J? . r '(.JVM ft Hh" m. ! !M1 !V M fcfi.f .! rFi t.1 ' Hi Jl . ' !V1 4 ' 19. j ;f ' iV&i m. .r v-i WJ ' Brttt t ',v '. W5 Fv.l't L,:- H ?.s: . UP. im rx V$ i- ' ' vei ."St ..hi s M fr1 r "t T . ,A M I ,v nc Vi K til '"Y Kr9 ' ii'. l-noat tv , v .1! jl1 W - il . na tlubltc Hehocr WIL1C LEDGER COMPANY U8 II. K. fCURTIB. FKtmDMi '.H. tiiitUnston. Vlcn rresldentt jj mriin, secretary nnd Treaaurar: v . Collins. John D. Williams, John J. tf Directors. "y .K?!TniAT, hoard: sa-T5jBJr' K- Conns, Chairman fTP E, BtHLET,,.. . WniTfintAT. nOAtir. Editor ;0. MAIIT1M General nuslneea Mar. ;heU dally at PtjaLto Litnora Dulldlng, ndennflnr Kmi.M VhllnrlftlnhlK tma ClTT. ...... .rr,v. Union Ililllitlnft I'Yoiic,.,, Sill Madison Ave. 161 i 7f1 Vnnl tiulldlna '. Lnnl 1AAO l?..lltftn nullHIn Cateaoo '.'.1302 Trlbuni Uulldlnt NBW8 BUREAUS: "' 'WHLL ...- i a ;TVa t- timkim Sft- &? Cor. InnylvnU Ave. and Uth 8t. (JMfcwjYotit Hdreau The Sun Uulldlng m"a 9ft9 . KtcNimo Poai.lo Lcdokr la served to iwn in I'hlladflnhla and surrounding at the rate of twelve (13) cenla per navntil in it, .i r-taafl to points out.il.lc of Philadelphia, rne United States. Canada, or I nlted s Possessions, noitaae free, fifty R0) i oar month. 81 U0 dollara per year, Me In advance. D all forele-ti enntl ,tn fill rinllar ..month. I o Subscribers wishing address &5 Car it fc o x ,r S.Mkltt.ltrf1 w?$m '. Kive uiu aa wen wo hciy nu' KLv1M.t 3010 WALNUT KEYSTONE. M AIN J000 ., I J .. ..... . ... ,-r- "- ' 'L JS' rca all oontmunlcnfton fo '-ITT1 - vrnR0 Square, vltdMhllM r 4t. A .1...I D.ABA ;;ITtb ASSOCIATED rllESS is "J piutveit entitled to tfic ue jor &y:rtMblication of all tieics dinocie.t "l.-.l- ... 7 . EM . rt4lttd to it or not othcrtciic credited I fX .'&? ......- f I it. lrtt Hitlfl. jv ' 1 v ,ul't' unit uijfis iiiu vv ..www a;','..Ac'-5'- .... W i Sill ''fl" 0 rcpuoiicntton or djietmi 'S-iipalches herein ri ilo reterv'ed. foP fry PllUJelplili. Wedn.ldir. June 2. IKO A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR PHILADELPHIA ' Thin on which the people eineel tha new administration to concen. MraU its attention: a ne. Delaware river bridge. A drydock big enough to accommO' ,, dfo the largest ships. Development of the rapid transit sjjs. " tern. :A.conventlon hall A-building or the Free Library. An Art Museum. Enlaraenuint nf thr water sunnlu. flHotni to accommodate the popular lion. FARES BY HEIGHT L QOLOMON said that there is nothing M- new under the sun. but then the , Ufnk ill uivu ur.vi .... . . iii. 'iiiiim 'I..!, I. frl.A ttUttn.1nl..V.:i. T)(1..i.l 'Crrltiutf w V Itll II. C A lllll..tlILJ.Il 41fl( l.ll..V Uompany. inai orgnnizaiion tins none some utilqiir things, but it fairly "urJ passed itself yeiterday when it requeued of the Public Service Commision per- X mission to charge a full fare for all xjdera more tnan tiurty-ouc nifiics in height. Heretofore from time immemorial S children under three yenrs of age have 0 been carried free, but this age-honored f cUstonf.now goes by the board nnd a t' lltieat instead of an age limit i to bo used.. Mnny nnd violent were the nr- JfA guwpnts between conductors and par- ;ent as to the age of the infant in .question, nnd therefore as to whether Jor not, faro should be paid. Perhaps the beneficent purpose of the tranit com pany officials is to end these arguments, because while there might be some legitimate question as to age, there can bo none as to height provided both - parties agree on the accuracy of the uiruaiuc i..i.u,i ,-,.. The details of the measuring are not in riven in ine nniicc iiiimi uy me itaiuu Rj.ilJ. rTrfltialt: Pnmtinn v. Will the iiienniire be tnken to the top of the hair or to the top of the head? If the former. pompnaours lor cnniiren win go out or ,, favor, for no parent win want to pay jjiienlcKei tor the transportation of nn Sri '"" ' 'in'r op '',R' w',(,n without it w -:t. UU mignt ride tree. lively times are abend for the of the transit rompauy and 'a parents as well if the Pub- r !-.. :...: e ., ii:fviv.t: v vi....i.i'mjii iippriivi's lit ine povel suggestion that has evnr originated even in the nerfervid brains of the rapid transit solon-.. HIGH COSTS OF EASE IN APRIIi the state employment -.erv-Ice was asked to till more than ,40,000 job that were going begging in the Industries mid on the farms in Penn sylvania. Current di-patches indicate that the demand in the pi event month will be even greater nnd that the need for all sorts of labor i iimv nlmost as iv torrm v. Wv r.J i acnte and rressinc a it was during the EX? busiest month of the wnr boom. How b! Toauy people will rend in this news a jresu commenrarj ou me causes oi itign m. prices? It .is cienr tiint a general slump in intiounl energy has hud miu-h to do Lttf. V'itli the curtnilment of production. Iiff which is the basic cause of upuuid Kg? "prices. How true this i will lie op Wv? parent in the autumn when the country J ibcifinsr to demand food from fields hut Vrr TiTliy lllirii. iiirir urn1 i'v pi-opie v-.e flirin I hlll'p Kmne nmnpv i tirint' Iho ? prsf rush of war properit. What is Clear vuow ih nun n Bii'in ir.iuu ieiipie arc ;not disposed to toll nei'iuiir unless they" feel a definite need to do so. They 1 , as well as profiteer are to lilanie for . mtjcli of the high cost of living. 'THE NECK OF THE BOTTLE ... i'-T-VWAf with an air of pilde nnd V-J. trratlflrntlnn thnt the fpn v i nm ivf'pariij8 published statistics to lio thut vJS ,thftr trafflc on Jlemoriitl Hu. bn.ke nil records. Any one who tried to get from Pennsylvania into New JeiM-v hv the 'Camden route hnd no need of tins . Mirancc, The experience proved that i records of various sort- ucie being K 'broken. ?, Last summer an automobile could ' 'find-its way to a fcrrjbont after an , sveruire wnlt of half an lini r on rush I, tT''M Re? day., f'k of tliei Kht . i,-ii S., un JSttturuay nnti nuntiay mhiii' hem waited an hour or an hour and iiu. nail. 'J-110 seiisiioie is u excellent iKi'tilace ior vncntions. Hut if people have VPut buffer interruptions of an hour or B TtW, In the journey to the .leisey re- 1.' Crll lor me priviu-Kt- m puyiug a jf 'thtimping price for it service that ought Firv.toiba" free, they will turn in time to IS'niiarVh for places that are more easily ft '.Hrwvi-u IH. -iNO wonder the jieople of New Jersey W i J Insistent nbout a Delaware bridge. 'should Uo the people on this side of J rivcr tspt'cinlly the business men ab motor equipment remains idle feif A given number of hours evtry tlay il ha, mv ittillaAlinl A ff jintf 4jjaaXK K.U01; u fununUMii niij ptiiivvi Mi. u ' ;- KNOCKED OUT grutH Supreme Court hns knncketl out Afcite of tho arguments on which the !" Were (Upending lor delay if not bjpttlVttVHi4u. -' ". ',",..w,,u,7 VVU- ai.uwuuiinui. a.nrriavn jnni me pro. kMMtitution Itself are fh. r t ." ue "wawveu fit maklnc anicndmootn to that docu ment, which declares thnt nmendmcuts BlinU be effective "when rntlfied by the legislatures of three-fourth!! of tho sev eral states or by convention In three fourths thereof, as thu one or the other mode of rntitlentiou may he proposed by Consresi." Congress directed thnt the prohibi tory amendment should he rntllled by the legislature of the state. It has been coutended that the ratification wns not effective in those states which had directed that amendments should be submitted to. the voters after the legis lature bail acted. The Supreme Court's decision means that tlti' states may not of their own volition change the method of ratifica tion provided for by the constitution nnd that they may not call in the people to indorse or reject what their legisla ture hnve done. The amendment, therefore, i con stitutionally latifled. The same reasoning npplle, of coure, to the suffrage-amendment when thirty-six legislatures ratify. There remain to be decided the valid ity of the prohibition amendment and thn validltj of the Volstead act, which limits the alcoholic content of bever ages to one-half of I per cent. SENATOR HI JOHNSON'S STAINED GLASS SPEECH How Ho Colored the Truth to Suit the Purposes of His Ambition MANY of the intelligent persons who heard Hiram Johnson's speech in the Acathui.i of Music will be inclined to agree with a remark in Life for this week. The remark 1 the concluding one In an imaginary conversation over the tele phone between the Senator anil Life. The Senator i represented a saying: "You nre afraid to support me for fear I will be elected. Who can prevent me?" Here is what follows: "My dear Senator, thore's Hoover." "Not n chance In the world." "And Wood." "What I haven't done to him " "And Lowden nnd Harding nnd " "Pigmies ! I dare you to name any ona else." "My dear Senator, I never take a dare." "Well, then " "Possibly tho people. Hlrntn ' Mr. Johnson, with all hi admirable trait, demonstrated at the Academy of Music that he is not the type of mini the people have been In the habit of electing to the presidency. We have elected men who have dealt in platitudes and hnve delighted in stat ing the obvious, an occupation which the senator, after indulging in it for some time, said he "had no stomach for." And we hnve elected men who professed their loynlt to Americnn ideal as fervently a the senntof pro fesses it. Indeed, wo hnve never hnd a President who was not a loyal Ameri can, and we never will have. The senator raug the chnnges on the old Roosevelt doctrine thnt the rich crimltinl should be punished just as severely as the poor criminal. Even when Roosevelt wns preoching this sort of thing it wns n platitude, but events gave it some pertinence, for the reason thnt there were predatory rich men who then thought that a different rule gov erned their conduct from thnt which governed the conduct of those less well equipped with this world's goods. Hut the thing has been said so often in 'the intervening year that it means today nothing more than thnt the law breakers should lie punished. The sen ator shout it out. however, with all the force at his command, and declares that what the nation needs i red blooded men who will face the issues squarely and punish every malefactor after it has been proved that he is what he has been culled. Stewart Chaplin twenty jenr ago wrote n burlesque political platform printed in n story in the (Yutui Maga zine, which was io much like many things the senator said that we cannot resist the temptation to quote n part of it. Two men weie drafting the plat form. One of them read the second plonk : "We reaffirm our unwavering faith in popular government and our devotion to the Hag of freedom, and de nounce as dangerous and wicked " His friend interrupted with: "Danger ous, wicked and un-American " "Yes," agreed the other, "dcnouni a danger oti. wicked and un-American all efforts to deprive the people of the control of their own uffairs." The senntor. with tine fervor, de clared that "the Republican party must not be dehumanized. We must frown with equnl severitj upon those who would tniike it a patty of class or who would amike it a partv of n few. It must and shall he maintained the party of all the people " Splendid, isn't it? Hut what doe It mean? The document in the magazine Htnry wits called a "stained glass plat form." Iieiause when joii look through ine pntie mmi see a purple dog, nnd when whi look through another the dog is green. Kneb person doing the look ing gets n different impression of the olnr of the dog'. The senator colored tin ttutli to suit bis purposes. Then in a burst of declamntorj elo ,,!! in the senntor exclaimed: "If it lie uidnal to demand 100 per cent serv ii e troni public officials and to insist upon justice nnd decency and right emiKiieh in government," if it be radical to insist on this, thnt and the other, and if it he tndical to condemn the other, thnt and thi, nnd "if, fiunlly. it be radical to he just Americnn, then I admit the charge and accept the chal lenge." Thi suit of talk is haimless. All politicians indulge in It more or less. And thc know that they nre merely 'lulling. They do not fool themselves. Neither do they deceive any one else. It i the loose change of politicnl debate. If Senntor Johnson were guiltj of noth ing more serious he might have hopes. It has been supposed that he was siinere nnd that his attitude on the tieuty ns due to his paiochial mind, to use the phrase coined by Norman Hapgood to characterize him. Hut no informed person who heard hi Acad emy of Music speech ran credit him with Intellectunl honesty. His description of the position nf the I'nlted States in the League of Na tions was so misleading nnd elaborated In such detail that it could not have been due to inadvertence. Ha produced the impression thnt thi country in asked to go Into the league, to con tribute all of its wealth to its success and permit the other eight members of the league council to -decide whether the $10,000,000,000 debt of tho Allies to us should be paid. He said it would be eight to one against us. Now, the senator knows that no de cjslons of -the league council are to be made except by ttnonjrnoji igreeraent. TUe United Slates WJU havBJjh? powe EVENING PUBLIC to veto any plan which does not com mend itself to its judgment. Xo man has ever been elected to the presidency who has gone about the country sophisticating the facts In this way. Kvery successful candidate has been n man who has faced the facts as they seemed to him to be. Some of them may have been mistaken, but they have been honestly mistaken, nnd they have been trusted because we hnve bail con fidence in the integrity of their think ing. Senator ,Tohnon is forfeiting thnt confidence every time he talks nbout the League of Nations. THE VICE PRESIDENCY SENATOR EDGE, of New Jersey, has made ati excellent suggestion in his recent statement thnt the Vice President of the 1'niteil Stntcs should be something more than a figurehead. It 1 strange but true that what should be the second highest office In the coun try in the gift of the people should be regarded ns a "political grave," and therefore nn office which no man of am bition really wants. The strenuous days In Philadelphia when the Republican national conven tion met here to noinJuntc McKlnley for the second time nre still vividly remem bered. It was the Idea then to have Roosevelt accept the nomination for the vice presldencj, a position he ac cepted only nfter the greatest pressure had been brought to bear upon him. Other national convention have shown that men of force do not want the nom ination any more than did Mr. Roose velt, who finally yielded to what be con sidered to be for the best interests of the country nnd his party, even nt a grent personal sacrifice. The vice presidency should be consid ered an honor second only to the presi dency itself. Hut It will not be so re garded until some more specific dutie nnd opportunities arc given to the in cumbent of the office. As nt present constituted, the vice presidency is not a fitting place for men of experience nnd ability. T'ntil this condition is changed, the election of men of ad mittedly presidential caliber to the vice presidency will always be difficult. That this should be, in view of the uncer tainty of human life, goes without sny ing. It wns not the intention of the frnmers of the constitution that tho vice presidency should be whnt the office ha degenerated into today. Originally the man receiving the highest number if votes for President wil elected to thnt office nnd the mnn receiving the second highest number became Vice Presideut. This show more clearly than anything else could the original conception nf the fnthers of the country toward this now underestimated office. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were both Vice Presidents before they be come the Chief Executives of tho nation. Here again politics has entered in, to the detriment of the best sen ice of the country. &r yenrs past it has been the custom to select the vice presidential candidate from a doubtful but important state, in order to secure the votes nec essary to carry that state. How greatly this policy 1 nt variance with tin- hi tention of the founders of the country that the best men for this position should he chosen it is not necessary to point out. Senator Edge suggests thnt the Vice President take charge of the national budget under the bill just passed by Congress. Whether this is feasible re mnin to be seen ns the details of the budget system nre cleared up, but there Is no doubt that something should be loiie to make the ofl'n e more attractive to men of affairs. CONGRESSMEN AT PLAY CONGRESSMAN VARE'S announce ment that he will be u member of the official party which 1 to leave Washington for "a tour of observation in the Uiient" will revive inteicst in the plan for one of the most elnborate junkets ever conceived even in this land of their origin. The scheme hns been under discussion for months nnd there were times when even congressmen seemed to be afraid nf it. Some one suggested thnl Congress order up nn army transport, provision it nnd delegate n favored group of members to go to the mvsterious East in quest of knowledge. When the news reached the constituent nf influential representatives, politicians and politi cians' wives iu every part of the coun try wired for reservations on the ship. The demand for n picnic oversells was so great that the plan wa called off. It has been token, up again with en ergy nnd, apparently, it is to be carried through. Mr. Wilson appears to have i;et a hnd example to otlirial Wash ington. Of course, the senntor nnd congress men ought to know more nbout Jnpnn, China, the Philippines nnd tlie Asian world in general. Hut will any one suppose that a trotting expedition will give them any insight into the. processes of an ancient civilization that is still a dominant iutliienci. over half the planet? Why shouldn't thev rend? Orientals, loo, are n subtle, sophis ticated and shrewdh discerning folk. It might he possible to convince them thnt n gaping ciowd of green tourist could not actually he representative of official America. Are nut these same gentlemen aetunllv enlled Representa tives in the constitution rind in the newspapers? P0ST0FFICE WAGES IP CONGRESS actually authorizes a general L'O per ent raise in the wage of postnffiee employes, the gov ernment will he paying the workers in the most importnnt branch of the pub- lit smite at a rnte about "5 per cent below thai which it asks private ein plnjei to establish a a minimum nec osnn to decency nnd good cifizenship. Your I'nole Samuel is nn odti sort in mat y ways, with moods that it is not easy for ordinary folk to understand. I'nion freight handlers in New York have demanded of the merchants n "bloodless end" to the port strike. As the merchnuts seem to think that would also be a "boneless end" the trouble is not yet over. Among maxims that have been twisted from their original meanings one mny include "Strike while the iron is hot." With their gas masks adjusted nnd their bund grenudes where they enn renrh them, the candidates now await the zero hour. The party boss doesn't care who the dark horse mny be so that he may remain In the saddle. Transit disputants should remem ber that a' buss has settled many quar fill iar rP" , - -. - - ... LEDGER- BIGGEST MAP OF STATE It Hangs In Harrlsburg Office and Shows Every Road and What Is Happening on It Hy GEORGE NOX McOAIN LEWIS S. SADLER, state highway commissioner, has in his office nt Hnrrisburg the largest map of Penn sylvania in the country. Its size is not Its only attraction, however, it was not designed to be n thing of beauty, and yet seen nt a little distance, with the overhead electric lights full upon it. it looks like some grent rug sown with varicolored gems hung ngnlnst the wall. To protect it from the orcrcurlou", who might be Inclined to let their fin gers stray over the sinuous lines of color, It is shut off by a massive brass mil. . THIS remarkable example of the cartographer's art ha outlined upon it surface everj road in the state of Pennsylvania. It shows at a glance the entire sys tem of highways which are under the direction nnd control of the department : what condition they are In, what im provements are under way and their nature and character. Thousands of tiny colored pushpins stuck in the mnp along each line of road, like endless files of llllipiitlan soldiers on parade, indicate the nature of work in progress. If it Is contract work on a main ar terial highway, a certain color Is used to mark tho highway itself nnd another, running parallel, to designate the par ticular kind of work the contract calls for. Other prl'matic pushpin show im provements In contemplation or partly completed, state aid projects nnd road building undertaken directly by the de partment itself. It i the most original thing of it kind I hnve ever seen. It is unique. It i n wonderful speech-saving de vice, for under the direction of any one of the technical experts of the depart ment n visitor, in' the brief space of sixty seconds, enn see just what hns been done or is doing upon nny road or highway in the state iu which he may be interested, JOHN HAMILTON, secretary of agriculture, who resigned in Febru ary, 100,'t, to accept the appointment of director of fnrmers' institutes In the Department of Agriculture nt Wash ington, once said in my presence that the occupation of a fanner would never reach its highest development ns n mouey-inaking proposition until each individual engaged in it kept himself !n daily touch with the markets of the outside world. Hy this he meant that the farmer, by the very nature of hi calling and his remoteness from grent centers of trade, is nt n disadvantage as a producer. Prices in Chicago, Philadelphia, New York and other great cities may rule at a certain figure, and yet, in Ignorance of that figure, the fanner sells his prod ucts to local dealers far below the quoted price and therefore ut a distinct loss. The former is and hay been "the slnve of the lamp" in this respect. The "lamp" being the nearest miller, whole sale groin denier, huckster or neighborhood- speculator. John Hamilton was right, and it has only been within the last few months that practical steps hnve been taken to remedy this condition. IF YOF enter the main reception room thut lead to the office of the sec retary of agriculture today In Hnrris burg an iinusunl sound breaks the offi cial silence and quietude. It is the busy clatter of a telegraph instrument. It 1 a sound that until the year of our Lord 1020 was never heard inside the white, gold and mahogany walls of the section devoted to the agricultural interests of the commonwealth. It is "the market wire." It is u focal point of interest that spells out dally a story that is saving the farmers hundred of thousand of dollar. It is putting money In their deuims that heretofore went into the pockets of those whom I hnve designated a the "lamp," of whom the fnrmer wns the victim. From the office of the fhief of the bureau of market in Hnrrisburg there goes out to the lending cities nf the stnte the price of farm commodities ns they exist on each particular day in the great central markets of the country. These figures are furnished such daily newspapers as desire them. They go to farm bureau mauager. farmers' union nnd are p riculture. nnd nre posted in ceAiin centers of ag In these days of telephones and rapid communication, no farmer with any considerable amount of grain or produce to dispose of need sacrifice- it for Inck of knowledge of the wholesale prices ruling in the centers of trade. J-R. THOMAS E. FINEGAN. state -L superintendent of public instruc tion, tells me thnt the danger of n short age of teachers for the public schools is a very Immediate and serious menace to the school system of the state. The call of the cities, tn unusual in ducements in the way of high wages nnd the allurements of urban life, nre creating n constant drnin upon material that otherwise would be uvnllnble in tho field of pedagogy. The danger cry hns gone forth in Philadelphia. The Normal School I turning out less thnn one half the grad uate it did a few year ago. The counties immediately adjacent to Philadelphia are suffering from n like cause. The story is the same every where At .lonsville, near the Montgomery county line, iu Lehigh county, nn ex amination for t cachets was held last week. In other years from fifteen to twenty applicants were alwnvs on hand. This yenr one solitary individual showed up for a teacher's certificate. ON THE second floor of the Capitol, directly in front of the entrance to the Lieutenant Governor's rooms, there hns been set up a mode in plaster of the Capitol and grounds as they will appear when the work nf the commis sion in charge of improvements Is com pleted. The model itself is nn exquisite little work of art. When the commissioners of public buildings and ground complete their task Pennsjlviinla will have the finest state building, with ground nnd ap proaches, in the I' nited States. The ensemble fiom the Pennsylvania Railroad mv ill be particularly imposing. It will be one of the greatest advertise ments the stnte can have as appealing, for a transitory moment, to tourists nnd travelers who mny pass through liar risburg. Today the surroundings are anything but nttractlve. Acre of barren soil are used as a storage yard for coal, aban doned army trucks and dismantled ma chinery. The stately Capitol looms up as a mournful background for all that is objectionable. Tho model of what it will be within the next half dozen years, though, is a solnco for those who contemplate the ncglectcjl and sordid outlook of today. Every rnudidate swats the nrofileer with glad abandon. In it possible that - win. . w.,.u. in v 'UB.-IUV WlBlin iuwm .-... '------ ,-.. ,tl(9 stingy sink hasevef duffed up any4 "Jk" ft8h vegetables. he s8ys. r-eaJto,)ntrib)jtioji? "fCM uck for. WjJvfawWd.) pi A WONDERFUL iNsBHsWWsb H t v 'tT)(i iM JMf tHHQw v"l HOW DOES IT Proponal In Tax Gold in Industry amnwTsn -vsrT 1 Would Mean an Undeserved bl KlKtd lUUi Handout to Gold Miners By KELLAMY milE whole world 1 suffering from ,-L inflation, one phac of which is n bad distribution of gold. Wo have too much gold in this coun try nnd too big a structure of paper built upon it. Commercial creditR have increased SIO.000,000,000 In a year. Abroad there is too little gold nnd n big structure of paper resting on no foundation. , , The Rank of France cotildn t spare 100 gold louis to make it medal for President Wilson. The Fetlernl Reserve Hoard i trying to get rid of the immense extension of credit in the United Stntcs, which hns sent prices up to where people will no longer buy. In this situation some one proposes to tax heavily the use of gold in Indus try and the nrts and pay n big subsidy to' gold producers in order to increase further the bases of credit. The gold producers nre hit hard by the high cost of living; n little harder than any one else. And they want the government to "Von Xo who 1 hit by the high cost of livlug can get n national sub- " Wives with children to support whose husbands hnve not had their salaries raised cannot obtain nid from Vvash- il,fWhv should the gold miners? Their interesting scheme i that the public shull tax itself to provide the Dais for a further expansion of credit nud a further jump in prices ! J Q COUNTRIES, like individuals, are lucky or unlucky. .Greece was lucky when it strove to RCpeople were stll'l reading the clnsics atFtreneintgmGreece meant f.erlng the country of Homer, Plato, Socrates anil Aristophanes. The whole world was sympathetic Poland, long unlucky, was lucky when i i... ,, lie free came. " France wanted n buffer state be tvveen Germany and K1HIn- . Of the powers thnt partitioned l'o laud, Austria was gone. Hm.-'ia was demoralized nnd Germany at least badly crippled. , , , , . , . Poland has powerful friend, to whom she is indispensable, and weakened foes. Armenia is unlucky. Her allies, ns she says sadly, aie.far "Politically she is indispensable to '"Many other small nation got free at the same time she did and nil claim There is little charity to go around. Lacking an allied mandate, Ar menltt's best chance Is to cast in her lot with the Bolsheviks nnd Turkish Na tionalists, and trust that luck will be W No one will undertake to defend her against them, and unless she goes with . t ...111 l.n ilouli.ni.0il them Bne win - .."... q J q THE cleverest financier in Washing ton say that an increase in rail road rates 'will lower, not raise, the cost of living. Low costs in this country have been built upon emcicni irniis.n union. The present disorganized vnilrnnd service causes delny nnd uncertainties. Delays and uncertainties shove up If goods' are long In transit, credit grnntcd upon them has to be extended. This swells the volume of credit and promotes intiatioii. It is one of the big cause of the $10,000,000,000 jump in credits In the last year. .... . . ., Suppose the railroads were only half us efficient ns they are today. Many people would be without neces- Anil the rest of the public would pay higher prices for what they were still able to procure. Reverse the supposition, get goods flowing as they used to before mistaken government regulation starved the rail roads aud reduced their efficiency and there would be Improvement. q vJ BESIDES, higher rates might reverse some of the silly practices of dis tribution which have grown up in the Tho authority quoted above Hvcs in a Hunuru ncur 4w ,"" MAKE - UP, BUT A DARNED POOR FIT .HBBiS.yPHPCi where I live. Hut do you think 1 can get fresh produce in the spring? Not nt nil. Everything I shipped through where I live to New Y'ork, nnd the next dny comes hack stnle by train to my town. Perhnps If rates were higher it might be worth some one's while 'to ship directly to the town where I live." Perhaps if rate were higher we might break down somewhat the highly cen tralized system of distribution in which tribute is paid so many times on every article. Wo might develop zones of production nnd distribution, which is whnt the coal administration had to resort to in the wnr. Anjwny, the people nre now paying in tnxes what they save on railroad rates, for the government Is responsible for the deficit. q q q COLONEL WILLIAM COOPER PROCTER is more of nn nngel thnn he thought he was. Instead nf giving or "advancing" S.'OO.OOO to General Wood's campaign, the books show that he gave or ad vanced $."31,000, besides which he in dorsed alone n note for $100,000 and, jointly with Mr. Sprngue, another note for $100,000. The Wood campaign treasurer doesn't think the Colonel will get nny of this money bnek nnd that he will hnve to pav the $100,000 noto and half the other $100,000. making the Colonel's total to dnte $081,000. The Colonel's $700,000 It will snnn bo more thun that hasn't corrupted any one. It hnsn't bought tho nomination for any one. Tho public doesn't need the protec tion of a law forbidding large cam paign coutiibutions. Hut if there ure any more Colonel Procters in the world they need the pro tection of a statute. Pocketbooks like his need Uncle Sam to look nfter them. q q q THERE is great rejoicing in the dis covery thnt the "poverty stricken" candidate Johnson spent $.00.000. His $".00,000 is held to justify MOO.- 000 by Lowden nud $1,500,000, if the total leaches that, by Noou. Hut it doesn't. Can n candidate go into the cam paign with Colonel Procter's pocket hook behind him? Can a candidate do so who Is willing to pay and doc pay himself $100,0(10 to cet the nomination .' Johuson's $1200,000, raised In small nniountB, does not answer these ques tion. Johnson does not justify Wood or Lowden. Neither does Wood or Lowden justify Johnson. Lloyd George favors utilizing the ocensiou of the renewal or tue Auto Jnpanese alliance to help forward the principle of disarmament. While there 1 no immediate possibility of such d - armament, there is nt lent jojous promise in the fact that such n hope should be voiced. A recent conference in which Homer S. Ctimmlng took part is per haps a slight indication that some of the business of San Francisco Is to be tiansncted in Washington. Congress, having mnde what it con sider the nppronrhito gesture In the matter of soldiers' bonus, will now pro coed to forget all about it. Great are the uses of ndvertlse incut. Congress appears to hove awak ened to the fact that letter-carriers arc human beings. Philadelphlnns nre now satisfied that, though Mr. Johnson may lack logic, his lungs are all right. The Fall cnmmitteo seems Inclined to shako a fist Instead of n finger nt Mexico. There are indications that the un derlying companies arc Hearing their transfer point. That proxy of Penrose's Is a great llttln traveler. Foxy little Penrose proxy! The presurnptlon Is that Chairman Cummlngs lias a piiud that goes along. Th!e WaterHureau U trong de. slfo tojMHe fJlcleaci; eat .thi lea:, What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. What thrcn Presidents were unmar ried nt tho time of their electlon7 2. How many were bachelors? .1. What aro onomatopoeic words? 4. Who wroto "There Is nothlnn of which we are so liberal as of ad vice"? fi. Whnt Is a moron? fi. Where did a clock get its namo? 7. What is the Tcntatcuch? 5. What Is "Tho Zero Hour"? 0. Why aro Kansans called "Joyhawk- era"? 10. Whsrn and when 'was the first paper mill in America erected? Answera to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Franklin Plerco. of New Hampshire. wns elected President In 1852. He was tho last President to come from New England. 2. O. W. Curtis wrote "Age Is a mat ter of fccllntr, not of years." 3. Equlnyms are woidB of equal mean ing. 4. The word "acoustics" ts singular. B. The largest lakes within tho bound ary of Now York state. are Lakes Seneca and Cayuga, each bolnfir nearly forty miles long and two or th.-co miles wide. 6. The Hemlcyclo of Uerosus was a sundial In a bowl made by Boro bus, a Chnldcan priest. 7. Th Itev. Jacob Douche was chap lain to Congress for three months after tho Declaration of Independ ence. 8. Can ansa was elected president of Mexico March 11, 1917. 9. "The Bull of Bashan" is used In tho uio uesiament to describe a cruel mm louu-moutncu oppressor. Ba shan was a fertile country east of Jordan celebrated for Its cattle. iw. jviueri nyaney liurieson was ap pointed postmaster general by j-jcpiuciii iviiHun in uij. With the employment ngencies of the state clamoring for help, it would seem that wo shall either hnve to pay our school teachers n living wage or see tnem go into otner occupations. If he were not n king, says the King of nulgnria, he would be a loco motive engineer. With his experience he'd probably quit his job to run the union. The result in Oregon showed at least that the primary law needs re vision. A fnt man's race always runs into substantial figures. The Creaking Morris Chair WITH your nrm entwined around me. And my head upon your hreast. Then your heaving bosom lulls me To thnt dreamland nt the blest Antl wn revel 'mongst the beauties Of thnt saintly Isle so fnir, As we snuggle close together On the creaklug Morris chair. And wo see our little rottaue Set back from tho shady street, With the hollyhocks a-blooming, And the air is pure and sweet. Then we sigh for that bright some dnv When our hearts shall know no care' As we snuggle close together On the creaking Morris chair, A we sink into that rapture Leaving earth and cares behind Comes our love so gently stealing ' Filling heart and soul and mind Earthly treasures could not gie us All tho joys thnt we find there ' As we snuggle close together ' Un tho creaking .Morris chair. ZKT. EITH'S JACK NORWORTH JANET ADair SOLLY WARD 4. CO with MAlnnv .,,.. BROAD Thu.. '. JUNE 3. 4. s "ui. i.tirs THE JSAVOY COMPANY inn MIKADO 81. II M and $260. t a, Box 0B,M ncaaemy or Music-lomor MaKr PUCCINI GRAND OPERA COMPANY Gioconda KSlMAlSSrft.tf gy. r iiuav. m- a 1 1 t a an.a... r tin K . tt ,k !? SiBSSBsi ut ?i fl Mar' at St. ab. ldth. 11 A, M. to 11 r. ir Norma Talmadge IN FIRST fillOWINO OP "The Womari Gives' ' ADDKD-nr.vnu irnnnm stirrer Nt. Ynt. Natlmova, In "Uaart of a Chill ' ' P A L A C p 1914 MATJirnrp nvnten"!' Li 10 A. M.. 12, 2, 3MB, BUB, 7:48, 0i30 P. 11. MARY PICKFORD " IN 11EK SUPItEMB ACHIEVEMENT "POLLYANNA" FTIOM PLAT AND BOOK OF SAME TITUl ARCADIA CHESTNUT BELOW 10TII 4 10 A. M 12, 2, 3:45, BUB, T:4B, 0l30 1 Ji. ALIi-BTAn CAST IN FMST 8H0WIN0 "Mrs. Temple's Telegram" A rArtAMOUNT-ARTCrtAFT PICTURa V I C T O R I Market fltrett Abova Ninth A 0 A. M. to 11 113 l: IS. TOM MIX m, DAREDEVIL r a p i t o r 721 MARKET STREET " 10 A. M., 12, 2, 3 MB, B:4S. 7:46. 0l30 P. M. "Why Change Your Wife?" R E G E N T MARKET BT. nelotr 17TH u:0 A. M. to 11:10 T. M. ENID BENNETT " FALSE ROAD- MARKET 8TREET AT JUNIPER S'ig 11 A. M. to 11 I. ill CONTINUOUS SJVAUDEVILLE SEYMOUR BROWN 6c CO. H. D, TOOMEIl & COMPANY CROSS KEYS OOTK..$DT5ft,i,K2 WAH-LET-KA 0BND ' BROADWAY Uro.anod:4groVM: THE PHOTOPLAY STARS VIRGINIA PEARSON and SHELDON LEWIS' (In Person) Mary Pickford in "Pollyanna" BEWAREI THE Mormons Are Coming, PHILADELPHIA'S LEADING THEATRES DIRECTION LEE AND J. J. SHUUERT CHESTNUT ST ofera house v-nc-Jllilvji OI. EVENINGS AT 8HB MAT. TODAY "J" $1.00 CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD In the ntvr musical comedy "LINGER LONGER LETTT COMINO JUNE Hth lEVlgT0HrEM(5)KIL By HABOLD Br.ll. WRIGHT ss" SHUBERT Last 4 Nighta POPULAR MATINEE TODAY JOHN HENRY MEARS Announcca Ry Arrancament with Morrla Oaat . P."0,,0!.".0 f'"' "f tho 'Century Mid night Whirl' Is Ita clKver and beautiful chorua Blrla." BULLETIN. umui A Rroad bel. Race '"T Evgs. at 8:20 U fc. L, V M l SI Mat. Tomor. "A TRIUMPH." PRESS GRACE GEORGE in "THE RUINED LADY" "Makes You Roar With Laughter." Retard LYRIC EVOS. AT 8:16 MAT TODAY Rest Seats, J 1.00 WILLIAM C0URTENAY IN ' CIVILIAN CLOTHES "A Scintillating Success." r"" TROPOUTAN 5 THIS WEEK ONLY MTIN'EC TnriAV n.n n. TO.NK1HT AT 7 A il 2r.o A B0o W1- ! TUMmCST" rmrovtviiiiMi MKSENHtTO M WJ888SF1 WhQ&U BEGINNING .MONDAY IIJNF 7 -MATINEE JyJl1- I PH IffiME fcSll13wrfflfcCrJl NTlfin!. TW y fV . rv v -.rC j..iKisas n i m 1 1 1: GARRICK M"n. 23e. 60c. y lu Evenings, 23c. 60c TM, Four hhows Dally. 1:30. a-M.1 and 0 P.M. MAi: MURRAY and DAVID POWELL In . 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