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Tlilnts on which the people expect the new
admlnlstrutlon to rniKei.tratn Ita attention:
3 ne Deluicare river b tage.
A drjdock M0 rnoue'i lu nccommoaot tn
largest ships.
Deieopmetit of the rapid fraj(t K(cm.
A convention in'l.
A bul'dlno or t.'.e Frte l.lhrarv.
An Art ituieum.
Knlargcmtnt of the cater stipptu.
Homes to accommodate the population.
SHOULD ELECT GALLAGHER
TIIEUK is a stiiinre-cut ltuc in the Tirst
CVuncilmantf district. It is whether the
administration of Mayor Moore is to be sup
ported or whether the rffortu of tho who
nre doing their bet to prevent the Mayor
from carrying out his plntw for the better
government of the city shall be indorsed.
Charles J. I'omnier is the Vare candidate
for the rucant seat in Council. lie Is n
tipstave In one of the courts. He has been
a petty officeholder for a number of years in
one department or another. He has demon
strated no particular ability save the ability
and willingness to take orders and to obey
them. He will be n mere dummy for the
Vares in the Council. I5ut his vote will be
as obstructive as though he were the ablest
man ever named for ortice. Not even his
best friends make any such claim for him.
James OallaKher is the anti-Vare, pro
administration candidate, with the nomina
tion of a group of Independent Republicans
and the patriotic Indorsement of the Demo
crats. He is a successful business man
with a mind of his own. He manages large
affairs. lie has nu appreciation of the duties
aDd responsibilities of a councilman and he
is well fitted to carry the responsibilities and
perform the duties.
The election of (lallagher will be like
taking into the directorate of a great busi
ness corporation o man fitted by training
and abilities to participate intelligently in
the conduct of the business.
The election of l'ommer would be like
promoting to the directorate of a bank a
messenger to whom in the pat nothing more
important has beett intrusted than the carry
ing of a bag of securities from oue bank to
another.
If the people of South Philadelphia wish
n real representative in the Council to whom
they can go with confidence that they are
dealing with a principal they will elect
(allagher by an overwhelming majority next
Tuesday.
If they wish a man who will be merely n
messenger for some one else they will elect
Pommer.
No one need take seriously the tall; about
police intimidation of voters in Houth Phila
delphia at the instigation of the Mayor or
his friends. There will be no such intimi
dation. So far as the jwlice can be con
trolled they will be tned to protect every
Toter in his right to cast his ballot without
interference.
But it is In no means M-itnin that mem
bers of the force tinder past obligation to the
Vares will not do uhut thej can to previ-m
n free expression of opinion on election day.
They will do so nt their peril, however, fcr
the Major is aroused and determined to give
the people an opportunity, freely to go to the
polls unterrificd b.v any open or covert
threats that they will suffer for their ac
tions whether they vote for I'ommer or for
Gallagher.
South I'hiladelphians began some months
ago to break the stranglehold of the Vare
upon them. They have an opportunity next
Tuesday to continue the good work.
THE FIREARM FOLLY
ITIHE comfortable belief that due restric-
tioni surrounded the sale of firearms has
of late been rudely slmttred. Young Urines
purchased his pistol in a pawnshop. Sales
of this sort appear to be -.,jisumnmted with
coropanifivdv little difficult
The need for more stringent regulations is
obvious, and Mayor Moore undoubtedly re
flects the entimerit of the public in It i -, (e.
aire for a new and mor.- (fTwtlve law. His
plan to ask the next I,. gMjtun to consider
the ent.re question of t .e purchase nd pos
wni'iii of revolvers. hla'kj.i'ks and other
deadly weapons should be can led to au
thoritative execution.
The new law should tie made as severe as
Is consonant with proper enfoi cement.
Vague pronouncement u i not sulhce.
What m 'nacted sho ild amount to virtual
uppres... n of the sale .,f tirearms in nil but
the most exceptional aes Protection of
the lives of its . Ituens is till the fundamen
tal duty of the common alth.
A NEW ROLE FOR THE STATE
pltOSPKiTS of a tunsiMe and loug-
needed business reform are contained in
the plan to invest the state wufi the func
tions of guaranteeing, protecting mid inves
tigating titles to land. It is expected that
the new Legislature will at last take up this
matter, held in abeyance during the 1010
aesilon.
In the interim the commission appointed
by the C'overnor to inquire into the system
of recording deeds hns evolved a program--based
largely on the Torrens method op.
rratlvo In several other states -of greatly
facilitating, expediting and simplifying prop
erty transfers. Hy this new process many
Jong-rooted complexities and u great deal
of red tape will be remitted.
TIip salient feature of the cheme is a
rotirt consisting of three judges who shall
lit In Harrlsburg or at various county seats.
This trlbutial shall have power to pass
judgment upon disputed titles The opinion
vrill not only safeguard the. title of the pur
chaser who upplles, but will bo Insurance
also for any subsequent buyer.
At the outset the sjstem will be voluutnry.
IU popularity its an Instrument for clearing
tip property titles, definitely nnd with
toalltyi U hardly to bo questioned. Tho
riiht at the state to enter the title insur
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ance field Is established by an amendment to
the Pennsylvania constitution adopted lu
1015. Tho expense of the cntlro title
clearing machinery Is estimated to be about
?r0,000. It Is seldom that so highly prac
tical n reform can bo so comparatively
cheaply executed.
Now that the whole subject has been thor
oughly examined, the lawmakers at Harris
burg cannot nfford to delay favorable action
on the bill without surrendering claims to be
progressive legislators.
MUCH HEAT, LITTLE LIGHT,
IN THE CLOSING CAMPAIGN
Too Many Personalities Confuse the
Fight on a Lazy, Hypnotized and
Inexpert Democracy
""VNI.Y last week every one was complain-
Ing because the campaign was cold. It
Is cold no more. There Is plenty of heat In
It now. And. oddly onoii'jli, there Is even
less light than there used to be for those
who still have faith In that ancient nnd un
fashionable aid to good judgment.
The battle Is one of parties, not of men.
Pefeat represents the only mode of discipline
that can keep any party In order after long
continued iower has made it vain. lazy,
cocksure, reckless nnd Inefficient. That Is
why Mr. Hauling should and lu all proba
bility will be elected.
That Is the simple truth. Hut campaign
mnnngers nnd their nides lire seldom content
to utter it. The minor lenders In both camps
nre engaging in nn orgy of personalities and
wretched innuendo. This, with the efforts of
innumerable gentlemen lu high hats to ap
pear ns if they were nbout to sprout the
white wings of grace, Is altogether lamenta
ble In a laud that must depend in every crisis
on collective judgment, fouuded presumably
on truth nnd understanding.
Able nnd sincere men In both parties are
being subjected to the sort of attack that
must bo almost intolerable to any sensitive
tntnd. Are we to suppose that emotional
reactions rather than the processes of rea
son are always to be depended upon to de
cide elections in the I'nlted States?
The Harding of the enemy propagandists
Is made to appear like a treacherous nnd
evnsivo man. His name Is linked with the
atrocious nnd dull-witted performance of n
cartoonist who. with Colonel Harvey's as
sistance, offended the whole country. Lodge,
Taft, Wiekersham. Hoover on one side,
President WINon and Mr. Cox and their
associates nn the other, are systematically
abused b.v name. And jet you might search
the world without llnding other men so In
earnest, sH willing to make sacrifices, so
passionately eager to serve a people its those
who. by the force of common opinion, nre
chosen regularly to spak and net for the
I'uited States in and out of the high offices.
Mr. Tumulty did a very good thing very
badly when, in his unique address the other
night, he sought to show how thoroughly and
cruelly Mr. Wilson has been misunderstood.
Certainly the President has been misrepre
sented. Hut Mr. Tumulty neglected to say
that he fs nowhere so thoroughly misrepre
sented as in his own party, and that if the
nen who now rule in that party had had
their way he never would have achieved his
present office. In the back of Mr. Tumulty's
mind a concern for the party overshadowed
the concern of Mr. Wilson. That was clear.
The President's note of indorsement for
Mr. Cox was expected. The party mana
gers worked mightily to obtain it. And Mr
Wilson's lack of skill in the technique of
practical politics a lack which has often
been observed and one that is responsible
for more than one grtat failure of tho last
eight j ears was never more apparent than
it was in the letter to Mr. Cox. It repre
sents aid extended by n man to those who
have been readiest to knife him in the dark.
A note from Mr. Ilrj-au may be expected be
fore the polls open .'
In this way personalities are made to ob
scure the central Issue. Tor it is neither
Mr. Wilson nor Mr. lfrynn who is seeking
votes. The lax Democratic machine has
become a spendthrift. It prospered enor
mously by the activities and abilities of one
man. night jears of endless money hns
destroyed its initiative for the time being
and disturbed Its mental balance. It is
st-iie. It is grievously in need of the tonic
effects of the outer air.
One may suspect that Mr. Tumulty grieves
far more than the President because of the
state of affairs at the White House and in
the country at large The lack of applause
nnd understanding and sympathy about
which he complained cannot matter greatly
to any one who knows history nnd ancient
precedents as Mr. Wilson does. A really
great niun needs only to know that he has
done right to feel that he is completely vic
torious. To do without the popular acclaim
is easy to any one gifted with a tempered
mind. The virtues which Mr. Tumulty
perceives in his chief are their own reward.
Considerations of this sort nnd those
raised in the uttacks directed from both
c-utups have no place in a national cam
paign. Is it too much to expect, cwn iu
the heat of days like these, that all men
who face the blasts and storms of n presi
dential campaign should he recognized ns
great Americans together, moved by a com
mon inheritance of pride nnd idealism and
faith, and that voters should be taught to
understand that the differences between them
are not of aims but of method?
The din of a presidential year, the futile
digressions, the pretenses that are so trans
parently false nre not ouly Injurious to the
dignity of the country. They cannot but
have n disastrous effect on the thought and
spirit of the nation. What can be said of
a man who, crying "America First," shows
by his every act that he is thinking only of
himself and his party?
The simple fact is that many campaigners
do small credit to the American people when
they ignore the common desire for truth and
fair play and nppenl instead to bigotry,
prejudice and blind passion. While that
method is repeated every four years we shall
continue to fall short of democratic ideals
in government, mid while great and sensitive
rni-ti are made to understand thnt they must
go through torment to high public offices the
affairs of the country will continue lu the
hands of thick-skinned third -raters.
Hefore our government and every other
government in tl.n world there is one duty
nnd one tnslt that overshadows all others.
A way must be found by which the people
everywhere, the patient, faithful, hard
working, reasonable people in all countries,
can be free from the invisible tyranny of
secret diplomacy. Society must devise u
method of dealing with the organized law
lessness of militant imperialism. Nothing
else will greutly matter, no schemp of de
fenso can protect nations or avert the
catastrophes of war until that is done. So
long us governments, propaganda makers
and hate singers organized for loot are left
to their own devices, so long us they are per
mitted to work In darkness with the instru
ments that poison the minds of wUis ra
tions, international complications thr
threaten tho peace and even the sarety of
the United States will continue to nrlse.
It was to bring all the secret preliminaries
to war out Into the light of day for common
scrutiny that tho League of Nations wus
organized To suppose or to say that Mr.
Ikudlng, Mr, Lodge, Mr. Tnft, Mr. Hoover
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EVENIKGr PUBLIC MltfffcR
and other Republicans arc not as tiy nwaiJc
ns Mr. Wilson of the need of a new schemo
of International relations founded for that
great purpose is to be utterly blinded by
prejudice. Where the lending Democrats
and the lending Republicans disagree is In
the matter of method.
Mr. Harding nnd his advisers have sought
to go slowly nnd with enro becauBO It Is
their aim, first of all. to safeguard tho power
which, embodied In the United States alone,
can mnko thnt experiment successful nnd
workable. It has been n Democratic habit
of late to look only nt the surface of the
general question. The party has been hyp
notized by the eloquence of the President,
nnd, what Is far more dangerous, it has
chosen to disregard the complications created
by two years of delay in Europe. Inter
woven with tho very mechanism of the
League of Nations ns it is now organized nre
schemes of the very imperialism about which
Mr. Wilson complains
To what extent shall wc be able to re
establish the Ideals nnd nlms out of which
the original plan grew? Will European
governments relinquish all new policies of
Imperialistic expansion even if we enter the
league? These are questions which the Re
publicans prefer to put before the world
before they enter Into a sj-stem of co-operation
that might re-estnbllsh nnd reintrench
rather than hinder tho old order lu Europe.
Is it just to suppose thnt there Is nny wrong
lu that or nny betrayal of American ideals?
It is not fair to ask the United States to
be the assistant Jailer of nntions. There
must be n new beginning In Europe. Whnt
Is needed nt Washington Is n government
that will be nble to scrutinize the whole
question of our foreign relationships with
fresh eyes, n government that will not be
under nny obligations or inhibitions because
of past promises or performances. Thnt is
why Mr. Harding should be elected with n
Republican Senate. The defeat of the Dem
ocrats need Involve no repudiation of tho
idealism expressed by Mr. Wilson nnd no
discredit to the President, whose official work,
so far ns he will be able to complete it, is
completed. And why Americans are not
asked to decide the election on this simole,
clearly visible Issue is more than a rational
uilnd can understand.
USURPATION HERE AT HOME
JTSURPATION of power by the Public
'-"' Service Commission, ns revealed by Colo
nel SlcCnln's article on the seven-cent-farc
decision, should not go unchallenged.
The commission was created to supervise
nnd regulate the public service companies of
the state. The limits within which that
regulation and supervision are to be exer
cised ore clearly defined nnd the processes
through which the power of the commission
is to be exercised nre fixed in the statute
The commission in ordering n seven-cent
fare for tho P. R. T. in this city has gone
beyoud the limits fhed by law and hns Ig
nored Its own practice previously from the
day of Its creation.
The P. R. T. nsked for authority to
charge a uniform fare of five cents for every
passenger nnd for the abolition of free trans
fers nnd three-cent exchange tickets. A
hearing was held. The law declares that
"nt any such hearing involving any proposed
increase In nny rate the burden of proof to
show that such increased rate is just and
reasonable shall he upon the publio service
comp'iii;," the assumption being thnt unless
the public service company can prove thnt
the increased rate is necessnry the old rates
shall prevail, nnd that if tho company es
tablishes Its case the rates for which it asks
shall be npproved.
The Public Service Commission, after
hearing the reasons for the proposed change
In the rate of fare asked by the P. R. T.,
ignored the arguments as though the law
did not require it to let the old rates stand
unless the petitioning company made out a
case for the new rates, and it acted as though
it hod authority ou its own initiative to llx
n new rate.
If the Public Service Commission has the
authority to come into Philadelphia and
arbitrarily fix the street-car rates over the
heads not only of the rapid transit oompnny
but in nbsolute disregard of a rate contract
between the transit company nnd the city,
then it has the power to go into nny city
or county In the state and arbitrarily fix
the price of nny service provided by nny
public service company It can out of hand
increase the price of gas here or anywhere.
It can raise or lower the telephone rates or
the price for electric lights, without any
regard to tho estimates of the needs of the
service made by Its managers.
The Public Service Commission thus would
become the super-manager for every public
service corporation within the common
wealth. And if what has been done is to stnnd,
this super-manager is to be allowed to reach
Its decisions regardless of the evidence sub
mitted to it. The statement issued on Oc
tober lit, setting forth the decision in favor
of a seven-cent fare, announced that hear
ings had been held and that "a very careful
investigation of the matter was made by the
bureau of engineering of the Public Service
Commission." TTie evident, submitted by
the P. It. T. showed that the five-cent fare
would serve Its needs nt the present time.
Although the report of Dr. Snow, the head
of the bureau of engineering, has not been
made public, it is understood on the best
authority that it showed that a five-cent
fare would produce 51-10,000 more annual
revenue than a straight seven -cent fare.
With four tickets sold for tnentj five cents,
the straight five-cent fare would produce n
great deal more thnn $140,000 In excess of
the returns to be anticipated under the rate
fixed by the commission. Yet the commis
sion ordered the seven-cent rate on the
ground that the P. R. T needed more rev
enue nnd the five-cent fare would not pro
duce enough.
It is the opinion of nble lawyers that the
commission hns power only to approve or
disapprove a proposed change in rates, nnd
they cite In support of this view the pro
vision of tho law that the burden of proof
in support of an increase in rates rests upon
the petitioning company. The, theory of tho
law is that the malingers of the (ompony
nre to assume the responsibility of operating
their business and to decide, subject to the
approval of the commission, how much money
they need to carry it on. The commission
must decide in accordance with the merits
of the case as presented in public hearings.
There Is indisputable evidence thnt the
commission did not base its action on tho
merits of the case at all. It ignored the
evidence of the P. R. T. and It disregarded
the report of Its own engineer. It Is being
said on the street that a beven-cent fare
was ordered for Its effect upon transit com
panies In other cities where there is a faro
controversy.
if the P. R. T. does not nppenl to the
courts for the protection of its rights it will
not be for lock of grave provocation. And
if It does not have tho moraf backing of
every other public Bervlco corporation In the
state It will be because those managers do
not appreclute the peril that overhangs them.
An appeal to tho courts would not neces
sarily Involve a suspension by supersedeas
of the collection of tho seven-cent fare, which
would invite immediate disaster for P. R, T.
Collection of the higher rate could continue
until the Public Service Commission la or-
tiered to conflno its activities within Iho four
corners of tho law creatine it. The com
pany is not compelled to ask for nn imme
diate sitpewdcas with its appeal.
Clearly all tho facts behind this peculiar
transaction have not yet been made public
Rut they should and must be.
MELONS AND MERIT
IT IS nlways interesting to see an Indi
vidual make ood on his own merits nnd
resources. The samo thing applies to cor
porations. TruBts may be feared. They nre
hardly to be admired. Who or what
couldn't succeed with unlimited backing and
in n ileld exclusively controlled?
Dim memories are still held of the davs
when the Standard OU Company was split
Into component parts. There was no telling
how those various "detached" corporations
would make out. It can now, however, be
reported with considerable conviction that
not all of the "Independent" organizations
have suffered keenly.
The Standard Oil Company of Indiana,
for Instance, hns done very well. A stock
dividend was this week declared of one
share nnd n half for every share held. Tho
par value of this largess amounted to ?4ov
000,000. Immediately after the distribution
n counter bid of .??00 n shnre raised the
value of the stockholders' remuneration to
$14 1,000,000.
Plainly a fragment of n dissolved trust
Is well out of the woods. Indeed, It may be
said to bo disporting Itself right merrily in
the honey-dew melon patch. With gasoline
nt thirty-four cents a gallon, indulgence
nssumes something of the aspect of high
carnival.
A ROUSING RACE
TJOETS. emotionalists nnd sentimentalists
generally were decidedly embarrassed by
the America's cup races. Odes turned to
satires. Thrills were about as tenso nnd
unpremeditated ns n session of tho electorni
college. The usually good-natured public,
pleased, of course, that the trophy had been
successfully defended, wondered leniently If
seamanship and the quality of wind-driven
craft were to be conclusively tested by exotic
yachts upon a carefully nursed ocean, coaxed
down to nearly a dead calm.
Uy no means. Tho real thing is taking
place in the more properly agitated ocean off
Halifax today.
Nobody goes to Halifax for fine weather
and caressing zephyrs. The Yankee schooner
Esperanto and the Canadian two-master
Delawnnna are seeking for no such doubt
ful favors.
Today's race, the first of n scries of three,
will not be sailed unless the wind is blowing
nt least nine knots nn hour, and even twen-ty-ve
knots will be lustily welcomed
Skippers Welch, American, and Hlmmel
man, Canadian, intend to show what the
stout, modern, rakish windjammer Is capable
of on n bona fide Atlantic.
The rnce Is one of the last of tho notable
international contests of 1020. No matter
who Is the victor, npologles for tho condi
tions under which the racer Is entered are
out of order. The championship of the
North Atlantic coast fishing fleet Is at stake.
What's a pewter cup, anywny?
AS TO FREIGHT RATES
milE I'ub'ic Service Commission of thti
J- state has joined with similar bodies in
other states In a protest against the power of
the Federnl Interstate Commerce Commis
sion to fix freight nnd passenger rates within
state boundaries.
The railroads In New York nre asking the
national commission to compel the stnte
rnl'road commissioners to permit the rail
roads to raise rates within the state to the
same extent that the national commission
permitted them n few months ngo to raise
the interstate rntes. Rates have already
been raised within the state of Pennsylvania
nnd the people nre paying the Increased fare.
It Is contended by the state commissions
nnd boards that are protesting against nny
action hy the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion in the New York ense that If the com
mission Interferes the states will ceas to have)
any control over the rnllroads within their
boundaries. It Is difficult to find nny flaw
In this contention.
If. however, the Interstate Commerce
Commission follows the precedent which It
has set, it is likely to interfere In intra
stite rates. It has already done so. In
what is known ns the Shrcveport caRe It
upset rntes fixed by the state of Texas ou
the ground that the intrastate rntes affected
the Interstate rates ,ind were conequentl.'
within the jurisdiction of the federal com
mission. It was as if Pennsylvania should
fixe a rate on freight from Pittsburgh to
Philadelphia at a lower rate per ton thnn
the railroads were allowed to charge for
freight from Pittsburgh to New York ond
the Interstate Commerce Commission had
overruled the rate fixed by the Pennsylvania
authorities on the ground thnt It favored
Philadelphia as against New York, n com
peting city.
Under the circumstances it is not sur
prising thnt the state commissions nre pro
testing against the further Interference of
the nntlonal commission with rates within
the states.
GRAPES FROM THORNS
WHEN the golden wood on golden days
Lay still In the sun;
When sumnch In the swamp was all ablaze
Came one .
Win, bent to me. Itright was my nmnze
At the wonder and the beauty of his ways.
He with his Spnnlsh eveg nnd senrlet clonk
Showed me the magic blue In bonfire smoke;
Showed me polished chestnuts uuder stiff
faded leaves ;
"There are fallen -moon pumpkins nnd com
In sheaves."
And "Listen the bells are ringing in the
town
Promise j on will always wenr n leaf-green
gown."
Here in the golden woods I walk nlone.
For he of the Spnnifh eyes nnd senrlet clonk
is gone.
Sorrj enough was I to see him go,
For in my own way I loved him so.
Hut sorrier far was I to know that he
Saw not the beauty that he showed to me.
To hind me. hold me fast, ho used it merely,
Tn use it thus he saw so clearly
"Reautv Is a chain. Invlsiblo but strong.
To bind her to me. To mako her love me
long."
The barberry bush is hung with jewels
bright.
The ripening apples fall
In the lane by the wandering gray wall.
Across the river the hills strotch out. They
seem
Like old drowsy dragons, a -drowsing In a
dream.
Illack crows turn westward iu the amber
light.
They scatter, cnwlng in their somber flight.
On the hllltoi) where the tall pines sing
The smnll quicksilver squirrels bring
Nuts for the long white nights tn come
When Corydon a -cold blows on his thumb.
I wnlk tho golden woods alone ;
Was there some one ever here who now is
gone?
AVho told me tales of autumn's glory?
The story toller I've forgot
Hut not the story.
Dorothy nomans, in the New York Eve.
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NO W MY IDEA IS THIS !
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They
Know Best
LIEUT. COL. JOHN A. WAGNER,
On Work of the Schuylkill Araenal
PHILADELPHIA hns nn Institution
within fifteen minutes' ride of City Hall
which furnishes the flags, uniforms and
equipment for the greater part of the United
States army, has n payroll of SLSOOOO
and a product this year valued at $10,000.
000. of whose work Philadelphlans seem to
know little or nothing.
The authority for this statement Is Lieu
tenant Colonel John A. Vngner. newly ap
pointed commnndnnt of the Schuylkill Ar
senal, tho Institution to which he refers as
being unappreciated In this city. An im
mense undertaking during the war, the ar
senal, nccordlng to Colonel Wngncr, has not
fallen awny to comparative nothingness ns
did some wartime enterprises, but is now
only hindered in expansion by the difficulty
lu getting Inbor.
"The Schuylkill Arsenal was founded In
1708," Colonel Wagner said, "occupying
then ns now the area between drays rerrj
road, the river, tho Peuns.vlvauln Railroad
tracks nnd Peltz street. The government
does not own the property, but received It b.v
n deed nt the time of Its opening from n
James McIIenry. It forms one unit, nnd
b.v fnr the largest, of the Philadelphia depot
of tht quartermaster's corps tinder tho com
mond of Colonel J. H, Houston. Its period
of gtcnt Industrial expansion started in 1007.
"In the old days coats were the only nrtt
ctcs manufactured, and nt one time there
were only sixty employes In the nrscnal.
Now there nre lfiOO employes, nnd they
mnnnfacture practically every piece of cloth
ing that a United States soldier wears, in
addition to tho government lings and nil the,
tents now being manufactured. More ma
chinery is even now being installed In tho
thlrtj or more buildings, nnd It Is for this
reubon thnt the need for more operntors is
becoming so strongly felt.
Worker Well Treated
"We get our workers by menns of the civil
service, not through cducntlnnnl examina
tions of nny sort, but merely tests of .their
character and experience. They work eight
hours n tiny, have the usual thlrtv-day gov
ernment vncntlon and receive $2-10 bonus a
j car.
"The buildings nre nil old, but they nre
equipped in tho most up-to-date manner, and
tin rooms nre models for people to work in.
Three of the buildings nre devoted almost
completely to manufacturing. Others are
Room at the Top
from th" Freeman.
SI. MUlerand hns tnken on tho presidency
of the French Republic In succession to M.
Paul Deschanel, who has retired In a dilapi
dated state of health. Things are coming to
the pans where Jobs of this sort will pres
ently be listed ninoinr the evfra-has'nrdous
occupations. M. Deschanel fnlls out of n enr
window, Mr. Cox's trnln Jumps the track
nnd gives him more or less of a Jolt, Mr.
Wilson returns from n trip Incnpncltated and
has remained in mysterious and questionable
aloofness ever since ; no one enn qiilto make
out whnt is the matter with Sir. Lloyd
George, and tho actuarial expectation on the
health of crowned heads is much below par
and hns been for somo time. It Is vox
popull thnt SL Sllllernnd had to be blind
folded nnd backed Into tho traces, having
preference for something more robust In tho
way of a Jab. One notices that openings of
this kind which used tn be much sought after
arc now apt to go begging. The Hrltlsh am
bassadorship nt Wnshlngton, for Instance,
ten yenrs ago would have been schemed for
at a great rate; but when Lord Grey retired
after his tenure of a tew months It seemed
nbout ns desirable ns the vice presidency of
the United States, and fully as hard to ill).
And the Horrid Men Laughed
From the Kanaaa City Htar.
How many Sllssourl-born women walked
into tho trap, when they registered nt the
polls Tuesday, into which Sirs. Gelatino
Travers fell so suddenly? Sirs. Trams gave
her name nnd then the registrar asked,
"Age?" "Over twenty-one," replied Sirs,
Truvern cnutlously, "Horn?" "In SUs
sourl." "How long hnv you lived in the
precinct?" "One year." "In the city?"
''Teh years." "In the state?" "Thirty
one years,"
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used for pneking, storage, wnrchouses nnd
grnern! offices.
"The mnn most responsible for the great
work here is George Christie, Jr.. superln
tendent of the manufacturing branch, who
i assisted by Frnnk A. Kreegcr. To Sir.
Christie goes the responsibility for nil the
Industrlnl problems of the big plnnt. Apro
pos of this, we nro going to cstnbllsh a
school for noncommissioned officers herb to
tench them the practical side of quarter
master s corps work. When they graduate
from this school we hope they will be nble
to take charge of different parts of great in
dustrial plants like this one and do the work
ns thoroughly ns competent, accomplished
civilians do it.
Fine Collection of Flags
"The collection of flags nt the Schuylkill
mil .N tl,e "ride ot the workers nnd
officials there. Resides the colors, tho work
ers nlso make tho Presidents' flags, those of
the secretary of state, the corps flngs nnd
guidons, in fact, every flng needed by the
nnny and the executives In Washington.
n'IWe i'invrn flnRS of ,1,r,c Presidents
Roosevelt. Tnft nnd Wilson. All nre dif
ferent, because each President wants to have
his flag distinctive. An Interesting fact In
connection with this Is thnt on the field o
rnMii-T" l 1nB tlle American eagle is
facing the olive branch nnd turning his bark
?Jiffc Sit "'nf f ""ows, ns has been the case
Mt lvPirPI'r.'1,nJf l re.8lde ntR- Yet on l
arrows 8 eaB'e ,8 fadns thc
"The arsenal has an order now for 40,000
soldi J i '"Vi"-0'1 V wrop thp bt"llH of the
soldier deud brought home from overseas."
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
What American state was formerly
governed by Its own 1'resldentsT
lnnhinotlfow?ral d,rcct,on does the river
W"voto"?the 1'tCnU meanl"K nt the word
.t.
I. What la an umlaut?
'"' UnaUve? 8tale ' aovernor Coolldge a
U. What Is tho meanlpjr of tho Kranch
phrnso "snvolr vlvre"? "
7. How many units make a ccore?
S. What Is a paean?
"" InHalHhdlvlded?r0,,U,,"M '8 th Ulnnd of
10. Why is ths heliotrope so culled?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. According to Scotch supcrstitutlon, Hal
loween, October 31. Is the time when
witches, devils, fairies and other mn"
hollda'y!" and air hold their annual
2. Pike's Teak is named i.fter Zenulon
Montgomery Pike, nn American General
who discovered ft In 1806. """.
3. The "Mnrsolllafse" was written In trlhutu
o tho cnthuslnrm of the French "wE
lutlonniy volurteors who marched i,
Paris from Marseilles In 1792. nouirot
de Lisle, a captain of engineers, com
posed the sonrr In Strnshouiir on AiVrll
24 1702. Ita original title was "chait
de tluerro pour 1,'Armeo du Ithln" (War
Bong for the Aimy of the niilne").
I. Hlr John Suckling was nn KnBllah royn!.
1st poet and man of fnsnlon of the cour
of Charles X. One of Ills quoUd linos'
18 "T.,.,0orri'JC0 OarknTs JntZ
man." Suckling died, supposedly bv hu
own hand. In Paris. In lets y Dy nl:
Tho Latin phrnse "multutn In nerva"
means "much In little." v v
Columbus died In Vnllndolld, north cen
tral Spain, In 1B06. ' "" cen
A moutJIon Is a wild mountain sheen ot
Southern Kurope. H
A parabola la n piano cut vo formed by
P,arn?e.CT,,snsrd,aft C"C W,th tt """'
Tho War of XS12 ended officially with
the alanine .of the Treaty of a fen t by
representatives of the United Btntes and
Clrcat llrltaln tn DecombaT, 1? ? but
actual nghtlne; did not cease until Jnnu
"K. "IS in which month th" b5ttU
of New Orleans was won by the Ameri
cans under Andrew Jacka-m, rt,nen"
A Punic peace, means r pence In which
the vanquished nnt on virtually da.
strnytd. Tho allusion li to thounlo
wnra between .Rnme ftnd CarhSie
After the last ef the., conrilcU tCTty
ot Carthngo wai raised. wy
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SHORT CUTS
Squirrel Day.
On Tuesday next ever so mnny free ni
independent male citizens will let Gcorgiim
do it.
Halloween this year will have Its usml j
pnrndc of nuts.
The mnn who can't get ome joy out tl
Halloween is a poor nut.
Wc note tho nut is still mistaking the
hunter for the squirrel.
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Ry way of a Halloween d!ruie. sane
of the girls might wash the paint off their
faces.
Perhaps some "master mind" ra fur
nish the Public Service Commlnslon with
an alibi.
Come to think of it, ever so many of the
members of tho builders' trust appear to h
brindled.
You will have noticed by this time that
the temperature drops' much more rapidly
than prices.
One reason wo rejoice nt the em' of t
Hrltlsh conl stvlko is because, of the disap
pointment It will cnuso Lenlue nml Trotity.
Any concessions Englnnd makes to Oer,
ninny nt the present time may sifely be put
down to commerclnl ncumen rntlicr than to
altruism.
The League of Nations hs reached i
point whero ft can order n plebiscite with;
tho snng froid of somebody's stenog order- -
ing a nut sundae.
So far from England's leniency to Ger
many being nn example for France to fol
low. It is n gesture thnt shoit'd make It
ensler fnr Frnnce to collect what (icrmanj
rightfully owes her.
If election were held on Halloween fim ,
might be saved by holding two celebration '
nt once. The iden is respectfully leferred
to national efficiency experts.
At least it must be admitted that th'
mnn who goes with a lighted candle to Ions
for n boh lenk will nlways find It If It l
there. SInny a wife will declare that it 1
thc only thing n man can be expected to find.
What tho SInyor must realize, before
definitely nnd flnnlly turning down the w
ommendations of classification expert. 'J
that good men sooner or later demand nood
pay; nnd, sooner or Inter, get It; if not in
opo place then In another.
Attorney General Palmer has appointed
n special nsslstnnt to the district attorn''
io conuuee n leuerni investigation inu i"
nlleged combination In thc building inv
terlnls mnrket in New York city. And Jii
when the public wns beginning to believe that
something wns going to bo done nbout it I
French apprehension nt the course "1
Englnnd In renouncing treaty rights to
flscnte private German property in the event
of Germany's default lu paying the hiilem
nlty demanded of her may be unwarranted.
England's course does not necessarily fta
llsh a precedent 'for her sister nation ncrosi
thc channel.
Ry our own minstrel troupe: i
Sir. .Tohnslng, why Is do fust of April
like de lost day of October? . ,. . j
I don't know, Sir. Hones, Why J '
first of April like the last day of October? I
Do fust of April Is like de last day of Oc
tober 'cos dey both Is nut celebrations.
Tl-tl-tn-tynhl , . .
Sir. Tambo will now oblige with the heart
stirring ditty entitled "And Whnt Is t"
SIntter With Election Day?"
It has been suggested thnt automobile
drivers equip themielves with pedometer,
so that tho llttlo Instruments niny
in miles the btimpa the streets afford, a n
wore. There is one drawback to the niR'
gastlon, however. The bumps are not tnai
kind. They are bumps that suggest lvn'
What is needed la not n pedometer, but m
altimeter. Indeed. It may come nbout, If "
streets nre allowed to remain In "r,.nJ,ili;
that the suggested law to pwwnt low-n'"'
by airplanes may be made to Include Jin
flying by flivvers, At all events, the mi
is wortfir of consideration by our sclent""
and legal. abtrps,
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