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"PATRONAGE DID IT"
CUH'M'ILMAN UDi'int su-t:tins (he
I flmw miulr iii tin. uIutiinH tluit the
Municipal Court limlc-t of SI. 000, 000 wan
appreMMl, in vpuc of it- prevision of Kiilarlct
for miinvrims nien who ile litlle or no work,
tlireiiuh l!ir jiiilii'imiv iltxtritintien of patron patren
OKf by I'ri'M'dinB IihIkp Ureun.
Mr Ileper mij s : "T!ie jiiilse hai the jobs
and apparently lie knows hnv, te use then
te lift tin but rcM.lts in Council or any
where clse where polities is plnvetl."
The hiulRet, wliieh was dually approved
yesterday nftei iienii. will be in the hands of
tlie Mayer in n daj or two. The Mayer
knows lirm the vite were get te prevent
any nduetien in the sums nsltul by .I'ldue
Urewn, and lie is aware of the wasteful ue
of public money bj the court.
It is Cenfidentlv believed that lie will use
his li'Bal power te lefe them nltep'ther or
te reduce the Municipal Court item and thus
force the members of Council te put them
selves nil record as supporting him in his
ticht for economy or a-, opposing Mm in the
interest of peljtieal combinations plettiui; te
wreck his administration
UN-AMERICANISM REBUKED
SYMPATHY for f.,ieiKnei -etkiiiK the
benetits of existenie undi-ithe cov cev
riiment of the 1'nitcd States is unlikely te
be extended te the type live representatives
of whi'ih were dismissed from the Naturali
zation Court by Judge McNirhel.
These applicants sought exemption lrnm
the draft during tlie war period en the
ground that they were citizens or subjects of
ether countries. Their action Is new stamped
f.s solely and nnsp.cmcisly s(lfih. erhibitive
of a lnph r'gard for American cit'r.en-liip ns
a means of preJU and nf centemiit for it as
an inspiration te patriotic .aerifiee
Similar cases will probably recur. It is
pratif n te feel ussuied that the, will have
no MaiidiuK in court. Su h (Ingram tin
AtnerlcalilMii will net be reeeeinzei.
AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING
THK budget-makers of the I'e.imil liave
adji.-i'd the tux rati te tin- city's in
come and i pendmne l'-tpulnr iniliciiutien
lias thiM bi'i'ii forestalled and, it nun be
added, p inular interest has been subdued.
On tie subject of inenns. I titles I'hlad'd
pliiims ar" tern hy, and n In n higher rates
tbr.aten, the concern in mun! ipnl affairs i
lUtell-e. At llli t ether tltneM tile plblic
attitcde i- one of tolerance.
Asscredly such is the inoei of the moment
when budget econetiuis are ,,, Jv dincted
tew-Hrd i nduetien 'f appropnatiens for
at'Pi'sslti'"- the water -ipplv, stieet laving,
street diiiiiiiig, si w r i etitrui tien and ether
various iuiertant fields in the municipal ad
ministratne pievite'i .
At tt.e eleveirh hour sterna, whesi filial
npprewil was in siht te the budget Coun
cilman Hei ii niineiitieid that I, would in
troduce an atnemlmenr liminntitig n number
of municipal vb Tin measure was net
offered. Wheiaies anwn?
ART MUSEUM PROGRESS
THK wrMal lempleteui of tin w,.tk of
altering the f.egiaphy of tl,, .s,nng
inrden rehereir hill in order t l.arn. ni.e
it with th mpi lnt.sie l'arkway .nans
heuld be gratifying te th ms deiable num
ber of I'hilad" lh uns who liae been some
what eki ptcul et progress in thm under
taking
Ak is usuul with most Inrg i'ern iseh,
the initial operations have appeiirn' pre
trnctid and it supertu ml ie ,, th,. ,-,,n
struetien nnd destruction involved h.m ,,t
been illuminating. H it the se.-n.ing el,n IH
is taking shape at list, and it ,s fet.enst
that bv tin spring wmk upon t n ,. r
fitriiclure of tin art museum will be .tiutid.
The first wing fn.s'nd ii; it is -, j.
contain the .1 '' n pntuies. Tin plan, of
course, implies that legal obstruction te thu
heucing of the famous i-ull-ctieti will be rt -moved
by the time tin special se, tmn of t,
building is read u. h u dispn.ul f the
plctur"- receminends itself bnth te geed dense
and geed taste.
TRAFFIC LANE NEEDS
IT WAS net rutin I) mapprepiiute Unit the
till II of leeiumg the IVmii I viiiiut end of
the liideware ner bridge at Spring liunjen
tret Hheuhl liuie been uilinilei before the
Spring Harden Asseeiutmn ''he lik, llhoed
that mieiings of the busiins men of Walnut
street, Market street. Chestuut .stn et and
ether thiiiuiighfuicN will call forth arguments
m behalf of adjuring the biidge plans te
the course of these arteries if. strung
Ne rthees. there is a feature of Mr.
Yauclain' huggi stt m uhii h i of mere than
merely complimentary value. His piopesal
embraces the conception of a widening of
Seventh street between Washington .square
nud (iirnrd aenue in erd r te uc( omniedate
the interstate trauV
Such an avenue is son ly tici-Uul 'ipart
from the necessity of the bridge 'II, ,. , .
hleular jaic en Itread street has reach. d u
maximum Sootier or later the citv ,UMt
(tlve pructhal nnidetiitinn te th, widening
of one of th rth and south Mreets for
heavy tralfic pm poses
It is Immaterial whether the relief be
Btliinistered at Seventh struct or en Mime
ether parallel line. Should the budge eu
,t ranees be estublished at Murkct street, a
chauecl for tralne diversion will be teijulred
Juit an luipcrativcl.T as if auother location
w
away from the east center of the city were
cheten.
Moreover, there Is no reason why the
planning of trnllie reform facilities should
wnlt upon the completion of the river span.
The growth of Philadelphia, tins been greatly
retarded by streets which Penn probably
considered admirably spacious. The devel
opment of some new longitudinal trallle lane
scheme is essential te metropolitan progress.
CITY SOLICITOR SMYTH
AND THE LAWLESS JOHN
If the Brooks License Law Is te Be a
Shelter for Criminals It Should
Be Repealed
IT ISN'T like a Philadelphia policeman or
any ether policeman, for that matter te
bleed or break a leg in passionate efforts te
enforce the letter of the Velstead act.
Policemen belong for the most part in the
cat g. ry labeled unsympathetic by advocates
of extreme nnd utter dryness. They aren't
what jeu might call consecrated. This
doesn't mean that they are altogether pas
sive. New and then you will hear of cara
wins of whisky deftly seized nnd handed ever
te the federal authorities by district police,
and the records of the federal courts show
that the everyday patrolman the underpaid
nnd overdriven ranker of the force enn
often exhibit a tine contempt for bribes of
the sort that de se much te keep Heeds of
underground whisky moving in and out of
this city.
The fact remains that the force ns a whole
hasn't turned in with any great enthusiasm
te help the government's enforcement agents,
largely because they have se many ether
things te keep them busy. City Solicitor
Smyth's opinion, in which the police are
dot lured te be without responsibility for the
enforcement of the Velstead act, will net
liiiike life either harder or easier for boot
leggers. It changes nothing. Hut it does
for n moment nnccutrnte general attention
en a condition of nffnirs that dismally re
flects characteristic American shortcomings
in the practices of government.
A federal law has outlawed whisky. Mr.
Smyth, reasoning properly enough en tech
nical ground from which he has no escape,
informs the police that they are required te
arrest and prosecute these who sell Intoxi
cants trithuut firit obtaining a license from
the stall.
Here is a conflict of principles in which
an ordinary policeman cannot be expected
te Jein unless he has te. He is apt te leave
the decision te ether minds and te wnlk by
en the ether side. That is one of the rea
sons why Pennsylvania is pretty thoroughly
saturated with moonshine and bootleg
whisky.
' We have refrained consistently in these
columns from any attempt nt a flnnl judg
ment en the rights and wrongs of the dry act
as It is written. Where doubt exists it
mtnt be based net upon consideration of the
principle involved, but upon a study of the
method. A railroad train moving at n rate
of sixty miles an hour cannot be stepped
instantly, tirndunl application of the brakes
is necessary if something isn't te be smashed,
since the law of momentum is tied and in
exorable. The momentum of centuries of hublt was
behind the country. The Velstead act wns
lifted suddenly nnd it was intended te be
an immovable obstacle. Semethipg had te
go in the grinding impact. Tin- law has been
broken in a great many places, mid the moral
standards of multitudes nf people who tire
lawbieakers for the first time in their lies
must be reckoned amid the general less.
ill thut, hewiwer. is new aside. The
question isn't whether the law as it stands
is geed or bad. ,H is whether various groups
of outlaws and profiteers are mere powerful
than the federal government. The law may
be one thing or nnetlier. Hut it is the law.
and these who inlate it ure epe-t antago
nists of the institutions upon whnh we as a
people depend for safety, guidance and com
mon justice.
There was a time when men of every
stripe, color and disposition manifested a
wholesome respect for feibrul statutes and
the federal authority Cimtei felting,
smuggling and mail rebnei were almost
unknown in recent years Aud when It is
plain thnt millions of people, as buyers and
sellers of whisky, lime stnldenl. turned In
without loiiipii'ctieti tn laugh nt laws ninde
by Congress nnd s.miti.uii d h the Supreme
Court of the I'niteil States, it is time for
far-sighted people te it down nnd con
sider the possible r suits of this new na
tional habit
I!ven a superficial survey of the illegal
whisky trade shown that It is controlled very
largely by nlien-t. Men ndatlwdy new te
the ceuntrv hae made fortunes by their
open diiiancc of the ordinances of our gov gev
einnnnt Their accessories are the people
who accept a revival of the saloon business
ns a matter of course It is a new thing
m this country te find Iselati d groups of
people making lrns of their own nnd get
titu' away with it.
Mr ''mull might well have spared a little
of Ins paper and ink for n un ntlun of this
ether side of the gt nernl matter of prehibi
tmn us it confronts the police organizations
of states and municipalities ever, where.
Ne technienl analysis of formal terms inn
b- adequate te suggest the larger dntv of
tiite and municipal authorities in nn emer
gene thut is alive with ugly implications
end premises.
If the government nt Washington is no
longer able te enforce its laws; If the states
and the cities are te give mere or less direct
aid te groans organized te destroy the pres
tige of CeiigresH nnd assault the dignity of
the Supreme Court of the 1'nlted States, if
the police generally ni'e te he only pusslve
witnesses of the general outlawry, we might
ns well admit at once the need for some new
course of action likely te safeguard the fun
duuiental InKt.tutlens of government
As matters stand, the work of ehnnge and
revision in the Velstead act If it is under
tnl'.en at all. must be undertaken bv Con
gress If cannot be nttempted Informally
by state governments, bv 'he police or by
citv solicitors unliss the whole scheme of
federal administration is te be declared bv
implication futile and inoperative
It is because the Velstead net ii the law,
net because of wlmt it provides or does net
apply, that it iniut tn enforced nnd eugl t
te be enforced with all the resources at the
disposal of American communities. If It is
a bad law Its enforcement will compel Its
revision. If it In a geed Inw theie is the
grenler need fop its observance There inn
be no justification for public officials uhn,
with one excuse or nnetlier, evade the obli
gation te give then fullest nid te' the gov
ernment in this instance.
Since the Ilreks high license law is new
declared te be nn obstacle in the way of
the police, who otherwise could deal as
swiftly with bootlegger ai they iiay.u bctu
EVENING PUBLIC) LBDGBEr
known te denl with counterfeiters, it ought
te be repenled.
After Mr. .Smyth's opinion, the State
Legislature has nothing te de but provide n
state enforcement net similar in nil Its pro pre
visions te the federal law. That is about
what they tire going te de in New Jersey,
where the felly of Mr. I'dwnrds' new famous
beer bill is already apparent. That bill
provided permanent shelter for the Illicit
whisky trullic, though Mr. Kdwnrds did net
foresee that result when he moved for n
Iihcrnll7.fi dry law. The beer bill Is te be
repealed nud the new law In Jersey will
parallel the law ns It Is written in Wash
ington. The mere nrdent advocates of the bone
dry principle, viewing the confusion that is
due In pnrt te their own headlong and un
reasoning zeal, often console themselves with
the thought that, even if whisky has net
been wiped out, the lower order of saloon,
which presented the worst phase, of the
trnflie, has been eliminated.
That is n wholly wrong assumption. Sn
loons of the lower order continue te thrive,
nnd nil the evils once charged ngalnst them
lleurisli nnd nre elaborated under ground.
The liquor tralfic In Its less disreputable
forms hns been eliminated. The 'worst of
It has been forced below the surface nud out
side regulation.
The continuance of the Brooks hlgh hlgh
license law is necessary te the continuance
of this condition. The state snys In effect
te the saloenkeepers: "Yeu may sell what
ever you wish te sell, se long ns you enn get
away with it. We give you n license and
partial protection. Pay the required fee and
tlie police will net interfere with your busi
ness," The saloons sell moonshine whisky, doped
whisky, imitation whisky nnd whatever else
they can get through underground channels,
and they arc making mere money than they
ever ninde in the lays before prohibition.
The work of enforcing the law is left te the
small group of prohibition ngents. wiie have
admitted thnt they nre powerless without
the help of the police nud the state au
thorities. I'ven Mr. Smyth nnd even the members of
the State Legislature will have te admit
that tliis shameful and dangerous condition
is one thnt cannot be permitted te continue
much longer. AVItli the elimination of the
Brooks law the police In all Pennsy Bnnin
cities could threw their aid te the govern
ment. That they will '. "e te de for the
geed name of the stn'c as well as for the
honor of the nntlennl go rnment.
HOUSTON'S TAX SUGGESTIONS
SJXItKTAUY HOI'STON is right when he
says that the present .irtaxes have
passed the point of maximum preductiut.
and are rapidly driving the wealthier tax
payers te transfer their investments Inte the,
billieus of tax-free securities nnd depiiving
productive industry of necessary capital
Critics of tne present tax laws, r gardless
of political atlillntlens, have been saying
this for mnnv months.
The secretary's rec mmendatien for the
repeal of the excess-profits tnx is in line
with the best ecotiemi" thought at the pres
ent time. But the aiiiiual report in which
he outlines a taxation program will net be
seriously considered by Congress. Mr.
Housten is n I'cmecrat. He retires from
ellice en March -1, when he will be sue
ceeded by n Ilepublicnn. The Sixtv -sixth
Congress, which bus liss than three months
mere of life, is net planning te draft imv
tax bills. Se far, then, as any practical
effect en legislation is concerned the sectc
tary might ns well have made no recom
mendations. His report, however, is n lelitical docu
ment, putting en record the Democratic pre
gram for taxation revision If the revision
uhiih the It 'publicans make does net pro
duce satisfactory results, the country will be
reminded in the congressional elections of
Jil-'J thut the Democratic secietary of the
treasury had proposed remedies, nnd the
nsseitieii will be made that these temedies
were bettei than the ones which the Be
publicans npplud This is the wuy the
game of pelitn-s is p1u.Mil.
It has no yet been disclosed hew the Re
publicans Will rnise the necessar,- ni'iiue.
If they are wise tliev will begin by r dicing
the nat'ennl expenditures. Before the war
the minimi budget amounted te about
$1,000,000.(100 n1(, ,t(,r, lt ,H wnr
debt is SI. (mi ) 00(1 000 a year. Vet Secre
tary Housten snis that it will be necessary
te raise 1. 000.11,10 0in u Mar fi,,- the next
four years If the great war mnch ue is kept
alhe this sum will he needed. Itut it will
be difficult te pcisii.i.,. th,. man in the street
that it ought ' take three times as much
money for the eidinnry expenses of govern
ment in lD'-'l ns t diii in 111) I.
The taxes suggested In Mr. Housten would
handicap uny pnlitnnl pnrtv which adopted
them. The piesent tax of ! per cent en
incomes of $.i000 nnd under is as much as
the people are willing te pnv. They will
object te 0 per cent. Likewise un increase
of the present tax en incomes between $,"000
and $10,000 from the prsint rate of S per
cent te 1L' per cent would Ii" almost univer
sally condemned. One of the most un
popular taxes that could be proposed is thnt
of two cents a gallon en gasoline A federal
tax of fifty cents a hersi power en automo
biles would be only n little less unpopular.
A tax of V.0 per cent en corporation preiits
and nn additional tux of li per i eiit en cur
potation income, while it would yield mere
than SI. 000 0110 000. would be likely te de
n ere than a billion dollar-' worth of harm te
the husiin's,. of the country.
Tin rporntien taes aie proposed because
it is erroneously supposed that they would
come from tin pockets of the corporation
owners and would nor be handed en te the
consuming public But every one knows
that the consumer pays the tax in the final
nnahsis, whoever pays it ever te the tax
collector. We lune new an ex, client illus
tration of the way it works. The tax of 10
per ci nt en tlnntrc tickets--Mr. Housten
suggests that it be raised te i.'0 per cent
wus lev in) for the purpose of making the
managers of the theatres give up te the gov
ernment a part of the'r profits. But the
theatre malingers kept the prices of their
tickets at th" old tiguies and added te them
the federal tax, se that the tin atre-gelng
public continued te give up te the mnnii','i
uh much money rr paid In the past iiiul
in addition he pii'd te the liuin In the box
efhee the tax which the government planned
te take1 out of the pecketh of the munugers.
It ceubl haielly have been otherwise. Here
the inevitable repercussion of a tax is in
open operation se that every one can see it.
If the Kepiihlicini lenders who lira te
frame the tax hills will keep n tuble of the
prices of theatre tledtets, with the war tax
lidded, en their desks while they weirk, and
remember that every tax en business is
hundeil en te the consumer in a way as
effective though net quite se direct aN the
theatre-ticki't tax is hnuded en te the play
goer, they may be able te draft a tax law
which will produce tin- needed revenue while
It does net compel the managers of big
business te strain tl elr resources In order te
produce enormous Hums of ready cash four
times a year te pay ever te the government,
a system which has net only handicapped
business for the last three or four years,
but has been In part responsible for the high
1 rjcica of all manufactured articles.
- PHILADELPHIA, FKIDAY, PEOEMBK& 10
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
The Officer That Knows Most About
Any Organization Is, as a Gen
eral Rule, Its Treasurer
By SARAH 1). LOWBH5
SOMM ONK nsked me the ether day what
J thought was the most pivotal position
In an organization. I hedged nnd said,
"Thnt depends en the organization."
What 1 lenlly mean!, was, "That depends
en the person.'"
If you actually want te knew the organi
zation that you are part of, from the Bkin In,
the office of treasurer gives jeu a very thor
ough Insight both as te the personnel of the
executive members anil ns te the general re
actions of the public te the organization.
Yeu held the whip-end ever the executive
by thnt knowledge te a surprising elegree.
I sny "surprising" because it Is surpris
ing hew much n trensurer knows that even
the president or the secretary Is vague about.
IKN'BW n beard of managers net long age
that wns pretty equnlly divided en a
matter of peelley about which the organization
wns practically unanimous. That is, the
policy of one-half the executive committee
wns bneked by an almost unanljneus gen
eral membership. But the ether half et the
executive committee nearly swept the whele
organization Inte n public demonstration in
favor of the minority policy because they
claimed what they could net prove that if
it were nut te the test their action would be.
ratilieel by the organization.
The treasurer In this instnnce refused te
sign checks for any funds without having
the question submitted te the organization
tlneugh a circular letter. This was done,
with the result that five members voted for
the minority policy uiiel 1(!0 voted against it.
Which was exnetly the proportion thnt the
treasurer bad prognesticnteel from her Inside
knowledge of the members' state of feeling.
The point wns that neither the chairman
nor the secretary waH enough in touch with
the membership te make an authoritative
stand en the question of policy. The treas
urer hnd te be In touch in the commonplace
business of collecting dues and asklug for
donations.
JOHN BCSKIN'S dictum about "glass
tj pockets" when one hntielles ether people's
money is very pertinent te treasurers of nuv
public funds, philanthropic, religious or
civic. Any member of an organization ought
te be able at any time te sec an up-te-date
repeit of the finances of that organization,
and It is the treasurer's duty te provide thai
report en nn hour's notice.
But it is surprising hew very lax some
treasurers are en that erv point. Thev are
se sure of their own honesty thnt they feel
they can afford te be careless of the proof of
It in black nnd white. They keep their books
in such n way thnt they cannot hand them
ever en a moment's notice for the inspection
of an interested fellow committee member.
Nothing is brought up te date, no lists of
eoipeiuto funds ure made week by week or
iiinnth by month.
At the end of a year they elisentanglc their
figures into orderly columns by u process
that only they can comprehend and send out
the result, under the guidance of senv male
pert. in figures thnt they cannot compre
hend, te n subscribing public which is dazed
by tin- tine print and the adroitness of the
balante.
ATItKASPRRIt of one of the church mis mis
slenarv denominations here In town Edit
out n letter te some eighty stibtrensurers
asking for the yearly reports of their separate-
accounts, te see if they agieeel with the
ones made In her central office. I wns told
tlirt a surprising number had kept no ac
i emits, ami a considerable number line kept
them but could net prove thev were correct
by any duta they had oil bund, while very
few had used nuv system in keeping their
books which would he a recognized system
in ordinary business.
SO.MB years nge I belonged te an organi
zation which spent mere thnn $100,000
u year of the public's gifts en the upkeep of
its great philanthropy.
This money was spent in sums varying in
amount from one cent te Si 000 at a time.
It should have been handled by experts under
bends; it was handled by a woman mere
than sixty years of age who had no reni
business training, and who used te be
thanked by her fellow managers for her in
comprehensible reports as though thev were
jiarts of Hely Writ whenever she showed a
balance, ami condoled with whenever there
wns n deficit, as though one wns her gen gen
eresitv and the ether her misfortune.
I WAS astonished once ns chntrman of n
sube enimiltec of nn organization te have
some money I had celli cteel for my commit
tee's special vveik handeel back te'me bv the
treasurer of the organization verv peevishly
"Please pay jour own committee'., bills'"
she snapped, "(haw enough te ,0 without
bothering with little sums that I have te
deposit and then pnv out."
"But hew will the money get en your
books if you de net deposit it and pnv it
out 1 urged.
"I really de net knew," she sale!. "I
have just get this month's aci'eiints settleel
up. ( iiiniiet add anything mere without
upsetting everything. Yeu nn report it ns
. our committee's money at the em f he
yiar if you want."
I HO NOT knew what there is about taking
money or of being a treasurer but it
scorns te re ate a spirit of superiority, as
though the mere receiving of ether persons'
gifts was a favor jeu would grant ut veur
own time und convenience; whereas If' one
has consented te serve the public j tmt
capacity one should be ns Imp, rs0iin n
bfink and as automatic and ns punctilious
nud us untrustlng.
It is just us well, tee. If you have had n
responsible money position, te keeii po.ses pe.ses po.ses
s.eii of your receipts und the duta com em
ing your share in receiving men.-v long after
your eonnectien with the particular eugaiii
utieui bus IjiM'ii severed.
IONCi; collected in a money drive, with
the very iiinterlnl help f ln, .,,,
$-l,.000 toward a certain much. advertised
object. Seme time after the drive 1 ceased
te be n nn-inber of thnt organization, and
r.einc i nut i mm. me personnel of the el
ganiatien completely changed. Tin- new new
heard mi tnklug up the work was ignmaut of
liecessitv of some eif the organization's 're
speusibilltles, toward the, giving puhlieef
the designation of this gift in pattliMilnr
It just huppened that I had kept the fig.
uri'S nnd the elnta. Otherwise I. tee would
have been vague and uncertain und' there
fore imrespenslble.
It was veiy easy, hacked by the figures
ami fuels, te make the new heurd awaie of
the obligation mailed en the organization
by that gift, however, nnd I was might
thankful I hud kept these troublesome
pupcrs.
j WAS talking net long nge te Mr. Rev
1 nebis Brown, who Is the secretary of the
I .ns,. of Pennsylvania feu the Ijpi.,..,,,,,.
' 'iiirch. I ufiderstiiml that oiganuatlen is
setting its financial house in order en verv
upprovee nieiierii uiisiuess llletlieils, which
reach out te the- parishes ami institutions and
minions. The late Arthur New bold had
nun h ie de with the ri'orgniilMtien. J be
lieve flu-re Iiiih been a plan discussed i,v
whh h nil money received by the IJpUeepnP
CI urih in a diocese gees through one central
eifiei' or bank und Is checked out te the des
ignate el objects by one treasurer. In this
wnv glass pockets fei all who receive ether
persons' gifts are made possible jfe who
inns muy rend the accounts.
Official Relaxation In Kansas
rmm tie 'Imn-ka Capital.
Wilbur Stanfleld, vvatiT commissioner nnel
l'reel Painter, superintendent of the water
works, are greut horseshoe enthusiasts Anil
tluy an- nlvvnys "armed. " In the automo
bile used by the two lsisses of Tepekn'n water
svhtem there always Is a complete liorsesheo
pitching outfit, Including shoes. The horse
shoes were made specially for playing. If
Stanfleld anil Pulnter have n lltJe spare timet
or aie in need of nxcrrise- they step and have
a game. If they meet two men who think
they am experts. Stanfleld nnd Pnlntcr for
get their usunl rivalry. tak6 off jhelr coats
ami show the "cocky" onee hew te threw
t fVagext
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Kneiv Best
SAMUEL M. VAUCLAIN
On Living en $6.40 a Week
AWORKINdMAN need net hesitnte te
marry if he is mnklng only $(J.-I0 a
week, but he must first forsake the Inrge
cities nnd the many temptations they offer
te the pocket books of the unwary, and then
he mnst resolve te practice strict home
economics, according te Samuel M. Vuu
clain. president of the Baldwin Locomotive
Works.
Mr. Vnuclnin himself hns lived nn $0.40 n
week nnd also managed te build n home for
himself with the limited initial sum of $11!.').
anil therefore feels qualified te mnke this
statement. He points nlse te the fact in
proof of his statement that nt the Baldwin
Locomotive Works tlie wages of several
thousand men averaged less than $7 a week
for various periods since lSSII, when he be
came the superintendent of the plant. i
"People nre net really living nowadays.
They are simply killing themselves, some
slowly, some mere rapidly, by their mode
of life," be snld. "I made the statement
some time age that $(1.40 was enough for,
u mini te get innrrietl en. I knew thnt this
is true, because I knew there nre thousands
of men who have demo it and many who un
doing it. Of course, tit the present time,
with the picvniliug high wages, there are
very few who de net contrive te make
mere than that sum one way or another, but
for any one te say tltnt it simply ennnet be
done, particulnrlv under normal conditions,
is in reality te make a ridiculous statement.
"The first thing that a mini would have
tei;jile in order tei live en $0.40 n week would
bete get away from the big cities. A large
percentage of the expenditures that are re
garded us ncccs.snry in a large citv become
luxuries in n different locality and can
readily be done without. Ker instance, you
go outside and take a street car becnuse the
street cars are- there before you. Yeu go te
the movies because In the city it is almost
regarded as a necessity te have- that or some
ether similar form of amusement. Yeu
move te the' small country town or into the
country itself ami you enjoy a walk of tlueu
miles or se te the place you are employed
and the absence of moving pictuies lb net
missed.
Didn't Stiller Discomforts
"Naturally, you would have te practice
n comparatively strict economy iu expendi
tures, but 1 knew that while I did net have
any luxuries when I lived en $0.40 a week,
I at least did net suffer any real discomforts.
Then, tee. a man who would be cempelleil te
live en this sum would always have tin- in
centlve before him te work with Increased
attention and vigor in order te attalu u
better salary nnd position in life.
"Take the periods that followed panics,
as lu 1H0S, when then- were employ eel nt this
plant at least several thousand men whose
weekly wages during October of that year
averaged $0.(10, with the average for' the
entire year of f)0S of about $7.50. In
e luded iimeug these empleyes theie were,
of course, these who made several dollars
less than the average, anil of ceursu tiiere
were also these' who made larger salaiies
ettfli week. The fne-t that these men lived
en this wage shows that my statement is
net absurd, ns uemc people might imagine
at first glance.
"During the month of October, 11)14,
there- were at least four thousand men em
ployed here nnd their aveinge vveeklv wnges
were $7.00, with the high point In that year
leaching $14,01 and the average for the eu
tire year nppiexlmntclv $11. M). This also
shows that mnny of these men must have
lived en 'sums less thun $0 10. Nuturallv.
a man who lived en tljls sum at present
would tliiel it almost necessary te live in tlie
country, w he-re he eeuld have his own piece
of I u ml en which te raise vegetables and ether
urticles of feed.
"Then, tee, he could net expect te eat
meat, at least net often ; but that would net
be a hardship and, iu fact, is generally con
sidered healthful. The details about man
aging the household expenses would have te
be worked out by a woman, but 1 knew that
there arc thousands of couples who aiu living
en this sum. many, of cetiise. w-emleri,,,. i.,.
hew te make both ends meet. It would jeully
he surprising te most people te knew just
hew many people nre living en such a sum
and the manner lu which they ure ablu te
de it.
Heme Net Luxurious, But Sufficed
"I was able te build my own home up in
the mountains of Penii.sjlvuuia when I was
mukiug less than S10 u week as u mechanic,
and 1 bad only $1. when I starti'd te de It.
una pain iui- me luiiu nun pnrt or the ma
terials, und I saved the rest as It was needed
te buy mere materials. Of course, It was net
the kind of a house thnt even u werkiugmau
would be able te rent Iu this city ut the
present time, but I knew that it was com
fortable and provided ample room for three
people, and could have accommodated four
persons without any Inconvenience.. Jt waa
two stories hlirh. but it did net hdvu electric
Jih.U jw dhl it iiuy,e. tUu cxieiulve MJtU
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CHINA
room fixtures thnt nre new regarded ns es
sential te comfort.
"During nil the years that T hnve mnn
nged the Baldwin Locomotive Works I hnve
hnd an accurate record kept of the averages
of the wages paid during eneb week. It is
an interesting thing te go ever this record
and si'c what n tremendous Increase has been
made in the wages paid te workers from 1880
until the present time. The nverage wage
paid for the first week of January of 1880
wns $B. ."(), nnd the highest nverage weekly
wage paiel between that date and August,
lMi.i, was $14.:J7. with a grand nverage
wage paid during that period of npproxl npprexl
l"J'n'Ij !1;$'-'"' 'nen during November,
iHIKi, the average weekly wnge paid wns
only $7.1:. Thut. of course, was nfter a
period of financial stress, but there were at
least two thousand men working here nt
that tune.
in comparison te these wngen, note thnt
the highest average weekly wage ever paid
nt this plant was during the week of Novem
ber J, 11118. when mere than L'0.000 men re
ceived mi average wage of $:i7.ri,1, while the
highest vveeklv wage puid during this year
was during September, when the average
wage was $.',0.'.!0. The average wnge paid
luring this entire jeur of HCO he far is
approximately $M4.
"These figures simply show- the enormous
increase in wages that hns been gained by
the- workers rcccntlj, nnd they also explnln
why people nre net really living nowadays
but are simply killing themselves by their
mode of life. They nlse show thnt n mnn
would net he worth much if he found it
necessnry te live en $0.40 a week when such
wages as are new being paid prevail through
out the country."
A Big Day In Bermuda
Frem the Hermuda Colonist.
When the tolljhe nnel phnetnn consigned
te (.nittnin Charlton Leighten ami which
arrived Monday by the Fert Victeria take
ie ', '" " I"irn'Nls of business and traffic
will doubtless ensue while every one watches
them pnss. They are two of the smnrtest
eejuipeges ever seen in Bermuda.
Peer Old Dadl
l-'rntn the Oalvetten Nnws.
And it has just about gotten se in this
country thut when father refers te himself
ns the bend of the house it sturtti n laugh.
What De Yeu Kneiv?
QUIZ
1. What is the highest volcano In the world?
'i. What Is fnlence?
3. Hew should It be proneuncee!?
4. What cabinet office Is held by Secretary
Housten''
5. What Is a cepliir?
fi. Name the three great rivers of India.
7. Through whose death did Jehn Tyler bc-
,...com." 'Resident of the United Htates?
8 x. hut Is the meaning of the musical term
adagio?
9. What relation was Mary Queen of Scots
te Queen Kilzribcth?
10. In what country wns the metric system
of weight and measures first Usui?
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
James Is the first name which has pre
vailed most nineni; Presidents of the
I lilted States, the bearers of It having
been .Madisen, Menree, Pell,, Buchanan
atffl (iiirfleld
Th werel accessory may be pronounced
with accent either en the first or the
secenel syllnbln. The former Is common
In F.nulnnd, the latter In the United
State ft.
The Sterthing Is the name of the Norwe
gian Parliament.
The Tient Affair was a complication aris
ing between the Unites States and
C.n.nt llrtlnln ,.. ,.n..ni.. .. ..
;"" ,i ,. , "" rllu mutes una
CJruat Ilrltnln at the eneninir of ,
Civil War. The Ilrltfsh steamship
Trent, en which were the Confederate
Comm ssleners Mnsen nnd Slldell, wns
hulled In the lluhiuiiu channel by Can
tain Wilkes and the commissioners
were seized. Disavowal of the act bv
thu United States Government endecl
the cilsls, which for a tlme threnteneil
ureal' Britain. th Un"Cl1 State3 ,lnd
The invention of the typewriter In ac
credited te tin) American, C L Shnlei
in 1878. Many earlier if 8a H:
cable, machines were, however, made
und for one of thorn patent was tnlin
IuStii. y M'"' f Clreut ",lta''
Uavld U. Hill was a Democratic nelm.
clan who became governor of .sw
.or! stute en the election of Clevelami
te the presidency. He wM elec.'n'.l
ijovemer n 188S and 1888 and waS
subsequently chosen te the Unite.!
Stntes Senuie. u l "ua
'. A major deme is the chief official of nn
Italian or Span si princely heimX.i i
The word nlse means house stvvamW'
. Klht Planets. Includlns the ear h rJara
In the solar system, ara
i, fieerge du Maurltr wiote "The Mam,,,,
i. The earth Is divided Inte five "one ? Ar
climate thei Nnnh nvii. "..A0"'1 of
Tenumrate, the Torrid, the 'Seuth aw,"
SHORT CUTS
Jehn Barleycorn is feeling hipped thewl
days.
"Chicago Wants n Mint."
A hy doesn't she try n clove?
-Headline.
It must be plum discouraging te a I
euuuit ie nnu ins victim armed.
"Dairymen's Lengue Vetes te Peel!
.unit. Headline, t'ump out of order?
Santa Clnus Is about ready te Impese al
tax mat noeouy win wiihk et resenting.
niuce ne is no longer an important Jneic
iu tne jjume, rumor lias it thnt Hi feels low.
Praise for the President becomes Ii-m
Infrequent new that his enemies four him
net at an.
tieycrnnr hpreul in "adopting" n eiiiMl
ier v.nnsimns uay bus set an exumple etberil
iuikiiv wen iuuew.
Tim n!..-.1lt.. B i ..i.lf ,
-...- iiuuikiuu ui. vjey-nuing in city-i
owned cars might help the municipality tel
save u little money. I
A CllrfCW In' fop mnlre nn.1 nn ...I
n."nfe force of plain-clothes men te cnfercJ
i. neb" neiji ie discourage Dnntiitry.
Perhnps It is the with of Representative!
I pshaw te carry the prohibition idea te al
point where nobody will be willing te stanll
iur ii.
"And the first item en my early Chriit-
mas shopping list." remarked thoughtful!
Santa Clans, "must be a bunch of llt-dl
v-toss stumps.
The mayor und council of Yencalln,
ure., are an women. They sny they nrtl
going te clean up the town. They must In-
iruu ie urive uu me men out.
The wife of the Atlnntln Hit nn.im..
ter who routed rnlilinrti hv elipmiln n llHl.J
lamp at them disproved the allegation thai
n woman can t nit wnnt she nims at.
Clara Smith Hunien's desire te be trieil
by a jury of women shows morn confident!
In her sex than Is usual among women!
jiesi women weuui prefer n Jury or men.
Ne one will grudge the Captnius Ceurl
nifeeus the increase of emoluments unlnnlznJ
Den muy bring them; but the feeling per-
sists thut Gloucester bus lest something efl
us glamour.
The two New Yorkers found taking!
eighty quarts of whisky te Chicago hnd theliJ
suitcases Inbelcd. "New Yerk Hat Ce."
probably because the stuff they contained
wus warranted te go te the head.
Hntirelv annrt from the merits of the!
tnxlcub strike, the men who threw acid Intel
the faces of drivers who remuined at werlJ
ure cowardly miscreants who ought te rc-l
celve the full penalty of the law when theyl
ure caught.
There is1 no ground for the supposition!
that the administration ceuueiimeii wiie.
voted for the Municipal Court appropriation
have any expectation that the Mayer will k
under any misapprehension as te their rea
sons for se doing.
We can positively asseverate thnt See
retury Housten's report will receive ull th
attention tnnt the report et an ouigem
Hccieiurjr can uu cApvcii-n iu ii-ueivv in- s
further, and emphatically declare that It wi
receive an tne attention it deserves.
The pollce commissioner of New Yer
lias been assuring citizens tnnt tnern is
crime w-flve there nnd that tjethiim Is tl
best policed city In the world. Nothing biJ
the combined efforts of n blaekjucker anti
dip can niiike a materialist of such
dreuiucr.
A bill Introduced In CetiL-ress br Urn
reseiitatlve Upshnvv would prohibit Aiiierjcai
diplomatists abroad from attending function
nt which liquor is served. Kvlilciitly eul
ambassadors are te be mnde te feel the ion'
of the ancient adjuration (or wnrningi: '
geed and you'll be lonesome
Miss Mary Garrett Hay, chairman el
the League of Women Vetem In New ief
lent.tu ivaiiibii tt eon for nMermeil t)"
says there are plenty of them who can l
the elllces better thun Die men wne u-
occupy them. Oh, well, there is still a
rnnil te travel before women carry the 1
and by that time men teny be reaely te u"
up tatting.
New Knghind Is cutting the largest i
,.( uoren.i Of tin, I hemlock trp .S ill
lengthy experience. The fact will bring M
ii ni'iiF ua mnnv iirnwtientlt'A S .'lilt ft ( JQUtf
that if they wish tn trim Christmas .UJ
they -will have te begin te trim 'XW1
Though, or course it may net ne """," I
thev think. All they have te de t(t flail t
u IV- de Uiclr Uiriijunaii suopniec w
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