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A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Things on which the people '"P"
the new administration to conceu-
trate Ha attention!
The Delaware river bridge.
A drydock big etuouph to accommo
date the largest ships. . ,
Development of the rapid transit sys.
ttm.
A convention hall. ...
A building jur tne Free Library.
An Art Museum. , .
Enlargement of the water supply.
Homes to accommodate the popula
tion. REGISTER!
.ill the spring r
LTHOUGH the spring primary will j
be less exciting here thn
nn in thoe
states where party uciegiur ,u -
, .. . t.
EST sssssrsr.
tion is Incumbent upon all Pl.iladcl-
phians- who take tho fundamentals of i
t.ir Pli.rm.ahin seriously. Public in-
difference to primaries hns long been j
welcomed by the bosc. Such apathy
fiffoctlvelv favors machine plails. Here
t- ..i. ,,!, tl,n (.lM-tnrntp
i ri'niuu viiuui.ii " '.' --
jolce If the day is dull nnd the division
voting places scantily tilled. Make it
a lively occasiou :
It
THE PROPHET DANIELS
F' IS cheering to hear Secretary Dan-
ipls tell the world that his own be- I
loveu1 North Carolina will swiftly ratify
the suffrage
suffrage amendment and endow the
women of the
awaited vote.
land with the long-
But those who arc most ardently in
,hfmld exert its ground-floor rights in induced to iiromio un. irr .. - ,..i .. ( p ,., c m. " ,i i.v,u u..u
the nomination of congres-men. state of the united effort of nil the A lies J n,H.,,P. """"5 l'-'"'nt.
legislators and the President. and associated nations represented in cJattl-CnanusaN performances j r,n, ,..., .. , ,77. , nn . .
So one will be permitted to o.e for the Paris Peace Conference m ,', ., ' g- Am LI had this man gone h .
party nominees in the primaries who has Itut there is not won! in u about t, p ,,, on0 llrawl ,, nu,iirllrrsJ;va; before the disputantP 'ntl tMr
Sofregistercd his party affiliations, co-operation with the other nations ,n Tlp,nJ ,,,. u MIcIl aUc(. frnlp,n;?-,n 0
Registration day will o-.,r next the enforcement of the terins of tie BucC at ix -dollar lo,. prl H iinpn
Wednesdnv. The noliticians will re- treaty, and nil reference to tlie l.enuc able, then the whoie economic basis of , uliito miistnchp mid cental, smiliui:
izrrrj: zzu" i- -:' . ?
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HIGHER AND HIGHER
-w-t-ii. ir t i a nnnt jviieriiArfrnu-ooiTti
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U. . , . ,
,1 9vi wnv rrho now rntns fir hrcflil
Ao not reflect the worst phase of the ,
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niaa pnenomenon. 11 ipp imkuit "'i 1
nl tne "store lont tenns to revive tne
lost art 01 nome oaKing 11 is me naKcrs
rather than their patrons who will have
to do the worrying.
Causes and effects arc dramatically
apparent in New York. There passion
ate complaints are being showeied on
government investigators by men nnd
women who write bitterly of lemonade
for which they paul a dollar u glass.
of rouge at appalling prices and of
brutal profiteering in the face -powder
trade. Thesp people do not sny that
thev were asked to pay the extortionate
rate,
They are enraged becau-e thej
paid
There is a due in that. '
Xo one ever died for the want or .
lemonade. Rouge doesn't keep its wear
ers warm. Had the indignant New
Yorkers .been sincere, independent, free-
aplrited or actually aroused they would
have passed 'on and waited for prices
to take the inevitable tumble. The
country is full of people who have
acquired a habit of reckless spending.
They are the chief allies of the profiteer.
If people with money are willing to give
It away, it is difficult to prevent cleverer
people from taking it from them
MILITARY TRAINING DOOMED
COMPULSORY military training has
virtually disappeared as a cam
paign issue Congress, while obtuse
and obstinate on sotnp subjects, keeps
Its car close to the ground when certain
domestic fundamentals nre concerned.
Hence the Scnnte's repudiation of uni
versal service by our youth and the un
convincing proposal of a system of vol
untary drilling.
The success of such a scheme is open
to considerable doubt. The Senate's
interest in it was probably due to the
feeling that it was a convenient way
out of a difficulty. Some weeks ago
compulsory training was sidetracked in
I. IwiMnf iirnnlirt- nftw thflll III WflM " v'"" . ' .. . .. 1 t . 1 I"" v "' ' ,,H'"M"i,,U1'
when he assured us that he would one remind tl.e henate tnat mr omy .og.u. ,, Metropolitan s ,e enl seasons have poor almost as Lincoln, although he 1 They cannot he put out nor can their
day march into Berlin at the head of and, 'f-"specting ro.fr 'f , Iw.l nt leant the appenrance of pros- was born and ralsfil in the loer w- Lent be Increased. But what about
tfaVuX State. 1 Marine Band nati" t0 pUr'UP, .", " 1 ratification pprilT. Tll0 illl(rrsnl.if, who ovcrlooks tion of Pliilndelphla. innend of in n tllnw. wbo have no homes?
the Lmted Mates .Marine Hand f the treaty .Mf in rctular (orm. .Mil,',.,,,,,, lm,if., trl.ri ,, . abiu iu Ihr llilcrnrss. There are 73,114 such persons in
h the House.
All of which means that the public
Jr opposed to the plan nml has no de
sire to take the President's tip nnd
wait to see whether the League of Na
tions becomes effective.
Contrary to much emphatic opinion
three years ago, the war apparently did
jiot Inflame the soul of tbe nation with
enduring militaristic ideals. Kveri in
(ksk A t-ritiV rt T.sifytrtii Annrntinl tt nnn
-' lulfiory training was patted at a recent
ronvcouon only artcr healed contest.
FADING HOPES IN DELAWARE
SUFFRAGISTS like Alice Paul may
till be clinging to insubstantial
), hop in Delaware, but the public as a
tl " u.L.t. In kanltinlnM i t lntl nlAii'linit a
IV 5TIJOIC 19 UCiWUUli ,V im-nill.li: IUI
i ' aJfectlra action on tlic nineteenth
' 'wawidment. The situation in the little
,. atte ia becoming dull. Mlie nigh pitch
f1! welieroent seems to havn passed.
' Tkk ia usually an ominous igu when
the fate o( any liberalising measure
linng lu the bnlance. The circulation
of nn anti-suffrage round robin also In
creases the gloom.
Partly because of these conditions,
tho chances In. I.ouislnnn and North
Carolina, where the Legislature- will
meet In July, nrc somewhat brighter
than they would have been If the path
of equal suffrage in Delaware had Jbccn
smooth. Senator Simmons, of North
Carolina, formerly a suffrage opponent,
has confessed his conversion. Gover
nor lllckctt is lined up ou the side of
emancipation.
It li not unreasonable also to expect
that Governor Parker, of Louisiaua, n
former Progressive party spokesman,
will bring considerable favorable influ
ence to . bear in hit slate when the
Legislature meets next month.
The South has a unique opportunity
to efface n dlniol record on the suffrage
theme. Delaware hns paved the way
for such rtpcjitoncc.
THE PEACE RESOLUTION
IS WILSON'S OPPORTUNITY
It Opens the Way for Him Again to
Urge the Ratification of
tho Treaty
Tllli adoption of the House peace
resolution by the Senate should be
welcomed by the President as provid
ing a way out from the present blind
alley in which be finds himself.
The peace treaty hns been twice re
jected by the Senate. The first time
Hip vote to reconider the rejection was
i laid on the table nnd the treaty was re
! tained by the foreign relations com
1 mittee. This left the President power
les to interfere.
The second time the treat, after i
rpleelinn. was returned to the Presi
dent. This left further consideration
of it by the Senate subject to his iu
itinthc. Now comes the House with a resolu
tion declaring the war at nn end nnd
providing that the United States or its
nationals shall have no dealings with
Germany or with the German people,
save by license of tho President, unless
Germany agrees to nil tho terms of
the Versailles treaty protecting the
rights and clnims of Americans grow-
" . i
ing nut of tlic war. 'me rcoiuuou
also insists Hint nil the "rights, privi- I
lege.. ndomnUi. r;Prntlon or n, -
n' ,", " ,"" -"". " ,',""..
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nrrn n
OuIIUlU HUU'T llll .man. -
ssj rs, k j
the I n.ted Stales n.e con
mposecl o
firmed mid
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In other uonl-. the resolution rn Hies
the treaty without ratifying it. 1 1 1 ,
on attempt to secure for tlio t nito.I
States, acting alone, nil the ngius nmi ;
imlpmnilies which Germany lias been
......
of Nations is deliberately omitted. It
is a pusillanimous shirking of our in
ternational obligations in order to en
able us to profit by the efforts of those
who fought the war with us.
. . .
The President could ask for no ijouer
opportunity for reopening the rati lien-
tion isue than would be afforded b (
tne suunnssio i m iin !....... ,
ur course ne win cio n. .. -
I noi niusiHvuu; "-'"' " I
shuffling evnsions as pervade its whole
not consisicniiy l-uu.-pui u "". -"",
structure. . mu lkii,v .......
........1 niinrfl m wic nmioriuiiiu i"
its covenant ctaDIISlling nn interna-
tional peace federation intrusted with
1 tn ninj ui "this i' -- i""""""!
1111 IIUI.' .' (-
of tlic treaty arc respociea.
... 1.1 1 u- , K-..1- rt '
Anil I1H roiliu ''iiu wi-
J send the treaty nacK to
,.. n.:h his veto mesane I
1 .JTnrdo
iuld pass tl -oJ to his
Senate that they ai e tree
tnp gonate aiUR
Then if he won
ft-ir-ticls in the
to vote for any reasonable reservations
or interpretations made in good faith
the probabilities arp that ratification
could be brought about in the near
future.
The nation favors ratification.
A majority of the senators favor it.
If it were not for the constitutional
provision requiring a two-thirds vote
for ratification of treaties the agreement
of the L'nited States to the treaty would
have been bled in Paris long ago and
our delegates would be sitting in the
council of the League of Nations..
It is the delay of the I nited Stales
that is largely responsible for the pres-
Prit chaotic conditions in Kurope, con
ditious growing worse every week and
tending nn one Unotvs whither. The
League of Nations cannot function be -
cause this country, the only solvent nn-
tion among those which fought the war,
is not represented in it.
It has been
waiting for us. and if we hold ourselves
aloof the most feasible plan ever de
vised for maintaining the peace of the
world will die aborning
Such a course n wp hne suggested
cannot be ndopted by the President
without some modification of his fre
quently expressed views. But this is
a time for concession nnd conciliation.
The nations which have already ratified
tbe treaty arc willing to accept any
reservations which we may mnke that
do not Invalidate the document, for
they nre aware of the issues at stake.
They know that world solvency, politi
cal as well as financial, depends on the
participation of Ihe l'nited States In j
the work of readjustment to be con
ducted by the league. And they know ,
better than we seem to do that political
and financial bankruptcy in Europe will
react disastrously upon the L'nited
States.
At the present moment the initiative
is in the hands of the President. Jf
he acts as we have suggested he will
put the whole question up to the Senate
once more with 11 disposition to meet
that body half wny. Then his skirts
will be clear, whatever happens. If the
Senate palters and piffles again it can
not escape the responsibility for the
consequences.
This plan, if it succeeded, would
take the league issue out of the na
tional presidential campaign, where it
cannot be met with any definitcness or
precision. It would be confused with
half a d07.cn other issues, so that no one
could decide whether the people by their
votes had expressed themselves In favor
of the treaty without the dotting of an
"I" or the crossing of a "t" or whether
they had indorsed the Lodge reserva
tions. For example, in this state Scnntor
Penrose will be elected, and his attitude
on the treaty will not be considered by
u single voter. He will be elected be-
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cause he Is n Republican who controls
the state machine nnd because he de
sires to go back to Washington.
Other senators In other states will be
elected for similar reasons.
The Senate toflay knows the senti
ment of the nation. A majority of its
members favor ratification, and It Is
possible to draft reservations which will
command the support of the necessary
two-thirds If a serious effort Is made to
bring about nn agreement between the
White House nnd the Capitol on this
important and pressing matter.
Pride of opinion can wreck the whole
business, but the peace of the world Is
of greater importance than the self
conceit of any man or any group of men.
TRAINING OR CULTURE?
TUB plan which Doctor Fincgan has
proposed for the consolidation of the
University of Pennsylvania, the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh and State Col
lege, and the co-ordination of effort in
other institutions of learning that re
reive slate aid. in a favorite one with
academicians. Unification of control is
supposed to elevate school nnd college
stnndnrds and promote efficiency. What
It nctunllv ilnPM In nrnctlce ts tn fnrthrr
dignify the accepted system and ac
cepted codes. And it docs make the
state's money go further.
To n great many people who nrc be
wildered and distressed by the political
and social confusion of the times it will
seem t lint the schools need something
more thnn greater efficiency In their
routine work. Popular education in
America needs n new element that is
not apparent In the average curriculum.
The schools need conscience nnd they
need vision. Can schoolmen tell what
their objective Is? Can they define or
niggcst objectives for the country
men.' inn they toil ns wlicrc
we are going
and why? And can
they describe the quality tlmt is
lacking among those of their graduates
whoe diplomas are no assurance of
loyalty or wisdom, no guarantee of nn
honorable understanding of the obliga
tions which educated men cannot de
cently avoid in a free society?
Is it culture, the cdilcotion of the
spirit, that we need? Culture is out of
fashion. Perhaps wo bhall have to re
turn to It if n return is possible.
Meanwhile, if Doctor Finegan can tell
us hnw men may be made juster. less
... i , jiii... . ... ., .
-"-" " "- ". '' "
minds run with the mind of an en-
UKiiicuiMi upinoiTiu . in1! jimn lur nu
ciency enn wait n while without loss to
ony one.
OPERATIC APPETITE "
A1
LTHOUGH the rnntiuunticc of
grand opera in Philadelphia next
season is said to be dependent on the
lnn nt Oitii II. Knlm. I'hnirmnii of
the board of directors of the New York !
Metropolilon Opera Company, the s,,b-
grand opera is wrong and the prodiu
tions arc simply forced exotics. On
the other baud, if the present season
hns paid, it is reasonable to expect sub-
I sequent series of music drama.
The coming sale of the opera house
t iroa,j ,) p01,iar streets may or
mnj. ol Ump tho NVw Vork llllrvCTrs
(lt ,yri(. rutortainment here to seek other
qunrlcrs, omc "lionie'- for fiunn-
,.inlly succe.-sful opera will ccrtaiuly
be found
u,. lound.
Tll(1 (njrnK0 company did not rettirn
,,3 reason because its weeks venture
y ,., K ;
tn-
coutrnst. '
rrnmin on; nt I in Imiwl nt ht. ..!
zation.
rniiaaripmn nas nrrsumnblv out
grown afIole(eme in music. Onern
... . . . ,,.i.n . "J'cui
wui thrive here ,f the public rcalh
.., : 1 .u . ' , 'ra"
T If the p,eent scale of pro-
duc,lon , ,.auoratt. for ,,,,. book.
to show n profit, leadjustinent will
inni in ni-mi iiijirn inrni'iiv vninpnnin rn :
f ... ... .it ii e it a.
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eventually rome. Perhaps n longer s-ea- claims to Mr. f.enry. the proprietor of
SOn nnd lower prices is the solution 'the place. lie was accepted, much to
jn any event, regulation is fiuallv in the!"' J.r' "p worked my. hnw hard he
hands of the patronage.
Kvery once in a while the opinion
that hloyil George's distinction is rather
as a politician than as a statesman is
given weight by his utterances. And
every once in ii while, in n niooii of
frnnknpss, vw are willinz to admit thnt
a politician is 11 statesman with ulimi.
1 views we do not nirec and n statesman
is a polilii iau with whose wews we nre
, in strict accord.
Mini l mill'0 IIaaiai m,Lnc ,nn...
, to demonstrate that he is not a good
. politician. Whii'h. of course, does not
I affect his ability ns an executive; and
j may not hurt -hlui with the people at
large.
The Old Soak says he gets no joy nut
of the allowance of whisky to physicians
and druggists. It is evidently their
plan, he days, not to give a mnn a drink
unless he is too wick to enjoy it
Ii is a mistnke to suppose II C.
of I. is a wise old guy. with an eye to
the mam chance. He is nothing but n
fresh kid, pampered and spoiled by n
foolish father, whoso name is Reckless
Spender.
Thoso who favor and those who
oppose universal compulsory military
training might meet on common ground
by arranging for the education of mill
tary experts scientists, craftsmen,
engineers nnd organizers.
Samuel Gompers says congressmen
are a lot of silly windbags. When con
gressmen have expressed their opinion
of the president of the American Fed
eration of Labor we may consider tlic
incident closed.
Trotzky and Lenlne have found one
wny to solve the labor problem. They
make work compulsory; nnd unskilled
workers are practically serfs. Strikers
infected with bolshevlsm In this coun
try should take note.
The latest anti-suffrage round
robin in the Delaware Legislature h
said to contain at least twenty-three
signatures. That number of worms
would make any robin round.
Judge House seems to thiuk that
Philadelphia con worry along without
tbe services of tbe Fifth ward police
men now filling an engagement in
West Chester.
There is fear in many quarters that
a peace resolution is nbout ns effective
as the overngo New Year rcsolutiuu.
It must be admitted that Mr,
Hoover is making things extremely
difficult for. the New York World,
WHY BOLSHEVISM FAILS
Lives of Three Phlladelphlans
Given as Reasons for Failure
of Cancerous Growth
to Flourish Here
A GROUP of men in n Ilroad street
club were discussing bolshevlsm the
other day, nnd each man had his own
argument against the pernicious prin
ciples' Involved In the un-American
doctrine. Presently they found them
selves in a warm disii'ute because thev
wero attacking the evil from different
standpoints. A newcomer was appealed
to for n disinterested judgment. He
smiled nnd said '.
"Gentlemen you are all right, but
3 ou go too far afield for your reasons
and your Illustrations. I'll guarantee
thnt 1 can stand at the corner of Broad
nnd Chestnut streets, nnd In threo
minutes T.cnn point out at least three
strong nrgutnents against the spread of
bolshevlsm in these United btnves.
They looked nt one another and
wondered whnt in the world the man
meant by such strange talk. However,
they accepted the ehnllenge, nnd In n
few minutes had nosted themselves In
a position on the busy corner where
they could get a good view oi tne
passers-by.
T'rimnntK- nn nlrlnrll- tnntl Inrlinptl in
sllmncss, with a smali grolsh mustache
and nn nir of suppressed energy was
noticed hurrying down the street.
It was Samuel Ilea, president of the
Pennsylvania Ilailroad, one of the
greatest nnd best managed corpora
tions In tho-world.
"That's my first argument against,
bolshevlsm in the United Stntcs." said
the Challenger. "Whenever I henr
parlor radicals railing ngalnst condi
tions in tills couulry. T like to point to
the presidents of the Pennsylvania
Itallroad. It bents any rovnl succes
sion in the world. Kvery man of 'em
began nt the bottom and worked his
way to the top. One started ns a
rodman. auolher as a tranit man. Ilea
might be cnlled an nristocrnt among
these men bf-cnuse lie had begun the
study of engineering when he entered
the employ of the Pennsylvania Rail
road. "Now when do ou suppose he
started with this corporation? Why at
the age of fifteen. And his position
was nbout the humblest thnt could be
found in tho engineering department of
the corporation. Think of this,' ye
grumblers who look with envy on men
like Ilea.
"He worked hard because it was Ills
ambition to become one of' the best en
gineers in the United States. He suc
ceeded so well thnt in the course of
,enrs he became the chief engineer of
the coninanv. He left the Pcnnsy for
' a lime in order to take ciinrge of build-
in? the bolt -line tunnel under Haiti
more. Later in life he was In charge
of the building of the great tunnel and
mncnificcnt Mntion of the Pctinsylvnnln
Railroad in New York city. Presently
he became fourth vice president, then
111 II II till ii"Miiiit iiivii c' " uiiii n-t
genial
eyes.
It was Edwin S. Stuart, president
of the Union League, nnd one-time
Mnvor of Philadelphia and Governor
of Pennsylvania.
"That's my second argument against
bo'shevism in the United States." suit!
the teacher of object lessons. "There's
a man who began with practically noth
ing nnd worked himself to the highest
position in the gift of the people of
Pennsylvania by Ins own unaided eliorts,
You micht linaclne from his cherubic
countenance and his genial mntinei
that fortune hnd smiled upon him. Not
nt nil. He ran after fortune nnd grab
bed it by the coat-tai,h. nnd never let
"Mow did he begin.' Why. 11s an
errand lm., nt SU a week, lie sus In
the neighborhood of Fifth and Walnut
streets more yenis ngo than he cares to
Jn . r" 11 1 . K 1
frnnl of a second-hand book store. It
sai,. -Wnnted-n strong bo " He
, big nnd husky In those days and he
walked into the shop nnd presented his
remember when he noticed n sign in
'm "l"' ",,uHt, ,1P cn," or V10 "I"1
'week he ran all the way home in order
i to pour those first two. dollars into his
"'other s lap. Hut lie was not satisfied
to be an errand boy. He made himself
useful. He learned the business from
lop to bottom, and the day came when
,IC f"1""1 hlmelf the proprietor of that
UUUK MUM'.
Today, in addition to his oilier ac
tivities, he is one of the members of the
Board of City Trusts, which directs (ii
raril College. He takes an immense in
terest in the hoys iu that iiistllulion,
and it is n significant fnct that he is
never too busy to advise and help boys.
You see, be was once n boy himself.
And I do not thiuk it nn exaggeration to
say that any one of the orphun boys in
the college has greater advantages nnd
more opportunities thnn Ned Sliinit had
when he was a youngster."
A THIRD pedestrian passed the group
of curious men. He loo. like the
preceding "arguments." was tall. He
lumbered along, apparentl unconscious
of the crowds, but his face and iiis man
ner indicated a love of humanity.
It was Russell Conwell, president of
Temple University, and the man who
has the recorn ot naving earned a mil
lion dollars with one lecture, the famous
"Acres of Diamonds."
"My third nrguinent against bol
shevlsm in the United States." said the
speaker, "needs no, introduction to any
one in Philadelphia. He fought for all
be has and now ho is lighting to give
advantages of others. He was a boy wben
the Civil War began, but he insisted
upon enlisting in the army, like many
thousands of other boys There Is n
special lesson iu his life that should be
taken to heart by those who think they
are not getting a square deal. When
the war started he was studying law.
lie wanted to mnke that his profession.
Hut he realized that once in camp lie
would be cul off from his studies. Dili
he abandon his .thoughts of mastering
the law? By no means. He used his
head. He hnd an idea. He provided
himself with textbooksT-mnst of them
paper-covered books that were easllj
carried. And during many of the lone
and weary nights in camp, when most
of his associates were wondering what
to do with their time, he wns 'plug-pint-'
nwav at his studies. And when
the war ended ho knew ns much about
the law as many young men do who
have speut four yearn in n lawyer's
office."
TUB men returned to their club deeply
impressed with the three "argu
ments," and each 0110 of them fell that
a country which could produce men like
Ren, Stuart and Conwell was In no dan
ger of falling n victim to the heresies
which have broken out in Kuropo ns one
of the results of tho war.
Doesn't the defent In Congress of
compulsory military training put a bit
of a kink In the Wopd candidacy? Or
does It?
IDEALISM WORTH LITTLE i .
UNLESS REALISM BACKS IT
Herbert Jloovcr's Views of the Wilson Policics--iiWisdom
Consists in Knbwing What to Do Next'7
HEUKBItT HOOVER'S criticism of
the Wilson ndmlui-ation in that
It has failed to make peace and that
It has failed to bring forward real solu
tions of the tremendous problem of re
construction. Tho fart thnt Mr. Hoover has such
an incisive and sweeping criticism to
offer is referred to by those In his con
fidence ns n definite and clearly defined
answer to Senator Penrose's recent dec
laration that Mr. Hoover would not be
considered in a Republican convention
because he Is n "Wilson Democrat."
This nnd other phases of the Hoover
situation were discussed nnd developed
In conversation on tho train" which
brought Mr. Hoover to Philadelphia
from New York Inst Saturday.
The same noint of view wns broucht
out in another wny with tho statement
thnt Air. Hoover would not bn n Re
publican if ho approved" of the Wilson
,.,,, tr1 , tii.it i i,
policies. He is n Rcpubllcnn nnd he.
does not approve of the Wilson poll
cics. Mr. Hoover finds, rather, n lack
of Wilson policies in these critical
times.
M',',1,
HOOVER is nu idealist whose
idenllsm is in touch with the dally,
ordinary intercourse of men and na
tions. He is strongly opposed to whnt
some describe ns Wilsonlnn idealism,
which does not get nnywhere. which is
visionary.
Mr. Hoover's friends quote. In this
connection, n "Hooverlsni" w"hirh is
enlightening. This is:
"Idenllsm Is not worth much unless
there is n lot of realism in it."
Another:
"Wisdom consists in knowing what
to do next rather than in everything in
general."
AT THE same time, Mr. Hoover,
generally speaking, is not in favor
of the scpnrate peaco plan proposed by
the House of Representatives. A sep
arate peace, it was argued, would en
tail Intricate complications In the f-olu-tion
of the economic nnd other questions
nrlslug out of the ending of tbe world
war. Readjustments, reparations and
other problems have been worked out
on the basis of n general peace. A sep-
arnle peace would involve a detafiled and
long-drawn-out reworking out of these
problems with Germany and with the
Allies.
Whnt is urgently demanded, in thp
Hoover thought, is a peace settlement
and a quick step forward to sane nnd
HOW DOES IT .
STRIKE YOU?
NK'V YORK is making the only ex
periment, since that made during
the war. of interfering In the operation
of supply nnd demand.
The law has iixed nn arbitrary limit
of -i"i per cent upon increases in rent.
Courts nre enforcing the' law and
granting n ear's stay to tenants whom
landlords seek to oust.
Cost of building lias advanced 100
per cent.
Rents may allvance no more than 20
per cent.
Whnt is the nnwer?
Why, no more building, of course.
Not only no more building, but no
j remodeliug of existing structures, so as
to effect their more economical use.
This is fine for the lucky ones who
New York now
By autumn there
will be 107.000
more.
There. Is nothing lo encourage the
provision of iiccnmmodntious for them.
The trouble witli the war upon prof
iteering is thnt New York's efforts ore
supported only by Attorney Oenernl
Palmer's investigation into the why
nnd wherefore of tbirty-five-ccnt col
lars. A fight merely upon higher rents will
only mnke conditions worse.
Kltlier the whole thing must be left
to the law of supply and demaud or else
everything must lie regulated.
q q q
I
TALY has Just by law cut all news-
papers down to two pages.
Fancy nn American newspaper of
two pages!
Interior cities of the third class nre
printing dnllj p.ipers of forty -four and
forty-eight pages.
As-n result. Mr .Insnn Rogers, n New
. l ii. ' in ten .vcrirs
mere win in- in. urwximpcrs. mere ocing
no longer any newsprint paper: if, he
nddn, the supply of spruce lasts even
that long.
Find nnother fiber, jou .ny, out of
which to mnKc pApcr.
Men hnvc bcii ti.ving to do so for
twenty yeais..
And the best firm of cliemiciil engi
neers in the country, after long inves
tigntion. lepmts thnt no .other fiber
can he mad" into newsprint without the
use of n certain acid found only iu wood
You mny cMruet the acid from "wood,
treat otber vegetable libers with -it und
thus make newsprint. Hut that gels
you nowhere, for it .still calls for the
wood.
And our Knowledge of organic chem
istry in so defective that we cannot
make synthetically this wood ncid. uny
more thnn we can produce life by
I'lietulcnl reactions.
q
SOME way wilt be found!
That is nhvnjs tbe Atneiicnn an
swer. I'robnblj
Sonic way is nlwnys found.
Hut paper won't be as cheap as it
used lo be.
And in the end that is goiug to cause
n revolution in American newspapers,
periodical nnd honk.
Mr. Itccdy, of Reedy" Mirror, neKcd
some lime ngo why nn American news
paper always tells n story three times:
ouco in the headlines, once aguln briefly
In the introduction and a third time at
length nnd in full.
The answer is cheap white paper.
All our newspaper traditions nrn in
fluenced by the chenp white paper we
once had.
The enormous hcndllnes. the long
btorles, tho wordy und laigc-tjped ad
crtising, the immciign variety of topics
were made possible bj Ihe low cost of
paper.
The editor of one' of tho greatest and
most Huccensful papers in this country
was once asked why he printed such
long stories nbout everything.
He replied: "Hecniinc white paper
is cheaper lliini editonnl bruins!"
1 J l
WHY Is much American writing ver
liose and long winded?
Cheap white paper,
normal condition's. All this, the prob
lem of reconstruction, Is regarded ns
largely a natter of administration.
Here, again, Mr. Hoover's friends
quote a Hooverlsm whlch'touchcs on the
"fnlliiro" of the Wilson administration.
"A government is Interested In ad
ministration," is the Iloovcr quotation,
which goes on to Indicate thnt the people
nrc Interested lu action nnd in ncar-ot-home
questions,
"Tho people are Interested In the po
liceman on the corner," continues the
Hoover quotation, "and not in long
range views."
Mr. Hoover's running comments nre
shot through with contlnunl references
to the futility of idealism unless it is
realized.
"For example," it Is quoted, "de
mocracy is nn Ideal, butyit. must hnvc
an impulse to make it real."
Plainly speaking, Mr. Hoover believes
that tho people want results; not philo-
,,,, ' ' ,.,,,,,.,, 'A .,, ullt
sophlcal essays which sound well but
do not meet the problems of (laity life.
TTR. HOOV.ER will not talk politics
ATX in the sense thnt most men, .candi
dates for ofilce, or suggested for otficc,
talk politics. Those who know his
intimate thoughts say that Mr. Hoover
will not be President unless the peo
ple make him President. Mr. Hoover
works; he docs not talk politics. He
lias no liking for the turmoil of politi
cal terminology. He will never dis
pose of a great public question by
rctortlnc "bunk," or dispose of nn an
tagonist by nhoutlng "pussyfoot." He
frankly admits lie has no taste for
"snappy comments."
"Snappy comments nre half truths,
is a Hooverlsm. But those w'ho "sit
in" on his conversations do not find
his comments any the less exhilarating.
Ho prefers to get at the whole truth
no matter, how much intellectual en
gineering is required; but, nevertheless,
he Is "human" In the general under
standing of that adjective. He Is not
a cold-blooded personification of mathe
matical engineering.
Ou the train c,oming over from New
York Mrs. Eleanor Egan, the author,
wbb discussing with Mr Hoover the
many and far-flung fields of relief work
in which he is engaged Armenia, Uin-
I Innd, Poland, Esthonla nil over the
globe. "Soon," suggested Sirs. Egan,
"wo will have to organize, a Hoover
Relief Committee. You surely need re
lief." Mr. Hoover leaned back in his seat
and laughed joyously.
Whotc Hog or None Must Be Rule
in Interfering With the Law
of Supply and Demand
Editors paid for articles by word
rates or space rates.
The more words you took to tell a
thing the more you got for it.
The editor did not care about econ
omy of means, that inflexible rule of
good literature.
Ho had a great white area to fill.
There must be so many columns or
pages of matter to counterbalance so
many columns or pages of advertising.
Unless some chemical genius finds the
way of synthctizing the wood acid es
sential jn print paper making we arc
going to, change all that perforce.
The readjustment will be trouble
some, but the final result will be a
gain.
With editorial brains cheaper than
white paper, there will be better writ
ing, better selection, more quality and
less quantity.
q j j
mHE revolution won't be confined to
J- journalism nnd to literature.
It will be genera). Unless wo tap a
new source of cheap supplies, the em
phasis In the future generally will have
to be away from quantity and townrd
quality production.
If houses cost twice ns much to build
ns they used to, there won't be so much
tearing down ami rebuilding ns there
used to be.
Houses will be built to star, ns thev
are iu Europe.
So will everything else.
q q i
DOCTOR WELCH, of Baltimore, the
fnnioiis .Tnlmu iTnnt-tno ui.t.rt .
- ' "i",,l,n out hi irisi in
seventy suys ho is not old ; that he is
going on working for many years more. '
Asked 'about the scriptural remark 1
about threescoie nnd ten. he replies:!
"But we hnvc changed nil thnt."
Only 11 little while ago an cqualh
famous .Johns Hopkins doctor wns say'
lug that 11 man had nasseil his ni-im..
nt forty. -Doctor Welch is more hope
.mi. Until men told the truth. Men arc
past their prime at fortv, many men
Men nre young nt seventy ; some men,
n very few, pcrhans
I Why. no one clenrlv knnu..
Some men rinen carlv nmi .in,.,.,.
iuickl.i.
All real mental fuuetion ptops before
forty.
After that they merely repeat and
repent and repeat.
0 q
VyiIAT made Kipllug iu his twenties
' seem like the greatest genius that
had flashed into Kugllsli literature in
ninny decades, nnd nt flfty nmde him nn
dull n scolder of bolshevlsm us Mitchell
I'almcr himself?
Some suy success.
Some say Cecil Hliodes's money.
What mude Swinburne's intellectual
life nftcr n shoit period one long, slow
death?
Some sny constitutional weakness
I nnd wasted energies.
Hut the exphmntlons do not explnin.
What mnkes Doctor Welch talk
cheerfully of working until. he is 100?
Whnt mnde Clcmencenu nt seventy
nine the master figure of tho Fence Con
fcrence. offer burning up his forces
furiously from his outh on?
Not auything thnt Doctor Welch
knows when ho snjs playfullv of the
scriptural threescore and ten, "We have
chuugrd nil thnt."
Modern science nuiy have given
grenter length of days, nerhnps, but not
necessarily tho mental' youth without
which the grenter length of dnvs la
little worth while.
l l q
AND whnt Bhall we do with our
young men of seventy?
Doctor Welch docs not answer that
cusily.
So that the young men tuny find their
plncc in the world, the oung men of
from seventy to 100 must "change their
occupations."
A chaugo is critical iu those tender
3 enrs.
Doctor Welch doesn't say that he is
going tq.uhniige his.
"Oil, tell tne where U fancy bred?"
gushed the sweet young thing. "I
dunno," replied tho prosaic guy, "but
I sen in the jtapers that plain bread Is
ihbiiit on inney prices, '
Wt)at Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Who Is the present premier of
Japan?
2. What Wnd of n. boat is .a cutter?
3. To what part of tho world Is nut
meg native 7 , '
4. In whnt month of 186S did Leo sur
render at Appomatto7 .
6. How many mrfn have served as chief
Justlco of tho United States?
5. Who were they?
7. In what century did Itaphacl live?
8. Of what country was the republic
of Panama formerly a part?
P. Namo two noted works by Voltaire.
10. What defeated candldato for the
presidency died before the Inaugu
ration of his opponent?'
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1. George Washington was, Inaugurated
President on April 30, 1789.
2. Tho number of tho Itoman vestal
virgins was originally lour anu
later raised to six.
3. Six edible citrus fruits aro the
orange, lemon, Citron, mandarin,
pomelo, or .grapefruit, and ltum
qnat. 4. Palermo Is tho largest city in Sicily.
5. Tho first thtrd-ra-ll eloctrlo railway
. put to practical use was con
structed by Slemnns and Halsko In
Berlin about 1883.
C. Thcro have been three kings of the
modern kingdom of Belgium, es
tablished In 1833.
7. Leopold I of Saxo-Coburg was tho
first Ulng. He was succeeded by
Leopold It, who was followed by
tho present Albert.
8. Cnlus Tranqulllus Suetonius was a
noted Jlomnn historian, author of
tho lives of tho "Twelve Caesars."
He dlod In 160 A. D.
0. A lapwing Is n, peewit, a. bird of the
plovor family.
10. Tho Confederacy was composed of
cloven states, Virginia, North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Ioulslnnn, Texas, Arkansas and
Tennessee.
There Is always an off chance, that
Prance nnd Belgium know their own
business best.
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music bewitching costumes
a delight.
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