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rhiiidriphu. itiJ.r. July :i. u:
A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Thing on whlrli the people expert
the new ailmlnUtrntlon to viMHen-
trnte II uttentlnrjt
The Delaware river brltigc.
A dridock bio enough tu accommo
date the largest ships.
Development of the rapid transit ajJ
tern. A convention hall. '
A. butldlno for the Free Library.
An Art .Vtucum.
Enlargement of the water supply.
Homes to accommodate the popula
tion. MORE ABOUT TROLLEYS
POLITICS and high finance mukc a
dangerous combination.
When a politician becomes n financier
you hnvo the sort of deals thnt put the
ijtrccts of I'hllndelphia under thc con
trol of men who have grown rich by
taxing the public through the medium
of trolley franchises for the privilege
of riding in street cars.
When a financier becomes a politician
you usually find him earnestly at work
to make such fantastic and unjust ar
rangements permanent.
The city Is about to start a legal war
to compel underljiug companies whose
only nssets are franchises to neccpt
lower rentals from the V. It. T for
thc use of thc public streets. Uuless
thnt fight is successful higliet trolley
lares will be almost inevitable
The fight against the city will be
ade In the interest of politicians who I
dabble in finance and financiers who
dabble in politics.
Good government In municipalities.
In the states and in the nation will
never be possible until these two groups
are separated and compelled to work
Independently for their various ends.
PLIGHT OF THE TEACHERS
"CTRUSTRATKD hopes arc sometimes
more painful than the bitterest
rF-realitiev. The failure of 'the Uoard of
Education to float a loan enabling it
to incrcaxo the puy of school teachers
at this time is uot merely a financial
disappointment. The psychological ef
fect Is particularly unfortunate, since
the underpaid educators of this city '
have for mouths been encouraged to I
believe that provision would be mn.lo
for increased salaries
Not many weeks ago Simon Grots
significantly intimated that the teachers
"would be pleased" with the forecast
action of thc board. Naturally now
they nre even more disturbed thnn they
wouh have been hud the agitation for
relief 'not bceu colored with a delusive
Optimism.
As the cac now stands, it is unlikely
that the wage scale can be bettered
without action by the stnte Legislature
lt Is this bodv on which rennnklhillrv I
for injustice to one of the cry worthiest IIoU1"' lcau" cvcn nfter submitting res
classes of public servants primarily ervutions of their own which said in
rests. If thc board is. us it seems to ' different language what the Lodge res
be. actually incapable of rnlsing thc ' ortations said.
teachers' pay, Harrisburg will have to I Many well-founded reports came
moke u littinc nnnronrintion. Vlcnmns from Washington last November that
vnuipuiKUiiiK nnii cnnccrieii puoiic pres -
sure on behalf of this belated reform is
Imperative.
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GUERRILLA POLIJICS
CJO LONG as nhinkers and
near-
minKcrs yno hkp to call themselves
advanced or hberal or progressive con-,
tluue to scatter their fire and aim for ,
he most part at one another, politic,
In the 1 n.ted States will properly be a
business for conservatives.
IT .... ... . I
..r...,r,nn'.,t " na" '"'"Ptrd the
Prohibitionists' nomination for the1 tn' treaty with reservations to make its
presidency, would have drifted a little ' meaning clear, while the Democrats do
nearer to oblivion. The Farmer-Labor ffated it.
party nnd the Single Taxers have an-
r,,; "", 7" "hn Wl ' "; '
from sight and hearing ,n the clamor ,
of the n at.onal ranipalgn. ,
,t . . .. ...
JJoes mis mean that tho averaee voter
j,...i in,i-; i . "ni(,c oicr
Ib hard-boiled.' Let us see.
Suppose the bankers or the lawers
. i, ,i . , .. i .i I
or the doctors of the country ent to- I
.,H,.. n,l 1,,.,-j . ..' r.,..... I
r:,v. r' ., . r:.r," , ""l. ",,Bl
to t.n.1 ntilr ... !,!,. n...l .. ,
..v ... .....,t ...iv i... . nun u iifurrrn lor
only one lias-, There would be deri
sive refercm es to the new- reactionaries
in nil the newspaper Tanners, Single
unxcrs ami tne more restless labor
unions are about the only ones who
uu.Uu uiK.iu ,e only ones who
S S.mlJoOlhr.'rnl . '",S am' StU1 callPltes. It is not the kind of govern-
themwho liberal minded. lmmi uhJch tnp ncpubllPQ0 D
jro " " ' given to the nation. The Republican
' A NEW PFAC.P'y 'nart.v is not a one-man orzanizatinn
WARSAW.
that the
eugeih telling til
morale of the
i. i. . . , . "
noons inougu me nnr.iest in central
fcUrppe. The day has passed when the
test oi a entintry was the morale of its
armies. The morale of statesmen is
wnat concerns the chllucd world now. ,
The Russian., may be clumsy fighters. '
But they have innmigcd to defeat op-
posing armies led by some of the ablest
generals .,. .urope Pence, not war.
is what the Old World needs and war
should not be continued merely because
one crowd believes that it can defeat
liV ,: , ... .. i
The nature of the settlements finally ,
made between Poland nnd Russia will,
deeply affect the whole life of the Cn
VJl'ir . '. . '.:' . arw. uiat "'"leaders have consulted together. The I
tlnent. Poland should be the natural
.,frieuid and Interpreter of Russia. Tio
Pnlca are iu a different role becansn nt
lawialUug blunders of judgment la ome
'rAv.s ,&-
liZm
If the Allies. In their nrrvnt nork
of mediation, can bring about iiicli a
peace they may thereby atone for some
, of the appalling mistakes of the last
j Sear.
HARDING PROMISES TO
END ONE-MAN RULE
But His Declaration on the League
of Nation la as Indefinite as
That of tho Platform
TT WILL be difficult for any believer
In the Lencuc of Nation to find
much comfort In Senator Ilnnllnc'tt
i . , . -. - -., ...'
Mprccn ot ncceptaucc. it IS a.1 unsatis-
fnrlnrv n tl.n r,Utt,m
, ..... n
The senator voted consistently for the
i treaty with the Iodge reservations to
the covenant, but he does not snv thnt
ii, ..-.. "...I.. .. i. .i-j ...t.i.
the
thoio reservations or that It ought to
be ratified at all.
Instead of coming out squarely on the
Issue he declaims at length about main
taining "thc riehts of this nation and
""'V Miiii iu uv riikuiru nu
our dtlwns nllke evervnhere under the
. ," nnii nboufthe determination of
..UP partj... ,.to hod ,ho hitBKC of
'American notlounllty unimpaired and
unsurrendered," as if there ever hud
. b,'cu ; Proposal to surrender Amerl-
rnn """"nallty or sovereignty. This
iort of tnlk is Intended to please John
son and Rorah and their followers re
gardless of Its effect upon thc great bulk
of Republican opinion. Its wisdom Is
i doubtful. Those who hnd been looking
' for n straightforward declaration from
, the senator will be disappointed at his
failure to be specific.
He docs, however, indicate the course
he would pursue In the While House.
, but he indicates it so blindly that much
,is left to the imagination. He nijm he
welcomes the referendum on the peace
treaty, ouri lie assures the country that
he would bring about peace as "quickly
a a Republican Congress can pass Its
declaration for a Republican executive
to sign."
Does this mean that he would make
a separate peace with Germany or docs
it mean the ratification of the Versailles
treaty made in conjunction with thc
nations by the side of which we fought
the war?
When read In conjunction with an
other otntcincnt, the inference is fair
that it meant n separate peace as a
preliminary to the consideration of
other matters. Here is what he says
on this:
With a Senate advising as the con
stitution contemplates, I would hope
fully approach the nations of Europe
and of the earth, proposing- that un
derstanding which makes us a. willing
participant In the consecration ot
nations to a new relationship, to com
mit tho' inoml forces of the' world,
America Included, to peace and Inter
national, justice, still leaving Amcricn
free, independent and self-reliant) but
offering friendship to all tho world!
This is no clearer than the other.
It may mean that he would propose
the organization of an "association of
nations" to take the place of the league,
or it may mean that he would have the
United Stntcs enter the league under
thc conditions sit forth in thc Lodge
reservations.
There Is no doubt that he will be
called upon ns the campaign progresses
to explain himself still further, and to
make his position so clear that no one
can be left in any uncertainty about it.
He will err grevlously unless he does
tell us exactly where he stands.
On other matters thc speech was
much more satisfactory. In discus-slug
the Wilson autocracy he touched upon ,
u point which he might profitably have '
developed had he been more cpurugemis
'" ,lls nmuiuc on inc League oi .a
tious. "If thc torch of constitutional
ism had not been dimmed," said he, i
'the delayed peace of the world and the
tragedy of disappointment and Europe's
misunderstanding of America easily
might have been avoided."
This is hititlng at Wilson's responsi
bility for the defeat of the treaty, which
ought to hac been charged outright.
There were eiiough Democratic senators
willing to vote for thc league covenant
with reasonable reservations to hove
mnde the necessary two-thirds ma
Jrity, but they followed the White
i""'" ""-" ""' """"""" -
I to the treaty to ratify it and that the
i debate was going on in order to allow
' - - cry senator an opportunity to have
tllAV 1-AA Atimtrali a,AAnaA nAn 11m
,hls say. Thc course of the President 'I,' J ,,,, J , 1 1 i i. i i
k-i, -k,. ,ii.. .,i i,o.j i hundred million dollars is thc value nl
I brought about delay, created hard feel- , - . . . . . ..
ing ana mreca nts loyni :onowers to
ugu.u.i u.l- wi, . u,urc
twenty of the Democrats were cour-I
""'? enough Join with the great
majority of the Republicans in favoring J
ra Mention. ,.,.,
The unassailable position for the Re-
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puoi.rnns " ' .. l"ey . r.u
. . . .i ty-11 ...., e i F
Ilardiug was right. We have had one- .
man gowrnmenl ever since Mr. Wilson ,
hn n . Washin,ton. Mr. Wi,,nn '
s to inn l ?uu auiwrauv. senator
i u .in,, i t
ias j,cen the Democratic party. He
.. , . ,,,, . ' ,,' ,. .
hiul tn Kn If nnrthtnir u-ns tn hn rlnna
...... ... .. ,. v .... ..... . .. ,
for the nnrtv Ipft to itae f enn r K-. ,
lor me I'of'y '" i iwcji vouiu nave
uli'.i .ui i. j, ... ,
"croiiipn. - iicii uuuniis. n Ml omQM ,
w cunt in ien.
ersnip.
Mr. Wilson
took it by the
a . .u I. i. . .!.. .
sltuu oi mr uct., sou ii a laming w i
and commanded it to obey orders. And
it was meek enough to do as it was
told.
But this is not thc kind of govern. '
mpn. u.l,rh the cnnstltofinn e.n,.
lie world ,WI'," " h."bffrn, I" .",7 it haS hn'1 1
, I m lpa(,rrH olltH,d,. of the hite Hoiite just !
HU"lnn'as capable as the Prendrnt Thce I
"I'Mff n .... ,..-, ..iin i nce i
Cougress under Republican control has ,
pPrfrmed its legislative functions with I
independence and has asserted its judg- '
mrnt iile the President hns nerfnrmti I
bis constitutional functions s n,. ......
executive. The Republican party is a
(.apable and efficient instrument. When
lt s returned to power in the executive
as well as in the legMuthe branch of
the government we ehall see an end to
one-man rule and the re-establlsbment'
of r.presentatlve democratic 3".
tlons in Washington. Senator Hard-
UlB does well to give special stress to
this point.
He discussed many other matters in
more or less detail, such as thi en
forcement of the prohibition laws, fed
eral aid in restoring the railroads, col-
,fa4..,-n, usidSkifi
The speech as n wholn exhlhlletl the
senator as a student of public questions
with definite views on many Issues
about which tho people are thinking.
MYSTERY WITHIN MYSTERY
TF THRRB were no yacht races or
newf wars oj Babe Ruth or national
campaigns to distract' general attention,
the disposition of tho cw York police
to let the Elwell case drift quietly Into
thq list of, unsolved mysteries might be
the beginning of a very considerable
scandal.
Elwell was shot In cofd blood by a
member of his own coterie, or by sonic
c.u very cioso 10 one of his women i
friends. El well's -group was not large.
riverv one In If ... n i "" . .. " .
-..v ... sv wa vi A1U1U illlli I
' thc victim used to fiimre. mnw.,1 in n
..... -I-.I. 0. ,--:.-: ,"i
; .oi . mh.iv. ,ju uic WOTK Ol me ClC-
ticiives snouw hnvo been easy. Ttttt
their hunt seems to have led them
very close to the fringes of what some
call society. Reputations normally
considered spotless were In some danger.
i ne cnase lagged, a district attorney
' talked and talked again and that Is all
Thc present aspect of the case shows
that the police In New York nre far
duller than they were ever supposed to
be-or far shrewder. Various minded
people will have to decide for themselves
which view is thc right one.
WATERWAY POSSIBILITIES
THERE is something more thnn mere
rhetoric in the forecast by Senator
Townsend. of Michigan, to thc effect
that "future, historians will give the
builders of a waterway from thc Grent
I.nkes to the Atlantic n"n equal place
In history with the inventors of steam
railroads and steamboats."
The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence tide
water congress, now meeting in De
troit, Is naturally In accord with this
view expressed by one of its members.
The whole subject, however, Is "by no
means sectional. Betterment of natural
water highways is a matter which con
cerns the entire nation.
Resources of the railways nre taxed
to the uttermost. Dependence on some
thing other than thc steel arteries is
fast become imperatively essential to
progress. A practicable, navigable out
let from the lakes to the sea divides
Importance with the fitting utilization
of the Mississippi.
Nnture has endoed this country with
the fundamentals for unparalleled de
velopment of Internal communication by
water. The capitalization of this rich
asset should be accompanied by the
realization that it can be made auxili
ary, not simply subordinate, to the
overstrained railway sjstcm in freight
transport.
Any different view will lead to the
continuance of half measures In a field
in which wb have long been laggards.
UNBELIEF'AND THE LAW
A NDREW J. VOLSTEAD, of Gran-
ite Falls, has been called a variety
of names by certain classes In the na
tion, but it appears, in Minnesota at
least, that there Is at least one ascrip
tion with which he cannot be weighted
down.
His political rival, a minister, has
been found guilty under the corrupt
practices act of iiis native state of false
statements lujurious to Mr. Volstead's
candidacy for rcnomlnatlon for Con
gress. Thc Rev, O. .1. Kvale, It seems,
called his opponent an atheist.
lhat this charge was regarded by thc
eourt as improperly condemnatory is
highly typical of a tradltioual trend of
public opinion. Robert G. Ingersoll,
It is said, used to point to a set of Vol
taire as thc cause of his failure to at-
tain n certain political office for which
he had sought. -
The interesting feature of the Vol
stead case Is, however, thc assessment
of positive injury resulting from a false
accusation of unbelief. Quite apart
from its ethical status, wherein personal
predilectious are involved, "atheist"
legally ieucd Is still a word that
stings.
A BUMPER HOME CROP
A NOTE of cheer at a time when
heartening realities gleam with the
fitful flicker of "a good deed in n
naughty world" is sounded by Doctor
Rasmussen, the state secretary of agri
culture, who forecasts that the field
crops of Pennsylvania this summer will
be impressively bounteous. Estimates
1 hnseii nn rennrts iin tn Tnlr 1 Kitpr-est
VlZ yieM of crn and wheat will
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.,, , s.
Thc rcQrt!on from ,, tlmes nnd
fcd b f H , d d
,lrllcve w(.ather , obwrT(lMe nbronu
ns wp flt holne Thc Frpnch hQr.
t this year will be, it is said, reos-
, , ,rh , , fc thc'Cann.
dlan hnrvest. It is posslblo that tho
political and economic structure ot
I Russia may be stabilized by new food
' nrndtiction.
It trAmu n thtiiyTi nafurA ivam ,a.
Kait.inB her equilibrium while man still
wnen with the aftermath of thc war
.bock.
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Pullman fares and
J .i n .1 ..II ....
"iim unu iiuunu r u i i no,
passenger
rates will probably
. .j u.l .i,k ll,. .n l tK
! Interstate Commerce Commission to
tn.; . 'r."' ."'r ,nVi:..n, "
n.n..i,i. ii. innn iwi nnn n,.,i... -
M"""" - i... v""".""i . -v-..- ....
the new rollwaT wage ncaies
nnsnline
prices have taken unto themselves
wings. One might suppose that we will
soon become by forco of circumstances
stay-at-home people if it were not bo
terribly dimcuit to nnn ami Keep a
home.
Organized labor is
Plum Foolishness said to be seeking
ernor Coolidge by putting the' striking
policemen at the head of the Labor Day
parade which he will be asked to re,-
to embarrass (Jov
nara
view. Wo cauuot believe that the Ros-
ton labor unionists will do anything so
foolish. Those who conceived tho idea
naTC no Pron,,r comprehension of the
governor1 caliber. Governor Coolidge
""' b? eontident y expected to do ex
, actiy the right thing.
Doesn't It seem,
after nil, thnt a city
It Does
like Philadelphia
ought to be able to provide itself yith
adequate street-car facilities even if
there were no Mitten Plan and no
Stotesbury Plan?
"Summer," rabies a
In a Far Country sentimental corrc-
spondent, "has come
to Esthnnin"' And thu well-known
Esthnnlanf. are probably-astounded- to
find that summer did not arrive carry
lug a sword.
' easily Identified, and the life In hlehl. ')l "', . ?amc 'M.mf thc P",,nlflRc '
-AffiU- 'a.. JidHk. .. 1. ,
ti-iai, ....m..,. llJitM
...D nDrD "vr?u... uarned cup, anyhow. . S 'tOrt-St' .-'
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By GEORGE NOX McCAIN
rTlfin Pennsylvania Railroad Is ban
A dllng more baggage this summer
thon ever before in Its history.
V. F. McPhall, general baggnRC
agent, telU .me that at Broad Street
Station the Incoming and outgoing per
sonnl baggage, meaning that which Is
handled in connection with passenger
traffic, averages dally between 4000 and
5000 pieces. In New York these llg
urrs are doubled.
This ratio will continue for a month
longer. It Is the height of the tourist
" TlLrl t,mC in thl" d-
Pinmrui oi mo avsicm.
I. 'osii, misscnc anu damaged Diiggogc i?
smaller man ii nas ever Deen.
For years thc Pennsylvania Railroad,
prior to thc world war and the opera
tion of the system by the government,
conducted n campaign of education
among the traveling public designed to
lessen the damngc to baggage In transit
by inducing its patrons to exercise
greater care in packing their baggage in
stronger and more durable trunks and
handbags. The use of sinnllcr trunks
was made obligatory.
Oddly enough, while thc size of the
trunks has decreased thc greater num
ber of them nre now of lighter con
struction and more susceptible to injury.
This is due to post-war condition:,
higher prices for these requisites and
flimsier construction. '
Notwithstanding, the experience of
the baggage department, as gauged by
complaints nnd claims, is that the per
centage of damage is much less than
that of previous cars.
JVTR. McPH.UL has a record of forty
years' service with thc company.
He is thoroughly familiar with the de
tail and history of thc deportment un
der his charge.
The Improved condition in baggage
handling, he says, is due to the esprit
de corps of the employes. Many of the
experienced men who entered thc service
have returned to their old positions, re
placing those temporarily employed
who were more or less unfamiliar with
the work.
Much of the delay, confusion, and lo
l unwittingly caused by the public it
self. Travelers, mnny of them, leave
the shipment of their baggage to the
last possible moment. Then they hurry
to the station n short time before the
departure of their train, rush their
trunks into the receiving room nnd ex
pect them to reach their destination at
the same time ns themselves.
When it Is considered that this bag
gage must be routed, checked, certifi
cates signed, very often insurance writ
ten upon it, and then trucked a ills
tancc of nenrly a quurter of a mile be
fore it reaches the baggage car the
character of the task Imposed upon the
baggage handlers can be appreciated.
i nner tne circumstances a man or
woman carrying apparel for some so
cial function, 'disappointed at its uon
arrival on the Instant, heaps anathemas
on the ruilrond for Itr presumably bad
service when the primal cause was with
the traveler himself.
Mr. Mel'hnll advances two sugges
tions which should be noted by every
person undertaking a journey.
Get your baggage to the station in
ample time, and then be certain to in
sure it against loss.
A vast amount of discomfort to the
individual would be avoided by the ob
servance of these 'very simple but im
portant precautions.
TinSLL-MANAGED railroads today
arc guided by two great princi
plessafety first and efficiency. They
nre really interlocking iu their prnctical
application.
Efficiency is the keynote of corporate
management.
- One of tho great merchandising con
cerns, which spends more thnn 81.000.-
000 yearly on its catalogues and price
lists, is constantly on the lookout to
improve its- service system by the prac
tical application of this word efficiency.
It ds sold that on nn average every
order, and they amount to millions
annually, is tilled and on its way to
the shipping department inside of eight
minutes from the time the letter is re
ceived, sliced open by machinery nnd
entered on the books.
Its office boys and messengers nre
equipped with rubber-tired roller skates.
Thc concern discovered that' it could
thus save three-quarters of the time
employed by a boy In walking from one
department to another.
A great automobile establishment is
credited with turning out a complete
machine ready for the road at the rate
of one per minute.
Labor-saving devices nre being intro
duccd in every mercantile and industrial
establishment worthy of the name in tho
country today.
rpHIS includes devices nnd schemes
for protection ngninst loss by frnud
or carelessness. Nowhere Is this be
coming more general than in banking
institutions, nml ns a result the oppor
tunities of the crook and swindler arc
being proportionately circumscribed.
The odd feature is thnt for the most
part these devices and precautions ur
of the simplest character, the wonder i
being thnt they had not been thought ol
years netore.
Many banking nnd trust compunies
nre guarding against dishonest cus
tomers who Imitate the writing of the
receiving teller and enter n record of de
posit iu their pass books that was never
made. The .simple expedient of having
the teller write his initlnls after each
deposit thus (oustltutes a case of forg
ery. IT IS a matter of frequent comment
thnt the fllllnr nt nhrslrlnnK' nro-
scrlptlnns Is the smallest part of the
business of a modern drug store. They
are, in tenlity. department stores in
whirh stationery, tobacco and cigars,
soda water, toilet articles, curios, gluss
and cbinawnre, pictures, engravings nnd
other articles ore offered for sale.
Rut there Is nothing new under the
suu, even in the drug business.
I hnvo been nermttleil tn noruvo n
column nnd n quarter advertisement of
Dr. T. W. Dyott in a Philadelphia
newspaper of 1818. His drug store
was then located .nt thc northeast corner
of Second and Race streets.
Among other things ho ndvertised wns
a general assortment of "fresh drugs
nnd approved chemicals, glass, furni
ture. inls. paints, window glass, dye
stuffs and articles of everv description.
Vn liberal terms for cash or nt the usual
credit."
He published n list of seventy-four
medicines, essences, oils nnd proprie
tary articles of which less thnn a dozen
arc known today.
"Why," said the
How.Ciever hauffcur, "is Gov
of Illm! 'ernor Cox like an
April day?" And thc
man who wns working tho gasoline
pump answered without a tremor and
averred thnt Governor Cox is like nn
April day because, you neer-cnn tell
from one minute to another whether
he win ut wet or dry.
I
"Well,. this is a nice cup of teal"
remarked Sir Thomas.
The Tark trolleyn evidently don't
share Mr. Mlttcn'a passionate fondness
for a five-cent fare.
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Those who know exactly how It
happened will now proceed to strain
their throat halyards.
The fact thllf nnvernnp Krtrnlll hn
refrained fronvaddlng to the number of
municipal judges pleases everybody but
thc politician's.
W ith one race won by a fluke ond
another by1, a time allowance, a good
deal of the'snap has been -taken out of
the yacht races.
Grovcr Rergdoll chasers should not
despair. Erwln Jfas given promise, to
the lines beginning, "While tho lamp
holds out to burn."
It having been authoritatively de
cided! that the dry rot was not in the
ladder, the next tlhitr will be to find
out just where it was.
Since we know we've got to pay
that $000,000,000, perhaps it would bo
well for thc Interstate Commerce Com
mission to let us know thc worst at
once.
Enormoils hnv nnii fodder crons
have been raised n the West. With
adequate transportation facilities, old
High Cost of Living would soon get his
deathblow.
A.
The more we thlnk'of it the more
confirmed is our belief thnt thc big
celebration nt Hog Island was a joyous
jamboree over the death of a darned
good old scout.
Bo far as we con see, the only way
Senator Harding can save his lawn is
to follow the example of the California
woman who has had one made out of
green concrete.
In order to combat the high cost of
living, women in Paris are using paint
instead of stockings. How about a
congressional committee to investigate
and make report?
The evident lack of burnlnc inter-
est in the third purty is heartening nnd
comforting evidence thnt the nvcrnira
American is safely and sanely going
aooui ins uusincss.
Senor Alvarado. Mexico's fiunnclnl
minister, knows what alls his country,
and also knows what to prescribe. The
one thing remaining is for the country
to take its medicine.
Vice President Marshall wants it
understood that his is a pretty good job
as it stands und that any change made
in its duties would very likely be for
the worse. And there is nn off chance
lie is right. 4
One thing the San Francisco con
vention proved: Thc building of a big
convention hall is u worth-while in
vestment for any big city. And thnt is
a lesson thnt should be learned here In
Philadelphia.
The motorboat owner's idea of a
blissful week-end continues to be to ex
tract joy from grease, as he tinkers with
his engine from sunup to sundown,
Sundny, and then clenn up In time to
take his train back to the city.
There isn't much room for jubila
tion in the fact that Vhlle we led the
world in shipbuilding l 1010 we have
now slumped to second place. And not
even the winning of a vacht rare on n
time allowance can console us.
Here and there there mar he Itn.
lated Americans foolish cnoug'h to be-
iicic mat we are not intimately con
cerned in what Is happening in Poland ;
nnd assuredly there is imminent possi
bility of their being rudely enlightened.
The New York Run speaks of thc
covenant in the Leacue of N'ntlnnn nn
an empty jest. Another eminent satirist
once spoke of a solemn treaty as a
scrap of pnper. The world has long
ago passed its verdict on thc charac
terization. "Wet" Jubilation over hn ,lfenf
Pf A- .1. Volstead, author of the pro
hibition enforcement net. nnnenra in
hnvo been nreinntiiro. Tim ..mir l.u
uisquniiiieu nis opponent, and he goes
" '" ucpuDiirnn ticket In Mlnucsota
as the duly nominated candidate.
City llnll records show thnf n mnrn
or less celebrated draft dodger spelled
his name "Ervln." A more recent
signature at Governors Islnud has It
trwin. Jle hns very evidently been
reading his Pickwick, nn.l llb n.
elder Weller. has decided to snell' It
with a "we."
If the foolish linllni m.,n. c.,bD .,.
deprhe woman of her Innllenablc right
to keen her age to herself thc ballot
laws Will b.'UO to bo ehnni.i.,1 nJ ,!,.,..
n" Ulcre . iK tn ; The fact that the
?.Fl.!.,!rrmont. is "wrfy an nM to
ui-uiiiiiMui.u cms no iigure nt all with
the new voters.
The Time Is Out of Joint
A A'nufcni Jingle
rnilE boy stood on the burning deck.
The font wns not sublime,
Uecuusc he knew thnt he d pull through
by the corrected time.
And .Tor s, ns he paced tho rond from
(.bent direct to Aix.
Hclncd in to do square roots a few and
figure out mistakes.
And Paul Revere had ne'er a fear that
he d arrive too late,
For he d a hunch that Concord bunch
would give a bridge rebate.
As hher dan was plunging on with Win
chester in sight.
He stopped, pulled out his watch and
in... i.. 01b1!.,'"cd "'" 'Ohio delight
lhat he could'pause a bit because it
really wasn't late;
No rebel trap such handicap could alter
or frustrate !
S
Dl'ST your musty algebras
Wentworlh or U'.i,it. n--n..
Unearth that plane geometry for which
no rapture swells.
Con Newconib's logarithmic lists, or
Nnpier perhaps;
Come Oui in lass, Pythagoras reveal to
make our maps!
Rebuild pons nsinorum. Call Euclid
to the floor; N
Haul into line the grim cosine to take
the stage once more.
Come parallelepiped! come cone,
Isosceles, "'
Come calculus and Leibnitz and quick
nbout it, please
Come Horner. Archimedes, come Fisher
nnd come Schwntt ;
Come on the run Fhimmnrlon nnd time
tiu winning yacht 1
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fTIHE Republicans arc going to devote
" all their energies to keeping Wil
sonism before thc country ns the issue.
Governor Cox and his board of po
litical strategy will expend all their
political ingenuity in getting away from
tho Wilson issue and moving the mind
of thc voters to other questions, iu spite
of thc fact that his own platform tics
him to the Wilson administration aud
in spite of thc danger of offending thc
President nnd his followers.
Thc real Issue in the minds of the
voters today is thc unpopularity of thc
President nnd the desire of the yotcrs
for a change.
Ry numing Cox the Democrats got
partly away from the Wilson issue.
q q q
IF C
Wi!
CONGRESS were-in session the
ilson issue would be easier to keep
alive.
The country would have the daily
spectacle of 'Wilson's relations with
Congress. i
It would have the dally reminder of
Wilson's obstinacy on the treuty.
If Cox tries to forget the treaty ns
an issue the President might remind
him of it by calling thc Senate into
session and resubmitting the treaty.
That would be a line way of forcing
the treaty to the front ns un issue nnd
probubly of assuring Governor Cox's
'defeat.
At one time it wus expected thnt thc
President would resubmit the treaty
this summer.
Cox does not believe In thc league as
a winning issue.
The Republican leaders believe that
thc public is turning every day more
strongly against the unamended treuty
than ever.
On thc one side is Mr. Wilson, who
wants to keep the league issue niivc for
one reason ; und thc Republicans, who
want to keep it alive for the opposite
reason.
Aud on the other is Governor Cox,
who wants to bring up other issues.
It all depends on whether Mr. Cox is
big enough, bus vision enough to enlist
public attention iu other issues.
It tukes imagination and during to
mukc Issues,
Mr. Cox is nothing but a local poli
tician. Can he catch tiie eye of the whole
country?
q q q
THERE are other wuys of keeping at
tention riveted on, the Wilson ad
ministration than by merely beating the
tom-toms on the treaty.
There arc two Immensely unpopular
features of the Wilson administration :
the Department of Justice witli Mr.
Mitchell Palmer at its heud and the
Postoffice. Department with Mr. llurlc
sou nt its head.
The Democratic platform loads Gov
ernor Cox with responsibility for both
Palmer and lturlesuu.
lt poiuts with especial pride to
Palmer.
lt l.s going to be hard for Cox to make
an appeal to prbgrcsslve voters ulthiit
disavowing Pulmcr, the most reaction-
nry attorney general mo eouutry ever
had.
Palmer's name is anathemu to all
llberuls.
Cox knows it well enough.
Mp has not only the Iciigue to carry
which he believes will cost him votes'
but also Palmer. '
It is hard to get away from the league
and Palmer.
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AND Palmer is something more than
reactionary.
The Kenyon committee of the Sen
ate, investigating campaign funds
barely touched the Palmer campalRii
before it raised a scandal the relation
of Palmer's campaign manager. I'nrlln
to persons who might be prosecuted by
the attorney general for attemoiu f.-
defraud thc government.
It was the worst revelation of tho
whole Investigation.
Palmer never hiis been Investigated
He is n tempting field.
Palmtr administered ninnv ,.,im.,
of dolliirV worth of German liropcrtj
in this H.uiitr.v, '
Muuy of those Into whose hands that
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Republicans Have to Keep Wilsonism
as an Issue, While Cox Strate
gists Try to Keep Away From It
property passed became active support
ers of Palmer's candidacy for thc Dem
ocratic nomination to the presidency.
q q q
C105IB say that Palmer let enough
s5 Republican interests in on the dis
position of alien property so that no one
will investigate it.
Palmer as alien property custodian
has important Republican friends, it Is
said, but the Republicans have the
power to keep the Wilson administra
tion in thc public mind by investigating
Palmer.
It is reported that they mean to do it.
So many millions are Involved in the
disposal of German property in the
United States that it is only necessary
to investigate to arouse suspicion,
whether justified or not, nnd Palmer is
so generally disliked that he Is easy
game for a Republican investigating
committee.
Politically it is probably not worth
while to get Palmer.
But the advantage of investigating
him I es in keeping public attention
ocuscd upon thc Wilson administration.
q q q
rjpVERNOR COX is not going to
find it easy to get away from .Mr.
ilson.
The only way he can do it is by
making himself bulk so large in the
popular imagination that the people
. fo1rK.ot wm. Palmer, the league
and all the rest of it.
He has made himself master of thc
Democratic party.
He must also mnke the country think
of Cox instead of Wilson. ' '
A Roosevelt placed as Cox Is could
do it.
Cox sees that ho must do it.
The question is whether he can,
whether he stimulus of his big oppor
unity wil lift this local politician up
to the point where ho ..nn ...,...,... .r'
imnginntlon of the whole country.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
L For how many years was Hujrenle
empress of tho French?
2. What in cobalt?
3. Whoie is Mandaluy?
' .tVi'il1-0 "'W "Ulln divisions of
tho human bruin?
fi. How hteh is the rock of Olbrnltur?
6" NSi'.a Smat roul'1l0 which dls
penses with a vice president?
7. What is tho pionunciation of the
niean?S0 ' and whnl loc3 u
8. Wh.it defeat necessitated tlm evac-
S,.i?,li0!, .of Mphlu by tha Con.
t neriUil iirmy a, tho American
fWrn" ""5 tb0 retlrVnent of
fhHr wn?,oUnder w8hlnRton to
Forge? nuarters in Valley
3. Who was Oabrlello Rejano?
10. Whnt Is the capital of tlm n r
public of Czccho-HlSvullla?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. The full name of Volstead, after
whom .the prohibition enforcement
act s named, is Andrew J. Vol-
Fans1; Minn. CmeS frwn aranlt0
2. Railroad construction in America
may bo said to have begun in the
decado 1830-1810. " lno
3. The present owner of the Vonnu r,t
Mllos Is the French aovwmnent
The famous statue Is one -of the
'"porta? LUVre M"um
I. William T. Tliden of Philadelphia,
Is the holder of the world's cham
pionship tUlo for tepnls.
C. KlIaB Howe Invented tho sowing ma-
6. "Fit," In sucli names as FltzlumeH
und Fltzpatrick Is ol Nor,""
Fnnch for nhi." son. Hence, Fits'
James means lltirally tho son of
Jumes.
7. A tringle Ih u curtain rod, a sup-
porting rod for n canopy or bed-
8l6fXUi
8. The musical term "allegro" means
lively, gay.
9. An American cltlztn must be thirty
years of age before be can bo
elected u United Mutes senator
10 Five Presidents of the United States
vero elected from Nrvv York state
vnyy wcro.iyartln Vnq Huron, Mil.
lard Mllir.oic. Ohejtvr "A.Artliur
qrover CUvtlund ami W,V...'u..'j
und Tlicuiloie
iiouscyeit,
The Miller of the Deo
THERE dwelt a miller, halo and bold,
Reside the River Deo;
He wrought and sang from morn till
night,
No lark more blithe thnn he ;
'I envy no man, no, not I,
And no one envies me!"
"Thou'rt wrong, my friend!" said old
King Hal,
As wrong ns wrong can be ;
For could my heart be light ns thine,
I d gladly change with thee.
Audited inc now whnt makes thee sing,
With voice so loud nnd free,
While I nm sad though I am king,
jicsmc me uivcr ucc:
Thc miller smiled nnd doffed his cap;
I earn my bread." minted he:
J love my wife. I love my friend,
I love my children three. J
T nn'fi nn aha T amxisaA .n..
I thank tho -River Dee.
mat turns tho mill thnt grinds fc
corn Vj
lo feed my babes and inc."
"Good friend." said Hal, and slgliij
tho while,
"Farewell, and happy be;
Rut say no more, if thoud'st be true,
That no one envies thee.
Thy mealy cap Is worth my crown,
Thy mill a kingdom's fee!
Such men us thou art England's boast, I
u miner ot the Uee!"
. , Charles Mackay.
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