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.-I'fPHREE times within twenty-four hours,
5s,ln addresses and Interviews here,
;,? Charles M. Schwab used the word "damn"
'$5-used It quite frankly for the tang and
renlng it gave his sentence.
'JTha word has an appeal of Its own. It
!.;,KM music and force. One can hardly talk
ine Kaiser without seizing on it. me
SBtigt. There are in legitimate English
l'Ata adequate for any shade of meanlrg.
"fr any degree of force. But they aren't
."preifane. And it is for the suggestion of
'jyrnanlty that the average speaker achei
'hen he has to discuss the Tun. NVthl g
less will do.
i-AAre we to be forced into a state of mind
iVthat will make profanity popular at teas
"ii-mrifl in the best families?
fcl . f0 ll enil a. nf.lc nilil. ta hUh inf
tjiUfr' w. a ii cuu n ui us iiivii n iui,ii c it
aKhined, that saddest are these- "It might
7liATi been binned."
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me TUfc VULUANIU HATTLELINE
i .T?UDYARD KIPI-ING ont-' to,d us that
f(-"''ne song or a tnrobwng engine was
Wtrtdlty, rigidity, rigidity!" Toch has
ts-; revised th.it refrain. "Flexibility, flpvllillltv.
Fti5xlbillty!" is the chant of his tireless
lhliyn a movement all their own, but It is
f-incessant. Not only tne enslaved parts of
PrmnM. hut nlsn RtlltrnTln nml PjlpQtinp
IfJ. crack under that pressure Sofia's re-
PJiportea cry ror an armistice has the ring
pvjOttja despairing authenticity. Rigidity of
UhJ war situation was that corrupt
"mplre's" only salvation. It has vanished
,w.
tSjISJthi full scope of the new Franco-
rlcan drive which he has launched be
en Rhelms and Verdun and the sharp
h offensive south of the Sendee
Fr. has yet to be seen, but there
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rjWS,uuB iiiuiifrujuieiy uuvious purpose
l.' II V l -. rL ...
. iHjj ii uwij is crar, ine unnagging
marshal's foremost Intent Is to prevent the
t( front from becomlnir con-rpnlort When It
i ''flattens out in one place he promptly pro
cee4s to make It curve, twist and wriggle
Jim- another. Flux and flexibility of line
OMa cardinal principle of his strategy.
;.jleanlnp; out the Augean stables was a
i; minor xasK comparea witn tne problem
;i.Germany now faces of removing the rest
, ,')ines8 from that squirming line from
rvJBelfort to the sea.
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BJ5v. An aviation news note from the battle
f.irtt informs us that "U. S. editors are in
TUt air." Xot nearly so hleh un. hnnrntr
P'itftlwlr German foe craftsmen.
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', LINES OF SCANT RESISTANCE
OOLICITUDE for the welfare of enlisted
IVrfnan hnn nrnmntol tlm nnni
' Wftion of -which is still in abeyance, of
a warmer cuy -ary zone, within a circle
."Nwlww center is' the FlrstReeiment Armnrv
; avBjBroad and Callowhill streets. Without
jappujrnlng the excellent motive of this
'feWiirtftlon, It may De questioned whether
ieTtnary lines, which may be crossed
.SMihoilt IntprfprjtnrA hni-a oi- t.AA. nHn
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I'.ilmm of Intense respect.
g- 'The Hunting of the Snark" puts the
VfiM mis way;
5,-WHafs the use of Mercators,
. JfiRi'ofth Poles and equators.
'Ji-'TropIc sones and meridian lines.
j,jgjTnU3 tne Bellman would cry
wAnl his crew would reply.
f2f aoj ais merely cuneniionai signs.
' JiJM arld ring around the armory predi-
w moisture on tne nitner side of the
-jatrcumrerence. it's an easy walk from
K CMOwhlll street to Chestnut street, and
h Jiyj.jear of tripping over an invisible line
leftist as groundless as that of being tan-
up In the Tropic of Capricorn.
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.lor me aiayor seem to be winning a
;uit-increasing faor,
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AN ILL-INFORMED MUGWUMP
NRY FORD has told the Michigan
Democrats that if elected to the Sen-
Mt, will hold himself entirely free to
t, ucn measures as commend them-
'to his own judgment and will be
jby no party obligations.
another man, equipped with knowl-
.Cand experience, such a declaration
Be splendid. It Is really what every
it Senator makes to himself. If
'kkl constituents. But when Henry
faays that he will fol ow his own
t one is forcibly reminded of his
'peace-ship venture, and wonders
the Michigan voters are anxious
Represented In Washington by such
.formed Innocent.
-. ord had promised to follow the
the President, Michigan would have
;what to xpect. The mugwumps
century were tnen wno Knew
'.'about politics and political ls-
Vhen they asserted their Inde-
they kne'w what they were going
Jr; Rut nobody, perhaps not
Weir. Knows what Mr.-
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M e the great questions
w nMist. answer In the next
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MORE HONORS HEAPED UPON
HIS HONOR MAYOR SMITH
This Time, Though, He Csnnot Attribute
Them as Coming From Factional Rivals
as in Frog Hollow Cases
TVTAYOR SMITH, like any other dc
"A fendant charged with crime, however
despicable or heinous, is entitled to a
full hearing: and free opportunity to offer
n defense. So with the latest of the mul
tiplying criminal offenses presented
against him, in this instance by the Play
grounds" Association, it is only -fair .to
await the trial nnd ultimate verdict,, on
the evidence alleging '.misfeasance -and
misdemeandr in office, by ,the( afMUary
and abusive' methods through' which'he
landed-E. R. Gudehus-in the'jobof super
visor of recreation.
But it. is not amiss to -Roint out sqnje
of the significant facts- relating to' .the
case ns they-have appeared 'publicly and
remain thus far unchallenged, although
widely reported in the news columns of
the local press.
First of all, it is obvious that the facts
set forth in the affidavit for the warrant
haling the Mayor before Magistrate Car
son nre based mainly upon statements
made by him to Rabbi Berkowitz, Miss
Ross and other members of the Recrea
tion Board during the time when he was
trying to coerce them into disobeying the
plain spirit of the civil service law, if
not its intent. Here it will bj! difficult
for His Honor to dodge or evade. It
will be his word against these highly
reputable persons, whose standing in the
community cannot be impugned by blus
tering assertions of "political persecu
tion," for they do not represent partisan
factions even remotely.
These ousted members declare circum
stantially that the Mayor brutally in
formed them of his purpose to ride rough
shod over the civil service rules in de
fiance of law and the common decency
which ought to be expected of an official
directing the administration of a city as
great as Philadelphia. Ho would not
listen to reason or argument. He simply
had to find a job for Gudehus, and the
ndvice, opinion and experience of the
Recreation Board members were flouted
with cynical disregard of any proprieties
save those of the pettiest gangster.
So the issue is not complex or difficult
to frame. Either the Mayor must deny
flatly the words which these accusing
membe-s quote against him with such
minute detail, or admit that he said them.
If he denies well, it will be up to the court
having proper jurisdiction to determine,
in due course, which side is telling the
truth. If he admits, then the only re
course will be to attempt to escape re
sponsibility on a technicality or legal
quibble, which is not at all beyond the
possibilities, although the average man
appreciating the dignity of the Mayor's
office would never consent to such a
method of answering se-ious charges
against his integrity and honor.
But, judging solely from the text of
the affidavit, the prosecution ought not
to be limited to the Mayor alone. It
is clearly alleged that the Mayor "did
wrongfully and in abuse of his official
position and power induce, require and
compel William H. Kreider, secretary of
the Civil Service Commission." to alter
the advertising for applicants for the po
sition in a way specially to favor Gude
hus. If there was any illegal connivance
in this commission, whose chief purpose
supposedly is to prevent political favorit
ism, it is the duty of District Attorney
Rotan to take official cognizance and con
duct an investigation that will expose
conditions to the core.
The public spirit of those active lead
ers in the Playgrounds Association who
are back of the Mayor's arrest is to be
commended. They deserve a vo.te of
thanks from the people for their courage
in attacking this outrageous action of a
Mayor whose course in office has become
a shame and humiliation to every Phiia-
delphian who prizes the good repute of
the city. Not this time, as in the Frog
Hollow stench, can His Honor dismiss
his accusers with the cry that they are
inspired by malice born of factionalism.
Champagne Is undoubtedly going up in
price and the Hun is finding it more costly
than any one else who er tried to ac
quire It.
THE NEW DANGER THAT CONFRONTS
US
OTTO H. KAHN is in the unfortunate
position of a man always suspected of
speaking for special interests. His con
nection with the banking house of Kuhn,
Loeb & Co. has caused him to be regarded
as the spokesman of Wall street. Yet
Mr. Kahn has frequently put Into words
the views of men who have no connection
with Wall street whatsoever.
He has done this most effectively In his
address before the American Bankers' As
sociation in Chicago today, copious ex
tracts from which are printed in another
column on this page. His warning of the
danger of bureaucratic paternalism after
the war Is most timely, not because It
comes from him, but because the danger
actually menaces us. There are Influential
men In the Cabinet who are committed to
extending government control over indus
try and to making It permanent. They
would take all great semi-public enter
prises from the control of the men under
whom they have been developed and turn
them over to government officials, and
they would build up a bureaucratic system
in Washington.
The glory of America In the past has
lain in the freedom of opportunity for
every man to develop himself and his
business to the utmost, confident that he
would enjoy the rewards of his labors.
Under this we have produced the finest
railroad system in the world. We have
developed a telephone systemso well man
aged that th'ere Is a telephone In the. home
of every well-to-do family and In the
homes of millions of families of moderate
nC0me. We have strung telegraph wires
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across tne continent una miuw. uio cas.
We have developed the material resources.
' th.y.euj.t!y unjl ,wJ
steel than any other nation. And we have
done the same thing In scores of Industries.
The greatest Industrial nnd social calam
ity that could happen would be the per
manent Introduction of the IneHcitnt
methods of the I'ostotrice Department Into
the management of all the . ttrprles that
can be descrlbed'ns semi-public
America must remain the land of oppor
tunity when the war ends. Tl abuses
which will Inevitably appear In the old
system of Individualism are sllgl
comparison jvll the eviU that will follow
tho destruction of all Incentives to lndl
vlduol initiative by the nbvjrptlqii. of busj
ntess by. gtiVernmeht' huroaUV
'fho Ionn, campaign' '.surmnarlzrd for
HUrdatid;, :'Blljlonj(t)bf:siiAt.'.but not 'one
cent for trlbuter."
PRdDlG.loVs ijEX AYACERrY AND.ITS
7' ""CONQUEST, ' '
IXTJib 'domain "of the prodigious, der
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"maTiy'f tj'boat 'garnpalgn U (inly 'over;
shadowed by the herculean methods with
which it Is being gradually nullified. Dis
passionately surveyed, the hopes of a voil
Tlrpltz and a von Cappelle may be seen
to have been by no means the maddest of
a mad nation. Since the war begnn the
Hun submarines have destroyed more than
21,000,000 tons of the world's commerce.
The total la staggering, far beyond his
torical precedent. As such an accom
plishment progressed Is It any wonder that
the directors of sea savagery believed their
power to be impregnable? The slip In
their calculations was only mnde when
they refused to reckon upon a marvel sur
passing their own.
The performance of this ultra-wonder
grows apace. What with yard production
and the miracles of antl-U-boat fighting,
civilization's net shipping losses In the war
have now been reduced to romethlng more
than 3,000,000 tons. The total Is pared
down each month. Britain's actual war
losses of vessels during August were les
than at any time since September, 191C.
The total sinkings. Including nil the Allied
and neutral nations, were 327,676 gross
tons. The monthly average, counting the
destruction since the conflict started, is
445,000 tons
The shrinkage in the tables is not yet
sufficient to justify calling the Sea wolf
menace negligible, but 203 American yards
with 1026 ways are now aiding In com
bating It. Joy over what has been done
and the conviction that In time the tri
umph will be complete win additional war
ranty in admitting the terrific force of the
blow which we had to meet. To think
otherwise would be to minimize heroic en
deavors which are Increasingly successful.
The new influenza may be Spanish, but
It impels us to lipuare the germ-man.
WHAT PENNSYLVANIA IS DOING
WE PRINT in another column a letter
from the Pennsylvania Coun. 1 Na
tional Defense reminding us that we did
not Include Its splendid work In our avow
edly Incot iplete list of he things which
this State is doing for the war. Other
equally efficient groups of men ai ! en
gaged in w.t work of one kind or another
who were not mentioned.
We estimated that 250,000 Pennsylva
nlans are now wearing the uniform of the
fnited Stntes. but Representative Robblns
has compiled figures which Indicate that
that number was much too small. On
September 12. he hays, we had supplied
306,908 men to the army and navy and
the marine corps and befo -e October 18
we shall contribute. 14,497 more, making a
total of 321,495 under the old laws. No
one knows how many more. will be called
to the service under the Ian extending the
age limits. But we do know that every
one .summoned will respond with alacrity.
A dairy and food In
vestigator charges
that some popular res
All the. DlfTerenre
In the World
taurants serve milk
mixed with water at ten cents a glass. Obvi
ously the dairy and food gentlemen do little
lunching out. Otherwise they would have
hit nearer the truth with the assertion that
some popular restaurants sell water mixed
with milk at ten cents a glass.
Mayor Smith, it would
seem to u, is n hum
ble candidate for the
lie's a Charter
Member
You - Can't - Get - By-With-H-Club
recently organized under stun
ning auspices by a well-known gentleman
with a withered arm and a more or less
permanent residence at Potsdam.
The news that the
True Freni-h Germans await Foch's
Courtesy pleasure was printed
just a few hours be
fore the announcement of the latest Cham
pagne offensive. They didn't have to wait
long
Yesterday's new move
Willi Iiaily toward the stronghold
Arts Thrown In of Metz was begun
two weeks after its
predecessor. Pershing's gallant crusaders
seem to be ghing the war a fortknlghtly
aspect. '
Von Hertllng, as Mr.
Lle and I lara Schwab said yester
day, lied and knew he
was lying. And he knew, too, that the rest
of the world knew he knew. Plainly, there
fore, on Hertllng is to be. pitied. The
trouble with him Is merely that he Just
couldn't tell the truth even if he wanted to.
Schwab predicts an ocean liner from
Hog Ieland every other day. Of course, the
launchless days will be the odd ones.
War veterans returning to Philadelphia
and landed in the chaos of Logan Square
are said to pinch themselves In order to dis
pel the Impression that they are back In
No Man's Land.
The Department of Agriculture declares
.hat Chicago Is sending away its bad eggs.
rJot all of them, however, while Mayor
Thompson remains In the Windy City.
Now is the time, says Schwab, to "trade
ships." Was Germany anticipating him
when she sought to swap Beven of her in
terned boats for the scores of Spanish ves
sels which she has sunk?
Germany Is HI with many diseases, but
so far as the personnel of the motionless
fleet at Kiel J concerned seasickness 'li cer
tainly, not one ,of. them-,.j,.
PRUNES AND PRISMS
Ballade of Drowsiness
T HEARD a young efficiency expert
Remark, "A man should never sleep y
by day."
When I heard this I felt a trifle hurt:
A nap does help to pass the time awayl
Upon the filing case my head I lay,
Massage my soul with slumber long
and deep
I must have been compact of drowsy clay,
fof nothing rcsts'"meqiit'e as much as
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f . i , 1 .t' rt . .
fTHB-bpssrhas ippiktimes 'ma'de a com
A a'jnTjht'cuit .' r '-'. .' .'.'."-
And jays heiwflViabbreviale'my a'y,
Therx-ifJiaye ttied;to maftf alvaliant flpurt
Ah'd JceerV the dear old Leth'argy'at.bay.
NqiiijeT) tMy-mindis,h.evj;'as' Vdrky,,
,i..nev.ejj:';ileed ttfcqunta'Tow.'of',sheep.
Uporivhiyr'omop'diskrhit'tlie.hay; -'
For 'nothing rests vie quite as muck'as
sleep.
STENOGRAPHERS have waited, all
alert,
To hear what grave dictation I might
say
Then suddenly my form becomes inert
And I collapse (to their intense dis
may). Though I have drunk black coffee by the
tray,
My vital tide won't rise above the
neap.
Upon my spine my head begins to sway
For nqthiny rests me quite as much as
' sleep.
Envoy
""O PILLOW, I with confidence assert,
Can beat three phone books piled
up in a heap.
Siestas should be public and overt,
For nothing rests me quite as much as
sleep.
Sinpalhy Appreciated
Nothing arouses feminine sympathy so
quickly en a man attempting to do house
cleaning. We made a feeble attempt to
put our desk in order this morning, and
the good new.s ran rapidly among all the
ladies in the office. Some of them even
came In. to watch-us.
After a short, sharp skirmish we retired
to previously prepared positions.
Stubble for Pegasus
How doth the little busy poet
Improve each shining stick.
Trimming the dally paper so it
May crackle to his wick.
And rendering a ghoulish gloat
When aught he finds to snick.
Anything from grlsettes to gristle
Is grist unto his mill:
His hovering shears cavort and whistle,
Stammers and snorts his will,
Headline or footnote ripe for missile
Just so he scents the kill.
Topics must be up to the second
That's a sine qua non;
But when this point is duly reckoned
His task is but begun
For how to choose when one is beckoned
By nothing underdone!
Too mortal timely: thata the trouble
Oh for a chestnut blight!
Fresh bulletins are mostly bubble
Which crumbles at a bite;
A sharp pen's wasted where a stub'll
Corral all one can write.
But come, the editor is raging.
That column's short an Inch;
So forrad with the camouflaging
And art for mart's sake clinch:
One cannot be forever paring
An Idea In a pinch!
STANLEY KIDDER WILSON.
According to his recent ad In this col
umn, Dunraven Bleak is the largest desk
cleaning contractor In the world, and some
of our readers may wonder why we Cld
not let Mr. Bleak have the contract for
mopping up our rolltop. The answer Is
that Mr. Bleak's firm did examine the
premises with a view to making an esti
mate, but we did not feel disposed to
accept his proposal. Here Is his letter:
Socrates, Esq.
Dear Sirs Our outside man has Just
returned after several days spent In ex-"
amining the premises mentioned In yours
of the 20th Inst. He is a very conscien
tious artisan, and he Reports that he was
unable to get quite to the bottom of the
problem, but that after three days of
severe study he can offer a fairly accurate
estimate of the work to be done. To
speak frankly, the Job Is one of consid
erable magnitude and calls for engineer
ing work quite out of the usual routine.
However, we would be glad to place our
entire resources nt our disposal. The
following schedule of operations would
cover the enterprise:
Preliminary operations, including sound
ings, dredging and geodetic survey, S days.
Tunneling and blasting, 2 days.
Erection of scaffolding and steam shovel,
S days. This part of the work is impor
tant, as unknown-treasures may be brought
to light, and'-it is necessary that this be
done trlfJiout damape.
ClaasllcaMon of unanswered correspond
ence, 3 days.
Itemoval and combustion of rubbish, S
days. Caterpillar tractor used for this.
Penetration of pigeon ho'.es by experi
enced workmen, 2 days.
Sand blast and vacuum hose in the little
right-hand drawer, 1 day.
Confidential examination of letters con
cealed under old straw hat in empty beer
bottle case under the desk, with abttract
of contents, 1 day.
Total time of operation, 16 days.
Workmen employed, 25.
Of course, the premises will be picketed
by armed guards while work Is proceeding.
Our terms for the whole Job, $10,000. If
you will take a 16 days vacation we shall
be glad to get started at once.
DUNRAVEN BLEAK. INC.
A resident of Lansdowne tells us of the
excellent epigram put over by Mr. E. A.
Mitchell, the secretary of the Lansdowne
Neighbors' Club, In his announcement of
the club's last meeting. Let's put It In
black-face type:
You can't drive a nail with a sponge,
no matter how hard you soak It.
What Every Woman Nese Knows
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A REAL "WAR" AFTER THE WAR
By Otto
Otto H. Kahn, of Kuhn. X.ocb d Co.. of
Ncio York, made an address before the
American Hankers' UsoclYiflon In Chicago
today, from whlcb the following pertinent
parojrropns are taken:
WHAT Is the underlying cause for the
phenomenon that our boys, taken from
the most diversified walks of life, brought
up In surroundings and in a spirit which
are the very negation of martial disposition,
became In an incredibly short space of time
soldiers of first-rate efficiency: that our busi
ness men, farmers, mechanics, college boys
are making competent, indeed excellent, offi
cers: that our West Pointers, taken from
small army posts or office positions in Wash
ington, were found qualified generally not
only to command large bodies of Iroops, but
that among them were discovered men fitted
when the emergency arose to plan and exe
cute the business undertakings of 'war on
a stupendous 'Bcale with a high, degree of
organizing and administrative ability?
I HAVE li'eard this debated a good -many
times lately, both In England and France,
and the consensus jf replies Is this: You
In America have always been a nation of
private enterprise and 'individual Initiative.
You have no caste.. or fixed class,. either -nrls-T
tocratlc or bureaucratic. You have given
almost unlimited, perhaps too unlimited,
scope to ambition, -ability, force. Imagina
tion hard work., Under the stimulus of
these conditions you- have Produced a race
daring keen, quick-witted, adaptable, self
reliant The American of. today, as we see
him in the officers apd men .of your forces
and In the business men we have met, is
the product of generations of sturdy Indi
vidualism." . ' .
The Frenchman would point out 'hat
France has had experience of bureaucracy,
governmental centralisation and paternalism
tor several generations. That system had
lamed enterprise, atrophied commercial dar
ing retarded the development of the coun
try' In Russia bureaucracy and paternalism,
nlus weak, corrupt and Inefficient autocracy,
had led to revolution, chaos and anarchy.
In Germany bureaucracy and paternalism,
nlus militarism and jurikerism, had resulted
n bringing untold misery upon the world
.. i... and inevitable disaster In the end
to the German people.
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1 a good many persons in France, as in
fireat Britain ana Aiuciu-a, " --
lleve that the era of Individualism, or, as
they prefer to call It, capitalism, has come
to an end and that an entirely new kind
of social structure will be reared after the
Thev are very active, sealous and eager,
these militant preachers of a new day. They
possess the fervor of the prophet allied often
Jo the plausibility and cunning of the dema
gogue. WE HEAR a good deal nowadays of "The
War After the War." That discussion,
to an extent. It seems to me. is premature.
But there Is one "war after the war for
which the lines are now being drawn, and
which, Indeed, the attacking party has aj
readv started, although It was- thecountry s
general understanding that until the war
against our extrnal enemy 1 won Internal
conflicts should be postponed; TJiat Is the war
of the motley army against those who believe
that the accumuiaiea wtsnom 01 niuuun
of human experience Is wisdom still and
who see In Individualism the soundest and
most effective Instrument for the 'advance
ment and the happiness of humanity.' 4
THE Individualism we believe In gives In
centive to every man to put forth his best
.ffort. while at the same time It recognizes
" fully the right and the duty of the State
to Impose upon Business reasonnoie super
vlalon, restraints and regulations to take
measures destined to raise the general level
of popular well-being.
Individualism frankly denies that the world
can be run on a theory which presupposes
the existence of mental, moral and phyalcal
equality between men. Equality before' the
law, equality of political rights yea, equal
ity of'opportuniiy, ;ar aa numaniy poa
, M you resli-; la t if all Income above"!
DOT I'M INTERESTED, BUT "
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J 100,000 were confiscated, as has been urged
by some, the resulting sum would barely
cover our war expenditures for one month?
Do jou know that If all Incomes above even
110,000 were taken and distributed among
those earning less than JJO.OTW the result,
as far as I can figure out, would be that
the aggregate Income of those recelvlngMhat
distribution would be Increased barely 10
per cent?
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THE menace which I see Is not In the
deliberate will of the people, but in the
fact that under the emotional stress of war
tendencies are tolerated nnd modes of thought
and action permitted to gain a footing unop
posed, which are apt to create very serious
problems upon the return of normal condi
tions. Government .In Jts very essence is the
negation of competition. It is, by the very
fact of its being, whatever Its name .or kind,
the monopoly of monopolies. It cannot but
be affected with those shortcomings which
spring. from the absence of competition. and
the exercise of monopoly.
Why, then, should a people which rightly
discountenances monopoly and rightly be
lieves In the principles of 'competition enlarge
the operations of governmental agencies
further than Is required for the recognized
purposes .which a free government Is meant
to serve?
From governmental paternalism to sccial
.Ism 1b not a very long step.
The niejiace, however, of bureaucratism
and socialistic paternalism, with their insid
ious, effect upon the very fiber and marrow
of the .race, confronts us now,
Whlle bureaucracy and," efficiency can go
together 'under an autocratic regime, it Is
Impossible In the very nature of things for
bureaucracy to go together with efficiency '
in a democriij-. Nor, Indeed, can paternal
Ism and lrberty exist side by Side.
THE history of our railroads in the last
ten years shows the effect of paternalistic
control.
The theory'of governmental regulation 'and
supervision was entirely all right. No fnlr
prinded man would quarrel with that. But
the practical application of that theory was
wholly at fault and in defiance of both eco
nomic law and common sense. It was bound
to lead to a cris's.. It Is not the railroads
that have broken down. It Is our rallro.vl
legislation and commissions which haw
broken down.
The Government, In the emergency of war.
probably wisely and, In view of the pre
vailing circumstances, necessarily has as
sumed the operation of the railroads. The
director general of railroads, rightly arid
courageously, pro-.evded to do Immed'ately
that which the rollronds for years had again
and again asked In vain "to be permitted to
do only more so.
THE picture of bureaucratic paternalism
fastening Its shackles upon a nation
which went to war to preserve liberty is not
a fanciful one. Through the accident of war
paternalism at present rules supreme. That
Is inevitable In wartime. The one and su
preme task before the nation Is to win the
war. 7o personal or business consideration
nius.t be permitted lo stand In the way of
the necessities of-that task, aod no one must
for one moment hesitate to submit to them.
It would be n tragedy. If it were to be
permitted, that while our boys are fighting
for liberty the great nnd splendid structure
of ordered and enlightened freedom and cov
enanted Individual rights which was handed
dowp to all Anierlcans should be Invaded by
that most, Insidious foe of liberty, paternal
ism, with Us allies and. close relatives, bu
reaucracy and socialism.
The Gun in the Drawer
I am The Gun In the Drawer.
I am the Defaulter's back door, the Hero's
loud moment, little Willie's accident, the
lock on the Ingenue's honor, the Play
wright's stuplu solution, the Director's
easy way out, the sure cure for Over,
footage.
'I was in the first Motion Picture, and now
I am liable to appear anywhere,
I am the goldarndest excusefor real drama
fin the screen " 1
but they need me In France. '
and If some one will only send me across
I may get a HunV two
and .then the sore world may fprget that
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THE READER'S VIEWPOINT
Work of the Pennsylvania Council 'of Na
'tional Defense
To the fciHor of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir I read with" much interest your edi
torial of Monday, September 23, under the
heading "Pennsylvania's War Activities."
Private Ocoigc K Clements wfill hereafter
have a lot of ammunition to shoot when he
engages in an argument over the question
of what our &.tnte is doing In this war.
It surprises me, however, to note that you
omit entirely any mention of what the largest
single agency In piamotlng war activities has
been doing. I refer, of course, to the Penn
sylvania Council of National Defense. I can
not be accused of self-seeking when I call
attention to the Council of National Defense,
Finoe I have been here too brief a time to
have contributed anything to its big work.
But I do know that in every one of the
sixty-sex en counties of Pennsylvania the
Council of Defense, backed by a strong organ
ization n each one ot these counties, Is aid
ing powerfully In all the war work Jhat
Is going on for example, while the food de
partment Is under Federal control, the Coun
cil of Defense aids It In many ways. The
rame Is true of the labor bureau.
When recently the United States Govern
ment asked Pennsylvania to send 10,000 boys
to college to take military training, the
forty colleges of Pennsylvania asked the
Council of Defense to promote their cam
paign, which it has done so successfully that
the colleges were swamped with applicants.
More recently the Government of the United
States has delegated to the Pennsylvania
Council of Defense the question of all building
operations in the State.
At the present moment the Liberty Loan
is the big thing on the carpet, and the Council
of Defense is pushing that with Its 6000
speakers, huiidreds"of singers and vast quip
titles of literature throughout the State.
The United States Government not long
aso asked the a'rlous Stntes to promote plans
for the general Americanization. of their peo
ple, and the Pennsylvania Council of' Na
tional Defense was requested to take up that
work, which it Is doing In. a big way. 1 men
tion thete few of the council's many activities
because I am sure that you could not inten
tionally have overlooked. In jour excellent
editorial, the labors of the Council of Defense.
HERMAN L. COLLINS. Director.
1 Department of Publicity and Education.
Philadelphia, September 26.
(Of course, we arc glad lo Include the
Pennsylvania Council of National Defense In
the notable war activities of the State, as
well as several other organized efforts which
were no mentioned In Monday's editorial.
Indeed the article did not pretend to be ex
haustive, because It would have required
three times the space to do full justlceto the
remarkable and multiplied activities of the
people of this State. It was Intended to do
Just what It has done In his Instance direct
atttnlon to the subject and start our readers
discussing ftow tntich or how little they and
their neighbors and their associates In all
walks are doing to win the war. Editor.)
Wlmt Do You Know?
1, What It the (Urof Serbia?
g. Uhiit la the difference between biannual and
aemlannwilr
3. What la the. meanlmr ef lalam?
4. ttho the nredervaaor ot Polneare aa
I'renldenl of France?
A, What rountr.v Is ruled by a Xesua?
6. WTiat la the helm of n ahlp? ,
! "J1"' article of furniture la all ottoman?
H. Who waa Jack Cade?
0. What aeceaalonlst general In the Civil War
aan a natlte nf 'I'ennaylcunlti?
10. Who aaid ' (letter fifty years of .Europe than
a cjele of Cathay"?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. (.enimil l.lman yon Handera, commandlnc the
Turro-tlerman troona In I'alestlne. ran
an ay alx hours before General Allenby'a
army rearhed Navarftth.
S.'The moon la slhbotia' between half moon nnd
fi,ll moon.
when both llmha ar nn,,i.
The word
la from the Latin "zlbbua.11
hunnhl.
3,
Kmlzratlou refera to the act of leailn ant'a
country or mace or re-smenre wun tne in
tent to aettle In another. Immlrratlon re
fera to 'the arrival at the new country or
residence,
4. An emu la larae Australian bird allied to
the ostrich.
(I. The laat houk or the ntuie la correctly called
"The llook ot Revelation," not "Bcvcla.
tluvii."
6. Fetcrfew a perennial plant, employed In
Infusion as n etlsmilant or tonic, and allied
to mayweea or soa-iennei.
7, Flffaro, aiicr tyn
liom u tiotiMl rarle newspaper
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