II .11 m IV 1 it - ft h . ' 'it : . ' I I If i I is 111 w 8 Queuing ubltcHIcser PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY l ernes it. k. cimTis, rBBitixT Charles Jt taidlncton, V 'o President John C 'Martin. Secretary and Traivaur r, 1 hlllp y Collins, John n Willi. ma. John J. apurgeon. PI r re tor. KDITOIUAt, HOARD ' Cnirj If K cruris, Oruilrtnan .-1AV1D. I. PMIt.nY Editor JOUK c arvnTtv a n..-M TVjsinras Manager rubllilMtt dally at Tctiuc UniMKn lluUdlng Inili1!-. n.r rice Saunre, Fhltail"lr.hla Aiumtii' CiTt I'rc.ts-l ii RulMIng lNlnr oK ,1.14 Mmllimn Aw. DTi.oir Tni Vnril nulMinr , ET. Locis 013 Olotr-Drmiyerat nult.llnr . C'nieioo lsos 7ViiM,n luitMinc M-W-t TH-RHArs-viam.soTos LUnrvl N 1' Or IY-ih)lvanU Ave nnJ Hth St New YhhK Hi uric The Sun Building Iasdos llmiui London Times SfHSCRIPTION TERMS The Bvemx.i .tun, Loira Ik served to auti crlbore In l'hllnd. .plila and aurrouhdlng towna At th rat of twelve K crtnc rer w-ek. payar.,0 - to th r rlv r. Ry null M polntj outilii,. vt PMludelpbta. in , tho full.,. Sin . i-.iii...'.- ur fmted ytAtcs tos- acaaton. poshik-e frci. r.it- v5) coma ytr month. Six (JO) dollar per " vr iaubl( in advance To nil fordsn ceuntrin fw (ID dollar a month .Joti. r HuhcrlS-rr .riahing nddrraa chanted . mux ens old aj well ci new address ,t M.LL, 3mo WALM T l.r.TOSE, MAIN 3000 fT .ttfariM all fw Hiuc.'toM to , ilng Publio hfilaer Inji pmlriiv S-Jutlrr, rViftorfrlphio Member of the Associated Press lllL ASSOCIATED PnKSt ( trc'ualvlv en titled to tk ' . ' '- l uf i-rt. ion it n ' tit. 'tltpnfc'if eruhtrd fj . ' tiof othrniiir cm trd in tMj pni. r rt'id also th U-cat irt' pubHh'd , fArrrin. All tit!,- , rrpuf't ofi m o' a.irrviT ffiffrnf 'he a herein c r - ' ' t'hiladptphia. V.Vdhrnlai. tlrremti-r 29, VKiS THE CHARMS OF STATUS QUO SEXATOll AK1-, whi.se mte.ist in the OTloptiun of tin1 new it i barter wuh originally of a dnu'ire nit oiispiruuu&uess, has declared that he would this jear back ' tho chatter committee in ntij legislation bcnclit.nx l'hiliidelphm. ' It will be intcrmutivc to nbTe how far , this cnth I'la-m i'M.-ihIkI when pre-eut plans foi appljing th. .nil seriee rules to iotltit, otliees yet i.mler waj. The fnet thnt theihurter ii it t.-iw tnn.U is powerless to effect the . haup. and that the new order must win! upoii the pa-.sau'e of u Mieeiul bill b. the I.eislaiuri p !iin, perhaps. Mr. Vare's nflei lion for iimics -is tliei are. The tj pe ..1 politiei.i.i who eeae openly to deplore irretrievable reforms. s Umg as they lead to no furtlnr i iii.ineipatioii of the communit from the abuses of special privi lege, is uot uncommon in this country. Vhatcer else mm- be nnl of Mr Vare's latest attitude, it is not in this itistniue one of startling originaht' THE BOARD IS THE CULPRIT FOHMKlt Judge Hiebvr bewails the fact that v. u ions l.H-al pubin sclmol faculties are activlj . ngaged in booming candidates for the loug-unnllod supi.rinteniletiej , who are ' sjmpathetic with tneit inilivnlunl per sonal interests." The situation is, indeed, as lie describes it, "ver unfortunate." I'nder the circum stances, however, it -nins to have been Inevitable. The original offender is the Hoard of IMu catioti, to n tin li Judge Heeler Im'Ioius. One by one the out-of-town iandidnt"s have been eliminated Th- ridiculous inabilitv of the -board to b-eak a deadloek nf its own making has nnttirailv enriched the opportunities of rival b.vil propagandas. It is now foteshadnwed that not even an nttemp' will be made to ,y:ree ilpon a head for the Philadelphia publi. si-hool sstem until Januarv 11. although the seiioul code sets J.uiunrj Jt as t'l last day for the elec tion. The enminittee on tile superinbinilencT has not held an otlii ial meeting sinee De- ember 14. If it is the objei-t of '1 n board to impose confuMon on onfusun. m .ildb on muddle In a situation winch s . ubl i nv. been set tled inanv 'nonths ng. i- ba-. sue. eed"d l)autifuU' INVERSION IN BRIDGE PROGRESS TIIK fern trarli. c usiis, which .ng.neer ing students of flic ruiwr-it of I'.-nn-t-jlvama are cnndiK tmg for the bridge com mission, is at least n cree-mj ltulicntinn of activit m the most ambitiiiiis and important Jitiblic iinprovenient proieeted foi this coin munitv The i si-fiiliiess nf t.ie ''tun hoWier is dependent upon the determination of certain fundatni ii'al fai ts the ipiest .,' winch has teen nnwhtiig but swiftlj pursi.ed. If will ! wort', while knowing where the wheeled traffic goes when information about natural conditions a ff wring tl br l.-e .i'ntioti !- in hand The test borings i,np hcen held up chiefly bei-a'ise of the ditfi i't .,f ob,aiiiiiij: a quorum at leient stu'e.i ..eotings of the lirldge commission The problem is ret ".re v oie ..f ;. refer nble but al-o of prm .''ill ,. mi .t,. While Ftatlstics ,1'ih tnh' ,it.-.: m, i . urd inded. will In helpful it ,s to r n mb r"il tb'it the onlv wnv to build the l'dnwnn -pun is to get to work upon ir Iiitinition of the character of the nrer b d is th' hrst indis pensable step The sooner th ntra' ts fur tuis nei essarv "work are awarded In i .ore prrm -nt will t the accumulation ,f t -4fli" ,;:iri- am 'nfer tate fare' harts l.n.r.. Win n tne bridge commissi in does H' ti ii', I ,v ii fi. . n ctiUK in opportunitv t. -i.f'i , , presrt some, vhat to,.;, tiirv m. fios ' t.. iiriai.l'd. THE FORGOTTEN VETERANS Wlr.1 .,. s. ri. -be i'i .s. ,.,,sidera n Hi;1' - ',. i 'I . '.. rv at this piirt.. r i . - . t r.r . u, are pressn e . . n ' ' u :- i..e -o! dier ,. i r r.p. '.. lis, , , t Jierniunei.t v . ,n ti.i r t t i untrv ' ''ngr. '. 'I. ' .'ir-. if i lung ,i ,.s... (ration fcr.i tl.nt u 'tiiii, '.hi iiii:i .,.(, cnf'li'd ' 'H'oii'i' - i..i g nr.- nr re- reiving it ' . '.- ' ' . -. us imi! i t .f the vari'i i t.'ie'nl .-.fare and n,s..n,!ne depar'iint,s . . ..p. ur.. 'i.ti-lligi m und to a log a i r . . i iit,'i n nun p , ,, ,n. ,, s being eiiti 1 f .i "I. i it.i's m .! in, .re than hoi' i n '.l"'i -r ., u,,i ti,lUl the r ' di'ib ' . ,f ,u, ,,r, ,,r j-.noiher mid of Mie-i na'ei.ri'ni Iiif i.iind ore sMl' n, tie. d of :h -p, , ml ?i d medieul crtnntioii mIii I t'nj ",. r. in. mi. Tn neg. ' the s,R lisab'.ii and .fnnuned soldiei- 'iiis In hi, snnu.fi' V" in j('ie 1'int.i) .nti.s in hi d iii m r agii.n 'alk of r iirgnni.ing ethc.. ni v iiiif ,. !,.)trn Jo ' 1m ;. '!' ,r iinises nidi '.. the men ",t I 'i ght in Krarn e DISARMAMENT AND BILLS T)I.Nt; billb i a bitter Uusiiu'm. At the X outbreak of tin- world war it was e.x jiii tni th it tin- liiiai). ml agonies mvnl i-, 'TMihiIiI II i.ciusion the close of the (nutliet 7"lt nn. ' rgotti'ti that for a time debts, cvin i tho- if st.gginng inagiiitude niav he pnt j'oued I 'o distastefiilnesH of Mpiaring uc- I Count- is , lie of the inliinll Hunts of peace Tin re i mi be tin iilestnri thnt the leading Jinilol s of I ie wnlld lllc ex peril Ii lJg tO(lll t ;ic puns nf pajuig or preparing to paJ- the , pipei Siiiiiiltaneiiiiklv nm& the enthusiasm lor diMiriiiiiiiient .Nawil ami militar.v holiday)., sm h (tH llrl . i.nw dlscusKi'd in tins countrj . in (iri-ut 'lirituin and ovs'n iii Japan, would undoiibf- cdl rcdui i the war cost burden now falling upon this gcnvratioii, and destined, unless 1 thf most obvious of all peate Mifeguardu is ftdiiptcil. in fall in1"" "ur desieiidants The eh t moralist nun objei t to fostering "Hoall'ii with si Iii.,, -mil materialistic nrgti- ,, . I i .' . i mu t ti.urali t ii" ' principles of strict morality and pure ethics hnve long since hntl their opportunities to govern the nctlons of tnnnklml. No con spicuously bright success relntlve to dlsnrmn metit Is recorded, Shrunken purses nre In u cne vocal now. It Is hurting the world to pit for Its tragic orgy. It would be more flnttcrlng to hu manity if spent lives rather than exhausted uiitlonnl treasuries hnd furnished the most effective illustrative argument. Hut In Unit ene t lie war would have come to nn early end. There is a kind of left -handed consolation, however. In the fact that selfish motives are sometimes responsible for deeds very excel lent in themselves. Otherwise some of the reforms of which the world Is proudest would probably have suffered considerable delays. MR. HARDING BEGINS TO ACT AS PRESIDENT And Hie Newspaper Notes the Demand for a Constitutional Amendment Which Will Oust a Repudiated Administration as Soon as Possible After the Election TWO important pieces of information have come out of Marion this week which seem to foreshndow a possible change In the details of governmental procedure thnt has been urged for years. The tlrst is the announcement that President-elect Harding Is to be consulted by the leaders of Congress before they decide on iin.v Itgislation which will nflect his admin istration after March 4. Such consultation is practicable under the existing circum stances. Mr. Harding is a Republican and both houses uf Congress are controlled by the Republicans. The present Congress was elei ted more than two jears ago. It is to tie succeeded in March by a Congress elected in November. If it were hostile to Mr. Harding It could tie his hands for many months after he entcra office. However, Mr. Harding is becoming in n sense an acting President two months before he takes ofllce stmplv because the surviving Congres is fri tnl'v to him. It is as proper for the leaders to consult Mr. Harding as it would be for them to consult anv other expert. The e .und piece of information is con tained iu an editorial article In the Marlon Star, Mr Harding's newspaper. Thst arti cle calls attention to the repudiation of the Democratic administration lti November, an administration which, in spite of its rejec tion by the people, will remain In office until March 4. Then it says that in the regular course of affairs there would be no session of the new Congress until next December, or thirteen months after the people had voted for a change The article continues: t'resumablv th-re will be a special ses sioti In March or April, but the absurdity of an administration remaining In power four months afte- It has been disapproved bv the people has given great Impetus to the s. titlment In fiv.r of a constitutional amendment which will provide for a cbaiigi. of 'idmiriisintlor. as soon as the votes can be counted and canvassed, and for a regular session of Congress follow tiiK the election and not terminating on .March I These comments by Mr. Harding's news paper on the anomalies of the present pro cedure become especially pertinent when It is recalled that last Thursda.v Senator Ashurst introduced a joint resolution into the Senate proposing an amendment to the constitution providing that th" Congress elected in No vember should nieei on the first Monday of January, and that the President should take office on the third Monda.v in January suc ceeding bis election. The news of the Intro duction of this resolution was printed in the morning newspapers on Friday. Senator Harding's newspaper remarked on the fol lowing Monda.v that the survival of an ad- I ii inistratlon for four months nft'T It had beiii npudiated "has givn great impetus to I the sentiment in favor of n constitutional i .in.etnl'.ient which will provide for a change of administration a- soon as the votes can be counted and canvassed." i It ts not. therefore, to do violence to the , possibilities to assume that the President elect fu'-ors a clinnge in the constitution which will permit a new President and a new Congress to assume oltti e as soon as possible after the election Senator Ashurst's amendment may not bo adopted b the pri sent Congress It niav Iw possible to frnme one more satisfactory to the members and to the states. Hut whatever its fate, there is an undoubted need for a change. The same amendment was proposed si j ears ago, but nothing came of it. If the new President uses his intlueini m favor of he change the possibility of bringing it about lieciimes less uncertain than it has bei ii in the past. The practical r.s,,ii, whien led to the original urraiigeiin nt have cummI to exist There were no raiiruads and no telegraphs and no telinlioi.es ,n t,,. eurlj da.v s of the republic. ('"Hi" turn of the election returns was a slow and tidmas prm ess Mnnv weeks had to . 'apse after the vote wus polled before the re.iilr could !' known. And when the returns were in it would take members of Congress weeks and in some cases n oii'l s to trnvel from their homes to the national cnpltnl. It was nfcessary to allow a 'mit; interval to elapse between the elictimi and 'he inauguration of the Presi dent iinl 'he assembling of Congress. lint no v.iduys the result of the election s iii . ., in. mediately and a member of (' ngn s can travel from tin- most distnnt Pii' "f the t'nitei States to Washington in ! -s fl.an t n du" I'ven the delegate from tip- Philippines could reach Washington v. 'hi'i u weeks after he starti d. Tie old arrnngeimut ha survived because o one has thought it worth while to change ,t It look jears for Congress to nwaki tn tlie netessitv of providing for the preside-) t III -llfl essnui in the event of the diath of 'h l'r sidet.t un I tin Vn e President It uh about a cnturv after the constitution i in niwerul Congress to puss a national bank -rupti v law before aiij ,u. h law was pasei T) - b.ts I" n a disposition to muddle a otig in th" old wav bei misi. . have alwnvs 'ii i ti able to inudd'i along The existi'iiM of a p T danger under tin pr-siii' nrrnngeiiii nr does not seem to dis turti anv one. Y"t if then should he a pn sid nt m' I. etion m which no nndidite riieivn! n n.njoritv of the electoral voti and if a Republican Imld-ovir Congress to be unci ceded the following M'irch bv a Demo. ratic Hnii-i s,i,iil e,ct a Republii'iu to the prehiilcncv as ir eonbl do under the irm stifution v snould have all the conditions requisite fn n vo'l'tloll I'ndir the pl-ui proposed bv Senator Ash urst th" House ipialiflcd to cei t the Presi dent when then ,vas no elcition at the polls would have been chosen at the same time that the p ote voted fm the President, and vculd represent 'he sentiment of the nation No val.d argument can fce oflered in sup port of the lontinuanie of the present ar rangement It u becoming increasing! nee essar) thut the nutional government should respond mote ipucklj to the sentiment of the people A new Congress should be permitted to begin its work as quickly as possible after the election und the old Congress should not be permitted to pass a single law after It has been repudiated at the polls. However obvious the need for the change may be, it w ill not be made unless the political leaders of both parties unite to bring It nlxmt. No ordinar) emergencj will be enough to nriiiise public sentiment on the ishiie. The proposed chnuge is a matter of detail in which the average voter takes little , 11 ', Ii ' b. 'Ill is to il EVENING PUBLIC terest himself in it short ot n great na tional crista. It Mr. Harding wishes to mako his ad ministration distinguished for constructive work he will use all the prestige of his posi tion to bring about such a chnnge In the constitution ns will put an end to the po litical life of a President and Congress as soon as It Is practically possible after their have been repudiated nt the polls. THE CHURCH AND LABOR TIIIO committee of the federated churches, of which Dr. Hattcn Is chairman, did at least a courageous thing when, In frank and unmistakable terms, It expressed oppo sition to the movement In industry which the members think has been organized to weaken or cripple the American Federation of Labor. The ipiestion at Issue between the general masses of employing and employed groups ts too complex to be clenrly stated In any brief siimmar). but the principle enunciated by the church committee is one thst cannot be too often stated and restated In the interest of the country and its Individual citizens. There will be ground for general com plaint nnd a growing sense of bitterness and disillusionment In many minds If one group of citizens is permitted to clnlm and enjoy rights which arc denied to others. If cmploycci! nre to be allowed to organize In special groups they will hardly be consistent If they deny the right of organization to employes. Hut to recognize this aspect of the case is not by nny means to state the whole case as it now stnnds. Employes and employers nlike in special instances have manifested a disposition to use the power of their organizations ruth lessly and with little regard for the Interests of the unorganized man. In any Just con sideration of the movement to attack labor unionism it is necessary to remember that Inbor men themselves have been familiar with the tactics thnt they now denounce. They tried to break up the owners' organi sations In Industry, just ns the owners seem now Intent on breaking up theirs. That was the essential aim nnd purpose of the Plumb plan. It was the aim of the clothing work ers in New York who are now in the thick of a bitter fight with the employers' groups. The clothes makers' unions gave Impartial observers good reason to believe that they were planning systematically to take control of the manufacturing business from the own ers and give it almost wholly Into the hands of shop committees of the trades unions. Thnt. of course, does not Justify a proposal to return the clothing business to the old sweat-shop basis. Hut It shows that the causes of industrial strife continue to be obscured far below the surface of every con ventional dispute and that few people ever take the trouble to look for them. A way to peace between employers and employes was outlined clenrly by Mr. Hoover and his associates in the second Industrial conference nt Washington. That conference not only recognized the right of both groups to organize for collective bargaining. It actually made the employers and employes' organizations the basis of n logical plan for the settlement of lndustr.nl disputes without nny of the waste nnd hardship of strikes. The workerR In Industry nnd the owners were viewed as potential electors privileged to elect representatives to joint conferences which, functioning under federal supervision, might in turn send nny badly snarled ense to a high cnurt in Washington for finnl ad judication. The bcautv of this plnn was thnt it could briug to each discussion the understanding of owners nnd workers nlike. and to Illumi nate each ipiestion as it nrosc with knowl edge gained nt first hnnd ,ln the shop or In the office. It was n plan that certainly should have led to the much -needed better mutual acquaintance of the employer nnd the employe. Neither the trades unions nor the employers' organizations nor Congress took the proposal very -CTiously. Meanwhile the old war between capital and labor is being renewed nnd no one seems to hnve realired that weakening trades unionism will merely open the wav to a triumph of sorts for the more radical organizations which hitherto have received little or no encouragement from the workmen of the I'nlted States. For the habit of organization is one nf our national chn-acteristlcs. and if men do not band to gether under one sort of leadership they will inevitably band together under nnother sort. SILK SHIRTS AND WAR FKW people assessing the possibilities of future trouble between Japan and the I'nlted States would be disposed to view the silk shirt of commerce as a fuctor of importance in a question of world politics. Hut the rise of the silk shirt In war and its decline in pence are matters that have had a profound effect on Japanese psychology and Japanese finance. Silk has fallen in price. It has fallen far. In the man) -colored was of Toklo there nre tremulous whisperings of panic and unem ployment Mnny Japanese millionaires have become almost poor, nnd because of uncer tatntv 'i an indubtry that depends heavily on the I'nlted States and drew enormous profits from thlb country In the days when every one wore silk shirts, there is in Japan no irrtainty of continuous employment for m. but the lively little worm that spins night and da) to make Japan rich. Fac tories are closing and there is, of course, a consequent progressive Impairment of the morale of a people who, even In their busiest diivs, had reason to complain of the burden of taxation necessary to sustain the schemes of the militnr) part) in China and Siberia. There are two sides to every question. People who look with misgivings nt the J stead) tendency toward militarism In Japan seldom stop to remember thnt, while the Japanese have maatcrrd pretty thoroughly the arts of war, they are not by nny means masters of the economic processes thnt In times like these are more necessary than nrniies and navies in nny ambitious scheme of aggressive expansion. The fevers and tlurrles that have been common for more thnn a enr in the Tokio stock market, the wild inflation nf industrial vulunttons nnd the disastrous collapse that found the country unprepared and thp financiers running in liriles, the reckless pooling s) stems created b) profiteers in defiance of the government and to tiie detriment of the country as a whole, have shown thnt the Japanese, with nil his cleverness. Is still Mimethlng of an amateur in big business. And since profiteers and rocketing prices nlwn)s bring affliction to the masses and create a condition that tries the patience of the people almost be vond endurance, the large structure of the Japanese war party's plans seems to be rising from foundations thnt grow steadilv weaker and more unstnhle The little old )en Is depressed In value. People who are thruiteneil with Increasing povertv through enforced unemplo.vment are not likely to give much aid and encouiage inent to schemes thnt would again Increase their tnxes anil mnke food harder than ever to obtain. The Jnpamse triiilcsinau Is en during the hard experience that Is the best means of education. Hut for the present he Is pretty deep in confusion There are philosophical Japanese almost without number who nre beginning to won der whether mere cleverness In Imitation Is, after nil, a great national asset. That trait has led the Japanese In strange ways. It led them to ditch their really beautiful native garb for the pot hat nnd the appalling clothes of the west, and It caused them to turn away from their cherry blossoms to the mud scramble of militarism ond high finance. Tlere are times when It seems that the .: r '' t LED(l5JR--riIIi:AI)i;MlA WEDNESDAY;' 'DECEMBER A3 ONE WOMAN SEES IT- The Children of Europe' Christmas Tree Gives Us All Another Chance to Square Ourselves With Our Consciences Hy SARAH I). LOWItlB PKRIIAPfl some nf the readers nf this col umn were caught nway from home this Chrlstmns .Sunday thnt has just passed and been taken unaware by the collection for the hungry children of eastern Europe. I was! And I felt done out of a great Investment. When I got back to town I found thnt the Kmergcncv Aid was glnd ami ready to give me another chance. Among my Christmas mail I found the fol lowing: T1IK KMKIW.KNCT Ain OK rKNNBYT,VANlA Ml Smrlh Sib Kt. I'hllniirlphra "The Children of Kurope's ChrM.maa Treo" YOUR CHRISTMAS IS OVKR Thfi Children of Europe have had no Chrtttmaa. Manr of (hum have no food, no ctothca, no tvemrs. It you can aparo iKim-thlnc, will TOu coma to h Emerirency Aid Ufadouartfra on WBD XK5DAT. DrfCKMIinn SO. and fasten It nn tho "CAi.-trrn of Europe' Chritma Tree" (ONivr coNTiuntrrroNs op money) I went round to 221 South Eighteenth street to nsk about the Christmas Tree for the Children of Europe. This Is what I found ! "It Is hoped every twig of n very large tree will have a green bill fluttering from It!" Every twig! Think of It! If, like me, you have not Invested or 'Invested too little In Sir. Hoover's great fund for mnklng children strong, now is your chance to "get tn on the ground floor" and be nn Investor, a promoter nnd a capi talist In a perfectly "sure thing." Why should we Invest, you and I? Hccause They need it; They nre children who nejed it; They are hungry chtldren'ivho need It; They have been for too long hungry children who need It; Mr. Hoover nnd othern whom we trust told us last year, which was why we have known too long that there are hungry children who need It ; We, the richest people In the world, were told by Mr. Hoover nnd others thnt we could trust last )enr, so that we have known too long that there are hungry children that need It: ' Thinking of ourselves ns generous and liking to be called generous, nevertheless we, the richest people in the world, were told by Mr. Hoover and others last year, so that we have known too long that there are uungry rnuurvu that need it; Somehow we hnve thought of our own well-fed children nnd what we could give them in the way of luxuries nnd we have put away from our thoughts the need of other children for actual food, hoping it was not true that the) were starving, hoping some one else would tnke pity on them, nil the while thinking of ourselves as generous nnd liking to be called generous, neverthe less we, the richest pconle in the world, were informed bv Mr. Hoover last year, so that we have known too long that there nre hungry children who need the money that we have to Invest. IN FACT, the reason for giving grows and grows on one, and If one has given tho reason for giving more until enough Is given grows on one. Coming down through the state on a train today, every village and town I looked out on from the car windows hnd a community tree with n star on the- topmost twtg. Whether people went to church or not, or were Christians or not, or whntever blend of Christians they were, they were celebrat ing the birth of the Child of all the world. From the day he was a child to this the lot of children the world over has been hap pier because He lived. He so evidently understood children and valued them nnd was good to them that even persons who do not very much understand Him or value Him have, none the less, copied His way with children, nnd more persons admire and even love Him for His welcome of children than for an) other quality. And yet here is n strange thing! Humanly sneaking, it was His love of children and their answering love nnd admiration for Him that brought about Ills death. When He made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem It was the children running before nnd following nfter Him, the children that strewed His way with palms and cried bnsanuas, thnt greeted Him ns King. And because He refused to rebuke them and would not let them be punished for their enthusiasm; beci use, in fact, he accepted their homage nnd publicly Justified them, His enemies were given the handle they needed nguinst Him to have Him killed. Ho must have known this, nnd counted the cost without one backward L look. He would not have hurt their enthusiasm to save His life. Hut though He hus saved them mnny hurts since then, men still make them suffer. N' hnve children suffered as they hnve In the last four years. They nre the real vic tims of the war. little, trapped, bewildered, Innocent creatures. We nre a great people, but if we hide our fnces so that we ennnnt look at their mil lions of little outstretched hands we nre n blind nnd deaf people. We nre called n Christian people. Here Is the greatest chance of the centuries to show that we understand the obligations of thnt name! NO QNE nn throw our gift back in our faces as being self-lntereRted. Those 'who will receive cannot pay us hack They do not know enough to even nsl; us for It. They will thank !od. not ns. when they receive It. It is not shame money nor guilt money nor hush money that we shall be paying. We did not bring on the war. Humanly speaking, this hideous result of it lies at the door of others than ourselves. Part of their punishment is their powerless ness now to help. The need nnd the power lessness Is our chance. Next summer It will lie too late. SYMBOLS SOMETIMES I think a pirro white flower A hoi) sign must be. Some da.v . mayhap, I'll gather one, And set Its mark on me. Sometimes I think a hutterfly A sacred sjinbnl, bright. Some day. mn.vhap. I'll lure me one. And worship with delight. Sometimes I think n flying bird Is just a soul set free. Some da), inn) hap, I'll capture one To wing my flight for me, dene St ratton-Porter, In flood House, keeping. A Connecticut Federal Court has de i.ded thnt profits mmle on the sale nf In. ve-tments may not be taxed as Income und, despite objections thnt readily occur, the tilling Is assuredlv baaed on common sense principles. Hut the occasional wrong thus t.ghted does not cry nearly so loudly as that nt the plav wright, author nr Inventor who, when his llfevvnrk Is crowned with success, rnnj find himself mulcted b) the government for about half of his legitimate earnings, Mnnv perfisdlv valid objections may In ru td agnlnst the suggestion nf the Fed .il Trade Commission thnt central mar lv. ts for perishable foods, be set up under federal lontrol In all large cities; but thnt s'icli a suggestion should be made at all is official recognition of nn admittedly faultv distribution s)stem and nn earnest thn't eventually something worth while will be done about It. A Hoston man hus designed a house on a raft by means of which he can fish while sitting at the fire. It cannot be said that the latest Indoor sport has much to commend It When a mnn'ri wife can sit by his side and knit while he fishes It Is going to put a hsrlouu erln p in his flch etoHes vtir V 1 J-AJ" f Vj-f 77 1 -ft Vss YU4jl! -f'J-JSBBBBBlf-kr HsLlft I tsbBlEK---!, LWI LB jLLlBBBBBBBBBr HHsLbBBBBBBW -V 'LV & (f AwSSmBSsriW1' e J'JeSKaE3fflSSSflf "-3 ",rrrtoriS NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians un Subjects They Know Best C. FREDERICK C. STOUT On Our Taxation Problem AT A time when the I'nlted States faces the most critical economic period in its history, one of the biggest nnd most acute problems it has to face Is that of tuxutlon. in the opinion of C. Frederick C. Stout, leather merchant and tnx expert, who vvns formerly n director of the Wnr Industries Hoard. "Something must be done, nnd done nt once," said Mr. Stout, "but the question Is, What? "Wo must realize thnt our prime duty right now Is not to spend more money, hut to consider how we can spend less. Sec ondly, we must devise some plnn whereby we can raise money to pay our enormous debts and take care of the most essential needs of our country. "Then we must be honest with ourselves In considering this matter, a point thnt is quite ns Important ns either of the others. We must hnve peace, so that we can go about the business of readjustment with some degree of security; and we must hnve some thing equivalent to an association of na tions, which. If it accomplishes nothing else, will aim to restore the trade balance of the world. "It seems to be a generally accepted belief that the I'nlted States has unlimited wealth ; and so she has. In the ground and other places. Hut the hard fnet remains thnt today our available wealth will not take care of the expenditures which we nre making. "During the wnr nnd following the armi stice, for one reason or nnother, to provide for certain emergencies thnt arose our credit was at various times greatly inflated. We finally, as was inevitable, came to the end of It, and then we hnd to dellate Hut In that process we face great dangers, and we have by the Inflation method crenti d vast debta which now must be reckoned with. In u word, if we face it honestly and squarely, the present situation is n critical not to say desperute one. Wnr Debt of $2l,0K),OO0,000 "At the present time we have a wnr debt nf twenty-four billions of dollars, ten bil lions of which represent loans to foreign powers. In view of their present financial conditions we can well regard this money ns a debt for some time to come. Then we can udd to that from three and one-half to four bllllous of dollars which is owed to us bv foreign powers for goods that they hnve pur chased from us und whli h they have been unable to pay for. For the same reason ah in the foregoing case, we can snfelv regard that also as a part of our debt With u few other things considered, we have a national debt of upvvnid of thlrt) billions of dollars to begin with. "In view of this situation I can only ex press the hope that we will have some wise legislators in Congress who will realise that we must curtail and cannot continue to head toward economic destruction "After exhaustive consideration of the taxation problem I hnve onie more come back to the belief that the only practical solution Is a tnx on sales, or 'transfer of title, to be paid by the bu.ver. "I realize that there is no proposition tn Wlli'"". V1"1" ,,"1 "ot b(' ""jeetious und son,,, difiieulties urlse in our intricate economic svstcm of making it 1(10 per cent workable However. It is nn economic fact thut It makes no difference where n tax is placed or how it is collected It Is borne b.v the consuming nubile, unless the tax is confisciitory of ciin itul. Or we might say It Is pui, either bv the ultlmnte consumer or taken out of the economic system. This fact has been eamou tinged in every conceivable win by those who may have some special Interest at heart ami others who nmj have some ax to grind. Sales Tax Safest "The amount of this tax could be regulated from nnv fraction of 1 per lent up to nnv maximum that would give the required amount of mone.v which the federal govern ment must have and which we all acknowl edge It must have. It could be collected bv means nf stamps or by quarter!) returns and I believe this tnx would lie the sufest' most practical and most direct nn tlnul ami one that would be susceptible ( ,, ',... , abuse and collected with the leust expense "This tax should also take ueiouut f JHP various prni-i hsis that occur In the sale of a linlshed article, and the tax placed on each one. It would, incldentall), ,aw. tcdencv' to regulate speculation aiitoinaticnllv Thil tnx. togetlur with the Income tax' forms the prluripnl taxation source of rev emu- for Cuiiuda at the pnsent time, nnd the expi-i-incut so fnr seeiiis to have been einilien'tli sat Iff actor). ' "I do not believe we can get nwit) fiom the Income tax. but 1 do help .. It (,,, b modified over its present form. "The present excess-prnfils tax is an ii.-j-tlon of the tiru qu: lit, . ". r ir ji tic 29, 1920 HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL ""Sa. or economic principle nre concerned. It is predicated upon n statement, in which state ment there is nn inventory, the value of which is aif ever-changing and uncertain thing. At this very point of pricing nnd in ventories emnnntes the most nbsolute in justice that one can possibly imagine. "The experience of the last twelve months has shown clenrly that there nre hundreds and thousands of firms who showed they made money Inst year by mere bookkeeping and figures; but. with the change of market values three to six months later, and nt a time before they had opportunity to dlspose of their inventories by snle, had. in truth, either not ninde un) mone.v or hnd made con siderably less than the figures of the state ment made January 1, developed. "I think the experience which the stupen dous decline In merchandise shows today proves beyond doubt the fnllncy of attempt ing to set up any s.vstem whatever that pur ports to, at a fixed date, establish what profits hnve been. Profits and losses nre onlv established b.v sales and not by bookkeeping. Ihe luxury tax is not a very dependable one. for it has many inequalities; it simply loses force through n falling off in consump tion and it opens the way to dishonest prac tices. "As a matter of fact, the whole taxation Msti'in has become so intricate that hnrdly nil) one understands It nny more. The bus! "fri". V11"! ,lm',,n', ''ns- "f the government nmciuls don t nnd even the expert nccount uiits and lawyers, which everv business man of any size is forced to retain todnv cannot completely help him. "Nothing but a supreme exhibition of common sense will save us from some very hard times In the net few jenrs to come". There is enough of this element in the coun try, cifupled with sufficient resources, to enable Us to solve our problem safely and with some degree of satisfaction. If it were not for the element of politics which over rules common sense and in fact anv thing constructive. Hut we must realize that there are certain laws of llf,. that ure immutable nnd that, violated to a certain point, they will sweep uh out of existence." What Do You Knotv? QUIZ J What najue wan glv.n by D'Annunzio to tlie Hume HKlon under his control? . ho vv.ih (Jny-lai-siic? 3. What was the name of the tlrst trans continental railroad In the United 4 What famous Ameilcin nilmlr.t! was of Mediterrntieitn ilescrnt? D How ninny )enra did tho War of 1812 l.lBt .' C In whose administration wna Jtumn S .Sherman Vice President? 7. Into what ocean doia tho Zambezi river 8. Name two famous liooKs by (Jean Swift 6 vbat nro oiimulUH clouds? -v mim i.s wi, original mm more form of the word culUndur? correct Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1 Vuiezuela iik. ,na I.lttle Venice The early sjpa.ilsl. explorers gave this name tb the .South Aimrlcan iiiuntiy when they found tin liullnn tribe dwelling l.uuhco built on piles o ,, ,,, hhore of hake Maiacalbo 2 Thlrtv-H.. bushels iiihU,. .., ,.(i ildron , . ''"''". of coal In Ktigl.md. ' 3 Julius Oiiesar v.,ih iihs.isHin.iteil hi ii n (' I 'Ml name Is Nona! ,,d on the (jrn- ph.n Hills mv father teds hm Hocks" Luri.V.YIs'u1,, ,'"U,"H'" " -"'im 5 Vanadium Is a ran. white metallic in-lit, sunn salts of which y, ,i u. ' pet in. un nt bl.uU color ""in use 0. Ihu wnMliliiKluii .Monument In Washimr. ton. I). '. U 56.1 let ,.., "'l8"'"l' T Tu.lhl. ..I..1,. I.. .1. .."."'". Twelfth iiiulit is tlie c. Ii biutiim ,.r ,i... 1'lllSt of the Kplpb.iiiv on J.muarv ti. twelvi il, Or .itli i ''liilrilniiiN Vbn 1. 1111)11. 111V .oiiini,iiinr.ii. il ..'" the MhkI M J. mis ... ii Vn, " ":" f lis otl.i in in. ilnt. un ,,,.... . . " I II ntn the Mar to ti Miki ..vmhoii,.!,,,. tin. manlfeHntloii of Christ ... n,. ..l"" i fa uc. tills. "l"- Tlie stroke or a sld,, ,ic i",.,tf,,uoUH ". m'-rn1 l"'""! "' """"" fr'"" ' The most terrlhe vob t.ii..l. n. u .I.... ...... .:"'"1 "I 'tnh i eiii.ii... ' " . imfuhii noi rii, ilHtrtUMlf t llUlli.Ul lift. sliH mini hat or i.i .liu.itj.i, u im i n i nit 1.11). I If) tilt Slfallt 1)1 1 . . . .. ...1 i... .. . .. .... n a siu II in- i.i. i imu niiuiiiii-u ,e Itlc.ilu.ialniiiu. .....hi wnve ile.ii,,,.,! ,1,0,,,' ;,, V, lives und tn. .iiipiioi, ,o,iu j,;,,,, snrtllng and iiiihkniIc i,,,,,,,.,. , , .; ..ii.Is.-h. It was follow, ,i i.J'V.Vr' '. dln.iiy almoNiilniii plu-nonn , iHit.i . over ; hi. in pnitlm,. f ,; k,.,I.. nii, atirlbuie.1 p. tl... nrcs.i,,., of',. '.' ," 'nb- dust T mull, , ocuired t ., AllgllSt 211 ISiCI -hi nil on Vlll Mill 1 III., if...... ... -J 10. i, .1 .. Vi "'c"l'l niMiiun paliil.r "- .l l.ill Oil) 'LiUd ur l.i1'' i, ," m -ii v in. v'h'i 'fV" iH - "SSSSB."?' 'hUj-a. SHORT CUTS The situation brightens as Furbntt. furbishes. Tip to Vareltes: to follow. Still there's Moore Sometlmes an ax does the Job and some times Insect powder. What will Itnly do with D'Annunu. when it gets him at last? When it comes to fighting the devil with fire, the Mayor is somewhat adept. The P. It. n. appears to have the Pii.l. man scnlpers where the hair is short. Senator Harding In to ride a goat. DM it belong to nnother prominent Ohio editor. ..very city department Is, In a manner of speaking, n department gf transit nov.a da)s. J t'nelo Joe Cannon still has a few slioti iu his locker; nnd he never uses sinokelcm powder. The Huspicion persists that Germany li using communism as camouflage while lti nrmy operates. When every road In the country is built to enrry trucks, trade distribution will be considerably simplified. Fate is apparently yet undecided whether to mnke an epic or a limping lira crick out of D'Annunzio. Mr. Cunnlnghnm isn't the only gentle man who has lost a pot because he bellevr.1 his opponent wus bluffing. The tennis match was postponed pre sumably because the Davis cup dessrTM homethlng better than rain water. Didn't the Flume poet some time sxo declnre that he would die rather than sur render? Well. It seems to be his move. With the price of chicken feed lower than It has been for some time, Just li' arc eggs being sold for a dollar a dozen? There is possibility that the chief cabinet maker has finished his job while his unnfBcl.l assistants nre still hammering at the doors. A Chicago librarian says that moat clrli are lowbrows. He is a brave man, but fool hardy. If common sense can't induce the ru tlons of the world to reduce, their arma ments, ha'rd necessity will eventually tur thc trick. "Penrose Against Treasury Halds." Headline. It being understood, however, that this has no reference to 1'hiladelpl.lt i city treasury. A Wisconsin brewery has asked pfrmi' slon to make beer for medicinal purposes. We may yet hear of the prescription lb-1 made Milwaukee famous. I.very man who pa) a a thousand doll-M for n plate of beef stew, n cup of cocoa -'! a piece of bread nt Hoover's dinner on Nf Year's Day will know thnt he la grttlDU bargain. Woril comes from New York thst police dog nt Hliuhurst. I.. I., has gronn too fat for usefulness nnd that its morale M gone. Can't New York draw a moral froia the fuctV The time has come. sn)s Dr. Deal.. Hiown I'niverslt), when ever) nation m-" undertake to cure for its own population; view thnt will receive the hearty liidornf of California. A Hoston paint linn hns lost Its li-.nJ for the sule of denatured alcohol l-ccsm. sold large quantities of Ihe stuff to lunuvr. jacks who drank It. Are we to suppose twi work in the woods makes a ninn pro-' nihilist wood alcohol? Mrs. Hubert M. I.n Follette and "-' advocates of pence nt anv price who iii'W-; the views of Ceneral Hllss on dlarmamfn -hoilbl not forget that the general has new atbociilcd an) thing so one-sided ".'" of picpnrcdncss in the face of a I"'11';, nieiiac. It Is a general agreement Mt ihe nations of the world that he is ---" As I,lo). (ieorge says. war betf .is i, io. i i ieorge i-iis. ,y i., hiiglaiiil und Amend, is iiiitlilnlvn-.lc. '; thai ma) not fill all the sfor) of J'"1?!1', willingness to lake second place I" "" .. .a at .. a .a. . . In. uial' UP nt iiu i lined jstiiics. u inn.' " ,;,. piccialioii nf the fact thnt all .B11Tt .soon ho obsolete and thut fleew hi tBC ure thi; lleeta to be developed. -" .M
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