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A FOUR-VEAR PROGRAM FOR
s PHILADELPHIA
Thin on wlilfh the people expect
tho new administration to conccn-,
(rate Ita attention!
The Dejoare river bridge.
A Hrudock big eiiouph fo accommo.
date the largest Mp.
Development of the rapid trantt sys
tem. X convention hall.
A burning for the Free Library.
An Art Jujeum.
Enlargement of the water supply.
Somes to accommodate the popula
tion. THE LID
milG lid upon which Director Cor
; J f "X mall to point outeln of rhlladwonin,
rfr&ilf " UnitedStatee. Canada, or United
" ?L"ttea poiaenlona. noetane free. JJty wJn
hfrtwita per month. Six () dollara per year.
2. weK. ttayanifl to tne carrier.
telyou promised yesterday to sit J j ield in what lie regnrds ns n matter of
' tight hides strange things, an any one principle. He suggests, however, that
knows who ver had an opportunity to t1(J canii,iatcs for the Legiilnture to
glance behind the n-cncs in the police , ecote(l this ear bo required to de
denartment or below the squalid sur-..inr tilp:r i)(.itioii on the subject In
laces of ward politics as it exisieu unucr
the old regime.
Narcotic drugs rot the mind away
and send men headlong on a road that
leads straight to iuino ostiums, jails
and the electric ehalr. The drug habit
is acquired. No one is born with it.
..Victims are enmeshed and trained for
PHMi,, profit of Infamous men luglicr up,
w!kk ept rii'h hi- tin- death nnd dvcra-
'kMon of multitudes. Yet upou the
word of the director of public safety
himself political heelers of the baser i
sort have not only been partners in
have the
,, ,..nvU .. ".anv tnt(
tne trauic: they hnve
members of the police force engaged
under current orders in making life In
creasingly hnrd for drug peddlers, who
have before now berved out damnation
even to children in the poorer sections
of ihe city. And in that peculiar cam
paign they hnve been helped by city
magistrates whom prisoners must ad
dress as "Your Honor" !
WVliaA lilt lit ttwet ii nsn tlinoA Tn n linun
If,.. ,V ... .--I. . .y... "W,. l.....n.. .U ""
lntercsc uiu iney worK nun ny unoin
were they trained? Now nnd then it
seems regrettable that Director Cortcl
you Is determined to keep the lid down
In Philadelphia. It might be well to
raise it for an instant so that the
public might look at the faces of these
men and learn the names of n few of
them.
COX.AND WILSON
STUDENTS of national polities and
those who have money to bet in
November would give a great deal for
the privilege of sitting on the famous
south porch of the White House during
the conference which Mr. Cox is to
have with President Wilson.
A rift, and n rather wide one. Mill
exists between the Wilson Democrats
and the Democrats who view Mr Cox
as the ideal of their dreams. What
will the President say to the cnndidate
made by Tammany V Bj what formula
will he lift the curse, or will he lift it
at all? Mr. Wilson's hatred for mu
nicipal and state bosses of the sort who
pushed Mr. Cox to victory is endless
and scemiugl) incurable. It has been
the root of most of his troubles in
Washington and the origin of bitter
enmities that the country does nut yet
fully understand.
Mr. Wilson has a reputation for con
sistency. Will it survhe the present
strain ?
GIVE A THOUGHT TO FRANCE
TWO years a,go liastillf Dov iu tins
city was accorded something like
official recognition
"The sea seems verv narrow todin '
declared President Wilson ui tiiat date
in n message to President Poincare,
"France is so close u neighbor to our
hearts" Popular seutiiuont was a
curately gauged in that observation
Hundreds of French flags were flown
in Philadelphia oloue The annirersarj
if one of the most fateful blows ever
given to oppression took ou a deep, ex
tended significance.
The tremendous events which have
happened since July 14, 101 S, alter not
a jot the symbolic meaning of the fall
of the infamous ISastille Kmrr no
special observances of the ate are
planned for this citj todnv, aside from
the celebrations by French societies, a
generous display of the trirolor is at
jeast in oruer. u win not tx- an coim
alent return for the splendid homage
paid to our Independence Dav lately
In Paris. It is not easv to rise to the
heights of French tact and taste Hut
certainly all thoughts which are turned
toward J-ranee nnd her struggle for
freedom will be profoundly warranted
No obstacles to durable peace, no
pitfalls of error into which groping
mankind stumbles, can obscure the fact
that the two greatest republics of the
world have striven for more than u
century and still strive for virtuall)
Identical ideals of liberty and progress.
VOTES IN NIPPON
JAPAN is fac nvvny. Hut the fight
which the masses in Nippon have
been waging for the right of frunchise
W Which was lost jesterduy ought to
'ntensely Interesting in the I'nited
Doeans1 indicates a drift uud n
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sS lift It rli,?UaUon for Sterol suf
' totir druwii" bf8an. significantly
aaohe" foi.a after thei country eu
remova every luu,j i.......j n.
kimh tmni4 : ,'"::r"".;"0
.WtBOUl IWHIH.ar"" n uj. j
militaristic tendency and an ambition
td carry a policy of aggressive cxpan
"Ion Into Siberia. The movement for
the vote won Inspired to a large extent
by the younger-men who have been edu
rated in tho United States and England.
ft involved tho students In the schools
and finally the manRCs of the working
people. When the Japanese Diet voted
the proposition "down yesterday the
whole nation was alert and on the verge
of turmoil.
United with the desire for the 7ote
was popular resentment against a gov
ernmental policy which has inflicted
extraordinary burdens of taxation on
the people to, sustain an enormously
expanded military program. If the ex
perience of older governments means
anything, the refusal of the Japanese
Diet to grant demands made in the
uame of tho general population will
only increase the general unrest and
strengthen the resolution of the men
who have been speaking for the people.
The party now governing in Japan
may be Prussian at heart. Hut It is
not by any meaus sure of its own
safety. That ought to mean much in
a country that is being told that its
next war will be with the Jupancsc.
RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE
TO HAVE THEIR SAY
The $gue Ra8ed by Governor Clem-
ent In His Refusal to Help
the Suffragists
milK disappointment of the women
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i- suffragists with the action of Gov-
ernor Clement. oM ermont is natural. !
The members of he l;W"ture. clcc ted
In 11)18. arc said to be in favor of the
ratification of the suffrage amendment
to the federal contitutlon. It Is gen
erally understood that if they were al
lowed to meet they would ratify the
amendment.
They were elected, however, several
months before CongrcM derided to sub-
I mlt the amendment to the states. It
was on June 12 of last year that the
acting secretary of state soqt a certified
I copy of it to the governors of the forty -
1 eight states with a requot that it be
I submitted to the Legislatures.
j Governor Clement, In spite of the
I fact that he has been urged, "as a
matter of party expediency." to sum-
' mon the Legislature in extra session,
.nfti fietli lilu ronfcnnu fnr rofimlne to
order that tile Legislature mu have
a mandate from the people. His murso
has merely delated ratification, if it
shall appear that the voters of the stato
favor equal suffrage.
While the women would like to have
the amendment rntiticd in time for them
to vote in the presidential election this
year, and while this result may be se
cured by the action of the Legislature
of Tennessee or North Carolina, the
more thoughtful of them would doubt-
ic,s prcfCr to wait a year rather than
i,nve the ratification brought about in
stnte by a trick or by snap jndg-
ment.
Such n radical change us is con-
o,l ,i.l,l not he nmde hastily,
nor without first assuring ourselves that
it is the deliberate will of the people.
The suffragists themselves must admit
.. ,
r.nrrnnr riemont's rensnns for his
eourse deserve the serious consideration '
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Ill UU IIIUM' lUK'U'l-lVW IU HIV" ('lli'llMr
tiou of American institutions. The
decision of the Supreme Court in the i
prohibitory amendment case has set men (
to thinking nbout the dangers that lie
in the customary method of amending 1
the constitution. It is now established j
that two-thirds of a majority of the
members of both houses of Congress
may submit amendments to the states.
Conditions can arise under which this
two-thirds would be much less than a
majority of all the members elected.
Then If the Legislatures of three
fourths of the states ratify the amend
ments thus submitted thej become a
part of the constitution itself.
The Legislatures have not always re
garded the expressed will of the people.
In Ohio, after a prohibitory amend
ment to the state constitution had been
rejected by popular vote, the Legisla
ture ratified the prohibitory amendment
to the federal constitution. In this
state, nfter the voters had rejected an
equnl suffrage amendment to the state
constitution, the Legislature ratified the
equal suffrage amendment submitted by
Congress. And it ratified the prohibi
tory amendment nNo in spite of the
failure to put prohibition in the state
constitution
The constitution of Tennessee has a
provision forbidding a vote on any
umeudment to the federal constitution
b.v a Legislature the members of which
had not been elected nfter the amend- i
ineut lad been submitted to the state.
The governor, in spite of this exprcs- I
sioti of the will of the ptople, is to call I
.i spet lal session of a Legislature elected '
in mis to vote on an amendment not
subinitt. until June of 1010. Hie
fa, t that the .Supreme Court has decided
that ratim-ution under such clrcuin-
stances would be valid in spite of the
slule ...s !, u '"""'"'r ""
thonties a responsibility which Cove, .
nor (lenient, of "Vermont, apparently
does not intend to shirk.
The constitution of Vermont restricts
the privilege of suffrage to males. The
rntifiiution of the federal amendment
would (hntige the provisions of the state
constitution. The governor will nut
(onsent that it be changed in this way
until the voters hnvo been allowed to
exmess their wishes. He is not .ilone
in this po-ition, for Governor Hoi, omb,
ot Lonnecucui, reiu.eu .u ' i
call a special scss.o . oi u ..rK.muiur
at the request of the nepubU',0" sta e
I WlVt'lJlMJli l'i IUUJJ lc anv.a uiiirnu-
' me"t- n'' Hn'V., il!,', r!,,,?,,a!!
I outh to H,",)port the ufm c,;"8tlt",'on
a'1 that ,lle resPJnBlb lity f"r ac ion
rested on him and not on the stutc
, - onventiou
it is not necessary to take seriously
the plea thnt the proposed federal
umeudment would change the state con
stitutions, because if cniried to its logi
cal conclusion it would lead to objec
tion to every federal amendment which
in any way conflicted with state laws.
The real point of the objection of these
two governors is to amendments on
which the people ln their sovereign
enpacity have not given their verdict.
It is an objection to h detail in the
method of ratincatiou oy tne state
Legislatures,
The constitution provides for two
methods of ratification. One is by sub
mission to tho Legislatures of the sev
erul states-nnd the other 1b by submission-
to conventions called in the several
states. The convention method has
never been used. It is costly and cum
bersome, especially when we already
hnvo the Legislatures qualified to net.
Governor Clement vvlBhoa ftjhird method
provided under which a proposed
amendment should bo submitted to the
voters of the states just as the amend
ments to the state constitutions arc
submitted. '
In view of the frequency of amend
ments and their nnture, more serious
attention is likely to be given to the
method of changing the constitution
than has seemed necessary in the past.
There was a time when it, was be
lieved that It was practically Impossible
to change the constitution, There
were no changes from 1804 until 1805.
It was thirty-five years later that the
income-tax amendment was submitted.
Then in 1013 the popular election of
senators wns provided for, and within
the last year or two we 1 nvo made pro
hibition constitutional and arc about to
'grant the vote to women.
No one knows what radical change
will next be proposed or to what extent
it will upset the established customs of
the government or of the people. Hut
those interested in the rule of the ma
jority, which Is the eisenco of the
American system, will be the last to
condemn either Governor Clement, of
Vermont, or Governor Holcomb, of
Connecticut, for their attitude, not on
woman suffrage, but on the rights of
the people of their Ntntes to have their
say before their Legislatures consent to
any changes in the federal constitution
which change the established laws ol
their commonwealths.
AT CENTRAL HIGH-
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"' production as it is organized In the
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romfort and the tranquillity of heart
that are the true rewards of culture and
understanding. So it is not strange
that the tchools arc often criticized for
their superficiality, for the futile ma
terialism that often characterizes their
administrative codes and for their lack
of the quality of discipline that pene
trates beyond the mind of n student
to temper his spirit. Yet the public
educntional system lays broad, if crude,
foundations.
It encourages shabbily smart imita
tions of the ruling futilities of the uni
versities. It tenches much that must
be palnfully.unlcnrncd in harder schools.
Hut it does meet the fundamental need
of n democracy It tenches; the multi
tudes to read nnd it encourages habits
of ordered thought. And it is a ques
tion, after all, whether the knowledge
that cunblcs some men to look nbove
nnd be.vond the scuffle and perceive the
futilit) nnd usclcssuess of many things
for which life is wasted nnd thrown
away run be attained iu any classroom.
That ultimate gift is more likely to be
the reward of patient spirits whose
vision and faith survive the years Which
exalt those who are proof against dis
illusionment. When n school can benefit by the
services of a mind made wise by long
contacts with life itself nnd made rich
by contemplation of the sort of truths
that provide all the light we have in
nuy real emergency, it must be consul
l"c , , u . V .,
'hould be pushed aside and rejected.
l,t a P'T f'rli. V ' h
in, deference to the habits of practical
H'1'1' is inconceivable. It is for that
reason that thoplau to force the retire-
'ment of Dr. Itobert EU Thompson
I from the Central High School has In-
spired instinctive opposition in so many
unexpected nlnces.
Doctor Thompson gave his life to the
public schools. Philadelphia is full of
men whose lives he helped to shape.
The venerable president of the Central
High School brought to his work a
quality of mind nnd thought that ul-
ways has been a conspicuous ueed of
the school system, not only here but iu
all other American cities. He is one
of the few men who can see over the
heads of the crowd. He can see life
whole, and he has never been afraid to
tell of what he has seen nnd felt. For
the ultimate verities of human exist
ence he has a regard that increases
steadily with the years, which some of
the members of the Board of Lducatlon
arc pleased to call a detriment. A
tenctier by instinct, a man who gains
by giving and. who is content to find
the reward of his labor in the memory
of service rendered, is an cxtiemely
rare phenomenon in these lively times.
And one who can preserve amid the
uproar of the vocational t miners nnd
the faddists and the clans of practical
ism nn attitude of unyielding belief in
the practical value of cultured minds
is rarer still.
No rules of routine should be per
mitted to force the retirement of such
a man from his place iu the public
school system of this city. If rules
made by the state Legislature are so
Inflexible us to make such nn error
possible, they should be fought by the
Hoard of Education. Doctor Thomp
son might be retained in his oresent
Oflne. He might be mnde president
emeritus of his school. He would be
lnvulunble lf ho Ui,i no more than talk
,0 the teachUg stuff now nnd then, nnd
u Js (loncplvnble thnt the j)oanI ot
K(luPtttlon UleIf wouW not be the worse
istcning t0 an occasional lecture
of his on any matter of contemporary
imcrcst The hc,100,H ,, unlvcr8ltie3
f Amorica woull, l)e more cloBoIy ln
touch with their times' if each had
upon its staff n professor-at-Iarge,
qunlified as Doctor Thompson is quali
fied, to talk occasionally to students
and faculty of the issues which loom
nnd vanish so swiftly nowadays as to
dazzle and stagger minds not balanced
by years and nrdent experience with
ancient and undebatable truths. Tench-
. . ft profewon , ,vhic..; n
ny one
grovv rlch, For an , work l)o(.toti
T, ,g ,0 b-e re,larle(1 oy ds.
mlgsa, the rctiremcnt pllln ,H cnrrled
out. Are we to mi p pose that hucIj au
! example will serve to bring other gifted
minds to the service of an institution
that hits grown almost hopelessly for-
j mal and uninspired because of a lack
01 mem i
It having been dem
Spilling the Mllh onstrnted thut after
war hud upset the
milk wagon treaty delays hnve drained
some of the cans, nothing remains but
to work like sixty till the cows come
home, I
"All we have to
Light for the do," shouts a P. R.
Hanging It. conductor to a
group of "vacation
ists," "is to hnng on until the L'Oth,
when things will bloom In their true
light." Dry duys, dark duys! Noth
ing to mix but metaphors!
A White Star steumshlp is being
the crew refuses to be washed for dis
infection. Perhnps the, fact that the
saloon passengers were allowed tn go
ashore unwashed has somethlug to do
Wtlil iu y ,
MEN AND MARCHINQ CLUBS
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The Next Auditor General of
Pennsylvania, W. T. Tilden
and His Doys Marching
Clubs Out of 'Date
Dr GEORGE AJOX McCAIN
CANDIDATE 8. S. MOWIS, ns .those
on the inside arc nware, had n regu
lar pull-Dick-piill-Dcvil time of it with
some of the Republican leaders before
he secured the nomination for the audi
tor generalship this spring.
I do not think, however, that even
those who for various reasons lifted
their voices against, his selection will
have cause to regret his election in
November.
Mr. Lewis, who Is n York county
lawyer, wns little -known outside his
county until within the last six months.
He was merely one of the assistant
chief clerks in tho auditor general's
department; nn exceedingly important
position because of its intimate connec
tion with the great corporate Interests
of the state.
Though tho Republican voters nt
large knew not Mr. Lewis personally,
the efficiency engineers, financial vice
presidents nnd all the other miscella
neous retinue of taxation experts
throughout the state knew him; sonio
of them possibly too well for their own
pence of mind.
If elected, nnd It's a thousand to one
shot that he will be, Mr. Lewis tells me
that he expects to introduce some modi
fications and innovations into the time
honored methods of the auditor gen
eral's department that will not only be
to the advantage of the department but
to the greater clarity of its relations
with the corporations of the stnte.
The next auditor general Is one of
those squared -Jawed men who usually
accomplish the tilings they start out
to perform.
HAD the fates which bold" the years
and destinies of men in their fingers
but decreed thnt Willlnm T. Tilden
could have lived until this midsummer
of tho year of Our Lord A. D. 1020,
they would have placed the crown of
rejoicing upon nil tlip years of his suc
cessful life.
And it would hnve come to him on
the day that the cable carried the news
that Ms son William T. Tilden. Jr.,
had captured the world's tennis cham
pionship. Tho eider Tilden wns devoted to his
boys. When the present champion was
in knickerbockers, nnd Willlnm T. Sr.
wns interesting himself quietly but
efficiently in independent Republican
politics in the inter 00s, nny refer
ence to anybody else's children brought
invariably from him n modest burst of
praise for his own sons.
Tn the Wnnnmnkor tlphta nrnlnst tho
Qua? regime William T. Tilden formed
one oi the little group of men, among
whom were Rudolph Hlnukcnburg, Ma
jor Hancock, Judge G. Harry Davis and
Thomns Dolnn, who waged a war of
purification within the party.
He was n courteous, kindly gentle
man whose subsequent honors as presi
dent of the Union League were well
earned nnd well borne. The triumphs
of his bon in his chosen field of Bport
justify the faith of the father.
Age Is nothing, blood will tell.
PRIOR to the Chicago convention
this j ear the fact was emphasized
that, doubtless owing to the high cost
of living, ' traveling nnd iucldcntnl ex
penses, there would be a noticeable ab
sence of political marching and cam
paign clubs at the convention.
Not a single club made its appcarauce
at Chicago ; not even from the nearby
cities, which usually shine with re
fleeted glory in the splendor of its
marching hosts on such occasions.
From, nil accounts San Francisco had
the same experience. If there were nny
displays of the kind they were of the
most meager description.
Are the old -time political organiza
tions wi.th their gray nnd blnck suits,
two-gnllon plug hats, yellow spats.
gorgeous silken banners and rainbow
umbrellas going tho way of the "wide
awakes" of the IIOs and the marching
clubs of the am (.ceding generation, with
their satnnlc oilcloth capes and caps of
flaming red ncientr.nted by blazing nnd
dripping coal-oil torches that imparted a
diabolic aspect to every "night par
ade"? ft
It would seem so.
In Pennsylvania the "Democratic so
cieties" disappeared years ago. Nearly
all of the old county clubs are num
bered with the things of nnother gen
eration. In Philadelphia the Antl-Cobden Club
still survives, but Cobden. the HrlUsh
free trader, is forgotten nnd the name
requires an explanation in parentheses
every time it is uttered in the present
generation.
The Penrose Club and the Y'oung nnd
Union Republican Clubs nre still In
existence, but the West Philadelphia
Republican Club, with its elaborate
house on Chestnut street near Forty
first, has changed its name to the West
Philadelphia Club with the elimination
of its political title.
One looks in vain for the elaborate
affairs of the first Blnine Club, the W.
II. Ahem Association, nnd the numerous
Edwin S. Stuart Clubs that dotted the
city; the Harmony Legion nnd a score
iof others that, on the slightest ocenston,
flared into print with laudatory reso
lutions ou leaders nnd candidates.
Oue reason I think for the disappear
ance of thee old-time organizations
is the death of their supporters, or the
disappenrnn, e from political life of the
nicn who gave them temporary promi
nence. Another is the growing conviction
thnt tltey are costly and not always
efficient, ami that the money spent in
their support could better be devoted to
other purposes.
0th
J les
THEM cities have learned the same
son.
Tammany preserves Intact Its efficient
organization, but has abolished very
largely its marching legions ami
streamer badges.
Clubhouses of the less elaborate sort
ure maintained, but merely ns political
meeting plnces.
Just as the old volunteer fire engine
houses, once the focal point of com
munity politics, hnve gone down the
long road, so the old-timo leaders' clubs
have followed them.
Not that politics has grown less
practical, but rather that prohibition
has grown more potent ns one of the
agencies of their destruction.
The Pennsylvania Bureau of Vo-
I
for city boys to work on farms durlnir
the school vocation. It is a fine chance
for youngsters to tlo the patriotic and
healthful thing ond to make money while
10 engaged-
SHORT CUTS
Anthracite ought to be hard enough
to stand pitiless publicity,
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It isn't so thundering hot at that
when yoU don't think nbout it.
The CltyiHnll Guide will now have
to content himself with lining n phi
losopher. , 4
Director Tustln's report seems toH
luiiicuic unit mo recreation centers are
used exclusively by germs.
Tho cx-rrown prince of Germany
snys he wduld llko to live iu America.
Ych, but how. would America like it?
Apparently anythlne con get n
cheer In the third party convention but
tne constitution of the United States.
One comforting thing nbout the
third party platform "is thnt nobody
will have to live up, to' it or down to
It. '
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Assiduous chroniclers of European
events pause a while to discover whether
tne roiisif tirivc was ill-advised or n
vision justified.
The fact that Director Cortelyou
thoroughly knows the Job nhend of him
Is going to make things very disagree
able for thoso who offend or Interfere.
There is ejory evidence thnt the
P. R, T. is doing more worrying than
the Mayor, a circumstance which Is not
causing tho general public nny great
amount of grief.
If there were not already more
laws than nre good for us it might be
well to hnve one providing thnt no per
son who lacks the ability to swim be
permitted to step into n "canoe.
With the Republican governor of
Vermont sticking up for stnte rights
and the Democratic governor of Ten
nessee letting them go by the board,
things political this year are assuredly
topsy-turvy.
Scant attention will be paid in this
country to the fact that 8.000,000 bot
tles of wine arc to be sold at auction
in Paris. Those of us who nre not
camels arc foxes, with the traditional
opinion concerning grapes.
Whether Poland was right or wrong
in carrying the war luto Russia will cut
little figure in the decision of tho powers
if the Bolshevists curry the war Into
Poland. An outlet 'for the soviet in the
Hnltic would spell disaster for every
body else.
Meat in 100-pound lots is more
thnn n cent a pound cheaper than in
June, 1018, says n local packing offi
cial. And the Department of Agricul
ture says that the level of prices paid
farmers for their crops decreased 1.7
per cent during June. Now let some
body mention the facts to the butcher
nnd the green grocer.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt fears
there is a sinister influence back of
Uoveruor Clements refusal to call n
special session of the Vermont Leglsln
turc to ratify the suffrage amendment.
If Mrs. Catt has any inside information
giving grounds for such fears she ought
to let the world know it. On the face
of it Governor Clement gac a clear-cut
and logical reason for his refusal. That,
at lenst, must be conceded by fair
minded opponents.
Kansas City has been conducting a
health survey of its schools and ex;
perimenting with a group in one of
them, one that had the greatest per
centage of children 10 per cent under
weight. Clinical nnd dentnl service
wns provided, health instruction given,
nud pure food served according to tho
individual needs of the children. Re
sults surpassed expectations. In spite
of adverse conditions and handicaps un
removed the children made n gain of i.'"8
per cent (the normal gain being 100 per
ceut). From which it would nppenr
that not nil the children needing our
aid arc in Europe. It may bo thnt
there arc some right here in Philadel
phia. Wc refuse to grow excited over the
fact that n Wilmington landlord has
served notite ou n couple to vacate
nn apartment because n baby has been
boyi tlieie. We decline to believe
that he is n callous product of n heart
less commercial system that is under
mining the social structure b.v put
ting a premium on selfishness; thnt ho
is discouraging the growth of lnrge
families necessary to the well-being
of red-blooded Americanism; that he
Is a fosterer of the conker, rncc sui
cide, that is eating the heart out of our
constitution. No sir! Thnt landlord
is nothing of the kind. He is nt once
n kindly philosopher, n wise political
economist nnd a shrewd student of so
ciology. All he is doing is to set forth
In terms nil may understand that n flnt
is no plnce for a baby ; that whnt a baby
nceas is u intonation large enough to
permit him to grow ; that ho shall be
permitted to hnve the whole world of
out-of-doors to play in. Our landlord,
therefore, is nothing more or less than
a diagnostician who points out just
what nils us. That the fact ho points
out is n painful one nnd one fraught
with problems difficult for us to solve
in no wny diMouuts the vulue of the
lesson ho Is tiuilnng u careless civiliza
tion. What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Where Is the. ltio de la Plata?
2. What docs UiIb name mean?
3. Who were Rosencrantz nnd Guilden-
etern?
4. What American President wan mnr-
rlcd before the divorce of his: bride
from her prev lous husband wuh ac
tually granud?
6. What is the fiercest of the wild
cats of the western hemisphere?
6. What Is generally ncknpwlcdceil to
be the greater of all biographies?
7 How many gallons make a barrel In
liquid measure?
8. How did tho Romans write tho num.
ber 2000'
9. When was the first elevated railroad
In New York city opened?
10. After what building was tho White
House originally patterned?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Cnptaln Turner was In command of
the LuBltanla when she wna torpe
doed by tho Hermans ln May, 1916.
2. "Prosit" literally means "may it
benefit you "
3. The word Is Latin.
4. Six feet make a fathom.
6. Costa Itlca H Spanish for rich
coast
6. Frederick H Olllett Is the present
speaker of tho House of represen
tatives. 7. Cairo, Egypt, Is the largest city In
Africa,
8. Opprobrium Is disgrace, attaching to
nome act or conduct, Infamy, cry
ing of shame
9. A mcteorotd Is a body moving
through space of the same nature
as thobe bodies which, y pausing
through atmosphere, become visible
an meftors.
10. A basset, horn Is a tenor clarinet,
usually made curved for.hvenl
nc & handling, yr
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JAPAN SEEKING AMICABLE
RELATIONS WITH AMERICA
Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman Tells 'Foreign Relations Council
Study of Immigration Problem by Joint High
Commission Is Desirable
By -(he Associated Press
New York, July 14. Appointment of
n Jnpancsc-Amerlcnn joint high com
mission by tho two governments to Btudy
the question of Japnnese immigration
to this country was ndvocatcd by Dr.
Jacob Gould 8churmon, former presi
dent of Cornell University, in nn nd
dress nt n, luncheon of the Council on
Foreign Rclntions hero today.
"We have not outside this hemi
sphere nny problems so difficult nnd
delicate ns those affecting our relations
with Japan." declared Doctor Schur
man, who lias just returned from nn
extensive tour of the Orient in n party
with Frank A. Vanderllp, former pres
ident of the National City Rank. "Yet
more thnn nnv other they have been
mnde the football of party politicians.
It is high time our nntionnl govern
ment took them seriously in linnd.
"My dnmlnnnt impression of Jnpnn,"
Doctor Schurman continued, "is that
Jupnn is profoundly desirous of main
taining peace nnd friendship with the
United Stntcs. nnd thut for the nceom
plishmcnt of thnt end she is rendy to
mnkc nil the concessions nnd sacrifices
which n sensitive, high -spirited nnd
powerful tuition could bo necessarily ex
pected to undertake."
Two Horns of Dilemma
Jnpan's nnnnnl net increase of 000.
000 in.population. he said, leaves only
two methods of escape from starvation
open, to her emigration to the Asiatic
mainland nnd impoitntlon of food iu ex
change for commodities. Conditions
arc unfavorable for Jnpnn's becoming
nn industrial country like England, he
snid, hecnuse of the shnrtngo of iron
nnd other raw materials in Jnpnn,
Kxlstencc of n notoriously weak gov
ernment in China, where ruw mnter
rials' nre plentiful, he ndded.'mnkes ex
tensive commercial relations with Chinn
impossible without an nppearnnco of
domination and interference on Japan's
part.
This weakness in the Chinese Gov
ernment, Doctor Schurman said, is the
source of "constant danger of commer
cial nnd military impeiiulism.
"Yet if the forces acting In her Asl
ntie environment produce nn impel Inl
istic reaction on Jnpan the spirit nf tho
Japanese people, I feel very confident,
grows increasingly democintic nnd nnti
imperialistic," He cited numerous conditions grow
ing out of the war which, he said,
.were bringing tho Japanese to the
democratic point of view.
Great Dcstlnv Seen
"Japan is destined to be one of the
grent democratic nntloiw of the world,
with n government probably not unlike
that of Grent Itritain," Doctor Schur
man snld. "She has no ambition in
Aslu which need alienate our friend
ship. "We ennnot, of course, undertake to
govern tho world," he continued. "The
Monroo Doctrine is likelj in the future
ro give us enough to do Hut nny help
we run give Chlun in the way of milk
ing her government strong, honest and
efficient will not only benefit China, but
react most fnvornbly upon .lanan."
Doctor Schurmnn comluded with the
(leclarition that "if China had ns good
a government as .mpuii me problems
now perplexing both nations nnd nt
times menacing the pence between them
would quickly disappear."
Consortium for China
Thomas W. Lamont. of J p. Morgan
k Co.sald that tho Far Lastern quc's
tiou, cxtunt w jenro, has been ad
vanced nt least "ono stuge nearer so
lution by reason of the ussured forma
tion nf tho consortium for China, with
Japan rntcilug into it on precisely tho
EITH'S
NORA R'AYES
American Clevrtit'-Cetnedienn
HENRI SCOTT
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same terms ns England. America and
France." A better understanding of
the question will be given the govern
ments themselves as well ns to the bank
ing houses entering into the consortium,
he snid.
Though the Amnridan policy In the
Fnr East has been criticized ns vacil
lating in the past, Mr. Lamont snld,
"in the particular matter of the con
sortium, since being taken "up afresh
two years ago, it lins been consistent,
energetic nnd courageous,"
In the finnl niinlysis the success of
the consortium nnd its benring on inning
tennncp of American trade in the Far
East rest not with the governments, but
on their private citizens, lie declared.
DOCTORS SEE NEW DEVICE
Instrument for Treating Gall Bladder
Diseases Demonstrated
Chicago. Julv 14. (Ry A. P.) A
pnlnlcss method of trenting discuses of
the gall bladder, which it wns claimed
would eliminate surgical operations in
more than fiO per cent of such cases,
ling been perfected b.v Dr. Frank
Smithies, nssocinte professor of medi
cine in the University of Illinois. This
announcement wns mnde yesterday nt
the Augustnnn Hospital clinic, where
Doctor Smithies demonstrated his
method to phjslclans nnd surgeons.
Doctor Smithlcs's device consists
mainly of n small, egg-shaped perforated
bull, nbout oue-quurtcf of nn Inch in
diameter and 'one-hulf inch long nnd
fifty-four inches of rubber tubing nbout
the size of n lead pencil. The ball is
easily swallowed by patients, nnd the
contents of the gnll ducts nre pninlessly
drawn through the tube by suction.
Doctor riiiiltliie.s- snid Hint in many
cases in which the new process hits been
used "snnd." nnd even small gallstones,
hhd been removed. After the silver
bull 1ms bcen swallowed nnd correctly
placed b.v the nid of X-rays n solution
is poured down the tubo, causing u re
lnxntion of the gall duct.
RELIEF WORK TO .GO ON
Americans in Poland Instructed to
Remain at Their Posts
Palo Alto. Calif.. July 11. (Hv A.
P.) Herbert C. Hoover hns cabled
Americans in charge of the relief ad
ministration nnd the nnti-typlius cum
pnlgu to remain at their posts in ull
those parts of Poland which the Iiolshc
viki may invade.
The first of these ndministt-ntions is
feeding 1,200,000 children nud enring
for the lefugces fleeing before the Hoi
shevlk armies, The second Is enrrjing
out tho campaign against typhus in
East Poland.
Mr. Hoover stnted todny thnt these
two nssoclntions hnve millions of dol
lars' worth of property in Poland nnd
that lie did not believe the Rolsheviki
would do bodily harm to the Americans
engaged in this work. Ho said they
might be able tn save this property for
tho benefit of the destitute and sick if
thev remained nt their posts.
Approximately 1.10 Americans are en
gnged in tho relief nud typhus admin
istrations. a SHOW'S DAILY
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CREATORE and band
Wonderful Concerts Kvry Aft, ond Eve,
Saturday. July, IT, t' lino P, M
Philadelphia. Swimming Club IUm Carnival
Fitmouii Men ana WAinon cjinmpkm f nlnm ilii
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COURT OF APPEALS '
-FOR TAXES URGED'
Revision of War RovenuBj Act3
. Proposed at Convention of
Kentucky Bar
By tho Associated Press
Henderson, Ky July 14. A circuit
court of appeals for taxes should be j
established to meet needs for prompt -4
judicial dcterminntion of tne validity p
and effect of tax regulations of the De- '
partment of Internal Revenue. Robert ;
N. Milier, former solicitor of. Inferno!'
revenue, declared in an address at thp'i
nnnunl meeting of the Kentucky State'
Bar Association here today.
Rcvisiou of federal war revenue arts
Is needed to remove impositions on the
tnxpnyers of unreasonable burdens, Mr.
Miller said.
"Beginning with the things whfffi
must be done, two propositions am
clear." ho added. "They nre that re
troactive tax legislation, however npc
sary in the war emergency, must utterly
be abandoned, nnd thnt the tax buruVn
must be distributed more equitably to
icmovp unfair stress on particular
groups.
"Voters .mny enjoy passing a law
which appears to subject n pnrtirular
group of successful corporations to a
heavy tax, but in the long run, since t
tnxes must bn figured in the sellins ,
price of the goods or services, just ai
nny other clement iu the, selling price .
is figured, voters nre still taxing them
selves. "Even nn excise tnx nn stock divi
dends, so popular n subject of discus
sion with those who do not expect to ;
receive any, would be shifted, finally ami, ,
nt length through operation of neccr-''
snry economic laws, back to the con- '
sunliug public." .
Ho urged that steps be taken to rc $
plnce the excess profits tax by n flat t
corporation tnx not involving calcula-
tin.. .. ff !......., ...1 ..n. .tinl . I.i.nnoA .1 V.lftll. '
HUH Ul llivcniltl llllJUUl, llllium- .." ,
oruto individual income tax ; provide for "
tiuul settlements between the govern- -
ment and taxpayers which shall M .
binding ou both nnrties; give taxpayeis. ,
the privilege of distributing- accumulated .'
gains over tho severnl years, to winch
they arc ptoperly allocable ; clear uncer- '
tniuties ns to "persouul service cor
porations"; provide relief to taxpnjers y
suffciing net losses iu tUMlble jears, so
they mny deduct them from subsequent ;
jours' profita until tho losses nre ex- n
huusted.
Market St. ah. mill. 11 A. SI. to 11 r. a.
MAiinn-n TOtinNRUii Prevents
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