tm SCWV &K&$1)r-' '5"Ti'SJ "TO (j .f! , sr EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1910 ' r isS53l :., 3i sr , Kr.& 7 . J Be Fv 1$ .. IV E' MS fi V' I A if f' ir BEWARE STAMPEDE. tPLEADSR.R.LAWYER r n . Counsel for Southern Traffic! Sjj-. League Advises congress ".,' .... ' W , to "bit lignt" WARNS OF CLASS RULE ny the Associated Press Washington. Aug. , William A. Wlmbjsh. of Atlanta, special muiiim'1 for tho-n Southern Trnflii League. Inlil the Hours interstate eoinmcrce commit tee today It should ".sit tight" and proceed with the investigation of the ' railroad problem just n if organized labor had not demanded tripartite con- trol 5f he roads. I 'Unless jou are working on a plan which includes the return of the road , to private management what I may s i to you will be of no valuo whatever," Mr. WimbUh .said befoie taking up Jits general statement. ' "If you are going to adopt gmem . aent ownership or if t'ongr(s is going to surrender to the demands made upon It which is unthinkable and lie down supinely and let one clas dictate, then I am in no position to help. "I don't believe jou will. I be lieve there is enough pntiiotism. enough courage in this Congress not to he tampeded nnd intimidated and forced to do things that fail to meet its ap proval. I cannot belie; e that these ex tremely radical proposition" represent even the thought of intelligent vvoik ingmen ' Warns of Class Itule Mr. Wimbisb said he irnlitd that Organized labor was patriutn during the war. "But I know." he added, "that yon are Infinitely better prepared to con aider these mil mail problems than is organized labor, and if ;ou ilo git intimidated or stampeded jour people Jvill not stand behind you It is jut as J'ell to look the situation square in the face The onlj way to deal with it is calmlj. uninfluenced b.v ' threats, and with the single thought of, determining what is best for the whole country not for one class." i Representative Sims, Democrnt, Ten ' nessce, who introduced on Satiudaj the Plumb plan bill, nnd who said he had dono this just ns he would hnve pre ' iented any other measure b. request, wanted to know what Mr Wimbisli ' thought of so-called demands bj inpi tal in framing n general railroad hill,1 leferring to the request for a IS per cent return on investment f Warns Against Stampede "This committee 01 this Congress.1 ebould not surrender to capital am more than it should surrender to la ! bor," he replied, ".lust sit tight and' ,hnd out what is best tur all the people. aud dou't be intimidated and don't he 'stampeded by this latest threat of labor leaders"' , Mr. Wimbish, in his biuf. -iiiI In bad, not deemeit 'it nppioprmic t.. siili ' Ijfilt any pla titude now J "The pr; -jS "concerns t nit any plan "to be added t the mill w before you ' practical nuction. he said, i "concerns the character ami en,.,,. ..(' legislation necessary to safeguard and promote the well-being of the public and oMhe carriers under private npeiatum and control "Our system of public irgulation is far from perfect," he said in closing "Let us observe and correct its faults and ovoid such governmental nndertnk , ing or assurance as will create a strong Javored class with power to Miljorilinntr all other interests to its own." ! I Private Ownership Must Go, Say Unions Continued from I'nr One mat the system of profits in industry be overhauled " This sentence sums up m a lew woid the proposal of which there have been hints and indications, bit which is now laid before the country for the first time, Everywhere in official Washing ton it is recognized as the most seriou and far-reaching proposition the coun try will be called on to face. Characterizing the proposal ns 'a . bor's bill." it is put forth as a rernedj for the high cost of li,jUg. because the rajlroads are the ke.v indiisti.v of the nation. Demands of Labor Briefly, labor's plan demands : That private capital he eliminated from the railroads. That the private owners receive for them government bonds "with a fixed interest return for every honest dollar that they have invested." That the tri-partite control, hereto fore, referred to, be established in cor porations which shall lease the roads and in which the public, the operating managements nnd labor shall be renrc ented equally. That the public, the operatois and the wage earners share equally all rev enue in excess of the guarantee to pri vate capital, by granting to the opera tors nnd the employes one-half the savings which are expected to be made by such a perfected organization, and to the public the other half us con sumers, either by incrensino ....: age j r rj w -- - , -si-D ux.1 v n't; Ew 'rrttKout adding costs or by reducing COSIS, "JhU role originates with labor," ay the statement, "because labor hap. pen to have firm organizations through which it may become articulate." The trainmen arc not represented in ihe, statement because W. O. Lee, presi dent Of. the brotherhood, was out of theelty, ;lmt it was said that they join ln it " S.T. X nrfttl,r!l(,ni1' Ktnfam. 1 '2 'I -...v...t..v T; 4 Tht railway brotherhood' statement . "Th (nnneming tn telpprnntiAil ill. ' f TEL.ltchen from Washington, appearing I, falo in the speech of Representative Vr- .T jliatUQllf 101 reun, may us wen cease. fl"i.ThU anneal is ninde to the American '." ' peile direct. It Invokes the judgment - 'and common sense of public sentiment :' tl all the public which earns a wage )r a MipfHii, vve recognize tnai tne cOr' WiriH whleh we can exist under ryevwta w 10 uchiubu jur- TWgWiHttfcwa. agree affords but temporary relief. It docs not offer a remedy. "Labor's bill, on the other linnd, provides a remedy and we nsk merely that Uh terms be scrutinized. Our full arcument In support of Uimc tcrmi will XJ:Xvl.PTOlmsal f Brotherhoods of meree by Warren S. Stone, crand chief. motherhood o Locomotive KuRinecrs: I Trnnl: Murrlnn, secretnry ot the i Amerlenn heilerntion of Labor, and Olenn H. Plumb. general counRel for the Orcaulzed Hallway I'mployos of America. In this statement we are Founding the note of our basic prin ciple. "That thii role originate with labor is merely tieeanse labor happens to have firm orcnnl7nHon ttirnm.ii ,,-i,tv, It may become nrtlculate. It ii not to benefit labor as labor alone; It is to benefit the consuming public, of which labor at present is the audible part. In labors bill providing that the public take over the railroads and' establish n tripartite control between the public, the railway operating man ' ngement nnd the rmnlovei. the lnhnr ,. ganizations of America have established I mis new poncy wnien envisages their condition, not only as producers but nio as consumers. Want Profits Sjstem Overhauled ! "It mnrks the step by which organ-' ized Inbor posc from demands fer wage increases to demands Hint the Kvlem of profits in industrj be overhauled. I Hitherto during successive wage nego-' tlations nnd arbitration nwnrds vvelinve called for provMunnl settlements onlv of questions arising nut of difTeienees ns to wages, lmiiis and mnditions of labor. Thnt principle of "gmitino co-operation and partneiship based upon a real cominunltj of interest and participation in control." of which President Wii- , son has spoken to Congress, Ims been ignored both bj labor and by the private owners nf the railroads I "What wage increases have been re- ' rehcil during the Inst few jeart. re sulted on! in immediately being fol-l lowed bv more than proportionate in creases in the cot of living. Lach rise' in wages has turned out to mean only temporarv relief for the affected work- , ers. When the increases linve gonei around the ircle. labor, ns producer. loses the advantage of the new wages' through the additional cost it pajs as' consumer. Moreover, through com pounded profits taken on tbee wage in- ' cienses. each ejele becomes an upward' spiral of costs, which the consuming! public vninh readies to control. "As the niulnr pnrt of the consuming public, labor is entitled to lepresenta tiiui on the directorate of the nubile iiiilro.ids. As a producer of capital it is entitled to representation on the ill- ' lei tot uti of the railroads. To lanital. winch is the fruit of jesteidaj 's laboi . , we now piopose to discharge everv just' i hligittioii. We demand that the ow'iieis of capitul. who represent onlv financial intei est as distinguished fioni opeiat I ing brains and eiiergj , be reined from, management. receiving government bonds with a fixed inteicst return fur eveiv honest dollai that thej hare m vested in tin uulwn.v industrj. VVc k thnt the uiilrnjiN of the i'nited States lie vesttd in the public: that those actualh engaged in conducting that industry, not from Wall street but from the railroad otliees and jaids and i out on the lailrnad lines, sbnll take (hinge of this sci vice for the public. .Method Outlined "Tliesi lepiesent all the liinnis skill and energy that is in the business Thej are eutitlei! tn that measure of contml which is (qtial to their ubilit.v and then lespnusibilitv foi operating the trans puitatioii prupeities llieii. ami then onlv will the sei vice lie prim, wily Tor the publii . not piiinarilv foi piotits to speculators and intlatnrs of capital As ii melius for iici oinplishing this end, we ask that a lease be granted to a cor puiation created not for profit hut foi public set vice, we ask thnt this coipoia tion be controlled in its management b.v an equal representation of the thiee funilanientnl interests upon winch in diistrv is based The public, operating managers and wage einneis will then guniiiiiti'c both the integritj of the in vestment requned for the conduct of the lndustn and that return which in duces it, bv investing, to eutei the miblio serv ice "The public, as consumers, and the "-rlkf of federated railroad Shopmen, opeiating niauagers and wage-earners, whhh started last Friday, continued to as producers having joined in that, d d accordiDK to officials guarantee, will then share equally allh',r" l ' . . earnings in excess of the amounts re-1 here of the district council directing the quired to meet the guarantee. walkout .1 complete tie-up of the rail- "Th.s is provided by granting to tliei , f fa country will result within wage-earner and management one roa(ls 0I lUL v-""""' half of the savings which they, through 11 few days unless their demands for their pertected organizations, can make and bv securing to the public the other half to be enjoyed by the consumers, eithei bv increasing the means foi si 1 v n e without inci easing fixed ( barges 01 bv Kdiiiiug the t of the si nice wlni h the machinery then in eiteu(e can lender Thus the cost of trans- puliation is automatical!) reduced ex- actl) in pioportion as benefits accrue to the producers of transportation. In crease in earning power of producers under this sjstem cannot be reflected in increased costs, it must be bal aii( ed bv decreased costs. "The railroads are the kev Industry I he district council oOiciols were con of the nation. They affect nt ni.ee the curied in by the grand lodge officers. price of every necessity. As increased transportation costs nre reflected in the increased pi ice of nil commodities, so a M.iill,. ,!m ... ,1 ........ 1... ... i.uut 11011 ill Liiosr i-dM. muni fleeted bv reduced prices. 'V sn v tliiw lieentin nf Inline ........ tercst ns consumer, as pnrt ot an over- burdened public This fundamental1 statement nf mmcinle we resnectfollv .submit to Hie Amerlenn neonle " Tle-lp is Threatened After the conference with the Presi- dint vesterdav Mr. Jewell did not mince words, nnd declared emphatically that if Congress pns-ed the legislation proposed b.v Director (Jeneral Ilines "We'll tie the railroads up so tight they'll never No union men could ever be got to sit on such an investigating body as con ten.n.,.l l .!, .llreetoe .rener.,1 ..nd'Hrftt I1BS IBCKPU llll'ir RTUUU lodge SI111C- luu- the President, Mr. Jewell added. , tion. It is only being conducted by President Wilson, the union official thoke guilty of disobeying " said, listened s)mpatheticully to what! the union oflieiuts had to say regarding! Columbus. O., Aug. ,i. (Ily A. P ) the situation, and appeared to recog-( One thousand machinists of the Penn nize its seriousness, but did not iudi-1 sylvania shops have voted to go on cute un intention to recede from his ..i.it,. tnmnrmw. It. is nredicte.l tiwi attitude that he had not the power to grant the- increases. "Piesident Wilson told us frankly," snid Mr. Jewell, "that while every agency of the government was woikiug on plans to bring relief from the high cost of living, the country could not expect a reduction to pre-war stand ards for a good many years to come. He made clear thnt what the government now was doing would take time, and immediate relief should not be looked for, and that it would be a long time before there was a marked reduction." Leaders Confer With lllnes Earlier in the day the uuiou officials conferred with Mr. Ilines' at his re quest and informed him nlso that rail road employes were a unit In opposing bis plan for the Congress authorized committee. T.he director general said he had no other solution, according to Mr. Jewell, and insisted he also had not the authority to grant the increases demanded. "Alt we can do," Mr. Jewell said' tonight in summarizing the events of I the day. "is to Drenare for the battle.! (T-Um l.n1A la n.tn .l .. n II, L... ' A Ut LmkklU IS vvuiiu), UUU YV Wilt UV ready. We expect the railroads will be tied up tight in thirty days unless our demands are settled." The railroad employes, he said, would back "to a man" the Plumb plaq for government ownership and tripartite control oL the rrlbvids by Avblch they RAIL EXECUTIVES FROWN UPON FEDERAL OWNERSHIP chase and Tripartite Control of Roads Would lie Detrimental, Is Opinion That the raili oiid executives of the country are opposed to the "Plumb plan" for government ownership of the londs as submitted In the Sims, bill Is fdiown plainly bv n summary of their "l'lnious gleaned bv the Prnt.tc Lv.ixiEii. Several railrom heads declined to peak on a federal issue, saving Direr- tor Mines could speak for the railroad administration Their views follow it Mi-r7i m v v i ,. . ?M.mi' Prr-sulotit New ork on'ral lines Remedial measures nrn safer and often more efficacious than revolutionary ones and more equitable to all. I believe the best results are obtained b.v the efficiency nnd economy of private initiative, energy nnd am bition. It can no longer be assumed that the self Interest of the rnilroad in vestor and operator nre antagonistic to the interests of the public. Itntber. we have learned,' government and corpora tions alike, that the two ate inseparably linked and must stand or full together. L'pon these fundamen tal truths I bnse my firm conviction Hint the brightest outlook for the future progress and prosperity of our country can best be assured through the extension of private railrond en terprises. Vnder a policy of con structive regulation the hope of honor uinl the reward of public approval must be open to humankind to get the best results from human endeavor HOWARD KLLIOTT, president nnd chairman of the executive committee, Noithern Pacific Railroad Company; chnlrmnn of committee on intercor porate lelations. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Com pans As an American citizen a well ns one who has spent his entire business life working for the ruilroads, I do not believe it is for the best in teiests for the nation that the 1 ail -mads be owned b.v the government. T DKWITT Cl'YLHK, chairman As soeiatitiii Railwa.v Kxecutivcs; d'ue,c tor. l'eiiiis.vlvunia Railroad Company -I am absolute!) opposed to govern ment ovvneiship of ruilroads. I uin, therefore, opposed to the brother hoods' bill. It is neither feasible uoi in the inteiests of the people of the ountry S DAVIP.S WARPir.LD. president National Association of Knilroad Sc cm it) Owners This association has before Congress u plun for the return and legulatiou of the lnilrouds which has received indorsement and up pioval b.v shipping, financial and other inteiests throughout the coun tr). We an opposed to government ownership 111 any form whatsoever, ns contrary to the business interests of the country nnd to the public at large 1 ri:di:rick i rNDnitwoon. piesident P.rie Railroad Compan.v In the long 11111 anv man will do bet bond issue, and added that cventuall) ; the Plumb plan should be extended to . the coal, steel, packing and all oiisr industries. SHOPMEN FORECAST TIE-UP OF RAILWAYS StriliC Continues lO Spread men wnlked out. and about 000 shop ,.,,. n mn of the Chicago, Milwaukee and With Chicago as tenter st raui quit. Chicago, Aug -Illy A. P I The higher wages are met at once. While the Chicago distiiet is the cen ter of the strike, lepoits from the north west, southwest, southeast. Ohio. In iliami and us far west us Colorado, show thut the shopmen continue to join Hie walkout In a uumner 01 instances, 1 lmw ever local unions voted to remain nt woik until the order to strike came from the officials of the grand lodge in the regular way. Claims of further gains as made by They predicted a complete tie-up of the milroads unless the men yielded to the nPa t0 return to work pending action bv 1 . . . 1,e ,0'ltbe grand lodge officials, who are now .. : presenting the demands to Director Gen- )" m" ' 1 us " ti:a c"" ""-. ... Section grand lodge officers have be- rn n tour of nrincitial points to coun- ,nt ,h effnrts nf committees sent not from district headquarters here. Tt. II. Aisl.ton, regional director of railroads, said that traffic thus far had not been imperiled by the strike, and that he expected a speedy return of the men now out .., lln(lorstan,i the men have been or- dered back by the officials in Washing ton, he said, anil the strike from the , ,,,.. ,,, ' ,,.. Rhonmen wHl'vote to co on strike today. A strike of all Bhopmen in the Penn sylvania shops here will tie up nil di visious running into Columbus, accord iog to Mr. Wehc. president of the union Cleveland. O., Aug. .1. (Ry A. P.) Twenty-one thousand employes of the Collingwood shops of the New York Central Railroad voted not to go on strike. Shopmen who were out yester day returned to work. Cincinnati, O., Aug. C (By A. P.) Approximately 1000 shopmen in the Cincinnati district have struck for higher wages. The roads affected are the Chesapeake aud Ohio, and the Illg Four. Men in two Louisville and Nash- MiNEKmLrHIKu We are equipped to do the work at your plant and save you the expense of long tie-up. IMione Wal. 1814 nnil Main 3414 tni'mtmnt Machinist ian ! CACSTNUT S NJEKT' Employes for Government Pur- ter in private than in gov eminent em- f0 exporters the quantities of food ploy. That statement is so nxlomatic stuffs and other necessities now going that no bolster for it is needed. There 'abroad In enormous quantities, should be no harm in profit-sharing! .ctlon to "brenk" the grnin market bv anv of the several methods now in by having the government sell wheat ,.,,,' at $1.2(1 to $1.00 while paying the The statement thnt railroad em- J"''" $2.20 for that same wheat. iiiKin i.iimv n. the los to be nbsorbed by the. United plo.ves. as a whole, nre relatively un- stn(p, ,,,., Corporatioll' ol,t 0f the derpaid cannot be proven. Several 1 $j ,000.00(1.000 appropriation made by classes f them nre underpaid, others fongiess for that purpose. It is be are earning a greater wnge than they , Keyed that five-cent bread would result could earn in identicnl employment in , other industries. The or) of Wall street manipula tion nnd control is too dead to talk about. The books of the rallwnys have for manr )ears been kept liter ally under the supervision of the In terstate) Commerce Commission. I do not believe that nny Htrlctcr supcr vision is necessary or practicable in the future. The process should be quickened : the plan was good enough, but crippled by faulty administration. Finally. I doubt if the signers of the statement represent nil of the railway emplojes of the countr.v A very large proportion of them do not favor strike methods. There arc quicker and better ways of composing differences. .lust now passion is in the saddle That state of mind will m. i..nitii nrn toward the pilSN. .,!, 1........... j ranks of railway employes, whence 1 came So intelligent, so necessary a class of cituens will get on better witli private than with government ownership, and that is why I am, and they should he for it. F P KIPLLV. president Atchison, 10 ' pcitn and Santa Fc Railroad Compan) It is generall) admitted that the railroads under government adminis tration have not been a success. They will be fuitber demoralized b.v the Plumb brotherhood plan. That is the wildest scheme nf nil. The trouble is inefficiency. The service is dis organized everywhere Fnder this plan, what is to become of securit) holders? When railroads are run for service and not for profit. I suppose surplus profit is meant There has been no surplus profit except on the best managed lines for years. Dcfi dts nre the rule. There has been no div idend on the common stock of n majority of the lines for years. The roads should go back to their owners. There ought to be n body of from three u five men, appointed b.v the Piesident. holding rank similar to justices of the Supreme Court, having un ndequatc salar.v . with power to veto anything proposed by the Inter state Commerce Commissioners or the lailrnads. L H. LOOM IS. president Lehigh Val ley Hailrond Company The plan of the brotherhoods' leaders means gov ernment ownership, which will work out to the sacrifice of efficiency and result in hopeless confusion. villo Railinad shops voted to strike today .Minneapolis. .Minn., Aug .1. (By A. P. With 2000 railroad shopmen on, strike here, terminal officials of the United States lailrond administration express anxiety over the movement nf incoming grnin from the northwest. Late yesterday 1200 "Soo Line" shop Knowlllr, Tenn.. Aug. !".. (By A. I t Two thousand shopmen of the Southern Railway near here will go on strike today., Atlanta, Ga., Aug. .". (Ry A p.) The Atlanta terminal station and the union station here were in darkness lust night because of a strike of electrical workmen in charge of the dynamos. Seventy thousand shopmen in the south pastern states are reported out Indianapolis. Inil,, Aug. ," illy A P The machinists and locomotive in spectors emplo.ved ut the Panhandle shops of the Pennsylvania Itaihoad here joined the shopmen's strike toda.v Of tuials of the men say SOO walked out. llig Four shopmen, snid to number 2."i00, remained on strike toda.v. while the Cincinnati, Indianapolis ami west ern shopmen continued at work. Ship Anniversary at Hog Island 1 ' tomlnued I'rom Pace One I ,.... n., OM. A Int. nt t I present. The day of the first launch S. a year ago today, was clear an: more than 100,000 men, women un .v,:i.i t u,,i i i, i.nn, "-"""' "i J" ,, ' ' u" u' , ",,f ; ' n r Hog Island may be bought b.v a group " Philadelphia capitalists, not hercto- fore interested in shipbuilding It is planned, if the proposed corpora tion is formed to buy the big ship building plant, to use it for three pur poses: Shipbuilding, repairing of ves sels, involving the use of drydocks and as a great terminal with a "free port" as the ideal of those at the head of the undertaking. Negotiations are pending between the Emergency Fleet Corporation and the Philadelphia financiers for the purchase This fact became known with the an nounccinent of Vice President Ackerson, of tho Emergency Fleet Corporation? that the big plant wns in the market The government, it is said, desires to obtain u purchaser nble to conduct the plant on a large scale. ,',i'..,;n.',.,),r.it: PURE FRESH PAINT aeuevBASG The Hospital at Byberry A group of five large build ings newly painted and glazed throughout by Kuehnle. This job included painting the walls the modern method of insuring real sanitation.' There's a tip for home owners I Kuehnle PAINTER llS.l6thSt,K Crt our tniafa no obligation Wilson Considers Free Wheat Market Contlnufrt rrom race One The discussion In Congress nnd the program of the administration, which the President may present in the form of n snectnl mesKace to Cnneress. cen tered very definitely about thee plans: 1 he rceuing 01 America hrst and re stricting by emhnrgo or through the financial assistance nf the eovernment from this action McCain Sees Moore as Mayor Candidate Cnntlntiril I'rom Pnite One the organization leaders would be com pelled to oppose him. .Stuart its Possibility The only new prospective candidate, outside W, Freeland Kendrick nnd Judge John M. Patterson, who appears available and who would be n power ful opponent not only to Congressman Moore, but to nny enndidate whom the Independents might name, is ex -Governor Kirn in S. Stunrt. As I noted yes terday, while the ex-dovcrnor has been under consideration by the Vnres for weeks, there is absolutely, under pres ent conditions, little hope that he would permit his distinguished name to be dragged into the mire of n factional bat tie. 1'p until toda.v neither Judge Pat terson nor Mr Kendrick hns defi nitely declared himself. Whether the doecision of Congressman Moore to enter the arena will dull the ambition of either gentlemen to shine in the transient blaze of publicity as a mayor - I nlty candidate is a question. It cer- ' tfil.tlr. ..ni.l.l TT-enLnn t!,A ?et nf I'nitl . bat nt the piimary for cither one. Of couise, the decision of Mr. Moore to make the tare automatically elimi nates A. Lincoln Acker. Mr. Acker is primnrii). after Mr. Moore, the choice of Senator Peinosc and bis friends. Clerk of Courts Cunningham has so declared. In this light Mr. Acker hus been nevertheless a quasi-factional can didate in the Independent ranks. There urc elements nmong the radical Inde pendents who oppose him. Resides. I understand that, already publicly hon ored by ids party ns sheriff and now a representative merchant of the city, Mr. Acker hus had no desire to face the ma-chine-Riiii nests of the Vare organisa tion. When I wrote last week that there would be defections fiom Hie ranks of the committee of one hundred of the Independents, nnd that there was an nnti-Penrose feeling nmong the women of thnt organization, based largely upon the senatoi's nnti-.s'uffrnge attitude, I did not anticipate that the letter of Mrs Anna VV. Harmon, declining mem bership 011 the committee, would "loine ns quiekl) lis it ims. .Mrs. Harmon's lettei is hut a pie lude to a more seiious defection from the committee which, I am told, will come today or later in the week. John Phillips, who was placed upon the com mittee of one hundred ns the represen tative of the labor interests, has pre pared a letter with saw-tooth edges which will carry his resignation from the committee and a refusal to act with it in nny way. Mr. Phillips shies nt the composition of the committee. He will declare that it is not representative of the people, and the appearance upon it of 11 large number of gentlemen who be claims are opposed to lubor and its interests, ns manufacturers and employers, ren ders it impossible for him to remain a co?vvorker with them. An interesting side light on the cam paign is the information that the Vare organization will estcnu what one of its luminaries describes as the "show 'em up" policy of the organization to those other than candidates. The com mittee of one hundred will be gone through with a line -toothed comb, aud if necessary a Pike county fowling piece, to reach certain of its members. No one, I am told, will be spared in the campaign literature, which will be dis tributed when Armageddon breaks loose between now and the 17th of next month. Moore Good Man, Penrose Asserts Continued Trom Tate On nnd will abide by the developments of public sentiment ns evinced by the ex pression of the committee of one hun dred nnd other ugencies provided the candidates come within the require ments nbove mentioned." Congresrann Moore may announce to day his decision to uccept the mayoralty nominuiiou uu cue .iicpuuucuu iicuei All he has said so far is : "I have not yet reached a decision." nBBHIBBsiTnfTtPr I I lit.- latti I. !lmi L! ', II . II HI l,tafiW.il 1 I ' ! HlfHlV! ii r HB Wis mi' syi'iiwwP1 'tSW h fit 'aw-s.wgitAiyLlULi IffliiawnfMiM wiiiMii 1 I i I kfiHii i bm psnu .T"i3u.-if I in , rajlssiilaPi IMMI3SIEiM mm For the second time in two days b committee representing the committee of one hundred will today call on Con gressman Moore nnd urge permission to use his name as n prospective caudldatc representing the Pcnrose-Indcpcndent forces opposed to Vare control. .Many Call on Moore Thfe strongest kind of pressure Is be ing brought to bear on Mr. Moore by representative business men nnd manu facturers from nil sections of Philadel phia. Mr. Moore's office, In the Crozer Iluildlng, has been literally besieged by men of prominence since he came hero yesterday from AVashington. It is understood that should Mr. Moore accept there will be considerable modification of the committee of one hundred's program. The congressman, it is understood, will not run on nny J0O per cent "po litical platform." Those close to him say he will enter the fight only with the understanding Hint he will be the choice of a united party. Mr. Moore was asked If he would become the mu.voralty candidate. Series of Conference Congressman Moore nrranged n series of conferences for toda.v. This after noon he was expected to confer with Senator Penrose. It became known today that Mr. Acker, who has been mentioned fre quently us n mayoralty possibility, had never given the committee nny en courngement In that direction. Re cently, it is said, he told the committee he would not be a enndidate. Tribute to Mr. Moore nnd former Governor Stuart was paid today by Mr. Acker, who expressed the hope that either one of them would accept the mayoralty nomination. Mr. Acker was seen at his North Eighth street store working in dustriously nt his desk. Asked if he would be n candidate if convinced Hint the representative Re publicans of this citv wnnted him to enter the field, Mr. Acker smiled nnd said : "I have no statement to make except that the' selection of either one of two names now prominently mentioned for the mayoralty would mean a positive benefit to Philadelphia "Roth Congressman J. Hampton Moore nnd former Governor Edwin S. Stuart are pre-eminently fitted for the position by experience, integrity nnd executive ability." Praises Moore and Stuart Mr. Acker added that Mr. Moore's record in Congress aud Mr. Stuart's record in city nnd state government showecfl they "trul.v represented the people" nnd stood for "square dealing." While Mr. Acker did not sny he would not be a candidate, he intimated that he would not enter the fight. Those close to Mr. Acker say he is much dissatisfied with political condi tions in the Republican city committee, nnd thnt if he would take up the party standard there would be a general housecleauing in that committee. In the Vare camp the mnyornlty problem is just ns perplexing to Re publican lenders as it is to the com mittee of one hundred. Judge John M. Patterson, Tax Receiver XV. Freeland Kendrick nnd City Solicitor John P. Connelly appear to have the field to themselves, with Patterson in the lead. Should Judge Patterson be designated Republican leaders would count on his splitting the independent vote. On the other hand, members of the committee of one hundred believe that if Con gressman Moore would become the can didate on an anti-contractor platform he would cause defections from the Vnre ranks. "Keds" 2" are mad of extra fine and ulronr dork and are lined with tatn to match, la either pure white or Iran. Illthlr raa otnmenaed for outdoor iport. Children's, $1.25-$1.75 Men's, $1.50-$2.50 Women's, $1.50-$2.25 20c Garden Hose, lnVh 15c ft. $4.00 Lineen Duster, $1.50 $15.00 Raincoats, $10.00 m KBBBK WS WSTK If i I IH I '. MVaJlaWa.WlaB-atl tl L 'iyadueaf I 820 Chestnut St. I 1 1 wi.ni.Mi. and Retail I l.H m! 'X. 4. lUVY(ttiri .H tifl mi mmw toi'iM wmm';m Senators in Sharp Cta8h Over League Continued From Tare One "Thcpeoplc of Europe Arc still suf fering JroM shcllshock. They have been carrying tremendous burdens nnd have been led to assume Germany would take over & large part of their burdens. They even hnve been led to believe they would receive more than Grmany's bill would amount to." Two Years for Agreement The Witness thought: It n-niil,t tnt-n about two years to reach a final agree ment ns to Germany s total bill "It wo largely a question," he snid, "Of how much the nnnora cool,! nITnr.l to have Germany nay. To Immense l.er resources she must curtail imports and I enlarge tier exports. Great IJritaln aud France would become a dumping ground for her exported products. if it was decided Germany should pay $40,000,000,000 I think hr tl... timeshe had nald R1O.O0O.nnn nnn , $1(1.000,000,000, those governments would be squealing to have her quit." .Mr. Davis said the American dele gates had fixed a definite amount they thought Germany should pny. but he doubted the advisability of saying pub licly vmnt mat total was, ns the matter must be n subject of future negotiation. He agreed to tell the committee later in confidence. Force Aided By Fraud Declaring tho history of German and Japanese acquisitions in Shantung lind been one wrong heaped upon another, Senator Watson, Republican, Indiana, asked the Senate today to reject that provision of the Versailles treaty which gives Japan control in Shantung peniu faiiln . "We went to war in pnrt to undo the wrong wrought by Germany, and sure ly here is one thut enlists the sympathy and challenges the attention of our country, aye, and ,of civilization, for it fceeks to perpetuate' one of the most flag rant wrongs ever committed by the agents of the kaiser upon n helpless and unoffending people. "The President recently has stated." he continued, "that Japan intends to return Shantung to China. If thnt be G,u aranteed Used Adding Machine Values When you purchase a used adding, bookkeeping or calcu lating machine from us, you receive a full guarantee of sat isfactory service, backed by our nation-wide organization of service men. Write for our illustrated catalog. q General Adding Machine Exchange, Inc. 327 Broadway "" Th EmhUm of JV NEW YORK CITY J If You Are the Owner of a J ? Motor Car, Are You a r Xi Member of the ' AMERICAN MOTOR CLUB? If Not, Why Not? The owners of over 5000 cars arc members for the very best of reasons REAL SERVICE REAL SAVING. 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Japan, seeing his attitude, tooli advantage of him and forced him to Indorse this wrong to China by the threat that, If It were not done she would withdraw from the conference nnd would decline to rntify the league. "The most remarkable, the most in defensible feature of this entire trans action Is that, as a result of a war said to have been waged to make the world nufc for democracy, we enforce the spoliation of the only republic in the Orient. Friendly Nation Robbed "The people of China believed in the I'nited States. We hnve been her one great and only friend. The President willingly throws nsldc the work of Rtirlingamc, casts the efforts of Jlay upon the scrap heap, and not only con sents to tho robbing of China by Japan, but seeks to force us to fight to sus tain the robbery nnd protect Uje rob bers. J "We send missionaries to China to, teach thcTnrinclnles of the Chrlitttnn re " Hgion. And we do right. 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