S WJ r'SttyWJlSr'Anntii"- fJSfjmtVffT'' . 7te$y0if!t&?i&!Wt TNiwkyjjur. j .'itww f,v I''Vpw' ti. , - .. ,7rr i l!BJJBBaraaaB7H . ..' ' f ; R I H KB y Eu citing public eftge:c PUDLIC LEDGER COMPANY emus it k. ctirms. rumMt " -nrir jt iuainrien. vica A'reeiaeni: jenn w. . Ifartin, Secretary and.Xreaeureri Philip 8. Celllne, Y Jey; 11, Wllllama, Jehn J. BnufKeen. Mreclera. EDfTOMAb nOAHDt Clans 1L K. Ccane, Chairman JXA.VTD E. BUILEY.........4 Editor JOHN C. MAIITIN.... General Jlailneea Manager wiii ' Fubllehed daltr at Priuq Lma Building Imlependenoe Square, Philadelphia. illXAKTia Cm..... rretflnten Bulldlne; , Nsw Yek .....304 MVdlien Ave. pBTnerr. .,.,,........701 Ferd Pudding t. Leme 013 aicbe-Demecrat Building Cuioieo 1302 Tribune Building nrws bureaus: WJIIN0T0! Bcsrue A N. K. Cor. PcnnaylvanU Ave. and Hth St. Krw Texk Bnui The ffun Building Londen bciutj tendon Tlmti flunncnirTieN teams Th Brstftxe Fcbme Lapeaa U aervad te rub crlbera in Philadelphia and aurreundlnr tewna t the rate of twelve (12) cents per weak, parable te the carrier. By mall te point eutalde of Philadelphia, tn the united States. Canada, or united Stntee re. Seaalnna, pentage fre, fifty (30) canta per month, lx (10) dellara per year, paynhla In advanre. Te all ferlm ceuntrlea one, (SI) dollar a month. month. Nerie Subeertbers wtehlng addraaa changed gnuat rive old aa well ns new addreaa. BELL, 1000 TALMJT KEYSTONE. MAW 1000 tZTAddrett nil cemmuKlcntdma te Kventne PuMle Ledger, Indcpcndenct 8 quart, Philadelphia, Member of the Associated Press Tlta AtlSOCtATnD pnKBS U exclusivtlu tn titled te tht vst for republication of all new dispatches credited te If or net etherwtst credited i (Kla paper, and alto tht local news published therein. All riehtt of republication of special dlspatehet herein art alto rearmed. i Philadelphia. Fridijr. Drremfcer , 1920 a Fein-YEAR rnennAM res riiiinEt-niiA Thing en uicii tne people expect tlie new adralnlatrallen la concentrate Ita attention) The i Jnatccir. river bridge. A. drvdeck bla enough te accommodate tht lare'st ships. Development of tht rapid transit system. A convention hall. A building for tht Frtt Library. An Art Museum. Enlargement of tht voter euppli. Hemes te- accon.medatt tht population. THE PINCH OF NECESSITY UNDEtt pressure of a situation from which there nre only two avenues of escape, the Council has attacked the problem of fitting the expenaes of the city te its revenue. Painful te some Interested parties aa such action muit be, the paring down of the 11)21 budget is the only alternative te an increase f the tax rate. The present $2.1.- city bask established last year inspired the public with anything but enthusiasm. Compensation was Indi eated in a suggested permanency of this rate. It is obvious that en increase in 1021 would evoke a storm of pretest. Furthermore, the municipal income has been undoubtedly en larged by a revision of the property assess ments. Distasteful and cveu unfamiliar as the economy process is te nlmest any adminis tration, city, state or national, the applica tion -of It in this instance is Inevitable. The napping point of public patience is tee near for comfort. Only half a million dollars remains te be cut from the new budget te Insure the preservation of the present tax rate. The final excision is compulsory. When the Council makes it, the old defense of extravagance and waste and the tradi tional means against eliminating them will be less convincing than ever. The moral aspects of the case are perhapi beside the question. The Council is in plight of crying with Itomce's apothecary, "1'everty but net ay will consents." PENNSYLVANIA, FRUITED DEEP F3UECASTS of apple opulence in Penn sylvania are new substantiated by fig ures. The State Department of Agriculture Ynlues the 1020 crop at S1S.742.C00 and estimates the total production of fruit at 20,82e,000 bushels. Never before in its his tory has the (tate within one season produced e many apples. Hut popularity as yet fails te keep pace in this instance with plenty. Delusions fos fes tered by the spectacular exterior brilliancy of western fruits are persistent. The home distribution and marketing systems are still defective and in some respects archaic. Honest epicurean enthusiasm and mere flexi ble business methods nre needed te render Pennsylvania properly appreciative of its immenselv Increased statistical prestige as an apple treasury. MOTORISTS, REJOICE! CIU'DE rubber was sold in New Yerk the ether day for twenty cents a pound. The price before the war was fiftv-five cents. The present low price is said te be due te lack of demand. Nermal conditions seem te b en the way, if they have net arrived. A set of new tires can be bought fei a car for prices like theie that prevailed in 1014. If the price of gaso gase line drops also, as it seems inclined te de, then the motorist can use his car again with out that guilty feeling. It Is cheering news for the whole induhtry as well. A PRESENT FROM PERU IF THE government consent, the United States will seen own a building in Lima for housing its diplomatic representative te Peru. The I'eruvinn Oevernment has de cided te buy a building and present It te this country. It is HkHy that the offer will be examined In all its bearings before the State Depart ment tmbmit it te Congress. If it is due te the friendly attitude of Peru te the United States and te n desire te cultivate mere inti mate relations with us, it may be taken in the spirit it Is offered. When we are doing our best te ctilthate our neighbors south of the equator we should meet their approaches at least half waj. We are rich enough te buy our own embassy buildings and Congress has decided that It is te be dune, jet if a friendly nation offers a building te us the obligations of international courtesy must be considered. THE DEAD SHIP THE government Is troubled because bri gades of rats are finding un ideal resi dence in the steamship Leviathan Sun flower seed hns been suggested as n cure for the plague. If It prove effective the vessel, rave for its human caretakers, will be quite teuantlcss. She is motionless also Fer mure than n year the most valuable ship in the world has been lying at her Hobelcen deck. Only the pertinacious little rodents have been busy. Plans for remodeling the vesae, for allocat allecat Jic her te insufficiently served routes, for "felling her, for leasing her, for chartering her have all collapsed. Activity has been left te the rats. New they, tee, must go. D'ANNUNZIO'S DARE TnE latest war Is billed for today. The advance notices were specific. Indeed, all along the advertising has been first class. Bincc Tedy Hamilton, the grent circus man, died no one has been less economical of lnn liiage thun (labriel of the Annunzlatlen or Gnbrlcle D'AnutinzIe, or, te revert te the heartless christening records, Uaetane Ita Ita pagnctte. The freeboetlng poet gives the Italian Government full and florid warning. He wilt mllltantly oppose the peace that has at last been framed with Juge-Slavia, or his Same is net well, whichever appellation ene prefers. General Cavlglta, commander of the Ital lau anir of occupation along the Adriatic, is' aaldlte be utfierrifled by) the Impending fray, lle ceu f en wlntlng; the peet'a legionaries back te their original unlU. In I that case opposition will be concentrated In the author of "The Triumph of Death." What mere could an apostle of self-realization desire? Life seems likely te beat the footlight drama all holtew. If indications arc trust worthy, the Lord of Flume is protagonist and without the embarrassment of supers. Iltenzl In the final act was about as mag nificently isolated, and it is te be remem bered that although the Last of the Tribunes failed te overturn the medieval world, he wen, after a lapse of four centuries, a stntue in Heme. There are compensations In art at least. BETTER DAYS AHEAD FOR THE MAN ON THE BEAT City Council Has Learned at Last That Policeman Are Uaeful People te Have Around POLICEMEN, In the view of the unso phisticated, are persons appointed te protect life, property nnd the interests of their political friends. They are supposed te be men whose life of dignity and ease Is gladdened by pinochle, joy Tides te fires and a consciousness of precedence ever the rest of mankind. Hut the police Bcrve a much larger pur pose In a community like ours. They arc the folk upon whom you are permitted te heave full blame for such disasters, or con fusion as result from your own foolishness, your own mistakes and your own negligence. When yeggs run wild because they are no longer able te collect fifteen dollars a day for doing nothing for the government ; when the baby gets itself lest in the wlldeVncss e,f the neighborhood alleys; when there is fife or riot or pestilence ; when the car stalls ; when the elections go wrong; when there is tee much rain or net enough of it, nnd in any ether emergency that tries your nerves there is but one thing te de. Blame it en the man termed cop. He should net have been where he was or he was net where he should have been. The process of reasoning is extremely simple. Say something nasty about the Inefficiency of the police, and then you will net have te think seriously of your own share of the responsibility. Certainly we de net ask much of the police. They arc expected te travel faster en feet than a highwayman can move In an automobile after he takes the watch and money of a defenseless citizen. They must be without fear and yet they must be gentle. Each one of them must be a bureau of la formation as well as culde. mentor and friend te the stranger within the gates. They must stand for twelve or fourteen hours in the rush of traffic, but they must never grew tired and they must never lese the per fect suavity of manner which apecd maniacs de se much te cultivate and encourage. A policeman cannot strike for better pay. He is supposed te be a soul consecrated te the higher social idealism. He is supposed te bring all the virtues of this world, and some that can exist only in the next, te a Jeb for which the city has been accustomed te pay him an average of a little mere than three dollars a day. There are people who, In the innocence of their hearts, actually have envied the happy let of the man en the beat. It must be a fine thing, they will tell you, te have nothing te de but swing a club nnd order ether peo ple around and sec all the parades and fires from the best vantage, ground, nnd vary the routine of each day with blissful intervals devoted te the cultivation of prowess at poker. Optimists of this sort took their pens in dignantly in hand when, two years age, it was suggested and urged in this column that nobody en the police ferre ought te draw less than five dollars a day. They wrote regularly when we repeated the suggestion time and again. They wanted te knew whether the city was made of money. They wanted te knew where the funds were te come from and whether it was our desire that geldeu bells be put en all patrol wagons. Seme of these letter-writers may have been held up and robbed in recent months. They may have lest their jewels. Something has happened te them, because none has written te criticize the City Council for at last granting larger wages te the men in the Department of Public Safety. Five dollars a day, which, it appears, the police and firemen nre te get at last, isn't a great deal. But it is something. It shows that the people who have te de with such matters and the public behind them are gradually becoming aware of the fact that the Department of Public Safety is the most Important division of the whole municipal scheme, and that a starved, dispirited, dis integrating police bureau is likely te grew mere expensive with every dollar that is withheld from it. There are geed policemen and bad police men, just as there are geed business men nnd bad business men, yet en the whole and despite the terrible havoc that political job jeb sters have done In the Department of Public Safety the police nnd fire bureaus have man aged te keep high records of genernl effi ciency. Virtues native te men themselves rather than anything done by the people In authority have kept the police department going as a dependable mechanism. Superintendent Mills and his traffic men deserve a great deal of credit that they will never get for their skillful handling of a difficult problem of increasing complexity with inadequate appropriations nnd equip ment, nut the traffic men are net the only ones who have been overworked and under paid. It is nothing uncommon for men in the various districts te be assigned te emer gency work that keeps them en duty for eighteen or twenty or twenty-four hours nt a stretch. Is there nny of the overtime pay, of which se much is being said newadavs, for that sort of work? There Is net. Ner is there any prevision by which men en such assign ments ran be fed. If you are u pelfcemnn you trust te luck because you have te. Oc casionally there Is a blast In the newspapers about police graft. The queer thing is that the service Is as ciean as it is. In late years members of the police force, like vast numbers of federal empleyes who couldn't live under the wage scale by which nurlesnn belglumed the postal system, hav"e hed te seek extra Jobs. They have had te labor outside of the department In their off time and en their off days. That sort of thine doesn't help the morale of any ergani zatien. It hasn't helped the postal service end It hasn't helped the Department of Public Safety. The Increase of crime in the streets rather than nny appreciation of the general injus tice of the existing wage scale nppears te have Inspired the members of Council te provide money for a larger police force and better wages. Yet the Increase of crime means little In Itself. Certalnlv It doesn't suggest any definite state of affairs in the police organization. Yeu hear only of the crimes that are com mitted. Of these prevented every day by the police and there are a great many of tj,pm you hear little or nothing at nil. It Is a question whether In n general sur vey the Department of Public Safety could net show a higher record of efficiency than that of any ether American cltv of the first class. Yet the rank nnd file of the depart ment have had te work for wages that weujd net be accepted by unskilled labor In an ordinary trade. With the Mayr continuing te Btand be tween the polled and, Ui BelJUcluns, who EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEPHILADELTEtfA', FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, have done most te cheat and debnse the service, we shall be en the way after the first of the year te a really adequate and wcll-erganlxcd police system. That move ment has progressed bIewW but It has pro gressed nevertheless. It took the members of the City Council almost a year te realise that a thief In a motorcar has an unfair ad vantage ever a policeman nfoet. The prob lems of the police administration grew larger almost dally, but there had te .be the ap pearance of a crisis before public opinion forced the Council te provide funds for an additional 250 policemen. The policemen themselves had 'te grub for the money for their pension fund, nnd the fund was In danger of vanishing altogether before the city saw fit te provide the sort of assistance that Is new a commonplace detail of almost every great Industrial organization. In the ceurse of time money may be found te provide modern signaling equipment for te traffic force. Yeu never can tell. Won ders never cease. FAIR PLAY TN HIS address before the meeting held, x unuer the auspices of the League of Women Voters yesterday, Mayer Moere took occasion, In speaking of criticisms of ad ministration officials, td refer te some com ments in these columns en the private busi ness ".activities of certain members of his official family. He cited them as net jus tified by facts as he personally knew them in the cases of Directors Tustin nnd Caven. Beth gentlemen, he declared, were devoting their entire time te the duties of their re spective offices. The definlte declaration of the Mayer nnd the further assurances of Directors Tustin and Paren clear away any misapprehensions as te their outside business relations. While Director Tustin still retains a con nection with his law firm, he has net ap peared as a practitioner before any court, and Is net. he assures us, engaged in any way in active practice. Director Caven re linquished all outside business rclntlens when he assumed the duties of his office as director of public works, even that of ad visory counsel te his former, firm. Fair and Just criticism of the acts of public officials should be, and we believe Is, welcomed by members of the present admin istration. There Is, at the same time, no disposition en our part te deal ether than in absolute justice with any public scrvnnt. nnd for this reason the assurances of Mayer Moere and the disclaimers of both gentlemen in question are gladly accorded the promi nence they deserve. THE BREAKING DAM REPORTS made formally by steamship companies te Immigration Commissioner Wallls at Ellis Island yesterday show that 10,000,000 men, women and children are clamoring at this moment for passage from various parts of Europe te the United States. All of them arc aliens driven by hope, by misery and by n desire te obtain a new start In life. Simultaneously with the announcement from Ellis Island comes the news that the Canadian authorities have placed new re strictions upon immigrants, who present te the Dominion officials n problem quite ns important as that which Congress will have te face when it settles down te consider ways for dealing with another of the great after effects of the war. Fer the people who crowd the ports of entry in this country nowadays represent only the advance wave of an enormous tide of alien life. The estimates of the steamship companies de net Include uncounted multitudes who, desiring te leave Europe, are restrained by poverty, by the inadequacy of railway trans portation in areas still disturbed by war. by compulsory military service or the complica tions of military campaigns and blockades. These millions will have te be reckoned with, however, in any general survey of the Immi gration problem as it new exists, since it Is a matter of record that each immigrant who comes te the United States brings ethers in his wake as seen as he can find a foothold and obtain funds te pay for the passage of his relatives or his friends. We are net confronted by normal-minded people eager only te work hard for a place in the scheme of our civilization. Many of the aliens landed recently at Ellis Island were found te be broken In health and spirit or fired by perverted notions of governmental futility, and a desire te strike out at any one or any agency representative of established au thority. The great work done by Jho United States In the war, our systematic and splendid campaigns of relief nnd the activities e'f Americans generally, who te many of the peer of Europe have seemed like emissaries from a better and brighter world, have ad vertised this country te all unfortunates as a new sort of heaven. In eastern and south ern Europe especially, where there is little prospect of enduring peace nnd where, in deed, peace brought general hardships al most as great as these of war Itself, millions of men and women are eager for flight te the new world. They hear talk of new battles and new campaigns nnd new schemes for military conscription. The war of the Bol shevists dnd the counter-wars that are being planned below the seemingly conventional surface of Continental politics continue te be causes of unrest among all sorts of Euro peans. There arc nations like Armenia, for example, that probably would desire nothing better than nn opportunity te ceme te the United States en masse. As time passes millions who cannot new think of leaving the elder countries will yearn te fellow in the wake of millions who at the moment are mere fortunate. The dam is breaking, ns every one knew it would break, and the incoming flood cannot be viewed without some concern by the people at Washington. The federal immigration authorities re cently were advised that steamship coropra ceropra corepra tions which have specialized in the trans pert of immigrants are fitting out a large number of new ships for that particular business, nnd even establishing new facilities for the mobilization of aliens nble te pay their passage te the United States. This used te be a free country, with op portunities for every man nnd woman able and willing te work. But in the face of a situation which well might result In a gen eral lowering of the moral nnd living stand ards and in stagnant nud unassimilnted musses of dispirited and impoverished aliens in American cities some chnnge from the old rule seems Imperative. Laber men, who con 'tend angrily that they may be made te en counter unfair competition, suggest only one nspect of an involved problem. In the past no really systematic effort was made by the federal authorities te steer newcemers In wnys likely te benefit them and the country alike. Immigrants were left te shift for themselves, te congregate In slums and te fight for a living In congested areas where opportunities were few. Meanwhile, vast unsettled areas needed workers for the soil. When Congress finally approaches the gen eral question of new Immigration It ought te find some means te put the new citizen where he Is needed and net where he may be undesirable and relatively helpless. Maybe Eve thought an apple a day would keep the doctor away. Even If Warden McKenty has a hard time handling "The Crank," he won't turn him loose. ' When Magistrate 'rlKUj lectures en recklXs driving docs he 'claim te have quail- fledas an expert? AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Philadelphia Hat Many Clubs In Which Women May Meet Each Other and Entertain Their Friends By SARAH D. LOWKIK I REMEMBER a family that used te account for nny failure In the success of any program by the symbellc.scntence: "The whole treuble was that'there were net enough hymn books I" I de net knew hew or under whnt circum stances the saying, originated, but they used It as a generic term for any lack. I began te feel this week as though te most persons' minds thp whole trouble with Philadelphia is there are net enough clubs, te Judge by the frequency the lack of clubs for special purposes has been a subject of conversation among the women I knew. The whole Idea of clubs.haH, in fact, boiled ever. First, the Acorn Club raised its dues te $00 a year, and some of the members have discussed whether the Acorn Club was worth $00 a year te them. Inasmuch ns there Is a waiting list about as long as thd club membership of women eager te get In. It Is doubtful if any already ensconced will balk at the extra 515. The Acorn Club is a comfortable place te step overnight; a comfortable, serene place te have a- meal that Is well-cooked and pleasantly served; nn easy place te enter tain one's friends formally or informally, and nlse Inexpensively ns things go. It Is net a social Place for a Rtrnnirpr. lint- nn tlin ntlier hand you ar.e net nagged te be sociable' if you are net a stranger nnd meet your friends from the front deer te the dining room. The servants knew you nnd are casual yet kindly. In fact, It is convenient, nnd you always mean te use it mera than you de. THE Art Alliance is a geed club, tee. When It gets its new building it will be a superlatively geed club, for alrcadv It has a certain geed fellowship about it, especially around dinner time, when the galleries are I'shtcd up and whatever collections arc en exhibition show nt their beat and the hand some dining room leeks mellow and picas nntly full -net crowded with ngrceable and interesting diners. " - Professional people of a certain sort like te go there. I dined the ether evening with n crowd who all were doing something In a sense creative; even the wives had kept up their outside professional occupations, if no longer for money, for liking of the theme. My vls-n-vis was a composer and, Indeed, had a three-part song In his pocket which he had brought for his hostess te pass upon ; my left -hand neighbor was a sculptor with a great commission in his pocket and pleas antly coming te shape in his mind se that he could talk about it a little; my right-hand neighbor was a linguist and foreign book critic. One of the women was a noted teacher, another a musical critic nnd nnethcr a pianist, nnd there was a great doctor at one end of the refectory table, and a mill owner who is somewhat of n sociologist nt the ether. What we had te cat, I may add, was very geed, and, my hostess confided te me, cost even with her extras under $2 a platf. At the ether tables little nnd big were diners of the same general, informal sort, who scattered te the play or the movies or perhaps te their homes after a casual leek-in at the galleries, THE Art Alliance lias considerably smaller dues than the Acorn, but even these are mere this year than last and nre, I suppose, going up. Men ns well ns women can be members or perhaps I should put it the ether way which makes the evening enter taining plensantcr. Members can rent studies in the building, but there is no prevision for members stepping overnight na transients, nnd the rest rooms and dressing rooms are net an important feature as at the Acorn. In short, the club is a mere social place and a less convenient place. THE College Club has been a charming hospitable center for another type of women. The ether organizations which have Tented hendquurters under the Bame reef have been permitted te share part of its ad vantages, and there Is a pleasant, genial bustle about its restaurant and halls that is net found in the ether clubs. A geed many women make it their home, se that its living rooms seem like the family rooms of a big country house. Its dues are perhaps less than cither of the ether two clubs nnd Its restaurant prices slightly less. It is at once mere homelike nnd mere simple. Its chief habitues arc college women here en profes sional business, its member's have the gen eral busy air of committee women of one philanthropic beard or civic body or another. mlllS year still another scmlseclal. scml- JL business and civic club has been lnunched by the members of the Emergency Aid for their convenience and their work. It has the most charming quarters of any club in town facing Hittenheuse Square en Eighteenth street and at present the lowest dues. It is open for any properly proposed and sec onded women who wish te be counted en te help in its activities and share Its civic re sponsibilities. Its rending rooms, writing rooms and auditorium, its cafeteria and rest nnd dressing rooms are complete nnd com fortable. It is ideal for out-of-town mem bers, for business women, for women who are living in rooms or studies and wish a mere homelike atmosphere for their evenings or for their Sundays. The management of the club hns arranged during the winter months for Sundnv rve. nlngs n series of pleasant programs, te which members can invite friends under certain regulations. Te judge by the membership lists, this Emergency Aid Club is capable of a very interesting development. Women of education and ability are finding their way into it from a desire te help the city in whatever leisure time their life nmy afford, whether It prove te be en hour n day or an hour a mouth, nnd at the same time te enjoy a certain comradeship which comes only from working together for a common in terest. I HAVE net been in the League of Girls' Clubs en Locust below Sixteenth, but the house is most attractive outside and the women who arc interested in it Mrs. Charles Carver, the president; Mrs. Henry Ueyer and Mrs, I.erlmer as well as the various girls' organizations that have formed the league, should make it a comfortable and ?leasaut stepping-ln place for business girls, t has its social side as well as being n con venient place. I had a card of Invitation for the first of Its Sunday afternoons. Some thing worth while Is planned for two such afternoons a month. Members bring their friends en the third Sunday afternoon of each month ; men or girls, as they please. The dues ure very small, but they cover the general expenses by tne geed management of a very efficient house committee. The lenguc, or at least some of the club members, have a very delightful country club in Whit ford Ledge, out near Chester valley. THE Civic Club, under the reef of the College Club, is purely un organization of committee members ; the Church Weman's Club, with headquarters at the Church Heuse. Twelfth nnd Walnut streets, is, en the ether hand, a purely seclul club made up of church women. Its dues are $1 a year, and its reason for existence Is the need of some meeting place for women who are Interested in church and parish activities. It happens te be Protestant Episcopal in its origin, but I dare say women of any de nomination would be welcome in its mem bership. S O MUCH for some of the downtown clubs! In West Philadelphia there Is the Phlle. inn fllnti like and yet even broader In Its scope than the Century Club, which is bo be clul, Intellectual and civic in its Interests, and has for mere years than I quite knew been a Mecca for its members and their guests en Twelfth street near Sansom. There are, of ceurse, the various Christian Association clubs nnd clubhouses, the reli reli cleus settlement clubs and clubhouses, the New Century Guild, the professional women's ciuue, iu heuihu uui, the one at Cynwyd, that are en.the Phlle- lle and m'usian and Century Club order, social and -. , clT!.1: i i.. ... ti,.... ih'. ih- Uie ones I have come in contact wlthl .eilt tllf or enjoyed in one way or another """",( rrt' '"' A B 111 l J HBBjB B eaaaaaaWeWMaaB HPlPTleWB I B iff If tfi' " n ' tlWrsjiMaiSlBal?'' NaW ' S&hkf I aaalflaVtaVSaaaaaaav l t e,,aaapaBB1 , aVtS MlkYmi ssssss' J JailWiiltiVtlJltalDeTa- JiiB w$sm m awafa,"aaT fc , ,J H)' " ' -IJWLfJI'lU-Jf"JL'BB l j!lllaaaaaaaflaaVaalaW r9!a(LraaXfellaaaaaaaaaaaK9 1 al TK f" ' laaaiaiilOi ia a I ' 1 " ' 'II NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia, en Subjects They Knew Beat v D. KNICKERBOCKER BOYD On Industrial Ce-operation In Building THE most vital step te be taken in the building industry today is te bring the workingman, the employer, the representa tives of building owners, the architects and the engineers together in a co-operative spirit. In the opinion of D. Knickerbackcr Boyd, the architect, who was Tccently ap pointed member of the Pennsylvania build ing cede committee nnd who hns been acting ns spokesman for nenrly 70,000 workmen, members of the Council of the Associated Building Trades of Philadelphia and the Brotherhood of Carpenters nnd Joiners. "We should consider that the interests of each group arc common te all," explained Mr. Boyd, "and instead of having labor discuss hours, wages, strikes and labor prob lems by themselves, these matters should be taken up with the builders, architects and ethers who in the end, like the workingman, serve the owners end the entire community, "With this idea In view I went before the Council of Associated Building Trades of Philadelphia and Vicinity and told them that by bringing Inte contact with these men the employers in their own and related fields and technically trained men from educational institutions, allied industries associations nnd professions and national, state and mu nicipal departments, they would become mere familiar with the materials with which they worked and the tools and traditions of the craft. "With such increased knowledge and en thusiasm journeymen would become net only mere interested and efficient mechanics, but better citizens. "After talking te the council, varletiB com mittees of workingmen waited en me and brought te my attention the difficulties of attracting young men into the building trades. They said they were handicapped by the fact that the working hours of a tradesman of that sort are shortened by bad weather and exposure, and that many young men were going Instead Inte clcricnl and commercial pursuits and shops. Fathers who had spent their lives in the trades were discouraging their sons from such arduous callings. Must Improve Conditions "This whole situation would be changed by inculcating In journeymen a greater joy In their dally tabks by means of the co operation sought. "These conferences with the workmen's committees led te the establishment of classes en plan -reading for bricklayers and addresses en vurieus subjects before the unions. The result of nil this was that I was asked te be spokesman for the council and for the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. "We made a preposition te the industrial relations committee of the Chamber of Com merce which is new being laid before the different builders' organizations. "Acting as spokesman for these 70,000 workers in the uuildlne trades. I lni.t .i,ie proposal before the Chamber of Commerce " 'Laber does consider that it is of great importance te have the active co-operation of the employers in developing the human interest side of industry and the technical phase of craftsmanship. Laber feels also that the employers should net leave te it alone the onus and responsibility of bringing Inte each branch of the building industry that young bleed, brawn and brains which should be attracted through appreciative in tercst nnd the means of intelligent choice Inte these trades, nud diverted from less otrenueiis, henlth-bullding, manly occupa tions. It therefore requests the active sup sup pert and co-operation of employers In en couraging young men te enter the ranks of the building tpdes and in providing the in in structlen, training nnd practical experience requisite for apprenticeship. ' 'In making this request wc desire te cm phasize the fact, apparently net heretofore recognized by the majority of employers that these employed in the buildiug trades are actually entitled te the assistance and co operation of employers In securing, training and perfecting the human raw material out of which workers in these Industries are pro duced, and in making of the material mere genuinely interested and efficient mechanics workers and citizens, Te this end we fur ther request co-operation in providing addl tleual means of Interesting nnd liiferminir the Journeymen already In the trades and crafts. This j-elates net only te these men in labor organizations ut their regular meet. Inn through J'. "grated addresses uu luiyiku-. ", i . ui me men in i .linns. In the field nnd en th inU i....i. furnishing the means of mero Intimate con- rifl jiact jvljth their foremen and employers--and. k,V, tvL f 1920 "OH, COME; ON HOME!" with the architects or engineers whose direc tions nnd desires it is aimed te fellow. " 'Fer years theso employed In the build ing Industry have been giving their time, energy nnd meansalmest alone se far ns employers collectively are concerned te de velop their organizations as instruments of service In their respective branches. If mistakes have been' made, we feel that this is all the mero rensen why wc should have the fullest co-operation of employers and of architects and engineers in the satisfactory solution of all problems. .Meetings Are Planned " 'We therefore Invite nnd request repre sentation of employers or of their organiza tions nnd of architects and engineers at reg ular meetings of labor organizations or at meetings of workingmen where net organ ized, te take part in discussions nnd move ments for the betterment of service en the part of the employed and of conditions sur rounding their employment, and perhaps their living accommodations. This require ment is stipulated in order that workingmen may have the benefit of the knowledge nnd experience of these ethers interested in the welfare of each industry, se thnt all may 8lry,!,the Eencral Public te the best of their abilities. " 'This is stipulated also In order that these ether elements In the building industry may be afforded the opportunity, through c eser contact with werWngmen, te under stand their aims and aspirations. Alse in order that such representatives, In addition te assisting, through this participation may be In n position te report te their erganlzn- tefir.?r?cintei8twhaJf IY;CHCnt activities might, in their opinion, be discontinued. In creased or Improved upon through that In telllgent constructive criticism heretofore lacking by reason of the absence of oppor tunity te secure first-hand knowledge ' In conclusion I would like te repeat the watchword given by Senater Cartwrlght at ......, ...U..I.UK i iuk Acaacmy of MubIp several nights age: 'Let's step flehtin S step fighting and start nguring.' " . What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1 here? t'' meanln et th word sema- 2,1ISrVMexlcye7''tntCS C0mp08e th8 rePu" 3 Wme0naTt0 "Th reat Heay D"-- i. What two great rivers fiewlna- In onne. slte directions In Seuth America ? S?e connected by a remarkabietural 6l i0mfn fhe be'Krents In the battle ? PhlllSPl. nn1 what was the effect of the conflict en Beman civilization? ' natWe? 8,0, Was Jehn G- clheu" a 7. Whnt American President visited m. , beria, outalde of his term of oniceT '' Oregon?"'8 ""' "ame of Generft 9. Who said "Fer there was never yet a philosopher who could endure the teeth. aelie patiently"? loe" 10, What la the meaning of the French phrase "tout ensemble"? rrencn Answers te Yesterday's Quiz 1. The Kngllsh language Is derived chiefly 2. The Intensity of sunlight Is mere than 1,000,000 times that of fu I moenllahf. 3. The Greek Parliament Is called the 5uh 4. General Nlvclle la especially notedfeJhfs recupture of posltlena takeii hv inf, Germans nt Verdun. The safety of the great fortress for the rest of the wa? was rendered certain by the offensive of the French army under Nlveiia in December, 1U16. wiveile In 5. A limerick Is a Kind of burlesque rhvme.1 en'pi- m written In v. nn.'. r"J""e 0. The Invention of the limerick is attrlb utea te the Kngltsh writer. Edward Leur. and the name Is wild te bu de rived from an old song "Will Yeu Come. Up te Limerick?" th" construction f the verses of which Is said te have re re sembled the form adopted by Lear 7, A prehensile tall Is one capable Of a-nun. lng things. 8, The pnet by which Italv nnd Juge-.HliivIa have settled their differences Is called the treaty of Itapalle. 9, Limbe Is defined as the region en the border of hell, where pre-Christian Just men and unbaptlzed Infants are con fined. The word Is nlse used in the sense of prison, durance, condition of negle&t or oblivion. 10. Genesis; Bxedua. LevltUuy. Numbers and Deuteronemf compeaetha Pentateuch of the Bible, . V'.;,. . a enis-rii ijiie .) "I knew net scams," says the roll ill m Washington next cabinet. is still busy ferml: itfj .. . . ,f JJ'Annunzte is a By who tuinui lie tin the flywheel. M 'iil Recurrent experience assures as US tne galled Jade is some wincer. 1 THlimAnt T TTAluiAn nftmtl tn U his light shine before all men as tn aliraiA Dees the reduction in the price of br$l mean that the bakers don't need the M ra mnrh nn thev did? v. be much ns they did? a I One reason for doing your ChrUhml shopping early Is that you can i ae in early shopping (jnristmas. lAaht la the citv's best nellcfraan: 1 T?s.1ltaman T.lwhf ta nnt nltrflVH nn tht nn downtown streets these nights. l"!l The trouble with D'AnnunzIe stemi be that when he thinks he is writing is he is really perpetrating a limerick. fin f .Vie. Aref thllle n nnlltlciatl 1(119 is that when he calls upon a political lrtfc he must always speak of the visit as mcftV . .ll !! ll " 3 P.,11 vennndhlllrr fnr the Ptlrce net' J.. .,I11 ,. V.avM hn ntneri until the 01 who sold the whisky te the young thuri Un been arrested. The Russian Bolshevists have pffirM ousted all United States Socialists from W Third Internatienale. This may be cow ered a citation of merit. i Greenwich Village claims credit for refusal of a young Bosten man te ! :til .1.11 ' V k.a, nn tn lilt IttH of any ether community trying te steal Honors. -t Judge Reeves, of the Mentclalr, N.Jj district court, has ruled that where e " nnd his wife nre drawn en a Jury en w ether shall be excused. He perhaps beilH? that otherwise disagreement would ee.u cvltable. 3 Commissioner Kramer says the enMj In Philadelphia. Still, it jolts the Tnf citizen when he reads of a cr mlnsl turn mentioning that he dropped In this cr t saloon te get a slug et wmstty. ; rf While It is true, as Senater Me" serts, that Senater Ldge w III haw in tne senate ana vice i """. , ruii will net. he is wrong In hli i deduct! nOi. -mere vaiiuuy uusques iu -"-;: -.jus onlnlens (concerning the effect of tee ecw eh the League of Notions) -hn w, U""S Coelldge's. One has te take into - actor a man's standing and his PJnu.a!iK Coelldge without a tote may be Jus : JT factor in government as Ledge wltn ea.-j Tin.... ,uv, 1..,.Mitr -ea and pi" airs n winsome Evehegulled wlUInf Aj te take a blte of what she knew te t te taKe a one et worn suf -"'7., 7 j right geed apple, she also -".,? v.r f.ii" fnr what she urged tee w .: vas mere than acquiescence; I rite; it was a waking, recegmiiu" tmr-t thnt nnture lacked a. semetnmi labor cenld supply; It was a Pieep, W henceforth he was there te de Ml mi.....i,.p .lie mr1 nla and Dfi IDQ v" A horn of .snuff was passed reuBij banquet beard in Bosten at which w Coelldge sat, and the governor $3 have taken a cautious pinch. V,(. shocking example for the Vte . Meet te set the youth of the country y tmst that some reform beard win " . -. n the matter. Cal should "$ steps should be taken te have the s tuffgj Ished. The banquet, we are told, v. by the Scots Charitable Society, "y luelf should be sufficient te n'art ".', ,w acter. 'xne promeirra "": "'.'.Mill ?ace that takes Its name rem '$$ distillation of hfll;flre nnJL ''Irthli W T. fM.urltnn lllaek. A Sneaker "", .J nuet'at which the governor dlIP"?i doubtless a sharer in his diss thBi therlty for an anecdote of an old cei ,!. warned his son that lie nau 05" " en "sneezura" than ever he na .",,! "whusky." One may sec here the aw 'J I tlen te which-a roan may lau. - , p conceivable that" It might Mr , man 01 nuuvn nufii", - --- whn p "hadna been an heur-jn the tee n wa went saxpencel" We repeat ter' thing must be oene aoeuv ... j r,i'ij ? ?Vj -. i.,,
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