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.. SUHSCRirTION BATES
)uberlberi In Philadelphia and "urroundlnj i - - -
lm!t8&l&Kr"J" " Other Respects the Demo
.rtaBCTU0rirM emtio Platform Is Chiefly Platl-
';tt roeaeMlnns. poste-ie free, niiy in.,,
nti per month Six (J6 dollar" per jear.
JUrayable In advance. ,,,, ...,.,
. To all foreign countries one (11) dollar
ter month. . . . ......
.NOT! c SUecrlbers within addre
thanged mutt give old a well as new ad-
BFM'inwAivTtT kfysto-se. main sooo
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r,"a!LiTJ:""7:J. 5ar"'not aline Itself with the radical.. nidsith0 ,.rw,flmt. Tie Democrats defend
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Member of the Associated Press
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS is
' xrsifc ( tnlUM to nr use for
repupiicatton Of nil ncira i "';
.eredfferf lo if or not oinerwitr crrajim
in thh paper nnd alto the local nexes
publiihed therein.
rf.nnX. ,.... ., ni.n reserved.
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A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Thlnga on which the people expect
the new mlmlnlntrntlnn to concen
trate Its ntlentlnnl
The Delaware river brlrlpe
A drydock big enough to aernmmo
jAttte the lurpe.it .iiin.
Development of the rapid transit sys
tem. A cOMyiiifon hall.
A builainp or the Free Library.
An Art Museum
Enlargement of the water supply.
Homes to arrommotlatc the popuUi
tlnn THE FOURTH
u
TX FRANCE tomorrow nnd Monday
they will celebrate the Fourth of
July almost as ardently as it will be
t celebrated here. Some day or other all
'.civilized nations may do likewise. The
Fourth is properly nn international
I holiday. It commemorates an event
Hhat gave all mankind a new start, n
Jbcw goal and n ii"u- understanding of
tnuman uestinies.
il fFU- .1 .. 1 la. U.
i'A.i'I "...:" .... .i1 - .27
r I r, , . 7 , , 5 M'f the Republican nnd Democratic
50f the Declaration of Independence and '. . .. . i v
t .. .... , , ; , ,, ... i newspapers favoring t have long been
tine wars that preceded and followed it. , ..'. ,, . .? . " .
V..k -ii i. . j i . . . fnini hnr. The platform, however, goes
Jlut all you liavo to do is to scratch ..,,,, ,l.h Jl. ., ,'...,. n,.
Ii,- rn f i.L,i .i ...!f,lrth,r thnn tl"" supporters of the
".i- .i . Ji. . '. . r
going nation to-.ee that most of us re-
member and will always remember in
I'HIUtT ID
nysemergency or any real crisis of
SfWmtle more of the ancient imagina-
fVtfpn would do us no harm. Ru? the
flag that will be so much In evidence
. everywhere for n day or two has been
, .. .......
hii over rne earth in th tinrri.at f
wars. It has never been lowered and
1J, has never been raised in an unjust
cause. It means great afrength, great
forbenranco Take off your hat when
Sit goes by It is in many ways the
greatest thing in the whole world.
j CON!
Jpu-vi
CONSIDER THE CHILDREN
I UNFOWDHR wounds such ns mnr
! vT be made by firecrackers or other
1 small explosives leave the sufferer pe-
. uuaiijr cu9i--iuuie io iinnu. germs.
which cause lockjaw and almost certain
death.
Tctanus germs are in the dust and in
the nlr. hnt for ren.nnc which rr. s.nn
has ever been able fullv to exnlain
I they become particularly active in
.a ......
wounds poisoned by powder blasts. , issue in the campaign. All thc senator
If the police and the municipal an- will have to do in order to put himself
thorities cannot protect children acainst in a defensible position is to nlinp him
1 the danger of firework-, a greater re- -.elf with the great majority of the Re
sponsibility revts on parents. Small rxihlloan party. If he does not do this
children should not be permitted to he is in danger of finding lukewnrrancss
"handle fireworks of anv sort. If a where there ought to be enthusiasm.
-.'child is burned j n premature expln
"(don, have the wound dUlnfeeted In
Sjtantly anc call a phv.iclun without
fi moment's dola. Small wounds mnv
1)e ns dapgerous as large -one. for chil
Jrlren or their elders. If n phy-lrian i
'not instantly available nfter an acci
dent, go to the neare.t hospital.
ADMIRAL SAM
rpHERE is nothing belligerent iu the
,
. . u" 1 shinning board to
establish ar. American Lloyd's in order
,'t
that ships in the new merchant marine
v...., u ire- in. ii iiin.irances propose,)
in tne interest of foreign competitors.
ine new sinpjung law has wide ,. ope.
It provides for an nggres,ye A.mricni,
tiJitui,OI, """ ,-,0",.,',h-eni
British insurance organisation. ,
n mood to refuse i,, insure our shins
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Ho we oursehe. will Insure thorn
TlrltUh shipping developed I.lnrdV It
.developed more, ft developed an inter-
ft developed an inter-
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imiiuuai ,i.i, oi in v, nii'i i, vigorous
. f .
a.r i -vii ui i iiii; rijt'ti nn" fn rirhp.l
their own rnunrrr bi thoip knoultMlup
- u- u ... ii. ... .
$V i - i .
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v. nn 'iiu Mini it. nr. P inro
M.u..a.C lll'UI IIW. r,
' Unque.tiorinbl.i there are commercial
irroups abroad eager to capitalize, in
their own lotei-cst, the nctorv over
Jermany. definite effort hu been
de to shut merlctni 'hins. and with
.jjiem American commerce, out of some
j(bf the important trade lanes lately vn
cated by the (Jermans. The spectacle
ot American shipping interests in active
.-operatlon with Herman shipping in-
f est is strange nnd unexpected. Rut
; KJea many strange and unexpected
iningu nave been happening in the acquiring mining rignis in toreigp roun- " nen t-aimer saps
world. Our proposal to make agree- I tries as are enjoyed by the citizen!, or! Paradoxlrnl his bitter cup his
rnents with the Hermans in a common subjectsof any other nation " illuminating and ex
purpose of self defense Is not nearly so This is about ns complete a reversal planatory comment will doubtless be,
surprising as ibe tnger npproach nf of the historic Democratic position as ! "To murn g"gar '
Jiritlsh trade groups to the Russian
Soviets.
THE WORD-EATERS
QMALL honor for either Tennessee or
O Vermont will come from the work
o f Legislatures which, by i hasty rati
fication of the suffrage amendment,
) will eat their words in public to help
vival political parties iu a national cam
paign. The Democrats in Tennessee do n-nt
Relieve in woman suffrage
The.i have
taken orders from the IVisident, who
.Mill frHiikli llwil fiitnriihlii nctinii nn
jjjjH ft, ..the Anthom amendment would be "ni
LlK '1 Rood tliiug for tho party." Thc gov-
R. .srnnp nf Vermont, n Tlennhllcnn doe.
:. . .
".not belljve In the vote for women. But
, ?jhe bowed to the wish of Mr. Harding
" '' ?nd Mr Uirs pnd will doubtlwa ast
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the legislature to get tmder the tape
before Tennessee gets started,
Suffragists will be glnd, of course, to
see their long hopes realized. They
need not be greatly troubled by a
knowledge that the Legislatures and
governors act In this instance not ac
cording to conviction but for political
expediency. But It would be better on
the whole If the "fipal ratification of the
votes amendment were brought about
In a Legislature that desired only to do
a plain duty to the country a'nd the
masses of its qualified citizens. A good
cause ought to have a good triumph.
STRONG FOR WILSON AND
I - "wnu rwrt HIUJUH nl,L
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
tudes and Weasel Words
THE first impression produced by the
San Francisco platform Is that the
democrats In control there were just ns
i determined as the ncmiblleans in con
frnl In Chlon-rn that the nnrtv should
I to enlist the sympathips of the pro-
-rrsslve Kenuhllrnns. nmonc whom
Halnbridge Colby was formerlv con-
splcuou., are, however, apparent.
Hut the PTtremists who were looking
'. .i., l s r,,.-!,,. rln,l
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i themselves all dressed up and nowhere'
' to go. Woth platforms show how
I ...u a At .i.- i -r s.
IJI1 VI" Ul'UtilUK llir P'H UU Kl IIH
ported political fads in America. The
prove that America as a whole is in no
ood for experimenting with political
t i...t.i.i .............. !.,. .nu,.
industrial panaceas, the opplica-
m
or industrial panacens, the oppli
i tion of which would overturn our in
I dtistrial or political system. Wp seem
j to be pretty well satisfied with Amer-
lean theories and practices.
I Coming down to specific propositions,
'.interest will center t)n the Democratic
pronouncement on the I,eaguc of Nn-
'tion. The Republicans straddled on
'.that itic Thev were cowardly nndnn" lne C0(10S 0I preseni-aay Bociciy
'lirlofinlte rltlnp n nlnnk IntenrleH to I justified or rejected.
win the unnort of those who favor the
loMZiie and thoe who oppose if. They
followed this course in order to prevent
a bolt nf n mall handful of opponents
j of the league who were more noisy than
influential. It docs not yet nppear
whether the price for the surrender of
principle will he paid. An attempt Is
making to organize n third party with
the opponents of the league as its
nucleus.
The opportunity offered by the Re
publican pussyfooting has been seized
upon by the Democrats. They bnvc
definitely pronounced in favor of the
ratification of the leagu? covenant, nnd
the arguments they offer in support of
! til
It are tHose with which every reader
I President in the Senate have been will
I, . ., ,...
ing to go, for it consents to reserva-
lt . 1.I.U J. -nt In.n.l. It. ....ntl.l
J rf .J "nd docs n'ot V "the
"Jptance of any reservations making
rl'ej;"!.0',.,0.? Eh Xt ,T T
of hc ,nited States to thc Icasue asS0'
. , i i . i . .i
' The ileelnrntinn in fnrnr nf necenrlnff
--,- -"----- -- - ---,
reservations wns made on tho demand
of Senator Walsh, of Massachusetts,
and others who had voted for the Lodge
reservations. If the Democrats in the
Scnnte had been permitted to go ns far
as the platform goes thc treaty would
doubtless have been ratified long ago.
As matters stand today, however, the
Democrats have the advantage over the
Republicans in their platform declara
tion on the league. Hundreds of thou
sands of Republicans are looking to
Senator Harding to moke his own
league platform in his speech of no
centance. lie can sny what lie uniler-
"tands the Republican plank to mean
mml linn lie will Internret It ns PresI-
I dent. If he docs not do this the league
....... .In1HnA.l Tt I. .. 1... ....U1I.1
issue is likely to overshadow every other
Roth platforms ignore the Volstead
act and th prohibitory amendment.
They accept national prohibition ns
settled and no longer debatable. Its
constitutionality lias been sustained by
the Supreme Court and the validity of
the enforcement law has also been sus
tained. There is a mnnifest disposition to let
I the matter alone for the present until
it is seen how the country adjusts itself
to the new conditions. Congress is left
IV IU II' ...,.. .. um. u.,- ..... au '
frPP without any commitments from
Plt1Pr par,j to moot the situation ns
seems wise, or to let the whole subject
, TirrP is ,0 doubt however.
tnt ri1IlVM,r.ltion(. of expediency led,,, another side of the picture verified
i,oth parties to ignore the liquor ques- , now 1a .ompetent nnd disinterested
.; nes,e. It was found that constitll-
- .,, 'tional rights and privileges were ignored
The platform contains the usual num- Mtt,burBh area not only by the
nothing. Sympathy for Ireland is ex
.,-, ... iiwii.miivi.il ........... -..-.
pressed jn a harmless manner. A safe
labor plank wns adopted which faces In
n many directions as the Republican
n many directions as the Republican
, ,..,. i -i i l.l t.. i..
league pinnK. j.nuur m num ,u u,. ,
,, , . ,..,. ? orwl tl
a mm on it j , iut huii nun iur
nshr nf lnbor to strike is sustained,
i. .. .1.. r
.n ". o nruiniT: tup ehvwuuiuui. uui-
, . -I i i nA k.. .u i an ioauy nnu prme in povprnmeni i
'j:ZT zr.ai'j asss' Sr"K.
llUll 11 ,Ull llllll I- W.. ' . . V u a . .... I.l.'i.
of composing differences." This menns
absolutely nothing, because of the
weasel word in it. Rut it will serve
its purpose.
Those familiar with Democratic op
no'ition to vhat they used in .n
"dollar diplomacy" will sinil as ther
rend the declarations in favor of the
securits of foreign investments in
Mexico and In support of "such action,
legislative and executive, as may secure
to American citizens the same rights In
are the declarations in -uppoii ,,f fed
eral aid for good roads nnd inland
waterways Rut the Rcpimli. nn, will
welcome the help of the Democrats
in carrying out internal improvement,
and in protecting the rights of Ameri
can investors abroad
Hconomlsts will also smile at the
flapdoodle in the high-cost-of living
plank. We are told that inflation of
foreign currencies, among other things,
is largely responsible for the high
nrlces. and we are assured that "the
round nolleics pursued In the Irensnrv
nnd the federal llfn" Hoard ha
llmiteH in this countr. ll,oo-l, il,r
..,'.. ...
could not prevent, the inflation which
was worldwide." ct eery bunker
L-nnnria thnt the Federal Reserre rtontrt
M..V..aa a - - a . a. ....... a.
has permitted
reuey and of
that it becami
au cj.uo4.Diuu ui me cur-
credit to such an extent
ua. xi. aa.wa... w .,. i-4ic.iv
became necessary to use drastic
fy V
i (
evening public
'
f means to check It In order to prevent
grave disaster. It w6uld have been
prudent for the rdatform to have said
nothing about this and trusted to luck
to have it forgotten. But the Demo
crats were so eager to claim all the
credit for the federal reserve legislation
that they could not resist the tempta
tion. The platform contains the famous
heirloom of a declaration In favor ot
a tariff for revenue only, but It does
not explain what It means by it
whether it would levy n tariff onlj on
Imports not produced In America or
whether it would levy n tariff on goods
that we produce. MeKlniey, it will be
recalled, advocated In his famous lnt
speech a tariff to facllitnte exports, but
such a tariff would not be for revenue
only. Tint unless the unexpected should
happen and the tariff should be dis
cussed during the campaign, this plnnk
Is likely to be forgotten along with most
of the other declarations In the plat
form. Asldf from the Tongue of Nation.
iue. the chief differences In the pint-
f.-.,.,,,. .!. n.,t -.r i..i. -t.i....i- i
,,m nml the Itepubllcnns denounce him
Un.l nil hi. u-nefcs. WH.nnU. . f.
ns the Democratic party precipitates it
into the cnmpnlgn, is a legitimate issue.
1he Republicans are willing to meet it
i In nil Its rnmlficntlnns
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THE CHURCH AND INDUSTRY
, f"' o( the great ambitions of men
0XE
helped the Interehurch 'World
Movement because they saw It whole
"-as to eliminate, by the ftpplicatlon of
i Christian philosoph, many of the
. '. , .. ..
plirpi-3 vuiiiiiiuu mutdu muui null
capital. They felt that too much has
been done to dehumanize some of the
processes of production In the United
.States and elsewhere. And they felt.
I too. that it is upon nciuw lett naru and
, barren of logic and sympathy In bitter
I conflicts of humnn purposes that the
i flltr" of eivllization will be decided
I O"1 of hi- own experience, which in
eluded a dramatic reversal from in
herited view., the younger Rockefeller
recelvfd the inspiration which ledhlm
to work tirelessly in behalf of the inter,
church movement nnd to regard it as a
step toward n new set of humnn under
standings by which men might unite
for common and jti&t ends. Many other
business men held similar views and
entertained a similar hope. It is all
the more astonishing, therefore, to read
of powerful groups antagonistic to such
aims that withdrew their nid when it
became apparent that the interehurch
hiovement was to have a practical and
ethical as well as a religious side.
There were men of menns nnd influ
ence, it appears, who insisted that the
church should concern itself exclusively
with the future life nnd leave the pres
ent one to shape itself nnd go in its
own way.
This point of view led inevitably to
Confusion in the organization formed to
give Christian purposes a new expres
sion. And it was responsible for bitter
opposition to a, voluminous report rela
tive to tho recent steel strike which the
interehurch commission prepared after
months of studies and surveys on the
ground. It may even prove that there
is some truth in thc report that the
internal war over this proposed report
led finally to a break in the organiza
tion and the partial abandonment of
thc interehurch plan.
Now, the steel strike was a symptom
of conditions thut Americans cannot
know too much about. Prattle about
reds and radicals obscured conditions
which, in some quarters at least, are
neither desirable nor safe in any na
tion. A strike report made at the be
hest nf en.nnern t ln(- nhnreliea rmiM
naturally be unbinscd. There could be
nothing wrong in an attempt to view
nn economic deadlock in the light of
j Christian idealism. But the strike re
port was delayed.
It is to be published
now. and those who have insisted on
ir-i nohiirntinn hnve won n vlcinrv nf
which they may be proud. For it
happens thut the dominant forces in
our civilization are economic forces.
Busincii rules life to n very great de
gree. And if a time comes when the
church admits thnt it has no right to
leave the impress of its philosophy on
the acthe life about It nnd no right to
be n force for truth and justice in the
welter of practical affairs it will have
failed.
No one who tried to pee below thc
surface of the steel strike will be sur
prised to hear that the report of the
church investigators is not entirely
favorable to the ruling powers of the
i Steel "irpnratlon or complimentary to
the civil authorities who were so eager
Mir 'l.ll HIIIIIUIILII
to do their bidding
'time., adopted duns
1 he strikers some-
gerous methods. Vbv
lcnce as not unknown among them.
These thinss we nil know. Rut there
nfneln.s. hut hv the c v nuthnrl.
ties, who ruthlessly rode down peaceful
labor meetings. Appeals for a hearing
irAfA n ntirnrr.il Vi nnl Irtnrnon 'a r1iKa
-
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'" us ji-an- nn- . us..- . ,,- mm,. mini
. . ., ,,.. ., b
uui 'ji Lin- iiiuiivi Hin'hriH'-i mm nan
whether this sort of thing is good for
i citizenship, whether it encourages faith
, , ,. , ..! .. .
they do not continue to make var on
i he forces which not only defeat what
is best in life but tend, wherever they
hae become dominant, Inevltnbly
toward national disintegration.
It is n joyous
thought that chil
Wallil
dren may defeat the
W'l j rni ' -ompany s yardstick -policy
b-r adopting the two -foot rule,
It would now ap-llolil-up
Men pear that auto ban
dits and highway
men are merely politicians who believe
in direct nction. ""
The bill introduced
To Help by . Representative
Tenant Farmer Morgan, of Okla
homa, which Is de
signed to give to tenant farmers the
credit tirivileges the farm-loan act of
, lillf. cave to owners of farms, is one
that deserves earnest consideration. If
fnrming is to be ninde successful, farm
ers must pe nine to contract small inn lis
ili.tunen nlnntiiie nml nmrlrtt Intr with
.,...-.. ,..-..-.... -'".
nut pa j ing the ruinous rales of Interest
Inow obtaining And at n time when
people are nocKing irom tne country to
the cities and when prices of food are
BlUI lflOUUUD, IDO fflUCQ CfiOUUb UQUQUqiCalDI,,
I to makij Mriculturo fid pad attrACtlvfi,! It is up to tne people to aeU
S , j
i .r-..is 1
still mounting, too much cannot be dona
toOE
, . I .
-KILL RATS, AVOID PLAGUE
Director Furbush Is a Sentinel on
the Housetops Warning
of Danger
Ity GEORGE NOX McCAIN
DIItECTOn FUliBUSH In his decla
ration concerning the sanitary con-
dltlon of Philadelphia is the sentinel on'
the housetop's warning the people of
impending danger.
The director is an expert In sanitary
science. He has studied It abroad and
in the plague-haunted corners of South
and Central America. He knows what
he i talking about.
More than this, he Is on the Job right
nt the kick-off. He does not wait until
the plague has slain Hb hundreds of
thousands before acting. Thnt's what
this city nnd state did twenty-three
j ears ago. It was the last time state
and city quarantine was operative.
TTIOR four years prior to 1S07 the
Jl bubonic plague had been ravishing
dm Vnr East. It erndunllv crept west
!wH. claiming tens of thousands of
u,;'ma- ... .. ,. . ...
I Ouring all this time the henlth nil
thorities of Pennsylvania nnd of Phila
delphia took life easy nnd were, ap
parently, waiting Uir the nearer ap
proach of the pestilence before instltut.
ing protective measures.
Suddenly there came an awakening.
The plague covered half the world. It
was in Africa and nea'xlv all of Asin
from China to the borders of Europe.
Trom China it had swept eastward to
the Philippines and Hawaii.
During the week ending January 2,1,
1807, health officials of. city and state
grew suddenly and strenuously nqtive.
Dr. Richard A. Cleeraann, then presi
dent of the state quarantine board, held
hurried conferences' with Dr. Henry G.
Roenning. secretary of the state Board
of Health.
Dr. Benjamin I-ee, secretary of the
state Roard of Health, and Dr. William
II. Ford, president of the Philadelphia
Hoard of Health, or the old system was
in operation in Mils city, were called
into the council.
I
T WAS decided that no vessel sho'uld
he nllowed to enter the port of
Philadelphia that could inany way be
u menace to tnn ueaun oi tne com
munity. All rags coming from Infected dis
tricts were prohibited from entering the
port, as well as articles 'that had been
in household use, such ns rugs, carpets,
bedding or other supposed carriers of
infection..
' Special lgilancc wns enjoined at the
ports of Efic and Philadelphia.
Doctor Ford, president of the local
Roard of Health, directed thc attention
of citizens to the necessity of personal,
domestic and municipal cleanliness.
To give this proper cuect, the bonrd
instituted promptly n house-to-house
inspection for the purpose of correcting
all sanitary faults and thc removal of
filth from private preriises.
Doctor Ford very sapiently pointed
out that even, if the bubonic plague did
not reach Philadelphia, the preventive
measures would be of the greatest ad
vantage in preventing the spread of
other discuses of the zymotic class.
I
T WILL be noted that in all of the
above there is nothing said about
barring or destroying the breeders of
bubonic plague.
I refer to rats.
Doctor Furbush makes special appeal
for the slaughter of the rodents. KIU
all the rats and there will be no bu
bonic plague.
Rut the health officers, bacteriologists,
uarantine authorities nnd all theeicien
tists and medical sharpsliad not in that
day discovered that the rat (lea, a
parasitic insect that utilizes the hairy
coat of the rodent as'a place of resi
dence, wns really the thing that wns
carrying deAth around the world.
Even as late ns 1000 as high an au
hority as Walter Wyinan, surgeon gen.
eral of the mnrine hospitnl service, held
the question of its germ origin at arm'..
length
In his report on the bubonic plague
i of that year, n work of fifty pages, hc
i says:
I "Rats die in large numbers, and gen
rnlly this phenomenon is observed in
(advance of the appearance of the nlacue
among human beings. Thc cause of
their infection is still n (subject of dis
cussion." Rut n little French doctor named
Yersin nnd n bncteriologist named Haff-
kino, in the employ of the Rritish Oov
crnment, had discovered the cause ns
well as an antitoxin ns far back as
18M.
Doctor Haffkine. after demonstrating
the efficacy of his antitoxin in its use
among the natives of Indin, actually
had to fight the government for the
privilege of administering it.
NEW YORK was een more lax than
Philadelphia in precautionary
measures.
This city was on the job two years
before New York, for it was not until
1SI10 thnt it got thoroughly aroused by
the nrrival off Tire Island of n sup
posed "plague ship" with a cargo of
coffee from Santos, Jlrnzil.
One of the most interesting facts in
connection with the plague, whose defi
nite history has been recorded since
A. D. 542, Is that its first appearance
on the Western Hemisphere occurred at
Santos, Rnml. in October, 18P9.
Hut if New York was a little slow in
getting into nction in IhOO, it displAyed
remarkable efficiency in stamping out
a threatened ttphus epidemic that ap
peared there in IMC.
TTtVER since the close of the world
--' war mcdnal experts and sanitary
investlgntors have been predicting an
outbreak of some irulcnt epidemic dis
ease as a result of famine nnd other
terrors which invariably follow in thc
footsteps of givai struggles.
Recent telegraphic dispatches from
Japan report the outbreak there of
Asiatic cholera, which has already
claimed 200 uctims,.
a visitation ot cnoiern is less to he
feared than an outbreak of bubonic
plague. I he ratio nf mortality n th
latter is iery much higher than in
cholera.
At the same time, with a knowledge
of thc source of the contagion, the
plague can, with intelligence and fore
sight, be more easily controlled and
stamped out.
Resides, it travels slowly. It re.
quired four ears for the disease lo
reach western Rumpi- from its first out.
break in 1MI.I on the Manehiirinn fron
tier in China.
This peculiarity is a great aid in
eradicating tho disease or preventing its
spread, for it affords opportunity to
erect barriers of sanitary science in the
line of its march.
THRRC is not the slightest necessity
for any person to get alarmed on
this subject. There is not the least
danger of the introduction of bubonic
nlague in Philadelphia provided precau-
tionarv efforts are put forth in proper
time
Doctor rurbiish has pointed the wnv.
.He has invited the individual citizen to
set his own house In order. Destroy
rats and other vermin, and thus ellml
nate the causes which spread the dis
ease,
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SHORTCUTS
After the convention is over Mr.
raT may take steps to deport tho
ii i.Wct cort'' ieVnaehally hated to
climb on a bandwagon that was nlso a
watgr wagon.
u i hc ,Ycatncr man, hag coppered all
tinruTJ?8 F?urth- 'It will be a fine
day If It doesn't rain.
The plntform committee In San
Francisco Indorses the President with
a few interpretative reservations.
The Tom Tnggart and Charley
Mu rph.v crowds are inclined to think of
tne JicAdoo chariot as n Juggernaut.
If the two 'conventions have dem
onstrated anything. It is thnt the pro
ressional funny men are thc saddest
men alive., .
The Democratic bandwagon Is not
n one-boss shay for logic or the unit
i. . I!IC -vo-tnlrd rule would go
down together.
The only time the Denfoernts in
convention seem to acquire harmony is
when they are singing their "Song of
IInte of things Republican.
The fact that there are thirty wars
In progress docs not damn the League
of Nations. It is nn argument that It
should be permitted t function.
There was Indication a short time
ago that H. O. L. was showing signs of
weakening, But now It would appear he
was only getting his second wind.
t. vi1"1 fist fl!nt between Chairman
Robinson and Stenographer Kehwnrtr
w-as presumably pulled off just to prpvo
t iat it really Is a Democratic conven
tion. Sncnkinir In nn eni-lltni. tnl-.lt Vint
merely desiring to record a fact, we rise
to remark that federal patronnge con
unties to nrovMe nnn-n. rn. i,. .
roller. """ v """
HeniV Wnltennn tlilnlr. rha.t..
pher Marlowe wrote Shakespeare's
PlaTB. WO flt-A n. nnn-al... nt It .. ..
" . - , - - - - .- a... M.I 111.1 11 114 Iblin , C
irte that Marso Henry wrote the Chlf
cagro platform.
Dcmocrjipr'a lift.. iA iiet.AAi.
infc disclosures of the lavish use of
money by Republicans" I. nn amusing
disclosure of the lavish use of buncombe
by Democrats'.
More than three mlllUn .1l...
2h. ?f. Pennies were coined In the
Philadelphia Mint Inst r Tl,nt ,.
resents the seller's l'agnlnppe for a
nickel s worth of anything purchasable.
Attacks on Republicans alleging
partisan envr nnd nercnnni ui..ji"
. - - v .- u-. ' t"J II II 111 VII
would come from the Democratic plat-
--.... .uiuu.ii.ee wiin netter grace if it
were not Itself siifTerlnt. tmr ti.. ..-..
complaints. " " c"""c
First President Wilson nrorl. Ten.
ncssee: now -Senator Ilarding coaxes
nr. .V "P" 'J": womnn "Uffragist.
prospective henefielnrv nf k. iJ
and the prodding, looks on expectantly
but noncommittally.
A Convention in KnnlnnJ 1..1J -.1.1.
one Patterson, nn A nut.. it.- ,
nominated Tilden. n Philadcfphian;
champion tennis nlnmr nt n.. ...u
That is one American nominee that wil'l
alike l''U01,canB nnu Democrats
A Camden mnn l,na tin.n ji.. i
by his wife because he is too fond of
fishing. The presumption is that she
got tired of listening to his fish stories
and matched them with one of her own
Poor fish ' Bet nwar
Worcester. Moss., mnlni.i..
municipal piggery from its garbage sup-
,..,. ..c.u mc uuiur municipal pig.
I?erteia thnt nr. M.t .. 4-.L. .a ' .
ti ii "'"-."" ""'.-" I'roil.UOie, llioilgh
the "pork barrel" is filled to overflowing
home thc bacon.
iT. '..'!.. J". " "opes to carry
The New York Rurenii of Munici
pal Research notes that the cit- n...
year will nnv S.l.r.OO.nnn n -,.i.'t.
dividiials to dump .$5,000,000 of values'
... uruvs. ruoiiisi anil garbage into the
Ben. All of which proves that we are
as yet infants in the mntto. t ..
nicipal economies.
To July .I vncntionlsts
Meander rourth this vear.
Dull Care is smashed upon the wrists
And Gloom gives place to cheer.
e scan the gay excursion lists
And though they're rather dear.
Hey, boys! Ho. boys!
Where do we go from here?
"here do we go from here, boys? ,
; ncre do we go from here?
We're bound to roam
Afar from home.
Tlifit much, at least, Is clear.
The farm or beach?
There's joy in each
And each to all is dear.
Hey, boys! Ho, hojs!
Where do we go from here?
All information will bo vouchsafed
Tuesday. No evening paper .Monday.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
t. 'What is a batata?
2. What Is a rhomboid?
3. What nro torrjuatcd birds?
4. What was Tophet?
5. What Is the name of tne ch .
Poetical work of Geoffrey ChauwrT
fa"? StalC 'S Bol8e Cit- thecapl.
7. On what Island is Measlna located?
8, Who said "A good book In th. -
clous life blnod of a mistereBnTrlt
embalmed and treasured up on nur
pos lo a life bejond life"" P
P. Vhat Is the fourth city In tlm'iinit.rf
States au.or.Ji,.,. ? Z X$n
10- (l d0P8 ,,,, Sh'nto religion pre
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
J. Charles Warren Fairbanks ran for
the vleo prtsldency on the ticket
with Iluglies In 1018 "ctei
2. Jtarco Polo, the celebrated Venetian
traveler, Irft Acre, Palestine? o
Ca't. w "in J."-,-n,R ,', "Ea.etanu
SJaur'n .J.V'ln l"'.B,ttrted on
3. Cathay was the n,lme Bven by polo
lo a region In eastern Asia, sup?
posed to bo northern China
1. Many hawks were found by the
early explorers of the AzoFes i.
lands, which take their name from
tho Portuguese "acor," a hawk
5. "The Rlso of Silas kapham" A
New Fortunes" ' an
"The Lady of Aroostook" ar
novels by the late W. D. llowella
6. A medlar Is a fruit llko R smli
brown apple, eaten when decayed
7. The word sandwich Is said to tatTi.
no t....- --iii iiio iuri nr rsand.
wlch. wi.o Mg fond of eatlnir tllces
of meat betwenn bread or toast
.miii- mi nm M.toiiiiiiiK- viiniures
S NP-I was the name ,of the first air
plane which i fltw over the Atlantic
ocean In 191J
9. Thn Empress .losenhlne was born In
the island of Martinique, in ilia
West Indies.
10. Alphonse Maria LouH Lamartne
wm a celebrated. French poet.
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RUSSIA HELL ON EARTH,
SWISS REFUGEES DECLARE
Downfall of Soviet Government Predicted in Two Years if
Present Regime Continues Nation Already '
on Verge of Collapse
Ry 1$. F. KOSPOTH
PlalT Correspondent of th.) Kenlne l'obllo Ledger In Switzerland
CopuHont, 19t0, by PuMlo Ledger Co.
Geneva, July 3. "Tell the western
peoples what you have seen ! Speak
out! They must know how we have
been duped!"
Such was the parting appeal nd
dresscd by the workers of n munition
factory in Moscow to one of the COO
Swiss citizens who hnve just been re
patriated from soviet Russia, workmen
like themselves.
Six hundred witnesses against Lcnlne
nrrlved In Switzerland on the train
bringing these Swiss refugees, the last
of their free nnd democratic nation to
leave his Red paradise. Their united
testimony is just as valuable and re
liable, to my mind, ns any Investiga
tions of international commissions
could be, and ccrtninly worth infinitely
more thnn nil the reports put together
of the delegation's dispatched by the Eu
ropean Socialist parties to pay court
to the dictators in the Kremlin.
Naturally, I have not been able to
bco all these COO refugees, but I have
seen and talked with many of them,
proffably two or three bcore. men of nil
sows and conditions, und their story
varies ouly In insignificant details. On
all vital points they are agreed, nnd
their unanimous verdict is that Red
Russia is hell upon earth, and that the
population of the soviet republic is
doomed to extinction within a couple of
years unless a miracle intervenes to
save it.
Capitals Decimated by Disease
"In Moscow nnd Petrogrnd the
sewers have not been cleaned for over
n year," they declare. "Tho Inhabi
tants of tho cities dump their gnrbagc
and refuse into the streets or into the
rivers and streams. Last winter all
the water pipes burst and they have
never been repaired. So it is from
hthese same streams that thc people tako
their drinking wnter. Tjphus. cholera,
bubonic plague, every Imaginable vari
ety of deadly disease is decimating tho
population. agon loads of coffins nre
driven daily through the streets. And
next winter tne intiaoiiants who nave
survived these epidemics will freeze to
death, for not only is there no coal, but
there is no more wood. Think of it ! In
this land of vast primovul forests thcro
Is no wood!"
The Red terror Is still in full force,
nssert all theso Swiss refugees emphat
ically. Slnco the soviet authorities pre
tended to nbolish it, the activities of
tho "extraordinary commission" hnve
In reality becorao more terrible than
ever, for they arc now exercised secret
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ly. The victims nre sentenced even be
fore their arrest and dlsnppear mys
teriously in tho night. Legally and offl
cinlly, very few executions take place.
Rut "suspects" nro seized and goggql
in their beds Uy Djcrjlnsky's agents aud
tuken away never to be seen or heard
from again, Wben an automob.Ie is
heard passing through n deserted street
at. ulght every ono wakes up in fear
and asks himself: Is It coming for me?
For an automobile at night means that
the extraordinary commission is making
its rounds through the city seeking new
victims.
How are women treated In Lenine's
Red paradise? Among the refugees ure
beveral joung women, Swiss teachers
and nursery maids, who come from
I'otrogrnd. They were imprisoned iu
a concentration camp and deliberately
forced to associate with women of the
otreeL Later they wera given "work,"
which consisted la cleaning the barracks
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of the Red guards, exposed to the in
sults nnd gibes of the soldiers. Finally,
as n favor, they were employed, in load
ing trucks with stones nnd sand, hard
rannual labor which tho Soviet rulers
cannot get their followers to perform.
ou must speculate or perish, there
is no other choice," explained one of
the refuges, n wntchmnkcr from Geneva.
"From morning till night all the In
habitants of the great cities arc engaged
In buying and selling old shoes, clothes,
gloves nnd household goods of every
description. You buy, wait n few weeks,
and sell your purchaso ngaln nt an Im
mense profit, for prices nre naturally
continually rising as the relics of a
former civilization grow rarer. This
takes place under a government which
pretends it has abolished 'bourgeois.'
traders being immornl!
"When I left Moscow the current
price for nn old suit of clothes was 150,
000 rubles. A new suit costs 80,000
rubles. Samovnrs, the Russian tea
pots, were nn object of frantic specula
tion nt 110,000 rubles each. Second
hand hewing machines were in demand
nt 40,000 rubles. As for food, it cost
me 00.000 rubles n month this snrinir
to keep from starving. Last year it was
still possible to obtain nt the national
stores a daily ration of 150 grnms of
bread for two rubles, but since January,
1020, nil distribution of food by the
government has censed.
"You can imagine what a worker's
life is like under these conditions, even
when his wages amount to 0000 rubles
a month. These nre starvation wages,
considering the cost of living, nnd thero
Is no exaggeration in saying that the
Russian worker under Rolshevist rule
is tho worst paid wage slave in alb the
world. So he. too, bus become n spec
ulator, a profiteer, infinitely more un
scrupulous nnd rapacious thnn tje
'bourgeois' tradesman whom tho Red
maniacs have ruined. Instend of work
ing in thc factories tho workmen un
dertake long expeditions into the coun
try to dlstnnt villages, where they buy
a pood of flour (about thirty-two
pounds) from the peasants for COO ru
bles, which they can sell on their re
turn to Moscow .for 10,000 rubles. I
once traveled S00 kilometers to purchase
flour in this wny, for most of the peas
ants refuse to part with their pro
duce." Transport Conditions
First-hand information regarding
transport conditions were furnished me
by Georgo Discrens, of Savigny, a vil
logo near Genevn, who worked until n
few weeks ago as an engine driver on
tho Moscow -Brlnnsk railroad. This is
ono of the few lines on which trains
nro btill running more or li'bs regu
lurly. "I knew virtunlly nothing about en
gine driving," he said, "but I was ac
cepted ut once when I volunteered. My
fireman had never been on a locoinotivo
before in his life. However, they dou't
mind that much in soviet Russia, and
accidents nro so frequent that pcoplo
aro used to them. Wc worked hard.
Theoretically, wo were entitled to a
twenty-four-hour rest after sixteen
hours of work. Rut we gcuernily seem
ed to mis? tho rest. There ure still
rails, but tho sleepers Qro rotten when
they hnvo not been blolen to be used
ns firewood. So yu have to go slow
and can't break uny records. If you
cover "00 kilometers in twenty-two
hours, which menus keeping up a speed
of about uiu? kilometers nn hour, you
merit, tho Soviet's praises. The signal
system Ih long past repair, and thcro
are no lights.
"What little oil Is placed at the men's
disposal Is used by them for domestic
Purposes or sold to wealthy people,
ometimes an engineer v-111 burn a pine
torch ou his locomotive at night if he
is very nervous. Nevertheless, col
lisions nre of rure occurrence, for thcro
are scarcely any trains to run into
Urcen wood is useij for liriig, nnd you
have to bo nn expert iV. get it lighted.
Hundreds, of disabled, rusty locomotives
nre side-tracked at all the principal sta
tions, popularly termed 'engine cerae
terles.'
"Ktpalra are exMUted by breaking up
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old engines and cars nnd using their
parts to patch up thoso whose state of
decay Is less advanced. In a few month .
all will be over and there will not be a
single train running in Russia. It is a
melancholy sight to see the ruthless
devastation of the forests nil along the
railroad lines. Within the limits of
possible transport, they have been ab
solutely destroyed. Next winter the in
habitants of the cities won't hnve a log
of wood to heat their houses. Then
thfir tragedy will bo over."
Trade an Illusion
When 1 mentioned the probable re
sumption of trade relations between tbi
western nations nnd soviet Russia, my
informant burst into grim laughter.
"Trade?" he scoffed. "An illusion
for years to come! It Is impossible to
transport even a hundredth part of what
is needed to feed the cities. Two years
of bolshevlsm have destroyed Russia,
sapped its life blood, reduced its people
to physical and moral wrecks. I don't
know how mnny years it will take to re
pair this damage, if it can be repaired
at all. The fundamental evil which is
responsible for this tragedy is laziness.
It is nn incurable disease with which
the theories of bolshevlsm have Inocu
lated tho Russian people. Nobody works,
except in the munition factories, where
tho Red guards stand over thc workmen
with loaded revolvers."
Refore they were allowed to leave the
territory of tho soviet republic the Swiss
refugees were examined by a Rolshevik
commissary. "4rc you going to tell
nbout whnt you have seen here when
you get back home?" he demanded. And
on their replying that they certainly in
tended to do so, he continued snecrlngly:
"It won't do nny good. Save yourselves
the trouble. We have our men in all
foreign countries. Wc have trained
them. They will contradict your stories.
And they will be belreved. not you !"
There is a great deal of truth in the
Rolshevik commissary's mocking word'
Thousands of independent witnesses
have exposed Lenine's Red paradise
during thc last two years, and they havo
not been believed. The ngents of the
Soviet nre everywhere, in Europe and
America, spreading false reports, cast
ing doubt on the narratives of perfectly
reliable and disinterested refugees, and
busily seeking to discredit tho opponcuts
of bolshevlsm. A strangely fascinat
ing story could bo written about the
occult protection which the dictator
in the Kremlin hnve undoubtedly en
joyed nnd still enjoy in the capital
and councils of tho western countries.
Rut tho time has not yet come.
Will these Swiss republicans, at
least, be believed and find a fair bear
Ing? The general impression resulting
from their accounts is that Rolshevik
rule in Russia was never so near ab
solute, final collapse as It Is today, with
iutcrnal conditions rapidly leading to
Inevitable catastrophe and the Red
army, on which tho power of Lenlne
I nnd his acolytes alone btill rests, dis
integrating daily under the blows ao
ministered to it by the' victorious Poles.
What strength the Bolshevik dictators
still have left they derive solely from
tho negotiations they nro carrying on
in London, which inspire them with
desperate hope that their rule will jet
be recognized nnd sanctioned by the
western world. Krnssin's presence in
the Rritish capital is their solo consola
tion and triumph" nnd it Is a very great
triumph, prcgunnt with incalculable
consequences. Were it not for this
diplomatic victory, according to the
iinunimouM statements of the Swi
refugees whom I questioned, Leuine aud
Trotsky und tho entire soviet system
would hnve fallen on tho day the Polish
troops entered Kiev, and Russia would
already be delivered from th.eir insane
tyranny.
Virginal
COME not too soon, O happy day!
Pause for a little v-hllo upon thy
way; , .
Still let the summit call, tho way wind
up,
Tho sparkling nectar bead within the
cup.
Come not too soon, O happy hour!
The bud would dream once more before
It flower;
Would leave the still. closed gate, in
happiness,
Latched for a moment on that last
caress.
Come not too soon, My fullest sheaf
Swift is thd summer, and toon fall a
tho leaf:
Tills day, this day comes not again
and ours!
Though In new fields there blossom
newer flowers, ,
Mary Gllmore, in the Triad, Mw
Zealand. .
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