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Phll.dtlpkU, Toeldar. N.t.nitr it, Ull
COULDNT STAND THE LIGHT
DOES any one think that Director Dates
man, of the Public Works Department,
Would hae rejected the street-cleaning
bids on the ground that they were too high
If the Chamber of Commerce had not de
manded of him an explanation for tho
change In the specifications and hod not
forced him to come into tho open and say
that tho changes were made In tho Interest
ef economj?
Most of tho bids submitted under theao
"economical" specifications were higher
than the city Is pnlnp this jear. This was
disclosed after tho economy explanation
had been made. Mr. Datcsman could not
very well under the circumstances accept
any of tho higher bids.
The Chamber of Commerce has done a
public service and its committee on munici
pal affairs has Justified its existence. We
have discovered what a llttlo determined
effort of the people can do. Let us havo
more of the same kind.
"The Croun Prince on a bleak island,"
exults a headline. And he'll also have a
Sickens of a time In a bleak house there!
THE JOHNSON PICTURES
THE splendid collection of pictures left
to the city by the late John Q. Johnson
have an added value because they repre
sent In a peculiarly illuminating way the
uccesslvo achievements of tho various
classical schools of painting
A survey of the collection would be to
any student as enlightening as a course ot
lectures. As an exposition of the best that
was achieved by the masters, the Johnson
collection has a permanent value asldo
from tho Intrinsic worth and the beauty
of the canvases themselves. It Is the more
evident, therefore, that the collection
Should ultimately bo housed in the great
museum building which the city will erect
on the fine site overlooking the Parkway
at Spring Garden street. It is presumable
that a school of art will have a place in
the building. Such a school would profit
greatly from the Johnson pictures.
The appeal to the Orphans' Court by the
municipal authorities for a right to place
the collection in the new museum would
be altogether proper. Mr. Johnson's
tipulation that a special building should be
erected for his paintings was made, ap
parently, when there was no certainty that
the collection would be properly cared for
and displayed
Can it be that Germany now hopes to be
fed by "ravins"?
SPEAKING OF WONDERS
"VTOWADAYS, since so much has occurred
J- to astonish mankind In recent years,
(he Seen Wonders of the World have
ceased to be wonderful. It has become the
habit of some American cities to catalogue
their own monumental achievements In
lists of seven, with the boast that almost
any great American community has as
much to startle a beholder as the whole
round earth could have revealed fifty years
ago,
, While official minds are straining at the
task of listing the Seven Wonders of Phila
delphia the attendant summary of our
occasional triumphs might serve to guide
the wavering admiration of the curious:
The smiling audacity of Brother BUI
Vare.
The even more smiling audacity of
Brother Ed.
The Camden ferries.
The corporate conscience of the P. It. T.
The pallid ghost of the Democratic party
which rises out of limbo at every election
to wring Its hands and affright beholders
E. J. Cattell. '
The skip-stop.
If the public were to rise as formidably
i the food prices the profiteers would fran-
''A tlcally deny that the war was over.
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THE BADGE OF EVIL
lswv4"i"N' THE old melodrama of our vanished
5JW!h5 youth tn "" In human form, whose
v rV vJoy was to torment me unprotected and
i1- ..oppress the fair, had definite means to in
- - jdloate the hardness of his heart and tho
' VMackneis of his soul. It was when the
' Aevely maiden groveled at his feet that
lw tilted hU silk hat over his right eye to
' shew that he felt no mercy. Before he
k, tfwtttuttered a terrible threat he drew yellow
',"1 4 , amoves upon his hands. But It was when
Wf the villain wished to reveal himself de-
'-,,. Jeantly aa an utter monster that he slowly
.,;-Ja)t a cigarette.
' nce then the cigarette has found a
pitee In polite soolety. Many estimable
Jaaruons smoke it without shame. And
)e4we find the cigarette suddenlv re
ft a badge of villainy and an ultl-
"Mark of the unregenerate soul. The
Kaiser ot, Grsany paced the
a JW Oftf yaJ,Pf rj
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straightened his shoulders, leered con
temptuously and lit a cigarette to show
that he didn't care. 8a at least the ob
servers said.
When the Crown Prince boarded a tug
to go to his Isle of exile In tho Zuyder
Zee tho fishermen cursed him loudly from
tho shore. The Prince quailed. Then he
stared back disdainfully and lit a cigar
ette! Is melodrama constant In the world, or
In the heart of mankind? Were these two
famous cigarettes real or Imagined?
If there were wireless communication
with Gehenna one might know what to
expect on the day when William Hohcn
sollern finally passes out of the world that
he has so greatly troubled. Wo should be
ablo to read of a cloaked flguro striding to
the iron gate and demanding hot coal from
the bellhop or whoever it Is checks your
crown at that place. And with the hot
cool the wickedest man of all would surlily
light a ctgaretto before ho entered the
dreadful portal and slammed the gate
defiantly behind him.
GERMANY'S STAGY REVOLT
TURNING INTO REALITY
Despite Bohheviit Trappings, a Sweeping
Radical Victory Hopefully Betokens
Bona-fide Democratic Changes
rpHE stage music which accompanied
the shadowy "regency" of Prince Max
of Baden, the flight of William Hohen
zollcrn to hospitable luxury and the tear
ful babbling of Doctor Solf is no longer
audible. Whether tho German govern
mental overthrow which preceded the
signing of the nrmistice was altogether
bogus or merely reluctant and timid is
no longer the foremost question with
which rcfashioners of the world's destiny
have to grapple.
For the Teuton revolution has at laBt
attained a crescendo of reality. All sug
gestion of factitious change has been
swept away by the assent, almost cer
tainly under compulsion, of the Berlin
Government to a Bet of six significant
terms imposed by the German Soldiers
and Workmen's Council. This body is
now paramount in the former empire.
It is superior to the cabinet and legisla
tive bodies pending the establishment of
a constitution. What this critical inter
val will bring forth may perhaps dis
tress sane freemen or it may stimulate
them with an exhibit of the sort of ra
tional democracy from which unloosed,
groping Russia madly averted its gaze.
But some disasters under the sway of
the Council are unthinkable, chief among
them being any renewed display of the
imperial purple. Red is just now the far
more vivid official hue. Max of Baden
realizes this and he has abdicated at
last Doctor Solf's ink is dry. Scheide
mann retires from what must be now
little more than a puppet cabinet.
The civilization which defeated Ger
many therefore faces a situation at
which it cannot consistently shake ita
head in alarm. A revolution beyond sus
picion of trickery was passionately de
sired by liberals. That Germany is now
undergoing the first effects of one is now
unmistakably evident.
A few years ago such vast changes
would conceivably have enlisted hearty
indorsement from orderly, self-governing
communities. Today, however, our
cheers crack at the recollection of a word
which stands for the defilement of sup
posedly emancipating uprisings. Bol
shevism has become the sinister symbol
of misdirected revolutions. At the
wretched spectacle of Russia the spirit of
constructive reform stands appalled.
Justified this repugnance assuredly is.
It has, however, been lately productive
of a habit of emotional generalizing,
which plays havoc with any attempt at
reasoning based on facts. Comprehen
sion of what is taking place in Germany
may be lamentably clouded unless in
cisive distinction be made between omi
nous hypnotic verbiage and actual con
ditions. Tho "Reds" dominating the Ebert
regime display unquestionably disquiet
ing leaning to a terminology to which
Russia has given tragic discredit. "Sol
diers and Workmen's Council" has an
ugly ring and "Soviets" evokes shud
ders when Petrograd and Moscow are
envisaged. But the victors in the great
est of all wars, who now ardently desire
that a peace treaty shall be negotiated
with a rational free Germany, are think
ing primarily of Berlin and other cities
in a highly developed European state
whose analogies with Russia can be ad
vanced only by an unfettered hysterical
imagination. Govemmentally, Germany
has been archaic, brutal, blind. Eco
nomically she has been one of the most
advanced nations of the world the exact
antithesis of her Muscovite neighbor.
Educated, when Russia was in ignor
ance; "bourgeois" in Its comfortable
sense when Russia wob composed of
capitalistic nobles and poverty-stricken
agriculturists; an old hand with her
Marx and her brilliant Ferdinand Las
salle at sociological investigation when
Russia was dizzy with half-grasped
theories; highly organized Industrially
when Russia viewed her scant manufac
turing in a spirit of perplexity, how can
Germany be regarded, even under the
rule of "Soviets," as necessarily another
Bolshevik "menace"? It Is not merely
hope which argues against raising such
a comparison, but facts which cannot be
Ignored even while the red flag waves
over Berlin's public buildings and the
stories of mud on palace carpets recall
the proletariat's trampling through
Tsarskoye-Selo.
Madness in a na'tion of reputed edu
cational and material attainments Is, of
course, always Imaginable. The Paris,
Commune seemed suddenly to confute all
that had ever been said of Franca as a
beacon of civilization. It is possible that
with the present outward forms of Bol
shevism in Germany may appear also Ita
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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEK--
months In 1871. Despite all the Parisian
anarchy a responsible government and a
constituent assembly were eventually
formed. That the German Council of
Soldiers and Workmen now proclaims
Its desire for a liberal constitution places
its supporters out of rating with the
Communards, who wanted mainly license.
If Bolshevism In Its worst phase Is
really to sweep through Germany then it
Imperils tho whole world. We cannot
believe that civilization In France,
Britain, Italy and the United States Is so
threatened, despite soap-box orators. As
we are assured of ourselves, It seems
reasonable to give the first striking evi
dence of a bona-flde revolution in Ger
many the benefit of a hope.
Not all self-determination Is desirable.
Wltneas that of piratical ticket speculators.
MR. TAFT AND THE GAME
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F Mil. TAFT should decide to accept the
regency of baseball In response to the
prayers of the All-Hopeful Soviets of
Owners and Managers we shall seo in this
country the sort of bloodless revolution
from autocracy which Europe has reasons
to regard aa an unattainable Ideal.
Ban Johnson federated baseball. The na
tlonal game Is his empire. Ho Is accused
of a disposition to regard himself as
divinely appointed. He never appeared In
silver armor and ho never babbled of
secret understandings with Gott. but ho
hai, neerthelcss, manifested a liking for
tho role of All Highest.
Ban would not havo to flee to the Nether
lands were Mr. Taft to accept supreme au
thority over national and International ball.
He would. Indeed, retain virtually all of his
old prestige. What the club owners and
managers and all others interested In tho
future of baseball wish now, apparently, Is
to create a supreme office and to find for
It a personality which might adequately
represent what the world usually calls tho
Will of the People. Thus the present trend
In baseball reflects the trend In wona
politics
Baseball Is full of tangles It seethes
with painful problems that have a legal,
an ethical, a technical or a temperamental
basis. It actually needs an authoritative
head, qualified and empowered to issue ex
cathedra Judgments and decisions. The
sort of direction and Influence which the
owners seek to obtain through Mr. Taft
might help greatly to revitalize baseball
and to lift It quickly from the slough Into
which It fell because of the war. In a time
when tho players and managers and even
tho fans are dreaming of International
games brightened by tho recently acquired
enthusiasm of the French and the British,
it is conceivable that a personality like
Mr. Taft's could have an almost magical
effect upon the hopes and the energies of
every one concerned, and. In the end, help
wonderfully In bringing about the golden
age of the game.
On the other hand, the suggestion in
volved In the appeal of the ball players Is
altogether without precedent The thought
of an ex President of tho United States
functioning as tho head of a great national
diversion may be a bit disconcerting at
first. But the plan as the baseball men
have formulated it Is not without an attrac
tive side. "
Mr. Taft Is a relatively poor man. He
likes the open air and the men who like
the open air. He has always had a sym
pathetic faith in the phases of our national
temperament that are manifest in tho
bleachers because he Is one of us by tem
perament and disposition. There could be
worse fates for an ex-President than a life
office of pleasant dignity, with a handsome
salary and the warm contagion of robust
fnndom as well as the sense of final au
thority In tho affairs of the most whole
some game on earth.
William Hohenxollern
and his son, whose
occupancy of Dutch
palaces has been the
storms In the Nethet-
They're Cloeed
Indefinitely
cause of emotional
lands and elsewhere, will never be able to
find peaceful habitations In this world. There
Is one way left open to them, however. The
' former Kalntr might retire with his family to
one of his castles In the air.
One news headline
Watrti Cheatnat nays there will be no
Street shooters' parade In
Philadelphia on New
Year's Day and another announces that more
than 1,000,000 soldiers wilt be home from
France by that time. Are all the Phlladel-
phlans to be kept In France?
Would It be nermls
It Sounda Reasonable slble to remark. In re
lation to the Invita
tion sent to Mr. Taft by the baseball man
agers, that the men behind the national game
would not be unwilling to put a ban on Ban?
It appears that the Varts will have to
clean their bids.
Notwithstanding the fact that John J,
Pershing fought for democracy, Republicans
In Columbus now generously launch a presi
dential boom.
It Is explained that the French pronounce
Metx as though spelled "Mess," but It woula
be far more credible were that habit ascribed
today to the Oermans.
Villa Is reported to have fired another
town. But nobody ever fires Villa. For per
slstance he has the ex-Kalser beaten forty
ways.
Hone meat la sold for what It is In
Europe, so why should not goat meat be sola
as goat meat In Philadelphia? It Is per
fectly good meat. '
If Governor Brumbaugh writes the his
tory of Pennsylvania in the wr, he surely
will not neglect to describe In full the means
by which he was made official historian.
When Director Krusen urges a bigger
water system here he is perchance anticipat
ing next Hummer, when the entire contents
of outmoded high-ball tumblers wllttbe col
orless? It U most unkind of Walter Galtber,
whom Governor Brumbaugh ousted from a
1 10,000 job, lo object when v the Governor
'wmU eeuMfttte on tM.tfai'
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THE CHAFFING DISH
Plot to restore Crown Prince. Newa
item.
An far aa the Crown Prince Is con
cerned, we fancy that Germany Is per
manently bald. In other words no use
to experiment with heir restorers.
There Is a double standard of morality In
dtsh-washlhg, as In many other matters.
There Is a decided difference (as you will
have noticed on Thursday nights) between
tho dishes you consider clean and those
your wife calls clean. "
Dear Socrates: I understand you are
compiling; a list of people Who Don't Give a
Damn. Will you please Include the follow
ing In your list:
Lady ticket" sellers at tho movies.
Head waiters.
Street-cleaning contractors.
The chap that reads the gas meter.
Slngle-taxers.
The peoplo who live In the apartment
overhead.
Sunday school superintendents.
Newspaper humorists. SPAUTACUS.
Mr. Hoover is now eclipsed as a food
conserver by Messrs. Lenlno and Trotsky.
Poor Hoover! He has been working on
hopelessly old-fashioned roads. Surely It Is
far more humane to reduce the population
to fit tho food supply than to try to spread
the meals thinly among the population.
The Petrograd theory Is that a hungry
man will faco a firing squad much moro
readily than he will a waiter, because the
firing squad doesn't have to be tipped.
Lentne and Trotsky are great stloklers
for form, and -we hope their food massa
cres were not marred by any unpleasant
ness. Presumably engraved cards were
Issued:
3fr. Nlcolal Lcnlnc and itr. Leon Trotsky
present their compliments to
Comrade
and beg the honor of his interment at a
Food Conservation Rally on
Please present this card to the firing
squad.
P. P. c.
We wonder what Mr. McAdoo will feel
llko when he scans a timetable again with
the eyes of a mere passenger and sees
those ominous words, Subject to change
without notice. Or If ho should ever have
to take that 10 a. m. train from Phllly to
New York and stand all the way because
some one is too lazy to hitch on an extra
smoker.
Why Is it that whenever wo tie up a
parcel of clothes for tho laundry wo find
ourselves rqedltatlng sadly on the uncer
tainty of human affairs and on the bitter
ness of parting from those that we love?
Careful observation leads us to believe
that those who make a fetish of "tidiness"
can rarely find a thing when they want It.
A friend having told us that one of the
delightful stories by Zona Gale was to be
put into the movies, we said, "The scenes
will be more windy than ever." Then we
regretted this, but It was too late. The
time to regret a thing la before you say It.
Codicil to a Wedding- Service
If a husband uses his wife's hatpins to
clean his pipes, why should he rebel at her
pulling out tacks with his oigar clipper?
Our Own League of Notions
If we are going to abolish War, Drink,
Bolshevikl, the Inferiority of Women and
Bad Art all at once, what problems will be
left for future generations? Isn't Posterity
to have anything to worry about?
If a two-year-old boy likes cod liver oil,
what is It a sign of? The world Is topsy
turvy these days!
Germany is said to be in some doubt as
to the color and design of her new flag.
But aa the only banner that has brought
her any credit Is the white one, why not
stick to ill '
When In doubt a pretty good motto la
this quotation from J. M. Barrle:
Shall toe make a new rule of life from
tonight always to be a little kinder than
is necessary? SOCRATES.
READER'S VIEWPOINT
Bad Manners at Orchestra Concert
To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir At the Friday afternoon concert of
the Philadelphia Orchestra many of the
mualc-lovers that filled the amphitheatre
were disturbed by unnecessary noise in the
corridors. During the ' Corlolanus" there was
much emphatic conversation lust outside the
doors, and during soma ot the finest pas
sages of Mr. Klndler's concerto there floated
In, unceremoniously, merry snatches of rag
time blithely whlitled. This Is unpardonable,
since It came presumably from one of the
bored attendants.
Does It not seem as though a person of
moderate means, who endures the sidewalk
waiting cheerfully, ought to be allowed to
enjoy the excellent music, as It filters up
through unventllated atmosphere without
outside molestation? AMPHITHEATRE.
Wayne, Pa, November 33.
Germanlim, Not Germany, to Be Deitroyed
To the Editor of the Evening PuMIe Ledger:
Sir in tne article "How She Would Feed
Them," under "Ileader'B Viewpoint" in your
paper, tho writer, to my mind, takes excep
tion to the appeal made to the President to
feed the women of Germany by stating that
she would gladly donate toward feeding them
"with poison."
If we were living In the times before
Christ, when "an eye for an eye and a tooth
for a tooth" was law, perhaps we all would'
feel the same way about the matter. But
we are not we are living In the twentieth
century after Christ; we are living not
"under the law but under grace," and it Is
for us "to do unto others aa we would have
others do unto us," and not to abide by the
old law. As one writer has expressed it, "To
desire to do to the Oermans what the Ger
mans have done to their neighbors Is to con
fess ourselves Germanized. It Is to permit
the German spirit to conquer our spirit
The Instinct Is natural. But we are
to be guided by our reason, not by our in
stincts. We are to be governed by our con
science, not by our passions."
The German nation Is criminal, and by tha
natural laws of God she will be punished.
But as Ambassador Jusserand said in defin
ing the aim of the Allies, our object ia "Not
to destroy Germany, but aermanlsm," and
In our treatment with that nation we must
remember that we are not a barbarlo tribe,
but a civilized people with Christian ideals.
ALAN W. NASH.
Camden, N.'J., November 23.
Ohio Republicans apparently think that
the next best thing to being born In Ohio la
for Ohloans to be the first In tkV Held
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WHY THE WAR LABOR BOARD
SHOULD CONTINUE ITS WORK
Many Important Questions After the War
Will Require Judjcious Handling
(From Today's Public Ledger)
By WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
CapvHoM. lilt, bu Public Ltdotr Co.
THE National War I-tbor Board submitted
to the Secretary of Labor and tho Presi
dent the question whether, In view of the
cessation of hostilities by the armistice, Its
labors should be considered at an end. It
noted tho fact that there were about one
hundred cases before It which hnd been heard
and which Justice required should be dis
posed of before the board ceased to function.
There are, however, some three hundred more
cases In which evidence has not been heard,
In which the remedial action of the board has
been sought, and new cases are being filed at
the rate1 of twenty a day.
The Secretary of Labor, after conference
with the President, has advised the board
that they deem It necessary for the board to
continue In life and In action until peace
shall be declared by the President after the
ratification of the treaty of peace The Secre
tary points Out the undoubted fact that
legally there In no status of peace and war
continues until such ratification. The con
clusion of the President Is a wise one. In
deed, the experience of the National War
Labor Board Justine the conclusion that a
board of somewhat similar Jurisdiction should
be created either by the President or by law
aa an Instrumentality for tho peaceful set
tlement of Industrial disputes during the
period of readjustment after the war, If not
thereafter. The board should be constituted,
as this one Is, of representatives of organized
labor, chosen or nominated by organized
labor, and of representatlv es of the employer
group, chosen or nominated by the associa
tion of that taroup Then, If such can be
found, there should be put upon the board
men of Intelligence, with no predilection for
either side. The difficulty of easily reaching
a decision in a board so constituted, on any
Industrial Issue, Is manifest, but If both Bides
have an earnest desire to reach a conclusion
and serve the purpose of their creation, it is
not impossible. Of course the decisions are
often compromises rather than Judgments
ba-ed on clearly reasoned considerations.
Neither side may be able to Justify to Itself,
by logical steps, the decision; but after a
while, by the constant recurrence of cases of
similar character, a rule of decision will be
reached which approximates practical Justice.
When this i made clear, employers and
workers will base arguments on tt without
resort to the tribunal.
While It la an anomaly to have a tribunal
of quasl-Judlclat duties composed ot partisans,
the great advantage of such a board Is the
confidence on the part of each side that with
such partisans on the board real Injustice
will not be done that side. In many Indus
trial fights It la more Important that pence
should be established than that there should
be a nice weighing of exact Justice between
the contending parties. More than that.
It la Very difficult to say, for Instance, in
the matter of wages, what shall bo the divi
sion of the Joint product of labor and capi
tal The theory of labor Is that It has
never been adequately paid, and that any
means of 'increasing Us share Is only a step
toward real Justice. Tho law of Bupply and
demand will not be entirely Ignored In
wages any more than the law of gravita
tion in the physical world. While by the
Use of atrlkea and other prwaure which or
ranlzed labor la able to bring Its force may
be mitigated for the time, ultimately It
rnnot be excluded as a factor. Still, the
r-antiatlon of labor has demonstrated that
wea may be made higher through col
lectlve bargaining and group dealing than
thev would be were there no such massing,
ana concentration of the Interests of In
dividual laborers.
Oraanlaatlon of labor has become a recog
nlzid inatltution in all the civilized countries
of the world. It hoa come to stay, It Is
full of usefulness and la necessary to the
laborer. It ahbws serious defects at times
aid In some unions, These, are an apparent
willingness to accept benefits enforced
throu-h . fear "of lawlessness, .a disposition
. us. dureai to corrpel laborer, to Join
union, and efforts to limit output, and to
create a dead level of wagea and thus wipe
:.. .k. --.aarv and useful difference In
compensation of those who"are Industrious
irS skillful and of those who are lazy and
do not etrlve to Increase the products ot
the employer whom they rve. These re
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of employers until they are forced to do Jus
tice Too mnny employers soek to Justify
failure to raise wases by pointing to their
welfare work for their employes This Is
of a paternal character, and Impresses the
workers with the Idea that they are being
looked after as wards And not treated as
men capable ot exercising Independent dis
cretion as to their welfare. They are apt to
give the employes tho Idea that It Ib a gen
erous concession they are making out of the
goodness of their hearts and that they are
not merely yielding a right for a quid pro quo
for what they receive.
Tho most difficult persons to deal with
are tho extremists on both sides On the
side of labor there seems to bo such sus
picion, one leader ot another, that few are
willing to make a Just concession not
because they don't lecogn'ze Its Justice, but
because If they admit It they nrc char?e1
with betraying the cause of labor. Thus
they furnish to fhelr rivals In leadership
among worklngmen the opportunity to un
dermine the'r standing with their fellows.
This often puts the labor aldo In an inde
fensible position and offers to Its enemies
a basis for crlt'clsm that might easily be
avoided. On the other hand, there Is among
employers the Bourbon, the man who never
learns anything and never forgets anything;
the man who saysi "It Is my legal right to
manage my business as I chooBe, to pay such
wages aa I choose, to agree to such terms
of employment as I choose, to exclude from
my employment union, men. becauso 1 don't
approve of the tenets Vjf the union, and to
mainta'n a ramlly arrangement of my own.
I do fairly by my men ; I pay then what t
think Is right, and they will not complain
unless some outside union agent Interferes
I run a closed nonunion shop and I am
happy and propose to continue happy," This
man Is far behind m the progress. of our
social civilization. He lacks breadth of
vision extondlng beyond the counties of his
shop. He looks to fear of courts and Injunc
tions and police and militia as the ordinary
and usual Instrument for continuing his
business peacefully and maintaining his
rights He Is like the 'man who regards the
threat of a divorce court a a proper and
usual means ot continuing domestic, happi
ness. He does not recognlzo that wo havo
advanced beyond the state In which em
ployers and employes are mere 4aws unto
themselves He does not see that the whole
public Is Interested In Industrial peace. Ho
does not see that the employer has certain
duties social In their nature that aro not
defined and ore not enforclblo In law, but
exist just as family duties of care and af
fection exist He has not followed the
growth ot things
As Jong a the system that ho Insists
upon continued, Individual laborers were
at the mercy of their employers. What
ever they got wbb a concession. They could
not maintain themselves In a contest with
their employer, dependent as they wero on
their dally wage nnd Independent as he was
with accumulated capital. That very un
just situation led to the organization of
labor that the employe by massing contri
butions may maintain himself during an In.
durtrlal struggle without wages. This has
come to collective bargaining, which Is bar
gaining by the group systom, A group ot
laborers; knowing their rights and knowing
how to maintain thtm, put themselves on a
level with their employers, and the result
reached 1b far nearer a Just one than,, any
before attained. That It may often be Un
just goes without saying, but bo are all
human attempts to roach the right line. Of
coarse, thoso Indlv'dual laborers who d6
not see the advantage to them ot the group
system have a right io stay .out and must
be protected In doing so. BUt whether wo
villi or not, the group system Is here to
stay, and every statesman and every man
Interested In public aftalts must recognize
that It haa to be dealt with as a condition,
to be favored In rtlch ,wny aa o minimise
Its abuses and to Increase Its utility.
The worklngmen ot the country, since tne
war began and the Importance of their group
action has been emphasized. .by tha require
ments of the war, have been given a sense
ot power In their united action which we
must recognize and deal with. Ot course,
they may abuse this power, and, If so, they
may nna mat may are nut wio amtre com
munity. But It under level-headed leader
ship they do not push It to an excess, they'
will be able to do much for their members
and Indeed for the community at large. The
Junkers and the hankers on both sides mutt
stand aside and will be set aside If common
sense prevails. The danger from Bolshevism
I tar greater than from reaction to the
Bodrbon type of employment The Intelli
gent, conservative leader of the labor move
ment should b encouraged. Their dlftloul
ties in, dealing .with their extreme ooMtltu-atefcew)-;k'ri;
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the other, should bo continued as a refuge
to be offered to both sides of an Industrial
controversy about to engage In wasteful
strife by strike and lookout, so that their
arguments can be threshed out and some
sort of a compromise approximating Justle
may be reached If the National War Labor,
Board has Bhown the wisdom of the use ot
such a board It has attained a real success.
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"Btppt What are you dolnpt"
"Playing on an old flute,"
"That's Heine's flute. You miufn't touch
it." ' . -
"Why not, if t can make it soundr" ,
" don't know u,hy not, but you mustn't C
"I don't believe I can much. It's full f
dust atlll, listen: '
The rose moon whitens the lifting leavea , ..'I
Helfih-ho! the nightingale sings! ,
Tl-a-iii-r. Tkrii itr foci nfirl Krannhaa Iriaa .!''
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tnreaa weaves. aj
Ancient as tlmo are these midnight
thlntts. "'l
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Tho nightingale's notes overbu.Die tne '-.
night.
Heigh-ho; yet tho night is so big! ,
Ho stands on his nest in a water of light 't" "'
And tho nest waa once a phlloaopheirV.
Moon-sharp needle and dew on th graM.
Helch-ho! it flickers, the brejte! l
Kings, philosopher, periwig paw, r?f'
NltrhtlnraleH hatch their e-s in trW-il
trees. . kt
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Wigs and pigs and kings and court,
Heigh-ho! rain on the flower!
Tho old moon thinks her white, brla.SH
thoughts,
And trundles away before the shower.
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"Well, you got to play."
'Yes, a Uttle. And it hat lovely silfr.s,
mountings." . ' J
Amv Tmi.iT.li In Th ("ntiirv ri In 1?
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Is It to be a personally conducted paa5s
tniirT .!&r!
IVrhnnn (he renson Mr. Taft la anlia-he ttfij)l
an arbitrator by the baseball league 1 M-3'
causo he Is committed to arbitration la
league of nations. v ,
John Fov Foolt. who lddred twenty-two!
Chinamen In a single room at It apiece, ;iaM
grieved because the Housing Commission -'S
jects. But JohnFoy need not worry, A manl
ult. -H-Vi flAan-lal vanltlM will laht Mil it .
f.t In noun nthor nrontahla undMUln.i'-.rA"
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