hoi. nrs on Vc
eembcr 31, 'at cost or at market price, whichever Is lower,' legality of
Which ruling was questioned, and In consequence of which tho Treasury
Department has advised that all returns so made will bo accepted only
tentatively pending decisions on certain cases now pending In tho
United States Court bearing upon the subject."
ft Republic Iron and Steel Company's Report
ft Surprise was esprcssed In somo
lf public iron and Steel shares did
Jfi report ot tho company Just published
ty as phenomenal, Tho net earnings ns shown by tho report equaled $51. 8S
'n phar, with a surplus of $12,475,737 for the year, as compared with
?,ooi,i"js ror tno year previous.
After deducting $9,878,037 for
r v per cent on tno common stock, net proms vveio jl5,S57,lilC. jn jgiQ
IP earnings wero cuunl to J47.05 a share, so that in tho two venrs r,uun
December 31. 1917. tho company Iiub
t 20 08 above last night's closing price for the stock.
M Total profits wero $28,769,021 last year compared with $10,893,212 tho
i year provlouB. Surplus for tho
ti.991,29g m 1910.
f The second nunrter wan the most nrnfllnhlA rti-tn,1 nitv, .. .i...
juarter tho least profitable. Tho llrst
j to dividends of $4,316,927, tho second
,nv?,uiu and the fourth quarter
Quarter, despite abnormal railroad congestion, reflects stabilizing of
market conditions whch wero rendered uncertain In tho third quarter
y;rauical Uovernment prico-IIxing.,
VAJphnt A.Topplnfrj cliulrman, of,
THE STREET
brokers' ofllccs yesterday that Ro
not respond as was expected to tho
nnd which was considered by maViy
excess profits, a sum ee.ual to almost
earned J99.S3 a share, this belnir
year was $12,475,737, compircd with
quarter yielded profits annllcnhtn
quarter $7,130,406, tho third -quarter
s,su,s58. The Increaso In tho fourth
tho board, t reports that improve-
EVENING PUBLIC
I W0LF would change
SCHOOL SUPERVISION
saving would be. $157 000 a year In cup
erusion
not entirely prnetlenl for this city, but
we aro going to hive economy throuch
eillelency in on- s.hool syrttm I do not
think It possible to hive tcichlng. or
executive pilnelpals lu 'fchools of more
tlnn twenty -four divisions"
There enn bo no uniform educational
POlleV throughout the uvptetn unlit the
I open list of t-xtbooksls dono .ivv.iv with.
Mi Wolf pointed out A closed list
providing tho same book for every pupil
in tho S.no 7, Z ne'v ry s hoo.' was
tho Ideal system for the. elementary
tclmoN hoH.,1.1 """'"""
tchnoW, ha .ild
I The district superintendents were de
I fended by Mr Wolf He declared they
had made every tlfort to effect savings
I In tho sy item
, The cliuco tint tie suneilntendents
of rthools In lug dues tended to be
come compilers or statistics was born'1
out by Mr Wolf He Intends to pn
vent duplication of useless Ilgures us
now iHMKU py tin. Uoird of lMucation
11 1 Ccotaiy, the prlntl
vUll be cut off. h said
the printing appropriation ,
I Appointment of a supervisor ot high
I reboots to rank with tho Superintendent
1 of ihooIs Is advocated bv tho piesldent
I of the board Ho v.ould also leduee the
I number cf assocl ito superintendents
j from (ho to four If this proved suc
cessful, ho would favor reducing this
1 muiibti to three
I A further cvtenslon ot the modified
I C. iry plan now In uso In tlm stpel
School, SUteenth and Cayuga streets,
which ho Inslnled 011 cilling tho nro-
grosIvo syitem" was preduted by Mi.
, Wolf He cipect 1 to estend this to all
of tho elementary tchools on tho city
now having pupils on part time
I The public sehooM are far from per-
feet, was Mr. Wolff admission How
lever, he said they compared most fa
.vor.ibly with the schools In any other
largo city
"If we are to comparo tho public and
in- privato schools of Philadelphia."
hi s-vld, 'the privato fc'iooIs would suf
fer In consequenre N'o privato school,
operated on a flmncli! basis, could af
ford to glvo their pupils what wc glvo
them In tho public schools '
!P.R.T.
United Business Men Com
plain of Inadequate Service
and Other Faults
Inadequate service nnd a number of
other shortcomings aro named In a
complaint ni ide ng.ilnst the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Compiny today before
the Public Service Commission nt Iftr
rl'hiirc by the United Business Men's
1 Usnclntlon of Philadelphia. Word of
the netlon taken bv the oiginlratlou
. wax lef'ived here this afternoon
Th petition which wis profcnted be
fore tho commission bv 1" O-car
lieaslev, counsel for the asrockitlo'i, Is
J voluminous Among other things It
charges tint the compinv lias fewer
I cars In operation than some years ago,
I that It refused to make needed Improve
ments, dcii.lte tho fact that it had a
surplus of $2,500 000 ict aside for re
' pairs and replacements It .iIbo con
I tended that half-filled cars frequently
J failed to stop for passengers
1 The city of Coatcsville also asked for
'physical valuation today of the proper
I ties of tho Wist Chester Street Railways
, Company on tho ground that Its Increased
1 fare In Coatesvllle Is excessive, Tho
' charge Is made also that the advance In
faro Is not in accord with tho provisions
of tho company's franchlso ordinance.
It is further charged that the Increase
of rates between West Chester and
Downlngtown is uncalled for, the com
pany now having a surplus of more than
$4000 In Its treasury. Tho complaint
also asks that the commission compel It
to recognize transfers from the Cones
toga Traction Company, the terminus of
which adjoins the end of the West
Chester company's line.
TO AVERT LABOH DISPUTES i
Confcrenco Suggested Hero Now on
in Washington
Plins to avert further labor troubles
for the period of the war are being
disclosed today at a conference In the
ofllce of Secretary of Labor William II
Wilson, In Washington Rcpresentitlvs
of tho I'hllidelphla Builders' Kxeinnge
and of the- Nntlonal Assoelitlbii of
Builders' Exchanges left here this
morning for tho ineitlng The conference
was Hist nronosed In resolution!, mtont.
eel by tho Philadelphia Master Builders'
exchange, which wubsequently wcio In
dorsed by the national association
.Tho Philadelphia confeices nre Joseph
M Steele. lM'vanl Lunton. Horaen 11.
r Uunell and John It Wiggins.
TWO HELD AS BOOTLEGGERS
Charge Thoy Sold Liquor to U. S.
Mnrino
Accused of selling Intoxicants to n
marine. William llngelman Vine street
near Ninth, and Clarence Heller, a for
mer worker nt the Naval V Jl C A ,
wero arraigned before Commissioner Ed
munds at the l'ederal Building today.
They were held under $500 ball each
lor court .
Tim two men aro alleged to havo sold
tho liquor for the sum of twenty -live
cents at Ninth and Arch streets last
night to tho marina sergeant who was
used as a decoy to catch such men.
TOO T.VTK FPU Cf. SSI I'll' 1 10 V
IIFIP VI WITD VIAt.i:
HKCHLTAIIY Association secretary, male:
must be live wire; principal dullest Corre
spondence, publicity ami promotion; man with
newspaper experience prsferrcdi sportlnr re
porter. Call on L. W Hutehlna. lino Wat.
nut. I' to 10 p. in . Thursday, cr write.
nKATHS
NICIIOI.SOK March (1.
TltOS. O . hus.
hand of thaTfate Karah Nicholson, sued &0,
Ilelatlvra apd. frlendj Invited to funeral
services. 8t.. lis, m.. Sells lirovrn st.
private, llemalna may bo viewed Krl.,
int.
7 td
n n
, HMNKS.lfsrch 5.
m.
LOUISA W.. widow
I A complete rcornntotlon -of tho MI. I J' mucniuo. riuw K minufae-' J ;' M, ; C,?; ' ' ' -,,,,," ..coIVn0a;a,B, f 1
WM.r "tT ?d,C;!,5nrt,1adnX,!1 .nC ,.. de; PX
iiimin.iuon or MiperUfinc pnncipii', - "fi um mu imuiic win , nnoid Th mnnjfneturtr ncrrcii thnt If i ., 7-..n fn. .1 on tho hntoili tii.rV ...., n
dl.trlct Miperl.,tcnde..l, and associate experience Kreat ,uffrlnB during the ' ' rerte. hi. riant umTvrMM ",snt h" 'f tomr."ntl,cl ,"mall' ",aib and tho fillurn of h. Inl ', '"f le,9
upirlntcndiMitK In their nl ee he would i coining Hummer from lack of lee fnim In! i . !2Vl turrra "' T1" 1f '" llI,,H nml u hM not ben foUml I'0',!'lb,1, ,,"' V,', "uro ho police to catch
Hl-polnt JeaehTnB prl ncl.nls ...d forty ' Npparently .he lev. nrmufac.urera do o5 A? nSi'P.rtuifflr ?. '. " "' "-"'" -elrabl- - the till e
ooinuuui in mp uellueIlItIl. inn t" i mu uui niwucr inriouiv." ia i if i ., n --.-v.. .. vu-k v civmnun -
'Tho superintendent's .'.enalmen' UU ' tons cf lee an amount whlrh wnni.l
must be reorganized. Mr Wolf ciUl not U-t thro weeks during tho hot I 'ln prw?ij un&rsfoo: i trVt "ti I. ' f,0.?? ,m
' MntlV nt llin ratiltu n,1ir,-ntr,l In Mr WflltllLT ninl vr., ,h. nt ...T,l - r.n,t of tl.Anufuctir . rtn 1 (Uptrlbutlftn durh.E little rloU
Mnrtin will follow the .Imnges wo hope effort whitev.r to provide additional durinS l,, "mrM.erVuken'lnto I r,11113'1'1: '!
LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 7. 1918
! ice manufacturers here give
LITTLE HEED TO
e! arte "Tbcv admit that there Is sior
age p.o in Vllt'.ideluhl i foe oi v 170..
inch .
, mlrltt be obtained at present
"Tliny a-.crt that new buildings for
the storage of lee could not be built In
time to take care of tho required amount
of natural Ice, and this argument may
be a sound one Put they also assert
that no old ImlMllis could be convmed
Into ten btiiti house. Thiy are making
I ",',.
?',,
ti locate unv sueli bulldlnea
They in not bringing from the l'crslomen
I ??" ?'"' "T " Mral
ll p ""'",""1 Impoit.d In-t yc..r Thei
'are 11. ikltiir no effort tr. gel supplies ot
naluial lie from nny other tlelds They
aert that it would b Impossible to
Bet tupplles from the i'ocono district,
both li.-i.ause of tho higher fi eight rate
from that dltt-let and beeiuso th-- Po
eonn he I'onc-ins one n djty to their
regular customers and not to the phlli
dilphla public I.v en ureeptlng this
elimination of the Pocono supplies tho
I'hllidelphla I e di tier aro not lifting
", ' ""V r n w tn' " IJ. . of
1 this city
"h n 1 msequence, the public '
bound to "iiffcr this summer. If the
I food adinliilst atloii stands bv lis warn-
1 Inrf thit supplies of ammonia must be
1 cut off from 1. 1 and refrigeration plints
this sumiuei en nt 1-t't limited It Is tho
people of Phllidtlphia who will suffer.
not tho h ite.."-r
(iiAtu r.ii f linn 1 1 1 1 111
The mmufnc-
justlflc.tlon for
advanelmr tli'-'r mien. Hospitals may 1
be tho llrt to h seived with tho sup- 1
plv of leo RV.illabl. and It Is a xrlm '
tact tint hospital w III need to bo served
If the gni.-.al pulllc ennnot obttln ire, 1
sickness 'rom pcrlshabl 1 focd. which
will dcteriorat In the hot weather, will
(111 thj hosplt Is to overflowing
m:.v v ni "Povsinii.iTY
"What w III t " Mif ilath rite of babies
and young tlilMriii o'l account nf hut:
of ice for in'lk" Wbit will be tit In
creaso In t-pli.'il mes" This Is tho re
sponslbllltv n tit- 01, tho Ico conci rn
of Phllaibb) i', 1'id they talk about
the Ink of t 11 'go spiei In this rlty, ns
If that in -use were hutllclent to absolve
them e.t leipon dblllty.
"It tli Government reeds all supplies
of nmtnonl 1 1 11 i'tc inuuttlona for the
! Amerlran tioops t the font tint Is all
1 thero Is to it I 1 itu" protect tho
Interests of private rnnsu iers of am
monia. Nor dots It absolve the be
manufacturer 1 1 si thit the siitrniLnts
of tho Govern"ieia need for aminemlv
aro cxaggeiated l pj-i what do thev
base their as-upntlon tint the food ad
ministration Is e.vpi estimating the grav
ity of tho situation '
"The warning" In ngard to the Im
pending shortage have oomo from the
food administration ilnce November last
And yet, with 01.lv ti scant two or three
weeks left In whlih natural Ice can
possibly oe seemed, what effort has
been made to lay lo upplle-s of natural
Ice? What can b. 1,0110 In this brief
spaco of time renul li.j "
WARN! Me P. I tlHMIST
to the 'erluilMie 1 ' the situation
1 hirles VV Meirllr h d ' f the chemi
cal de-iMiliiieut ot Hi f'od ndmintetia-
tlon stated on
!
lire .Ur .1 lu .i letter i( j,U, ln, purified Itself by rcmair- l'1" o.t.perated and i-dueed tho num-luloi-
of tho intlon ,nB frocn for ft MUHeient length of time, er o ' -''"ntH o Ien tj This was nn-
my aelv' f Peeember ltle Urease In the amount of n aural nu ..'J administrator
to the lee asvnU
' l'urther 10
17 It is stated to iw that main of the
lee minuf wturer-e fiimd the erroneous
conclusion that at tnu end of 'ty diys
the amnuiiU ultuttlcn v nuld be relieved
and thaton this a 1.011m the same lack
of eo-operatlor. from th Uen ot artifi
cial Ice and natut.il li-c Inua-tries con
tinues to exist.
"It is repeated Pitt nes of am
nion! 1 to Ice-produ-lnir p 1 , breweries
and bottling worke - 1 ustrlcted.
and will probably ha 1 t- further re
stricted, particularly m " 1 itural ice.
belt. In explanation of th's you are
advised Unit the rriiulreiiieiiu of o.umo-1
t f n mni.inl Mm. titia-iiit-jt- fur ill. 1
nla fur amn.unltluii ptirpiie, for May
nre three times the unioiint reepilred In
I'tbruary, anil Hint these- reeiulren.ents
Increase continuously up to .feat De
cember, In vvltleli month the. nre seven
time the amount required for Teh
runry." The attitude of the Go-crunient I'l ic-
gard to agreements enteicd h.to to re
strict the use of amnion! i as expounded
to the Ico trade by Mr Murlll. Is thit
the Sherman antl-tru't law 1- u'jt vie. 1
latcd by tho formul itloii nf .mv agree-'
ment between tho Govirn ieni Hself and
Individual producers or tr uli rs Work-'
YOU'LL LAUGH!
DOESN'T HURT TO
LIFT CORNS OUT
Magic! Costs few cents!
Just drop a little Freezone on
that touchy corn, instantly it
stops aching, then you lift the
bothersome corn off with the
fingers. Truly! No humbug!
Try Freezone I Your drujtijt
tellt a tiny bottle or a few cents,
lufBdent to rid your feet of every
hard corn, toft corn, or corn bc
twecn the toes, and callu.es, with
out ct article of pain, tortfiHi
2 J
imi
SHORTAGE PERIL
Thi.-i nt. .-
riu"nr;,i .Vlf tfo'iVrV dlSi;? tM? ,
.tl l"or' ,h;,n n rntiaiii nrl.nnce I
rs.v.M'.ra'Lo" '?..-"r","!i!.i: vi'. . nsu. 1
tleutrUtlmlur" "1'1 dl"trll,ul"'n t ny iar-'n the way will permit of the full real
I'mirth 11,. !,,., n.,... .., -j.,.,. Illation of tho food administrations e-
,r'.,8,r "" ihst he v.lll rnilrKvor ti n-
BOtlntd arvnit with other Ice mnnufae-1
lutern tn tlm
ml II., t a rupply of HriincUl
ten will I avail-ill" to aunly tlie cun-1
o;iii-rs 01 nn inanurtirturer who clones nis
llant
urin Th 1 nllej Ftat fenl dmlnltr
tor i.fc,rrd tht thn ininufirturer mj
onpn his nlKnt Infirm Atiril t. 11 is f
7,
rhojld U ucvi-s,iri In r-i!fr to fit his Ptnn-
Ii.j'i-ib ovn thnur'i hl Hnt mny be 1hIb
niiel In the iittnchtd hrludul" us ono of
l III 34 1 1 V riOSFU
tp.usting no luck itnr.r;
This sgreement was signed by the Ice
manufacturers of New York, but has
not yet teen signed by tho Philadelphia
minufaclurerN. ilthough their failure to
npprovn of It his not oceisloned dlb
iinnolntniet t ni tb tifirf nf .,.. frt..l ...
- - - , - -' vi. ...- .
ministration On the contriry, a letter
was recent'.v wrlttrn by Mr llurdy to
..... . .-.-., 11111111111; urjuw. inn mo j-iiuu-
iLp,J.,il,"'.i."llu.i' M. "r."-,1"" l1?"'1 ,
would jirefer that e,il at,soelitlons of
Jeeiwork .,t'byUee, .
plms for conserving ammonia, and the
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Plants to tins ena
The preamble to the agi cement ub-
tnltted to the Philadelphia m.inuttctureis
Pointed out tint 'gr.-it e.onomy in the
usc "f aminonli will lesult If, In nnd I
around tno city of I'hllaelelphli, a few
minufacturcrs of leo run their plants
lu" "mo 111 ine tncie seavon u.siena 01
the inanuacluj-crs running their
Plmtg ptrt time, nnd this e onomv can
1p accomplished without diminishing tho
.inioiiiii 01 it's proeiuvu
Apparently the local Ice concerns are
'tniElIng to luck' tint thy will bo
nbl- to get cuoui.h ammonia and that
the-y will not need to rely on natural
tee
vo nwnnn is- natural ici:
l.ocil minufncturers of urtlllcial Ice
profesj no objection to the use of nat
ural lc , If storage ipice could bo found
for It "t would t.ct hesltalo to give
111lur.1l lt to mv own wife and chll
driu,' said ono ofllcl 1 of tlio American
Ico Company, if I could get It There
Is absolutely no dj-igtr of contamln.
t'on from natunl Ice. As Doctor Sparks
tho eminent New York bacteriologist,
points out. 90 per cent of any bacteria
in leo Is elestroyed lu the llrst twenty
four hours of free7lng, virtually all the
rest is dertrod within a wnk, and. tf
the Ice remains in stoiagj three months
thero is absolutely no baetirli left In
It. I dont believe a single case of
s.ckm-HH has ever been traced to tho
use of natural Ice. Nothing can be
purer than mountain Ice, .Nature can't
bo Improved upon.
Artificial Ice Is absolutely pure when
It leaves the freezing tank, but no one
can certify to the purity of Its surface
alter 11 lias nern nunuieei ny nny num
bcr of Individuals and has been carried
tl rough tho streets The only thing is
that whatever Impurities may alight on
Its surfaco will wash eft as tho Ice
irells.
"Mtl.oush to mv mind there Is no
lioh o between artitlolal loo and nalur.-l !
ice oDtainiuio lor use in i-nuaueipnia
this year may bo expected
"Even though only "u.000 tons it
natural leo caino from tho Perklomeii
lnr.hnn., ln.f v.ir which hive 1 fa.
store houses last year, wnicn tiave a ca-
paclty of 170.000 tons, and almost none
at all from the Pocono storehouse',
which have a capacity of 500,000 tons,'
we cannot look for larger shipments
from those fields They havo been sell-
Ing their supplies elsewhere than In
Philadelphia for somo years, and It Is
tholr duty to continue supplying their
..mi.- Minm... v annn, in fn...
nes3 e-p,ct (hem Xo sacrtfloe their regu-
s ... ... . .
iar customers ana sena tneir entire
supply to Philadelphia, Nor could they
be blamed If, agreeing to meet an un-
BiTHUHEM
Internal Jk GearDme
Want it today ?
He bought a truck last week to be
delivered in April.
It wasn't a Bethlehem. Then he
read a Bethlehem ad, arranged for a
trial, bought a 2'i-ton and it's in usc
today.
Pays him a profit of JJS20.00 per day.
Over J56CfO.OO saved by not waiting
and the Bethlehem truck costs con
siderably less than the other. The
other isn't really though any better
truck.
Wc sold sixty in February.
"SSJJWS
mini nio iJnce VIlC uiihiku HIV ..,..
customer
viitMi le. iirmipht hero from tlio
Maine llelils would probably ot SO or
$7 a ton nt th v.harves, e-ven If banreii
i.. . ., ...A. i...... .v... .. n, , trill Ire
lfc ,n eff i tin lint who itv ... - -
"n nd the Ice manufacturers are , myV.
ing every effort to co-operate, will, vjo
Inlstratlon. and wlilie inero 11
loubt that all available storago
tit he filled before the end 01
tl.kMit ... ,IM n,,,i.i no.itton
"' "".:r ". u ". '..r :":...,. iiffl.....ttCH
pectatlons on the score of ammonia con-
, ,,nH 1.1 .v.,, ,. nt natural Ice
' ., .
As to tho harvesting of Ice this jour
nal says
"Reports throughout the country in
d'entc cUreme dltllcultv and consider.
lie extri expense in larvcstlug natural
tec owing to the cold weather, libor con
ditions and unusually heavy snows
throughout the Hut several wicke Op
el atlons as a rulo aro on a basis of
100 per cent expcne and 25 per cent
results
i.v Tin: poco.no nit.TP.icr
Conditions In the I'ocono district are
dorcrlbed hy the Mountain Ico Com-
..itvi
n.inv
of 'Iloboken. N. J . one of tho
iirgest harvesters of the Pocono supply,
fis rouovrs
Owing to tho extremely beavv ice
and frequent nowfalls, w nio e-xpcrl-
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preventing us from running anywhere
iirnr iuu e'H.)aciij luraoui, o .11....
S? " "SE.fW.A-t' rolyT
. Hbe f fl( our iapHCx huti ,.
urallv owing to adverse conditions, at
, ,. i,i,h.ne w, h,(nrmatlin sc
have, all opraton In nnd about this
Eertlou are operating under the same
handicap If, understand that In mrnij
mcalltir In .oull.fm New Jersey, tfl-
iiarr nnd the I'erMnmen ttlstrlct the
harvester nre vrell toward the comple
tion of operations."
The American ;oo Company Is the
only concern tn Philadelphia which
maintains Its own forco of men and
watruiiH to deliver Its manufactured Ice."
said the omclal previously quoted. It I
does this tor Its customers' benefit, for
there Is no profit to the company In
maintaining this service. So far as we
aro concerned, we would be willing to
give it up tomorrow "
PLANS TO l.nSSEN COST
Plans to reduce the cost nf Ice by ef
fecting economies tn Its delivery,
tlirouirli combining the delivery service
of dealers serving the tamo routes arc
under consldcrXtlon by tho commercial
ironom" boinl of tho Council of Na
tional Defense. On this point Mr Mer
ih says- "It might bi possible for the
food administration to mako Individual
agreements with various ice elealers that
they would allow their product to be
dlrti United through an agency designat
ed by the food administration "
Palllrg the adoption of such a plan,
n elemanel for Increaseel wages on the
part of Ice wagon drivers nnd helpers
during the coming season will give oo-
caslon for the Ice concerns to advance
the pi Ico of Ico still further
REDUCE ICE PLANTS ,
TO CONSERVE FUEL '
lo
the purpofo of raving fuel foil.
nuiaiturt.i't firms of Phllidelphli
-J he iee-maniiraetuilng e-tibllshments
he said, binught about the reduction
voluntarily It Is still i serious prob-
h-m to obtain cnougli coal 1 for the twenty
tlrilU, .ICe-ordlng tO Ml I.Owls, and Un-
, , b t h , b
ice shortage
Town Buvs Water Works
HUNTINGDON, Pa, March 7 Pol-
ing the examnlo of tho municipality
of Huntingdon which recently purchased
tho entire plant of the Huntingdon
Water HuDPly Company for S117.C84.
ine iiorioiHii .'. iHuuni .jiiiui. riuicu
deal yesterday for the purchase of tho
p'ant or tne aiouni union water worn
p,any for
tho approximate sum of
S1S9.000.
Overland Harper Co.
14-16-18 S. 21st Street
ROTAN BLAMES POLICE
FOR THEFTS OF AUTOS
political Influence will be nblo lo save
r.urnunei uoyei a nepro barber, of Lom
bard street near Twentieth, accused of
stenllng numerous automobiles. Detec
tive charge Hovel Is the head of a syn
dliiete of aiitomobllo thieves
Mthough Loyd has hem arrested six
teen times, acccrdlng to I.eteetlves Ilcck
nun and Trlend, only In one instnneo
did ho servo n sentence Recently ho
was convlcteeJ of larceny nnd receiving
stolon goods, but Ins nked for a new
trial.
'The streets of PhlltdelphU are not
properly protected nnd tho conditions
here nio verso than nnv time slnco I
assumed odlee," asserted tho District
Attorney "My statement before elec
tion relative to tho demoralized condi
tion of the police department still hold
gooer The city ought tc have morn po
licemen and moro detectives. Policemen
havo told mo that they could not bo
expected to do their dulv faithfully
when they did not know how- long thev
wculd be nblo to hold their Jobs. There
aro many good men on tho forco and
thero are others who protect places In
stead of forcing compliance with the
laws"
During a meeting at tho Chamber of
Commerce, Jacob Goldsmith, of the firm
of Joseph GoleLsmlth & Co , of 438 North
Thirteenth street, dcclired tho thieves
were- directed by 'a master inliul" and
that their operations were a systematized
business enterprise Ho said that tho
leader of tho band was recently arrest
ed In New York, but was dismissed be
cause of lack of evidence.
A committee consisting of Mr Gold
smith and Joseph Karr, of Simuel Stern
bergcr &, Co, was appointed to obtain
tho sanction of tho Chamber of Com
merce for the employment of privato de
tectives to run down tho thieves.
JERSEY BRIDGE BOARD
NAVIES PHILADELPHIAN
'
Charles It. Bacon Mado Sccretaiy of
Commission to Build Span
Over Dcluvvaio
Charles R Bacon, a Philadelphia
new t paperman. was elected setretaiv
of the New Jersey Bridge and Tunnel
Commission todav at a meeting at Tren
ton The position carries a salary of
lir.00 ,i year
The commission will supervise the
ereetlon of .1 hrldgo over the Delaw art
River from Ctinilen to Philadelphia, nnd
a tunnel under tho Hudson River from
Jcisey e its to New York The commis
sion created by three bills Introduced
bv Speaker of tho House Charles R
Wolvertoii. of Camden, In tho last Leg
islature, decided to hivo permanent
headquarteis at the Capitol
The Eolith Jersey members of the
commission wire design ited as n com
mittee, to negotiate with the members
of the- Pennsylvania Bridge Commission
on the Delaware bridge project The
members nro Samuel TJ Prench, of
Catndi n , Richard T Colllngs, of Col-
ijapiP shade and Daniel
ion, of Woodbury.
iingswoou, Thomas J s Barlow, of
I Hcndrlck-
Wcstvillc Man Dies Hero
t Whll" at work carrying ashes tod ly
from tho engine room of a restaurant
at 120ri Chestnut street William .1
Rvin. sixty-nine years old of Westvllle
J. was telzed with a henrt attack
He died In tho arms of Louis Smith,
the engineer, before an ambulance could
be summoned
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Senate Committee Won't1
rcct Gnrbarino to Surrcnd
Tageblatt Papers to Haji
WASHINGTON. March tVTHS
Hy unanimous volo tho Senate iAW' 1
propriatlons Committeo today reportetrfbifei '
measure authorizing the Qov ernment .frv i
rcll all alien enemy property In Mpy
country c?
Tho Government's nurnose In aAtm'tji
for this measure Is tb weed out entire
rtermnn Inter-,. I., .1. t...t.- .-..,..-'
' """ '" "" -'""--u Dwisflfcarj
mo committee was told In effect by A.--WJ
Mitchell Palmer, alien property evWf',VvtS
.-' . t1U-.1
noiner amendment auihorlr.es Mlj-JJ
purchase of steamship piers nt Ilobpltiflw' M
owned by German lines. J K?
.-., ...o imer ic ne resold unaTjf,
.iiu ecnciai pun oi uquiuatirg all atr J1,
man Interests They aro to bo used bfP'"
tne oovernment during the war an W,
their (I,rmnn n. nr in . li... ."T1
v -" ""' "oi Kei lOe'jiii ,
purchase money until peace comes. 'iiJ :
The Senate committee In n few daVftNl
Oarbarlno lo appear before the Mm,Ti
mltteo to testify and to bring the Tate.- 1
blntt naners with him ..,. irT-ft&ti
said todiy . Wyi
Tim committee will lnvestlate UitiicJ
Tageblatt case to determine what i -'i
any. connecilon tho German-AmerlcanMi'
Alll.inee hnr. ...i If n...i ..l. W,,-'e
-; :- "'M nnai ennecs. a,vsa
tlon the newspaper and the alliance liadojjvi1
vviiu tno uernian uovernment. - r?ViV
The committeo probably will resume ''
lls Investigation of the National German- Jfvfi
American Alllanco next Saturday, and 'sK 'j
exne-cts to put Adolnh Tin .f m,iu. rt',-..,a
delphla. secretary of the alliance. oM'eifetl
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