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I'lillidflphli. Tanitj, Otlobfr i:. 1920
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A FOtnYFAR fntinilAM FOtl
rim.Ai)F.M,niA
TMnta on hlfh (lie proulr epee Ihf new
aumlnlKtrtition to conrrntrnte Ita nttrntlnti:
The TJrloH'nrr r i'rt bndoc.
A drvdaek bio inouoh tit accommodate the
lar-ten lip
Ptvelopmtit of the rapid transit tvstcm
A ioiiv t!ou he"
A buitiHna fo the Free t. braru
Jn frt .ViKcum
fHlaivrmenf of the water aiippty.
fomrj to accommodate the population
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FIX THE STREETS NOW
"' WIIATEVn" c'"e thp bmlRPt oontnins
FT when It is oiibnjittod to the Council this
week, it must enntain proviaiona for mi adt
r" quote amount for repaying nml ri'Mirfaeln;
y the ttreeta.
There are two renpons for thia. one politi
cal nnd the other the had eomlition of the
treets.
' The streets were nlloweil to go with littl"
attention fliiring tho wnr. Aa n result ther
are worn into ruts in some place nnd in
I others n small defect has grown into n il.ui
Kerous hole If the owner of vehicles are
j, not to be put to continual cnpenM butn
f new aprlnca or reoHelp" h"'ilten wheels the
I atreeta must be made pnsab!e
Po'ifically. the remilr of tho streets is oti'j
A of the most expedient things whidi the pros-
nt fldminixtrntion enn do. The streets nre
In full sight of eory one whenever he goes
outdoors. If they are In bad repair he
Yoter will nt once condemn the men in power
In the City Hall. If tlie nre rep.ived and
resurfaced in the near future, so as u
render travel on them afe and comfortahl".
the voters will know whom to thnuk for the
betterment.
Director Cnven is nvUug for S.".on0.ni)n
for the work for next ,ear. He has already
T demonstrated tlmt he can do it more ehennl.v
than the contrnctor. The iippropriatin' !
.authorities are thus wnrranted in bolievitu
thnt whatever miiih are intrusted to hi'ii j
will bo spmt without wnte. As much
money as cnu be mined should be put in his
hands for the work. It must be provided out
of the tnx levy, for tho charter forbids the
city to borrow money for this kind of main
ttnanee work.
THIS HOLIDAY
f TIOM'MUrS didn't
to do it.
a :
J Whether, if prophetically Insnired. he
would have contented!. accepted the conse
quences of his accident Is one of tho-c poiuts
on which pan? decision on the eve of a presi
dential election is not ensil) reached.
Explorers up Salt liver on November .",
will be inclined to brand the admiral as in
obstlnnte blunderer. At oue moment in
tensely self-critlcul. at another the miprcnu
exemplars of the art of self-flattery, th"
citizenry of thl- republic oscillate between
wrejoicing or lamenting over the fruits of thnt
"erentfu' October 12. 1 t!Vj
Dodging the question is permissible on
this anniversary This is Columbus, not
America, day. The honors are personal.
Into the character of Christopher Columbus
j, It Is the fashion to Interpret stubbomnes as
sublime persistence, egoism as epic self-
confidence, lsionarj ecstasy ns heroic en
thusiasm. ff Celebrating bis moral attributes in this
way, the American people unqucstlonnbl
enj'oy all the luscious revenue of hindsight.
In tho vnrious eontomporar. effoits to look
rt-nhead. some bold, some timid, it mnv o.j
'"T:weH to remember this annua! cxpcrl-nee.
On the vthole. the observance of Columbus
kpay is a god thing, oven though opinion
regarding what we have made of his geo
jrnphleul innovation ma fluctuntc
SUSTAINS ITSELF
THK refusul of tlie Supreme Court to re-
open the liquor prohibitory ameudment
case is In effect a decision sustninlng Its
previous decision that the amendment was.
valid.
It was njked to permit n reirgumeut on
"the ground that it had glvm no reasons for
Its original decision and because the oppo
sition had not hud time to prepare its case.
The court evdentl. belie ed thnt botli
pretexts were trivial It reached its origi
nal decision on grounds which seemed to It
sufficient and it was aware that the oppo
sltlon had had months In which to make out
an good a ense no possible
Tho amendment now stnnds without any
doubt as to its validity. Tho wets will have
to resort to some other means to git their
will, for thej have discovered that tho high
est court in tho land Is not disposed to
upset nn amendment to the constitution rati
fied by nearly all of the states The ugi,t
to have known it before the) began.
MONEY IN THE WRONG PLACE
FpHAT the Income nnd excess profits tnv
, JL law should be revised is demonstrated by
"''the flures in the preliminary report of the
V commissioner of Internal reienue for the
. year 'ending June .10
The taxes on excess profits, levied for war
purposes, yielded n revenue of nearlv
fc 4,000,000.000 in the last fiscal cnr. which
began nearly eight months nfter the armi
stice. They yielded Sl.K.'tO.Ono 000 , ;.,
" the fiscal year ending June .10. HMO, whb'h
included four mouths of the war. The mun
try has had to pay one and a third billlors
"saoro in taxes on incomes mid oxcosh profits
In the whole year of peace than the maxi
mum levied while we were still at war.
Indeed, the Increase In these taxes dining
Tthe last fiscal year is more than It lined to
-iot to pay all the expenses of the govern -Vaent
In time of pence,
t The revenue laws are so unlntelllgently
framed that they serve to take for the us0
of the government capital that is Imporn
tlvely needed for carrying on work that was
' interrupted by the war. For example. It h
difficult to find capital for financing build
'"lag operations. If half of the Sl.HOO.OOO.OOO
that haa been paid iu Income and excess
roflts taxes in the last yenr over the amount
'Fa!d tba year before were available for prl-
mn afttarorises the work of nrovldinc house
'&., 4.Whoj.ler could toon. Tho rest of It
would provide capital for the rnllroads,
which need new cars nnd locomotives nnd
new rn!ls to replace those worn out by lonjt
use.
Tho Republican congressional lendera are
already studying these figures and nre pre
paring to revise the Inws when the new
Congress enters office with n President lit
sympathy with it. As tho revision Is likely
to be mnde by men who know something
about business problems, the prospects for
relief arc good.
SHOULD THE STATE CO INTO
THE REALJSTATE BUSINESS?
Councilman Roper'a Plan for Housing
Relief In tho Light of Recent Experl
ment8 In New York
rpiIKItK has been n break Iu the bulldlug
- material market n mnrket which
seemed, a few weeks ago, to be airtight nnd
bombproof. Lumber of some clnsses has
dropped. It may drop farther. Cement
Isn't moving normally nnd bricks nre nlmost
ns hard to sell ns Jazz mining stock.
The aggregation of politicians which func
tionn ns the Legislature of the state of New
York deserves some credit for nil this.
AVhlpned bv Oovcrnor Smith. Hopubllcniis
nnd Tnmmnnjltes, nt n special session, set
In motion the mnchlnery for a thorough In
vestigation of the system of price-fixing
which was said to be In force among corpo
rations that control the supply of building
mnterinls nt the source. Within three days
relsed prices for lumber, which repiescntcd
n decline nvernglng more than 2." per cent
In some instances, were announced nt the
untlonul couentlon of wholesalers In
Chicago.
Knsler mono for building is predicted.
Those who rule the mnterlnl ninrkets hate
been finding, like business men In other
trades, that the wn to future prosperity lies
through nn open market and thnt oer
renchlng doesn't pay In the long run. Yet.
een If building were fully revived, It would
be nt lenst two or three jenrs before tho
house shortnge here nnd elsewhere through
out the country could be overcome.
For thnt reason the plan for nn inter
city conference, proposed bv Councilman
Itoper, In order that n comprehensive scheme
of housing relief for the entire stnte may
be proposed nt the opening of the legislative
session in January, Is timely een if it comes
lnte.
It is a mistnke to think or talk of housing
from the viewpoint of the Individual owner
or tenant alone. The question is one thnt in
the end concerns the whole community. The
growth of tho cltj has nlmost stopped. The
new population which ordinaril.t would find
ii place within tho I'hiladelpliia nrea is
bring scattered in n radius of about thirty
miles. It is the t ity thut must pn the final
tolls to the profiteers.
Can n Legislnturo up to its ears in fac
tionalism nnd distracted by the political am-
mtlons of its members really help to any
great extent In this Instnnce?
A state bond issue has been proposed for
the benefit of builders who have insisted thnt
they found it impossible to borrow money
on fair terms. It hns been suggested thnt
the state create a reiolvlng fund from which
lndiidunl buildeiH might borrow nt normal
interest. A plan thnt hud ninny fi lends
would proide for the exemption of new lesi
dentinl buildings from taxation for a period
of tho or ten yenrs. Thnt nrrnngemeut is
liupo'iihle because of constitutional pio
visinns established to insure tho ecpiality of
nil tnx laws.
Ronds would be protected by the values
crcntcil under them. If they were to be
salable some means would have to be found
to insure the permanency of those values. If
public money weio to bo invested as it was
proposed to invest it in New York to aid
homo builders u wa would hao to bo found
to protect such mouev neaiust future slumps
hr the value of the security.
A great denl has been snid recently In
criticism of the banks and the bankers for
their aloofness fiom the real estate mnrket.
Yet the state, if It were to go into tho In
estment business, would have to follow the
example of the banks if It woie not to imply
thnt public mono, is somehow less valuable
nnd less worth of piotcction than the mono
of prhnto imestors. Under the laws of
most ()f the stntes the hanks nre permitted
to in est (1.1 per cent of their resources in
real estate mortgagesof the first class.
Nownlns bankers hesitate to invest more
than ."0 per cent of their monej in now
propei lies nnd some of this monej is lent
nt interest rates above normal. Hankers
nlm, of com so, to protect their depositors
against sudden declines in the present gen
eral valuations of real estate.
There will sooner or Inter be n decline in
propei t nlues, but it will not be nearly so
great as some people like to believe. Labor
Is a 70 per cent factor in building of tho
ordinnr sort. Iu the future, when nil tnnr
kets settle, there may be some decline iu
wages, but it will not come for n long time.
If. therefore, the cost of building drops 10
or 1." per cent in tho ne.t two jeais it will
be pretty near the limit attainable by cheaper
materials and borne slight readjustments in
wage stales.
Hankers generally have hail to consider
thnt side of the question. Some few of
thein have profiteered. Hut tight mono in
th real estate maiket usual!, reflects noth
ing but the desire of conservatho financiers
to irnest their resources iu secuiities which
icprcsent stable nnd pcrmam nt tu'ties
Ileniings before tho Legislature of Now
Ymk nnd1 t clear tlmt emergency loliof for
people and communities thnt nie without
adequate bousing facilities is bj no means an
easy or simple matter.
It was generally supposed that something
worthy was accomplished when (iovernor
Smith signed the act intended to protect
tenants in New York against gouging land
loids. I'nquestionably, thut law did homo
good. Hut iu tho few weeks of its operation
observers hae found that a tenant in a
position of nduuttnge can be almost as ruth
less!) self-interested as any landlord. The
rent law of New York virtually takes the
control of rented i evidential propei tj out of
the hand- of the owner and lraos u-nt dis
putes and questions of eviction to the dis
cretion of the courts. Occupants of tints
and houses already are making unfair use
of these emergency laws. Anil, what is
we)rse, incstnrn, fearing tho future effeott.
of sue h outside contiol, seem more deter
mined tlion ever not to put their money in
now buildings.
Hooding he hemes of a sort acceptable to
the general public inn) bo evolved at Hniris
luig. Ceituinl) a means to encourage thobc
who wish to build or own their own homes
ought to be found. Investments outside of
the real estate market aie so many and so
attractive that loans, well secured by the
value of grounds nnd building, aic not
ulunjs easy to obtain.
A way out of tho difficulty might lie
through the method of wide und general
community co-operation under stato aus
pices which is suggested in the outline of
Mr. Iloper's plan. If It wcie possible for
the stnte to do in u small wo what the
federal go eminent did during the war nnd
purchnse material iu great qunntitii's for dis
tribution to towns nnd cities which applied
and paid for It, grcut reductions from exist
ing rates for building materinl would cer
tainly be possible. Middlemen and specu
lator., who often work as successfully with
cement nnd lumber and hardware as they.
EVENING PTJ6LI0 -LEMEKt- PHILADE)jPMlAT,
arc known to work with coal might bo elimi
nated to n lnrge degree.
Almost 100,000 new dwellings arc needed
In this state. Hullding programs, largely
organized tinder central direction, may
always be carried out with' a great economy
of expenditure.
If, therefore, the Legislature and the
various communities that would be repre
sented nt thV conference suggested by Mr.
Itoper were to view tho housing nliortngc as
a condition affecting the stnte and one re
quiring scientific nnd highly organized
rcmedlnl measures, we should progress fnr
bejoud the point hitherto reached Iu any
discussion of this particular question.
Whether or not the state, acting In pnrt ns
banker. In pnrt ns pin chasing ngent nnd in
pnrt ns directing nrchltect. can organize a
general building revitnl will depend very
largely on the ingenuity nnd sincerity of the
Legislature nnd the resources of the admin
istrative system nt Ilnrrisbuig.
The hullding trades council of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor hns. hv lis rrcnnt
action, eliminated the possibility of random
strikes. Under future arrangements with
the state or Its representatives and with
the assurance of long periods of steady work
at relatively high wages the men who
actually build the houses might bo willing
to do n little more toward encouraging large?
Iu vestments In real estate Impiovenicnt.
No city hns renson to feel more concerned
than Philadelphia about the housing situa
tion. It Is estimated that 20,000 new dwell
ings nre needed hero now. The effect of a
continuing ihortage, as Mr. Ihldcr observes,
may be bad In more wajs than ono. Con
gestion iu the older parts of tho city Is In
somo places a menace to the general health
nnd well-being of tho whole community. The
small house, rather than a flat or nn "npart
inent, s the Ideal dw oiling for an American
fainfl. Hut the crowding process continues,
families nre being artuall. foie-eel out of the
city, uml h steady drift towaid new nnd old
tenements ls obcorvable nnioug families who
ordinnrlly could afford a house of their own
In one of the Innumerable streets that have
mado this city famous as a place in which
to live comfortably at small cost.
THE DILEMMA AT PENN
TIIIE trustees of the University of Pcnn-
,n1. ii ."' wl,n yc,tlo.v held their first
meeting this autumn, nie confronted with n
problem replete with strange paradoxes.
"ere is an Institution of the highest
academic standing, a dominant factor in tho
intellectual progress not only of this com
monwenlth. but of the nation, (lood-will is
the University's portion from n public which
understands nnd resnnoiu ,... ,i,.,p,..i.i
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orci of pnst nnd present achievement nnd
tills sentiment receives concrete expression
In matriculation figures, which each vear
grow more Impressive. In popularity, 01d
I enn. with Its 12.000 students. Is surpassed
b few slmllnr institutions In the land. Hut
as an offset to this advancement there is n
dismal financial dilemma, the .settlement of
which is imperative.
The two remedies suggested represent
opposing principles of progress. Champions
or the favorite American doctrine of private
initiative have for some time urged n fiscal
policy embracing a comprehenlc organized
drive for endowment funds. Pending the
practical execution of such n scheme, how
ever. Dr. Finegan's program of extending
the educational system of this common i-nlt!i
to include the ITnieist of Penusv'vnni'i
nml the University of Pittsburgh ns Institu
tions warranting complete financial aid bv
tho state, somewhat after the fashion of
State College, bus aroused much thoughtful
interest.
The triunlverslty plan is ambitious, but.
of course, its success would be primarily de
pendent on tho generosity and sympathetic
Interest of the Legislature. If nssurnnce
could be given that monetary epiestions now
so embarrassing would no longer obstruct the
inherent vitality of the University, eonvorfs
to tho general proposition cou'd perhaps bo
readily gained. Unfortunately, as with most
novelties, the proof of the value of n pro
gram lies In its working out. And. apart
from this condition, there is the- feeling. If
fnneiful, at least sincere, that a university
ecluslely stnte supported deteriorates in
prestige.
Fortunately, it may be expected that de
cision on the alternatives of stato aid or
nrivato sunnort will not he much longer do
la) eel. If the latter course Is adopted it is
reasonable to believe that the alumni nnd
other well wishers of the University will not
be lax. If tho stnte scheme is favored, it
should be developed in n way far beyond
ordinary ventures of this kind ns dlsplayd
in other commonwealths The graduate
seliool of medicine Is immediately In need of
$,"i.000,00O. The new school of fine nrts, a
most slgnificnnt nnd stimulating departure,
is deserving of the most Mheral help. It is
needless to specify tho numerous channels
of laudable educational endeavor in which
money for the University can bo expended.
Seldom In the annals of Intellectual advance
ment In America has a great institution
otherwise healthy and flourishing been 30
poor.
A full purse for the University is a press
ing public need.
A TIMELY WARNING
OCTORUIt, usually one of the best be
haved of months, happens to have writ
ten one of the most tragic pages in the
chrono'ogy of Philndelnhla. With precau
tionary intentions, though tho reverse of
alarmist, Dr. Furlmsh lecalls tho lethal
plague of 101S in n plea for the observance
of some elementary i-nnitir. rules.
The "flu" Is In ninny ways n mjstcry,
but at least It Is known to be spread through
infection. Antidotes for this are discretion
In sneezing and the simple act of washing the
hands before eating. The director of public
health is wise in issuing his warning when
the disease is virtually nonexistent. Care
lessness Is the all too familiar concomitant
of easy, good times.
INTERNATIONAL "SHACKLES"
EVEN if the once effulgent Ponzl had ma
nipulated postal coupons ns ho said he
did. his term of aggrandizement would havu
boon brief. The International Postal Union
Congress, nsseinbleel in Madrid, has dell
nitely established .international payments for
tho transit of mails on n gold elo'lar basis.
The complexities of depreciated curren
cies, which hae worked many injustices iu
postal affairs, cease henceforth to operate.
Under the recent chaotic s,stcin it was, for
instance, possible for Americans who had
turned their nntlounl money into francs to
semi n letter fiom France to this country
for one and seven-tenths cents Instead of nt
the normal rate of five cents, since twenty
five centimes ls no longer equal to the Ameri
can nickel. The stabilizing effect of the new
ruling cannot fail to be beneficial to inter
national finances.
The agreement to permit the fixing of -in
increased maximum rate for international
mail Is made with the proviso that the
United States and other countries may re
tain the present rates or fix their own If
these do not surpass tho new maximum.
This arrangement Is interesting for sev
eral reasons, not tho leost of which is tho
Illustrotlon of the obligation of this nation
to conform to nn international ruling. Sup.
pose this republic desires to charge more
than tho established top price for letters ills
patched abroad? There would seem to be no
remedy savo resignation from the union, to
hieh virtually every nation on earth, In-
eluding Germany uewogs
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AS TO LABOR
Commissioner Connolley'a Official
View of the Situation Facts About
Its Employment Oome Odd
Agencies In Philadelphia
Hy OUOrtOE NOX McCAIN
CLIFFORD II. CONNELLEY, who was a
college professor before ho became com
missioner of the Department of Labor nnd
Industry, knows more about the labor situa
tion In Pennsylvania than any other mau in
the stnte.
It Is for this reason that anything ho
may sny on the subject Is a statement of
exact conditions.
Commissioner Connellcy is of the opinion
that the labor sltuntlon 'is gradually read
justing Itself to post-war conditions.
There Is n disposition, he says, widely
diffused among sober-minded working men,
to look around for permanent ' positions
rather than for high wages and temporary
employment.
As tho hectic wartime davs fade Into the
pnst this tendency to get down to n bed rock
busls of permanent employment grows npoce.
The "journey" man who flitted from job
to Job nnd plnco to place wherever the big
gest wages were to be obtained during the
Inst three years Is abandoning his trade
routes. lie is rapidly awaking to tho valuo
of a steady job.
JACOR LIOHTNER, director of the
Rureau of Employment In Commissioner
Connclley's department, furnishes somo il
luminating figures on this subject.
During the entire year from October, 1018.
to October, 1010, tho total number of
workers seeking employment in the 238
privoto employment ngencles of the. state
was 80.038.
In September just past 22,820 persons
Bought employment. It was Just one-fourth
of the number looking for jobs In the entire
year previous.
It Is significant. It shows the condition
of the labor market. And this market will,
ns time goes ou, bo affected by the growing
figures of Immigration.
In September, 1010, 10,425 persons sought
employment, while, as stated above, in Sep
tember. 1020, one jenr Infer, more than
double that number applied for employment.
These figures refer only to the licensed
ngencles nnd do not include free labor
exchanges.
THE stnte hns done unusually well, with
out wing to extiome pnternnllsm. in
snfegunrdlng the interests of those seeking
employment.
Up until five yenrs ngo the employment
ngency mntiager wns looked upon by n gooel
mnny people, nnd those in pnrtlculnr seek
ing domestic service, ns 1111 object of sus
l'Vii if not it ci itahio wolf In sheep's
clothing.
In the great mass of cases their inference
was unjust. Without adequate Inws to gov
ern their management tho business did un
questionably offer opportunities to exploit
me ignorant anei tlie alien. There wero
sharks in tlie business ns there arc In every
other liehl of nrthltv.
One of the fraudulent schemes adopted
by unscrupulous agents wns to accept a fee
mil! then senil the uimlicnnt fn n cnnfoilnrnti.
who would give him employment for n couple
of bourn and then dismiss the worker ns In
competent. Receipts for fees were often worded so
thnt nn additional fee wns chnrged once the
client obtnineel work.
A monthly or j early pnment was some
times contracted for. this constituting a
mortgnje on the worker's salary.
ALL this Is changed. The applicant is
now protected on every side.
Every employment ngency is licensed. Its
managers or proprietors operate under fixed
laws. Any misrepresentation to an appli
cant, any overcharge for service, any mis
statement of terms is punishable under the
law.
Aliens nre specially looked nfter. Non
pnyment of wages Is n serious offense of
which the buienu takes cognlznnce nnd fences
pn.wncnt. Last jear there were seventy-five
complaints of this kind nnd pnvmeuts
ninniintlng to .?20.S7 were made to aliens who
otherwise would hnvc been swindled out of
their earnings.
The oldtinio "barker" for an employment
office is n relic of the pnst. No agent can
solicit on tlie street. Nor can he use 1 tin
ners or scouts or have mibagcnts.
All contracts nnd agreements must be np
prored by tho stnte, also the schedule of
fees.
An emplojmeut ngent must not take a fee
until the applicant for work Is rcfened to a
bona tide opening.
THE Stnte Ruiemi presided over by Mr.
Lightner has had some odd cases.
Employment buientis run by. largo cin
plojers to obtain labor for themselves are
exempt from restrictions Imposed upou
private oouecms.
A favorite dodge is for some Individual,
taking n long chance, by representing him
self ns connected with one of these agencies
to collect n feo from the victim for securing
employment.
Iuvostigators nre always on the lookout
for these fakers.
Two were caught in Philadelphia, proved
guilt. nnd lined SCO nnd costs.
These" men pretended to bo boim-fide em
ployes of n well-known New York concern.
They had fake letters of authority. Under
pressure thev confessed that they were
agents of a New York striko- breaking clc
tectlu bureau and wero getting $5 per man
for ewi bti'lke-brenker cmplo)ed.
Two prosecutions were for running a
"charity ' bureau with "donations" from
those who leglstercd. It was a clever game,
but the linn and woman were apprehended
and prosecuted.
The clearest offender was an cx-rrlmlnal.
lie had been arrested nine times in two
years. lie received a prison sentence.
His schema was to send nn nppllcant to
a fake nddrcss, collecting in advance n fee
that sometimes ran ns high as 525.
THE average Phlladclphian will be sur
prised to know that there nre In this
city sl employment ngencles whoso spe
clnlty is supplying technicians and experts
in nrloiiN iraeles and to mnnufnctiiilug con
cerns. Their clients are, of course, highly
specialized individuals.
This city has thirty-six booking agencies
Biippl.ing vaudeville performers.
A very interesting feature of tho latter is
that any agent supplying pei formers for
lmmoial exhibitions can bo piosccuted aud
their license to operate cane eleel.
To make the matter mores binding, a
vaiiilevllle-booklng ngent cannot obtain im
munity on the plea of ignorance. He is sup
posed to know all about tho chnractcr of the
act he furnishes and the audience also.
A SHIPPING offico for sailors, of which
there are twenty-two in Philadelphia,
comes under the head or nn employment
ugeuey and Is licensed as such.
Then there nre five agencies devoted ex
clusively to securing employment for nurses.
Philadelphia also hns four offices wheie
detectives are supplied. These nre mostly
concerned with securing officers for the pro
tection of property and industrial estab
lishments where thero are labor disturbances.
Harbers out of a job havo tho choice of
two agencies In which to register. The
bakers have two and the farmers three.
In n general way there aro nlnetv-thrco
agencies devoted to supplying Phlludclplilans
with domestic help, from cooks to chauffeurs
nnd gardeners. ,....,,
Tho above does not includo tho free labor
bureaus maintained by tho state and various
charitable organizations.
Thero ls little excuse at present for any
individual capablo and willing to work to
.. ,iti,niit emnlojment for nn.v lcnith nt
.time. MMV& ftft, " P Md 9 tfeosa
familiar' with w" . J
UEb&fr, '"'&C3V12, 1920
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They
Know Best
DR. JOSEPH KRAUSKOPF
On Opportunities on Farm Lands
IN ORDER to avoid having to bar great
numbers of the flood of Immigrants which
will soon start to flow In from Europe the
United States should throw open tho vast
farm lands of the west to tho incoming for
eigners, according to Dr. Joseph Kruus
kopf, prominent Jewish cjlergymnn. who Is
the founder nnd president of the Nntionnl
Farm School, near Doylestown, which Is a
project along the lines of the doctor's argu
ment. Not only would such n plnn prove to bo
the best way of taking caro of the immi
grants who, Dr. Krnuskopf believes, will
start coming in much increased numbers
when peace Is officially effected, but it would
also effectively combat tho notion's hunger
inenucc.
"Tho food status of the United States,"
declared Dr. Krauskopf, "Is glvln?
sciious concern to thinking people. In this
land of ours, whose praises were, until
recently, sung fnr nnd wide for its Inex
haustible supplies of food, there nre sections
in which the wnnt of it Is painfully felt.
Food Supply Dwindled
"The dwindling of our food supply begnn
two or three decades ngo, when tho exodus
from the form to tho city first set In, when
city nttractious nnd high city wages lured
the fnrmers' sons nnd daughters from the
rural homes nnd rurnl Inbor.
"Later tho war enmo nnd called into life
gigantic war industries, at wages never
equaled before, which decimated yet more
the numbers of those who had formerly
11 cd and labored happily nnd beneficially
upon the farm. Thousand of other farm
lads were summoned ovcrsenN or to camps
nt home, of whom but a small percentage
hae returned to the farm, drown accus
tomed to living mnsscs. amidst the bustlo
and excitement of camp life, the resumption
of farm life has no attraction for them.
They prefer the city with its movies nnd
theatres and dance hulls. Tlie choose to
increase the number of food consumers by
deserting the ranks of fond producers.
"This is n condition thnt calls for im
mediate remedy, if wo would heed tlie signs
of the times. Help ennnot come from
Europe. Even In prc-wnr times European
countries depended largely on our country to
make up their deficiency In food. Heforo
the war England raised but one-fifth of her
needed food supplies, Franco about one
half, Italy about two-thirds. Heforo the
war the iJnlted States and Canada expoitcd
annunlly about 200,000,000 bushels of wheat.
Heforo the war Russia supplied to western
Europe, on the average some 400,000,000
bushels of cereals, mostly wheat. Today
Russia Is starving for the wnnt of food.
Refugees Sure to Come
"Conditions lu Europo can only make
matters worse here. There will be n tre
mendous Influx of refugees to our e'ountry.
They are already coming, especially fiom
tho war-cursed lands. They will come to ub
by the tens and huudicds of thousands. Who
can blame them?
"Much in disfavor In recent years, the
immigrant is a special object of dislike at
the present time. Men fall to rceogni.o In
him our country's grent need or tho largo
place he would fill In this land. They think
of him only ns a keen competitor In the
labor market, as one who Is sure to Increase
yet more tho price of food by decreasing yet
more its limited supply.
"There Is little remembrance that all that
this countrv Is Is largel, due to the woik
of the. Immigrant. There Is llttlo remem
brance of the fact that there Is nothing of
which our nntion Is of greater need than
of tho immigrant to develop our well-nigh
Incxhnustlblo resources, to fill our broad nnd
fertile acres.
"Tho National Farm School has demon
strated, during the twenty-three years of
its existence, that thero Is a euro which,
had It been applied on a large scale anil
widened In its application, would not havo
cost onc-thousaudth part which the other
attempt and talluies hnvo cost; tho e w e
that would have taken the poor out upon
the broad fields, where nature fairly calls
for them, where there is room nml work and
health nud wealth and happiness for ninny
thousand times their number.
"Had our philauthiopirs taken n differ
ent direction, there would have been r.
Tacant arms today, ,. During ono year, be-.
u9 npjf vmu vue uuuuicei ittiuiona OX
COLUMBUS, 1920
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dollars woie donated in this country by
philanthiopists for the purposes of higher
education. For thnt sum of money 20,000
small farms could hove been purchased and
equipped at an nvernge cost of S.jOOO each,
and these 20,000 farms could hove, within
n short time, supported, happily nud
healthily, 100,000 souls. And every cent of
the money thus expended could have been
made returnable after a few years, with
Interest, to the philanthiopists.
Would Train Young Fnrmers
"End that sum of money been donated for
the training of bo,s in the science and prac
tice of agriculture, such ns is given at tho
Nntionnl Farm School, tho mere interest of
that sum would have sufficed to make it pos
sible for 1000 lads to exchange tlie thraldom
of tho congested city for the freedom of the
farm.
"Some dav our legislators will appreciate
better than they do now that our broad acres
are our lichest asset, that they jield moro
valuable returns than do nil the gold mines
of Alnskn or nil the silver mines of Nevada
or all tho coal mines of Pennsylvania. Some
clay lcglslatois and labor agltntors will cease
speaking of barring the door to the desirable
immigrant because of his present tendency
to congest tho city, when ho might gladly
join an ngricultuial colony if there were
one to join or if It were made possible for
him to join it by reason of Its being com
posed of people who nre of his rnce, creed,
customs, language and the like. Some day
our government, instead of bnirlng the door
to a help-deserving immigrant, will take
him by the hand nnd lead him to tho laud
whero ho is needed nnd whero his labor will
spell prosperity for him nud peace for tho
country us wcli.
"After all, why should people live in pov
erty in the ovei crowded East when In tho
golden West, especially in California, they
could amass foi tunes In agiicultural pursuits
as tens of tkousauds of others have done
and as tens of thousands will do hereafter''
Why may not the National Farm School
enter in tho golden West upon the second
stnge of the career outlined for It when it
wns first launched: that of becoming a
leader of agricultural colonizations move
ments. Why may not California, with tlie
aid of ginduntes of tlie National Farm
School, help to bolve our hungei problem,
our congestion pioblem, our immigration
und our charity problems';"
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Who was Schuyler Colfax?
2 Wlint Is n lunar cyclo?
3' ln New lCve?Ury UW Ul Romnn 0Innr
4. On what day in October. 1492, nccordlnc
dlscXrAmeVTi?11110"' Ula Columl)u
5. Jiow long has China been
C. Who was Saint Hernard?
a republic?
1. :saino nn American statu which has
w,Bt?a.llly 1)et" decreasing In population
8. What Is ropouBso work? uiiaiiun.
9. What Is tho technical name for a straleht
Piece of railroading? "iraignt
10. What Is meant by an "enfant terrible"?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Tho constitution prescribes that tha
membership of Congress bo reapno!
tlotiod every ten years. "-"i'1'or-
2. Kuropatkln and Llnovltch wero noted
UemWar f tl' KuB80-"nin-
3" 'Oofober f!lri871 Ch'C',K CCUrreU
4. The. Union 'victory' of Cedar Creek In tho
Clx.il War win won lur;ely UB n it.su.lt
of Sheridan's famous rldo. ult
G The dramatic event Is celebrated In Doetrv
by Thomas Buchanan Head ,,oelrJ'
C. ToKolatid Is a former Gorman colony In
West Africa on tho north shore othS
Uulf of Guinea between Urltlsh Uoid
Coast and Dahomey. om
7. Solon was 11 famous Athenian Inwefver
and organizer of tho popular nsaemMu
Inthe droels city. He died abSut B.
8. "Better fifty years of Europe than n ovcln
UyCmT iB rrom ftnn,''!S:
9. The contralto Is tho lowest fcmnln vnio
ItosRlhl and his follower wew "lie nffi
to compose Important music for .i,i5
xcilce Tho name Is derived froin !,
,faCt Mint this olc was 'Vontrn "'S?
Vtl ii " limit' UlCe, Or tlltn
Literally
contralto means
"against
niKn.'
10
Tho Uemocrutlo party carried the state of
lOl'eV the re"!ena election of
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SHORT CUTS
Ohio even grabbed Columbus.
Strange how ono cnu get in Dutch with
words in French.
Tho P. R. T., nt least, is getting a long
rme lor its nvc-ccnt fare.
Rnkers still show a disposition to hit
tlie public with the staff of life.
Even when optimism is a llarc Is a
HiiKiuy ciiccry guy 10 nave arouiiu. ,
- hi t in
Bryan says both Harding and Cox are
wet. uu, well; their speeches ore dry.
Ono wny of putting nn end to auto
banditry is to shut oil tho supply of "coke."
The saddest yarn that strikers splni
llie coal that might have reached the bin.
We cather from voluminous corrcsnond-
ence that the Indian put salt on the Robin's
oft-told tail.
Looking forward we visualize the time
when the "To Let" sign will be ns common
ns it used to bo.
Two homers nnd a triple iinnssisteel may
do much to weaken the campaign against
Sunday ball playing.
It Is reasonable to suppose that the
buck everybody Is passing iu the case of the
l'. n. T. Is nickel -plated.
Llovd Gcorsro is sometimes misnri2fd
because his skill as a politician bliuels cms
to his ability ns a statesman.
The Mayor's Instruction to department
directors to pruno estimates meruuuij
means the drying up of borne political plums.
The fact that the Polish and Soviet
e"nci. delegntloiiH met In the Hlack Head
House suggests the possibility mat the treaty
will neeel the services of n dermatologist.
Civilization is n hand nt cards in which
idealism Is high, radicalism is low. wealth li
jack and scrvico the gome. Wnr is the ges
ture of one who desires to shuffle for a new
deal.
When police in tho Baltimore nnd Ohio
yards In Stnten Island found twenty-eight
barrels labeled "herring" they thought It
looked fishy, investigated and found thej
contained whisky. Material for Canadian
Club sandwiches, perhaps.
There is joyous promise in the fact that
despite Increasing railroad rates prl'
commodities ure coming down Joyous, toll
Is, in that it proves thnt the rnllroads are
working with efficiency nnd tiiat mis e:w
cleucy may bo catching.
Seats como high, but hang the price!
1ooiih funs tho plnyers greet:
Coolcskie, Wumbsgniiss. Ncis,
Mamaux, Mnrquard, Pfeffcr. Wheat,
(tinned. Konotehy. I.unte a lot
Iu the busoball melting pot.
Ever. body hut tho Junk dealers, wb
will get 700,000 excess ballots as a result 01
tho county commissioners being require
1 n ,1... ...,aUAu Hot no n linulu nf CODl'
putliig the number required, will admit tnt"
in this case the law nnci common k
very wide iipart.
Tho fuct thnt local building and loan
associations nro ready and anxious to Duaa
dwelling houses yuid enn't get the ncccMW
money at (I per cent is cvldeuco that taeri
is need of legislative relief, either by ' W
state or, as Herbert Hoover has declared,
by the federal government.
The suggestion that Congress pnss a !
making bribery of n baseball plnjer a criw
against the United Stntes will probably ana
should bo ignored. Apart from the fact "
there nre laws enough on the tat"tolL2n,
to cover biich cases, tho game will do 11 ij
ever get tho opinion that It is straight onil
because tho players nre afraid of wi
pinched.
Attorney (ieuerul Pub
orders to Assistant Att
Wcnthcrby to proceed again
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ishcart fry"
ellllCl'S v. no l-iiuibo uxuie i ! jf
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tho fmtlicraiico of govcriumiital ft0.un0",'J.
The Depaitinent of Justice does, not m"
to pay extravagant prices; forUhe lemon F,
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