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crlbcrs In l'hlUliphla and irrounding town
at ii'o in.t of niv da) cents p-T wrk payable,
to tho inrrl-r
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ti o t'ultetl Sut', canitaa. or Vnltnl Muiti pos-
'Minis, pott a ire frr lltlv (S0 cents per month.
S -e (til) dollar pr v T nHiMe In advance.
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THE BATTLE IS ON
Till) Majoi-'v aiiiKiiiin cini'iit tlmt iiviiiicr
Thomnx W t'linimnjliiiiii mr JftirKi W.
'nlest "is ni'crpilltcd b) tin- lulinitilKtrutlnu"
if- tlm lugienl mitconii' of tin- lioniliiuii in tin
('oiincil, when tlic idti who wcro cleitcil on
b tli,k"t plcdsi'il to liii "iipiwrt turned mil
t ' i.tiii over to I lie niMiij
That tho men ulio loteil to Kill tin1 vein
n not iiccri'ilitril In tin nliiiiiiitrntiiiti ivns
iippnp'iit on the fm I- of ill.' fj u Mr Ciin
niliKham nml Mr. Culfs are the mngtcry of
t-oni"" of the turn wlio befrnji'd their con
ftltncnt.i If the erefltiirt'H nte to be turned
down it i miieh more impnrtnnt that their
rrentors bo deprned of whatevr intlnenee
thej inni haio hud or mav have hoped to
liavi. with the Maioi
Tho Mnvor ay 'n effort lo thevc mi,i, :
"(teiitleniHn. mii haio alij;ni'd iuirplve
wth the men who an- dome their bovt to
ruin mi udminWtratlon You must aeeept
tho 'ono(iiicni o of vour .oute
Tho Major leforsto n rcidjtiMnii nt which
bo e-;nei t to make to proteet his ailniinii
traiion 'ittistrnetneli- and politiealli."
In this ilolii'ato ai doo .. u,o notiec to
ritlii-r men who luiie boon dickorinj; with the
oneinv that the tinn of reehoninc i ap
lironrhinu nnii tha" those of them who aio
hohliuif jobs under him might n- noil look
for son o other oeoupation in the near tutttre.
ll !n has to ilo to soi ore the overwhelm
Ine s'lpnorf of t ic best sentiment in the i t v
Is In I'lintinue ihi ticbt in the vim ho Imi
bfcun 't
THE SHORT-RUN NUISANCE
T1IK pnmtii'i. "I tiii- I'ublii Si'ivnv I 'oiu
mission is nieuratoh r'Uh.i'd in the rom
plaint jiiHt n'Bisiered with that bod atrainst
hhnrt runs of 'the Maiket stioct elevated
tiains.
It i uniloiiinb'ii ilint the plan re.'entl.i
eei uted of tmikitip Sixtt -tnud instead o'
Sixty ninth Ntroet the wesiern torininal has
o.ca'ioned scijims inconvenience, esjiocmllv
to passonpers obllKeil to make coune tions
ivilb the suburban service radiating from
Sixti ninth streii At the other end of tho
route muni trains ,110 booked to run only to
Set mid Hirer
I lio dub s nt '!n I.ind are assiireillv un
favorable to the ausi of rapid and uiodcn
.ed transit. Iiei-isim- on the matter is in
contestabli .ililiin tue liehl of the Publii
Sen ice Coinmissinn. which was organized,
anions otbei rensntis. with .1 view to v. -amlntn;
allojed abuses bv quail public mi
l-oratioiis and nilni'.' iie!initel upon Iheni.
It is sisnitiinnt flint the I' It. T. with
Irs fondness for referendum- uistitiitid none
upon the snbji'i 1 of 1 1.1 1 led runs ti puri the
lone hijb spi ,., line in I'M' uloliihia
THAT OLYMPIC APPROPRIATION
Cii-. 11. man Di:vi:i.i.vs oh-. ,tious 10
the a 1 1 1 1 r 1 1 r . 1 1 1 1 1 of SI." mill t,, a . t, .,.r tin
ilon. it in the fund pruiidul for the p.ninent
of the e-ipeiisos of tin lii.-nl finti'Mlailts in
ho illimpic Kniue. Ii.im . en sustained In
'he iiti so'icitor 'I'll.- Ciiiiiii-1 pass.-d th
npprnprintioii in pit. of iig doubtful lesalin
N'iiw Ibe legal ntliiir .if the ct Im, nihlseil
the controller that there is in. warrant in
bin for the aprnopriation of publii niono
for a pru ate piirjin.i
This advice i.s in ! i.e itii piei ou deci-
nous of ih ,rts li has noiliinc 10 do
with the merits of no .ntis. fm wbnli the
inoinn was aiiprnpruitei) li ni'Toh n'th
forth thr iiti p-i.pi r 1 ih- tha public muni-v
is to be used for p.iblii purposes onv
Use it for ..tlor 1 i-p..( 1, ,1s indefensible
lis for the pru ite , ..Indian .. u trust fund
to us,, the nonev . p;n the automobile bills
of Ins nei-.nnnl c n st
Now if tin .iit'o,!,.! i,a si mo inotiei oier
to the (llvt.ipi. iMinni tier lie will do so at
'its own risk hi d mil opos( hime!f t
taxpayer- mi i ver tin fun. T'n n
"iieht. Iiowev. t 1 N onuiik'h )uhlic.spiriti-il
" e i" '' ' ' "! t,, nhs, i-ibi lf"i
"I"' ' ' ' ' lleiio( to pi 'li.
-'fioiT is r-i s 1'
UNJUSTIFIED BOARD BALKING
rpllltl'l . 1 .. t the Hoard m I'
l'ai'i' a'. 1 ,1 of low 11 an , ,. ,
tnoM s h M hi .i F.unipe Thri t. ,m
hi-i in lori'i'i- ... of 1'' bon'tii I'p . .. -
till 11 Ca I - .' " .110 .1 - f I ., r ,
tin- siipinm 1 i,in Htimi .ire thirefnt,.
not bright
Willi. !III,.. HI r,l!M, n .. .llbllltll-.
ei.gh' ""l ' cd. the ',. ' iMimijis
ilia' 1. spojisinl. ,. 1i1.tr.1t.!. l,oinw are
upeited t. tnn'iv -t .it iinf,ir,.o(.i or
'ortuitoiis . i.ntmgen, ,,.j Ap. logins for t'i
'nabiliti "t 11.. I , d . ,. . i. a ii.int. r of
'he utmost inipmtiii 1 o the enrnmiinitt are
somen ha' 'ackmg t ..num nu- a'ipiiil
It is the dun of 1 11 lt,.ard of I' M, ,
VA iciitioii lo sob 11 m.i.!i iiihI a. ,i. J.
as pnsMl'Ie a sin ,. tnti-nd. 01 of p'lWi. ., ,,V
11 thi- 'ily t-t'iltitn at, 011 i, l..,..S
n-ti 'iliuio!.' , 11 1.1 1. ,1 mifi .,, ! ,,
.x.ikrnss Iit tb"se no 11 "ers m .r en.. ..', .-, t 1
m ' eimi.gn ,. be ut Inoir s.st
THE SALES TAX
Wl. Mil! I'k.h to hear ,1 !,., 1 ,.U !,,.,, .
about 1 -i'i.i- o' eiiii.innptiMi ,llx ,,.f,,r,.
I'ongresn linislioH its work "f revi.mp t,i.
tax laws
Tlieoroticiil.j .1 .11 . . 'a. -, udiiiiraliie It
has been estimni'd In sra'istn inns sitting ir
the isolation nf tli.li pop erttlge tables that
11 ta of cm . nt. ii tl,,. ilnlln,. would ralsi
nt leust I nun iiimi (mo ,wll. ,ll. (.
1111 1 li as th gin ei nment in oils to pai its
lulls Ititi bi'sm.ss men sa tl al tin 1 nib ,
ion of the ta would Is. ditli'"ilt and o
?wnsive It would I"' ik nintuinied In a'l
sorts of atinowincos ti, the publn and would
bf unpopular inil the politinuiiH who do
not wish to . 'tate the Iiushush men need
'cssly, haio been saying that no sales tai
law would be passed
There is a disposition, howeior nmons
eertnin congrosstnen to experiment with the
Ut Thei sav that we already haio a
per cent tax on drugs which is collected In
Hie druggist when he inakci the sale, and
1 hat an extension of the system could be
iimHe without erent lneoinentcncc to nuy
otic. Otto II. Knliti, one of the best economic
expertu in the country, has appeared before
the ways and moans committee to iitrc. n
Reneral vales tax of one-third of 1 per cent
iii mi experiment. If this ohould prove suc
cessful, then the rate could be raised and
other taxes bo abolished. Mr. Knhn was
listened to respectfully, for the membem of
the committer are aware that he speaks with
niilo knowledge inspired by a broad public
spirit.
IF YOU AREN'T A CYNIC
YOU'RE OUT OF FASHION
Does .in Occasional Grafter on the Grill
or In Jail Prove That the Country
Is Off to the Dogs?
AXOTHllIt dollar-n-jenr man seems to
have (joiip wi-oiik and crafted a million
or more for himself and his friends by tislim'
1 ontldeiitial information available in one of
1 he federal departments In the hchenie which
sent coal to S'.'O a ton in New Iliiitland a
I little while ago. This news- tossed out by
I the Senate's committee, will clc the ci tiles
mother short interval of complete happi
ness. l'verj body's doini; it. they will tell you.
And certainly a rasiial survey of the current
news In this city might make it appear that
11 pood many men in some of the govern
ment's bureaus, like the dollni-.n-joar nun
of popular legend, are working not for the
government nt nil. but for themselves. Tlittt
is a fantastically unjust assumption. Hut
it is the nteepted one just now. To he fash
ionable, to be admired as one of he true
1 ogtioseetiti, ion must declaim at dinner thnt
vou buy your gin trnm a revenue ngent and
that lour stock tips come bang from n mem
ber of In- cabinet or from Tumulty himself.
A gdt mnu.i people will be foolish enough
to believe you
The,! are the people who smile wisely wl "n
thev hear that a telon in McKenty's peni
tentiary is tepoited to he the brains and
driving power of a complicated and highly
profitable drug syndicate and that an agent
ot the Hovenue Department is supposed to
have been standing guard over Slifi.000
worth of narcotics sobod by the police in a
house fiom which he stufT was to have
been peddled to tho underworld. They Know,
these -sophisticated folk, that the jolly old
world is going to the dogs. So thev are
loudly saving
And thev make sensible people intimtelv
Meat!
Simple hiiiiesiy is not a diainati.- qualni
It ought to l,o so regarded, but it isn't
It is no more astonishing, no rarer, than
the kindly rains and quite as necessary to
the continuing life and older of civilization.
It is because personal rectitude is the com
monest of virtues that it is never set to
mink' or advertised in newspaper headlines
Crowds do not assemble in the streets to
stare at an honest man. Crowds are inter
ested in the i xceptionnl and surprising
things. Crowds nn entrnte their attention
on lawbreakers bei aue the lawbreaker i a
significant phenomenon as full of moaning
as the straw on the Miifacc of tho current.
1 1 is the current that really mattirs.
t 'looked dollar a-war men and crooked
feih-inl agents such es ura can occasionally
find nre random tloatei. i-at up from below.
Thei are interesting enough in their nay,
but they move nlwai. in obedience to silent
and mighty forces that cannot be easily do
lined or dramatized in the day's news. They
move to jail, to dUgt.i.e. to a dismal finish
of 0110 son or another
When investigating 1 oinmitteos no longer
pursue ami punish men who bet raved the
government nnd the public, and when crooks
in the federal servb e learn to sloop enslly,
cynicism of the sort that is fashionable now
will be justified Kor one dollnr-n-iear man
who became a grafter and a cheat then- were
thousands who left their own businesses,
gave the best tln'i had to the government
and returned to private life without oer
getting a lino of blame or praise in the dis.
patches Thei did the expected and tho
conventional thins
For one emplnyo 111 a federal department
who ',mn Ins authority dishorn stir, tin re are
iinmy thousands who maintain the old stand
ards of honor and integrity even against
g'eat odds and lianl-liip.. Weto it other
wise, government in the I'niteil State? would
bo impossible and a time would have arrived
when we could lime nothing to do but hand
back the land to the Indians
iinie nic uiaiii noil-mi an.ng p.opie who
pin in about the tone and the .triplications
"f newspupii headlines. Y. t every day in
the wiek those same headlines make it
clearer that 1 rookedin-s ami dishonesty do
not pay.
The dollin ,1 war man w no.o name is
soon In be giwii out" In tin- Senate coal
1 nminitti . doiib'l-ss would give the million
he in. nb ami another million along with it
to be .,11! of 'no miss that he got himself
int" And if half tlmt we hear i true, the
b.tt.ti.t .in inns ,,f rnokod unployes in the
revenue seniio nn tin- Inmost men in that
.aim sorvn 1 , who tmd thnt their own honor
is impugn. i by 11 i.udit! of the necn-
sio'ial . iisid.-r 1 iignged in the i-morgeni i
s.uii'o tieii'ssitati'd In the Vnlstiad act
The sunp,. fn, t nf t,c. matrcr is tliat tin
goiernn 11'- ,,i let un say, Congress at
t united tu a, 1 1 mplisli too much in a sh,,rt
s nco of time Al! the resources mailable
t.. in, fm ot tin . -nt in minimi times .mulii
lai'. been necessary to enforce the dr l.n
..iii'i'. ti-ly and d.eontlj An attempt as
1 i.nl. in force something like a rein'iifinri in
1 ri.'iia! tl slit and national habits at a
ruin win n many inlliieuces wore s,i,tli at
oik t" disturb vi, ml equilibrium 111 m mi
piiii'ei- Hundreds of thousands of i- u
nic ink 1 si dilen'i our of the fan I'uir w,i! s
f Iif. . il.pi tn to new and distiir'ci; m
tluonios and thrown back again n siii'ib-nly
t ri'iidjust flieiusi'lvos to changed .midiiion's
for w hic'i they were unpri pared M n sni,
! t. d to tin s. d h n pressure of 'n..i, ,,,-,, ,,,
md 'lie itti ihIiiii' Hume! hvstMii won- on
flnl ted. bor ills, of w 111' i nlldlt loi . ntbop
,o t initios to saittlbo their Inn or f, r ,ll(,f.
protits.'
Win'!, 1 in iiisiii ip-t was r nssed the
;n ' I'liiin iii was in the position ,,r ,nal)
ii'.. liming an enormous. mnp'ii ntcd
l.oi'aiism ,.n his haiuli' and 1 oiling a vast
'"i of skilled and dependnlib ni"n in keep
n going mild find only untniiind labor to
.r!. for Inni, If a mini in hip '1 a position
had 'miipioinisiili bv sending tin unskilled
and mdi-i iplineil men to do t... wotk that
whi'iI bni" required the nttniiimi of ton
tl.iiusn'iii oxtnrls bo would hm.. ,ien, about
a- Ciigrfs 11'. I when it passed tdi drv law
:m I 11 . ih hi provision for ils pioper rn
for, 1 moi,t
1 oufiiMoii u- iiieiiiuble nnd we ai in
no i-iid't of it Not onlv in the world of
industry nnd liniiine. hut in the minds of
all sorts and 1 mditioiis of men. the processes
of readjustment nie going on As it proceeds
the tut' iral detestation for the crook is
makit.g lUelf detiniteli felt Tho average
man's dioition to respo, t tbo Jaw rntlur
than nni thing that n small forre of rovi nin
agi nis can do, is tending eortainlv to restrict
nnd 1 limiriiite the iMoit whUkv bunnesi
There is meanwhile a vcrv rial danger
'lint, while the polire forces of tho govern
1'ii'iit are oin entrating their efforts to en
force the proi isinns of the Volstead law a
worse evil is developing in the background
The ditlieiiltlos encountered bv government
agents who have to contend with the Illegal
t rathe in narcotic drugs are vividly suggested
in the news of the rnld made bv Captain
Teminst Cocaine, morphine and heroin are
uisilv transported, easilv smuggled The
1 ustoins authorities will nlways find it ox
ii'cmelv hard to deal with those who bring
these dangerous substances from ships in
port Ilefore the drug traffic can be ellml
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER -
nntcd or really checkMl In this nnd other
countries governments will hnvc to control
the manufacture of nil narcotics and super
vise their distribution. If the traffic still
nourishes in tlilR country It is largely be
cause in (he rush to eliminate the snloons
Congress paid no attention to the Inade
quacies of the Harrison net, nnd In tbo vvnr
on alcohol quite forgot to concern itself with
the question of substitutes that arc far more
dangerous nnd deadly.
Appropriations mnde to enforce the dry
laws were wholly Inadequate. The men as
signed to the job nre underpaid. They nre
offered bribes nt every turn nnd they deal
for the most part with men who, making
money so fast that they hnritlv know whnt
to do with it. nre prcfeclh willing to share
with nny one who will give them any
fort of protection Yet violators of the
liquor Inws nre actually going to jail. That
is something. It proves that the federal
depnrt incuts nnd their men nre going seri
ously about nn extraordinarily difficult Job.
Henenth the siiifnce there nre signs of
.'ishonesty nnd corruption. lint they nre
rot nearly so numerous or so significant ns
some people suppose. The men who do their
duty honestly nnd they nre innumerable
npifsciit n stabilizing force thnt still doml
t.niis in nil the departments of the govern
ment You seldom hear of them. It is the
crook who gets the advertising, which, in
ni'i'H ways, is not the '. 1 1 tmrt of his
punishment.
PEACE ARMOR IS NO ARMOR
T.V PRINCIPLE there is Hale distinguish -JL
ing the Rrltish prime minister's pre
scription for pence from thnt published by
the mitorrnt of nil the Russlas more than
twenty years ngo.
The famous rescript of Nicholas II wus
basically n idea for international disarma
ment. Its direct consequence was the first
Hngue conference of lSIHi. giving rise to nn
International arbitral court.
Hut although the powers of this tribunal
were subsequently enlarged, the elastic nnd
familiar phrase "outraged national honor"
plnyed its customary und dninitging part.
It was generally understood, nlthough not
nlunjs frankly admitted, thnt the very mat
ters supposedly compelling nations to take
up anus were beyond the jurisdiction of
the court.
Thi- i!crI,p!,s wns shockingly exposed by
the world war, when the tribunal wns pow
e.n'.s. The conflict wns begun by nations
armed to their full capacity. The ancient
argument that armament wns peace insur
ance wns tragically exploded.
It Is the destruction of that delusion
which enhances the significance of Mr.
Ijloyd Ooorge'R definitely expressed views.
While there Is nn utter" nbsenre of novelty
in his doctrine, the bnckground of 1 ileum
stance has markedly chnnged.
In its eighth nrticle the covenant of the
League of Nations declares that "the mem
bers of the league recognize thnt the main
tenance of peace requires the reduition of
national armaments to the lowest-point .in
sistent with national safety and the enforce
inent of common action of international ob
ligations "
It is. of course, arguable that possible
interpretations of the phrase national
safety" nre perilously numorou. The
meaning of the article depends vitally upon
the nieasute of co-operation of the various
nations in 11 simerc nnd specific disarma
ment policy.
The Rritish premier recognizes the situa
tion in hi oolemn warning against naval
and inilitarv competition. A single nation
unsympathetic to a reduction plan tan ren
der it negligible in practice.
Opponents of the league signed at Ver
sailles are logically sound when thev insist,
as Senator Hornh does that disarmament is
the fundamental safeguard of peace. Hut
not without n complete perversion of truth
can ir be maintained thnt a workable ma
chinery for reductions is not eontnined in
the covenant
It is this point whim Mr Lloyd Cieorge
emphnsizod yesterday in tho presence of the
Ilntish nnd dominion delegates returning
from the ficneva meeting.
Nnturnlly, since his government is a mem
ber of the league, the Ilriti.h premier favois
the development of material already in ex
istenro. It is probable that mankind in
general cares less about the paitlcular appa
ratus employed than the measure of its ef
fectiveness. Disarmament hohih anil consistent Iv car
ried out appeals to humaiiiti on two im
pio.sivo . mints :
It has never yet been uniiersnllr tried,
whereas all other pence plans have failed.
It appeals overwhelming!! and incontro
vortibh to common sense.
WOMEN MAY HOLD OFFICE
TT IS unneoo.ss.iry to change any laws ,,f tin'
Mate in order to qualify women for hold
ing pibln othee, in-cording to an opinion of
Attn! in y lieiierul Alter
Tin Governor had asked him whether he
1011I1I appoint a woman as dork of the Lu-s-uin
iiiuntj courts The nttornei general
tells him that he can.
The constitutional nmetnliiw.nt gmng the
into to women has apparent?,, imiforreil on
tin' women not only the privilege of voting
but the privilege of sharing with tho men
in all the activities of government.
Women are eligible to membership m the
-tut.- Legislature and for seats in cnr..
and for the presidency They art- also eligi
ble for the mayoralty and for memboiship
in the City Council. If thej ,.nn g,.t the
noiuiiintloii for aiu office, and if they poll
more lotos than any other candidate " there
is nothing now in the way of their perform
ance of the duties Cif am office.
No other view is tenable unless nlc t0
attempt to nullify th pial suffrage amend-
inent of the constitution The privilege of
voting curries with it all the obligations of
1 itizenship
LEAGUE COURT PROGRESS
Plto.Sl'LCT.S Hint the International Court
of Justice will soon be more than 11 fig
ment of hencvohnt Imagination have been
matct mill enhanced by the signature bv
tuotitv -two nations to the protocol giving
executive approval to the plan. As tho nin
jotiti of the delegates of nations registered
apprm al only after consultation with theii
home governiin nt. it is expected thnt sanc
tion bi tin. vai lou. Parliaments will not long
be delayed.
It bus been plain from the outset thnt
intifidenci. in the league will be emphatically
strengthened by an exhibit of practical ma
ohinuy Although on tho whole the per
formance of the comic il and the asseinhli
in fieneva was creditable, more discussion
does not entirely satisf, the longings of those
who hope for n tangible organization of peace
Especially is this true of some American
clitics of the league When the world court
actually comes into being, the best of nil the
arguments on behalf of a socioty of nations
will be nvallable
All but the incxl cantankerous iriecorn iln
bles are in hearty sympathy with nn int
nutionnl arbitral tribunal, endow id (
powers vastly initio vlgmous und conn .n
sive than those of The Hague com '.lore,
over, when the judges are duly (y c-d and
nre aetunlly lit their posts sonn , tb,. con
fusion now existing regard! n .ne coercive
functions of the legal strue .0 nre certain
to be dispelled
In the presence of one actuality it will be
easier to grasp another, and sincere exami
nation of the text of the league covenant
will show that the obligation of the nations
to nrbltrato their differences is stated four or
five times To incorporate n compulsory
clause in the court plan is mere redundancy,
and it is r i1" r puz.lins to find no much
furor rnls"1 . er the omission
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER
THE ANTHRACITE GOUGE
Will Pennsylvania Follow In the Steps
of New Jeraey? The Fartlcal
Brumbaugh Comtnliilon and
Whnt It Didn't Do
v GEORGE NOX McCAIN
THE next Legislature has its work cut
oirt for it.
Yet the question of most vltnl interest lo
Philadelphia Is not, ns yet, n part of its
program.
It affects the pocket bonk of every home
owner nnd housekeeper in Philadelphia
nnd east of the Alleghanles.
The newspaper-reading millions nre dnllr
regnled with the snplent dissertntlons of
Senator Penrose on cabinet possibilities,
nnd the detniled story of the Incomings nnd
outgoings of Governor Sproul. It is kept
posted on just how Joseph It. Grundy 11 nil
State Chairman Crow propose to wallop the
eternal daylight out of encii other, nnd when
Mayor Moore will lay righteous hands on
another crooked cop.
Hut the proposition that Involves million 4
of hard-earned dollars of the public has
been lelegnted to the limbo of neglected
things.
IT IS the vltnl question of tonl of profi
teering by wholesalers nnd rctnllcrs in
anthracite, the univcrsnl home fuel 01
Philadelphia.
New York has beaten Philadelphia to it
The district attorney of llrooklyn lifts
stnited nn investigation thnt is still on.
The Sennte committee nt Washington In
also taken up the issue. It threatens the
coal dealers with government supervision
nnd criminal prosecutions.
New Jersey s Legislature has been called
uion to net and queer revelations me
promised when the Inquiry gets under wnv.
Massachusetts has tnken steps through its
fuel administrator to turn on tho light.
Pennsylvania has done nothing. It will
have the opportunity to redeem itself within
the next sixty days.
AS FOR Philadelphia, It has done notb
ing. It has made 11 feeble protest, nml
let it go nt that; but there bns been n.)
public demand for relief.
The citizens of the third city in the coun
try nre seemingly sntisficd with the sltun
tion. They ure content to pay exorbitant
prices nnd thank the extortioners for tin
privilege.
In Washington they have started to cleau
things up. The Colder committee on Mon
day raided tbo licndquniters of the Nntionnl
Coal Association nnd seized its books. The
committee menus business.
Philadelphia, which is always the object
of discrimination, metaphorically holds out
Us pocketbool: to the conl bnrons, big nnd
little, with the words, "Help yourselves,
gentlemen, to what you think is right, nnd
give us ns much coal ns you enn spare in
return."
BUT Pennsylvania
its anthracite coa
hns not been without
1 commissions in the
pnst.
I'sunlly they have been merely white
washing squads. Some of them have been
actually apologetic lo the coal companies.
"Hy your leave, gentlemen, we would like
to have some information about your busi
ness," has been the sycophantic, almost
groveling, attitude of these commissions.
If the coming Legislature nets to dis
cover the cause of the existent price condi
tion, it should be by a commission of real
investigators.
The lust anthracite oomtnlslon, appointed
under the joint icsoliition of June 10, 11110,
by Governor Rrumbaugh, wns a farce.
It belli meetings, summoned officers nnd
representatives of various wholesale nml re
tail coal concerns, examined coal trust ofli
cinls, and then mnde its report.
It wns nn apology rather thun u report.
It found nothing wrong. It wns n weak,
watery. Hubby affnir. from start to finish.
It confined itself to the operators' side.
Not n miner or other individual Interested
in the actunl work of digging coal was put
on the stand.
Tho only commendable thing thnt a lead
ing of the llrumbaugh anthracite coul com
mission report discloses is that it served
without compensation. It didn't deserve
anything.
HERE are a tew gems from this rcmaik
nble document
"Hy reason of a lack of time and adr
quate means the commission has not under
taken to verify any of the figures."
"It is respectfully suggested
that the average margin of profit per ton
i. substii'itiallv reduced by the sale nt u loss
of the .steam sizes." Also:
"Hy prepared sizes ure meant those sizon
larger, than pen nml which sizes the oper
ators are able to sell nt a profit
the remaining smaller or steam sizes bclnj,
in every instance, produced nt greater ex
pense than that at which such sizes can Lo
marketed."
The indifference or ignorance displayed by
the Hiuiubaugh commission could not b'
better set forth than 111 the above statement
taken from its "iirelliulnarv conclusions."
Steam sios of anthracite are a by
product. It was so testified under oath at
the llrooklyn henrlng of the Cnldcr com
mittee a few days ago. W. H. Williams,
vice president of the Hudson Coal Co., tes
tified that stoam sizes of anthracite, being 11
by-product of mine and washer.!, were,
therefore, s() much "velvet."
PHILADELPHIA has a ton) exchange.
It is supposed to have been organized
to protect the public, ns well us to conserve
the iuteiests of its members
Prom ncent experience, it bns stood idly
by while tin public was living mulcted.
It is an instunee similar to that at City
Hnll. where policemen on the force have
, stood In and watched a victim being
"fiiskcd" without offering any interference.
The alleged reason is that the coal ex
change dale tint speak above n whisper for
fear of offending the big producers from
whom it receives its supply. That is
the testimony.
Neither hope nor help, therefore, can ui
expected from this source.
If the Legislature can be aroused by pub
lic sentiment to take action. It mav be able
to affoid relief.
vnd the Legislature should net
' THE HA UITED STREET
WIT II OCT. the night is quiet as the
grave ;
The moon has set: the clouds like phun
toms Ily ;
I sit and shudder, for along the pave
I henr a wailing banshee passing In.
No sooner has the banshee ceased to sob.
And nerves once more their normal quiet
take.
Than, coming down the asphalt stiect, a
causes them again to twitch nnd
quake.
Nor is this all; the bobcat s scan civ still
When through the dreadful night, right
past the house.
oine hepless souls, long lost liynontlng
shrill :
Then demons, shrliking in their mud ca
rouse. ' least, they sound like these, slnicks,
groans snd walls,
Fiends' laughter tierce; hoarfc sobs of
those that mourn ;
No wonder thnt n timid mortal quails
Ilefore tho varied tvpis of motor horn
II. II. in the New York Herald
Charity Where It Paya
I'roin ilc nichmond New Leader
The great heart of America cannot escape
the obligation to provide Europe with conl
not while Europe offets four times what It Is
worth
O.. c,i,b,i.
ne Explanation
Krom ths Nw VorW Ik-rald.
'I'h linllHsf malls are not at nil conerstoH.
Optimists will explain that this is not on
account. 01 nnru uiini um uciuusc, mier ro
much prosperity, nobody can think of a gift
that tlic favored friend iinsu t already. A
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They
Know Best
DR. MELVIN P. BURNS
On Fields for Church Work
ONE big field for the churches to work iu
is thnt of the districts cbnnging from
strictly residential to semiresldentinl nrrns
interspersed with foreigners or more espe
cially with cheap boarding houses, nccoiding
to Dr. Melvln P. Hums, superintendent of
the deportment of city work of the Hoard of
Home Missions of the Methodist Church.
Dr. Hums has divided his program here
Into four larger branches, following the plan
adopted in other cities since the beginning
of the city work of the board, in connection
with the opening of the centenary drive
three years ago.
"The four divisions," declares Dr. Hums, ,
"nre (1) downtown, f-1 industrial. (''I
foreign speaking, subdivided into American
ization and Chrlstinnization work, nnd (4)
seniiresidentiul.
"For ninny years the church bns been on
the retreat from all of these communities.
The 'downtown church' is seldom n vcrv
thriving institution, and it is only recently
that the different denominations hnvc awak
ened to the importance of this field. In fact,
it took the war to open tin- eyes of tbo
church to the grent necessity of work among
the foreign. Ilefore thnt no denomination
bad given this work serious attention.
Hoarding Houses Replace Homes
"Then there is one grout section of nil
cities which has just begun to be consid
ered; I. -.. the area of shabby gentility,
formerly filled with the houses of the well-to-do
who have begun to move out into the
suburbs or at least into the outer districts
of the rltv . Foreign born begin to creep
into these localities or, more frequently still,
they become the area of countless boarding
houses, tenanted by young people seeking
work in the city.
"Iustend of remaining to woik nmong
these classes, the church has pretty generally
followed the former inhabitants' out into
the suburban or outer districts. Only just
recently bns the fight Is-en taken up nguin
lu this very nciossary field.
"And in Miming buck nn to the biittlefield
the churches must necessarily disregard for
mer stnndnrds. precedents And statements
of theology. They must work out u new
fundamental program broad enough to cover
the uctual needs of every poison in these
variously populated districts.
"Such n campaign was attempted in New
York city not so maiiv years ngo in respect
to the old I'lilon Chinch, which once had
been popular nnd well-tilled, but which one
day woko up to find itself lu the center of
n hotel, apartment house and theatre (lis
trict. Instead of selling the chinch and
abandoning the ti.-ht. the board installed u
lighting, progressive minlhter and spent a
great deul of money on welfare work.
"As n result the tin tit o people und the
hotel people were attracted, (ilrls flocked
to the noonday lunch which was arranged,
the young people of the neighborhood came
lu great numbeis to the recientlonnl rooms
and from n membership of fifteen the I'nlon
Church Increased that number to from .100
to noo.
Surrcss ( an He Krpr.itr.il
"What the Rev John Henson did there,
and other up-to-date clergymen have clone in
other downtown churches in many cities of
tho United Stutos, ran be done elsewhere.
"In addition to the foreign born, which
hnve probably been thoroughly discussed in
connection with nil founs of welfare work,
but which still cuiistiiiito nn Important
chinch work, tbeie is the question of the
most central part of the dt, tho region of
big hotels nnd clubs, containing Inrgelv n
transient population, but with just enough
permanent residents to muke it an Integral
part of church work
"These hotels can be reached and their
occupants brought to church. This Iuih
been proved in n number of iui.tnneeH. Hut
there must bo more than the Sunday service
nnd the Wednesday night prayer 'meeting.
There must be social work of nil kinds. In
cluding the provision of cheap lunches rest
rooms, gumes, eutertaltunents nml the' like
The hotels can be leached by invitations
distributed to every room, and the dubs In
iln. .nine way. Hut Huh will not uniiio.
It Is more than n question f K,.tnK t.
people once to uttend a church service. Thnt
service must be vital and compelling onou-h
to bring them again, nnd, above all, It must
be backed up by real, up-to-date welfare
work with n purpose. Once the tran
sients lire brought in. even if only tempo,
ruiily. the residents will come to tho churches
l. .. .I.a ul.n.iln rnnuni. ,1. . .L . ,..
iiip" r i" o.."i"s iiwuu nun mey wl sc
,,.... ,hf)80 churches stnnd for L.mi,iiL
definite and progressive
"Then of course, then, lu 1V .,i.,. .
work among dercllcts-nu entirely different
pngc 01 me noon, one one just as vital, The
supplying of work for such people, at the
same time iuculcutliig Christian and Amctl-
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"HtfUfrj-
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ti
can ideals in them, is a work which the
churches can nnd must do.
People in Hoarding Houses Lonesome
"Finally, ns before mentioned, there is
tho boarding house nren. This is really u
simple ns well us a very vital field, for the
reason thnt young men nnd women. In fnct,
nil persons in boarding houses, are usunllv
lonesome nnd long for companionship. If
the progressive church in the neighborhood
can offer thnt to them there will be no diffi
culty in getting them to church,
"Hut in order to do this the churches
must forget old-time prejudices nnd narrow
mindedness. Pool tnblos nnd billiard tables
nre Important factors, ns is dancing and the
atricals. If they are scorned, thnt manv
handles to the problem of soclnl welfare work
are broken, nnd without the incentive of
social intercourse, most of the young people
will not be brought to the church."
The Fact Remains
Krorn (he Incllsniipolls News,
The senators who nre investigating the
coal situation nre finding out a good manv
things that other people suspected, iust ns
other Investigators have found out such
things, but whnt good does thnt do ns long
ns the coiil men nre determined to keep prices
Hard to Recognize
I'rotu the Cincinnati i:nqulrtr
Along with the difficulty of recognizing
Mexico will come the difficulty of recogniz
ing ( hicngo in her new robe of righteous
ness. In Reduced Circumstances
from the Oil-land Plain Denier
The former kaiser has Inst n large part of
us wealth, nnd hns now an Income amount
ing to a bare $000,000 a yea?. Still, be ran
do pretty well with that in Holland, which
Is nn Inexpensive plnce to live in.
A Guess
I loin Ihe C.-vUrs'.nn Notva
xr!r r"V'i1'? .thn ArRcntinn nnd Senator
M.Cormiek intend to join in forming nn
outlaw League of Nntions.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
"' ""'Lu.lol"a lh0 B-lnnlnR of this ancient
hr stnmn caiol, "God rest you merry
gentlemen" bo punctunted? '"crr
" Ivo?"'"" Ta,nerlnnc nnJ when did ha
X Wa'rneleiramy,tl;o.ollnl0n f PoM'"" '"
4 In whnt famous naval battle did tim
IrmTo dn'te,,w" "avc "nly '" ''
5 lloinmny king, of Bn.land were named
0. Which, of the four gospela wero vvntt.n
by original disciples of Jesiw- Mrl,ten
' 'n.aV.ll""" WhCre '" ,t,e ".Ntaiwrtt ot
s Name four fnmous operas by Verdi
! What part of tho country wan tlm iir c.
express olllclnl approval of tho const.0
tutlon of the United States'
10 Where la tho Rubicon?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Abraham Lincoln delivered hi. en....
aettyrtwrir addrca In Nowlnbcr ?A"
2 ' Dr. I-austuB" and "Edwanl II" n'ro two
Pber,"Mrtrwefft,"0UH ""'"' of "'o
:' ''VEL'V-ffi'''1.".9 ' of Hal,, on
-" - "- ,.i mime.
i'ln!rn nnru llt-faii, .
jng from the n", rcear
vldere, to see. by way of the French
0 Kricnu'itlc Is the naniii applied to paint
lugs executed with vehicles of w d!
wax Is tho chief Ingredient, TiiB term
fro... tho Greek -burnt In," , ap
propriately applied to the ancleau
methods of painting x 'J"
beat was required to effect them
7 A cymbalo or ccmhalo is n utrlniced mi.
slcat instrument played will, namtneVs"
g. Tbo l'nrlu newspaper named after the
1 art.er of Seville Is the Figaro. kUVo
the Seville barber, an created by jeau.'
mnrchnls was tho repository and dis
penaer at current gossip, news and gen.
oral information, "
9. The height of tho dome of the Capitol at
Washington from the base lino of the
enst front Is 387 feet S Inches.
10,- Walts are bands of pernons singing enrols
from house to house on Christinas,
U T.1 ' Hli MArviifw -t -
I A proa Is . cloublo-ended BWift salllnu
canoe, with one aide flat, which In kent
to leevvnrd. and a lateen sail It u
uaed by rmtlvea of the, MruaY arch I
pclngo and the Mariana Island,
V'
SHORT CUTS
A few more drug raids may reduce aiitJ
un nui t.v.
v Hurglnries arc combinations of slurp
and tints.
Let us hope the auto bandits won't hole,
up Santu Clans.
Protected vice is chortling ovci the wr
handed the Mayor.
Stocks may be going down, but stO' k
ings will go up tomorrow night.
Curious how n conviction sometime!
places n halo on the head of a criminal
Cnndy dealers nre nppnrently the la:
to discover thnt money is growing scarce
rue rouuie wit i ran net inn kin.? in ton
the work hns so frequently to bo clone over.
Perhnps Judge Landis hns now readie
the stnge when be con nfTord to be tempcm
mental.
The operations of the drug ring seen:
designed to prove unit trum Is stranger Ilia
melodrama.
May we deduce from the Christmas trt
at Citv Hnll that Santa Clans is tho Mnln
(!uy thereabout?
Mnrnr Monro linu n lin-,1 firlif i,l.na,l i
him. lie hnsn't a soul back of him but tha
people of Philadelphia.
Heing so justly and painstaking i
roasted, the Municipal Court ought to l)el
done when it s lirown.
Hefore directing homilies at W.lmine
ton, let it be noted that it wasted no time!
in sending its embezzlers .to jail.
The enrcful elti7cn will do his bu inl
nid the starving babies before the vegsmanl
has a chni.ee to hold him up nnd get tie
money.
Congressinnn Cannon says he is oppofcdl
lo the government doing anything luat prl
vute individuals ran do. Except talk 1'ncle
Joe; except tnlk.
Overheard on Chestnut street .
Not much chnnco for SuutJ. using III
slc.cli this weather.
No; but vvu can ut least see the raiuT
dear.
New York's police commissioner -jnl
there is too much conversation between po I
Ucemen on post nnd it must cense Un thei
other hand, If silence is golden the icegsl
may cop it.
If it should be proved thnt an auwl
lmnrllt irm onllootlnf funds III culler to 111 0 I
vide n well-laden Christmas tree for IilJ
children, n nentlmciitnl public would dcuor
less be Tcauy to applaud him.
Thnt charming little ditty, "Lcl - Oftl
It While tho (Jotting's (iood." sung mtlil
immense success by the Hrown Quince e ' " 1
may, unfortunately for the warmers, no
lo the ax that is being sharpened for them
Hoses nre still blooming in NantiKlcl.
Mass., but this has absolutely nothing "' ""
,,.1.1, 11, n fnof tlinf thn Mn mo. ohltsetts I.Ogl"
laturo has njnde women eligible fur "Uic
anil mac mere are nineiy-xoiir uim... -i
pobs ns policewomen in tho state.
Is the coul scandnl due simply t "i"1
..:....., ,nd, .?u-) Tl, ,, ,il, 11,. that nil PI
bu
tntlnciv nvvnltH the nornu of the patriotic!
niiiin-sv iiiLiiiu iin t iu 1 1 u i .-
,lnll,,r.',i .vonr mnn who bended a ring tuail
gathered iu n rake-off from every govern
ment coal trnnsaciion is lnciiueu kj -"
crate, "Not by an anthracite!"
.Inclc Ilomnsev told ItoturiUllS lit rJ"."l
i an ciiv ilint lie couldn't mnke n epeecO'
but just to be sociable be would fight nurl
i.it.. nn.si.nf. And that's ii 1 1 there was Wl
It. 'News items are ho disappointing W'l
to-date fiction would have bad the e!ialleMl
ncceptcd and tho champion defenteu.
A freo trnn'slntlon of the Hiown smi'
..... ....... . M......I. ... aiu r.l.ri.lM
ineiii rvuim miiiiuniis " ii" " ,l,
Now thnt it' has been alleged tlmt j
municipal i ouri. in iiiiiiiukcu .. - - . - .
that money is being wasted there and m
one of the court's chlefest functions 1
provide Jobs for the jobliss so that a how
muy be kept on city politicians, it is '
for us to renllzo that charity Is n iw;",1'?'
thiug i that Imitation is the slncert I
tery; that Lincoln may have hod tho riyj
dope about fooling the people, but H "
yet ueen (lemousiraicu -, iiiui mi""" i
rompllcated for ordinary peojile to grasp. a"
tliat ii is n mean man who hiiuii - ,.
tit-. To Which may bn lidded in the Ui
of the poet, "E Pliirlbus Uniim.niiil MH"7
iu Pano, uot to luvutluu Tool SJvn-cL
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