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Philadelphia, Tliundiy, September 30, 1120
a roin.YEAit rnnr.RM ran
IIIII.UIK.I.HIIX
Thtnrs on which the people expert the new
administration ll runrriitrntr ltd iittrntloni
The Delan ore rn er b'ulo'.
A drudcik bio enoni'i id nccommoilate the
larnest ships
Orvrlopniri t o the rapid transit eastern.
A contetifion hall
A buVdl"a Co fie Ftrr .ibraru,
An Art ltneiini
Klarffcti'nt of the voter inpplu.
Komi's to nrromnwdatr th population.
WHY THE DELAY?
THE citizens' committee which helped the
Board of Education out of its loan dim
culties is contemplating dlsbanilins.
It has done what it could. Public sent!
! rncut on the teachers' pay theme ha been
expressed to the maximum. The board is
now possessed of resources which can be
converted into aid for its cmploves. either
In the form of bonuses; of nn Increased pay
schedule or in a combination of both plans.
But tho board hasn't acted.
What, it may be asked, with all due te
pect for its previous trials, h now hinder
ing It?
THE BRIDGE GO-OFF
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AMMI .T JIODJKSKI, chairman of the
board of enoitn to nrenare plan for
the Delaware bridge, make the clieerinR
nnnouneetnent thnt the work can be com
pleted in five earn.
His forecast, it mav be noted, does not,
however, taKe count of dela.is anil deadlocks
which have no often internipted the coiirse
of public improvements in this rommunitv.
, Tho fixing of the live-year term implies that
the date of commencement is nt hand. I'lvc
months is set for the preparation of a pre
liminary report After thnt procrastination
will start to exact its pcnnlties.
Itesidonts of this region will accept the
five-year period with satisfaction. Tor a
work of such magnificent aluo to two states
and two cities the time i- relatielv short.
What would chafe and vex to the utter
most a public olrendy harassed bv anti
quarian treatment of the cros-iiver transit
problem would be unwarranted postponement
of the starting signal. Let's go!
CROOKED PRIMARY PRIVILEGES
A SINGTT.AR interruption of legal ma--
ehlnerv for redress in contested elec
tions is disclosed in the refusal of the Su
preme Court of I'ennslvania to consider the
rase of Chnrles Do'nnv, who averts that
he was deprived bv fiaud of the Republican
nomination for representative of the Third
congressional district of this state, nested
by Harry O. Ttansley in the primaries. Mr.
Delany appealed to the Quarter Sessions
Court of I'hilade'phia county and was in
formed that this bench had no jurisdiction
in thp matter A similar oninion from the
Supreme Court of the commonwealth evi
dently ends the po.ible chances for relief.
The chief difficulty nrUes from the fact
that the questioned contest was a nominat
ing primary for a nation.il olliie. Had the
actual election been in dipute the fnlcial
House of Representative itself could have
pronounced judgment. Had the primarv
concerned candidnte for a -tnte or county
office the laws of I'eiinslvani.i on thi sub
ject could have operated
As it is it would seem, quite apart from
the va!idit or inrn1Idit of Mr. IVlant 'n
claim, that no inquisition of ipictionablo
primaries for natioual offices can be held.
The advantage given to the dominant forces
in any partuular partv are obvious, n h
also the need for ome diecU on corrupt
practices in tho primaries
Mr. Delanv mav or i inv not be a victim
In any event Ins protest invite ntteution
to a serious omission in the elei lion lawn.
A "LADY OF THE LAND"
nrrooDnovv wir.sox ts ..nil our rm-
' ' idem and I wi'l stand for him " At
tention mav tiA piofltnh' directed to the
source of this declaration
Continuing. Mrs Warrfn C, Harding
paid: "I have often henrd the other sena
tors' wives cntme him. but us I have n.
ways felt that '. is mv I'resident I will
never let nnv one mv am thing against him
before me. It would onlj react on our great
country, and we uiii-t all unite to protoi t
the interests of Ameilca "
As n lesson in t Is nnifh mniithnl
"Americanism ns a restoration of the
M'ord to its essential houor, the nboe
Utterance, made m Haliimore this week bv
the wife of the Ilepublii an candidate, is
inspirational. The alleged patriotism whiih
blinds ItR enuiicintors to the dignity, gran
deur and s.-nibolic majestj of the presidential
office la too often a meie mask for Ignoble
partisan enom and crass breaches of de
cency, of manners and good taste.
Mrs. Ilanllng uniinpeac hablj a Repub
lican, ardenth wishful of the success of her
husband's campaign, speaks not onh as a
thoughtful and bun I tlt'zen of the republic.
hut as a lady There are few fn(r titles
unless one of them Iw ''First I.ady of the
Land." which role she 'ippears to bo so
happily dettiued to fill.
WATER-ROUTE NECESSITIES
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A.YOR MOORK bus selected nn acl-
mirabl) representatne delegation to
take part in the thirtieth annual conwmtinn
of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways: Associa
tion In Atlnntlo Citv next week The
variety of interests reflected the Chamber
of Commerce, the Iloard of Trade, the Huild
rfc' nxrhnnge. the United Business Men's
Association, the Vessel Owners and Cap
tains' Association, the Maritime Kxcluinge
nd municipal rabluet departments em -phhsltfl
the broad appeal of waterways im
groTtment to the community as a whole,
TbeM'Ubject Is one of those whose lm-
XHirtanCe I so jf neralljr accepted that some-
y4!?lV ju)8KAtyn tq a handicap of trUoness is in
rolvcd. It is obvious the opportunities for
internal water-course betterment In the At
lantic seaboard region are almost Inexhaust
ible, and that the establishment of adequate
routes will stimulate, safeguard and reduce
the cost of our domestic commerce,
Mr. Moore devoted much of his time In
Congress to this theme, but despite his en
ergy some of the most elementary steps In
accomplishment have lagged. The federal
government has, for Instnnce, assumed con
trol of the Delaware and Chesapeake canal,
but the channel remains shallow, the water
way inconveniently narrow and its-commerce
In a state far beneath Its deserts.
The movement In behalf of nn nil -water
route for ocean-going vessels between the
Great I.nkes and the sen Is exceedingly
vigorous. This is thoroughly commendable,
but the Atlantic coast program Is by no
means sccoudnry In significance. It is in
cumbent upon its promoters to frame their
plans ambitiously and comprehensively and
to omit no opportunity of securing the fullest
amount of the necessary federal nid.
THE PRICE TO BE PAID FOR
THREE VOTES IN COUNCIL
The Loan Ordinance Cannot Be Passed
Without Making Concessions to
the Minority Faction
Tim failure of the Council to pass the
Wn.OOn.Onn loan ordinance on Tiiescl.iy
delns but does not defeat the project. '
The men. in charge of the city government
know thnt it Is their business to carry on
None of them Is so blind to bis own Inter
ests ns to block public work on the
Importance of which all are agreed.
Hut they are all human and each wishes
something done in his own way and nt his
own time. It wns dis.igi cement as to the
manner nnd time of doing certain things thnt
caused the tying up of the loan ordinance.
The Mnor charges the men who disagreed
with him with "leglslatlxe sabotage." This
is not a conciliatory expression. Whether
it is descriptive Is n matter of opinion.
There is n disposition to regnrd it more as
the product of the rhetorical exuberance of
the Mnvor than of his settled convictions.
He Is n pinctioal man and he knows very
well that he must face the facts and adjust
bis course to them If he is to get tilings
done. 'When the time for action comes he
will doubtless be as icndy as any one else
to meet the Issues which confront him nnd
to shape his course as circumstnnces dictate.
There are two facts thnt mut be reckoned
with. The first Is thnt the charter provides
that n two-thirds majority is needed to pass
a loan ordinance. There are twenty mem
bers of the Council nt the present time, with
one vacant seat. Two-thirds of twenty as
well as twenty -one is fourteen.
Tho second fact is that there nro only
eleen of the twentv members of Council
who will follow the lead of tlo Mayor. If
any loan ordinance is to be passed it must
receive the votes of three entincilmcn who
belong to the political faction which did its
het to prevent the nomination of Mr. Moore.
They supported him in the election because
lie wns the successful onndidnte in the pri
maries, but after his election they returned
to the factional alignment.
We have in effect two parties in the Coun
cil, although nil the couucilmen nre nomi
nally Republicans.
As the mlnoritv party is aware that no
loan ordinance can be passed without the
support of at least three of Its adherents,
it is not nt all surprising tltat Its lenders
have asked that certain proislons satisfac
tory to them be made by the otdinnnce. It
is a waste of breath to use it in discussing
whether they ought or ought not to seek to
have something to snv about the uses to
which the money rni-cd by the loan is to be
put. They do -eek It and are pot likely to
provide the necessarj votes until some con
cessions hae been made to them.
The concessions which they nsked on
Tuedny cannot be defended in the form in
winch they were made. The ordinance pro
vides for boi rowing n lump Mim for sewer
extensions The plan of the administration
is to spend this nionc. for sewers where
thev are most needed. It Ir the function of
the director of public works to decide where,
in accordance with a general plan of public
impioemonts. it is most important thnt new
sewers b laid. This is a task for the ad
ministratis rather than for the legislative
branch of the cil go eminent. Tor the city
legislature to interfere is ns indefensible ns
it would he for it to attempt to tell the
director of public safety how many police
men he should nssjgn to nny ghen district.
It is the husine?-, of the director of public
safety to see to it that the city is properly
policed, and it is the business of the director
of public works to see to it that the city Is
properlv sewered.
Yet the Vnre councilmcn wish to have a
certain part of the loan specifically ear
marked for the proposed Packer and Iligler
snoots sewer. They ask this, too, In spite
of the fni t that Director Caven has let It be
known that his plans con'emplnte the build
ing of thnt sewer. Their attitude indicates
either a lnck of conscience in the fnir-iuind-eclnes,
and cfl'i nc of Director Caven or a
desire to get the Packer and Iligler streets
project under way rgaidless of the needs of
other parts nf tho city.
1'urtlier, If every councilman interested
in a specific proje ct shouM insist on earmark
ing a part of a loan we should have a ss
tem of log-rolling appropriations which
would make nnv uuiform and eomprohetisiw.
plan of public impiovements Impossible V.nr
loan lull would he n pork barrel packed U
the boo-tops' of different districts in the in
terest of real estate speculators or what not
The plan is pernicious in theory unci
would be destructive of a uniform develop
ment of the city in practice.
Not only Is the earmarking of money for
tho Packer and Iligler stieets sewer asked,
but it is nought to earmark part of the loan
for playgrounds so as to compel its expendi
ture within the men bouudeel bv Columbia
and Washington avenues, Iironil street and
the- Delawaie nicr
fine is just ns indefensible as the other.
The ordinance provides for money for
playgrounds. It Is to bo spent acconllng
to the Judgment of Director Tiistln, of tho
Depurtment of I'ublie- Welfare, mipportnd
bv the advice of expeits in the needs of the
cltv The director' plans doubtless Include
playgrounds in the dlsttiet in qui'stlon. It
may be that the greater part of the sum to
be ralsd will be seent there, for it is a dis
trict in which population Is congested nnd in
which there are nltogither too few open
spates. Hut it in inexpedient to tie the
bands of nny of tho executive departments.
We do not know on wiiat basin the com
promise between the supporters of the
Mnvor unci the opposition fuotlon WJI be
made Hut that there will be n compromise)
is morally certain, if it can be reached this
week, then the voters can pass upon the
proposed loan nt the November election. If
negotiations are prolonged there will have
to be u special ele-e tlon if the money is to be
borrowed this year.
Such disiiKieetneut ns exists Is not over
the expendltuic of the money It Is over
the amounts to be spent In snmo enses nnd
over earmarking certnln rums In other cases
If the Vnre councilineu play politics, It
cannot be paid that thp supporters of the
Maror nre refraining entirely from holding
a hand in the same game. The Varo fac
tionallsts arc expected, when it comes to a
final showdown on the loan bill, to meet tho
Mayor and his friends moro than half way.
And the Mayor, when ho or his representa
tives In the Council come to n final decision,
Is expected to net in n more conciliatory
mnnner than he talks. It would bo easy to
produce n deadlock, but neither side wishes
that: the Mayor least of all. Bo no ono
need be surprised If this afternoon it Is
announced thnt an ngrcement has been
reached on the final form in which tho loan
ordinance is to be passed before the week
ends.
BUSINESS AS A PROFESSION
VTOT long ago even the wisest men used to
' say tbat business wns business. Whnt
they meant was tbat business wns a sort of
rough-and-tumble contest In which only
the strong could or should win. The hard,
old aphorism hns lost its force. Business Is,
In one sense, a process of co-operation. And
It has become a profession In which wide
understanding, finesse and a sensitive nnd
seeing mind count heavily. An executive iu
nny great Industrial organization cannot
go fnr nowadays unless he has a wide knowl
edge not only of his own work but of the
trends nnd impulse that govern and direct
life in the world nbout him. Doctor God
frey, of the Drexel Institute', and the men
who are Interested with Mm In a scheme to
specially train the cnntnlns and lieutenants
of business In the colleges obviously desire
to utilize the educational facilities of the
country for n larger efficiency In what might
be called the most general of the professions.
They wish to train executives and produco n
type of mini who will fit naturally into a
job nnd know thnt Job nt the beginning,
instead of learning it through expensive ex
perience. But what processes nro best for the train
ing of business executives? Technical train
ing alone will not do because there is no
known technique by which great masses of
men enn be kept invariably content nnd
loyal. To undertake to supply finished ex
ecute es to nny business Institution is to
assume an extraordinarily difficult task.
Lawyers begin in the schools. They get
their real training nt the bar. Physicians
know little enough when they graduate from
college. They acquire most of their skill
iu practice, though some of them would
hate to admit this.
Similarly, It is In business, In contact
with the variable human nature of his asso
ciates, that n business executive is trained
and polished off. A mnn who knows only
his business, though he mny know its every
twist and aspect and difficulty, is not the
best executive. The man who con unite
technical knowledge of a thorough sort with
nn even greater and more penetrating
knowledge of men is the one who goes fnr.
And a knowledge of men is possible only to
those who live among them nnd learn to
have admirntlon for the strength nnd toler
ance for the weaknesses that persist side
by side in all people.
It Is by emphasizing imagined differences
between men who work and the men who
direct them thnt you can crente friction in
business nnd obstruct the best plans devised
for pence and efficiency. Nntutally, then,
the best plnce to train an executive is in the
ranks. Business men of the old-fashioned
type, who put their sons nt the very bottom
of the ladder and compelled them to toll
upward by consistent effort, had the best
system for the training of executives that
eer has been devised. If, in the general
system of training contemplated by Doctor
Godfrey and the firms which nre prepnring
to support his plan, students of modern
business nre permitted to work hard with
the rnnk nnd file and thus learn nil that
executives need to know nbout the impulses
that animnte the largo nnd Intensely sensi
tive human element, we may see something
good nnd new in the industrial life of the
near future. Hut if executives-to-be nre
to be trained us n special class and given
at the outset a disposition to aloofness nnd
n class consciousness of their own, tliey
will certainly fail in every important
emergency .
The more you know nbout men the surer
you will be thnt all men want to be just
and decent. The good executive of the
future will be one who will learn more nbout
men and permit men to know more about
him.
SUBSTITUTES FOR A LEAGUE
AT LHAGUK ISLAND work nf construe
s i- tlon hns been stnrted on what prnb
nbly will be the most wonderful battleships
m the world The keels have been
laid fnr the Constitution and the United
States, vessels which truly will deserve to
bear the mimes of fighting ships that helped
in the old dnys to make our nnial tradition
glorious. And a look at the specifications
thnt will be swiftly translated in steel and
guns nnd machinery shows thnt the question
of naval preparedness is pretty well to the
fore in the mind of Congress and the de
partment. When, only a few years ago, the super
dreadnought Pennsylvania was launched nt
Newport News It wns suppose-el that the
limit of achievement hail been reached in
men o' war. Yet the Iennslvanin carries
in her main battery onlv twelve fourteen
Inch guns. Later, a little more than a year
ago, when the Nnvv Depurtment niithnrizeel
the construction of stiperdiondnotights of
1.1,000 tons displacement, we were said to
hae planned the biggest fighting ships. The
Constitution nnd the 1'nited States are ele
slgned as cruisers. Thev will be nf di'i.OOO
tons displacement nnd they will not be slow
like the supcrdreadtiuughts. Thnv will be
fnst. They will hay n speed of not less
than thirty-five K-ioft, which menns about
foih miles an hour. Am they will carry
main batteries of twelve flfteeu-Ineh guns.
Vessels like the new Town cost nbout
S22.000.000. Cost estimates for the new
cruisers hnvo not been published. While
statesmen nigue, the country must be pto
parcel. There is no other safe- course.
Within n few years even greater vessels
mny ho on the ways. Sooner or later people
who do not recognUp a fact until it touches
their pockctbooks mav realize that it is
rather Idle to laugh lightly at the ono sure
plan advanced to limit international com
petitions of armament.
The big fish thnt got away has bobbed
up again this time nt Rowers Bench. Del.
An angler hooked it with u tiout which he
wns just about to land, and the shnrk was
so peeved at the contretemps thnt hu tried
to bite off Ids arm, but only succeeeled in
biting the line and making off with it.
Having lino, honk and sinker. It Is now
thought tho shark will fish for trout In tho
nppiood way Instead of tobbing inoffensive
fishermen.
The insistence of the Japanese Cov em
inent that it has ghen no official considera
tion to tin. proposal thnt Influential Japanese
come to this country to fonfer with icpre
sentative Americans to seek means of adjust
ing the differences growing out of the pro-po-eii
unt i Japanese, law in California does
not necessnnh mean that it would disap
prove of such a mission or that it is blind
to the benefits that might accrue.
Proceedings nt Brussels remind us that
Germany will bo admitted to the League of
Nations when there Is reasonable assurance
thnt she will observe the rules; and such
usBiirnnce will be fairly well evidenced when
she hns fulfilled the terms of the peace treatv
and not till then,
THE GOWNSMAN
The Return to College
THERE is no day such to tho collegian a
that on which he returns to college, back
again to work and play, back again among
the old associations, among his friends and
fellows, on the dear old campus, which loy
alty mnkos to Imagination's eye the most
dcslrnblc spot on earth; in n word, back'
home once more. Hall, quadrangle, every
nook nnd corner fill with glad young faces,
nnd the corridors, dumb for weeks savo for
the hammers of repair, now re-echo again
to happy voices. Hand shakes hand or
claps nn old chum heartily on the back.
Groups gather and there Is multiple talk of
the jollities of vacation, the whereabouts of
classmates not yet turned up, of arrange
ments for rooming, likelihoods In sport it
Is not good college form to discuss studies
nnd everybody is brown, buxom in the fine
old meaning of thnt word, nnd happy. There
Is no day such to the collegian as that on
which he returns to college.
LESS vocal in his elation is the newcomer,
the freshman, harmless nnd necessary ns
Shnkcspenro's cnt. His Joy In putting away
childish things in becoming n man, n college
man, is tempered bv n certnln becoming
apprehension ns to the unknown. If he bo
wise In his generation ho will keep his mouth
enrefully buttoned up and his eyes nnd his
ears well open, that he may sec what Is to
be seen nnd hear whnt It is proper thnt he
should henr. Since the classic days of Mas
ter Verdant Green the freshman's un
acquaintance with the procedures of college
life has been theme for merriment nnd nag
ging, with the ebullition of hazing ns nn
occnslnnnl result. We have gono many
strides In academic conduct since these old
times, howsoever boyish mischief still breaks
out wholesomely enough nt times in the
wngglshness of the practical joke. .This
year we arc given to understand that flip
upper clneses nt Pennsylvania, for example,
have established committees of Information
and welcome In order thnt the newcomer
nmong the University's ten or eleven thou
sand students may be ndvised In matters In
which he may need assistance. Members of
these committees have met Incoming trains
nt the stations to receive new arrivals.
With an accretion of literally thousands of
new students, some of them, in the profes
sional schools, men of maturity, come seri
ously tn work nnd not to play even football
many of these newcomers women, a con
siderable proportion of them foreigners, the
old type of Verdant Green fndes away into
n curious Irrelevancy. The callow, pre
sumptuous, impertinent youngster, the most
important part of whose education consists
in being frequently nnd vigorously sat on,
has almost although not quite wholly dis
appeared in our major colleges,
TO HIM who has spent long years In the
classroom nnd laboratory administering
to the needs of youth and communicating to
the young idea such proficiency in gunnery ns
he may himself possess, the opening of nn
other college yenr is much like the return of
nnother spring and spring, however we mny
hne forgotten It now, is nlwnys n new won
der. Many are these youthful nnd budding
minds ns the lenves of Vnllombrosa, ench
putting forth nnd full of promise. We
know by tho experience of years that some
of them will fall early and immature, but
that the trees on which most of them flourish
will in good time yield their accustomed
fruit, and more, ns they nre properly tended
nnd fostered. There is something touching
to the elder man in this annual accretion of
inuth. urdent, keen, neqiiisitlve, hopeful.
Mny they keep their ardency, their acquis!
tiwnoss, above nil their hope.
THE return nf the cnllego yenr finds the
colleges nnd univeisities of the country
more thnn ever populnr and beset with stu
dents. Several tilings have concurred to
bring nbout this condition. Unquestlonnblv
tho war has demonstrated the practicability
of Ameilcan education, not only in specific
training, but in creating thnt temper of mind
which is adjustable nnd capable both In war
and in the nffnlrs of pence. Again, the en
franchisement of woman hns brought with
it opening doors In many places where the
doors have been hitherto locked and barred,
nnd with opportunity come those who cnu
take it, if, indeed, this whole matter b, not
really, ns to c.uise nnd effect, the other way
nbout. The practical equivalence in the
rntcd scale of ediictlonal values of all topics
offered for enhance to college is nnother
cause of numbers. Whether this will piove
a maintainor of quality in education is sti'l
much in question nmong the old-fashioned.
In the number of whom the Gownsman
frankly confesses himself to be lingering.
There nre and always will bo both men nnd
even women In college who were the better,
for themselves and others, out of it. And
such me by no menus nlwnys the idle lich.
The Idle poor nnd some of them are very
poor nre quite as idle. Or rather the un
idencd, those Incapable, whether of one class
or nnother, of recognizing anything In educa
tion ejxeept its material, its utilitarian
vnlues. Education ns n menns of incienslug
income is n legitimate if mundane point of
view. Education ns a means of improving
social opportunities een is not so finnkly
nvowable, but Is far from blameworthy.
Education for either or both of these things
solely nnd for nothing else Is alike selfish,
iinwntthy nnd futile; for the real thing is
not in such telucation.
WE ARE told by some who seem to think
that thev know thnt politically we can
repudiate our obligations, avoid the eiitnngling
alliances which nre founded on the essential
brotherhood of mankind und live scltishlv
and olDshlv for ourselves, letting the devil
take the hindmost nmong our fellow nations.
This is Impossible in educntioii, as it is in
moinls, in religion, in decency in every
thing except politics. In education In n
deinncincv we must be interested iu each nnd
in nil. It is n sign of the times that the
cbire for n higher education should have
spiead as widely as it has, tliut tline is felt
to he a need for It in-the busine-s wnlks of
life ns well ns In the professions, for women
ns well ns men, nnd tbat those who have
come recently among us ns well as thoHo of
a long American descent nro cnger to know,
to nuclei stand uml to be mined with the
weapons of knowledge The furnishing of nil
this need not be n leveling pioeess There
are leaders in the republic of letters and
there will nlwnys be leaders by the clhlue
right of leadersliiu in a democracy of edu
cntioii. Another Vicious Circle
Prom lh" New Vcitk 'I rlhune
Well, prices are going down nnd the con
sumer will save enough money to be nhle to
contribute to the flint societies next winter.
One Thing Lacking
Trnm the Kaneees e in Times
Still, rmnff. cannot expect to enjoy the
full benefits of the American system of gov
ernment until she piovides herself with a
vice' president.
MY oiri
OH, I must answer to o name
And live upon n certain street,
And stairs within i. clingy house
MilBt bear the burden of my feet.
Still, when the night Is dim nnd sweet,
In drcums I loam the silent hills;
Where nlsles of shadow, vnguo with light,
Are petaled soft with daffodils.
I foot it through thn silver dark,
I shout aloud to held nnd hoe;
And nil this gypsy heart of me
Is longing, longing to bo fiee,
Oh, I must answer to a name
A ntl II ,' II iw,.i f, imilnln .I...C
ill... ...v .l'M, I, l-IMIIl OUCCV,
Hut who shall ti.ke my di earns from mo
ur Keen m.v in hum mmii svmat
Harold
Pi
NO W MY IDEA IS THIS !
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They
Know Best
A. J. CHURCHILL
On Solving the Labor Problem
CO-OPERATION between employer and
employe ns the permanent remedy for
Industrial unrest nnd nn ultlmnte solution
of the labor problem is the aim of the Phila
delphia Association for the Discission of
Employment Problems, says its, executive
scctctnry, A. J. Churchill.
"The association, which embraces 100
films, 2.10 cxecutiyes nnd employment mana
gers and neatly 1000 foiemen nnd fbrewomen
In the industries nnd business houses of the
city," said Mr. Churchill, "alms to mnkc
a co-operutive study nnd investigation into
all the conditions that uffect the human leln
tlons between employer nnd employe; to re
duce labor turnover, stimulate production by
the ndoptlon of improved methods of recruit
ing labor, placement und trninlng of labor,
better factory conditions nnd the organlzn
tlon of educational betterment work iu in
dustrial pluuts nnd business houses,
"Just nt the present time we nre ap
proaching n critical point in our history.
Bolshevism und unrest are the order of the
dny in various parts of the world. The
battle of several centuries between Inbor nnd
capital has reached the stage wheie oue of
two things may hnppeu. Before the war
labor accused capital of exploiting It und of
dealing uufuiily. During nnd since the war
capitnl has charged that labor was ariogant
and unreasonable nnd did not live up to Its
ngreements and is cynical.
"Tho question now is, will capital further
orgnnize as labor nnd try to retaliate for
its treatment nf the last live or six years,
nnd suspicious labor gird its loins for battle
nnd try to overthrow cnpitnl nnd become
Itself the nutocrnt of industry, or shall thn
two get together and deeide on n plan of
amicable relations nnd co-opcrntlon?
Public Is the Umpire,
"In tho menntinic the grent thiid party,
the public, which is really tho umpiie of the
game, cries 'a plague on both your houses.'
Like tho umpire in the great American gnme,
he often gets his bumps from both sides,
"The public is beginning to bo realized by
mnny Industrial heads ns n big factor In tho
fight. All industries depend more or less on
It for their support nnd expansion. Their
stocks nre on the mniket, and a grent many
of this same public nre stockholders today.
"An element thnt until recently wns not
so much tousidered has entered Into this
question of relationship, nnd that is the
human, the personnl element. Public opin
ion ubollshed the sweatshop, because It de
cided thnt goods produced In such u wny
were not the kind the public wanted to buy.
Concerns nowadays are making u bid for
this opinion ns n selling point by paying
very strict nnd comprehensive attention tn
the question of woiklug conditions, morale
nmong Its employes, fnir wages and scores
of other peiaonnl detnils that did not used
to be considered necessary.
"It has been realized by mnny thnt strug
gle nnd tnisiinderstnndlng are economic
wnste. loss of producing power nnd conse
quently of profits, Mnny hnvo realized that
nn extra profit of, say. fifty or n hundred
thnusnnd dollars or more one yenr nt the
expense nf their employes Is likely to result,
through discontent, In a corresponding loss
at n crltlcnl time.
"Another thing tn be considered Is the
element of personnl relationship between tho
owner of n business or Industry nnd his
officials nnd other employes. The association
plans to securo n co-operative system
whereby all the elements in the business
will know nnd iinderHtiind ench other, where
all their problems will be nn open book to
ench other and where thev shnll meet nt the
same tnble and nmlcably adjust between
themsehes any differences t lint may arise.
Sharing With Employes
"It Is further hoped to show the advisa
bility of making employes shareholders In
tho various businesses, so thnt they will
feel thnt they nctuallv have something nt
stnko in tho rise or fall of the business, and
of making employers sen that Incrensed out
put nnd quality of product by virtue of rnoro
efficient, better contented labor will pay a
fair profit ns wel ns it larger share of the
profits than with a less contented force.
"Another point to be considered Is the
fact that tho ability of labor to do fine
worjfnnd plenty of it, is impaired by the
"AW, .WHATO THE USE!" i
fact that there Is a lack of real incentive
for it to excel in many lines. Observations
have shown that thousands have workers,
who make up that great class known as
floaters, who have held two or more different
types of Jobs within a year. In many cases
workers have been knowu to tnke on several
jobs at one time nnd hold on to the one
which suited them best. All of this has re
sulted in a great loss in the turnover of
labor.
"It will be the aim of tho association to
try to remedy this by getting employers nnd
their officlnls to endonvor to make tho trades
nnd professions which their jobs represent
more attractive for permanent endeavor, and
in thnt wny raise the standard of produc
tion. Pupils Not Equipped
"Until recently the vocntlonnl trninlng of
the child 1ind been wholly neglected. A
great percentage went to work at an early
age nnd were totally unequipped for Impor
tant work or nu understanding of the con
ditions under whlrh they worked or whnt
they were aiming to do. The mnn who did
not understand English has been another
source of concern.
"The association is the outcome of a sur
vey of Industrial conditions in the country
made by Dr. J. II. Wlllitts. professor of in
dustry nt the Whnrton School, University
of Pennsylvania, nnd secretary of the nsso
ciation, nt the instnnce of former Mnyor
Hlankenburg beforo the war, when tho un
employment problem In the city wns n dis
tressing one. Muny of the conditions named
were discovered by Doctor Wlllitts.
"It is proposed to give n foreman's conrso
nt the Whnrton School which will take up
the management problem. The course will
be supplemented by lectures, nn open forum
nnd n discussion of prnctical problems. Eel
ucntlonal classes and research will also fea
ture tho work.
"For the purpose of carrying on its edu
cntlonnl progrnm the association is divided
Into several groups. Including nu executives'
group, employment managers' group, women's
division nnd foremen's club. A number of
committees look nfter the various activities
of the organization."
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Hovv many nations nro now members of
the Leniruo of Nations?
2. What was tbo dominion of Poseidon In
Greek mythology?
3. Whnt Is the orlglnnl meaning of tho word
humnnltnrlnn?
4 Whnt Is perry?
5. Who Is the present king of Denmark?
6. Who was Tintoretto nnd what was his
real nnme?
7 Whnt Is Tzlgnny music?
8 How were cindlntes for President of tho
United States nominated beforo the
nstlonnl convention method wns
ndoptcd?
It Whnt are (ruffies nnd how do they grow?
10. Who wroto tho pnm "Curfow Must Not
Illnit Tonight"?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Ellhu Root was secretnry of stnto In tho
cahlnet of President Roosevelt. 1908
1009. ; A oontretomim Is nn unlucky accident.
3 The word should bo pronounced pome
wlint ns though It were snelled "kon
tretong," with tho laBt syllable sound
ed nasally and the middle, vowel "a"
barely audible.
4. Franr Abt wrote tho muslo of tho sonic
"When the Hwullowa Homownrd Fly "
5, Napoleon III was tho nephew nf NaDo.
loon Bonaparte. Th father of Nnpo.
Icon III was Louis Bonaparte, klnir of
Hollsncl nnd brother of the great
Napoleon tt.cui
C. General Shnfter was oommnndor nf the
American troops nt tho battle of San
tlngo In 1898. "
7 A mntn Is entitled to tho number of Heo
toral ptcs equnl to Its totnl represen
tation in Congress, '
8. Limn Is the capital of Peru,
9. General Pnvollo Is accredited with hsvlnir
como to tho relief of tho British troonn
especially tho Fifth Arm v. under
GoiikIi. nt, the critical porlod inthl
urent hnttfe of Plcardv, the offenslvS
launched by Luelenelorff on Mnrch 2!
1918. General Foch Issued the &&
foremnt order nn Afni. i ' v
10. An miomlum la ru expreMoVof h!jr!w
y v- t f erwe
SHORT CUTS
September Is disappearing in the imoh
ot burning leaves.
Chicago grand Jury proceedings mike
punK reading in Cincinnati.
It behooves every business man whlli
prices are falling to watch his step.
Wo havo never known a woman briril
enough to decorate a hat with a mouse.
Decreasing corn price is a cornucopia
frnm ii1tlnli ArnAfita isliAAnnx Yti9 YnAtrta h
v "IHI LIUl.l(U .UVHIUk UV(i I1VUUVHI
With crons nermltted to go to waits.
tho horn of plenty becomes the horn of i
uncmma. ,
Well. Councilman Devclln can't bUme l
Mr. Burleson for tho letters that were set
delivered.
Curiously enough, wo aro not filled trltk
amazement at the fact that Mr. LImeburatt
favors the Municipal Court project.
It hns entered on Its thirty-sixth ci-
demlc year, and of course Bryn Mawr will
make it a perfect thirty-six.
A City Council Is a body that traneifli
business when it gets tired of plnylnj poll-'
tics; but the public invariably getj' tired'
nrst.
A millinery expert announces that tl
thinks business will be good, "ns women an
less timid than men." In a millinery store,
at least.
Perhunn h elt'ii ntfielnl cnt Is iBTtl1
tlgntlng tho garbage which has accumulate
in West Philadelphia because of Its Dame
sake, Strike.
When Mr. Derelln "borders on the PH'
sonnl." friends of Judge Brown begin to
wonder just whnt would happen If he cm
crossed the border.
Bolshevists' anxiety to conclude a pcj
nt Riga Is probably not wholly unconnectM i
witn tho fat;t thnt UO.UUO icons nnto jow"
wrangci since June.
"Nothing like easy money may be looM
for this year," says a financial letter iron
Chicago. Is It posslblo that the suppl;
nui-AiTB nan ruu uuic
It Is the consensus of opinion nmotl
politicians that the people aro so very mutj
alive to tho Issues of tho campaign that W
need to be shaken up.
Cri. ,.MI ,n,. n.n.-Ir lltl O lltllfl fjQ',
patby for ball players who fell for a bribe, t
but It will hovo none for tho croon gaum....
who played tho part of tempters.
A Junction of the armies of Genetajj
Wrangel nnd Mnkno reported from w.
stnntlnnple ought to have a distinct aoi
beneficial bearing on the negotiations
Blgn.
Now that the Bergdoll defendants bar
been found guilty, perhaps homo ruon -v-be
made to Identify the man higher up '
allowed G rover Bergdoll to chase after a
pot of gold.
.. t,.ln(t tbl
The President may not nmo . -; .
Democratic party by his latest letter, m
ho has nt least given a clear exposition"
the alms and powers or tne jjus v. -tlons.
in a set contingency.
There will bo little uso In pro W
American worklngmen against o'u"?0p'"
of rhenp European products Into this cou
try if the dumping of cheap European pco"
into the land continues unchecked.
In different ports of the world I h '
sixteen bank holidays in October In sddiu"
to the usual number of SunAtJt. ana '
would bo worth while being a cltln or w
worm ir ono couiu ouurrf "' ,
her is a beautiful month to loaf jn.
It Is absurd to suppose that Japan k
any expectation of receiving the full I r
of citizenship for her people ntldc,i
but there Is every edence that sh rr f r
that the demand is n "cellent cart I '
In negotiations f?r things aha deem! s
valuable to her at this tltae
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