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A rotR-vr.An rnonnxji ran
riULADULl'lIlA
Thlnu. en lileli the people epeet the new
administration to coneentrnte Its attention!
The Delaware rictr bridge.
A drydock bio cnouoh to accommodate the
larp'tt ships,
Development of the rapid trnnjlt ivstm.
A convention hall.
A tul'dtnn to- the Free Library.
An Art ilusfuni.
Frlarjnnrnt of the icnt'r 'ipy.
Ifomea to accommodate the population.
PENN MUST DECIDE
TpKCKNT indication, that tho I'liivcrslty
'v of IVnusylvftnla will support the en
dowment fund p'nn to roliovo it flnnnrlnl
fmhnrroasmont wr-rp oontlnnod by the wnrm
Advocacy of thla method expressed by Acting
T"rovot Pennlm.tn at a meeting of the New
York alumni Int week.
Official announcement of the policy has
not yet been made by the bonrd of trutees,
but the committee of 10(1 prominent (jrad
uates. authorized to Investigate the matter
iuf-t iprinR, is snid'to have found the trend
of reutiment throushotit the country henrtily
in faor of orennixins a private subscription
jteni on a large scale. The merits of this
rUu over that of the -tate univerMtv hcheme
embracing the T"nlver-itv of Pittsburch and
Klate f'olleje will perhapi be disputed In
ome iiuarter. Hut loyalty to the I'ul
Tfrnlty nnd devotion to Its high standards
will best be exprcsed by a union of cu
dt?Torc. It Is arguable that either one of the al
ternatives would work out well. The instant
need, however, is the definite establlshmcut
of dome policy. Much valuable time ha, been
lost since Dr. Smith announced that an en
dowment fund of S."fl,000.non wns required.
The amount Is probably higher today. The
trustees can end costly delay by taking a
pcrlfic stand.
The measure of public interest enn not be
determined until the inicr'.it.v itelf de
cifiCf upon the particular vehicle of relief.
OPENNESS OF AN OPEN FORUM
TK THE church forum vshich is to be opened
in Hip Inasmuch Mission, in Locust
treet. in November Is conducted after the
manner of similar cntcrprhes in other cities
it will servo a useful purpose.
George V. Coleman, of Iiohton, who is to
make an nddress at the opening of the forum,
has presided for years over n series of weekly
meetings in Ford Hall, In Boston, modeled
on tho Sunday night meetings in Cooper
T'nlon. in New York. A subject is selected
for discussion and a distinguished speaker U
Mcured to open the debate. After he tins
hnd hi say uhncver in the audience is
moved to speak is allowed to have the tloor
for a limited time, so long as he confines his
remarks to tne topic nf the evening. All
lorts of people have found an outlet for their
views In this way. and the ferment which
was seething in them has had a harmless
vent. Students of popular sentiment have
learned much about what the people were
thinking of by listening to the dlcouslous.
If we nrp to have something of this kind
in Philadelphia condurted with tolerance for
the views of those uho may disagree with
the management it will be beneflciol nil
around. If. however, the forum is to be
used merely for propaganda of a certain
kind, it will fail, uo mutter what tho propa
ganda may be.
TYPHUS AND TYPHUS
rplIK report that .lohn Herd, an American
- Socialist with bolshevistic vnipnthle.
has died of tjphus fever in Moscow seems to
be authenticated.
Typhus is a disease that flnuri-hes In the
poor and overcrowded districts uhrro hunger
depletes the vitality and tilth nourishes the
germs. It has never got a foothold in
America, but Is common In southeastern
Europe.
Bolshevism is intellectual typhus. Ueed
was Infected with It soon after it appeared
in Uussiu. He went over there and his mind
proved to be a fertile fin'il fur its propaga
tion. Then he came back nnd did his best
to spread the germs in America Pinnl'v
lie returned to Rusn where the di-nstcr
caused bv the spread of tin- dsoai did tint
appall him Hut the conditions uiidnr whl'h
lie had to Ihp apparently made hie. body
hopitibl' to the physical disease and so far
destroyed his powers of resistance that he
has succumbed to it.
Industrial Russia is succumbing under the
poison of the intellertuai tjphus PiiIi-sh it
is eradicated the country is likely to go
through greater suffering this winter than
any it bns experienced ' the past
The only salvation for it lies in the re
moval from positions of nuthorit of the
typhus carriers nnd in eionring the poison
fiom tho minds of their misguided followers
MORE HOUSING RELIEF PLANS
BLAME for the desperate housing situation
can be roidilj shifted b diverse chan
nel of self Intcre t Operating builders
have (omplnlned of excessive demands by
labor This charge lias been countered bv
tales of profiteering In matom's Artificial
Ptrinsency in the money market is alleged
ns another ra.ieo of the crisis. The lav man
hunting n home is aught In a whirlpool of
argument, and without e-pert nnd com pre
lienslvp Information It is difficult to decide
which explanation is the most valid.
Legislative remedies in profusion are cer
tain to he suggested In Ilarrlsburg this win
ter. The latest program of which consid.
(ration will be asked is a reform of the coin
mlnsion system regarding the placing of
mortgages. The 10 per cent now charged is
declared to be damaging!) disproportionate
to the service rendered.
Objection Is also raised to the system
under which bulldint and loan funds are
swallowed up by Industrial or commercial
operations, whereby money for house con
rtrucllon become lightened. The joint com
uUtecttrauluf relief legislation for HoxcU.
burg under the leadership of the local hous
ing committee and the Philadelphia Ileal
Kstale Hoard I devising a plan to check
these handicaps to dwelling development. It
has been suggested thnt the charging of ex
cessive commissions be made n crime.
In principle special legislation Is a bad
thing, but the lawmakers at Harrisburg will
face not a theory but a condition, nnd nd
remedial scheme should be rejected merely
because it Is novel. It will reflect upon tho
resources of government If It should confess
to helplessness In a situation into which
severe abuses have undoubtedly crept.
The rigidity of economic laws is an im
portant factor in the case, but It Is uot the
whole of it.
A NEW LEISURE CLASS
THAT LIVES BY CRIME
And the Relation of the Illicit Drua
Traffic to Mysteries That Now
Baffle tho Police
INTO the hands of multitude. the war
years gave eay money In a veritable
flood. A way to reckless self-indulgence was
opened for innumerable young men who knew
little of personal discipline nnd nothing
about the ethical restraints by which society
is held together under all normal conditions.
War wages were wlely used by most of
the people to whom they were paid, nut
there was a considerable class recruited from
the work -tinting underworld upon which
sudden wealth ncted with the foreo of a
powerful Intoxicant. Members of this class,
normally incapable of consistent effort nnd
without the skill or the habit of Industry
thnt would enable them to compete for high
wage in the work of peace, arc unwilling
or unable to relinquish hnblts of life which
they cultivated In the flunh years that
brought luxury and fabulou wages to almost
everybody but the soldier overseas. The
criminal bent always was In some of them.
It is these men. sti Iking out more or less
blindly in quest of the means to dress and
live according to the peculiar standards
which their world calls high, who nre re
sponsible for tho recent increase of crimes of
violence.
Record and observations of police depart
ment. in all the cities in the country sustnin
this view. In every city there is a group
of men with newly acquired and expensive
taste. that they will gratify at all costs.
They are the new crop of yeggmen, motor
thieves, burglars and murderers. It Is. to
men of this sort that the trails must Inevit
ably lend from the plnce where the body of
Paul, the Camden bank messenger, v-ns
found, nnd from the plnce where a lamp
lighter discovered the body of young Drcwcs.
.Tust as none of the accepted agencies of
organized society was prepared to cope with
the more conspicuous after-effects of the
war, the police were unready to deal with
the transient phenomenon of the amateur
apache. The newer tpe of felon belongs
to no particular locality He has none of
the associations by which the police are able
to trace older-fashioned criminals. He is
apt to work alone or in small squads. And
It happens thnt circumstance over which
they have no control have conspired to make
the attendnnt problem extraordinarily diffi
cult for the police. For the spread of the
drug habit Is unquestionably related to the
general questlou reflected In the crime sta
tistics of the present year.
There are drugs that will nlmnst Instantly
make n potential murderer or thief out of
nny man, and they are being peddled In in
creasing quantities every day. The most
violent and dangerous of these is cocaine.
Almost every highwayman of the new sort
is a cocaine flend. nnd so arc most burglars
nnd most of the lower order of criminals.
The man who roves the street in or out of
n motorcar to get what he can at the point
of a pistol from defenseless pedestrian Is
usually a sneak, and he is obviously a
coward, lucre nre few thieves with courage
enough to enable them to go iuto a house
nnd rob it or to crack a safe. The thugs
of this order would be helpless without
drugs.
Police everywhere know thnt the vast ma
jority of burglaries nnd hold-ups are com
mitted bj men temporarily nerved for their
work b cocaine.
Cocaine Is the indispensable stimulant of
almost every experienced criminal. It is n
drug thnt In a short time will lenve even
the most powerful nervous s.vstem perma
nently in tatters. But one dose of it pro
duces a Hying illusion of strength, the fear
Wncss of the mnnlae. Insane tlnring and
n sense of superiority over all visible ob
stacle. Afterwatd comes litter prostra
tion nnd an agony of weakness. Hut tho
criminal addict usually has completed his
job and escaped before the effect of the
drug wears off.
Eliminate cocaine and similar drugs nnd
there will be no reason to talk of crime
"waves."
There is a familiar type of youth who,
w hen he felt his pockets filled with money
for the first time, drifted automatically to
the dives. He had little of the instinct of
moral restraint in the ftrrt place Drugs
made an outcast and an outlaw of him. He
is the problem with which the police and
society have now to deal. A greut many
people are becoming anxious and excited
because of murders nnd robberies reported
from nluvtst every city in the coutitrv. nud
there is n general tendency to berate the
police.
Hut the remedy doesn't lie with the police.
It lieh higher up.
There i, for example, no such thing a
moonshine cocaine or moonshine heroin Sci
entific knowledge and elaborate technical
equipment nre necessar.v to the manufacture
nf these deadly cubstanccs. The sources of
linbil forming drugs are known Hut. even
while the pnrtial suppression of the liquor
traflic has caused innumerable people and
whole classes of defectives to turn to awful
substitutes craved by shattered or abnormal
nerves, no great effort has been made by the
federal government to eliminate n peril that
is far more uglv even than the saloon
The restrictions applied under the Harri
son act are at best Ineffectual and they are
sccmlngl) forgotten by some classes of
dealers. The legltlmato uses of cocaine are
few, and it Is n notorious fact that the qunn
titles of the drug regularly manufactured in
thin countrv in one year would be adequate
to siipplj phjsicians nnd hospitals for ten
at least
The place to regu'.ite the distribution of
hnblt- forming drugs is at the source. Hnus
and taboos fstablKhod in tin open market
aie without avail The time may come when
r 01 nine, heroin and similar drugs will be
distributed and controlled wholly by the gov
ernment. Beside cocaine, nlcohol is relatively harm
less A substance that makes violent
maniacs of its victims before It makes men
tut and phjsicnl wrecks of them and that ut
the same tune creates nu almost intolerable
craving in any nnu who uses it Is a little
more dangerous thnn TNT. And If TNT
were secretly marketed and handed around
to children and adults alike, the federal gov.
eminent would be justified In going to ex
traordinary lengths in the interest of society
at large.
To any one who. shares the knowledge
gained in recent years by police organlza
tlqns and hospital physicians, each new
iter hold-up and each fresh' report of a
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
daring and violent crime means that the dis
tribution of habit-forming dtugs of the more
violent sort Is again getting beyond control.
Men who arc arreted nnd Jailed and con
victed for highway robberies, burglaries and
like crimes nre quaking weaklings In nine
cases out of every ten. They are human
derelicts who, left to their own resources,
would not have the courage or the strength to
survive for n minute In an ordinary scrim
mage. Drugged they can be as violent and
momentarily as strong and ns difficult to
reckon with as unthinking ape.. Men who
prowl in your house at night, the men who
poke guns in the faces of helpless citizens
In electric-lighted streets, the thieves who
boldly Jump into motorcars and drive away
tinder the eyes of policemen arc in most cases
thoroughly drugged for the work which they
set out to do.
The police, whether they hare to deal with
a mystery like that of the Vail street ex
plosion or with crimes of child abduction
or murders like that just reported from the
vicinity of Mount Holly or with the "waves"
that are spoken of whenever warehouses are
robbed by motor bandits, must realize and
they probably do realize that they are deal
ing with an entirely new nnd dangerous sort
of leisure class.
Tliis class is made up for the most part
of men who have been taught to feel a need
of more money than they could earn at work,
even If they were willing to work.
It is with this class thnt drug peddlers
do their most'profltnble business. The ped
dlera can not be regulated. It is seldom thnt
they can be captured. They are more elusive
than the rats. Hut there ought to be some
way by which the police could reach t)io
people who supply them with their wares.
Until that way is found it will be hard to
deal with the newer crop of criminals.
A CLEAR TITLE TO VOTE
TT REQUIRES a strong Imagination and
vivid prejudices to argue against the op
eration of the suffrage amendment In the
coming election.
The great majority nf American women
have been wisely undisturbed by extrnvngant
threats of Interference with their right to vote.
Nevertheless, tho Supremo Court has done
them a service in rrfuslng to advance the
suit brought by Charles S. Falrchlld for an
injunction Invalidating tho promulgation by
Secretary Colby of the nineteenth chango in
the constitution.
The mlllfons of new electors arc certain to
play an exceedingly important part in the
November contest. It is fitting that their
enthusiasm and in the mnln Intelligent inter
est should not be chilled by extravagant ef
forts to cloud a perfectly obvious title. That
the Supreme Court Is unexclted by the ease
is evident in the delay Imposed.
VOCAL DIPLOMACY
A EUROPEAN commentator on world poll-
tics recently blamed the outbreak of the
general war upon the telephone. To a con
servative !nst of mind the speed with which
certain decisions were made known, certain
questions asked ahd answered operated
against wisp suspensions of judgment.
There is food for the Ironic critic of civili
zation in this opinion, but it is none the
less countered and rather impressively by
historical evidence of the perils of delay and
interrupted communications in the heat of
national crises.
This was undoubtedly borne out by events
preceding the Franco-Prussian war. That
Count Bernstorff, in the later upheaval, was
plagued by the difficulty of communicating
directly with his home government has also
been admitted, although perhaps this shifty
envoy somewhat overstated Ills trials.
The latest effort to expedite important In
ternational messages' Is seen in a survey now
being undertaken by l.'O diplomatists nnd
State Department officials. The party is
engaged in nn inspection tour of the lending
wireless stations along the Atlantic, and yes
terday afternoon nn examination was made of
the telephone apparatus with which Presi
dent Wilson, while at the Paris conference,
maintained vocal connection with America.
"Calling up the office" has, at least, one
dominant advantage over the messnges In
script. The conversation must bo cate
gorical and direct to be worth opening at
all. On the other hand the foes of secret
diplomacy will be seriously embarrassed in
their quest of the damaging "papers."
CAN THESE THINGS BE?
mHOSE agencies studying the housing situ-
ntlon ought to broaden their inquiries,
if the statement made by n local real-estate
operator Ik based on tho facts.
Lack of money to finance building opera
tions, along with the high cost of building
materials, has been snld to lie at the root
of the failure of builders to supply the de
mand for houses.
The real-estate operator names another
cause. He says that It takes eighteen
months now to complete an operation which
could be completed a few years ago in six
months. Thin tlmo Is required because "in
1014 a bricklayer who was paid sixty-five
cent an hour laid not less thnn 1200 bricks
a day, while now he gets $1.35 nn hour and
we nre lucky if he luys 500 bricks." The
bricklayer gets twice na much money for a
day's work ns In 1014 and lays less than
one -half as many bricks, increasing the cost
of labor on a brick wnll fourfold.
If this is true it is a serious Indictment
of tho bricklayers. We cannot believe thnt
self-respecting American workingmen nre
guilty of any such slacking.
The operator indicts the carpenters also,
for he says that they used to hang and tit
from ten to twelve doors in a day and that
they now hang only four.
These statement ought to be looked into
not only by the housing commissions, but
by the representatives of the labor organiza
tions in order that they may be disproved, if
false, and that the alleged conditions niny be
corrected if they exist.
HAYS SEEMS TO BE RIGHT
WILL HAYS has announced that Harding
will carry the northern and western
states nnd will have a minimum of .'178 elec
toral votes in the whole country. This num
ber may be increased to .108. if some of the
doubtful states go as he anticipates.
It is always wiso to discount nny esti
mate of majorities made by the chairman nf
n political committee. If the estimate of
Mr. Hays was unsupported It might be re
garded as too optimistic, but Clinton W.
(Jllbert, of this newspaper, and Mark Sulli
van, of the New York Evening Post, have
been making an independent study of condi
tions in the West. They agree substantially
with Mr. Hays.
No estimates have been made by Mr. fill,
bert. He has contented himself with point
ing out that Cox will fall to carry the states
which Wilson carried in 101ft. Mr. Sullivan
says that Cox will get seventeen or, at the
outside, not more than twenty-three of the
120 electoral votes in the West. In 101(1
Mr. Wilson got nil but thirty-five electoral
votes in the same states. ,
The reason for this chnnge In sentiment is
found in the dissatisfaction with Wilson
and the Democratic party and the determi
nation to get rid of them at the earliest pos
sible date. Mr. Hoover described conditions
with precision when he said that the refer
endum was not on the League of Nations,
but on the failure of the Democratic party to
function as an instrument of government,
- PHILADELPHIA", TUESDAY OOt6bER 19,
URSINUS'S SEMICENTENNIAL
Little Town of Collegevllle ta Going
to Ba Particularly Buay Thla Week.
Resourcefulness of Philadel
phia Lawyers
Hy GEORGE NOX McOAIN
DR. OEORQE M. OMWAKB is having an
exceedingly busy time this week.
Dr. OmwnKe l president of 1'rslnus Col
lege, nnd the college Is celebrating Its semi
' centennial anniversary. ,
Incidentally, the College Presidents' Assn.
elation Is holding its session there as the
guest of the faculty, and that' adds to the
Interest of the event.
A If tln.se twin events were not enough
to provide excitement for the beautiful little
town of Collegevllle. the eastern synod of
the Reformed Church in tho United States
will also hold a convocation In Rombcrger
Hall during the anniversary exorcises,
About overy noted educator and college
president in the state has been assigned
somcthli.g to do on this gala occasion.
URSINUS COLLEGE Is one of the smaller
colleges of Pennsylvania, and I venture
the nssertlon that not one-tenth of those
who know, In a general way, about the In
stitution have had any Idea that it 1 half
n century old.
It has been going ahead in its quiet, unos
tentatious way, educating young men nnd
young womin and at, tho same time growing
slowly nnd increasing its usefulness and
reputation.
Urslnus' first sprang Into the limelight
with n smash when Its famous football team
a few years ago tore through the lines of
nic of the biggest universities In the land
ahd made a record that the big feltows would
have given thousands to novo held.
It is still in the limelight. It dou not
make a specialty of snooping around, nnd
gunning for football material.
It Just tnkes the husky corn -fed lads of
rural eastern Pennsylvania, nnd lads from
the cities, too. and molds tliem into shape;
nuts snap nnd gr'J- Into them In their prac
tice ou the fine athletic field above the
Perkiomen.
Then they go out &nd bring homo the
football bacon.
URSINUS, like most colleges and uni
versities, was the outgrowth of a
smaller institution.
Rack In 1848 Frcelnnd Seminary was es
tablished at Perkiomen Bridge. Perkiomen
Bridge, let it be known, hnd been built at a
ford on that river in the latter part of the
eighteenth century. Washington usctl the
old ford.
Frcelnnd Seminary educated more thnn
4000 young men from Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Maryland and Delaware during the
twenty jeers of its existence.
It became a part of Urslnus College in
1800.
Urslnus was Incorporated by the Legis
lature in 1800. The first meeting of its
board of directors was held in Philadelphia,
when a committee was appointed to select a
site for the future institution.
The beauty of the region around about
Perkiomen Hrldge attracted the committee,
which recommended the purchase of Free
land Seminnry and its Incorporation as the
preparatory department of the Institution.
This was done, nnd the college proper opened
its doors In 1870. Instruction was begun in
September of that year.
Subsequently the name rerkiomen Bridge
was changed to Collegevllle.
COLONEL THOMAS S. MARTIN, sec
retary of the Falrmount Park Commis
sion, has a memory' that brims over with
reminiscences of old dnys around Cltv Hall,
particularly during the times when William
8. Rtokley was JIayor.
Mayor Stoklcy. by the way, held tho
record as to service.
He was continually in office as Mayor
from 1872 to 1881.
Colonel Martin was unconsciously the
cnne of Mavor Rtokley's refusal to carry
a gold-headed cane, ns was the fashion in
thni-e davs bv high city officials.
"Tom" Mnrtln enjoyed intimate relations
with the Mayor because he was his personnl
messenger, nnd had access to his office at all
times and upon all occasions.
One morning the Mayor appeared carrying
nn elaborate gold-headed cane, the first he
had ever sported.
It was a gift from a frjend, nnd he was
very proud of it. Holding it before his per
gonal messenger he inquired :
"What do you think of that, Tom?"
With the candor of youth nnd his fear
lessness of the official head of the city Mar
tin replied :
"I don't think you're old enough yet to
carry a cane. Mr. Mayor."
Mayor Stoklcy took the cane home with
him that night nnd never carried it again,
Mnrtin's suggestion about his age had up
pealed most effectively to his vanity.
PHILADELPHIA lawyers hnve for gen
erations had thp reputation of being
shrewd, far-seeing and resourceful, above
members of the bars of other cities. The
expression. "It would take a Philadelphia
lawyer to beat that," was, and is, an uncon
scious tribute to the ability of the local bar.
A friend recalls an episode that justifies
the reputation of Philadelphia lawyers.
Some years ago an nmusement enterprise
in this cltv was annoyed or nrofessed to be
disturbed by tho rattling of wagons hauling
bar Iron across a cobble-stonp entrance to
an Iron nnd steel warehouse nearby.
An effort was made to secure nn injunc
tion, but this, my friend thinks, fell through.
Then other methods of nbatlng the nuisance
were considered.
The firm that controlled the warehouse
was one of the oldest nnd wealthiest Iron
firms In the city. Its nttorney.s were not
only wise hut well up In years.
It was finally decided by toe complainants
to appeal to City Counclt for the passing
of nn ordinance prohibiting the driving of
teams across pavements In the downtown
district.
Iustnntlv the thought came up of the effect
this Would hove on the express wagon traffic
on the north side of Market street between
Sixteenth nnd Seventeenth, where the ex
press depots nre located.
The draft of the proposed ordinance was
then changed, permitting express wagons
nlnne to enjoy the privilege of driving across
the pavements.
The entrance nnd exit of Its teams wos
absolutely necessary to tho firm in question.
It hnd nn other entrance except to cross
the pavement.
The scheme to block the company's
business by ordinance came to nn untimely
end.
Some one conveyed the information to the
amusement people that the iron firm pro
posed Incorporating nn "Iron nnd Steel Ex
press Co.," which would bring it under tho
protection of the ordinance nnd thus ef
fectually confound hnd render unavailing tho
well-laid plan of the other people.
The Blue Hen Files Low
Krm the (leoloirlenl Purvey Tlulletln
The average elevation of Delaware Is only
sixty feet above sea level, according to the
United States Geological Survey, ,.,s tjlnn
that of any other stnto In the Union, al
though its highest point, at Centerville, New
Castle county, is 440 feet above sen level
higher than the highest points in Florida'
Louisiana and tho District of Columbia.
Washington's Dissipation
I'enin the Kansas City Times
Washington never bets on the election.
The betting news all comes from New York
Hut Washington Is guessing now on the
probable make-up of Harding's cabinet if
that Is of any iuterest to Mr. Cox.
Could Stand Big Handicap
fram the Oh'' State Journal
This looks like iiieh a Republican year, in
fact, that trtA if Mr. Burleson were on our
(iide- wi doa'ti belevo it would make any
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They
Know Best
DR. E. S. MEADE
On "Can Co-operation Succeed?"
IF THE people of the United States are
ever to realize sucedss with the cooperative-buying
system, they must forget
their desiro for nil the niceties of attention
and service to which they are accustomed
and concentrate on the one lden lower
prices, In the opinion of Dr. K. S. Mende,
professor of corporation finance in the
Wharton School of the University of Penn
sylvania. Dr. Mcnde, who is also one of the prime
movers in the Franklin Co-operative So
ciety, admits that American people do not
possess the co-operative nature us do Euro
peans, but he bolleves thnt patience and In
telligence and thrlftlness are three charac
teristics that will eventually bring nbout tho
establishment of the co-opcratlve-buying
system.
"Tho elimination of the middleman in the
distribution of merchandise," says Dr.
Meade, "is. in my opinion, possible only to
the extent that intelligent people ore willing
to go to the trouble to comply with the fol
lowing conditions:
"First. To subscribe to stock in the cor
poration through which the purchasing Is
carried on.
"Second. To buy merchandise in manu
facturers' packages.
"Thlid. To buy standard merchandise,
omitting novelties nnd specialties.
"Fourth. To pay the cost of delivering
or to carry home their purchases.
Must Pay for Reservo
"Fifth, To pay a sufficient margin over
the cost of the merchandise, not only to pay
the expenses of carrying on the purchasing
organization, but also a profit, which profit
can bo us.cd either in building up n reserve or
else in distributing, from time to time, divi
dends or rebates on tho purchoscs and in
dividends on the stock.
"Sixth. To pay ensh for nil purchases In
advance, so as to eliminate credit risk and
also furnish n portion of the capital with
which to carry on the business.
"Seventh. To plan their purchases suffi
ciently far in advance to allow the associa
tion to purchase to the best advantage nnd
to concentrate their purchases to seasonable
requirements.
"A co-operntive association con not suc
ceed if the members trcnt tho association as
they trent the department stores, demanding
minute quantities, Immediate service, pay
ment at their leisure nnd attentive consid
eration of their personal Idiosyncrusles.
"Co-operative human nature is rnro in
the United States, although plentiful abroad,
probably as n result of dire necessity or
strict economy. The average man or woman
In the United States, with respect to in
come, has not demonstrated the ability to
co-operate.
"I believe, however, thut. as n result of n
process of artificial oelcction, n jnueccssful
organization based upon a group of people
possessing the instinct for co-operation can
be built up, that this organization will make
large savings for its members, and will bo
EVENTIDE
The day is past and the tollers cease:
The land grows dim 'mid tho shadows
gray.
And hearts are glad, for the dark brings
pence
At the close of day.
Each weary toller, with lingering pace,
As he homeward turns, with a long day
done,
Looks nut to the west, with the light on his
face.
Of the setting sun.
Yet some sco not (with their sin-dimmed
eyes)
The promise of rant in the fading light ;
Hut the clouds loom dark In the angry skies
At the fall of night.
And some sec only a golden sky,
Where tho elms their welcoming arms
stretch wide
To the calling rooks, ns they homeward fly
At the eventide.
It speaks of peace that comes after strife,
Of the rest He sends to the hearts He
tried.
Of the calm that follows the stormiest life, .
God's fyentttlf.
John McOrii, "Jn Flanders Fields and
Other Vwmt." ) 4
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nble to purchase goods of n much higher
grade than that sold to the general public.
Delights of Shopping
"The task is, however, difficult. The
average consumer, so far as my observation
extends, dearly loves that precious amulet of
conveniens and respectability, the depart
ment store coin. They delight in the free
delivery service ns the smart van halts at the
door and the large paper package is hajded
In by the uniformed attendnnt. while thn
neighbors look on in admiration, not unmixed
with envy.
"They love the shopping excursion, in
spired by the dally tnlic nnd the sound ad
vice. 'buy,iearly and often,' in the advertis
ing pnge. They go with ever renewed inter
est to the great temple of merchandise where
the organ peals and tho fountain plnys,
where one can write n letter, call up friends
for a social chat, get a manicure or n marcel,
where goods from every land nre attractively
displayed for their admiration nnd where
'poured round all' is the devotion of the
nttrntlvc saleslndy, directed by tho sartorial
perfection of the floorwalker.
"The consumer loves the privilege of re
turning goods purchased, of registering em
phatic objection nnd of rccclviug respectful
consideration. Tho purchase of merchandise
under these conditions is more thnn n sordid
affair of business. It rises to the dignity of
a soclnl function.
"With all of these accessories and decora
tions the co-operative association lins noth
ing to do. Its rooms nre small and itN stock
consists of snmples. It demands cash In nd
vance. It nharges for delivery and handles
only standard merchandise. All thnt it can
offer is n reduction in their coat of living,
n cut in their expenses."
Promoting the Cat
Vrn th H-iiHtnn l'ot.
Inasmuch ns ruts did much damage to
his papers, n Hindu clerk, who was in
qhnrgn of the official documents in one of
the more remote Indian towns, obtained per
mission to keep two cats, the larger of
which wns to receive somewhat better ra
tions than the other. A few weeks Inter
the head offlcc nt Delhi received this,dls
pntch: "I have the honor to Inform you
thnt the senior cat is absent without leave.
What shall I do?" To this problem the
office vouchsafed no reply. After waiting n
few days the Hindu sent off n proposal: "In
re nbsence cnt. I propose to promote the
junior cnt, and in the meantime to tako
into government service a probationer cat
on full rations,"
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1, How many residents of the United
Stntes married twice nnd who were
they?
2, Who named New Knclnnd?
3, Who wnB Rlmon Ncvvcomb?
4. Where Is the Levant and why is It po
called?
5 From what is quinine obtained?
G Should the "h" in tho word herb be
Bounded or bo silent? ,
7. Whut la the nnmo In nrcliltecturo for a
mnle figure bearing u pillar?
8. Where Is the WildernosB In which n
famous campaign In the Civil War was
fought?
9. What Is an oratorio?
10. Why Is n rich man sometimes called
Dives?
Answer8 to Yesterday's Quiz
1. An Indian gift Is one which the donor
artel ward seeks to tako back.
2. Tho Roman god Jnmis bad two faces and
January was named after him because
that month could, ns It were, look back
Into tho past yenr and forvvnrd Into the
new year.
3. The Fnlklands nro n group of Islands In
the South Atlantic, cast of ratnBor,a"
They btlonB to Grent Britain
4. Because of her frequent demnntls unon
the government ministers for monSy
Mario Antoinette, wlfo of Klnir I?omi
Madamcrcir"' WftB "'nm..l.
5. An Illusion Is nn unreal or misleading
Imago presented to the hrnlnV A deh
slon is n falso impression or opinion
6. An aceldama Is n field of bloodshed or
Plnco of slaughter. .eii pr
7l Tll2re Iloosovc't wna born October '7
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All dlnot Napoleon entered Moscowin iat"
, rprt-Prlnce la tho capui ofiWaiu. '
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SHORT CUTS
Political harmony occasionally has i3
tne enrmarus ot a leiony compounded.
The police nre so busy these days that I
they doirt Know wmch way to turn.
It must be admitted that Senator!
Harding countered temperately, cleverly anil
wisely.
Confessions arc no longer a dlssinatloi
with the "Crank." They have become il
babit.
The stork about to visit Mrs. Hippo it
the Zoo has a right to charge for cxcttil
baggage.
Trotzky and Lcninc nre watching till
developments of the British coal strike wlttl
pleasurable Interest.
Maude wants to know what "a public I
futility company" is. Wo don't know, dear,!
but it might be a city council.
It would be Interesting to know jaitl
how much the Communist Internationale bill
to do with the British coal strike.
We may rest assured that federal re
apportionment will bo madn with strict rr
gard for party exigencies whoever may bin!
me nanuung ot it.
The British coal strike simply haitnil
tne inevitable showdown between represent
five government nnd "the rule of the r
letarlat."
If nil railroad tickets aro marked witS
their price, as has been suggested, it ffdl
relieve tho mind of many n traveler will
fears ho has not received his right chante.
After slxfv crnn shooters hart been sere
fenced in n local nollcp court to five darilll
Jail the.v began to sing in their cells. Bet I
some of those guys throw a mean tenor!
Slovenes In the Flagenfurt district, will
have voted to remain with Austria, bttfl
rlpmnnatenterl thnt mMn nt race msv nn 0C
casion be subordinated to a profiltblil
market. ,
Chicago bandits recently p.nd of
S1700 in cash for n quart or iiouriw.
whisky. "A dollar is only a dollar, but t
bottle of hooch Is a souse," If one may pin-
phrase Kipling.
A silver trophy nnd foiir-fiftht of
nurse of Sf.OOO will no to the winner of till
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Fifteen cents to a plugged nickel that im
race won't be delayed on account of w eataer
conditions.
Nino steamships were unable to reifi
their docks in New York yesterday on at
count of the fog. Do you suppose that pre
oral discussion of the League of NatlonaW
anything to do with it.'
Eighteen war pigeons, released In tljj
city yesterdny. started immediately for tw
i. i.. v. v.i iinru tu nnp of the con
inonplaccs that proves how little wckno-j
A little of that orientation woum a.-,.
navigation. ,'
The court hnving denied her the rill"
to register, the woman petitioner may "
herself with the thought tuat "",';.
reached true sex equality for that HP",
clsely what would have happened if f" CM
been a man.
It is apparently up to Assistant Fecrij.
tary of the Treasury inoune - .
whether or not the baggage of dlnlom iu
I.. . U !, .,,1 ,. I.nncll. If Mf "D"".
were -sufficiently British to drop nn 'rf
out of his name ne woum in-"
doing anything so unkind.
As thero is now no possibility '",,.
junction being issued to restrain Fn '
Colby from promulgating tho w",,n '
frngu amendment, tne inuus , r- t
vote with the careless, tuoj.ght-fr'-f
abandon of their fathers, husbatids and w
We nre given to undcrbtand by a
patch from New Brunswick, N. j ; " j.
1W) dlplomntlsts nud State I )enar n it
ficials who nre Inspecting wire w ".- t,
the Atlantic. oonBthaye been wnldWtrW
possinuitics oi caning up """" , Df W
on tlu' wireless telephone for report ot
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